Bitter clash over twin tax probes draws in White House agencies
Washington reports a heated dispute between a House subcommittee led by Rep. King and the Treasury Department over investigations of Internal Revenue Service scandals. The row follows resignations, indictments, and a grand jury session in New York, amid moves to restructure the tax bureau.
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Treasury
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Congressional Committee
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Bureau
Rep. King
D-Calif
New York
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Repu Ey Tol Rvr Berens
Erm Oee Wee King
San Francisco
Internal Revenue
House
Leenee Snyder
John B. Dunela
The
Revenue Bureau
Truman
J. Frank Scofield
South Texas
Theodore J. Naumann
Minot
N.D
John A. Malone
Income Tax Division
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Expenditures Committee
Tax Bureau
Civil Service
Justice and Treasury Deepartments
Justice Deepartment
High Revenue
Joseph D. Nuan
King Committee
Rep
Curtis
R-Neb
Reds Plan Revised Korean Peace Proposal Unveiled Soon
Communist truce negotiators drafted a new prisoner exchange plan incorporating Allied ideas while demanding forced repatriation. The proposal, to be unveiled Saturday at 10 a.m. local time, follows their initial three point plan for a post armistice conference. The UN backs withdrawal of foreign troops and peace talks, but resists broader regional issues. Red Cross teams would operate in POW camps after an armistice.
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Munsan
Korea
Weece Wee
George Hickman
Red
Red Cross
Burial preparations for King George VI in Britain
Windsor closes streets as twenty five thousand Britons queue in cold to view the coffin in Westminster Hall. The Duke of Windsor attends the procession and reportedly asks to serve as an honor guard beside the late king. Queen Mary guides the request to Queen Elizabeth.
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Windsor
Westminster Hall
Britain
George VI
Westminster
Windsor Castle
Duke of
Edward VII
England
Mary
Elizabeth
UMT Passage Forecast by Senate Armed Services Chairman
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman predicts congressional approval of a broad Universal Military Training system. He says House support is likely and hopes a modest start this year with full passage within 12 months. Public hearings may end today with 18 witnesses, vote after House action by mid March.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
Senate
House
New Straitsville Coal Lease Bids Requested
The Bureau of Land Management calls for bids by March 12 on coal leases for 158 acres of government land near New Straitsville Ohio. A minimum bid of 10 dollars is required and the lease goes to the highest cash bonus bidder. The government takes a royalty on production and 25 cents per acre rent for the first year.
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Washington
Bureau of Land Management
Ohio
New Straitsville
DiSalle Bids Capital Adieu To Campaign
President Truman thanks Michael V. DiSalle for 14 months as price administrator. DiSalle returns to Ohio to campaign for the Democratic senatorial nomination to challenge Senator John W. Bricker in November. The president salutes his work and predicts help in retiring Bricker.
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Capital Adieu
Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Toledo
Ee Price
Ohio
Truman
John W. Bricker
Price Post
Bricker
Congress
Bricker Proposes Deep Cuts to Truman Budget
Sen John W Bricker Republican from Ohio says he could trim 15 to 16 billion dollars from Truman's federal budget without harming national defense. Speaking at a Lincoln Day event Bricker urged defeating Truman to elect Taft or a strong Republican. He also criticized Truman's MacArthur dismissal as England driven and praised MacArthur as a great general.
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Chillacothe
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Truman
Bricker
Ross County
Republican Club
Robert A
Taft
Douglas MacArthur
England
MacArthur
Jury Finds Wife-Slayer Insane in Columbus
A Columbus jury, in six minutes, ruled Darrell L. Welch insane when he killed his wife, 26, and their 15 month old child on January 12, 1950. Dr. R E Bushong testified Welch was insane at the crime. Welch was ordered returned to Lima State Hospital, where he has remained since March 1, 1950, until sane.
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Columbus
Darrell L. Welch
R. E. Bushong
Lima State Hospital
Welch
Smith cites key issues in coming election
U S Senator Margaret Chase Smith notes top Republican versus Democrat concerns for the election include do nothing promises, corruption in government, and the fight against communism at home.
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Akron
U.S
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Plumbers Strike Looms in Canton City
Canton sees a planned strike by 160 AFL plumbers today as representatives clash with the Master Plumbers Association over a wage and benefits request. The dispute centers on a work safety benefit and staffing.
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Canton
AFL
Master Plumbers’ Association
WSB
Morse shifts to urge Ike to run for GOP nomination
Senator Morse of Oregon signals a change in view urging General Eisenhower to return home and start a strong campaign for the Republican presidential nomination before it is too late. The shift reflects backers’ belief Eisenhower must confront Taft’s drive, with MacArthur and Wedemeyer as possible alternatives if he stays in NATO.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Morse
R-Ore
GOP
Europe
Taft
Ohio
Oregon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
White House
Brewster
R-Me
Kenney
Fighters
General MacArthur
Wedemeyer
Nebraska
Big Family No Trouble in Joliet
Nora Baker 40 and husband Raymond 46 have 18 children ten sons eight daughters with Sgt Raymond Jr. at Fort Townsend and eldest daughter June 22 married with a grandchild. They live in a seven room home with modern appliances and decline television as there is too much going on.
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Earl, Jr
Baker
Area Combat Veterans Land in U S Friday
SAN FRANCISCO three Southeastern Ohio area men will land here tomorrow after serving in Korea with the Army. All combat veterans they are coming home under the rotation plan. They include Cpl. Charles W Ewing and Pfc. Jerry B Wagner of Athens and Sgt. Lowell L N ihser of Logan.
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San Francisco
Ohio
Korea
Army
Charles W Ewing
Jerry B. Wagner
Athens
Lowell L. Nihiser
Logan
March Draft Quota 1084 in Ohio Induction Call
Columbus Ohio Selective Service headquarters released a March induction call for 1084 men. The January call was 4903 and February 2454, with regis trants to be 20 at induction unless volunteers or delinquents. County quotas include Athens 6 Gallia 4 Hocking 4 Jackson 6 Meigs 2 Morgan 3 Perry 3 Ross 10 Vinton 3 Washington 4.
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Ohio Selective Service
Col. C. W. Goble
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
Meigs
Morgan
Perry
Ross
Vinton
Washington
Boat Ruling Allows Small Motor Boats on Burr Oak Reservoir
Columbus announces that motor boats up to six horsepower may be used on Burr Oak reservoir near Glouster this summer, per the state Department of Natural Resources.
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Columbus
Burr Oak Reservoir
Glouster
State Department of Natural Resources
Ex-Governor Joins Attacks On Charley Taft's Loyalty
Ex Ohio governor Thomas J. Herbert criticized Charley Taft's loyalty to the Republican party as rival Roscoe Walcutt pressed for Taft to withdraw. Herbert argued Taft lacks statewide experience and unity, saying his record includes jobs under a Democratic administration and dissents with the Hamilton County GOP.
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Charley Taft
Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Charles
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Taft
Roscoe Walcutt
Columbus
Walcutt
Hamilton County
Area Traffic Slips on Icy Morning Across Counties
Freezing rain iced roads turning them into slick surfaces. No major accidents by noon. numerous cars slid into ditches. Wrecker traffic was brisk as county schools including Athens Local Shade Buchtel Ames Bernard Waterloo Albany and The Plains closed. State crews spread cinders from Athens garage. Police reported parked and bent vehicles from skids. Ice began before 6 a.m. with 0.08 inch precip. At 9 a.m. temperature sat at 26 with later high 42 and low 24.
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George Christman
Athens
Shade
Buchtel
Ames-Bern
Waterloo
Albany
Plains
State Highway
W. Washington St
Athens Home Telephone Co
Mercury
Ground Units Swap Blows Across Korea Front
In Korea fighting intensified as Communist troops pressed Allied positions on the western front near Yonchon and Mundung Valley. Pre-dawn Red attacks were driven back with three positions retaken, and air cover from F 86 Sabres damaged one of about 30 attacking jets amid stormy weather. The Eighth Army reported nearly a dozen additional small probes across the front.
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Seoul
Korea
Yonchon
Mundung
Eighth Army
One Vote Decides Bond for School Building Work
A single vote carried a $44 000 bond for Washington Salem School District to finish a new school building. The outcome followed a special election Tuesday with a narrow one vote margin.
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Uhrichsville
Washington’ Salem
Truman Receives Ruling On Union Shop for Rails
A presidential emergency board gave President Truman its recommendation on whether railroads should require non operating workers to join unions. The panel did not reveal its verdict. If approved, 200000 more rail workers would gain union membership, with firing for noncompliance.
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Washington
Truman
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Great Northern
Lehigh Valley
Sys
Union
Wage Stabilization Board
Steel Industry
Union Heads May Extend Steel Truce
CIO United Steelworkers leaders plan a February 21 meeting in Pittsburgh to decide on extending the current 45 day truce or preparing for a nationwide steel strike after February 23. Philip Murray said the 36 member executive board and 170 member wage policy committee will convene in the steel city.
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New York
CIO
United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
Faure Forces Confidence Vote on European Army Plan
Paris Premier Edgar Faure demanded in a confidence ballot that the National Assembly approve a six nation European army with Germans or resign. He insisted the United States and Britain guarantee Germany would not threaten Europe again and backed a clause to keep the force united without German participation. He opposed a German national army or general staff.
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Edgar Faure
France
National Assembly
Faure
United States
Britain
Germany
Europe
International Army
U. S
Court Rejects Hotel Request For Injunction
A common pleas judge in Columbus ruled Neil House Hotel failed to prove that striking union employees caused property damage or violence. Judge Joseph M. Clifford refused restraining orders against picketing or violence, noting police and firemen found no competent testimony blaming the AFL Hotel and Restaurant Employer and Bartenders Union Local 505. The hotel sought $100,000 damages and alleged violence, including an undetonated dynamite bomb. the union has picketed since November 13 in a recognition strike.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Neil House
Joseph M. Clifford
AFL
Ohio Broker Buys Al Capone Mansion
A Cleveland Ohio real estate broker Thomas W Miller purchased the 25 room Palm Island mansion once used by Al Capone from Capone's widow for slightly in excess of 64 000 dollars. The property is described as a walled estate and former winter gangland headquarters.
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Miami, Fla
Cleveland, Ohio
Palm Island
al Capone
Chicago
Thomas W. Miller
Lima Blaze Fatal to 4
Four people died in a farmhouse fire west of Lima. Victims named are Wilford Amstutz 33 and his son David 5 Raymond Lauck 19 and Anita 18 wife of Lauck Frank Cremeans 72 Amstutz father in law. Cremeans suffered hand and face burns and was hospitalized along with Mrs Amstutz who had collapsed returning home. Robert Truesdale and a companion found the blaze about 1 15 am and saw Cremean wandering dazed outside.
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Lima
Here
Wilford Amstutz
David
Raymond Lauck
Anita
Frank Cremeans
Amstutz
St Rita's Hospital
Browns Acquire Bearden and Cain in Seven Man Trade
The St. Louis Browns announced a seven man deal sending pitchers Bob Cain and Gene Bearden to St. Louis along with other players for Tigers. Dick Kryhoski, Dick Littlefield, Ben Taylor, Matt Batts and Cliff Mapes also changed teams in the winter exchange. Bearden 20 game winner in 1948, Cain 12-12 last season. Batts hit .285, Kryhoski batted .287 in 119 games for Detroit.
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St. Louis Browns
Bob (Sugar) Cain
Gene Bearden
Detroit Tigers
Brown
Bill Veeck
Dick Kryhoski
Dick Littlefield
Ben Taylor
Matt Batts
Cliff Mapes
Cain
Chicago
Detroit
Bearden
Cleveland
Boston
Veeck
Kryhoski
Littlefield
Memphis
Browns
White Sox
Mapes
New York Yanks
Batts
Taylor
Fort Worth
Hatchet Death Clues Lacking
Youngstown coroner says 74 year old George Brantner was found dead in a South Side apartment on January 28. He deemed the killer used a hatchet and listed strangulation as the primary cause, a detail he had not previously disclosed. His grandson William Echard was questioned for four days and then cleared.
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Youngstown
George Brantner
David A. Belinky
Brantner
South Side
William E. Echard
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
NBC scraps live telecast plan for Queen Elizabeth II coronation
NBC officials said no live telecast of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation will be shown in the United States after a conference of network executives. The decision ends plans that had been in the works.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
NBC
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