Truman blasts Socialist charges in Jefferson‑Jackson dinner
President Truman defended his domestic program as non socialist and urged rapid action on health education social security and economic stability at a Democratic fundraising dinner. He mocked GOP scare tactics while Senator Taft accused him of embracing a socialist agenda and warned of a Labor Socialist program in Britain. Local and national matters were tied to calls for fiscal restraint and strong defense. Meanwhile authorities pursued a murder suspect tied to the Eleanor Gifford case as Armstrong was captured in Columbus and faced trial in Athens.
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Adamericans
Democratic Acion
Cio-Pac
Political Action Committee
Great Brit
Taft
Senators Split Over FRB Objection to Truman Housing Plan
Senators divided over FRB objections to the administration's middle income cooperative housing bill. Senator Bricker said the board's stance could harm opponents just as Senator Sparkman expressed belief the measure will be approved by the Senate.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Truman
Bricker
Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate
Truman's Point Four Wins House Approval
President Truman's point four program won House Foreign Affairs Committee support with a spending ceiling of 45 million dollars before recommending passage of a bill authorizing aid to underdeveloped regions.
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Washington
Truman
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Seventh Military Plane Crashes in Northland
The seventh large military plane disaster in the northwest over three weeks struck an icy lake between here and Northway Alaska during Exercise Sweetbriar. Among four Americans and Canadians aboard only one Canadian survived. The sequence started January 26 with a U S Air Force C 54 missing with 44 aboard between Anchorage and Great Falls Mont.
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Canada
United States
Here
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Alaska
U. S
Great Falls
Plant Blast Kills Eight at Dow Chemical Plant in Midland
Investigators probed the wrecked Dow Chemical Co plant to determine the blast’s cause after eight workers died and twenty six were injured. Three were missing but later found. destruction of Building 414 halted latex rubber paint production, with losses pegged over half a million dollars.
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Midland
Mich
Dow Chemical Co
Dow
Michigan
Fight Opens To Halt Parole Of Ohio Man
James Bankston, 29, facing parole March 22 from Mansfield Reformatory, prompted a local halt bid. Common Pleas Judge Charles D. Hayden will protest to Gov. Lausche and the Parole Commission. Police say Bankston dragged and beat three Mount Vernon women in incidents in December 1944. He was sentenced to two to 30 years.
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Mount Vernon
Ohio
James Bankston
Mansfield Reformatory
Common Pleas
Charles D. Hayden
Frank J. Lausche
Parole Commission
Bankston
Jail Transfer Is Scheduled For Banker
Damon Grow, a 50 year old Jackson banker accused of stealing 102000 from depositors, awaited transfer to Columbus jail. He will be fingerprinted at the federal building, then jailed pending a Feb 24 appearance before U S District Judge Mell G Underwood after pleading guilty to falsifying bank books.
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Damon Grow
Jackson
Columbus
U.S
Anthony Albanese
Grow
Federal
U.S. District
Mell G. Underwood
Row
First National Bank
U. S
Ross County
FBI
Train Strike Date Set By Railroad Unions
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors fixed February 27 at 6 a.m. for a nationwide strike, affecting about 250000 railroad workers. Under the Railway Labor Act, mediation and a presidential fact finding process will follow before any walkout, with periods to maintain the status quo after the report.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Order of
National Mediation Board
Truman
Can't Tip Free Cabs Officials Rule on Tips
Cincinnati riders faced a dilemma as 10 striking cab drivers offered free rides. City Solicitor Henry M. Bruestle warned that accepting tips would violate the law.
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Cincinnati
Henry M. Bruestle
Mae West Collapses on Rochester Stage
Mae West was reported resting comfortably today in her hotel after collapsing last night on the stage of the Auditorium Theater.
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Mae West
Rochester
Auditorium Theater
U S Seeks Coal Settlement by Monday amid 14 point demand
Washington officials said a settlement target by Monday aims to avert contempt actions as 370,000 coal miners continue a weeklong strike. John L. Lewis and operators held a third day of talks following a secret three hour session in which Lewis reportedly tabled a 14 point list and proposed a 200 day work year, with federal mediators pressing for a four-person cap on negotiations.
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Washington
David S. Cole
President
Truman
Board of Inquiry
Cole
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Cyrus Ching
Ching
Am “Alies
Trial Opens in Vogeler Espionage Case in Hungary
In Budapest a co defendant admitted supplying spy reports to American businessman Robert A Vogeler Jr during 1949. Vogeler an I T T executive faces trial before a Hungarian Peoples Court alongside Edgar Sanders and four Hungarians including a priest and a barmaid as part of a nine person espionage case.
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Hungary
Robert A. Vogeler, Jr
Vogeler
International Telephone & Telegraph Co
United States
Imre Geiger
U.S
Geiger
Vienna
Edgar Sanders
Two Hoovers Vie For Ohio State Treasurer Nomination
Secretary of State F. Sweeney may decide within days if two men named Herbert Hoover can be candidates for the May 2 Republican primary. Herbert Hoover of Columbus, a businessman, and Herbert L. Hoover of Dayton, a radio shop operator, both seek the nomination.
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Ce F. Sweeney
Herbert Hoover
Herbert L. Hoover
Dayton
Columbus Hoover
Dayton Hoover
Sweeney
L. L. Marshall
Cleveland
the Republic
Liquor Board Plans Hearings on Regulation Revisions
The State Board of Liquor Control will hold public hearings within 60 days on a proposed complete revision of all regulations. Wartime rules remain in force and new revisions are under consideration. A temporary regulation freezes wholesale permits for beer wine and prepared cocktails.
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Cleveland
State Board of Liquor Control
Columbus Mayor Sees Slights in GOP Governor Bid
Columbus Mayor James Rhodes says he has been snubbed in his campaign for Ohio governor. He alleges the Cuyahoga County GOP did not invite him to Lincoln Day rallies and cites prior exclusion from a GOP dinner in Dayton.
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Cleveland
James Rhodes
Columbus
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Dayton
Cincinnati Firefighter Dies During Home Blaze
Clay Parks died while battling a house fire that caused about 750 dollars in damage to his home. He died heroically while trying to extinguish the blaze.
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Cincinnati
Clay Parks
Teen girl uses wrestling move to fend off street thug
Marion Vilt a 17 year old girl tells police she grabbed the intruder's index finger bent it back punched him twice and fled. Her brother Be a football player for Bowling Treen U aided her with technique. In California two officers failed to collect a $1.50 betting stake after a horse paid $5.20 and $3.80 as they arrested bookie Thomas Sise more for the bets. The horse was named R U Kid.
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Marion Vilt
Bowling Treen U
Jane
Long Beach
Calif
Louis Jacobsen
von Fahrney
Santa Anita
Thomas Sisemore
R-U-Kid
Truman Car Goes Through Red Lights With Escort
President Truman whisked through 20 red signals on a four mile trip to a Democratic dinner with a police and Secret Service escort. Officials waived traffic rules under presidential prerogatives, though a day earlier he said he never goes through red lights.
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Washington
Truman
Fraud Charges In Jewelry Firm Bankruptcy Case
Federal agents hold 30 year old former president of a bankrupt New York jewelry firm Leo Sagal of Brooklyn charged in a $203,933 bankruptcy fraud case tied to Edmond Genet, Inc. FBI officials say the investigation uncovered missing merchandise and articles.
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Cleveland
New York
Leo Sagal
Brooklyn
Edmond Genet, Inc
Ray J. Abbaticchio, Jr
FBI
Food Given To Miners By United Auto Workers Local 45
Members of the OlIO-United Auto Workers Local 45 in Cleveland distributed $2500 worth of food for two weeks to 100 striking miners’ families in Yorkville and Tiltonville, Jefferson and Belmont Counties. UAW officials urged other unions to assist West Virginia miners as well.
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Cleveland
Olio-United Auto Workers Local 45
Ohio
Yorkville
Tiltonville
Jefferson
Belmont
UAW
West Virginia
New York Faces Brownout From Coal Shortage
New York city lights and electric signs may go dark Sunday as a coal strike narrows supplies. Governor Dewey ordered wartime style conservation measures to avert a catastrophe feared from the soft coal walkout.
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New York
Times Square
Thomas E. Dewey
Ohioans Visit U S Officials For Jefferson Jackson Dinner
An Ohio delegation of 67, led by R. Kenneth Kerr, planned meetings with Senators Taft and Bricker, a session of Congress, a reception with President Truman, and a trip home by special train after attending the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Washington. The group includes a mix of Republicans and independents with no political significance claimed.
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Washington
Ohio
Taft
Bricker
Barkley
Senate
Truman
R. Kenneth Kerr
Lancaster
Navy cancels search for missing PBM-5 aircraft
The Navy halted its six day aerial search for a PBM-5 missing since Friday with nine aboard. The last contact was over the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston. A Coast Guard beach patrol along Galveston’s coast will continue for several days.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Navy
Naval Air Base
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Coast Guard
Jail Guard Studies Prison Farm Operations
Hamilton County jail guard studied London Prison Farm operations to improve the local jail. The assignment followed the January 7 escape of ten inmates from the Hamilton County Jail, with seven recaptured to date.
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Cincinnati
London
Hamilton County
Dan Tehan
Columbus Area Weather Extension Forecast
Temperatures will average about six degrees below normal with a normal high of 39 and low of 22. A warmer Saturday then a colder Sunday followed by a warmer Tuesday. Precipitation expected once, with possible snow Monday and light snow around Wednesday.
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Columbus
Dodds Counsel Seeks Delay in Execution
In Columbus, counsel for Harry Z. Dodds asked Gov. Lausche to delay the execution until courts rule on the third man in the Athens church worker slaying. James B. Armstrong, 26, Columbus, was taken into custody. Dodds, 21, New Straitsville, is to die next Friday for first degree murder. accomplice Grover Rawlins, 18, is serving a life term. The commission weighs stay and clemency requests while Armstrong faces possible testimony.
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George Teman
Armstrong
Stewart
Bateman
James Armstrong
Gaston
Ala
Columbus
Rawlins
Ohio Penitentiary
Dodds
Town Grill
Pat Morgan
Stacy Hall
Glenn L. Hoffman
Miss Gifford
Dayton
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Greman
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Atlanta
Milner
Juanita Johnson
Franklin County
Alabama
Georgia
James A. Rhodes
C. C. Cole
Harry Z. Dodds
Frank J. Lausche
James B.armstrong
Cus
Ee Armstrong
Eleanor Gifford
New Straiteville
Ohio
Erskine
Francis D. White
T. Vincent Forenee
Percy Lowery
Martin
Dodda
Army Strong
Roy E Harmony
Lowery
National Scale Sought For Jobless Insurance
Rep. Young of Ohio introduces a bill to create a nationwide unemployment insurance system with weekly benefits tied to dependents: $30 for no dependents, $36 for one, $42 for two or more, replacing current state scales. The measure aims to standardize payments across the nation.
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Washington
Reg Young
Ohio
Margaret Truman Clarifies Career Plans and Romance
Margaret Truman says she is not pursuing a career with the Metropolitan Opera. Her daughter, visiting for a weekend singing engagement, admits occasional dates with “friends” but denies any romance. She turns 26 today and will celebrate with a birthday cake at a reception in her honor.
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Miami
Fla
Margaret Truman
Metropolitan Era Company
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