Ex State Liquor Inspector to Testify Before Senators Tomorrow
Former state liquor inspector Ed mund S. Schuster will be ordered to appear before the Senate Investigating Committee in Columbus to elaborate on charges against the Liquor Department. He claimed bribes and political pressure, and said a “little black book” figures in the case as hearings are set to begin.
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Columbus
Edmund S. Schuster
Senate
Roscoe Walcutt
Thomas E. Bateman
Schuster
Perrysburg
Wood County
Thomas J. Herbert
State Senate Investigation Committee
Frank Collopy
Cleveland
The
Plain Dealer
Canton
Liquor Department
Steubenville
Herbert
Portsmouth
Kelch
West Virginia
Ohio
Army Colonel Held For Diamond Souvenirs
Col. Edward J. Murray was detained in the U S Eighth Army stockade in Yokohama as inquiries continue into his $210 000 in diamonds taken home as souvenirs. He was ordered back to Japan by General MacArthur and transported to the stockade after arriving by plane from San Francisco.
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Yokohama
Edward J. Murray
U. S
Eighth Army
Army
Japan
MacArthur
Bank of Japan
San Francisco
Dayton Editor Returns From Europe War Tour
Dwight Young editor of the Dayton Journal Herald heads a party of 10 editors who flew back Monday night after a month long European tour sponsored by the War Department.
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Washington
Dwight Young
Dayton, Ohio
Journal-Herald
Europe
War Department
China halts talks on Philippine amity pact
Manila reports China through Minister Chen Chi Peng has stopped further negotiations on the proposed amity pact, citing what it calls discriminatory measures against Chinese residents in the Philippines.
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Manila
China
Chen Chi-Peng
Philippines
Fire Devastates Shimbashi Black Market in Tokyo
A large section of the Shimbashi black market burned today in Tokyo, marking the first major postwar blaze in the city since the war’s end. No further details on casualties or causes were provided.
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Tokyo
Shimbashi
Red Arrow Disaster Drives Rail Crash Probe
A Pennsylvania Railroad flyer the Red Arrow plunged 150 feet near Bennington Curve killing 25 and injuring 141 as authorities from the Interstate Commerce Commission and Public Utility Commission join the probe. Rescuers descended the slope to recover victims amid snow and wreckage. heroes emerged, including an Ohio rabbi guiding prayers despite injuries.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
Detroit
New York
Ment
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Railroad
Bennington Curve
Ohio
Acute Boxcar Shortage Cuts Paper Supply
Ottawa reports a boxcar shortage cuts U S newsprint deliveries from Canada for at least a month. Transport officials order cars only to mills facing shutdown due to storage limits. Mills still operating must source cars amid grain-rail commandeering reducing supply.
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Ottawa
Canada
D. S. Liberty
Canadian Prairies
Great Lakes
Ocean
Warren Fire Dept to Install Radio System Locally
The Warren Fire Department will immediately install its own radio system due to interference from police calls.
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Warren, O
Warren Fire Department
Graham Station plant choice tied to coal near Mason County
SAM SIMMONS notes the Graham Station site was chosen mainly for nearby coal deposits and abundant water. Local residents question alternatives such as West Virginia Ordnance Works. The decision benefits Mason County, seen as a potential catalyst for industrial growth in a leading agricultural region.
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Graham Station
Lima
Ohio
Cabin Creek
W. Va
Scioto
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Mason County
Withdrawal From India May Be Attlee's Topic
London sources said Lord Wavell will return soon as Viceroy of India and Prime Minister Attlee may announce in the House of Commons tomorrow a plan for Indian independence. Speculation grow about a British withdrawal and full independence for India perhaps within a year.
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London
Lord Wavell
India
Attlee
House of Commons
Ohio Firm May Obtain Half of Inch Line Gas
East Ohio Gas Co. may obtain up to 50 percent of natural gas transmitted over the Big and Little Inch Line pipelines, president J. French Robinson said. The company now supplies about 33 percent of gas channeled through the two lines.
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Ohio
Cleveland
East Ohio Gas Co
Incia
J. French Robinson
Truck Driver Killed In Train Crash Near Louisville
Richard R. Diery, 23, died yesterday when his truck collided with a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Louisville. Authorities investigated the accident as our report notes the driver and train details. He hailed from the Canton area and the incident occurred on a local highway crossing.
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Canton
Richard R. Diery
Pennsylvania
Louisville
Rubber Pay Hike Urged From Profits
Akron report says Big Four rubber firms Goodrich Firestone U S Rubber and Goodyear earned 102 million dollars in profits last year and should grant a 26 cent an hour wage hike per CIO United Rubber Workers leader L S Buckmaster. He cites profits up 92 percent since wartime, urges price cuts while maintaining profits and warns plants could close without action. Duckingham for the industry declined to comment.
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AKRON
Cio-United Rubber Workers
International Union
L. S. Buckmaster
Buckmaster
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
B. F. Goodrich Co
Firestone
URWA
L. M. Duckingham
Big Four
Boxcar Shortage Tangles Grain and Industrial Supply
Senate Commerce subcommittee chair Reed notes overall railroad performance is good despite a boxcar shortage. Witnesses from eastern manufacturers cite grain elevators jammed and plant shutdowns as cars are diverted west. Toledo and Youngstown firms warn of production cuts without relief as western railroads use about 89 percent of their own boxcars.
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Washington
Reed
Senate Commerce
John A. Forshey
Toledo Board of Trade
Walter C. Skuce
Owens- Corning Fibre Glass Co
Toledo
Gallia County Resident Dies
Nate Rothgeb former postmaster of Cheshire died this morning at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after being brought there Sunday. Survived by wife Cora two sons Otto and Delmar Cheshire and three daughters Mrs Dale Ainsworth Mrs Clara Athy and Mrs Fielding Hawkins Corning a son James died in Okinawa in World War II. Body at Rawlings-Coates funeral home Middport where services are arranged.
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Cheshire
Nate Rothgeb
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Cora
Otto
Delmar
Dale Ainsworth
Clara Athy
Fielding Hawkins
Corning
James
Okinawa
Rawlings-Coates
Middleport
Col Earle S Johnson Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Col. Earle S. Johnson killed in a crash of his Army transport plane will be held at St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Cleveland today.
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Col. Johnson
Cleveland
Earle S. Johnson
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Murray Carries Union Curbs Fight Across Legislature
CIO President Philip Murray told the Senate Labor Committee that punitive anti union bills will foster monopolies and harm the economy. He urged labor unity with AFL leaders to oppose industry wide bargaining and broaden protections, while calling for cooperative measures to maintain full production and employment.
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Washington
Ap) Cio
Philip Murray
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Murray
CIO
Organized Labor
AFL
Senate
White House
Office of War Mobilization
Labor
William Green
T. C. Cashen
Railway Labor Executives Association
Ball
R-Minn
Frederick C. Smith
Rohio
House Labor Committee
Assembly To Speed Up Work GOP Sets 422 Millions Limit
Columbus Ohio leaders moved to speed the General Assembly by establishing close liaison with Governor Herbert. A $422 million spending limit was set for 1947 48 while tax revision and the biennial budget were awaited.
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GOP
Columbus
General Assembly
Frank E. Whittemore
Akron
Senate
House
C. William O'Neill
Marietta
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Marshall Ends Soviet Protest
The State Department labeled the notes exchange with Russia as finished business. Secretary Marshall rejected a Soviet protest over remarks by Undersecretary Acheson, handed to Foreign Minister Molotov in Moscow yesterday.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Marshall
Acheson
Senate
Molotov
Moscow
Senate Atomic Committee
Survey Funds Available For Conservation Plan
Columbus report states funds are sufficient to finance a survey for flood prevention and soil conservation in the 17 county Scioto Sandusky Conservancy District. Attorney Allen S Pretzman said a 0.3 mill levy on real estate and public utilities would raise about $290,000 in two years, exceeding initial estimates by roughly $50,000.
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Columbus
Scioto-Sandusky Conservancy
Allen S. Pretzman
District Commission
Conservancy
OPA Fate Hinges On Budget Increase
Washington report says the Office of Price Administration may shut down in 72 hours without Senate rescue as the Hagse decision to cut 9 million dollars from its appropriation could end price ceilings and rationing four months early. Max McCullough warned the agency may exit despite remaining controls.
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Washington
OPA
Senate
Max McCullough
Man, 51, Convicted in Second Degree Murder Case
Claude Price, 51, was convicted yesterday before Judge Stanley Strubel of criminal court on a second degree murder charge for the fatal stabbing of George L. Singleton last October in Cincinnati. Pending sentence, Price was sent to Longview State Hospital for observation.
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Cincinnati
Claude, Price
Stanley Strubel
Criminal Court
George L. Singleton
Strubel
Price
Longview State Hospital
GOP Senators Endorse Trimmed 4.5 Billion Budget Cut
Senate Republicans voted 22 to 19 to back a 4.5 billion dollar reduction to President Truman's 37.5 billion budget, a smaller cut than the 6 billion proposed by the Budget Committee. The move risks undermining a 20 percent income tax cut as House supporters push for the larger figure.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
GOP
House Budget Committee
House
All Out Drive for Universal Military Training Seen
House Armed Services Committee members said there will be no draft law extension. They indicated the Army and Navy will launch an all out drive on Capitol Hill for universal military training, following private briefings with military leaders.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Capitol Hill
Torch Man Indicted in Glenville Bride Shooting
A special Gilmer County grand jury indicted Raymond McCutcheon, 42, of Torch Ohio, for murder in the fatal shooting of his 22 year old wife after an argument. Officers said he wept at the funeral home. Ballistics linked three bullet wounds to a single missile.
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Glenville
W. Va
Gilmer County
Jake Fisher
Raymond McCutcheon
Torch
Ohio
McCutcheon
Charleston
Aircraft Radar Setup Planned for Cleveland
Army Air Force personnel scouted Cleveland for a new 123rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron unit of the Air National Guard. They accepted applications from men interested in joining the unit.
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Cleveland
Army Air Force
123Rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Air National Guard
Cleveland Electric plans record 57 million expansion
The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. announces a 57 million dollar program of extension and improvements, the largest in its history, stated by President Elmer L. Lindseth.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Elmer L. Lindseth
Baptist Official Dies After Lengthy Illness
The Rev. Dr. Tileston F. Chambers longtime executive secretary of the Ohio Baptist Convention from 1915 to 1939 died yesterday at his home after a long illness. A 78 year old retiree, he had served as a trustee of Denison University and was a native of Zanesville.
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Granville
Tileston F. Chambers
Ohio Baptist Convention
Denison University
Zanesville
Retired actor Lucius Henderson dies at 93
Lucius Henderson, a veteran actor, producer and film director who retired in 1939 after over five decades in entertainment, died last night in New York at age 93.
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New York
Lucius Henderson
Ingot Production Hits 94.5 Percent of Quota
The Iron Age reports the steel industry achieved a peace time record ingot output at 94.5 percent of capacity. Demand remains strong while inventories lag, forcing mills to use high cost equipment and pay elevated scrap prices. Shortages may ease by June or July with more normal conditions afterward.
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New York
National Metalworking
Steel Company
Iron Age
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