Conflicting Prices and Cautious Consumer Mood Across Markets
Conflicting price moves across groceries and commodities left shoppers wary. Butter rose while some meats and poultry fell. farmers faced low cattle on January 1 amid high feed costs. Grain and grain futures fluctuated as weather hints affected wheat, and cotton rose with late buying. The AP index edged down slightly while markets remained nervous.
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New York Stock Exchange
Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Kansas
Anderson
Washington
New York
Associated Press
Funerals Set For Pomeroy Wreck Victims
Seven victims of a car crash near Pomeroy will be buried in Fairmount Cemetery Jackson. Services in Jackson for Golda May Lambert 33 and her son Henry 7 Friday at 3 pm Nazarene Church conducted by Rev. A E Pusey. Other services follow Saturday and Sunday for Sturgill 18 and expectant mother, Claire Diles 54, Roy Keller 52 and son Wilbur 27, and David Trego 8 with Rev H E Osborne.
Reduction of Taxes on Investors Sought
Ohio securities chief James F. Merkel urged Senate finance committee to cut taxes for investors in industry. He argued capital providers receive poor returns and corporate net earnings are unsatisfactory under current tax burdens.
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Cleveland
Ohio
James F. Merkel
Ohio Division of Securities
Senate Finance Committee
UN Little Assembly Faces Korean Problem
The knotty issue of Korea's political future was handed to the United Nations little assembly, marking the body’s first big test this year. Created at Secretary of State George C. Marshall's suggestion, the panel faces a delicate postwar challenge and global attention.
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Lake Success
Korea
United Nations Little Assembly
George C. Marshall
Hogs Injured In Overturned Truck Near Decatur
The accident occurred near Decatur Georgia when a hog truck overturned injuring several hogs. A crowd called for an ambulance but drivers refused to treat animals, saying they could only transport people.
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Decatur
New Midwest Cold Wave Predicted for Tonight
A fast moving cold air mass swept from the Northwest into the Northern Rockies and northern plains then across the Midwest. Temperatures drop sharply with Chicago forecast to fall from a high near 60 to 10 to 15 above tonight as the storm moves east toward the Great Lakes. Highs elsewhere mostly mild with record readings in several cities. Abilene Texas reached 81.
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Rockies
Plains
Midwest
Montana
Canada
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Ontario
New England
Ball of Fire Seen Across Six States
Observers reported a brilliant ball of fire seen in Kansas Texas New Mexico Oklahoma Nebraska and Colorado yesterday with a large explosion high in the sky. University of Denver experts offered no explanation while Nebraska professors suggested it could be a meteor though several aviation and highway officials reported flaming plane crashes that were later deemed groundless.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
Chamberlin Observatory
University of Denver
A. W. Recht
University of Nebraska
Oliver C. Collins
Civil Aeronautic and
State High Highway Patrol
City May Use Scrip to Pay Employees Warns Finance Director
Youngstown faces a potential payroll with scrip payments as Finance Director J E Davis warns council of a 493715 deficit at the start of the year and revenues expected to bottom out by October 15.
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Youngstown
J. E. Davis
Charles P. Henderson
Davis
Labor Issue Is Defeat Of Taft
The AFL's national legislative agent Lewis Hines says two top issues for organized labor are defeating Taft if he is the GOP nominee and repealing the Taft Hartley Act. He warned Taft's election would drive the country toward communism.
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Taft
Cleveland
American Federation of Labor
Lewis Hines
Robert A. Taft
Firm Stand Urged Over Russian Expansion
Paul Block Jr. warns that the United States must take a firm stand against further Russian expansion or war will surely come. He is co publisher of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and also of the Toledo Blade and Toledo Times.
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Pittsburgh
United States
Paul Block, Jr
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The
Toledo Blade
Toledo Times
Trustees Reappointed to Ohio State Society
Columbus attorney Freeman T. Fagleson and Greenville's Fred D. Coppock were reappointed trustees of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society by Gov. Thomas J. Herbert yesterday.
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Columbus
Freeman _ T. Fagleson
Fred D. Coppock
Greenville
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
Thomas J. Herbert
Car Thief Ring Busted in Cleveland Area
East Cleveland Police Chief Horace S. Weaver announced the arrest of seven men linked to a theft ring that stole at least twenty cars across four counties. Edward Fumich and John Guthrie, both 18–21, were turned over to the FBI for Dyer Act violations involving a Dec 17 Euclid car later found in Nashville.
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Cleveland
Horace S. Weaver
East Cleveland
Willoughby
Chardon
Akron
Edward Fumich
John Guthrie
FBI
Euclid
Nashville
Tenn
Weaver
Court Upholds Auto Resale Victory in Ohio Case
In Portsmouth Ohio a common pleas court ruled for Dean Slavens after a 10 minute deliberation in a dispute with Watkins Motor Co The dealer claimed Slavens sold a car to Bruce Stapleton of Ashland Kentucky after agreeing to hold it six months The suit sought 606 damages claiming a sale price of 2590 with a purchase of 1983
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Common Pleas
Dean Slavens
Watkins Motor Co
Bruce Stapleton
Ashland
Motor Company
Slavens
Watkins Company
Midway Sails for Naples as Eight Bodies Unrecovered
Hyeres France United States aircraft carrier Midway departed before dawn for Naples after eight sailors were listed as missing from a launch that swamped Monday night Search efforts were abandoned as of yesterday with no bodies recovered or found.
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Hyeres
France
Midway
Naples
Two German Generals Convicted for Hostage Killings
Field Marshal Wilhelm List and Gen. Walter Kuntze were sentenced to life imprisonment by an American tribunal for war crimes and crimes against humanity tied to the Balkans occupation. Keitel’s execution by hanging was noted as the court blamed him for the terror campaign while acquitting Foertsch and Von Geitner for lack of direct responsibility.
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Wilhelm List
Walter Kuntze
Germany
Balkans
List
Kuntze
Wilhelm Keitel
Hitler
Keitel
Hermann Foertsch
12Th Army Staff
Kurt von Geitner
Serbia
Foertsch
Union Votes Favor Strike Levy Across ITU Members
In Indianapolis the AFL International Typographical Union reported a strong majority for higher strike assessments among about 88 000 members. Chicago Local 16 and Chicago Mailers Union No. 2 backed a five percent levy by over 10 to 1, with 3 170 to 314 counted. Cincinnati Local President Lester French announced a tenfold hike. Canvassing starts March 1 amid incomplete figures.
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Indianapolis
AFL International Typographical Union
Chicago
Chicago Mailers’ Union
ITU
Cincinnati
Lester French
Cincinnati Itu
Bishop Blames Medical Group For Shortage
Cincinnati report shows Methodist Bishop G Bromley Oxnam claims a closed medical union controls medical school intake and physician numbers rising from 120000 in 1920 to 175000 by 1940 during the Methodist Hospitals and Homes convention. Dr Karl Meister warns government health programs may grow if hospitals are not improved. He criticizes veterans hospital spending and the Veterans Administration bed expansion.
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Cincinnati
G. Bromley Oxnam
New York
United States
Bishop Oxnam
National Association of Methodist Hospitals and Homes
Karl P. Meister
Chicago
Verdict Awaited in Newark Prison Cell Death
Rodney Roy Underwood, 45, former construction project clerk, was found dead in a Newark City Prison cell. Licking County Coroner G W Sapp delayed the verdict pending consultations with the deceased's family. Underwood was jailed Tuesday night on a drunkenness charge.
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Newark
Ansa
Rodney Roy Underwood
Newark City
Licking County
G. W. Sapp
Underwood
Chile expands Antarctic presence with two bases
President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla opened two Chilean weather stations on Greenwich Island and O Higgins Land amid overlapping Antarctica claims by Chile, Argentina, and Britain. Britain and Argentina move forces near the Falklands as tensions rise.
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Santiago
Chile
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Antarctic
Gonzalez
Port Sovereignty
Greenwich Island
South Shetlands
South America
O’higgins
City Manager Is Suspended in Hamilton
Hamilton city manager Frank R. Buechner was suspended by a 4-1 city council vote after 16 months in office. Acting city manager Mark Thomas, the finance director, will fill duties as a hearing is set for March 17. Buechner, ill at home, previously came from Superior, Wisconsin, earning $10,000 a year.
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Hamilton
Frank R. Buechner
Frank Rosendahl
Rosendahl
Buechner
Mark ‘Thomas
Superior
Wis
Former WWI Religious Director Dies
Rev. Joseph L. Garvin, 74, longtime Cleveland insurance man, died yesterday at St. Luke's Hospital. His first pastorate was at First Christian Church in Youngstown, and during World War I he served as YMCA religious director at Camp Sherman in Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Cleveland
Joseph L. Garvin
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lat First Christian Church
Youngstown
YMCA
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
Democratic alarms as Wallace third party challenge grows
The Democratic National Committee denounces Henry Wallace's third party bid and warns it may defeat the party's liberal program in 1948. Leo Isacson's NY upset signals danger, while Wallace presses California ballot signatures. Southern Democrats snub a dinner over segregation fears as Truman is highlighted.
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Allace
Leo Isacson
Henry Wallace
American Labor Party
Congress
New York
Bronx
Vito Marcantonio
ALP
Isacson
Wallace
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Henry A. Wallace
J. Howard McGrath
Highest Paid. Ask Increase Official Says
A railroad official testified before a presidential fact finding board that members of three operating unions seeking higher wages are already the highest paid in the industry. L. W. Hornung of the New York Central System said engineers, firemen and switchmen, though 9.38 percent of workers, earn 12.8 percent of total pay and 36.4 percent more than equal pay across all employees. The unions seek a 30 percent wage rise and 25 rule changes as a strike deadline looms.
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Chicago
L. W. Hornung
New York
New York Central System
Horning
Sheriff Seeks Return Of Newark Medium
Sheriff Roe Francis travels to Tala dega Alabama to extradite Mr and Mrs Jack Smith who are charged with conversion of property and grand larceny. Francis says the couple fought extradition after allegedly fleecing Buckeye Lake residents of 3000 dollars last summer with Mrs Smith posing as a medium.
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Newark
Roe Francis
Taladega
Ala
Jack Smith
Francis
Smiths
Ex-Cemetery Sexton Must Return Funds
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson ordered Charles E. Follmeyer to repay $312, funds misappropriated from Brookfield Township cemetery receipts for opening graves from November 1942 to September 1947. The recovery goes to the township treasury.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Charles E. Follmeyer
Brookfield Township
Trumbull County
Ferguson
Follmeyer
Briton Lord Rothermere to address AP luncheon
Lord Rothermere, a 49 year old British newspaper proprietor, will speak at the Associated Press annual luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria in New York on April 19.
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New York
Lord Rothermere
Associated Press
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Employee Dies in Flash Fire at Sherwin-Williams
John Cuffie aged 28, an employee of the Sherwin-Williams Co., died last night from burns suffered in a flash fire at the plant. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Employe
Cleveland
John Cuffie
The
Sherwin-Williams Co
One Market Left Louisville as Lexington Exits Burley Trade
Only Lexington among Kentucky burley tobacco markets will remain in operation after tomorrow, leaving Louisville as the sole market continuing to trade burley tobacco in the state.
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Louisville
Lexington
Kentucky
Burley
Senate Renews Fraud Probe In Truman Missouri Case
A Senate investigation into Democratic vote fraud charges from a 1946 Missouri primary in the fifth district advances. The judiciary subcommittee plans to question the FBI agent in charge, now a federal judgeship nominee, as Senator Kem says a new committee will review Justice Department handling in Kansas City precincts. A grand jury indicted 72 people, but 66 were freed January 28 after ballots held for evidence were stolen.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Missouri
Judiciary
FBI
Kem
Justice Department
Kansas City
Dairy Driver Strike Delayed by Contract
Akron dairies face a delay in a milk driver strike as a contract clause slows action. Drivers currently earn 13 percent commission on sales while local dairies seek a flat three cent per quart daily payment plus seven percent on subsequent sales.
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Akron, CO
Dairies
Thwarted Safe Crackers Set Fires in Market
Five fires were set in the Eldon Market in Columbus after an apparent attempt to crack the safe. Eldon Henry, proprietor, estimated damage at 10000 dollars. Intruders, angered by failure, set the fires and threw a rock through the glass front door.
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Columbus
Eldon
Eldon Henry
Polish General Prugar Ketling Dies at 57 in Warsaw
General Bronislaw Prugar Ketling aged 57 and former Army high command chief of cabinet died yesterday in Warsaw. He served as chief of the department of education and held senior roles in the military command structure.
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Warsaw
Bronislaw Prugar-Ketling
Department of Education
Ship Owner Sir James Bell Dies at 69
Leeds England Sir James Bell 69 ship owner and head of James Bell and Co. died last night leaving a major Yorkshire shipping firm without its leader.
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Leeds
England
James Bell
James Bell and Co
Bridges Critiques Truman China Aid Plan In Congress
Senator Bridges called the proposed 570 million dollar economic package for China too small and too late, urging military aid to Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government. He argued U.S. Europe aid logic should not ignore China’s fall to the Communists. House hearings begin soon as foreign aid bills move forward. Truman limited his request to economic assistance including loans for cereals, cotton, petroleum, fertilizer, tobacco, medicines and coal.
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Washington
Truman
China
Congress
Bridges
R-Nh
Chiang Kai-Shek
New Hampshire
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Future Looks Brighter For Homeless Veteran
A 28 year old homeless veteran of the Bataan death march, William Lash, faces a rebounding turn after his home burned and he lost his job due to eye trouble from imprisonment. He receives two job offers and more than $400 in donations from sympathetic donors.
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Cleveland
Bataan
William Lash
Lash
Navy dispatches mobile unit to Indiana flood area
Navy officials sent a mobile emergency communications unit to southern Indiana as the Ohio River floods threaten the region. F R Cheese, chief radio electrician from Youngstown Ohio, leads the team.
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Navy
Indiana
Ohio River
F. R. Cheese
Youngstown
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