Explosion in Los Angeles Is Citys Worst in 37 Years
LA police report 15 dead and 158 hospitalized after the J. J. O'Connor Corp electroplating plant blast at 9 45 am. Perchloric acid detonation caused extensive damage, with homes deemed unsafe and many residents displaced. Sixty blocks affected, downtown jolted.
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Los Angeles
J. J. O'Connor Corp
O'Connor
Los Angeles Times
Bikini
Dewayne Bearss
South Gate
Frank
Dad
Bearss
Lillian O’connor
Armories Approved for Youngstown and Warren
Navy Department approves construction of naval armories in Youngstown and Warren per announcement by Commander J A Stansbury of the local reserve unit.
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Youngstown
Navy Department
Warren
J. A. Stansbury
Mills workers exceed safety hours at East Works
More than 4,500 American Rolling Mill Co East Works employees in Middletown Ohio completed 1,618,000 work hours without a major lost time accident this week, marking a notable industrial safety milestone.
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Middletown, O
American Rolling Mill Co
East
Taft backs hiring over house budget showdown
Sen Taft argues for a Senate vote on widening agency spending by 1.5 billion beyond the House 239 to 159 cut, to set a 33 billion ceiling for year starting July 1. Millikin backs the lower cap while Bridges predicts Republicans favor a smaller cut though public reaction is favorable.
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Taft
Republican Policy Committee
Millikin
R-Cole
House
Truman
Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Appropriations Committee
New Hampshire
Senate
Lausche Debuts as Lawyer Wins Settlement in Case
Former Gov. Frank J. Lausche appears in common pleas court for the first time as a lawyer and sees a client secure an $8,000 settlement in a $25,000 personal injury suit.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Common Pleas Court
Strike Action Authorized in Rubber City
Akron workers at B F Goodrich and Firestone Tire and Rubber vote strongly for strike to back wage demands. The CIO United Rubber Workers and Big Four companies plan a Cleveland meeting February 28 to discuss the wage dispute after local canvassing. International board meets February 26 and may urge another Big Four conference.
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Akron
Cio-United Rubber Workers
Big Four
International
Cleveland
International Executive Board
B. F. Goodrich Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Vast Underground Lake Found North of Canton
Canton officials report a vast underground lake north of the city could double the water supply to about 30 million gallons daily. The hydrogeologic report follows two months of drilling testing and observation aimed at easing summer rationing.
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Canton
Bus Kills Optometrist at Downtown Intersection
A bus struck and killed Alfred D. Thomas, a 68 year old optometrist, at a downtown intersection last night. The crash remains under investigation by local authorities.
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Cleveland
Alfred D. Thomas
Eugene O Neills Moon for the Misbegotten Baffles First Audience
Eugene O Neills new play A Moon for the Misbegotten opens off Broadway amid mixed reviews. The drama centers on the Tyrone family in 1923 Connecticut, highlighting love, weakness, redemption, and a heavy stage burden on three main actors while critics note both its poetic quality and need for tighter cutting.
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John Frye
Columbus
Eugene O'Neill
Connecticut Hills
Mary Welch
Josie Hogan
James Dunn
James Tyrone, Jr
J. M. Kerrigan
Phil Hogan
Josie
O'Neill
Poe
Tyrone
O’neill
Theatre Guild
Ohio
Bud Kissell
The
Columbus Citizen
America
Mary McGavran
Ohio State Journal
Messenger in Quebec newsprint shortage curtails publication
The Messenger reports a critical boxcar shortage in Quebec delays newsprint shipments, risking halted publication in Athens. If full-sized sheets cannot arrive, a temporary tabloid edition with limited pages will be issued. Rail and mill constraints threaten weeks of sub normal issues nationwide.
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Quebec
Messenger
Athens
England
AFL Official First to Favor Labor Bill
AFL official George O. Lynch testified before the Senate Labor Committee that workers striking to force law violations should lose rights under the Wagner Act. Lynch, VP of the AFL metal trades department, became the first union figure to back a major provision of the bill. Critics praised or challenged other witnesses, including CIO President Philip Murray and AFL Chief William Green.
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Washington
George O. Lynch
AFL
Congress
Lynch
AFL Metal Trades Department
Senate Labor Committee
CIO
Philip Murray
William Green
Green
Senator Ball
R-Minn
Wreck Heroine Sally Ann Ortega Identified
The wreck heroine of the Red Arrow crash near Altoona is Sally Ann Ortega 26 a former Red Cross nurse from North Bergen New Jersey She is hospitalized with a smashed left hand at Altoona Hospital After the plunge 150 feet down an embankment she kept passengers in Pullman 680 calm and engaged in rapid-fire talk as rescuers aided the injured
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Altoona
Pittsburgh
Sally
Pennsylvania Railroad
Red Arrow
Here
Sally Ann Ortega
Red Cross
North Bergen
N. J
Sally Ann
Altoona Hospital
Continued Cold Is Predicted
The winter’s heaviest snowfall covered southern and eastern Ohio with five inches in spots along the Ohio River. Chillicothe had two inches, Chesapeake five inches, and Pittsburgh reported 13 inches. Meteorologist George Mindling expected little temperature change over the next five days with brief warm spells followed by renewed cold. Ohio Fuel Gas Co. continued curtailing industrial supplies through the weekend.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio River
Chillicothe
Chesapeake
Pittsburgh
George Mindling
Mindling
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
E. M. Tharp
Vet and Businessman Die in Route 40 Crash Near Zanesville
A Newark business man Allen B. Larber and Zanesville war veteran Paul Dingey were killed in an automobile truck collision on U S Route 40 west of Zanesville. Two other men were injured. Larber was part owner of a weather stripping and insulating business.
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Newark, CO
Newark
Zanesville
Allen B. Larber
Paul Dingey
Ten Thousand Dollar Verdict In Child Death Suit
A Tuscarawas County Common Pleas Court jury awarded Mrs. Grace B. Sours of Brightwood a $10,000 damages verdict in a case involving her daughter, nine, in New Philadelphia Ohio.
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New Philadelphia, CO
Tuscarawas County
Common Pleas Court
Grace B. Sours
Brightwood
Nine
Boxcar shortage spurs high level talks in Washington
Industry and government officials will meet in the Senate office building next week to plan obtaining 10 000 new boxcars monthly amid a critical supply gap. President Truman referenced the effort during a news conference as lawmakers push for more steel for cars. The shortage threatens Canadian newsprint shipments and could force newspaper size cuts while Mullins Manufacturing warns of plant shutdowns in Warren and Salem, Ohio, impacting 3 300 workers.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Reed
R-Kan
Senate Commerce
Myers
D-Pa
Capehart
R-Ind
Grim White Paper Austerity Urges Higher Output
The Labour government released a grim white paper urging Britons to raise production or threaten the nation’s foundations. It calls for continued rationing, longer work, and higher individual output in mines mills and factories. It also pressures labor to drop restrictive practices and industry to export a quarter of goods while prioritizing manpower and supplies. Prime Minister Attlee names coal as priority and demands more workers in 1947.
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London
Labor Party
Attlee
Newton Falls Teachers Contemplate Strike Over $300 Cost of Living Bonus
Warren Ohio report states Newton Falls teachers threaten strike after the school board rejects a $300 cost of living bonus covering January through May.
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Newton Falls
Warren
Solitary thought and public groups shape men and life
SAM SIMMONS critiques modern Americans rushing to meetings and joining many organizations for dues and a buzz of weekly publications. He argues criminals seek a better life alone, while writers and scientists work in solitude, not crowds, to produce enduring work.
Former Liquor Inspector Testifies of Pressure During Probe
Former Akron inspector Frank Whittemore is accused of pressuring him to alter an unfavorable liquor permit report. Schuster, a long-time inspector, testified about racketeers influencing Cleveland clubs and reports being sidetracked, with focus on the Aurelius Club and the Sons of Italy of Cleveland.
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Frank E. Whittemore
Akron
Senate
Edmund E. Schuster
Liquor Department
Whittemore
Schuster
Michael Azar
Michael
Dave
Dave Azar
William J. Kelch
Kelch
Itate
Warren
Ohio business groups urge living within income state budget
A 45 member inter-organizations conference asked Ohio to limit spending to current revenue for the next two years. They warned that funding all requests would force new taxes. Republicans backed preserving a $161 million surplus for capital projects and restricting extra appropriations to $42 to $53 million.
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Columbus
Ohio
Inter - Organizations Conference
Chambers of Commerce
Ohio House
House
Paul H. Ballard
Finance Committee
Cincy Stock Leader Retires From Post
Lloyd Nickels of Connersville Ind president of the Cincinnati Livestock Producers Association for 20 years retires today. His successor will be named March 19 by the board of directors. Directors elected at the annual meeting include Jesse Stewart Springfield Ohio Robert Turner Batavia Ohio and Sanford Haigh Hillsboro Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Lloyd Nickels
Connersville
Ind
Cincinnati Livestock Producers’ Association
Jesse Stewart
Springfield
Ohio
Robert Turner
Batavia
Sanford Haigh
Hillsboro
Ohio Group Discusses Junior College Bills
The Ohio State Friends of the Public Schools will meet Sunday to discuss legislation permitting Ohio public school boards to establish junior colleges. Dr. Jesse P. Bogue of the American Association of Junior Colleges was scheduled to speak on the need for public colleges in Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio State
Friends of the Public Schools
Ohio
Jesse P. Bogue
American Association of Junior Colleges
Washington, D. C
Plant Adds $2 Million Lorain Steam Plant Expansion
The Office of Temporary Controls announced authorization for a $2,010,000 addition to a steam electric generating plant in Lorain Ohio.
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Washington
Office of Temporary Controls
Lorain
Ohio
Presbytery Names New Cincinnati Executive Secretary
Rev. Russell Gregg Bisnett of Bellingham Washington is announced as the new executive secretary and stated clerk of the Cincinnati Presbytery.
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Presbytery
Cincinnati
Russell Gregg Bisnett
Bellingham, Wash
Cincinnati Presbytery
Price Fixing Charged Clay Product Firms
Federal Trade Commission charged the Clay Products Association of Chicago and 35 vitrified sewer pipe manufacturers with illegal price fixing. Ohio firms named include Kaul Clay Manufacturing in Toronto Logan Clay Products in Logan Peerless Clay Manufacturing in Port Homer St Marys Sewer Pipe in St Marys Stratton Fire Clay in Stratton and Union Clay Manufacturing in Empire.
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Columbus
Clay Sewer Pipe Association of
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Clay Products Association of Chicago
Ohio
The
Clay Sewer Pipe Association
Kaul Clay Manufacturing Co
Toronto
Logan Clay Products Co
Logan
Peerless Clay Manufacturing Co
Port Homer
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s Sewer Pipe Co., St. Mary's, Pa.; Stratton Fire Clay Co
Stratton, Ohio
Union Clay Manufacturing Co
Empire, Ohio
Casket Firm Sues CIO Workers for Picketing
Warren Stamping Co. a Warren Ohio subsidiary of Federal Machine and Welding Co. filed a $500 000 damage suit against the CIO United Electrical Workers for picketing a plant under conversion for metal casket fabrication to serve returning U S soldiers. The suit seeks a restraining order against further picketing begun Wednesday.
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Warren— (P
U. S
Europe
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Warren Stamping Co
Federal Machine & Welding Co
Bradley Freezes VA Jobs Amid Administration Cutbacks
Gen. Omar Bradley, Veterans Administrator, froze VA employment at its peak of 224,852 and ordered strict economies across VA offices. In telegrams to 13 branch managers he warned that outright staff cuts may be anticipated as a reply to congressional criticism of administrative expenses.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Bradley
Cleveland Reduces Debt in 1946 Debt by 7 Million
Mayor Thomas A. Burke announced Cleveland cut total debt by 7,050,500 in 1946 and finished the year with a surplus of 825,835.
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Cleveland
Thomas A. Burke
Very Polite Burglars Rob Woman in Cincinnati
A burglar described as very polite and his companion robbed Mrs Exlie Hazelwood of 71 dollars 25 cents and jewelry valued at 74 dollars 50 cents. They entered her kitchen with revolvers ordered her to bed politely then ransacked the apartment, police said.
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Cincinnati
Exlie Hazelwood
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Lausche
Rubber City
Eugene O’neill
Sam Simmons
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Vets
Geraldine du Bois
Chicago
Windy City
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