Tharp Drives to Ditch Ohio Liquor Monopoly System
Ed ward E Tharp led a citizens drive to end Ohio state liquor monopoly which last year earned more than 15 million dollars. The committee planned pamphlets outlining alleged evils and urged legislature to end political influence in liquor sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tharp
Columbus
Ohio
Edward E. Tharp
Liquor Department
Frank J. Lausche
Liquor Commission
Edmund E. Schuster
Perrysburg
Thomas J. Herbert
Schuster
Charles Secoy 96 Dies Near Jerseyville
Charles Secoy aged 96 died Saturday afternoon at his daughter Mrs. Eugene Davis home on the Garden Road near Jerseyville. Funeral services are in charge of Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home and have not been completed.
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Charles Secoy
Eugene Davis
Garden Road
Jerseyville
Dowler and Ferguson
Ohio Man Honored with Legion of Merit
Col. Frank H. Higgins of Fostoria Ohio receives the Legion of Merit from Secretary of War Patterson in Washington. The award recognizes Higgins for his service and achievements while on duty with the U.S. military.
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Ohio
Washington
Col
Frank H. Higgins
Fostoria
War Patterson
Educators Warn of Strikes and School Closures in Ohio
The Ohio Education Association warned of school closings and teachers strikes unless funding signals change. In a letter from OEA President H. F. Vallance, the group urged a true financial estimate to meet needs, saying public education is an essential investment and Ohio ranks 39th in funding, with teaching standards falling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Education Association
H. F. Vallance
OEA
Inter-Organization Conference
Education Association
Five Children and Mother Die in Missouri Home Fire
A mother Betty Graham and her five children Ollie Lee Wayne Freda Marjorie and Mary Sue perished in a house fire after a heating stove explosion. Charles Graham husband and father is critically burned, trying to reach his family.
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Nevade
Betty Graham
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Ollie Lee
Wayne
Freda
Marjorie
Mary Sue
Charles Graham
Bandits Rob Attica Cafe in Early Saturday Hold-Up
Two masked men armed with small revolvers robbed the Attica Cafe in Attica early Saturday. Police investigated and searched for suspects as witnesses described the robbery and fled.
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Cafe Tiffin
Attica
Lilienthal Fight For Atom Post Nears Finish
The Senate Atomic Committee set a Wednesday hearing deadline to hear more witnesses on David E. Lilienthal for head of the Atomic Energy Commission. Support from Herbert Lehman and Harry Emerson Fosdick surged as the nomination moved to a potential floor vote.
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Lilienthal
Atom
Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate Atomic Committee
Commission
Senate
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Wagner
D-Ny
Lehman
Fire destroys 11 room house of radio commentator
Leonardtown Maryland officials say an 11 room house owned by radio commentator Fulton Lewis Jr burned to the ground on Saturday with estimated losses around 100000.
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Leonardtown
Fulton Lewis, Jr
One Minute Photo: Land’s Self Developing Camera Debuts
Edwin H. Land of Boston unveiled a revolutionary camera that turns a finished photo one minute after exposure. The device, shown to the Optical Society of America, uses a tiny chemical capsule inside the camera to develop and print on special paper, enabling instant results and possible motion picture adaptation.
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New York
Optical Society of America
Edwin H. Land
Boston
Polaroid
Land
U S Plans Increase in Sugar Supply for 1947
The United States will gain about 17 pounds per person in 1947 from a World sugar distribution, totaling roughly 90 pounds per capita including production and imports. About 35 pounds will come from ration stamps while 55 pounds will appear in candy, baked goods and other foods, with prewar usage around 97 pounds and last year at 73 pounds.
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Washington
United States
World Sugar Supply
International Emergency Food Council
Intergovernmental
Fire Fighting Firms Indicted in Federal Case
The Seagrave Corporation of Columbus and the American Lafrance Foamite Corporation of Elmira New York, plus four officers, were indicted for conspiracy to restrain and monopolize production and distribution of motor driven fire apparatus. The firms sold a total of 3,588,366 dollars in 1945 with Columbus accounting for 1,487,357 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Seagrave Corporation of
American-Lafrance - Foamite Corporation
Elmira
N. Y
Father Saves Daughter From Death by Hanging
In Wilmington Ohio four year old Carol Curtis was found hanging in a barn by her father Thurman Curtis. He cut her down and revived her with artificial respiration after she became unconscious. The child said she was playing with a rope as seen in movies.
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Wilmington
Carol Curtis
Thurman Curtis
Curtis
Filling Station Blast Injures Four In Columbus
An explosion at a filling station on Washington Ave and Oak St partially demolished the site and burned four people. Among the injured are Ellis Schaeffer and his son Ellis Jr., both employed at the station. Two cars and two trucks were damaged.
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Columbus
Ellis Schaeffer
Ellis, Jr
Washington Ave
Oak St
Man pleads innocent in assault allegation in Portage County
Lawrence McClintock 28 of Black Horse has been bound over to Portage County Grand Jury on a $1000 bond after pleading innocent to charges of attempting to attack a 28 year old Ravenna woman at his home.
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Kent
Ravenna
Lawrence McClintock
Black Horse
Portage County
Housing costs to fall as 1947 housing drive eyed
Housing Expeditor Frank R Creedon said 1947 would see lower building costs from better construction efficiency but warned a major bottleneck in labor could curb output. He cited 1,003,600 starts and 661,900 completions in 1946 and predicted 1,000,000 starts and completions in 1947 with relaxed building controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank R. Creedon
Creedon
Wilson Wyatt
National Association of Real Estate Boards
McNutt to resign as ambassador to the Philippines soon
United States official news wires report Paul V. McNutt plans to resign his post as ambassador to the Philippines and return to the United States. The brief item lists no replacement details or dates.
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Manila
Paul V. McNutt
Philippines
U. S
Columbus
Edwin J. Bath
Greenville
S. C
New York
Washington
House Labor Committee
Paris
France
Havana
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
Department
London
Germany
Austria
Philadelphia
Congress
Truman
Bitter Winds Follow Storm On Seaboard
The East Coast snow storm left 51 dead as it moved from the Northeast to northern Maine. Bitter winds and snow drifts hampered travel. eight to seventeen inches fell in parts of New England and the Mid Atlantic. In Dickinson County Virginia 27 inches were recorded and traffic accidents and overexertion shoveling snow caused most deaths. Auto kills youth in Painesville Ohio.
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New York
Maine
New Brunswick
New England
Middle Atlantic
Dickinson County
Living-tasting rocks guide oil hunt near Maracaibo
Mineralogist Jose Nancy tests rock samples from wildcat wells near Maracaibo Venezuela to gauge oil prospects. He breaks rocks with a hammer and tastes the interior, finding salty flavors suggest limited oil in the source area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Nancy
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Army Navy funds face limited cuts in defense budget
A cross party bloc in Congress aims to hold Army and Navy funding to about 750 million dollars with a 33 billion ceiling for total spending starting July 1. Leaders from both parties back the measure though House resistance looms. a War Department meeting Monday will study National Guard and Reserve policy.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
Vandenberg
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
Tydings
Maryland
George
Georgia
National Guard
Army
War Department General Staff
Secretary of War
Patterson
Man Killed in Utica Plant Blast Leaves 25 Injured
A three story brick factory in Utica Mohawk Valley Knitting Machine Corp. was leveled by a powerful explosion and fire. One man died five hospitalized twenty injured from flying glass. property damage exceeds 200000. Fire Chief speculates a gas line break under the plant May have caused the blast.
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Utica
N. Y
New York City
Mohawk Valley Knitting Machine Corp
Beebe Services Arranged for Sunday
Funeral services for H. W. Beebe, 84, who died Wednesday, will be held Sunday at 2 p m at the Beebe home. Burial will be in the family cemetery with the Rev. Mr. Baxter officiating and the Guysville Masonic Lodge taking part.
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Coolville
H. W. Beebe
Beebe
Baxter
Guysville
Newton Falls Strike Postponed for Survey
The Newton Falls teacher strike set for Monday was postponed after a survey of the school financial situation. Andrew Tabasco, president of the teachers association, announced Saturday that the delay aims for a more thorough review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Newton Falls
Andrew Tabasco
The
Teachers Association
Editor Resigns to Become Co-Publisher in Carrollton
Jewell R. Dean, marine editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer since 1937 and an employee since 1928, submitted his resignation effective March 1 to become co-publisher of a semi weekly newspaper in Carrollton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cleveland
Jewell R. Dean
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Carrollton
Engineers name leader Hillsboro Ohio chapter president
Edmund R. Hodson of Hillsboro was elected president of the Southern Ohio Chapter of the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro, CO
Edmund R. Hodson
Hillsboro
Southern Ohio
The
Ohio Society of Professional Engineer
Railroads Seek 10,000 New Boxcars Monthly As Shortage Deepens
The worst boxcar shortage in 20 years tightens grips on U S industry. Railroads, steel firms, car makers and government agencies meet in Washington to plan 10,000 new boxcars monthly. Demand for steel for autos and appliances worsens the bottleneck.
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Associated Press
Reed
R-Kan
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
Washington
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce
South Dakota
C. J. Andereson
Wagner Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Illinois
Birmingham
News and Age Herald
Washington Star
Detroit
Mich
Quincy
Mass
Patriot-Ledger
Raleigh
N. C
News and Observer
The
Danbury
Sam Simmons Ii on Trust Laws and Corporate Scale
Sam Simmons II argues anti trust laws have rarely been enforced and questions broad corporate spans. He contends monopolistic growth harms the country while suggesting diversified firms may lower costs but cites no proof. He notes refrigerators or radios makers have thrived in competition and warns multi field firms seek power.
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Iris Blitch
Atlanta
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U.S
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Gary Youmen
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Arthur
Los Angeles
Army-Navy
Sam Simmons
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