Senate Extends Rent Controls Into 1949
The Senate approved a one month extension of rent controls and advanced a 14 month measure, keeping controls through April 30, 1949. The plan allows 15 percent increases with tenant-landlord agreement through 1949, freezes for some leases, and possible adjustments by the rent administrator to prevent losses. Targets include private housing, rooming houses, and regulated leases with several caveats.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Banking Committee
Communists Seize Czech Cabinet Power After Ministers Quit
In Prague President Eduard Benes accepted a new cabinet list from Communist Premier Klement Gottwald amid the resignation of 12 anti Communist ministers. The radio proclaimed the last obstacle to Communist dominance removed as parties faced surveillance and internal purges ahead of elections.
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Prague
Eduard Benes
Klement Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Gottwald
Mlada Fronta
Democratic Progressive
Truman Has Rough Voyage to Guantanamo Base
President Truman endured a rough day as the USS Williamsburg pitched toward Guantanamo Naval Base. Reporters aboard escort vessel Greenwich Bay noted the sea and swell were worse than official. The voyage about 100 miles south of the Cuban base placed them near Cape Dame Marie, Haiti, with heavy weather affecting the cruise.
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Caribbean
Truman
U.S.S. Williamsburg
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cape Dame Marie
Haiti
Greenwich Bay
Youth Gets 5-30 Years After 23 Guilty Pleas
Bruce Edward McLeod 18 of Pontiac Mich pleaded guilty to 23 counts of burglary house breaking and auto theft. He received a five to 30 year sentence instead of life because of his youth. Ohio law requires life for burglary of an inhabited dwelling unless mercy is recommended. Five of the counts were for this offense.
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Columbus
Bruce Edward McLeod
Pontiac
Mich
Ohio
Herbert Says Taft Best GOP Presidential Bet
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert of Ohio declares Senator Robert A. Taft the best man for the Republican nomination. He spoke at a GOP victory dinner for Mayor Charles P. Henderson after last November’s election and warned Republicans not to expect the Democrats to topple themselves this November.
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Youngstown
Thomas J. Herbert
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Charles P. Henderson
Herbert
Accountant Resigns as Columbus State Liquor Dept Supervisor
Glenn Brackney of Columbus has resigned as supervisor of accounting in the State Liquor Department effective March 16.
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Columbus
Glenn Brackney
State Liquor Department
Newspaper Veteran Fred W. Gallant Dies at 69
Fred W. Gallant, a longtime newspaper man, died yesterday in Youngstown Ohio at age 69. He served for decades in journalism, earning respect in the field and among colleagues.
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Youngstown
Fred W. Gallant
Effigy of Stalin hangs from Seattle bridge in protest
An effigy labeled Joe Stalin wearing discarded G I clothes hangs from the Aurora bridge in Seattle. A note in the pocket claims the clothes served in both Atlantic and Pacific theaters and should be put to this final use, signed X Y and Z.
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G.I
Joe Stalin
Aurora Bridge
Seattle
Wash
Atlantic
Pacific
Colombia asks UN for special session on Palestine split up
The United Nations may reconsider the partition plan as Colombia requests a General Assembly special session. The U S and Russia back partition but call for study and conciliation. Warren R. Austin signaled no immediate use of armed force but urged a five-nation consultative committee. Arabs appeared pleased while Zionists feared a reopening of the plan.
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Colombia
Palestine
United Nations
General Assembly
United States
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kremlin
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Austin
Council
France
Britain
China
Jews Storm Military Court in Jerusalem
Police report Jewish gunmen stormed a Jerusalem military court killing an Arab guard and wounding others while smoke bombs were set inside and outside. In border clashes, four Arab houses were blown up near Tel Aviv Haifa with two Arabs killed and explosions rocking coastal cities. A Jewish man died in hospital and a 53rd body was found in Ben Yehuda Street ruins as violence in Palestine climbs to 1,404 dead since UN partition.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Ben Yehuda St
Palestine
United Nations
Three Groups Continue Work In Steel Probe
President Truman ordered FBI inquiries into steel industry records for possible anti-trust violations after a $5 per ton price rise. The investigation targets the price hike and its inflationary impact, with three agencies and three steel leaders summoned for a March 2 hearing. Senator Taft praised the administration's steps and EEOC Chairman Edwin G. Nourse signaled broader scrutiny of related product price increases.
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Washington
Truman
FBI
Taft
Ohio
Senate
House Economic Committee
Jenkins Aims to Curb Cigarette Mail Order Sales
Rep Curtis says Ways and Means will consider Rep Jenkins plan to curb mail order cigaret sales to avoid taxes. The bill would require dealers to send invoices to tax authorities for tax checks and Curtis seeks Nebraska views on the issue.
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Washington
Curtis
R-Neb
House
Ways and Means Committee
Jenkins
Ohio
Nebraska
Westinghouse Workers Seek 20 Cent Hourly Increase
The Federation of Westinghouse Independent Salaried Unions asked Westinghouse Electric for a general 20 cent per hour raise for all white collar workers as bargaining sessions began. Non economic provisions of the current contract were extended recently.
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Pittsburgh
Federation of
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Woman With Full Purse Found in Union Terminal
Cleveland police said a woman with 5000 in cash checks and securities was jailed after being found occupying temporary quarters in Union Terminal She was evicted from a rooming house and had conflicts with her husband authorities said The money was her property.
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Cleveland
Union Terminal
Judge Rules Against ITU Hearing Set in Indiana
U.S. District Judge Luther M. Swygert in Indianapolis denied the International Typographical Union’s bid to dismiss a Taft-Hartley injunction petition. He set a March 3 hearing on the injunction and upheld the Act’s provision allowing NLRB counsel to seek injunctive relief.
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Indianapolis
U.S
Luther M. Swygert
International Typographical Union
Taft-Hartley
Swygert
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Free Premium Plan Proposed for Armed Services Vets
Rep Shafer proposes free life insurance of 10 000 for all active duty personnel and veterans would receive a reduced policy on leaving service. Veterans with existing national service life insurance would keep full policies and stop premiums.
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Washington
Armed Services
Shafer
R-Mich
Joint
Army-Navy Personnel Board
Veterans’ Insurance
National Service Life
Marshall Plan Viewed As Low Mood Aid
Steelman Ernest T. Weir warned the Marshall Plan could deepen depression at home while calling the administration’s European recovery program a huge propaganda campaign to win quick approval. He heads the National Steel Corporation and voiced concerns in Washington.
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Washington
Ernest T. Weir
Europe
National Steel Corporation
Miami Valley Has Vast Water Supply
The Ohio Water Resources Board said Dayton and the Miami Valley have a virtually inexhaustible water supply. Chief engineer Co. V. Youngquist noted the area uses about 90 million gallons daily. The board and the U S Geological Survey spent two years surveying the area's water resources.
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Dayton, O
Ohio Water Resources Board
Dayton
Miami Valley
V. Youngquist
U. S. Geological Survey
Sugar Ridge man elected president of Ohio Farmers Grainers
Guy Smith of Sugar Ridge is named the new president of the Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Ohio at Toledo Ohio. The announcement outlines his leadership role and the regional farming group’s ongoing activities.
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Toledo, O
Guy Smith
Sugar Ridge
The
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Ohio
Rebels Plot Against Truman Ahead Of July Nomination
Rebels in the Democratic camp coordinate a bid to derail Truman by backing a nominee less tied to civil rights. They push to form official state parties and remove Truman-aligned names from ballots while touting figures like Marshall Byrd and Byrnes as potential alternatives.
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Washington
Truman
Dixie
McClellan
D-Ark
Olin Johnston
D-Sc
Marshall
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
James F. Byrnes
Philadelphia
Dixie Group
Meyers Deals Trace Wartime Private Business
Washington government moves to trace Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers wartime private business deals as trial jury hears he induced Lamarre to testify falsely at a Senate probe. Lamarre pleaded guilty, claiming Meyers urged him to tell the truth. Meyers is represented by Robert T. Bushnell. Prosecutor Fay alleges Meyers profited over 150000 dollars from Aviation Electric Co. contracts.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Air Forces
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Senate
Meyers
Lamarre
Dayton
Ohio
Robert T. Bushnell
Massachusetts
George Morris Fay
Aviation Electric Co
FBI Agents Enter Girl's Death Case
FBI agents joined the investigation into the death of Nancy Boyer a 25 year old stenographer whose body was found in an automobile in Springfield Ohio The car belonged to Charles W Hatch a 35 year old Greenfield attorney who admitted an intimate relation with Boyer during a 14 day Southwest trip before her death.
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Springfield
FBI
Nancy Boyer
Walter L. Sweet
Charles W. Hatch
Greenfield
Sweet
Hatch
Miss Boyer
Reed unanimously renominated for Clinton County elections board
J M Reed was unanimously nominated yesterday by the Democratic State Executive Committee for reap pointment to the Clinton County Board of Elections.
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Columbus
J. M. Reed
Democratic State Executive Committee
Clinton County Board of Elections
Czechs Seal Border Says U S Army
FRANKFURT Germany The U S Army said today a heavily armed Czech guard has tightly sealed Czechoslovakia s western border Security police are in complete control of the border Guards are placed very close together armed with submachine guns and pistolas Where 30 security troops are normally stationed in the border town of Asch there are now at least 300 Even train crews at the border are reported armed.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Asch
Long Regime Leads In Louisiana Democratic Runoff
Earl Long led Sam Houston Jones in the Louisiana Democratic runoff for governor with 252,008 votes to 143,507 in 1,108 precincts. The Long victory signals a strong comeback for the Long family in a traditional Democratic stronghold. Earl vows to raise old age pensions to 50 dollars monthly as his top priority.
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New Orleans
Earl Long
Huey P. Long
Sam _ Houston Jones
Long
Jones
Deep South
Louisiana
Earl
Huey Long
Sneak Attack Plan Claimed By Massachusetts Leader
Lt Gov Arthur W Coolidge says a foreign power is launching a new surprise attack on Pearl Harbor via Communist agents in Hawaii. Speaking at a National Brotherhood meeting he warned the plan could be as harmful to national security as the Japanese attack. He cited information from Gov. Ingram M Stainback of Hawaii who said agents act on secret foreign orders.
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Quincy
Mass
Arthur W. Coolidge
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
National Brotherhood
Massachusetts Republican
Coolidge
Cedarville Man Named Pacific Fleet Chaplain
Washington reports Capt. Lac lede Markle of Cedarville Ohio has been named chaplain of the Pacific Fleet with headquarters in Honolulu. He will assume duties in a month to six weeks. His successor as chaplain of the Sixth Naval District Charleston South Carolina was not announced.
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Washington
Laclede Markle
Cedarville
Ohio
Honolulu
Navy
Sixth Naval District
Charleston
S. C
Bender probes war contract fraud after GAO findings
General Accounting Office reports unprecedented fraud in war contract settlements prompting Rep. Bender to announce a prompt congressional inquiry. He links the findings to prior claims of taxpayer money wasted and calls for action on the Contract Settlement Act.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Rep. Bender
Ohio
House
GAO
Bender
Warren
Congress
Acting Manager Seeks Ruling on Salary for Suspended City Manager
Acting City Manager Mark Thomas said he would request a legal ruling on whether Frank R. Buechner remains entitled to his $10,000 yearly salary while suspended from the Hamilton city manager post. Officials will not declare the job vacant before March 17, when a public hearing is set.
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Hamilton
Mark Thomas
Frank R. Buechner
Buechner
C&O Invites Bids On Trust Certificates
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co invites bids on 4.75 million dollars in second 1948 series serial equipment trust certificates. Proceeds fund the purchase of 46 passenger cars for daylight streamliners. Bids will be opened March 11.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Freight Plane Crash Kills Co-Pilot Near Columbus
A twin engine freight plane crashed in an apple orchard 17 miles east of Columbus, killing co pilot Pete De Cicco 24 of Hackensack New Jersey. Pilot Jack Cole 26 of Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey survived with a broken back and severe head cuts. The ship carried dresses shoes pocketbooks bras and corsets for a Columbus department store and exploded on impact near the Camden farm on the Franklin Licking County line. Camden and his family were awakened by the blast around 545 am and observed Cole near the wreckage before he collapsed. De Cicco’s body was found two hours later as fog enveloped the area.
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Columbus
Here
Pete de Cicco
Hackensack
N. J
Jack Cole
Hasbrouck Heights
St. Francis Hospital
Camden
Cole
de Cicco
Ohioan Wins Columbia Journalism Award Scholarship
William J. Jorden of Massillon Ohio wins the Foreign Press Association's first annual scholarship to Columbia University's graduate school of journalism. The award honors the student with the greatest promise in international affairs. Jorden, a 1947 Yale graduate, majored in international relations and Oriental studies and taught Japanese at Yale.
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New York
William J. Jorden
Massillon
Foreign Press Association
Columbia University
Graduate School of Journalism
Jorden
Yale
Motorist Kills 3 Deer Venison To Schools
A Cleveland motorist struck a herd of deer near Chardon yesterday killing three. Game Warden Forrest Tuttle did not reveal the driver’s name and distributed the venison to local school cafeterias.
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Cleveland
Forrest Tuttle
French animal trainer Henry Gautier dies in Plainfield
Plainfield New Jersey reports the death of Henry Gautier a 57 year old animal trainer and owner of the vaudeville dog act The Bricklayers. Gautier was born in France and died at his Plainfield home from causes not disclosed in the fragment.
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Plainfield, N. J
Leone Ard
Henry Gautier
the Bricklayers
Newscaster Sparks Rapid Arrest of Robbery Suspect
Cincinnati radio newscaster Robert L. Otto of WCPO spotted Gilbert Boshard with a revolver in a crowded downtown drug store. Otto alerted Patrolman Richard Portner, who arrest follows as Boshard had taken $55.
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Cincinnati
Robert L. Otto
WCPO
Gilbert Boshard
Richard Portner
Boshard
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