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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1947
Page
1
About 20 firefighters were trapped when a floor collapsed on the third floor of a seven story building at 749 Broadway during a four alarm blaze in Lower Manhattan. The fire began around 6 p.m. and spread to the upper floors and roof.
Americans flocked to New Year celebrations with high ticket prices and generous drinks as New York led the scene with steep club charges up to forty dollars. Churches held watch services while officials protected crowds with patrols and boarded windows in Times Square.
Columbus report states the Ohio Chamber of Commerce led by President C L Weaver urged drastic cuts in federal spending and a $25 billion 1947 budget to balance debt retirement and essential services. Weaver claimed the current budget stands at $41.5 billion and is unbalanced.
Senator Taft said the Republican steering committee will move to bar Senator Bilbo from the Senate seat. The campaign committee led by Ellender reportedly favors Bilbo’s seating, while the Justice Department probes Bilbo’s Mississippi activities including alleged voter intimidation. The panel will reconvene to consider recommendations.
London reports the Labour government seizures Britain's coal industry and communications network as the New Year begins. Officials say successful operation amid fuel shortages tests the socialist program and marks a major accomplishment for the Labor Party's socialization policy.
Portsmouth Times raises single copy price from four to five cents and home delivery to 25 cents weekly starting January 6. East Liverpool Review follows with stand price up to five cents and home delivery to 25 cents weekly starting January 6.
In a gag letter attorney Vernon L. Young threatened to sue his 989 clients for portal to portal pay. He mailed the petition to WKRC news director Tom McCarthy and admitted the action was a gag. He claimed to have spent about two hours daily on the case related activity.
The National Labor Relations Board directed Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp to bargain with John L. Lewis supervisory workers union for its mine foremen and moved for a Supreme Court test. The case seeks to decide if supervisory workers can be represented by a production workers union.
The Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion announced an extension of the filing deadline for claims to release subsidy payments under the livestock slaughter program. The new cutoff is February 28, 1947.
In Times Square a Christmas-wrapped package held a sawed-off shotgun. Pearl Lusk 18 believed she was taking a photo with a hidden camera and shot Olga Rocco 28. Alfresko Rocco 30 is sought for questioning in a case linked to a prior shooting.
Rep. Clarence J. Brown of Ohio withdrew from the race for the Republican floor leader in the new House. His withdrawal leaves Rep. Charles A. Halleck of Indiana as virtually assured of the majority leadership, with Thomas Jenkins of Ohio and Everett Dirksen of Illinois still in the field. Dirksen said he has not withdrawn. Jenkins vowed to stay in the race and to fight.
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower in Everglades City Florida denied a Washington claim he was considering a run for president in 1948. He called the report a lie and noted a person with no party could not discuss running. He had just returned from a fishing trip and was en route to Miami.
Rev. Leo Standley of Mechanicsburg Ohio says he forgives and urges police to drop the case against the killer he asserts is his son Billie 16 found dead near Alum Creek after leaving home last June. He vows the killer will pay his crime eventually and criticizes police for not solving it faster.
Charles T. Henn Jr father of Baltimore quadruplets left Newark Ohio after city officials offered him a rent free home and a job. He will announce later whether he accepts the offer or returns to Baltimore.
The 45 foot home made boat Tantalus docked in the Ohio River at Portsmouth Tuesday night after a 34 day voyage from Columbus. Skipper Warren Christianson and his wife Faith seek a job and supplies as they head to the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek presided over the promulgation of a new constitution in Nanking marking the start of 1947. The document mirrors parts of the United States pattern while anti American sentiment grows in government and Communist zones amid the ongoing civil war.
Washington AP James Walter Carter West Virginia coal operator is fired as manager of three federally operated mines for refusing to pay the United Mine Workers five cents a ton royalty for a welfare fund. Navy Captain William D Chandler replaces him.
Senator Tobey of New Hampshire agreed to head the Banking and Currency Committee after a Committee on Committees decision. He had sought the Commerce panels earlier and led a brief revolt against the Taft Vandenberg White leadership before party consensus carried the assignment through.
The United States urged UN action on atomic control as the first step in a general arms reduction program. Herschel V. Johnson presented the American proposal to the Security Council in a surprise move, clashing with a Soviet demand for immediate action on the entire arms question. Delegates agreed to consider both proposals at the next meeting, likely Monday or Tuesday. Johnson said postponing Soviet proposals and evaluating all plans on an equal basis was essential.
Three portal to portal suits totalling over 16 million dollars were filed in U S District Court in Dayton by CIO locals. Plaintiffs name Master Electric Co Dayton Malleable Iron Co and Air temp Division of Chrysler Corp as defendants.
President Truman's New Year proclamation ends wartime powers, slashing taxes by about 1.5 billion dollars annually and scrapping major strike-control tools. It ends the Smith Connally Act powers in six months and halts other war programs unless Congress acts.
Truman's cessation of hostilities triggers labor, veterans, farm price and taxation changes. Coal mines return to private owners by June 30, VA unsettled on war end impacts, sugar rationing unchanged, farm price support ends 1948, several excise tax cuts take effect, and Ohio VA approves on the job training programs.
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co announces a price hike on steel pipe from 6.50 to 9 dollars per ton. The move affects buyers nationwide as the company refines its pricing amid market shifts.
SAM SIMMONS argues the Republican majority may fight internally despite expectations of unity. He notes past Democratic discipline in 1931 and contrasts cycles of intra party conflict across eras, hoping the GOP will avoid a similar bout of factionalism.
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