Canaday Barred From Holding Mayor's Office
A court order bars Canaday from acting as mayor of Pomeroy and from attending meetings until further order. He must answer by Feb. 5, or the restraining order becomes permanent. Mayor Spencer sought the order after Canaday announced a bid to resume the mayoralty amid suspension by Gov. Herbert.
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Pomeroy
D. A. Canaday
Awa Af Damarau
Suayvue
Edgar Erwin
Canaday
Sidney Spencer
Herbert
Spencer
Fred W.crow, Jr
Frank J. Lausche
Columbus
E. F. Robinson
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
J. T. Jobb
Jobb
Supreme Court Upholds State Bans on Closed Shop
The court ruled states may enact laws restricting or outlawing the closed shop. AFL plans to press for a case on workers walking off to avoid non union workers. The ruling covered Arizona Nebraska and North Carolina with many states still limiting union security agreements.
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Washington
Supreme Court
AFL
Legislative Council
High Court
Herbert Thatcher
Arizona
Nebraska
North Carolina
Young preacher Marjoe Gortner’s marriage questioned
In Long Beach California a four year old child, Marjoe Gortner, was ordained as a minister and conducted a marriage between Raymond Miller and Alma Brown. County counsel says the union is voidable under the state law as ordained ministers must be of sufficient age to perform marriages. Judges and clergymen criticized the legality and ethics of a child performing the ceremony.
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Los Angeles
Marjoe Gortner
Ray Dowds
Gortner
Navy
Raymond Miller
Alma Brown
Long Beach
Calif
Dowds
Young Marjoe
California
Explosion Damages Dow Chemical Plant in Midland
An overnight explosion and fire at a Dow Chemical Co plant in Midland caused undetermined damage. The blast rattled windows and shook homes. one employee sustained minor injuries. A spokesman said the phenyl hydrazine plant also exploded.
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Midland
Mich
Dow Chemical Co
Norwalk Town Posts 578 Accident Free Days Record
Norwalk Ohio with about 10 000 people began the new year by reporting 578 consecutive days without a fatal traffic accident. Local officials credited traffic safety campaigns and strict enforcement for the milestone.
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Norwalk
O.—P
Tornado Devastates Warren Area Killing 46
A 15 minute tornado tore through Warren Arkansas yesterday killing 46 people and injuring hundreds. The storm damaged residential and industrial zones but spared the business district. Officials warn the death toll may rise with many bodies in debris across a 20 block area.
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Warren
Ark
Arkansas
Jim Hurley
Louisiana
Little Rock
Haynesville
Shreveport
el Dorado
Here
Dark Corner
Lo Arkansas
Hurley
Nebraska
Plains States
Texas Panhandle
Minnesota
Butte
Mont
Dakotas
Kansas
Wyoming
Colorado
Mercury
Chadron
Neb
Iowa
Sophie Tucker Donates 2000 Scrapbooks to Library
New York public library receives 2000 scrapbooks from Sophie Tucker aged 61 dubbed the last of the red hot mamas. The donation highlights the entertainer's extensive memory trove and ties to her career in vaudeville and music.
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New York
Sophie Tucker
The
New York Public Library
Train Fails To Delay Girl's Wedding Day
Miss Evelyn Peters, 28, of Aurora Indiana, wed Arthur Smith of New York City in St. Francis Hospital Cincinnati after an auto crash delayed her plans. The bride will remain confined for a week.
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Cincinnati
Evelyn Peters
Aurora
Ind
Arthur Smith
New York City
St. Francis Hospital
NLRB Urges Setting Aside Univis Lens Co Election
An NLRB hearing officer recommends setting aside Univis Lens Co workers' election after they voted out CIO Local 768. The officer cites extreme campaign methods used by the Dayton firm during the July election in favor of the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America.
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Washington
NLRB
Univis Lens Co
CIO
Horace A. Ruckel
United, Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Dayton
Lakewood Man To Head Securities Division
Ernest Cornell of Lakewood will serve as Chief of the Securities Division under Governor Elect Frank J. Lausche. The appointment was announced by Robert L. Moulton Lausche's Commerce Director. Cornell previously held the post during Lausche's first term in Cleveland.
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Columbus
Ernest Cornell
Lakewood
Frank J. Lausche
Robert L. Moulton
Lausche
Cornell
Indiana Hatchet Killer Begins Life Sentence
William McCoy a 61 year old Indianapolis railroad trackman started a life term for the Christmas Day hatchet killing of Cornelius Green 31 of Indianapolis McCoy pleaded guilty to second degree murder and told the judge he hacked Green's head 18 times during a card game at Wharton railroad camp.
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Upper
Sandusky
William McCoy
Indianapolis
Cornelius Green
Russell H. Kear
McCoy
Kear
Green
Wharton
Supreme Court Denies Review on Merit Raise Bargaining
The Supreme Court declined for a second time to review a ruling requiring an employer to bargain with a union representing employees before individual merit raises are awarded.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Extended Columbus Forecast Remains Cooler Than Normal
Temperatures average 4 to 7 degrees below normal with daily highs around 35. Precipitation near half an inch spread as rain Tuesday night then snow Wednesday, with additional snow toward the period’s end. Colder Wednesday and Thursday, gradual warming into Saturday and Sunday.
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Columbus
Daniels Executed for Slayings in Ohio Penitentiary
Robert Marl Daniels died in the electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary after his capture five months earlier in Van Wert. The 24 year old Columbus slayer appeared pale and shaken as he entered the death chamber, supported by prison chaplain Fr. C. V. Lucier, a far contrast to his cocky demeanor and natty dress seen after his July 23 capture.
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Columbus
Robert Marl Daniels
van Wert
Ohio Penitentiary
C. V. Lucier
F. Roy Shat
Ohio Prisoner Daniels Executed After 14-Day Rampage
Robert Murl Daniels was executed by electric chair at 8:04 pm for the Niebel family murders. Doctor J B C Eckstorm, retiring prison physician, witnessed the procedure as Daniels faced witnesses including Sgt L D Conn. Daniels and his partner John Coulter West were linked to four more killings during a two-week crime spree across Ohio.
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Columbus
John BR. C. Eckstorm
Robert Murl Daniels
Daniels
John Niebel
Mansfield Reformatory Farm
Noranda
Phyliss
Shaffer
Niebels
Father Lucier
J. B. C. Eckstorm
Sgt
L. D. Conn
van Wert
John Coulter West
West
Conn
Eckstorm
Alvis
Supreme Court Refuses Review of Portal to Portal Act Suit
The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by GM and Ford employees challenging the 1947 portal to portal act. They sued in Detroit federal court for overtime for walking time and prework activities, but the court ruled the act bars such claims.
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Washington
Supreme Court
General Motors
Ford
U.S. District Court
Detroit
Jews Arabs Clash In Two Hour Battle
Israeli and Iraqi troops fought for two hours in the Sharon Valley causing fresh bloodshed and tense conditions on the central front. Casualties were reported on both sides amid the clash between Jewish and Iraqi forces.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Sharon Valley
Gunmen Kidnap Four Women Then Shoot Norwood Manager
Cincinnati police hunt two armed suspects after four women were abducted from a Norwood restaurant and driven around. Clarence B. Raker, 41, Norwood firm office manager, was shot in the back and listed as in fair condition at Good Samaritan Hospital. Authorities sought help from nearby cities as the suspects fled on foot after firing into the air.
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Norwood
Clarence B. Raker
Good Samaritan Hospital
Norwiood
Charles Fritz
Margaret Wilson
Doris Stamper
Ethel
Brooks Owens
Smith Seeks Exit as Ambassador to Russia
Walter Bedell Smith asked President Truman to relieve him of his post as ambassador to Moscow. No decision yet. Smith had previously requested release, but Truman had urged him to stay on until after the election.
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Li Chi-shen
Chiang Kaishek
North China
Hong Kong
Chiang
Tsingtao
U. S
Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Truman
Russia
Smith
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ripley Tobacco Market Resumes Jan 10 in Ohio
Ripley Ohio's sole burley tobacco auction market will reopen January 10 after a Christmas break. Officials report more than half the local crop already sold, with sales paused during the holidays.
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Ripley
Ohio
West Demands Prisoner Count From Soviet Union
Western Powers press for an exact tally of German war prisoners held in the Soviet Union under the Four Power accord. Moscow says most have been repatriated, while Allied sources estimate over 200000 remain in Russian custody, with claims of phony volunteer workers in western Germany.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Russia
Germany
Tass
Two East Newspapers Raise Copy Price
Norristown Times-Herald increased price per copy by one cent to five cents and home-delivered weekly cost rose from 24 to 30 cents. Concord Monitor also raised from four to five cents a copy due to higher operating costs after being four cents since 1947.
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Norristown
Norristown Times-Herald
Concord
N.H
Concord Monitor
Monitor
Truman faces Congress as new session opens
President Truman seeks rapid action on housing health and education measures and minimum wage during the new Congress. House rules reforms and committee shifts hint at Republican support to curb the Rules Committee while debates over Taft Hartley labor law loom. Senate leadership proposals draw GOP opposition as Washington braces for the State of the Union outline.
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Congress
Senate
House
House Rules Committee
Aouthers Democrats
Ruman
Democratic Committee On Committees
John EK
Truman Democrats
Rankin
Veterans’ Affairs
Un-American Activities
Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
FBI
Genus Activities
Javits
Davenport
D-Pa
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Ohio Assembly To Hear Gov Herbert Make His Final Recommendations
Ohio's 98th General Assembly convenes as Gov. Thomas J. Herbert delivers his final recommendations to a Democratic legislature. Proposals include shifting state fiscal year to July 1 and funding changes for pensions and state operations. Cantwell elected speaker as the House begins its 1949 session.
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Herbert
Columbus
98Th
Ohio General Assembly
Thomas J. Herbert
Senate
H. D. Defen
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