Railroads face 25 percent cut as coal shortages bite
Washington AP A 25 percent cut in passenger service looms as coal burning railroads run on slim fuel after a three day miners strike. ICC Chairman J Monroe Johnson said an order to reduce service next Sunday is likely, with fears of broader coal disruption amid UMW operators dispute and Illinois mine shutdowns affecting rail transport.
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Washington
J. Monroe Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
Illinois
Johnson
U. S. Transportation
Dealers Seek Immediate Relief to Stop Coal Production Limits
The Hamilton Retail Coal Dealers Association urged the NLRB to bar the United Mine Workers from limiting coal production. They warned severe cold could exhaust Hamilton stocks in three days despite rationing, and asked for an immediate injunction against the miners union.
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Hamilton
Hamilton Retail Coal Dealers Association
NLRB
Washington
United Mine Workers
Association
Martin Lingler
Robert Dunham
Brehm Faces Subpena In Perjury Case
New York report says Rep Walter E Brehm Republican Ohio is among nine Congressmen sought for a subpena in a perjury matter. John Rogge, defending Harold Christoffel once accused of claiming he never was a communist, announced the move. Christoffel testified before a House Labor Committee. Christoffel was indicted and later his conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court.
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New York
Walter E. Brehm
Ohio
John Rogge
Rogge
Harold Christoffel
House Labor Committee
Brehm
Christoffel
Milwaukee
Supreme Court
Young Republican Vote Urged by Chairman in Ohio
Ray C. Bliss, Republican State Chairman, urged fifth district chairmen to mobilize women and young Republicans. He called his Ohio visit exploratory to gain and share ideas for increasing the GOP vote.
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County
Fifth Congressional District
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
Ohio
Navy reports Russian fleet moves into Dairen port
Navy dispatches say parts of the Russian Asiatic fleet including more than 20 submarines moved into the ice free North China port of Dairen. Nationalist leaders suspect any invasion by Chinese communists would originate from Dairen and from Tsingtao rather than from the mainland.
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Nese
Dairen
North China
Formosa
Tsingtao
Mercy doctor indicted for murder in mercy killing
Hillsboro County Grand Jury indicted Dr. Hermann N. Sander, 40, for first degree murder in the death of Abbie Borreto, 59, alleging air injections hastened her death during terminal cancer care at Hillsboro County Hospital. The case cites a nurse witness and a hospital librarian.
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Manchester, N. H
Hillsboro County
Hermann N. Sander
Abbie Borreto
Manchester
Sander
Goffstown
Superior Court
Harold E. Westcott
Dr. Sander
Grange War News Tipped
A spokesman for the Ohio State Grange faction seeks Fichter’s ouster as master and says a statement may be issued today. The National Grange Executive Committee in Washington rejected a call to remove Fichter. Fichter calls the action self evident while dissident leader Earl G. Martin of Newark says his group will discuss the Washington decision and may issue a statement.
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Columbus
Ohio State Grange
Joseph W. Fichter
National Grange Executive Committee
Washington
Fichter
Ohio
Earl G. Martin
Newark
Grange
Former Mayor Found Short in Accounts
Columbus reports former Canfield mayor Hugh M Dickson in Mahoning County was found short 10268.21 in his accounts by State Auditor Joseph T Ferguson after a special audit begun last summer. Audit followed a mysterious fire in city hall that destroyed the mayoral financial records.
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Columbus
Hugh M. Dickson
Canfield
Mahoning County
Joseph T. Ferguson
R. A. Herring
Ferguson
Hearing Set for Two In Death of Farmer
Roy Patrick and Jim Bennett both of Galloway will face a preliminary hearing Friday on second degree murder charges. They are accused in the death of 51 year old Dewey Shipley a Georgeville farmer who was struck with his own shotgun during a dispute near his farm edge.
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Columbus, O
Roy Patrick
Jim Bennett
Galloway
Frankin County
Dewey Shipley
Georgeville
Nomination Sought by James J. Barton for State Nomination
Former State Rep. James J. Barton of Berea filed declaration of candidacy petitions for the Republican nomination for state.
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Columbus
James J. Barton
Berea
Lausche enters Ohio 1950 race for third term
Gov Frank J Lausche formally announced his bid for a third term in the 1950 Ohio gubernatorial race. He faces Democratic rivals Joseph Torok Bellefontaine based David Edward Nolan and former State Treasurer Clarence H Kinsley. Republicans Don H Ebright James A Rhodes Edward J Hummel and others may also seek the governor post with filing due by February 1.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Clarence H. Kinsley
Joseph Torok
Youngstown
David Edward Nolan
Bellefontaine
Torok
Albert A. Horstman
Dayton
Walter F. Heer
William Leonard
Cincinnati
Clarence Motz
Akron
Ray T. Miller
Cleveland
Don H. Ebright
Supreme Court
Paul M. Herbert
Secretary of State
Population Exceeds Jobs Says Commerce Secretary
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer warns that the United States cannot keep pace with a fast growing population as job creation lags. He cites 1949 averages of 58.7 million employed, 3.4 million unemployed, and December civilian employment at 58.56 million with 3.489 million unemployed.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Census Bureau
Reformist Wafd Party Wins Large Parliamentary Majorities
Cairo reports incomplete returns showing the Reformist Wafd Party defeating Saadist candidates by up to ten to one in Egypt's parliamentary elections. The Wafd, out of power since 1944, rolled up overwhelming majorities in the vote.
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Cairo
Egypt
Wafd
Farouk
Ministry of the Interior
Blood Disease Victim To Enter OSU Hospital
Two year old Janet Beth Wagner, a rare blood disease victim, is expected to arrive in Columbus from Singapore to seek treatment at Ohio State University Hospital. Orient physicians said she could live only six weeks.
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Columbus
Janet Beth Wagner
Singapore
Ohio State University Hospital
Orient
Janet Beth
State Department rejects release of Formosa policy note
The State Department refused congressional requests to disclose secret Formosa policy instructions sent to Far East diplomats last month. Senator Knowland demands a copy for Senate committees, noting the document is classified as confidential advice. He argues it implies a stance against defending Formosa and predicts public opinion should be shaped for the island's "inevitable fall."
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Washington
State Department
Formosa
Far East
Knowland
Calif
Webb
Senate Appropriations and
Armed Services Committees
U.S
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Herbert Hoover
Ownership Still Mystery at Chesapeake Club Raid
In Columbus a raid by the Department of Liquor Control on the Colony Club at Chesapeake near Ironton left eight men under arrest and 45 slot machines seized. The owner remains unseen as liquor officials guard three safes. court custody holds $843.40 from machines and $768.80 from a cash drawer, while the deed reportedly names a dead woman.
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Columbus
Colony Club
Chesapeake
Ironton
Department of Liquor Control
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Liquor Department
Rutkowski
New Ohio wine regulation takes effect tomorrow
A new state wine regulation goes into effect tomorrow in Ohio. The Department of Liquor Control says it will ensure better value by setting minimum prices on all wines, based on current selling prices. The rule, labeled TL, marks the first fair trade minimum price law for wine purchases in the state. Minimum prices become effective February 6.
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Columbus
Department of Liquor Control
Station Owner Asks Lifting of TV Freeze
CHILLICOTHE The freeze of new television stations should be lifted so more people can receive TV programs Edward Lamb of Toledo a TV station owner said Tuesday night Lamb also suggested that present TV stations be permitted to go on their full power to reach more people.
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Chillicothe
Edward Lamb
Toledo
Lamb
France Ends Coffee Rationing After Cabinet Decision
France lifts coffee rationing effective Wednesday as the cabinet authorizes free sale. Coffee had been the final item under wartime controls and the move signals broader easing of shortages.
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Paris
France
Judges to Hear Talks on Mental Patient Care
More than 60 Ohio probate judges convene in Columbus to hear two talks on institutional care for mental patients.
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Columbus
Ohio
Russian Walks Out of Council Again Over Prisoners
In Tokyo, Lt. Gen. K. N. Derevyanko again walked out of a council session, dodging debate on Japan’s war prisoner repatriation. U S officials pressed the Soviet envoy over claims that 376,000 to 377,000 Japanese war prisoners remain in Soviet hands or are dead, conflicting with Japanese figures.
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Tokyo
Russia
Allied Council For Japan
K. N. Derevyanko
Publisher Husband of Amelia Earhart Dies at 63
George Palmer Putnam 63, publisher husband of the late Amelia Earhart, died Wednesday morning in Trona California. Earhart disappeared in 1937 and was legally declared dead in 1939 after a lengthy search. Putnam once paid Charles Lindbergh $100,000 for his book We.
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Trona
Calif
George Palmer Putnam
Amelia Earhart
Miss Earhart
Putnam
Charles Lindbergh
Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Massillon Proprietor Draws Jail Term
Fehim Kazim, 49, proprietor of the Albanian Coffee House in Massillon, was sentenced to one to twenty years in the Ohio Penitentiary for the fatal April shooting of Jack Marks. Common Pleas Judge George N. Graham handed down the term after a jury found Kazim guilty of first degree manslaughter.
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Canton
Jack Marks
Massillon
Fehim Kazim
Ohio
Common Pleas
George N. Graham
Kazim
Shim
Cold Weather Grips Midwest Rockies and Texas Panhandle
Winter storms lash the nation with snow and wind from the Rocky Mountains across the Great Plains to the Midwest. Sub zero readings hit Montana North Dakota and Minnesota while Texas recorded snow and lows near zero. Grounded airliners stranded passengers and highways shut down as blizzards and freezing rain disrupted travel and rail service.
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Rocky Mountain
Central States
Texas Panhandle
Dakota Prairies
Minnesota
Texas
Lone Star
Mid-Continent
Great Plains
Great Lakes
Plains
Rockies
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
North Central States
Minot
N. C
Moorcroft
Wyo
Philip
S. D
Pembina
N. D
Pacific Northwest
Gulf States
Ohio River Valley
Atlanta
Indianapolis
New York
Havre
Mont
Montana
Mercury
Chester
Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Colorado
Wyoming
Bismarck
North Dakota
Northern Pacific Railroad
Eckelson
Jamestown
Fargo
Twin Cities
New York World Telegram Buys New York Sun
The World Telegram purchases the New York Sun with the merged paper to be titled The World Telegram and The Sun. Roy W. Howard and Thomas W. Dewart announce the deal citing union demands. the sale covers name goodwill and circulation lists, not plant facilities, with no price disclosed.
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New York
New York World-Telegram Today
New York Sun
the World- Telegram
The
Sun
Roy W. Howard
World-Telegram
Thomas W. Dewart
Dewart
Meaney Is Suspended By Labor Federation
Thomas P. Meaney, president of the AFL transit union that led the recent bus streetcar strike, was suspended by the Cleveland Federation of Labor. Meaney called the motion railroaded as CFL President Burns said the suspension stands pending his explanation to delegates.
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Cleveland
Thomas P. Meaney
AFL
Cleveland Federation of Labor
Meaney
CFL
John F. Burns
Truck Collision Fatal for Mrs. Jessie Gregory in Ohio
A Tuesday auto crash on Route 40 about 15 miles west of Newark, Ohio, killed Mrs. Jessie M. Gregory, 62, of Pittsburgh. Police reported no further details on others involved.
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Newark
Jessie M. Gregory
Pittsburgh
Truman Seeks Tax Reforms Aimed at Growth and Balance
President Truman urged a moderate tax increase and continued spending restraint in a hopeful State of the Union. He outlined future growth to a trillion dollar economy, pressed for repeal of Taft Hartley, rent control extension, housing aid, civil rights and education support, and extended selective service authority. He warned against budget cuts that could harm peace and national strength.
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Washington
Truman
Union
America
Congress
Senate
House
Trum
Europe
Free World
Mediterranean
Trumah
Spending Out Is Promised By House Panel
Washington reports that Chairman Cannon said the House Appropriations Committee will slash federal spending to balance the 1951 budget. He warned the president’s figures would be reduced, as Congress seeks economy without new taxes. emphasis on excise cuts for luxury goods and transport.
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Washington
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
Vandenberg Taft Close to Unified Republican Foreign Policy
Senators Vandenberg and Taft reached a quiet agreement on foreign policy aims. Taft said he drafted a statement acceptable to Vandenberg and submitted it to GOP chairman Guy Gabrielson as part of a proposed party principles document. Senators then voted to cooperate with a House committee on a brief platform for congressional races.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Taft
Rohio
Michigan
Guy G. Gabrielson
House
Representative Clarence J. Brown Seeks Re election
Rep. Clarence J. Brown of Ohio says Tuesday he will run again for Congress from the Seventh Ohio district. He announced his candidacy and indicated plans to seek another term in the House of Representatives.
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Washington
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Coupoe
Tuesay
Feeder toll road proposed linking Toledo and Cleveland
Columbus report outlines plan for feeder toll roads across northern Ohio to feed traffic into the turnpike. The idea includes road spurs to bolster highway movement and ease congestion on the existing system.
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Cleveland
Toledo
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio tax take on beer wine and liquor rises in 1949
Ohio collected 39,038,882 from beer wine and liquor in 1949 up 1 percent from 1948. Excise levies on beer and wine declined slightly, while overall state tax receipts increased by 276,489.
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Columbus
Ohio
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U. S
Dean Acheson
Associated Press
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Robert A. Taft
Brown
Today’s Messenger News
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