Flooded County Evacuations as Rivers Rise in Ohio
Flood evacuees moved into a Red Cross shelter in Cincinnati area as Hamilton County streams rose after torrential rain, with 3.2 inches in 12 hours. The Little Miami, Millcreek and White Water rivers were still rising, crests not expected until rainfall ends. A 79 year old couple and son were saved from Four Mile Creek after being stranded on a roof. The Ohio River neared 35 feet while flood warnings continued and roads flooded. Meteorologists warned of several days of rising water with limited crop damage expected.
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Cincinnati
Red Cross
Hamilton County
Little Miami River
Millcreek
Little Miami
U. S. Weather Bureau
Hamilton
Ohio
Weather Bureau
J. Cecil Alter
Columbus
Geo. W. Mindling
Scito River
Mindling
Scioto
Chillicothe
Truman asks Congress for tax rise and Taft Hartley repeal
President Truman urges a $4 billion tax increase and sweeping powers to impose controls. He calls for repeal of the Taft Hartley Act, anti inflation measures, civil rights legislation, Universal Training, expanded Social Security, public housing, and education and medical insurance programs.
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Washington
Truman
New Democratic Congress
Senate
House
Conareas
Seaman
Congress
United Nations
United States
Union
Relief Seen As Blizzard Eases Across Great Plains
After a three day storm, the western plains saw relief as the blizzard subsided. Dakotas and Western Nebraska still faced blowing snow while Wyoming Colorado Kansas Utah and Idaho began digging out. Officials warned the storm would exit the Dakotas and Nebraska within 24 hours with mild temperatures expected.
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Associated Press
Plains
Dakotas
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Utah
Idaho
California
Arizona
Arkansas
Red Cross
Midwest
Union Pacific Railroad
Point Pleasant Woman L. Holloway Dies At 12 30 A M
L. Holloway died at 12 30 a m today at the home of her sister Mrs Grover Hite in Vi and St Funeral services set for Friday at 2 30 p m in the Presbyterian Church Friends may call at Franklin funeral home tomorrow and Friday
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Point Pleasant
Nettie L. Holloway
Grover Hite
Presbyterian Church
Franklin Funeral Home
Flash Fire Kills Five in Two Story Farmhouse
Fire Chief Leo Cosgrove said five persons were burned to death and a sixth believed killed in a flash fire that destroyed a two story farmhouse in Phoenixville. Seven others escaped including a woman who had lost both legs in a highway accident. a two and a half year old boy was critically injured after being dropped from a second story window.
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Phoenixville
Leo Cosgrove
Cosgrove
Springfield College Hikes Tuition To 190 Per Semester
Wittenberg College announced a $40 tuition increase raising the price from 150 to 190 dollars per semester.
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Springfield
Wittenberg College
Pedestrian Fatally Struck in Columbus Crossing
Miss Clara E. Horst, 77, died after an automobile struck her while she crossed a Columbus street last night. The accident remains under investigation and no charges were announced.
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Columbus
Clara E. Horst
Ohio House to Act on Finance Bill and School Rehab Urged
The Ohio House moved to act on a Senate approved six month appropriation of 145,798,417 minus 25 dollar monthly pay raises urged by Republicans. Democrats rejected the wage boost, voting 19-13 along party lines. The measure funds state operations for the first half year including salaries. proponents cite welfare workers in Lucas and Cuyahoga counties needing higher pay.
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Columbus
Oho House
Senate
Democrats
GOP
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Clingan Jackson
D-Mahoning
Finance Committee
Lucas
Cuyahoga County
Frank J. Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Senate House
Theo Kauer Named Ohio Highway Director
Theodore J. Kauer of Lakewood was appointed by Governor-elect Frank Lausche as Ohio's new highway director. A 1928 Ohio State University civil engineering graduate, he has served as airport paving engineer for the Civil Aeronautics Administration and as consultant for Wire Reinforcement Institute since 1943. His lengthy state service includes leading the U S Route 21 and State Route 17 cloverleaf project near Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Theodore J. Kauer
Lakewood
Frank J. Lausche
Kauer
Erie County
United States Civil Aeronautics Administration
Wire Reinforcement Institute, Inc
Washington
City of
Sandusky
College of Engineering
Ohio State University
Ohio Department of Highways
Columbus
Mammoth Road
Cease-Fire Ends Dutch Indonesian Campaign Phase
In Batavia Java Lt General Simon Spoor ordered a cease fire on Sumatra at noon. The formal phase of the Dutch attempt to regain control of Indonesia ends. Afterward the Dutch will focus on action against roaming groups and individuals causing disturbances.
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Batavia
Java
Republic of Indonesia
Simon Spoor
Indonesia
Sumatra
Queen Mary Sails After Patchwork Hull Repair
The Cunard liner Queen Mary sailed from Southampton to New York with a 125 ton concrete patch over hull leaks. She had been blown aground in Cherbourg harbor Saturday and refloated after about half a day. Damage postponed her departure twice as repairs were completed.
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Southampton
Eng
Cunard
New York
Cherbourg
Flaming Shampoo Oil Fatal to Woman in Salon Accident
The Cleveland case reports Mrs. Margaret Shehee, 34, dying at St. Vincent Charity Hospital 15 hours after suffering burns in a flaming shampoo oil incident at the Parks Beauty Salon. Detective Richard E. Duncan notes the accident details.
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Cleveland
Margaret.Shehee
St. Vincent Charity Hospital
Parks
Richard E. Duncan
Akron mayor resigns as AOM president amid tax plan clash
Akron mayor Charles E. Slusser resigns as president of the Association of Ohio Municipalities. He opposes the group's plan to take 30 percent of the state sales tax for cities and a one house legislature.
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Akron
Charles E. Slusser
Association of Ohio Municipalities
Ases
Demos Edge Protested Over Committee Seats
Senate Democrats move to eight to five divisions in Foreign Relations and seven other key committees, expanding Democratic control from the prior congress. Republicans denounce the plan as partisan and a threat to bipartisan foreign policy, noting changes in Appropriations and seven other panels.
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Washington
Senate
GOP
Truman
Labor
Banking
Agriculture
Judiciary
Rules
Commerce
Public Works
Driver of Stolen Car Dies After Crash in Youngstown
Walter Jackson, 22, Mahoning County's third traffic fatality of the year, died in a hospital after a car he drove, reported stolen Tuesday evening, skidded on a curve and struck another auto a house and a utility pole. Two passengers fled, one held by police.
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Youngstown
Walter Jackson
Mahoning County
Jackson
British Plane Crash Reported Near Rio de Janeiro
The British Press Association reports a Star Venture plane of British South American Airways crashed today near Rio de Janeiro. Seventeen people were believed aboard with no confirmed casualty details. initial reports put the fall at Caravelos, near Brazil’s capital.
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London
British Press Association
British South American Airways
Star Venture
Rio de Janeiro
Caravelos
Army F-86 squadron to join Miami air maneuvers
A squadron of Army F-86 supersonic fighters from Wright Field Ohio was scheduled to arrive today in Miami to participate in the 17th annual All American air maneuvers January 5 to 7.
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Miami
Fla
Wright Field
Ohio
Dismissal Protested at Licking County Grange
A 69 member delegation from Licking County Grange protests the dismissal of Clyde Bone from deputy master post.
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Columbus
Licking County Grange
Clyde Bone
Licking County
Three-Alarm Blaze Ruins Cleveland Wrecking Yard
A roaring three-alarm fire partially destroyed the Cleveland Wrecking Co lumber yard in Cincinnati before firemen brought it under control after a two hour battle. Fire Chief Barney Houston estimated damage would run into tens of thousands of dollars. Origin undetermined. No injuries reported.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland Wrecking Co
Barney Houston
Egypt reports Jews renew Negev fight
Cairo reports a revival of the battle for the Negev Desert and Palestine's southern coast. The government says Israeli troops struck at midnight Monday toward Rafa after weekend bombardment of Gaza and Khan Younis, two Egyptian-held cities in the Palestine coastal salient allotted to the Arabs by the United Nations.
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Cairo
Negev Desert
Palestine
Rafa
Gaza
Khan Yunis
United Nations
Seven Die In Air Force Transport Crash Near Colfax
Seven men were killed and another believed missing when a two engine Air Force transport crashed ten miles southeast of Colfax California last night. Coroner Francis E West said seven bodies were counted in the wreckage though not removed due to heat from flames.
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Colfax
Calif
Here
Francis E. West
Official Blames Fred H Johnson For Ohio Defeats
Secretary of State Edward J. Hummel publicly blamed Republican State Chairman Fred H Johnson for the losses of many Ohio Republican candidates in the November election. He cited lack of team work and said headquarters favored Gov Her bert reelection, with other candidates neglected. Hummel, a defeated official, criticized the campaign's focus and offered his assessment of the outcome.
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Columbus
Edward J. Hummel
Fred H. Johnson
Ohio
Hummel
Johnson
Thomas J. Herbert
Republcan
China Sees Bargaining Over Chiang Kai Shek Peace Feeler
The New China News Agency called Chiang Kai Shek's peace overtures a delaying action and said Reds would fight to the finish. Sin Wan Pao picked up the report in Nanking, the first Yenan radio mention of the peace feeler. Competent sources saw this as a sign both sides may bargain. Also reports suggested US Marines at Tsingtao would shift from shore to floating bases.
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Communist New China News Agency
Chiang Kai Shek
Nanking
Sin Wan Pao
Yenan Radio
Chiang
Red News Agency
Hattie Weiss Dies at 85 in Harmony Rd Community
Mrs. Hattie Weiss aged 85 died Tuesday at Hillcrest where she lived most of her life on Harmony Road. She is survived by two sons Earl Nelsonville and Charles Albany a daughter Jessie Brown Bellflower California and sister Ela Crawford Harmony Rd. Her husband Alonzo died in 1924. Services Thursday 2 p.m. at Jagers funeral home by Rev H L McDaniel burial in Green Lawn Cemetery.
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Hattie Weiss
Hillcrest
Harmony Rd
H. L. McDaniel
Greenlawn Cemetery
Two MPs Convicted In Europe Bribe Case
In Munich Germany two American Military Police were convicted and two arrested in what the U S Army calls the first major bribery case involving military personnel in the European Theater. An Army spokesman said a fraulein revealed a gigantic syndicate importing American cigarettes into Germany illegally.
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Munich
Germany
U. S. Army
Army
UC Directors OK Faculty Cost of Living Hike and Tuition Rise
University of Cincinnati directors voted to raise the $120 annual cost of living allowance for faculty and to increase tuition by $50 a year for non resident students.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Patrolmen Good and Swift Issued Speeding Summons
A Buffalo reader objected to a speeding summons written by Patrolmen Walter J. Swift and Robert H. Good who were paired in a patrol car. The citizen complained about the officers saying Good and Swift to stop the clowning.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Walter J. Swift
Robert H. Good
Woman 92 Dies After Bus Strike in Chillicothe
Euphemia T. Burns, 92, died at Chillicothe Hospital four hours after being struck by a city bus at a downtown intersection. The accident occurred in Chillicothe, likely prompting a city investigation and a memorial for the long-time resident.
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Chillicothe, D
Euphemia T. Burns
Chillicothe Hospital
Dewey Criticizes Delay on St. Lawrence River Power Gap
Governor Dewey attacked the Truman administration for delaying the $400 000 St Lawrence River power project. The Albany dispute centers on federal action and state concerns about the project timeline and regional impact.
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Dewey
Albany
N. Y
Truman
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