Ohio 97th General Assembly Opens Amid Cash Surplus
Ohio's 97th General Assembly convenes with the treasury bulging and millions in new revenues. William ONeill is installed as House speaker. Frank Whittemore leads the Senate as president pro tempore. ONeill aides Ballard Hayden dispute for presiding role. Ballard projected to preside. House and Senate officials take oaths as fiscal strains loom with requests from schools municipalities and state employees. Affected taxes contemplated include amusements cigarettes utilities and liquor.
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Columbus
Ohio
97Th General Assembly
William O'Neill
Washington County
House
Frank E. Whittemore
Summit County
Senate
Paul L. McCormick
Logan County
John F. Cantwell
Mahoning County
O'Neill
Cantwell
Clingan Jackson
Mahoning
Margaret A. Mahoney
Cuyahoga
George D. Nye
Paul M. Herbert
Thomas E. Bateman
Supreme Court
Edward S. Matthias
Paul H. Ballard
Jackson County
John Hayden
Clermont County
Ballard
Hayden
Appellate Court
Verner E. Metcalf
Marietta
Edward C. Turner
Carl Guess
State Taxation Department
Austin to Lead U N Atomic Disarmament Efforts
Washington AP Warren R. Austin, new U N Security Council member, heads to New York to take charge of atomic disarmament matters after Bernard Baruch’s surprise resignation. The move signals possible shifts in U S strategy toward Soviet cooperation amid veto and majority rule debates. Russia and Poland abstained in last week’s 12 member commission vote on the U S control plan.
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Washington
Warren R. Austin
United Nations Security Council
Bernard M. Baruch
Seite Ehbeteoean SD Neste Ae
Truman
U. N
Special Atomic Commission
United States
Security Council
Austin
Russia
New York
U.N. Sessions
Andrei Gromyko
Baruch
Commission
Gromyko
Atomic Commission
Poland
Flash Fire Kills Four In Harlem Tenement
A flash fire in a Harlem tenement dumb-waiter shaft caused four deaths and eight injuries early today. All victims were Black, with seven of the injured reported in serious condition.
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Harlem
New York
Firemen Overcome Smoke at Warren Masonic Temple Blaze
Three firefighters were overcome by smoke and dye vapor during a fire at the Warren Masonic Temple yesterday. Damage was estimated at seven thousand dollars.
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Warren, O
Masonic Temple Co
Five Die as Storm Crashes Hit East Coast Planes
A storm left five dead and 21 injured in three crashes across the East Coast. At Carmel New Jersey a Nationwide Air Transport Service plane crashed killing the co pilot and two passengers and injuring 19 others. A private plane from Mount Pleasant Michigan to Florida crashed in Scott County Virginia killing both occupants. At Jones Beach New York an American Airlines DC 3 made a crash landing near the water leaving only the pilot and co pilot injured while the stewardess and 13 passengers were unhurt. The storm extended up to 250 miles from New York with heavy rain sleet and snow.
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Associated Press
East Coast
Carmel
N. J
Nationwide
Air Transport Service, Inc
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Flor
Virginia
Gulf Oil Co
Miami
Arabs to Join London Talks Hope for Peace in Palestine
London talks on the Holy Land loom as the Arab League agrees to attend a January 21 conference sponsored by Britain. The seven Arab nations will participate while the Jewish side, led by the World Zionist Organization, has not accepted the invitation.
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London
Palestine
Arab League
Holy Land
Britain
Mandate
World Zionist Organization
Basel
Switzerland
Student Nurses Save 46 Babies in New Jersey Fire
In Newark New Jersey a fire on the first floor of the Babies hospital forced evacuation of 46 babies. A group of student nurses carried them to safety under supervision of Vera Floyd the superintendent none were injured in the incident.
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N. J. Fire
Newark
Babies’ Hospital
Vera Floyd
Veterans Bill Bonanza Moves Through Congress
Congress rushes to pass multiple veteran benefit bills including a soldier bonus, immediate cashing of terminal leave bonds, and education aid for veterans. The House Veterans Committee chair Edith Rogers targets raising on the job training allowances and expanding pension coverage for World War I veterans.
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Washington
Congress
House
Edith Nourse Rogers
R-Mass
House Veterans Committee
Rep. Landis
R-Ind
Rep
Beckworth
D-Tex
Veteran Awaits Judge's Decision on Marriage
In Youngstown Ohio the consent of Juvenile Judge Henry P. Beckenbach stood as the last hurdle for 15 year old Isabel Mary Butwell of Berkshire England to wed 24 year old former soldier Paul S. Sinclair. The couple had met in England where Sinclair served with an anti aircraft battalion and the bride arrived yesterday.
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Youngstown
Henry P. Beckenbach
Isabel Mary Butwell
Berkshire
England
Paul S. Sinclair
Sinclair
Baltimore Quadruplets Christened in Incubator
In St. Agnes Hospital Baltimore the baptism of the Henn quadruplets occurred with Rev Adelbert Poletti administering the sacrament. The three boys and a girl remained in their incubators as Joan Mary Thomas Donald and Bruce were formally named.
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Baltimore
St. Agnes Hospital
Adelbert Poletti
Charles Henn, Jr
Joan Mary
Thomas
Donald
Bruce
Abandoned Infant Boy Found in Downtown Hallway
A baby boy in an undershirt with a small blanket was found in a downtown building hallway and listed in good health at General Hospital in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
General Hospital
Former Senator Ovington Weller Dies at 84 in Baltimore
Ovington E. Weller, 84, former U S senator and longtime Maryland Republican leader, died yesterday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Ovington E. Weller
U. S
Maryland
Republican Party
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Waves batter Pacific atoll as Navy notes danger passes
Heavy waves swept Palmyra and Menge Island in a South Pacific storm, with 123 Americans on Palmyra and CAC scientists on Menge hit by tidal surge. Rescue planes scouted but not needed as danger receded, while Alaska and Hawaii reported no major damage or casualties.
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mid-Pacific
Palmyra
Cooper Island
Menge Island
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Hawaii
Alaska
Arctic
Pacific
Alaskan Department
Anchorage
Aleutians
Nome
Hooper Bay
Chinese Halt Civilian Flights
Shanghai reports a government order suspending all Chinese commercial flights after the worst air disaster in the nation. A heavily loaded transport plane crashed near Tsingtao killing all 42 aboard including three Americans. Relatives of 71 others killed in three Shanghai area crashes demand punishment for the involved officials.
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Shanghai
China
Tsingtao
Fire destroys Cincinnati feed plant causing injuries
A $300,000 fire at the Dr. Heinz Nu Way food plant in suburban St Bernard destroyed the facility and led to minor injuries to three firefighters. The owner Dr William C Heinz estimated losses include 25 000 bushels of grain and other feed ingredients and packaging materials.
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Cincinnati
Dr. Heinz Nu Way
St. Bernard
William C. Heinz
Truman Outlines Four-Point Strike Prevention Plan
President Truman asks Congress to enact a four point labor program to prevent strikes harming public health and safety. The proposal includes outlawing jurisdictional strikes, banning secondary boycotts, arbitration for unsettled disputes, and creating a temporary joint commission to report by March 15.
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Washington
Congress
Rep. Herter
R-Mass
Ball
Minn
Taft
Ohio
H. Alexander Smith
Federal Mediation Board
Herter
Sumner Slichter
Harvard
Truman
Senate
House
Congressional Commission
Wage Hikes Sought By CIO Electrical Workers
Delegates from about 125 locals of the CIO United Electrical Union representing roughly 225000 workers laid out 1947 contract demands for substantial wage increases. A union official noted efforts to avoid a strike though no specific figures were announced, with a proposed weekly rise of 11.72 dollars to offset living-cost increases. The union average current weekly wage is 44.78 dollars. The proposals must be ratified by local unions.
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NEW York —(P
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
Bid to Amend State Constitution Seeks Closed Shop Ban
Columbus report states a petition to amend Ohio’s constitution to prohibit the closed shop in all industries has been forwarded for approval. Secretary of State Edward J. Hummel announced the submission by Graham P. Hunt Jr a Cincinnati attorney active in anti prohibition circles. The synopsis was approved by Attorney General Hugh S. Jenkins.
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Columbus
Ohio
Edward J. Hummel
Graham P. Hunt, Jr
Cincinnati
Hummel
Hugh S. Jenkins
Hoover Seeks Columbus Mayor Bid After 1944 Lt Gov Run
Herbert Hoover, former Republican lieutenant governor candidate in 1944, announced yesterday he would run for mayor of Columbus this year. He aims to lead city government and challenge the current administration.
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Columbus
Herbert Hoover
Collector of Old Lace Slays Husband in Newark Home
Laura Belle Devlin, 72, who collects lace, is held after the dismemberment slaying of her husband Thomas Devlin. Police say she admitted pounding him unconscious, attacking with a sickle, then dismembering the body with a saw. Parts were found in the backyard, field, and stove. a letter from a supposed cousin claimed Ireland burial.
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Newark, CO
Laura Belle Devlin
Gail Christman
Thomas Devlin
Philadelphia
Tom
Ireland
Christman
George Sapp
Devlin
Nazi Official in Nurnberg Hangs Self in Jail
Karl Westphal, a mid ranking Nazi official among 16 indicted at Nurnberg, strangled himself with a woolen scarf in his jail cell. He became the fourth high profile Nazi to die by his own hand in custody, following Goering Conti and Ley who previously died.
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Nuernberg
Karl Westphal
Ministry of Justice
Hermann Goering
Leonardo Conti
Robert Ley
Indians Poison Arrows Kill Expedition Members
Manaos dispatches report that 10 expedition members attempting to pacify the Uaimiris Indians were killed and seven wounded by poison arrows. The Indians reportedly surrounded the expedition camp in the upper Amazon jungle.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Manaos
Brazil
Amazon
Couple to Observe 62nd Wedding Anniversary in Church
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Flasck, aged 89 and 85, will mark their 62nd wedding anniversary with a solemn high mass at St. Mary’s Church in Warren Ohio, joined by their 10 children and 25 grandchildren.
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Warren, O
Anthony Flasck
St. Mary’s Church
Flasck
Englishman Fatally Stabbed by Car in Bristol Garage
George H. Mason, 55, died after being stabbed fatally by an automobile in a Bristol garage. He started the car not realizing it was in gear, the machine moved him against the wall and drove the buckle of a surgical belt into his chest.
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Bristol
England
George H. Mason
Court Clerk Dies in Chillicothe
Harry Grace aged 58, longtime clerk of the fourth district court of appeals, died yesterday in Chillicothe. Grace served in that post for 31 years.
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Chillicothe
Harry Grace
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Mason County Board Ruling Reversed in School Seat Dispute
Judge Lewis H. Miller reversed a prior decision in the Sayre vs Mason County Board of Education case. The circuit court ordered a mandamus to seat John P. Sayre on the board after he was elected to fill the seat vacated by Hugh Curry, but the board had appointed Howard Price first.
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Point Pleasant
Lewis H. Miller
John P. Sayre
Mason County Board of Education
Sayre
Hugh Curry
Howard Price
Distorted Duty Counts and Medical Care Questions
SAM SIMMONS critiques how figures on military fitness are used for politics. Truman claimed 5,000,000 men unfit, 30 percent of those 16 to 37. Wright in Better Homes and Gardens revises to 4,217,000 with 2,048,000 having severe disabilities and calls for analysis of medical care access. Wright examines Britain’s socialized medicine with a tale of triage and low costs.
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Truman
Michael Wright
Wright
Britain
Ohio CPA Approves Hospital Construction Plan
Cleveland reports Richland County will build a $400,000 fire proof tuberculosis hospital at Manse field. The project is deemed necessary for public health and safety per the Northern Ohio CPA office announcement.
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Cleveland
Richland
Mansefield
Northern Ohio
The
Civilian Production Administration
Firemen and police aid toddler stuck in laundry chute
Cleveland crews freed 27 month old Robert Cunningham from a laundry chute after he became lodged for an hour. Firefighters used tin shears to widen the shaft and extract him safely. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William A Cunningham.
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Cleveland
Robert Cuneningham
William A. Cunningham
Auto Workers Set National Wage Conference in Detroit
Walter P. Reuther of the United Auto Workers announced a national wage conference to be held in Detroit on January 18. The meeting aims to coordinate and implement the new wage program.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
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