Truman outlines 1947 economic plan for prosperity
President Truman presents an annual economic report urging to keep taxes at current levels, raise minimum wages, expand Social Security, broaden wage hour coverage, and maintain rent controls. He calls for a long range housing push, cost of living adjustments, and six program steps to stimulate production, employment, and trade.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
America
Legislative Branch
Ecoenomic Council
Progess
Intere National Trade Organization
Ohio liquor monopoly Profit fuels call to end politics
Edward E. Tharp reports 1946 monopoly profit of 14.75 million with 9.13 million in gallonage taxes and urges removing political influence from state liquor. He proposes a state liquor commission and shifted enforcement to local authorities with state oversight and penalties. State figures show 1946 sales projected at 146.5 million and total operating expenses at 4.86 million.
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Columbus
Ohio
Edward E. Tharp
Tharp
Liquor Commission
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Dayton
Toledo
Youngstown
Steubenville
General Fund
Frank J. Lausche
Senate
General Assembly
Stanley G. McKie
Wire Tapping Bared In Football Fix Case
New York police testified Alvin J. Paris talked with a caller about fixing the Dec 15 championship game between the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants. Paris allegedly said Giants players would “break their necks” for the Giants as part of the alleged plot.
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New York
Alvin J. Paris
Chicago Bears
New York Giants
Giants
Joseph L. Jove
Paris
Dunn Gets Dunns Coin Mystery Solved by Secret Service
Denver report details Arthur C Dunn misapplied monthly government checks totaling 450 dollars. Secret Service traced funds to Rosemary Dunn, wife of MSgt Leon L Dunn in Pretoria, South Africa. She and Dunn seek repayment from terminal leave pay as they acknowledge deductible misuse.
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Denver
Arthur C. Dunn
Sam
Secret Service
Rosemary Dunn
Leon L. Dunn
U. S
Pretoria
South Africa
Denver Dunn
Rosemary
Arthur C
Marshall Named to Succeed Byrnes in State Dept
General George C. Marshall is chosen to replace Byrnes as Secretary of State and will back the current foreign policy toward Russia. He is expected to carry on the administration's peace-building plans and becomes a leading 1948 Democratic presidential possibility. Marshall, 66, faces the task after a year in China and plans a three day stop in Honolulu before returning to Washington.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Byrnes
Russia
Marshall
Congress
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wagner
D-Ny
Foreign Relations Committee
Jimmy Byrnes
Army
Truman
White House
Western Pacific
China
Nanking
Honolulu
Mrs. Marshall
Two Logan Residents Die In Auto Wreck
Mrs. Florence Ball of Logan Route 5 and Miss Wilma Frazier died after a Tuesday auto wreck near Eureka Nevada. Earl Ball survived with a skull fracture and is hospitalized in Ely Nevada, while Miss Evelyn Ball had minor injuries. The group was en route to San Francisco for a wedding. Funeral notices will be handled by Heinlein and Roberts funeral homes.
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Logan
Florence Ball
Miss Evelyn Ball
Earl Ball
Wilma Frazier
Eureka
Nev
Ball
Miss Frazier
Ely
Evelyn Ball
Wayne Ball
Heinlein Funeral Home
Kenneth Frazier
Logan Route 2
Roberts Funeral Service
Berlin Cuts City Jobs to Four Hour Shifts in Deep Freeze
Berlin's city government reduced the workday for office staff to staggered four hour shifts to spare their health as four below zero temperatures grip the fuel-starved capital.
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Berlin
Fur Leather Workers Gain Wage Agreement
The CIO Fur and Leather Workers Union announced wage settlements with four Chicago firms. Increases of 10 and 11 cents an hour were agreed for about 750 employees.
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Chicago
CIO Fur and Leather Workers Union
Bomb Explodes at Denazification Court in Nuernberg
A bomb exploded in a denazification court in Nuernberg during the trial of 11 Germans accused of bombing denazification courts in Stuttgart area months earlier. No casualties were reported and damage to the courtroom was not immediately disclosed.
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Frankfurt
Nuernberg
Stuttgart
Auctioneer Robert Minshall Dies in London
Robert Minshall aged 75, a well known cattle auctioneer and hog raiser, died yesterday in London.
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London
Robert Minshall
Court Martial Revamping Act Introduced by House Group
A House military group introduced a bill to overhaul the Army court martial system. Led by Rep. Durham the measure aims to enlarge the judge advocate general office broaden access to proceedings permit enlisted personnel to serve on courts and remove mandatory death for rape allowing discretion in punishment.
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Washington
Rep. Durham
D-Nc
Durham
Judge Advocate General's Office
Akron Springfield Township Teachers Threaten Winter Strike
Akron Springfield Township teachers warned they would shut schools on January 21 if a $200 to $300 cost of living bonus is not paid. They halted classes yesterday and ordered pupils to inform parents. A spokesman said the term strike was avoided in presenting the demand to the school board.
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Akron, C
Springfield Township
Contractors to Collect Portsmouth Garbage Services
Portsmouth city council authorized City Manager Ernest C. Littlet on to hire private contractors to collect garbage and rubbish piling up since 100 city workers struck January 1. The move allows private firms to handle sanitation duties in the city.
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Portsmouth
Ernest C. Littleton
Judge James Bell Dies. Madison County Bench Veteran
Judge James F. Bell, longtime Madison County Common Pleas jurist since 1933, died yesterday five days before turning 75.
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London
O.—P
James F. Bell
Madison County Common Pleas
Officers and Unions Blamed for Inefficiency at Lake Exposition
At the Great Lakes Licensed Officers and Marine Exposition in Cleveland yesterday speakers cited unions and seamen attitudes as threats to efficiency on lake carriers. John I. Horton of Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co accused unions of upsetting ship discipline through disputes with officers over work quantity and internal arguments that sow dissension.
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Cleveland
John I. Horton
Maritime Department
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co
Detective Two Captives Die in Toledo Gun Battle
A veteran detective Det Lieut John McCarthy aged 53 and two men Edward Monnett 45 and John Quirk 30 all of Toledo were killed after a gun battle near police headquarters. Patrolman Connors and Cartlidge were wounded as officers confronted Monnett and Quirk who had been taken into custody for attempting to pass a bad check. Miss La Rue Burd 23 of Toledo was with them.
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Toledo
John McCarthy
Edward Monnett
John F. Quirk
Monnett
Quirk
John Connors
Floyd Cartlidge
Jackson St
Cartlidge
Connors
Miss la Rue Burd
Civic Center
Upward Trend In Price Seen
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics forecast a price rise through the first quarter of 1947 aided by government income payments. Despite setbacks for some farm products, purchases at least early in 1947 may pick up, though consumer spending likely won’t spur activity as strongly as in the prior two years.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Court Order to Jury Results From Crusade
Jefferson County Grand Jury received a blanket order to indict in any case where laws were violated as 12 crusading Protestant ministers sparked an organized vice probe. Judges Weinman and Hooper urged the jury to pursue all charges arising from the crackdown.
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Steubenville
Jefferson County
Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Carl Weinman
Arthur L. Hooper
Reorganization Plan Blocked at Taylorcraft
Possibility of a reorganization plan for the Taylorcraft Aviation Corp of Alliance Ohio was ruled out at a bankruptcy hearing before federal referee Carl D. Friebelin. Preparations were made for some program of liquidation.
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Cleveland
Taylorcraft Aviation Corp
Alliance, O
Carl D. Friebelin
South Point Strikers End Work Stoppage At Solvay Plant
About 400 production and maintenance workers at the Solvay Process Co. plant returned to work after Babe Shelton of Ashland Kentucky of the CIO United Steelworkers said the union would operate during negotiations on undisclosed issues with the company.
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South Point
Solvay Process Co
Babe Shelton
Ashland
CIO
United Steelworkers
Government ends purchasing priorities for scarce materials
Washington says that most businesses including veterans must operate without new purchase priorities. Civilian priorities already granted remain, but the Office of Temporary Controls will issue none except for essential military needs and housing materials for veterans.
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Washington
Office of Temporary Controls
Ruth Undergoes Weck Operation Satisfactory Report
New York report says baseball icon Babe Ruth is in satisfactory condition after a two hour operation Monday to relieve severe pain. Doctors described the procedure as successful and Ruth is expected to recover.
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New York
Babe Ruth
GOP Chief Urges Workmanlike Congress Free of Politics
GOP Chairman Reece urged a focus on a workmanlike Congress free of presidential politics. The DNC warned against sabotaging Truman's legislative program and holding officials accountable in a tough, partisan climate. Several potential 1948 GOP nominees were named, while Truman ordered tighter budget oversight and a push against anti administration chatter. Five senators launched an anti filibuster drive signaling possible historic Senate debates on reform.
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Washington
Reece
Republican National Committee
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Truman
Republican News
National Committee
Congress of the
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Ferguson
Rmich
Rules Committee
Film stars dominate 1944 earnings list led by Abbott and Costello
The treasury ranks 122 top money makers for 1944 and fiscal year 1945 showing film people occupying over a quarter of spots. Abbott and Costello headline with $469,170 jointly or $234,585 each if split. Thomas J. Watson of IBM tops individuals with $425,548.
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Washington
Treasury
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Hollywood
Thomas J. Watson
New York
International Business Machines Corp
Concessions on Atomic Bomb Policy Debate Sparks Debate
The piece discusses arms control, Baruch’s resignation, and calls for foolproof arrangements before sharing bomb secrets. It argues the United States must avoid giving away manufacturing details without a world plan and notes public fear over the weapon’s use. It contrasts Russia and U S figures like Henry Wallace and Claude Pepper.
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Russia
Baruch
Henry Wallace
Claude Pepper
United States
Japan
World Organization
Mercury Air Lines Hearing Expected Next Month
Mercury Air Lines Inc expects a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing next month on its plan to operate Detroit to Havana flights and St. Louis to Richmond Virginia flights. President R T Cunningham said Ohio cities to be served include Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati on the north south route and Cincinnati Portsmouth on the west east route.
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Columbus
Mercury Airlines, Inc
Civil Aeronautics Board
Detroit
Havana
St. Louis
Richmond
R. T. Cunningham
Cleveland, Carton
Cincinnati
Ohio Cities
Portsmouth
Cunningham
Burley Tobacco Price Reaches Season High in Kentucky
The statewide burley tobacco price average rose to 42 95 per hundredweight, a season high. The Dec. 16 previous peak was surpassed by 20 cents as 11 374 184 pounds were sold across 22 markets for 4 885 673 94.
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Louisville
State Department of Agriculture
Neaf
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Jane Bacon
U.S. Commissioner’s Office
Cornell Shelton
Trans-World Airlines
Taylorcraft
Bob Yeakel
Rosamond
Yeakel
GOP
Budget Bureau
Sam Simmons
Mercury Air Lines
Burley
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