Break in Degnan kidnapping case looms as janitors questioned
Chicago police press for a breakthrough in the Suzanne Degnan case. Two janitors are retained for 24 hours after lie detector tests. A third suspect is sought while a $10,000 reward boosts the total to 21,000 for information leading to the killer.
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Chicago
Degnan
Suzanne Degnan
Criminal Court
Harold G. Ward
Jack Hanrahan
Hdgewater Beach
Hzrahan
The
Chicago Tribune
Hanrahan
Marine Ace Gregory Boyington Weds in Los Angeles
Lt Col Gregory Pappy Boyington and Miss Frances Baker of Los Angeles were married by a justice of the peace in Los Angeles yesterday. Boyington, 35, is a Marine Corps ace. his bride, 32, described herself as a Los Angeles resident.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Gregory
Pappy) Boyington
Frances Baker
Los Angeles
Boyington
Marine Corps
Lucy Malcolmson
Reno
MacFadden Divorces Former British Beauty After 33 Years
Bernarr MacFadden, described as a 1 year old physical culture tourist, was granted a final divorce decree from the British Beauty contest winner after a three year court battle. He accused her of humiliating him by losing her trim figure during their 33 years of marriage. The decree came from Circuit Judge Paul D. Barns in Miami Florida.
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Miami
Fla
Bernarr MacFadden
Paul D. Barns
Union and Management Meet to Avert National Strikes
Union and management officials held three meetings in New York City and elsewhere to head off a nation wide strike planned for next week. The walkouts affect steel electrical and meat packing industries with about 1.2 million workers involved and 415 000 currently idle. CIO unions demand higher wages as talks proceed under Philip Murray.
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Associated Press
CIO
CIO United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel
New York City
Philip Murray
Dayton Field Soldiers Stage Army Demobilization Delays
About 500 servicemen demonstrated in heavy rain at Wright Field calling for faster demobilization. Col H G Crocker met with Army Air Forces' lab officers and said many claim discharge per War Department directive. He noted the directive arrived just hours before the second protest.
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Wright and Patterson Fields
War Department
Crocker
Washington
Farmers Market Advice Amid Meat Cutter Strike Threat
A Columbus stockyards official warns farmers not to flood the market with livestock to avoid packer pressure during a threatened nationwide meat cutters strike. Roy D. Pavey, manager of the Producers Livestock Cooperative Association yards, says demand will surge once the strike ends, noting receipts were slightly heavier than usual.
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Columbus
Roy D. Pavey
Producers Livestock Cooperative Association
Pavey
Air Mail Rate Suggested Drop to Five Cents
The air transport industry urged cutting air mail to five cents an ounce from the current eight, with six cents to apply when the war is declared. Sgt Daniel Battaglia of Milwaukee was shot in the thigh in Berlin while walking with another soldier, the latest in a string of shootings of Americans on main streets.
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Washington
Berlin
Daniel G
Battaglia
Milwaukee
Wis
Educator Wesley Webb Dies at 57 in Granville
Wesley H Webb longtime Washington County schools administrator and former Marietta and Hamden teacher died at his Granville home from heart trouble He served Washington County from 1924 to 1933 was a textbook company executive and leaves wife Adele Van Gilder two sons John V Webb city editor of the Athens Messenger and William L Webb a Canton resident Also surviving are his mother Cora Durst Webb a brother George and two grandchildren Funeral services set for Granville Friday at 10 30 am with further rites in Marietta burial there Friday afternoon
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Meigs County
Washington County
Granville
Marietta
Stockport
McArthur
Hamden
Southern Ohio
Webb
Pomeroy High School
Ohio University
Presbyterian Church
Cora Durst Webb
Pomeroy
John W. Webb
Donald Doss
British Ruler Urges Success Of Peace Plans
King George VI urged delegates from 51 nations to back peace machinery at Westminster as the United Nations Organization moves toward an active role. He told the assembly at a state dinner that the task is to build a new world foundation preventing another atom powered war and ensuring humanity’s happiness.
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London
Westminster
United Nations Organization
General Assembly
George VI
James Palace
Sailors Suffer Clothing Shortage In Portland
Army veterans devise a scheme to cope as garment dyers report many olive drab trousers and retouched coats dyed blue gray or brown. Sailors ruebell-bottoms as unsuitable for civilian wear.
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Portland
Ore
Wage boost predicts GM settlement and wider strikes
The Detroit News reports Truman fact finding will urge a 20 cent hourly rise for GM production workers, about 158 percent annualized. CIO United Auto Workers seek 30 percent, with a $2 daily rise. Separate talks involve GE, Westinghouse, and electrical plants. In Chicago, conciliation chief Warren seeks to halt meat packer walkout, while 8,000 telephone workers quit nationwide. Detroit auto talks with Ford resume after a three week recess. GM strike report awaited.
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Detroit
Detroit News
Washington
Truman
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
New York
General Electric Co
CIO United Electrical Workers Union
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Chicago
Edgar L. Warren
Federal Conciliation Service
Swift & Co
Armour &Co
Propopal
Warren
Independent Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Western Electric
Bell Telephone System
Independent National Federation of Telephone Workers
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
Ford
General Motors
Strikers Chief Without Service of Telephone
Newsmen sought comment from G. H. Hill, chairman of the striking telephone installation men in Boise. They found he had no telephone at his home.
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Boise
Idaho
G. H. Hill
Messenger to Operate Modern FM Station in County Area
The Messenger Publishing Co plans a Metropolitan type license station with 3000 watts powering Athens area FM broadcasts. An antenna around 340 feet high will reach rural coverage about 55 miles, with AM-FM receivers on market by spring. Major manufacturers back FM as AM replacement.
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Nathrough
Mark Wood
American Broadcasting
Tually FM
Rome
Palermo
Sicily
Paul W. Keston
CBS
Columbia of Carabinieri
Regutener
RCA
General Electric
Zenith
Willie
Athens
The
Messenger Publishing Co
OPA Chief Opposes Food Price Rises
OPA Administrator Chester Bowles rejects Secretary Anderson’s recommended price hikes and asks for slower subsidy removal. He argues subsidies must continue beyond planned end dates to curb rising costs, amid butter and meat price disputes and a $1.785 billion annual program.
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OPA
Washington
Chester Bowles
Agriculture
Anderson
John
Collet
Bowles
China Ends Civil War and Legalizes Parties
General Chiang Kai-Shek announced after a truce that China will legalize all political parties and release political prisoners. The government pledges freedom of person conscience speech publication and association and promotion of local self government with popular elections.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chiang
McGeehan to Leave City Safety Director Post
Vincent J. McGeehan will resign as city safety service director on January 15 and has accepted a job on the state owned Ohio River bridge project linking this city with Chester West Virginia.
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East Liverprouol
Vincent J. McGeehan
City Safety Service
Ohio River
Here
Chester
W-Va
Safety Standards for Ohio Workers Drafted
A set of health standards for Ohio's 2 200 000 industrial workers from fumes dusts and hazards neared completion. Developed by the state health department division of industrial hygiene under Dr Thomas F Mancuso the standards will be presented to the Ohio Public Health Council for incorporation into the Ohio Sanitary Code with the force of law.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Health Department
Division of
Industrial Hegiene
Thomas F. Mancuso
Ohio Public Health Council
Ohio Sanitary Code
GIs Overseas Protests Condemned as Near Mutiny
Senator Edwin Johnson called overseas GI demonstrations near mutiny and urged a Senate Military Committee investigation with Gen. Eisenhower to testify. Johnson charged the War Department with breaking pledges on demobilization while Devers warned that public demand to end delays jeopardizes security and the peace. The Navy and Army reshaped the demobilization plan after a slow down order marked a key policy shift.
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Washington
Edwin €. Johnson
Colo
Johnson
Senate Military Committee
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Congress
War Department
Army
Eisenhower
Thomas
George C. Mareshall
Jacob L. Devers
Pacific
Europe
Plan for demobilization debated as Congress returns
Dissatisfaction grows as Congress nears session with talk of a April 1 release date for enlisted personnel except volunteers or draftees under a year. Kenneth Royall said Eisenhower ordered a fast return of surplus troops, prioritizing high scores and long service. General Devers warned of uprisings from food shortages while GI demonstrations at Andrews Field signal mounting pressure for action.
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Congress
George A. Wilson
Roy Town
Kenneth Co. Royall
Eisen
Lmower
Howeve
Devers
Pice Ture
Colorado Springs
Colo
Europe
Pacific
House Military Committee
Andrews Field
Maryland
Air Force GL
Wacs
House
Senate
Wolfe Dies at 73 Publisher of Major Columbus Papers
Harry Preston Wolfe, who rose from newsboy and lamplighter to leading publisher and banker, died today at age 73. He headed The Columbus Evening Dispatch and served as vice president of the Ohio State Journal. He helped found Wolfe Wear-A-Well, built from a shoe venture to 3,600 outlets in 38 states, and organized BancOhio Corporation with capital of about 275 million. He began in Corning and moved to Columbus in 1890.
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Columbus
Harry Preston
Wolfe
Columbus Evening Dispatch
Ohio State Journal
Wolfe Wear-A-Well Corporation
Ohio
BancOhio Corporation
Corning
Perry County
Robert F. Wolfe
H. C. Godman Shoe Co
Strip Mining Threatens Wellsville Water Supply
State health officials warn strip mining and shaft mines may endanger Wellsville public water. Chief Engineer F H War ing cites potential watershed pollution. Lisbon Coal Co previously agreed to divert Bailey Run to protect the supply. DIES IN CRASH: Auto truck collision near Lucasville kills Jesse J Legg, 44, of Piketon.
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Columbus
State Health
Wellsville
Columbiana
F. H. Waring
State Board of Health
Lisbon Coal Company
Bailey Run
Portsmouth
Lucasville
Jesse J. Legg
Piketon l
Colleges Seek Housing for 3900 Veterans in Ohio
Ohio universities report an immediate need to house 3900 veterans as student enrollments rise. Of the total, 1250 are married and 2650 are unmarried. housing units could cost 1.25 to 1.5 million dollars, with a further 1.515 million needed for remaining faculty payrolls. Governor Lausche says the Board of Control may grant temporary relief without a special session.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pra
Cavernan i State Board of Control
Frank J. Lausche
Lie Buysasina
Board of Control
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