Lawmakers Debate Truman Budget Deficit and Tax Plans
Washington lawmakers argue over President Truman’s $42.44 billion budget gap for the coming year. Senators and representatives warn of high spending and a large deficit, with calls for cuts but little appetite for tax increases. Postal rate bills add $131 million and $113 million in Senate and House committees, though passage is uncertain.
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Washington
Truman
House
Aiken
R-Vt
Congress
Senate
Brehm Proposes Deductible Health Plan
Rep. Brehm Ohio dentist proposes a $50 deductible health plan as an alternative to President Truman’s compulsory insurance. He notes AMA discussion and urges a cheap, low income friendly plan with voluntary participation and possible charity supplements, excluding high earners.
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Washington
Rep
Brehm
Ohio
Congress
Truman
Joseph S. Lawrence
American Medical Association
Gambling Figure Claims Judge Is Prejudiced
James C. Robison, 49, an ex investigator now linked to the Colony Club, moved to quash the Dec 20 raid warrant and suppress seized evidence. Eight men, including Robison, are free on 1000 bonds and charged with keeping rooms for gambling and displaying gambling devices. The raid yielded 45 slot machines. the club is padlocked.
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Ironton
Colony Club
Chesapeake
Common Pleas
James Collier
James C. Robison
Lawrence County Prosecutor's Office
Common Pleas Court
Judged Collier
Robison
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Collier
Killings Spark Mississippi Manhunt in Attala County
In Kosciusko Mississippi a wounded man says three white men massacred his family after an attempted assault on his 14 year old stepdaughter Pearl ine Thurman. A large posse searched Central Mississippi for two fugitives, with Malcolm Whitt captured.
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Kosciusko
Thomas Harris
Mississippi
Henry Rodgers
Malcolm Whitt
Leon Turner
Flood and wind batter Midwest rail region
Heavy rain and strong winds sweep flood zones in Illinois Indiana and Kentucky as levees are reinforced. Army Engineers man sandbags while rivers crest or recede and cold mass drives snow across Montana the Dakotas Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Ohio River nears 51 feet as forecasters warn of high water and continued unsettled conditions inland.
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Illinois
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Vincennes
Ind
Wabash
Montana
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Iowa
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Pennsylvania
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Kentucky
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Washington
Oregon
California
Officials To Appear For Ignoring Order
Two Pettibone Club executives, Superintendent Jack Lewis and Manager Abe Goldberg, were summoned to a Bainbridge Township justice of the peace for defying a state order to close the Bainbridge Township gambling casino. State agents had padlocked the venue amid claims of building code violations and public safety concerns. Judge Blake C. Cook declined a temporary restraining order and scheduled a permanent injunction hearing.
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Chardon
Pettibone Club
Justice of the Peace
Bainbridge Township
Jack Lewis
Abe Goldberg
Charles H. Giles
State Industrial Relations Department
Ohio
Department
Albert A. Waldman
Geauga County
Common Pleas
Blake C. Cook
Woman Lawyer Silent On Illicit Love Affair Charge
Miss Ruth Weyand a white government lawyer faced an alienation of affections suit for 50000 dollars filed by Mrs. Olive J. Perry in district court. Weyand serves as assistant general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board and handles Supreme Court cases. Leslie S. Perry is a legislative representative for the NAACP.
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Washington
Ruth Weyand
Olive J. Perry
Miss Weyand
Leslie S. Perry
National Labor Relations Board
Supreme Court
Perry
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Roosevelt Sees Democratic Victory Over Taft
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. told about 700 at a Jackson Day banquet in Smithville that a Democrat could defeat Sen. Robert A. Taft. He also predicted Democrats will sweep Congress this year, saying Americans believe the Republicans oppose everything and propose nothing.
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Wooster
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Liberal
N. Y
Robert A. Taft
Smithville
Democrats Question Taft Donnell Victory Odds
Democratic leaders question prospects of beating Republican Senators Robert A. Taft of Ohio and Forrest Donnell of Missouri as Taft Donnell remain top GOP targets. A quiet survey suggests gains elsewhere, while William M. Boyle plans an active national push. President Truman supports Emery Allison in Missouri prompting intra party tensions. Senate balance stands 54 to 42 in Democrats favor.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Forrest Donnell
Missouri
Taft
Donnell
Senate
Democratic Campaign Committee
William M. Boyle, Jr
Boyle
Truman
Emery Allison
Boy Faces Murder Trial in Newport Killing
Marietta Ohio February 6 trial set for Robert Herlan 16 when Jan 12 arrives he pleads innocent to first degree murder in the Aug 1 shooting of Gordon Roe a Newport farmer and robbery of 150 dollars. Attorney C William ONeill of Marietta represents him as GOP attorney general candidate.
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Marietta
Robert Herlan
Common Pleas
Leonard B. Ogle
Herlan
Gordon Roe
Newport
Ohio
C. William O’neill
Blades Aid Prisoners In Jail Breakaway
A 32 year old expectant mother testified she smuggled five hacksaw blades into Hamilton county jail enabling ten prisoners to escape. Sheriff Dan Tehan said Mrs Eidth Sharp of Cincinnati admitted concealing blades in a magazine given to a prisoner on Visiting day two weeks earlier. The prisoners cut through a steel ceiling and escaped. four were recaptured.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Dan Tehan
Eidth Sharp
Russians to Elect Supreme Soviet Officials in March
Moscow dispatch reports millions of voters will elect members of the Supreme Soviet on March 12. Prime Minister Stalin is expected to seek a candidate spot in the Stalin District of Moscow and participate actively in the campaign. officials foresee an overwhelming victory for communist and non party Bolshevik bloc candidates as in prior elections.
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Moscow
Russia
Supreme Soviet of the
Ussr
Stalin
Extended Forecast for Columbus Reads Warm Than Normal
The forecast calls for a high near 38 and a low around 21. Temperatures will run 4 to 6 degrees above normal with colder conditions Wednesday and warmer by Thursday and Friday. Rain is expected tonight and again Friday through Sunday with more than a quarter inch total.
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Columbus
10th Ohio Coal Mine is Shut Down
Martins Ferry reports a shut down at a tenth Ohio coal mine, adding to about 4000 unofficially on strike nationwide. Webb mine near Bellaire joins list as production in Eastern Ohio falls 45 percent amid walkouts.
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Ohio
U. S
Martins Ferry
Webb
Cambria Coal Co
Bellaire
Ohio Coal Assn
Hanna Coal Co
Willow Grove
Piney Grove
Dunglen
Blaine
Twin Moves Shaping Up In Anti-Lewis Efforts
In Washington Congress debates two anti Lewis measures. Senator Ferguson proposes invoking Taft Hartley emergency powers to end the three day coal week. Senator Robertson suggests applying anti trust laws to labor unions.
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Washington
Congress
John L. Lewis
Ferguson
R-Mich
Truman
Robertson
D-Va
Senate Banking Committee
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
UMW
State payroll slowed by reclassification
Columbus officials said reclassification of Ohio's 28 000 state employees will delay the first 1950 pay checks by one to three days as payrolls processing slows due to added paperwork.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ex-Governors Serve On State Committee
The Ohio Program Commission will add two former governors to its committee studying state governments. George White, now a Marietta banker, and Myers Y. Cooper, a Cincinnati real estate broker, will serve. The General Assembly will receive the report in January 1951.
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Columbus
Ohio Program Commission
George White
Marietta
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
General Assembly
Giggles Greet Thug 50 Cents Was Not Enough
In Merion suburb Philadelphia a robber held a pistol on Mrs. Jane Carey demanding money. She giggled saying she had only 50 cents in her bag. The thief fled after the exchange, muttering about finding a woman with no cash.
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Philadelphia
Jane Carey
Merion
Gambling Hot Issue in New York State
At Albany Mayor William O Dwyer proposed state supervised betting on sports contests. Republicans voiced opposition while supporters called it practical. The plan sparked debate among officials and sports leaders over morals and practicality.
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New York
New York State
William O’dwyer
State Capitol
Albany
Enmore
Sporting World
Italians Protest Deaths With General Strike
A twenty four hour general strike halted industry across northern and central Italy in protest of six workers killed in a riot clash with police. Over a million workers joined led by 700,000 metal workers in actions ordered by CGIL and provincial labor chambers.
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Rome
Italy
Metal Workers Union
Confederation of Labor
CGIL
Chambers of Labor
Gubitchev Immunity Rejected by Federal Judge
NEW YORK A federal judge has rejected Russian engineer Valentin A Gubitchev's claim of diplomatic immunity from espionage charges. U S District Judge Sylvester Ryan ruled last Monday after reviewing a communication from Secretary of State Dean Acheson stating Gubitchev lacks diplomatic status.
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New York
Valentin A. Gubitchev
U. S
Sylvester Ryan
Dean Acheson
Gubitchev
Twenty Workmen Drown In Bus Crash Near Mulhouse
Twenty workers were drowned when a crowded bus swerved from a bridge into a canal near Mulhouse in Alsace. The accident occurred Tuesday, and the French News Agency reported the loss of life.
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Mulhouse
France
Navy aids damaged freighter Flying Arrow near China coast
Two U S destroyers Bausell and Stickell anchor beside the shell-ravaged Flying Arrow after a 30 to 40 round attack by Chinese Nationalists about 20 miles off the Chinese mainland. Captain David Jones seeks escort to Shanghai as a second Isbrandtsen Line ship heads toward the same port amid mined approaches and warnings to American captains.
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United States
Bausell
Stickell
David Jones
Chicago
U. S
Shanghai
Isbrandtsen
Bangkok
Thailand
Siam
Russell S. Berkey
U. S. Seventh Task Force
Brooklyn Heights
Hong Kong
U. S. State Department
Akron Official Pledges Squeeze on Gamblers
Akron Law Director Roy E Browne vows to crack down on gambling. He will ask telephone and telegraph firms to cut service to more than 30 gambling joints and is studying about 20 additional locations for possible padlocking with sufficient evidence.
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Akron
Roy E. Browne
Auto accident ends in death near Cumberland
In Cumberland Maryland Walter S Nycum 39 told police that the other car blinded him before his car struck and killed 64 year old Abraham Teter along a road about a mile from his home Byron Teter 22 the victim's son was identified as the driver of the other car authorities said
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Cumberland
Walter S. Nycum
Abraham Teter
Byron Teter
Restricted Coal Output Blamed In Ohio Suit
Davis Coal Co of Dayton sues John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers for 20000 under Ohio Valentine antitrust act. First such suit by an Ohio retail coal dealer amid mine controversy. Davis claims restricted output caused rationing, delays, and emergency. Other retailers may pursue similar actions. Ohio Coal Conference notes 850 members.
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Columbus
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ohio
Davis Coal Co
Dayton
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Philip C. Ebeling
Curent
Lewis and the Union
Davis Company
John S. Davis, Sr
Assn
Ebeling
Pickrel, Schaeffer
Lewis
Valentine
Davis
Davises
Vaughn Thorne
Ohio Coal Conference, Inc
Thorne
Union Protests Use of Taft-Hartley Law
A telegram protesting possible use of the Taft-Hartley law in the coal labor dispute was sent to Sen. Scott Lucas by the General Motors Sub-council No. 3 of the CIO Automobiles Workers Union. The union represents 20 000 workers in Ohio and Western New York and urged that administration threats to invoke the act undermine the fight to repeal it.
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Truman
Denham
Lewis
Columbus
Scott Lucas
de Ill
General Motors
Clio-Automobile Workers Union
UAW
Ohio
New York
Lucas
Farm Heads Confer Today in Columbus Ohio
Ohio farm leaders led by Joseph Ficheter meet National Democratic Chairman William M. Boyle in Columbus as Boyle concludes a two day visit. Boyle says the national group will not dictate Ohio nominees while Frazier Reams and Toledo mayor Michael V Disalle hold talks with him and State Auditor Joseph T Ferguson confirms his candidacy for the Senate nomination.
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Columbus
Joseph Ficheter
Ohio Grange
William M. Boyle
Boyle
National Democratic Organization
Ohio
U. S.S
Frazier Reams
Michael V. Disalle
Toledo
Joseph T. Ferguson
Doctors May Operate on Kidney Sufferer
In Boston doctors planned a likely operation on Mrs. Carolyne Allender 24 who arrived by Navy plane. She is treated with a mechanical kidney device for a total kidney stoppage. She recently delivered a son by Caesarean section.
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Boston
Carolyne Allender
Housing Official Urges Continued Ohio Control
Cleveland report states 39 Ohio counties remain under federal rent control. Housing Expeditor John F. Kessel says he aims to maintain controls as the situation stays acute in major cities with workers commuting long distances. Meigs County is noted as partly decontrolled since fall. Emerson files divorce in Cuernavaca, Mexico seeking a quick dissolution.
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Cleveland
Ohio
John F. Kessel
Dayton
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