Soldiers and Scions Call Ike Speak On Demobilization
Disgruntled GIs overseas and lawmakers urge Eisenhower to address the Army demobilization slow down and revised discharge policy. Demonstrations in Frankfurt echo Capitol Hill talk of a joint hearing, while Marines in the Pacific receive orders to avoid mass protests.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frankfurt
Germany
Ike
Joseph T. McNarney
Eisenhower
U. S
Capitol Hill
Congress
Canada
Pentagon
War Royall
Roanoke
Hisenhower
George C. Marshall
House Committee
United States
Pacific Theater
Korea
Japan
Hawaii
Guam
Philippines
Roy 5. Geiger
Camp Catlin
Pearl Harbor
Robert C. Richardson
Army Forces
mid-Pacific
Honolulu
Army
Stars and Stripes
Richardson
Oahu
Imor- Tow
General MacArthur
Lausche orders halt to dog fighting bouts in Ohio
Gov. Frank Lausche directed steps to stop dog fighting after reports of a fight near Akron. State law bans dog fighting with up to 30 days in jail and a $150 fine for promoters and spectators.
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Lausche
Columbus
UPI
Frank J. Lausche
Akron
Ohio Northern U Grants Free Courses For GI Wives
President Robert O. McClure announces that wives of ex servicemen enrolled at Ohio Northern University may attend any three hour course without paying tuition. In Washington the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities has called Gerald L. K. Smith for testimony on January 30.
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ADA
UPI
Robert O. McClure
Ohio Northern University
Smith
Washington
House Committee On UnAmerican Activities
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First Party
Flying Ferrets to Inspect Enemy Radar Secrets
Wright Field researchers reveal Flying Ferrets as counterspies for ATSC to locate and analyze enemy radar secrets. The airborne intelligence centers carried electronics to record pulse rate, signal frequency, and geographic positions of radar stations.
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Dayton —1
Wright Field
Air Technical Service Command
ATSC
Ohio Colleges To Submit Needs for Wet Housing
The Ohio state board of control proposed $500000 for six state universities to install barracks type federal housing for veteran enrollees. Six universities would submit formal applications to obtain 2650 single student units and 1250 family units for married veterans and their families. Federal units would be delivered and site prepared with costs amortized over three to five years from veteran rents.
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Columbus
State Board of Control
Ohio
Sales Tax in Ohio Hits All Time High
Columbus reports state sales tax brought in 75,780,571 dollars last year surpassing prior records. Treasurer Don H. Ebright said 1945 revenue averaged over 1,000,000 dollars weekly and finished more than 8,000,000 above 1944. Every county rose. Hocking led with 28.6 percent, followed by Athens 24.8, and Gallia and Montgomery at 23.5 each.
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Columbus
Ohio
Don H. Ebright
Hocking County
Athens
Gallia
Montgomery
FCC hearing sought on WERC policy after labor dispute
The CIO United Automobile Workers petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to examine WERC Cincinnati on freedom of speech. It alleges WKRC aired Catholic Church programs on public questions, but the station objected to broadcasting clergy views on labor rights, with no WERC comment available.
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Detroit
Federal Communications Commission
WERC
Cincinnati
CIO
United Automobile Workers
FCC
WKRC
Logan Woman Dies At Home In Logan
Miss Lottie McCourtney age 79 dies at her Logan home this morning. Sister Rose Jane died here last Saturday. She lived at the home of her niece Mrs Sumner Martin on North Orchard Street. Survived by three sisters Mrs Lucy Brown Mrs Laura Perone and Mrs Stella Acker. Funeral plans are being made today.
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Logan
Lottie McCourtney
Rose Jane
Sumner Martin
N. Orchard St
Miss McCourtney
Lucy Brown
Martin
Laura Perone
Columbus
Stella Acker
Nelsonville
Episcopal Drive Aims 50000 To Rebuild War Damaged Churches
Representatives of Episcopal churches in the Columbus area announced plans for a drive to raise 50000 to rebuild war damaged churches overseas. The Tolumbus section of the Southern Ohio Diocese held the meeting last night with congregations from Newark and Lancaster represented.
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Episcopal
Columbus
Tolumbus
Ohio
Newark
Lancaster
Innocent Pleads to Thefts at Cambridge Hospital
Leonard Ellsworth Simpson 32 of Barnesville Belmont County pleaded innocent before U S Commissioner William Weber to charges he stole clothing and personal items from Fletcher Generals Hospital in Cambridge. FBI agent Eugene Bangs said other hospital thefts were under investigation. Twins Vira Adams and Mira Perry turn 78 at Hunisburg yesterday.
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Zanesville
Leonard Ellsworth Simpson
Barnesville
Belmont County
U. S
William Weber
Fletcher Generals Hospital
Cambridge
Eugene Bangs
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Simpson
Kimmel Reveals Halsey Ordered To Sink Japanese Ships
In testimony to the Pearl Harbor committee, Adm. Husband E. Kimmel recounts orders given to Adm. William F. Halsey to arm forces and sink any Japanese ships found before the 1941 attack. He says Halsey claimed he acted under war conditions and that radar warnings could have changed actions.
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Washington
Adm
E. Kimmel
William F. Haldsey
Pearl Harbor
Haldsey
Congressional
Roberts Commission
Army and Navy
Kimmel
Army
Halsey
Chicago mob hunts killer of six year old Degnan
Chicago police and Cook County authorities intensify a four day hunt for the kidnapper who killed six year old Suzanne Degnan. Two Edgewater janitors were freed. no charges filed due to lack of evidence. A special detail of 20 officers will pursue new leads as a $37,000 reward stands.
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Chicago
Cook County
Suzanne Degnan
Pers
Edgewater
Degnan
Hector Verburgh
Harold G. Ward
Criminal Court
Verburgh
Desere Smet
Mary
Edward J. Kelly
William Touhy
John C. Prendergast
Philip Brietzke
Kelly
Pay Raise Offers End GM Strike as Pickets Expand
Nationwide telephone service disruption looms as ACEW led picket lines form around exchanges in major cities. Union says 36 a week wage demand, MIA after concessions, with NFTW and Western Electric affiliates backing lines. Also reports meat packing wage stand, steelworkers strike threat, and Seattle bus drivers walkout affecting 500,000 riders daily.
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Associated Press
Association of Communications, Equipment Workers Union
Ernest Weaver
ACEW
National Federation of Telephone Workers
New York
Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cincinnati
Detroit
Newark
N. J
Columbus
Cleveland
Dayton
Baltimore
Albany
Reading
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Weaver
Schwellenbach
NFTW
Western Electric Employer Association
Navy
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
CIO Packing House Workers
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
CIO United
Seattle
Morale Up in Pacific Area as Demobilization Plans Move
In Washington officials report good troop morale in the Pacific as talks progress on ending the 51 day GM strike with a 1744 percent pay rise. White House aides discuss terms with President Truman’s group while UAW backs wage hikes without price increases.
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Washington
General Motors
White House
Trueman
United Automosbile Workers
Deetroit
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Truman
Five Nations Agree On UN Power Distribution
London reports say United States Soviet Union Great Britain France and China agreed India and Venezuela should hold the two vice presidencies with the other five vice presidencies allocated to the five major powers. Unconfirmed reports say senior delegates may meet to choose a secretary general nominee.
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London
United Nations Organization
General Assembly
United States
Soviet
Russia
Great Britain
France
China
India
Venezuela
German Finance Wizard Aided Military Forces
The American prosecution told the international military tribunal that Germanys military gains relied on Hjalmar Schachts financial ruthlessness and cynicism. Schacht, once a finance wizard, stands trial for his life along with 21 other Nazi leaders. An aide to the U S prosecutor cited Schachts 1939 memo to Hitler as proof of involvement in Austria and Czechoslovakia annexations.
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Mernberg
International Military Tribunal
Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
U.S
Brady ©. Bryson
Schacht
Hitler
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Rabid Dog Bites Ten in Cincinnati Suburb
A half breed chow collie described as having a terrible case of rabies ran amuck in a Cincinnati suburb yesterday biting at least ten persons before being captured. Harry Porter the SPCA superintendent called it the worst rabies case in 35 years.
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Cincinnati
Harry Porter
the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
School Bus Drivers To Take First Aid Course
Ohio education director Dr. Clyde Hissong announced all school bus drivers must complete first aid training and hold American Red Cross certificates by November 1, 1947.
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Columbus
UPI
Clyde Hissong
Ohio
Ohio whiskey ration stays unchanged for two weeks
Columbus report states the whiskey ration remains the same for the next two week period. Each customer continues to receive a fifth, quart, or two pints. A I Balmert assistant state liquor director confirms allocations to permit holders stay at 90 percent of their average purchases for the first six months of 1942.
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Columbus
A. I. Balmert
Will Bare War Secrets At Huge Aircraft Show
The Army and Air Forces open the National Aircraft Show in Cleveland to reveal war secrets to a large audience. Fourteen generals attend, including Gen Carl A. Spaatz and Maj Gen Curtis E LeMay during the final stages of World War II.
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Cleveland
Carl A. Spaatz
U.S
Strategic Air Forces
Africa
Europe
I Curtis E. LeMay
Bricker to Announce Candidacy Next Week
John W. Bricker will announce his political ambitions next week after Senator Taft indicated support for Bricker as the party senatorial nominee in the May primaries. Taft noted the Republican National Committee praised Bricker as a potential 1948 presidential nominee.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Robert A.taft
Cincinnati
Ohio
Taft
Republican National Committee
Bricker
Jap Prison Chief Sentenced To Life In Prison
Yokohama reports Lt. Chotaro Furushima the third Japanese prison commandant found guilty of brutal mistreatment of Allied internees. He received a life term after being acquitted on two specifications. A Japanese captain faces trial next for deaths of four POWs at Hakodate camp.
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Yokohama
Chotaro Furushima
Furushima
Funatsu
Eighth Army
Haichi Hirate
Hakodate
Hokkaido
Close I Hospital At Cambridge
The War Department announced Cambridge Ohio’s Letcher General Hospital will close by March 31. It will be offered to the Veterans Administration. if declined, it goes to the Surplus Property Administration. Nationwide, 20 of 65 general hospitals have closed. About 121,400 patients were in general and convalescent facilities at year start, expected to fall to 39,700 by June 1.
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Washington
War Department
Letcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Ohio
Veterans’ Administration
Army
Department
Navy Chief Nimitz Says Navy Unfit To Fight After Demobilization
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz told AP editors that demobilization after Japan's defeat left the navy unfit to fight, five months after victory. He noted no current threats to the fleet and urged patience for quick homeward returns.
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Admr
Nimitz
Miami
Fla
Chester W. Nimitz
Associated Press
Japan
Naval Operations
Surata
Americans Give Over 100 Million for Belgians War Aid
The Belgian War Relief Society of the United States reports Americans donated more than 100 million dollars in currency and goods to the Belgian people during the war.
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Brussels
Belgian War Relief Society of
United States
Goodyear Peace Pact Signed Boosts UAW Bargaining
The CIO United Rubber Workers prepare to bargain for 12 Goodyear plants under a new agreement. The panel endorses a 19 and one half cent wage rise, with statements from Truman and key board members. The dispute over hours and take home pay from war-time shifts is noted alongside possible wider industry impact. The report outlines terms, strikes, and the panel’s inflation assumptions for 1947 production.
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Arrond
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Wunion
Goodyear Urwa
International Crwa Pressdent L. & Buckmaster
UAW
Truman
Cio-Auto
Lloyd K. Garrison
Milton $. Eisenshower
Walter P. Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
General Motors
Trial of Steelworker For Murder Is Started
State summoned witnesses in the murder trial of Gordon Weisman a 22 year old steelworker charged with killing Mrs Helen Duffield 24 near Lorain in October. Duffield was found in a muddy ditch along a country road her husband Paul Duffield returning from naval duty attended the proceedings.
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Elyria
Gordon Weisman
Helen Duffield
Lorain
Paul Duffield
Okie Inawa
Jap Cabinet To Stay Plan Reorganization
Premier Hijuro Shidehara will remain in office as his cabinet seeks to solve the political crisis through reorganization. Ministers discussed resignations in response to General MacArthur’s January purge directive, government sources say.
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Tokyo
Hijuro Shidehara
Maccarthur
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