Soldiers and Scions Hear Ike on Army Demobilization
Discontented GIs in Europe and lawmakers press for General Eisenhower to speak on the Army demobilization slow-down and revised discharge policy. GI crowds in Frankfurt chant for Ike while Congress considers a joint meeting to hear him. Marines in the Pacific ordered not to stage mass protests.
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Washington
Ike
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frankfurt
Germany
Joseph T. McNarney
Hisenhower
George C. Marshall
House Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Pacific Theater
Korea
Japan
Hawaii
Guam
Philippines
Roy S. Geiger
Camp Catlin
Pearl Harbor
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Army Forces
mid-Pacific
Honolulu
Army
Stars and Stripes
Richardson
Oahu
MacArthur
Lausche orders halt to dog fighting bouts
Gov. Frank Lausche acting after reports of a dog fight near Akron on December 23 moved to prevent further such exhibitions. Under state law dog fighting is illegal with penalties up to 30 days in jail and a $150 fine for promoters and spectators.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Akron
Ohio Northern Offers Free Courses to Wives of Veterans
President Robert C. McClure announced that wives of ex servicemen enrolled at Ohio Northern University may attend any three hour course without paying tuition. The item also notes the House Committee on Un American Activities has called Gerald L. K. Smith for testimony on January 30.
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ADA
Robert C. McClure
Ohio Northern University
Washington
House Committee On UnAmerican Activities
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First Party
Flying Ferrets Probe Enemy Radar Signals
Flying intelligence centers dubbed Ferrets were built at Wright Field to locate and analyze enemy radar secrets. The ATSC disclosed these aircraft carried electronic detectors to record pulse rate, size and shape, and frequency of radar signals and mapped radar station locations.
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Dayton
Wright Field
Air Technical Service Command
ATSC
Ohio Colleges To Submit Needs for Vet Housing
The Ohio state board of control proposed up to 500000 in state funds to install 2650 barracks type housing units at six state universities for single veteran enrollees. Presidents urged 1250 family type units for married veterans, but funds for family housing would not be released due to lack of legal authority. Federal authorities would provide and move the buildings, with costs amortized over three to five years through veteran rents.
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Columbus
State Board of Control
Ohio
Sales Tax in Ohio Reaches All-Time High
Ohio sales tax revenue for 1945 totaled 75 780 571 with an average weekly intake exceeding 1 million. State Treasurer Don H Ebright notes increases across all counties led by Hocking 28 6 and large gains in Athens, Gallia and Montgomery at 24 8 or higher.
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Ohio
Columbus
Don H. Ebright
Hocking County
Athens
Gallia
Montgomery
Radio Speech Issue Raised in WKRC Hearing
The CIO United Automobile Workers petitioned the FCC to rule on WKRC Cincinnati policy on freedom of speech. The union says WKRC agreed to air Catholic Church programs, three broadcasts were carried, and the station claimed it could not serve as a vehicle for clergy views on labor rights. No comment was available from WKRC officials.
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Detroi
Federal Communications Commission
WKRC
Cincinnati
CIO
United Automobile Workers
FCC
WERC
Logan Woman Dies At Home In Logan
Miss Lottie McCourtney aged 79 longtime Logan resident died this morning at the home of her niece on N Orchard Street. Her sister Rose Jane fired here last Saturday. Survived by three sisters Lucy Brown Laura Perone and Stella Acker. Funeral plans are pending.
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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 to aid war hit churches begun
Representatives of Episcopal churches in Columbus part of the Southern Diocese outlined a campaign to raise 50000 dollars to rebuild war damaged churches overseas at a meeting last night. Congregations from Newark and Lancaster attended.
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Episcopal
Columbus
Southern Ship
Itive
Newark
Lancaster
Simpson pleads innocent to warehouse thefts at Fletcher General 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 a Fletcher General Hospital warehouse in Cambridge. FBI agent Eugene Bangs said several other hospital thefts were being investigated. Twins Vira Adams and Mira Perry celebrate their 78th birthday in Huntsburg.
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Zanesville
Leonard Ellsworth Simpson
Barnesville
Belmont County
U. S
William Weber
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Eugene Bangs
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Simapson
Kimmel Ordered Navy to Sink Japanese Ships Before Pearl Harbor
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel testified to the Pearl Harbor committee that he gave war orders to Admiral William F. Halsey to arm all ships and sink any Japanese vessels found. He said Halsey later claimed he “farmed everything and told them to sink every Japanese ship.”
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Washington
Adm
E. Kimmel
William F. Hal|sey
Pearl Harbor
Halsey
Congressional
Pacific Fleet
Roberts Commission
Army and Navy
Kimmel
Army
Chicago Homicide: Degnan Case Seeks Fresh Clues
Chicago and Cook County lawmen, four days into an intensified search for the kidnapper and killer of six year old Suzanne Degnan, report no new top suspects. Two Edgewater janitors were released after questioning. no charges filed. A 37,000 reward remains hopeful as Lt Brietzke leads a 20‑officer detail.
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Chicago
Cook County
Suzanne Degnan
Edgewater
Degnan
Hector Verlburgh
Harold G. Ward
Criminal Court
Verburgh
Desere Smet
Mary
Edward J. Kelly
William Touhy
John C. Prendergast
Philip Brietzke
Kelly
Pay Increase Is Offered To End GM Strike and Pickets Ordered Out
Nationwide labor tensions surge as ACEW and NFTW affiliates call for countrywide picketing of telephone exchanges. Pickets appear in New York Chicago Philadelphia Detroit and other cities, threatening a complete telephone shutdown while wage demands for installation workers and other unions remain unsettled.
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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
Western Electric
Western Electric Tol
Dnstall
Bell Telephoner
Edgar L. Warren
Federal
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
CIO Packing House Workers Union
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
CIO United
Morale Report Highlights Pacific Area Developments
In Washington union and company reps weigh a GM strike settlement offering a 1744 percent raise. White House aides view talks with President Truman’s team as promising though not binding. In Tokyo Secretary Patterson says Emperor Hirohito’s abdication is not required and Pacific morale remains strong amid demobilization.
Power Sharing Agreed by Five Nations at UN Conference
London reports authoritative agreement among five key powers on UN power distribution during the life or death conference to outlaw war. The United States Soviet Russia Great Britain France and China allegedly assigned two vice presidencies to India and Venezuela while the remaining five vice presidencies go to the other major powers. Unconfirmed word says chiefs of the five powers may meet to resolve committee appointments. One nominee may be chosen for secretary general.
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London
United Nations Organization
General Assembly
United States
Soviet
Russia
Great Britain
France
China
India
Venezuela
German Finance Wizard Aided Nazi War Efforts
The international military tribunal heard that Germanys military successes relied on Dr Hjalmar Schacht financial ruthlessness and cynicism. Schacht, on trial for his life with 21 others, faced evidence from a memorandum he wrote to Hitler in 1939 on Austria and Czechoslovakia.
Rabid Dog Bites 10 In Cincinnati Suburb
A dog described as chow collie in Cincinnati suburb unleashed a rabid attack, biting at least ten people before being captured. Generals Spaatz and LeMay were among dignitaries touring the National Aircraft Show.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Army Air Forces
Carl A. Spaatz
U.S
Strategic Air Forces
Trica
Europe
Curtis E. LeMay
Harry Porter
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
School Bus Drivers Must Complete First Aid Courses
Columbus reports state education director Dr Clyde Hissong announced all Ohio school bus drivers must take first aid courses and possess American Red Cross certificates by November 1, 1947.
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Columbus
Clyde Hissong
Ohio
Bricker Plans Announcement Next Week For Senate Bid
Columbus report says John W. Bricker will reveal his political ambitions next week after Senator Robert A Taft endorsed him for the Ohio party senatorial nomination in the May primaries. Taft noted GOP N Committee members praised Bricker as a potential presidential nominee in 1948.
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Columbus
John W.bricker
Robert A. ‘Taft
Cincinnati
Ohio
Taft
Republican National Committee
Bricker
Ohio Whiskey Ration to Remain Unchanged
Fordham University reported from Columbus that Ohio’s whiskey ration will stay the same for the next two weeks. Each customer may receive a fifth, quart, or two pints, with allocations to permit holders at nine percent of their average purchases in the first six months of 1952.
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New York
Fordham University
Columbus
New
A. I Balmert
Sports caster Sam Agnew dies at 32 in Cincinnati home
Samuel Agnew known as Sandlot Sam, longtime local radio sportscaster, died unexpectedly at his Cincinnati home aged 32. Funeral and memorial plans were not released as details emerge.
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Cincinnat
Samuel ‘Sandlot
Sam” Agnew
Jap Prison Chief To Life Term
YOKOHAMA 21 Lt Chotaro Furushima the third Japanese prison commandant convicted of brutal mistreatment of Americans faces life imprisonment. He was acquitted on two specifications but found guilty of brutality. A Japanese captain faces trial over the death of four Allied prisoners at Hakodate prison camp in Hokkaido.
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Yokohama
Chotaro Furushima
Furushima
Funatsu
Eighth Army
Haichi Hirate
Hakodate
Hokkaido
Navy Unfit to Fight Says Admiral Nimitz After War
Admiral Chester Nimitz warned editors that demobilization left the Navy unfit to fight five months after Japan's defeat. He urged patience as returning servicemen press to go home, while noting no current external threat to the fleet. The Army report noted hospital closures and veterans administration planning as demobilization proceeds nationwide.
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Miami
Fla
Chester W. Nimitz
Associated Press
Japan
Naval Operations
Mimitz
Navy
Washington
Surata-Anlii-C
fHamsen
Fletcher General Hospital
Cam Jday
Ohio
Marth
Veterans’ Administration
Army
Department
Americans Generous in Treatment of Belgians
The Belgian War Relief Society announces Americans donated over 100 million dollars in cash and goods to aid Belgians during the war.
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Brussels
Belgian War Relief Society of
United States
Goodyear peace pact signed amid wage talks
CIO Union URWA reached a company wide bargaining agreement with Goodyear Tire Rubber Co covering 12 plants and a seven point wage program. The plan aims for a 19.4 cent hourly increase, with broader economic implications noted by Truman.
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Akron
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Goodyear Urwa
International Urwa
L. S. Buckmaster
Trial of Steelworker For Murder Is Started
Elyria brief reports Gordon Wellman a 23 year old steelworker is on trial for first degree murder in the shooting of 24 year old Helen Duffield. Her body was found in a muddy ditch near Lorain. Her husband Paul Duffield has come home from naval duty in Okinawa to attend the case.
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Elyria
Gordon Wellman
Helen Duffield
Lorain
Paul Duffield
Oki Inawa
Jap Cabinet Will Stay In Office Amid Reorganization
In Tokyo Premier Kijuro Shidehara will remain in office as his cabinet seeks to resolve a political crisis through reorganization after a daylong meeting. Several ministers offered resignations during the session in line with directives attributed to General Manc- Arthur.
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Tokyo
Gpi
Kijuro Shidehara
Manc-Arthur
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