Far East Policy Statement Anticipated Amid Formosa Debate
Washington awaits Secretary of State Acheson as Senator Taft urges using the Navy to defend Formosa against a Communist invasion. Taft asserts a strong U S stance without expanding naval forces, while Acheson faces sustained congressional scrutiny in the lead up to a public address at the National Press Club.
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State Acheson
Far East
Truman- Acheson
Orient
Taft
Ohio
U.S. Navy
Formosa
Senate
State Department
Congress
China
Europe
Acheson
National Press Club
House
Kee
D-Wva
Truman
U. S
United States
Sewage Aid Termed Need in Ohio River Basin
Ohio River Valley Sanitation Compact officials said several basin cities require federal aid for sewage treatment. Hudson Biery of Cincinnati supported grants in aid as a necessary adjunct, while James W. Follin of Washington warned there were no prospects for grants or loans.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River Basin
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Water Pollution Control Advisory Board
Hudson Biery
Commission
James W. Follin
Washington
Ohio Television Cable Assessed at 4 Million
The state Tax Department valued 330 miles of coaxial cable in Northern Ohio at 4,100,750 dollars for the 1949 tax year. Bell Telephone System cable carries network television programs between eastern and midwestern cities and provides circuits for long distance telephone service.
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Columbus
State
Ohio
Bell Telephone System
Flying Arrow Leaves Shanghai Amid Explosion Risk
The American freighter Flying Arrow, its No 5 hold threatening to explode after a Shanghai hold fire, weighed anchor for Tsingtao as rumors of a Nationalist convoy to Shanghai surface. The ship, carrying jute, cotton, and caustic soda valued at 10 million dollars, was damaged by about 40 Nationalist shells. Two American destroyers aided, with the Roussell set to accompany the voyage to Tsingtao. The incident unfolds as Taipei warns of maintaining port closures.
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Shanghai
Isbrandtsen Line
New York
Flying Arrow
Hong Kong
David Jones
Chicago
Roussell
Taipei
Formosa
Shih Chao-Ying
Nationalists Claim Sinking Of Red Junks
Nationalist Navy reports sinking 30 to 50 Chinese Communist junks trying to invade Weichou Island off Luichow Peninsula. Warships patrol the area to deter an invasion of Hainan Island while a large Communist flotilla gathers near Hangchow Bay and Chu San Islands south of Shanghai.
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Formosa
Weichou Island
Luichow Peninsula
China
Hainan Island
Suichow
Hangchow Bay
Chu San Islands
Shanghai
Chu San
Hainan
Hainan Strait
Funds Predicted For Dillon Reservoir Project
Rep. Secrest of Ohio predicts Congress will vote funds to start the Dillon Reservoir flood control project near Zanesville this year. President Truman budgeted 2.5 million dollars for the earthen dam start, calling it the most important unit in the Muskingum Dam system.
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Rep
Secrest
Ohio
Congress
Dillon Reservoir
Zanesville
Truman
Muskingum Dam
Cleveland Power Failure Darkens City for Hours
A major outage hit Cleveland as the municipal light plant suffered a widespread blackout, affecting several sections of the city for several hours and marking the worst outage in over twenty years.
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Cleveland
Municipal
Ohio River recedes despite rainfall forecast
The Ohio River fell from its crest of 52.9 feet nine tenths above flood stage as rain arrived in the region. About 80 residents were evacuated and several low streets flooded while up-river at Portsmouth traffic resumed on routes 52 and 73.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Portsmouth
De Gasperi Cabinet Quits After Shakeup in Rome
Premier Alcide de Gasperi and his anti Communist coalition resign in a move that could yield Italy a one party government for the first time since the war. The Christian Democrats control parliament and may form a new government under President Luigi Einaudi.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
de Gasperi
Luigi Einaudi
Indictment Called Off In Attempted Robbery
A no bill was returned Wednesday against Olive Brownagle of Harrisburg Pa in the attempted robbery of a Kirkersville savings bank. Police said she threatened to use a bomb if money was not given. Indictment refused due to her illness at the time.
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Newark
Olive Brownagle
Harrisburg
Kirkersville
Larger Fairgrounds Urged for Ohio State Show
Former Governor Myers Y. Cooper told the Ohio Fair Managers Association that the Ohio State Fairgrounds should be four times larger. Cooper, chairman of the State Fairgrounds Relocation Commission, spoke at the annual meeting in Columbus and urged expansion as a future goal.
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Columbus
Ohio State Fairgrounds
Myers Y. Cooper
Ohio Fair Managers Association
Ohio
Cooper
State Fairgrounds Relocation Commission
Ohioan Faces Charge In Death of Classmate
William C. Felton, 21, of Tiffin, Ohio, will be arraigned on a first degree manslaughter charge in the beating death of a Dartmouth College classmate. Felton was suspended from Dartmouth after the March death of Rand J. Cirrotta, 21, of Lyndeboard, NH.
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Woodsville
N. H
William C. Felton
Tiffin
Ohio
Dartmouth College
Felton
Dartmouth
Rand J. Cirrotta
Lot Lindea
M. J
Prospects Dim for Taft-Hartley Coal Resolution
Washington AP reports Senate Labor Committee prospects for approving a resolution urging President Truman to invoke Taft-Hartley to end the three day coal week. Most committee members favor repeal or oppose backing any move to use the law. Rep Church plans a House bill. Truman has opposed emergency action though not ruled out.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Rep
Church
House
Congress
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis Faces Retirement Question in UMW Power Play
John L. Lewis must bow out as head of the United Mine Workers unless his aides stretch the retirement rule. The 70th birthday looms February 12, with an international executive board likely to find it necessary to retain him amid a seven month coal contract crisis. He has pressed operators to yield while keeping production barely flowing and drawing congressional pressure for action.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Lewis
International Executive Board
Executive Board
White House
Gambling Club Action Halted
CHARDON Ohio Geauga County justice of the peace Charles H Giles temporarily blocked state efforts to close the Pettibone gambling club He ruled two managers Jack Lewis superintendent and Abe Goldberg manager were innocent of ignoring a state closing order served December 9 by the Department of Industrial Relations for building code violations Giles also said the state failed to follow procedures by not notifying the club of findings or granting a hearing
Ohio Cities Considered For Air School Site
The Air Force lists 195 candidates for the proposed West Point of the Air with seven Ohio locations Akron Circleville Cleveland Columbus Dayton Toledo and near Bellfontaine. A preliminary survey has begun though Congress has yet to approve the academy.
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Washington
Ohio
Air Force Academy Selection Board
Air Force
Akron
Circleville
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Bellfontaine
Congress
Ohio Bell plans $3.62 million Columbus improvements
President Randolph Eide announced Ohio Bell Telephone Co will invest 3 620 000 this year for improvements in the greater Columbus area.
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Columbus
Randolph Eide
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
VA Probes Education Program Abuse Indicated by Education Hints
The Veterans Administration is gathering data to back up President Truman's suggestion of widespread abuse of the GI education program. The report notes potential irregularities and efforts to verify claims across education benefits.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Truman
Four adults and two children found dead in Hammond home
Bodies of four adults and two children were found in a fire swept house in Hammond Indiana. Deputy Coroner B W Tidlaw said evidence suggested murder and death by own action.
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Hammond
Ind
B. W. Tidlaw
Knisley Attacks Laushe On Gambling War Tactics
Clarence H. Knisley Democrat gubernatorial hopeful delegates at Buckeye Sheriff Association denounce Gov. Lausche padlock tactic as police state interference. He backs home rule and sheriffs enforcing laws, aiming to unseat Lausche in May primary.
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Columbus
Clarence H. Knisley
Frank J. Lausche
Kiisley
Buckeye Sheriff’s Association
Knisley
Lausche
Knnsley
Man To Get $5000 For False Imprisonment
The West Virginia Supreme Court was asked to order payment of 5000 to J. W. Coole of Marietta Ohio for false imprisonment. The award came after the state legislature appropriated funds following a claims court recommendation of 10000. Coole had been paroled after serving months of a two to ten year sentence for obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Edgar B. Sims
J. W. Coole
Marietta
Ohio
Coole
Court of Claims
Ohio Budget Share Projected At 2.45 Billion
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce reports the proposed federal budget of 42.4 billion dollars for the next fiscal year would cost Ohioans about 2.453 billion. That amounts to roughly 306.62 dollars per person across the state.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Year of Decision Seen At Polls by CIO Chief
Cincinnati Ohio CIO President Jack Kroll warned labor to guard against a wealthy minority backing a 1950 return to Harding Coolidge and Hoover. He urged registration and voting to secure victory for liberal and progressive government, noting the four day convention with about 1200 delegates. He said the convention would not endorse candidates and would wait past the Feb 1 filing deadline. He also predicted Taft is running scared but ceding he may have a better chance at a third term.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Cio
Jack Kroll
Labor
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Coolidge
Hoover
Kroll
Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Solons Hear Truman Plan For Housing
Senate Banking Committee opens review of President Truman’s moderate income housing plan. Chairman Maybank introduces a cooperative purchase program financed with private capital, while Senator Sparkman pushes a direct loan alternative. Senator Cain promises sharp questions for Foley of the Housing and Home Finance Agency.
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Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Cain
R-Wash
Raymond M. Foley
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Maybank
D-Sc
Senator Sparkman
D-Ala
Sparkman
Taft Will Be Defeated, Chairman Boyle Says
Democratic national chairman William J. Boyle Jr reports to President Truman after visits with farm and labor leaders in Columbus Ohio that a strong swing toward the Democratic Party exists in Ohio and Taft will be defeated next fall.
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Washington
Truman
Ohio
William J. Boyle, Jr
Robert A. Taft
Columbus
Mayor Burke Delays Senate Nomination Statement
Cleveland mayor Thomas A. Burke postponed his decision on seeking the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate. He told reporters a telephone call from out of town caused the delay and he would take at least another day before acting. He said the call was not from Washington.
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Cleveland
Thomas A. Burke
United States Senate
Washington
Uranium Finds Near Lake Superior Raise Production Hopes
Mines Minister Welland Gemmell released a geological report noting two new uranium discoveries about 55 miles north of Sault Ste. Marie on Sabine McCarthy and Ranwick properties. The finds are described as having excellent potential for commercial production.
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Toronto
Lake Superior
Welland Gemmell
Sault Ste. Marie
Sabine-McCarthy
Ranwick
Lim
Hoffman Hails Marshall Plan at Akron Chamber
Paul G. Hoffman, head of the Economic Cooperation Administration, praised the Marshall Plan before Akron's Chamber of Commerce. He estimated the plan’s $15 billion cost through June 1952 as a likely best US investment, noting WWII spending reached about $380 billion and warning aid may continue beyond 1952 to counter communism.
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Akron
United States
Paul G. Hoffman
The
Economic Cooperation Administration
Akron Chamber of Commerce
Europe
Hoffman
America
Two Cab Drivers Admit Involvement in Bank Holdup
Cleveland police disclosed that two cab drivers Richard Chamberlain, 22, and Robert Andross, 24, confessed to taking part in a $38,000 Superior Savings and Loan robbery. Louis Haddad, 28, was killed by police during the investigation. Detectives pursue the remaining $30,000 and identify all participants.
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John Hughes
Richard J. Chamberlain
Robert C. Andross
Savings and Loan Assa
John Hux
Hux
Louis Haddad
Hughes
Chamberlain
Haddad
James Burke
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James Killoran
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Robert Andross
John Roddy
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Andross
Cassimer Mack
Thomas W. Brown
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John T. de Righter
Paul Lukys
Quake Shakes Southern California No Damage Reported
A strong earthquake rattled a large area of Southern California on Wednesday causing no damage. Geologists warned that wells near Long Beach could have been disturbed, potentially risking millions in previous quake related losses from November 17.
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