Storm Still Lingers in Some Areas as Temperatures Rise
The Associated Press reports warnings lowered nationwide as temperatures moderate and snow melts. Snow persists in Northern Michigan New England and New York while Southwest regions feel ice storm effects. Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas report widespread wire breaks and outages. Parson Kansas still without power as blizzards and snowbound towns ease with a final highway barrier opened at Gordon Nebraska.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Michigan
New England
New York State
Pacific Northwest
Northwest
Euphrata
Wash
Missouri
Kansas
Parsons
Kans
Pittsburg
Coffeyville
Independence
Chanute
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Montana
Wyoming
Bozeman
Mont
Mt. Wilson
Pasadena
Calif
Oceanside
San Diego
Nebraska
Gordon
Labor Plan Called Idiotic Says Taft Predicts One Package
Senator Taft of Ohio denounces a two step approach to labor legislation as idiotic and says a single package will pass. He believes major Taft Hartley provisions will survive the administration’s repeal drive, speaking ahead of the Senate Labor Committee’s first session.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
AFL
CIO
Ohioan
Senate Labor Committee
Comic Willie Howard Dies at 62 in New York Stage Star
New York reports comedian Willie Howard, 62, longtime star of music and girl shows, died last night. He was the younger member of the famed Howard brothers duo Willie and Eugene and was born in Neustadt, Germany.
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Willie Howard
New York
America
Willie
Eugene Howard
Neustadt
Germany
French industrialist Francois de Wen dell dies at 75
Francois de Wen dell, a French politician and industrialist at 75, died last night. He was among owners of the large steel industry in eastern France that bears his name.
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Paris
Francois de Wendel
France
Chinese Reds Set Terms For Beginning Peace Talks
Chinese Communists set conditions for peace talks including removing Chiang Kai-shek and Li Tsung-jen, scrapping the constitution, mutual cease-fire, punishing war criminals, and forming a coalition government with five three four ratio. Chiang may resign and go to Formosa while fighting continues near Tientsin and Beijing.
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Peiping
Chiang Kai- Shek
Li Tsung- Jen
Chiang
Kuomintang
Li Chi-Sen
Nanking
Formosa
Reds
Man in Wheelchair Plays Grim Game With Traffic
In Youngstown on West Raven Avenue a 65 year old man in a wheelchair maneuvered into traffic as vehicles swerved to avoid him. Police moved him from the roadway after he drew a knife and threatened self harm following a family dispute. he was then hospitalized for mental health evaluation.
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Youngstown
W. Raven Ave
John Simmerlink
Tafts Defeat Predicted As CIO Opens Convention
Ohio CIO council session opens with leader predicting Taft faces defeat if he seeks re election next year. PAC head Jack Kroll credits past vote trends and registration figures he says showed labor support. Delegates exceed 1200 as convention agendas include labor stores wage laws and fair employment policies.
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CIO
Cleveland
Ohio Cio Council
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Jack Kroll
CIO Political Action Committee
Ohio
Kroll
Press Club
Truman
Inpracti
John Brophy
CIO Councils
Odom Aims for 5285 Mile Small-Plane Record
William P. Odom flies the Waikiki Beach Beechcraft Bonanza from Honolulu on a 5285 mile quest for a small-plane record. An escort PBY reports smooth air 380 miles out as Odom expects 32 hours to New York and 18 hours eight minutes to Seattle.
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Honolulu
William P
Bill) Odom
Waikiki Beach
Odom
New York
Seattle
Two GIs to Hang One Gets Life for Murder
Tokyo report says three U S Air Force privates were convicted by general court martial for the post exchange bookkeeper killing. Two soldiers, Pvt Keller and Pvt Burks, were sentenced to hang, while Pvt Baughman received life imprisonment for the death of Sgt Paul T Wilburn of Columbus Ohio.
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Tokyo
U. S. Air Force
Robert E. Keller
Covington
Ind
James H. Burks
Cullman
Ala
Robert L. Baughman
Connellsville
Paul T. Wilburn
Columbus
Ohio
Writer Questioned in Black Dahlia Case
A 40 year old freelance writer known as Jeff Conners was arrested in Gilroy California and held for questioning in the Black Dahlia murder of Elizabeth Short in Los Angeles two years ago. He denied knowledge of the slaying and after hours of questioning was booked as en route Sacramento to allow temporary detention without a formal charge.
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San Francisco
Jeff Conners
Gilroy
Calif
Elizabeth Short
Los Angeles
Conners
Miss Short
Sacramento
Youth Admits Setting $500,000 Market Fire
A 17 year old boy confessed to setting the Old North Market fire in Columbus on February 6 1948 that caused $500000 in damage. He also admitted starting a fire at Ohio State University Farms born August 26 1946 as part of the same admissions.
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Columbus
Old North Market
Harry Caldwell
Fire Prevention Bureau
Ohio State University
Nelsonville Man Elected Grand Chancellor in Ohio Knights of Pythias
Kenneth W. Hess of Springfield was elected grand chancellor of the Ohio Knights of Pythias. Hess serves as superintendent of the lodge's home for the aged in Springfield. Raymond C. Patton of Nelsonville was named grand dutier guard.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Knights of Pythias
Kenneth W. Hess
Springfield
Hess
Raymond C. Patton
Nelsonville
Grand Dutier Guard
Lausche Gets Money Bill as House Split Over Power
In Columbus the state receives a record 145 908 417 allocation to run six months for signing by Gov. Frank J. Lausche amid a divided Democratic leadership. Republicans gain on key committee roles while James M. Carney may balance power, with Latina dynamics of the House shifting after a 42 24 speakership vote and a 66 61 committee change.
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Frank J. Lausche
James M. Carney
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Carney
John F. Cantwell
D-Mahoning
Lausche
Don H. Ebright
C. William O’neill
Washington
House
O'Neill
Cedric A. Stanley
Warren
Senate
A. G. Lancione
Bellaire
Ohio National Guard
Civil Defense
Roy C. Harmony
Shelby
William Manahan
Defiance
Ohio Senate bills seek tax reform commission
The Ohio Legislature today introduced S. B. 8 to create a nine member tax and revenue commission. The panel would study tax and revenue laws and recommend revisions for a more efficient state system.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
S. B
Messrs. Winter
Medina
Mediem
Athens
Tax and Revenue Commission
Plastic Sales Staff Transferred to Marietta
B. F. Goodrich Co announces the transfer of its plastics products department sales staff to the Marietta plant. Clyde O. DeLong is named Marietta manager after 21 years with the company. Bert S. Taylor remains as Marietta plant manager since 1946.
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Akron
B. F. Goodrich Co
Marietta
Clyde O. DeLong
DeLong
B. F. Goodrich
Portsmouth
Ohio
Bert S. Taylor
Talks Broken Fuel Delivery Strike Averted
Negotiations to prevent a large harbor strike were broken off at 6 45 am by an AFL union representing 3500 harbor workers. They ended negotiations to comply with Taft Hartley rules and avert a possible fuel supply crisis for New York City.
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New York
AFL
Joseph E. O'Grady
William O'Dwyer
AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Emperor Hirohito Avoided War Crimes Prosecution
U S authorities ordered Hirohito spared from war crimes by the joint chiefs of staff as part of a 1946 directive to Gen Douglas MacArthur to establish an international tribunal. The order, once top secret, later allowed defense access in appeals, but no further directive to prosecute the emperor was ever issued.
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Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
Douglas MacArthur
International Tribunal
Hideki Tojo
Supreme Court of the United States
MacArthur
Fire kills 23 horses at Saratoga raceway stable
A fast spreading fire at the Saratoga Raceway stable in Saratoga Springs New York destroyed a wooden structure housing 24 harness racing horses. Twenty three animals died and only one horse escaped. The blaze caused extensive property damage and prompted an investigation by local authorities.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Saratoga Raceway
Phone numbers to call for Gifford case information
Readable lines provide two contact numbers for tips on the Gifford case. The 697 Special Investigator line and the 803 Sheriff’s Office line are listed. The investigator will see individuals in private and calls may arrange private appointments.
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Gifford
Sheriff's Office
Hoover pushes broad powers to reorganize government
Former president Herbert Hoover urged Congress to grant President Truman wide authority to overhaul the government. He argued current limits hinder substantial reforms and said the old 1938 Reorganization Act should be broadened beyond existing exemptions. Hoover sent identical letters to Senate and House.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Guam Air Force men charged in Farnsworth death
Three servicemen from Guam were charged with assaulting Ruth Farnsworth a former WAC and leaving her unconscious in the jungle where she died. The suspects are Pvt Calvin Dennis Pvt Herman Dennis and Staff Sgt Robert W Burns. Farnsworth engaged to Marine Sterling McGinnis and was to marry next April.
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U. S
Air Force
Ruth Farnsworth
WAC
Calvin Dennis
Frederick
Herman Dennis
Indianapolis
Robert W. Burns
Spokane
Wash
Miss Farnsworth
San Franciscos
Sterling McGinnis
Belle Center
Ohio
Lions Clubs Join County Eye Survey Effort
Lions Clubs of Lawrence County announced a county wide eye survey with the Ohio Health Department. The program targets visual examinations for all school children and corrective efforts afterward in Lawrence County, one of four counties chosen for the state sponsored program.
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Tronton
Ohio Health Department
Lions Clubs
Lawrence County
Dover cousins jailed on chicken theft charges
In Wooster Ohio, James Shifflett and Cletus Shifflet were sentenced to indefinite terms in the Ohio penitentiary after pleading guilty to chicken theft charges. The sentences were handed down yesterday by Common Pleas Judge Walter J. Mougey.
Investigator Employed By Church Committee, Tiffin Man Released
A $500 reward and a special investigator were announced by a Church of the Gand Shanhard committee in the slaying of Eleanor Gifford. Gifford, a missionary in the area, was found beaten in a house a week earlier, with church members seeking information leading to the arrest and conviction of those connected to the church.
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Eleanor Gifford
Church of the Gand Shanhard
Reeveal
George Bateman
Tiffin
Ohio
Athens County
Bateman
Meigs County
Church
Church of the Good Shepherd
Eleanor &. Giffard
Miss Gifford
Athens 697
Athens
Added Gas Heating Units Authorized
The State Utilities Commission approved Ohio Fuel Gas Co request to add 7250 residential space heating customers in retail markets and 2250 in wholesale markets. Tags specify connections after Feb 10 with consent. action follows natural gas shortages.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Ohio Fuel Gas
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Kenneth Ledman Elected President of National Bank of Portsmouth
Kenneth B. Ledman, former Columbus banker, was elected president of the National Bank of Portsmouth, succeeding C. A. Brown who became chairman. Ledman came to Portsmouth in 1934 as vice president and cashier, later serving as executive vice president, after earlier work as assistant vice president of the Ohio National Bank in Columbus. Brown joined Portsmouth in 1933 from Cadiz, Ohio.
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Portsmouth
Kenneth B. Ledman
Columbus
National Bank of Portsmouth
C. A. Brown
Ledman
Ohio National Bank
Brown
Cadiz
McGregor Sees Chance For Ohio Turnpike
Rep Mc Gregor Ohio said chances are good that Ohio will build a statewide turnpike to connect with the Pennsylvania turnpike. The idea followed Gov Duff of Pennsylvania outlining a westward extension to the Ohio line.
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Washington
McGregor
Ohio
Pennsylvania
James Duff
Ohio Line
Explosion Kills and Injures in Cairo Square
An explosion in a Cairo square killed one or two people and injured at least 15 others, with authorities starting casualty counts and surveying the scene for cause and scope.
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Cairo
Egypt
Auto crash in cemetery leaves man dead at wheel
In Northampton Massachusetts a car with a deceased man at the wheel crashed through a fence and halted in St Marys cemetery. William J Short 73 a public schools music supervisor was found dead in the front seat. A doctor cited a heart attack en route to his 39 year job.
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Northampton
Mass
St. Mary’s Cemetery
William J. Short
Public Schools Music Si
Two-Year Search Ends for Akron Murder Suspect in Los Angeles
James Boyd Guy, sought on a charge of attempting to murder James W. Algea two years ago in Akron, is in custody in Los Angeles today.
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Los Angeles
James Boyd Guy
Akron
James W. Algea
Jury Finds Jail Food Poor After Deliberation
In Youngstown a common pleas jury after 18 hours of deliberation initially couldn’t agree but soon reached a unanimous verdict that county jail meals were poor. The panel complained of sandwiches and coffee served in tin cups and protested loudly during the trial.
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Youngstown
Common Pleas Court
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