Senate Air Safety Debate Tests Public Confidence
The Senate Commerce Committee called CAB to discuss the air travel crisis after a series of crashes. Senators Brewster and Capehart urged a separate safety board, while Rep. Rivers pressed for action. Airlines face financial strain amid lower passenger demand and furloughs, though 1946 safety stats show a record low fatality rate per 100 million passenger miles.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Civil Aeronautics Board
Congress
Brewster
R-Me
Air Safety Board
Capehart
R-Ind
Rivers
D-Sc
Hinshaw
R-Calif
American Airlines
Senate
McCarran
D-New
Commerce Department
Commerce Committee
U. S
Supreme Court hears case over UMW fines in soft coal strike
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers clash with the government before the Supreme Court over a 3 510 000 fine levied for contempt after the November soft coal strike. Attorneys argue federal courts can stop irreparable injury while unions seek to bar injunctions under Norris La Guardia. The AFL CIO back unified labor stand.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Supreme Court
Lewis
United Mine Workers
United States District Court
Tom _ Clark
Truman
Federal
AFL
UMW
CIO
Norris-La- Guardia
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Interior
J. A. Krug
AFL Executive Council
Miami
Yestersday
Far East Air Transport Grounded After Sea Crash
The Philippine government grounds all Far East Air Transport planes following Saturday's China Sea crash of Feati's Miss Luzon, resulting in six deaths. Regulators charge the carrier with disregard of regulations amid the tragedy.
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Manila
Far East Air Transport, Inc
China Sea
Feati
Luzon
Two Ohio Youths Admit Robbing Slaying Driver
Two Youngstown South High students, aged 17 and 18, confessed to robbing and killing William S. Spieth a 52 year old Ashland salesman found shot and beaten beside his car on U S Route 62 near Cornersburg. Sheriff Elser planned to seek murder charges after conferring with the prosecutor.
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Youngstown
Ralph Elser
Youngstown South High School
William S. Spieth
Ashtabula
Here
Elsner
Mahoning County
Jenkins Named To 2 Groups In Congress
In Washington Republicans prepared for routine approval of committee posts as the House readies the new Republican-dominated Congress. Rep. Arends of Illinois was named whip and Rep. Jenkins of Ohio joined the steering committee, with additional Ohio assignments including McCowen and Brehm in Education and Labor and Thomas A. Jenkins in Ways and Means.
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Washington
House
GOP
Democratic Committee On Committees
Congress
Rep. Arends
Illinois
Brown and Jenkins
Ohio
Edward O. McCowen
Walter E. Brehm
Thomas A. Jenkins
Observation at Lima Set for Law Slayer
Mrs. Laura Belle Devlin 72, who confessed to slaying her husband Thomas Devlin 75 with a handsaw, was ordered to Lima State Hospital for the insane for a 30 day observation. The Licking County Grand Jury indicted her on a first degree murder charge.
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Newark
Laura Belle Devlin
Thomas Devlin
Lima State Hospital
Licking County
I Think Charlies Dead In Brooklyn Flat
A 67 year old Delia Edwards and her sister Anna Edwards, both poor, live in a Brooklyn flat. Delia worries over her brother Charlie Edwards who lies dead from natural causes in a cluttered room. Detectives uncover family bankbooks showing large deposits and bonds totaling about 100000 dollars.
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Anna Edwards
Kings County Hospital
Edwards
Delia
Brooklyn
Otterbein marks centennial with Hanby homage concert
Westerville Otterbein College opened its 100th anniversary with a symphonic program of Americana. Lewis Howard Whittaker’s Phantasy On Ben Hanby Melodies was performed by the Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra under Izler Solomon, drawing about 1000 listeners. The piece centers on Darling Nellie Gray, written by Hanby in 1856 as an Otterbein sophomore.
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Westerville
Otterbein College
Ben Hanby
Cleveland
Lewis Howard Whittaker
Columbus Philharmonic Orchestra
Izler Soloman
Nellie Gray
Hanby
Otterbein
Son of Ogden Reid Named Tribune Editor
Whitelaw Reid was named editor of the New York Herald Tribune succeeding his father Ogden Reid who died January 3. The appointment, announced at a board meeting, makes Reid the paper's fifth editor since Horace Greeley founded the Tribune.
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NEW York
Whitelaw Reid
The
New York Herald Tribune
Ogden Reid
New York Tribune, Inc
Herald Tribune
Reid
Horace Greeley
Share Ride Partner Named in Damage Suit
Walter Goland of Fremont seeks 23691 in damages from Bernard Macieliwicz in a lawsuit filed yesterday over injuries from a November 8 automobile accident while the pair were en route to a Toledo factory. The plaintiff alleges Macieliwicz, his share the ride partner, was responsible.
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Fremont
Walter Goland
Bernard Macieliwicz
Macieliwicz
Toledo
Fall or Blow Blamed In Divorcee Death
Cleveland police coroner says Mrs. Lillian Smigel Appleton, a middle aged divorcee, died from a brain hemorrhage believed caused by a fall or a blow to the head after being found unconscious at a local hotel yesterday.
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Cleveland
Lillian Smigel Appleton
Samuel R. Gerber
Former director Alexander Leftwich dies in Los Angeles
Alexander Leftwich aged 53 a former director of many New York stage productions and father of actress Patricia Ellis died last night in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Alexander Leftwich
New York
iPatricia Ellis
London Dock Strike Expands as Labor Walkout Spreads
A mass meeting of London dock workers voted to join about 30 000 union laborers in a walkout protesting troop use to move food amid a nine day truckers strike. Soldiers and vehicles took over deliveries as talks seek a bypass around the Road Haulage Wages Board to resolve the 44 hour week dispute.
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London
England
Greater
George Isaacs
Transport and General Workers Union
Wages Board
Bribery Trial Here Involving Army Tire Sales
Defense witnesses testified in the federal case against Capt. Joseph C. Hebert Army Ordnance officer charged with bribery over surplus Army tires. Paul E. Bell formerly of Mt Vernon and Akron said he paid $60 in a downtown hotel last Aug 9 to speed tire shipment from the War Assets Administration. Fred Baltzell of Tucson said he paid Hebert $240 after the officer promised faster shipping for a consideration.
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Columbus
Joseph C. Hebert
Army Ordnance
Paul E. Bell
Dallas
Mt. Vernon
Akron
War Assets Administration
Hebert
Army
Fred Baltzell
Tucson
Ariz
Bell
CIO Donates 10000 for Radios for Vets at Veterans Hospitals
General Omar Bradley received a $10000 check from the CIO to buy radios for 116 veterans hospitals. CIO secretaryTreasurer Jack Carey and CIO Community Service Committee chairman Irving Abramson also presented a radio replica to Bradley.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
CIO
Veterans
Jack Carey
Irving Abramson
Community Service Committee
Bradley
McCormick Seeks Ohio Supreme Court Ouster of Raschig
J L McCormick of Ravenna petitioned the Ohio Supreme Court to remove Frank L Raschig from the state director of public works role claiming Raschig had no legal right to the office Raschig appointed by Gov Lausche last July 26 to serve until 1947 contends he is the rightful holder of the position despite McCormicks challenge Raschig continues to perform duties at his office while McCormick attends proceedings and prepares further action
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Columbus
J. L. McCormick
Ravenna
Ohio Supreme Court
Frank L. Rasehig
State Director of Public Works
McCormick
Frank J. Lausche
Raschig
Lausche
Frank E. Whittemore
Senate
House of Representatives
Herbert
Paul M. Herbert
Ohio GOP legislators pledge support to new governor
Columbus report notes leaders of the Republican General Assembly publicly back the freshly inaugurated governor. The move signals unified party backing amid early administration steps and legislative priorities.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Gov
Morse Urges Labor Policy Shift Amid GOP Critique
Oregon Senator Morse split with Republicans on labor policy and urged Congress to prioritize perfecting the Wagner Act. A Labor Committee member and former War Labor Board official, Morse said sound labor law should focus first on Wagner Act improvements. He also criticized GOP positions on fiscal policy in a radio address.
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Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Washington
Morse
Oregon
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
National War Labor Board
NLRB
GOP
Second Execution Try Gets High Court
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Louisiana may pursue a second electrocution attempt for Willie Francis, a 17 year old who escaped the chair when it failed during the first execution attempt.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Willie Francis
Mother insists son’s death not accidental in hunt shooting
Chalmer Gullett’s mother pressed charges after Palmer Sprague signed a statement saying he fatally wounded Archie Gullett during a Thanksgiving hunting quarrel. Sheriff Walker said the 16 year old admitted the shooting and officials questioned whether it was an accident.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Charles B. Walker
Palmer Sprague
Maud
Archie Gullett
Chalmer Gullett
Sprague
Walker
Gullett
Oscar Leiser
Reds Believed Cutting Army Signs of De mobilization
Moscow reports show signs of de mobilization with troop movements from the west almost daily. The capital, a hub for transport, mirrors a broad shift toward peacetime production and a reduced Army presence, with no active recruiting campaigns and a focus on civilian life.
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Moscow
Russia
Modern Pioneers Begin Alaska Bus Trek
Milwaukee family led by 38-year-old baker Gilbert Durand and his wife with four children start a 6000 mile journey to Anchorage by bus. They stop first at Durand parents home in Ladysmith Wisconsin to outfit the converted bus and prepare for hard work.
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Milwaukee
Gilbert Durand
Alaaka
Anchorage
Durand
Ladysmith
Wis
Ten Injured as Fire Sweeps Five-Story Bronx House
A three alarm blaze hit a five-story Bronx building injuring ten people, two seriously, and forcing about 250 tenants to flee to the streets in the early hours.
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New York
Bronx
Timken Foundations Donate $50,000 to Mercy Hospital Drive
Officials of the Timken Foundation and Timken Buller Bearing Co. contributed 50000 to start Mercy Hospital’s $800000 building fund. The donation launches the drive and highlights corporate support for the new facility in Mount Vernon.
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Mount Vernon
Timken Foundation
Timken Buller Bearing Co
Mercy Hospital
Body of Wife Found in Bed Quizzed Husband in Death
In Zanesville Daniel Haines 28 was held for questioning after Myrtle Haines 24 was found dead in their bed two days after a reported beating by an unknown assailant. He claimed they left Friday night, met again Saturday morning, and said she was bruised and refused hospital before dying.
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Zanesville
Daniel Haines
Myrtle
Ivan Penn
Haines
Penn
H. B. Kaufman
Taft Will Not Oppose Myer Nomination for Housing Chief
Senator Taft said he would not block the nomination of Dillon Myer of Hebron Ohio to head the United States Housing Administration. He will leave the decision to the Senate Banking Committee despite questioning Myer's housing qualifications. Taft previously blocked a Senate vote on the nomination.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Dillon Myer
Hebron
United States
Senate Banking Committee
Myer
Senate
Athens County Resident Named to State Mine Board
Harry J. Dust of Athens County was appointed to the state mine examining board. The Ohio Senate referred the appointment to the rules committee for confirmation. Dust’s term runs from January 10 to September 10, 1949.
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Columbus
Harry J. Dust
Athens County
State Mine Examining Board
Ohio Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Senate
Dust
Bridge authority dies in Largo at age 84
William E. Talcott 84 longtime Largo resident, retired attorney and railroad executive, authority on contract and auction bridge died yesterday in Florida. Talcott led legal and corporate work and contributed to bridge circles and local business affairs.
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Bridge Authority
Largo
Fla
William E. Talcott
Printers Strike Halts Zanesville Newspapers
A strike by International Typographers Union members halted both the Zanesville Signal and Times-Recorder editions after failed wage talks. Union spokesmen and Zanesville Publishing Co said workers rejected a $68 weekly offer for a 38 hour shift while seeking about $70.87 for a 37.5 hour week.
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Zanesville
International Typographers Union
AFL
Zanesville Signal and Times- Recorder
Zanesville Publishing Co
Senators pressed to lure industry via War Assets plea
Mason County veterans ask Senators Kilgore and Rever and Representative Ellis to urge the War Assets Administration to release the West Virginia Ordnance Works for purchase by industry. The column warns such moves could favor large cities like Parkersburg and Huntington over smaller towns such as Point Pleasant and Ravenswood.
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Kilgore
Revercomb
Ellis
Mason County
Chamber of Commerce
War Assets Administration
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Parkersburg
Hun
Point Pleasant
Ravenswoc
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