Pauley Says Resignation Plan Not Driven by Stassen
Ed W. Pauley, former Democratic treasurer and adviser to Truman, said he will resign from government service this month, denying Stassen pressured him. He accused Stassen of misrepresenting the probe into his grain trading profits and challenged further questioning by the Senate committee.
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Edwin W. Pauley
Harold E. Stassen
California
Democratic National Committee
Truman
Army
Royals
Pauley
Stassen
Royall
Senate
Senator Green
Rhode Island
Green
Truman Urges Wages Rationing Powers to Fight Inflation
President Truman demanded renewed legislative authority to curb rising prices and inflation. He urged Congress to grant price wage and rationing powers promptly, called for tax and economic reforms, and outlined 1948 goals including 3% production gain and 59 million jobs on average. The address also pressed education, social security, housing, and international aid tied to Europe’s recovery.
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Truman
Congress
White House
State of the Union
Europe
Council of Economic Advisers
Senate House Committee
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Arson Squad Probes Theater Fires In Cleveland
The Cleveland fire department arson squad searched for a firebug after two smouldering fires were found at the Park Theater. Battalion Chief William A. Finn noted a third blaze had been seen in a downtown movie house three days earlier. An usher stamped out a rug fire, and soon after a fur coat in the employees' check room was destroyed.
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Cleveland
Park Theater
William A. Finn
Gun Battle Suspects Face Indictment Charges
Dennis V. Zappone aged 20 and Roy E. Butler aged 16, both of Wooster, were indicted by a Grand Jury for shooting with intent to wound and auto theft after a running gun battle with a state highway patrolman in downtown Columbus. Both were wounded.
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Columbus
Dennis V. Zappone
Roy E. Butler
Wooster
Horse Kick Fatal in Wadsworth Area
Ira Woyat eleven year old son of Mrs Hazel Woyat of Rittman died in a hospital yesterday from injuries suffered when kicked by a horse in the Wadsworth area.
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Wadsworth
Ira Woyat
Hazel Woyat
Rittman
Alaskan Sea Rescues Save Scores of Lives
Two mid winter rescues off Alaska save upwards of a score of passengers and crew. The Aleutian Mail with 15 aboard was grounded on Unimak Island and later kedged off the beach by Coast Guard and salvage crews. Fishing vessels aided the floating barge BSP 1927 and its nine aboard as it neared disaster.
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Seattle
Alaska
Kodiak Island
Alaska Peninsula
Aleutian Mail
Coast Guard
Cedar
Unimak Island
Guerrillas Strike Back Near Mount Parnassus
Dispatches report a guerrilla force of 600 to 1,500 attacked Arakhova on Mt. Parnassus, 75 miles northwest of Athens, with an amphibious push at Eratini on the Gulf of Corinth. The air force harassed and supplied the village as authorities rounded up about 800 Communist suspects in the Athens area.
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Arakhova
Mt. Parnassus
Eratini
Gulf of Corinth
Delphi
Train Hits Car, Woman Killed in Washington Court House
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train struck an automobile in Washington Court House killing Ruth Eycke, 35, of Chillicothe. The crash occurred yesterday, along with mournful details reported by local authorities. The victim was identified by age and residence. no further survivors named in the brief.
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Washington Court House
Baltimore and Ohio
Ruth Eycke
Chillicothe
Senate group calls steel industry to curb gray market
A Senate small business subcommittee report urges the steel industry to lead the fight against a growing gray market in steel. The panel, led by Chairman Martin, opposes renewing wartime power to allocate supply but says action is needed as gray market deals remain prevalent and increasingly organized.
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Senate
Martin
R-Pa
Busines
Roosevelt pledges to grow Democrats as birthplace adds to joy
James Roosevelt CA Democratic Committee chairman vows to boost party strength. The crowd laughed at his earnest appeal. Roosevelt's fifth child, a daughter named Anna Eleanor, was born last Saturday, adding joy to the family.
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Los Angeles
James Roosevelt
California
Democratic Committee
Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor
Police Escort Meets Suspect In Cleveland
In Cleveland the 23 year old Harold Beach Jr arrived from Baltimore with seven police vehicles escorting him. He admits stabbing Sheila Ann Tuley on New Year's night and will be brought to a dark alley to show the stab site. The grand jury session is delayed and a sanity test may be ordered.
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Sheila Ann Tuley
Cleveland
Cleveland Press
Jack Small
Baltimore
Harold Beach, Jr
Beach
David E. Kerr
Sheila
Frank T. Cullitan
Snyder Bucks Use of Europe Dollars in U S
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder opposed forcing the 16 Marshall Plan countries to spend their dollar holdings in the United States to fund the European aid program. He argued it would be folly, noting about 4.8 billion dollars in assets exist but liquidity and pledged loans limit cash. He urged a mix of grants and loans with repayments tied to each country's capacity to repay in dollars.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
United States
Gandhi Ends First Day of Fast for Communal Peace
Gandhi completed the first 24 hours of his fast aimed at Hindu Sikh and Muslim harmony in India. He dictated from Birla Mansion and spoke briefly with Nehru and Patel about promoting heart unity.
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New Delhi
India
Mohandras K. Gandhi
Delhi
Patiala
Gandhi
Sushila Nayyar
Jivaraja Jehta
G. D. Birla
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Ike's Chances Held Slim Without GOP
Eisenhower risks losing regular Republican backing in several states if he does not rebuke the independent draft movement. The Draft Eisenhower League pushes delegates into GOP primaries with support in New Hampshire from Senator Tobey, and efforts may spread to Illinois Wisconsin and Nebraska. Nebraska could turn into a presidential free for all with Harold Stassen and Robert Taft eyeing entry in the April 13 preferential vote.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Eisenhower League
New Hampshire
Charles Tobey
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Illinois
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Harold E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Stassen
Army Reform Bill Debated in House
A bill to allow enlisted men to serve on courts martial and enact major reforms in military justice was brought to the House for debate. The measure, approved by the House Armed Services committee after two years of study, would adjust the Judge Advocate General's Division, separating it from the regular chain of command.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Congress
Army
Veterans’ Organizations
Judge Advocate General
Mother 22 Confesses Slaying Baby Son
Birmingham police said Dorothy Fitzhugh, 22, signed a statement admitting the murder of her three year old son in a diaper strangulation. Detectives cited financial pressure and a $1000 life policy on the child as factors in the case.
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Birmingham
J. R. Norrell
Dorothy Fitzhugh
Bullet Wounds Kill Ex Convict in Mysterious Firearm Ambush
New York police identified Benjamin Chippie Weiner a 43 year old ex convict as the man shot in a mysterious incident at his apartment. He died after a bullet pierced the wall above a crib where his six month old son slept. He remained conscious until death and refused to write clues for detectives.
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New York
Benjamin “Chippie
Weiner
Trans Atlantic planes forced to land in Ohio
Fifty seven passengers aboard three trans Atlantic planes diverted to Ohio due to bad weather along the eastern seaboard. They travel to New York or Boston by train, with two heading to Detroit. One plane from Frankfurt and one from London landed at Cleveland while the third touched down at Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Seaboard
New York
Boston
Detroit
Frankfurt
Germany
London
Cleveland
Second body found in wreckage near Fargo collision
Wrecking crews located a second body at the rear of a wooden coach from a mixed train that was struck by a freight train last night. The incident occurred 45 miles northwest of Fargo, North Dakota.
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N. D
Here
Murder Charge Filed Against Former Convict
Greenfield Ohio prosecutor Eugene Hahne said first degree murder charges would be filed against 29 year old ex convict Irwin White for the fatal shooting of Homer Caplinger by his widow Eva. White admitted the shooting during a holdup in which four cents were netted. He obtained six pennies from Brooks but dropped two while fleeing.
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Eugene Hahne
Homer Caplinger
Centerfield
Eva
Hahne
J. W. Kelley
Irwin White
Brooks
Colleges Aim to Solve Bias by Education Not Law
A committee of the Association of American Colleges told the AAC convention in Cincinnati that discrimination against minority racial and religious groups on American campuses should be addressed through education and voluntary action, not coercive statute. The convention backed a seven-point world peace program but did not endorse universal military training.
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The
Association of American Colleges
AAC
Man Wanted for Murder Arrested in Colorado
Edwin D. Young, 39, sought on a first degree murder indictment for the church yard slaying of Mrs. Zora Hess Gerbes, 25, last July 11, was arrested in Holly, California, under the alias Roy E. Edwards on a bad check charge, sheriff says.
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Holly
Calo
Edwin D. Young
Zora Hess Gerbes
Leroy Retterer
Retterer
Young
Roy E. Edwards
Henry Wallace Cancels Talk To Pastors
Henry Wallace, third party presidential candidate, cancels his planned address at the Ohio Pastors Convention in Columbus scheduled for January 28. Secretary Harold Young cited possible political implications and Wallace’s current candidacy, with the council noting the talk on religion and rural life would carry politics. About 2,500 Protestant ministers were expected to attend.
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Columbus
Henry Wallace
Ohio Pastors
Harold Young
Ohio Council of Churches
Wallace
B. F. Lamb
Lamb
Clark Orders Investigation of Lobbying Action
Attorney General Clark ordered a federal grand jury probe into lobbying in the District of Columbia and empowered Irving R. Kaufman as district attorney to pursue compliance with the Lobbying Registration Act of 1946. Kaufman will use the grand jury as needed and has held talks with major labor organizations about their registered lobbyists and organizational registrations.
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Clark
District of Columbia
Irving R. Kaufman
Kaufman
Congress
Justice Department
Romanian royal aide cites Russian pressure over throne crisis
A Romanian royal household member, traveling to join ex king Mihai in Switzerland, blamed Moscow for abdication of Mihai on December 30. The aide said Russia pressured Romania to recognize General Marcos (Vafiades) in Greece as the regime.
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Vienna
Switzerland
Mihai
Markos
Vafiades
Greece
Akron & Barberton Belt Line resumes after six day strike
After a six day walkout by 23 trainmen, operation of the Akron and Barberton Belt Line Railroad resumed today. Strikers were ordered back to work following President Truman’s order creating an executive board to investigate the dispute.
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Akron & Barberton Belt Line Railroad
Truman
First and Likely The Last Time
A 13 year old, Jimmy Hartzell, flew a borrowed private plane over Central Ohio with three classmates for about two hours. Airsickness forced a landing in a cornfield, but the plane touched down safely. Hartzell credited the ship’s “fool proof” construction.
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Jimmy Hartzell
Ohio
Jimmy
Robert N. Hartzell
Hartzell
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