GOP Tax Hearing Aims to Cut Income Taxes and Tax Excess Profits
Republicans push a $5.6 billion annual income tax reduction backed by a 75 percent excess profits levy on corporations to balance the cut. Knutson’s bill would grant $40 to each taxpayer and dependents, removing about 10.3 million from the tax rolls, while using a capital investment formula to tax profits above set exemptions.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Majority
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Congress
Doughton
DNC
Cooper
D-Tenn
Dinell
D-Mich
Ays and Means
Dingell
Coughton
Harold Beach Jr to be arraigned on Tuley murder charge
Harold Beach Jr 22 was booked on a first degree murder charge for the New Year’s slaying of eight year old Sheila Ann Tuley. He dictated a seven page confession detailing meeting and stabbing the child. A 4000 strong crowd gathered near the crime scene.
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Cleveland
Harold Beach, Jr
Sheila Ann Tuley
Beach
David E. Kerr
Dwight Bible
James T. Cassidy
Bible
Sheila Ann
Baltimore
Court Asked To Aid In Canton Pay Squabble
Canton city clerk James Roberts asks Ohio Supreme Court to force City Auditor T Frank Snyder to pay his salary of 104 16 dollars. Roberts says he was elected by city council on Jan 1 and Snyder refuses without explanation.
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Canton
Columbus
James Roberts
Ohio Supreme Court
T. Frank Snyder
Roberts
Snyder
Former Athens Doctor Dies at 75 in West Virginia
Dr. Joseph I. Stanley, a 75-year-old West Hamlin veterinarian with 40 years of practice in Logan and Lincoln counties, died yesterday at his home. He moved from Athens Ohio to Logan, then West Hamlin about a decade ago. Survivors include his widow.
Man dies after vehicle collision in Columbus
Columbus police said a man killed by an automobile last night was identified as Andrew J. Burger, 73, of the Harrisburg Pike area.
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Columbus
Andrew J. Burger
Harrisburg Pike
Prominent Jew Jacob W. Mack Dies in Cincinnati
Jacob W. Mack aged 72 died at his Cincinnati home after a heart attack. He was nationally known in Jewish circles and prominent in civic life.
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Cincinnati
Jacob W. Mack
Retirement builder Andrew Benzing dies at 86 in Hamilton
Andrew Benzing, 86, a prominent retired building contractor, died yesterday in Hamilton. He built several landmark structures and was active in local civic groups. His passing leaves a notable void in the area’s construction and business community.
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Hamilton, O
Andrew Benzing
Witness Threat Ties Mann Act Trial To Depositions
In Cincinnati the Mann Act trial of Amida Veazey alias Irene Wilson continued after an all day session. A Columbus witness testified Veazey threatened her over potential testimony. Additional depositions from Paul Wicke and Nora Wicke were ordered.
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Cincinnati
Amida Veazey
Irene Wilson
Columbus
John H. Druffel
Paul T. Wicke
Nora Belle Wicke
Ironton
Protocol M the Communists master plan for Europe
British and American officials studied a reported Cominform scheme named Protocol M to smash the Marshall Plan and cripple the Ruhr. The plan, published by Der Kurier, would be coordinated by Cominform and backed by the Soviet Union. Dr Kurt Schumacher of the German Social Democrats said he had a copy and called Protocol M the communists master plan to sabotage the Marshall Plan.
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Berlin
Ruhr
der Kurier
Germany
Communist “Information Agency
Poland
Soviet Union
Hamburg
Kurt Schumacher
Social Democrats
Hannover
India Warns of Full Scale War in Kashmir
India told the United Nations Security Council that a full scale war with Pakistan could erupt unless the UN acts to halt fighting in Kashmir. Minister Gopalaswami Ayyangar said a small war is ongoing in Kashmir and the situation grows graver daily.
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India
United Nations Security Council
Pakistan
Kashmir
Gopalaswami Ayyangar
Miami Coast Guard Seeks Lost Cabin Cruiser Jo Ann
A Coast Guard flotilla with Army and Navy reserve units hunted waters south of Miami for the 30 foot cabin cruiser Jo Ann carrying two men. They had food and water for three days, but no radio and possibly little fuel, Lt. Comdr. Richard G. Baxter said.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Gandhi Too Weak After Fast to Attend Meeting
New Delhi reports Mohandas K. Gandhi is too weak to attend his daily prayer meeting on the third day of his fast for communal peace. Doctors express concern over Gandhi’s weight loss as he shows deep worry over a new massacre in Muslim Pakistan.
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New. Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
Gandhi
Pakistan
Governor Herbert to speak at Wayne Lincoln Day dinner
Governor Thomas Herbert will deliver the address at the annual Lincoln Day dinner for Wayne County Republicans on February 18. The dinner is set for the Smithville Inn.
Ohio girl winner in Voice of Democracy contest
Janet Geister of Cuyahoga Falls Ohio high school is named one of four national winners of 500 dollar scholarships in the Voice of Democracy contest held in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Ohio
Tulsa, Okio
Janet Geister
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio Bonus Set For 827 000 Ohio Veterans
State Bonus Director Chester W Goble said plans for distributing the World War Two bonus rely on an estimate of 827000 eligible veterans. Cuyahoga County has the largest block with about 154000 ex-GIs, followed by Hamilton County with 77000 and Franklin County with 47000. Beneficiary claims from families total about 16800 soldiers and 3200 sailors Marines and Coast Guardsmen. County estimates include Athens 5000 Gallia 2000 Hocking 3999 Meigs 3000 Morgan 1000 Perry 3000 Vinton 1000 and Washington 4000.
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Columbus
Chester W. Goble
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Goble
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Franklin County
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Perry
Vinton
Washington
Committee Convenes in Columbus on Air Clinic Plan
Ohio's Postwar Program Commission Aviation Committee met in Columbus to review the annual Bowling Green air clinic and discuss proposed changes to state aviation laws.
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Columbus
Ohio
Postwar
Program Commission
Bowling Green
Invalid Sate In Chauncey House Fire
Mrs Charles Sweeney an invalid was carried to safety as a Chauncey home burned on High Street Firefighters from Chauncey and Athens fought flames starting likely on a second floor In zero temperatures Mrs Shiveley woke to smoke and alerted her parents and Chauncey firemen
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Chauncey
Charles Sweeney
Woman Found Tipsy In Stolen Car Trunk
Three Detroit men received prison terms of three years and 11 months to four years for larceny after a stolen car cargoed with a drunken woman in the trunk was seized in Portsmouth Ohio. Car theft sentences were suspended and kidnap charges dropped when authorities learned the woman was in the trunk voluntarily.
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Detroit
Portsmouth
Ohio
Singleton Faces Congressional Probe Over Auto Scheme
Rep. George H. Bender announced a full House subcommittee inquiry into testimony by Mrs. Singleton alleging her husband Jack Singleton joined an army officer in selling surplus property. The case centers on unsold vehicles and a $26,900 repayment for undelivered goods amid United States bankruptcy court scrutiny.
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Cleveland
Jack Singleton
George H. Bender
Ohio
Washington
Singleton
Humphreys Manufacturing Co
Mansfield
Arab League Urges Complete Occupation of Palestine
Cairo news conference quoted Assad Dagher chief of the Arab League press section saying the league recommends Arabs occupy all of Palestine with regular armies when British troops depart. Britain plans to terminate its mandate May 15 with evacuation by August 1. Dagher added each state may choose to accept the recommendation.
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Assad Dagher
The
Arab League
League
Palestine
Britain
Assad
Magnuson Named VA Medical Director in Washington
Dr. Paul B. Magnuson aged 63 was named medical director of the Veterans Administration by Administrator Carl R. Gray Jr. on Wednesday in Washington.
Gas supply cuts threaten as sub zero temperatures grip Ohio
Frigid air drove Ohio to 10 below in Millport and forced Ohio Fuel Gas Co to curtail industrial supplies in Central Ohio. Salem Marietta and New Philadelphia recorded subzero readings while Cincinnati reported hard pressed demand. Snow squalls and bitter winds forecast as conditions spread nationwide.
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Columbus
Millport
Columbiana County
Salem
Marietta
New Philadelphia
Cleveland
Findlay
Mansfield
Weather Bureau
State Highway Department
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Toledo
Mt. Sterling
Ohio Fuel Gas
Cincinnati Gas and Electric
U. S
Cincinnati
Dayton
Huntington
W. Va
Youngstown
Mercury
Miami
Fla
Greensboro
N. C
Dakotas
Midwest
New York State
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Birmingham
Ala
Macon
Nashville
Rochester
New York
Pittsburgh
Washington
Los Angeles
Edith Thomas Linked to Cotton Trading in Senate Probe
A list of 5 651 cotton traders includes Mrs Edith Thomas amid Senate inquiries into commodity speculation connected to Sen Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma. Senator Ferguson notes memorandum from Thomas on his own trading and secret testimonies from traders tied to the case. An open hearing is set for Jan 23 with Stassen and Pauley to testify.
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Washington
Edith Thomas
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Edith
Thomas
Senate Appropriations
Ferguson
R-Mich
Har
Two Die in Rock Island Train Collision Near Little Rock
Two people died and at least eight were injured when two Rock Island trains collided head on on the western outskirts of Little Rock. Engineer W. L. Martin of a westbound passenger train died in the cab. Grady Herr of Little Rock, eastbound freight engineer, suffered severe burns. fireman G. W. May lost his right leg, and Martin’s fireman J. C. McDaniel had head lacerations. Firemen jumped before impact on a sharp curve at the base of a long grade.
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Little Rock
Rock Island
W. L. Martin
North Little Rock
Martin
Grady Herr
G. W. May
Herr
J. C. McDaniel
Ex-Convict Edwin D. Young Extradition Headed to Ohio Case
Marion County officers left for Colorado with papers to return Edwin D. Young 39 for a first degree murder charge in the churchyard slaying of Mrs. Zora Hess Gerbes on July 11 1947. He was traced via FBI fingerprints after arrest at Lamar Colorado under the alias Roy E Edwards and linked to $175 in fraudulent checks.
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Marion
Marion County
Colorado
Edwin D. Young
Zora Hess Gerbes
Young
FBI
Lamar
Colo
Roy E. Edwards
New Philadelphia
Holly
Ohio
Reed
Geneva Markin
Alaskan Deaths Still Mystery
FBI officials say the return of agents from Dillingham did not clear up the deaths of Harold W. Griffen and Martin Ernestus. Interviews with Griffen’s widow and Maxine Harris yielded little light as heavy cold and a house fire suggest exposure as a cause. Griffen, a former University of Iowa football star, was a trading post manager. Ernestus, 42, was a fisherman and cannery worker.
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Anchorage
Alaska
FBI
Dillingham
Bristol Bay
Harold W. Griffen
Trading Post
Martin Ernestus
Clinton Stein
Stein
Griffen
University of Iowa Grid
Midwest
Two Men Sentenced in Cleveland Car Fraud Case
Anthony A. Dottore and Angelo Virzi were sentenced to four to 28 years in the Ohio Reformatory after pleading guilty to larceny by trick. The defendants allegedly took about $100,000 from customers for nearly new used cars that were never delivered.
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Cleveland
Sherwood to Negotiate for Ordnance Plant
Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood announced plans to meet federal representatives in Marion at 10 a.m. Monday to discuss transferring the Scioto Ordnance Plant to the state. Col. Harold Hays of the Lancaster Boys' Industrial School will represent Ohio at the conference.
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Columbus
Charles L. Sherwood
Marion
Scioto Ordnance Plant
Sherwood
Col
Harold Hays
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Pythias Head Elected Grand Chancellor in Ohio Domain
Lyle L. Dill of Cincinnati was declared elected grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias Domain of Ohio after mail ballots from more than 300 lodges were tallied.
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Pythias
Columbus-P
Lyle L. Lidell
Cincinnati
Knights of Pythias, Domain
Ohio
Farm chief Eisenhauer retires after 31 years in Judson
John A. Eisenhauer, longtime superintendent of the Cleveland Boys Farm at Judson, announces his resignation after thirty one years in the post. He has led the farm operations and oversight since 193? to present.
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Cleveland
John A. Eisenhauer
Judson
Royall Flags Either Aid or Draft in European Recovery Choice
Secretary of the Army Royall told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that if the European recovery plan is not accepted the army must grow via more voluntary enlistments or a selective service draft. Senator Lodge called the alternative the draft, while Secretary Forrestal urged the plan as a path to prevent war and not a threat. Senator Ball predicted a sizable Republican-led cut in the plan’s $6.8 billion for the first 15 months.
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Washington
Royall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Lodge
R-Mass
Army
Defense Forrestal
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ball
R-Minn
Congress
Secretary of State
Marshall
Kirwan Elected House Democratic Group Leader
Rep. Michael J. Kirwan of Ohio was unanimously chosen as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee succeeding Rep. Drewry. Rep. Bulwinkle of North Carolina named vice chairman. The post guides party fundraising and campaign efforts with 435 House seats at stake in November. Democrats hold 186 seats.
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Washington
Michael J. Kirwan
Ohio
Democratic Congressional Committee
Youngstown
Rep
Drewry
Virginia
Bulwinkle
North Carolina
Kirwan
House
Fish and Wildlife Service Reorganizes in Ohio
The Fish and Wildlife Service announced a reorganization of its 10 state cooperative wildlife research programs and plans to re-establish units in Ohio Alabama and Virginia Dr Logan J Bennett who founded the Iowa unit in 1935 and the Pennsylvania unit three years later will lead the program
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Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Ohio
Alabama
Virginia
Logan J. Bennett
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Death From Scalding Ruled Accidental in Ohio Home
The Tuscarawas County Children's Home in New Philadelphia faced an accidental death verdict for a three year old child scorched by hot water. Coroner D M Cermella criticized home operators for failing to disconnect the steam boiler water system and called for an investigation.
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New Philadelphia, CO
Tuscarawas County
D. M. Cermella
AFL Opposes Weichel in Ohio District Fight
American Federation of Labor officials in five counties of the 13th congressional district announce they will oppose Congressman Alvin F. Weichel of Sandusky for backing the Taft Hartley Act.
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AFL
Weichel Tiffin
American Federation of Labor
13Th
Alvin F. Weichel
Sandusky
Slots Ordered Smashed in New Year Raid
Local patrolmen followed Municipal Judge Frank P. Anzelli to smash three slot machines seized during a New Year’s Day raid on a South Side club.
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Youngstown
Frank P. Anzellotti
Herbert's Help Faces Charge
Ex convict James Roberts the governor's chauffeur and Robert Smith the executive mansion laundryman faced unarmed robbery charges in Columbus for allegedly stealing 48 dollars from Christopher Georgan early Sunday. Also charged were Pat Bolger and Elizabeth Bolar. Roberts alias William Barrow had been released from prison in 1947 after 25 years of a life murder term. Smith began serving a life term in 1930.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
James Roberts
Robert Smith
Christopher Georgan
Pat Bolger
Elizabeth Bolar
Streamliner Crashes Rear of Freight Train in Tennessee
The Hummingbird, a seven car diesel streamliner running between New Orleans and Cincinnati, struck the rear of a freight train on a detour track near Wales Tennessee at 11 40 p m. The collision derailed five cars but left all 80 passengers unharmed.
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Wales
Tenn
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
New Orleans
Cincinnati
British Report RAF Plane Is Attacked Over Jerusalem
A plane believed to be Jewish piloted fired on an RAF reconnaissance craft today over Kfar Etzion near Jerusalem where Jews and Arabs had fought in a lengthy 154 hour battle.
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Jerusalem
Kfar Etzion
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