Ohio Senate debates three World War II veteran bonus plans
Ohio Senate weighs three bonus proposals totaling 325 to 500 million dollars for World War II veterans. Plans rely on property levies or sales tax increases, with taxes potentially surpassing early bonus figures for some homeowners. Estimates show about 850,000 veterans eligible, with final approval needing voter ratification in November.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
State
Senate
House
Department
Sens
D. A. Liggitt
R-Logan
Albert L. Daniels
Highland
Fred G. Reiners
Kyle F. Brooks
Cincinnati
Robert A. Pollock
R-Stark
Pollock
Compromise Proposal Signed on Army Navy Merger Plan
The unification plan signed by Secretary Patterson and Secretary Forrestal proposes a national defense secretary with three subordinate service secretaries for Army Navy and Air Force. Congress will decide cabinet size while military structure and autonomy for Air Force and Marine Corps are outlined. The proposal seeks unified defense planning and establishes councils and a central intelligence agency.
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Washington
Congress
Patterson
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Mr. Truman
Forrestal - Patterson
National Defense
Congressional Comement
Navy
Marine Corps
Secretary of National Defense
Army
Air Force
Defense Secretary
Council For National Defense
National Security Resources Board
Central Intelligence Agency
Council of Common Defense
Secretary of State
National Defense Council
Come Promise
War Council
Secretary For National Defense
State Department
Train Wreck Fatal to 6 and 50 Injured Near Bakersfield
Six people are dead and about 55 injured after Owl No. 58 derailed near Lerdo Bakersfield when a broken rail felled four coaches and a tourist sleeper. Emergency crews worked to extract victims. exact lists of the dead and injured were not yet available.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Southern Pacific
Here
Jack Kietchley
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Kern County
L. F. Pryor
Minter Field
H. Pyey
New Location For State Fair Is Advocated
Ohio Fair Managers Association closes its 22nd annual convention with resolutions calling for a new site for the Ohio State Fair and repeal of the federal tax on fair admissions. Delegates urge the legislature to keep $500,000 in junior fair premiums and to reappropriate $350,000 for a new junior fair building. E W Lampson elected president succeeding Walter J Buss. Myers Cooper trophy winners include Tuscarawas Sandusky Mercer and Fayette counties with populations listed.
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Columbus
Ohio Fair Managers’ Association
E. W. Lampson
Jefferson
Ashtabula County
Walter J. Buss
Wooster
Myers Y. Cooper
Ohio
Tuscarawas County
Sandusky County
Mercer County
Fayette County
Scholarship Awarded To Barnesville Man
James R. Derry of Barnesville Ohio received the 150 Stoltz scholarship for outstanding dairy technology at Ohio State University. A World War II bomber crew member who was shot down over Italy, he is set to graduate in June.
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Columbus
James R. Derry
Barnesville
Ohio
Robert B. Stoltz
Ohio State University
Derry
Italy
Sam Simmons on Joining Groups and Civic Life
SAM SIMMONS says he would resist joining many organizations as he matures. He notes a preference for home life over clubs and social pursuit, and argues politics and church influence life, wishing to be more active in governmental affairs if given another chance.
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America
Joe Palooka Returns as Red Ryder Follows Next Monday
The paper apologizes for dropping Joe Palooka and Red Ryder and announces their return. Joe Palooka is back immediately to keep readers, with Red Ryder resuming on Monday as part of an updated lineup.
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Joe Palooka
Red Ryder
Steve Canyon
Orphan Annie
Joe
Underground Secret Bared Then Censored Details Released
Washington reports that five months after publishing German construction and design data for 116 underground sites including Berchtesgaden, the information was stamped military secret. The Office of Technical Services sold photomicrographic copies last Aug 22, then halted. The War Department won’t explain publicly. Russia is cited as a major foreign buyer.
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Washington
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Army-Navy
Commerce Department
Office of Technical Services
OTS
Library of Congress
War Department
U. S
Russia
Ohio Gambler Fatally Shot in Newport Area
A man who said he was Mike Jacobs, 27, a Cleveland gambler, died in Speers Memorial Hospital in Dayton Kentucky twelve hours after being found in a roadside ditch with five bullet wounds. Patrolmen said he claimed four men abducted him on a Newport street, robbed him, forced him into a car, and dumped him in the ditch before shooting him.
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Newport
Mike Jacobs
Cleveland
Speers Memorial Hospital
Dayton
Campbell County
George Benz
Robert Grissom
Housing Additions at Marietta College For Second Term
Marietta College will admit 50 additional students for the second semester starting February 3. Dr. W Ray Irvine admissions director says new housing lets 30 single men and 20 more women enroll.
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Marietta
Marietta College
W. Ray Irvine
Beer Drinking Drops Report for Ohio November 1946
Ohioans drank less 3.2 beer and malt beverages than a year earlier. The Division of Sales and Excise Taxes said November sales by Ohio and out-of-state brewers in Ohio totaled 428,472 barrels versus 433,793 barrels in November 1945.
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Columbus
Tokyo Inflation Hinted From Coal Shortage
Tokyo newspapers report inflation may be staged temporarily due to a coal shortage affecting currency printing presses.
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Tokyo
Japan
Three Die In Water Town Hotel Fire
A three-story Graystone Hotel fire in Watertown New York killed William Mullen Eugene Goffrey and Samuel Poole all residents of Watertown. Joseph Kling was treated for serious injuries and Clarence Kendrick was treated for shock. Twenty seven guests were housed on the second and third floors. Thomas Coleman clung to a 30 foot ledge before rescue as firemen battled the blaze for three hours. Firefighters prevented spread to the Crowner Hotel next door.
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William Mullen
Eugene E. Goffrey
Samuel Poole
Watertown
Mercy Hospital
Joseph Kling
Clarence Kendrew
House of Good Samaritan
Thomas Coleman
Crowner
Graystone
Manslaughter Charge Filed Against Mrs Haines Husband
Zanesville report states witnesses saw Myrtle Haines 24 beaten two days before her body was found. Prosecuting Attorney Clark Barbour filed first degree manslaughter charges against her husband Daniel Haines 27, a factory worker, who has denied responsibility and remains jailed for investigation.
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Zanesville
Myrtle Haines
Clark Barbour
Daniel Haines
Red Request For U S Loan Is Predicted
London sources predict Russia may seek a five billion dollar loan from the United States to ease German reparations disputes. The move could unlock settlement talks on German Austrian peace treaties as Moscow has asked for ten billion in reparations from Germany. A leading economist argues even half the figure in dollars would hold significant value for settlement leverage.
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London
Russia
United States
Germany
U.S
Canton FM Station Authorized by FCC
Canton Ohio Broadcasting Co. received FCC approval to operate a frequency modulation station in Canton. The authorization was granted in Washington yesterday, permitting the local broadcaster to start FM transmissions.
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Canton
Ohio Broadcasting Co
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Lawmaker plans bill to bar broad steel and coal strikes
Rep. Landis of Indiana says he will introduce a measure to prevent industry-wide strikes, calling for immediate hearings due to an anticipated steel strike. The CIO United Steelworkers issued a 30 day notice. He aims to pass by March 31 and argues current proposals fail to address the strike problem.
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Washington
Landis
R-Ind
House Labor Committee
House Committee
CIO
United Steelworkers
John L. Lewis
Ball
Rminn
Belfast Lass Free at Last
A Belfast girl, Jane Orr Shepherd-Thompson, 18, was freed from immigration detention in Columbus and can join relatives in Connecticut while awaiting Navy sweetheart Allen Kennison of Springfield, Ohio, due back on leave in March. A court session read Kennison told relatives there would be no wedding regarding Miss Thomip son.
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Columbus
Jane Orr Shepherd-Thompson
Belfast
Connecticut
China
Allen Kennison
Springfield
Ohio
Kennison
Colleen
Lausche Appointments Approved by Herbert
Two last minute appointments by former Gov. Lausche were approved by Gov. Herbert for Senate confirmation. William J. Herbert of Orrville was named to the bedding examining board and Harry J. Dust of Athens County was named to the State Mine Examining Board.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Senate
William J.S. Herbert
Orrville
Bedding Examining Board
Harry J. Dust
Athens County
State Mine Examining Board
Cassidy Awarded 75000 in Damages in OPS Case
A Sandusky common pleas jury awarded James Cassidy of Huron, Ohio, 75000 damages against Ohio Public Service Co. in a 1941 incident involving contact with 33 000 volt high tension lines. The award stands as Erie County's largest personal damage verdict.
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Sandusky
Common Pleas
James Cassidy
Huron
Ohio
Ohio Public Service Co
Erie County
Cassidy
Cincinnati Lawyers Club Admits Negro Member
The Cincinnati Lawyers Club admitted its first Black member, Assistant City Solicitor William A. McClain, by a 25 to 20 secret ballot. The Cincinnati Bar Association had previously rejected McClain’s admission.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Lawyers Club
William A. McClain
Cincinnati Bar Association
McClain
Workers Return Shanghai Post & Mercury Press
Typographical workers at the American owned Shanghai Post & Mercury end a strike and resume work after yesterday's walkout. The brief action involved a union dispute over conditions and wages. The company reports normal operations following the return.
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Shanghai
Shanghai Post & Mercury
Arnall and Talmadge Clash Over Georgia Governorship
In a bitter power struggle Governor-elect Herman Talmadge moved into Arnall’s temporary capitol office with state trooper guards. Arnall, claiming still governor, set up a desk in the rotunda as Dykes occupies Arnall’s former executive chair. The dispute continues as Lt. Gov. elect M. E. Thompson plans to take oath Monday.
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Velma Fellows
Arnall
Georgia
Juanelle Barbee
Herman Talmadge
Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
State Capitol
Jimmy Dykes
Talmadge
Capitol
M. E. Thompson
Chunky Little
Newman
Frank Jones
State Patrol
Marine Pleads Innocent in Court Martial Assault Case
Marine Cpl. William Gaither Pierson pleaded innocent to charges of criminally assaulting a Chinese girl student Shen Chung an incident that spurred anti American demonstrations in several Chinese cities. He made the plea at the opening of his court martial.
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Peiping
Marine Cpl
William Gaither
Pierson
Shen Chung
West Virginia Railroad Builder Dies at 70
Edward S. Jones, 70, capitalist and philanthropist who owned coal lands in West Virginia and built the Kanawha and West Virginia Railroad, died last night in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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West Virginia Railroad
Scranton
Edward S. Jones
West Virginia
New Exposes Promised by War Probe Leader Brewster
Senator Brewster pledged sensational new exposes from the War Investigating Committee as it seeks extension. He said the panel had 90 percent of material to surpass prior disclosures and would probe wartime spending of secret funds totaling 648 million if extended. He also sought details on a secret mobilization report sought by Truman and blocked by Roosevelt.
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Washington
Brewster
Senate
Chamber
White House
Roosevelt
Truman
Chamber Warns of Portal Pay Suits Boom
The United States Chamber of Commerce declares portal pay suits threaten numerous firms with liabilities totaling over 4 billion dollars. Thomas W. Howard, head of the Chamber’s Department of Manufacture, calls pending claims a body blow to the economy and a severe setback to production.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Portal
Thomas W. Howard
C of C Department of Manufacture
Railroads Cut Scrap Price Amid Steel Market Decline
In Cleveland the Chesapeake & Ohio Pere Marquette and Nickel Plate railroads cut scrap steel prices by 50 cents to 10 dollars a ton. They aim to halt the spiral of rising scrap costs and slow the price at which railroads purchase finished steel.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pere Marquette
Nickel Plate
Nazis Found Guilty in Shanghai War Crimes Trial
Twenty one Nazis were convicted of aiding Japan in war efforts after V E Day in Shanghai. The defendants were charged with collaboration, planning, and assisting the enemy, with verdicts and potential sentences announced by the court.
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Shanghai
Japan
Saturday Work Ban Aims to Cut Home Building Costs
In Cleveland a ban on Saturday work by AFL masons and bricklayers except in emergencies was ordered after contractor recommendations. They say Saturday double-time labor adds about 800 dollars to a 10 000 dollar home, raising overall building costs.
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Cleveland
AFL
Resident of Amesville Nominated Postmaster
President Truman nominates Ralph C. Benedetto of Amesville for postmaster and sends the nomination to the Senate with AP reporting from Washington.
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Amesville
Ralph C. Benedett
Truman
Senate
Associated Press
Washington
Producer Frank Mac Coy Dies in New York at 58
New York report says Frank Mac Coy, a prolific Broadway producer aged 58, died last night in the city. The obituary notes his long career producing multiple stage works and his impact on the Broadway scene.
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New York
Frank MacCoy
Broadway
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