Ohio Senate blocks Lausche pick for finance post
Gov. Lausche suffers first defeat as Senate votes 14 to 10 against confirming H. D. Defenbacher for state finance director. Several Republicans cross party lines. minority factions may sway power. House rules fight over committee balance follows amid partisan tension.
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Columbus
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
H. D. Defenbacher
Theodore J. Kauer
Cleveland
Commerce
Robert L. Moulton
Galion
J. H. Lamneck
New Philadelphia
A. W. Marion
Mercer County
Adj
Leo M. Kreber
Albert A. Waldman
Oscar L. Fleckner
Springfield
Defenbacher
William M. Boyd
Cuyahoga
Cuyahoga County
James M. Carney
House
Boyd
Edwin F. Sawicki
Joseph W. Bartunek
Howard M. Metzenbaum
D-Cuyahoga
Metzenbaum
Margaret A. Mahoney
Clingan Jackson
D-Mahoning
John W. Bricker
Thomas J. Herbert
Sawicki and Company
Maurice A. Niehaus
Hamilton
Rep
Carney
A. A. Benesch
John F. Cantwell
Cantwell
Truman Urge To Reshuffle Is Opposed
Washington observers reported opposition on Capitol Hill to President Truman’s request for authority to reorganize government bureaus. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Edwin C. Johnson said he would be surprised if Truman gains power to shake up independent agencies like the Interstate Commerce Commission. Senator Taft indicated support for some changes but warned against the president effectively legislating by scrapping independent bureaus.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Truman
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Senate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Executive Branch
Taft
Ohio
North China Under Strain As Nanking Faces Dispersion
Foreign diplomats expect notification that the Nanking government may be dispersed for safety, while Nanking remains capital while Chiang Kai-Shek stays. The Chinese foreign office will not urge diplomats to leave, but warn that safety cannot be guaranteed for those who stay. Peiping, encircled by Red armies, is expected to fall or surrender soon.
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Nanking
China
Foreign Office
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peiping
Shooting of jaywalker ruled justified by police prosecutor
In Cleveland, police prosecutor Joseph Stearns called the fatal shooting of 42 year old Jeffie Moore by Patrolman John T. Conway justified. Moore allegedly assaulted two officers and tried to flee after being warned for jaywalking.
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Cleveland
Joseph Stearns
Jeffie Moore
John T. Conway
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures Rise Then Fall
Temperatures in Columbus will average 3 to 5 degrees above normal with a high near 30 and a low around 12. Rain or snow is expected Wednesday and Thursday with light snow flurries Friday and another snowfall on Sunday. by midweek turning colder then warming again later in the period.
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Columbus
Get Rich Quick Pyramid Club Shrugs Laws
Los Angeles law officers shut down a get rich quick pyramid club scheme named Pyramid Friendship Clubs. Two arrested, fined 100 dollars each for chain letter violations as police warn the operation breaches city ordinances state lottery and federal mail fraud laws. Seventeen more arrested in Long Beach at a home meeting.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Area
Pyramid Friendship Clubs
Long Beach
William R. Stroud
Pyramid Club
West Virginia Legislature Meets in Quick One Day Session
CHARLESTON WV legislature meets for a single day amid inauguration events for Governor Patterson and President Truman. Both House and Senate consider committee appointments with adjournment planned until Monday. Many members and state officials leave tonight for Truman's inauguration in Washington.
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Charleston
W. Va
Patteson
Truman
House
Senate
Washington
Hearing on Claudy discharge set for Feb. 16
A hearing on the appeal of Frank W. Claudy from his discharge as subdivision manager of the Muskingum County Aid for the Aged will be held February 16 at the Muskingum County Court House in Zanesville.
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Columbus
Frank W. Claudy
Muskingum County Aid For the
Muskingum County
Zanesville
Lausche Urges Broad Social Improvements in State Address
Gov. Frank Lausche asks Ohio Legislature for a wide social welfare program financed without new taxes. He seeks higher old age pensions, greater unemployment and workmen’s compensation, higher state worker pay, more school funds, and broader aid to local governments alongside enforcement powers over gambling and a unified conservation department.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Senate House
George D. Nye
Senate
Nye
Margaret A. Mahoney
Cuyahoga
Rep
William O'Neill
Washington
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Franklin
Lausche
Fepc Commission
State liquor permit control strained by court rulings
Ohio state liquor officials face a dilemma as court decisions loosen quota rules for whiskey by the drink. Judges in Franklin County require current population evidence, forcing a freeze on new permits and provoking protests from police, churches, and temperance groups.
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Columbus
Ohio
Temperance League of Ohio
Buckeye State Sheriffs’ Association
Ohio Council of Churches
Women's Christian Temperance Union of
State Liquor Department
Oscar L. Fleckner
Fleckner
Franklin County
Mon Pleas Court
Joseph M. Clifford
Clifford
Buckeye Retail Liquor Dealers Association
Charles A. Leach
Dale Duniton
Columbus Police Expand Hospital Observation Beds
The Columbus police department now has five beds at University Hospital to observe suspected drunks. Police officials said the beds are part of a program to prevent deaths after arrest. A city paid nurse and two Ohio State University interns will be on duty Friday and Saturday nights.
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Columbus
Columbus Police Department
University Hospital
Ohio State University
Escaped trio tied to car thefts in Ohio escapees linked to robbery
Police linking three fugitive ex inmates to a string of car thefts in northern Ohio. John Novak Walter Myers and Edward Maras were named in an armed robbery indictment for a Sky Club heist near Warren. Alex Kish was captured near Cleveland and held in Warren.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Trumbull County
Warren
Hunting Valley
Huron
Port Clinton
Michigan
Indiana
John Novak
Colorado
Canon City
Walter Myers
Edward M. Maras
Alex E. Kish
Edward Metro
Kish
Novak
Myers
Grand Jury
Ohioans Inducted Into Postwar Draft Units
State Selective Service reports 1071 Ohio men inducted in November and December under the post war draft act. Col. R. E. Clouse notes selections were not by population and 20 to 80 percent of examinees were rejected. County figures include Athens 3, Gallia 3, Hocking 1, Jackson 4, Meigs 1, Morgan 4, Perry 0, Vinton 2, Washington 6.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Ohio
Armed Services
R. E. Clouse
Chester W. Goble
Army
Clouse
35 Residents Rescued From Hotel Fire in Cleveland
A fire at the Haltworth Hotel trapped residents on the first floor. Firemen used ladders and a plank to safety as others fled to a adjacent building. Earlier a flash fire at a rooming house injured a 22 year old mother and displaced 14 people.
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Cleveland
Haltworth Hotel
Rooney Engaged to Martha Vickers in Hollywood
Film star Mickey Rooney, 29, and Martha Vickers, 23, announce engagement with no definite wedding plans. Rooney’s divorce from Betty Jane Rose ends in May. Vickers’ divorce from A. C. Lyles finalizes in September. Rooney’s first wife was Ava Gardner.
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Hollywood
Martha Vickers
Mickey Rooney
Rooney
Betty Jane Rose
Birmingham
Ala
Miss Vickers
A. C. Lyles
Ava Gardner
Ohio Highway Conditions Report
Ohio highways slippery in Lima area and Bellefontaine vicinity. Rain and sleet Lima area, rain Southern Central Western Southwestern and Southern portions. Balance of state cloudy with temperatures from 24 to 41 degrees.
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Columbus
State Et. Department
Ohio
Lima
Bellefontaine
Ex Air Force Officer Pleads Guilty to Treason
Martin Monti, 27, a former Air Force lieutenant, pleaded guilty to treason. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison and fined $10,000. The indictment said he volunteered for Germany, was released as a prisoner of war, and broadcast for the Nazis from Berlin as Marti Weithaupt.
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Air Force
New York
Martin Monti
Monti
Berlin
Marti Weithaupt
Ponzi Dies After Swindling Era Rocks the U S
Charles Ponzi died Saturday in a hospital charity ward. His body lay unclaimed in a public morgue.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Charles Ponzi
Truman Gets Ready For Inaugural Address
President Truman prepares for a new term with an expected foreign policy emphasis in his inaugural address. He revises the speech as crowds gather in Washington for a week of ceremonies including a dinner with the Truman Barkley Club and several public events before the oath at noon Thursday.
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Washington
Harry Truman
Truman
Truman- Barkley Club
Missouri
Body of Boy, 7 Found After Weeklong Search Near Davis
Searchers found the body of a 7-year-old boy missing with others since last Tuesday in icy hills near Davis while rescuers continued seeking his 16-year-old companion who was found huddled under a laurel bush. Doctors warned amputation may be needed for the boy's frozen feet due to gangrene and pneumonia.
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Davis
W. Va
John Helmick
Burley Tobacco Prices Rise Across Kentucky Markets
Kentucky burley tobacco sales rose 23 cents per hundred pounds as 25 centers moved 12,401,268 pounds for 5,657,043.43 dollars, averaging 45.62 dollars. This compares with last Friday's revised average of 45.39 dollars, the season's low.
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Louisville
Kentucky
State Department of Agriculture
20 Missing In B-29 Crash
In Lochgoilhead Scotland a B 29 Superfortress crashed in rugged mountains killing all 20 aboard. Search parties at dawn hunted for bodies and possible survivors. Eleven bodies were recovered by nightfall and Sgt Charles W Ross of Smoky Hill Field Salina Kansas was identified among the dead.
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Lochgoilhead
Scotland
U. S
Third Air Division
London
Smoky Hill Field
Salina
Kas
Charles W. Ross
New Cumberland
Timken Estate Proposed As Canton College Site
Timken estate valued at 1 9 000 may become the nucleus for a four year college in Canton. W Robert Timken, chairman of the Timken Foundation which owns the property, told city council he would allow its use for that purpose. The estate covers 52 acres and a 40 room mansion.
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Canton
Timken
W. Robert Timken
Timken Foundation
Airliner Missing Off Bermuda With 19 Aboard
Air and sea rescue forces searched the South Atlantic for a missing British airliner carrying 19 persons. The search mobilized today from Hamilton Bermuda with authorities coordinating rescue efforts.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
South Atlantic
Ironton Husband Denies Wife Murder Charge
Clay Patterson, 27, of Ironton pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the slaying of his wife Betty Ruth, 21. He appeared at a preliminary municipal court hearing and was bound over to the grand jury.
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Columbus
Clay
Patterson
Ironton
Betty Ruth
Presidential Pay Measure Approved and Acheson Nomination Ahead
The 81st Congress cleared a presidential pay raise and a four day inaugural week end for federal workers with swift House action and Senate expectations. The pay hike boosts the president’s salary from 75 000 to 100 000 plus a 50 000 tax free expense fund. Speaker Rayburn and Vice President Elect Barkley also gain higher pay and expense allowances. Dean Acheson is nominated as secretary of state with Senate approval anticipated.
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Truman
House
Senate
Washington
Dean Acheson
Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
George C. Marshall
Rayburn
D-Tex
Barkley
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