Ohioans Hope For Warm-Up As Cold Kills People
Ohioans faced more subzero cold with fires killing residents and forcing evacuations. In Dayton three Black residents died in a converted 25 apartment laundry house fire. Cincinnati saw many displaced. Temperatures ranged from 16 below in Millport to nine above in Cincinnati as officials warned of continued cold and fuel shortages.
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Tenn
Truman
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Homeless In Cleveland After $225000 Downtown Fire
Forty residents were left homeless as a $225000 blaze swept a row of downtown Cleveland business houses and apartments. Ice and frozen hydrants hampered firefighting as 22 companies battled the fire, while the Red Cross aided refugees in freezing cold temperatures. The Elliott Electric Co. suffered $250000 in destruction earlier in the week, and two firefighters died in a separate wall collapse at a winery fire nearby.
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Cleveland
Greater Cleveland
American Red Cross
Elliott Electric Co
Gandhi ends fast with pledge for harmony in India
Religious leaders adopt Gandhi seven point plan to ensure safety and acceptance for Muslims in India. Gandhi, 78, breaks 121 hour 45 minute fast by drinking sweet lime juice at 12 45 PM. He cites pledges from Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan leaders to pursue unbroken friendship and humanity. Government meanwhile seeks pardons for Pakistan soldiers tied to post Dominion Day acts.
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New Delhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Pakistan
Indus
Growers Get 23 Million For Burley Tobacco
The State Department of Agriculture reports burley tobacco sales on 25 Kentucky markets last week totaling 45,032,890 pounds returning growers 22,906,821 dollars at an average 50.87 per hundredweight. Season sales in Kentucky reached 274,584,441 pounds for 137,939,195.84 dollars.
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Louisville
State Department of Agriculture
Kentucky
Protection of Wildlife in Alaska Proposed
The League of Ohio Sportsmen sent two resolutions to President Truman and Ohio congressmen. One urged Congress to appropriate more money for Alaskan wildlife protection. The other supported passage of the Wherry Bill to turn surplus War Department lands over for wildlife use.
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Congress
Truman
Ohio
League of Ohio
War Department
AP editor Robert Weyer dies after stroke in New Jersey
Robert A. Weyer 59, chief of the Associated Press Traffic Bureau at Newark, died last night at Orange Memorial Hospital after suffering a stroke at his home. He headed AP traffic coverage and was a veteran journalist with the AP.
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East Orange
N. J
Robert A. Weyer
Associated Press
Newark
Orange Memorial Hospital
Daring wartime flight remembered by Cincinnati professor
Professor Bradley Jones recalls the 1940 Dayton to New York flight by Lt. Alexander Pearson. The pilot died in 1942 in a Dayton crash while Jones was observer navigator. The record flight took four hours and fifteen minutes and left the nation buzzing with headlines.
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Cincinnati
Dayton
New York
Bradley Jones
University of Cincinnati
Alexander Pearson
Jones
Flanders Urges Action Against Housing Scammers
Senate Housing Committee Chairman Flanders calls for DOJ and FTC action to prosecute get rich quick operators in the housing market. He cites a 185 page report and says dealers suspected of cornering markets are under investigation by the FTC and that the probe is driving operators from the field.
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Washington
Flanders
R-Vt
Senate
House Committee On Housing
Vermont
Congress
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Fatal Pedestrian Crash Claims Cecilia Black in Columbus
Mrs. Cecilia Black, 62, a pedestrian, was fatally injured last night in Columbus when struck by a vehicle. Police reported the accident occurred in the city, with emergency responders unable to save her.
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Columbus
Cecilia Black
Wallace's Policy Platform Approved at PCA Meet
The Progressive Citizens of America delegates approve a policy platform echoing Henry A. Wallace. They back merging into a third party, oppose the Marshall Plan, and call for a Wallace Plan and UN military action in Palestine, price controls, housing reform, and repeal of Taft-Hartley. Wallace urges wage boosts and price controls to curb inflation.
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Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Citizens of America
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PCA
Greece
Turkey
China
United Nations
Palestine
Truman
Congress
Slaying death by own action Answer Sought
Ashtabula County authorities investigated the double tragedy after Dr Azro H Pardee 62 shot his wife Gretta 39 in their home then killed himself. Coroner Dr Clyde C Roller said a mortgage divorce quarrel preceded the killings and the doctor telephoned his son William 23 at Hiram College to report I have done something terrible, now I am going to finish it.
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Clyde C. Roller
Azro H. Pardee
Gretta
Pardee
William
Hiram, O
Hit and Miss Actions Charged to FTC
Washington republican lawmaker charges the Federal Trade Commission wastes time on hit and miss prosecutions of individual complaints. The 1948 FTC chairman Robert E. Freer counters that cease and desist orders rarely protect the public if the practice remains common in the industry.
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Washington
Lowell B. Mason
Ill
Federal Trade Commission
Robert E. Freer
Ohio
Commission
FTC
Greeks Kill 300 Guerrillas in Platonos Action
Athens dispatches report Greek forces killed 300 guerrillas in a decisive victory after 1,500 to 2,000 attackers struck Platonos in South Central Greece. Other reports say 107 guerrillas died and 45 were captured as survivors fled. a relief force from Agrinion aided the defenders.
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Platonos
Greece
Agrinion
De Gaulle Loses Ground in Paris Suburban By Election
In Malaff, a Red Paris suburb, unofficial returns show the Communists gaining strength while General Charles de Gaulle's rally of the French people loses ground in a municipal by election held yesterday.
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Baruch Pushes Postwar Peace Plan and Food Price Cut
Bernard Baruch proposed an eleven point domestic program to stabilize prices and wages, extend tariffs, and defer tax cuts for two years, while backing the Marshall Plan. He urged a unified peace mobilization and a global defense union under the United Nations.
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Bernard M. Baruch
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
United States
United Nations
America
Truman
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Generals Remain Topic Of Speculation
Washington reports two absent generals Eisenhower and MacArthur dominate GOP convention talks as the Republican National Committee calls for a June nominating meeting in Philadelphia. Discussion centers on their positions and potential impact should a convention stalemate occur among Dewey Taft and Stassen with party leaders seeking clear stances on national and world issues.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
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Philadelphia
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Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
National Committee
Butter price rises erase most of 10 cent drop
Cincinnati reports a two cent per pound uptick in wholesale butter costs today, nearly reclaiming the 10 cent decline from the early year peak of 92 cents. The dairy wagon price for sweet butter reached 99 cents per pound and 96 for salt butter, with some delicatessen shops asking 1.02 or more.
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Cincinnati
Mrs FDR to Campaign for Truman in November
Washington sources report the Democratic leadership has asked Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt to campaign for President Truman. Chairman J Howard McGrath says he expects James A Farley to rejoin the campaign after breaking with Franklin Roosevelt in 1940 over the third term issue.
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Washington
Democratic High Command
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Utah Couple Plans Elopement After Seven Month Romance
An 80 year old great grandfather Homer McCarty and 76 year old great grandmother Esther A Goudie will marry tomorrow in Salt Lake City. They began their romance in June after McCarty read Goudies name in an alumni bulletin from the Institute of Religious Science in Los Angeles.
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Salt Lake City
Homer McCarty
Esther A. Goudie
McCarty
Former Ohio Woman Killed in Florida Plane Crash
Sanford Florida report states Mrs. Harvey J. Thornton longtime Alexandria Ohio resident died in a Saturday night plane crash that also claimed her husband and Rolf Ekeland all from Lake Wales Florida.
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Ohio
Unloaded gun kills boy in Cincinnati playground incident
Police identify two youths involved in a fatal shooting of 9 year old Robert Jones. Harold Davis of Norwood says the other boy is 11 year old Virgil Moran. The weapon was described as unloaded.
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Cincinnati
Robert Jones
Harold Davis
Norwood
Davis
Virgil Moran
Matron Florence Miller Dies at Ohio School for the Deaf
Florence Miller a matron at the Ohio State School for the Deaf in Columbus died yesterday after 16 years of service at the institution Her death caps a long record of work at the school and honors her contribution to the facility
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Columbus
Florence Miller
Ohio State School For the Deaf
Columbus GI Marries Miss Paris of 1947
A Columbus soldier, former Private First Class Ray Mack, wed the 24 year old woman known as Miss Paris of 1947. The couple honeymooned at an undisclosed location after a two year romance that began in Heidelberg Germany where Mack managed a U S Army Club.
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Paris
Ray Mack
Mack
Heidelberg
Germany
Girl Silent Since 2 to Undergo Surgery
Eleven year old Barbara Kirby of Jacksonville Florida prepares for throat surgery at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. A tissue growth after a diphtheria attack closed her windpipe and left her unable to speak since age two. She plays with a doll as surgeons plan the procedure to restore speaking ability.
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Philadelphia
Barbara Kirby
Jefferson Hospital
Jacksonville, Fla
Barbara
Gas Service Restrictions End for Commercial Clients
Pittsburgh based Manufacturers Light and Heat Co lifted curtailment on commercial gas service today while industrial users remain at 100 percent cutback. The firm serves certain Ohio areas and had previously affected schools libraries churches and bakeries with the commercial restriction.
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Pittsburgh
Manufacturers Light and Heat Co
Ohio
Police Seek Traces Of Missing Prodigy
Los Angeles police described a man sought for questioning in connection with the disappearance of 14 year old piano prodigy Jacqueline Horner who has been missing from her Hollywood home since last Tuesday after a quarrel with her mother.
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Fresno
Calif
Jacqueline Horner
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Hollywood
Admiralty Lawyer D Roger Biglar Dies in New York
D Roger Biglar aged 64 an admiralty lawyer who had represented many American and British shipping interests died last night in New York. He was known for his work in maritime law and appeared before courts on behalf of clients from both sides of the Atlantic.
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Joseph Snyder
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Snyder
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D. Roger Biglar
Two Americans Reported Dead In Palestine
Jewish sources report two Americans killed in action with Hagana in Palestine since the U N vote to partition. Ari Rabinowitz of Haifa Technical College and Mosheh Pearlistein of Brooklyn were among those slain in late November fighting. A provisional count cites 893 killed in Jewish Arab clashes.
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Hagana
Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
Ari Rabinowitz
Haifa Technical College
Wadi Rushmiya
Haifa
Mosheh A. Pearlistein
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bethlehem
U. N
el Ramle
Tel Aviv
Anderson Reassures Farmers On World Trade Growth
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson told President Truman the nation’s push for expanding world commerce offers the strongest sign farmers can avoid a return to restrictive practices. He warned fears of postwar depression stem from memories of post WWI withdrawal from the world economy. He cited gains from higher worldwide trade and imports benefiting manufacturers and workers alongside farmers.
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Washington
Anderson
Truman
Akron Blue Babies Flown to Chicago for Surgery Plan
Three Akron blue babies were flown to Chicago with their mothers for observation at Children's Memorial Hospital. Doctors planned surgery if examinations show the conditions can be corrected. Expenses are underwritten by the Akron Community Chest Beacon Journal Fund Inc and Akron residents.
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Chicago
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Ohio
Akron Community Chest
Beacon-Journal Fund, Inc
Akron
Fire destroys barns at Boys' Industrial School farm
Farm supervisor L. C. Thomas estimated $20,000 damage after two barns burned south of Lancaster. Gasoline leaking from blow torches used to thaw pipes caused the blaze on the school farm yesterday.
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Lancaster
L. Thomas
Boys’ Industrial School
Here
Ripley Tobacco Market Hits 5 Million Pounds Sold
Ripley market officials forecast an 8 million pound season with three weeks left. To date about 5 million pounds have been sold at an average price of 47.24 dollars per hundredweight.
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Ripley
Doctor Revives Woman After Six Minute Pulse Stop
Mrs. Mary Verbeck, 60, whose pulse and breathing stopped for at least six minutes on an operating table in a Binghamton hospital, was revived with an iron lung. Dr. Herman Snow confirmed the incident and Mrs. Verbeck later resumed normal heart and lung function within half an hour.
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Wanda, Pa
Binghamton, N. Y
Mary Verbeck
Kenneth
Herman Snow
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