House GOP Steering Committee Shapes Tax Policy in 1948 Debates
The House GOP Steering Committee met to decide policy on tax cuts amid factional talks. Knutson demands a 5.6 billion plan, with likely trimming to 4 billion, focusing on low bracket rate cuts. Baruch advised delaying cuts two years while supporting partial excess profits tax restoration. Hariman backed Truman plan. Farm Bureau Federation opposes large income tax reductions.
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House
GOP
Washington
Martin
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means
Baruch
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Truman
Ways and Means Committee
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ford Faces New Action in Ferguson Tractor Case
Ford Motor Co. was named defendant in an $11.3 million federal suit filed by Elmer E. Schatz of Columbus. He alleges illegal conspiracy to deprive him his wife and two corporations of Ferguson farm tractor distributorships in Ohio. Earlier Ferguson sued Ford in New York for $251 million over the severance of the manufacturing pact.
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Columbus
Ford Motor Co
Harry Ferguson
Elmer E. Schatz
Ohio
New York
Ford Company
Ford
Fight Reported Killed In 6 Hour Iraq Riot
Eight people were killed in six hours of rioting sparked by opponents of the British Iraqi alliance in Baghdad. Police with armored cars and machine guns restored order by noon, with the army alerted. Hundreds were arrested and about 40 policemen and 100 civilians were wounded.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Fire Chief's Store Burned in Cleveland Suburban Fire
A blaze damaged a grocery owned by Fire Chief Robert J. Fender and his brother Richard in Olmsted Falls. The fire caused extensive damage to the store late at night, with investigators seeking the cause and assessing losses.
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Cleveland
Robert J. Fenderbosch
Richard
Olmsted Falls
ERP Means Fewer Jobs Says Bradley
Rep. Bradley warned that transferring 500 American ships to foreign countries under the European Recovery Program would cause immediate loss of 30,330 merchant seamen jobs. He described ERP as a dangerous model and noted unemployment rose as 372 chartered vessels were laid up.
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Washington
Bradley
Calif
House
State Department
United States
Europe
Californian
Young To Be Arraigned for Murder of Divorcee
Edwin Demoine Young, held in Marion County Jail, faces first degree murder charges for the July 11 1947 strangling of divorcee Mrs Zora Hess Gerbes in a county churchyard eight miles from Marion. Prosecutors say he confessed to killing in a fit of rage. The body was found bound with clothesline.
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Marion, O
Edwin Demoine Young
Marion
Zora Hess Gerbes
Young
Electro Metallurgical seeks lake Erie water intake sites
The Electro Metallurgical Co of New York City filed for permission to build two submerged water intake cribs in Lake Erie at Ashtabula Township Ohio about two miles northeast of the Ashtabula River mouth.
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Buffalo— (P
Electro Metallurgical Co
New York City
Lake Erie
Ashtabula Township
Ohio
Ashtabula River
Tucker Firm in Fight For Ohio Blast Furnace
President Preston R. Tucker of the Tucker Corp. aims to win a $28 million surplus blast furnace and coke plant at Cleveland. He says his bids are higher than Republic Steel's and expects a decision within 10 days by the War Assets Administration.
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Washington
Preston R. Tucker
Tucker Corp
Chicago
Cleveland
Tucker
Republic Steel Corp
Republic
War Assets Administration
Police Aid Veteran in Search for Stolen Home
Detroit police joined James C. Peterson to locate a partly built seven room ranch home stolen from its foundations. The 38 year old veteran had spent about 3000 dollars, completing the framework three walls and half the rough flooring before a three week vacation. Upon return the site was bare with no splinters and a pile of lumber missing.
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Detroit
James C. Peterson
Reich Bizonal Rejection Seen From Soviets
Berlin report says the four Allied control council met as Soviet Marshal Sokolovsky prepared to address Moscow’s stance on the Bizonal arrangements. Officials expect a flat rejection and demand for dissolution of the American British zone setup. Also anticipated is a claim that the Western allies have violated the Potsdam Agreement, pressuring Western access to Berlin.
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Berlin
Germany
Allied Control Council
Reich
Wassily Sokolovsky
Moscow
Sokolovsky
U.S.S.R
Greek Gold Released To Bolster Drachma
The United States released 2 million dollars in American-held Greek gold to strengthen the Greek drachma. Dwight P. Griswold, head of the American Mission to Aid Greece, announced the move. Reports warned of an impending large scale guerrilla attack along the northern borders.
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Athens
United States
Dwight P. Griswold
Greece
Senator Green Says Taft Forgot Housing Bill
Rhode Island Democratic leader Senator Theodore F. Green charges Senator Robert A. Taft forgot the Taft-Wagner-Ellender Housing Bill. Green says the measure Taft helped draft has sat in the Senate Banking and Currency Committee since last April.
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Providence
R.I
Rhode Island
Robert A. Taft
Robio
Theodore F. Green
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
Lausche Former Aide Seeks Democratic Nomination Again
George D. Nye of Waverly, former lieutenant governor under Gov. Frank Lausche, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the same post. The move keeps Nye active in Columbus politics as he seeks to reclaim the office.
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Lausche
Columbus
George D. Nye
Waverly
Frank J. Lausche
Marshall Aid Breakdown Introduced
The State Department outlined an illustrative distribution of Marshall Plan funds for the first 15 months, with Britain slated for 1.76 billion of 6.86 billion. Other proud allocations include France 1.434B, Western Germany 914M, Italy 869M, the Netherlands 705M, Belgium Luxembourg 323M, and smaller shares for Greece Austria Denmark Ireland Norway Sweden Iceland Saar. Portugal Switzerland and Turkey receive none.
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Department
Congress
France
Western
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Greece
Austria
Denmark
Ireland
Norway
Sweden
Iceland
Saar
Portugal
Switzerland
Turkey
State Department
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Lewis W. Douglas
United States
Douglas
Shale Study Appeal Urged By Ohio Lt. Governor
Lt. Gov. Paul M. Herbert urged Ohio lawmakers to seek federal funds to study converting Ohio shale into oil. In a letter to Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins and other officials he noted a proposed 30 million dollar shale study with no Ohio earmark. Ohio geologists and the U S Bureau of Mines find much of Ohio shale may yield oil.
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Columbus
Paul M. Herbert
Ohio
Herbert
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Man Survives Night on Ice
Jake Wagel 70 of Belleville West Virginia spent Sunday night and part of Monday in an ice bound boat on the Ohio River while crossing from Reedsville to Belleville. He drifted south toward Long Bottom as rescuers failed until a Pt. Pleasant Coast Guard boat broke the ice and aided by a barge Wagel was brought to shore with help from Norman Weber Lee Wallace and his son Albert Wagel.
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Pomeroy
Jake Wagel
Belleville
W.va
Ohio River
Reedsville
Wagel
Albert
Wallace vote seen as help to GOP
Republican leaders expressed confidence that Henry Wallace entering the race could split the Democratic vote and aid a GOP victory. The meeting approved a campaign budget and delegates for the June nominating convention in Philadelphia. Bricker urged fully debated foreign policy while Taft supporters seek the nomination.
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Wallace
Washington
Republican National
Henry A. Wallace
Philadelphia
Carroll Reece
Truman
Foreign Legion
Reece
Democratic Party
Communist Party
Senator Bricker
Ohio
Katherine St. George
New York
GOP
Bricker
Ohio Senate
Robert A. Taft
National Committee
United States
Phone Groups Weigh Aligning With National Union
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers from 78 towns debated affiliating its independent union with the Communications Workers of America at a convention. M. A. Bierne, CWA president, to speak. delegates urged repeal of the sales tax, equal pay for women, a higher federal minimum wage, and defeating Taft-Hartley supporters. R. G. Pollock noted low wages for women in Ohio telephone firms.
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Akron
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Communications Workers of America
M. A. Bierne
Communications
Ohio
R. G. Pollock
Cleveland
Federation
Texas Delegates Rally Behind Taft Ahead of Convention
R. B. Creager of Brownsville national Republican committeeman said he telephoned Harold Stassen in Amarillo but credited Stassen as popular in Texas while asserting the majority of Texas delegates will back Senator Taft. Creager framed Texas support as leaning Taft.
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Washington
R. B. Creager
Brownsville
National Republican
Texas
Harold Stassen
Amarillo
Ohioans Drink More Spirits at Home in 1947
Columbus report shows home hard liquor sales hit a record 96.6 million dollars, up 21 percent from 1946. Director Dale Duniton announced the figures, noting increased drinking by households and a decline at bars.
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Columbus
Police Discount Report On Missing Prodigy
A Buffalo taxi driver said he was sure he saw Jacqueline Horner, the 14 year old pianist actress, in Buffalo yesterday but police did not substantiate the claim after inquiry. Assistant Detective Chief Fred H Rambuss said the investigation did not confirm that the girl driven to a railroad station was the prodigy.
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Buffalo
Jacqueline Horner
Fred H. Rambuss
Leo Wilson
Steamer Capsizes in Chile, 60 Feared Dead
Reports from Lima indicate the steamer Cautin capsized in the Imperial River near Southern Chile with about 60 passengers lost. Rescue and recovery operations are ongoing as authorities assess the disaster.
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Santiago
Chile
Lo Meos
Imperial River
Councilman Returns to Truck Driver Job in Cincinnati Area
Dave Bingle, first resigning city truck driver in Cleves to run for council and winning, has quit the council to return to his old job. He could not hold two city positions and says city work at 85 cents an hour pays more than council pay of 96 dollars yearly.
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Cincinnati
Dave Bingle
Cleves
Bingle
Mercury Rises Offering Relief From Cold
Break in severe cold across many states eased as temperatures rose from record lows. Snow and strong winds hit Northern regions while Miami reached 72 degrees. Fuel shortages appeared in many communities amid the cold spell’s aftermath.
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Chicago
Midwestern
Midwest
Middle Atlantic
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Shreveport
Texas
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Orson
Rocky Mountains
West Coast
Florida
Miami
Warmer Weather Advances Across Ohio
Warmer weather moved over Ohio today easing sub zero chill and easing gas curtailments. East Ohio Gas resumed normal deliveries to about 600 industrial users in the northeast while Toledo plants recalled workers despite a 90 percent curtailment remainin g for industry. Temperatures were mainly in single digits with Columbus at 9 and Cleveland Toledo Cincinnati Dayton at 15 and 14 respectively.
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Columbus
Ohio
East Ohio Gas Company
Toledo
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Dayton
Fire Destroys Urbana Courthouse in Early Morning Fire
A 75 year old two story stone Champaign County courthouse burned after a 3 am start. Firefighters from Bellefontaine Piqua and Troy aided the effort as townspeople watched. Cause undetermined and records status unsure until debris cools and salvage work begins.
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Urbana, O
Champaign County
Urbana
Bellefontaine
Piqua
Troy
Dems Vote In Louisiana
New Orleans reports Louisiana Democrats cast ballots in a crowded governor race with former governors Sam Jones and Karl K Long, U S Rep James H Morri son, and Judge Robert F Kennon in the contest. Debate intensified after Rep Domengeaux accused Long of dodging 100000 in income taxes with Jones backing him. Long and Jones traded calls to disclose income details and tax records.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Sam Jones
Karl K. Long
U.S
James H. Morrison
Robert F. Kennon
Congress
James Domengeaux
D-La
Long
Domengeaux
Jones
Huey Long
Commission of Internal Revenue
Earl
Explosion Preventative In Mines Developed
Pittsburgh report on an electrical watch dog by Westinghouse Electric Corp. that snuffs out short circuit sparks in coal mine power systems. The system uses explosion proof jackets with circuit breakers and relays and has U S Bureau of Mines approval.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
U. S. Bureau of Mines
C&O Expands Toledo Yards To Speed Coal Shipments
President Robert J. Bowman of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway announced that directors have authorized a 1,500,000 expansion of yards at Toledo Ohio to speed coal shipments and improve handling.
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C&o
Toledo
Cleveland
Robert J. Bowman
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co
Dulles Sees ERP as Steps Toward European Peace
John Foster Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the European Recovery Plan is a step toward peace. He warned Soviet leaders seek partial victory to secure war, and urged U.S. aid to Western Europe as enlightened self interest to lift convalescent states from postwar ruin.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
U.S
United Nations
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
Free States of Europe
Marshall
Permission To Construct Television Station Asked
Picture Waves Inc applied for a permit to build a television station in Columbus, announced by president Elmer S Schatz. The FCC has already granted Cros ley Corporation of Cincinnati permission to erect a station in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Picture Waves, Inc
Elmer S. Schatz
Federal Communications Commission
Crosley Corporation
Cincinnati
Man Sentenced in Lorain Card Game Shooting
Thomas White Jr., 27, of Lorain was given one to 20 years in Ohio Penitentiary after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the shooting of Willie Butler, 45, during a card game dispute. White, formerly of Akron, had been indicted for first degree murder.
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Elyria
Thomas White, Jr
Lorain
Ohio
Willie Butler
White
Akron
Repairs Made Helena Reopens Race To Kokoda Tug Duel
The diesel towboat Helena, after emergency repairs, returned to the Mississippi River and began closing the 100 mile lead of her steam powered rival Kokoda in their historic upstream race.
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Greenville
Miss
Helena
Mississippi River
Kokoda
State of emergency in Canton over scarlet fever outbreak
Mayor W. Ray Brown proclaimed a state of emergency as 16 scarlet fever cases forced school, church, and public meeting closures in Canton and nearby Minerva.
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Canton
Minerva
W. Ray Brown
Million visit sites Columbus Ohio last year
A total of 1,349,202 people visited historical sites statewide and the Ohio State Museum in the past year, reflecting strong interest in regional history and culture.
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Columbus
Ohio State Museum
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