Truman Defines Communism as False Philosophy in Inaugural Address
President Truman pledges a global crusade for peace and freedom in a fighting inaugural speech. He denounces Communism as a false philosophy that claims war is inevitable and calls for a bold new program of foreign economic development and a Western Europe security pact. He outlines four major courses of action, including UN support, European recovery, and aiding free nations with military assistance.
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Inaugural Truman Becomes President For Four More Years
Washington marked Truman’s inauguration with a grand ceremony and solemn pledge. An immense crowd filled the capital as Barkley took the vice presidential oath and Truman swore to faithfully execute the office and defend the Constitution. Televised coverage extended to distant viewers for the first time.
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Next Move Up To Red China
The government offered to halt hostilities and begin peace talks in China’s civil war but left the next move to the Communists. A separate North China peace deal reportedly agreed but not yet in effect.
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China
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Burley Tobacco Prices Hit New Low for Second Day
Burley tobacco prices slid to a seasonal low for the second straight day in Kentucky. Prices dropped 22 cents per hundred pounds following Tuesdays $1.57 decline. The state Agriculture Department reported total sales at 10,964,638 pounds and grower payments of $4,806,108.75, averaging $43.83 per hundred pounds.
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Kentucky
State Department of Agriculture
Israel Peace Talks Enter Decisive Stage In Rhodes Report
An authoritative Rhodes source says UN mediator Dr. Ralph Bunche has submitted to Israel and Egypt the first draft of a Negev compromise. Egypt and Lebanon are also involved in armistice negotiations, signaling a pivotal moment in Middle East talks.
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Ralph Bunche
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City Manager Waener Reinstatement Refused
Portsmouth city council refused to reinstate suspended City Manager Donald C. Waener at the last night's meeting, keeping the dismissal in effect and outlining next steps.
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Donald C. Waener
North Dakota Braces as Merury Dips to 33 Below Zero
Frigid air from Montana to Illinois kept readings well below zero with Pemina North Dakota at 33 below and Rockford Illinois at 21 below. Some snow fell in the Dakotas and blizzard conditions were forecast while Chicago remained near zero.
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Enlistments May Halt Drafting By Year End
Defense Secretary Forrestal said enlistments could end the draft if they stay high enough to keep the Army at full strength. Figures show the forces on December 31 reached the Truman goal for the year ending June 30 1950, the date the draft law expires.
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Ohio to Pay Repair for Plane-Wrecked Home
Louisville dispatch reports Ohio will reimburse Hack Roberts for an $11,000 home damaged when an Ohio National Guard plane crashed near Stani ford Field. Captains Brandt and Shamansky said state pays losses. Second Lt. Carl W. Lortz of Columbus, 25, was killed in the crash.
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Ohio
Hack Roberts
Ohio National Guard
Robert S. Brandt
Samuel C. Shamansky
Carl W. Lortz
Columbus
Roberts
Staniford Field
Tax collections drop $500000 for week
State Treasurer Don H. Ebright reported that the first week of January showed sales tax collections a half million dollars below the 1948 week. The week ended Jan 8 brought in $1,717,658 versus $2,218,237 a year earlier.
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Don H. Ebright
Zanesville Proposes Ignition Key Ordinance
Zanesville city council weighs an ordinance to ban leaving a car key in the ignition. Police Chief C H Courtney backs the plan to cut thefts, noting Cleveland already has such a law for two years.
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C. H. Courtney
Cleveland
Ashland Oil Cuts Fuel Oil and Kerosene Prices
Ashland Oil and Refining Co announces a quarter cent per gallon reduction in No 1 and No 2 fuel oil and kerosene in Ohio effective today. The move lowers consumer costs at the pump across the region.
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Ashland Oil and Refining Co
Ohio
Ohio Visitors Pack Capitol for Truman Inaugural Week Parade
Ohio Governor Lausche and lawmakers join a gala breakfast at the Capitol with 300 visitors watching the inaugural parade. A Steubenville Navy Belles drum corps float and five Ohio girls highlight the Ohio unit in the fourth division. Ohio figures such as Horstman Nye and lawmakers from both parties attend, with many travelers arriving from Cincinnati and other Southern Ohio points.
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Zanesville
Georgia Miller
Columbus
Marjorie Miller
Akron
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Cincinnati
Chillicothe
Margaret Mahoney
Eee Wang
Howard Metzenbaum
Nicholas Bernard
William Hoye
Tom V. Moorehead
Two Escapees Are Sentenced in County Jail Break
Four men fled the county jail Sunday with two still at large. Edward Maras, 19, Warren, received 1 to 15 years in Ohio Reformatory. Walter Myers, 42, Cleveland, was sentenced to 11 to 40 years in the Ohio Penitentiary. Alex Kish, 35, Cleveland, earlier got 10 to 25 years. Novak remains at large. Myers and Kish tied to the Sky Club burglary and a $500 hold up.
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Cleveland
Ohio
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Stolen Bank Currency Recovered in Frame Park
In Frame Park Waukesha Wisconsin the $88 500 stolen from a bank mail shipment last Thursday was found in a bag stuffed under a culvert. Postal Inspector E J Holmes said a tip led police to the money still in the original shipping bag.
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Tax Hearing Draws CIO Opposition in Dayton
A public hearing drew about 200 people as the CIO and Montgomery County CIO union members opposed a proposed one-half of one percent Dayton income tax. Mayor Lohrey backed the measure saying it funds safety and welfare, with 22 speakers and 13 CIO affiliates among the 19 opposing voices.
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Ohio
Louis Lohrey
Commission Room
Two Warren boys admit attempting to set house afire
Two youths aged 12 and 13 in Warren admitted trying to ignite a house under construction to watch fire trucks. Fire Chief Edwin Oldacres said the owner detained them as they tossed kerosene on the building. A juvenile court hearing will be scheduled.
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Edwin Oldacres
Oldacres
Murphy Named Chief of State Liquor Permit Division
Charles E. Murphy of Cincinnati was appointed chief of the State Liquor Department's Permit Examiner Division, announced in Columbus yesterday.
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Charles E. Murphy
Cincinnati
State Liquor Department
Preliminary Hearing Set To Regain Office Space
Common Pleas Judge Arthur H. Day schedules a preliminary hearing in Cleveland on a suit by Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy to regain office space now occupied by three former Herbert administration employees. The state seeks immediate vacancy and for a lease to be held in trust for the state.
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Parliament Appointment By Rump Government
The Communist rump government in East Berlin announced the creation of a separate city parliament to be appointed rather than elected. It would rival the Western Berlin city assembly elected on December 5, after the Communists boycotted the vote when the Russians barred participation.
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Nine Youth Arrested in Broad Crime Charge
Akron police charged nine youths with at least 25 offenses in Akron Wooster and Canton. Detectives have detained 16 youths aged 16 to 23, four of whom remain in juvenile detention and three more are being questioned. Officials say the gang carried out purse snatchings street robberies and auto thefts.
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Wooster
Canton
Boy, 9, Third of Trio Found Frozen to Death
In Davis West Virginia the frozen body of nine year old Eston Carr was found on a mountainside ending a week long missing persons search. His seven year old brother Robert was found dead earlier. The third boy sixteen year old John Helmick was rescued but critically ill with pneumonia.
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Eston Carr
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John Helmick
New Unit Formed To Handle Juvenile Delinquents
Columbus officials announce the creation of a new division within the welfare department led by J H Lamneck. The division will absorb the State Bureau of Juvenile Research, Boys Industry School at Lancaster, and Girls Industrial School at Delaware, with plans to use the Research Bureau as a receiving and classification center for juvenile court commitments once facilities are in place. The Ohio Bureau of Juvenile Research has long been recognized since 1913 for child study in delinquency.
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Tuscarawas County
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Funeral Set for Pfe Hill in McArthur
Funeral services for Pfe George Franklin Hill son of Mr and Mrs Earl M Hill McArthur will be held at 1 p m Sunday at Columbia Chapel near Wales Mills. Hill enlisted October 10 1941 and was killed February 19 1944 at Eniwetok. He is survived by four sisters and four brothers and will be buried in Elk Cemetery McArthur.
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Pre-Dawn Fire Ravages Truman’s Hometown in Independence
A pre-dawn blaze in near zero weather tore through a half block of business buildings in Independence Missouri, near eight blocks from the White House, damaging up to $1,000,000. No injuries were reported but 30 residents were evacuated from a nearby building, marking one of the city’s worst fires in over a century.
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Perry County Burial Set for Coal Operator
Funeral rites will be held in New Lexington at Birkhimer Funeral Home for A. Al Simons 96 a retired Columbus coal operator who died yesterday at his Columbus home New Straits ville Lodge F and A.M will conduct the services at 1 30 p m with burial in New Lexington
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Milk price drop announced by major dairies in Portsmouth
Major dairies in Portsmouth announce a cent-a-quart reduction in delivered milk prices, setting the new price at 260% cents per quart.
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Man Slashed by Buzz Saw on Farm Near Cedarville
J B Crumrine 4% suffered a serious injury when he fell into a tractor powered buzz saw on his Cedarville area farm. Workers shut off the saw and he was taken to a Jamestown hospital in Greene County where about 260 stitches were required for wounds from shoulder to hip. his condition was reported as fair.
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Greene County
Confession Faked by Youth in Woman's Murder Case
Columbus police say 18 year old John R. Britton faked a murder confession to boost status with an East Side Gang. He is cleared as a suspect in Mrs. Marcella Smilack's murder last March and remains jailed on assault to rob and attempted auto theft charges.
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Columbus
Armed Girl 14 Admits Downtown Shop Robbery
A 14 year old junior high student confessed to an armed robbery of the H. and T. Nut Shop in downtown Tiffin. Police found an unloaded foreign make automatic pistol in her purse. She is held for a Seneca County juvenile hearing after her capture 15 minutes after the robbery.
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Harold J. Fraley
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Fraley
Seneca County
Anti Aircraft Artillery Set for Camp Perry
Camp Perry near Port Clinton Ohio will be a training center for national guard anti aircraft artillery next summer. Adjt Gen Leo M Kreber announced selection of the camp and said about 1000 Ohio national guard troops and 4500 from Pennsylvania will occupy the camp during the two week field training periods.
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Port Clinton
Ohio
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Leo M. Kreber
Pennsylvania
Lum and Abner Provide Laughs at Truman Inaugural Gala
President Truman attended a three and a half hour inaugural gala in Washington with Mrs. Truman and Margaret. Lum and Abner Headline a comedy act while Tony de Marco and Ferruccio Tagliavari perform. The event featured the National Symphony Orchestra and vaudeville numbers as Truman praised the show and joked about Congress tails.
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X Rays Locate Pin in Lung of Nine Month Old
A nine month old Middl eport child Brenda Sue Owen is being transported to Philadelphia for pin removal after X rays at Meiga General Hospital revealed a safety pin in her lung. Accompanying Brenda Sue were her father Clarence Owen Jr and grandmother Mrs Mulholland. a Temple University Hospital specialist was to attempt removal.
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Philadelphia
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Meiga General Hospital
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Temple University Hospital
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Mulholland
Investigation opens into tanker collision with Eastwind
In New York an official probe starts today into a fiery crash between an oil tanker and the Coast Guard cutter Eastwind. Eleven guardsmen are feared dead and twenty injured in the incident.
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Coast Guardsmen
Fox Hunt Planned in Vinton County to Curb Rabies
Sheriff William Brown announces a fox hunt for northern Vinton County next Thursday led by Brown and Dog Warden Otto Dearth. Local residents may join at McArthur courthouse at 1 p.m. Hunters use shotguns or clubs with dogs. rifles prohibited. Bounty funds benefit charity.
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William Brown
Vinton
Lest We Forget Dinner Honors Spencer Steenrod in Nelsonville
The Band Boosters Club held a Wednesday dinner in Nelsonville honoring the late Spencer S. Steenrod former club president and stalwart booster. A dedication praised Steenrod’s aim to keep citizens in step and Nelsonville life harmonious. C H Slaughter recalls river fishing feats near Athens including a 50 pound catfish and other large catches.
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Spencer S. Steenrod
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