Topflight Investigators Track Boston Brink's Robbery Clues
FBI directed by J Edgar Hoover coordinates nationwide hunt for nine bandits who seized one million dollars and half a million in checks at Brink’s armored garage. Two more money bags found in Milton and Providence broaden the clues with a Federal Reserve Boston marking and a visored chauffeur cap under analysis.
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Boston
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Milton
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Hoover
Brink’s
Armored Transportation Company
New Jersey
Miami
Fla
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Massachusetts
Providence
R. I
Washington
Miners in Two States Lead Fight To Resume Coal Output
Thousands of coal miners in West Virginia and Pennsylvania refuse to return to work on a three day week as part of a nationwide clash with John L. Lewis over wage hikes and welfare fund royalties. District No. 5 Pittsburgh President John P. Busarello hopes 27,500 men return Monday amid dwindling coal supplies and rationing in several cities.
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Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
United Mine
John L. Lewis
Virginia
Lewis
UMW
John P. Busarello
Chicago
Cleveland
Ohio City
Truman
Court Papers Served On Lewis In Ohio Damages Near Nine Million
United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis was served last night aboard the Pennsylvania Railroad train Commander as it passed Van Wert county on his way from Springfield Illinois to Washington. He is ordered to appear in two Ohio common pleas courts within 30 days in damage suits filed by coal companies seeking nearly 9 million dollars. Under the Ohio Valentine act they may recover double damages from combinations restraining production or affecting coal prices. Service was effected by Sheriff Roy F. Shaffer after waiting while Lewis’ companions left the compartment. The suits target Guernsey and Franklin counties courts in Cambridge and Columbus respectively.
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van Wert — (P
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Ohio
Lewis
Pennsylvania Railroad
van Wert County
Washington
Springfield
Ill
Roy F. Shaffer
van Wert
Fort Wayne
Ind
Shaffer
United Mine Workers
Common Pleas
Guernsey
Cambridge
Franklin
Columbus
Lausche Sees State Regulation of Timber Cutting
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche says the state will regulate timber cutting if needed to conserve forests. He warns lumber operators not using sound practices will face regulations for selective harvesting. He notes the strip mine act as precedent and urges protection of natural resources by law.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
D. B. Frampton
Huntington
W. Va
Jackson
Vinton
Cincinnati Cab Drivers Out on Strike
Cincinnati taxi workers from Yellow and Ferguson divisions of Taxicabs of Cincinnati Inc. began a midnight strike seeking a wage guarantee and economic improvement. About 200 of the 316 licensed cabs were off the streets in downtown Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Yellow and Ferguson
Taxicabs of Cincinnati, Inc
Kennedy Charges Operator Plot
Thomas Kennedy of the United Mine Workers says a reported operator plan to withhold welfare fund payments aims to provoke a coal strike. He alleges owners seek to force a walkout to pressure government action under Taft Hartley and tighten unions. Kennedy spoke from New York.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers
UMW
Truman
Kennedy
New York
Marietta College goat puzzle ends up making a grandpa
In Marietta Bergkhof farm Professor Fritz Marti narrates a bizarre goat family tree. Gsteigeri births triplets and twins from Gstanderi who mothers Andon. Andon sires both sets, becoming father grandfather and even husband to his own forebears. The nine goats born upends ordinary kinship logic.
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Marietta
Anne
Saanen
Bergkhof
Marietta College
Gsteigeri
Prof. Marti
Gstanderi
Andon
Prof
Marti
Steigeri
Gstaaderi
Hap Arnold Burial at Arlington in Snow
Gen Henry H. Hap Arnold was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on a high knoll as rain and snow marred plans for a flyover by 100 planes. President Truman led dignitaries in an open amphitheater service despite the weather and snowfall.
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Washington
Henry H
RFC To File Suit Seizing Lustron Assets
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation says it will file suit to seize Lustron Corporation assets in Columbus Ohio with no prior warning. It may pursue bankruptcy or receivership to salvage part of its 37 million dollar debt and could foreclose on a mortgage it holds on Lustron assets.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Lustron Corporation
Columbus
Ohio
RFC
Lustron
State Officials Agree No Special Session Needed
Secretary of State and six Democratic legislative leaders say no special session is required to implement the office-type ballot. The ballot stems from a constitutional amendment voted by Ohio electors last November. Governor Lausche will decide whether to call a session after consulting advisers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Korean Aid Measure Rejected by House
The House defeated a Korean economic aid bill 193 to 191 amid a Republican label of no confidence in Asiatic policy. The administration called it its severest foreign policy blow since pre-war days as 131 Republicans joined 61 Democrats and one American Labor Party member.
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Washington
House Republicans
American Labor Party
Superior Loan Offers Reward for Robber
Cleveland police offered a 10 percent reward for information leading to the arrest of John Hux who robbed the Superior Savings and Loan Association. Officers say about $25,000 of the $33,000 holdup remains missing.
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Cleveland
John Hux
Superior Savings & Loan Association
Hux
Extended Forecast for Columbus
Temperatures will run 3 to 7 degrees below normal with a normal high of 35 and a low of 18. Warmer tonight and Saturday, then colder Sunday and Monday followed by minor changes. Precipitation averages from 1 to 10 to 1 to 5 inches as snow flurries Sunday and rain or snow about Wednesday.
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Columbus
Ohio River plunge tests cold limits for Bellaire swimmer
Wesley Stolz of Bellaire Ohio swam the Ohio River in 28 degree conditions yesterday with the water near Benwood. He gave as reason, to prove he could do it. The 28 year old said he simply wanted to test his endurance.
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Wheeling
W.va
Wesley Stolz
Bellaire
Ohio
Ohio River
Benwood
Colony Club Betting Trials Delayed Pending Supreme Court Ruling
In Ironton Ohio eight men arrested at the Colony Club face postponed gambling trials after Judge James Collier delayed proceedings while awaiting the Ohio Supreme Court decision on judicial bias. The raid, based on a search warrant by Collier, seized about 45 slot machines near Chesapeake. Collier and Anthony A. Rutkowski, head of liquor enforcement, were later sued for 100000 in a separate case challenging the warrant. In Cleveland a raid on an east side bookie joint led by Inspector Michael J. Blackwell jailed 60 men as patrons scattered and attempted to flee through a basement and ceiling trap.
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Ironton, CO
Colony Club
Ohio Supreme Court
Common Pleas
James Collier
Collier
Chesapeake
Chesapeake. O
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Cleveland
Michael J. Blackwell
Blackwell
Sentencing Delayed for Dempsey Wickline in Murder Case
Ironton Ohio judge James Collier postponed sentencing for Dempsey Wickline 30 convicted Thursday night of first degree murder. A jury of eight men four women recommended mercy after evidence showed Wickline killed his father in law Everett Johnson 52 during an argument over taking a hunting dog on a planned trip.
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Ironton
James Collier
Dempsey Wickline
Lawrence County
Wickline
Everett Johnson
Johnson
Truck Driver Bound Over After Coal Miners Road Block Crash
Lawrence S Franks 20 of Piedmont bound over to grand jury on charge of driving coal truck on left side at a road block set by striking coal miners. Silvio Calpiaz 56 was killed in the crash near Flushing Tuesday. Three picket car drivers face illegal parking charges. one is the dead man’s son in law.
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ST. Clairsville
Lawrence S. Franks
Piedmont
Grand Jury
Silvio Calpiaz
Flushing Tudsay
U.S. and Bulgaria Move Toward Severed Ties Over Heath Recall
Washington reports say relations between the United States and Bulgaria near a break as Sofia demands recall of U S Minister Donald R Heath. The Bulgarian note, delivered by Dr Peter Voutov, signals unwelcomed status and possible severing of diplomatic ties amid long standing disputes tied to Greece, human rights guarantees, and charges in The Hague. Heath, a Topeka Kansas native, figures in Sofia’s treason trial of Trashoe Kostov and Bulgaria’s effort to align with Yugoslavia.
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Washington
United States
Bulgaria
U. S
Donald R. Heath
State Department
Peter Voutov
Heath
Balkan
Sofia
United Nations
Greece
Britain
Romania
Hungary
International Court of Justice At
the Hague
Topeka
Kansas
Trashoe Kostov
Kostov
Yugoslavia
Flood Crisis Expands Across Regions As Losses Mount
Floods threaten new areas in the South and Pacific Northwest while easing at some Midwest danger points. Over 20,000 homeless in the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys. Mississippi rises into the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway edge near Charleston Missouri. Sub-zero readings persist in parts of the Northeast and Maine.
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Chicago
South
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
Mississippi
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Tennessee
Big River
Charleston
Birds Point
New Madrid
Caribou
International Falls
Minn
Pacific
Ohio River Valley
Cairo
Liquor Board Proposes Major Regulation Overhaul
The Ohio Liquor Board proposed drastic regulatory changes to the state liquor monopoly. After minor revisions the board will publish the new rules at least 30 days before public hearings. Regulations adopted after hearings become effective ten days after filing unless objectors sue.
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Columbus
Ohio Liquor Board
Secretary of State
Love Seeks Divorce in Savannah Suit
Ah Love of Savannah files for divorce from Natural Love claiming desertion. The suit outlines separation and seeks dissolution of marriage.
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Savannah
Mattie I. Love
70 Million Luxury Ship Is Planned
The keel of a 980 foot American luxury liner will be laid at Newport News on Feb. 8. The United States, a 60 000 ton, 2000 passeng er liner for U S Lines, could serve as a troopship in war and circle the globe without refueling. The government backs 42 million dollars of the 70 million price, with 25 million for national defense features.
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Washington
Federal Maritime Commission
Newport News
United States
U.S. Lines, Inc
U.S
State Income Tax Studied
The Ohio Tax and Revenue Study Commission reviews a plan to replace the sales tax with a state income tax. Senator C Stanley Mechem proposed the idea after retailers testified. Mechem supports the three percent sales tax and opposes Governor Lausche’s proposal eliminating vendor discounts and stamp exemptions.
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Columbus
Ohio Tax and Revenue Study Commission
C. Stanley Mechem
Rathens
Mechem
Frank J. Lausche
Murder trial date set for OSU freshman
Common Pleas Judge Dana F. Reynolds set February 27 as the first degree murder trial date for James D. Heer, an Ohio State University freshman charged in the fatal shooting of fraternity brother Jack T. McKeown.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Dana F. Reynolds
James D. Heer
Ohio State University
Jack T. McKeown
How Much Water Is in Lake Logan
A photograph from the dam shows Lake Logan impounding water in a basin two miles southwest of the area. The lake is roughly nine feet from the spillway, with freezing temperatures slowing inflow and causing the level to drop several inches.
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Lake Logan
Logan
Gas Pipeline Blast Sets 60 Acres Ablaze at Caldwell Area
An explosion on the Big Inch gas pipeline near Caldwell, Ohio, sent flames 500 feet high and burned 60 acres of farm land. No injuries were reported as by-pass work halted the leak and repairs began. Firefighters protected nearby homes while the line carried 488 million cubic feet daily under 750 psi.
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Caldwell
Ohio
Sarahsville
Clarence Estadt
Caldswell Journal
Pittsburgh
Cecil Wilson
Noble County Leader
Carl Elliott
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Texas
Linden
N. H
Summerfield
Gaysport
Ray Miles
Glasgow
TWA
Newark
N. J
Kansas City
Coleme
Cambridge
U S Plans Scrapping Boycott on Spain
Washington reports the United States plans to end the diplomatic boycott of Franco Spain. The shift hinges on military strategy and Spain's strategic Western Europe position, with Secretary Acheson signaling a renewed push to reestablish an ambassador in Madrid.
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Washington
Spain
Europe
Acheson Dise
United States
Madrid
Hiss Perjury Trial Advances Toward Verdict
New York reports the government offers its final case in the Alger Hiss perjury trial. Prosecutors allege Hiss lied to a federal grand jury about providing data to Chambers and seeing him after January 1, 1947. A hung jury marked the first trial.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Chambers
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Athens
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