Mass Strike Shuts Bavaria as Munich Commuters Rally
In Munich and across 26 Bavarian cities a massive labor walkout paralyzes Southern Germany. About a million workers join the hunger strike led by the Bavarian Trade Union with Communist backing, disrupting trains and streetcar service. Authorities promise 5,000 tons of imported fats while bread rations tighten in four Western states.
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Munich
Germany
Nuernberg
Cologne
Ruhr
Arnsberg
Bizonal Control Board
Wiesbaden
Coburg
Grain Probe Sparks Political Clash at Stassen Pauley Hearing
Senator Tydings denounces Republican led inquiry as political while Stassen accuses market traders of alleged favoritism. Harold Stassen cites figures linking trading to Pauley profits near a million dollars as he pushes for full government trading data. Pauley sits in the audience as tensions rise over the probe into commodities speculation.
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Washington
Tydings
D-Md
Harold E. Stassen
Edwin W. Pauley
Stassen
Pauley
Secretary of the Army Royals
Consent Election Set in Portsmouth
A consent election will be held at the G. W. Vandervort Company in Portsmouth on January 29 to determine a bargaining agent for the workers. The plant, a soil pipe manufacturer, is just beginning production, officials said.
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Cincinnati
G. W. Vandervort Company
Portsmouth
Jack Evans
NLRB
Vandervort Company
Firemen Fatal Blaze Sparks Deaths Near Tracks
Two men died in an early morning fire ignited by Oklahoma City firefighters who burned a weed area to remove a hazard near the Santa Fe railroad tracks. The victims were asleep when the blaze started, and investigators were assessing the incident.
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Oklahoma City
Train Jumped Track Near Elgin Caused by Broken Rail
An eastbound Erie passenger train jumped the track at Elgin seven miles south of here early today. No injuries were reported. The accident was caused by a broken rail.
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van Wert
Erie
Elgin
Here
Power Encroachment Seen By Ohio Township Officials
Columbus speakers urged members of the Ohio Association of Township Trustees to resist power encroachment by higher government levels yesterday.
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Columbus
Ohio Association of Township Trustees
Prisoners Recaught After Escape Attempt Near Light Pole
Two fleeing prisoners Arthur Neff and Charles Kennedy, both of Youngstown, leaped from a police car during a return trip to Mahoning County Jail after a Lisbon court appearance. They split up near a light pole but deputies recaptured them about 200 yards from the jail door.
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Youngstown
Arthur Neff
Charles Kennedy
Mahoning County
Lisbon
Kennedy
Leff
World Union Move Booms In Cleveland
A Cleveland endorsement pushes a world government pledge drive titled Workers for World Security. About 200000 citizens have signed to support a world security union with retained national self government in domestic affairs. Notable backers include Judge Wilkin and former governor Frank Lausche.
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World Union
Cleveland
Workers For World Security
Judge Wilkin
Thomas J. Herbert
Frank J. Lausche
Actress Kay Francis rushed to Columbus hospital
Kay Francis, the film actress, was rushed to White Cross Hospital in Columbus early today. Her physician Dr. M. Russoff said her condition was fair and declined to describe the illness. Francis was appearing in The State of the Union on stage.
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Columbus
Kay Francis
White Cross Hospital
M. Russoff
Miss Francis
Former Athens County Man Dies in Columbus
Seth C. Morrison 76, Athens County native, died Wednesday at St. Anthony Hospital in Columbus. Funeral services were set for 3:30 p.m. Friday at Shoedinger Funeral Home in Columbus. Morrison once worked for F. J. Beasley Milling Co. at Amesville after marrying Anne Slowter of Broadwell. The couple later moved to a farm near Gahanna.
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Shoedinger Funeral Home
Columbus
Seth C. Morrison
Athens County
St. Anthony Hospital
Mr. Morrison
F. J. Beasley Milling Co
Amesville
Anne Slowter
Broadwell
Gahanna
Vandenberg Taft Near Agreement on European Aid Plan
Senators Vandenberg and Taft move toward a plan to run the European Recovery Program outside the State Department with the president as ultimate foreign policy umpire. A separate administrator would sit with a policy committee including State Treasury Commerce and Defense and hold independent decision power. The plan gains backing from the National Association of Manufacturers amid signs of possible Republican split.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Taft
State Department
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Secretary of State
Treasury, Commerce, Agriculture and Defense
Michigan
Truman
National Association of Manufacturers
Moscow
Poland
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Stalin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Josef Stalin
Adolf Hitler
British Empire
Nhernberg
von Ribbentrop
Sound Loan Policy Urged by Bank Leader at Regional Conference
In Columbus, banker William G. F. Price urged a clear loaning policy to cap loan amounts and curb risk. He noted postwar banks have seen commercial loans rise about 25 percent, driving outstandings to record highs as the American Bankers Association kicks off a series of nationwide conferences with bank officials.
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Columbus
Chicago
American National Bank & Trust Company
Ohio
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
William G. F. Price
American Bankers Association
Small Business Credit Commission
Association
Kentucky Mines Seek Injunction to End Picketing
Operators of 40 non union coal mines in Johnson County petitioned yesterday for an injunction to prevent picketing that closed their workings leaving 1000 to 1200 workers idle. Simultaneously 1000 United Mine Workers returned to work ending a one day stoppage described as a field holiday by a spokesman.
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Paintsville
Johnson County
United Mine
State Official Sees Crowded Ohio Hospitals Amid Sex Crime Debate
Ohio Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood says state institutions are overcrowded with mentally ill patients while facilities for mentally deficient and epileptics lag. He questions claims 600 psychopaths roam Ohio, notes 26 percent of mentally ill commits are seniles, and will form a subcommittee to study municipal court relations to state handling of sex offenders after a Cleveland stabbing.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
Sheila Ann Tuley
Cleveland
Bonus Applications Open in March for Ohio War Veterans
Ohio will issue bonus forms at all county courthouses starting March 1 for living World War II veterans. Survivors’ forms come later. Payments will proceed in the order applications are received, though the start date for payments was not specified by Bonus Director Chester W. Goble.
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Columbus
Ohio
Chester W. Goble
Goble
Tobacco Sales Drop to New Low Prices in Louisville
Burley tobacco sales and prices fell to season lows in Louisville as 5,761,080 pounds traded. Farmers earned $677,228.73, averaging $46.47 per hundredweight, according to the state department of agriculture.
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Louisville
State Department of Agriculture
Green Grass of Wyoming comes to Lancaster Ohio premiere
Fairfield County's Lancaster will host the world premiere of The Green Grass of Wyoming on May 26. Cheyenne Wyoming had considered the premiere but Lancaster won with strong arguments by publisher R Kenneth Kerr of the Lancaster Eagle Gazette. Film production drew stars and crew to Lancaster last June and included scenes at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds.
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Lancaster
Fairfield
Wyoming
Chamber of Commerce
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ohio
R. Kenneth Kerr
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Fairfield County Fairgrounds
Kerr
New York
Hollywood
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
Charles Coburn
Lloyd Nolan
Burl Ives
Peggy Cummins
Robert Arthur
Geraldine Wall
Fairgrounds
Churchill urges united Europe to preempt Soviet atomic threat
London AP Churchill calls for Western Europe unity to confront Moscow and halt Soviet atomic weapon development within a year. He urges bipartisan support for Bevin's democratic Western Europe union and warns delaying could bring uncontrollable danger. He criticizes Britain’s naval cuts and backs Greece policy against communist incursions.
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Winston Churchill
Europe
Moscow
Churchill
House of Commons
Labor
Western
United States
Fulton
Bevin
Anthony Eden
Elizabeth
Britain
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Russia
U.S
France
Germany
Ohio Solons Not Agreed On Dillon Dam
Rep. McGregor questions a Army engineers recommendation for 3 million more for the Dillon Dam at Muskingum Valley Ohio and calls for a congressional inquiry. Rep. Griffiths backs completion while project costs are disputed and no work has begun on the dam.
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Ohio
Solons
Dillon
Washington
Army
Rep
McGregor
Congress
War Department
Zanesville
Muskingum Valley
Griffiths
Licking River
Steel Firm Stock Control Investigated
New York report says the probe into a $9.5 million stock coup to seize control of Follawsbee Steel Corp of Pittsburgh has drawn national attention as state Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein leads the inquiry. He notes options to buy 183,000 shares at $50 were pursued when quotes were around $40. Witnesses include lawyers bankers a secretary and a beer baron.
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New York
Follawsbee Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
Nathaniel L. Goldstein
Follawsbee
Egbert R. Ferguson, Jr
Ferguson
Goldstein
Stassen Seeks Ohio Support Amid Delegate Doubts
Harold E. Stassen plans to announce a bid for presidential delegates in Ohio within 48 hours, according to Akron attorney Ray Finley who will assemble a 14th district slate. Finley says Stassen will file in Cleveland Toledo Youngstown Dayton East Liverpool Steubenville and possibly Springfield, aligning with Indiana Taft supporters.
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Akron
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Ray Finley
14Th
Finley
Stassen
Cleveland
Toledo
Youngstown
Dayton
East Liverpool
Steubenville
Springfield
Clarence Brown
GOP
Robert A. Taft
Attendant Discharged For Neglect of Duty
Dr. R E Bushong superintendent Lima State Hospital notified the state civil service commission that Fred S McDorman a guard attendant was discharged effective Jan 22 for neglect of duty He said McDorman had been drinking and absent from his work.
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Columbus
R. E. Bushong
Lima State Hospital
State Civil Service Commission
Fred S. McDorman
McDorman
Maple Tree Ruin Seen Worst in Ohio
In Geauga County Ohio maple syrup producers report severe losses from axes and cows. J A Cope Cornell extension claims Ohio has the nation’s worst maple tree destruction with taps dropping from 2,900,000 in 1916 to 500,000 in 1946.
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Ohio
Geauga County
Cornell University
J. A. Cope
Extension Forester
Department of Agriculture
Nurserymen Elect Truby Columbus President
Walter W. Truby of Ironton was elected president of the Ohio Nurserymen's Association at the 41st annual convention. He succeeds Thomas Kyle of Tipp City.
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Truby
Columbus
Walter W. Truby
Ironton
Ohio Nurserymen’s Association
Thomas Kyle
Tipp City
Press Agent Wallace Munro Dies at 84 in New York
Wallace Munro a veteran theatrical press agent of a century died last night in New York at age 84. He represented major productions and guided publicity for many stars over decades.
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New York
Wallace Munro
Zero Weather Grips Ohio Gas Use Cut in Columbus
A severe cold wave blankets Ohio with subzero lows from Washington Court House to Cincinnati and single digits in Cleveland and Akron. Ohio Fuel Gas declares a public gas emergency in Columbus, ordering 100 percent curtailment for large users and urging voluntary cuts for homes and businesses. Three fires in the Cleveland-Lorain area cause $40,000 in damage. Nationally, the cold front spans from the Rockies to the Atlantic, with near zero readings across the upper Midwest and snowfall in several states.
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Washington Court House
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Akron
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Columbus
Cleveland- Lorain-Cuyahoga Falls
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Coast
Carolinas
North Central
Minnesota
Dakotas
Flat Top
West Va
Bowling Green
St. Louis
Nashville
Tenn
Buyer Cannot Reneg Over Nearby Pig Odor
William P. Bigler of Gates Mills backed out of buying a Chesterland residence from Ar nulf G. Rose for 26500 due to nearby pig farm odor. Judge Julius M. Kovachy ruled the odor was largely imagination and Bigler must complete the purchase.
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Cleveland
William P. Bigler
Gates Mills
Chesterland
Arnulf G. Rose
Bigler
Rose
Common Pleas
Julius M. Kovachy
Third Wife's Grave Found Near Highway
Seattle report states Roscoe Lee Hayton, a 63 year old retired merchant, guided officers to a shallow grave containing his third wife's body. The remains were buried alongside a highway 50 miles north of Seattle after being missing for over two weeks. A probate filing cites the second wife’s death in Huntington West Virginia around August 26, 1945, though authorities say no record exists of that death.
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Seattle
Roscoe Lee Hayton
Hayton
Here
Kitsap County
Huntington
W. Va
Dean Jones
Record One of Columbus Redeemed Sales Tax Stamps
Columbus reports a new sales tax stamp redemption record for last year totaling 2,086,508 dollars, up 493,385 from 1946. Stamps redeemable at three cents per one dollar face value.
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Columbus
Taft Ties Inflation Bill to GOP Demands
Senator Taft of Ohio signals possible insistence that President Truman follow the GOP crafted cost of living law before Congress acts on further anti inflation measures. He chairs the GOP policy panel and argues the law sets a pattern for administration justifications and timing on any new controls.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Congress
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
House
Mr. Truman
CIO splits over Henry Wallace third party bid
Washington reports a division in the CIO as the executive board rejects Henry Wallace's entry into the 1948 campaign as politically unwise. A dissident faction representing about 1,250,000 of the union's 6,000,000 members signals support for Wallace despite the board's stance.
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Washington
CIO
Henry Walelace
The
Labor Organization
Roosevelt
Wallace
Ag College to Add Quarters at OSU West of Olentangy
Ohio State University's College of Agriculture will expand with three new structures on the site of current barns west of the Olentangy River. Agriculture Dean Leo L. Rummell announced ground will be broken this year for the enlarged facilities.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
College of Agriculture
Leo L. Rummell
Rummell
Chinese Aid Program Planned Says Marshall
Secretary of State Marshall announced a definite Chinese aid program has been prepared, but it is not yet ready for Congress. The plan must first go to the national advisory council and the budget bureau for review.
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Washington
State Department
Marshall
Congress
National Advisory Council
Budget Bureau
Regional Red Cross Conference Planned in Columbus
Red Cross President Basil OConnor announced a regional conference involving Ohio Indiana and West Virginia chapters in Columbus on February 10. The event aims to coordinate relief efforts and strengthen regional disaster response.
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Washington, D.C
Red Cross
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Columbus
Basil O'Connor
Burns Fatal Fire Fatality in Cincinnati
Mrs. Laura Wells, 71, died after suffering burns covering over 80 percent of her body when she fell from bed onto a gas heater Wednesday night in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Laura Wells
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