Ohio Slows Seeks More Funds for Flood Aid and Cold Weather
The Ohio River is expected to crest near 43 feet with no final forecast. 80+ residents displaced by flooding may return as Little Miami and Whitewater rivers fall. Separately, Congress debates more aid for snowbound Western plains states hit by blizzards, with President Truman already approving 100000 for immediate relief. Airborne hay drops aid thousands of stranded cattle and sheep across Nevada Utah and surrounding areas, aided by C 82 planes and Utah National Guard. Low temperatures grip the Dakotas to California, with many states reporting subzero readings.
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Addison post office to get a new face next summer
In Gallia County the Addison postmaster Lydia Sayre says a larger post office is coming as weather warms. She converted an old bus into a 10 by 18 foot facility with 50 mailboxes and a coal stove. flood damage shifted it but it was moved back. Roof and trim will be bright red white and blue next summer.
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U.S
Addison
Route 7
Gallia County
Lydia Sayre
Sayre
Grange Meeting Serves Chili and Pies
Twenty gallons of chili and 24 pies by Mrs. Florence Bush Middleport fed 45 Rock Springs Grange members at a recent gathering. Police report district wide note cars with the New Look sit low hindering view of fenders.
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Florence Bush
Middleport
Rocksprings Grange
Coroner Rules Homicide Out In Poisoning
Hamilton County coroner ruled out homicide in the death of Neva D. Ellison 33 found in General Hospital nurses home. He said death is either accidental or by own action from barbiturate poisoning. Ellison was assistant superintendent of nursing and an associate professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing and Health nursing faculty formerly of Marietta Ohio.
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Lyle
Ellison
Marietta
Ohio
School of Nursing
Ohio State University
Wires Found In Jury Room In Allen County Courthouse
A concealed microphone attached to wires was found last night in a third floor jury room of the Allen County courthouse. Judge Moran B. Jenkins ordered an investigation and noted the device connected to an unused storeroom. The room had not been used for trials since the year began, though Richard F. Snyder once used it to confer with his attorney.
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Lima
Allen County
Common Pleas
Moran B. Jenkins
Jenkins
Richard F. Snyder
Charles W. Long
U. S
Thomas Trial Postponed to March 7 for Illness
The trial of Rep. J Parnell Thomas of New Jersey was postponed from February 27 to March 7 by U S District Judge Henry A Schweinhaut. He faces charges of conspiring to defraud the government and filing false payroll claims. postponement allows time for a medical examination as Thomas has been ill.
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Washington
Rep. J. Parnell Thomas
Thomas
U. S
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Federal Action Sought To Forestall Rail Strike
Washington reports the government plans to urge President Truman to appoint an emergency fact finding board within days to prevent a strike set for Monday on 15 Western railroads. The dispute centers on union demands for a second engineer on diesel locomotives.
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Washington
Western
Francis A. O’neill
National Mediation Board
Truman
Ohio Bonus Fund Will Last Six More Months
Columbus Ohio Treasurer Don H Ebright told the Sinking Fund Commission the Ohio Veterans Bonus Fund has 28487000 available as of January 17 to cover future bonus payments to World War II veterans without issuing extra bonds.
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Columbus
Ohio Veterans
Don H. Ebright
Ohio Sinking Fund Commission
Guam Court To Hear Soldier Assault Case
Three soldiers charged with kidnapping criminal assault and murder go on trial February 10 in Guam. Ruth Farnsworth a 27 year old Navy civil service employee from San Francisco died December 14 after being beaten carried into a jungle and assaulted. Soldiers underwent lie detector tests.
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Guam
Ruth Farnsworth
San Francisco
Navy Civil Service
Federal Judge Urges Teachers Loyalty Oath
U S District Judge John H. Druffel told a Cincinnati class of new citizens that all teachers should be required to take a loyalty oath. He urged retention of the House Un American Activities Committee and asked Congress to enact a teachers loyalty law amid claims of Communist influence in universities.
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Cincinnati
U. S
John H. Druffel
House UN- American Activities Committee
Congress
Chinese Government Moves Seat South Toward Canton
A foreign office spokesman announced the Nationalist government will move its seat southward likely to Canton. The move follows a Communist radio offer to meet peace envoys in Peiping once North China is liberated. The five-man Li Tsung Jen delegation is accepted except Peng Shao Hsien due to rightist ties.
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Chinese Foreign Office
Canton
Peiping
North China
Li Tsung-Jen
Peng Shao-Hsien
Peng
Red
Kuomintang
Bonus Plan Given Solo as Bonus Plan Given Solo
West Virginia lawmakers received a veterans measure from Senators Bowling and Mitchell. The joint resolution seeks up to 500 dollars to veterans who served between 1940 and 1946 with monthly 10 or 15 dollar stipends for domestic or foreign service, respectively. Eligibility requires six months residency before service. voters would decide in 1950 with a 75 million dollar bond issue if approved.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bowling
Man Confesses Witness Of 28 Year Murder In 1920 Card Game
Springfield Missouri reports a 28 year old unsolved murder case remains active as Roland Lee, formerly of Dover Ohio, confesses to witnessing a friend shoot Kansas City jewelry salesman A. J. Siegfried on December 23 1920 during a card game in Jeffersonville Indiana. He names Charles Boots Bertram as the shooter.
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Springfield
Dover
Ohio
Kansas City
Roland Lee
Jeffersonville
Ind
Charles
Boots) Bertram
A. J. Siegfried
Mechem Introduces State Memorial Bill in Ohio
Sen. C. Stan ley Mechem of Nelsonville introduced a bill in the Ohio legislature authorizing the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society to accept the William Tecumseh Sherman birthplace at Lancaster as a state memorial.
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Columbus
C. Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Ohio
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society
William Tecumseh Sherman
Lancaster
Columbus Forecast Outlook Temperatures Edge Toward Normal
Temperatures will average near normal with a normal min of 15 and max of 31. Expect slightly below normal midweek, warmer Thursday, and colder Saturday. Precipitation from Thursday to Friday and again Sunday ranges from a quarter to two inches as rain or snow.
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Columbus
Mine idle period widens in West Virginia dispute
In Charleston West Virginia 13 coal mines were idle as union and company officials argued over fire-boss safety rules. The Arkwright mine near Morgantown joined the stoppage after a morning shift of about 175 workers failed to report. The conflict traces to a legal opinion restricting mine and section foremen from acting as fire bosses issued weeks ago by the Attorney General’s office. Arch F Alexander state mines chief issued the follow up directive.
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Charleston
W. Va
Union
West Virginia
Arkwright
Morgantown
Arch F. Alexander
Banker 97 Outlived Life Insurance Policy Revelation
Dr. Lewis B. Beery a Columbus banker died at 97 after outliving an unusual life policy he took in 1907 from the Ohio State Life Insurance Company. The policy paid at age 96 and yielded $1089 a year ago, a spokesman said. The provision allowed payout if the holder reached 96.
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Columbus
Lewis B. Beery
Ohio State Life Insurance Company
Would-Be Killer Sentenced in Two Consecutive 1-20 Year Terms
Judge Frank H. Harvey sentenced James Boyd Guy, 27, to two consecutive 1 to 20 year terms in Ohio Penitentiary after pleading guilty to two shootings. Guy, brought from Los Angeles, faced charges of twice shooting to kill James W. Algea, 30, a chemical engineer, in 1947.
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Arron
Frank H. Harvey
James Boyd Guy
Ohio
Guy
Los Angeles
James W. Algea
Boudreau Signs High Paying Two Year Contract With Indians
Lou Boudreau agreed to a two year straight salary deal with the Cleveland Indians, placing him among baseball's top earners. President Bill Veeck called it the largest straight salary in club history, rivaling Babe Ruth and Bob Feller figures.
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Cleveland
Lou Boudreau
Indians
Bill Veeck
Bob Feller
Babe Ruth
Yankees
Boudreau
Veeck
Seven Killed In British Berlin Airlift Crash
A British airlift plane carrying German children and sick residents crashed in the Russian zone near Schoenberg hospital last night killing seven people and wounding 18. Among the dead were a British pilot and six Germans. two of the dead were children.
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Berlin
Schoenberg
Allied Air Safety Center
Germany
Phantom Bridge Leaper Sighting Sparks River Search
Police in Ohio and Kentucky searched for a young man who reportedly leaped 75 feet into the rain swollen Ohio River from the Portsmouth bridge. Superintendent I J Harding said a motorist saw a man about 25 jump into the river from the center of the span. The motorist was not identified.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Kentucky
I. J. Harding
Price Rise Seen in Burley Tobacco Trade
In Louisville Kentucky yesterday burley tobacco prices rose 76 cents per hundredweight from Friday ending a four day drop. The state department of agriculture reported an average of 43.01 on sales totaling 9,619,878 pounds, with farmers receiving 4,137,365.96 dollars.
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Louisville
Kentucky
State Department of Agriculture
Council Organizes Moscow Alliance Against Marshall Plan
Russia and five Eastern European nations form a Council for Economic Mutual Assistance as a strategic response to the Marshall Plan, signaling a coordinated regional economic bloc. The move frames a counterbalance to Western aid programs and signals alignment among member states.
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Moscow
Russia
Council of Economic Mutual Assistance
West Virginia Session Opens in Charleston
West Virginia opens its 49th legislative session with four major committees meeting to organize and begin routine sessions. Senate Judiciary Chairman Ralph J. Bean expects to seek committee approval for a minor technical change in estate settlements.
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Charleston
W. Va
Judiciary
Finance
Senate
Ralph J. Bean
Dhardy
Convicted Couple Appeal New Trial In Slaying Case
In Cincinnati the First District Court of Appeals took under advisement requests for new trials by Marie Conn Abbott 41 and Cyril Gordon 28. Both were convicted of murder for the death of Morris Abbott a 44 year old Butler County farmer killed May 31 with a mattock. Abbott received second degree murder and Gordon first degree murder with mercy.
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Cincinnati
First District Court of Appeals
Marie Conn Abbott
Cyril Gordon
Taft-Hartley Repeal Faces Rewrite in Senate Action
Washington reports a fighting push to repeal Taft-Hartley with Democrats aiming to replace the act by an improved Wagner Act in one package. Republicans split, urging longer hearings and full Senate debate as Feb 10 hearings loom.
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Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Morse
Oregon
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Pepper D-Fla
Labor
The
Ohioan
Defenbacher Reconsideration Motion Heads Toward Vote
Ohio senators debated delaying action on confirming H. D. Defenbacher as State Finance Director with Sen. Sawicki signaling a possible reconsideration. His reversal kept the vote alive at the end of the allowed period, potentially paving the way for a Republican appointee in Gov. Lausche’s cabinet as Democrats approved other confirmations. House and Senate returned with new bills to fund local governments, tax reforms, and urban redevelopment.
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Columbus
Ohio
H. D. Defenbacher
Edwin F. Sawicki
Cuyahoga
Defenbacher
Sawicki
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
House
General Assembly
Slots Confiscated After Raid on Club
Ohio liquor officers raided 11 private clubs in Northwestern Ohio and seized four slot machines from the Ashtabula Men’s Social Club. Acting agent John B Weaver said machines included nickel dime and quarter models used as evidence. Raids also targeted eight other Ashtabula clubs and two in Conneaut with no gambling devices found.
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Cleveland Liquor Department
Ohio
Ashtabulah
John 8. Weaver
Cleveland
Weaver
Ashtabula
Conneaut
Boy Slayer of Couple Awaits Jury Action
Bryan 44) Ervin A. Ingle, 14, who confessed slaying an elderly couple, awaited grand jury action after being bound over by juvenile court Judge John H. Pfeiffer. He said he shot John Gabriel 63 and Pearl 56 last May 5 and was committed to the State Bureau of Juvenile Research which filed a sealed report last month.
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Bryan
Ervin A. Ingle
John H. Pfeiffer
John Gabriel
Pearl
State Bureau of Juvenile Research
CIO Strikers Charged With Property Damage
Four CIO smelter workers were charged by the Franklin County grand jury with malicious destruction of property during a strike at the American Zinc Oxide Co in Columbus. Three men were free on bond pending appeal from a prior contempt conviction tied to the disturbance.
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Columbus
CIO
Franklin County Grand Jury
American Zinc Oxide Co
Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall Dies at 46
The Rev. Dr. Peter Marshall, Senate chaplain, died of a heart attack at George Washington University Hospital at age 46. He had collapsed at home earlier and was serving since January 1947 after being named by Republican senators of the 80th Congress.
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Washington
Peter Marshall
Senate
George Washington University Hospital
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
CBS Acquires Red Skelton From NBC
CBS announces the purchase of comedian Red Skelton from NBC in a new talent raid. The move marks a major network shift as Skelton joins CBS for upcoming programs.
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CBS
Skelton
New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Red Skelton
National Broadcasting Company
Repairs Delay Test San Diego XC-99 Flights
Repairs to the XC-99 landing gear postponed final test flights of the world s largest land plane in San Diego California. The delay affects ongoing tests and preparations for the aircraft s next phase.
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San Diego
Calif
Princess Elizabeth in London Stricken by Measles
Princess Elizabeth is reported to have contracted measles while in London. No further conditions or details about her health are provided in the brief item.
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London
Elizabeth
Investigation Ordered In Protection Racket Report
Common Pleas Judge William D. Radcliff ordered the Pickaway County grand jury to probe reports that a man posing as a state liquor agent offered protection money to four Circleville night clubs last December. The suspects sought 1800 dollars to shield operators from raids for the rest of the year.
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Circleville
Common Pleas
William D. Radcliff
Pickaway County
Grand Jury
Corrections Division Chief Appointed in Ohio
Columbus Ohio The State Welfare Director John H Lamneck named Arthur L Glattke as chief of the division of corrections effective February 1 Glattke previously led the Mansfield Reformatory since March 1 193 He will earn a yearly salary of 7500 dollars
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Welffare
John H. Lamneck
Arthur L. Glattke
Division of Corrections
Glattke
Mansfield Reformatory
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