Nixon moves new probe into red spy activity
Nixon urged the House committee to reopen the Hiss espionage case after presenting eight new documents said to come from Harry Dexter White. He cited Chambers as an admitted courier and noted White denied passing confidential data to Chambers before his 1948 death.
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Nixon
Chambers
Harry Dexter White
Treasury
White
House UN- American Activities Committee
House
U. S
Japan
England
Justice Department
Hiss
Woman Sees Deer at Home in Chauncey
Mrs. Goldie Chuvalas of Chauncey spotted her first deer this morning from her Main Street home. The buck wandered through the yard, paused on the interurban route, then moved toward the Hocking River near the New York Central Railroad tracks.
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Goldie Chavalas
Chauncey
Main St
Hocking River
Chuvalas
New York Central
West Germany faces new blockade threat over Berlin traffic
Western Powers consider counter blockade if Russian strangling of Berlin road traffic continues. McCloy said a complete blockade would trigger renewed airlift. Protests failed to ease Soviet restrictions as 400 trucks jammed at Helmstedt main checkpoint today.
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Berlin
Germany
High Commission
U. S
John J. McCloy
United States
Hospital Fund Racket Reported in Area
Magazine subscriptions solicited in Ath ens Glouster Nelsonville and other communities in the district underMount St Mary Hospital name. Mother M Lidwina states the group acts without hospital connection and is unauthorized.
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Mount St. Mary Hospital
M. Lidwina
Nelsonville
Athens
Glouster
Ohio Farm Bureau to hold district election meetings
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation will hold meetings in the state's Congressional districts to stress citizen participation in government. Two meetings are planned at Jackson and Caldwell with the primary aim to get members to vote.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Jackson
Caldwell
Farm Bureau
Secret Service Crackdown on Counterfeit Ring Nabs Four
Secret Service agents posing as traders seized 200000 in bogus money and arrested four men after tracing the operation from Los Angeles to New York where the suspects planned to pass the counterfeit bills.
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New York
Secret Service
Los Angeles
Ingrid Bergman to File Divorce in Juarez
Hollywood reports Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini split with attorneys planning divorce action in Juarez Mexico against Dr ter Lindstrom. The move could free Bergman within days to marry Rossellini, whom she met on Stromboli.
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Hollywood
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellihi
Mexico
Juarez
el Paso
Tex
Ter Lindstrom
Stromboli
Group Delays U Shipments Investigation
The U S House investigative panel postponed further work on who allowed 1000 pounds of uranium to be shipped to Russia in 1943. The committee plans to recall wartime atomic program head Lt Gen Leslie Groves and may question Henry Wallace amid suspicions of lax security or potential government assistance to the Soviets.
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Washington
House
Russia
UN - American Activities Committee
Leslie R. Groves
Atomic Project
Henry A. Wallace
Bricker Gets Atomic Post
Washington Senator Vandenberg departing the 14 member Senate House atomic group due to health. Vice President Barkley named Senator Bricker to replace him, prompting tributes from Democrats and Republicans. Senator McMahon, chair, said the panel must address grave atomic power matters and reconvened in closed session.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Senate House Atomic Group
Barkley
Bricker
Robio
Senate
McMahon
D-Conn
Friends Save Tucker From Jail Sentence
Preston L. Tucker who led a $28 million automobile venture was spared jail after friends paid a $1700 debt. Tucker and seven associates had been acquitted in federal court of mail fraud and conspiracy. He remained detained for failure to pay $3567 to Mrs Justina C Perkins of Noblesville Indiana.
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Chicago
Preston L. Tucker
Friends
Tucker
Tucker Corporation
Justina C. Perkins
Noblesville
Ind
Field narrows in Ohio Senate race with Lamb quitting
In Columbus Ohio Edward Lamb of Toledo withdrew from consideration in the Democratic U S Senate race leaving Joseph Ferguson and Michael Di Salle as the leading contenders. Lamb noted professional and personal duties prevent candidacy while pledging support for the eventual nominee.
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Ohio
Columbus
U. S
Edward Lamb
Toledo
Lamb
Robert A
Joseph T
Ferguson
DiSalle
Burke
Lincoln
Grange
Joseph M. Fichter
Boyle
George H. Bender
Cleveland
Ted W. Brown
State Supreme Court
William L. Hart
Alliance
Ironton
Thomas A. Jenkins
Downstream Flood Warning Melded by Ohio River Warnings
The U S Weather Bureau issued downstream flood warnings along the Ohio River as heavy rains raise flood risk. An area meteorologist said no flood is expected locally, but advised caution as conditions could worsen. High water closed several highways elsewhere in the state amid a cold surge from the Midwest.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ohio River
A. W. Walstrom
Walstrom
Midwest
Atlantic
North Dakota
Minnesota
Appalachian Mountains
Philadelphia
Towson, Md
Frederick
Two Hamilton County Escapees Convicted
Criminal Court Judge Charles S. Bell will sentence two men later after their conviction for taking part in the January 7 escape of 10 prisoners from the Hamilton County jail. Both men helped the break but were recaptured. seven of the 10 escapees have since been caught. Sheriff Dan Tehan urged suspensions for two jail guards citing negligence and laxness of duty.
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Cincinnati
Charles S. Bell
Hamilton County
Dan Tehan
Cost Is Blow To Health Bill
President Truman's compulsory health insurance plan is dead for this year due to its cost. An informed source estimates about 5 billion dollars needed to start the program until reserves cover 125 million people. Rep. Priest notes several proposals gain momentum in committee including medical education aid local health assistance matching funds school health and welfare and federal medical research.
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Washington
Truman
Rep. Priest
D-Tenn
Interstate Commerce
Extended Forecast for Columbus
Temperatures will average near normal with a normal high of 35 and low of 19. A slow warming over the weekend gives way to a colder middle of the week. Precipitation is expected with periods of snow after Saturday.
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Columbus
Lewis Accepts Bid To Renew Coal Contract Talks
Washington reports negotiators move toward resuming talks between John L. Lewis and coal operators under Taft-Hartley provisions. Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co. President George H. Love urged a Wednesday resumption, while miners may return to work three days a week if production can restart. Legal questions swirl as NLRB counsel Robert N. Denham notes potential swift support for a negotiated settlement.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Love
Truman
See
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Half of Aga's Stolen Gems Are Found
Police in Marseille recovered half of the Aga Khan's stolen jewelry valued at 420000 dollars. The gems were left on a Ninth Police Brigade station doorstep after a tip from an anonymous caller. Investigators suspect the haul may come from the highway robbery against the Aga Khan and his wife near Cannes, with a Corsican suspect named Paul Leca targeted in a nationwide manhunt.
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Marseille
Aga Khan
Riviera
Ninth
France
Paul Leca
Leca
Rita Hayworth
Begum
Cannes
Spencer Back After Lima Examination
Delbert Spencer, 51, is back in Athens County jail after being returned from Lima State Hospital. A mental-condition report is pending, with prosecutors expecting it early next week. He was convicted of first degree murder in December and faces the electric chair.
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Delbert Spencer
Athens
Pauline Baley
Lima State Hospital
Spencer
Gordon B. Gray
Common Pleas
Bailey
Glouster
Lima
Portsmouth Steel stockholders press plan disclosure
A minority group of Portsmouth Steel Co. stockholders asked president Cyrus S. Eaton to disclose future plans after the company’s physical assets were sold to The Detroit Steel Corp. Eaton declined at his Cleveland home, saying he would not "dignify" the question with an answer.
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Cincinnati
Portsmouth Steel Co
Cyrus S. Eaton
Portsmouth Company
Detroit Steel Corp
Cleveland
Eaton
Pollock Pleads Innocent in Check Cashing Case
Marion S Pollock 32 husband of Mrs America of 1946 pleaded not guilty to cashing checks without sufficient funds.
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Columbus
Marion S. Pollock
House Demos Back Truman Tax Plan in BalancingCuts
Democratic leaders on the Ways and Means Committee support President Truman that any excise tax cuts be offset by other tax increases to prevent revenue loss. Republicans push for a straight repeal without balancing measures and fail to pass an alternative. A separate measure imposes a 90 million income tax on untaxed life insurance company earnings, marking early action on Truman's broader program.
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Washington
House
Truman
Tax Drafting House
Ways and Means Committee
GOP
Congress
Martin
Massachusetts
Bandits Loot Billy Rose Town House in New York
Bandits raided the Billy Rose town house at 33 Beekman Place late last night grabbing a safe, furs and jewelry valued at about 100000 dollars. They left a 500000 dollar painting collection and 75000 dollars in antique silver undisturbed. The wife Elea nor Holm wore jewelry valued at nearly a quarter of a million dollars when she returned from the theater.
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New York
Billy Rose
Rose
Eleanor Holm
Miss Holm
Baby
Katharine Hepburn
Rose Town House
Beekman Place
Fort Worth
Texas
Five Children Die in Lawton House Fire
Five small children perished in a Lawton Oklahoma fire when their two room frame home burned. The door to the structure reportedly locked accidentally, trapping them as their 23 year old mother attempted to rescue them.
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Lawton
Okla
Eight Nations Sign Pacts For Arms Aid
Eight Western European nations announce separate arms pacts with the United States for about 1 billion dollars in aid. Ambassadors from Britain France Italy Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg Norway sign at the State Department after delays as Truman prepares to approve the North Atlantic defense master plan.
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Washington
Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Rita Egree
State Department
United States
Truman
North Atlantic
Congress
Western
Europe
Oliver Franks
London
Tugboat Controls Fire At Maumee Ice Pier
A tugboat’s water line checked a $150,000 blaze at an ice pier on the Maumee River. Firemen could not reach the 400 foot distant fire from shore, following an explosion in a small shanty. Nickel Plate Railroad officials cited $100,000 pier damage and $50,000 to equipment.
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Toledo
Maumee River
Nickel Plate Railroad
United States Urges Saar Plan Modification
Washington reports that the United States urges France to modify its proposal to lease the Saar coal mines to avert a Western Europe crisis. The main idea is to condition any contract on future German peace treaty provisions about Saarland's final disposition.
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Washington
United States
France
Saar
Europe
Saarland
Ohio sales tax receipts dip over six million
Columbus Ohio state treasurer Don H Ebright reports that sales tax receipts for the six and a half months ended Jan 14 total $73,244,118, more than $6 million below the same period last year when $79,260,298 was collected.
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Columbus
Ohio
Don H. Ebright
Charles Fox, 1889, Pioneer of Gasoline Fire Engine Dies
Charles Fox, reputed to have built the first gasoline powered fire engine in 1889, has died on Thursday. He was widely known for his inventive contributions to early firefighting technology.
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Charles Fox
Explosion injures two at Roseville pottery plant
In Zanesville a pressed air tank exploded at Robinson Pottery Co. in Roseville. Two women workers on an upper floor were hit by wood splinters. Loretta Cope, 46, of Ironspot, is in Good Samaritan Hospital in serious condition. Arthur Williams, 45, of Crooksville, was treated and released.
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Zanesville
Robinson Pottery Co
Roseville
Womeen
Loretta Cope
Good Samaritan Hospital
Arthur Williams
Crooksville
Women GOP Leaders To Meet Wednesday
G Morris vice-chairman of the Republican State Committee and Mrs L E Hoyt Chillico state central committeewoman will meet with county chairwomen and women precinct workers in the 11th district. Ray C Bliss Ohio Republican Party chairman set a goal of placing a woman worker in each of Ohio 9710 precincts.
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G. Morris
Republican State Committee
L. E. Hoyt
Chillico
Llth
Ray C. Bliss
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio
Phones Head Talks With U. S. Official
Cincinnati hosted talks to avert a nationwide telephone workers strike. William N. Margolis of the FMCS and Joseph A. Beirne, national president of the CIO affiliated Communication Workers of America, led the discussions.
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Cincinnati
William N. Margolis
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Washington
Joseph A. Beirne
Communication Workers of America, Cio
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