Senate liquor probers bid to summon ex state officials
Ohio Senate probers won authority for a broad inquiry into liquor department operations. The panel, chaired by Roscoe Walcutt, may call former Governor Lausche and liquor director Sohngen, now a state supreme court judge, as it probes permits issued late in the Lausche administration. The five member panel can subpoena records and compel testimony as it reviews actions over the past two years.
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Columbus
Senate
Ohio Supreme Court
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Frank E. Whittemore
Akron
Walcutt
Raymond E. Hildebrand
Toledo
Kyle F. Rooks
Cincinnati
Carl D. Sheppard
Margaret A. Mahoney
Cleveland
Martin L. Davey
Lausche
Herbert
Robert Sohngen
Department of Liquor Control
Sohngen
State Supreme Court
Jenkins
Ohio
Two Men Convicted in Toledo Bludgeon Murder
In Toledo a common pleas court jury convicted James Deadwyler and Edward Williams of first degree murder in the April clubbing death of Carl Mazzurco, a Toledo importer, at a local grocery. Co-defendant Winston Caffee was acquitted earlier.
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Toledo
Common Pleas Court
James Deadwyler
Edward Williams
Carl Mazzurco
Winston Caffee
Wage-Hour Act Evasion Charged by CIO in Detroit
The CIO claims wage-hour suits totaling over 4 billion dollars stem from a colossal gamble by employers to dodge the act. Union lawyers told Federal Judge Frank A. Picard that employer liability has been clear since 1939 and argued hearings to conclude that day.
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Detroit
CIO
Frank A. Picard
Car Shortage Delays Lime Supply Hits Home Building
Fremont reports a box car shortage disrupts finishing lime shipments to home-building and glass industries. L. E. Johnson of the Ohio Finishing Lime Association warns the shortage is the most serious production threat plants have faced.
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Fremont
L. E. Johnson
Ohio Finishing Lime Association
Indonesians Hold Sangasanga In Borneo Two Days
Indonesian nationalists operating from jungle hideouts overran the Dutch garrison at Sangasanga the East Borneo oil center and held the town for two days before being driven out Netherlands army spokesman said today.
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Batavia
Java
East Borneo
Sangasanga
Netherlands Army
Delta Queen to Sail River Route Cincinnati to New Orleans
The Delta Queen, Green Line's new pack et steamer, touted as the fastest largest and finest overnight boat on the Ohio Mississippi rivers. Capt. Tom Greene announces purchase from the Maritime Commission in San Francisco and plans a 7 500 mile voyage to reach Cincinnati. The ship will be towed the final leg and not ready for passenger service until mid summer next year with a 300 passenger capacity after renovation.
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Cincinnati
Green Line
Ohio-Mississippi
Tom Greene
Tom
Maritime Commission
San Francisco
New Orleans
California
Panama Canal
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleas
Mississippi
Ohio
Greene
Ocean
Gulf
Gordon C. Greene
Delta Queen
Scotland
California Transportation Co
United States
Sacramento River
Navy
San Franchco Bay
State Senate Moves to Hike Officials Pay in Ohio
The Ohio Senate plans a new bill to raise annual salaries for appointive officials including the Board of Tax Appeals and the Public Utilities Commission, with hikes from 5 000 to 6 000 dollars and other increases. The House begins reviewing two year spending while a Ballard group drafts a report on past expenditures and revenues.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
House
E. E. Addison
Franklin
Senate
Board of Tax Appeals
Tax
Public Utilities ‘Commission
Liquor Board
Addison
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
House of Representatives
Paul H. Ballard
R-Jackson
Finance Committee
Ohio
Slaying Hinted In Charleston Street Death
Miss Elizabeth Sattler 28 a divorcee and daughter of West Virginia labor commissioner was found dying on a Charleston street at 2 05 am and police theorized she may have been slain Autopsy showed severe internal injuries as if run over by a car Fourteen friends and associates five men and four women were being questioned by Chief Harold B Cornwell who said he would learn exactly what occurred
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Charleston
W. Va
Elizabeth Sattler
West Virginia
General Hospital
Harold B. Cornwell
AFL Leaders Call Labor Curbs a Mistake
Miami report notes 15 top AFL policy makers call proposed labor-curbing bills a tragic mistake and warn they would inflame strikes. AFL President William Green says the 15 member executive council would oppose any injurious measures affecting 7 million union members.
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Miami
Fla
AFL
Congress
William Green
Union Interference Charge Filed Against Coal Company
A hearing on alleged union interference by Columbus Coal and Mining Co. at Coshocton Ohio will be held February 17 according to the National Labor Relations Board. NLRB official M S Ryder said the United Mine Workers of America District 6 charged the company tried to discourage workers from joining the union.
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Cleveland
Columbus Coal & Mining Co
Coshocton
Ohio
National Labor Relations Board
M. S. Ryder
NLRB
United Mine Workers of America
District 6
Cut in Truman Budget Forecast by Rep Brown
Rep Clarence J. Brown says Congress will greatly reduce the presidents 1947 budget request. He cites Truman's request of 37.5 billion and predicts a cut of five to seven billion.
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Truman
Rep
Brown
Canton
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Congress
Communists Cut Peiping Tientsin Rail Link In China
Communist forces in North China cut the Peiping Tientsin railway at Weishanchuang as American troops prepare to withdraw from China. The move disrupts the withdrawal corridor and signals intensified fighting ahead around Peiping and Tientsin.
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Shanghai
China
Peiping-Tientsin
U.S
Peiping
America
Associated Press
John Roderick
Tientsin
Weishanchuang
U. S
Manchuria
Coal Industry Seeks Changes In Bargaining
Washington report states the National Coal Association plans to ask Congress to exempt employers from bargaining on health or welfare fund demands. The group also urges limits on welfare plan coverage and aims to bar plans like the United Mine Workers with the government. They seek limits on portal to portal back pay and to deny bargaining rights to foremen under the Wagner Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
National Coal Association
Congressional Labor Committees
John L. Lewis
AFL
United Mine Workers
Water Pollution Bill Introduced in Senate
Senators Barkley of Kentucky and Taft of Ohio introduced a bill to provide for water pollution control under the Public Health Service in the Senate.
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Senate
Washington
Barkley
Taft
Rohio
Deaths decline in Cincinnati tuberculosis toll
Cincinnati recorded 258 deaths from tuberculosis last year, down from 287 in 1945, health commissioner Dr. Carl A. Wilzbach reported. The figures reflect ongoing public health progress in combating the disease.
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Cincinnati
Carl A. Wilzbach
January Storms Across Midwest Kill Six People
Severe storms across Nebraska to Ohio left at least six dead. Tornadic winds and freezing rain caused extensive damage in Ohio towns including Dayton and Columbus, with power outages and closures. A parallel tornado outbreak hit Arkansas and Missouri, destroying homes and injuring residents as temperatures plunged across the region.
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Nebraska
Ohio
Dayton
Corrugated Fiber Box Co
Kille Thomas McGuiggan
Springfield
International Harvester Co
Toledo
University of Toledo
Maumee
Cincinnati
Columbus
L. G. Rodemus
Arkansas
Missouri
Sale Ark
Thayer
Montier
Hutton Valley
Salem
Minnesota
North Dakota
Cutbank
Mont
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Canada
Midwest
Rent Increase Mix-Up Sparked by OPA Order
A temporary controls order that would raise rent ceilings by 10 percent was dismissed as a government mix-up. President Truman halted the plan immediately, saying no across the board increase will occur now. Officials quote unclear routing of the order and confirm a separate relief proposal for individual hardship cases is in drafting.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Philip B. Fleming
OPA
Fleming
Congress
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Banking Committee
Charles G. Ross
CIO
Philip Murray
Gallia Soldier Killed in Cheshire Crash on Terminal Leave
Gallia soldier Charles Baird 18 on terminal leave from the 88th Division died when his car left Route 7 north of Cheshire at about 2:30 am and hit a tree. He suffered a fractured skull. His cousin Gerald Baird was a prior passenger. Funeral planned Sunday at Campaign Church. body taken to Coleman funeral home.
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Gallipolis
Charles Baird
Route 7
Cheshire
Baird
Gerald Baird
Stacey Baird
88Th Division
Italy
Frank Halfhill
Poplar Ridge
Coleman Funeral
Bidwell
Campaign Church
Excise Action Passes House Kills Tax Cut Bill
Representative Engel said there are enough votes in the House to defeat a Republican backed 20 percent across the board income tax cut. The House passed a wartime luxury excise bill 373 to 35. Senator Brewster expects Senate approval unchanged.
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Washington
Engel
R-Mich
House
Senate
Truman
Brewster
Newark Pastor Named 37th Division Chaplain
Lt. Col. Joel M. Wareing of Newark was appointed chaplain of the 37th division of the Ohio National Guard by Maj. Gen. Leo M. Kreber. Wareing, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Newark, previously served as chaplain of the 87th during the war. Father Ferdinand A. Evans of Cincinnati became Wareing’s assistant with the rank of major.
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Columbus
Joel M. Wareing
Newark
First Methodist
Ohio National Guard
Leo M. Kreber
Wareing
87Th
Ferdinand A. Evans
Cincinnati
Coal Mine Fatalities Hit Record Low in 1946
The Bureau of Mines reports 974 men died in U S coal mining last year, a record low and fourth straight annual drop. The 1946 loss rate is 1.64 per million tons, the lowest since records began in 1874, continuing a decline from 1,471 deaths in 1942.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
U. S
Bureau
Three Judges To Hear Watchman Slaying Trial
Sandusky report says William M. Sexton a 20 year old Negro indicted by the grand jury on first degree murder for the slaying of Otto Hoffman 64 watchman at Brown Industries plant. Hoffman found Dec 22 his death tied to a robbery attempt.
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Sandusky
William M. Sexton
Otto Hoffman
Hoffman
Brown Industries, Inc
Auto Crash Fatal in Columbus Killing Guard Rail Crash
Raymond Collins, 37, a streetcar operator, was killed last night when his car struck a guard rail near Harrisburg. The accident details are under police review and no further information was released.
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Columbus
Raymond Collins
Harrisburg
C&O Chairman Claims Power Over NYC Line
Robert R. Young, chairman of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, declares control over the New York Central after mounting 309,500 shares via Alleghany Corporation. A gear shift in eastern rail strategy signals a possible showdown for the vital New York Central stake as Young positions himself to influence the key line.
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New York
Robert R. Young
New York Central Railroad
Young
New York Central
Time Magazine
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Alleghany Corporation
the Central
Farmers Fight Dean Selection at Ohio State College
In Columbus Leo L. Rum mell of Cincinnati faced an 11 member farmers committee opposing his appointment as dean of Ohio State University's College of Agriculture. About 100 farmers drafted a protest committee at a Columbus meeting. They questioned Rum mell's qualifications and alleged improper canvassing of the field before the selection of the public relations director of Kroger.
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Columbus
Leo L. Rummell
Cincinnati
Ohio State University
College of Agriculture
Rummell
St. Louis
Rummel
Kroger Grocery & Baking Co
Sam Simmons Questions Presidential Travel Habits
Sam Simmons argues that citizens favor President Truman's travel, comparing costs to Franklin D Roosevelt's campaigns. He notes Roosevelt paid travel largely, cites a 1944 Hawaii Aleutians trip costing about 20 million dollars, and warns of dangers from overextending the presidency and railways, airways, highways, and ships.
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Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Aleutians
George Washington
United States
White House
Former Sweetheart Of Duce Sentenced In France
Mage da Corabeuf Fontages, 37, once Mussolini's sweetheart, was sentenced in Bordeaux to 15 years for collaboration with the Gestapo. She was charged with hiring herself to the Nazis for 42 dollars and 50 cents a month plus expenses as a spy.
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Bordeaux
France
Mage da Corabeuf Fontages
Benito Mussolini
Gestapo
Dust Holliday Choices Approved by Senators
Appointments of Harry J. Duss of Athens County to the Mine Examining Board and John E. Hale of Gallia County to the Conservation and Natural Resources Commission, made recently by Thomas J Herbert, were firmed yesterday by the Senate.
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Harry J. Duss
Athens County
John E. Haleliday
Gallia County
Conservation and Natural Resources Commission
E Thomas J Herbert
Senate
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