Meigs County Hospital Priority Moves Under Federal Plan
Meigs County Memorial Hospital boards explore meeting with county officials as Ohio and federal authorities prioritize hospital needs. Pomeroy and nearby towns receive top priority in a five year federal plan. Meigs funds hinge on levies and court rulings amid legal challenges and cost concerns.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Ohio Hospital Advisory Council
Associated Press
U.S
John PD. Porterfield
Meigs County Memorial Hospital
Common Pleas Court
Columbus
Advisory Council
Gandhi Shot Dead at Birla House Prayer Meeting
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was killed by a civilian Hindu at close range during a prayer gathering at Birla House in New Delhi. He was 78 and had just completed a fasting period aimed at easing Hindu Muslim tensions. The assassin was seized by police. Gandhi died within a half hour.
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New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Birla Mansion
Gandhi
Poona
Congress Party
S. Kalyanam
Associated Press
Birla House
Great Britain
India
Pakistan
Moselem
Plane Crashes After Sighting Wreckage in French Alps
U S Air Force reported sighting wreckage of a DC-3 transport 12 miles northwest of Digne France. A search party plane, likely a B 17 Flying Fortress, crashed about 20 miles east of the wreckage. The DC 3 carried three American women and five children from the Trieste area.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Air Force
French Alps
France
Italy
U. S
Trieste
Digne
Air Force
Wiesbaden
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures Dip Early
Forecast calls for temperatures 3 to 5 degrees below normal with highs around 71 north to 29 south and lows from 3 north to 16 south. Very cold through Saturday night, then rising temperatures Sunday and Monday. Frequent light snow flurries along Lake Huron Michigan and Superior shores with overall light snowfall less than 0.3 inch.
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Columbus
Lakes Huron
Michigan
Superior
Two Trainmen Killed In Nickel Plate Collision Near Coldwater
Two freight trains collided on the Nickel Plate Line five miles west of Coldwater Ohio. Fireman James N. Huff and brakeman John D. Meyers, both from Lima, were killed. Two other crew members were injured.
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Coldwater
Ohio
James N. Huff
John D. Meyers
Lima
Judge Finds Petition for Ohio Supreme Court Nomination
Common Pleas Judge Guy B. Findley of Elyria filed petitions to qualify as a Republican candidate for the January 2 term Ohio Supreme Court judgeship.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Elyria
Ohio Supreme Court
Collins Rites Set Saturday
Funeral services for Emerson Collins 75 will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Christian Church conducted by Rev. Homer Vian. Burial is in New Marshfield Cemetery. He is survived by a brother William of New Marshfield and a sister Mrs Isabelle Clary of Longstreth, and he was a longtime Mason and church member. Friends may call at Hoodlet funeral home.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Senate Policy Committee
Bridges
Appropriations Committee
Western
Europe
U.S
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Republican Policy Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Reed
R-Kan
House Foreign Committees
New Marshfield
Emerson Collins
Christian Church
Homer Vian
Messenger
Collins
William
Isabelle Clary
Longstreth
Masonic Lodge
Ohio Fuel Supplies Remain Low Amid Severe Winter Cold
Ohio's frost bound gas lines show critically low supplies as forecasters predict no relief for days. Panhandle Eastern Pipeline plans to boost supply to 21.5 million cubic feet daily plus 15 million more, while five states’ gas diverted to western Ohio to aid residents.
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Ohio
Columbus
Light & Heat Co
Steubenville
East Ohio Gas Co
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Federal Power Commission
Washington
Ed Buddrus
Panhandle
Grain Control Fight Puts Truman in Political Spotlight
President Truman pressed Congress to extend grain control used by distillers amid GOP pressure. He argued the anti inflation law has been used to squeeze drys and wets, with Kentucky’s distilleries and Western dry sentiment shaping the political stakes. He urged continuation of rationing authority to Oct 31 to export 500 million bushels for Europe.
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Washington
Truman
GOP
Kentucky
West
Senate
House Banking Committee
Agriculture Department
Congress
Europe
Negro Slayer To Die In Electric Chair Tonight
In Columbus a 21 year old Erie County Negro youth George M. Sexton of Sandusky faces execution in the electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary for a holdup killing of Otto Hoffman last May. The Ohio Supreme Court denied his appeal on January 7 and a gubernatorial stay is possible.
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Columbus
Erie County
George M. Sexton
Sandusky
Ohio Penitentiary
Otto Hoffman
Ohio Supreme Court
Sexton
Thomas J. Herbert
Four Feared Dead In Historic Vermont Inn Fire
A blaze swept the 136 year old Jesse Welden Inn in St. Albans Vermont with damage over 200000. About 100 guests occupied the five story 75 room hotel when flames trapped several and 12 or more were injured. Four people were feared dead as fire crews battled the blaze into early morning.
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ST. Albans
Jesse Welden
Burley Tobacco Prices Drop on Kentucky Markets
The average price paid for burley tobacco on Kentucky markets fell to 34.31 dollars per hundredweight, a decline of 75 cents from the previous day. Farmers received 892,538.15 dollars for 2,061,001 pounds.
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Louisville
Kentucky
State Department of Agriculture
Duke of Aosta Die? Italian Duke Believed Dead
Buenos Aires reports the 48 year old Duke of Aosta, noted Italian flyer soldier and explorer, is presumed dead. The news notes his varied career as a sportsman and navigator and references a mysterious fate.
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Buenos Aires
Duke of
Aosta
Ohio Bell seeks nine percent rate hike after 24 years
Ohio Bell Tele phone Co plans to file with the state public utilities commission Monday asking an average nine percent rate increase. The Cincinnati and Suburban Bell Telephone Co will not seek higher rates, while Ohio Bell covers 1,432,560 telephones across 170 exchanges outside Cincinnati.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell
L. E. Lattin
P.U.C.O
Ohio State Telephone Co
Lattin
Ohio
Cincinnati
Bell Telephone Co
U S Air Forces Begin Permanent Storage at Wright Field
The U S Air Forces start permanent storage of all motion picture records at Wright Field, consolidating archival materials at the air base location.
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Dayton
U. S. Air Forces
Wright Field
Cold Weather Still Lingers In Some Areas
Cold weather persisted across parts of the Midwest and East raising heating fuel concerns while rising temperatures were forecast for the Central Southern and Mountain states. Fuel shortages hit many communities with some areas facing intensified curtailment after recent cold snaps. More than 250 000 workers were idled as gas supplies tightened across industries. The coldest readings appeared in the Dakotas Michigan Northern New York and parts of New England with a new mass of Arctic air spreading from Lake Superior into Michigan and the Middle Atlantic and New England regions. Saulte Ste Marie Michigan recorded 17 degrees and subzero levels were noted in Northern Lower Michigan.
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Chicago
Midwest
Dakotas
Michigan
New York
New England
Lake Superior
Middle Atlantic States
Saulte Ste. Marie
Mich
Lower Michigan
Mann Act Sentences Handed Down in Bluefield Federal Court
Charles B. Sharp Jr. and Hazel Sharp, both of Chicago and aged 39 and 35, received four years and 10 months each after a Bluefield federal court verdict for interstate transportation of a woman for immoral purposes. Co defendant Clifford E. Opperud, 23, of Memphis, drew three years in Chillicothe Reformatory.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Charles B. Sharp, Jr
Chicago
Hazel
Clifford E. Opperud
Memphis
Tenn
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
Native Born Chinese Is First in Warren
Warren hospital reports the first native-born Chinese baby in Warren born to Mr. and Mrs. Dokay Yee. The couple wed in Hong Kong after Yee served with the U S Army signal corps.
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Warren
Trumbull Memorial Hospital
Dokay Yee
Hong Kong
Yee
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Little Chance Is Seen For Major Spring Flood
Cincinnati reports Ohio River Division engineers doubt a major spring flood this year. Snow melt will yield little water, with nine inches at Portsmouth and 15 inches in West Virginia mountains amounting to little runoff. If floods recur, it hinges on heavy rains. flood-control projects over 981 miles have cost 195,481,191 dollars in 11 years, including walls, levees, channels and reservoirs in Ohio and nearby states.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Ohio River Division Corps of Engineers
Robert G. West
Portsmouth
West Virginia
Ohio
Corps of Engineers
Ohio Valley
Huntington
Ceredo-Kenova
W. Va
Newark
Ironton
Wellsville
Muskingum Conservancy District
Democrats Seek Tax Compromise
Democrats floated a substitute based on the GOP Tax Cut Bill proposing a $3.2 billion corporate tax as part of a compromise to win support for Truman style tax relief. The plan, discussed by Ways and Means Democrats in Rayburn’s office, aims to curb overall cuts to under $2 billion with exemptions for the elderly and blind and higher personal exemptions.
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Washington
Truman
House
Mr. Truman
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Rayburn
France Plans More Debate On Gold Bill
Paris reports a double government victory in the national assembly as the plan to halt circulation of 5,000 franc notes passes 308 to 288. Another bill to free the gold market advances 328 to 240, with more debate planned on the gold measure.
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Paris
National Assembly
Robert Schuman
Assembly
Finance Commission
Legion Protests Bonus Papers Rule In Ohio
Officials of the American Legion protested the Ohio Soldiers' Bonus Commission ruling requiring veterans to send original discharge papers with their applications. The forms are already printed, an official said. State Legion Commander Aaron J. Hallo urged using notarized photographic copies.
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Columbus
American Legion
Ohio Soldiers’ Bonus Commission
Aaron J. Halloran
State Legion
Broken Wheel Derails City of San Francisco Train
A broken wheel caused the City of San Francisco derailment near Korry Nebraska at 12 30 a m. All but one of the 18 cars and three power units derailed. Twenty five people were taken to Ogallala hospital for treatment but none appear to be in critical condition.
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Omaha
San Francisco
Korry
Neb
Union Pacific Railroad
Ogallala, Neb
Budget Cut of 1 Million Seen by Cleveland Mayor
Cleveland must slash 300 employees and 1 million dollars from its payroll in 1948 to balance the budget, Mayor Thomas A. Burke declares. He said yesterday he may take a hard line with cabinet members to implement the action.
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Cleveland
Thomas A. Burke
Moscow accuses U S of violating Italian peace treaty
Moscow Radio charged the United States with breaching the Italian peace treaty by sending U S airships to Italian ports. Alexander S. Panyushkin delivered a protest note to Secretary of State George Marshall, with a copy to France. The broadcasts marked the second protest this week over Italy and North Africa, arguing American warships visit Italian ports in support of De Gasperi’s government.
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London
Moscow
Russia
United States
U. S
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Washington
George C. Marshall
Italy
Britain
Mellaha
North Africa
Alcide de Gasperi
British Plane Believed Lost With Hero Aboard
London reports Sir Arthur Coningham among 29 aboard a British South American Airways Tudor IV plane en route to Bermuda. The eight hour overdue flight, delayed by severe Azores weather, carries many British passengers and six children.
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London
Sir Arthur Coningham
Bermuda
British South American Airways
Lisbon
Azores
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Marriner S. Eccles
C. I. Weaver
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Negro Slayer
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Wright
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