Tax Policy Clash Deepens Over 20 Percent Income Cut
Senate Democrats press attack on Republican tax plan while GOP leaders hedge on how a 20 percent reduction will be applied. Lucas urges relief for low income groups and rebukes broad cuts as rent control mix up raises questions about administration orders and OPA actions.
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Senate
House
Lucas
Illinois
Democratic Policy Committee
NBC
Truman
Senate Finance Committee
GOP
Martin
Mass
House Republican Steering Committee
Millikin
R-Cole
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Knutson (Rminn
Ways and Means Committee
Whittling
Public Employes Plan Pension Increase Move
State lawmakers will consider Pension increases for public employees with a $50 monthly minimum goal. The Public Employees Retirement Board announced the initiative in Columbus, led by Secretary Fred Snyder.
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Columbus
Public Employes Retirement Board
Fred Snyder
Judge Marks Assault Sentence in Probate Court
Glenn Shelton, 38, is in Clinton County Jail serving a $200 fine and a 10 day sentence for assault after shoving probate judge Hugh J. Wright in his courtroom. Judge Wright, 70, imposed the penalty yesterday.
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Glenn Shelton
Clinton County
Hugh J. Wright
Wright
Indictment Against Attorney Isaacs Dismissed in Ohio Case
An 11 count indictment accusing attorney William Isaacs of obtaining clients mail from the Industrial Commission of Ohio by fraud and deception was dismissed in federal court yesterday.
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Cincinnati
Atty
William Isaacs
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Call on permit orders from governor's office sparks dispute
Elyria AP report details a late Jan 10 call from a governor's secretary to the State Liquor Department urging halting of D-3 and D-5 permit issuances. Edna Smith says she ordered no licenses at all unless approved by the governor or Sohngen. Chapman denies restricting to specific types. D-4 permits cover private clubs and are under investigation, with other probes planned by Attorney General Jenkins and a state Senate committee.
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Elyria
State Liquor Department
Harlan T. Chapman
Liquor Department
Frank J. Lausche
Edna Smith
Chapman
Washington, D.C
Lausche
Hugh S. Jenkins
State Senate
Delay Sought in OSU Dean Appointment
A committee opposing Leo L. Rummel as dean of OSU's agricultural college urged trustees to delay the decision until it provides a list of eminently qualified candidates. Rummel, ex-OSU trustee and Kroger PR head, was set to be considered to replace Dean John F. Cunningham who retires this year. President Howard Bevis had said he was authorized to contact Rummel about the post.
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Columbus
Leo L. Rummel
Cincinnati
Ohio State University
Agricultural College
Rummell
OSU
Kroger Grocery & Baking Co
John F. Cunningham
Howard Bevis
Baby Survivor Identified After Hankow Plane Crash
A 16 month old baby boy identified as Paul Vick, son of American missionaries Mr and Mrs R A Vick, was the sole survivor of a China National Airways crash near Hankow. He had a broken leg but was in good condition after arrival in Shanghai for hospital care. Bishop and Mrs Schuyler Edward Garth of Madison Wisconsin were among the deceased.
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Shanghai
Chinese National Airways
Hankow
Paul Vick
R. A. Vick
Bishop
Schuyler Edward Garth
Madison
Wis
Ex Nazi Broadcaster Sentenced to Nine Years
Hans Fritzsche, former Nazi broadcaster, was sentenced to nine years hard labor by a German denazification court for aiding the Hitler regime. He had been cleared of war crimes by the international tribunal.
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Mernberg
Germany
Hans Fritzsche
Fritzsche
International Military Tribunal
Traffic Restored On Chinese Rail Line After Attacks
Traffic on the Tietsin Peiping railway resumed after 24 hours of disruption caused by violent Communist attacks at three stations. The Nationalist army had driven off the guerrilla force and restored service.
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Peiping
Tietsin-Peiping
Republic Steel Reports 1946 Net Income Rise
Republic Steel Corp. announced consolidated net income of 16,033,468 for 1946, equaling 2.53 a common share, up from 9,543,443 and 1.36 a share in 1945. The report highlights strong earnings growth and improved per share value for 1946.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Consolidated
Troop Ships Unsafe Claims Stir Congress Debate
Rep Weichel of Ohio charged the Maritime Commission used troop ships that did not meet safety standards and urged action before a tragedy. A Maritime Commission official objected, stating all troops aboard were adequately equipped with lifeboats and rafts and their safety was assured.
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Washington
Weichel
Ohio
Maritime Commission
Congress
Driver Cleared of DUI Charge in School Bus Crash
George Heck athorn of Newton Falls was found innocent by a municipal court jury after a December 3 crash involving a truck and a school bus that injured 12 children. The panel deliberated about 90 minutes.
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Warren
George Heckathorn
Newton Falls
Chinese dollar hits record low amid U.S. mediation end
Shanghai markets report the Chinese currency sliding to 7,600 per U.S. dollar as Beijing cites the United States ending mediation efforts in China. The development signals a historic drop and heightened market volatility.
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Shanghai
U. S
America
China
Orphan Jimmy Richardson Lands House Page Job
Jimmy Richardson a 15 year old from Ashland Kentucky secured a $225 a month page position in the U S House of Representatives. Representative Thomas Jenkins says the appointment followed his father’s death. Jimmy comments on Congress as a great place. He will also receive free schooling.
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Washington
Jimmy Richardson
Ashland
Page
House of Representatives
Congress
Thomas Jenkins
Ironton
Ohio
Jimmy
Jenkins
Testimony Opens On Portal Pay Case In Mt. Clemens Pottery
U S district judge Frank A. Picard readies new testimony in the Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. portal to portal pay dispute. The long running case may reach $4 billion in walking time claims as labor and industry sides clash over time spent from time clock to work bench.
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Detroit
United States
Mt. Clemens Pottery Co
Frank A. Picard
Picard
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Death blamed on hit ship in Charleston
Elizabeth Sattler a 28 year old schoolteacher and daughter of West Virginia state labor commissioner Charles J F Sattler died after a hit and run. Detectives said lie detector tests cleared the last three witnesses who saw her alive and police concluded the crash caused her death. The body was found on a Charleston street near her parents home.
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W. Va
Elizabeth Sattler
West Virginia
L. B. Warren
R. G. Coen
Charles J. F. Sattler
County Agent Named Wilmington Official
Ralph H. Grimshaw 38 of Hillsboro is named Clinton County Agricultural Agent effective February 15. The appointment sets Grimshaw to lead local farming programs and extend county services to area growers.
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Wilmington
Ralph H. Grimshaw
Hillsboro
Clinton County
Senate committee urges domestic synthetic fuel program
The Senate Oil Investigating Committee warned the nation could not wage a major war on oil imports alone and urged steps to ready synthetic fuel production. It cited abundant domestic potential from coal natural gas and oil shale and proposed domestic oil exploration and ongoing synthetic fuels research to ensure fuel supply by future contingencies.
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Washington
Senate Oil Investigating
United States
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Russia
Evacuation of British Women and Children From Palestine Ordered
The Palestine government announced that all British women and children will be evacuated from Palestine by next Tuesday due to recent terror acts. Up to 3,000 civilian families may be involved, with compulsory evacuation for wives and children of government officials while others may opt to stay.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Youths Face Execution After Murder Conviction
In Nashville two youths James D. Sandusky Jr. and John T. Kelly await dates for their executions for the January 6 murder of J Edward Sprouse. The men were calm at sentencing but Kelly cried when approached by a fiancée from Lewiston Minnesota. The jury found them guilty of first degree murder for killing Sprouse after tying him to a tree and taking his car.
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Nashville
James D. Sandusky, Jr
John T. Kelly
Marion, Sr
Kelly
Lewiston
Minn
Ramona Coy
Tommy
Centerville
J. Edward Sprouse
Clarksville, Tenn
Macbeth actor stabbed in stage fight in Oldham
Harold Norman playing Macbeth in Oldham Repertory Players was stabbed by Anthony Oakley who played Macduff after shouting lay on Macduff. Norman staggered off stage with a five inch knife wound in the abdomen.
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Oldham
England
Harold Norman
Macbeth
Oldham Repertory Players
MacDuff
Anthony Oakley
Norman
Temperance Committee Forms Before Ohio Liquor Probe
A reform group in Columbus formed a temperance committee to draft recommendations for the legislature amid the Senate inquiry into the State Liquor Department. Members include the WCTU, the Ohio Council of Churches, the Anti-Saloon League and other groups. Miss Mary B. Ervin aims to gain legislative support to move Ohio out of the liquor business.
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Senate
State
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Ohio Council of Churches
The
Anti-Saloon League
Mary B. Ervin
WCTU
Ohio
End to Recognition Of Foremen Asked
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp asked Congress to release employers from any obligation to recognize foremen unions. H Parker Sharp, general counsel, told the Senate Labor Committee that supervisors cannot be loyal to management and please affiliated miners.
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Washington
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Congress
H. Parker Sharp
Senate Labor Committee
War Investigating Committee Told of Destroyed Files
Chairman Brewster claims a government department is destroying papers of definite interest to the Senate War Investigating Committee. He did not name the department and said he discussed the matter with President Truman ahead of the committee's first session.
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Tobey
Senate Banking Committee
OPA
White House
Philip B. Fleming
Office of Temporary Controls
James W. Follin
Fleming
Iowa
Banking Committee
Follin
Brewster
Senate War Investigating Committee
Truman
Lock on Plane Blamed for Copenhagen Crash
The Royal Dutch Airline KLM stated the elevator lock remained engaged and not removed, likely causing Sunday's Copenhagen crash that killed 22 people, including opera soprano Grace Moore and a Swedish prince.
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Royal Dutch Airline
KLM
Copenhagen
Grace Moore
Boys School Site Offered Near Marion
Columbus report notes the War Assets Administration will transfer 15 buildings and 1243 acres of Scioto Ordnance Works near Marion to Ohio with no cost beyond admin changes. State welfare planners study converting the former POW camp into a medium security boys school to relieve Lancaster Industrial School overcrowding where 900 inmates fill facilities built for 500.
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Scioto Ordnance Works
Marion
Welfare Department
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Lancaster
War Assets Administration
Governors Polled by Truman on Policy Plan
The New York Times reports President Truman will survey state governors on national issues before acting. The plan mirrors the approach used prior to the coal crisis showdown with John L. Lewis.
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New York
The
New York Times
John L. Lewis
the Times
Royal Family Embarks on 16 Day South Africa Voyage
England bids farewell to King George VI Queen Elizabeth and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose as they prepare to board the battleship Vanguard for a 16 day voyage to South Africa. They travel by special train to Portsmouth with a ceremonial RAF Royal Navy display.
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England
Vanguard
South Africa
Portsmouth
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
RAF
Royal Navy
Baby Dies After Trip By Plane to Hospital
Seven day old Harry Van Dine Jr. died after being flown from Zanesville to Children’s Hospital Cincinnati for an emergency operation. Doctors said the infant was born without a normal alimentary canal and had surgery late Wednesday night.
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Cincinnati
Harry van Dine, Jr
Children’s Hospital
Zanesville
Marine Regiment Sails Peiping
The United States Marine 11th regiment sailed from Tangku Port today reducing Marine strength in North China to under 10 000 men.
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Marine Regiment
Peiping
United States Marine 11Th Regiment
Tangku Port
China
Inspector sworn in in Sandusky district
Donald Geyer of Norwich was sworn in yesterday by State Liquor Director Stanley B. Cofal as inspector in charge of enforcement in the Sandusky district.
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Columbus
Donald Geyer
Norwich
Stanley B. Cofal
Sandusky
Organizers Get AFL Pay Hike
The AFL raised weekly pay by 20 dollars for about 200 union organizers. Affected promoters include organizers in Alaska. AFL President William Green said pay rose from 60 to 80 dollars to 80 to 100 dollars and noted efforts to organize workers in building construction and fishing and canning industries.
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Miami
Fla
AFL
Alaska
William Green
Green
Mahoning Man Named To State Liquor Board
Walter W. Mitchell of Youngstown was appointed a member of the State Board of Liquor Control by Gov. Thomas J. Herbert. Mitchell, a longtime Mahoning County Democratic leader, will succeed Richard Lindeman of Delphos as Lindeman’s term expires tomorrow.
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Columbus
Walter W. Mitchell
Youngstown
State Board of Liquor Control
Thomas J. Herbert
Mitchell
Mahoning County
Richard Lindeman
Del«phos
Lindeman
Notable Mischief and Misfortune Across States
The piece cites 11 and 12 year olds charged with rolling wire onto a train track in Indiana causing a wreck that cost lives and money. It mentions two West Virginia men found guilty of malicious cow shooting, fined and put on probation. It also recalls a figure who halted coal production pre winter, later urged to resume, delaying relief for miners and workers.
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Lew Wallace
James Whitcomb Riley
Booth Tarkington
West Virginia
United States
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