Truman Ready To Appoint Fact Board In Coal Dispute
President Truman reportedly prepared to name a fact finding board to investigate the ten month coal strike with power to recommend settlement. Advisers offered no clear sign on using Taft Hartley act machinery. Lewis condemned the act, while a Senate panel debated invoking emergency provisions amid looming shortages and cold weather forecasts.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
Byrd
D-Va
Lewis
Mr. Truman
Interior Department
Senate Labor Committee
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Robert N. Denham
Ohio Hit By Snow Ice Glaze Storm Slows Statewide Travel
The Associated Press reports Ohio faced icy glaze and snow with hazardous driving. Snow in the north, sleet across central regions, and airport closures in Columbus and Dayton marked the storm. One pedestrian, Noah W. Dietrich, 72, died in Columbus as sleet began. Police limited travel as slick streets formed. Northern Kentucky areas also felt the wintry blast.
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Associated Press
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Indiana
Columbus
Dayton
Noah W. Dietrich
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Middletown
Kentucky
Mo Resists Fourth Try At Freeing Warship
Norfolk salvage teams failed again to move the 45,000 ton Missouri grounded on a Chesapeake Bay shoal. Rear Admiral Wallin said a large rock dented the hull keeping the ship from clearing the shoal as 13 tugs and nine beach gear rigs exerted about 80 tons each. A fifth attempt is planned for tomorrow with another possible try on Thursday.
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Norfolk
Homer N. Wallin
Allan E. Smith
Chesapeake Bay
Missouri
Vote Bill Doubtful Vote Bill Doubtful
A split among Senate Republicans clouds the fate of a proposed Constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college. Senators Taft of Ohio and Lodge of Massachusetts, once potential 1952 aspirants, take opposite sides on a plan to award electoral votes by each state's popular vote shares.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Lodge
Massachusetts
Miners Idle As Nationwide Soft Coal Strike Expands
More than a quarter of the nation’s soft coal miners were idle today as a strike spread to six states. About 100,000 workers were out, with 58,000 in Pennsylvania and 20,000 in West Virginia, plus thousands in Alabama Ohio Illinois and Kentucky. In Central Pennsylvania counties and Northern West Virginia nearly all mines paused operations, and Amherst Fuel Co. mines in Logan County West Virginia missed day shifts. Union leaders also mobilized relief, while canvassing helped aid 350 families of Local 4019 members near Fairmont.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Alabama
Ohio
Illinois
Kentucky
Amherst Fuel Co
Accoville
Logan County
Uniontown
Fairmont
W. Va
Bennett family charged with selling unregistered leases trial set
Four members of the Bennett family face trial after being charged with selling unregistered oil and gas leases. Common Pleas Judge Robert A. Martin scheduled the trial for February 27.
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Dayton
Bennett
Common Pleas
Robert A. Martin
Remain Alert Johnson Calls for Stronger United States
Secretary of Defense Johnson delivers first annual report urging America to stay powerful and alert until international cooperation by adversaries is accepted. He warns of possible surprise attacks and notes Russia holds atomic explosion secrets while praising peacetime strength and readiness. He stresses pursuing every major weapon and combination for defense.
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Washington
Johnson
America
Russia
United States
Brehm Proposes Drastic Budget Cuts
Rep. Brehm of Ohio urged a radical budget plan to balance the peace time budget by economy in government. He called for cutting subsidies and programs across farms rivers harbors highways housing and foreign aid and even trimming military spending and payrolls including his own salary if needed. He proposed appointing an efficiency team for the Veterans Administration to root out waste in the GI Bill.
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Washington
Rep
Brehm
Ohio
Congressional Record
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
Veterans Administration
Furnace Explosion Causes Man’s Fatal Burns in Steubenville
In Steubenville Gilbert Jones aged 40 died from severe burns after a hot water furnace exploded while he shoveled coal. A water pipe burst during the blast. Fire Chief Michael Cody theorized a stick of dynamite may have been left in the coal.
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Steubenville
Gilbert Jones
Jones
Michael J. Cody
Rhodes Denied Seats At Dayton McKinley Day Dinner
Columbus Mayor James A. Rhodes, a Republican governor candidate, was denied a seat at the McKinley Day banquet in Dayton while State Treasurer Don H. Ebright attended. Rhodes called the snub a Tammany tactic and planned meetings after carrying cheese sandwiches in the hotel coffee shop.
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Dayton
James A. Rhodes
Columbus
Don H. Ebright
Dayton Biltmore
Rhodes
Ebright
Ohio
Montgomery County Republican Organization
Search Plane Crashes in Yukon After Chasing Lost C-54
Lt. Charles R. Harden, a U S Air Force C 47 pilot, crash landed 21 miles south of Whitehorse Yukon Territory after hunting a missing C 54 with 44 aboard. He crawled through deep snow for six hours to reach a road where engineers found him with bloodied face and a crippled foot. Three crewmen were injured and two escaped with minor injuries. all were Elmendorf Field veterans.
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Whitehorse
Y.T
Elmendorf Field
Anchorage
Alaska
U.S
Yukon Air Base
Edwin Gulzinski
Camp Carson
Colp
Harden
Jack Borges
Midnight Sun Broadcasting Co
Mount Caribou
Engineer Corps
Willard Batchelder
Duluth
Minn
Lausche Files for Third Term as Governor
Gov Frank J Lausche officially becomes a candidate for a third term. He filed 4735 signatures from all 88 counties with the secretary of state for the Democratic renomination. Columbus Mayor James A Rhodes is expected to file for the Republican nomination today.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Secretary of State
James A. Rhodes
William O‘neill
Marietta
House
Harry T. Marshall
Cleveland
Thomas W. Maxson
Grandview Heights
State Utilities Commission
J. Harry Moore
Cincinnati
Senate
Margaret Mahoney
Cuyahoga
Ministers To Hear Religious Leaders At Ohio Pastor’s Convention
About 2000 Protestant ministers attend the 31st annual Ohio Pastor's Convention in Columbus. Dr. Daniel Poling of the Baptist Temple Philadelphia editor of the Christian Herald and international president of Christian Endeavor, and Dr. G Bromley Oxnam, Methodist bishop of New York, will address the gathering.
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Columbus
Ohio
Daniel Poling
The
Baptist Temple of Philadelphia
Christian Herald
Christian Endeavor
G. Bromley Oxnan
New York
German Ship Sinks Near Borkum Island
The 743 ton German ship S. S. Fidamus sank near Borkum. Romania reported eight survivors rescued by Romanian forces and a search continued for eight missing crew members.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Borkum
Teday
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures Turn Cold
Columbus forecast shows temperatures 3 to 5 degrees below normal with a normal high near 28 and low around 16. Periods of light snow flurries expected with precipitation averaging from trace to 1 inch and little overall temperature trend during the period.
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Columbus
Senate panel moves to back hydrogen bomb work approval
The Senate House Atomic Committee signaled strong support for developing the hydrogen bomb, with President Truman expected to order it. The panel gathered testimony from atomic and military leaders, weighing costs up to four million and possible sites like Sandia base near Albuquerque. Senator Tydings warned failure to build could invite attack, arguing an arms balance deterred war.
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Washington
Senate House Atomic Committee
America
Truman
Defense Department
Sandia
Albuquerque
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
Tydings
United States
Maryland
Russia
Conally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Atomic Group
Reds Resume Truck Traffic Hindrances
Soviet guards at Helmstedt border checkpoint reimposed delays on Berlin bound trucks after a brief truce. Long lines formed as cargo papers and driver documents were checked, reducing flow to about five trucks per hour and leaving many vehicles stalled on both sides of the frontier.
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Berlin
Marienborn
Germany
Frankfurt
Helmstedt
West Germany
Nixon Asks Housecleaning At McKinley Day Dinner
Rep. Richard Nixon urged a White House housecleaning after Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury, calling the Hiss investigation a red herring. Nixon spoke at the 36th annual McKinley Day dinner in Dayton. Sen. Robert A. Taft pressed for policy choices on government power.
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Dayton
Richard Nixon
Calif
House Un-American Activities Committee
Truman
Alger Hiss
Nixon
Hiss
State Department
Roosevelt
Yalta
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Constitution Revision Hearings Planned in Ohio
Public hearings on revising Ohio's Constitution will be held after March 15, as the Ohio Program Commission decided. Voters will decide in 1952 whether to call a constitutional convention, the required submission every 20 years under a constitutional provision.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Program Commission
U S Moves to Avert Nationwide Phone Strike
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service met with CIO Communications Workers President Joseph Beirne to head off a Feb 8 strike. Beirne seeks a 35 hour week pension and vacation gains and wants to keep emergency lines open. Ohio Bell is not included as talks have not begun and local votes decide representation for 15 000 workers.
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Washington
William N. Margolis
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
CIO Communications Workers
Joseph A. Beirne
Bell Telephone System
CIO
Beirne
Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Ohio
Thomas Ryan
CIO Communications Workers of America
Ohio Bell
Breach of Contract Claim Arises Over Russian Rubles Ad
Mrs Ruth Rayl sues Fay lor Lincoln Mercury Co and salesman Edward Lane in Columbiana County Court at Lisbon for 1275 rubles alleging breach of contract after an East Liverpool Review ad offered a 1947 coupe for 1275 rubles. Lane said ad was meant as humor and not binding. The wife’s claim notes rubles now have souvenir value.
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East Liverpool
Ruth Rays
Columbiana County
Lisbon
East Liverpool Review
Ex Meigs Man Indicted for Double Slaying in Columbus
Darrell L. Welch, 28, now in Lima State Hospital, was indicted on two counts of first degree murder for the Jan 12 killings of his wife, 26, and their 15 month old daughter. He was on a trial visit from Columbus State Hospital when the slayings occurred and was later moved to Lima after a reported attempt to strangle a cellmate. Welch is a former Harrisonville Meigs County resident.
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Columbus
Lima State Hospital
Darrell L. Welch
Welch
Columbus State Hospital
Lima
Reds recognize Asiatic chieftain in Indochina
Moscow reports that Russia recognizes Ho Chi Minh's Viet Nam republic and will exchange diplomats. Tass denounces Bao Dai's French-backed regime as a puppet government representing a small group of reactionaries.
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Moscow
Russia
Ho Chi-Minh
Indochina
Tass
Bao Dai
FEP Bill Passes Cleveland City Council
A compulsory fair employment practice ordinance was approved by Cleveland City Council on Monday night by a vote of 7 to 5. The measure aims to curb discriminatory hiring and employment practices within the city.
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FEP
Cleveland
Sity Council
Rock Slide Secures Washington County Road Near Marietta
A 200 foot rock slide covered two miles of State Route 7 near Marietta blocking Skyline Drive. No injuries reported. The Baltimore and Ohio line between the highway and the Ohio River was also buried. Thousands of tons of rock and dirt slid onto the road. Engineers expect to dynamite before removal begins.
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Marietta
Lloyd Ross
Highway Department Division 10
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ohio River
Washington County
Missing Publisher's Car Found in Dayton
A Greene County newspaper publisher Thurman Miller Jr. 35 disappeared a week ago. His car was found abandoned near downtown Dayton with no damage. His wife Mary and his father Dusty Miller consider amnesia a possibility after he attended a Rotary club meeting in Xenia last Tuesday. Sheriff George P. Henkel reported the discovery.
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Dayton
Thurman Miller, Jr
Greene County
George P. Henkel
Miller
Mary
Thurman
Dusty) Miller
Rotary Club
Xenia
Beer Bottles and Hay Cause Friday Crash Near Lock 11
State police report three trucks collided on Route 17 east of Lock 11. Two semi trailers, one hauling eight tons of hay and another with empty beer bottles, wrecked. one driver sustained a chest bruise. Cabs were heavily damaged, and property damage ran to thousands of dollars.
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Point Pleasant
Here
D. G. Wilfong
T. L. Morrison
Milwaukee
Lock 11
Curtiss Travis
St. Albans
Andy, Leport
Begder i
Son
Travis
Walter B. King
Bluffton
Ohio
Kanawha
Leport
Wilfong
Gewen
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National Coal Dispute
Winston Churchill
Liberal Party
Woodford
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Jim Rhodes
Howard Young
Montgomery County Republican
Lausche
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Today’s Messenger News
Athens
Maan Dine
Chauncey
Gallipolis
Glouster Cosines Eeensenken Logan
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Wren
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Meigs
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