Cold Weather Intensifies Soft Coal Crisis Across States
Sub freezing temperatures deepen the soft coal emergency as over 200,000 workers join 372,000 United Mine Workers on strike. Massachusetts grants Governor Dever wartime powers to seize and ration soft coal amid fuel and power shortages. Utility cuts and plant closures ripple through Ohio Kentucky West Virginia New York and Pennsylvania with heating and industrial sectors tightening.
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Pittsburgh
Allied Industries
United Mine Workers
Massachusetts
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
Big Duquesne Light Co
Pittsburgh Railways Co
Allegheny River
Knoxville
Tenn
New York State
World Telegram and Sun
Mercury
Lackawanna
N. Y
Bethlehem Steel
Illinois
Illinois Progressive Mine Workers (Independent
Lustron Denies RFC Loan Default in Foreclosure Case
Lustron Corporation tells U S District Court it is not in default on 37.5 million dollars in Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans. Attorney Earl F Morris argues there was an understanding that note maturities could be rescheduled if Lustron missed payments.
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Columbus
Lustron Corporation
U. S. District Court
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Earl F. Morris
RFC
Lustron
Cleveland Ball Park Tax Status Upheld by Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Cleveland Municipal Stadium is not exempt from taxation as a proprietary facility. The decision centers on the stadium home to the Cleveland Indians in the American Baseball League and follows its addition to the Cuyahoga County tax duplicate by Auditor John A. Zangerle along with nearby areas.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Ohio Supreme Court
Cleveland Indians
American Baseball League
Donald Gray Gardens
Memorial Shoreway
Cuyahoga County
John A. Zangerle
Jackson Woman Killed In Truck Auto Collision
Mrs. Ivan Mapes 27 of Jackson Route 3 died en route to Holzer Hospital after a collision with a truck on Route 35 Chillicothe Road at the Jackson city limits. Her husband, in serious condition, and the passenger Harold Thompson, in critical condition, were hospitalized. Mapes suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. the truck driver William B. Skaggs was not held.
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Gallipolis
Ivan Mapes
Jackson
Mapes
Holzer Hospital
Harold Thompson
Thompson
D. R. Warehime
Chillicothe Road
Jackson City
William B. Skaggs
Middleport
C. S. Coughenour
Cheshire
Maples
John L. Lewis Served With Summons on Train Ride
President of the United Mine Workers John L. Lewis was served with a $1.5 million damages summons in Franklin County Court while aboard the Baltimore & Ohio Capital Limited train between Garrett Indiana and Willard Ohio. The action, filed by Sunny Hill Coal Co., targets Lewis and the union under Ohio Valentine Act. The summons was delivered after Lewis shut a train door on Deputy Sheriff Donald V. Kehnast during the encounter.
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Defiance
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ohio
Donald V. Kehnast
Franklin County
Columbus
Sunny Hill Coal Co
Erwin L. Clemens
Kehnast
Lewis
Clemens
Baltimore & Ohio Capital Limited
Garrett
Ind
Willard
Washington
Springfield
Civilians May Be Barred From Air Race Classic
Cleveland report says National Air Races may replace the Thompson Trophy event with a 100 kilometer jet race for service pilots. Ben T. Franklin cites civilian pilots possibly barred and notes prize money would fund a service pilot relief fund.
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Cleveland
National Air Races
Ben T. Franklin
New York
GIS Head Begins Duties at Girls' Industrial School
Mrs Eve Lyn Ethell former child welfare director started as superintendent of the Girls Industrial School in Delaware Ohio on Wednesday.
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Delaware
Evelyn Ethell
Girls’ Industrial School
Blustery March Winds Sweep Wide Regions
March winds whipped across the Dakotas to the South Atlantic states with temperatures near midwinter levels. Winds 20 to 40 mph chilled readings from Asheville to Roanoke and Nashville, with snow flurries in the Great Lakes and parts of New York. The Weather Bureau forecasts only slow relief and generally below normal temperatures east of the Mississippi.
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Associated Press
Dakotas
South Atlantic
Iowa
Wisconsin
Midwest
Carolinas
Virginia
Tennessee
U. S. Weather Bureau
Gulf States
Asheville
N. C
Roanoke
Mercury
Buffalo
Miami
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Boston
Bismarck
Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Teen Age Girl Kills Self After School Dispute
Toledo detectives link a dispute over a school activities group to the death of Marie Bauman 14 an Ursuline Academy eighth grader. Coroner verdict death by own action notes a suicide at home with a note to her parents expressing love and faith.
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Toledo
Paul Hohly
Marie Bauman
Ursuline Academy
Valentine Bauman
Marie
Mom
Pop
State Denies Cut of Trunway Bus Service
The State Utilities Commission denied Pennsylvania Railroad permission to discontinue the 18 mile bus link between Zanesville and Trinway. Zane Transit Lines operates two daily round trips under contract, connecting with Pennsylvania trains at Trinway. Attorney Examiner Charles K. Bradley ruled public welfare outweighs the railroad's operating loss.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad Authority
Zanesville
Trinway
Zane Transit Lines
Pennsylvania
Tranway
Charles K. Bradley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Airlines Ground Crews Start Nationwide Strike
In New York a nationwide strike by American Airlines ground crews began with picket lines at La Guardia as the CIO Transport Workers Union stated 4600 supply and maintenance workers in 34 cities are affected. The union seeks a 20 cent hourly raise a job security clause and other benefits.
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New York
American Airlines
la Guardia Field
CIO Transport Workers Union
TWU
Wife Slayer Convicted Of 2nd Degree Murder
Vernon O. Bigger, 34, was found guilty by a common pleas court jury in Bryan Ohio of second degree murder for killing his wife on January 2. He testified the shooting was accidental after initially facing first degree murder charges.
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Bryan, O
Vernon O. Bigger
Common Pleas Court
Bigger
Gas Deficit Slams Northeastern Ohio Industry
A gas shutoff by East Ohio Gas Co. halts natural gas to 700 industrial plants across Northeastern Ohio amid frigid weather. Republic Steel, American Steel & Wire, and Timken employes face layoffs. many firms switch to oil, while coal use soars for homes. Governor Lausche seeks military coal to aid residents as supplies dwindle.
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Youngstown
Ohio
East Ohio Gas Co
Cleveland
Weather Bureau
Republic Steel Corp
Republic
American Steel & Wire Co
Cuyahoga
Canton
William E. Umstattd
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Timken
East Palestine
W. S. George Pottery Co
Akron
Frank J. Lausche
Cincinnati
Dr Klaus Fuchs spy career sparks UK security probes
The Klaus Fuchs case, sentenced to 14 years for passing atomic secrets to Russia, triggers calls in Britain for a major shakeup and wide investigations of security services. Officials expect the Fuchs trial to shake Britain’s counter espionage framework and prompt reviews of those tied to atomic research.
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London
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Fuchs
Britain
Mine Union Freed of Contempt Charge in Coal Strike
The United Mine Workers was found not guilty of civil and criminal contempt for defying Judge Keech's Feb 11 back-to-work order. The ruling follows two prior guilty findings and comes as the government weighs mine seizures if a quick contract cannot end the 25 day soft coal strike. President Truman said seizure plans had been drafted but offered no timetable.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Today
Richmond B. Keech
Reech
Truman
Evening Star
Congress
Henry Ford
Coase
United Mine Workers
Richmond
Keech
Nore
Lewis’ United Mine Workers Union
UMW
New York Doctor Final State Witness in Sander Trial
Dr Milton Helpern of New York was slated as the final state witness as prosecutors pursue proof that Dr Hermann Sander injected air into cancer patient Mrs Abbie Borreto to hasten her death. The 59 year old woman died after a December 4 inoculation of 40 cubic centimeters of air into her veins, according to pathologist Dr Ralph E Miller.
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Manchester
N. H
New York
John F. Noxon
Hermann N. Sander
Milton Helpern
Sander
Helpern
Noxon
Pittsburgh
Mass
Lawrence
Ralph E. Miller
New Hampshire
Coal Shortage Threatens Closing of Area School
A deepening coal shortage in a cold snap threatens area schools. The Plains High School, with 200 students, may close after one day of coal on hand, while the Plains gymnasium and auditorium would also shut. The elementary building, housing 250 pupils, has about a week of coal. Officials seek emergency supply from a nearby Nelsonville mine as Athens and county systems monitor the situation. Gas supplies remain adequate with no industrial curtailment expected.
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the Plains
Herman W. Humphrey
Humphrey
Nelsonville
Glen M. Hanes
Athens City
Willard P. Barker
Frank W. Phillips
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Phillips
Two Homes Hit by Fires 13 Are Killed in Monson
A deadly early fire in Monson, Me, killed Elwood Smith about 35, his mother, and six children. Smith's wife escaped but was later reported dying. Firefighters said Smith died returning to rescue them after escorting his wife to safety. Five children and their grandmother were trapped on the second floor. The infant slept on the first floor as the blaze started in the kitchen.
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Monson
Elwood Smith
Smith
Fire wipes out family in Kenosha trailer camp blaze
A flash fire destroyed a two room frame cabin killing five family members at a Pleasant Prairie camp on the edge of Kenosha. Firefighters battled the blaze in subzero cold and attributed the blaze to an oil heater as the cause.
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Kenosha
Wis
Pleasant Prairie
Navy Plane Ditches During Atlantic Patrol All Ten Saved
A Navy PBM flying boat ditched about 300 miles north of Haiti while on night patrol for joint service maneuvers. All ten crewmen were rescued from liferafts and reported in good condition at 3:50 a.m. None were injured. Two Navy surface craft conducted the rescue in rough seas.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Atlantic
Haiti
Mother and Child Rescued After Plane Crash
A mother and her three year old child lay eight hours beside their husband and father’s body after a plane crashed into a mountainside near Beaumont California. Rescue teams dangled the wreckage with ropes to reach the injured pair before lowering them to stretchers below.
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Beaumont
Calif
Standard Plans Cut In Gasoline Price
The price of gasoline will be reduced one half cent per gallon by the Standard Oil Co of Ohio at midnight tonight. The new price will be 23 1/2 cents per gallon. Other oil companies have followed Sohio's lead in price cutting. The reduction reflects a decline in crude oil prices.
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Standard Oil Co
Ohio
W. B. Barnfield
Athens
Sohio
Bank Cashier Held In Fake Burglary
Kenneth W. Boldt 40 a cashier at First National Bank Milltown was jailed on 25000 bond after FBI said he admitted staging a burglary to cover theft of 21779. Boldt was arrested 30 hours after reporting the break in and cited debt as motive.
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FBI
Federal Grand Jury
Kenneth W. Boldt
First National Bank
Milltown
Boldt
Fire Roasts Frozen Meat in Blecker Home Loss
In Catawissa Mr and Mrs George Blecker faced $20000 damage after a fire destroyed their home. A deep freeze in the kitchen sustained cooked meat that Blecker shared with firemen as sandwiches, including $4000 in cash found in a bureau drawer. Nearby Beatrice Nebraska reports an exploding West Side Baptist Church with no injuries. Cincinnati officials recovered a $1000 diamond ring from ashes. In Defiance a coal truck plunged into Mohican River after its driver escaped.
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Catawispa
George Blecker
Blecker
Blocker
Beatrice
Neb
West Side Baptist Church
Majority Disapproves Fraternity Drinking
Columbus residents in a student survey oppose serving alcohol at fraternity parties while approving Greek life in general. Of 1200 polled, 692 said no to drinking, 429 said yes, and 757 viewed fraternities and sororities as beneficial to American college life.
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Columbus
Espionage Charged Against Businessman
Dutch businessman Johannes Louwers pleaded guilty before a Czech court on charges of economic espionage. Seven Czech co defendants also pleaded guilty and two pleaded in nocent. The official Czech news agency reported the trial as Western reporters were barred from attending.
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Prague
Johannes Louwers
Jailors and Prisoners Banned From Bartering
Sheriff Dan Tehan bans bartering and cash deals between jailers and prisoners in Cincinnati after a January jail break. The order prohibits cash gifts or trade of any kind between jail staff and inmates to prevent further escapes.
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Cincinnati
Dan Tehan
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