Byrnes Urges Quick OK For Proposed Treaties
Former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes urged quick Senate ratification of peace pacts with Italy Hungary Bulgaria and Romania as a step toward world stability. He said armistice regimes must end and troops withdraw within 90 days after treaty entry into force. He warned that occupation forces in Bulgaria Romania and Hungary rely on treaties for withdrawal and that Trieste’s fate remains a complex issue.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Senate
Italy
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Byrnes
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
No Retreat Martin Says In Fund Cuts
House Republicans led by Speaker Martin push for a $6 billion budget reduction and a 20 percent income tax cut despite Senate Armed Services concerns. Martin argues Truman’s $37.5 billion budget can be trimmed to $31.5 billion without harming defense or essential services. Senate chairman Gurney opposes a $6 billion cut given wartime overseas commitments.
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Washington
House
Senate
Martin
Truman
Massachusetts
Gurney
S. D
Senate Armed Services Committee
Britain
Greece
Grange Officer Named State Grange Secretary
Ohio Grange Master Joseph W. Fichter named Loren Hines a Fayette County farmer, 46, as state Grange secretary in Oxford Ohio today.
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Oxford
Ohio
Joseph W. Fichter
Loren Hines
Fayette County
Catcalls Not Wages Spark Clearview Teacher Strike
Clearview High and 31 teachers resigned after a dispute with students over discipline. A five hour board meeting failed to persuade staff to return amid ongoing protests led by Supt T C Simpson who blamed parents and students. Principal Allen Mizer admitted slapping a student in retaliation for insolent remarks as hundreds of pupils walked out in protest.
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Lorain, O
Board of Education
Clearview
Supt
T. C. Simpson
Simpson
Allen Mizer
Strike Curtails 14 Moving Firms in Cincinnati
About 200 workers halted operations today after wage talks stalled. The Local 140 Furniture and Piano Movers AFL reports the strike seeks a 15 cent hourly raise.
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Cincinnati
Charles Garve
AFL
Beef Prices Lifted by Pork Market Rise
Pork prices may stay high through March and April, lifting beef as demand shifts from pork. Hog supplies drop, analysts say, potentially pushing spring cattle markets higher. shortages in pork and other meats boost beef and poultry prices while range cattle return to markets later.
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Chicago
H. M. Conway
National Livestock Producers’ Association
Conway
Corn Belt
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Three Die As West Side Fire Traps Rooming House In Chicago
A West Side rooming house fire in Chicago killed three people and injured six others as nearly 100 tenants fled. An unidentified woman about 50 and Warren C. Crockett 70 leapt from third floor windows and died. another tenant died later. Firemen found a charred body in an attic loft. John Haberkorn said the blaze likely started on the first floor.
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Chicago
Warren C. Crockett
County Hospital
Thomas Hellen
John Haberkorn
Cleveland Private Club Holds Permit Amid Liquor Hearings
The Service Club Inc. in Cleveland was the only organization to keep its liquor permit as hearings on private club licenses continued. A prosecutor moved to dismiss after the state’s case collapsed when a witness appeared who had been subpoenaed in error. Three permits were revoked yesterday, part of a six day total of 21 revocations, one dismissal, and two decisions pending.
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Cleveland
State Board of Liquor Control
Frank J. Lausche
Charles G. Schnur
Service Club, Inc
Ohio teachers march to press salary rise fails to manifest
In Columbus a planned march of Ohio school teachers to press for pay increases did not materialize yesterday. Two delegations from Adams County and Salem Township, Clark County, appeared to inquire into the possibility of speeding state action for higher pay.
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Columbus
Ohio
Adams County
Salem Township
Clark County
Gas Tax Distribution Totals $2.93 Million in 1947
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson announced the first 1947 distribution of gasoline excise tax funds totaling $2,929,812 to counties townships and cities. Each county will receive $10,000 and each township $400, with $1,515,412 allotted to cities based on 1945 vehicle registrations.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Boeing Leader Named OIU Air School Head
Caroll J. Pierce Jr., Boeing Airplane Co. chief of aerodynamics at Wichita, was named director of Ohio State University's School of Aviation. Pierce, formerly with Goodyear Aircraft in Akron from 1942 to 1946, will succeed Col. Otto Brunzell who has acted as director since 1944.
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Columbus
Caroll J. Peirce, Jr
Boeing Airplane Co
Wichita
Kans
Ohio State University
School of Aviation
Pierce
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Akron
Otto Brunzell
Herbert to Speak at Hamilton Red Cross Fund Meet
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert will speak at the first report meeting of the Hamilton County Red Cross fund campaign in Cincinnati Friday noon. The event aims to report progress and boost the drive's fundraising effort.
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Cincinnati
Thomas J. Herbert
Hamilton County Red Cross Fund
Nelsonville VFW Plans Industrial Memorial for Veterans
A Nelsonville resolution calls for an industrial memorial building funded by a bond issue to honor war veterans and aid veteran employment. The plan, backed by VFW Post 3467 and the American Legion, would house an industry and include a bronze plaque, with a trustee board to oversee governance.
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Nelsonville
Oral Daugherty
American Legion
H. E. Wilson
Eugene Berry
Charles Shafer
Granville Green
VFW
Daugherty
John P. Kelso
Veterans’ Committee
William Reed
Roland Pierce
Stuart Hoodlett
Nelsonville Post
Ohio
Stalin Steps Down as Soviet Armed Forces Chief
London report says Prime Minister Stalin relinquished command of the Soviet armed forces due to pressure from other duties. Gen. Nikolai A. Bulganin named to succeed him, while Stalin remains premier and holds key party posts.
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London
Stalin
Moscow Radio
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Russia
Communist Party
Supreme Soviet
Fire destroys seven Wilkes-Barre stores in six-hour blaze
Eight fire companies fought a wind driven fire for more than six hours in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania as a general alarm fire consumed seven stores in the business district.
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Wilkes-Barre
SAM SIMMONS Urges Readiness to Stop Soviet Invasion
SAM SIMMONS argues for strong Western intervention in Greece and Turkey to deter a resurgent Soviet threat. He asserts the US and Britain must maintain a sizable force and supply lines, ready to send millions of troops and modern armaments if those nations consent. He cautions that only a decisive, sustained effort can curb Moscow’s aggression.
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Greece
United States
Britain
Russia
Europe
Asia
Turkey
Ohio Traffic Toll Reaches Sixteen Over Two Days
A death toll of at least 16 from Ohio traffic accidents over Sunday and Monday includes a Wheeling & Lake Erie freight train striking a car near Elyria killing four. Other fatalities involve a New Castle family in Deerfield a Clio Michigan family in Cardington and a Ironton driver wife killed in a tractor trailer crash.
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Ohio
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Elyria
Harry Plumb
Peter J. Gall, Jr
Harold Bradshaw
Buffalo
N. Y
Irvin D. Boger
Lebanon
New Castle
Canton
Deerfield
Marie Aber
Matthew
John Saesan
Clio
Mich
Cardington
Manchester
Louise Wieteki
Ironton
Donald
Sugar rationing proposal cites waste halt demand
The National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation urged the Senate to require sugar allotments that prevent waste or spoilage of food. Secretary Charles W. Holman said sugar must support producers of sweetened condensed milk converting skim milk, warning excess production could waste lots of milk as the March 31 expiration for sugar controls nears.
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Washington
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Senate
Charles W. Holman
Federation
Holman
Senate Banking
Rubber Firms Reopen Talks In Cleveland
Representatives of the CIO United Rubber Workers and the Big Four tire firms plan to resume negotiations in Cleveland on the union demand for a 26 cent hourly wage increase. Firestone Goodrich Goodyear and U S Rubber Co are involved.
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Cleveland
Cio-United Rubber Workers
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
U. S. Rubber Co
Detroit
New York
Steelworkers Complaint Is Dismissed By NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board dismissed a United Steelworkers of America complaint against United Welding Co of Middletown Ohio. The board found the company did not induce employees to abandon the union or bargain separately from the union.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
United Steelworkers of America
CSO
United Welding Co
Middletown
Ohio
Boy Sentenced to Die To Request New Trial
Youngstown reports Don Frohner, 16, convicted of killing William Spieth, seeks a new trial as his death sentence looms. Common Pleas Court will hear motion Friday. defense cites adverse domestic circumstances. Judge David Jenkins provided the update.
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Youngstown
Common Pleas Court
Don Frohner
William C. Spieth
Ashtabula Saleman
David G. Jenkins
Frohner
Vacation Interrupted To Save City Commission Seat
Springfield Ohio John H Voller rushed back from a Florida vacation after an air trip to attend a city commission meeting. His absence would have triggered forfeiture under a charter rule. Voller denounced two commissioners who refused to accept a resolution to excuse him.
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Springfield
John H. Voller
Florida
Voller
Daniels-Cramer school subsidy bill faces opposition and debate
The Daniels-Cramer school subsidy bill enters its first major opposition in the Senate Education Committee. Questions arise on funding sustainability, private school eligibility, bus purchases near 3 million dollars yearly, and teacher salary levels. Governors and legislators debate the measure as supporters push for higher state grants from 59 to about 100 million annually.
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Columbus
Senate Education Committee
Arch D. Schultz
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Thomas J. Hersbert
the _y
Hugh S. Jenkins
Senate
Roscoe R. Walccutt
R - Franklin
Walcutt
Truman Reaffirms Good Neighbor Policy in Mexico
President Truman tours Mexico City announcing continued good neighbor policy and non intervention. He pledges to respect Mexican laws while opposing lawlessness among nations. Aleman greets him warmly and stresses mutual economic cooperation. He receives a heartfelt welcome at a state dinner.
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Mexico City
Truman
Mexico
United States
U. S
Miguel Aleman
Aleman
Palestine State Declares Open War Amid Arab–British Clash
Anti-British violence escalates as the Jewish underground proclaims a state of open war. Five British soldiers are wounded when a military truck is blown near Rishon Le Zion, and four Arabs are hurt by a road mine near Ramle. A British office in Haifa is bombed and an Army camp near Hadera attacked. Jerusalem and the coastal plain remain quiet.
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Palestine
Holy Land
Rishon le Zion
Ramle
Haifa
Hadera
Coastal Plain
House Revives Newark Hospital Expansion Bill
The Ohio House revived a Newark expansion bill allowing city action to widen the privately run Newark City Hospital if 65 percent of voters approve. Last Thursday the chamber defeated the bill 37 to 70, and action this week reopened debate on the measure.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Newark
Newark City Hospital
Henry V. Deming
Rlicking
Ironton Blackmail Case Arraignment Today
Arraignment of Billie Goodin twenty one of Ashland Kentucky on a charge of attempting to blackmail an Ironton man for three thousand five hundred dollars was scheduled for today in U S Commissioner's Court. She is held in Lawrence County jail.
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Ironton
Billie Goodin
Ashland
U. S. Commissioner's Court
Lawrence County
Fire destroys Delaware conservation dam project office
U. S. Engineer Arthur Johnson estimated a $15,000 loss after a fire destroyed the field office of the Delaware conservation dam project east of here. Watchman George C. Gorrell suffered severe burns escaping the blaze.
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Delaware
U. S
Arthur Johnson
Delaware Conservation Dam
Here
George C. Gorrell
Opekasit Granary Destroyed by Fire
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Ops ekasit Center granary in SOUTH SOLON yesterday as residents with hand extinguishers watched 20,000 bushels of corn burn. Damage estimate unavailable.
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South Solon
Opsekasit Center
Former steel man Bert Farrell dies at Palm Beach hotel
Nashville Tennessee report: Bert Farrell, 64, once a Sandusky Ohio steel executive, died yesterday at a Palm Beach Florida hotel, according to relatives. He was connected with the steel industry in Ohio and had ties to Sandusky.
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Nashville, Tenn
Herebert Farrell
Sandusky, Ohio
Palm Beach, Fla
Nelsonville Votes Funds to Improve Police Two Way Radio
City Council enacted legislation to buy and install a two way radio system for the Nelsonville police, appropriating 1800 from the general fund. The plan includes one more patrolman and an additional fireman, with police salaries rising ten dollars monthly.
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Nelsonville
Coakley
Electric Light
Ene
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