Five Western Europe Nations Begin Talks on Curbing Russia
Five nations including Great Britain France Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg opened talks in Brussels on a proposed Western European union to stem Communist expansion. Paul-Henri Spaak opened the conference while the press was kept away.
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Western Europe
Russia
Brussels
Belgium
Great Britain
France
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Paul-Henri Spaak
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Gladwyn Jebb
Jebb
London
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Western
Europe
House of Commons
Bevin
U.S
Robert A. Lovett
Washington
United States
Lord Vansittart
Chamberlain
House of Lords
British
Foreign Office
Italy
Southeast Ohio explores shale and coal to oil plant
A U S Bureau of Mines representative will survey coal deposits in Southeast Ohio by March 10 with a shale expert to visit soon as part of plans for an area oil from coal project. Delegation includes Senator Mechem and Dr Dow. Rep Jenkins pursues funding amid a $30 million national fund.
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U.S. Bureau of Mines
Ohio
James Boyd
Bureau
Athens
Nelsonville
Washington
Hocking Valley
Colorado
Stanley Mechem
Oral Daugherty
E. A. Cottingham
C. L. Dow
Ohio University
Bureau of Mines
Thomas A. Jenkins
Rep
Jenkins
Paul Herbert
Mechem
Dr. Dow
Southeastern Ohio
John Owens
United Mine Workers
Joan W. Bricker
Nelsonville-Athens
Market Drop In Grain Hoes Hurts Farmers
Chicago reports show farmers facing lower incomes from key commodities compared with a year ago. Prices for hogs, wheat, and cotton fell, while cattle improved slightly and eggs rose from 47 to 52 cents a dozen. Butter remained near last year’s level as feed grains stayed tight due to last year’s corn shortage.
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Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Gas Increase Promised For Ohio Consumers Next Winter
Ohio households will gain 140 million cubic feet of gas daily next winter as Columbia Gas and Electric Corp and Ohio sources boost supply. Columbia will supply about 247 million cubic feet per day, up from 189 million this winter, with Ohio sources adding 398 million, up from 315 million in 1947 48.
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Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbia Gas and Electric Corp
Ohio
Ohio Fuel Gas
Columbia
Educator Sees Need of 3 000 Teachers Yearly
Walton B. Bliss of Columbus, executive secretary of the Ohio Education Association, says Ohio public schools will need 3,000 new teachers annually for the next five years because of an acute shortage of lower grade instructors. He outlines three problems: securing school aid passage before Congress and obtaining additional state and financial assistance.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio Education Association
Walton B. Bliss
Columbus
James L. Martin dies at home in Logan
James L. Martin longtime Logan resident and Hocking County Commissioner died at his W Second Street home after a period of illness. He served two terms as county auditor and was in his second term as commissioner. An inactive Presbyterian elder, he directed Logan Holding Co. and Logan Clay Products Co. and ran a hardware store. Funeral plans will be announced by Woodard funeral home.
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Logan
James L. Martin
Hocking County Board of Commissioners
W. Second St
Logan High School
Woodard Funeral Home
Girl Calls Off Wedding To Youth In Death Cell
Two condemned youths headed for dawn electrocution in Nashville faced reprieve. Richard Reilly, 21, received a 32 day stay minutes before death row, while Daniel Budzynski, 19, had his sentence commuted to 99 years. Jeanne Clair Lucas, 20, Pittsburgh Sunday school teacher, canceled wedding plans.
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Nashville
Tenn
Pittsburgh
Richard Reilly
Daniel Budzynski
Jeanne Clair Lucas
Freezing victim dies in Cincinnati incident
Walter Donnohord aged 66 died from an infection after freezing injuries to his hands and limbs. He became trapped on a barbed wire fence near Mt. Carmel during the recent cold spell.
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Cincinnati
Walter Donnohord
Mt. Carmel
Statewide meeting on Ohio tax rulings warns of revenue losses
Fears of tax losses prompt a statewide meeting in Columbus. Lorain County and the Ohio County Commissioners Association call for discussion with county city and school officials on the impact of Supreme Court decisions. They fear reclassifying plants and industrial properties as personal property at 50 percent will devastate local governments and alter Ohio's tax structure.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Lorain County
Ohio County Commissioners Association
Supreme Court
Roseville Pottery Co
Muskingum County
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Congress Tries Again To Get China Aid Data
The House Foreign Affairs Committee questioned Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer over the secret China aid report as part of a $570 million program. Rep. Judd notes Wedemeyer’s views clash with Marshall, while MacArthur in Tokyo stresses the military problem underlaying China policy.
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China
Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Rep
Judd
Minn
House Committee
Wedemeyer
Marshall
Truman
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
House
Tokyo
Vandenberg Name on Nebraska Ballot Question
A bi partisan committee filed a petition to place Sen. Vandenberg on Nebraska’s April 13 Republican preferential ballot despite his request to keep his name off the list. The Michigan Senator did not answer whether he would accept a national convention nomination if offered.
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Lincoln
Neb
Sen. Vandenberg
Rmich
Nebraska
Vandenberg
Michigan
Ex King Mihai Says Abdication Was Forced
Former King Mihai of Romania claims his abdication was coerced and not binding He says two cabinet members supplied the abdication text and warned of bloodshed if he failed to sign within the deadline He asserts he would not be bound by the act.
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Mihai
London
Romania
Former SS General Hans Juettner Convicted in Frankfurt
U S Army headquarters announced Hans Juettner, once an SS Elite Guard general, was convicted as a major Nazi offender and sentenced to 10 years at hard labor in Frankfurt.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army
Hans Juettner
Hard &Bor
Chillicothe Native Honored as Deschler Turns 43
Washington lawmakers paused work to honor parliamentarian Lewis Deschler on his 43rd birthday. Deschler, a Chillicothe native, has served Capitol Hill since starting as a messenger after George Washington University in 1925. Rep. Clarence Brown praised his service.
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Washington
Lewis Deschler
Chillicothe
Deschler
Capitol Hill
George Washington University
Ohio
Lew
Clarence Brown
Woman Dies Carrying Message of Death in Ohio Hillside
In Ross County, 59 year old Mrs. Arthur Barber died while delivering news of her 82 year old father William Pierce’s death to her son Ray. Her body was found beside an upright oil lantern on a hillside path by her son Floyd during a search. Cause of death was a heart attack.
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Chillicothe
Arthur Barber
Ross County
Ohio Farmers Discuss Marshall Plan with Taft Era Officials
A 23 member Ohio Farm Bureau delegation representing 55 000 farm families met in Washington with Eleanor Roosevelt to discuss the United Nations and then dined with Senator Robert A Taft and Senator John W Bricker. They also talked farm policy with Secretary of Agriculture Ben Anderson.
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Washington
Ohio Farm Bureau
Secretary of State
Eleanor Roosevelt
United Nations
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Agriculture
Anderson
Rich 'Man of Mystery' Dies in Philadelphia
John R. Raible, 74, Cleveland born manufacturer and philanthropist, died yesterday in Philadelphia. Reported worth about 20 million dollars, he earned the nickname for his habit of remaining anonymous in many charitable donations.
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Philadelphia
Cleveland
John R. Raible
Residents vote on daylight time in East Palestine
East Palestine residents will vote on March 15 on a proposed law to set daylight saving time from April through September.
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Time East Palestine
East Palestine
Mayor Curley Backs MacArthur for Democratic Nomination
In Washington and New England a shift in 1948 party lines unfolds as Virginia lawmakers reject a Truman ballot ban while three New England Democrats urge General Douglas MacArthur as the Democratic presidential nominee. Boston Mayor James M. Curley joins former governors Ely of Massachusetts and Murphy of New Hampshire, saying the nation backs keeping Truman out and suggesting MacArthur as the candidate. A Philadelphia convention move to replace Truman seems unnecessary, and a New York campaign committee forms to promote MacArthur for president.
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Washington
President Truman
Virginia
Truman
New England
Boston
James M. Curley
Douglas MacArthur
Curley
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Francis P. Murphy
New Hampshire
Japan
Ely
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Murphy
Philadelphia
MacArthur
New York
Nationwide Meat Plant Strike Called
A nationwide strike of 100000 meat packing workers was called for March 16 at 1201 a.m. by Ralph Helstein head of the CIO United Packinghouse Workers. The action targets Armour and Company Cudahy Swift Wilson John Morrell Hy Grade Foot Products and other firms, seeks a 29 cent an hour wage increase, with profits cited at over 144 million dollars last year.
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Chicago
Ralph Helstein
CIO United Packinghouse Workers
Armour and Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Swift and Company
Wilson and
Merchants Face Tax Law Hearing In Columbus
A hearing is set for Monday in Columbus on merchants charged with violating Ohio sales tax law.
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Columbus, O
Plan Vodka Threat Targets New York Rail Hubs
A rambling 15 page letter titled Plan Vodka claimed to bomb Penn Station Grand Central Terminal the General Post Office and Staten Island ferry points. The 5 15 p m zero hour passed without any explosions as police and federal agents hunted for the writer of the letter while examining 25 would be bomb locations and lists of explosives aboard ferries.
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New York
Pennsylvania Station
Grand Central Terminal
General Post Office
Staten Island
South Ferry
Subpoena Served for Condon Records
Washington reports the House Un American Activities subcommittee demanded all Loyalty Board records on Dr. Edward A. Condon. Secretary Harriman may release the loyalty report. the board, represented by John L. Towne and Isaac N. P. Stokes, weighs confidentiality and public interest. Undersecretary Foster says no disloyalty found.
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Washington
Edward A. Condon
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Condon
Federal Bureau of Standards
House un-American Activities Subcommittee
un-American Activities Group
Commerce Department Loyalty Board
John L. Towne
Ment
Isaac N. P. Stokes
Department
William C. Foster
Loyalty Board
Goodyear Slashes Tire Output Amid Slump in Demand
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co cuts production by 30 percent in Akron citing sharply weaker January February sales after peacetime highs. About 7 000 workers will be affected with hours reduced to 18–30 per week. passenger and truck tire tubes production remains on track, while auto and truck tire units face the heaviest cuts.
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Akron
Goodyar Tire & Rubber Co
Palestine Issue Stays Deadlocked in Security Council
The Security Council adjourned for 24 hours amid private talks on the Palestine problem. Officially the break was for Lebanon's Camille Chamoun illness. unofficially it reflects growing time pressure to resolve the partition dispute. The American plan appears headed for defeat if Belgium’s counterproposal passes. Russia did not participate in yesterday’s debate.
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Lake
Security Council
Palestine
Camille Chamoun
Lebanon
Council
United Nations
Russia
Don Wahn Poet Phillip Stack Dies in 12 Story Fall
Phillip Stack, who contributed poetry to Walter Winchell's Broadway column under the name Don Wahn, died in a 12 story fall from a mid Manhattan apartment. He was a former Dayton resident and reportedly left a note claiming incurable illness. Winchell noted one poem for tomorrow was cut due to space.
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New York
Phillip Stack
Walter Winchell
Don Wahn
Dayton
Stack
Winchell
Churchyard Killer Given Life Sentence
Edwin D. Young, 39, convicted of first degree murder for the churchyard slaying of Zora Hess Gerbes, was sentenced to life in Ohio Penitentiary. The jury, which recommended mercy, found the divorced mother of three near nude and strangled in a churchyard July 11.
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Marion
Edwin D. Young
Zora Hess Gerbes
Ohio
Ashland Rat Control Plan Aims for Demonstration
Ashland Oregon is among cities selected for a rat control demonstration this month focusing on urban pest management and public health outreach.
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Ashland
Washington
Second Man Faces Chair For Stabbing
Cincinnati jury convicts Ova B. Cornett 46 of first degree murder in the December 2 slaying of 80 year old Thomas Wilson. He allegedly conspired with nephew Elmer Cornett 21 to rob Wilson. 32 icepick wounds found. Jury imposes death penalty. appeals planned.
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Cincinnati
Ova B. Cornett
Cornett
Thomas Wilson
Elmer Cornett
Otas Ky
Rob Wilson
Race Street
Wilson
Red Replaces Czech Envoy in Washington
Czechoslovakia’s new Communist government sends Irvin Munk as minister counsellor to Washington to replace ambassador Juraj Slavik who quit rather than serve a police state. Slavik seeks support in the United States to rally Czech patriots against Gottwald's regime.
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Washington
Czechoslovakia
Irvin Munk
Prague
New York
Juraj Slavik
State Department
Slavik
United States
Klement Gottwald
Explanation Sought In China Surplus Sales
Senators gave Thomas B. McCabe a week to answer charges of mismanaging surplus war sales in China. His reply could determine his appointment to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. If approved, McCabe would replace Mariner S. Eccles as chairman.
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Washington
Thomas B. McCabe
China
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Trueman
McCabe
Marchner S. Eccles
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