Law may compel Harriman to reveal Condon loyalty records
The House un American Activities Committee may seek a law to force Secretary Harriman to surrender Edward Condon loyalty files. Condon defends his reliability after committee accusations, while Harriman cites public interest and executive privilege. Open hearings were announced to compel testimony from Condon Harriman and Attorney General Clark.
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Harriman
Washington
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Edward A. Condon
House on-American Activities Committee
Condon
Bureau of Standards
un-American Activities Subcommittee
Department
Dr. Condon
House Committee
Clark
Governmen
J. Parnell Thomas
Thomas
Allendale
N. J
Tugboat Sinks Mississippi River. Dozens Feared Dead
Fourteen to twenty crewmen are reported dead or missing after the 180 foot Natchez towed sank near Greenville Mississippi when a swift current swept it against a bridge piling. The Sohio Latonia rescued eleven survivors. Capt William A Howell said most of the deck crew were saved while the Natchez master Capt John Browinski was missing. The Natchez owned by Federal Barge Lines and chartered to Standard Oil.
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Greenville
Miss
Natchez
Sohio-Latonia
William A. Howell
Howell
Sphio-Latonia
Casablanca
Irene Shotan
Cairo
Walter Haas
St. Louis
John Browninski
Federal Barge Lines
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Mayersville
Lake Village
Ark
Finland Faces Split Over Russia Pact Talks
In Helsinki two minority parties oppose entering a military alliance with Russia while others back opening negotiations on a friendship and mutual aid pact. Parliament blocs total 101 of 200 seats against 51 favoring acceptance, with the President to decide and ratification by Parliament later.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Soviet Union
Stalin
Juho Paasikivi
Social Democrats
Paasikivi
Popular Front
Agrarians
Guatemalan Army Ordered To Border After Belize Tensions
Reports say Guatemalan forces and British troops moved to the border amid a dispute over Belize. Col Alejandro Maldonado pledged to investigate claims of 1500 British troops with field artillery along the frontier. Britain had sent two cruisers to Belize. one cruiser has departed.
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Guatemala
Britain
Belize
British Honduras
Foreign Ministry
Army
Alejandro Maldonado
Peten
Five Alarm Fire Rages at Cleveland Paint Plant
A five alarm fire tore through a two story Arco Co paint plant on Cleveland's east side today. Fire crews dispatched 17 apparatus to battle the blaze amid a series of small explosions likely from burning paint cans and materials.
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Cleveland
Arco Co
Tabit Jr Found Safe in Cincinnati Rooming House
Gallia County authorities report George Tabit Jr former Webster Springs resident located Friday in a Cincinnati rooming house at 910 Plum Street. He had been missing since February 11 and was traced after attempting to sell his automobile to dealer Robert Morris. The car was mortgaged and title cleared by his parents. His mother and F C Christ headed to Cincinnati as news of his whereabouts broke.
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Gallipolis
George Tabit
Webster Springs
W. Va
Plum St
Cincinnati
Second Ave
Mr. Tabit
Robert Morris
Filbert St
Elmer F. Hat
Tabit
Truman Halts Strike Plans In Oak Ridge
President Truman, responding to a plea from AFL unions, halted planned at Oak Ridge bomb plant walkout for at least two weeks. He named a Taft Hartley Act board of inquiry with a report due by March 19. About 900 workers at Carbide and Carbon Chemicals plant faced an 18 cent hourly raise demand plus 3 cents in benefits.
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Washington
AFL
Truman
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Key West
Fla
Mr. Truman
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Soviet Progress Show Picketed by Lithuanians
In New York the Soviet exhibit at Rockefeller Center opened amid protests by Lithuanian political refugees outside. The display traced the Soviet Union’s course since the 1917 revolution. Ambassador Alexander Panyushkin made his first public appearance in the city.
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New York
Soviet Union
Rockefeller Center
Alexander Panyushkin
Navy scuttles mighty Po battleship near Kwajalein
The battleship Pennsylvania, survivor of Pearl Harbor and atomic tests, was scuttled near Kwajalein on Feb 10 after sustaining damage at Okinawa. Navy cites unseaworthiness from Okinawa damage rather than Bikini tests and notes two other ships, Trippe and Banner, were also sunk last month.
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Pearl Harbor
Pennsylvania
Kwajalein
Navy
Okinawa
Bikini
Trippe
Banner
Okinawawa
Mihai Declares Abdication Forced Sowing Romanian Anger
Ex-king Mihai of Romania, aboard the Queen Elizabeth in Southampton, said his abdication was forced and that he would not be bound by it. The declaration risks provoking Romanian political anger and could threaten his income.
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Southampton
England
Mihai
Romania
United States
Air Force Grounds Observation Planes After Engine Troubles
A Consolidated Vultee official says minor engine troubles have led the U S Air Force to ground its L 13 observation planes. The Consolidated representative noted no major engine failures or crashes and the Air Force had no immediate comment.
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New York
U. S. Air Force
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Consolidated
Air Force
Weather outlook for Columbus with temperature and precipitation
Temperatures will average normal with a below normal Saturday and rising trend Sunday through Tuesday. Normal highs are 41 West 35 East and lows 25 West 19 East. Precipitation expected 1 to 4 inches with rain or snow Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Columbus
Liquor Permits Held Following Fix Boast
Columbus report says a scattered crowd boasts they can fix liquor issues while the State Liquor Department suspends new tavern and night club permits for at least 10 days. The department has issued 136 permits since wartime freeze ended last December. State quotas allow 2,194 more permits.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Dale Duniton
Absentees Postpone Five Nation Conference
A five nation conference on a proposed Western European union to back Communism was postponed due to the absence of two key delegates. The Belgian foreign ministry announced the meeting will resume at 9 a m tomorrow.
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Brussels
Belgium
Stassen Schedules Ohio Appearances
Harold E. Stassen, opposing Taft for Ohio Republican delegates, plans two talks in Ohio on March 18 marking his first appearance since entering the state’s presidential primary.
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Cleveland
Harold — E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Richmond educator named director of Cincinnati Conservatory
Dr. Luther A. Richman of Richmond Virginia has been appointed director and dean of faculty at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music effective April 1, succeeding the late Howard Hess.
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Cincinnati
Luther A. Richman
Richmond, Va
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Howard Iw. Hess
Dixie Solons Maintain Truman Ouster Stand
Democratic peace talks with the Dixie bloc faltered as Southern leaders insisted only Truman’s withdrawal from the 1948 ticket could end civil rights tensions. Chairman McGrath said Truman will run, while Sens Hill and Ellender condemned the anti job discrimination plan as aiding Communism.
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Dixie Solons
Truman
Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Mr. Truman
Hill
Dala
Ellender
D-La
Taft Opposes Super Agency Against Communism
Senator Taft of Ohio joined Senator Vandenberg to oppose a plan for a new world agency to curb communism. The proposal, debated as an amendment to the European Recovery Program, would create a one nation Supreme Council with no veto against armed force, bypassing U N Security Council.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
Michigan
New World
Ball
Minn
Wherry
Neb
Hawkes
Cain
Wash
Supreme Council
United Nations
United States
United Nations Security Council
U. N
Protest Focused on New Liquor Store Near Church
The WCTU chapter and all three Windham churches joined to oppose opening a liquor establishment within 500 feet of the Church of Christ.
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Ravenna
WCTU
Windham
Church of Christ
Maestro X Plays On
A two year patient at Eloise asylum remains brilliant in music despite a split personality. Dr. T. K. Gruber of Wayne County General Hospital notes he is mad in everything but his piano artistry. The Maestro’s identity is kept secret by the hospital.
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Detroit
Eloise
Maestro X
T. K. Gruber
Wayne County General Hospital
OSU Public Affairs Conference Opens with Mock Congress
Ohio State University opened a three day public affairs conference in Columbus with a mock congress where 35 schools sent delegates split into right of center center and left of center. A 15 member committee heard debates on U S Russia policy as students argued diverse viewpoints from Communist to far right.
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Columbus
Russia
Ohio State University
U.S
Explosion Destroys Pittsburgh Denholm Packing Plant
An explosion and fire ripped the Denholm Packing Co. plant in Pittsburgh near Fifth and Franstown Ave. Police and firefighters rushed to the scene, with the hospital noting an undetermined number of victims admitted. A report cited an ammonia tank blast as the cause.
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Pittsburgh
Denholm Packing Co
Pittsburgh Hospital
Fifth
Franstown Ave
Steelworkers End Strike at Three Plants in Cincinnati
A 1500-member CIO steelworkers' strike at the aluminum plants in Cincinnati ended last night after the union voted to accept a previously reached agreement. Production is to resume Monday as workers return, though eight employees were dismissed prompting the protest.
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Cincinnati
Aluminum
Westinghouse resumes production at East Pittsburgh plant
Production of generators and heavy equipment restarted today at a division of the East Pittsburgh plant after a work stoppage that halted operations Wednesday affecting about 5 000 employees.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Aged Woman Laura Blue Slain in Dayton Basement Death
Dayton authorities seek an unnamed relation of 80 year old recluse Mrs Laura Blue for questioning after autopsy raised suspicion of strangulation and suffocation. The victim was found in a cluttered basement by Mr and Mrs Clarence Baugh. Police reported money found but not the rumored 25000 to 30000 hidden at the home. Albert Blue, her husband and a former used furniture dealer, died five years earlier.
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Dayton, O
Laura Blue
Paul C. Geralds
A. P. McDonald
Clarence Baugh
Cold Weather Grips Nation From Colorado to Maine
Temperatures plunge to midwinter levels across the nation with 25 below in Cadillac Michigan and readings below zero from New England to the Great Lakes. Western Kansas wheat growers hail fresh snowfall as beneficial to the new crop while a heavy snow blanket covers northern regions from the Rockies to New England.
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Chicago
Colorado
Maine
Cadillac
Mich
New England
Great Lakes
North Dakota
Continental Divide
Montana
New Mexico
Kansas
Rockies
McConnelsville Warden Fired in Game Purge
Columbus reporters say Alvin Parmiter of McConnelsville is among five game wardens dismissed for inefficiency as the state Conservation Commission cuts costs. Wardens were not to be replaced and further dismissals could occur if performance did not improve.
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McConnelsville
Columbus
Alvin Parmiter
State Commission
H. A. Rider
Associated Press
Rider
Benes Ouster Is Denied By Premier
Prague reports Communist Premier Klement Gottwald’s office dismissed claims that President Eduard Benes is being replaced due to illness. Frantisek Necasek said Benes is very tired, not ill, with no replacement considered and any step to replace him would follow the Constitution.
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Prague
Klement Gottwald
Eduard Benes
Frantisek Necasek
Benes
Necasek
Sokolov
Red Army
Flames Raze Boxing Arena in Philadelphia
Winds drove a late night fire that destroyed the Met Philadelphia boxing arena and former opera house at Broad and Poplar Streets. Four alarms were rung after a passerby reported the blaze at about 2 a.m. The structure and adjacent stores housing the Economy Finance Co and Fogel Refrigeration Co were destroyed. no injuries reported and damage estimates were not yet available.
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Philadelphia
Met
Opera House
Broad and Poplar Sts
Enrico Caruso
Broad St
Economy Finance Co
Fogel Reefrigeration Co
Academy of Modern Acting
Ohio counties ask study of tax changes after Supreme Court ruling
Sixty nine Ohio counties plus city and school officials urge a study of how moves to reclassify kilns furnaces and plant tanks from real estate to personal property could upend local tax funds. A 32 member committee led by John F. Curry is to propose legislation or constitutional amendments to offset the decision and protect schools and local governments.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
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Friendship Alliance
George Tabit, JR
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Noble Co
James A. van Fleet
Athens
U. S
William G. Livesay
Stassen
OSU
Uncle Joe
Lewis G. Hines
American Federation of Labor
Collegians
Joseph Starobin
The
Daily Worker
S. Starobin
Oliver S. Loud
Antioch College
Flames Raze Boxing Arena
Lorain County
Saul D. Danaceau
Cuyahoga County
John F. Curry
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