Guns Blaze as Yeggs Take 30000 40000 From Straitsville Firm
In Straitsville a gun battle with Chief Charles Donley left one thief at large after fleeing with an estimated 30000 to 40000 dollars from the Pearl Slatter Collecting Agency on North Clark Street. A second suspect, Joseph L. Smith, 51, was captured and held in Perry County Jail as authorities investigate dynamic charges used to blow the safe.
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New Straitsville
Charles Donley
Pearl Slatter Collecting
N. Clark St
Donley
Lancaster
Joseph L. Smith
Cleveland
Smith
Perry County
New Lexington
Delegates Gather for 10th Triennial Engineers Convention
About 260 delegates representing 81,000 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers assemble in Cleveland for a 40 day triennial convention. Wages working conditions and welfare topics are on the agenda with talk of a possible merger with the firemen and engine men brotherhoods. Alvanley Johnston says merger has been discussed for 40 years and may be raised at the gathering. He also plans to address Robert R Young s Federation for Railway Progress.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Alvanley Johnston
Johnston
Robert R. Young
Federation For Railway Progress
Brotherhood
Bus Accident in Sicily Kills Seneca Farmer
Jesse Zeigler a 50 year old Seneca County farmer and foreman of a stock men group died in a bus crash on a mountain road near Mount Etna Sicily. Two other Americans also killed in the same incident related to a livestock shipment by the Church of the Brethren Relief Association.
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Tiffin
Jesse Zeigler
Mount Etna
Sicily
Zeigler
Seneca County
Albania
Church of the Brethren Relief Association
Maple Syrup Price Set for Big Geauga Festival
Geauga county prepares for its largest maple festival with a tentative price of 5 dollars per gallon for syrup. The event in Chardon runs April 11 to 13, expecting 140000 visitors as sap flow rises.
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Chardon
Geauga County
Surprise Testimony In Liquor Probe Seen
Ohio Senate liquor investigation hearings resume after a weekend recess with possible new witnesses. A source says the decision depends on legal staff work over the weekend.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Car Crashes Train Killing Ohio Couple
Edwin Lampert 22 and Mildred L. Sterrett 32 of Dola Ohio were killed when their car collided with a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive at a crossing one mile west of Van Wert.
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van Wert
Edwin Lampert
Mildred L. Sterrett
Dola
Pennsylvania Railroad
Senate committee OKs Lilienthal for AEC chair and five members
The Senate Atomic Energy Committee voted 8 to 1 to confirm David E. Lilienthal as AEC chairman. Nominees W. Waymack L. Strauss Dr. Robert Bacher Sumner Pike and Carroll Wilson as general manager were also approved. Connally abstained on some votes and Taft opposed Lilienthal. All go to the Senate floor.
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Washington
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
W. W. Waymack
L. L. Strauss
Robert Bacher
Sumner T. Pike
Carroll Wilson
Bricker
Ohio
Lilienthal
Taft
Republican
Mittee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
White House
Senate
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Texas
Bacher
Strauss
Waymack
Budget Slugfest Looms as Final Labor Talks Start
Washington reports a party line clash over a 1948 budget cut as Republicans press a $6 billion reduction to $37.5 billion. Democrats call the move a sham while Congress weighs compulsory arbitration amid labor disputes and health and safety concerns.
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Washington
House
Congress
Treasury Post Office
Appropriations
Treasury - Post Office
Taber
the Treasury
Lewis Opposes Immediate Supreme Court Coal Strike Order
John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers oppose government request for an immediate Supreme Court order to carry out last Thursday's coal strike decision. The dispute centers on timing and enforcement of the court's ruling.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Today
Supreme Court
Mother Sentenced in Child Mistreatment Case
In Louisville Kentucky Marie Spellman age 27 was sentenced to six months in jail after being found guilty of torturing her seven year old son by searing his hands on a hot stove. The boy showed scarred hands in court as Judge Lawrence Wetherby presided. Spellman said she burned the child's hands to stop him from stealing.
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Louisville
Marie Spellman
Lawrence Wetherby
Own Gun Kills Youth During Holdup Attempt
Cincinnati detectives questioned 19 year old Edward Eugene Vinson in connection with the death of 21 year old Jack Elcho who died from three bullets fired from his own revolver during a downtown wine store hold up. Elcho announced a stickup as Vinson grabbed the gun during a struggle for possession of the weapon. The two had entered the store together.
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Cincinnati
Edward Eugene Vinson
Jack Elcho
Clem Merz
Vinson
Elcho
First Woman Trustee of Ohio State Dies
Ohio State University's first woman trustee Mrs Alma Wacker Paterson 65 died in Columbus She was appointed in 1923 by Gov Vic Donahey and served ten years as trustee She also served as president of the Ohio State Alumnae Council.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Alma Wacker Paterson
Vic Donahey
Ohio State Alumnae Council
Sugar Stamp Transition for 10 Pound Sugar Limit
The Office of Temporary Controls announces stamp No. 11 will be valid April 1 for 10 pounds of sugar, replacing stamp No. 53 for five pounds which expires March 31. Stamp No. 11 remains valid through September 30, with a second 10 pound stamp to be issued July 1 if imports meet expectations. No separate canning stamp is issued.
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Washington
Office of Temporary Controls
OPA
Budget Delays Major Bills in Ohio Legislature
In the tenth week of the Ohio legislative session few major bills were slated for voting as work shifts to committee hearings. Gov Thomas J. Herbert plans to present the biennial budget around March 15, with only two bills sent to him for approval in nine weeks of labor.
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Columbus
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Laryngitis Delays Miss Truman Debut Radio Sing
Margaret Truman, daughter of the president, is treated for laryngitis. Her radio singing debut was postponed, with no White House condition report. She travelled from Detroit to Washington and aims to perform next Sunday night.
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Washington
Margaret Truman
White House
Miss Truman
Detroit
Dormitory Buildings Contract Approved at Bowling Green State University
The Knowlton Construction Co. of Bellefontaine submitted a low bid of 219075 dollars to build seven permanent cottage type dormitories for men at Bowling Green State University. The contract, approved by the school trustees, aims for completion by September.
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Bowling Green
Knowlton Construction Co
Bellefontaine
Bowling Green State University
Attempt to assassinate President Roxas reported in Manila
An attempt to assassinate Philippines President Manuel Roxas occurred when a hand grenade was thrown on the platform after a speech. The incident is described as an attack during a public event in Manila.
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Roxas
Manila
Philippines
Manuel Roxas
VA Probe Is Opened At Hospital
Controversy over psychiatric patient treatment at Crile Veterans Administration Hospital in Cleveland moves toward a congressional inquiry. A professional board will inspect the facility while Ohio lawmakers press for a full House veterans subcommittee investigation and action from VA head Omar Bradley.
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Crile Veterans Administration Hospital
Ralph H. Stone
Veterans Administration
Ohio
Kentucky
Michigan
Columbus
George H. Bender
Washington
House Veterans
Chile
Congress
Alan B. Adam
Crile
Adam
Harrison S.colliss
Chillicothe
Walter B. Huber
Akron
Subcommittee
House
Frances P. Bolton
Bolton
Omar Bradley
Veterans Administrator
John W. Bricker
Bender
Crile Hospital
Brecksville Hospital
VA Officials Set Meeting on Vet Problems in Ewing Hall
Veterans Administration officials will discuss loans medical and dental problems subsistence checks insurance and training at a meeting in Ewing Hall auditorium Tuesday at 8 p m. N K Blosser said the event is open to all area veterans and will be opened by Dr Frank E August manager of the Cincinnati VA regional office. He will review VA policies and progress and outline outstanding area issues including medical dental and subsistence payments. Dr Howard R Blackburn will explain procedures to request authority for medical treatment.
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Veterans Administration
Ewing Hall
N. K. Blosser
Frank E. August
Cincinnati
Howard R. Blackburn
Marietta
Greek Crisis Looms as Truman Weighs Aid to Greece
President Truman and 13 congressional leaders meet at the White House to decide American policy in the Greek crisis after Britain admits it cannot meet its financial commitments. Debate centers on aid versus UN involvement and broader European implications.
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Truman
White House
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Robio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eaton
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Ill
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United States
Congress
Europe
Asia
C&O to Tap Big Coal Field in Kentucky
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway announced plans to build a 22.5 mile line from Wayland Kentucky to reach a 200 million ton coal field spanning Floyd Knott and Letcher counties. The route will serve a 58 square mile area with Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal holdings and may lift annual production to about 2 million tons within a decade.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Floyd, Knott and Letcher Counties
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Wayland
Elkhorn
Beaver Valley
Forks of
Indian Creek
Amos 80 longtime Cambridge Jeffersonian chairman dies
Herbert E. Amos aged 80, longtime chairman of the board of The Cambridge Jeffersonian, died here last night. He and his father John Major Amos founded the daily Jeffersonian in Cambridge in 1892.
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Cambridge
Herbert E. Amos
The
Cambridge Jeffersonian
John Major Amos
Jeffersonian
Twelve Die In Weekend Mishaps Across Ohio
The Associated Press reports at least a dozen killed in Ohio over the weekend. Fatalities include a plane crash near Fremont, several automobile wrecks in Cambridge Youngstown Wooster Dayton Cleveland Hamilton and Portsmouth, plus a fatal fall in Garfield Heights and a kitchen fire causing burns to a child in Peebles.
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Ohio
Wilson Dunlap
Harold Etzel
Dunlap
Fremont
William Larrick
Guernsey County
Lucille Fabing
Cambridge
Benjamin Green, Jr
Canton
Raymond Hoopingardner
Youngstown
Kathryn Ann Koneval
Wooster
Roy H. Elrod
Belmont St
Mansfield
Walter E. Miller
Dayton
Lawrence Jenkins
Reading
Cleveland
Angelo Martin
Ohio Clay Co
Garfield Heights
Hamilton
John Slovack
Portsmouth
Burl Jackson
Danville
W. Va
Burns
Peebles
Jackson
Bread price spikes as wheat soars nationwide
Soaring wheat prices push bread up one to three cents per loaf in major cities. A Minnesota baker warns of further 1 cent increases. Canada raises export wheat price amid tight supplies. Mills scour the country for grain as flour costs rise and Chicago bakers brace for higher costs.
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Atlanta
New York
New England
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
Canada
Wheat Board
Great Britain
Texas
Oklahoma
Northwest
Three Seized During Strike at Pure Milk Plant
In Portsmouth three men face municipal court arraignments over weekend violence at the Pure Milk Co plant during a four month wage strike by the Dairy Workers Unit CIO. Norman Bartlett, 37, is charged with assault by plant watchman William O Roark, who is also charged with firing a gun within city limits. George W Barker, 36, a United Steelworkers CIO member, was arrested Saturday on an assault charge from Frank Bolin who says Barker threw a brick through a plant window.
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Portsmouth
Pure Milk Co
Dairy Workers Unit-Cio
Norman Bartlett
William O’roark
O’roark
George W. Barker
United Steelworkers Union-Cio
Frank Bolin
Barker
Portal Pay Suit Seeks 2 750 000 From Cleveland Auto
A federal suit filed in Cincinnati seeks 2 750 000 dollars from the Cleveland Automatic Machine Co. by workers from the Cleveland plant led by Jack Lear president of Local 1337 IAM. The action targets portal pay claims and names the plant workers as plaintiffs.
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Cincinnati
U.S
Cleveland Automatic Machine Co
Cleveland
Jack Lear
International Association of Machinists
Ind
Officials Back Maumee Watershed District Plan
Backers of the Maumee Watershed Conservancy District report support from city and county officials in 15 northwestern Ohio counties likely to gain flood control. County commissioners said a formal petition to create a three member district authority would be filed within two weeks in Defiance County Common Pleas Court.
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Defiance, O
Maumee Watershed
Funeral services for E Park Ewing in Findlay
Funeral services for E Park Ewing 54 president of the Ohio Bank and Savings Co will be held Tuesday in Findlay following his death Saturday.
Suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt Dies at 88 in New Rochelle
Carrie Chapman Catt, 88, famed suffragist and UN advocate, died of heart disease at her New Rochelle home. Truman mourned her passing in a telegram as an era ends. Private funeral services are set for tomorrow with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery in New York City.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Carrie Chapman Catt
Mary Gray Peck
United Nations
Truman
Woodlawn Cemetery
New York City
Six Formosan Groups Demand Self Rule
Six Formosan organizations in Nanking presented demands for self government to the Chinese government. They charged 3,000 to 4,000 Formosans were killed in the February 28 riot and criticized Chinese troops for a wholesale massacre. Chinese sources reported 500 casualties.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pacific
Mrs Alben Barkley Dies at 64 in Washington
Mrs Alben W Barkley wife of the Kentucky senator died at 8 am after a long illness She was 64 Born November 14 1882 in Mayfield Virginia educated in Mayfield and Paducah Kentucky Married June 23 1903 to Senator Barkley
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Washington
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
American Legion Chief Will Visit Ohio Cities
National commander Paul H. Griffith of Uniontown Pa will visit five Ohio cities March 15 to 17 in observance of the organization’s anniversary. He will appear in Cincinnati and Middletown March 15 Canton March 16 and Akron March 17.
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Columbus
The
American Legion
Paul H. Griffith
Uniontown
Ohio
Ohio Department
Griffith
Cincinnati
Middletown
Canton
Akron
Fourpower talks open on disarmament of Germany in Moscow
In Moscow fourforeign ministers opened a conference with little ceremony as a snowstorm swirled. Marshall announced he would press for a fourpower treaty to keep Germany disarmed for at least 40 years. He confirmed U S aim at German military helplessness while Bevin Bidault Molotov arrived amid cautious Western optimism and mutual suspicion.
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Goodby
National Airport
Washington
Moscow
Germany
Austria
Conference of Foreign Ministers
Kremlin
Walter Bedell Smith
Georges Bidault
France
V. M. Molotov
A. Ye Vishinsky
Molotov
Britain
Nehaw
Ernest Bevin
Bidault
Bevin
Spasso House
U.S
Aerial Performer Dies in Chicago At 51
August Jans ley, a veteran aerial performer in circuses and on stage, died Sunday in Chicago after a long career in show business. The report notes his age as 51. Memorials are planned by family and colleagues in the theater community.
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Chicago
August Jansley
The Country With Most Phones Cars and Bathtubs
A narrator notes a country founded by pioneers 340 years ago, gaining independence in 1781 and forming a government “of the people for the people by the people.” It now holds large world shares in population and services and boasts vast savings and insurance figures.
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Worl
Joel
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