Truman may name Midwestern successor to Clinton Anderson
The article reports President Truman likely to appoint a Midwestern agriculture secretary after Clinton Anderson resigns to run for the Senate in New Mexico. Southern leaders threaten electoral votes if civil rights laws pass, while Republican talks center on a keynoter and party slogan. An explosion at International Harvester in Louisville kills at least two, injures many, and traps workers as coal miners strike regionwide over pensions.
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Washington
Truman
Clinton Anderson
Anderson
Congress
Senate
New Mexico
Mason and Dixon Line
South
Sparkman
D-Ala
Dixie
Alabama
J. Howard McGrath
Vandenberg
Michigan
House
Joseph Martin
Louisville
International Harvester Company
Two Packing Firms Refuse Arbitration
Two of three major meat packers Swift and Cudahy rejected arbitration for the wage dispute with the CIO United Packinghouse Workers. Armour & Co. did not reply. The union would arbitrate with Armour alone if it accepts. Ralph Helstein said the offer would stay open until midnight before the strike starts.
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Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse
Swift & Co
Cudahy Packing Co
Armour & Co
Swift and Cudahy
Armour
Ralph Helstein
Swift
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher’ Worksmen of
North America
AFL
Newark Man’s Body Found in Car in Muskingum County
In Newark, Edmond L. Bonham, age 50, a local business man missing since last Monday, was found dead in his automobile near Adams Mills in Muskingum County. A hose extended from the exhaust into the car, sheriff Earl Francis of Licking County reported. An inquest was ordered into the death. Bonham had been ill recently.
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Newark
Edmond L. Bonham
Adams Mills
Muskingurny County
Earl Francis
Licking County
Bonham
Fire damages Goodale Hotel in Columbus
A blaze on the fourth floor of the Goodale Hotel in Columbus forced eighty four guests and employees to evacuate. One firefighter suffered a minor burn as fire chief Strickfaden cited twenty thousand dollars in damages and undetermined cause.
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Columbus
Goodale
Walter G. Strickfaden
Meyers Sentenced to 20 Months to 5 Years in Prison
Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers was sentenced to 20 months to five years after a federal jury convicted him on three counts of inducing a former business associate to lie to a Senate committee. Judge Holtzoff called the offense grave as Meyers awaits appeal and contends his war record.
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Bennett E. Meyers
Air Force
Washington
Bleriot Lamarre
Dayton
Senate
Alexander Holtzoff
Meyers
Holtzoff
United States
Tax Deadline Midnight for 1947 and 1948 Estimates
Washington announces the midnight deadline for 1947 tax returns and 1948 income estimates. Estimates are required for individuals with $5000+ income or $100+ untaxed income, with 55 million returns expected and most taxes already collected via withholding or quarterly payments.
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Wasilington
Treasury
Congress
Agriculture Dept Forecast Raises Farm Product Prices
The Agriculture Department projects a six percent rise in farm product prices in the first quarter compared with last year. The forecast notes farm income would be higher if many prices had not fallen recently.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Burley Tobacco 1947 Price Average Sets Record
The U S Department of Agriculture reports the 1947 burley tobacco crop price average was the highest on record at 48.30 per cwt, though volume was the smallest since 1943. The new average is 8.63 above the prior season’s 39.67.
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Louisville
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Taft and Soviet Official See No Basis for War
In Augusta Maine Sen Robert Taft criticizes the administration for war hysteria and finds no justification for conflict. In New York Soviet Consul General Yakov Lomakin calls war talk a crazy idea and hysteria and says Russians seek peace.
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Taft
Augusta
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
New York
Yakob Lomakin
United States
Russia
Crime Detection Lab Tour Begins in SEO Towns
Ohio's new $15 000 roving crime detection laboratory starts a county tour. It will be in Southeastern Ohio on March 22 23 and 24 visiting Logan McArthur Jackson Gallipolis Pomeroy and Athens.
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Ohio
Logan
McArthur
Jackson
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Athens
Rent Is Due At Waldorf
Navy veteran Richard E. Cox and his family face a possible clash with the city over housing as they stay in a Waldorf Astoria room at $12.60 a day. Cox says he will pay $40 a month and bill Mayor O' Dwyer until forced into public housing or eviction. Management says the case will be reviewed and the family remains among 2,000 guests at the hotel.
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Hocking
UMW
John L. Lewis
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Illinois
Lewis
New York Coal Co
Chauncey
Crooksville
Jones Misco
Rendville
Hocking Valley Mining Co
Kimberly No
F. H. Wolfe
Murray City
Starr-Jackson
Coonville
Brownfield
Moxahala
Lost Run
Rend-Mar No
John Busarello
UMW District 5
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
New York
Richard E. Cox
Waldorf Astoria
Cox
Brooklyn
William O’dwyer
Swank Hotel
the Waldorf
Storm Moves On Crash Site on Mount Sanford
Anchorage Alaska reports deteriorating weather around Mount Sanford where Northwest Orient Airlines DC-4 carrying 30 people crashed Friday night. Bodies may remain entombed on the 16 208 foot peak as flights to reach the glacier scene are repeatedly canceled due to clouds. The plane was en route from Shanghai to St Paul when it went down 190 miles northeast of Anchorage.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Northwest Orient Airlines
Meade to Probe Huntington VA Office Hearings Planned
Rep W Howes Meade of Kentucky to lead a subcommittee investigating personnel practices at the Huntington West Virginia regional VA office. He schedules public hearings in Huntington to start today, citing more complaints there than in any other regional office.
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Washington
W. Howes Meade
Farley Confident He Could Join Democratic Ticket
James A. Farley said on a radio program he could secure a place on the Democratic national ticket if he wanted it, but he stressed he has no interest in pursuing such a position. He asserted there is no doubt he could be chosen.
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New York
James A. Farley
Farley
Pacifist Widow Withholds War Tax Donation in 1947 Return
Mrs. Caroline Urie of Yellow Springs Ohio paid 65.4 percent of her 1947 federal income tax, donating the remaining 34.6 percent to four pacifist groups. A Quaker and former Hull House associate, she vows to refuse funds for military costs and says she is willing to go to jail rather than support war.
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Yellow Springs
Caroline Urie
Urie
Truman
Internal Revenue Department
European Aid Program Clears Senate Path Toward House Test
The $5.3 billion European Recovery Program moves from Senate approval toward a House showdown as the Foreign Affairs Committee speeds up. The Marsh plan wins 69 to 17, with next steps including a Republican Steering Committee review. Paris talks consider adding Western Germany and Spain to the plan, with Portugal noted as a sponsor.
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Washington
Senate
House
Europe
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Paris
Germany
Spain
Portugal
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Coolville Man Dies After Prolonged Illness
John L. Lake, 78, died Monday at his home near Coolville after an extended illness. Survived by wife Cora, three daughters Lorena Congreve Blanche Guthrie and Gertrude Gillilan, two sons Howard and Jesse, a brother, four sisters, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Coolville
John L. Lake
Here
Cora
Lorena , Congreve
Blanche Guthrie
Gertrude Gillilan
Olmstead Falls
Howard
Jesse
Agencies Ordered to Refuse Secret Paper Demands
President Truman told federal agencies to reject requests from Congress or the courts for secret loyalty investigation papers. He directed agency chiefs to refer demands or subpoenas to the president for a ruling in the public interest of the case.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Police Chief Pleads Guilty to Drunk Driving
Lebanon reports Bedie King police chief of nearby Morrow resigns after pleading guilty to a drunk driving charge. Deputy Thomas Cook, who arrested King, was named acting chief. King fined $100 by Mayor Earl J. Maag who suspended half the fine.
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Lebanon
Bedie King
Morrow
Thomas Cook
King
Earl J. Maag
Burns Fatal in Cleveland Man Falls Asleep With Cigaret
George Souris aged 59 died from burns after he fell asleep while holding a cigarette in Cleveland. Authorities report accidental fire caused the injuries.
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Cleveland
George Souris
Pilotless plane halted at Cleveland airport after injury
A 27 year old mechanic stopped a runaway pilotless plane at Cleveland airport yesterday. Engineer Edward Heller, 59, suffered cuts to his left side when the craft moved forward after being struck by a swinging propeller. Albert F. Drottar grabbed the tail, opened the door, and cut the ignition.
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Cleveland
Tool Company
Edward Heller
Albert F. Drottar
Mail Pickup Halt Sought for Athens Station
All-American Aviation asks CAB to suspend airmail pickups at Athens and switch to conventional air service. It cites $12,000 monthly losses across 88 towns in Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia Kentucky and Delaware due to government mail pay.
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Washington
All-American Aviation, Inc
Athens
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Delaware
All- American
Capital Isolated In Resolution
In San Jose Costa Rica a revolutionary movement grips the capital as 75 percent of power plants are destroyed and a general sit down strike is called. Opposition forces threaten to shut down the remaining plants while underground reports say the government seeks help from General Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Anastasio Somoza
Strongman
Nicaragua
Appliance Maker Buys Alliance Plant to Expand Washers
Alliance Appliance Manufacturing Co. reports it purchased the former Alliance Engineering Co. plant to expand washing machine production. The deal aims to increase output and strengthen capacity at the Alliance facility.
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Alliance
The
Appliance Manufacturing Co
Alliance Engineering Co
Taft and Brewster Escape Injury After Plane Crash
Senator Robert Taft and Maine's Owen Brewster narrowly avoid harm when their single engine plane makes a crash landing on the Kennebec River ice during a Maine campaign swing. Pilot John T. Clark and the craft suffered minor damage as they walked to the highway.
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Vassalboro
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Maine
Kennebec
Taft
Stinson
Owen Brewster
John T. Clark
Horace A. Hildreth
Augusta
Brewster
Clark
Maine Aeronautics Commission
Augusta - Waterville
Hildreth
Fierce Battle In South of Palestine Reported In Day Three
Report from Jerusalem says the fiercest battle yet in southern Palestine enters its third day with 36 dead overall including 28 Arabs and eight Jews. Haganah reports forces broke a siege near Gazh and attacked El Faluja, 20 miles northeast of Gaza, amid mud and rain.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Haganah
Gath
Palestine Post
Jewish Agency
Gazh
el Faluja
Gaza
Negeb
Desert
Coal Mine to Reopen in Wyoming County After 20 Years
Pocahontas Fuel Co plans to reopen Ithman mine in Wyoming County after two decades. The $8,000,000 project includes new mining and cleaning machinery tipples and other equipment to resume production in Bluefield area reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. Va
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Ithman
Wyoming County
GOP Chairman Worstall Dies in Muskingum County
Frank M. Worstall chairman of the Muskingum County Republican central committee died yesterday at age 61 in Zanesville.
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GOP
Zanesville
Frank M. Worstall
Muskingum County
Republican Central Committee
Woman Dies in Fire After Re-entering Home
Oberlin report states Mrs Emma Persons 79 died yesterday in a blaze she re entered to awaken four occupants who escaped Firemen were delayed by smoke and a basement collapse an overheated furnace is blamed for the blaze Damage is put at $10000
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Oberlin
Emma Persons
Bodies of Two Men Recovered After River Jump
Firemen recovered the bodies of two men who leaped from Market Street Bridge into the Mahoning River in Youngstown. They were Frank H. Meredith 49 and John J. Sumner 36 both of Youngstown. Coroner David A. Belinky ruled both suicides.
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Youngstown
Market Street Bridge
Mahoning River
Frank H. Meredith
John J. Sumner
David A. Belinky
Car Crash Fatal for John Carroll Student in Cleveland
Robert Mc Nerney a 24 year old John Carroll University student died yesterday after his car slammed into a mailbox and a utility pole. The incident occurred in Cleveland and authorities reported the vehicle lost control before the crash.
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Cleveland
Robert McNerney
John Carroll University
Auto train collision kills 23 year old in Cincinnati
A passenger train struck the car carrying Rachel Estes, 23, near Cincinnati, causing her death yesterday. The crash investigation is ongoing as authorities review the circumstances of the accident.
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Cincinnati
Rachel Estes
Truman to View Parade in New York Wednesday
President Truman will review the St Patrick's Day parade in New York City on Wednesday, as part of his visit. The event will feature the city’s officials and parade organizers welcoming the leader.
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Truman
New York
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