Quaker Widow Refuses Tax for War Purposes Again
Mrs. Caroline Urie a 76 year old Quaker widow in Yellow Springs Ohio repeats her war tax refusal estimating 30 percent of her income tax goes to war. She follows a line of supporters including Dr Horace Champney Rev Ralph Templin and Henry Dyer in Ohio and Oak Ridge Tennessee demonstrations.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Caroline ‘. Urie
Urie
Peacemakers
New York City
Internal Revenue
Truman
United States
Horace Champney
Ralph Templin
Henry Dyer
Wilmington
Ernest R. Bromley
Bromley
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Katsuki James Otsuka
Richmond
Ind
Otsuka
Earlham College
Federal Correctional Institution
Ashland
Noted New Jersey judge Vivian Lewis dies at 80
Vivian M. Lewis, 80, longtime New Jersey vice chancellor judge from 1912 to 1947 and prominent Republican figure who opposed Woodrow Wilson in the 1910 governor race, died Tuesday night. In Kentucky, lawmakers discuss a veteran bonus funded by a sales tax or lottery or both as a new proposal.
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Paterson
N.J
Vivian M. Lewis
New Jersey
Woodrow Wilson
Frankfort
Shawnee Couple to Adopt Girls
A newspaper ad led seven year old twins Irene and Eileen Nichols to a new home with Shawnee couple Mr and Mrs John R Nicholson of Perry County. The Nichols family, both disabled veterans, decided to separate and sought a home for the girls through the ad in Time a-Sional. The Nicholsons plan to adopt and start a new family, with the girls entering first grade at school.
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Zanesville
Irene
Eileen Nichols
Dorrin Nichols
McConnelsville
John R. Nicholson
Shawnee
Perry County
Nichols
Nicholson
Solvency Plan For Lustron Is Discussed
Washington reports an eleventh hour effort to save the Lustron prefabricated housing venture with RFC officials meeting private investors who may shoulder much of Lustron's 37.5 million debt. Senator Flanders urged shifting the loan program to HHFA, a move the committee did not act on but may consider soon. RFC Director Harvey Gunderson praised the investors as reputable and capable of stabilizing the Columbus plant now in receivership.
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Washington
Lustron
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Big Columbus
Flanders
RFC
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Taylor
HHFA
Federal National Mortgage Agency
Harvey L. Gunderson
Banking Committee
Judge Tries Youth Cases in Morals Proceedings
In Muskingum County a morals case wave targets youths with many teenagers cited. Deputies patrol bars to curb parties linked to probation court actions. A 21 year old faces arraignment. Several girls aged 15 to 17 were sent to the Girls Industrial School. An 18 year old mother received 60 days in county jail.
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Zanesville
Muskingum County
W. O. Secrest
Delaware
Clarksburg Men Get Athens Radio Permit
The Federal Communications Commission issued a permit to build a standard wave radio station in Athens Ohio. A. H. Kovion and J. D. Singard of Clarksburg West Virginia receive a one kilowatt daytime only station on 1540 kilocycles.
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Washington
Athens
Ohio
Federal Communications Commission
A. H. Kovion
J. D. Singard
Clarksburg
W.va
U S Readies For Income Tax Evasion Crackdown
Washington AP reports the 1949 income tax deadline looms as the government doubles rewards to informers. A $500000 pool is offered to uncover frauds while grand juries rush indictments on 1943 returns. Informers earned nearly $450000 in 1948 9 rewards helping recover over 8 million in unpaid taxes. The largest reward 80000 was shared in a 2.6 million recovery from the 1930s.
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Washington
Stage Set for Hearing on Film Stars Morals
Senate Commerce Committee moved toward a mid April hearing on film morals led by Chairman Edwin C Johnson. He urged licensing actors and a 10000 dollar permit for interstate movie shipments while denouncing moral scandals. The industry countered that Hollywood bears moral risk but warned of threats to freedoms.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Johnson
Senate
Motion Picture Producers Association
Hollywood
Commerce Department
Wayne Coy
Federal Commission
Oklahoma
Walter Reuther Asked To Discuss Auto Strike
Federal Mediator Cyrus S. Ching invited Walter Reuther to discuss the Chrysler auto workers strike. The walkout began January 25 with workers seeking a 10 cent hourly increase or $100 monthly pensions, while Chrysler resisted union management of the pension fund.
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Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
Walter Reuther
Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Death by Caesarean Declines
A panel of leading doctors reports cesarean delivery safer for mothers than for babies. Dr. Franklin L. Payne of the University of Pennsylvania notes maternal death rates fell from one in ten to one in one hundred since 1920, while infant mortality remains high.
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Pittsburgh
Franklin L. Payne
University of Pennsylvania
Gubitchev May Appeal Move Delays Surrender in Spy Case
Valentin A. Gubitchev may delay returning to Russia and stay jailed as he appeals his spy conspiracy conviction. U S Attorney Saypol pressed waiving future appeal rights before a suspended sentence. Gubitchev’s lawyers resisted. Gubitchev and Judith Coplon were sentenced to 15 years each, a State Department plan aimed at avoiding reprisals in Communist countries.
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New York
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Russia
U. S
Irving H. Saypol
Gubitchev
Abraham L. Pomerantz
Judith Coplon
Department of Justice
State Department
Ohio official seeks Colony Club charter revocation
Atty. Gen. Herbert S. Duffy asked the Ohio Supreme Court to cancel the Colony Club near Chesapeake. He filed a quo warranto proceeding to require the club to show cause why its charter should not be revoked and sought trustees to liquidate club property and review all records.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
Ohio Supreme Court
Colony Club
Chesapeake
Duffy
One Time Messenger Want Ad Lands Job
Don Kelley an Ohio University student placed a one time want ad in the Messenger Want Ad section seeking Saturday work. The ad read STUDENT Desires job on Saturdays Any type work Box 122 Men's Dorm Phone 541 Don Kelley Sunday afternoon The result number 0242 is listed as the Messenger can result quickly for buyers or seekers.
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Don Kelley
Ohio University
Messenger
Senate probes press solon for names to back up Reds charge
Senate investigators pressed Senator McCarthy for more names to back up his charge of Communism in the State Department. McCarthy asked for sleep before proceeding and said he would provide names after documentation. Dorothy Kenyon denied being a Communist, testifying amid broader denials from others McCarthy accused. The committee plans further hearings and has hired Edward P. Morgan as chief counsel to supervise loyalty-file work.
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Senate
Solon
State Department
Washington
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Dorothy Kenyon
Tydings
FBI
Edward P. Morgan
Morgan
Senate House Committee
Pearl Harbor
Joseph R. McCarthy
Rwis
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Haldore Hanson
President Truman
Esther Caukin Brunauer
Owen Lattimore
China
FDR
Brunauer
Stephen
Navy
Associates
Close Senate Vote Seen On Housing Aid Proposal
The Senate prepared for a late afternoon test on a Truman housing aid plan. The measure seeks 1 billion dollars in government credit for long term low interest loans to cooperatives and non profits to aid middle income families earning 2400 to 4700 dollars a year to rent or own better housing. Supporters contrast the plan with larger pledges to private rental projects and point to criticisms of past guarantees to real estate interests. A Bricker led move to strike out cooperatives faces defeat. if so Ives and Tobey offer a substitute allowing insured mortgages for cooperatives on par with other builders or buyers.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Sparkman
D-Ala
Long
D-La
Russell
D-Ga
Lehman
D-Lib-Ny
Senator Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Ives
R-Ny
Tobey
RNH
Lancaster Girl Missing In Cleveland
Betty Nichols, a 23 year old Western Reserve University social science student from Lancaster Ohio, vanished after 8 30 p m Friday. Police say she called Monday night to say she would stay away and the Kings suspect she was under duress. Nichols is described as 5 10, 156 pounds, wearing a black coat and red shoes.
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Cleveland
Betty Nichols
Lancaster
Ohio
Western Reserve University
John R. King
Kings
Miss Nichols
Lakewood
Manson E. Nichols
Police Return Killer Suspect in Columbus Stabbing Case
A Columbus police detail traveled to Williamson West Virginia to extradite ex convict Eugene Courtney Smith 24 charged with first degree murder in a fatal February stabbing of David M Miller 25 a Columbus native Miller was reported held in Mingo County jail and Smith waived extradition Det Sgt Marvin Canada said the case centers on a Columbus stabbing outside a local event.
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Columbus
Williamson
W. Va
Eugene Courtney Smith
David M. Miller
Smith
Mingo County
Marvin Canada
Temperatures Edge Toward Normal Across Eastern U S
Cold spell continues in the north central region with eight below zero at International Falls Minnesota. By contrast the eastern half sees a warming trend as the cold line shifts toward the South Atlantic coast, signaling temperatures moving back toward normal levels.
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Chicago
North Central
International Falls
Minn
South Atlantic
Roosevelt to Confer With Citrus Processor on Big Florida Deal
Elliott Roosevelt arrives in Miami to meet Henry Dobbs a citrus processor and shipper on a historic Florida citrus deal. The project plans production and national promotion of frozen citrus concentrate and allied products with few details disclosed.
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Miami
Elliott Roosevelt
Henry Dobbs
Florida
Taft urges probe of steel firms over limits
Senator Taft proposes Congress investigate restricting the amount of business any single steel company can conduct. The move signals greater antitrust scrutiny and could affect major steel players.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Freight Derailment Destroys Work Train in Baltimore
A New York Central freight train derailed early today at Baltimore Fairfield County and plunged into a parked work train. Ten of the freight’s 86 cars left the track. eleven workers slept in two work train cars but no one was hurt. Telegraph wires torn down and coal spilled along the right of way. Cause under investigation.
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Columbus
New York Central
Baltimore
Fairfield County
Claude Weld
Weld
Bank Robber James Newman Wins Parole
Columbus reports that James Newman a 57 year old convicted bank robber has been granted parole by the Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission by a 2 to 1 vote and takes effect April 20. Governor Lausche says he will review the decision. Newman began crime career in 1914 and had multiple escapes including from Ohio Penitentiary and a New Jersey county prison. He began a life term March 17, 1931 for a Westerville bank robbery of 6529 dollars and walked away from a state garage job in Columbus May 12, 1944. He was recaptured July 25, 1945 in Cleveland and returned to prison.
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Columbus
James
Jim) Newman
Frank J. Lausche
Newman
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Ohio
New Jersey
Ralph Alvis
Jets Collide in Air Over Sandia Base
Two jet planes collided over Sandia Base in New Mexico Tuesday. Three airmen parachuted safely to the ground about two miles below. The crash occurred near the Sandia Weapons Base as details remained sparse.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Sandia
Under-Cover Agent Details Red Activities
Matthew Cvetic testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee detailing a decade inside Communist circles in Western Pennsylvania. He named numerous locals active in Communist affairs and described their use of front organizations to win over well meaning supporters. Rep Harrison praised Cvetic for his revelations.
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Washington
Matthew Cvetic
House UN - American Activities Committee
Cvetic
Pennsylvania
Harrison
D-Va
FBI
Steve Nelson
Stalin
Russia
William Z. Foster
Pittsburgh
Soviet Union
Cvetle
Sheriff Killer Flees Texas Across Rio Grande
The hunt for Texas Sheriff O W Morrow's killer has moved to northern Mexico. U S and Mexican officers chase the suspect nine miles above Presidio along the Rio Grande, with Ranger Captain Gully Cowsert directing the effort. The 43 year old sheriff was shot early Sunday on a remote road near Shafter.
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Marfa
Tex
Texas
O. W. (Blackie) Morrow
Rio Grande
Presidio
U.S
Mexico
Gully Cowsert
Shafter
Coal Price Rise Reflects Higher Labor Costs
Pittsburgh based Consolidation Coal Co, the largest producer, raised wholesale coal prices by 10 to 25 cents a ton. Soft coal prices nationally average 25 cents higher per ton, with hard coal up to 75 cents in some cases. President George H. Love cites increased labor costs in mining as the cause.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
George H. Love
Red Activity Probed In Cincinnati Area
Washington reports the Committee questioned Cecil Scott a former Cincinnati Communist behind closed doors. The panel may hold public hearings as Matthew Cvetie did in Western Pennsylvania. Scott claims 178 Communists exist in Cincinnati including a professor three doctors and leading labor figures.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Cincinnati
Cecil Scott
Matthew Cvetie
FBI
Pennsylvania
Scott
Sayin
Give Away Program Aims To Ease Potato Burden
A proposed give-away program to lift surplus potato burden from the farm price support plan may reach President Truman by weekend. The measure also includes income promise legislation to remove inequities in cotton and peanut acreage allotments for 1950. The Senate House Conference Committee approved it Tuesday and both houses are expected to act quickly.
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Washington
Truman
Senate House
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RKO Studios
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