Western Germany to join Marshall Plan projects outline
The European Recovery Conference voted to include Western Germany in the Marshall Plan. Portugal suggested Spain be included, praising its culture and resources. Four proposed projects were outlined: a mutual economic aid treaty, a long‑term aid organization, German reconstruction, and Europe-wide needs reports.
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Paris
Germany
Portugal
Jose Caeiro da Mata
Franco
Spain
Marshall Plan Union
Ernest Bevin
Eight States Back Ohio River Valley Pact
A multi state committee drafted plans for Gov Herbert to sign the Ohio River Valley Compact as eight states including Ohio Indiana New York Illinois West Virginia Virginia and Pennsylvania approve the plan Each city along the Ohio River and tributaries must have a sewage disposal plant Virginia joined with Gov Tuck signing the bill on March 5 ending a long pollution cleanup campaign started in 1938
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Columbus
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Indiana
New York
Illinois
West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio River
William M. Tuck
Akron Bus Driver Killed During Argument
Akron police seek a tall heavy set man after a city bus driver was shot and killed during an argument over which exit door to use. Richard Williams 35 died of chest wounds. Walter Rennie 28, also riding, was wounded.
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Akron
Richard Williams
Akron Transportation Co
Walter Mn. Rennie
Congress Awaits Truman Foreign Affairs Message
Congress waits for President Truman to address a joint session on the world situation amid fears of Soviet pressure in Europe. Lawmakers expect talk on expansion plans and defense pacts affecting Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and possible impact on Italy and Turkey.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Senate
House
St. Patrick's Day
White House
Mr. Truman
Secretary of State
Marshall
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Italy
Turkey
Maniac Fires Into Group Killing Boy and Wounding Six
A two gunman fired on parochial school students in Columbus Circle injuring six and killing 16 year old Thomas Brady. Marko L Markovich, 64, Serbian born, was captured after the attack outside Power Memorial Academy as students prepared for a St Patrick’s Day parade. He shouted intent to kill Catholics and fled when the gun misfired.
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New York
Marko L. Markovich
Columbus Circle
Power Memorial Academy
Thomas Brady
Tax Returns Flood Ohio IRS Offices
Ohio IRS offices saw a last minute flood of income tax returns with postmarks by midnight and stacks still arriving. Collectors described the rush as the heaviest since 1944, with Cleveland reporting about 180 million dollars in payments and roughly 150 thousand returns filed yesterday. Cincinnati totals reached about 68.66 million dollars since January 1, while Toledo and Columbus figures were not available.
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Columbus
Internal Revenue
Ohio
Harry F. Busey
Cleveland
Thomas M. Carey
E. G. Weinemuth
Cincinnati
Toledo
Death of Former Probate Judge Benjamin M. McCray
Ashland Ohio obituary notes the death of Benjamin M. McCray age 77 former probate judge who passed away yesterday.
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Ashland
Benjamin M. McCray
House Panel Nixes Oleo Tax Repeal Action
The House Agriculture Committee voted 16 to 10 to shelve all legislation to repeal federal taxes on oleomargarine. Chairman Hope said the move blocks repeal bills from reaching the House floor, though some backers may seek a discharge petition requiring 218 signatures. Oleo taxes include 10 cents per pound on colored oleo retail and a quarter cent on uncolored, plus annual licenses for manufacturers and wholesalers.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Hope
R-Kans
Congress
House
Capitol Hill
Sawyer Seen Dem Nominee for Vice Presidency
Charles Sawyer former lieutenant governor of Ohio emerges as a Democratic vice presidential candidate. Reed Winegardner Ohio attorney general hopeful backs him, noting Sawyer served as ambassador to Belgium in 1944 45 and was a National Democratic Committeeman. Rep Jenkins Ohio presented Winegardner to the Supreme Court yesterday.
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Washington
Charles Sawyer
Ohio
Reed Winegardner
Sawyer
Belgium
National Democratic
Winegardner
Washington Court House
Supreme Court
Rep
Jenkins
Capitol Greyhound Drivers Delay Strike
Capitol Greyhound busses continued to run as AFL drivers postponed a wage dispute strike from midnight to next Tuesday after a conference with union and company representatives led by Federal Labor Conciliator John Addicks.
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Cincinnati
Capitol Greyhound
AFL
John Addicks
Paroles Granted to Two Hocking County Men
Paroles granted effective April 21 for two Hocking County men. Marion T. Edgell and Everett Hartshorn, inmates at the Ohio State Reformatory at Mansfield, were reported by the Pardon and Parole Commission. Edgell faced burglary and larceny charges, Hartshorn burglary.
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Logan
Hocking County
Marion T. Edgell
Everett Hartshorn
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Pardon and Parole Commission
Edgell
Hartshorn
E M Poston Station Named For Hamley Run Plant
The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co will name its Hamley Run generating station the E M Poston Station honoring J B Poston’s father. Ground broke last December 15. 85 workers are employed as civil work and road spur progress continues. First unit to start in fall 1949 with 40 000 KW capacity, second unit planned for fall 1950. Total expected cost about 15 million dollars.
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Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Hamley Run
Athens
Nelsonville
E. M. Poston
J. B. Poston
Hocking Valley
Columbus
Mr. Poston
Allegheny Mountains
Thompson Houston Arc
Poston
Meat Packers Strike at Chicago Plants
Picket lines formed nationwide as 100000 CIO workers began a strike over a 29 cent hourly wage rise. About 140 plants affected. Chicago involves 20000 workers with no violence reported as 150000 others stay at work amid wage agreements with independent unions and the AFL.
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Chicago
CIO
Truman
CIO United Packing House Workers of America
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union
Swift, Armour, Wilson, Cudahy and
Morrell
New York
Los Angeles
Ohio forest study funding urged by Congressmen
The House Appropriations Committee recommended 30000 for Ohio forest experiment work as part of eight new stations nationwide. Ohio lawmakers urged a robust federal program, pushing for at least 100000 annually and a Southern Ohio research center to study replanting and timber needs amid shrinking timber resources and a $300 million annual output of wood products.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Ohio
Agriculture Department
Rep
Jenkins
Rep. McCowen
Brehm
Congress
Ohio Woodlands
CIO-PAC Head Resigns in Point Pleasant
Ervin William Dement resigned as chairman of the CIO-PAC unit in Point Pleasant after a meeting on Sunday. Russell Nott, a clerk at the local state liquor store, was named to succeed him. President Jack Easton announced the action in Charleston. Nott and Dement confirmed it.
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Point Pleasant
Ervin William Dement
Cio-Pac
Russell Nott
Jack Easton
West Virginia
CIO Council
Charleston
Nott
Dement
Shoe Man Killed in Rooming House Fire in Cleveland
A flash fire swept a Cleveland rooming house last night killing one man identified tentatively as Mitchell Palmer a shoe store manager. Fire officials say the blaze started from the victim falling asleep while smoking in bed. Other occupants escaped safely.
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Cleveland
Mitchell Palmer
William A. Finn
Coroner Links Poison to Newtown Fatalities
A coroner's report cites a powerful poison as the cause of death for Milford Cox 34 and his four month old son Gary found on a Newton area bed. Hamilton County police continue investigation into the deaths and surrounding circumstances.
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Cincinnati
Mulford Cox
Gary
Newton
Hamilton County
Ohio fund commission to receive bond bids
Ohio sinking fund commission to receive bids today for 200 million state bonus bonds. State Treasurer Don Ebright expects only one offer from a syndicate representing 284 banks. He notes two prior bidding syndicates merged recently.
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Columbus
Ohio
Sinking Fund Commission
Don Ebright
Ebright
Lottery Plant Raided Seizure Totals Revealed
Cleveland police seized 75 slot machines and 30 000 punchboards at a lottery plant raid. Four men were fined for operating the lottery and possessing racket slips, authorities said.
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Cleveland
Two Aged Pickpockets Attempt to Hang Selves
Newark police said two elderly pickpockets attempted suicide in the city jail yesterday as they faced possible prison terms. Their hangs were thwarted by a jailer’s screams from a neighboring cell.
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Newark, N. J
Newark City
Police Probe Sailor Death Shifts Inquest to March 22
Chicago police continue the Holler inquest to March 22 while seeking a girl seen with seaman Charles N Holler 17 Newark before his body was found March 6. Jackie Norton 19 Detroit a seaman with Holler testified he and two sailors and a girl called Gloria were with him 20 minutes prior. Initial theory put Holler over a balcony at United Artists theater Dearborn and Randolph Streets. later the body was located 25 feet from the fall point.
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Chicago
Charles N. Holler
Newark
Holler
Jackie R. Norton
Detroit
Great Lakes
Gloria
United Artists Theater
Dearborn
Randolph Streets
Holier
Strike May Hit Entire Industry
Mines across Ohio and neighboring states shut down as UMW members walk out in support of John L. Lewis and $100 monthly pensions. By midday, about 210,000 soft coal workers among 400,000 UMW members were idle, with key belts from Hocking to West Virginia facing stoppages and government mediation efforts under way.
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Hocking
John L. Lewis
Associated Press
UMW
Hocking Area
Brownfield
Lost Run
Rend-Mar
David Christian
Corning
West Virginia Coal and Transportation Co
West Columbia
W.va
Lieving Coal Co
Orchard Coal Co
Belmont
Harrison
Jefferson Counties
Bellaire
Jones Motor Sales Misco
Perry County
Powhatan No
Powhatan
R. E. Rowe
Appalachian Coals, Inc
Big Cincinnati
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Washington
U. S
Truman
Lewis
West Virginia
Williamson
J. J. Ardigo
Williamson Operators’ Association
Ardigo
Pennsylvania
Utah
Kentucky
Alabama
Virginia
Wyoming
Indiana
Tennessee
Colorado
Welfare Board
Beating case ends with 22-year-old girl hospitalized
Cincinnati police file charges of criminal assault maiming and sodomy against Harold E. Boehm 32 after a sister reports a missing 22-year-old woman Barbara Sevedge. The victim found in a semi conscious state with facial injuries burns on feet and belt buckle marks. initials B S and H B carved into her arm. Boehm allegedly admitted striking her with a belt.
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Cincinnati
General Hospital
Harold E. Boehm
Wanda Sarver
Scott
B. S
H. B
Keith Scott
William Lewis
John Dean
Orville Bakhaus
Taft Hartley Political Ban Declared Invalid by District Court
Federal Judge Ben Moore ruled the Taft-Hartley Act ban on union political spending unconstitutional, dismissing the indictment against CIO and President Philip Murray. The Justice Department will appeal, aiming for a Supreme Court review before the summer recess. Murray had endorsed a Democratic candidate in CIO News last July.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Ben Moore
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
CIO News
Edward Garmatz
Baltimore
Man Killed by Car Near Briggs Ohio
Ohio State Highway Patrol said a car driven by Robert Arnold of Fairmont struck and killed a man whose identity was not immediately established. The accident occurred on Route 7 near Briggs, Ohio across from Parkersburg late last night.
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Parkersburg
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Robert Arnold J
Fairmont
Ohio
Briggs
Honshu Quake Felt Across Tokyo and Honshu
A moderate earthquake rattled East Central and Northeast Honshu including Tokyo on Monday. No injuries or major damages were immediately reported. Seismologists noted the quake's depth and aftershocks are being monitored by authorities.
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Honshu
Tokyo
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Ohio Fund Commission
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Caroline Foulke Urie
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