President Signs Oleo Tax Repeal at Key West
President Truman signed the bill repealing the federal tax on oleomargarine after arriving for a vacation. It removes all federal taxes on margarine though states may set their own rules. The law requires triangular pots for restaurants selling yellow margarine and labeling on packaged products.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Washington
Charles G. Ross
White House
Williamsburg
Key West Naval Station
Atlantic
Ross
Harry H. Vaughan
Army
Group Seeks Lustron Purchase as RFC Talks Loom
A financial group pursuing to keep Lustron, the Columbus Ohio prefab housing firm, operating is slated to meet RFC officials this week. Negotiations stalled yesterday as Lustron runs under a court appointed receiver after RFC foreclosure. RFC had loaned Lustron 37.5 million dollars.
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Washington
A _ financial group
Lustron
Columbus
Ohio
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Harvey L. Gunderson
RFC
Building Code Survey Planned by Committee
Representative Homer E. Abele from Vinton County is named on a 30 member panel to rewrite Ohio building code. Gov Lausche asked the panel, named by State Gen. Clingan Jackson, to survey housing facilities across the state.
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Vinton County
Ohio
Clingan Jackson
Ohio Program Commission
Frank J. Lausche
Economists Alarmed as Unemployment Rises Toward Five Million
U S government economists warn unemployment may exceed five million this year as the labor force grows faster than job openings. Census counts show 4.7 million jobless on Feb 11, with 12 areas hardest hit by surpluses in manpower. White House and Congress push for 2 million more private sector jobs to ease pressure.
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Washington County
Lawrence
Mass
Pottsville
Greensburg
Jasper
Ala
Clinton, Ind
Cairo
Crab Orchard
Mount Vernon
Sheboygan and Muskegon
Mich
Park City
Utah
Surance
Truman
Congress
Missing Atomic Test Ship Elder Searched Near Kwajalein
The Navy tender Elder with 33 crew, en route to Eniwetok Island, disappeared 400 miles north of Kwajalein. Lt. William F. Adams commanded the Elder, last seen 700 miles from Eniwetok by the A. W. Brewster. Possible mine strike or dead diesel and silent radio cited. Six Kwajalein planes searched the area.
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Kwajalein Island
Eniwetok Island
William F. Adams
San Diego
Eniwetok
Atomic Proving Grounds
A. W. Brewster
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Kwajalein
Alice Stone Blackwell dies at 92 in Cambridge
Cambridge obituary reports Alice Stone Blackwell 92 a prominent suffrage leader and member of a pioneering family of abolitionists who died Wednesday.
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Cambridge
Mass
Alice Stone Blackwell
Acheson Warns Red China Not To Stir Up Trouble
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told a Commonwealth Club audience in Berkeley that Red China must not stir trouble beyond its borders. He urged restraint as he discussed tensions with the Soviet Union and pledged limited American aid to Asian nations facing Communist aggression.
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Red China
Berkeley
Calif
San Francisco
China
Dean Acheson
United States
Soviet Union
World Economic Development
University of California
Commonwealth Club
Truman
Asia
Russia
America
Bill To Check FPC Control Debate Sparks Senate Session
Senate debate centers on a Kerr introduced bill to bar the Federal Power Commission from regulating gas gathering and production by independents. Opponents warn higher consumer prices and argue independent producers are tied to interstate gas regulation.
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Washington
Senate
Kerr
Oklahoma
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Federal Power Commission
Douglas
D-Iii
FPC
Goodyear Tire Warehouse Fire Blazes in Kansas City
A four story Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company warehouse in North Kansas City burned Wednesday night causing about 2.3 million dollars in damage. The blaze spread to a neighboring nine story factory with over 1 million dollars of cotton burlap and paper bag material, but was restrained. Around 60,000 tires were destroyed in the fire.
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Kansas City
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Dentist Killed as Train Strikes Man at Union Station
Washington report says Dr. Edward J. Lally a 50 year old dentist from Niles Ohio died at Union Station after apparently waving farewell to a friend. Officials believe he walked into a Baltimore and Ohio train and fell beneath as it passed, the locomotive passing over him.
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Washington
Edward J. Lally
Niles
Ohio
Union Station
Lally
Baltimore and Ohio
Cold Weather Hits North While South Sees Rain
Snow and cold weather touched northern states from the Midwest to New England as rain stretched from the east Gulf states into the Ohio Valley. The heaviest rainfall occurred with thunderstorms near the Gulf, with Mobile recording 1.65 inches in six hours yesterday.
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Midwest
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East Gulf States
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Mobile
Ohio man killed in Columbus area crash near New Albany
Okey Smith, 39, of near Columbus, died when his car failed to negotiate a curve near New Albany in Franklin County and struck a panel truck driven by Wayne Thompson, 26, of Columbus.
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Columbus
Okey Smith
New Albany
Franklin County
Wayne Thompson
House Appropriations Panel Outlines $1.2 Billion Budget
The House Appropriations Committee has tentatively worked out a 1.2 billion dollar spending plan for the coming fiscal year starting July 1. The proposal aligns with President Truman's recommendations and outlines major allocations across agencies and programs.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Athens Man Hurt When Car Strikes Freight Train
An Athens man was injured at 3:25 a.m. when his westbound car at the W Union Street crossing hit the fifth car of a Baltimore and Ohio freight moving from Farkersburg to Chillicothe. Cletus Warren Chappell, 30, of 60% N Court St., was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital in good condition with head injuries. Police said no night signals were active. a flagman was on the west side of the train. He could not recall the crash. The damaged 1949 convertible belonged to Steppes Beauticians, Inc. Engineer George C. Hatfield and conductor Roy Haney, both Chillicothe residents, were identified.
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Athens
Baltimore and Ohio
W. Union St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Cletus Warren Chappell
N. Court St
Chappell
Morris
Steppes Beauticians, Inc
George C. Hatfield
Roy Haney
Chillicothe
Court Ends Child Actress Lora Lee Michel Ward of Court
Nine-year-old Lora Lee Michel, a former $100-a-day child actress, is to be ward of the court. She will be housed in juvenile hall, studied briefly, then placed in a foster home better suited to her needs. She previously alleged abuse to curb her weight, later recanting and praising her foster parents as "wonderful."
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Los Angeles
Lora Lee Michel
A. A. Scott
Lora Lee
Scott
Youth Confesses Crimes Tutored by Magazines
Columbus detective says James R. Taynor twenty of Columbus confessed to eighty eight burglaries. Taynor admitted learning break in methods from a detective magazine and was arrested in connection with a market safe theft.
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Columbus
William E. Donner
James R. Taynor
Taynor
Leave Set For Critic Of Pentagon
Washington AP The Navy will furlough Capt. John G Crommelin at half pay indefinitely, effectively forcing involuntary retirement at 47 for continued actions prejudicial to the service He has long attacked Army and Air Force staffs over unification and criticized Joint Chiefs of Staff concepts He rejects retirement and says he will not quit the Navy despite the punishment He helped trigger a House inquiry on Navy power and air force emphasis, and was rebuked by Admiral Sherman for insubordination violations and secrecy breaches These orders were issued Feb 21 and take effect April 1 with Crommelin reassigned to the staff of Vice Admiral Murray in San Francisco
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Navy
John G. Crommelin
Pentagon
Crommelin
Army
Air Force
Matthews
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Defense Department
General Staff
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Germany
Marine Corps
San Francisco
House
Air
Joint Chief of Staff
Sherman
Louis E. Denfield
Denfeld
George D Murray
Auditor Not Mayor Paid Zanesville Fine
In Zanesville last Friday night the $4 illegal parking fine was paid by City Auditor Norman L. LaFaber of Marietta, not Mayor Joe C. Hartline who was with him at the time. The report incorrectly named Hartline as the payer.
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Joe C. Hartline
Marietta
Norman L. LaFaber
Hartline
LaFaber
Recall of Consul Held Significant and Startling
The State Department summoned John S. Service from India for loyalty review after Senator McCarthy charged him with Communist affiliations. Senator Hickenlooper called the move a very significant and startling development, noting conflicting department statements about Service’s clearance and the Civil Service loyalty board. The department cited the Civil Service review board’s recommendation, received after McCarthy testified.
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John S. Service
India
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Department
McCarthy
Wis
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Calcutta
Senate Foreign Relations
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Review Board
Civil Service Review Board
Uncle Sam Gets Billions From Citizens
Washington reports show a large influx of fresh spending funds as late tax payments arrived from taxpayers nationwide. Headlines note the tax payment from General Motors of 114 million dollars and a tiny two cents in Detroit, amid political debate over wartime tax policies and a seven year statute ending last night.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Congress
Detroit
General Motors Corp
UAW CIO Wins Pension From Nash Kelvinator
The UAW-CIO and four smaller unions won a five year pension agreement with Nash Kelvinator Corp ending a 51 day Chrysler strike. The plan pays 100 dollars monthly for retirees age 65 with 25 years service plus social security benefits. Nash funds seven cents into a fixed fund protecting against social security fluctuations. The union gains voice in administration and the deal takes effect next July 1.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
Nash-Kelvinator Corp
Chrysler
Uaw-Cio
Nash
UAW
Bricker Returned to Athens County Jail on Larceny Charge
Chauncey man Denver Bricker, charged with grand larceny by his mother-in-law Mary Omen, was returned to Athens County from Clarion Iowa by Sheriff George Bateman and Deputy Marie Pincelli. He faces theft allegations involving $660.
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Clarion
Iowa
Athens County
George Bateman
Marie Pincelli
Bricker
Mary Omen
Maytag Chief Appeals for Labor Management Unity
Fred Maytag II, president of the Maytag Co. of Newton Iowa, urged labor and management to pursue a shared goal in a call for cooperation and progress.
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Toledo
Fred Maytag II
The
Maytag Co
Newton, Ia
Senate Defeat Drops Truman Housing Plan to House Action
The Senate killed the middle income housing program by a 43 to 38 vote, moving the fate of the project to the House. The rest of the housing bill, including over 3 billion in loans and insurance for various programs, passed, while the middle income section was struck out. Senate sponsors expected renewed fights in the House with possible votes to restore or modify provisions.
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Maybank
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Bricker
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Byrd
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Ousted Mine Local Chief Seeks NLRB Probe
Lloyd H. Sidener 44, former pres ident of UMW Local 7455 at Canton Illinois, says he was fined 50000 and ousted for leading a back to work bid during a coal strike. He filed with the NLRB alleging union and mine owner discrimination and illegal firing for attempting to form a rival union. He and about 130 others were blocked from returning to work February 24 by a picket line under a federal injunction.
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National Labor Relations Board
United Mine Workers
Lloyd H. Sidener
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Canton
Ill
Buck Heart
NLRB
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Sidener
Red Inquiry Cancelled In Cincinnati Area
The House Un American Activities Committee called off an inquiry into Communist activity in the Cincinnati area. Its original plan was to decide after questioning Cecil Scott in a closed session whether to hold public hearings like those in which Matthew Cvetic, a former FBI undercover agent, testified about communist activity in Western Pennsylvania.
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House Un-American Activities Committee
Cinccnnati
Cecil Scott
Matthew Cvetic
FBI
Pennsylvania
Scott
Cincinnati
Attorney Plans Appeal To Get Name On Ballot
Attorney J Earl Pratt of Ironton says he will go to the state Supreme Court to place Hubert Phillips of Blackfork Lawrence County on the May primary ballot. The Fourth District Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling keeping the name off the ballot. Phillips born Carrington has used both names and filed as Phillips for the state Senate nomination.
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Portsmouth
J. Earl Pratt
Ironton
State Supreme Court
Hubert Phillips
Blackfork
Lawrence County
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Phillips
Carrington
State Senate
Accused Slayer Bound Over to Grand Jury
Orton Roy Rollison, 38, formerly of Millfield, bound over to the Franklin County Grand Jury on a first degree murder charge for fatally wounding Mrs. Pearl Patterson Jacobs, 41, in her Columbus apartment on February 13. He pleaded innocent at arraignment in Columbus Municipal Court.
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Millfield
Franklin County Grand Jury
Orton Roy Rollison
Two Men Get Probation For Cutting Timber
Judge Kenneth Cranston placed William Rose and Sylvester Crabtree on probation for one year after they admitted cutting timber in Shawnee Forest, a state property. The defendants are from nearby Lu casville Route 1.
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Portsmouth
Kenneth Cranston
Lucasville
Shawnee Forest
William Rose
Sylvester Crabtree
Courts martial ordered for Missouri officers after grounding
General courts martial will convene March 27 at Norfolk Naval Base for Capt. William D. Brown Comdr. John R. Millett and Lt. Comdr. Frank G. Morris over the January 17 grounding in Chesapeake Bay. Proceedings open to public and press. Lt. John E. Carr not slated for trial. Ensign Elwin R. Harris spared disciplinary action. The inquiry praised Missouri engineering crews for rapid, effective response.
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Missouri
Chesapeake Bay
William D. Brown
Frostproof
Fla
Big Mo
John R. Millett
Frank G. Morris
New York
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Allan E. Smith
Atlantic Fleet
Naval Court of Inquiry
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William M. Fechteler
Fechteler
John E. Carr
Carr
Brown
Millett
Morris
Ens
Elwin R. Harris
Harris
Adm. Smith
U.S.S. Missouri
Military Secret Plans Requested on Capitol Hill
Washington reports new study on Capitol Hill reviews requests totaling about 70 million dollars for highly secret military installations. The classified proposals cover radar, special weapons, guided missiles, and biological and chemical warfare. Alaska defense features prominently in the discussions.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Alaska
Student Surprised By Missing Persons Report
Betty Nichols a 23 year old Western Reserve University student from Lancaster appeared at her home in Cleveland after being listed on a missing persons report. She explained she had been visiting with out of town friends and did not return last Friday night.
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Cleveland
Betty Nichols
Western Reserve University
Grocers oppose subsidies and FEPC at convention
The United States Wholesale Grocers Association adopted resolutions opposing government agricultural subsidies and FEPC legislation. They argued subsidies cause vast government expenditure for farm food and commodities that must be sold at a loss given away or destroyed.
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Cincinnati
United States Wholesale Grocers Association
FEPC
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