Economic Fight Over Prices Wages and Bank Credit
Washington officials reported mixed progress in stabilizing the economy. Price Director DiSalle sees price stabilization possible by mid spring, while Wage Stabilizer Johnston struggles to secure labor management support for wage rules. Secretary Sawyer pushes for tighter consumer credit as inflation concerns persist.
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Washington
America
Eee
Michael V. di Salle
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Maybank
D-Sc
Chaiman
Senate House
Committee On Defense Mobilization
Bricker
Ohio
Humphrey
D-Minn
Aiken
R-Vi
Defense Mobilization Board
Congress
Sawyer
Russian Radio Urges Revolt Against Communism
London based Reuters dispatch reports a supposed free Russian radio urging Russians to revolt against the Stalin clique. The broadcasts in Russian and Ukrainian call for underground organization and were jammed by a strong noise signal. The station’s location is unknown.
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London
Reuter
Iere
Atimas
Russian Revolutionary Committee
Athens County Red Cross Gray Ladies Aid Veterans Hospital
Twice weekly a group of Athens County women known as the Gray Ladies travel by station wagon from Athens to Chillicothe to brighten days for Veterans Administration Hospital patients. They also assist with Bloodmobile visits and other Red Cross tasks, totaling 5168 hours donated by 23 members. readers are urged to join and donate.
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Athens County
Red Cross
Athens
Chillicothe
The
Veterans Administration Hospital
Bloodmobile
Gray Ladies
Gold Relates Thrill Spy Case Testimony
A confessed spy testifies before a federal jury about undercover work to obtain atom bomb secrets. Harry Gold describes conversations with Anatoli Yakovlev and Dr. Klaus Fuchs, linking to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and Morton Sobell, with dates in 1945 at Cambridge, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque.
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New York
Russia
Anatoli Yakovlev
Klaus Fuchs
Britain
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
Julius Rosenberg
Ethel
Morton Sobell
Gold
United States
Yakovlev
Dr. Fuchs
David Greenglass
Los Alamos
N. M
Fuchs
Cambridge
Mass
Santa Fe
Russia Blocks Arms Talks on German Question
The Big Four face a standstill as Moscow hints at separate treatment of Germany arms issues. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko signaled the stance during talks to set an agenda for a forthcoming foreign ministers meeting. France Britain and the United States argue German defense ties to the wider European crisis.
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Kremlin
Germany
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
France
Britain
United States
Woman Acquitted in Thanksgiving Attempted Murder Case
Akron. Marie Law, 29, was acquitted of attempting to kill her husband Russell Law last Thanksgiving. Police said she pinned him against a tree with a car in a jealous rage. Law did not press charges.
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Akron
Marie Law
Russell
Law
Reds Halt Retreat In Major Korean Front Battle
Artillery duel erupts as Communist forces end an eight day withdrawal and form a new defensive line about 20 miles south of parallel 38. U N troops press the attack with American divisions advancing from Hongchon toward Yudong and Seoul while casualties rise to about 172000 since January 25. Missouri ships lend naval gunfire along the east coast.
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United Nations
Korea
Chunchon
Hongchon
North
South Korea
Hongchong
Seoul
Korean Peninsula
U.S
First Cavalry
U. S. First Marine
U. S. Second Division
Yudong
U. S
Rewon
U. S. Eighth Army
U U.S
Missouri
Desperadoes Caught Jailbreaker Is Killed in Arizona
In northern Arizona near St. Johns Dewey Battershaw 21 known Omaha jail breaker is killed after a gunfight with Highway Patrol and county officers eight miles west of town. His brothers Clifford 17 and Victor Sweet 24 are captured after a ridge chase and shootout following a Dodge escape.
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ST. Johns, Ariz
Dewey Battershaw
Omaha, Nebraska
Battershaw
Arizona
Here
Clifford Battershaw
Victor Sweet
Douglas County
Omaha
Ray Dahm
Emmett Wilhelm
Apache County
Harley Thompson
Bill Sorrelis
John Crosby
Wilhelm
Sweet
Commissioners Deny Lake Logan Road Relocation Petition
Hocking County commissioners denied a petition by lake area property owners to relocate the road beside Lake Logan. The state requires easements and damages for road purchases, which the landowners did not grant, prompting the county engineer to implement an alternate plan raising the road above water. A Logan group plans further talks with state officials on the lake project.
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Lake Logan Road
Logan
Lake Logan
Hocking
Lake
County Highway Department
Albert Seabright
Columbus
John Owens
Izaak Walton League
Charles F. Rauch
Forest Weinlrich
Fred Murray
Bill Miller
Common Pleas Court
Elza Ringhiser
Ringhiser
Ormandy to Do Classic Disc Jockey Show on WDAS
Eugene Ormandy, famed Philadelphia Orchestra conductor, will host a Sunday disc jockey program on WDAS starting April 8. The one hour show from 3 to 4 pm will feature only classic arrangements performed by his orchestra.
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Philadelphia
Eugene Ormandy
Ormandy
WDAS
Columbus Doctor Wins Conservation Award
Dr. Charles A. Dambach of Columbus will be honored Saturday as Ohio s man of the year in conservation at the Ohio Conservation Congress annual banquet. The congress with more than 100 fishing and hunting clubs is initiating the annual award this year.
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Columbus
Charles A. Dambach
Ohio
Ohio Conservation Congress
Congress
Frank Costello Walks Out As Senate Crime Probe Threatens Arrest
New York capone era figure Frank Costello refused to answer and walked out of the U S Senate crime probe hearing amid threats of contempt and possible perjury charges. Committee chair Estes Kefauver warned he could be arrested for leaving the room.
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New York
Frank Costello
U. S
Senate
Costello
Crime Committee
George Wolf
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
U U.S
Kefauver
Dr Walters Proposes College Plan For Reorganization
Dr Ray mond C Walters president of the University of Cincinnati outlines a plan to restructure collegiate education to lower costs and improve quality. He urges each faculty to, starting fresh, trim programs and focus on clear objectives with fewer textbooks rigid schedules and simpler credit bookkeeping.
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Cincinnati
Raymond C. Walters
University of Cincinnati
Libbey-Owens-Ford To Start Parkersburg Fiber Glass Plant
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co plans to start manufacturing fiber glass at Parkersburg West Virginia in about six months. President John D. Biggers said a new fiber glass division was formed to meet defense program requirements. Initial operations will run in a 200000 square foot Parkersburg plant closed last year when vitrolite production moved to Rossford Ohio.
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Toledo
Libbey-Owens- Ford Glass Co
Parkersburg
W. Va
John D. Biggers
Libbey
Rossford, O
Army Seeks 30 000 Women Recruits Says Wac Director
Col Mary Halloren director of the Women's Army Corps says the army needs 30 000 women recruits to fill jobs keeping male soldiers from combat and training. She warns the service lacks enough WACs to meet the demand.
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Washington
Army
Mary Halloren
Wac
Women’s Army Corps
Jack and Heintz to Build Riverside Defense Plant
Ohio manufacturer Bill Jack will construct a $1,200,000 Jack and Heintz defense plant on a former Army camp site in Riverside California. The facility will produce $5,000,000 worth of scientific instruments monthly for the Navy and Air Force and employ 4000 workers drawn from Jack and Heintz plants in Ohio.
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Riverside
Calif
Ohio
Bill Jack
Jack
Solana Beach
Navy
Air Force
House Postpones Debate on Draft Age to 18 and Training Plan
The House Armed Services Committee approved a bill to lower the draft age to 18 and create a universal military training program. After four days of closed-door wrangling, the panel sent the measure to the Rules Committee with floor consideration planned after Easter. An amendment to allow inductees to request race-segregated units passed 21 to 12.
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Washington
House
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Rep. Winstead
D-Miss
Appointment Sparks Probe Sparks Probe
President Truman named William McChesney Martin to head the Federal Reserve, triggering a Senate Banking Committee inquiry. Sen. Douglas plans to question Martin on Reserve Board bond purchases amid Treasury pressure to back the government bond market and keep interest rates low.
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Washington
Truman
William McChesney
Martin
Thomas B. McCabe
Federal Reserve
Senate
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Reserve Board
The
Treasury
Douglas
D-Ill
Taft Attacks Truman Critics During Southern Stop
Senator Taft charged the Truman administration is morally bankrupt and lacking public confidence as he opened a southern speaking tour. Rep Keating urged an Armed Services probe into Brig Gen Wallace H Graham’s nomination and commodity trading ties in 1947 48 cited by critics.
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Washington
Taft
Truman
Key West
Fla
Rep. Keating
R-Ny
Senate Armed Services Committee
Walllace H. Graham
Graham
Keating
House
Senate
White House
Annual tax proposed for television users
W. P. Thomas, president of Diamond Power Specialty Corp. of Lancaster Ohio, urged the House Ways and Means Committee to consider a moderate annual tax on television sets in use. The committee weighs raising the federal tax on sets from 10 to 25 percent at the manufacturing level.
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Washington
Ohio
W. P. Thomas
Diamond Power Specialty Corp
Lancaster
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House Influence In Merger Of Airlines
Senator Brewster says Republicans will back an investigation into White House influence in airline mergers. He filed a record with the Senate Commerce Committee offering to help investigate CAB and White House influences in airline cases. Senator Magnuson notes a subcommittee is already studying the issue and CAB operations as the agency seeks broader authority to regulate the aviation industry.
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Truman
Taft
Senate
White House
Dirksen
Ilinois
Bricker
Ohio
RFC
Men
Subcommittee
Congress
North Carolina
Charlotte
Brewster
Senate Commerce Committee
Magnuson
D-Wash
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Colo
Full Commerce Committee
CAB
Delos W. Rentzel
Civil Aeronautics Board
American Overseas Airlines
Pan-American Airways
Fulbright
Fulbright Committee
U.S.C. of C Urges Abolition of RFC Amid Inquiry
The U S Chamber of Commerce board calls for abolishing the RFC after Fulbright subcommittee disclosures raise doubt about RFC procedures. Senate discussions split over continuing the inquiry, while some lawmakers view the agency as aiding small business and favor its reform rather than elimination.
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Washington
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
RFC
Business Organization
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Banking
Congress
Governor Opposes Purchase of Ohio River Bridge
Gov. Frank J. Lausche advised the State Bridge Commission not to buy the suspension bridge over the Ohio River between Cincinnati and Covington for 3.6 million dollars. Highway Director T. J. Kauer had warned it would cost about 500 thousand to repair or about 4 million for a new two lane bridge.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
State Bridge Commission
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Covington
T. J. Kauer
Edward J. Quinn
Commission
Four Ohio Cities to Get Armory Funding
The state board of control approved about 150000 for each of four Ohio cities to build National Guard armories. Portsmouth Middletown Painesville and Lebanon receive a combined 600000, with amounts varying by city. The money was appropriated by the last legislature on the condition of matching federal funds.
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Columbus
Ohio
National Guard
State Board of Control
Portsmouth
Middletown
Painesville
Lebanon
Transfer of WBEX Authorized by FCC
FCC yesterday authorized the transfer of control of radio station WBEX Chillicothe to Truman A. Morris and associates for sixty seven thousand dollars plus adjustments on the sale date.
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WBEX
FCC
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Chillicothe
Truman A. Morris and Associates
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