Democrats Move On Speaker Post As Ohio Debates Seats
Democrats in Ohio look to name a new speaker in the State House while Republicans face potential losses in the Senate. Whittier Whittemore may lose his seat as the GOP tally shifts with new reapportionment, and Whitacre’s 21st District victory narrows Republican margins.
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Columbus
House of Representatives
Senate
James Seccombe
Stark County Board of Elections
Orval A. Whitacre
Robert Pollock
Stark
Carroll Counties
Frank E. Whittemore
Akron Beacon .Journal
Catherine Dobbs
Ashtabula
Lake, Geauga
Portage
Summit Counties
Whittemore
Ray M. White
Holmes County
Millerburg ‘ Farmer-Hub
John Cantwell
Mahoning County
James Carney
Cleveland
House
William O’neill
Marietta
Howard M. Metzenbaum
William M. Boyd
Margaret Mahoney
Thomas J. Herbert
Frank J. Lausche
Hamilton County
Lausche
Herbert Ai
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Ackerman Road
Bremen Telephone seeks rate increases across service areas
The Bremen Telephone Co. serving Fairfield, Hocking and Perry counties asked the State Utilities Commission for permission to raise both business and residential rates.
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Columbus
Bremen Telephone Co
Fairfield
Hocking
Perry Counties
State Utilities Commission
Navy softens King criticism on Pearl Harbor chiefs
The Navy revised Admiral Harold R. Stark and Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel citations after Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King urged changes. King said the derelictions were omissions, not culpable acts, and recommended administrative reassignment rather than punishment. He also supported a second Distinguished Service Medal for Stark due to his later service.
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Washington
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Harold R. Stark
Husband E. Kimmel
Ernest J. King
King
Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Stark
Sulli
Van
Grange Sees Arm in Fight Over Farm Price Support
At its 82nd annual convention in Portland Maine the National Grange forecasts a sharp Congressional clash over farm price support revisions. Grange leaders oppose Rep Cooleys plan to change parity calculations and adopt a flexible program set for 1949, arguing President Truman and the Agriculture Department would resist. The Grange and the American Farm Bureau previously backed these provisions.
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Portland
National Grange
Farm Organization
Grange
Truman
Agriculture Department
Washington
Rep
Cooley
D-Nc
Maumee Watershed Conservancy Hearing Recessed
A hearing on the Maumee watershed conservancy district was recessed until Monday after 15 witnesses testified in favor of the water control project.
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Maumee Watershed
Walkout at Hamley Run Power Plant Overlap Dispute
AFL workers at the Bosco Engineering Co. project for the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. walked out after a dispute over contract terms on overlapping work. 282 workers at the Hamley Run site between Athens and Nelsonville left after talks failed on rehiring the discharged employee and duties.
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AFL
Bosco Engineering Co
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Poston
Hamley Run
Athens
Nelsonville
Revisions Expected By Labor Law Co Author Hartley
Washington reports quote Taft Hartley co author Fred Hartley predicting a repeal and rewrite of the Taft Hartley Act. He foresees junking the closed shop, modifying secondary boycotts, keeping injunctions for national health and safety strikes, and restoring much of the Wagner Act in altered form.
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Washington
Fred A. Hartley
R-Nj
House Labor Committee
Congress
Hartley
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Robert N. Denham
Denham
Truman
Nelsonville Mount St Marys Hospital bids near funding
Bids on the Mount St. Mary Hospital project in Nelsonville indicate sufficient low offers to proceed. Architect Karlsberger and Mother Lidwina of the Sisters of St. Francis announce progress toward constructing the 100 bed hospital with federal aid covering one third and pledges totaling 800000 for the project. Four contractors submitted bids for the general contract led by Knowlton Construction Co at 679000.
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Nelsonville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Louis F. Karlsberger
Columbus
Lidwina
Sisters of St. Francis
Stella Niagara
N. Y
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Mother Lidwina
Karlsberger
Orig
Knowlton Construction Co
Bellefontaine
Ohio
John A. Johnson & Sons, Inc
Brooklyn
H. W. Miller Construction Co
Covington
Robert H. Evans Co
Hughes Delays Tests on Mammoth Plywood Flying Boat
Hughes postpones taxi tests for his 25 million dollar plywood flying boat awaiting completion of a steel hangar at Terminal Island. He gave no completion date. The craft features a 320 foot wing span and is designed to carry 800 infantrymen.
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Long Beach
Calif
Howard Hughes
Terminal Island
Japanese Leaders Guilty in War Atrocity Judgment
An international court blames about 1,000,000 deaths on 25 Japanese leaders including premier Hideki Tojo. The grim-faced defendants faced the court as the judgment was read in the war crimes trial, with the outcome awaiting tomorrow.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Police Scramble Follows False Armistice Day Chase
A morning carnival of sirens and rushing cars in Pomeroy and along the Ohio shore traces a false alarm about a fatal accident at the White Rock salt works. Police, doctors, and reporters chased leads from Pomeroy to Minersville, only to return to routine as the rumor fizzled.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Syracuse
Middleport
Pat Parker
White Rock Salt Works
Walter Wolfe
China Front Battle Rages At Sciam
In a massive Sino civil war clash near Suchow north of the Yangtze government forces claim the initiative as 21 Communist armies with about 500000 troops press the offensive. government reports say 30000 red casualties vs. higher tally for government troops. martial law calmings in Nanking and Shanghai follow food riots. Premier Wong Wen-Hao retracts resignation and stays in office.
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Nanking
Yangtze
Teng Wen-Yi
Suchow
Teng
Chen Yi
Liu Po-Cheng
Chen Keng
China
Peiping-Hankow
San Francisco
Associated Press
Shanghai
Central
Wong Wen-Hao
Verdict Heard In Watts Trial For Child Poisoning
Cincinnati judge Otis Hess weighs a defense motion for directed verdict in the Mary Clay Watts first degree murder case. The 43 year old widow is accused of poisoning her 11 year old daughter Barbara Ann to gain an $11,000 estate and $3,000 in life insurance. Willis Watts, Barbara Ann's father, died in 1944 and his autopsy found arsenic poisoning.
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Cincinnati
Criminal Court
Otis R. Hess
Mary Clay Watts
Hess
Willis Watts
Barbara Ann
Starving Man and Caretakers Found in Staten Island Mansion
Police found two 76 year old caretakers, Morris Driscoll and Charles Sharett, in a 25 room Staten Island house once owned by banker Edward W. Brown. Sharett reportedly died two days earlier and Driscoll said the shock was overwhelming.
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New York
Staten Island
Morris Driscoll
Charles Sharett
Edward W. Brown
Driscoll
Sharett
Longshoremen Strike Grips U.S. Shipping Corners
New York and coastal ports face paralysis as East and West coast longshoremen walkouts disrupt U S shipping. Philadelphia and Boston join the protest against AFL leaders wage settlement. Spread to Portland and Hampton Roads feared. West coast CIO strikes idle ships from Alaska to Mexico. S S America sails into New York with nearly 1000 passengers amid potential luggage duties.
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New York
Philadelphia
Boston
AFL
Portland
Hampton Roads
Gulf Coast
CIO
Alaska
Mexico
S.S. America
U. S
Lustron Assembly Line House Displayed in Columbus
The Lustron Corp. unveiled its five room steel porcelain enamel house in Columbus with Mayor James A. Rhodes and President Carl G. Strandlund cutting the ribbon. Production is set at 150 homes a day by January 1, and the price ranges from 8300 to 8500 dollars plus the lot.
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Columbus
Lustrion Corp
James A. Rhodes
Carl G. Strandlund
Three Year Old Dies From Burns in Fire
James Bennett Evans aged three, son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Evans of Scioto County, died yesterday from burns suffered in a fire months earlier. His aunt Betty Ann Evans aged one also died in the same fire. His brother Billy aged five is recovering.
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Portsmouth
James Bennett Evans
Elmer Evans
Scioto County
Betty Ann Evans
Billy
Portsmouth moves to repeal payroll income tax
Portsmouth officials prepared to repeal the payroll income tax ordinance enacted September 8. The council acts on a campaign pledge after voters approved a 2 mill operating tax levy.
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Portsmouth
One Armed Driving Saves Man's Life
Patrolman Raymond L McLain drove with one hand on a passenger’s neck to stop bleeding after Henry Fraley was struck by flying steel at the Convent of the Good Shepherd. He then took Fraley to Mount Carmel Hospital where attendants credited the officer with saving his life.
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Columbus
Raymond L. McLain
Henry Fraley
Fraley
Convent of the Good Shepherd
McLain
Mount Carmel Hospital
Sub Reported Near Pearl Harbor by Navy Units
Navy seeks confirmation of a foreign submarine near Pearl Harbor nine miles south as the rescue vessel USS Bluebird reported a possible contact. Fleet units searched the area while initial reports could not confirm a sighting or sound contact. no American submarines were in the vicinity.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Pacific Fleet
MacKenzie King to resign as Canada’s PM this November
Prime Minister William L. Mackenzie King announces resignation set for November 15 after more than two decades in office. Louis St. Laurent will succeed him, signaling a leadership transition in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
William L. MacKenzie King
Louis Stephen St. Laurent
U S and British Prepare for General Strike in Germany
In Frankfurt the American and British occupation zones mobilize for a 24 hour general strike set for tomorrow to protest high prices. Officials say up to 12 million workers could walk out, with 13.5 million in the bizonal area affected and 4.5 million union members. The bizonal trade union council reports Moscow zone support.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Arms Shipment to China Nearing Departure
The first major shipment of American guns and ammunition to China since the Communist sweep in Manchure a was reported near ready for departure, signaling a rapid delivery plan amid evolving hostilities.
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Washington
China
Manchurea
Dancer Lenora Rogers Sentenced for Payroll Forgery
Lenora M. Rogers, 24, an Oakland taxi dancer, pleaded guilty to forgery before Judge Joseph M. Clifford and received a one to three year sentence. She admitted joining a payroll check forgery ring that operated from the west coast to Omaha and Kansas City, with others including Jack Hennings and Ned Cappellino.
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Columbus
Lenora M. Rogers
Oakland
Calif
Marysville Reformatory For
Common Pleas
Joseph M. Clifford
Jack Hennings
Hennings
Ned Cappellino
Betty Rogers
Atlanta
Maretin
Cappellino
Denver
Miss Rogers
Omaha
Kansas City
St. Louis
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