GOP seeks few promises as 1948 Congress opens
Republicans in Senate and House form program planning groups to outline a limited set of major issues for the new Congress. Leaders debate whether Taft or White will hold floor leadership as internal struggles continue amid 1948 presidential politics.
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Washington
Senate
House Gop
Congress
House
Wallace White
Maine
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate House Committee
Taft
Ohio
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Thomas Jenkins
Clarence Brown
Brown
Long
Halleck
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Labor rebels demand socialist line in Bevin foreign policy
Thirteen additional Labour MPs join a revolt against the Attlee government urging a socialist foreign policy to avert a clash between American capitalism and Soviet communism. The dissent totals at least 53, with another 20 opposing peacetime conscription as Parliament convenes to consider amendments.
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London
Attlee
Labor Party
Labor
Ernest Bevin
Phil Piratin
Great Britain
France
Russia
Europe
Bevin
Studios strike sparks violence and transit cease fears
Across Hollywood and beyond, a driverless bus set ablaze during the studio strike tied to AFL jurisdictional tensions. No injuries were reported. Police later found burning newspapers on a studio worker's porch as broader labor turmoil unfolded in New York transit and West Coast maritime labor disputes.
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Hollywood
Beverly Boulevard
New York City
CIO Transport Workers Union
AFL
Trans World
CIO
United Auto Workers
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
West Allis
Wis
San Francisco
Legless Tank Corporal Returns to New Home
Ralph Brown of Youngstown, a tank corporal who lost both legs and one arm in the Battle of Metz, is back home and ready to move into a new house financed by a public subscription of $22,000 organized with help from the Youngstown Vindicator.
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Youngstown
Ralph Brown
Metz
Mrs Gompf Dies After Jump to Save Child
Mrs. Louis F. Gompf, 36, died from injuries sustained Saturday when she leaped from a moving car to rescue her three year old daughter who had fallen from the rear door.
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Columbus
Louis F. Gompf
Truck Passenger Dies in Route 55 Crash near Troy
Howard E. Whitmer, 48, of Dayton died after a truck carrying him as a passenger overturned into a ditch on Route 55 west of Troy. The accident occurred yesterday, authorities said.
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Troy
Howard E. Whitmer
Dayton
Route
Here
Fire damages Tillotson Oil bulk station in Painesville
A fire at Tillotson Oil Co. bulk station in Painesville damaged gasoline and oil storage tanks and threatened nearby properties. Fire crews from Mentor Fairport Perry and Coast Guardsmen battled for three hours and flooded all six tanks with foam. No injuries reported. About 4000 spectators watched as authorities maintained crowd control.
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Painesville
Tillotson Oil Co
Lee J. Elliott
Mentor
Fairport
Perry
Coast
Ohio Soldier Claims He Saw Goering Die
Pfc. Harold F. Johnson of Cadiz reports in a letter to his parents that he was on duty at Hermann Goering’s Nuernberg cell on October 15 and saw the Nazi leader die by poison just before his scheduled hanging.
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Cadiz
Harold F. Johnson
Charles F. Johnson
Hermann Goering
Nuernberg
Pvt. Johnson
Goering
Murder charge in scissors slaying in Butler County
Sam Brock, 30, was ordered held without bond after the Butler County Grand Jury indicted him for murder in the November 2 stabbing of Johnny Bullock, 24, in a downtown restaurant following a fight.
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Hamilton
Sam Brock
Butler County Grand Jury
Johnny Bullock
Brock
Bullock
Extended life creates obligation for aged nutrition
A committee of the American Public Health Association says longer life increases the elderly population and public health programs must assume responsibility for their well being. The APHA conference approved cancer reporting, public health pay equity, and school lunch nutritional planning. Dr Harry S Mustard became APHA president, succeeding Dr John J Sippy.
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Cleveland
Committee On Nutritional Problems
American Public Health Association
APHAS
Association
Cancer Control Program
World Health Organization
Harry S. Mustard
School of Public Health
Columbia University
Woman Charged After Hatchet Attack On Neighbor Boy
A 51 year old mother, Lottie Woodside, is charged with first degree assault in Nassau County after luring a three year old neighbor boy into a cellar and attacking him with a hatchet and saw amid remarks that the child “got my goat.” The boy, Frank Pubins Jr., is near death at South Nassau Communities Hospital.
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Mineola
N. Y
Frank Pubins, Jr
South Nassau Communities Hospital
Oceanside
Lottie Woodside
Nassau County
Frank Gullatta
Woodside
Gallatta
Robert
Rob
Ohio Woman Charged Over OPA Rent Violation
Mrs. Ruth E. Staggs of Ironton was charged in U S District Court with violating OPA rental regulations. Prosecutors say she charged a tenant $35 a month for Ashland Kentucky premises when the OPA limit was $23, seeking an injunction for $84 refund and $96 in damages.
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Cincinnati
Ruth E. Staggs
Ironton
OPA
U. S. District Court
Paul Porter
Staggs
Ashland
Huffman Denies Federal Appointment Rumors
Columbus report states James W. Huffman, unsure if still U S Senator, remains in office and rejects talk of a federal post from President Truman. He says no offer has been made and that he plans to return to his law practice after defeat by John W. Bricker.
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Columbus
James W. Huffman
U. S
Truman
Huffman
John W. Bricker
Willys Increases Prices on Jeeps and Station Wagons
Willys-Overland Motors raises the universal jeep price from 1090 to 1146 dollars and the complete jeep station wagon from 1447 to 1495 dollars. James D. Mooney, president and chairman, announced the move today in Toledo.
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Willys
Jeep
Toledo
James D. Mooney
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
Philosopher Dr. Herbert Atkins Dies at Western Reserve
Emeritus philosophy professor Dr. Herbert Austin Atkins of Flora Stone Mather College at Western Reserve University died yesterday due to bronchial pneumonia.
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Cleveland
Herbert Austin Atkins
Flora Stone Mather College
Western Reserve University
Man Electrocution Near Chillicothe Claims Life
Ellsworth Graves 27 of Bainbridge died after leaning on a crane that contacted a 6700 volt power line yesterday. The accident occurred in the Chillicothe area and is under investigation.
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Chillicothe
Ellsworth Graves
Bainbridge
Blinn, 48, Worcester district purchasing agent dies
Worcester district purchasing agent Martin A. Blinn, 48, of American Steel and Wire Co., died yesterday after an illness. He had served the firm in Worcester and neighboring areas for many years. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Worcester
Mass
Martin A. Blinn
American's Steel and Wire Co
Small Powers Clash Over UN Veto at Committee Fight
In Lake Success New York the small powers face the big five in the U N security council battle to restrict or abolish the veto. Senator Tom Connally presides as foreign relations chair and American delegate with a proposal aimed at winning broad support from the smaller nations. The issue opens its first major test since San Francisco granted extraordinary power to the big five.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Security Council
U. N
U. S
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations
San Francisco
Vicinity Colleges Receive Surplus Building Grants
Federal Works Agency grants awarded to Ohio institutions include University of Cincinnati dramatic workshop classrooms and theater facilities, and Marietta College faculty offices recreation extension and auditorium buildings.
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Washington
Ohio
Federal Works Agency
University of Cincinnati
Marietta College
UN Tackles Trieste Rule Fight Looms
In New York the foreign ministers council debates Trieste governance under a UN backed plan. Molotov demands limit the governor and empower a popularly elected assembly. Byrnes Bevin and Couve de Murville weigh accepting or rejecting Soviet amendments as negotiations continue.
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New York
Foreign Ministers Council
Trieste
Russia
Byrnes
Bevin
Paris
Molotov
Couve de Murville
State asked to cut taxes to aid city revenue
Columbus Mayor James A. Rhodes urged Ohio to stop taxing utilities cigarettes admissions and liquor so cities may tap these fields for revenue. He proposed removing state tax entry to let local governments levy taxes or seek permissive taxes per a recent attorney general opinion.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Rhodes
State Tax Department
Mason Vote Recount Filed in West Virginia Race
Mason County recount filed by Thomas P. Sweeney, defeated U S senator candidate, claiming irregular returns. Sweeney, Republican, trailed Democratic incumbent Harley Kil gore by about 3000 votes, with fraud accusations raised by GOP leaders after the November 5 balloting.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Thomas P. Sweeney
West Virginia
U. S
Sweeney
Harley M. Kilgore
Akron Train Slains Car Driver Ramsey 30
A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train struck an automobile yesterday in Akron killing Carl and Ramsey, age 30.
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Akron
Pennsylvania Railroad
Carland Ramsey
MPs Strike Black Market In Dawn Raid
In Zeilsheim Jewish displaced persons camp near Frankfurt one hundred U S Army MPs and 25 CID agents raided at dawn, arresting the camp’s chief black market operator. The bakery shop was the operation’s headquarters and the raid targeted concealed weapons with care not to harass camp residents.
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Frankfurt
Zeilsheim
Redmond J. Connolly
Germany
Connolly
Brooklyn
CID
Poland
Five Men Indicted in Waterfront Rooming House Bombing
A grand jury indicted five men on murder charges for the waterfront bombing that killed six seamen. Two defendants are accused of the bombing, the other three of inciting and hiring them.
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Baltimore
Class Change Cuts Sear Blast Injuries
Baroda Michigan school officials credit a new class schedule for emptying a first floor room ten minutes before a boiler explosion at the consolidated school. One pupil was killed and 18 injured as 260 children were in the building. Walter Ruppel, 13, died within hours. Alice Johns, 13, was listed in critical condition. Eldon Nitz, 16, was questioned by authorities as the substitute for his janitor uncle.
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Baroda
Mich
Walter Ruppel
Alice Johns
Eldon Nitz
Howard Walter
Postmaster Charged With Falsifying Records
George R. Daubenmire 45 formerly postmaster at Pleasantville Fairfield County was charged with falsifying government postal records. He was released on a $1000 bond by U S Commissioner Robert W Newton as federal court action awaits. Postal agents accuse him of filling vouchers for extra clerks and then not hiring them.
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Columbus
George R. Daubenmire
Pleasantville
Fairfield County
U. S
Robert W. Newton
Newton
Daubenmire
Vet Asks City Council for County Home Room
Steubenville report says Paul Soltis a 20 year old World War II veteran asked the city council to provide his wife an expectant mother with an apartment in the Jefferson County Home. The American Legion proposed converting a wing into veterans apartments. Council referred the request to county commissioners.
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Steubenville
Paul Soltis
Jefferson County
American Legion
Housing Commission Seeks 200 Construction Workers
The Hamilton housing commission estimates 200 workers are needed in the next two months to complete planned homes. The total includes 100 carpenters 75 laborers and 25 bricklayers.
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Hamilton
Hamilton Housing Commission
Newark teachers win small pay raises after levy approval
Newark school board awarded annual salary increases from 140 to 195 dollars for teachers following voter approval of a two mill levy in the recent election. The action follows last week's levy approval and reflects district funding for the raises.
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Newark
Baby Strangled in Bed in Columbus Tragedy
Thirteen month-old Harold Conkle Jr was found strangled yesterday after his neck became caught between the lower bed rung and the mattress in Columbus authorities say the incident is under investigation and no charges have been filed at this time
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Columbus
Harold Conkle, Jr
Heel Maker Jones Sr. of Columbus Dies at 73
George G. Jones Sr. 73 president of the Jones Heel Manufacturing Co. died last night in Columbus. He led the company and was a prominent local business figure. His death leaves the firm to be managed by family and associates in Columbus.
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Columbus
George G. Jones, Sr
Jones Heel Manufacturing Co
Convicts Beat Prison Guard in City Prison Escape Attempt
In Columbus eight federal prisoners overpowered a guard and struck him with a blackjack after a bath. Patrolman Sam Compton sustained neck and head injuries while directing the men to their cells. turnkey Willis Welker intervened, sending the prisoners back to their cells.
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Columbus
Sam Compton
Willis Welker
Compton
Hope Wanes for Lives Of Airline Passengers
Search for 11 missing Western Air Lines passengers resumed in the Angeles National Forest area north of Burbank California. A snowplow crew reported a bright flash at the time of the plane's disappearance, guiding investigators to a rugged 500 square mile section.
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Burbank
Calif
Western Air Lines
Here
Angeles Forest Highway
Sam Simmons Foresees GOP Growth and Faction Ties in Senate
In the column, Sam Simmons argues the Republican membership may rise to 51 with Wayne Morris of Oregon miscast as a New Dealer. He notes dissension in both parties, suggests fusion with Pepper and Marcantonio, and predicts several capable Republicans in the next Congress, while cautioning about ambitious lawmakers.
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Senate
Wayne Morris
Oregon
Morris
Harry Byrd
Carter Glass
Republican Party
Congress
Wilson
Roosevelt
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