Anti-Tax Dodger Drive Aims for 3 Million in Ohio
Ohio tax commissioner C Emory Glander leads a drive against unpaid personal property taxes targeting businesses such as druggists grocers and privately owned liquor stores. The program aims to raise about 3 million for 1947-48 with 14 000 new taxpayers and 650 000 already collected. County figures show Athens Hocking Morgan and Perry counties expanding efforts and adding thousands in taxes with about 100 taxpayers in each county listed.
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Columbus
pTax
C. Emory ‘@lander
Ohio
Thomas Terbert
Glander
Department of Taxation
Athens County
Hocking County
Morgan County
Perry County
Fire Leaves 42 Dead at New Zealand Store Blaze
Christchurch hit by a deadly fire at Ballantyne Bros department store destroying the largest retail firm in the South Island. Forty-two people were dead or missing with 28 bodies recovered and 13 others listed as missing as witnesses reported more victims among the debris. A hospital death brought the total to 29. Elsie Oblinger, 68, Miami County official, dies after hip fracture complications.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
Taf
Ours
Ballantyne Bros
South Island
Troy
Elsie W. Oblinger
Miami County
Italian Disorders Spread to New Areas in Italy
Premier Alcide De Gasperi defended a centrist course as riots and political agitation spread through Puglia and other towns. Ansa reports offices of right wing and liberal groups were wrecked in Corato and Dol, while Manfredonia saw nearly 2000 demonstrators attack party offices. Cominform pledged to defeat the Marshall Plan, with the Communist Party among its nine members.
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Rome
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
de Gasperi
National Congress
Christian Democratic Party
Naples
United States
Puglia
Ansa
Corato
Dolo
Uomo Qualunque
Common Man
Manfredonia
Christian Democratic
Liberal
Andria
Minervino
Barletta
Trani
American Congress
France
Cominform
New International Communist Organization
Poland
Italian Communist Party
Holy Land Partition Plan Moves Forward at UN
A UN nine nation subcommittee approved major parts of a plan to partition Palestine and set a transition with a British mandate ending by August 1 and independence for two new states by October 1, 1948. Migration provisions remain under discussion. A UN commission of Norway Iceland Poland Uruguay and Guatemala would administer Palestine during the transition.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Palestine
Holy Land
Palestine Committee
Assembly
Norway
Iceland
Poland
Uruguay
Guatemala
UN Commission
Army Officers To Aid Greeks
Dwight P. Griswold announced that American army officers will serve as observers and advisors to the Greek army. They will join an AMAG group with advisory duties only, though some incidental duty in combat areas may occur while fighting continues.
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Athens
Greece
Dwight P. Griswold
U. S
AMAG
Griswold
William G. Livesay
Nine Inches of Snow Falls in Dakota Town
Snow covered Jamestown North Dakota with nine inches on the ground as wet and gray weather stretched across the Dakotas Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin. Frigid conditions were forecast for other midwestern regions.
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Dakota Town
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Midwest
Jamestown
N.D
Trolley Bus Crash in Akron Injures Nineteen People
A trolley bus collided with a truck last night in Akron injuring nineteen passengers. Emergency crews and police responded to the scene and transported injured riders to area hospitals for treatment.
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Akron
Ex-Convicts Surrender After Weekend Slayings
Two former Wisconsin reformatory inmates, Robert Winslow and Buford Sennett, 23 and 22, surrendered after a 12 hour siege. They face first degree murder charges in the slaying of Carl Carlson and criminal assault in the attack on Janet Rosenblatt. investigators say they admitted the shooting and a prior attack on two teenage girls in Phillips.
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Neillsville
Wis
Wisconsin
William Coyne
Dane County
Madison
University of Michigan
Ray Kutsche
Clark County
Carl L. Carlson
Janet Ann Rosenblatt
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Herb Hammond
Price County
Winslow
Sennett
Phillips
Betty Kudina
Irene
Strike Break Seen as 170 Return to Job
In Cincinnati an estimated 170 workers at 10 warehouses pledged to return to work today. The action marks a break in a strike by AFL truck drivers, warehouse men and helpers demanding 30 cents more per hour. Attorneys said nine warehouses run by grocers and a paper company voted back to work after a 15 cent raise, while about 280 other warehouse workers remain on strike under Local 661 and Local 100 unions.
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Cincinnati
AFL
Riot Injures 37 At Los Banos Prison Stockade
Manila reports 37 U S military personnel wounded in a riot at Los Banos Laguna stockade after a boxing match bet dispute. Army says three are in serious condition as prisoners accuse the bout of being fixed.
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Manila
U.S
Los Banos Laguna
ARMY
Air Force
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
St. Louis
Scrap Iron Drive Begun by Institute
Scrap iron drive launched by the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel aims to mobilize dealers and consumers nationwide. President Philip W. Frieder said the effort will focus on automobile graveyards with an estimated 1,000,000 cars in junkyards potentially scrapable.
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Cleveland
Philip W. Frieder
Institute of Scrap, Iron and Steel, Inc
Frieder
City to curtail services as budget plan unveiled
Springfield City Manager Oscar R. Fleckner promises further service curtailments after halting trash pickups and furloughing nearly half the street and sewer staff. He moved to put the city on a sound financial basis following the November 4 election defeat of a two mill emergency operating levy.
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Springfield
Oscar R. Fleckner
Fleckner
Police Seek Three Boys After Escape From BIS
Lancaster authorities search for Roger Stewart 15 Kenton Edward Thompson 17 Lorain and Richard King 15 Columbus after they escaped from the Boys Industrial School yesterday.
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Bis
Lancaster
Roger Stewart
Kenton
Edward Thompson
Lorain
Richard King
Columbus
Heart attack fatality ends hunting trip for Bryan man
Coroner D. J. Slosser states the death of 74 year old John Freyman of Bryan during a hunting trip was caused by a heart ailment.
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D. J. Slosser
John Freyman
Bryan
Royal Wedding Countdown Amid Intimate Buckingham Parties
Princess Elizabeth, heiress presumptive, packs her diary with nuptial events as she nears Wednesday’s royal wedding to Lieut. Philip Mountbatten. The 21-year-old heir apparent frolicked late with sister Margaret and King Mihai of Romania at a private party while crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey for a spectacle clouded by fog and chilly weather.
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Elizabeth
London
Mall
Windsor Grays
Westminster Abbey
Princess Elizabeth
St. Philip Mountbatten
Household Cavalry
NEA
Philip Mountbatten
Buckingham Palace
Philip
Margaret
Mihai
Romania
Transjordan
Mountbatten
Brabourne
Palace
Six Army fliers die in B 25 crash near Mt Magazine
Six unidentified Army fliers were killed when a B 25 bomber crashed into Mt Magazine near Havana Arkansas during a rainstorm. Five bodies were found soon after, three badly charred, with a sixth later reported by Arkansas State Police. The crash site is near Havana about 75 miles northwest of Little Rock.
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Havana
Ark
Mt. Magazine
Here
Arkansas
Earl Ladd
Yell County
Barksdale Field
Chicago
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Election Papers Delayed In Columbiana County
East Liverpool report notes 90 municipal village township and school officer certificates elected on November 4 await issuance as officials have not filed sworn campaign receipts and expenditures due by November 14.
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East Liverpool
Columbia County Board of Elections
France Faces New Tie Ups In Industry
Paris reports a wave of labor action as parties negotiate a strong government. Sixty nine percent of coal miners and 25,000 Renault workers are on strike with more to follow. Paris unions threaten a general strike and civil servants call for 25 percent raises if talks fail.
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Paris
France
Renault Auto
Merchant marine _union
Merchant Marine
Federation of
Civil Servants Union
Inaugural Ceremonies Slated for College Head
Wilmington College prepares to inaugurate 31-year-old president Dr. Samuel D. Marble this Sunday after three days of events at the Quaker school. The program opens Friday with a forum and features a Friday night concert by a 100-voice Aeolian choir singing international selections.
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Wilmington
Wilmington College
Samuel D. Marble
Italy
France
England
Russia
Aeolian
Lamarre Claims Meyers Real Company Head
Lamarre testifies before the senate war investigating committee that Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers was behind Aviation Electric Company, paid $1,000 a month in 1941, and moved Lamarre from a $35 weekly job to its presidency amid over a million dollars in war subcontracts.
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Washington
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Aviation Electric Company
Dayton
Ohio
Bennett E. Meyers
Senate
Meyers
Air Force
Lamarre
Aviation Electric
Ohio Gasoline Supply Tight but Still Available
Ohio's gasoline supply is likely as tight as ever, yet motorists can still buy fuel at one station or another, said Robert A. Warfel, executive secretary of the Ohio Petroleum Marketers Association. He noted that most Ohio oil companies allocate supplies based on shipments in the same month last year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert A. Warfel
Ohio Petroleum Marketers Association
Warfel
Increases in Premiums Seen for Insurance in Ohio
Columbus reports a state insurance department spokesman says premiums on new policies will likely rise soon though no exact figure is set. Deputy superintendent Walter A. Robinson says increases probably will not exceed ten percent.
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Columbus
State Insurance Department
Walter A. Robinson
Gallia Blackmail Case Reassigned to December Third
Gallia County prosecutors obtained a continuance in the blackmail case against Henry and Juanita Tarter of Gallipolis. The court reassigned the case to December 3.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Robert A. Betz
Henry
Juanita Tarter
Galipolis
Gallia County
Pioneer dealer John F. McCaffrey dies in Fayetteville
John F. McCaffrey, a pioneer farm machinery dealer, died yesterday in Fayetteville Ohio. He built a long career supplying equipment to farmers and was well known in agricultural circles.
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Pioneer
Fayetteville, O
John F. McCaffrey
Taft Attacks Truman Price and Ration Proposals
Washington AP Republicans led by Senator Taft and Speaker Martin blasted President Truman’s standby power plan for price and wage controls and rationing. Taft warned of a police state. others called the program a step toward dictatorial powers as the 1948 campaign looms. The Foreign Relations panel began drafting a $597 million aid bill for Europe while larger European recovery costs face GOP opposition.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Taft
Ohio
House
Martin
Massachusetts
GOP
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate
House Economic Committee
Trueman
Halleck
Indiana
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Byrd
Virginia
America
Europe
France
Italy
Austria
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Government Tariff Cuts Hailed With Mixed Expectations
Washington reports 3,500 import duty cuts under the Geneva Tariff Agreement set for January 1 aimed at easing consumer prices. Officials warn effects will be gradual as many countries maintain quotas and currency controls. wool duties fall to 25 percent and fabric duties drop similarly, with industry complaints anticipated.
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Washington
State Department
National Association of Alcoholic Beverage Importers
Congress
U.S
Representative Seeks Pension Increase for Disabled Veterans
Rep. Jenkins introduces a bill to raise WWI veterans permanent disability pensions from 50 to 75 dollars monthly. The measure treats attainment of 65 as conclusive proof of permanent disability and eligibility for pension benefits.
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Washington
Jenkins
Ohio
Air Secretary vows to curb red tape at Wright Field
Air Secretary W. Stuart Symington told an Aeronautical Science Institute audience that Wright Field will no longer be a consulting by-way for aviation orders. He cited excessive red tape in the purchasing process and pledged change.
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Dayton
Air Force
W. Stuart Symington
Wright Field
Aeronautical Science Institute
Oil Executive Buell F. Jones Dies in Chicago
Buell F. Jones, 54, vice president and general counsel of Standard Oil Company of Indiana, died yesterday in Chicago. The long-time corporate leader held key legal and strategic roles within the company. He was widely respected in the industry and among peers.
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Chicago
Buell F. Jones
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
2 4 D Kills Weed Seeds In Ground Saves Corn
Rutgers professor Dr. G H Ahlbren says 2 4 D before sprouting is the most progressive agricultural development since hybrid corn. New Jersey experiments show good promise that it can eliminate most weed cultivation. effective on heavy soils but risky on light sandy soils. costs about $2 per acre and requires minimal equipment.
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Cincinnati
G. H. Ahlbren
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N. J
American Society of Agronomy
New Jersey
Ahlbren
Ical
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