Restatement of U S Policy Looms After Forrestal Trip
Secretary Forrestal’s flight to Key West for talks with President Truman signals a possible restatement of American international policy. Truman plans a White House review with Marshall and Harriman as Forrestal’s meeting precedes a full diplomatic picture assessment. Forrestal outlined rising Chinese tensions, Europe’s risk, China troop increases, and rearmament questions within a 15 billion dollar service budget.
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Key West
Fla
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Truman
China
Europe
Washington
State Marshall
Economic Cooperation Administration
W. Averell Harriman
White House
Russian Pass System Could Seal Berlin Sectors
The Soviet Union announced a new uniform pass system for the entire occupation zone and Berlin area. Three identity card types will be used for Germans, stateless people, and foreigners, potentially blocking the Russian sector from the West. Col. Frank S. Howley questioned Soviet notification and called the move possibly enforceable hocus pocus.
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Berlin
ADN
Frank S. Howley
U. S
Americans Seek Unity in Western Europe Says Dulles
John Foster Dulles told the American Club of Paris that Americans want a strong and unified Western Europe able to stand up for itself. He rejected claims the United States aims to use Europe as a base for world dominance or to dump surplus goods there.
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Paris
John Foster Dulles
Europe
American Club of
Dulles
United States
French Seeks Ruhr Policy Change Under Friendship Pact
Paris sources report France may invoke the British French friendship treaty to press Britain to change policy on the Ruhr. Britain and the United States recently announced that Germans would decide ownership of Ruhr industries and gain immediate limited control.
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Paris
France
Ruhr
Britain
U. S
Marshall Seeks Currency Advice on Berlin Crisis
Secretary of State Marshall summoned American financial and monetary experts from Washington and Berlin to advise on currency aspects of the Berlin crisis. They will consult with Dr. Philip C. Jessup, the U.S. deputy who handles the Berlin case for Marshall in the Security Council.
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Paris
Marshall
Washington
Berlin
Philip C. Jessup
U. S
Mars
Security Council
Ohio GOP To Question Voters About Election
Ohio Republicans plan district meetings to learn what voters thought about the election and shape future policy. Chairman Fred H. Johnson of Zanesville said 32 of 44 committee members attended as they reviewed finances and reasons for defeat, noting Dewey's limited Ohio campaign and missed issues.
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Ohio
GOP
Columbus
Fred H. Johnson
Zanesville
Johnson
Thomas E. Dewey
Nationalists Claim Suchow Battle Victory
The government said the Suchow battle was complete. Gen Chiang Liu Shih cited the Red forces in flight and mopping up 30 miles around Suchow, claiming 130000 Communist casualties to 40000 for the Reds. 1250 American Marines prepared to sail from Guam to Tsingtao to reinforce 3600 Marines there.
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Nanking
Suchow
Chiang Liu-Shih
Chang
Guam
Tsingtao
U. S. Naval
Shanghai
Tsinan
U. S
George W. Malone
Douglas MacArthur
Navy
Ohio hunter dies in rabbit season incident near Lancaster
William C. England, 32, died on a farm six miles north of Lancaster, Ohio after his shotgun trapped on a fence and discharged. The death marked the seventh hunting fatality in the rab bit season statewide.
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Lancaster
William C. England
Ohio
Here
Fire destroys garage and vehicles at Hocking State Forest
In Hocking State Forest near Rock House a frame garage and several vehicles including a jeep a pickup and a state forestry display unit were burned last night. State forester James B Wells said the fire likely started from defective jeep wiring parked in the garage at old Camp Hocking. No woods damage was reported.
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Logan
Hocking State Forest
Rock House
Old Camp Hocking
James B. Wells
Wells
Congressman's shift on tax cuts targets corporate levy
Rep Knutson of Minnesota, author of earlier tax cuts, says he has given up on further individual tax slashes and proposes a 4 percent rise in the corporate income tax to about 1.1 billion dollars. He notes current rate is 38 percent on income above 50 thousand after deductions.
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Washington
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Waldron Declared Sheriff After Close Hocking recount
A. J. Waldron is officially declared sheriff of Hocking County after a recount over Democrat William J. Rafferty by four votes. The board reported Waldron 4145 to Rafferty 4141, following an early Thursday completion and Waldron’s request for the recount.
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Logan
A. J
Jack) Waldron
Hocking County
William J. Rafferty
Board of Elections
Waldron
Rafferty
Floyd Duffy
L. P. Mooney
John S. Richards
AFL Delegates Back Political Action Drive At Convention
At Cincinnati the American Federation of Labor votes to fund a political education drive with 10 cents per member, about 7.5 million people, using 7500000 dollars of working capital to reach 110000 polling sites over 14 months. The action follows 172 league backed House wins and 106 unfriendly losses.
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American Federation of Labor
Federation
Labor
League For Political Education
League
George Meany
House of Representatives
Meany
CIO
AFL
Marshall Plan
Paul Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Europe
Cyrus S. Ching
William Green
Postal Rate Hike Expected From Truman
President Truman plans renewed pressure for higher postal rates next year to help balance the budget. Post Office Department faces an estimated 500 million dollar red ink by June 30, mainly from second class mail such as newspapers and magazines. Officials note past proposals favored by the administration aimed at boosting these rates, but they stalled in Congress.
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Washington
Truman
Know
Postoffice Department
House of Congress
Hearings To Resume On Removal of Trains
Charleston, W Va. The State Public Service Commission will resume hearing a New York Central request to abandon two Charleston Columbus trains next Monday. A similar request covering the Ohio section is pending before the Ohio Utilities Commission.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Public Service Commission
New York Central
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Utilities Commission
Seizure Reported of U S Freighter at Port Said
New York report states the State Department is investigating a seizure of the U S freighter Flying Trader at Port Said Egypt. Egyptian authorities allegedly seek to confiscate cargo claiming the ship was bound for Israel.
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New York
State Department
Port Said
Egypt
Israel
Britain seeks UN approval of Bernadotte plan for Palestine
Britain asked the United Nations to adopt Count Folke Bernadotte's peace plan to end the Palestine war. Hector McNeil, Britain’s delegate, said a resolution would be submitted for support. The move marked the first backing by a major UN member in the committee as the assembly opened plenary sessions.
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Paris
Britain
United Nations
Folke Bernadotte
Hector McNeil
U.N
General Assembly
U S Art Official Resigns Munich Post in Protest
Herbert S. Leonard, chief of the Munich art collecting point, resigns in protest against a military order to return art objects to Italy. He argues the pieces were legally bought by Germans during the wartime alliance and mails his address via the Art Institute in Zanesville Ohio.
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Munich
Germany
Italy
Herbert S. Leonard
Leonard
United States
Art Institute
Zanesville
Ohio
Heavy Snow Sweeps Three Western States
Heavy snow and strong winds hit Western Kansas Western Nebraska and Eastern Colorado today. Temperatures stayed above zero as light snow moves into parts of the upper Mississippi valley and the northern Great Lakes region with a cooling trend. East coast temps were near normal.
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Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Judge Sets Trial Date Of 12 Top Communists
Federal Judge Harold R. Medina set January 17 for the trial of 12 top Communist party leaders. The court rejected defense contentions that a state of hysteria exists due to press and radio campaigns against the defendants.
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New York
Harold R. Medina
Thomas Ex-Secretary Bound on Payroll Conspiracy Charge
Miss Helen Campbell, former secretary to Rep. J. Parnell Thomas, is under a 500 dollar bond to appear in court on January 10 charged with conspiring to pad the congressman’s office payroll. She pleaded not guilty at arraignment. Thomas himself remains free on a 1000 dollar bond.
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Washington
Helen Campbell
J. Parnell Thomas
Thomas
Cab Driver Robbed Tied to Tree by Two Men
Meigs County authorities investigated a report that taxicab driver William Skaggs was robbed by two men in hunting clothes. He said they bound his wrists, stole $4.50, and fired a struggle before he gnawed free with a pocketknife. He fled to Middleport and reported the incident to Patrolman Ike Neal.
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Middleport
Meigs
William Skaggs
Cheshire
Ralph Welker
Skaggs
B&l Taxi Co
Miller
Lower
Pomeroy
Ike Neal
Hospital To Discharge Former Soviet Teacher
Mrs Oksana Kasenkina a 53 year old former Soviet teacher will leave Roosevelt Hospital tomorrow after a 99 day stay following her fall from the Russian consulate window Her recovery was described as wonderful by treating physicians and she plans to live with friends near New York City during a temporary period
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New York
Oksana Stepanovna Kasenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
New York City
Canadian Death Exam Set for Ohio Man
John Adams of Struthers Ohio will face a preliminary hearing in North Bay Ont on a manslaughter charge linked to the fatal deer hunting shooting of Delmar Relya of Struthers. Relya was killed near North Bay on November 11 when a rifle Adams held reportedly discharged accidentally.
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North Bay
Dresden bond issue fails in recount of recount
A recount confirms the Jefferson school district bond proposal in Dresden failed by the $25,000 measure. The recount was reported from Zanesville with no new support found for the bond.
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Zanesville
Jefferson
Dresden
Frost Residents Hold Escapee at Gunpoint Manhunt Ends in SE Ohio
Three Frost residents captured one jail escapee and the remaining four were seized in southeastern Ohio. William Goodfellow, 19, was held at gunpoint near Frost, as others including Clyde Kelly, 26, and Hugh Dobbins, 39, were arrested near Cutler in Washington County. Robert Romaine, 23, Rendville, was caught by Morgan County deputies near McConnelsville. The group had fled from the Greene County jail after kidnapping two, stealing a car, and evading a wide search.
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Frost
Ohio
William Goodfellow
Athens
Afan Aner Fee Thn Dawe
Convapru Wichung
Liereiry
New Lexington
Clyde Kelly
Vincent
Hugh Dobbins
Friends
Cutler
Washington County
Robert Romaine
Rendville
Morgan County
Ray Doak
McConnelsville
Romaine
John Sidwell
Crooksville
Doak
Goodfellow Caught After Village Watchfulness
Goodfellow was captured after residents spotted him on Frost post office porch in the moonlight and he was moved at gunpoint to the home of Mrs Selah Parsons. Sheriff Bateman and deputy arrived around 2 am to take the youth into custody.
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Bateman
Goodfellow
Stewart
Frost Post Office
Clyde Barnhart
Earl Barnhart
Dale Parsons
Frost
Evidence Ties Kelly to Jail Escape, Gang Detainees at Decatur Site
Police traced the escape with Kelly and Dobbins hiding at a Washington County town house. Homer Ridenour drove them back from Decatur Township while claiming FBI ties. A .12 gauge shotgun was found loaded at the hideout as authorities continued a wide rural manhunt.
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Joseph B. Grogan
Fred James
Joyce
Bateman
Cleveland
Decatur
Washington County
Dobbins
Jury Gets Watts Case as Defendant Collapses in Court
In Cincinnati the first degree murder trial of Mary Clay Watts proceeded toward the jury as she testified about her daughter Barbara Ann's death. The 43 year old widow described the child's illness and a night of alarming symptoms before Barbara died, while Watts broke down on the stand and collapsed briefly. Police say Willis Watts died in 1944 and his death was linked to arsenic poisoning. The defendant faces charges of poisoning her child to gain an $11 000 estate and $3000 in life insurance.
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Cincinnati
Mary Clay Watts
Martin
Willis Watts
Watts
Oes Ann
Nineteen Ohio Bound Displaced Persons Arrive in U S
Nineteen displaced persons bound for Ohio arrive in the United States aboard the Army transport General Bundy after leaving Bremerhaven on November 8. They join 783 others earlier to be split between Cleveland area and Youngstown with one person headed to Youngstown.
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Ohio
United States
Washington
Ninetteen
General Bundy
Bremerhaven
Boston
New York
Cleveland Area
Youngstown
Former Hitler Adjutant Fined for Being Nazi
Passau Germany a denazification court classified Fritz Wiedemann as a former Nazi follower and fined him 2000 Deutschemarks. Wiedemann once served as Adolf Hitler personal adjutant and later as consul general in San Francisco. He was ranked in the lowest Nazi class though charged originally as a major offender.
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Passau
Germany
Fritz Wiedemann
Adolf Hitler
San Francisco
Wiedemann
Lifting of Rent Controls Foreseen in Some Areas
NEW YORK says national housing expeditor Tighe E. Woods expects rent ceilings in many areas under federal control to be lifted soon. He noted his office is finalizing a national survey to remove controls where the residential housing crisis has abated.
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New York
Tighe E. Woods
National Housing
Two Killed Two Injured In British Airlift Crash
The Royal Air Force said two people were killed and two injured in a British C-47 airlift crash in the Soviet occupation zone. The aircraft went down three miles west of Schoenberg while returning to Lübeck from a Berlin Gatow flight.
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Berlin
Royal Air Force
Schoenberg
Luebeck
Gatow
Retired General Courtney Hodges to Leave Army
General Courtney Hodges commanding First Army will retire due to age on January 31, according to Army officials. The retirement ends a lengthy service record and marks a transition for the First Army leadership.
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New York
Courtney B. Hodges
First Army
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