Ike and Byrnes Top Political Speculation
Washington observers split over Ike's denial of a presidential bid while Byrnes signals possible anti Truman action. Democrats weigh Byrnes as a potential governor candidate as Thurmond rises in the Southern Governors Conference leadership amid a debate over states rights and federal programs.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Cincinnati
Columbia University
Truman
Supreme Court
Byrnes
South Carolina
Donald Russell
Southern Governors’ Conference
J. Strom Thurmond
States Rights
Thurmond
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Johnston
Trustee Wins In Recount In Lebanon Township
Recount reverses results in Lebanon Township as G A Deem defeats O R Van Meter 155 to 153 after an initial 152 to 153. Chester Township maintains H F Bailey over Charles Bissell by six votes. Bissell had requested the recount.
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Gloeckner
Bissell
Auto Industry To Feel Effects of Steel Strike
The steel strike will depress auto output next week as plants close for Thanksgiving. Ford Hudson Studebaker and select branches will run limited schedules, with total production likely under 50,000 vehicles and about a quarter million workers idled, while some parts units stay busy.
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Detroit
Ford, Hudson and Studebaker
Ford
Studebaker
Pontiac
General Motors
Chrysler
Plymouth
Lincoln
Nash
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Willys-Overland
Toledo
Packard
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Kaiser-Frazer
Taft Presses Pension Stand in Ohio
Senator Taft argues pensions for all over 65 must be funded from current workers earnings. He estimates 12 billion dollars yearly to provide 100 dollar monthly pensions and cautions costs would raise consumer prices. At Hamilton he warns a five billion dollar deficit could force a shift in domestic and foreign policy by the next Congress.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Butler County
Hamilton
Hillsboro Bond Vote Falls Short by 36 Votes
A recount failed to overturn a Hillsboro school bond proposal, with the final tally falling short by 36 votes on a $545,000 measure. The result keeps Hillsboro Schools from funding a planned project.
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Hillsboro
Author of Mysteries Is Judged Alcoholic
Craig Rice, author of hard boiled mysteries like The Lucky Stiff and Trial by Fury, was committed to Camarillo State Mental Hospital after her daughter testified at a psychopathic court that Rice has exceeded liquor use for four to five years and needs institutional care. The court ordered indefinite commitment.
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Los Angeles
Craig Rice
Nancy Atwill
Miss Rice
Fury
Camarillo State Mental Hospital
Heart Stops Seven Minutes During Surgery At Hospital
J D Settles, 59, a Pennsylvania Railroad machinist, told doctors his heart stopped beating for seven minutes during an operation for an acute intestinal disorder at Good Samaritan Hospital. Surgeon Dr Charles Murrey described kneading the heart before it resumed beating.
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Zanesville
J. D. Settles
Good Samaritan Hospital
Charles Murrey
Pennsylvania Railroad
Settlement Near In Ohio Truck Driver Strike
In Cleveland and Cincinnati reports suggest an imminent settlement to a four day strike by state truck drivers. AFL Teamsters and employers’ leaders say progress is made with contracts offering wage and mileage raises and health benefits. About half of the 7000 strikers have returned to work, with five cent wage hikes after 14 months.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Road Employers Association
AFL Teamsters’ Union
Landis O'Brien
Tiffin
Four Divorce Figures Held in Franklin County
Four people were arrested in Franklin County during a continuing probe of "quickie divorces." Included is Kathryn Maple a 40 year old Columbus resident and a juror in the Zanesville attorney Thomas A. Joseph trial. Also arrested were James L Pedicord 50 George A Bryan 30 and Eddie Joseph 50 of Zanesville.
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Columbus
Common Pleas Court
Franklin County
Muskingum County
Zanesville
Ralph J. Bartlett
Freighter Eagle Burns Off Washington Coast
The freighter Eagle, third Panamanian vessel to catch fire off the Washington coast in a month, drifted helplessly as Army transport Gen. H. B. Freeman stood by for Coast Guard cutter Winona. It was unclear how many aboard, though radio contact said no medical attention needed.
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Seattle
Eagle
Washington
H. B. Freeman
Coast Guard
Winona
Port Angeles
Wash
Navy Skyrocket Exceeds Sound Barrier in Level Flight
Navy announced that the Douglas built Skyrocket rocket jet research plane has repeatedly surpassed the speed of sound in level flight. Test pilot Eugene F. May stated there is no intrinsic sonic barrier for a well designed aircraft. Speed of sound varies with altitude from 600 to 761 mph.
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Muroc Dry Lake
Calif
Eugene F. May
Navy
Golden Anniversary Ends in Death
Shawnee report Mrs. Martin Crowe aged 85 died at home yesterday on her golden wedding anniversary. A family celebration had been planned for Sunday. She leaves her husband and four sons.
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Martin Crowe
Meager Funds Limit Fire Inspections In Ohio
State fire marshal has inspected only four of 28 public welfare institutions in eight years due to staffing and funding gaps. Assistant inspectors number four, while 30,000 restaurants require annual checks. Tax and license income from fire insurance and licenses far exceeds appropriations, prompting layoffs and legal challenges.
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Columbus
Public Welfare Department
Ohio
Harry J. Callan
Callan
Cambridge State Hospital
Fletcher General Hospital
Lima State Hospital
Lima Fire Department
Marysville Reformatory
Occupation Agreement Reached for West Germany
In Bonn West Germany Chancellor Adenauer accepted proposals by the three allied high commissioners to ease occupation controls. Details to be released tomorrow. The plan aims to reintegrate Western zones into Europe and allow German industry to recover while Ruhr Valley control and dismantling of war cartels remain safeguards.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Ruhr
Allied Security Board
No Probe Scheduled In Denfeld Removal
Washington report that the House Armed Services Committee will not probe the removal of Admiral Louis E. Denfeld as chief of Naval operations. Chairman Vinson stated no inquiry would be opened as part of the panel’s defense policy review. Denfeld’s removal followed tensions among Navy, Army, and Air Force leaders during the committee’s investigation.
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Washington
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Denfeld
Navy
Army
Air Force
Ohio Supreme Court May Rule on Turnpike
Ohio Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy says the constitutionality of the new turnpike law may be decided by the state’s high court. The case could reach the Supreme Court if State Auditor Joseph Ferguson refuses to honor checks for the turnpike commission.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Herberts. Duffy
Joseph Ferguson
Turnpike Commission
Duffy
State Highway Department
Imoney
Man Who Fled Prison In 1931 Must Return
Peter M. Toht who escaped a Florida prison in 1931 and later worked as a painter in Dayton must be returned. Ohio Gov. Frank Lausche honored Florida’s extradition request after an executive secretary led hearing. Todt served four months of a six year term for highway robbery before his escape.
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Columbus
Peter M. Toht
Florida
Dayton
Frank J. Lausche
Toht
John W. Peck
Todt
Workman killed as earth slides on pipe ditch
James For laine, 65, was killed here Tuesday when several tons of wet earth slid onto him while he soldered a water pipe in a five foot ditch. The accident occurred at the site of the municipal project in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
James Forlaine
Russia withdraws recognition of Chinese delegation at UN
Moscow announces that Russia no longer recognizes the Chinese Nationalist delegation as China’s spokesman at the United Nations. The move shifts who represents China in the UN and signals a major diplomatic break with Chiang Kai-shek's regime.
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New York
Russia
Andrei VY. Vishinsky
China
United Nations
Two Claim Presidency of Panama in Turbulent Power Shake
Rioting followed a police confrontation that forced President Daniel Chanis Jr to resign. Roberto Chiari, sworn in after Chanis bowed to an ultimatum, faced a renewed bid from Chanis to remain in office as crowds clashed with police using machine guns and tear gas.
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Panama
Daniel Chanis, Jr
Roberto Chiari
Chania
Col
Jose Remon
Bridges Man Gets Sentence In Perjury Trial
In San Francisco Judge George B. Harris sentenced attorney Vincent Hallinan to six months for criminal contempt of court in a heated perjury case tied to Harry Bridges. Hallinan, 48, was taken into custody but a stay was granted to let him continue representing Bridges during the trial. Bridges and two aides face conspiracy to defraud the government charges.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
George B. Harris
Vincent Hallinan
Hallinan
Bridges
CIO Longshore Union
J. R. Robertson
Henry Schmidt
Earthquake Detected Off Bahamas By University Seismograph
John Carroll University's seismograph recorded a slight quake near the Bahamas in the West Indies at 1 20 a m Wednesday.
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Cleveland
John Carroll University
Bahamas
West Indies
Tobacco Auction Opens Season in Ripley Ohio
Ripley launches the eight state tobacco market with the first looseleaf sale the site expects topping ten million pounds and about five million dollars in value for growers. Local marketing will add around one million in salaries wages and related expenditures.
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Ripley
Ohio
Cincinnati
Gallipolis
Washington Court House
Ken, Slucky
Ward and staff Ordered Out Of China By Communists
American consul general in Mukden plus four consulate aides were released and ordered out by Chinese Communists after a trial for alleged beatings in a wage dispute. Ward reported the staff would depart Mukden, amid prior unfulfilled promises of removal.
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Washington
Angus Ward
Mukden
Ward
State Department
Department
People's Court
Hungary
Robert Vogeler
Ian
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
O. Edmund Clubb
Peiping
Clubb
Trai Mukden
Ralph Rehberg
Rochester
N. Y
Shiro Tatesumi
Franco Cicogna
Alfred Krisetan
Rehberg
Tatsumi
Mia
Edward J. Rehberg
Io Gy
Acheson
Accused Killer Judgee Sane Accused Killer Judgee Sane
Fifteen year old Bobby Herlan, accused of fatally shooting Gordon Roe, 53, a Dana's Run farmer, was returned from Columbus to Washington County. The bureau called him mentally sane but with low normal intelligence and made no recommendation. He is a ward of the court. the judge may proceed in juvenile court or send to the grand jury.
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Marietta
Bobby Herlan
Bureau of Juvenile Research
Columbus
Washington County
Herlan
Bureau
Dean Ellis
Gordon Roe
Bobby
Josephus T. Thomas
Robert Bayless
Belmont
W. Va
Ruling Affects Liquor Sales Near School
Columbus Attorney General Herbert J. Duffy ruled liquor permits within 500 feet of a school church library or public playground are invalid if granted without a prior hearing. He also said renewals must have a hearing if the initial hearing did not occur.
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Columbus
Atty
Herbert
Duffy
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