U S Faces New Coal Strike Delays Decision
The nation faced a possible coal strike at midnight as John L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers policy committee delayed decisions amid secret talks. Reports said owners resisted concessions while government intervention seemed unlikely and efforts aimed to extend the truce beyond its midnight expiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Lewis
NEW York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
Policy Committee
Chicago
United Mine Workers
Harry M. Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Co
Moses
Heer's Sanity To Be Tested In Ohio State Slaying
James D. Heer of Euclid was indicted for first degree murder in the November 12 death of Jack T. McKeown, Delta Tau Delta member and Ohio State Lantern managing editor. Heer will be sent to Lima State Hospital for psychiatric observation as part of the capital crime proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
James D. Heer
Euclid
Ohio State University
Franklin County
Ralph J. Bartlett
Lima State Hospital
Heer
Jack T. McKeown
Norwood
Ohio State Lantern
McKeown
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Linois
Ohio State
Roy Hobbs Dies At Heart Ailment Ends Hillbilly Radio Career
Middletown obituary notes Roy Shorty Hobbs, a hillbilly radio entertainer, died Tuesday from a heart ailment, ending a distinctive on air persona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Roy (Shorty) Hobbs
Spencer Jury Selection Opens in Athens County Murder Trial
Jurors began being seated in the July 1946 murder case of Delbert Spencer in Athens County. Only one juror, Fred J. Burt of New Marshfield, was seated by noon with seven excused. Prosecutor Gordon B. Gray plans to seek the death penalty, while defense attorney Hal H. Rowland argues that questioning should not tilt toward capital punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Delbert Spencer
Fred J. Burt
New Marshfield
Spencer
Athens
Lima State Hospital
Pauline Bailey
Gordon B. Gray
Gray
Marian Bibbee
Coolville
Catherine Bobo
Hal H. Rowland
State Gets $25,000 For Pollution Study
Ohio received a 25 000 grant from the Federal Security Agency for a stream pollution study. The grant aims to compile a national inventory of factors and conditions in polluted water. The FSA approved nearly one million dollars for 45 states and 29 000 for the Ohio River Water Sanitation Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Federal Security Agency
FSA
The
Ohio River Water Sanitation Commission
Proposed High Lift Dam Discussed at Hearing
Huntington hearing on a $40 million high lift dam on the Ohio River south of Greenup Ky heard support from Rep Carl Perkins and Rep Thomas Jenkins plus Mayors Simpson of Ashland and other officials. Opponents were led by a railroads group stating the plan would hurt rail traffic and economy.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ohio River
Greenup
Huntington District
C.P
Association of American Railroads
William A. Eggers
Cincinnati
Association
Ee Che
Ohio
Baltic and
Norfolk and Western Lines
Rep
Carl Perkins
Kentucky
Big Sandy Valley Association
Big Sandy
Ironton
William C. Simpson
Ashland
Simpson
Auto Theft Short Lived in Point Pleasants
Ray C. Kirby reported his auto stolen from 1809 Main St at 8:30 p.m. He and his wife with Roy Deem recovered the car in front of the Vickers Restaurant on Main St about an hour later and captured three youths. Sheriff F L Morrison said auto theft charges were filed.
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Point Pleasant
Ray C. Kirby
Main St
Kirby
Roy Deem
Viand St
Vickers
F. L. Morrison
Coffee Prices Rise as Fear of Shortage Concerns Senators
Two U S senators say household fear of coffee shortages boosts prices. Some brands in Washington rose nearly 50 percent over weeks. A Senate subcommittee investigates, with Kerr and Young citing hoarding and profiteering. Williamson of the National Coffee Association blames hoarding and urges look into prices abroad.
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Washington
Senate
Kerr
D-Okla
Young
R-Nd
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Gillette
Dtown
New York
W. F. Williamson
National Coffee Association
Williamson
NBA Debars Williams For Breaking Contract
Ike Williams world lightweight boxing champion from Trenton N J was suspended by the National Boxing Association at the California State Athletic Commission request. Williams must honor a contract with Bernard Docusen or reimburse the Los Angeles Olympic Club 2000 for the proposed bout before reinstatement. The NBA covers nearly all U S except New York.
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Washington
Ike Williams
Trenton
N. J
National Boxing Association
California State Athletic Commission
Williams
Bernard Docusen
Los Angeles Olympic Club
NBA
United States
New York
Robbery Suspected in Night Club Owner Slaying
The slaying of George Slim Davis, a night club owner and policy operator, is being investigated as a robbery motive. His body was found Monday by three hunters, after police earlier considered gangland warfare. Davis had prior lottery arrest charges.
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Youngstown
George
Slim) Davis
Davis
Ferguson Announces Candidacy for U S Senator Nomination
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson formally declares for the Democratic nomination for U S Senate at a Franklin County Democratic banquet. He vows to repeal the Taft Hartley act and back civil rights laws as GOP rivals weigh primary action and potential challengers. S. A. Ringer also enters the Republican race for Congressman-at-large in the May primary.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
U.S
Ferguson
Franklin County
Democratic Executive Committee
Robert A. Taft
Taft
United States
Democratic Party
Senate
Walter A. Kelley
Cincinnati
Edward Welsh
Dayton
John Martin
Steubenville
William L. White
Newark
Michael V. Disalle
Toledo
Thomas A. Burke
Cleveland
John McSweeney
Wooster
James W. Huffman
Frazier Reams
State Welfare
Frank J. Lausche
S. A. Ringer
Leesburg
Ringer
Italian Union Leaders Call General Strikes
Communist union leaders urged five million workers to strike for 24 hours in protest over a clash near Bari where two peasants were killed by police during an attempted takeover of farmland. The government said officers fired a volley from a sub machinegun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Bari
Timken Talks May Resume After Pension Demands
Timken Roller Bearing Co and the CIO United Steel Workers signal possible renewal of talks. William Umstattd says directors nearly finished study of union demand for company paid 100 monthly pensions plus Social Security. The strike has idled 10,000 workers across five Ohio cities since November 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Timken Roller Bearing Co
CIO
United Steel Workers
William Umstattd
Ohio
Reward Offered in Slaying of Deli Operator in Cincinnati
Hamilton County Commissioners pledge a $1000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the two bandits in the fatal shooting of John Schreck Jr., 61, a local delicatessen operator, as police hunt the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Hamilton
John —. Schreck,Jr
Investigators Study Wreckage and Survivor Statements
Investigators probed wreckage and survivors accounts after an American Airlines crash near Love Field that killed 28 and injured 18. The 60 passenger plane from New York to Mexico City hit two buildings and exploded. one engine burned while the other failed, causing a sharp left turn before impact. Captain Laurens Claude cited engine trouble on the No. 1 engine but did not explain why.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Airlines
Love Field
Dallas
Tex
Mexico City
New York
Laurens
Tommy) Claude
Reds woo Catholic labor unions in Europe
Moscow again seeks to anchor a front with Europe's Catholic workers through the Cominform urging unity among Catholic labor groups. The move follows a rift in the Free World Labor Confederation over Catholic invitations and appears aimed at countering Vatican excommunications of militant Communist supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
Europe
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Hungary
Free World Labor Confederation
Uni
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Denmark
Luxembourg
Mayor Morrison Says Taxes Drain City Funds
Cleveland report on the AMA 26th annual meeting quotes New Orleans mayor De Lesseps S. Morrison urging a "little Hoover Commission" to delineate tax fields among federal state and local governments as he criticizes high taxes on cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
de Lesseps S. Morrison
New Orleans
American Municipal Association
Morrison
AMA
Hoover Commission
Association
Key Witnesses Called In Rep. Thomas Trial
Myra Midkiff and Annette Minor testified in the Thomas corruption case. The government says they were used in a congressional salary kickback scheme and placed on Rep. J Parnell Thomas's payroll with earnings routed to his bank account. Helen Campbell also faces trial as his former secretary.
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Washington
Myra Midkiff
Annette Minor
Monument Builders of Ohio Convene in Columbus Hotel
The annual convention of Monument Builders of Ohio Inc will be held at the Deshler Wallick Hotel in Columbus February 26 and 27. George C. Shaw of Logan serves as president. Several hundred attendees from Ohio and other states are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Monument Builders of Ohio, Inc
Deshler Wallick
George C. Shaw
Logan
Two Buchtel Residents Found Dead in Cottage
The bodies of Elizabeth Hayden 64 and James Woodyard about 75 were found in a four room cottage in Buchtel Athens County. Coroner Dr. John H Elias said both died Sunday from natural causes with Hayden dying of shock and exposure from an extreme diabetic condition and Woodyard from a heart ailment. No sign of foul play, money and valuables found with Hayden.
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Buchtel
Athens County
John H. Elias
Elizabeth Hayden
James Woodyard
Woodyard
Miss Hayden
George Bateman
Huechtel
Charles Russell
Wesley Grimstead
Mr. Woodyard
Mias Hayden
Bateman
Taft Says Budget Could Balance In 1951 If Cuts Made
Senator Taft argued a 1951 balanced budget is possible without tax hikes if Congress halts arms aid and reduces Marshall Plan outlays on schedule. He urged Hoover Commission economies and warned Truman’s permanent deficit policy risks inflation. He spoke in Zanesville and commented on John L. Lewis and Taft Hartley Act ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Congress
Taft
Hoover Commission
Truman
Zanesville
John L. Lewis
Electric Workers Set Aims at Convention
Philadelphia delegates to the CIO electrical workers union founding convention endorsed a program for wage boosts from nine to twenty five cents hourly plus pensions and social insurance. They were urged to ignore court injunctions and push union expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Workers
Philadelphia
CIO
New Electrical Workers
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Churchill Turns 75 as Election Looms Ahead
London reports Winston Churchill, who led wartime victory but lost his post in an election, marking his 75th birthday as voters prepare to decide his political fate.
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London
Winston Churchill
Farm Bureau Speaker Opposes Government Profit Guarantee
Allan B. Kline, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, told the Ohio Farm Bureau’s first annual meeting that government guarantees of profit would distort production. Reelected directors Vern Faires and Mary Guthrie spoke as well. Sen. Paul Douglass urged balancing the federal budget and warned against monopolies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
American Farm Bureau Federation
Allan B. Kline
Kline
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
The
Vern Faires
Chesterhill
Marry Guthrie
Coolville
Paul H. Douging
Congress
Dedication set for new Route 7 section
A new four mile concrete section of Route 7 between here and Tuppers Plains will be dedicated Friday at 2 30 p m, the state highway department said. The Chester band will play as state and division highway officials, and Meigs County representatives participate. Several bridges are included in the recently completed work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Here
Tuppers Plains
State
Meigs County
Wounded Youth Held As Holdup Suspect
A 17 year old youth, shot in the right leg and back, is under guard at St Francis Hospital after an $80 confectionary store holdup in Columbus Tuesday night. Police say he may have been wounded by his own gunfire while pursuing two holdup men who fled in an auto. John Markos, Marion Township constable, is the store owner’s son and fired six pistol shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
St. Francis Hospital
John Markos
Marion Township
Marietta Named Second Cleanest City in Nation
Marietta Ohio was judged the second cleanest city in the nation in the 5000 to 25000 population class. About 2400 cities entered. judging panel included Secretary of Commerce Sawyer Secretary of the Interior Krug and President Herman W Stein kraus of the U S chamber of commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marietta
Ohio
Commerce Sawyer
Interior
Krug
Herman W. Steinkraus
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Secret Eniwetok Atomic Tests Planned At Mid-Pacific Atoll
The Atomic Energy Commission and Defense Department announce more U S atomic tests to be conducted at Eniwetok Atoll in the Mid-Pacific. Time and observers remain secret to prevent foreign interference while testing advances in weapon design are pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Mid-Pacific Proving Ground
Eniwetok Atoll
Eniwetok
Britain
Canada
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Almagordo
N. M
Bikini
Reds Reported In Chungking
Twenty thousand Chinese Communist troops entered the outskirts of Chungking and a force occupied Kiangpeh west of the city. Taipeh reports say Chiang Kai-Shek may resume the presidency in two or three days. Acting President Li Tsung-jen holds a U.S. passport and remains in Hong Kong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Chungking
Sing Tao Man Po
Yangtze
Kiangpeh
Taipeh
Chiang Kai-Shek
Li-Tsung-Jen
United States
South China
China Mall
Chiang
Destruction of 21 Slot Machines Ordered by Judge
PORTSMOUTH A municipal court judge ordered the destruction of 21 slot machines after club manager Arthur Baisden pleaded guilty to possession of illegal gambling devices. Baisden was fined 50 dollars plus costs. The court will decide later on disposition of money found in the machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Kenneth Cranston
Municipal Court
Arthur Baisden
Baisden
UPW Plans Talks New York
UPW plans to resume contract talks Friday in Pittsburgh with the Westinghouse Electric Corporation to settle issues from ongoing labor negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UPW
New York
United Electrical Workers Union
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
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Chauncey Wee
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