Vandenberg Defends B 36 Fleet Against Navy Criticism
Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg told the House Armed Services Committee that reducing strategic bombing would invite Soviet defense of its heartland and weaken deterrence He argued B 36 B 47 and B 50 aircraft force industrial mobilization and choke enemy war making power If war comes the policy limits US options Bradley Collins and Johnson weigh in on the inter service dispute between Air Force Navy and Army
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Vlithlive Prices
Vandenberg
Air Force
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Soviet Union
Joint Chiefs
Omar N. Bradley
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Defense Department
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Clifton B. Cates
U.S. Marine Corps
House Armed Services Committee
Marine Corps
Beaumont Man Arraigned on Assault Charge in Athens Court
Leroy Bricker of Beaumont faces arraignment in Athens Mayor Mickle court on assault and battery charges from a Saturday incident against Chauncey-Dover school superintendent W G Davis. Bricker posted 300 bond after arrest by Deputy M Pincelli and is to appear at 5 p.m. Thursday. Davis pleaded innocent and bonded in Chauncey, while Bricker’s wife also pressed charges. Davis withdrew and refiled counts in the new court.
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Leroy Bricker
Beaumont
W. G. Davis
Chauncey - Dover
W. P. Mickle
Athens
Bricker
Mame Pincelli
Davis
Wadley
Mickle
C&O Trains Face Abandonment Debate in Ohio
The State Utilities Commission considers Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's request to abandon trains 30 and 37 between Columbus and Athens. Testimony shows ongoing losses of 5000 to 6000 dollars monthly and sufficient bus service with ten to thirteen buses daily. Delegations from Athens Nelsonville Logan and Lancaster protest the plan.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Athens
John Case
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Here
Nelsonville
Logan
Lancaster
Harrison Smith
K. Lawson
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central Railroad
Diamond Alkali Strike Ends With Tentative Settlement
Negotiators reached a 14 day strike settlement at Diamond Alkali Co in Fairport Ohio. More than 200 United Mine Workers will return to work when union members vote on the agreement later today. The walkout halted operations at the coke plant supplying gas to three firms.
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Cleveland
Diamond Alkali Co
Fairport
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Diamond
War Trials End for Japs
American prosecution of Japanese war crimes concluded with a U S Eighth Army Military Commission sentencing the last defendants. Asamu Satano, a former army officer, received five years for beheading a captured airman under orders.
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Yokohama
Eighth Army
Asamu Satano
Special International Tribunal
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Toll of $3.15 Seen For Express Highway
Harrisburg reports a toll of 3.15 will charge an automobile to cross the full length of the express highway from Philadelphia to the Ohio state line. The 327 mile four lane divided road will span the Keystone State when extensions are done, about one cent per mile.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
Philadelphia
Ohio State Line
Keystone State
Pricing bill delayed on basing point pricing system
Final congressional action on a bill to legalize basing point pricing has been postponed until next year delaying the reform attempt.
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Washington
Driverless Car Keeps Going After Falls From Auto
Logan police report a driverless car sped along downtown after Mrs. Betty Bailey and two sons fell from the vehicle. A door opening caused the tumble. the car hit a parked auto before being stopped by Ear Sheets. Minor bruises reported. no serious injuries.
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Logan
Betty Bailey
Rockbridge
S. Mulberry St
Lewis Reynolds
Ear Sheets
Nats Bring Back Bucky Harris For Third Stint As Manager
Washington authorities confirm Bucky Harris will manage the Senators for three years at about 25000 dollars per year. Harris previously led the club in 1924 1925 and 1935 to 1942 including two pennants and a World Series title. He replaces Joe Kuhel who was released after a second season. The team finished 47 games behind the Yankees this year. Harris, 53 next month, previously led San Diego to the Coast League final and a six game loss to Hollywood.
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Washington
Bucky Harris
Washington Senators
Harris
Boy Wonder
Senators
Joe Kuhel
New York Yankees
Clark Griffith
Dickering
Griffith
San Diego
Padres
Hollywood
Wage Bill To Truman
The Senate gave final approval to a bill increasing the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour, sending it to President Truman. The measure aims to raise pay for about 1.5 million low paid workers but a language change may exclude an unknown number from coverage.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
A P Trust Suit Held Anti Monopoly Program
Hartford report says the U S Attorney General called the government anti trust suit against the Atlantic and Pacific Grocery chain a strike against vicious practices and restraints of trade He noted the action does not seek closing any of the chain s 6000 stores and frames a broader program to curb restraints that could lead to monopoly
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Hartford
Conn
Atlantic & Pacific
U. S
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
Connecticut Bar Association
A&p
Steubenville Sailor Admits Fatal Quarrel
A 19 year old Steubenville sailor Frank L. Rush was arraigned for murder in New York City for a September 21 hotel killing of Rhode Island undertaker Arthur T. Costigan aged 50. Rush, brought from the New London submarine base, said by naval officers to be conscience stricken, admitted a fatal quarrel at the Hotel Edison with Costigan, a Pawtucket resident.
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New York
Rhode Island
Frank L. Rush
Steubenville
Ohio
New London
Jury Hung Sl ots Case Postponed in Mason County
A hung jury postponed the Moose lodge slot machine case in Mason County circuit court. The jury was discharged after one hour five minutes with no verdict, and the case was held over to the January term. James Allen of the Eagles lodge faced similar charges. disposition remains under advisement. Leo Choquette received a $50 fine and two years probation for illegal liquor sales. Prosecutor Johnson called the trial unusual, while defense labeled it the most important in 20 years.
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Point Pleasant
Moose Lodge
Arnold Hassell
Lewis H. Miller
James Allen
The
Eagles Lodge
Miller
Leo H. Choquette
Nolle Contendre
J. G. F. Johnson
Mason County
U S Debt Seen Totalling Five Billion
Washington estimates project the 81st Congress spending edge may push the annual deficit to about 5 billion dollars. Direct appropriations total roughly 37.68 billion with indefinite items lifting the sum beyond 45 billion. Revenues are seen near 40 billion, creating a gap of about 5 billion.
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Washington
Congress
Kenyon to Award Honorary Degrees plus Dormitory Cornerstone
Kenyon College in Gambier Ohio marks its 125th anniversary by awarding honorary degrees to seven men including Senator Robert A Taft and former AF president William Green. A cornerstone will be laid for a new dormitory to replace Old Kenyon Hall, the 122 year old building destroyed in a deadly early year fire with nine student fatalities.
Marcus S. Roush 56 Prominent Ohio Mason Dies
Marcus S. Roush, 56, Rutland resident and district deputy grand master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, died at home. He led Meigs Gallia Jackson and Lawrence counties, was Rutland High School principal 1942 1946, taught 34 years, and served with the county welfare department and Meigs County librarian appointee. Survived by wife Elsie Morris two daughters a brother and three sisters. Funeral arrangements by Chase funeral home Rutland.
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Pomeroy
Marcus S. Roush
Ohio
Rutland
Chioana Library Association
Methodist Church
Roush
Racine
F. S
Minnie Smith Roush
Sutton Township
Ohio University
Elsie Morris
Elsie Jane Woods
Salem
Vera Marie Slagel
Pomeley
Edison Roush
Stanley Roush
St. Louis
Ben Salser
Robert Warner
Dayton
George Wilmot
Santa Ana
Calif
Chase Funeral Home
Youth Admits Killing Mother in Cleveland Area
An 18 year old, James Nairy, confessed to police in St. Louis to killing his foster mother, 56 year old Iva Nairy, whose body was found in a Fairview Park neighbor’s yard. Authorities reported Nairy possessed the missing family car and a .22 revolver when arrested. Louis J. Nairy, 56, a John Marshall High English teacher, and Iva had adopted him as a child from Richland County Home in Mansfield.
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Cleveland
James Nairy
St. Louis
Edward Elliott
Fairview Village
Elliottt
Young Nairy
Iva Nairry
Fairview Park
Ohio Woman Found After Fatal Plunge
The body of Mrs. Orville Gifford of Wheelersburg Ohio was recovered Tuesday from the Ohio River at Portsmouth. She disappeared from the U S Grant Bridge linking Portsmouth to South Portsmouth Kentucky last Friday night. two witnesses were unsure whether she fell into the water.
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Portsmouth
Orville Gifford
Wheelersburg
Ohio River
U. S. Grant Bridge
U. S. Plans A-Program Speed-Up
The United States will accelerate its atomic bomb program with expanded facilities at Oak Ridge Tennessee and Hanford Washington funded by over 300 million dollars. Senate moves authorize use of AEC reserves to start the acceleration and lift some spending curbs subject to House approval. Hanford and Oak Ridge produce plutonium and uranium respectively for the bombs.
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Washington
United States
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Hanford
Wash
Senate
McMahon
Senate House Atomic Committee
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Congress
House
Russia
United Nations
Andrei Vishinsky
Picket Line Halts Sporn Operations
Miners formed a picket line at the Philip Sporn power plant near Pomeroy West Virginia halting operations this morning. Construction workers respected the line and did not enter the Graham Station site as about 1500 workers were affected. The protest targets non union coal stockpiled on the plant lot shipped by barge. No disorder reported though Mason to plant traffic was congested. The first unit was slated to begin operation within days.
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Pomeroy
Philip Sporn
Here
Graham Station
W. Va
Point Pleasant
Mason
Senate panel approves Wallgren and Mead nominations
Washington The Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday approved unanimously President Truman's nominations of Mon C. Wallgren for the Power Commission and James Mead for the Trade Commission.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
The
Power Commission
James Mead
Trade Commission
U.S. Officials Seek Breakthrough in Major Strikes
Government mediators push for peace in coal and steel disputes to avert production losses. Cyrus H. Ching leads talks with U.S. Steel and CIO representatives while coal talks with United Mine Workers stall. About 1,000,000 workers idle amid month-old strikes.
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New York
Cyrus H. Ching
U.S. Steel Corp
Ching
Arthur J. Goldberg
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
United Mine Workers
White Sulphur Springs
Bluefield
W. Va
Washington
Shooting War Unlikely Says Taft in Can to Steubenville
Senator Robert A Taft told supporters in Can ton that a war between Russia and the United States is unlikely in the near future He cited Communist faith in spreading doctrine no Russian moves in four years and questions about who would gain from war He added the Air Force and atomic bomb provide safety and said the nation will keep its powder dry Taft spoke in Steubenville today and Carrollton tonight.
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Steubenville
Robert A. Taft
Russia
United States
Ohio Republican
Jefferson
Carroll
Canton
Taft
Rural Phones Bill Passes Final Hurdle
Senate approves measure to finance rural telephone service expansion with 30 year loans at 2.5 percent interest. Funds would support new and expanding systems similar to rural electrification loans and head to the White House for final action.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Rural Electrification Administration
Five Aims Outlined By Bowling Green Students
Bowling Green State University saw mass meetings and a campus demonstration as students urged changes to coed auto rules and stricter police limits. The three student Senate spokesmen outlined five aims including free expression, non interference, reduced campus police powers, backing for repeal of beer laws, and revision of car rules.
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Bowling Green
Bowling Green State University
W. J. Rohrs
Tena
Thomas Miller
Snyder
N. Yu Dave Adama
Cleveland
Ohio
Joscelyn Ayre
Senate
Bee Gee News
Frank J Prout
Prout
Ohio Supreme Court Rules National War Labor Board Panel No Contract Power
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that rules from the National War Labor Board are not enforceable when no contract exists between management and labor. The decision clarifies that without an existing agreement, the board lacks binding authority in labor disputes.
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Columbus
Ohio Suspreme
National War Labor Ban Panel
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