Armed bandits rob guests at Ohio social party
Jackson County authorities hunt three heavily armed men who held up nine guests at a Hitchock near Oak Hill home yesterday. A sub machine gun sawed off shotgun and large revolver were used to rob guests before the trio fled toward Route 75. The men ages about 40 and 25 described, names not yet furnished.
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Jackson
Jackson County
Eddie Evans
Hitchcock
Oak Hill
Stanley Lewis
Evans
Lewis
GOP Tax Slash Drive Opened
Washington reports outline a Republican plan to cut income taxes by 20 percent retroactive to January 1, with withholdings reduced and rebates issued. President Truman weighs appealing to Congress to block luxury tax cuts slated for July 1 amid GOP opposition and liquor tax debates.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Rep
Knutson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower rules himself out as presidential candidate
General Dwight D. Eisenhower announced in Miami that he will not pursue the presidency, saying it would harm the Army's organization. He stressed he acts as a soldier safeguarding national security and has refused political career questions since wartime talks began.
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Miami
Fla
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
United States
Pratt General Hospital
Coral Gables
Bank Call Issued by Comptroller for Bank Condition
The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks as of close of business Tuesday December 31.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency Today
Police hunt intruder at East School
City police searched the East School after a nighttime report of lights on in the basement. Officers from the city and county, including Patrolmen Hopkins Stout Snyder and Deputy Waldron, along with Fire Chief Stallsmith, surrounded the building but found no one. No theft suspected.
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East School
Clifford Hopkins
Wilbur Stout
Harry Snyder
Floyd Duffy
Jack Waldron
Roy Stallsmith
Portsmouth Strike Continues With Wage Demands
Portsmouth Ohio workers in six city service departments persist in a three day strike led by CIO United Public Workers of America. About 100 employees demand 30 cent hourly raises as city council has yet to act.
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Portsmouth
CIO
United Public Workers of America
New High in Portal Pay Suits Across 20 Cities
The Associated Press reports a record surge in portal pay back claims, now approaching three billion dollars. Federal suits exceed eighty five million in a single day, with total back pay across cases led by CIO United Auto Workers against Ford, GM, and Chrysler totaling 410 million in Michigan.
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Associated Press
Portal
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Michigan
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Cio-Uaw
Ford
Justice Department
Lima Police Chief Demoted to Ranks
Lima Ohio January 3 4 Lima's police chief Kermit L Westbay was ordered demoted to patrolman effective January 9 by Mayor William L Ferguson who charged him with incompetency inefficiency and failure of good behavior The accusations were in an order sent to the Lima civil service board with an appeal possible to Westbay
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Lima, O
Lima
William L. Ferguson
Lima Civil Service Board
Kermit L. Westbay
More Deer Slain by Autos Than by Hunters in Ohio
In Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties 182 deer were killed by automobiles in 1946, per district game protector Burt Cannell. He notes a rising trend and suggests many deer deaths go unreported when motorists keep venison.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Burt Cannell
Twinsburg
Lake
Geauga
Ashtabula
Cannell
Clarence Schrader Dies at Age 54 in Logan
Clarence W. Schrader a 54 year old Logan carpenter died at St. Francis Hospital after two months as a patient. A native of Hocking County he lived in Logan most of his life and belonged to Holy Name Society and Knights of St John. Funeral 9 A M Tuesday at St Johns Catholic Church with Fr Charles P Foy officiating burial in Oak Grove Cemetery by Roberts Funeral Service. Survivors: widow Ida May two daughters Helen Lucille and Mrs Paul Steward Columbus two sons Carl and two brothers Paul and Thomas and sister Mrs Lawrence Fox.
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Clarence W. Schrader
Logan Carpenter
St. Francis Hospital
Hocking County
Holy Name Society
Knights of St. John
St. John’s Catholic Church
Charles P. Foy
Oak Grove
Roberts Funeral Service
Third Street
Ida May
Carl
Helen Lucille Schrader
Paul Steward
Columbus
Paul
Logan
Thomas
Lawrence Fox
William Terrell Dies In Gore Area Hospital
William E. Terrell longtime Gore general store operator and former postmaster died last night at Mt. Carmel Hospital after several years of declining health. A Gore native, he lived there most of his life and turned the store over to his sons as his health failed. Funeral arrangements are by Leonard Funeral Service. Survived by widow Catherine and three sons Waldo Dalton and Robert.
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William E. Terrell
Gore
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Mr. Terrell
Leonard Funeral Service
Catherine
Waldo
Dalton
Robert
Pace Seeks WWII Veterans Bonus Of Four To Five Dollars
Rep Pace announces plan to propose a federal bonus for World War II veterans. Eligible home service earners would receive four dollars per day and overseas service five dollars per day, to be paid through the new Congress.
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Washington
Pace
D-Ga
Congress
Missing Ohio State student with ex convict on lam
Prof E E Kimberly fears his 20 year old daughter Miss Mary Virginia Kimberly has been doped by ex convict Robert H Hemming. They were traced to a Cleveland Lakewood residence where Hemming claimed a New Year party. Police issued a suspicious person warrant for Hemming as authorities intensify a joint search across Ohio for the couple who disappeared Wednesday afternoon after Hemming allegedly drove them toward a friend’s home.
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Columbus
E. E. Kimberly
Ohio State University
Cleveland
Mary Virginia Kimberly
Kimberly
Robert H. Hemming
Albert Morton
Upper Arlington
Ohio
Ohio State
Hemming
Robert Corbin
Lakewood
Corbin
Truman Completes Plans for Message to Congress
President Truman completed plans to deliver his state of the union message in person to Congress on Monday at 1 P M EST if both houses are organized by then. Secretary Charles G Ross said the address would take about 50 minutes before a joint session in the House of Representatives.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Charles G. Ross
House of Representatives
Senate
Camera Gun Trigger Woman Held as Witness
New York police hold Pearl Lusk a 19 year old witness in the Times Square subway shooting case. Lusk says Alphonse Rocco, former husband of the victim, hired her to photograph Mrs. Olga Rocco with a disguised camera that hid a sawed off shotgun. Mrs. Rocco suffers a shotgun injury to her left hip and possibly loss of a leg. Rocco remains at large as authorities conduct a multi state search.
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Olga Rocco
New York
Pearl Lusk
Rocco
International Soundphoto
Times Square
Miss Lusk
Alphonse Rocco
Lusk
Loudonville Bus Plant Fire Causes Million-Dollar Loss
A late yesterday blaze at the Flxible Company two story plant in Loudonville, Ohio, destroyed about 35 finished buses and a large stock of truck parts, with damage estimated over 1 million dollars. The fire started in a paint shop and forced 200 workers to flee while most of the 975 employees were expected to report for duty today. Nearby towns aided the volunteer department as the funeral car division and office suffered heavy damage. two other buildings were saved.
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Loudonville, O
Flxible Company
Harold H. Stockman
Ashland County
Mansfield
Wooster
Millersburg
Ashland
Perrysville
Stockman
Full Scale Drive In Palestine Tipped
London sources say Lt. Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham Palestine commissioner would ask the cabinet for authority to launch an offensive to smash Jewish resistance in the Holy Land.
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London
Jewish Agency
Alan Cunningham
Palestine Commissioner
Holy Land
Italian Premier Seeks U.S. Aid in Paris Trip
Italian Premier Alcide de Gasperi arrived in Paris from Rome and planned a visit to the United States to urge Washington for financial and economic assistance for Italy. He travels to discuss postwar recovery and relief measures with American officials.
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Paris
Alcide de Gasperi
Rome
United States
Farmers to Display Buckrake and Grain Elevator at Local Show
A farmers show next Monday at the W and H Chevrolet Garage will feature Pearl McClelland of Laurelville Route 1 with a modified buckrake capable of hauling fodder, grain, cleaning straw stacks, field levelling, post pulling, drag line power, log pulling and butchering carcass handling. Carl Risch of Logan Route 2 will exhibit a portable grain elevator on a Reo chassis used for elevating corn and other grains and capable of highway movement and basement excavation. county extension agent James Smoot led the effort with local helpers Claude Harsh Paul Shaw William Hahn C W Skinner Dan Rheinscheid Relna Derr Ted Dupler H H Lafferty and Wallace Gillogly.
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Pearl McClelland
Laurelville
W. & H. Chevrolet
McClelland
Carl Risch
Logan
Mr. Risch
Hocking County
James Smoot
Claude Harsh
Paul Shaw
William Hahn
C. W. Skinner
Dan Rheinscheid
Relna Derr
Ted Dupler
H. H. Lafferty
Wallace Gillogly
Fight to Unseat Bilbo Delays Congress Organization
Fourteen Democratic senators met for extended debate to block Senator Bilbo of Mississippi from taking his oath, risking delaying the first Republican Senate since 1931 and possibly postponing President Truman’s State of the Union message. The move follows whispers of a Southern filibuster as Republicans press to seat Bilbo.
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Washington
Mississippi
Bilbo
Congress
Truman
D-Miss
Senate resolves hinge on Bilbo ouster and oath delay
Senate rules members debate whether to delay opening and a Monday joint session to hear the President as Southern filibusters threaten Bilbo's seat. Republicans argue they can quickly oust him and seize control with a 51 to 45 majority led by Vandenberg Wherry and White.
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Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
Wallace White
R-Me
Kenneth Wherry
R-Neb
Snow and ice sweep across the United States
The Associated Press reports fresh snow freezing rain sleet and fog disrupt air travel and delay trains and buses across a wide area. Snow covers New England Midwest Oklahoma Texas panhandle and north Texas with some cities facing their heaviest winter falls. Temperatures drop to near freezing in California and near zero in Spokane Washington as forecasts warn of a cold wave moving toward the Atlantic coast.
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Associated Press
New England
Midwest
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Texas
California
Spokane
Wash
Atlantic Coast
North Central
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Sam Shockley
Miron Thompson
San Quentin Prison
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Kutson
Portal Pay
Tom Clark
Mt. Clemens, Mich
Frank A. Picard
Clarence Schrader
William Terrell
W. H. Hubbard
Hubbard
Mrs. Hubbard
American Relief For Italy Association
New York City
U.S
Emelio Muro
G. Todi
International
Jacob Grumet
General Sessions Court
Francis L. Valente
Loudonville Factory
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Palestine
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Maybank
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