Senator Admits Stock Market Trading Deals
Senator Elmer Thomas admits investments in income producing properties bonds stocks and commodities amid a probe into market speculation by government insiders. Senator Ferguson says the panel will thoroughly investigate all information including Anderson’s list of commodity traders.
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Washington
Senate
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Ferguson
R-Mich
Appropriations
Thomas
Anderson
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
Republicans
Edith Thomas
Washington, D.C
Edith
Train Derailment In Georgia Injures Fourteen
In PIDCOCK Georgia on Sunday a fast Miami Chicago Southwind derailed leaving fourteen injured. Six of eight cars left the rails after a broken rail, while the engine and first two cars stayed on track as railroad gangs began replacing 800 yards of damaged track. Flagman Thomas E. Griffis of Millwood blamed the broken rail.
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Pidcock
Georgia
Thomas E. Griffis
Millwood
Lewis Woltz Rites Conducted Sunday
Funeral services for Lewis Woltz 72 of Rockbridge were held Sunday at 2 P.M. in Union Church Good Hope Township with Rev. Stanley Hanby officiating. Music by Norma Edwards and Faith Hanby. Pallbearers were Clarence Green Frank Hufford William Primmer Grant Smith Beryl Tucker and William Beougher. Burial followed at Union Cemetery Leonard Funeral Service in charge.
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Union Church
Good Hope Township
Stanley Hanby
Norma Edwards
Faith Hanby
Clarence, Green
Frank Hufford
William Primmer
Grant Smith
Beryl Tucker
William Beougher
Union Cattainey-typ
Leonard
Community Hospital Plan Moves Toward Community Ownership
A planning committee of 44 proposed forming a Hocking Valley Hospital Association to hold title and oversee a non profit community owned hospital. Options include building space for physicians, remodeling, and a public fund drive, with a Blue Cross enrollment campaign coordinated in February.
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Hocking Valley Hospital
Harley Meyer
Hocking Valley Hospital Association
Meyer
Kachelmacher
Hocking Valley Hospital, Inc
Harry M. Stultz
Central Hospital Service
Blue Cross Hospitalization Plan Agency
Central Ohio
Blue Cross
Hocking County
Atomic Construction Program Under Way
The Atomic Energy Commission disclosed a sizable construction program dictated by necessity and urgency. A large part of the work will occur at the plutonium plant in Richland Washington and at the uranium 235 works in Oak Ridge Tennessee.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Richland
Wash
Oak Ridge
Tenn
New Look Adorns Statue of Liberty
Jersey City residents spotted bluish green rays over the harbor at night as lamps illuminating the torch were replaced by vapor lamps after six of 131000 watt bulbs burned out. N H Foster, statue superintendent, said the mix up would be corrected today.
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Jersey City
N. J
N. H. Foster
Foster
Automobile Hits Mrs. Stracke on West Hunter Street
Mrs Catherine Stracke 84 of 303 Hocking Avenue was struck Saturday evening while crossing West Hunter Street near Wood Street. Driver Forrest Tateman 18 of South Bloomingville was identified and exonerated. She was taken to Hocking Valley Hospital with head and leg lacerations and bruises.
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Catherine Stracke
Hocking Avenue
Fred Stracke
Hunter Street
Wood Street
Forrest Tateman
South Bloomingville
Stracke
Hocking Valley Hospital
Cancer Specialist Denies Stalin Patient Link in Moscow
Dr Elis Bervin the Swedish cancer expert says his patient in Moscow was not Prime Minister Stalin. He did not identify the patient and may issue a statement after returning to Stockholm. Dr Bervin arrived in Moscow last Tuesday for the special case.
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Moscow
Elis Bervin
Stockholm
Stalin
Bervin
Republicans Rip Into Truman Budget Request
Republicans denounce President Truman’s 39.669 billion dollar budget as extravagant and political while Democrats defend it as reasonable amid domestic and foreign commitments. Some support exists for the 11 billion defense portion, with calls to review spending and maintain national security.
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Washington
Truman
Russia Faces Second British Critique on Soviet Policies
Leicestershire England January 12 Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison called Soviet policies provocative and risking another war and hindering global economic recovery. British Prime Minister Attlee had denounced communism as imperialism on January 3. The cabinet met last Thursday to align policy more closely with the United States.
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Leichester
England
Russia
Hebert Morrison
Attlee
Europe
United States
Catholics Told to Quit Protestant Baldwin Wallace College
In Cleveland a diocesan priest urged 163 Catholic students at Baldwin Wallace College to withdraw to stay true to Catholic canon law. The move follows a compulsory religious course and chapel programs at Berea College, which Catholics contend clash with their faith. College officials denied any change to requirements.
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Cleveland
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea
Joseph T. Moriarty
St. John’s College
Vincent B. Balmat
Cleveland Catholic Diocese
Louis C. Wright
Baldwin Wallace
Marshall asks House to approve aid plan
Secretary of State Marshall urged Congress to authorize a four year European recovery program with six point eight billion dollars for the first fifteen months and called for a single administrator responsible to the secretary of state. He warned failure to act would worsen conditions in Europe and later impact the United States.
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Marshall
House
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Europe
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
Rep
Judd
R-Minn
Vorys
Probe of St. Louis Food Prices Ordered
Attorney General Clark ordered a federal grand jury investigation into food prices in St. Louis Missouri. The inquiry will focus on the production distribution and high price of milk in the St. Louis metropolitan area with four special assistants aiding U S Attorney Drake Watson in the eastern Missouri district.
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Washington
Clark
St. Louis
Justice Department
U.S
Drake Watson
Missouri
John Ford Baecher
Antitrust Division
George B. Haddock
Walter B. Murphy
John R. Niesley
Record Broken in Painsville Traffic Safety Run Ends
In Painsville Ohio a 23 month traffic death free streak ended when Helen Gill 23 of Ashtabula was injured in an automobile overturn yesterday. The city population is about 15000.
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Painsville, CO
Helen Gill
Ashtabula
Oklahoma Ordered to Provide Negro Law School Access
The Supreme Court ordered Oklahoma to immediately educate a negro applicant for admission to the University of Oklahoma law school and to provide facilities equal to those for white students. The court gave no method, only the equality requirement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Law School
University of Oklahoma
Rumor Marines Denied Palestine Deployment
Commandant General Clifton B. Cates dismissed reports that Leathernecks would be sent to protect the American consulate in Palestine. He said the Palestine situation is none of the Marine Corps business as 1,000 Marines are said to be dispatched to the Mediterranean to replace existing forces. Admiral William F. Halsey Jr and other leaders spoke at a Philadelphia rally for Marine Corps Reserve Week, with crowd overflow and heavy turnout.
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Leathermeecks Wold
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Clifton B. Cates
Marine Corps Reserve Week
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Cates
William F. Halsey, Jr
Marine Corps
General Cates
Mediterranean
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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Clam Eaters Crown Freestyle Champion
Seattle cab driver Richard Watson won the Pacific Freestyle Amateur Clam Eating Contest title setting a world record by consuming 120 clams in 10 minutes. Official results celebrated his steady pace of one clam every five seconds.
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Seattle
Pacific Freestyle Amateur
Richard Watson
Woman Held in Fatal Stabbing of Peter Bishop
Police in Youngstown hold a 24 year old woman after a Saturday night stabbing at the home of Peter Bishop 30. The victim died and investigators labeled the case a homicide.
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Youngstown
Peter Bishop
John Clark 76 Dies at Hocking Valley Hospital
John Clark 76 of near Union Furnace died yesterday in Hocking Valley Hospital after a period of declining health. Funeral services are set for 2 P.M. Wednesday at Asbury Church with Rev. Carroll Chesser officiating. Burial in Asbury Cemetery by Woodard Funeral Service. Survived by wife Clara son Roy daughter Mary Snyder stepson Charles Vickrey 32 grandchildren and several siblings.
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John Clark
Union Furnace
Hocking Valley Hospital
Asbury Church
Galvin Interests Buy Two Winter Haven Newspapers
Ohio publisher Galvin Brothers Corp announces acquisition of Winter Haven Daily Chief and Winter Haven Sunday News in Florida. The papers will merge under the Galvins with Robert H. Fackelman to manage the combined weekly and daily editions. The Galvin firm publishes nine Ohio papers including the Logan Daily News and Wilmington News Journal.
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Galvin Brothers Corp
Ohio
Logan Daily News
Winter Haven
Fra
W. J. Galvin
Wilmington
Wayne W. Galvin
Father
Sunday News
Robert H. Fackelman
The
L. S. Galvin
Catharine R. Galvin
Time News
van Wert ‘Times-Bulletin
Wilmington News-Journal
Circleville Herald
Record-Herald
Washington Court House
Hillsboro Press-Gazette
Hillsboro News- Herald
Greene County
Jamestown
Truman Proposes Record Peacetime Budget for 1949
President Truman unveils a $39.669 billion peacetime budget for the 1949 fiscal year, citing wartime costs and international duties. He warns only veterans benefits and basic government functions would remain low, while defense and foreign affairs absorb most spending. He forecasts large federal surpluses under existing tax laws and urges debt reduction alongside a proposed corporate tax hike.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Treman
Herbert's Son Fined for Speeding on New Year's Day
Cleveland police report Daniel Herbs, 23, son of Herbert Herbs, was fined after a New Year's Day speeding incident. Mayor George A. Buseh of Parma Heights commented on the courthouse appearance and waived related charges for the mayoral process.
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Cleveland
Jan
George A. Buseh
Parma’ Heights
Thomas J
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