Communist Agitation Linked with Ruhr Strike Hunger Crisis
About 75,000 German workers in four Ruhr cities were idle in strikes over food shortages and hunger affecting up to 4,000,000. Authorities warned the movement could spread, while reports tied the unrest to a Communist plan called Protocol M.
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Berlin
Ruhr Valley
Germany
Duisburg
Muehlheim
Ruhr
Cominform
Communist “International Information Bureau
Tax Cut Veto Promise From President Outlined
Secretary Snyder told the Republican led Ways and Means Committee that the President will veto any tax cut that reduces total revenue without offsetting increases in other taxes. He backed a $40 personal tax cut plus a $3.2 billion corporate tax move but warned Knutson's proposal to cut income taxes without offsetting revenue would widen the 1949 deficit and strain the budget. Snyder defended maintaining current revenue levels amid inflation and debt concerns.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Congress
Truman
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Minnesotan
Leather warehouse blaze in downtown Boston trapped 50
A five story leather warehouse owned by Armour Leather Company burned for four hours in downtown Boston, spreading to a wool establishment. Firefighters from eleven communities saved more than 50 people on the fourth and fifth floors. losses estimated at 2 million dollars as nearby property was protected.
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Boston
Armour Leather Company
Stephen M. Young Announces Candidacy for Congress Nomination
Cleveland lawyer Stephen M. Young announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for congressman at large. He previously served three terms in that office.
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Cleveland
Stephen M. Young
Democrats Bolster Walls Against Wallace Raids
Senators and party leaders defend against Henry Wallace challenge as Taft pushes budget cuts. Taft urges $3 billion in cuts to the 39.669 billion defense year budget and favors Air Corps funding changes over universal military training while criticizing treasury figures. Farley attacks Wallace as a one man party while urging loyalty to his own.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Taft
Robio
Truman
Providence
R. I
Air Corps
Treasury
James A. Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wallace
Lynchburg
Farley
Triplet Boys Born Near South Perry
Triplet sons were born last Saturday to Mr and Mrs John McNichols of Stump Run near South Perry. The infants weighed 6 5 2 and 32 pounds. Dr C T Grattidge Laurelville reported mother and children are doing fine. The McNichols have six other living children. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs William McNichols of near South Bowlingville.
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John McNichols
Stump Run
South Perry
C. T. Grattidge
Laurelville
McNichols
William McNichols
South Bloomingville
John H. Young 77 Dies in Lancaster
John H. Young 77 died today at his home in Lancaster of a heart attack. He was a native of Good Hope Township Hocking County a retired farmer and former Fairfield County commissioner. Survived by wife Daisy three sons Russell of Logan George and William of Lancaster a sister Mrs Guy Dupler. Funeral 1 30 P M Monday Frank E Smith Funeral Home Lancaster Rev George Herd officiating. Burial Mt Tabor cemetery five miles east of Lancaster.
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John H. Young
Russell Young
Logan
Ohio Power Co
Lancaster
Good Hope Township
Hocking County
Fairfield County
Daisy
Russell
George
William
Guy Dupler
Frank E. Smith
George Herd
Lancaster First Methodist Church
Mt. Tabor
Parking Violators Warned by Police
Police Chief Sol Ellinger announced strict enforcement of city traffic laws against double parking and alley parking. An exception permits alley parking for loading and unloading merchandise while urging cooperation from city and county motor officers.
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Sol Ellinger
Ellinger
Mormon Filming Records Of Early Ohio Colony
The Mormon Genealogical Society orders microfilming of Geauga County records from 1795 to 1850. Work includes mortgages probate records tax duplicates in the Geauga County courthouse basement and will take weeks. A copy will go to Utah and a third to Geauga. film stored at Eastman Kodak vaults. marriage license of Brigham Young and Mary Ann Angel noted.
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Chardon
Mormon Genealogical Society
Utah
Geauga County
Lake County
Kirtland
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Court House
Eastman Kodak Co
Rochester
N. Y
Brigham Young
Mary Ann Angel
Geauuga County
Auto Workers Seek 25 Cent Wage Hike and Benefits
The CIO United Auto Workers announced they would demand a 25 cent an hour wage increase and five cents for other benefits in upcoming negotiations. The move, approved by the 22 member executive board, targets a third round of postwar cost of living adjustments, plus a guaranteed weekly wage and three weeks vacation for workers with five years seniority.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Canada Reimposes Meat and Butter Curbs
Ottawa reimposed price controls on meat and butter as Canadian consumers faced rising living costs. The government will seek parliamentary extension of rent controls to March 31, 1949, after meat and butter controls were lifted last fall and prices climbed amid protests.
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Ottawa
Sheriff Moloney to Retire After 60 Years in Lake County
Sheriff James Moloney age 83 announced he would not seek reelection ending a six decade career in Lake County law enforcement. The PAINESVILLE report notes his long service in the county's policing setups and his decision came yesterday.
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Painesville, O
James Moloney
Lake County
Moloney
U S Embassy Attaches Arrested by Russian Troops in Budapest
State Department reports two U S embassy Army attaches Lt Col Bernard Thielen and Lt Col Peter Kopczak were seized by Russian troops in Hungary on Wednesday and released 11 hours later in Austria. The department awaits more information from Budapest. Florida citrus crop largely escapes damage after two days of freezing with scattered reports of harm.
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Washington
State Department
U.S
Budapest
Hungary
Austria
Bernard Thielen
Peter Kopczak
Florida
Lakeland
Fla
Influenza Cases Higher This Winter
The Public Health Service reports influenza cases are higher than normal this winter but not yet an epidemic. Since August 53,893 cases have been recorded, up from 36,540 in 1946-47, with most cases in southern and southwestern states.
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Washington
United States Public Health Service
Health Service
Court Clerk Dies After Fall on Platform
Cliff R. Carle, 59, a common pleas court clerk in Cincinnati, died after collapsing on a loading platform while waiting for a streetcar. He suffered a fractured skull in the incident occurring last night.
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Cincinnati
Cliff R. Carle
Commor Pleas
Ex Prosecutor Speidel Dies in Batavia at 66
Eli H. Speidel 66 former Clermont County prosecutor died yesterday in Batavia Ohio and was remembered for his long public service and legal career.
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Batavia
Eli H. Speidel
Clermont County
Ohio Cash Balance Near 15 Million
Ohio spent nearly $15,000,000 less than it took in last year, State Finance Director Herbert D. Defenbacher reported. The unexpended, unappropriated balance of $14,978,000 raised the surplus in the general fund to $150,155,117, minus $7,166,666 set aside for February school foundation payments, leaving a net of $142,988,451.
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Columbus
Ohio
Herbert D. Defenbacher
Defenbacher
Truman Criticizes Senate Committee Action on Board Chair
President Truman denounces a senate armed services committee vote as a disservice to the country after unanimously rejecting legislation to allow Maj. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter to chair the Civil Aeronautics Board while remaining in the military. He wrote to Chairman Gurney detailing his opposition.
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Washington
Jan
Truman
Senate
Laurence S. Kuter
Civil Aeronautics Board
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
ERP Fund Scrutiny Follows McCloy Loan Critique
Senator Vandenberg urged independent checks on ERP spending to show Americans their dollars abroad are well used. John J. McCloy cautioned against fuzzy loans in the Marshall Plan, citing Britain's $3.75 billion loan as ineffective due to unclear用途. Hearings continue with Secretary Marshall and Senator Taft clashing over plan cost and scope.
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Washington
Jan
Vandenberg
Mich
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John J. McCloy
The
International Bank
Ces
McCloy
Great Britain
England
Marshall
Taft
Ohio
Europe
Haydenville Strike Settles Into Second Day
Haydenville plant of National Fireproofing Corp with 300 workers from Local 876 United Brick and Clay Workers of America stayed off the job for a second day. The union members rejected returning to work and planned a new meeting as wage and condition demands drive negotiations underway since January 1 after the old contract expired December 31.
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Haydenville
National Fireproofing Corp
United Brick and Clay Workers of America
Drastic Controls On Aliens Approved
Attorney General Clark approved new rules to curb subversive activity by alien visitors. The regulations tighten surveillance and take effect around March 15, abolish the one year visiting permit, and limit visiting privileges to three to six months.
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Washington
Clark
United States
U.S
Hungary Bans Films Of American Stars
The Hungarian interior ministry banned six Hollywood stars for testifying before the House committee on un American activities last fall in Washington. The ban takes effect January 22 and names Robert Taylor Gary Cooper Adolphe Menjou Alan Jones George Murphy and Robert Montgomery.
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Budapest
Hungary
Ministry of Interior
House Committee On un-American Activities
Washington
Robert Taylor
Gary Cooper
Adolphe Menjou
Alan Jones
George Murphy
Robert Montgomery
Parking Meter Dimes Aid Polio Fund
New Philadelphia officials announced donation dimes dropped into city parking meters will go to the March of Dimes infantile paralysis fund. The meters will accept dimes even though they do not buy parking time.
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New
Philadelphia
Robert Lukens
Crippled Children Society Elects Officers in Blosser’s Dinner
L. K. Showalter was elected president of the Hocking County Society for Crippled Children and Adults at its annual reorganization meeting in Blosser's restaurant. Officers named were Dr. Frederick W. Blume as vice president Miss Faith Mirrvnn as secretary and George C. Shaw as treasurer. George Hawes spoke as state district representative. The Easter Seal drive will run February 28 to March 28 in Logan and Hocking County, chaired by Probate Judge E. L. Ewing. Nineteen members and guests attended.
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L. K. Showalter
Hocking
Logan
Hocking County
E. L. Ewing
Southland passenger train derailed near Cross City Florida
The Southland, Chicago to Tampa, derailed north of Cross City in the early morning incident. Seven cars left the rails and five more were partially derailed on the Atlantic Coast Line route, with several passengers reported injured. ACL ticket agent J. L. Naylor said the engineer reported the wreck.
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Cross City
Pla
Bitter Wind Signals Deep Freeze Across Ohio
A cold wave from the Midwest pushes Ohio to near zero temperatures with wind chills and subzero readings. Five deaths in fires linked to the cold are reported in Bellefontaine and near East Rochester as forecasts call for continued very cold weather through Saturday.
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Midwest
Hocking County
Weather Bureau
Wright
Ohio
Earl Eugene Taylor
Theodore
Earl A. Taylor
Rochester
Columbiana County
New England
Arctic
Dakotas
Illinois
Minnesota
Houston
Farm Jobs Open In Columbus With Housing And Wages
State Employment Service announced farm and dairy job opportunities in Columbus offering housing eggs milk potatoes and garden space in addition to wages up to 150 dollars a month.
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Columbus
The
State Employment Service
Alcoholic Bait Makes Simian Fugitives Elusive
Cincinnati dispatch reports two Rhesus monkeys escaped from General Hospital and climbed to a roof ledge as guards planned to lure them with alcohol soaked food. The animals remained out of reach eight hours after the breakout amid cold weather.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
General Hospital
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