Cabinet Size Problem Raised by Army Navy s Merger
Final Army Navy merger plan prompts Congress to decide cabinet size for defense. Should there be one or four military secretaries amid a national defense secretary and three separate armed services under unified policy. Army Air Forces would become autonomous as the United States Air Force with equal footing in strategy and purchasing. Navy retains land and carrier aviation, Marine Corps keeps its own aviation.
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Washington
Congress
Patterson
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
National Defense
Mr. Truman
Forrestal-Patterson
Army Air Forces
War Department
United States Air Force
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Secretary of National Defense
Air Force
Defense
Council For National Defense
Three Die In Watertown Hotel Fire
Three persons died and two were injured when fire swept the Graystone Hotel in downtown Watertown New York. Twenty seven guests occupied the second and third floors and several were rescued by firemen and police. The dead are William Mullen Eugene Goffrey and Samuel Poole all of Watertown. Joseph Kling 74 was listed in serious condition at Mercy Hospital. The blaze was under control after three hours and the cause was not determined. Clarence Kendraw 22 was treated for shock.
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Watertown
N. Y
Graystone
William Mullen
Eugene E. Goffrey
Samuel Poole
Mercy Hospital
Joseph Kling
Clarence Kendrew
House of Good Samaritan
City Hotel
New York
Thomas Coleman
Chester L Poulton asphyxiation victim funeral set
Funeral services for Chester L Poulton former New Straitsville resident will be held at 2 PM Saturday at C L Chute Funeral Home New Lexington. Rev Owen Plumley will officiate burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Survivors include widow Goldie two sons Richard and William three brothers Curt Poulton C W Poulton Herschell Poulton and sister Lula Dunham.
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Chester L. Poulton
New Straitsville
Harris
Mich
C. L. Chute
New Lexington
Owen Plumley
Maplewood
Richard
William
Curt Poulton
Westerville
C. W. Poulton
Charleston
W. Va
Herschell Poulton
New Martinsville
W. V
Lula Dunham
Atomic bomb victims still show effects in Japan study
Hiroshima and Nagasaki casualties still exhibit skin abnormalities and deep burn scars though no deaths from burns have occurred since October 1945, researchers report. An atomic casualty commission plans a long term survey to assess enduring effects.
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Tokyo
Hiroshima
Atomicomb Casualty Commission
Nagasaki
Six Die in California Owl Train Wreck Near Bakersfield
Six people were confirmed dead and about 55 injured after the Southern Pacific Owl night train from San Francisco to Los Angeles derailed near Lerdo, 12 miles northwest of Bakersfield, when a broken rail sent four coaches and a tourist sleeper off the track. The engineer and conductor survived. six ambulances supported rescue efforts as the scene remained chaotic.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Southern Pacific
Here
Jack Kietchley
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Kern County
L. E. Pryor
George Cochrane
Marietta College seeks 50 new students for February term
Marietta College in Marietta Ohio invites 50 more students for the second semester starting February 3. Director of admissions Dr W Ray Irvine says new housing allows 30 single men and 20 additional women to enroll. The college offers BA and BS degrees plus MA in American history. current enrollment 1 042.
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Marietta
Marietta College
W. Ray Irvine
Army Orders Secrecy Five Months After Release
Five months after releasing details on German underground installations to the public, the Army and Navy have declared the reports a military secret. The Office of Technical Services withdrew copies and materials from sale and libraries, citing possible national security concerns. Russia has been a notable buyer of OTS reports.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Berchtesgaden
Army-Navy
Commerce Department
Office of Technical Services
OTS
Library of Congress
War Department
Army Navy
U. S
Russia
New Site for Ohio State Fair Backed by Association
The Ohio Fair Managers Association adopted resolutions at its 22nd annual convention in Columbus backing a new site for the Ohio State Fair and the repeal of the federal tax on fair admissions. Delegates urged continued $500 junior fair premium appropriations and reallocation of $350,000 for a new junior fair building at the state fairground. E. W. Lampson was elected president, with Lawrence P. Lake and Clair L. Hill elected as first and second vice presidents. Executive Secretary Mrs Don A Detrick and Treasurer B A Bell were reelected.
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Columbus
Ohio Fair Managers’ Association
E. W. Lampson
Jefferson
Ashtabula County
Walter J. Buss
Wooster
Association
Lampson
Lawrence P. Lake
Cincinnati
Clair L. Hill
Wellington
Lake
Don A. Detrick
Bellefontaine
B. A. Bell
Xenia
Mrs Hannah Mills Dies at 68 in Athens
Mrs Hannah Mills 68 former New Straitsville resident died last night at her Athens home after a long illness Funeral services set for 2 PM Sunday at Athens Methodist Church Burial in West Union Street Cemetery by Mills and Brown Funeral Service Survived by husband Charles three daughters Eva Morrison Beulah Quinn Merna Williams and two sisters Mary Davis Eliza Walters Body at 34 Governor Street awaiting services
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Hannah Mills
New Straitsville
Athens
Athens Methodist Church
West Union Street
Mills and Brown Funeral Service
Charles
Eva Morrison
Beulah Quinn
Cincinnati
Merna Williams
New Philadelphia
Mary Davis
Chillicothe Opposes Phone Rate Increase
The Ohio public utilities commission took under advisement an application by the Chillicothe telephone company for permission to raise rates. Chillicothe city officials oppose the increase citing population growth and planned business expansion in the area.
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Columbus
State Public Utilities Commission
Chillicothe Telephone Company
Chillicothe
Study shows new Ohio tax would exceed veterans bonus
A State Tax Department study indicates some World War II veterans in Ohio would pay more in new taxes than they could receive from proposed bonuses. Three Senate plans propose up to 500 million in bonuses funded by property levies or sales tax, with evidence of tax rises including about 5 mills for home valued at 11 thousand dollars. Officials expect 850 thousand potential beneficiaries, with voter approval needed in November due to constitutional debt limits.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
State
Senate
House
Department
D. A. Liggitt
Logan
Albert L. Daniels
Highland
Civil Service Exams Ordered by Herbert
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert directed the state civil service commission to begin examinations at once for provisional workers who hold about half of the 25 000 state jobs. First focus is the enforcement division of the liquor department with 134 provisional staff, 75 added in the last two years.
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Columbus
State Civil Service Commission
Thomas J. Herbert
State Liquor Department
Herbert
Nazis Convicted in Shanghai War Aims Case
Twenty one Nazis were convicted of aiding Japan and waging war after V E Day in violation of Germany surrender terms. Sentences range from five years to life at hard labor.
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Shanghai
Japan
Germany
Sensational disclosures promised by Solon Brewster
Senate debate on war probe extends as Chairman Brewster vows sensational new exposes. He claims the committee has 90 percent of material to outdo prior disclosures and plans to seek details on secret war funds and a mobilization report sought by Truman.
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Washington
Brewster
R-Me
Senate
Chamber
White House
Roosevelt
Truman
Garsson
Scientists to Measure Snail Pace for Oyster Defense
At College Park Maryland the U S Fish and Wildlife Service lab tracks snail movement to curb damage to Chesapeake Bay oysters. Dr Paul S Galisoff notes measuring speed distance and stopping times will improve control strategies.
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College Park
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Laboratory
Chesapeake Bay
Paul S. Galisoff
Cleveland Gambler Slain in Kentucky
A man who identified himself as Mike Jacobs a 27 year old Cleveland gambler died in Speers Memorial Hospital Dayton Kentucky twelve hours after he was found in a roadside ditch with five bullet wounds Campbell County Patrolman George Benz found the man bleeding from the wounds and Patrolman Robert Grissom said the victim initially refused to identify himself before stating he was from Cleveland and had last worked as a card dealer in Findlay Ohio
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Newport
Mike Jacobs
Cleveland
Speers Memorial Hospital
Dayton
Campbell County
George Benz
Robert Grissom
Findlay, O
Last-Minute Appointments Approved by Governors
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert approved two Senate confirmed appointments from former Gov. Lausche. William J. S. Herbert of Orrville joins the bedding examining board and Harry J. Dust of Athens County joins the state mine examining board.
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Columbus, O
Frank J. Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Senate
William J. S. Herbert
Orrville
Bedding Examining Board
Harry J. Dust
Athens County
State Mine Examining Board
Beer Consumption Declines in Ohio in 1946
Ohio sales data show a drop in 3.2 beer and malt beverage consumption. November 1946 totals 428,472 barrels versus 433,793 in November 1945. For 11 months ending November 30, 1946, 4,476,120 barrels were sold, down from 4,797,104 in 1945.
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Columbus
Talmadge Forces In Full Control Of State House
Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall loses access to the capitol as Talmadge forces seize the state house. Arnall announces downtown offices and vows to continue as legal governor while courts settle the dispute. He moves to 1407 Candler Building and files documents with Secretary of State Ben Fortson Jr.
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Talmadge
State House
Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Jimmy Dykes
People of
Capitol
Candler Building
Ben Fortson, Jr
Fortson
Paymaster Robbed of $7000 Payroll in Cleveland
Three bandits armed with a sawed off shotgun and pistols robbed the paymaster for the Albert M. Higley Construction Co. of a $7,000 payroll in Cleveland today. The incident occurred at a construction site as workers prepared to be paid. Police launched a search for the suspects and collectedWitness statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Albert M. Higley Construction Co
Sailor Denies Romance With Irish Lass Amid Deportation Case
A legal fracas over Jane Orr Shepherd Thompson a Connecticut bound 18 year old was resolved as she awaited the return of her Navy sweetheart Allen Kennison of Springfield Ohio. Kennison due back on leave in March faces explanations about a court quoted claim that Dale D Rapp is the husband of Miss Thompson. Attorney Rapp said the betrothal was not accepted and Miss Thompson planned to stay with her aunt in Stratford Conn until Kennison returns. Major E J Hobbs British council Cleveland holds custody and may seek a visa extension beyond June 9 if desired.
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Columbus
Jane Orr Shepherd- Thompson
Belfast
Connecticut
China
Allen Kennison
Springfield
Kennison
Colleen
Anna Kirk
Stratford
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Ford Company
William J. Hanselman
Dearborn, Mich
Henry Ford II
Ford
International
California
Sheriff's Deputies
Emilie Lombardi
Mario Lombardi
Hollywood
Solon
Cleveland Gambler
Kentucky
Ohio
Valence
Sailor
Thompson
Dale D. Rapp
Shepherd Thompson
Eloise James
Eva James
East Hunter Street
Jane
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