Utilities Commission Studies Ohio Gas Curbs
The Ohio Utilities Commission reviewed proposals to keep an emergency gas use curb for space heating. Chair Harry M. Miller signaled retention with possible modification to allow new customers if supplies suffice. East Ohio Gas touted potential 30 000 new space heating customers next winter aided by West Virginia Hope Natural Gas and long distance lines. Ohio Fuel Gas Co projected 40 000 new spaces with adequate supplies, but cautioned against lifting all restrictions. Other firms urged continued limits until gas stocks and deliveries improve.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Utilities Commission
Harry M. Miller
J French Robinson
Cleveland
East Ohio Gas
West Virginia
The
Hope Natural Gas Co
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Wilbur T. Shinholser
Ohio Fuel
Commission
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co
Newark Consumers Gas Company and Natural Gas and Oil Corporation
Dayton Power and Light Company
Portsmouth Gas Company
Toledo Edison Co
Defiance
Delta
Markets At a Glance Grain and Livestock Tightness and Gains
WHEAT firm with short covering. CORN firm with CCC buying large cash grain. OATS rise with overall market. HOGS 25 to 50 cents higher, moderately active, top 21.75. CATTLE mostly steady, top 33.00. STOCKS narrow with mild rate rally. BONDS mixed as New Haven issues stay active.
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CCC
New Haven
Strip Miners Deny Law Disregarded in Ohio
Ohio Reclamation Association spokesman Larry Cook of Cleveland says members have not disregarded planting laws for strip mining. Governor Lausche reported only 40 of about 400 operators filed replanting reports. Cook notes many have not terminated operations and cannot plant until work ends.
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Columbus
Ohio Reclamation Association
Larry Cook
Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Cook
Akron City Council approves ten more patrolmen
Akron voters approved by city council adding 10 patrolmen to reach a total of 196. The new officers will likely be assigned to the traffic division.
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Akron, O
Big Inch Fire Halts Natural Gas Service
Flames rose 20 feet from the Big Inch pipeline at Morris Indiana nine hours after gas caught fire. The fire was said under control at 7 AM CST. gas was shut off at Longview Texas and pumping stations along the line closed to ease pressure. Two workmen were burned slightly. officials estimated significant property and company losses.
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Big Inch Fire
Batesville
Ind
Morris
Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation
Longview
Texas
Big Inch
Seymour
Here
Lebanon
Britain to Recognize Israel If U S Joins Middle East Plan
London officials say Britain will recognize Israel if the United States agrees to back a British peace guarantee for the Middle East. The government has made new changes in its Holy Land policy as it presents the plan to Washington.
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London
Britain
Israel
United States
Middle East
Holy Land
Nuclear Energy May Send Planes Around World
Dayton report quotes Andrew Kalitinsky chief engineer of Fairchild Aircraft nuclear propulsion project. He says atomic power could power long-range civilian bombers with new fuels, but stresses cooperation between scientists and engineers and solving heat challenges before practical use.
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Dayton
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Men of Science and Engineers
Andrew Kalitinsky
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation
Society of Automotive Engineers
Kalitinsky
Inauguration crowds fill Washington for Truman
Thousands arrive for Harry S. Truman's inauguration with estimates of 500 000 to 750 000 attendees. A Senate vote blocked a 20 percent tax cut on inaugural tickets while Dewey sent good wishes. Truman signed a federal holiday for Washington workers and forecasts no rain for the ceremonies.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Jackson County
Missouri
Senate
Congress
Truman
Barkley
Kentucky
Capitol
Ohio lawmakers push school funds boost amid inauguration week
Ohio legislators seek a $14.4 million annual school funding rise to raise teacher pay and expand subsidies to about 100.4 million yearly. The plan, backed by Rep. Joseph Avellone and the State Federation of Teachers, aims to win voter approval if the legislature balks.
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Joseph H. Avellone
Dcuyahoga
Ohio State Federation of Teachers
Avellone
Federation
Springfield police and firemen seek higher base pay scale
Springfield police and firemen urged city officials for a sliding base pay scale of 240 to 300 dollars a month. The present base pay is 235 dollars plus a 15 dollar monthly cost of living bonus.
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Springfield
Water Wells Planned for Salem Ohio
City officials mapped plans for immediate drilling of two new wells and a long range program to increase Salem's water supply.
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Salem
Unemployment Up in Ohio in December
Ohio saw a 10 percent rise in unemployment in December according to the State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. The report issued yesterday notes higher jobless claims and lingering labor market softness across the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Bureau of
Ferguson Blames Laxity For Uncollected Debts
Ohio State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson said attorneys general and local prosecutors cause the bulk of 25.7 million dollars in uncollected state findings since 1902. He estimated 16 million dollars is uncollectible and urged the legislature to grant him authority to pursue collections with his own legal staff. He noted only about 13 million of 38.7 million in findings have been collected, and described wide-range cases from embezzlement to unpaid hospital bills.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Ohio
Ohio State Auditors
Auditor’s Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Offices
State Auditor’s Inspection Bureau
Justices of the Peace
Athens County Cross Burning Is Mystery
No arrests have been made in the Athens County cross burning near Tuppers Plain and Coolville. A carload of men reportedly burned a cross in front of the Reynolds farm and ordered residents to leave. The family was moved to a relative’s home near Belpre, Washington County, with no motive yet found.
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Athens County
George Bateman
Reynolds
Tuppers Plain
Coolville
Belpre
Washington County
Woman Embezzler Given Probation in Ohio Case
Miss Alma Luther aged 36 former deputy automobile registrar was placed on five years probation by Judge John W. Ford in Youngstown Ohio. She pleaded guilty to embezzling 7271 dollars in fees from 1947 1948 and was ordered to repay the state after arrest on an auditor bureau warrant.
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Youngstown, O
P—Common Pleas
John W. Ford
Alma Luther
Luther
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Assembly Shifts Committee Jobs in Ohio House
Minority Republicans gained more committee seats as Speaker Cantwell reshuffled 17 of 22 standing panels to meet a 40 percent GOP rule. The move followed a coalition effort led by Rep. James Carney to force the change, with crucial losses for Democrats including Rep. Stephen Zona from the rules panel.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
John F. Cantwell
D-Mahoning
House
Cleveland
Carney
Cantwell
Stephen A. Zona
Dcuyahoga
James J. McGettrick
John J. Gallagher
Cleveland Democrats
Zona
Rep
Thomas J. Barrett
D-Mahoney
George B. Marshall
R-Franklin
Gallagher
Ray C. Carpenter
R-Seneca
Truman Signs Bill Boosting Own Pay
President Truman signed a bill increasing his own salary from 75000 to 100000 dollars and boosting expense allowances by 50000. The act also raises Vice President elect Barkley and Speaker Rayburn salaries from 20000 to 30000 with 10000 for expenses each.
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Washington
Truman
Barkley
Rayburn
Soviets Asked To Prove Intent With Actions
Washington January 19 Undersecretary of State Lovett said the United States seeks proof in action behind recent Soviet declarations favoring better East West relations. He urged concrete steps over words, noting Dean Acheson will be sworn in soon and Lovett will stay as undersecretary until Webb is confirmed.
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Washington
Lovett
United States
Russia
West
George C. Marshall
Dean Acheson
James E. Webb
Senate
NLRB Finds Coal Contract Illegal Union Shop Rule
A National Labor Relations Board examiner ruled the union shop provision in the one year contract between soft coal operators and United Mine Workers illegal. U.S. Steel and other steel interests challenged the pact which led to a brief strike and was later continued pending court review. The Taft Hartley act requires a majority vote for such agreements.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
U.S. Steel Corporation
Steel Company
T. Alan Goldsborough
Attempted Burglary Halted by Pistol Shot
Raymond F. Smith, 25, of Bellville West Virginia, was hospitalized in Lancaster in fair condition from a back wound after Clarence B. Tener, 55, a filling station operator, shot him in the back during an alleged burglary at a station eight miles north of Lancaster. Sheriff Dudley Crider identified the wounded man.
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Lancaster, O
Fairfield County
Dudley Crider
Raymond F. Smith
Bellville
W. Va
Lancaster Hospital
Clarence B. Tener
Lancaster
Cleveland Records Warmth As Mercury Reaches 63
Cleveland weather records show the temperature climbing to 63 degrees just before midnight, the highest for January 19 on record. The warm spell marked by local officials and weather observers drew notice across the city.
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Cleveland
Japanese minister receives honorary degree at Ohio Wesleyan
Dr. Takuo Matsumoto, president of Hiroshima’s Methodist Girls School, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Ohio Wesleyan University. He survived the Hiroshima blast, lost his wife, and urged peace and Christian education linking Japan and America. The ceremony was led by President Arthur S. Flemming.
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Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
Hiroshima
Takuo Matsumoto
Methodist Girls’ School
Arthur S. Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan
Matsumoto
Japan
America
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Democratic National Committee
Forrest Smith
Mayflower
National Guard
Mickey Rooney
Martha Vickers
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