Talmadge Defies Thompson Over Georgia Governor Row
Georgia Governor Talmadge refuses to cede office to Lt. Gov Thompson who declares himself acting governor. Thompson moves to senate president offices awaiting court ruling. Talmadge says no vacancy and vows to abide by courts, asserting sovereignty of legislature and past opposition to white supremacy.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
M. E. Thompson
Thompson
Senate
State Capitol
Courts of
Talmadge
General Assembly of Georgia
Supreme Court
Taxes and Bonuses Dominate Ohio Legislators
Ohio legislators return to the General Assembly as Gov. Thomas J. Herbert outlines a program aligned with the GOP platform. He backs immediate tax cuts and a vote on World War II veterans bonuses. Debates hinge on sales tax reductions amid a small business commission push to hold rates.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
General Assembly
Senate
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Small Business Commission
96Th General Assembly
Herbert
GOP
Workmen Clear Path To Snowbound Town
Browning Montana January 20 Workmen with bull dozers and rotary plows pushed along a 40 mile snow packed road toward Babb a tiny town isolated by ten foot drifts on surrounding roads. About 300 residents awaited aid as supplies ran very low though no starvation or exposure was reported.
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Browning
Mont
Rotary
Montana
Babb
Galcier National Park
Elmer Fladmark
Glacier Park
War Vet Congress Members View Veterans Policy Demands
A survey of House members with war service shows strong demand for housing for veterans and opposition to a soldiers bonus. They urge immediate cashed terminal leave bonds, higher education and learning-job ceilings, more hospital facilities, faster back taxes payment, and aggressive help for disabled veterans, spanning all services, regions, and parties.
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Washington
Congress
House
Truman Unification Plan Faces Senate and House Hurdles
President Truman’s bid to unify the armed forces encounters Senate and House resistance. Gurney expects War and Navy bill routing, while Taft and Aiken hint at executive expenditures committee paths. Andrews blasts the plan, but Wadsworth will push merger legislation on the House floor.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
Senate
War and Navy Departments
Gurney
R-Sd
Armed Services Committee
Taft
Ohio
Committee On Executive Expenditures
Chairman Aiken
R-Vi
Aiken
Capitol
Andrews
R-Ny
House Armed Services Group
White House
House
Executive Expenditures Committee
Rep
Wadsworth
R NY
State Department Aides Deny Charges in House Probe
Washington January 20. Undersecretaries William L. Clayton and Dean Acheson denied House claims they profited from public office. Rep Shafer alleged Clayton and family earned over 5.5 million dollars from Anderson Clayton in the year Britain won a 3.75 billion loan. He also said Acheson's firm would get a one million fee if Poland secured a 500 million loan. Clayton called Shafer's statements factually wrong.
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Washington
Jan
William L. Clayton
Dean Acheson
Rep. Shafer
R-Mich
Clayton
Anderson, Clayton and Company
Britain
United States
Acheson
Poland
Escaping Gas Blamed For Fatal Explosion
Cleveland officials traced a fatal explosion and fire to escaping gas at Knickerbocker Manor an east side rooming house. Firemen removed gas fixtures and equipment as investigators searched for the source. Funeral services were set for Mrs. Lillie Somers 68. Hugo Humfeldt 52 remained in serious condition after a third floor fall. Three others were hospitalized with injuries.
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Cleveland
Fire Prevention Bureau
Knickerbocker Manor
Henry Herczog
Willis L. McClure
Bureau
Lillie Somers
Hugo Humfeldt
Miners to Receive Schnapps Under U S Zone Plan
The American Military Government announced the release of about 12 000 bottles of schnapps for coal miners in the U S zone. Heaviest workers will receive one bottle per month as an incentive to boost production.
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Berlin
U. S
Automobile Collides With Horse and Buggy
City police flagged an unusual accident at Market and Front Streets when an automobile hit a horse and buggy over the weekend. No injuries. both vehicles sustained minor damage. The horse’s driver was unidentified, while the auto driver was Francis C. Kouri of Columbus, who reported the incident at police headquarters.
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Market
Front Streets
Francis C. Kouri
Columbus
Five battle scarred cruisers to be junked in Baltimore
Patapsco Scrap Corporation announced the acquisition of five light cruisers Trenton Memphis Concord Richmond and Detroit veterans of sea battles. They will be torn down after the firm finishes sinking several small aircraft carriers tankers and merchant vessels purchased in the last six months.
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Baltimore
Patapsco Scrap Corporation
Trenton
Memphis
Concord
Richmond
Detroit
Fire razes two Toledo warehouses at Hickok Oil plant
A spectacular blaze roared through two large Hickok Oil Co. bulk-plant warehouses on the edge of Toledo late last night, punctuated by dozens of explosions. The fire destroyed contents including oil grease and new tires.
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Toledo
Hickok Oil Co
Byrd Seeks Big Cuts in Government Spending Plan
Senator Byrd from Virginia told reporters that federal outlays could be trimmed to 32 billion dollars for the coming year, exceeding reductions in Truman’s budget. He argued a more efficient administration could save about 5.5 billion while preserving defense, and suggested cutting up to one million of the 2.4 million government employees without harming efficiency as Congress prepares war fraud probes, air safety studies, and labor dispute hearings.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Truman
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Taft
Ohio
White House
George Hunsacker Dies Early Today
George Hunsacker aged 71 died early today at Hocking Valley Hospital after a period of failing health. He and wife Ida Belle moved to Logan from Starr Township where he farmed. A native of Hocking County, he will be interred at Oak Grove Cemetery after a 2 PM Wednesday service at Leonard Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Amos L. Heyde. survivors include two daughters Grace Briley of Lancaster and Helen Warehime of South Bloomingville and one grandchild.
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George Hunsacker
North Walnut Street
Hocking Valley Hospital
Hunsacker
Ida Belle
Logan
Starr Township
Hocking County
Leonard Funeral Home
Amos L. Heyde
Oak Grove Cemetery
Grace Briley
Lancaster
Helen Warehime
South Bloomingville
Logan Man Escapes Death at Crossing
Robert Fitzgerald of Walbridge formerly of Logan narrowly escaped death when his car was struck and demolished by a freight train at a crossing near Walbridge last Thursday. He works at Libby-Owens Corp in Toledo and was en route to work. He spent the weekend with his mother Iva Fitzgerald and sister Connie Schultz at 205 Hocking Avenue.
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Robert Fitzgerald
Walbridge
Logan
Fitzgerald
Libby-Owens Corp
Toledo
Iva Fitzgerald
Connie Schultz
Hocking Avenue
Notice to Logan Subscribers About Unauthorized Collections
Daily News alerts Logan subscribers to ignore payments to nonauthorized collectors. A boy was apprehended and referred to juvenile court after a fraudulent collection but reports persist. Pay bills only to the authorized carrier known to customers.
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Daily News
Logan
The
Marshall to assume state duties Tuesday at White House
Gen George C Marshall to take oath as secretary of state at the White House tomorrow. Weather delayed oath, with plans to sign peace treaties by Byrnes before retiring from the Army. Key topics include Polish election conduct, China's future policy, and the Argentine situation ahead of Moscow talks.
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Gen. Marshall
Washington
Jan
George C. Marshall
White House
Byrnes
Marshall
Truman
Spartanburg
S. C
Moscow
Poland
China
College Head Calls Flag Raising Prank at Oberlin
Oberlin Ohio January 20 The red flag of Communism hung from a 45 foot administration building pole as officials awaited workmen to cut it down. Superintendent Lester S Pies said removal may need a steeple jack costing 50 to 60 dollars. President William E Stevenson called the act a silly childish prank noting similar stunts annually when sap rises. прошлогодний.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Lester S. Pies
William E. Stevenson
Teachers in five Springfield schools abandon strike plan
In Akron Ohio on January 20 teachers in the five Springfield township schools canceled plans to strike for higher pay. A spokesman said most school board members agreed by telephone to make a $25 monthly raise permanent after teachers sought increases of $200 to $300 a year.
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Akron, O
Springfield Township
Ship Disaster Toll Hits 437
The Merchant Marine Ministry raised the missing and believed dead to 437 after the 1800-ton Greek steamer Chimarra sank near Athens following an explosion blamed on a mine. Of 548 passengers and 87 crew, only 198 survivors are confirmed. sabotage reports were not confirmed.
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Athens
Merchant Marine Ministry
Chimarra
Salonika
Marine Ministry
Raschig Acting Public Works Chief Confirmed
Columbus January date report states Attorney General Hugh S. Jenkins ruled Raschig’s signature valid for state payrolls. He designated Frank L. Raschig as de facto head of the public works department pending a court decision between Raschig and Democrat J. L. McCormick. Auditor Ferguson held payrolls until the ruling.
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Columbus
Atty
Hugh S. Jenkins
State Department of Public Works
Frank L. Raschig
J. L. McCormick
Ravenna
Jenkins
Joseph T. Ferguson
Raschig
State Supreme Court
State Director of Public Works
Ferguson
Theft reported of license plate in Logan
Police investigate weekend theft from Harold Ewart’s car in Logan. Plate number read Y 101 K.
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Harold Ewart
Logan
Impartiality of Detroit Judge Is Questioned
Senate leaders pressed for a House impeachment inquiry into Federal Judge Frank Picard of Detroit after testimony that he urged a pro labor stance during a Chrysler portal pay case. The witness claimed Picard ordered remarks stricken and suggested jurors revise a verdict in favor of Chrysler, with 12 to 13 portal pay suits pending against the company.
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Washington
Eastland
D-Miss
Frank Picard
Detroit
House of Representatives
Senate
Theodore R. Iserman
New York
Chrysler Corporation
Iserman
Picard
Chrysler
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Donnell
Subcommittee
Portal
French Troops Close In On Hue To Relieve Garrison
Paris dispatch reports French forces advancing on Hue to lift the siege. Vietnamese nationalists have pressed attacks since December 19, isolating the garrison and prompting renewed relief efforts.
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Paris
Indochina
Hue
Many Callings Represented Among Young Men of the Year
The United States Junior Chamber of Commerce named ten outstanding young men for the year. Winners include Joseph A. Beirne, Charles G. Bolte, Dan Duke, John F. Kennery, Joe Louis, Bill Mauldin, Dr. Philip Morrison, John A. Patton, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., and Harry W. Wismer. Occupations span boxing, atomic physics, engineering, law, journalism, and broadcasting.
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Chicago
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Joseph A. Beirne
Washington, D. C
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Charles G. Bolte
New York
American Veterans’ Committee
Dan Duke
Fairburn
Georgia
John F. Kennery
Boston
Joe Louis
Detroit
Bill Mauldin
Phoenix
Ariz
Philip Morrison
Cornell University
John A. Patton
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr
Harvard University
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Big Bill” Tilden
Los Angeles
Net Star
State Department
Logan Man
Army
Air Transport Command
Fred N. Vinson
Vincent Auriol
France
Natonal Assembly
Leon Blum
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