Curbs on Food Prices Forecast by Porter
Paul Porter, former price control administrator, predicted the U.S. will require wage and price controls plus rationing and allocation across essential materials to prevent economic collapse amid postwar recovery. He warned Western Europe’s fate affects inflation and warned civil war in Europe could spark broader conflict. Porter spoke for Americans for Democratic Action, describing it as a national liberal organization.
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Washington
Paul Porter
Europe
Western
Porter
United States
Greece
Americans For Democratic Action
Horse trainer Henry McDaniel dies at 82 in Florida
Miami report notes Henry McDaniel who trained Sun Beau and Exterminator passed away at Coral Gables aged 82. The veteran conditioner guided several famous race horses and influenced early 20th century racing.
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Miami
Fla
Henry McDaniel
Coral Gables
Chicago Teachers Strike Looms Over Delayed Pay Checks
AFL Chicago Teachers Union leaders met to decide on a possible strike if pay is not received by Tuesday. About 14,000 public school teachers face pay delays as the city council finance committee hurries action on a 1948 tax levy of 96,972,000. Meanwhile, the Men's Teachers Club voted to begin a sit down strike Monday in classrooms. France moves to devalue the franc without IMF permission, a foreign ministry spokesman said.
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Chicago
Afl-Chicago Teachers’ Union
Board of Education
Eisenhower Exits Field Sparks Vandenberg Dark Horse Talk
Washington reports Eisenhower’s withdrawal shifts momentum to Taft and Dewey with a potential third candidate Vandenberg. Sen. Sparkman says Vandenberg could be drafted if thrust upon him, while backers press on in Oregon to place Eisenhower on the Republican primary ballot.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
Sparkman
D-Ala
Taft
Dewey
Vandenberg
Oregon
Peter Alford
State to Build Two Bridges on Route 56
Sealed bids for two new bridges over the east branch of Raccoon Creek on Route 56 near Coonville are due by 10 A M February 17 at the state highway director. One bridge will be a steel beam structure with timber deck and substructure, the other a continuous concrete slab bridge with concrete substructure. Estimated cost 119100. Completion set by November 30 1945.
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Raccoon Creek
Coonville
Red Haired Fraulein Claims Share of American Estate
Ursula Bauer a 23 year old Berliner seeks a U S visa to pursue a claim to a Philadelphia estate reportedly worth 180000 dollars tied to Henrietta E Garrett. Berlin press calls her a Dollar Princess while U S officials warn visa chances depend on a national interest certification and a February 20 deadline.
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Berlin
Ursula Bauer
United States
Philadelphia
Miss Bauer
Rotary
U.S
Or Court
Henrietta E. Garrett
Germany
F. A. Lane
Kentucky Reports Ten Inch Snowfall
The U S weather station reported Pikeville received 10 inches of snow with more on the way. Kentucky Virginia stages suspended bus service across the area due to the storm.
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Kentucky
Pikeville
U.S
Kentucky- Virginia Stages
Canton Youth Leader Wilbur Weaver Dies by Self Inflicted Wound
Wilbur Weaver 40 Canton junior chamber of commerce outstanding young man of 1940 died from a bullet wound to the head. Stark County coroner said preliminary findings indicate the injury was related to personal safety.
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Canton, O
Wilbur Weaver
Chamber of Commerce
Canton
Stark County
Pauley Gains Open Chance to Rebut Charges at Inquiry
Edwin W. Pauley faces a forenoon rebuttal before a Senate appropriations subcommittee as Harold Stassen repeats claims that Pauley traded on inside information after becoming a special Army secretary aide. Stassen cites new speculative activity, asserts insiders profited, and hints at further discoveries pending Justice Department records.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Harold E. Stassen
Senate Appropriations
Pauley
Stassen
California
Minnesota
Subcommittee
Berserk Youth Aboard Cleveland to Pittsburgh Train
A 25 year old Cleveland man opened fire on a passenger train near Ambridge, wounding a woman and a rail line worker. Passengers restrained him after a shot struck Mrs. Mary Refici and left Ira Crider injured, with the gunman Kenneth Short jailed on assault charges.
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Ambridge
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Mary Refici
Sewickley Valley Hospital
Sam
Ira M. Crider
Freedom
G. E. Walker
Walker
Reiici
J. J. Hoffer
Monaca
High School Youths Accused of Robbery
In Nashville Georgia two 16 year old high school students Laneth Rentz and Harry McRaine are jailed on burglary warrants for stealing $18 000 in cash from a wealthy farmer. A third youth of about the same age is being sought inspector N N Hughes said.
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Nashville
N. N. Hughes
Laneth Rentz
Harry McRaine
Mother Kills Self Near Zanesville
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wilson aged 36 mother of nine children shot and killed herself with a .22 caliber rifle at her home near Zanesville Ohio yesterday. Two of the children were two month old twins.
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Zanesville, O
Mary Elizabeth Wilson
Here
Coal Miner Alfred Fontenot Killed in Route 146 Crash
A 26 year old coal miner from near Zanesville Alfred Fontenot died last night when his car skidded and struck a bridge abutment on Route 146.
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Zanesville, O
Zanesville
Alfred Fontenot
Radio Signals Spur Hunt for Lost Plane
Denver dispatch reports faint radio signals from a snowbound Rocky Mountain area 35 miles northwest of Denver intensifying efforts to locate a government C 47 missing since Wednesday night with three men aboard. Civil Aeronautics Administration inspector J Chester Shimp said he heard the signals while flying, with two CAA employees also detecting them. The C 47 was two hours westward from Denver to Grand Junction when it reported severe turbulence.
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Denver
Jan
Rocky Mountains
J. Chester Shimp
Kansas City
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Grand Junction
Colo
Body of Man Found In Ashes of Fire
Coroner Samuel R. Gerber sought to identify a charred body found in a fire wrecked St. Clair Avenue rooming house as Barney Miller 67 a dishwasher last seen alive Sunday when he risked the blaze to retrieve money from his room The body was found after a three day search through ice covered ruins of the 225 000 dollar structure
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Cleveland
Samuel R. Gerber
St. Clair Avenue
Barney Miller
German Food Strike Spurs Efforts to Boost Rations
In Munich and across 26 Bavarian towns a 24 hour hunger strike by about 1 million Bavarians pressed the Bizonal Council to curb black market activity and hoarding. The council required full stock reports from farmers and food handlers with fines up to 3000 dollars for false reports. Gen. Lucius D. Clay announced plans to raise the basic German ration from 1550 to 1800 calories daily by July 1. Communists led demonstrations and many union members joined the walkout.
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Munich
Germany
German Economic Council
U.S
Bizonal Council
Lucius D. Clay
Washington
Bavaria
Thugs Rob Gambling Club at Columbus
Six gunmen raided the Ritz Club in Columbus on January 24 taking about 35000 from patrons and the house. Sheriff Ralph J. Paul said about 40 customers were inside when the raid began with a leader at the door directing the operation. The bandits forced patrons to turn over purses wallets and jewelry before loading the loot into a sack and fleeing in a car.
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Columbus, O
Ralph J. Paul
Indictment in Centerfield Holdup Slaying
Ervin White, 29, was indicted by a grand jury on a first degree murder charge in the Centerfield holdup slaying of Homer Caplinger, 44, on January 11.
College 'Mother' Ida Ross Coen Dies at 70
Ida Ross Coen, longtime manager of Ogden Hall at Miami University, died in a Massillon hospital. She guided hundreds of male students over twenty years, earning the nickname mother of the campus.
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Oxford
Ida Ross Coen
Miami University
Ogden Hall
Massillon
Korean Police Chief Target of Assassin
In Seoul two plain clothes bodyguards were wounded in an assassination attempt on metropolitan police chief Chang Taik Sang. The chief escaped with a minor hand injury, marking the third attempted attack in two years.
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Seoul
Korea
Chang Taik Sang
Severe snowfall blankets Southeastern Ohio with seven inches
A blizzard dropped seven inches of snow on Logan and Hocking counties by noon. Snow fell at over an inch per hour since 7 A M while crews plowed and spread calcium. Roads remained open though slick, visibility reduced, and drivers warned to slow down as the storm moved north toward Lake Erie.
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Logan
Hocking County
State Highway Garage
Ohio
Portsmouth
Weather Bureau
Lake Erie
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Central Ohio
Intoxicated Fort Sill Soldier Crashes Through Lawton Chase
An intoxicated Fort Sill soldier drove a tank through Lawton Oklahoma before midnight, crashing three cars and triggering a 12 mile MP chase through the town. Police and provost marshal officials launched an investigation while residents flooded the switchboard with questions.
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Lawton
Okla
Fort Sill
Actress Kay Francis Falls Ill in Columbus Stage Sleep Aids
Actress Kay Francis recuperates from an upper respiratory infection in White Cross Hospital Columbus after collapsing from sleeping pill overdose. Police detain stage manager Howard Graham then release him as doctors call her seriously but not critically ill. Erin O'Brien Moore substitutes in State of the Union as a nurse friend arrives.
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Columbus
Kay Francis
Hartman Theater
White Cross Hospital
Maurice B. Rosoff
State of the Union
Miss Francis
Erin O’brien-Moore
New York
Howard Graham
Graham
Richard Barthelmess
O’brien-Moore
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