WIRE ON TRACK WRECKS TRAIN
Former Ohio governor Frank Lausche says trusted aides betrayed him when he halted liquor permit issuance days before leaving office. Investigators expand probe beyond Cleveland to Akron Canton Youngstown and Warren to determine club legitimacy and possible fronts for after hours liquor.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Columbus
State Liquor Department
Hugh S. Jenkins
Akron
Canton
Youngstown
Warren
State Highway Patrol
Cuyahoga County
Jenkins
Assembly Abandons Fast Track For Salary Increases
Ohio lawmakers opened the session with many new bills but dropped a plan to rush salary increases for appointive officials entering posts next month. Senate leaders considered a bi partisan highway commission bill, while measures for education funding and veterans bonus hearings moved forward. House and Senate leaders, after talks with Gov. Herbert, abandoned an attempt to enact pay raises before February appointments.
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Columbus
Albert L. Daniels
Highland
Ohio Education Association
Senate
Frank E. Whittemore
R Summit
Representatives
House
Thomas J. Herbert
Whittemore
C. William O’neill
Washington
Cocoanut Grove Owner Dies in Boston
Boston dispatch reports Bar nett Welansky, 50, operator of the Cocoanut Grove where 492 people died in a 1942 fire, died at his home after a cancer battle two months after being pardoned from a 12 to 15 year manslaughter sentence. He had claimed he was framed when pardoned last November.
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Boston
Barnett Welansky
Cocoanut Grove
Welansky
Hitch Hike Slayers May Face Grand Jury
In Youngstown Ohio two 16 year old high school boys are accused of a hitchhike slaying and a kidnapping plot after confessions. Juvenile Judge Beckbach refused to retain custody allowing the grand jury in session to act. They allegedly shot William C Spieth a salesman from Ashtabula who picked them up. Ransom notes demanded 5000 dollars and a kidnapping plan involved Richard Masters 16.
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Youngstown
Henry P. Beckenbach
Don Frohner
Arthur Chapman
William C. Spieth
Ashtabula
Speith
Richard Masters
Mrs. Marcia Huggins Dies at 66 in Logan
Mrs. Marcia E. Huggins 66 lifelong Logan resident died at home after a two week illness. Widow of James Huggins she worked at Reedy's Restaurant and belonged to Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church and Ewing Grange. Funeral at Heinlein Funeral Home with Rev. E W Seymour. burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Survivors: two sons Myron and Merle of Mt Pleasant. two sisters Mrs. Charles Schaal and Belva Rhoades. a grandson James Huggins and granddaughter Patricia Sue Huggins.
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Marcia E. Huggins
Logan
East Front Street
Oak Grove Cemetery
Myron and
Merle
Mt. Pleasant, Mich
Charles Schaal
Belva Rhoades
James Huggins
Patricia Sue Huggins
Food price decline noted in December
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a mid-December drop of about one percent in retail food prices from the peak in mid-November, occurring in 46 of 56 cities surveyed. Louisville, Kentucky, saw the sharpest fall at 3.4 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Louisville
Bender proposes 25 percent cut in normal government functions
Washington dispatch reports Rep. Bender of Ohio urging a 25 percent reduction below 1932 outlay for normal government functions as part of a broader fiscal debate on Capitol Hill. He seeks to implement Roosevelt's early campaign pledge though specifics and potential savings remain unclear. The piece situates Bender among other lawmakers pushing budget reductions while noting limited general government allocations in Truman's upcoming plan.
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Washington
Bender
Ohio
Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
Ohioan
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
S Truman
Rep
Cannon
D-Mo
Knutson
Rminn
Ways and Means Committee
Brehm Named to Migratory Bird Commission
Walter E. Brehm of Ohio was appointed to the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission yesterday, announced by Speaker Joseph C. Martin. The move adds a Republican voice to the commission as of the announcement in Washington.
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Washington
Walter E. Brehm
Ohio
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
Joseph C. Martin
Changeable Chinese General Switches Allegiance to Chiang
Gen Ho Peng-Chu, commanding 50 000 Communist troops along the Kiangsu Shan tung border, abandoned the Communist forces to join the government army. This marks his fourth switch between factions since joining anti government and pro Japanese troops earlier. His move followed a dissatisfcation with Communist life, as he brought four divisions to Hai chow near Lunghai.
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Nanking
China
Ho Peng-Chu
Kiangsu-Shantung
Hsuchow- Haichow
Japan
Democratic Reconstruction Joint Army
Shantung Province
Hsuchow
Housing Group to Hear Vets Charges
Senator Capehart says seven young war veterans from an American Legion committee will present evidence of mismanagement in the housing program. The Senate Banking Committee will study a housing survey before final action on Dillon Myer’s nomination as U.S. housing administrator, after Tobey withdrew approval at Capehart’s request.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Dillon Myer
Hebron
Ohio
U. S
Capehart
R-Ind
American Legion
Senate
Myer
Tobey
R-Nh
Banking Committee
M. D. Higgins Dies Monday at Athens
Funeral arrangements are being completed for M. D. Higgins 77 who died yesterday afternoon at his home in Athens after a three weeks illness. He had pneumonia. Survivors include two daughters Mrs A J Curl Logan and Mrs Bernard Bradbury Cincinnati two sons Everett Akron and James Chicago and two brothers Charles Higgins Logan and Harold Higgins Athens. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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M. D. Higgins
Athens
A. J. Curl
Logan
Bernard Bradbury
Cincinnati
Everett
Akron
James
Chicago
Charles Higgins
Harold Higgins
Congress seeks clarity on atomic group oversight
The Senate atomic committee pressed to define Congress and armed services rights to monitor the new atomic control commission. David E. Lilienthal faced cross examination from Senator McKellar while Senators Hickenlooper and Knowland urged clear access to internal commission deliberations and proceedings. The hearing recessed with further questioning planned.
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Washington
Senate Atomic Committee
Congress
Armed Services
Atomic Control Commission
Hickenlooper
Iowa
David E. Lilienthal
Lilenthal
Lilienthal
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
McKellar
Gordon R. Clapp
TVA
Atomic Committee
Indian Arrowhead Halts B-29 Flight in Roswell
Roswell New Mexico January 28. Captain H Bohart a B 29 Superfort pilot at Roswell Army Airfield halted a flight when a tire began to fail on the runway. Inside the tire mechanics found an Indian arrowhead prompting swift action and investigation.
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Roswell, N. M
H. Bohart
Roswell Army Airfield
Bohart
Hocking County Crippled Society to Meet February 5
The Annual meeting of the Hocking County Society for Crippled Children will be held Wednesday, February 5, at 6 P M in Blosser's Restaurant banquet room. Dr H M Boocks, president, will chair as officers are elected and plans discussed for the 1947 Easter seal sale. A state society representative will attend. Mr and Mrs L K Showalter will report on the Columbus meeting. The society, organized a year ago with the Logan Rotary Club, has run Easter seals and aided crippled children and adults.
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Hocking County Society For Crippled Children
Blosser’s
H. M. Boocks
State Society
L. K. Showalter
Columbus
Hocking County Society
Logan Rotary Club
Rockbridge Farmers Meeting Set With Disease Control Talk
Dr. H. R. Hinchman of the state veterinary department will speak at the Rockbridge Farmers Institute meeting on February 12 in morning and afternoon sessions. His topic is Livestock Disease Control Measures. The appearance is arranged by Dr. D. C. Hyde. A county daily meeting slated for Thursday night has been cancelled and will be rescheduled because Prof Ivan McKellip from Ohio State could not appear.
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H. R. Hinchman
State Veterinary Department
Rockbridge
Smoot
Ivan McKellip
Ohio State University
Probate Judge Dies in Cincinnati Tragic Update
Cincinnati probate judge Frank S. Bonham died of a heart attack late last night, just ten days after the death of Common Pleas Court Judge Frederick L. Hoffman. The Hamilton County judiciary mourns two prominent figures, with Bonham serving in the probate court and Hoffman as a common pleas judge.
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Cincinnati
Frank S. Bonham
Hamilton County Probate Court
Common Pleas Court
Frederick L. Hoffman
Stoppage Delays Cincinnati Newspaper Editions
The Cincinnati Enquirer delayed its first edition by over an hour after union printers halted work for an unexplained reason. Managing editor R. E. Boyd said two later editions were merged to compensate. Printers from Cincinnati’s three daily papers had voted to strike over contract differences but postponed the walkout until the scale committee met with publishers. Night shift printers at Times-Star and Post continued work during the Enquirer stoppage.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer
Re. M. Boyd
The
Enquirer
Cincinnati Times-Star
Cincinnati Post
Founder of Rotary International Dies
Paul P. Harris, the Chicago lawyer who founded the first Rotary Club in 1905 and led Rotary as it grew into a global network, died after a long illness at age 78. He helped found the National Association of Rotary Clubs in 1910, which became international in 1922, and served as the first president of both groups. At his death he was Rotary International president emeritus.
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Chicago
Paul P. Harris
Rotary Club
Harris
Rotary
National Association of Rotary Clubs
International
Rotary International
Lancaster Man Strangles Wife
Lancaster, O Jan 28. Prosecutor will file charges today against Frank Devore 42 punch press operator who admitted strangling wife Clara 37 because she was friendly with another man. Devore said it took 20 minutes. Son Robert 12 reported death to neighbor. Coroner puts time of death about three hours. The couple had four other children.
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Lancaster
W. ©. Pickering
Frank Devore
Punch
Clara
Sam Hutsler
Devore
Robert
C. A. Barrow
Light quake shakes eastern Honshu at noon
A light earthquake rattled eastern and central Honshu at noon today in Tokyo reported no damage. The event affected Tokyo and surrounding prefectures with no injuries or structural harm documented.
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Tokyo
Honshu
Hindu bans lifted on Muslim League and Hindu youth group
Lahore Punjab government lifts bans against the Moslem league national guard and the Rashtriya Sewak Sangh, a Hindu youth organization, announced today. January 28.
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Lahore
Punjab
India
Moslem League National Guard
Rashtriya Sewak Sangh
Trains Crash in Indiana. Four Dead and Twenty Injured
Indiana state police confirm four dead after a Pennsylvania Railroad Union passenger train wreck near Walton caused by a two foot roll of fencing wire jammed into a switch. Fireman A Wisler and engineer N J Lamartine among the dead. twenty or more injured, including Lamartine who aided rescuers before transfer to Logansport hospital. Federal investigators join state police at the scene as wreckage spans the town.
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John R. Fisher
A. F. McIntyre
Pennsylvania
Fisher
W. W. Patchell
Chicago
Federal Bureau of Investigation
A. Wisler
Richmond
Ind
Kathrynn Marie Kingery
Kokomo
Walter Pischke
H. G. Perkinson
Anderson
N. J. Lamartine
Lamartine
Logansport
Safeguards to Human Rights Tackled by UN
LAKE SUCCESS New York January 28 The United Nations opened work on creating machinery to safeguard human rights and fundamental freedoms worldwide. The 18 member commission on human rights convened at 11 A M EST with delegates acknowledging a long and complex task ahead.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
Commission On Human Rights
Temple of Good Will Approved By Ohio Pastors
Ohio Pastors Convention approves a proposal to establish a Temple of Good Will as a virtual state headquarters for Protestantism in Ohio with a 304 to 8 vote. The plan, introduced by Rev. A Ward Appelgate, awaits final action next spring or fall. Louis J Taber and Clarence D Laylin are elected leaders of the Ohio Council of Churches as the convention proceeds with a banquet tonight featuring Harold E Stassen.
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Columbus
Ohio
A. Ward Appelgate
Friends Church
Wilmington
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Ohio Council of Churches
Clarence D. Laylin
King G. Thompson
Laylin
Taber
Thompson
Harold F. Carr
Lakewood
Appelgate
Harrison Sayre
Charles F. Johnson
L. K. Roush
Floyd Faust
E. E. Nietz
Fred E. Lucis
Athens
Herman A. Klahr
Cleveland
Harold E. Stassen
International Council of Religious Education
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