Nation may face 16.5 billion defense bill under war fears
Senators disclosed to President Truman that the next year could require up to 16.5 billion dollars for defense if tensions with Russia persist. The figure, tied to peacetime budgeting, emerged after a closed Senate armed services committee session with Gen. Eisenhower and top generals. They discussed compulsory training costs and plans to muster 1,000,000 trained personnel to defend air bases and necessary industries.
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Washington
Russia
Truman
Senate Armed Services Committee
High Command
Yestern
Circleville War Veteran Seeks 11th District Congress Nomination
Ed Haecker of Circleville 36 year old war veteran and Ohio state examiner announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for Congress from Ohio's 11th district which includes Hocking County He enlisted January 16 1942 served as a private and later was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant His education spans Circleville High School Cleveland College night classes Cleveland Law School Harvard University graduate business program and since 1987 he has worked as an examiner and auditor for the Ohio Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Offices.
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Ed Haecker
Circleville
Ohio
Hocking County
Graduate School of Business Administration
Harvard University
Ohio Bureau of Inspection and Supervision
Air Force C-47 Missing on European Flight
Frankfurt report says a United States Air Forces C-47 transport plane is missing on a flight from Istres France to Udine Italy. The Wiesbaden base noted a missing crew or passengers count is unknown and an aircraft search is underway today.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States Air Forces
Istres
France
Udine
Italy
Air Force Beker
Wiesbaden
Uncle Henry Lutz's Steam Buggy Rolls In 1899
In 1899 Charlie lit the burner and rode with his father piloting the throttle as the steam buggy built by rural genius Hen Lutz of Logan Ohio vied with horses down Second Street and up Main Street. The detailed setup includes a concealed engine under the seat a boiler and tanks a gas box and gauges for steam and air pressure.
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Hen Lutz
Logan, O
Hen” Lutz
Uncle Hen
Appalachian
Hocking County
Charlie
Second Street
Main Street
Yepees
Henry Lutz
West Second Street
Margaret Jutz
Taft Plans Quiet Campaign In Ohio For 1952 Delegates
Sen. Robert A. Taft will do little in state campaigning for Ohio's 53 Republican delegates to the national convention. Taft will rely on the Ohio party to deliver delegates while he focuses on out of state delegate strength and a Cleveland appearance February 28. Stassen backers aim to win several district delegates in Cleveland and across Ohio ahead of the May 4 primary, to boost his nomination chances against Truman.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Harold Stassen
Ohio
Ohio Gop
Stra
Clarence J. Brown
Blan
Taft
Brown
Cleveland
Stassen
Earl S. Hart
Minnesota
Truman
Schuman Government Threatened by Gold Debate
Paris January 28 premier Robert Schuman faces possible fall of his cabinet if the national assembly rejects the gold program. The plan to devalue the franc and free money markets drew socialist opposition in a cabinet caucus.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
National Assembly
Schuman
Socialist Party
France
LaFollette Links Europe Aid to U S Independence
Former senator Robert M. LaFollette told the Senate foreign relations committee that Western Europe’s recovery program is vital to U S independence. He warned a Communist takeover and social collapse threaten Europe and delay European recovery without substantial U S aid, adding that only Europeans can save Europe.
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Washington
Robert M. LaFollette
Prog-Wis
la Follette
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
United States
Complete Ice Block Seen for Ohio River
Cincinnati dispatch reports the Ohio River may freeze from bank to bank by week’s end if cold weather holds. Maj. Gen. Douglas L. Weart of the U S Engineers Division reveals the icebound river could trap 11 barges carrying about 500000 dollars worth of new automobiles. Engineers announce movable dams deployed from Woodland West Virginia to Mound City Illinois to aid salvage and transport plans.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Douglas L. Weart
U.S. Engineers Division
Newburgh
Ind
Woodland
W.va
Mound City
Ill
Drys Seek Place On Ohio Ballot
The Prohibition Party asks Ohio officials to add its candidates to the November ballot. Frank McCartney of Columbus seeks a court order to require Secretary of State Edward J. Hummel to place the party on the ballot, with the court giving until February 28 to act. Under state law only presidential party nominees from prior primaries can appear.
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Columbus
Prohibition Party
Frank McCartney
Prohibition
U.S
Second District Court of Appeals
Edward J. Hummel
Ohio
Loretta Young Comments on British Rations Stir Press
Hollywood star Loretta Young drew front page attention with remarks about London rationing. She described factories, razor blade shortages, patched shoes, and paraffin fried fish, prompting mixed editorials on hunger and wartime resilience.
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London
Loretta Young
Loretta
Miss Young
The
Daily Mirror
America
Daily Herald
B Young
Detroit Faces Weeklong Gas Cut Idling Auto Giants
About 200,000 Detroit workers and 15,000 in the Pittsburgh area sit idle as the Michigan Consolidated Gas Co cuts deliveries for a week amid the cold snap and gas shortage. Ford, GM, and Chrysler feel the impact though Ford may escape more disruption due to its own standby equipment at River Rouge.
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Detroit
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
General Motors Corp
Cavenne Corp
Ford Motor Co Manufacturing Co
Pittsburgh
Ford
River Rouge
Airplane pioneer Orville Wright suffers second heart attack
Orville Wright, 76, co inventor of the airplane, was reported unchanged at Miami Valley Hospital after his second heart attack since last October. He rested easily and showed improvement under care of Dr. A B Brower, with a private nurse attending.
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Dayton, O
Orville Wright
Miami Valley Hospital
Wright
A. B. Brower
New York Legislators Reject City Lottery Plan
In Albany on January 28, Republican leaders in the legislature dismissed New York City Council plans for a one year hospital lottery. The unnamed top leader said there’s not a chance in the world for it, with others echoing the stance amid ongoing study of the council resolution.
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Albany
N.Y
New York City
Bandits Rob Apartment. $1450 Stolen in Portsmouth
Bernard Kimble told police two masked men entered his apartment and robbed him of 1450 dollars. The incident was reported from Portsmouth Ohio with details disclosed last night.
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Portsmouth
Bernard Kimble
Injuries Fatal in Ohio Traffic Crash
In Bryan Ohio Mrs Lucinda Holmes 47 Toledo died after injuries from a Saturday traffic crash. Police said she sustained critical wounds in the collision that day and succumbed yesterday.
Council Grants City Workers Raise in Pay
City council unanimously approved hourly wage increases effective in 30 days for laborers from 65 to 80 cents and for foremen from 75 cents to 1.10 dollars. Union recognition was not acted on amid guidance from city solicitor citing Ohio Supreme Court rulings. Charles W. Smith resigns to attend trade school. overtime pay issue noted. Parking request referred to committee. State snow plow plan approved. Bowen cites railroad bridge as flood damage cause.
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C. Wood Bowen
Ohio Supreme Court
Lawrence Courter
Logan
Boyd Wright
Charles W. Smith
Chicago
Wright
Smith
John Glass
Woodrow Kalklosch
Triple Six Cab Co
West Main Street
Roger Friend
Bowen
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Hocking River
Steel Workers Chart New Pay Hike Demand
The CIO United Steelworkers set a 170 member wage policy committee to meet February 18 in Pittsburgh to plan a wage increase for steel workers. The international executive board meets February 16 for a prelim. Steel Labor notes industry profits hit 112 million dollars before taxes in 1948, topping 1947 records.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Steel Labor
Senate confirms General Bradley for Army chief
The Senate confirmed General Omar Bradley as Army chief of staff to take over from General Dwight D. Eisenhower in the coming spring. The announcement came from Washington on January 28.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Army
Senate
Bradley
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Defiance approves police pay raise and fire crew boost
Defiance city council raises police and fire chiefs by fifteen dollars per month and increases for firemen and patrolmen by twenty dollars. Other city workers seek raises as well.
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Defiance
GOP Sees Feasible Tax Cut Worth 6.3 Billion
GOP members of the House Ways and Means Committee report a tax cut of 6.3 billion dollars while still allowing 11 billion to be paid on the national debt over the next two fiscal years. They base this on a 3 billion cut in President Truman's 39.7 billion budget. Democrats warn of deficit risk to solvency and security. Debate on the tax bill starts tomorrow with a Monday vote and separate mass meetings planned for Republicans and Democrats.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
GOP
Knutson
Truman
Taft-Hartley Charge Alleges GM Unfair Practice
Robert N. Denham of the NLRB accused General Motors of refusing to bargain with the CIO Auto Workers over an insurance plan. The complaint, based on January 22 union charges, sets a February hearing and could lead to a court order halting the practice.
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Washington
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
General Motors Corporation
CIO Auto Workers Union
Denham
NLRB
General Motors
All Unessential Establishments Ordered Closed
The state utilities commission ordered immediate closing of all Logan theatres lodges meeting places recreation drinking establishments shops and churches using gas for heating. Operators were notified by Logan officials and police on Wednesday afternoon amid a severe cold spell with minus 27 degrees. Gas conservation urged as heat kept to 60 degrees in businesses and 65 in homes with water heaters shut off.
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State Utilities Commission
Logan
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Police Department
Commission
Logan Pottery Co
New Straitsville Brick Co
Logan Clay Products Co
State Highway Garage
Workmen Killed in Tooling Machine Blast at Patton Co
Vincent Patton aged 42 of Cleveland Heights was killed and two others injured when an experimental tooling machine at the Patton Company flew apart yesterday in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Vincent Patton
Cleveland Heights
Patton Co
Highway Patrol Chief Links Speeding to More Accidents
Ohio's Col. George Mingle attributes rising crash numbers to faster driving. He notes a 126.5 percent rise in written warnings for speeding and reckless driving in 1947 while denying a policy shift, saying officers judge each 50 mph case by road conditions and traffic.
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Columbus
Ohio
George Mingle
State Highway Patrol
Mingle
Highway Patrol
Ened
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