Cold snap grips Ohio with subzero dawns
Subzero temperatures hit northern Ohio with Cleveland at minus five, its coldest since 1944, while weather forecasts warned of slight warming tonight. State highway patrol observers logged a low around three degrees above zero early Saturday and a noon rise to 40 degrees.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Mercury
State Highway Garage
Akron
Toledo
Columbus
Cincinnati
Weather, fuel relief improve as ice blocks ease in Ohio
Temperatures rose to near zero with a forecast of 12 by day’s end and several cities reporting slight gains. Ohio Fuel Gas Co. says about 350 communities can relight hot water heaters while gas limitations ease. Ice floes in the Ohio River loosen, with barges freed and auto cargo moving toward Memphis.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Newburgh
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Memphis
Tenn
Egg Price Support Unlikely at Present
The Agriculture Department said it does not plan immediate egg purchases to support prices. If current levels are sufficient to keep prices at 90 percent of parity, no support program will be needed. Parity is deemed fair to both farmers and consumers.
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Agriculture Department
U S Rejects Red Protests Over Mediterrean Moves
Washington Jan 31 secretary of state Marshall rejected two Soviet protests against U S Air Force and Navy activities in the Mediterranean. A formal note to Moscow will be ready early next week. The Russians complained about reopening a wartime air field in Libya and U S warship visits to Italian ports citing treaty violations.
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Mediterranean
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Libya
Italy
Britain
United States
AFL accuses Soviets of plans for war
The American Federation of Labor bluntly accuses Soviet Russia of antagonizing the United States and preparing an offensive war. AFL leaders call for immediate strengthening of U S defenses as they warn Stalin’s forces aim to destroy the American way of life. The statement followed a push for labor support of a stronger air arm.
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Fila
American Federation of Labor
Soviet Russia
United States
U.S
AFL
William Green
O. P. Weyland
Pleads insanity in stabbing of eight year old girl
Harold A. Beach, 22, pleaded in nocent by reason of insanity yesterday in the fatal stabbing of eight year old Sheila Ann Tuley in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Harold A. Beach
Sheila Ann Tuley
Cabaret Girls Riot Over Shanghai Austerity Closures
Rioting cabaret girls and accompanying men wrecked Shanghai's social affairs bureau building injuring about 20 police officers. Some 2,000 girls and roughly as many men protested the closure of 14 cabarets tied to China's austerity program.
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Shanghai
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Ball School District Seeks Transfer to Logan Schools
Residents of the Ball district near Logan petitioned the Hocking County Board of Education to transfer from Falls Rural to Logan schools. Signed by over 75 percent of Ball electors, the request requires action before April 1 and may be heard at the board's next regular meeting.
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Hocking County Board of Education
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Ohio River Ice Gorge Now 65 Miles Long
The 65 mile ice gorge on the Ohio River extended about 11 miles upstream in the last 24 hours from Madison Indiana. The jam runs from Hoosier City to Addyston Ohio, with the river from Gallipolis to dam 32 frozen solid and the section between Cincinnati and Gallipolis nearly fully iced.
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Ohio River Division Corps of Engineers
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State Ownership of Forest Land Debated in Ohio
In Columbus on January 31, Ohio Forestry Association members debated state purchase of more forest land. Cleveland attorney Horatio Ford argued government should avoid forestry business, while advocates urged expanding state forests and parks to reach 600000 acres in 20 years. State Forester Alderman noted about 142000 acres are already owned. Theodore Reed was elected association president. officers and awards were announced, highlighting Tom H. Johnson and Edmund Secrest.
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Cleveland
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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
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Theodore Reed
Pomeroy
Bryce C. Browning
New Philadelphia
Max Shepherst
Toledo
Oliver D. Diller
Tom H. Johnson
Somerset
Perry County
Edmund Secrest
Large Field of Candidates Anticipated in Hocking County Primary
The May 4 primary could draw the largest candidate field since prewar days with county offices boosted by a 30 percent salary rise. By Friday only two county candidates had filed, while about 10 sought central committee posts.
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Russians Seize American Editor on Prague Train
War Ren Trabant editor of the German language magazine Heute was taken from the Prague to Munich train by Soviet authorities and is being held in Soviet-occupied Austria. His wife in Steyregg said the action stemmed from his lack of an Austrian visa while she was allowed to continue to Salzburg without one.
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Generator accident kills Arthur A. Burke in hospital plant
Arthur A. Burke, 62, died after being thrown against a wall by a generator wheel at the General Hospital power plant in Cincinnati. The death occurred yesterday, January 30, and authorities are investigating the industrial accident.
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Arthur A. Burke
General Hospital
New Ohio Highway Director Named Earl R. Reeb
Earl R. Reeb of Hicksville is named Ohio highway director by Gov. Thomas J. Herbert. A 57 year old with 36 years in the department, Reeb has been maintenance chief since last year and succeeds Murray D. Shaffer. Shaffer resigns to become sales manager of a roller company.
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Earl R. Reeb
Hicksville
Ohio
Reeb
Thomas J. Herbert
Highway Department
Murray D. Shaffer
Mansfield
Ohio Northern University
Reed
Paulding
State Highway Department
Toledo
Defiance
Shaffer
Buffalo-Springfield Roller Co
Springfield
Britain Blocks Palestine Partition Plan Acidic Stand
The United Nations faced a crisis as Britain announced new policy limits in Palestine. London barred Jewish or Arab militias until the mandate ends May 15 and barred the UN commission from entering Palestine until two weeks before that date. Britain also rejected piecemeal administration handover, signaling difficulty implementing the General Assembly’s partition plan and raising doubts about a two-state outcome.
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Planes search Atlantic for missing Star Tiger airliner
About 30 planes combed the stormy Atlantic around Bermuda as the airliner Star Tiger with 29 aboard remains missing. Rescue runs have covered over 68 000 square miles in the search led by British South American Airways.
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Bermuda
Atlantic
British South American Airways
Harvard economist Slichter assails Taft-Hartley strike ban
Sumner H. Slichter, a Harvard labor economist, called Taft-Hartley provisions for handling strikes that threaten health or safety ridiculous. He told Cincinnati's business leaders that the section renders industrial relations a political football.
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Harvard
Sumner H. Slichter
Taft-Hartley
University of Cincinnati Business and Professional Men’s Group
Ink freezes halting trial in Mayville court
A Chautauqua County court session in Mayville paused when Clerk Lucian Nowak found his ink had frozen. The incident occurred during a preliminary stage of the trial, delaying proceedings until the temperature rose enough to thaw the ink.
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Gandhi's Funeral Procession Threads Through Delhi
Gandhi's body was carried to a Hindu cremation ground in Delhi under heavy guard after his assassination. Thousands lined the route from Birla House to the river Jumna as soldiers protected the procession and Gandhi was laid on a sandalwood pyre in accordance with Hindu ritual.
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Narayan Gadse
Poona
Pioneer Youth Group Meeting Date Changed
Mrs. Emily Van Fossan county home demonstration agent announced a date change for the Hocking County Pioneer Youth Group meeting. The box social Valentine party moves from Tuesday in Maccabee Hall to Wednesday at the Logan fairgrounds. A. R. Mingus of Ohio State University will not speak as planned.
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Hocking County
Maccabee Hall
Logan Fairgrounds
A. R. Mingus
Ohio State University
Gang Leaders Sentenced in Trumbull County Case
Two men identified as gang leaders in Warren were sentenced to Ohio Penitentiary after pleading guilty to charges linked to a spree of holdups burglaries and other crimes. Charles Roth, age 23, received 13 to 85 years and Ernest Marchiente, 22, 10 to 25 years.
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Paul J. Reagan
Trumbull County
Ohio
Charles Roth
Ernest Marchiente
Death Toll 21 In Two Plane Crashes In France
Discovery of 12 bodies in the wreckage increased the death toll to 21 from two US air crashes in southern France. Three American women five children and four crewmen were found where the first plane fell near a village in the French Alps. The C 47 crashed and the B 17 Flying Fortress exploded during a rescue. one man survived from its ten crew.
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Murderer Is Hanged in West Virginia
Coal miner Mark Mc Cauley aged 36 was hanged in Moundsville for the 1946 murder of state police sergeant Joseph P. Horne. He wore a new blue serge suit during the execution.
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W. Va
Mark McCauley
Joseph P. Horne
Orville Wright Dies at 76 Pioneer Aviator Passes in Dayton
Orville Wright, the 76 year old co inventor of the airplane, died last night in Miami Valley Hospital Dayton at 10 40 PM after lung congestion and coronary arteriosclerosis He and his brother Wilbur pioneered flight in 1903 shaping both War and Peace uses of aviation
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Orville Wright
Miami Valley Hospital
A. B. Brower
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Kitty Hawk
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Wilbur
Wright Field Engineers
Opening Blast Is Directed at Ray T. Miller
Former Ohio governor Frank J. Lausche joins the Democratic race for governor in Cleveland, entering a bitter pre primary contest against Ray T. Miller. Lausche frames the issue as opposition to party boss influence and declares intent to seek the nomination at the May primaries.
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Lausche
Lausche Names Campaign Chair To Lead Drive
Gubernatorial candidate Frank J. Lausche announced that former cabinet member Robert L. Moulton of Galion Ohio will head his campaign committee. Moulton, who served as director of commerce under Lausche’s predecessor, consented to lead the effort.
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Frank J. Lausche
Robert L. Moulton
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Lausche
Moulton
Lausche Miller clash fuels Ohio party feud
Nominating papers in circulation as Lausche claims shots at Miller and county units. Miller campaigns statewide after declaring entry on December 3, with broad support from county chairmen and many state units. Former governor Lausche, a longtime ally of independent voters, faces multiple Democratic rivals including Torok and Cox. Ferguson and Reams exit race while Burke petitions circulate.
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Cuyahoga County
Ohio County
Ohio
Joseph Ferguson
Frazier Reams
Toledo
Reams
Cleveland
Thomas A. Burke
Greek General Ventiris Relieved of Command
Lt Gen. Constantine Ventiris was relieved today as commander in chief of the Greek armed forces fighting guerrillas in northern Greece. The National Defense Council adopted a new plan to wage war against troops seeking to carve a separate Communist state in the north.
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Greece
National Defense Council
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