New Housing Gas Furnace Ban May Be Lifted in Ohio
Ohio utilities commission held a public hearing on modifying its order curtailing fuel gas use in new housing. Three major firms voiced support for allowing gas heating plants in new homes while split on converting old housing. one urged retention until nat gas supply increases.
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Ohio
Columbus
State Utilities Commission
J. French Robinson
East Ohio Gas Co
Cc. J. Weaver
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co
Dayton Power and Light Co
Vatican Decrees Rules on Voting
Vatican decrees that Catholics may vote only for candidates who will respect and defend the rights of the church. The sacred consistory congregation issued the rule world wide. Pope Pius XII serves as prefect. members include Francis Spellman of New York and James McGuigan of Toronto.
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Vatican City
Sacred Consistorial Congregation
Roman Catholic Church
Vatican
Pope Pius XII
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
James Cardinal McGuigan
Toronto
Lausche Registers as Congress Lobbyist for Railway Federation
Former Ohio Governor Frank J. Lausche and Robert R. Young chairman of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. registered with Congress as lobbyists for the Federation for Railway Progress. Young serves as federation chairman and Lausche as vice president.
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Washington
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Congress
Robert R. Young
The
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Federation For Railway Progress
Young
Lausche
Escapist Ad Seeks Boat for Villa Exchange
In Helsinki March 3 the Swedish paper Hufvudstadbladet printed a want ad: an ocean-going sail boat desired to buy or exchange for an eight-room villa. Answers requested within a week.
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Helsinki
Hufvudstadbladet
Nineteen Die in Belgian Plane Crash at London Airport
Nineteen persons perished when a Sabena DC-3 crashed in dense fog at London airport. Three survivors were injured. Among the dead is Guido Benenti, 33, identified as an American traveler from Milan to London.
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London
Sabena Airlines
Brussels
Guido Benenti
Milan
Death of Russian General Veselov Reported in Moscow
In Moscow on March 3 the death of Maj. Gen. Vladimir Sergeevich Veselov, chief of agitation and propaganda for the armed forces central political department, was announced as untimely with no further details provided.
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Moscow
Vladimir Sergeivich Veselov
Armed Forces Central Political Department
Measles Epidemic Reported in Hocking County
The Hocking County health department announced the first general measles epidemic in years with 31 cases at Union Furnace School and additional cases in Logan. Quarantine is not used. children are kept home from school while sick. Care instructions emphasize physician follow up and preventing spread.
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Health Department
Union Furnace
Hocking County
County Health Department
Ben
Logan
Army to expand room in service shoes for soldiers
The Army announced new service shoes and combat boots will provide an extra 1/8 inch toe room and improved traction. To achieve this, the last shaping the footwear will be redesigned, a Munson last dating to 1912. Brig. Gen. Edward L. Munson is associated with the original form.
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Washington
Edward L. Munson
Remodeling Planned at Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home
James C. Delong announced a $363,382 remodeling job on seven cottages at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors home. Work will start March 8.
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Sandusky
James C. Delong
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Home
Ned Wellman to Enter U S Diplomatic Service in Germany
Ned Wellman son of Mrs. John Wellman Logan has been appointed by the State Department to a post at the American Embassy in Berlin Germany He will sail March 24 on the Mauritania if passage is obtained He is an OSU graduate who studied diplomacy after serving four years in the U S Army including time in New Guinea the Philippines and Japan He speaks French Italian and Spanish and plans to study German in Berlin.
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Ned Wellman
John Wellman
Logan
State Department
Berlin
Germany
Logan High School
Ohio State University
Wellman
Mauritania
LHS
Ohio State
Oberlin College
Farmers & Merchants
Red Haired Divorcee Seeks Folsom Husband Status
Christine Putman Folsom Johnston asks circuit court to declare Gov. James E. Folsom her lawful husband and the father of her 22 month old son James Douglas. The suits, filed as Folsom campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination, allege a common law marriage across Alabama Tennessee Kentucky and Florida.
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Cullman
Ala
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Circuit
Folsom
Christine Putman Folsom
James Douglas
Christine Johnston
Johnston
Carter E. Putman
GE opposes wage demands in 125000 worker talks
New York March 3 General Electric opposes the CIO United Electrical Workers demand for a large wage increase saying it would cause nationwide inflation and not be responsible for the damage to employee and public interests. GE notes the union seeks a $12.32 weekly buying-power regain and recognition of new bargaining units without elections plus an irrevocable dues check-off. The union seeks severance pay longer vacations and more holidays while GE and the union negotiate under a modification clause on a contract running to April 1 1949.
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New York
General Electric Company
CIO
United Electrical Workers
G-E
National Labor Relations Board
Court Order Stalls Western Union Plan
A common pleas judge in Columbus issued a temporary injunction stopping Western Union from substituting teleprinters for office service in six Ohio cities. The order follows aPUCO petition alleging the company did not seek state approval to abandon service. Western Union had proposed to discontinue service at Bellefontaine Delphos Lebanon Marysville Mt Gilead and Ottawa under FCC authority.
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Columbus
Western Union
Ohio
Common Pleas
John R. King
State Public Utilities Commission
PUCO
State Commission
Bellefontaine
Delphos
Lebanon
Marysville
Mt. Gilead
Ottawa
Federal Communications Commission
Historic Tun Inn Destroyed by Flames in Norristown
Three Tuns Inn a historic hostelry tied to George Washington’s Valley Forge siege burned for a $100000 loss. Nine people were asleep on upper floors but all escaped as the three story hotel was engulfed.
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Norristown
Three Tuns Inn
George Washington
Valley Forge
Lewis Noncommittal On Vacation Trip
Fort Myers expects to host John L. Lewis UMW president on a brief vacation at Pine Island Resort. He dodged questions about fishing plans while displaying a sunburn suggesting long hours in the sun.
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Lewis
Fort Myers
Fla
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pine Island
Grain Export Curbs Repeal Advocated
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson says the government may be forced to prop up wheat prices if export curbs stay. He favors repealing the carry over requirement of 150 million bushels kept on hand, and notes the law compels price support when the market falls below 90 percent of parity.
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Washington
Anderson
Congress
Senator Young
R-Nd
Funeral rites held for Elias J. Oeffler
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 PM for Elias J. Oeffler 68 who died suddenly last Friday at his Washington Avenue home. Rev Henry Carr officiated with music by Ralph Poston and organist Mrs J T Underwood. Pallbearers were Howard Blum Ira Rose John Leak N M Brown John Summers Vern Stump. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery by Roberts Funeral Service.
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Elias J. Oeffler
Washington Avenue
Presbyterian Church
Henry Carr
Ralph Poston
J. T. Underwood
Howard Blum
Ira Rose
John Leak
N. M. Brown
John Summers
Vern Stump
Oak Grove Cemetery
Roberts Funeral Service
Mississippi Secret Police Law Nearing Extinction
The Mississippi senate moved to abolish the secret police law by disbanding the Mississippi bureau of investigation already dissolved by Gov. Fielding L. Wright. The bill awaits House action expected to pass quickly.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi Senate
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation
Fielding L. Wright
House
Groceryman Dies in Hamilton After Half Century
Charles D. Kirn, 74, longtime Hamilton grocer, died today. The YMCA had awarded him a life mem- bership last week, marking his half century of service to the community.
GOP Renews Criticism Of Steel Price Hikes
REP. WOLCOTT calls steel price increases psychologically harmful as wage talks loom. TAFT reviews testimony from steel executives to decide if hearings continue and whether to comment officially. TRUMAN orders DOJ antitrust probe. FBI visits 16 steel firms.
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GOP
Washington
Rep
Wolcott
R-Mich
Congressional Economic Committee
Senate House Economic Group
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Justice Department
FBI
Russia Backs U S on Palestine Set for Partition Talks
In Lake Success on March 3 Russia renews support for the American partition plan and agrees to big five talks. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko dodges UN armed force for the Holy Land while accepting part of the partition principle and opposing U S led talks.
Mail By Rocket Tests Scheduled Across Searles Lake T
Ten rockets each carrying 300 letters will be launched from Searles Dry Lake to Trona California by the Reaction Research Society on March 27 officials said The group hopes to spark interest in rocket mail transmission with the experiments on the wide lake The organization envisions a future rapid mail system across the country
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Los Angeles
Searles Dry Lake
Trona
Calif
Reaction Research Society
Searles Lake
Woman Electrocuted at Local Plant in Sandusky
Coroner James E. Walker announced that Genevieve Eisenhauer 46 died from electric shock suffered at Apex Electrical Mfg Co where she worked. The incident occurred yesterday at the Sandusky facility.
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Sandusky
James E. Walker
Genevieve Eisenhauer
Apex Electrical Mfg. Co
Postal Receipts Rise in Cincinnati February Totals
Postal receipts in Cincinnati for February reached 850674 dollars, up nine percent from the same month last year, according to Postmaster Charles J. Bock.
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Cincinnati
Charles J. Bocklet
Carnival truck crash uncovers giant python remains
In Reading Pennsylvania a carnival truck crash yielded the carcass of a 10 foot python among the wreckage and another snake said to have escaped. Police suspect the cold weather killed the large reptile, while residents hoped the finding was accidental.
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Reading
Czech Ambassador to U S resigns amid Prague change
Czech Ambassador Juraj Slavik announced his resignation today to fight for a free Czechoslovakia. He told reporters he sent the notice to the Prague government and criticized President Edvard Beneš as being under duress during the Communist government’s formation. He did not specify his next steps.
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Washington
Juraj Slavik
Czechoslovakia
Labor Leader Denies Communist Ties Under Oath
Herbert K. Sorrell, Hollywood labor leader, testified before a House labor subcommittee that he is not and never has been a member of the Communist Party. He added he would reveal if he had joined, noting he cannot be deported to Missouri, his birthplace.
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Washington
Herbert K. Sorrell
Hollywood
Communist Party
House Labor
Missouri
Congress Urges More Military Aid for Greece and Turkey
Secretaries Marshall and Forrestal testified to the House foreign affairs committee advocating 275 million dollars for weapons for Greece and Turkey. They warned of Communist threats and the strategic importance of keeping both nations free, with aid tied to one year beginning next July 1.
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Washington
Marshall
Forrestal
Congress
Greece
Turekey
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Defense Forrestal
Russia
Turkey
Daylight Saving Time Vote Planned in Ashtabula May Primary
A proposed charter amendment establishing daylight saving time for Ashtabula will be decided in the May 4 primary election. The measure seeks to align local time with the standard daylight saving period.
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Ashtabula, O
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