Western Europe Union Discusses Atlantic Pact
London reports the five Western European Union nations Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg review the final North Atlantic defense pact draft. Talks aim to recruit more European members to join the US backed alliance ahead of a Washington signing next month.
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Western Europe Union
London
Western European Union
North Atlantic Defense Alliance
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Washington
Brussels
United States
Canada
Norway
Denmark
Italy
Portugal
Iceland
Senate panel backs James Boyd for Bureau of Mines
The Senate interior committee approved President Truman's nomination of James Boyd to be director of the Bureau of Mines.
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Washington
Senate Interior Committee
Truman
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
White House detains films in Key West over security
The White House confiscated newsreel films and destroyed still photos after a flight over Key West. Paramount News NBC, AP, International News Photos and Acme News Pictures covered President Truman at the enlisted men's beach and various Key West views from a Navy air ship using the temporary White House quarters.
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Key West
Fla
White House
Paramount News
NBC Television
Associated Press
International News
Acme News
Truman
Mr. Truman
Ohio State to vacate Oxley Hall for fireproof upgrades
Ohio State University's first dormitory Oxley Hall will be vacated March 25 to permit installation of fire proof stairways and corridors.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Oxley
Remorseful Driver Sends Card After Hit and Run
Eddie Devlin, seven, was struck by a hit and run driver and left in a hospital. A post card found among 1,000 greeting cards read God help me for hitting you but I haven't the strength to give my self up. Eddie was released from the hospital and his mother Mrs. Frank Devlin turned the card over to police. She said she felt sympathy for the sender.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Eddie Devlin
Eddie
Frank Devlin
Jacob Nixon Dies Sunday At Oreville
Jacob Nixon 60 oilman of Hocking County died of a heart attack at his Oreville home early Sunday. He had worked Saturday for Chartiers Oil Co. Survivors include his wife Della two daughters a son and a sister. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at the Oreville EUB Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Logan. Burial by Mills and Brown Funeral Home of New Straitsville.
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Jacob Nixon
Hocking County
Oreville
Nixon
Chartiers Oil Co
Della
Jacob,, Jr
Columbus
Michael Anders
Zanesville
Lonnie Foss
Ben Spicer
Logan
EUB Church
Merrel Holcomb
Earl Miller
Oak Grove
Mills and Brown Funeral Home
New Straitsville
Reds Shakeup Among Top Russians in Soviet Leadership
Moscow reports a broad reshuffle as Nikolai Voznesensky loses chair duties on the state planning commission and deputy prime minister role while M Z Saburov is appointed to planning. Molotov is replaced by Vishinsky as foreign minister and Mikoyan steps aside for a new foreign trade head as Gromyko rises to No. 2 in the ministry.
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Moscow
Nikolai A. Vozesensky
Politburo
State Planning Commission
Supreme Soviet
Alexander Gorkin
Council of Nationalities
Voznesensky
Gorkin
Presidium
M. Z. Saburov
Planning Commission
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
A. I. Mikoyan
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Foreign Ministry
Vishinsky
Mrs Annie E VanSickle Dies at 78 in Logan
Annie E VanSickle 78 wife of James E VanSickle died at 5 45 AM at her home in the Dicken Addition after several months illness She was born October 7 1870 in Parkersburg West Virginia and lived in Hocking County for years Survivors include her husband a son Albert of Logan a daughter Mrs Guy Leonard of Logan three brothers Hart Bartlett Chauncey Orval and Pyam Bartlett Toledo a sister Mrs Lottie Delong Floodwood Burial at Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville with services at Leonard Funeral Service handled by Leonard Funeral Service
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Annie E. VanSickle
James E. VanSickle
Dicken Addition
VanSickle
Parkersburg
W. Va
Hocking County
Pyam
Isabelle Bartlett
Church of the New Covenant
Albert
Logan
Guy Leonard
Hart Bartlett
Chauncey
Orval Bartlett
Pyam Bartlett
Toledo
Lottie Delong
Floodwood
Leonard Funeral Home
Miranda Casto
Greenlawn Cemetery
Nelsonville
Leonard Funeral Service
Buried Treasure Hunt for Jesse James Fails in Ohio
Four men searched Zanesville Ohio for Jesse James treasure using a mine detector. After two days the effort yielded only an empty chest as the detector broke down. One hunter, John Trammel, claims James predicted a gadget would find the stash.
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Zanesville
Jesse James
John Trammel
James
Austin
Texas
Frank Dalton
Ohio
Dalton
Missouri
Lausche Backs Bills Targeting Gambling and Sheriff Removal
Gov. Frank Lausche lent strong support over the weekend to two senate bills giving the governor power to remove nonperforming sheriffs and permitting a county prosecutor or attorney general to close habitual gambling venues. He named four clubs cited as gambling hubs and warned the issue faces county official opposition in Ohio.
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Columbus
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Women Companions Of Bandits Freed
Two Ohio women named by police as companions of Lyman Ramsdell and George Ashton, robbers of a West Virginia train, are released from custody in Coral Gables Florida. Police say there is no link to a local grocery store robbery linked to the train robbery. Jeanne Johnson 27 Poland Ohio and Jeanne Dupuy 24 Newport Village Ohio were identified.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Ohio
Lyman Ramsdell
George Ashton
West Virginia
William G. Kimbrough
Kimbrough
Jeanne Johnson
Poland
Jeanne Dupuy
Newport Village
Publishers Hit Proposed Hike In Postal Rates
The American Newspaper Publishers Association opposed planned postal rate increases saying they would drive newspapers from the mails and let a bureaucrat control content. They told the House Post Office committee that second class rates would climb about 400 percent and that the system is not a subsidy but a charge for services not received.
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Washington
American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
House Post Office Committee
Josh L. Horne
Rocky Mount
N. C
Telegram
Elisha Hanson
Post Office Department
Horne
Gilbert B. Davis Dies Saturday Night
Gilbert B. Davis, 80, retired farmer of Hocking County, died at 9 P M Saturday at the home of his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Harley Notestine Mt Pleasant after six weeks illness. Survivors include wife Julia three daughters and two sons. Funeral 3 30 P M Tuesday at Heinlein Funeral Home with Rev A N Grueser officiating burial in Smiths Chapel Cemetery.
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Gilbert B. Davis
Harley Notestine
Mt. Pleasant
Green Township
Davis
Hocking County
Julia
Notestine
Clara Anderson
Logan
Bertha Perry
Warren
King George Condition Listed Satisfactory After Surgery
King George is more comfortable and his general condition remains satisfactory doctors said. The 53 year old monarch underwent a delicate nerve operation Saturday to cut a nerve center near his spine to improve blood circulation in his right leg. He has suffered faulty blood circulation in the legs since last November.
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London
George
Hansher Rites Tuesday for Mrs Ella Redick Hansher
The body of Mrs. Ella F Redick Hansher 80 who died Friday in Columbus will be transported to Mt Pleasant Church for the casket to be opened from noon to 1 P M with services at 1 P M Burial will follow in McArthur Cemetery by Heinlein Funeral Service.
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Ella F. Redick Hansher
Columbus
Mt. Pleasant
McArthur Cemetery
Heinlein
Senate Committee to Review Abolishing Nominating Conventions
In Columbus Ohio March 14 the Senate elections committee opens hearings on reviving state nominating conventions once more. Supporters cite former Governor Cox and publishers opposing primaries as backing. Proposals would set a 1950 convention window and allow petitions for nonconvention nominees.
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Senate
Columbus
Senate Elections Committee
Ohio
Conservation Department
Elections Committee
Charles L. Bartlett
Hamilton
James M. Cox
Cox
Fred R. Seibert
R-Auglaize
Evan P. Ford
D-Franklin
Robert R. Shaw
Franklin
Harold F. Miller
D-Lucas
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio's Lost Acres by James D Wells
James D Wells of Logan, associate state forester, writes for the Sunday Magazine of the Columbus Dispatch. The article titled Ohio's Lost Acres discusses what to do with Ohio's submarginal lands, drawing on Wells' 15 years of study and his prominence as an authority on the issue. He previously served as secretary of the Logan Chamber of Commerce.
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James D. Wells
Logan
Ohio
Columbus Dispatch
Wells
Dispatch
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Vandals Damage Car in Portsmouth Streets
Ova Ferguson found his automobile vandalized after Saturday night as vandals broke windows lights torn wires from spark plugs stole battery gas tank and oil caps and let air out of tires in Portsmouth Ohio on March 14.
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Portsmouth
Ova Ferguson
Accused Russian Calls Trial Comedy in Court
Valentin A. Gubitchev, Russian engineer under espionage indictment in federal court, branded the proceedings a comedy. He claimed diplomatic immunity and said the United States recognized his status with a diplomatic visa. He argued the case targets a Soviet diplomat and is illegal to judge in this court.
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New York
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Einstein Turns Seventy Quietly Amid No Celebrations
Princeton observers note Albert Einstein reaches age seventy on March 14 with no interviews or public statements. The famed physicist maintains his tradition of a subdued birthday, avoiding press and festivities.
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Princeton
N. J
Albert Einstein
Markets At A Glance Wide Price Movements Noted
Wheat receipts rise as cash grain improves. Corn shows mixed to little change. Oats steady amid weak maturation reports. Hogs hold steady to 25 cents lower, top 21.75. Cattle steady to 50 cents lower, top 27.50. Stocks mixed with narrow moves. Bonds irregular as Third Avenue 5s fall sharply.
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Third Avenue 5
Shutdown Leaves 2300 Miners Idle in Hocking Valley
Coal production in the Hocking Valley was halted as about 2,300 miners stayed home on the first day of the mine holiday called by United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis. Only Maiden Coal Co. near Murray City remained in operation amid nationwide walkouts affecting 700 Ohio mines and 471,000 miners east of the Mississippi.
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U.M.W
John L. Lewis
Mississippi River
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
James Boyd
Federal Bureau of Mines
Truman
Senate
International
Hocking Valley
United Mine Workers
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Nelsonville
Maiden Coal Co
Murray City
Corning
New York Central Railroad
Pomeroy
Hocking-Athens
Snowfork
Brushyfork
Ohio
United Mine Workers District
Columbus
Adolph Pacifico
U. S. Bureau of Mines
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Illinois
Alabama
Virginia
Tennessee
Indiana
Maryland
UMW
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
Utah
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Washington
Kansas
Missouri
United States
Wallace Speech Triggers Two Week Radio Time Ban
Wallace unexpected speech on a Sunday religious program prompt cancelation of two weeks of time on WLNK. Norwalk Ministerial Association sponsors blame lack of advance notice by Rev Charles W Lee and Henry A Wallace for the incident. The broadcaster reports over 100 protests from Catholic and Protestant groups and defends free speech but calls the move a Trojan horse tactic.
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South Norwalk
Association
The
Broadcasting Company
Wallace
Charles W. Lee
Lee
Benjamin Ginzburg
Ginzburg
WLNK
WNLK
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