Filibuster Issue Settled But Arguments Continue
Washington March 17 The Senate filibuster clash ends in a compromise with 64 senators able to limit debate on most matters but not to alter the rules. Democratic leader Lucas concedes the Truman fight is lost while critics press for further verbal exchanges before a vote.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Lucas
Illinois
Myers
D-Pa
Douglas
D-Ill
Pepper
D-Fla
Neely
D-W Va
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Russell
D-Ga
Youths Halted In Southward Trek To Meet Spring
Two 15 year old boys from Hamtramck Michigan left home Monday heading south to meet spring. They carried two cases of noodle soup two cartons of cigarettes a small amount of cash and a borrowed car. Police found them in Brecksville Ohio huddled by a campfire trying to heat soup as snow fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Michigan
Richard Hendricks
Chester B. Branjicki
Hamtramck
Detroit
Hendricks
Steve
Brecksville
Four Nations Invited To Join Atlantic Pact
Denmark Iceland Italy and Portugal were invited to join the North Atlantic security pact with the United States and seven other nations. The four are expected to sign the treaty once details are released tomorrow. In Rome a communist filibuster halted a vote on Italian adherence after an all night session.
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Washington
Denmark
Iceland
Italy
Portugal
United States
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
County Gets Second Snowfall in Week
A light snowfallblanketed Logan and Hocking County today marking the second storm this week. Temperatures rose to 39 degrees by noon after a 30 degree early morning low, with state highway officials reporting roads in good shape.
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Logan
Hocking County
State Highway Department
State Highway Garage
Five-Hour Blaze Threatens Howard Farbach Co Office
Firemen fought a five hour fire at the Howard Farbach Co office storage building in Cincinnati late yesterday. Loss was estimated at 50000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Howard Farbach Co
Show Operator Denies Lottery in Youngstown Case
Peter Wellman of Girard pleaded innocent to operating a theater lottery in Youngstown Ohio. Bound over to the Trumbull County grand jury under a 1000 dollar bond. City solicitor Reed S Battin testified to five registration books with about 15 000 names to be used as evidence.
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Youngstown, O
Peter Wellman
Trumbull County Grand Jury
Reed S. Battin
Boks
Eagles Ban Slot Machines in Ohio Lodges
Columbus report says the grand worthy president Devere Watson ordered a state wide ban on slot machines in Ohio Eagles lodges and any related activity. He announced a special mandate to enforce the ban and a broader probe of fraternal group practices prompted by Rep. Edward De Chant.
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Columbus
Ohio
Order of Eagles
Devere Watson
Council Bluffs
Eagles
Watson
Kansas City
Order
Grand Worthy
Edward W. de Chant
Lorain
de Chant
Grand and Ohio
Lorain Lodge
Senate Blocks Lausche Local Government Revenue Bill
Democrats in the Ohio Senate stalled a key part of Gov. Lausche's local government program by blocking a liquor license fee increase from passing. Four Democratic holdouts reduce votes to 19 with 14 against, delaying the bill until the next legislative day.
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Columbus
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Senate Democrats
Arthur Blake
Belmont
Nicholas P. Bernard
Mahoning
Edward Welsh
Montgomery
Emmett R. Guthrie
Coshocton
Robert C. Ragan
D Lucas
Ragan
GOP
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Franklin
Enterprise Girl Stricken With Scarlet Fever
A new scarlet fever case is reported by Hocking County Health Department. Victim is 11 year old Phyllis Goheen of near Enterprise, pupil at Enterprise School. Home quarantined to prevent spread.
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Hocking County Health Department
Phyllis Goheen
Lugene Goheen
Near Enterprise
Enterprise School
Park to honor Admiral King proposed by Ohio legislature
Lorain leaders urged Senate conservation committee to create a 500 acre Beaver Creek area park in Lorain County to honor Admiral Ernest J. King. The bill would authorize the public works director to obtain the land and reallocate 300000 of prior Cleveland area park funds. Further hearings planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ernest J. King
U.S
Lorain
King
Senate Conservation Committee
Beaver Creek
Lorain County
Ralph A. Winter
Medina
Cleveland-area
Winter
Adm
United States
Pearl Harbor
St Patrick's Day Parade Draws Crowds on Fifth Avenue
New York hosts its annual St. Patrick's Day parade with over a million spectators expected along Fifth Avenue. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Mayor William O'Dwyer join public dignitaries in the reviewing stand as marchers parade to Celtic airs.
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New York
Ireland
Fifth Avenue
Thomas E. Dewey
William O'Dwyer
Court Clears Priest In Paternity Suit
In Portsmouth Ohio Judge Fred Everett dismissed a 100000 paternity claim against Roman Catholic priest Rev George Brown former assistant pastor of Holy Redeemer Church. He also dropped a criminal bastardy action and a damages suit against Rev H R Rubeck of Wheelersburg for alleged detention at his rectory.
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Portsmouth
Common Pleas
Fred Everett
Jackson County
Rosemary Yuenger
George Brown
Holy Redeemer Church
H. R. Rubeck
Wheelersburg
Rubeck
Everett
Scioto County
Sales Tax Receipts Continue On Skids
State tax data show weekly receipts for the period ended March 5 totaling 2,035,964.28 dollars. Treasurer Don H. Ebright reported the 1949 year total at 16,825,848 dollars, down from 18,442,016.78 in the previous year.
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Columbus
Don H. Ebright
Sears Cuts Prices On Denim Clothing Nationwide
Sears Roebuck announces a nine percent cut on all denim wearing apparel effective immediately, applying to both retail stores and the mail order business in Chicago and nationwide.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Company
New International Wheat Pact Proposed
The United States Canada and Australia proposed a new international wheat pact excluding the Soviet Union after the Russian delegation declined to participate on Western terms. Dr Charles F Wilson of Canada led the exporters committee stating the move followed the refusal to join.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Australia
Soviet Union
Charles F. Wilson
Father Sentenced in Akron for Child Non Support
Common Pleas Judge Frank Harvey sentenced Melvin Keller aged 33 to a one to twenty year term in the Ohio Penitentiary for non support of his two children.
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Akron
Common Pleas
Frank Harvey
Melvin Keller
Ohio
Rent Control Bill Seen Likely for 15 Month Extension
Chairman Maybank predicted Senate banking committee approval of a 15 month extension of rent controls with a 15 percent cap over 1947 levels. A banking subcommittee approved the measure outlining a base for increases and staged rises beginning October 1 1949, with protections for tenants already at or near the cap.
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Washington
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Banking
Senate
Subcommittee
Koreans Kill Missionary Wife at Seoul Tea
Mrs. Horace G. Underwood, wife of a leading American missionary, was shot through a door while hosting tea for college wives near Chosen Christian University, Seoul. She died en route to a hospital as Korean police and U.S. Army authorities launch an investigation with early suspicion on Korean assailants.
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Seoul
Horace G. Underwood
Korea
U.S. Army
Convicted Slayer To Seek New Trial
Springfield report says attorney David Carter will file a motion for a new trial for Dwight David Tudor, 26, of Columbus, on March 17. Tudor faces the electric chair for the slaying of Mary Ann Page, 14, after a jury convicted him of first degree murder without mercy.
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Springfield
David Carter
Dwight David Tudor
Columbus
Tudor
Mary Ann Page
Railroads oppose Ohio conveyor belt line in state senate debate
Columbus March 17 railroad lobbyists blasted the proposed 130 mile Lake Erie Ohio River conveyor belt line calling it not a public utility and saying eminent domain cannot be applied. They warned NE Ohio lines may be abandoned and jobs lost as PUCO approval becomes required. Jackson Betts and Frank Aible joined Earl Shively in supporting the committee of 12 railroads formed to halt the belt line.
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Columbus
State Senate
Judiciary Committee
Belt Line
Lorain
East Liverpool
Cleveland
Youngstown
Earl C. Shively
Ohio Railroad Association
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
PUCO
Shively
Ohio House of Representatives
Jackson E. Betts
Findlay
Frank R. Aible
Accused Murderer Pleads Not Guilty in Ohio Slaying
Athens Ohio March 17 Grover E Rawlins enters an innocent plea to a first degree murder charge in the killing of Eleanor Gifford 52 a church worker from Athens.
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Athens, O
Grover E. Rawlins
Eleanor Gifford
Athens
Indiana Denies Unemployment Pay To Prostitutes
Gary Indiana March 17 The Indiana Unemployment Compensation Bureau says gamblers may qualify for unemployment insurance while prostitutes do not because prostitutes are classified as independent contractors The bureau notes more claims after Gary women protested crime and vice Men listed trades such as poker dealers bet takers and slot machine maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Indiana
Lyman K. Bilts
Indiana Unemployment Compensation Bureau
Bilts
Drop in Temperature Whittles Coal Stocks
Wintry blasts threaten coal users as a four day old protest by about 465,000 miners weighs on supply. In Pittsburgh's bituminous center dealers say stockpiles of 70 million tons above ground could cover demand unless the strike continues or temperatures stay below freezing.
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Pittsburgh
Desperate 13 Year Old Father Seeks Job in Michigan
In Paw Paw Michigan a 13 year old father Carl Blake Jr his 16 year old wife Winifred and their three week old baby live in a tarpaper shack with eight in laws. He is jobless with no prospects though they strive to stay together. Michigan law blocks child labor permits for under fourteen preventing work.
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Paw Paw
Mich
Carl Harvey Blake, Jr
Winifred
Carl
Leo Singleton
Michigan
Hoover Study Group Split On Provisions
A divided Hoover Commission urged sweeping changes to the Interior Department to boost efficiency and cut waste. It proposed replacing Interior with a Department of Natural Resources or, failing that, a broad reorganization adding flood control, public works, hospital and airport construction, and a social security oriented plan, while trimming Indian affairs and land management.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Interior Department
Congress
Department
State Acheson
Department of Natural Resources
Army Corps of Engineers
Federal Works Agency
Veterans Administration
Army and Navy
Public Health Service
Bureau of Civil Aviation
Commerce Department
Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Land Management
Minerals
Commercial Fisheries
Indian Affairs
Department For Social Security, Education and Indian Affairs
Acheson
James K. Pollock
James H. Rowe, Jr
Army Engineers
Reclamation Bureau
Forest and Range Service
Forest Service
Agriculture Department
Defense Forrestal
McCellan
D-Ark
Rep
Manasco
D-Ala
Flip of Coin Sets FEPC Vote Date
The House will vote next Wednesday on the FEPC bill after a coin flip decided the date. Speaker John F. Cantwell dropped a coin during a split between Tuesday and Wednesday, retrieved it, and proclaimed Wednesday as the voting day.
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FEPC
Columbus
House
House Rules Committee
John F. Cantwell
Dmahoning
Cantwell
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