Senate moves tax cut bill to pause in Washington
The Senate iced the Republican tax cutting bill, likely delaying action for two months or more. House passage was 297 to 120 with strong GOP support and Democratic backing, while Taft warned of veto risks unless revenue loss is trimmed. Analysts expect a final package around 4 billion if objections are to fade.
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H. Carl Andersen
Minnesota
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
House Budget Committee
Truman
Monroe Man Hurt When Car Is Hit By Train
Edwin Frazier, 35, of Monroe, suffered multiple injuries when his car was struck by a Cincinnati bound Pennsylvania freight train at the Route 24 crossing near Oakland Station, four miles south of Middletown. He sustained a dislocated right hip, a fractured left wrist, head lacerations, and tooth loss. His car was demolished and he was taken to Middletown Hospital by an ambulance. condition listed as fair this morning.
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Edwin Frazier
Monroe
Oakland Station
Middletown
Frazier
Pennsylvania
Middletown Hospital
McCoy- Leffier
Three Men Hurt In Auto Crash In Middletown
Three men injured yesterday when two cars collided at Columbia Ave and Verity Pkwy. Delmar Day, 38, passenger in William O Neal Jr s car, suffered cuts and bruises and was in fair condition at Middletown Hospital. Herbert Johnson, 51, and William O Neal Jr, 29, were treated and released. O Neal arrested for lack of license and released on 50 dollar bond to appear in Municipal Court. Robert O Neal, 24, of 1695 Garfield St, arrested at city building for permitting an unlicensed person to drive.
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Herbert Johnson
Middletown
William O'Neal, Jr
Garfield St
Columbia Ave
Verity
O'Neal
Robert O'Neal
U S Fires Back in War of Words With Russia
The United States denounces Communist Romania for violating the peace treaty and demands renewed talks on Austria. Secretary of State Marshall proposes London reassembly of Big Four deputies to address Russian demands including a 50 year oil concession for Austria and a $200 million reparations lump sum.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Romania
Marshall
Austria
Foreign Ministers’ Council
London
Prominent Local Lawyer Clifford W. Elliott Dies
Clifford W. Elliott 57 of Sheldon Road Ardmore Drive died at Middletown Hospital at 7 30 am after a brief illness. A renowned trial lawyer and industrial commission expert, Elliott was known as a lawyer's lawyer and sought for counsel across the state. He built a reputation for tireless work and late night office hours at the First National Building.
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Ardmore
Middletown Hospital
Cale Luvin Earl
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Mr.lott
First National Bilding
Columbus
Industrial Commission
Middletown
American Legion
Telephone Rate Hike Requested in Ohio
Ohio Bell Telephone Company seeks rate increases from 15 to 75 cents, filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. Local manager Hugh Harvey says the hike would raise company revenue by about 8.5 million dollars annually, a nine percent rise, with local impact over 3 000 dollars monthly. The article notes wartime expansion and a 1948 plan for a 235 000 dollar local expansion, including nearly 200 000 for facilities and 35 000 for plant addition, plus a further 123 000 planned for additional local office facilities.
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Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Hugh Harvey
Harvey
Ohio Bell
Oan
Possible Coal Strike Threat Shocks Nation
Washington AP reports John L. Lewis signaled a nationwide soft coal strike on spring as UMW leaders consider benefit payments from a $50 million welfare fund. Operators fear an April strike by about 400,000 miners. Lewis offered no comment when reached.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Ezra van Horn
Thomas Murray
New York
van Horn
Cincinnatian 28 Chokes To Death At Home
A 28 year old Cincinnati resident died yesterday after a fragment of meat lodged in his windpipe during dinner at home. Coroner Dr. Herbert P. Lyle reported the cause of death.
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Pearl Napier
Herbert P. Lyle
Hamilton County
Yanks Entered Manila Three Years Ago Today
Manila remembers liberation three years past as American troops arrived at dusk amid cheers and fear. Witnesses recall doughboys in khaki and tin hats, strange vehicles and new weapons, with some seeing liberation as a promise fulfilled and others noting the ominous sounds of machine guns and tanks near Far Eastern University and Santo Tomas.
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Manila
David Boguslay
The
Manila Times
Far Eastern University
Ras
Santo Tomas
Meats Rationing Vote Defeated by Senate Subcommittee
In Washington AP a Senate Banking subcommittee voted three to two against authorizing the government to prepare for meat rationing. Chairman Flanders and Senator Sparkman supported the measure while Senators Capehart Buck and Willis Robertson opposed. The vote followed debate on rent control measures and a plan to extend controls beyond February 29.
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Flanders
R-Vi
Agriculture Department
Sparkman
D-Ala
Capehart
R-Ind
Buck
R-Dely
Willis Robertson
D-Va
Congress
Cain
R-Wash
Tighe Woods
Charles F. Brannan
Sea Flanders
RVI
Woods
Former Editor Dies At Age 81
KENNEBUNKPORT Me AP Francis L H Noble 81 former editor of the San Francisco Examiner and the New York Daily News died yesterday in a Portland hospital Noble who became editor of the Examiner in 1889 recalled turning down Rudyard Kipling s first American literary effort Kipling sought ten dollars per column Noble offered seven fifty per column Kipling rejected the offer
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Francis L. H. Noble
San Francisco Examiner
New York Daily News
Portland
Noble
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Examiner
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
India
Gas Emergency Over Armco Resumes Use
A marked improvement in weather conditions yesterday and overnight increased gas supplies. Armco Middletown plans to use about 50 percent of normal daily consumption as furnaces restart and East Works reopens. other plants will follow if conditions stay favorable. United Welding also resumes 50 percent use, while Middletown Gas and Electric urges minimal domestic use to ease industrial strain. company expects normal operations by week’s end unless cold returns.
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East Works
American Rolling Mill Company
Leo F. Reinartz
Armco
Middletown
Reinartz
L. T. Kenney
United Welding Company
Arch Robison
Middletown Gas & Electric Service
Lamont Dies at 70 in Boca Grande Head of Morgan Firm
Thomas W. Lamont longtime head of J P Morgan and Co died in his Boca Grande Florida home. He had been in poor health over a year and had been in Florida since January. Lamont joined Bankers Trust in 1903 and rose to senior roles at Morgan. He led the firm as chairman after J P Morgan passed away in 1943.
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Thomas W. Lamont
Wall Street
Morgan
Boca Grande
Fila
J. P. Morgan and Co
R. G. Wasson
Wasson
Florida
Corliss Lamont
C. ¢. Cunningham
Lamont
Bankers Trust Co
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. P. Mor
Cold air masses plunge Midwest to subzero depths
The Midwest endures renewed icy air from central Canada with temperatures plunging to 25 below in Minnesota and North Dakota. Snow and freezing rain disrupt travel across Kansas and Missouri while the New England region braces for a cold wave. Rain chases drought relief in Texas, Oklahoma, and Southern California faces further dryness risk ahead of a wet spell.
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Herbert May Make Bid For Reelection Today
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert may file his declaration of candidacy today for a second term as Ohio governor. He announced his Republican bid weeks ago and is expected to file at State Secretary Edward J. Hummel's office this morning. The filing deadline is 6 30 p m Wednesday Cura. Only one candidate has filed so far, Robert S. Cox of Millersburg, the 1940 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor. Eight others had taken out nominating petitions for governor, including Republican Albert E Payne of
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Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Edward J. Hummel
Robert S. Cox
Millersburg
Herbert
Cox
Albert E. Payne
AFL Selects Wheeler For Political Job
AFL President William Green named Burton K Wheeler former Montana senator as director of the new Political League with a $20 000 salary. Wheeler will face the 30 member admin committee tomorrow. executive council approval seen as formal. The league aims to repeal the Taft Hartley Act despite Wheeler's isolationist past. Wheeler, 66, has lived in Washington since retirement and held posts during Truman era.
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Miami
Fila
AFL
William Green
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Green
Wheeler
Labor Organization
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Truman
Clinton D. Boyd Files Candidacy for Supreme Court Nomination
Clinton D. Boyd a Middletown attorney today filed notice of his candidacy for the Republican nomination to the Supreme Court judgeship for the term beginning January 2 1949 Boyd a former Common Pleas Court judge in Butler County has previously run for the Supreme Court without success.
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Clinton D. Boyd
Middletown
Supreme Court
Boyd
Common Pleas Court
Butler County
Southern Democrats seek Dixie convention over civil rights
Washington AP reports Southern Democrats discussed calling a Dixie convention to split from President Truman over civil rights. Aimed to withhold part of the South’s electoral votes, governors meet Friday in Tallahassee, Fla, to consider Truman’s 10 point civil rights program. Possible plans include naming a Southern presidential candidate or binding electors to a Southern choice.
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Truman
Tallahassee
Fla
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Walter
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Sillers
House of Representatives
Dixie
Three Million Germans Start Hunger Strike
Nearly 3.9 million German workers began a 24 hour hunger strike spanning Hamburg to Stuttgart and extending across the British and American zones. Major cities including Stuttgart Heidelberg Mannheim saw observed walkouts while vital utilities kept limited operation. Labor leaders demand a more even distribution of goods amid food official controls and a non intervention stance by occupying authorities.
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Wurttemberg-Baden
Ohio Purchasing Agent Resigns At Herbert's Request
John W. Harvey of Wapakoneta resigned as state purchasing agent at Governor Herbert's request. Harvey said he was told he would be replaced but given no reasons. He had been promoted from fiscal officer in the state treasurer's office last April with a salary of 6666.6 per year.
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