Middletown Woman Killed When Car Crashes Into Guard Rail
A Middletown woman Gertrude Smith 49 was killed instantly when flung from a car at the S curve on Route 73. Elbert Willoughby 22 was jailed as the driver. neither man seriously injured. The crash occurred about 4 20 a m near the NYC overhead bridge. Mrs Smith lived on Hill Ave and left a family behind. funeral plans were being arranged.
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Middletown
Gertrude Smith
Hill Ave
Elbert Willoughby
Richmond St
Martin Richards
Louis Cornthwaite
Willoughby
Nyc
Clevelander Dies In Chair For Slaying
In Ohio an execution of Harold A. Beach Jr. followed his murder conviction for eight year old Sheila Ann Tuley. Beach appeared calm and smiled as he was strapped to the electric chair at 8:03 p.m. with Father Lu cier praying in the chamber. Witnesses included John J. Gallagher who planned to push for abolition of capital punishment. Beach's mother claimed his body. burial site was not disclosed. The Cleveland Press also paid a $5,000 reward to James Cassidy and Dwight Bible for tips leading to the killer’s conviction.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Sheila Ann Tulley
Ohio
Harold A. Beach, Jr
C. V. Lucier
John J. Galagher
Cuyahoga County
Beach
Evelyn Kimball
Alvis
Cleveland Press
Sheila Ann Tuley
Louis Seltzer
James Cassidy
Dwight Bible
Ezra Bryan
Scripps-Howard
New Look for Twenty Dollar Bills Adds Balcony Image
An update to twenty dollar bills includes a picture of the balcony on the south side of the White House. The feature provides no extra purchasing power. readers can call a Journal wanted ad line for advertising help.
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White House
Journal
AFL Appears Pleased With Labor Measure
AFL leaders at the midwinter meeting in Miami indicate satisfaction with the administration labor bill. They aim to secure Congress passage with minimal changes and review Watt-Hartley repealer clause with lawyers before Green testifies to the Senate Labor Committee.
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Miami
Fla
AFL
Congress
AFL Executive Council
William Green
Senate Labor Committee
Navy Cuts Strength and Ships in 1950 Budget Plan
The Navy will lay up 72 ships including 15 top line vessels and reduce personnel by 30,000 to meet President Truman's 1950 budget. Secretary Sullivan announced inactivation of three Essex carriers nine light cruisers and three anti aircraft cruisers and said reductions start immediately in a letter to Congress.
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Washington
Navy
Truman
Sullivan
Senate
House Armed Services and
Senators Clash Over Labor Bill in Senate Hearing
In a heated Senate Labor Committee session Senator Morse accused the administration bill of lacking a chance and urged compromises. Across the Capitol a House subcommittee approved a Taft Hartley repeal vote, with Kelley signaling full committee consideration next week. The debate focused on whether government court orders could block national emergency strikes under the Taft Hartley law. Secretary Tobin testified as Donnell argued the administration aims to erode Congress's injunction power, while Douglas attempted to interrupt.
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Senate
Capitol
House Labor
Kelley
Dpa
Tom Clark
Clark
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Donnell
Tobin
United States
Congress
Douglas
Ill
Dayton Adopts City Income Tax
Dayton, Ohio, has enacted an emergency city income tax ordinance to ease financial difficulties. The measure, approved four to zero by the city commission, imposes a 0.5 percent tax on earned incomes of Dayton workers and on incomes of businesses and professionals. Collections start April 1, with an estimated revenue of $1,697,500 for the year.
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Dayton, O
Dayton
Ohio
Catholic Priest Dies As Sanitarium Burns
In Clemens Michigan, Rev Father Thomas Barry 52 of Wickliffe Ohio died in a 1 30 am fire at St Joseph Sanitarium. 25 guests and 40 staff escaped into freezing air as nurses tried to reach him. Fire damage estimated at 15000 with the fire blamed on careless smoking. No other injuries reported. The ornate sanitarium run by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati housed 130 guests in summer.
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Mt, Clemens, Mich
St. Joseph Sanitarium
Thomas Barray
Wickliffe
Cleveland
Clayton E. Dubay
Father Barry
Marguerite Curlett
Priscilla Mayhew
Orn&ate
Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati
Mindszenty on trial for treason in Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty told the Hungarian People’s Court he partly pleads guilty to most charged deeds. His secretary also partly pleads, claiming obedience to superiors. Mindszenty, first Roman Catholic cardinal tried by a civil court, faces treason spying and black market charges as the trial opens. He admitted writing a peace letter offering reconciliation between church and state if the trial is postponed. The court rejected separating his case from six others.
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Budapest
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Ondras Zakar
Mindszenty
Comieg
Hungarian People's Court
Vilmos Olthys
Bill to halt jobless pay for Ohio vacationers in the South
Ohio lawmakers debate unemployment benefit reform as Rep. Harold F. Stotzer introduces a bill restricting benefits to workers available for local employment. He cites abuse of Florida and California payments and urges tying benefits to local work. Three Lucas County Democrats propose raising benefits to 32 50 weekly with extra per dependent, longer eligibility, and pay during strikes, junto with a shorter waiting period.
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Ohio
South
Columbus
Stotzer
Lucas County
Michael J. Dumas
Frank W. King
Morton Neipp
Ex-GIs to testify in Axis Sally treason trial
In Washington AP Former GIs who knew Axis Sally during her Nazi broadcasts are set to testify. Prosecutors will hear three veterans about a visit by Mildred Gillars to a Paris hospital to obtain messages from wounded prisoners for broadcasts to the United States. Witnesses include Gilbert Hansford John Lynskey and Paul Kestel. Previous witnesses described recording messages that aired as Nazi propaganda.
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Washington
Mildred E. Gillars
Paris
America
Miss Gillars
Sally
Gilbert Lee Hansford
Cincinnati
John T. Lynskey
Etna
Paul G. Kestel
Detroit
Harvey Crosthwaite
Hamilton Beach
Bus collision injures three near Piketon
A school bus carrying 26 students collided with a passenger car near Piketon. Marilyn Dixon, 10, suffered bruised legs while Albert Brown of Garrison Kentucky and Homer Brown received bruised ribs. The bus driver was James Dixon of Route 2 Waverly.
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Piketon
State Highway Patrol
Waverly
James Dixon
Route 2
Six Die as Plane Crashes Near Trinity Bay
A St. Lawrence Airlines twin engine plane crashed during takeoff at the Trinity Bay airport. Six aboard were killed and four were critically injured. Witnesses said the aircraft climbed about 200 feet in a cross wind before plunging to the ground. Dr. James Remington noted five immediate deaths among the crew and passengers, with a sixth dying minutes later.
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Trinity Bay
Que
St. Lawrence Airlines
James Remington
Lawmakers debate public access to atomic energy data
Lawmakers viewed the Atomic Energy Commission's top secret quarterly report amid a struggle over what atomic data should be public. Senator McMahon urged full disclosure of the nation's atomic stockpile, while others pressed for censorship by U.S. intelligence officials.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
David FE. Lilienthal
Senate
House Committee On Atomic Energy
Joint Committee
McMahon
D-Conn
Lilienthal
Atomic Commission
U. S
Tydings
D-Md
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
B 25s Crash Kills Two Air Force Crewmembers
Two B 25 bombers collided five miles southeast of Shreveport. One exploded while the other crashed. Capt. George E. Johnson and Capt. David R. Powell were killed. Five others parachuted to safety during the mid afternoon incident near Barksdale Air Force Base.
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Shreveport
Air Force
Barksdale Air Force Base
George E. Johnson
Minneapolis
John W. Hassard
Barksdale
50 Per Cent Liquor Permit Fee Hike Asked
Governor Lausche seeks a 50 percent boost in all liquor license fees with a bill introduced in the Ohio Senate. Senator Robert C. Ragan says the measure aims to raise revenue as current fees from permits totaling 7.6 million dollars last year go entirely to local governments.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Senate
Robert C. Ragan
Dlucas
Lausche
Oscar L. Fleckner
Ohio
Ragan
U S 52 Reopens After Ohio River Flood
U S 52 west across the lower Ohio river bottoms was to be reopened for traffic today after being closed for more than a week due to the Ohio River flood.
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Portsmouth
U. S. 52
Ohio River
Two Civilian Airmen Die In Plane Crash
In Nebraska blizzard areas a mercy mission plane crashed into a farm house after striking a telephone wire, killing John Huff 32 a fur buyer and William O Brien 43 an insurance man. The deaths raise rescue casualties to three as weather toll climbs with 22 lives lost since January 3.
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Omaha
Nebraska
John Huff
William O’brien
Fifth Army
Dismantling Halted as Fire Trial Looms in Cleveland
County prosecutors halted wrecking crews near East 75th Street where Chester Avenue is being extended. They want a jury to view the condemned rooming house before Harry W. Rich faces trial February 14 for arson in a blaze that killed 11 year old Marilyn Balough, sparked by jealousy over a romance.
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Cleveland
East 75Th St
Chester Ave
Harry W. Rich
Marilyn Balough
Acheson rejects Stalin peace move in world stance
Washington officials portrayed Acheson as turning thumbs down on Stalin’s plan to meet President Truman for a Soviet American peace pact. The United States pledged no side deals with the Soviet Union and backed UN led efforts to avoid war while condemning Russia’s obstructionism. Truman was to hold his weekly news conference and may endorse the policy.
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Washington
United States
Acheson
Stalin
Truman
Europe
Soviet Union
Voice of America
Russia
United Nations
America
Senators Seek Solution For Housing Shortage
Washington AP senators tackle blueprinting a plan for a long range housing program. Senator Sparkman says Congress may pass bills in stages and sees little opposition to low rent public housing slum clearance rural housing and housing research. Raymond Foley testified as hearings began. He notes the need to expand veteran housing financing and add government support as lenders max out mortgages. Sparkman aims to finish hearings in about two weeks and move to Senate action.
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Washington
Sparkman
D-Ala
Congress
Senate
Raymond M. Foley
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Taft to Speak at Pennsylvania Manufacturers Meeting
Sen. Robert A. Taft will be the principal speaker at the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association annual meeting at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel on February 22, announced today.
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Taft
Philadelphia
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
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