House Approves Reorganization Of Government
The House backed President Truman's bid for permanent power to reorganize the federal government by 356 to 9. The plan allows reshuffling executive agencies with a congressional veto, targeting growth from 350 to 1,800 agencies and 570,000 to 2,100,000 workers. Hoover led Senate scrutiny, proposing savings of up to 3 billion dollars and a new cabinet level department for welfare. The package also grants special single-pack reorganization for seven agencies including Defense and updates to commission structures.
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Congress
House
Mr. Truman
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Senate Executive Expenditures Committee
Hoover
Executive Branch
Department of Public Welfare
Federal Security Agency
Oscar Ewing
Interior Department
Army
Corps of Engineers
Defense Department
Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Reserve Board
National Mediation Board
Railway Retirement Board
Railway Adjustment Board
Chinese Engage In River Fight
In Nanking China naval forces attacked a Communist flotilla on the Yangtze west of Wuhu. Government patrol boats sunk several Red boats and captured 31 junks with a few prisoners. A Communist crossing claim was denied as peace hopes faded.
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Nanking
China
Yangtze
Wuhu
Senate Eyes Rules Change Filibuster Clash In Washington
The Senate may face a time consuming filibuster next week as southern Democrats oppose a bid to change Senate rules allowing a two thirds vote to close debate. Ohio Senators Bricker and Taft supported a motion to speed action on the rules change which would curb debate. The split vote and maneuvers signal a political battle over civil rights proposals and party unity ahead of upcoming Senate action.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Robert A. Taft
Sen
Knowland
R-Cal
Hayden
D-Ariz
Seven Die In Farm Fire At Campbellsville Ky
A farm fire near Campbellsville Kentucky killed seven people, six from one family, as kerosene exploded while a father poured it into a coal stove. Victims include Walter Lee Durham and his wife, four children, and Lee Durham of Louisville, an uncle.
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Campbellsville
Here
Rosard Hospital
Walter Lee
Bob) Durham
Lee Durham
Louisville
Walter
Legislature Debating On Oleo Coloration Measure
The Ohio legislature holds its first joint hearing of the 98th General Assembly to debate whether oleo should be colored by manufacturers or housewives. It seeks to permit Ohio manufacture and sale of colored butter substitute after gathering nearly 200,000 petition signatures. Urban rural split surfaces over who controls the bill and which committee should handle it.
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Columbus
Senate
House Labor Committees
98Th General Assembly
Ohio
Protectec
House Labor Committee
House
Meeting Called For Envoys Of West Nations
Washington AP The State Department announced an afternoon meeting of ambassadors from Canada Britain France Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg as discussions continue on Norway joining the North Atlantic Security Alliance Western powers negotiate amid U S Norway talks Russia opposes the pact Norway seeks assurances of protection and obligations before joining Lange Norwegian foreign minister met with Acheson and U S officials for questions about admission and security guarantees in the alliance.
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Washington
Norway
State Department
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Acheson
Halvard M. Lange
Lange
Russia
United States
Oslo
Halvard Lange
Dean Acheson
Akron landlords threaten vacancy protest over rent controls
Akron landlords plan to leave rental units vacant to protest rent controls. About 300 people met at West High School, the Summit County Rental and Home Owners League says it has 1,000 members controlling 1,600 units. They will billboard addresses of spaces withdrawn and may telegram President Truman.
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Akron, O
Akron
Summit County Rental and Home Owners League
West High School
E. L. Marting
Marting
Truman
George McClane
William Link
League
CIO
Death in car from carbon monoxide poisoning in Zanesville
Howard Newton Jackson aged 19 from Nellie Coshocton County Ohio died from carbon monoxide poisoning in his parked car on a downtown Zanesville street. Coroner E S Daw ruled. Companion Floyd Ridenbaugh, 12, Nellie, survived as the vehicle’s motor ran. Police say the youths came to Zanesville yesterday seeking work.
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Zanesville
Howard Newton Jackson
Nellie
Coshocton County
S. Daw
Floyd Ridenbaugh
Jackson
Ridenbaugh
Microphone wiring probe targets Lima sheriff and detectives
An Allen County Bar Association committee recommended charges of contempt of court against Lima Sheriff William R. Dailey and detectives Bernard Burkart and J. Robert Neely after a five day hearing into a microphone wired into a jury room. The panel's findings followed evidence from courthouse staff and a local sound technician. The case raises questions about conduct in the Lima court room and the committee noted all three officials declined further comment. Meanwhile strong winds and new snow drifts halted relief operations across the western states. About 25 Union Pacific trains were snowbound in Wyoming, prompting mass travel disruptions and a state of emergency in Idaho. In Rawlins, the mayor appealed for state aid as homes were buried by wind-driven snow. Gusts reached 40 mph across the northern Rockies, with storms stretching into Nebraska and the Dakotas. Temperatures dropped as a cold front moved east. The Air Force haylift to eastern Nevada was halted. George Swallow of the United Stockmen's Association warned the situation was dire. President Truman directed the Interior Department to mobilize funds and equipment, with $1,000,000 already spent and about 20,000 miles of snow-clogged roads opened.
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Lima, O
Allen County Bar Association
Lima
Bar Committee
William R. Dailey
Bernard Burkart
J. Robert Neely
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Idaho
Rawlins
Wyo
Rockies
Nebraska
Dakotas
Plains
Rocky Mountain
California
Pacific Northwest
Air Force
Nevada
Ely
Nev
George Swallow
United Stockmen's Association
Jewelry found in alley linked to Overturf theft
Jewelry valued at nearly 7500 dollars, part of a 13500 haul, was discovered in an alley near Gerald J. Overturf's home in Columbus. Bexley Police Chief R E McNamee said the loot was found by Henry Bauer, Reed Davidson, and Richard Ball after the Sunday morning robbery at Overturf's restaurant.
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Columbus
Gerald J. Overturf
Bexley
R. E. McNamee
McNamee
Overturf
Henry Bauer
Polizerneis Reed Davidson
Richard Ball
Woman Freed In Trial Weds Defense Witness In Murder Case
Cincinnati AP report states Mrs Mary Clay Watts 43 wed Lawrence Damen 38 a defense witness in her first degree murder trial over the poison death of her 11 year old daughter Barbara Ann The jury acquitted Watts on November 20 Damen a dairy truck driver had lived at Watts home for over a year
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Cincinnati
Mary Clay Watts
Lawrence Damen
Barbara Ann
New Powers Sought To Combat Black Market Rents
Housing expeditor Tighe E Woods told the House Banking Committee that thousands of tenants pay inflated rents under threat of eviction. He urged new powers including treble damages, criminal sanctions, and regulation of evictions to curb a growing black market in rentals. The administration seeks fines up to 1000 dollars or a year in prison for violators.
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Washington
Congress
Tighe E. Woods
House Banking Committee
Woods
Wood
Manslaughter Charge Filed In Stabbing In Excello
Albert Powell 25 of Skunk Hollow Road Excello faces first degree manslaughter charges in the death Sunday of George Tackett 34 of Excello Tackett died after a stabbing in his left side at Middletown Hospital where he was taken following the incident Powell surrendered at Middletown Jail turned in a pocket knife he said was the weapon Tackett services set for Wednesday at his parents home in Scranton with burial in Scranton Cemetery Funeral arrangements handled by McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Tackett survived by his wife Bethel four sons six daughters four brothers and four sisters
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Albert Powell
Skunk Hollow Road
Excello
George Albert Tackett
Squire Lummie
Bailey
Tackett
Middletown Hospital
Powell
Middletown
Lewis Tackett
Scranton
John Williams
McCoy
Bethel
Jimmy
Johnny
Larry
Bad
Joyce
Irene
George
Floyd
Edward
Willard
Chester
Harvey
Waford
Frenchburg
Sally Rose
Margaret Smith
Ezel
Ethel Shrout
Ruby Tackett
Rail Dispute Study Resumed in Chicago
Presidential fact finding boards resumed study of rail labor disputes. One board hears demand for a second engineer on diesel locomotives by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, affecting about 25 000 engineers who have voted a strike against 15 railroads. A second board holds private wage and hour talks with 16 non operating unions representing about 1 000 000 workers. The union seeks higher pay and a 40 hour week. carriers and new operators seek to reconvene after not agreeing on earlier recommendations. The non operating workers may strike at any time.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Howard Neitzert
Hungarian Court Fixes Mindszenty Treason Verdict
In Budapest the Hungarian People's Court found Cardinal Mindszenty guilty of treason and overturning the Communist regime, sentencing him to life imprisonment. He was also convicted of currency speculation and attempting to overthrow the government. The court confiscated his property. Six co defendants were convicted. three faced treason charges with sentences from three years to life.
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Budapest
Hungary
Hungarian People's Court
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Gyula Blapi
Paul Esterhazy
Time running out on labor act hearings
Washington AP reports with only three days left of the 10 day Senate hearings on Truman labor bills. Republicans question William H. Davis while Democrats grow impatient as 30 witnesses remain to speak. Senator Pepper suggests limiting time per witness to fit all views.
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Washington
Senate
Labor Committee
William H. Davis
Davis
War Labor Board
Pepper
D-Fla
Morse
R-Ore
Four Are Fined In Fake Divorce Scandal At Cleveland
Editor Louis B Seltzer city editor Louis Clifford and reporter Leonard Hammer along with makeup editor Richard Campbell were fined for contempt of court in a fake divorce scheme publicized by the Cleveland Press. Seltzer 500 Hammer 200 Clifford 200 Campbell 100. The Campbells agreed to the ruse but did not want a divorce and were remarried after the judge declined to void the entry.
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Cleveland (Ap
Louis B. Seltzer
Cleveland Press
Seltzer
Louis Clifford
Leonard Hammer
Richard Campbell
Campbell
Florence
Scripps-Howard
Hammer
Campbells
Samuel H. Silbert
Sibert
Silbert
Pope Pius XII reacts to Mindszenty sentence with sorrow
Vatican sources report Pope Pius XII learned of Cardinal Mindszenty's sentencing with profound sorrow and vowed to protest strongly at the first opportunity. An American priest in Rome commented that Mindszenty will not be forgotten despite efforts to shelf him.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Vatican
Vaticar
Noted Catholic Leaders Ordered Imprisonments for Treason and Money Speculation
A Budapest court sentenced several Catholic figures to long terms for treason and foreign currency speculation. Rev Ondras Zakar received six years, Rev Miklos Nagy three years, Rev Bela Ispenky life imprisonment, Prof Justin Baranyay fifteen years, and Laszlo Toth ten years. Co-defendants were deprived of further rights.
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Ondras Zakar
Miklos Nagy
Catholic Action
Bela Ispenky
Nagy
Justin Baranyay
Budapest University
Laszlo Toth
Nemzeti
Three Killed As Auto Is Hit By Train
Clyde Bowers of Lock Haven Pa sole survivor in a crossing accident at Airport road. Three Piper Aircraft officials Alexander Cresswell Pierce Russell and Marvin Armstrong died when their car was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad Golden Arrow train. Bowers, a shipping foreman, was hospitalized in critical condition and said Cresswell was driving the car as they headed to Wayne Mich to inspect the Stinson Aircraft plant.
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Bowers
Cresswell
Wayne,Mich
Stinson Aircraft Corporation
Democrats Seek Delay On Ferguson Act Vote
In Columbus House Democrats pressed to delay a floor vote on a repeal of the Ferguson act, which bans strikes by government workers. Republican leader C William ONeill urged against delay and said Republicans would oppose repeal. The fight centers on returning the measure to the Labor Committee for possible arbitration of public employee grievances, with uncertainty over whether Democrats can muster a majority to recommit or pass the bill.
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O'Neill
Lancione
David Mck Ferguson
R Guernsey
Repub
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Moran K. Jenkins
Bar
L. Earl Ludwig
Paul O. Boesel
John H. Davison
Burkart
Neely
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