Driving Rough Through Ohio
Warm weather brings slick roads and dense fog across Ohio as rain fell near freezing, with main highways in the northwest and areas south and east of Bucy Mansfield Ashland Medina Chardon reported slippery, and Columbus recorded a high of 40 degrees while Cincinnati reached 39. The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. urged home users to restrict gas use to preserve pressure. service to commercial users is restored, but industrials receive only maintenance supplies. Tiffin Mayor Bennehoff sought state aid for fuel oil, noting severe shortages and reports of one company with limited supplies. the governor’s committee on oil to handle the issue.
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Columbus
Ohio
Highway Department
Nefontaine
Bucy- Mansfield
Ashland
Medina
Chardon
Youngstown
Dayton
Cincinnati
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Tiffin
Virgil R. Bennehoff
Thomas d. Herbert
Bennehoff
Governor's Office
Governor's Committee On Oil
Damage suit ruled out against Ohio justice Weygandt
A common pleas judge in Columbus dismissed Cincinnati attorney George S. Hawke’s $50,000 damage suit, ruling the action against Chief Justice Carl Weygandt not stating a sufficient cause. Hawke may amend or appeal. The judge held that a judicial officer cannot be liable in civil action for his judicial determinations.
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Columbus, CO
Common Pleas
Cincinnati
George S. Hawke
Carl Weygandt
Ohio
Joseph M. Clifford
Weygandt
Hawke
W. Hawke
Supreme Court
Clifford
Warren Relief Hits New High For January
A county report by relief director Lois Gambill shows a postwar January relief high with 112 cases aiding 430 people at 5 058.38 dollars. Compared with December 485 cases for 307 persons costing 3 658.78 dollars, the rise is tied to plant layoffs unseasonable weather illness and hospitalization.
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Lebanon
Lois Gambill
Franklin Church Starts Programs for Children During Lent
Franklin Church launches a six week program for boys and girls in grades 3 to 8 during Lent. Sessions run 2 30 to 4 00 p m with 40 minutes of instruction led by Rev. Howard E Mumma followed by a 15 minute movie on character building. Light refreshments are provided each week by the Women’s Society of Christian Service.
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Franklin
Howard E. Mumma
Women's Society of Christian Service
Market turmoil mirrors grocery price drops across the nation
The week saw widespread price cuts on staples including flour lard and bread while beef and bacon were cheaper in many stores. Stock markets worldwide fell with the Associated Press average dropping to a new low since last June. Analysts noted inflation easing but uncertainty remained about future prices and tax implications.
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Manila
Copenhagen
Sydney
Toronto
London
British Exchange
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
A. W. Zelemek
New York
International
Chicago
Lucas
D-Ii
Minneapolis
Durkee Famous Foods
Glidden Company
American Meat Institute At
Ee York
Number of blind people in the United States estimated
A rough figure places the blind population in the United States at about 230,000 individuals. This estimate appears in discussions on disability statistics and public health demographics.
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United States
CIO Considers Absorbing Rail Workers
In Cleveland delegates at a CIO convention considered absorbing about 60 000 railroad workers into the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers. Walter Reuther of the CIO United Auto Workers was slated to speak but could not attend due to a labor board hearing in Detroit.
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Cleveland
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers
Walter Reuther
Cno-United Auto Workers
Reuther
Labor Board
Detroit
CIO Shipbuilders Seek June Wages as Strike Blame Debate Grows
In Cleveland the CIO Shipbuilding Workers approved a June wage increase demand and spent two hours arguing over who was to blame for last year’s extended shipyard strike. A convention resolution called for 1948 wage boosts, with details to be set by the soon to be elected general executive board.
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Cleveland
CIO
CIO slates talk on United Railroad Workers entry
Allan Haywood, CIO vice president and director of organization, is set to discuss admitting the United Railroad Workers union. The independent group has grown to 115,000 after 25,000 metal workers left CIO Mine, and Smelter Workers saw losses. A resolution demanded a full report to CIO and Philip Murray regarding alleged Hart Act political expenditures and urged support in court and political battles. The convention also questioned the act’s constitutionality and endorsed the Marshall Plan aims for Europe.
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Allan Haywood
CIO
United Railroad Workers
CIO Dent
Philip Murray
Net
Federal
Grand Jury
Murray
Truman selects Harukd A. Jones for CAB post
Washington AP reports President Truman chose Harukd A. Jones of Pasadena California a 50 year old lawyer and World War I Marine flier for a seat on the Civil Aeronautics Board Jones would replace Clarence Young who left last October and he is to take a 10000 a year job Jones is a Yale and Ohio State University graduate who has served as district attorney in Los Angeles and as a special assistant to the United States attorney general The CAB chairmanship remains vacant with James M Landis term expired and Harllee Branch resigning effective May 1
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Washington
Truman
Harukd A. Jones
Pasadena
Cal
Civil Aeronautics Board
Jones
Clarence Young
Angeles Mu
James M. Landis
Harllee Branch
Yale
Ohio
Los Angeles
United States
Refrigerator empty after cafe owner hides cash
Harris, owner of a Philadelphia cafe, told police his refrigerator where he hid $600 had been emptied of food and the money missing. The report notes the suspected concealment and loss of the cash from the appliance.
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Philadelphia
Harris
Arris
Incomes Reach Record Total in 1947
Personal incomes reached 197 billion dollars in 1947, up 20 billion from 1946. Commerce Department noted December at a 209.7 billion annual rate, driven mainly by farm income, with wage receipts at 120.7 billion and farm owners at 17 billion.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Housing Bill To Be Passed by Senate Says McCarthy
Washington AP Senator McCarthy predicted Congress will pass a long range housing bill this year. He urged no government owned public housing and separate handling to avoid emotional controversy. He backed private enterprise and proposed 1,500,000 new dwellings with about 700,000 likely priced out unless costs fall or government shares costs.
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Washington
McCarthy Ae
Congress
Wisconsin
House Senate Housing Committee
McCarthy
Joint Committee
Mother Found Shot to Death at Night Club Climax
A 27-year-old mother, Mrs Mildred Rogers Harris, was found shot dead in an icy Portsmouth street after an evening at a night club. Her male companion, Robert Nolan, 25, was wounded in the shoulder and says she shot him before apparently killing herself. Police Chief Hugh Rudity noted the incident may be a murder suicide.
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Portsmouth
Mildred Rogers Harris
Grady Harris
Long Beach
Cal
Robert Nolan
Actress Martha Scott Becomes Mother Again in Hollywood
Hollywood AP reports actress Martha Scott, 31, wife of pianist Mel Powell, welcomed a six pound seven ounce girl on Tuesday. She already has a son from her previous marriage to producer Carlton Alsop.
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Hollywood (Ap
Martha Scott
Mel Powell
Carlton Alsop
Turkish jets shot down over Bulgaria amid conflict
A Bulgarian air defense spokesman, with no Sofia confirmation, said two Turkish otfire planes were shot down over Bulgaria from a batch bought from Great Britain. In Istanbul, a foreign office source expressed regret and noted no official Sofia word. A chaotic international update amid wartime tensions.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Foreign Office
Bulgaria
Great Britain
Sofia
Churchill’s fifth grandchild born in London
London AP reports Soames Churchill, captain in the Coldstream Guards, and Miss Churchill welcomed a son today. The child is Winston Churchill’s fifth grandchild, following their marriage exactly a year ago yesterday.
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London
Soames
Seeman
Mary Churchill
Winston Churchill
Coldstreams Guards
Miss Churchill
Soap Prices Cut at Procter and Gamble
Cincinnati AP reports Procter and Gamble reduced wholesale prices by about five percent on soap brands, powders and related products. The move affects multiple soap lines and is expected to influence retailers and consumer costs nationwide.
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Cincinnati
Procter and Gamble Today
The
Lighted Candles Under Bed Cause Fatal Fire
In Cleveland a fire claimed the life of 70 year old Michael Horvath after he left lighted candles under his bed to keep warm. The blaze started in the bedroom and investigators say improper candle use led to the fatal outcome.
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Cleveland
Michael Horvath
Nation may need triple coal output in 100 years
Washington AP reports the Bureau of Mines says U S coal production might need to reach three times the current 600 million tons annually within a century. Director James Boyd cites demand for synthetic fuels, oil-to-coal reconversion, and rising energy use, noting reserves could exceed a thousand years even then. He blames a coal car shortage and lack of storage at bituminous mines, suggesting summer buying could ease distribution.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
James Boyd
Boyd
British woman returning home from Virginia marriage tale
Miss Margaret Goosey, 42, sailed back to Britain aboard the U S Hiner Washington after a failed attempt to marry a Virginia African American ex GI. Pardoned on condition she return to England, she hopes to resume her shoe factory job in Northamptonshire. the couple had met in Virginia where he served in the U S Army.
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Southampton
Eng
Margaret Goosey
Britain
Virginia
S. Army
Jackson
Men form own train to aid Europe relief efforts
Two unhappy Geneva men in Nebraska rallied to create a Lincoln birthday Abraham Lincoln friendship train after their community was bypassed. The convoy could reach 400 cars. organizers John Gewacke and Ed Rock leveraged farmers and Chambers of Commerce with Christian Rural Overseas Program involvement. Nebraska contributions included five carloads of split beans and 63 head of cattle, plus $5 660 from Eustis.
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Lincoln
Neb
Geneva
Ebraska
East Coast
John Gewacke
Community Club
Ed Rock
Chambers of Commerce
Abraham Lincoln
Christian Rural Overseas Program
North Platte Valley
Nebraska
Cuming County
Eustis
Twin Sisters Wed To Twin Brothers in Cumberland Ceremony
In Cumberland Maryland two sets of identical twins Arvella and Uella Muntzing wed Oscie and Elvera Simmons in a double ceremony attended by Rev W Randolph Keefe Jr and his wife as the sole witness. The brides age twenty two and grooms twenty nine both formerly from Pansy West Virginia. The event took place at the brides' parents home in Maysville. The weddings were followed by honeymoons planned in Cumberland. Limericks were noted as a popular pastime in Ireland since 1790.
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Cumberland
Maysville
Arvella
Uella Muntzing
Oscie
Elvera Simmons
Pansy
W Va
W. Randolph Keefe, Jr
Cumber
Farm price support will halt market break says Rep Robertson
Rep Robertson predicts the current farm price support program will halt the sharp commodity market break. He urged Congress to extend the 90 percent parity support for two more years. the existing law expires December 31, 1948. He ties national solvency to maintaining a $200,000,000,000 income and blames Administration handling of farm product buying for the downturn. He cites wheat floor proposals as contributing to the drop.
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Washington
Rep
Robertson
R-Nd
Congress
Agriculture Department
Union backs Cleveland deportation case halt
Cleveland's Industrial Union Council urged the government to halt proceedings against Balint, 35, regional director of the CIO Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union. Balint, Hungarian by birth and arrested last week, is free on a $1,000 bond with no hearing scheduled. The council supports him against charges of being an undesirable alien seeking to overthrow government force and violence.
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Cleveland
Industrial Union Council
CIO Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union
Balint
Hungary
CIO
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