Campaign to Sell Miami Valley to Industry Starts
The Miami Valley launches an industrial development push led by Cincinnati Gas and Electric Service Company to attract manufacturers. At a public luncheon in Netherland Plaza, Walter Beckford outlined a Time Magazine ad campaign emphasizing the region’s people and quality of life, with focus on human stability and living standards.
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Cincinnati Gas and Electric Service Company
Miami Valley
Time Magazine
Middletown Gas and Electric Service
America
Netherland Plaza
Los Angeles
Chicago
Cleveland
Cincinnati
United State
Beckford
Vailey
Arl
Hartman
Ohio-Kentucky
Wright
Lockland
Keagy
Truman seeks $570 million to aid China
President Truman asked Congress for a $570 million aid program for China conditioned on economic stabilization. The plan would start after approval and run to June 30, 1949, aiming to ease civil war effects and stabilize the Chinese economy, reflecting China’s strategic role in Pacific peace.
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Washington
Truman
Conress
China
Congress
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pacific
Ani
Escaped Prisoner Returns to Custody in Ohio
A 20 year old escapes prison inmate from the Sandusky area gave a homesick confession before surrendering at the Franklin County sheriff's office. He had fled the state prison camp Sunday to be with his wife and three week old baby. He was serving one to ten years for burglary in Mansfield.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Sandusky
Search
Mansfield Reformatory
County
AFL May Halt Plan To Hire Political Head
The AFL may drop its search for a political director after the Wheeler incident cooled leaders on appointing a $20,000 yearly outsider to lead the League for Political Education. The executive council in Miami considered nine candidates but Wheeler’s reservations halted the selection, with concerns about conflicts with the Taft Hartley Act and Wheeler’s limited full time availability.
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Washington
AFL
Wheeler
League For Political Education
Miami
Len Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
League
Congress
Wheeles
Was
Roof collapses kill four on Tennessee construction site
In Kingsport, Tennessee, the concrete roof of a one story building under construction collapsed late yesterday. About 35 workers were on the roof when the accident occurred, killing four men and injuring ten as concrete work had reached about a quarter of the roof.
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Kingsport
Tenn
Water Works Plan to be studied by City Commission
Plans for a major remodel of the Water Works plant were to be studied by the City Commission. City engineer R A Pochel outlined a new reservoir twice the size of the present, a 1200 foot pipeline from the wells, and a $70 000 reservoir cost with total project possible around two million. Commissioners toured the pumping station, ordered plans and bids for a chlorinator, and authorized daily water tests per the State Health Board. Funds will come from the Water Works department.
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R. A. Pochel
Poche
Water Works
Pochel
E Beatty
Schatzmann
Ohio State Board of Health
Coach Packs Gun Defies Ku Klux Klan in Ga Town
Ex Marine and high school coach Walter Rowland says threats from the Ku Klux Klan prompted him to carry a pistol while coaching at Roseville. He reports no Klan action. Lakeview, Ga. defeated Roseville High 75 to 29 as locals gathered for safety. Rowland says the order to “leave town or be tarred and feathered” came two weeks earlier.
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Rossville
Walter Rowland
Lakeview
Roseville High
Bowland
Rowland
Ohio River Flood Crest Diminished by Dams
Rain swollen Ohio River remained nearly stationary near the 54 foot crest as of 2 am. The gauge read 1.8 feet above flood stage with little rise. Basements and some riverfront businesses flooded while about score families fled to higher ground. Dam reservoirs reportedly cut crests by up to 3.9 feet at various locations downstream.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Ohio River Division
Upa
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
W. Va
Huntington
Congress rushes rent control extension to one year
Senate Republicans moved to fast track a modified one year extension of rent control while a 30 day stopgap was expected first. Rep. Wolcott said a longer renewal faces hurdles before the February 29 deadline.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Republicans
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Death of Cincinnati broker in highway accident
Adrian R Houson, 46, a Cincinnati bond broker, was killed yesterday when his car ran off an embankment on a highway north of Mount Gilead Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Adrian R Hous
Mount iGuead
Wallace entry is victor in New York vote
New York returns show Henry A Wallace backed ALP candidate Leo Isacson winning the 24th district race, defeating Democrat Karl Propper Liberal Dean Allange and Republican Joseph De Nigris. Isacson will be the ALP’s second Congress member. Dredge, a Longtime Republican official in the Fourth Ward, dies at 56 of a heart attack at his home, ending a decade as central committeeman and deputy registrar.
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Lester L. Dredge
S. Sutphin St
Fourth Ward
Republican Central
The
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Dredge
New York
Henry A. Wallace
Congress
Wallace
ALP
Isacson
Karl Propper
Dean Allange
Joseph de Nigris
Truman
Palestine
Bronx
Police Catch One Suspect In Chase After Car Theft
Police traced a stolen car after a car and motorcycle pursuit. One suspect was captured while the second fled. The motorcycle rider returned with an explanation that he knew the other men and had agreed to observe the scene.
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Washington
Cat Wall
Diani
Kentucky Rep. John Robsion Dies in Sleep at 75
Barbourville Kentucky AP veteran Republican legislator John M Robsion died in his sleep at his home after a reported heart attack. He had recently attended a Lincoln Day dinner in Louisville and had been in Washington on congressional business. Survived by widow a daughter Mrs Daisy Edmonds and a son John M Robsion Jr. He first entered Congress in 1918 and served multiple terms representing Kentucky districts.
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Barbourville
John M. Robsion
Kentucky
T. R. Davis
Robsion
John Pickard
Pickard
Washington
Louisville
Daisy Edmonds
Congress
United States Congress
United States
House of Representatives
Chile Moves to Establish Antarctic Military Base
Chilean President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla pushes a bold Antarctic base project citing the Western Hemisphere Defense Pact. Dispatches say the plan aims to cement Chile as a South Pacific power amid British protests over Graham Land claims while Argentina announces a parallel naval push to assert its weather stations in the polar region.
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Santiago
Chile
Antarctic
Britain
United Nations
Australa
Falklands
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Bernardeo O
Antarctic Circle
Mercurio
Presidente Pinto
Ramon Canas Montalava
Senate confronts tax cut plan tied to Marshall Plan books
Senate battle erupts over shuffling Marshall Plan costs to two fiscal years. Senator Byrd and others challenge the plan while Senator Millikin pushes hearings on a tax cutting bill. House already approved about 6.5 billion dollars in annual tax relief.
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Washington
Senate
Byrd
D Va
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Millikin
R-Cole
Senate Finance Committee
House
Miilikin
Congress
Costello Becomes Irish Prime Minister After De Valera Defeat
In Dublin Eire AP Costello elected prime minister after parliament rejected Fernon De Valera. De Valera 65 year old Fianna Fail leader born in New York led government since 1932 and drew only four outside his party in a 70 to 75 defeat. Costello, 56, a Dublin lawyer, secured 75 to 6 by opposition support from five parties.
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Dublin
Eire
John A. Costello
Fernon de Valera
de Valera
New York
Fianna Fail
Soldiers of Destiny
Costello
Truman Awarded National Citation for Moral Principle
President Truman receives a national citation from the National Conference of Christians and Jews at a White House ceremony. Patterson, former secretary of War, praises Truman for religious significance, forward steps toward brotherhood, and spiritual values in civil rights, education, atomic energy, and international councils.
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Washington
Truman
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Patterson
Secret of War
White House
Suit Dismissal Ends Wright Aeronautical Fraud Case
A government fraud suit against Wright Aeronautical Corp and ten officials was dismissed by U S District Judge John H Druffel in Cincinnati. The ruling closes the case without trial.
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Cincinnati
Wright Aeronautical Corp
John H. Druffel
False Alarm Delays Newark to New Orleans Flight Returns
A DC 4 Eastern Air Lines plane bound for New Orleans returned to Newark after six minutes when its fire alarm signaled a blaze. Captain Charles F. Fisher inspected the aircraft. no fire was found. Officials blamed an overly sensitive BOS alarm triggered by smoke from a lumber yard fire near the airport. The flight resumed its journey.
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Newark
N. J
New Orleans
Eastern Air Lines
Charles F. Fisher
Trade Falling Off Despite Lower Prices
Storekeepers said price cuts did not boost business as Lent season slackened demand. Grain futures showed volatility with a late rally fading while soybeans rose slightly. Hog and cattle prices varied, wholesale butter advanced, and cotton futures declined amid mixed signals in the market.
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New York
Chicago
Blasts Heard in Holy Land Amid Mounting Violence
Across the Holy Land more than a dozen explosions were reported with a sniper killing a Jewish woman on the Jaffa Tel Aviv border. Two British constables died in Jerusalem’s old city from gunshot wounds as violence escalates. three Jews and two Arabs were killed in ongoing communal clashes.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Seven drown when auto plunges into swollen Meigs Creek
A 1936 Pontiac plunged into a swollen creek near Pomeroy three miles southwest of town killing seven residents of Jackson. Victims include Wilbur Keller 27 and his family, with four others named. Coroner cites drowning and asphyxiation. no inquest. The crash followed a church rally and prompted heavy salvage by state police and sheriffs deputies.
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Nazarene Church
Middleport
Emmett Lightfoot
New York Central Railroad
Wilbur Keller
Crown Foundry
Jackson
Lightfoot
Henry Ewing
Meigs County
Sheriff's Office
Pomeroy
Astronomers Fail to Find Life on Mars
McDonald Observatory researchers report no evidence of seed plants or ferns on Mars. Dr Gerard Kuiper notes possible water and temperatures but the infrared study of Martian green areas suggests non plant life. Observations continue over the next two weeks as Mars nears Earth at 63 million miles tonight.
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McDonald Observatory
Fort Davis
Tex
Mars
Mare
Gerard P. Kuiper
Hee Sun
Kuiper
Reuther To Speak At CIO Civil Rights Conference
Walter Reuther president of the CIO United Auto Workers will deliver the keynote address at the first national civil rights conference opening tomorrow.
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Cleveland
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Fan Lwer
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Bonus Commission Reaffirms Stand On Discharge Papers
In Columbus the State Sinking Fund Commission reaffirmed that photostatic copies of discharge papers will not be accepted for Ohio's World War II bonus. Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson urged a change to allow copies but withdrew after discussion, noting he would be the only vote for it. Veterans who lost originals may file certificates issued by the armed forces.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Sinking Fund Commission
Joseph T.ason
Ferguson
State Bar asks free legal service from Al Mhie lawyers
In Columbus, the executive committee of the State Bar Association requests that Al Mhie lawyers provide free legal services. The move aims to support civil or public interest matters, with details pending formulation and acceptance by the association and the public.
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Columbus, C
al Mhie
The
State Bar Association
Veterans urged to record original papers with county
Bonus Director Chester W Goble urged veterans to record their original papers at the county office. The note appears in a partial page fragment indicating a focus on veterans documentation.
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Chester W Goble
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