Complete Change In Czechoslovakia Promised By Reds
Premier Klement Gottwald declared a "complete change" in Czechoslovakia as the new Communist government opened a farmers rally. He said changing a few officials or stage settings was insufficient and vowed to purge agents of reaction. Antoin Zapotocky led a supportive labor group backing the move. Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk did not receive callers.
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Prague
Klement Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Gottwald
Trades Union Assembly
Antoin Zapotocky
Eduard Benes
Jan Masaryk
Masaryk
CIO Council Ohio Control Board splits over third party move
In Columbus Henry Wallace’s third party caused a split on the Ohio CIO Council executive board. Five of 19 dissenters opposed a six point program, chiefly the call to avoid backing a third party in 1946. The measure passed 4 yes to 5 no with names listed.
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Columbus
Henry Wallace
Third Party
Ohio Cio Council
Jack Kroll
National Cio-Pac
Ohio Council
National Cio Executive Board
CIO
Kroll
Len Marland
Dayton
United Electrical Workers
George Martin
Portsmouth
Shoe Workers
Orta Stass
Lima
Clarence Coulter
Akron
Rubber Workers
George Grigsby
Cincinnati
Leather Workers
Cio-Pac
Lican
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Truman
House
Joseph Martin
Ohio Cio-Pac
PAC
Ohio
Ray T. Miller
Cleveland
Lausche
Frank J. Lausche
Parachute Jumper Sues Instructor Over Training
A Cincinnati parachute jumper filed a lawsuit against her instructor claiming inadequate training caused injuries. She seeks 21 210 in damages saying she was not properly trained to use the risers of the parachute.
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Cincinnati
Communist cabinet in Czechoslovakia prompts concerns
Bodrov relayed thanks from the Russian government for a stand by Polish, Yugoslav, and Czechoslovak foreign ministers at a conference on Germany. The ministers warned that any merger of western Germany zones could trigger war as the United States Britain and France met in a conference. President Benes installed a Communist cabinet at Headcany Palace and reportedly told Gottwald the decision to accept them was personally difficult.
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Rov
Bodrov
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Benes
Gottwald
Tuley Murder Trial Recessed
Harold A Beach, 23, charged with first degree murder in the New Year’s night knife-slaying of Tuley. “I don’t want to go to that place,” the bespectacled youth declared.
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Harold A Beach
Tuley
Woman Has Towel Left Inside Stomach Retrieved After Two Years
A San Francisco area mother who bore twins in April 1946 had a towel left inside her abdomen during a Caesarean delivery two years earlier. Dr Harold Community Hospital reported the towel was removed during surgery for a double hernia. The patient said she had long suffered weight loss and transfusions, and she recalled joking that the surgeon left his hat or scissors inside.
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San Mateo
Calif
San Francisco
Harold Community Hospital
Siatmviaato
Bremerton Hospital
Bremerton
Ohio Liquor Board to Hear 35 Permit Holders Violations
The State Liquor Board announced hearings on liquor law violations against 35 northeastern Ohio permit holders. Hearings will be held Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday at the Trumbull County courthouse in Warner.
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Columbus
State Liquor Board
Warner
Ohio
Trumbull
Western College Coed Mother Of Dead Baby
Butler County Coroner Garret Boone said a decomposed infant found in a Western College dorm storage room will go to a grand jury. Nancy Gates an 18 year old freshman from Wheaton Illinois admitted she was the mother and said birth occurred January 23 in a dormitory bathroom.
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Dr. Boone
Boone
Miss Gates
Winter Storm Bites Midwest With Snow and Floods
Cold weather returns to the Midwest with strong winds and snow snarling highways in the Dakotas Minnesota and Wisconsin. About 500 people were rescued after being marooned for six hours en route to a basketball tournament in Cloquet Minnesota. Rivers rose in Illinois and Iowa as rain fell and a warm belt extended into New York and Pennsylvania. Tornadoes hit three Texas towns causing two deaths while Canton Illinois saw farm buildings damaged. River flooding swamped parts of Illinois and Iowa with several feet of water in the Galena River area. Temperatures fall to near zero in Minnesota with mild spells in the Deep South.
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Cloquet
Minnesota
Illinois
Iowa
Pennsylvania
New York State
North Central
Ohio
Texas
Canton
Roxana
Klinoig
Wallace Party Backed by Communist Leader Foster
William Z. Foster, national chairman of the Communist Party in the United States, told a Lenin memorial meeting that the party would back Henry A. Wallace for president on a third party ticket. He urged workers to build the new party, saying Wallace would give working men a voice in American politics.
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William Z. Foster
Communist Party
United States
Foster
Henry A. Wallace
AFL
CIO
Wallace
Girls' School Officials Too Strict Report
Cleveland report by Child Welfare Committee details harsh conditions at the Girls Industrial School at Delaware including confinement of runaways, limited meals, and lack of humane treatment. The 21-member committee chaired by Appellate Judge Joy Seth Hurd cites inadequate facilities, poor wages for staff, and absence of toilets and heating in some detention cells.
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Cleveland
Dela
Cuma
Oe Welfare Federation
Ums
Child Welfare Committee
Joy Seth Hurd
Delaware Institution
State Liquor Price Changes and Record Profit Declared
The department cut eight brands by two cents and reduced nine more by added cents. Some Scotch and Canadian whisky dropped as much as 34 cents a bottle while one straight whisky brand rose seven cents per fifth. The state reported a net profit of 16,043,364 for 1947, up from 14,421,450 in 1946, and collected 8,556,338 in saloonage tax to the general revenue.
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General Revenue Fund
Quake Recorded Off British Columbia Reported in Weston
A tremor was recorded near Weston Massachusetts by the Boston College seismograph station about 1.5 hours after it struck off British Columbia. Seismologist Rev Fr Daniel J Lanehan said the quake was at 0543 ppm EST and about 2930 miles away with vague direction, likely northwesterly.
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Weston
Mass
British Columbia
Boston College
Daniel J. Lanehan
Lanehan
Judge Rejects Bid For Bail In Cleveland Case
Cleveland AP reports car dealer Jack Singleton again denied bail after his request of 5000 was rejected. Prosecutors say Singleton took more than 700 from about 400 customers for nearly new used cars and failed to deliver, with a trial set for late next month.
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Cleveland
Jack Singleton
Ee Sm
Samuel Ce
Singleton
County Yall
City Hospital
Southern Democrats mobilize against Truman civil rights push
The Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee plans a Monday meeting to select a site for a True White Jeffersonian faction. Southern officials have raised $61,500 of a $100,000 war chest. The Southern Governors Conference will meet in Washington on March 13 to hear a civil rights report. The National Police reportedly refused to withdraw from the DNC committee request.
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Washinton
Truman
Mississippi Democratic Executive Committee
Democratic Movement
Southern Governors Conference
Washington
Prclice
Teogine
Democratic National Committee
Norwood GM Plant to Resume Work Tuesday After Strike
General Motors Chevrolet plant in Norwood to restart Tuesday after a truck driver strike halted output. Don Zimmermann, GM manager, said 450 vehicles daily would be shipped by rail as arrangements were made yesterday. The plant employs about 2,000 workers and was shut down since Thursday midnight due to the dispute over hauling new cars away from the line.
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Cincinnati
General Motors Corporation
Chevrolet
Norwood
Don Zimmerman
Ihs
Taft proposes public health research water pollution lab
Senator Taft of Ohio introduced a bill to authorize 4 150 000 dollars for a public health service water pollution control laboratory in Cincinnati. Similar legislation has been introduced in the House. The lab would be used for research and for training personnel.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Public Health Service
Cincinnati
Weather Bureau Distance From Fibber McGee Sparks Debate
Broadcast humor over weather forecasts triggers criticism from Weather Bureau chief Dr. F W Reichelderfer. Congressman and radio hosts clash as McGee Molly skit mocks official forecasts and funding.
Relatives Criticize American Woman Who Attacks U S Policy
Annabelle Bucar a 33 year old American who quit the U S embassy in Moscow says she is the wife of Russian baritone Konstantin Lapshin and has adopted Russian views. Her relatives in Clairton Pa condemn her move while officials note the resignation and marriage should have been reported.
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Moscow
United States
Annabelle Bucar
Clairton
Konstantin Lapshin
Lapshin
Moscow Operetta Theater
Miss Bucar
U. S
Walter Redell Smith
State Department
U S
Czech Crisis Blamed on U S Policies in Minnesota Speech
AP dispatch from Minneapolis reports Henry A. Wallace blaming U S gun and dollar policies for the Czech crisis. Wallace, campaigning for his third party bid, warned that a tough stance invites a tougher response and said the Truman Doctrine actions are labeled anti Russian by Moscow officials.
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Minneapolis
Henry A. Wallace
U. S
Minnesota
Wallace
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Prague
Washington
Seaway Plans Killed Again in Senate Vote
Senate backers of the St. Lawrence Sea bill lost ground as the chamber voted 7 to 30 to send the measure back to Foreign Relations for more study. Senator Aiken said it cannot come up again this year, but supporters will press on to try to win passage.
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Washington
Senate
St. Lawrence
Foreign Relations Committee
Aiken
R-Vi
Ruling Bans New Independent Libraries in Ohio
In Cleveland the eighth district court of appeals upheld a mandamus action by Shaker Heights Public Library against the suburb's board of education. The court ordered $150,000 in bonds for a library building fund. Judge Joy Seth Hurd said the new state library law, effective Sept 4, did not affect libraries operating before that date.
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Cleveland
Coun
Eighth - District Court of Appeals
Shaker Heights
Board of Education
Joy Seth Hurd
Unusual February With Five Sundays Stuns Washington
An Associated Press note states February will have five Sundays this year, a rarity not seen for years. The Naval Observatory confirms the last February with five Sundays was 1970 and the next will be 1976.
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Washington
Naval Observatory
Wealthy Coal Operator John Lyons Sr dies at 86
John Lyons Sr., 86, pioneer coal operator and longtime Middleport resident, died after a short illness. He was reputed the wealthiest man in Meigs County with an interview estimate of 40 million dollars in coal land holdings, though others suspect a much smaller total. Lyons was a familiar figure in banks and financial circles from Columbus to local towns.
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Middleport
John Lyons
Meigs County
Lyons
Columbus
Ohio River
Pomeroy
Finland Considers Soviet Defense Treaty Proposals
President Paasikivi has consulted parliamentary groups on Stalin's plan for a Soviet Finnish mutual defense treaty and asked for attitudes by Tuesday. Helsinki circles discuss negotiation procedures as Moscow requests immediate talks, with Finland’s response shaping possible talks in Moscow or Helsinki.
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Helsinki
Finland
Juho K. Paasikivi
Stalin
Moscow
Russia
Black Sea
Baltic
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Prague
Popular Democrats
I Rater
High Prices Over for Meat Plants Visit in L A
President Edward F. Wilson of Wilson and Company visited the Los Angeles plant and told housewives that prices were moving down. He noted hopes the era of high prices would end and signaled steadier costs ahead.
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Los Angeles
Edward F. Wilson
Wilson and Company
Chicago Meat Packers
Taft in Cleveland for Republican banquet addresses
Senator Robert A. Taft was due in Cleveland for a weekend of speaking engagements. About 1,600 attendees were to hear a major speech at the Cuyahoga County Republican organization's annual banquet tonight. The trip included visits to Lakewood and University Heights.
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Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Cuyahoga County
Republican Organization
Lakewood Republican Oo
University Heights
Jiggs the Clown To Receive Columbus Homage At Funeral
Jiggs a famed clown and West Virginia family member will be buried in Columbus. His funeral will be held in a donated family plot grove. Local officials prepare the tribute as the city bids farewell to the figure known for milk bottle and peanut costumes.
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Columbus
Howard B
Clarence W
Johnny Jones
On Pe Ae
The
Citizen
Ann Koebel
Jour
West Virginia
Dener
Greve
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