Young Captain Leads Wreck Survivors In Icy Alaska
Survivors of the Spencer wreck on an ice ledge praise Captain Axel Carlson in their rescue tale. After five days at sea exposure, they were saved by Coast Guard Cutter Clover and Navy Tug Mataco in 60 mile per hour winds. Carlson and survivor Alva Skonberg planned marriage after hospital release.
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Alaskan
Kodiak. Alaska
Spencer
Coast Guard
Clover
Mataco
Axel Carlson
Chignik
Kodiak
Carlson
Alva Skonberg
Public list shows 3 357 wheat traders on latest release
Washington AP says the Agriculture Department published a new list naming 3 357 wheat speculators on Chicago markets, up 27 percent in three days last September as prices tumbled. The tally excludes 515 hedgers. names include private citizens mainly on the long side. FBI is probing public figures including Brigadier General Wallace H. Graham and Harold E. Stassen.
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Washington
Chicago
Agriculture Department
Ferguson R-eich
FBI
Wallace H. Graham
White House
Ferguson
Senate Appropriations
Graham
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Senate
Ten Men Leap From Crippled B 29 in California Crash
Ten men aboard a B 29 crashed near Merced after engine trouble on approach. All 19 aboard leaped clear just as the plane hit the landing strip. The craft slid and burst into flames, but eight crew members and two civilians suffered only minor injuries.
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Merced
Cal
McClelland Field
Sacramento
Superior
Punishment at The Hague prison used hunger chamber aromas
In Gevangenpoort prison The Hague condemned prisoners faced starvation and were tempted by food scents carried from the kitchen into the hunger chamber through air passages, a punitive method documented in historical records.
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Gevangenpoort
Hague
Netherlands
Oil Shortage Grips East Appeals Made to Help NYC
An acute fuel oil shortage hit the northern Atlantic seaboard with Mayor O'Dwyer asking the U S Maritime Commission for 20 tankers to replenish New York City's dwindling supply. Boston Philadelphia and Massachusetts urged fuel cuts and unimpeded delivery of essentials to avert hardship as governors appealed for action and cooperation.
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New York
Atlantic Seaboard
William O'Dwyer
U. S. Maritime Commission
New York Metropolitan
Boston
Philagesphia
Ana
Charles M. Vale
New Hampshire
AFL
Dale
Massachusets
Robert F. Bradford
Massachusetts
Bradford
O'Dwyer
Maritime
Philadelphia
Bernard Sam‘uel
Four Local Youths Reported Stranded In Florida
Four youths were stranded in St. Augustine Florida with no funds, police were told by Florida authorities. Parents planned to send money for their return home. The group included Joe Alexander 17 of 1912 Queen Ave Perry Neill 17 112 Harrison St Sunny Dingess 10 Shector St and Don Whitt 17 of Hamilton Ohio.
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St. Augustine
Fla
Florida
Joe Alexander
Queen Ave
Perry Neill
Harrison St
Sunny Dingess
Shector St
Don Whitt
Hamilton
Monroe Grange Installation and Charity Plans
Eighty members attended the Monroe Grange meeting at Monroe School where officers of the subordinate and juvenile granges were installed by Kyle Caldwell and his team. Readouts listed juvenile officers and committee members, with donations planned for YMCA drive in Hamilton and Salvation Army efforts in Hamilton and Middletown. A county wide installation is set for Jan 10 in Fairfield with a basket supper, and a Jan 12 nine-granges officer meeting at the YMCA in Hamilton. Seventh degree banquet is Jan 17 at the Presbyterian Church in Hamilton. The next County Play Night is Feb 28 in Monroe. Committees include social and floral groups with local residents named.
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Kyle Caldwell
Monro
Howard Hartman
Paul Heitz
Flora Selby
Goldie McGee
Norma Jean Campbell
Ruth Ann Malott
Patty Harmon
Earl Jones
Roger Carter
Ruby Malott
Mary Lou Baird
June McKinney
Donna Harmon
Ceres
Valerie White
Pomona
Betty Jane McKinley
Flora
Louis White
Joanne Baird
Monroe Grange
Hamilton
Middletown
Salvation Army
Fairfield
Ohio State Grange
YMCA
Presbyterian Church
Pythian Sisters of Bethany
Monroe
Local notices from Franklin parish. illnesses and visits
Mrs Alva Scholi remains at home due to illness while Mrs Jack Rhode recovers at home on Sixth Street. Numerous social visits and family dinners occur in Dayton Middletown and Cambridge. Memorial services are held for a past American Legion Auxiliary president at Anglesby Funeral Home. The Hannums travel to Cambridge after the death of Mrs Hannum’s father.
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William Roberts
Robert Caton
Dayton
Lillard Lee
Middletown
Claude Lee
Carl Ross
Mae Ross
Robert Leiungh
Roy Roberts
Doris Roberts
Earl Bennett
American Legion Auxiliary
Anglesby
Auxiliary
Dulcia Fulmer
Sam_ Lackens
Vernon Turvey
Pollyanna Glass to Meet Friday at Church Home
The January Pollyanna Class of the First Baptist Church will meet Friday evening at Mrs. H. S. Gessner’s West Second Street home. Assistant hostesses include Miss Frances King and several Mrs. names. Mrs. Hollon will lead devotions.
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Franklin
First Baptist Church
H. S. Gessner
West Second St
Frances King
George Lackens
Malcolm Hollingsworth
Mary Hollon
Earl Geyer
Orville Hollingsworth
Holon
Busy In 1947 Warden Reports Dog Pickups In Warren County
Warren County Dog Warden Charles Barbee reports 921 dogs were picked up in the past year. Most lacked licenses while about 14 were redeemed, 38 were released to buyers of tags, and new licenses go on sale with a January 20 deadline to avoid penalties. After that date all untagged dogs will be impounded.
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Lebanon
Charles Barbee
Warren County
A. M. Parker
Salely
Truman Eyes Domestic Rise in Income and Aid Plans
President Truman outlined plans to shift more tax burden onto big business while proposing a broad domestic program. He tied foreign aid to Greece and Turkey to global security, urged Congress to authorize a four and a quarter year European recovery effort, and promised to hold government spending to low, safe levels. He pressed for human rights, health, education, housing, and a strong national economy to secure peace and democracy worldwide.
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Truman
Greece
Turkey
Middle East
Europe
Congress
China
United States
Germany
Austria
Japan
Korea
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
George
Georgia
Senate Foree Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Mr. Truman
Alaska
Hawaii
Tennessee’ Valley
Great River
Jews Use Disguised Policemen Bomb in Jerusalem
In Jerusalem the Jaffa gate bombing killed 10 Arabs when Jews disguised as Palestine police rolled a bomb from a crudely armored car. An Arab policeman and a Jew died in a second blast. Two Jewish soldiers were wounded near King George Avenue as attackers tried to seize weapons.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Jaffa
Damascus
Old City
Issa Bandak
Bethlehem
King George Avenue
Longer Work Week Sought
Nineteen Cleveland industrial concerns employing more than 50 000 workers have urged a House sub committee to liberalize wage and hour laws to permit a 48 hour work week at straight time if a majority of plant employees vote for it. CIO leader Joseph Kres countered that workers do not want such a change.
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Cleveland
House Committee On Education and Labor
Congress
Joseph Kres
District Ce
Cio-United Electrical Workers
Lincoln Receives Honorary Citizenship in San Marino 1861
An archival note states Abraham Lincoln was conferred honorary citizenship in the Republic of San Marino in 1861, reflecting early diplomatic gestures linking the US leader to European microstates.
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Republic of
San Marino
Abraham Lincoln
Western Area Floods Hit Columbia River Valley
Floodwaters from rain swollen rivers inundate rich farmland in Washington and Oregon as the Wyllmette crest moves north from Eugene. Rain persists across the region with more than an inch falling in 24 hours and forecasts call for continued rain and greater inundation. Evacuations continue as low-lying lands and highways brace for impact while other regions report fair weather and normal to above normal temperatures.
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Columbia River
Washington
Oregon
Willamette River
Eugene
Ore
Social Roundup From Lebanon Homes and New Year Visits
Mr and Mrs Russell Monce hosted a West Main Street house warming with many locals in attendance. New Year gatherings included Pearl Rose and Clint Rhodes households, with families from Mason Circleville and Wilmington visiting in Illinois and Indiana. Forest Hathaway recovers from Christmas injury while J W Mulford and Shuter families hosted guests during the New Year period.
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Lebanon
Russell Monce
Frank Miller
Roy Drummond
West Main Street
Randall Furbee
Herbert Furbee
John Gibbs
Henry Blake
Robert Russell
Ellsworth Blake
Oliver Lowe
Linda
East Mulberry St
Everett Jones
Mason
Joseph Howell
Orlando Howell
Catherine Howell
Rose Collett
Lewis Rose
Steven
C. E. Denman
Madeira
Morris Rhodes
Bethany
C. T. Ervin
Everett Pence
Clinton
Joyce Ann Ware
Lewisburg
Janice Floyd
Wilmington
Mis
Sue Stibbs
Forest Hathaway
J. W. Mulford
James Campbell
Lawrence Shuter
Mary Carolyn
Columbus
Ernest Jackson
Dayton
Andrew Jackson, Jr
Chicago
John G. Spinks
Gary
Indiana
Police seek man Lafe Robinson in Cincinnati area
Police asked to locate Lafe Robinson once housed at the Milner Hotel at the urging of his sister Augie De Hart. In Cincinnati, officers learned his brother Jesse Robinson had died yesterday. Lafe is described as 60 to 65, about six feet tall and 230 pounds.
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Lafe Robinson
Milner Hotel
Augie de Hart
Cincinnati
Jesse Robinson
Robinson
Italian Girl 14 Weds U.S. Army Lieutenant
Luciana Parri, 14, married Army Lieutenant Ralph H. Bassett Jr., 24, at the Little Church around the Corner with the blessing of the children's court. They met at an officers' dance in Italy in 1946 and she arrived in New York nine days before the ceremony.
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New York
Luciana Parri
Ralph H. Bassett, Jr
Italy
Revolt Report Denied in Rio Grande do Sul Governor
Rio Grande do Sul Governor Walter Jobin denied reports of a revolt by telephone. No details of casualties or actions were released, and officials said the situation remained under control as authorities review information from regional sources.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Walter Jobin
Rio Grande de Sul
35 Million Man-Days Of Work Lost In 47 Strikes
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 35,000,000 man-days lost to strikes in 1947, third highest on record. Although down from 116,000,000 in 1946, it nears 38,000,000 in 1945, with 2.2 million workers striking versus 4.6 million in 1946.
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BLS
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tor
Bureau
Bricker Likely Head Ohio Delegation for Taft Nomination
In Columbus the Republican State Central and Executive Committee is set to name John W. Bricker to lead Ohio's 53 member delegation to the Philadelphia convention for Taft. Don Ebright as second choice favorite son appears assured. Delegates will include Fred H. Johnson and others. committee not expected to endorse state office candidates today.
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Columbus
U. S
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Fred H. Johnson
Clarence J. Brown
Blanchester
Katherine Kennedy Brown
Dayton
Thomas J. Herbert
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnat
Ed . Schorr
Cincinnati
Frances P
Last Rites Held For 8 Children Killed On Sled
In Archbold Ohio a Sunday train collision tragedy claimed ten children. Eight were honored in two family funerals at Central Mennonite Church for Donald Grieser 12 Marlin 11 Arlene 10 and Janice. Gayle Grieser 13 Charlene Patricia 8 Sharon 6 followed by burial of Joan Osborne 12 and Marjorie 16 yesterday. Services drew hundreds and a sermon cited Revelation.
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Patricia
Sharon
Joan Osborne
Marjorie
Paul Fisher
Rumors of Revolt Reach Southern Brazil Border Area
Reports from Montevideo suggested a revolutionary movement was active in southern Brazil with rumors of a garrison uprising at Rosário near the Uruguayan border. The situation unsettled regional authorities as observers watched for further developments.
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Ital
Porto Alegre
Brazil
Monteviedo
Rosaio
Germantown Firm Plans Expansion At J J Dupps Plant
Broughton Construction Company awarded a roughly 17 000 contract to add a concrete floor and quonset style warehouse at the J J Dupps Company Germantown. The project calls for 100 cubic yards of reinforced concrete, 29 feet by 224 feet, with work on preliminary phases already started. This expansion marks the second in a year for the firm, which earlier completed a 20 000 addition to the fabricating division, 30 by 150 feet.
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Broughton Construction Company
J. J. Dupps Company
Germantown
Distress call from Dvina with 800 aboard off Japan coast
AP dispatches report a distress signal from the Russian motorship Dvina carrying 800 passengers near the east coast of Japan. The coast guard noted five feet of water in the hold but gave few details about the cause of the incident. Also in brief, Greek commando units push toward guerrillas near Konitsa as fighting nears, and a Mann Act case in Cincinnati ends with four years prison plus two years suspended. Essen plans a 50,000-strong strike and demonstration by German workers over Ruhr food shortages blamed on drought and farmer quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Frankisco
Japan
Coast Guard
Athens
Konitsa
Cincinnati
Carl F. Ruggies
Ironton
Ashland
U. S
John H. Druffel
Ruggles
Mansfield
FBI
Essen
Germany
Ruhr
Kit Found Franklin Police Locate Stolen Medical Bag
A medicine kit reported stolen from Dr. O W Hoffman’s car near Fifth Street was found by police in Hollywood Addition. Some narcotics had been taken from the bag.
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Franklin
O. W. Hoffman
Fifth St
Hollywood Addition
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