Marshall Lovett Resign. Acheson Webb to Lead State Dept
Secretary of State Marshall and Undersecretary Lovett resign as President Truman names Dean Acheson to head the State Department and Budget Director James E Webb as undersecretary. Changes take effect January 20, with Truman praising Marshall and noting health reasons. Acheson, 55, formerly undersecretary, returns to lead the department. Lovett cites personal reasons for stepping down.
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State Department
Washington
State Marshall
Lovett
Truman
Dean Acheson
James E. Webb
Marshall
General Marshall
Pinehurst
N. C
Acheson
White House
New York
Cordell Hull
Department
Hoover
Commission For
Middletown
Conn
Yale
Truman limits steel program to gradual expansion plan
President Truman outlined a measured approach to expanding steel production in his State of the Union message. He said the government should loan funds for private expansion and build plants only if private industry cannot meet civilian needs, noting a steel shortage for civilian construction.
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Washington
Truman
State of the Union
Arabs Ready Talks End 10 Day Israeli Egyptian Fight
Israel said its operation in the Negev ended with Egyptian forces expelled and patrols pushed back. Troops were ordered to cease fire unless fired upon as armistice talks with Egypt were set to begin. UN said Egypt’s move to armistice talks boosted hopes for peace in Palestine and many-Arab countries were expected to follow.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Negev Desert
Iraeli
Egypt
Palestine
Lake Success
United Nations
Holy Land
Security Council
Seven Nation
Palestine Committee
Paris
Britain
Foreign Office
Ralph J. Bunche
Bunche
Full Security Council
Java
Sumatra
Parnell Resigns as Mt. Vernon Service and Safety Chief
Mt Vernon Ohio Mayor Walter Rohler says Charles Parnell has offered to resign from the service and safety director post and the mayor will accept the resignation. Parnell says no formal resignation has been filed yet.
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City Post
MT. Vernon, O
Charles Parnell
Mt. Vernon
Walter W. Rohler
Parnell
Newport Man Held in Slaying of Woman
Newport 43 year old Peter Duckworth was charged with murder after the body of 42 year old Charlotte Schaber was found in her Newport driveway. Police chief Jacob Racke said Duckworth admitted the crime after being taken into custody near midnight and described motive as ending a five year relationship. The woman, wife of a Cincinnati electrician, was shot twice, once in the chest and once in the head, with her body found shortly before noon.
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Newport
Peter William Duckworth
Charlotte Schaber
Here
Schaber
Racke
Lava Streams Pour From Mauna Loa Eruption
Three lava streams each about 14 miles long and two miles wide spilled from Mauna Loa while a fourth began seeping from the crater toward Hilo. Volcanologist Ray H. Finch said there is little danger to life or property as eruption continues. Air and Navy planes photo the massive activity with smoke rising to 18 000 feet above the peak.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Mauna Loa
Colonel Rasmussen
Air Force
B.S. Harrell
C. G. Mead
Pan American Clippers
D. M. Murphy
Hawaiian Air Lines
Truman Denies Cabinet Rift Over Russia
President Truman denied a Life Magazine report of a cabinet split over U.S. policy toward Russia. He insisted there was no policy change and claimed no private talks with writer Jay Franklin. He said Franklin never viewed any top secret documents and only visited him for a job inquiry.
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Washington
Truman
U. S
Russia
Jay Franklin
Life Magazine
Franklin
Man Steals 300-Pound Safe to Buy Gift for Girlfriend
In Portland Oregon a 23 year old youth, George C Lyons, admitted burglary of Alaska Distributing Company. He dragged a 300 pound safe by his car after axing hinges, took $100 and a checkbook, dumped the safe in a creek, then tried to cash checks to fund a $1,700 diamond ring as a belated Christmas present for his girlfriend. He planned to buy the ring with proceeds from the checks.
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Alaska Distributing Company
Lyons
Odom Delays Flight From Honolulu To New Jersey
Honolulu Weather Bureau reports Bill Odom canceled an early takeoff for a non stop flight to New Jersey. Officials say he will likely not depart for at least 36 hours. He intends to fly a Beech Bonanza to set a solo non stop record exceeding 5,000 miles, more than double the current mark.
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Honolulu
Bill Odom
New Jersey
Weather Bureau
Odom
Lamneck Chosen Welfare Director for Lausche Administration
John H. Lamneck, Tuscarawas County Common Pleas judge, named Ohio welfare director for Gov Elect Lausche. At 57, he will succeed Charles L. Sherwood, plans to leave December 31, 1950. Author of the Ohio Juvenile and Child Welfare Manual, he has long served as juvenile and probate judge and worked with Ohio State University on juvenile facilities surveys.
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Columbus
John H. Lamneck
Tuscarawas County
Common Pleas
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Lamneck
Charles L. Sherwood
Common Pleas Court
Ohio State University
Boy's State Industrial School
Girls’ Industrial School
Railroad President Succumbs
Cleveland AP report: John Wysor Davin, 57, president of the Nickel Plate Railroad and chairman of Lake Eli Railway, died at home after illness. Davin began with Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in 1910, rose to vice president in 1939, and in 1942 was named head of the 1700 mile Nickel Plate, serving the middle west from Buffalo to St Louis and Peoria gateways.
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Cleveland
John Wysor Davin
Nickel Plate Railroad
and Lake Eli Railway
Davin
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Robert Young
van Sweringen
Middle West
Buffalo
N. C
St. Louis
Chicago
Peoria
Ill
Survey Under Way in Trumbull County Farm Safety Campaign
One hundred canvassers are conducting a farm and home accident survey in Trumbull County for a campaign to reduce mishaps.
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Warren
Trumbull County
Jewelry Heist At Rich Industrialist Home In New York
Jewelry valued at $200,000 was reported missing from textile magnate Erhart Ruegg and wife Lisette Verea’s upscale East End Avenue apartment after an 11 p.m. absence. A handbag with $1,000 remained, no forced entry seen, and detectives suspect a key to the closet and rear door may have been compromised. The jewels were fully insured.
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NEW York
Erhart Ruegg
Lisette Verea
Ruegg
Rueggs
East End Ave
East River
Long Island
Southhampton
N. Y
Maniac Sought in Slaying of Church Worker
Athens Ohio AP coroner ruled Eleanor Gifford a 52 year old church worker slain in a cottage owned by the Athens Episcopal Church. Robbery motive cited after beating with a head injury and eight scalp wounds. The victim, active with Sunday school and entertainment for children, lived alone at The Episcopal House. The church car and her purse were missing. Rev Sydney Browne alerted authorities.
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Athens, O
John H. Elias
Groda
Eleanor EF. Gifford
Athens Episcopal Church
Miss Gifford
Church
Ggtal
Missy
Episcopal Church
Episcopal House
Sher Bateman
Athe Church
Sydney J. Browne
Astor
Brown
Freedom given man admitting 1932 robbery
John Turvey, 44, confessed to taking part in a 1932 daylight payroll holdup at A Polsky Co in Akron. He received a suspended sentence and five years probation from Common Pleas Judge Frank H. Harvey after surrendering last fall. Turvey said AA influenced his confession. his stash was about $1,300, company spokesman said no vengeance sought.
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Akron, O
John Turvey
Common Pleas
Frank H. Harvey
Turvey
A. Polsky Company
Harvey
Alcoholics Anonymous
Fire hits West Jefferson. truck radio aided save
West Jefferson Ohio, about 1:20 a.m. fire destroyed a downtown block including a residence, grocery, filling station and bowling alley. Mayor Homer Braithwaite credited rapid truck radio use with contacting Columbus. aid from Columbus and nearby London and Rome confined the blaze. Damage about 100000. no serious casualties.
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West Jefferson, O
Homer Braithwaite
Richard Meriman
Braithwaite
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Columbus
Columbus Fire Department
London
Rome
West Jefferson
Ellis Chambers
Cyril Fisher
Dallas Watkins
Geologist's Son Born to Miami University Professor
A baby boy was born yesterday to Dr. and Mrs. F. Alton Wade in Oxford. The father is a geology professor at Miami University and was senior scientist on two Byrd Antarctic expeditions.
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Oxford
F. Alton Wade
Miami University
Antarctic
Truman Sees Stable End To Price Rise In 1949 Plan
President Truman forecasts new job and production records for 1949 and describes the Fair Deal as both anti inflation and anti low mood. He targets a million more employed Americans and a 3 to 4 percent rise in production, with inflation restrained and profits monitored. The report calls for flexible government tools to brake or accelerate growth as needed.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Baing
Democratic Congress
House
State of the Union
Productivity Hinges on 3% Growth for Better Times
Washington AP report: the President's Council of Economic Advisers proposes a 3% annual rise in national output as a goal to sustain high employment and purchasing power. They set benchmarks including 2% per year productivity per man-hour, against a prior average under 2%. The plan, sent with Truman's economic message, targets manufacturing, mining, agriculture, and power with specific annual growth and investment aims.
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Washington
Council of Economic Advisers
Council
Congress
Truman
Edwin G. Nourse
Leon Keyserling
John D. Clark
Second China Peace Offer Is Predicted
Nanking AP dispatch reports a possible second page statement from the government to clarify Chiang Kai-shek’s New Year peace offer stalemate. Shen Chang-Huan denied plans, but sources deem it probable, as Communists reject terms. Simultaneously, 150,000 Nationalist troops southwest of Suchow face Red forces, with Tu Li-Ming’s units shrinking and surrender anticipated by weekend. Chen Yi’s Red attackers began yesterday.
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Nanking
Suchow
Tu Li-Ming
Chen Yi
Red
Chen
Husband faces slaying charge in Lorain case
Sam Cimesa, 51, reported two masked gunmen killed his wife Katie, 44, and wounded him in Lorain, but police said he will be charged with the shooting. He is recovering from a critical chest wound and fell into a coma after the incident at their home. A .38 pistol was found in a bureau drawer. The couple’s daughters returned home to find Mrs. Cimesa dead near a Christmas tree.
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Lorain
Sam Cimesa
Katie
Vernon Smith
Cimésa
Cimesa
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Etther
Smith
Walsh to Join Murray and Mure Ray Firm February 1
John P. Walsh, first assistant state attorney general since 1945, will join the Murray and Mure ray law firm in Sandusky, Ohio, starting February 1. The announcement notes his long service and status in state government.
Blizzard Claims Two Entire Families In Wyoming And Colorado
Two families totaling seven people perished in a late week blizzard across Wyoming and Colorado as thawing weather revealed the tragedies. The Ro man family of Rockport Colorado, including Philip 37 Ione 35 Tony 10 and Peggy 8, died when attempting to reach a nearby house after a stalled truck. Near Hillsdale Wyoming the Archuleta family perished in a snowbound car, Andrew 30 and his wife and their five year old daughter. Most victims were elderly or died from heart attacks or overexertion in shoveling snow. Road crews battled drifts as Union Pacific lines remained blocked and trains were redirected through northern Colorado.
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Denver
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Rockport
Philip Roman
Ione
Tony
Peggy
Andrew Archuleta
Hillsdale
Wyo
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
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