Dewey enters two state primaries in bid for delegates
Governor Thomas E. Dewey formally enters the 1948 Republican nomination race with slates for eight New Hampshire delegates on March 9 and 27 Wisconsin delegates on April 6. He faces Eisenhower and MacArthur with Stassen and Warren backing rival camps. Dewey’s Oregon primary entry follows Hagerty’s confirmation and underscores his open campaigning strategy.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ed MacArthur
Dewey
Philadelphia
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
New Yorkernor
Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
MacArthur
Stassen
Supreme Army
James C. Hagerty
Oregon
Hagerty
Nhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
New Yorker
Public list of big traders in cottonseed oil and wool tops
Washington AP Secretary of Agriculture Anderson released a list of big traders for the 23 month period ending November 30, 1947. Edwin W Pauley, assistant to the Army secretary, is named as a public official and held a long 300000 pound position in cottonseed oil on September 30 and October 30, 1947 indicating expectation of rising prices.
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Washington
Anderson
Edwin W Pauley
Secreary
Army
Pauley
Freedom Attacked Within at Armco Meeting in Middletown
Glenn Gardiner vice president of Forstmann Woolen Co Passaic N J addresses 300 Armco supervisors at the Manchester Hotel Middletown urging defense of the American way of life through productivity and profits. Armco leaders emphasize employee cooperation to sustain record 1947 safety, production, and distribution despite shortages.
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Manchester
Glenn Gardiner
Forstmann Woolen Company
Passaic
N. J
Armco
Middletown
Gardiner
New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce
Management Information
Charles R. Hook
East Works
Leo Reinariz
Travter
British Evacuate Women and Children From Canton
British women and children flee Canton as rioters sacked the consulate. Eleven women and six children arrived in Hong Kong, as Hong Kong Airways halted flights to mobilize evacuees. Dr. T V Soong warned Beijing and pledged government action to protect foreign lives and property amid alleged Communist agitation.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Hong Kong Airways
T. V. Soong
Wwangtung
Political Group Names Its Public Enemy List
Cincinnati group forms free citizens league to educate and mobilize ward workers against Taft Hartley and what it calls fronts to welfare in the 80th Congress. Its initial public enemy list targets Rep Hess and Rep Elston and several Ohio state legislators.
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Public Enemy
Cincinnati
Free Citizens
AFL Central Labor Council
Ohio
Yale
Jack Hurst
The
Labor Council
Taft
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati Republcan
Hurst
League
Ohio General Assembly
William H. Hess
Charles Elston
Kyle Brooks
Stanley McKee
Fred Reiners
William Deddens
Fred George
Fred Hoffman, Jr
Gordon Renner
Walter L. Tarr
Joseph Schwartz
Hamilton County
Citizens
Greater
George Harrison
Ray Kelsay
Harry Stevenson
Molders
Hugo Ernst
Rent Control Strengthening Questioned by Senators
Washington reports two more Democratic senators say Congress is unlikely to strengthen rent controls despite President Truman urging action. The Senate banking subcommittee opens hearings on extending controls as the current law expires February 29. Witnesses include Commerce Secretary Harriman and Rent Administrator Woods. Bricker urges optional increases for non consenting tenants.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Maybank
Fulbright ‘Ark
Spearkman
D-Ala
Senate Banking
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Tighe Woods
Senator Bricker
Ohio
Bandits Rob Lebannon Man in Pension of Robbery
Four masked youths aged 18 to 20 robbed the Pony House in Lebannon last night, escaping with about 500 dollars after two flashed pistols and two tapped pockets. Owner Moris Price, 28, was forced into a back room. Police Chief Fulberth and Sheriff Couden investigated, linking the crime to a prior assault on Howard Clark, 34, who lost 11 dollars. The four men, described as stocky with three wearing hats, fled toward Route 42 in Hamilton County.
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Lebanon
Moris Price
Price
W. H. Fulberth
Gerald W. Couden
Couden
Howard Clark
Morrow
Pisgah
Route 42
Hamilton County
Clark
Indonesians And Dutch Sign Truce In Java
Indonesians and Dutch sign a truce ending the summer war in Java, Sumatra, and Madura. The agreement was signed at 2:55 p.m. Java time aboard the US Navy transport Renville near Batavia after weeks of UN Security Council mediation. Terms were not made public immediately.
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Batavia, Java
Java
Sumatra
Madoera
United States Navy
Renville
Batavia
Good Offices
United Nations Security Council
Dutch East Indies
Ceramic safety prize awarded to Dr. Purdy in Pittsburgh
AP reports Dr. Ross C. Purdy of Columbus won the 1948 Albert Victor Bleininger Memorial Award from the Pittsburgh section of the American Ceramic Safety for distinguished achievement in ceramics. The award will be presented Friday.
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Pittsburgh
Ross C. Purdy
Columbus
American Ceramic Safety
Albert Victor Bleininger
Iarea
Top Democrat Expert on Tax Against Bill
Rep Coughton of North Carolina predicts Congress will sustain a veto of the Knutson tax cut bill. He says there should be a moderate reduction but not as large as Knutson’s plan and notes Treasury estimates show a larger revenue loss under the GOP proposal. The veteran tax expert cautions against restoring the excess profits tax and says the outcome depends on Republican support to override a veto.
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Washington
Coughton
D-Nc
Congress
Knutson
Truman
Senate
House
Rminn
Treasury
GOP
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Ways and Means
Whitney quits PCA over third party endorsement
A. Whitney former president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen resigns from the Progressive Citizens of America. In a January 17 1948 letter to C B Baldwin she cites refusal to back a third party as the reason and criticizes liberal unity and potential confusion among liberals.
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Cleveland
A. Whitney
Progressive Citizens of America Today
Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
PCA
Henry A Wallace
C B Baldwin
Progressive Citizens of America
Mechanic Indicted for Shooting Wife in Window Blast
Forrest B. Lucas, 47, of Tiffin Ohio, was indicted by the Seneca County Grand Jury on a charge of shooting with intent to kill. He allegedly blasted his wife Clara Lucas, 43, through a window of her mother in law’s home on December 2.
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Tiffin,o
Seneca County
Grand Jury
Forrest BE. Laucas
Clara
Break in cold promised as Ohio gas shortage grows
Ohio forecast calls for warmer weather tomorrow but state vars continue under gas emergency as Ohio Fuel Gas Co warns reserves are exhausted and curtailments hit large users. Officials urge conservation while a deadly crib fire adds to the winter toll across the region.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clifton Zehner
Mansfield
Ruhr Strikers Return to Jobs in German Ruhr
In Duisburg Mühlheim and Dinslaken United States and British zones promised food relief. Promises eased tensions as about 160000 workers were on strike at various times in the Ruhr over the past week.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
al - Ruhr
United States
Duisberg
Muehlheim
Dislaken
Ruhr
Oxford To Cincinnati Bus Service Hinted After Talks
Negotiations between the Hamilton-Oxford Bus Line and the Ohio Bus Line suggest a direct Oxford to Cincinnati service is near. The Ohio line seeks approval from the Ohio Public Utilities Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission, with sale terms agreed and transfer to begin in April.
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Oxford
Cincinnati
Hamilton-Oxford
Ohio Bus
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Albert Ziepfel
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Line
Ohio Bus Line
Richmond
Hamilton Oxford Line
Palestine's Constitution Nears Finish
LAKE SUCCESS AP A United Nations expert committee is expected to complete a draft statute serving as a constitution for Jerusalem under the Palestine partition plan. The six nation panel, secret since December, aims to finish by January 23, the previously set deadline.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Jerusalem
General Assembly
Holy Land
Trusteeship Council
Six-nation Committee of Experts
Special Jury To Hear Girl Slaver's Case
CLEVELAND AP The Cuyahoga County Grand Jury is convening next Tuesday to hear evidence in the first degree murder case against Harold A Beach accused of the knife slaying of eight year old Sheila Ann Tuley on New Year s night County Prosecutor Frank T Cullitan said the special grand jury was called after review of police statements and death scene evidence gathered by Coroner Samuel R Gerber Police Chief George J Marowitz ordered stricter enforcement of Cleveland curfew for under sixteen and added patrols to deter similar crimes.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Grand Jury
Harold A Beach
Sheila Ann Tuley
Frank T. Cullitan
Samuel R. Gerber
Beach
George J. Marowitz
Divorce Suit Filed Against Vincent Ice in Los Angeles
A divorce suit charging cruelty was filed yesterday in Los Angeles against film actor Vincent Ice by Edith Price, a former New York stage actress.
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Los Angeles
Vincent ’'Ice
Edith Price
New York
Rail unions threaten nationwide rail strike over pay and rules
Three operating brotherhoods led by D. B. Robertson threaten a Feb 6 walkout unless a 10 percent pay rise and 44 rule changes are granted. Mediation breakdown cited. fact finding could follow. CIO United Auto Workers push a 30 cent hourly raise, health coverage boost, guaranteed weekly wage, and a three week vacation for long service. Talks with GM planned by Feb 28 with potential start 19 days after notice.
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Cleveland
D. B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Frank P Douglass
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Chicago
Truman
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Uaw-Cio
Chrysler
VAWCI
Walter P Reuther
General Motors Corporation
Chrysler Corporation
Bic Auto Workers Union
Reuther
UAW
Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers
Douglass
Robertson
A. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad
International Association of General
U.S A
Canada
Whitney
Gandhi in frail but cheerful condition in New Delhi
Doctors said Mahatma Gandhi reached the hundredth hour of his fast for peace and remained cheerful and alert though often resting quietly with eyes closed. Blood pressure and heart conditions were satisfactory. he was free of nausea as India’s capital prayed for his survival.
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NEW Delle India
Meehandas K. Gandhi
India
Pay raises granted to Ashland city employees
Ashland city council approved a 10 percent pay raise for all city employees. The action, reported by AP, reflects a raise across departments as municipal officials proceed with fiscal plans for the year.
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Ashland
City Coun
Newark man enters race for state treasurer nomination
Samuel A. Anderson of Newark, after an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination for congressman at large in the 946 primaries, announced his candidacy yesterday for the Democratic nomination as state treasurer.
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Byesville
Samuel A. Anderson
Newark
Ohio Slayer Admitted to Slaying Woman
JA JUNTA Colo AP A 39 year old truck driver and farm hand admitted killing 25 year old Marion Ohio woman Zora Hess Gerbes in a country church yard July 11. He said he lost his head after she warned of venereal disease and he strangled her with a rope then tightened a clothesline noose. Prosecutor James Reed said autopsy confirmed strangulation and that Young signed a statement showing remorseless acceptance. He was returning to Ohio to face first degree murder charges. Young had an invalid wife and five year old son, and was arrested earlier in Lamar Colo for $178 in fraudulent checks while driving a 1933 blue coupe. He claimed to have traveled widely in the West and worked as a farm hand since July.
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JA Junta
Colo
Marion
Ohio
Edwin Demoine Young
Zora Hess Gerbes
James Reed
Young
Ohjioan
Reed
Gerbes
New Philadelphia
Lamar
la Junta
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