Baruch outlines 11 point peace plan for Europe aid
Bernard Baruch told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Marshall Plan must include a no tax cut for two years and wage stabilization, plus a domestic mobilization for peace. He urged inflation control, price rollbacks, and a broad program to mobilize production and cut government costs while urging a broader European economic and defense union under the United Nations.
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Baruch
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
United States
United Nations
Three Killed In Dayton Fire
A Dayton fire gutted a two story laundry conversion to a 25 family building leaving three dead and four in critical condition. Hester H. Jones of West Carrollton was seriously injured after leaping two floors. Firemen cited an overheated gas stove as the preliminary cause.
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Dayton
Hester H. Jones
West Carrollton
Nettie Hart
Hattie Smith
Randolph Cutler
Paul
Harriet Cole
J. D. Burks
Three Blue Babies Under Observation At Chicago Hospital
Three Akron, O. blue babies visited in Chicago at Children’s Memorial Hospital after flying with their mothers. Doctors planned surgery if tests show conditions are correctable. Mothers are Mrs Henry Petrosky with Donna Jean four, Mrs Carl Hill with Janice two, and Mrs Arthur Great House with Eddie three. Expenses funded by Akron Community Chest and Beacon Journal Fund.
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Chicago
Akron
Man Accused of Selling Stolen Cars
FBI announces the arrest of William Thomas Smith in Cincinnati on charges under the Dyer Act for purchasing and reselling nine stolen automobiles from a ring operating in Cincinnati and Covington. Smith is held on a $5,000 bond awaiting removal to Columbia Tennessee. five ring members have already been sentenced.
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Cincinnati
Federal Bureau of Invesigation
William Thomas Smith
Columbia
Tenn
Ostholthoff
Smith
Covington
FBI
Fire Destroys Cleveland Row of Businesses and Apartments
A $225000 downtown Cleveland blaze left about forty people homeless as firefighters battled ice and freezing hydrants. The three-alarm fire began early yesterday, sending 100 residents into near zero cold in night clothes. Firemen, 22 units strong, fought the flames through the day as a cornice collapsed and a firefighter was treated for possible rib injuries.
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Cleveland
Greater
American Red Cross
Harry L. Manning
City Hospital
Elliott Electric Co
AP traffic chief Robert Weyer dies after stroke
Robert A. Weyer age 59, AP traffic bureau chief at Newark, died at Orange Memorial Hospital after a stroke at his home. Native of Boracho Texas, he served AP bureaus in Milwaukee Davenport Des Moines Kansas City Syracuse before transferring to Newark where he became traffic agent two years ago.
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East Orange
N. J
Robert A. Weyer
Associated Press
Newark
Orange Memorial Hospital
Boracho
Tex
Milwaukee
Wis
Davenport
Des Moines
Kansas City
Reds Protest Loom Over Bizonal Plan In Berlin
Berlin AP dispatch says Soviet objections to the new bizonal Western German administration loomed as the Allied Control Council prepared to meet. Soviet Marshal Sokolovsky reportedly returned from Moscow amid talk of Moscow orders while Western powers predicted no outright Soviet seizure and pledged to stay in Berlin. General Lucius Clay was to stress two major points in the meeting.
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Berlin
Russia
Germany
Allied Control Council
Soviet Union
Vassily Sokolovsky
U. S
Britain
France
London
Sokolovsky
Moscow
GOP Committee Seeks General Views at Nomination Run
The Republican National Committee moved to issue a formal call for the June nominating convention in Philadelphia. Generals Eisenhower and MacArthur were not represented, prompting discussion of their positions if a convention stalemate occurs among Dewey Taft and Stassen. Senators Morse and Tobey referenced Eisenhower’s stance on domestic issues and delegate strategies.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Republican National Committee
Philadelphia
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Morse
Obe
Tobey
New Hampshire
Progressives Launch Third Party Movement
CHICAGO AP delegates at the second annual Progressive Citizens of America convention endorsed Wallace’s policy platform, approving merger into a third party to back his presidential bid. The plan includes rejecting the Marshall Plan, withdrawing troops from Greece and Turkey, supporting UN military action in Palestine, reimposing price controls, strengthening the Taft Wagner Ellender housing bill, and repealing the Taft Hartley act. Wallace attacked big business influence and urged immediate wage gains, a $1 minimum hourly wage, a 40 hour week, price controls, and ending the drive toward war.
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Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Citizens of America
Wallace
PCA
Greece
Turkey
China
United Nations
Palesti
Truman
Congress
FTC feud over prosecutions pits Mason against Freer in Capitol clash
Washington based report details a clash between FTC commissioners Mason of Illinois and Freer of Ohio over enforcement style. Mason urged broader, mass understanding and higher pay, while Freer defended rotation and public benefit of orders. Gandhi fast ends with pledge of Hindu Muslim Sikh harmony in India and plans to visit Pakistan.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Lowell B. Mason
Illinois
FTC
Robert E. Freer
Ohio
Commission
Mason
FCT
Freer
Congress
New Delhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Father Dies At Philadelphia Theater
Joseph E. Friell, 36, died in a cinema in Philadelphia after taking his ill daughter Patricia, 7, to a movie as promised. The girl awakening him found him unresponsive. theater staff and an ambulance took him to Misericordia Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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Philadelphia
Joseph E. Friell
Patricia
Grippe
Misericordia Hospital
Daddy
Mother
Tragic Crash Claims Mother En Route Home
Mrs Eunice Austin aged 21 from Oberlin Ohio died from injuries suffered in a Saturday traffic crash while returning from a grandmother's funeral in Liberal Kansas Her nine month old daughter Edith was critically injured and her brother the Rev Paul Whalen of Cincinnati was seriously hurt on the same trip in Muncie Indiana The family was en route home when the accident occurred
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Muncie
Ind
Eunice Austin
Oberlin
Edith
Paul Whalen
Cincinnati
Liberal
Kan
Rent Control Continuation Is Advocated
Washington AP Ray Sawyer legislative director of AMVETS told a Senate Banking subcommittee that 16 million tenants need continued rent control until new rental housing catches up with demand. He urged extending the law for a year beyond February 29 and urged controls over about 1.6 million units with voluntary leases that boost rents by 15 percent under current law.
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Washington
Ray Sawyer
Amvets
Sawyer
Senate Banking
Congress
Two Americans Die in Action in Palestine
AP reports two U S citizens killed in Palestine amid Jewish Arab fighting after the UN partition vote. Ari Rabinowitz, 24, of Haifa was killed near Wadi Rushmiya in a Hagana clash. Mosheh Avigdor Pearlstein, 22, of Brooklyn, one of 35 Jews slain in the Judean hills, had volunteered for guard duty.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
Hagana
United Nations
Holy Land
Ari Rabinowitz
Haifa Technical College
Wadi Rushmiya
Haifa
Mosheh A. Pearlstein
Brooklyn
N.Y
Judean Hills
Bethlehem
el Ramie
Tel Aviv
New York
Jewish Agency
U.S
Mosheh Avigdor Pearlstein
Tme
Lawmaker critiques Marshall in foreign policy speech
Rep Frances Case of South Carolina warned in the House that General George Marshall may be poorly suited as Secretary of State. He argued Marshall favors political control of aid and loans, reflecting a military mindset in diplomacy and noting numerous military men in government.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
Frances Case
R-Sc
The
House
Secretary of State
Marshall
Nap
Case
George Marshall
Congress
George
George Washington
Cold Wave Weighs on Nation With Deaths and Fuel Strains
The worst cold wave of the season caused at least 25 deaths and tight fuel oil stocks. Eastern states remained hard hit while the Midwest moderated. Temperatures plummeted to 264 below zero in Phillipsburg Pa and 5 below in Chicago. President Truman limited heating oil and fuel use to conserve supplies, with federal cars restricted to 40 mph and buildings to 68 degrees. A memorial service set for three members of a Kenova family who died from carbon monoxide from an overworked gas heater.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Chicago Weather Bureau
New England
Florida
Phillipsburg
Pennsylvania
Memphis
Tenn
Truman
Kentucky
Connecticut
Tennessee
Illinois
Massachusetts
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Missouri
Mississippi
Chicago
J. W. Brunk
Dakotas
Michigan
Texas
Yuma
Aziz
Blythe
Cal
Kenova
W. Va
Elba Wellman
Judy
Louis M. Wellman
Moderate Use Of Gas Urged By Local Firm
Arch Robinson of the Gas and Electric Service urges continued moderate gas use by domestic commercial and industrial customers to avoid draining supplies during the cold spell. He notes industrials with alternate fuels should keep using them to ease demand while new gas lines from Texas move toward completion at the blending plant in Columbia Station.
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Arch Robinson
Gas and Electric Service
Robison
Cincinnati
Texas Field
Columbia Station
C.G
Elderly Doctor Causes Fatal Harm and Ends His Life
In Ashtabula County, Dr Azro H. Pardee, 62, shot his wife Gretta Pardee, 39, in their home then killed himself with a 38 caliber pistol. The coroner reported a quarrel over a possible divorce. Pardee told his son he had done something terrible before the double death.
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Ashtarbula
Ashtabula
Clyde C. Roller
Azro H. Pardee
Gretta
Pardee
William
Hiram
C Taylor
Taylor
Lucille
New York
Zanesville Sheriff Links Youth Death to Self-Inflicted Shot
Sheriff Harry Bealmear said 16 year old William J. Drumm of Frazersburg was found dead from gunshot wounds and ruled the death a self inflicted act though he termed it accidental. A rifle lay near the body.
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Zanesville
Harry Bealmear
Wiliam J. Drumm
Frazersburg
Change of Routes 4 and 73 Delayed by Parking Needs
State and city officials delay moving Routes 4 and 73 from Main Street to Verity Parkway. A switch to parallel parking is considered to add space for heavier traffic, with possible left turns at Central Avenue and Verity. Downtown Broad Street angle parking may also be eliminated to ease hazards.
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Main St
Verity Pkay
J. A. Goldschmidt
Division
State Highway Department
Goldschmidt
Central Ave
Verity
Fred Schatzmann
Verity Parkway
Schatenann
Broad St
Hugh King
Fire destroys two barns at Boys' Industrial School farm
Lancaster, AP report states farm supervisor O. L Thomas put damage at about 20000 dollars after a blaze on a school farm south of Lancaster yesterday. He attributed the fire to gasoline leaking from blow torches used to thaw pipes.
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Lancaster
O. L Thomas
Boys’ Industrial School
Here
18 Convicted After Raids At Ironton
Cincinnati AP reports 18 individuals indicted in the FBI raids on Ironton Ohio last November have all been convicted after pleas of guilty. Three defendants including Mrs Annita Veazey and Nicholas R Dinora accepted guilt for transporting a girl for immoral purposes, with Dinora also facing sentencing, and Mrs Dinora awaiting medical review. Fifteen others had already pleaded guilty and received prison sentences.
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Cincinnati
FBI
Ironton
U8. District Court
John
Louisa
Nicholas R. Dinora
Rentd
Tronton
Illinois
Joyce Dinora
Druffel
Mra. Dinora
Veazey
Trenton
Cincinnati Boy Killed In Accidental Shooting
In Cincinnati an 11 year old boy Virgil Moran allegedly fired an unloaded revolver, killing 9 year old Robert Jones. Police identified the shooter as Virgil Moran and the other boy as Harold Davis of Norwood.
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Cincinnati
Robert Jones
Harold Davis
Norwood
Davis
Virgil Moran
Fatal truck fire claims Edward Doertert in Cleveland
AP reports Edward Doertert of Cleveland burned to death when his truck skidded into a pole and caught fire yesterday. Police said the fatal blaze occurred at the scene and authorities are investigating the crash details.
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Pittsburgh
Edward Doertert
Cleveland
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