General Eisenhower Declines Presidential Nomination
Washington AP General Dwight D Eisenhower said he is not available for or able to accept nomination to high political office. He explained his reluctance to enter politics and reaffirmed readiness to serve the government militarily. He plans terminal leave from the Army about February 15 and will become Columbia University president in June.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army Chief of Staff
New Hampshire
Ike
Leonard V. Finder
Manchester Union Leader
Eisenhower
Army
Columbia University
Escapees Fail Flight Hit Pole Recaptured
Two young prisoners Ar thur Neff and Charles Kennedy of Youngstown escaped a police car after their Lisbon court appearance on burglary and auto theft charges. Handcuffed together they fled but collided with a right hand pole, suffered dazed injuries, and were recaptured by deputies near the jail. Marshal Henry Gibson linked the escape to a prior robbery at a filling station.
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Youngstown
Arthur Neff
Charles Kennedy
Mahoning County
Lisbon
Columbiana County
Ray Cullison
Kennedy
Leff
Copas Pleads Guilty in U S Still Case in Pike County
George Copas Jr of Elm Grove Ohio admitted guilt in U S district court to possessing and operating a still in Sunfish Township Pike County. Judge Mell G Underwood postponed sentencing pending probation report.
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Columbus, O
George Copas, Jr
Elm Grove
U. S. District Court
Sunfish Township
Pike County
Mell G. Underwood
Kay Francis Ill In Hospital And Manager Is Held
Kay Francis, the actress, fell ill under mysterious circumstances in Columbus with her stage manager Howard Graham detained for assault to kill. Francis was moved to White Cross Hospital and remained unconscious. Graham claimed she had taken sleeping tablets and denied cooperation. Authorities found a wild party scene at the hotel as investigators proceeded.
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Kay Francis
Columbus, C
Howard Graham
Miss Francis
Graham
Deshler-Wallick
White Cross Hospital
Karl Hanna
Carl Clifton
Churchill Urges Fast Unification of Western Europe
United States welcomed Bevin's proposal to unite western Europe against Communism. Churchill urged rapid action to form a democratic European union with France Benelux Switzerland Italy, arguing it could deter Moscow before atomic weapons emerge. He called to keep the plan above party politics and align English speaking nations with broader European partners.
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Washington
United States
Bevin
Europe
London
Winston Churchill
Moscow
Western
Soviet Union
Churchill
France
Benelux
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Italy
Fulton
Bar
Russia
Western Europe
Amanda Seeks Fire Protection Plan After Coverage Loss
Amanda property owners meet next Thursday to decide on options after Lemon Township shifted fire protection to Monroe and North Middletown volunteers. Residents fear higher insurance rates if Amanda loses Middletown coverage and may consider annexation to Middletown or self funding for a local fire service with industry help. Monroe Fire Department now serves Amanda.
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Amanda
Middletown
Lemon Township
Monroe
North Middletown
Middletown Fire Department
Mayfield
Ralph Helsinger
Amanda Property Owners Association
Helsinger
At & P.m
Amanda School
Campaign for World Union Gains Momentum in Cleveland
In Cleveland a broad coalition backs Workers Security urging a world government to avert atomic war. Two hundred thousand sign pledges, with hopes for half a million, as cross‑sectional leaders from Republicans, Democrats, churches, CIO AFL, rail unions, educators and business figures organize street campaigns and 40 name petitions to push the idea to Washington.
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Cleveland
Workers Security
CIO
AFL
Washington
World Federation
United Nations
Judge Wilkin
Tax stamps redeemed set new annual record in Columbus
AP reports cancel led sales tax stamps redeemed last year totaled 2,086,508 dollars, a new record and 493,385 dollars more than 1946. Stamps redeemable at three cents per one dollar of face value, showing strong fiscal activity in the period.
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Columbus
Stassen Probes Pauley Deals In Grain Profits
Harold E. Stassen testified before a Senate subcommittee that Edwin W. Pauley earned 40175 dollars in two grain trades after a speech by Secretary Anderson that depressed prices. Pauley, a former Army official, denies using any inside information and denounces Stassen’s charges as false.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Edwin W. Pauley
Anderson
Stassen
Senate Appropriations
Pauley
Ferguson
Army Royals
Mink Garment Thieves Sought After $75,000 Heist
Detroit AP reports two armed gunmen robbed New York fur salesmen at a gin rummy game, taking $75,000 worth of mink garments. A suspect loitering near Statler Hotel room 1429 was detained as part of the wide police search. Victims Henry Rosen and William Lewis described being bound and the furs packed into large boxes, with 35 less valuable coats left behind.
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New York
Charles O'Brien
Statler Hotel
Henry Rosen
William Lewis
Stassen Plans Ohio Primary Entry and Delegates
Akron AP Harold Stassen will announce plans to seek presidential delegates in Ohio primaries possibly within 48 hours. Ray Finley says Stassen to file in Cleveland Toledo Youngstown Dayton East Liverpool Steubenville and maybe Springfield. Hart aims to assemble 14th district delegates. petitions to be prepared soon.
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Akron
Harold FE. Stassen
Ohio
Finley
Stassen
Washington
Earl Hart
Cleveland
Toledo
Youngstown
Dayton
East Livers
Steubenville
Hart
Regional Red Cross Conference Planned
Washington DC based report says a regional Red Cross conference with chapters from Ohio Indiana and West Virginia will be held in Columbus on February 19. Basil O Connor president of the Red Cross announced the plan yesterday.
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Washington, D.C
Red Cross
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Columbus
Basil O'Connor
New Gas Sources To Boost Cincinnati Supply
The Cin cinnati Gas and Electric Company opened two new gas sources at East End, adding about 10 percent to supplies but not yet easing heating restrictions. One source is an oil gas plant at East End Works in preliminary production, reaching 6,000,000 cubic feet daily at full capacity. The other is a pipeline completion delivering about 11,000,000 cubic feet daily, with total future output planned at 16,000,000 cubic feet daily. Additional lines will link to Corpus Christi gas, with river crossings expanded from one to three across the Ohio River to connect Cincinnati and northern Kentucky systems.
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East End
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company
Arch Robison
Middletown Gas & Electric Service
Robison
Cg&e
East End Works
Cincinnati
Foster
Brent
California
Con— A
Middletown
Corpus Christi
Texas
Tennessee Gas Transmission Company
Means
Ohio River
Brokaw Re-elected President At Bicycle Institute Meet
H Clyde Brokaw of Shelby City was re elected president of the Bicycle Institute of America Inc at the close of the institute 30th annual convention. The event in Miami Beach showcased industry updates and member recognition as Brokaw secured another year in leadership.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Clyde Brokaw
Shelby, C
Bicycle Institute of America, Inc
German Commuters Hit By Munich Train Strike
Munich witnesses massive walkout as Bavarian workers strike for 24 hours. German commuters flood civilian and military lines, clash with conductors, and chant for work. The nationwide disruption paralyzes southern Germany with 1 million workers involved and spreads to Nuernberg Cologne and the Ruhr region.
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Munich
Germany
Nuernberg
Chinese Aid Plan Is Set Says Marshall
Secretary of State Marshall disclosed a definite Chinese aid program has been worked out, but not yet submitted to Congress. He told Senator Bridges it will first go to the National Advisory Council and Budget Bureau for review, then to the President for congressional submission within the week. Bridges charged the administration promised aid more than two months ago and questioned its goodwill amid Soviet influence in China.
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Washington
State Department
Marshall
Congress
Bridges
R-Nh
National Advisory Council
Budget Bureau
Congress Urdges
Mars Hall
China
Road Conditions Treacherous In Parts Of State
Zero weather blankets Ohio with below zero readings in central and southwestern areas. Snow flurries and slick highways across several counties prompt the Ohio Fuel Gas Company to declare a public gas emergency and impose heavy curtailment on industrial users while urging voluntary cuts for homes and businesses.
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Columbus
Onio
Washington Court House
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Akron
Columbus Weather Bureau
Salem
Alliance
Mount Gilead
Circleville
Wilmington
Georgestown
State Highway Department
Medina
Chardon
Painesville
Warren
Ashtabula
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Severe cold wave sweeps nation across regions
The Associated Press reports a severe cold wave engulfing the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic, with temperatures plunging to 40 degrees below zero in parts of Minnesota and the Dakotas. Snow falls spread from the Rockies to Tennessee and Virginia as colder air moves south and east.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Coast
Carolinas
North Central
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Red River Valley
Minnesota-North Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Columbia
Rockford
Chicago
Rockies
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
Middle
West Va
Bowling Green
St. Louis
Nashville
Tenn
Great Lakes
Indiana
Gary
Michigan City
Weather Bureau
Man Convicted in Cincinnati Murder Case
AP reports Elmer Curnutt of Otas Kentucky was found guilty of first degree murder for beating and stabbing 80 year old tavern keeper Thomas M. Wilson during a December 2 robbery in Cincinnati. The jury made no mercy recommendation, fixing the penalty as death in the electric chair.
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Cincinnati
Elmer Curnutt
Otas
Mrecy
Curnutt
Thomas M. Wilson
Nose Doesn’t Know Judge Upholds Sale
William P. Bigler of Gates Mills contracted to buy a stone residence in Chesterland from Arnulf G. Rose for 26500 dollars but backed out over a nearby pig farm odor. Judge Julius M. Kovachy ruled the odor was imagination not a health concern and ordered completion of the sale.
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Cleveland (Ap
William P. Bigler
Gates Mills
Chesterland
Arnulf G. Rose
Bigler
Rose
Common Pleas
Julius M. Kovachy
Train derails near Van Wert after broken rail
An eastbound Erie passenger train jumped the track at Elgin seven miles south of Van Wert Ohio early today. No serious injuries were reported though one passenger sprained an ankle. The seven cars remained upright but damaged double tracks, prompting bus transfers to Lima and rerouting of traffic for some distance.
Congressional Probers Enter Steel Firm Stock Coup Attempt
New York AP report on a probe into an attempted $9.5 million stock coup to seize control of Follansbee Steel Corp of Pittsburgh. State Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein leads inquiries with witnesses including bankers and a secretary described as attractive. Joint congressionally backed gray market scrutiny and criminal inquiry launched to assemble a complete picture of the case.
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Follawsbee Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Nathaniel L. Goldstein
Follansbee
Egbert R. Ferguson, Jr
Steed
Ferguson
Goldstein
Follawsbee Steel Corp
Francis X. Clark
Philip J. Kureens
Brooklyn
Kurens
Karens
A. Terry Fahye
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William Blair
House of Commons
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Detroit
Harold Stassen
Ray Finley
Naiien
William Green
Charles W. Tobey
Senate Banking Committee
Labor and Industry
Green
U. S
Cologne
Arnsberg
Ruhr
H. L. Jacobson
Plains
Nose
van Wert
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