Bitter Civil War Looms As Lausche Enters May Primaries
Cleveland AP report notes former Gov Frank Lausche enters Democratic governor race, declaring opposition to party bosses. He challenges Ray T Miller in a tight primary with a battle for county chair support and state units. Other Democrats like Torok Cox Ferguson and Reams are mentioned as peers in the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lausche
Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Ray T. Miller
Miller
Cuyahoga County
Ohio County
Ohio
Thomas J Herbert
Joseph Torok
Youngstown
Robert Cox
Millersburg
Joseph Ferguson
Frazier Reams
Toledo
Reams
Thomas A. Burke
Flight Training Racket Raises GI Education Scrutiny
Representative Kearney demands an inquiry into GI flight training costs and suspected misuses under the Veterans Readjustment Act. He cites no reply from the Veterans Administration on who has taken training and total costs, with claims some schools double-charge veterans compared with non veterans and rates up to $11.50 per hour for dual instruction after a July 1946 VA cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kearneye
R-Ny
Congress
Kearney
Veterans Administration
Illnois
Veteran Administration
Major Changes Proposed For Aid Program
Washington reports two proposals to reshape the European recovery program. One would give the U S administrator and Congress tighter control over spending, with project approval and potential rejection of nationalization or costly social programs. The other suggests a barter with Latin America trading food for U S machinery to ease U S shortages. Republican senators press for aid financing projects not deficits, aiming to keep dollars at home and protect incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Congress
Latin America
Europe
U. S
Ball
R-Minn
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Lancaster
C. A. Barrett
Pittsburgh
Barrett
American Legion
Senate Foreign Relations Sasasaitton
Flood Control Plea Filed for Ohio Valley Projects
Walter E. Lorence executive vice president of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association pleads for flood control and river improvement funding to the House Appropriations Committee. Lorence notes only 1,599,500 has been allotted for navigation facilities in the valley, a tiny share of national totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
House Committee On Appropriations
Walter E. Lorence
Lorence
Army District Engineer
Pittsburgh
Ohio Valley
Meat shortage fears labeled mirage by meat institute
Washington AP The American Meat Institute told a Senate Banking Subcommittee that fears of a serious meat shortage are unfounded R J Eggert associate director said supply per person will be only about half an ounce less next spring and summer than last year though Agriculture Department forecast a severe shortage. He warned meat rationing would fail and harm production urging moderation in demand. The Flanders bill faces slim odds in Congress with Capehart voting against it and a majority undecided.
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Washington
American Meat Institute
R. J. Eggert
Institute
Senate Banking
Agriculture Department
Flanders
Conte
Congress
Capehart
R-Ind
Mental Clinic At Hamilton Opens Monday
The Ohio Welfare Department opens the Butler County mental hygiene clinic in Hamilton on Monday under the National Mental Health Act. Dr. Louis Gould directs, with Miss Mary T. Wilson of Columbia University assisting. The unit at 25 North B St will serve referrals from physicians schools courts and welfare agencies on a voluntary basis.
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Hamilton
Charles L. Sherwood
Columbus
Louis Gould
Norwich State Hospital
Connecticut
Mary T. Wilson
Columbia University
Butler County
Ohio Welfare Department
Miss Wilson
Gould
North B St
Ohio
Miami County
Trey
Piqua
Edward J. Humphreys
State
Miami
Humphreys
Welfare Department
New Ohio Highway Director Named in Columbus
Farl R. Reeb of Hicksville is named Ohio highway director by Governor Jim Gilligan. A 36 year engineer, Reeb has led the highway maintenance chief for a year and succeeds Murray D. Shaffer who resigns to become sales manager of Buffalo Springfield Roller Co.
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Columbus
Farl R. Reeb
Hicksville
Ohio
Reeb
Garreene Herbert
Murray D. Shaffer
Mansfield
Ohio Northern University
Reed
Paulding
State Highway Department
Toledo
Defiance
Highway Department
Shaffer
Buffalo-Springfield Roller Co
Springfield
Woolworth Heiress In Critical Condition After Relapse
Princess Troubetzkoy formerly Barbara Hutton, in Bern Switzerland, remains in critical condition after a relapse following an intestinal operation. Doctors noted a sharp temperature rise last night suggesting complications and said another operation was being considered.
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Bern
Switzerland
Princess Troubetzkoy
Barbara Hutton
British airliner missing with 29 aboard near Bermuda
About 30 planes searched the stormy Atlantic around Bermuda for the four engined Star Tiger of British South American Airways missing with 29 people, including Sir Arthur Coningham. The craft was last heard flying 440 miles northeast of Bermuda after failing to arrive at Findley Field.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
British South American Airways
Searth
Findley Field
Greek General Relieved Of Command In Greece
Athens AP Gen Constantine Ventiris is relieved as commander in chief of Greek armed forces fighting guerrillas in northern Greece. A new national defense council plan places all military units under the general staff, with Maj Gen Stylianes Kitri lakis named deputy chief of staff and tasked to draft new commands. The three hour council meeting included Maj William G Livesay and British Gen. B Rawlins, with Livesay heading the American aid military portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Constantine Ventiris
Greece
National Defense Council
Ventiris
Stylianes Kitrilakis
Demetrois Vadris
Venture
William G. Livesay
Bo Rawlins
Livesay
China Riot Over Cabarets Tied to Austerity
In Shanghai a riot erupted as cabaret workers and companions attacked the Municipal Social Affairs Bureau building. About 20 police were injured as authorities closed 14 cabarets under China’s austerity program, drawing thousands from the sex-entertainment sector into protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Municipal Social Affairs Bureau
China
Orville Wright Dies at 76 in Dayton Hospital
Orville Wright, co inventor of the airplane and first to fly, died in his sleep at Miami Valley Hospital at 10 40 p m after a lung congestion and heart disease. He was 76 and had been hospitalized after a second heart attack this year. Gen Joseph T McNarney and Col E A Deeds sent early condolences, noting his role in national and international aviation. Wright lived a reticent life and believed the plane would aid peace, not war, though he helped with Air Force projects at Wright Field. He was born August 19, 1871, in Dayton.
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Dayton
Orville Wright
Miami Valley Hospital
A. B. Brower
Wright
Horace A. Wright
H. S. Miller
Joseph T. McNarney
Air Materiel Command
Wright Field
Col
E A. Deeds
National Cash Register Company
General McNarney
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Wilbur
Wright Field Engineers
Milton Wright
United Brethren Church
Ohio Cold Wave Eases as Subzero Temps Fade
Cold snap grips Ohio with subzero readings in the north and record lows in Cleveland the coldest January 31 since 1944. Temperatures rose to near zero by midmorning with highs expected around 12, while Akron and other cities posted single digits. Ice floes on the Ohio River partially cleared as ice gorges lingered elsewhere. Gas supplies improve as several hundred communities regain hot water service, though conservation remains urged.
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Cleveland
Akron
Toledo
Columbus
Cincinnati
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Ohio River
Agriculture Dept. flags no immediate egg support buy
The Agriculture Department says it plans no immediate purchase of eggs to support prices if market levels seem adequate to ensure prices at or above 90 percent of parity. Parity is the price the department deems fair to both farmers and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Slayer Dies In Chair For Sandusky Murder
George M. Sexton of Sandusky was executed in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair for the holdup killing of Otto Hoffman. He died at 8 13 p m after a last meal of fried chicken and sweet potatoes and prayer. Eye tissue was collected for shipment to the sight restoration eye bank at Columbia University. His appeal had been denied by the Ohio Supreme Court and Gov Herbert did not intervene.
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Columbus
George M. Sexton
Sandusky
Ohio Penitentiary
Otto Hoffman
Hn B. Eckstrom
Sexton
Calvin Adcock
Ohio Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Thomas J. Herbert
Ice Gorge Jam Omits Cincinnati Region On Ohio River
The Ohio River ice gorge stretched 65 miles from Madison Indiana upstream about 11 miles in 24 hours. The pileup reached from Hoosier City to Addyston Ohio, 13 miles downstream from Cincinnati, with open water spots noted. Alden of the Corps of Engineers said formation may slow, no river freeze fears for Cincinnati. Dam 23 to Dam 13 section was solid ice. A low temperature and 25 degrees forecast with snow and sleet.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Madison
Ind
Ohio River Division Corps of Engineers
Hoosier City
Addyston
Carl E. Alden
Gallipolis
Allipolis
Alden
Knutson Eyes Support for 6500 Million Tax Cut Bill
Representative Knutson claims sufficient Democrats will back a 6.5 billion dollar tax cut as the House prepares to vote. After two days of heated debate a Monday session was anticipated while Democrats craft a 4 billion dollar income tax reduction plan funded by a 3.2 billion dollar corporate profits tax. The substitute appears unlikely to pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knutson
R-Minn
House
UN Suspends India Action Over Gandhi Death
United Nations efforts to settle the India Pakistan Kashmir dispute were suspended after Gandhi’s death. An Indian spokesman said the delegation would take no action until instructions from New Delhi. He warned that arguing the case before the Security Council would be useless if the country erupts in flames.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Kashmir
Gandhi
New Delhi
Security Council
Cold Wave Grips Eastern Nation Slows Industry
A severe cold wave hit the eastern half of the country causing fuel shortages and factory curtailments. Temperatures plummeted to subzero in the north and mid Atlantic while New York City endured record low readings. The government ordered an 18 percent cut in fuel oil and gasoline exports as idled workers rose to over 250,000, with Detroit alone accounting for about 200,000 idle. In Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute of Technology chairman William Frew died of a heart attack at his home.
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Chicago
Midwest
New England
Detroit
Mount Washington
Mass
Boston
Middle Atlantic States
Great Lakes
New York City
Lower Michigan
Wisconsin
North Central
Pellston
Mich
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York State
Carolinas
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Miami
Pittsburgh
William Frew
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Gandhi's Son Lights Gandhi's Funeral Pyre At River Jumna
Mohandas K Gandhi's youngest son Devada touched off the funeral pyre for the Mahatma as tens of thousands wept in Delhi and across India. A vast crowd chanted prayers, police restrained mourners, and rioting flared in Bombay and Poona after Gandhi was assassinated. The celebrant’s ashes would remain a day and a half at the pyre before immersion in the Ganges.
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New Delhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Mahatma
Devada
Gandhi
Prophet of Peace
Devadas Gandhi
Jumna
Ganges
Bombay
Poona
Gandhi Tilak
Narayan Vinayak Gadse
Jawaherlal Nehru
von Birla House
Birla House
Ohio forest land buying debated at association meeting
Ohio Forestry Association members clash over state purchase of forest land. Cleveland attorney Horatio Ford warns against government buying, saying private enterprise should handle forest lands. Proponents urge rapid expansion of state forests to 600000 acres in 20 years, citing recreation and conservation.
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Columbus
Ohio Forestry Association
Cleveland
Horatio Ford
Ohio
Pack Foundation
Ford
H. R. Moore
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
A. B. Hastings
Society of American Foresters
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Memphis
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