Firm Eyed In RFC Probe Applies For New Loan
The government weighs a 55.95 million dollar loan to Central Iron and Steel Co of Harrisburg in a case tied to past RFC loans and accusations of political influence. The firm, linked to a Senate inquiry led by Sen. Fulbright, seeks funds under the metals use program despite prior concerns about its financial policies and connections to political figures.
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Washington
Defense Production Administration
DPA
Central Iron and Steel Co
Harrisburg
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Senate Banking Subcommittee
White House
Sen. Fulbright
D-Ark
Central Iron and Steel
William E. Willett
RFC Board of Directors
Hubert D. Steele
Hubert B. Steele
Steele
Joseph H. Rosenbaum
Joseph E. Casey
D-Mass
Rosenbaum
Senate Rfc
Willett
Ena Pe Ae
UN Bombers Hammer Rails In Korea
Allied fighter bombers battered North Korean rail lines in the Northwest as MIG Alley skirmishes with MIG-15 aircraft occurred. U N forces reported multiple rail cuts, field pieces and trucks destroyed. Ground clashes along the Pukhan River yielded minor skirmishes while B 29s blasted additional rail targets late night.
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Seoul
Korea
U.N
U. S
Eighth Army
Pukhan
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U. N
Eisenhower in Ohio Race Faces Name Rule Challenge
Akron Ohio takes a look at how Dwight Eisenhower’s name can appear on primary ballots while state law bars his name. Walter Wanamaker a common pleas judge filed as delegate candidate naming Kenneth Fisenhauer as first choice for president and notes it may be acceptable if the names sound alike. Ohio requires a first and second choice and consent from the candidate. Wanamaker an ex WWI flying ace cites Army regulations in the discussion.
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Akron. O
Ohio
Dwight Eisenhower
Walter B. Wanamaker
Kenneth P. Fisenhauer
Wanamaker
Army
Dinosaur Bones Unfrozen By OPS
The government said it will end the price freeze on items including dinosaur skeletons, bowling pins, sundials, and stuffed animals used for education. OPS cited these commodities as economically minor with little impact on the cost of living. The order also exempts non edible foods such as wax fruits and plastic turkeys.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Brehm Appeal Set for February Arguments
WASHINGTON The U S Court of Appeals will hear arguments February 18 on Rep Walter E Brehm a Republican from Ohio over his conviction for illegal acceptance of political gifts from a female employee.
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Washington
Court of Appeals
Walter E. Brehm
Ohio
Bedroom Suite Adverts Open for Quick Sale
An old classified note offers a 3 piece walnut bedroom suite in excellent condition for sale. It urges readers to place journal ads daily and gives phone numbers and an address for Mrs Max Rosselot at 1011 Midway.
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Max Rosselot
Midway
Ser
Chiang Honors Admiral in Formosa Award
Nationalist China awarded the Order of the Grand Cordon to retired U S Admiral Charles Maynard Cooke Jr for providing technical aid to its armed forces.
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Taipeh
Formosa
China
U. S
Charles Maynard Cooke, Jr
Reorganization of Tax Bureau OKd By House
The House overwhelmingly approves President Truman's plan to move the Internal Revenue Bureau to a merit system. It would abolish 53 collectorships and create up to 14 district commissioners under civil service, with other key staff under civil service except the commissioner. Details include potential job retention for current collectors who qualify and debated deputy-collector rotations by John B. Dunlap. Hearings continue.
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Washington
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
House
Senate
Internal Revenue
Civil Service
Congress
Revenue
John B. Dunlap
Dunlap
Senate Expenditures Committee
Three Patients Die From Cold at Richmond Hospital
Richmond Palladium Item reports Wayne County health records show three Richmond State Hospital patients died of exposure during December when hospital boilers failed. A 75 year old woman died December 20, a 66 year old woman on December 22, and a 69 year old man on December 28. The superintendent said cold was a contributing factor but noted the individuals were ill and might have died within a week.
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Richmond
Ind
Richmond Palladium
Wayne County
Richmond State Hospital
Pennsylvania Railroad
Palladium Item
Paul Williams
Park Avenue Bandit Trio Loots Fashion Designer's Home
A three-man armed robbery on Park Avenue stole jewelry valued at about 114000 dollars plus 1500 dollars in cash from fashion designer Mollie Parris. Two gunmen and a knife-wielding thief entered by posing as package reclaimers and restrained staff as they seized a diamond necklace worth 30000 dollars and earnings of 15000 dollars, missing another 50000 dollars in gems. The spree mirrors another midtown jewelry theft in recent days as midtown thefts soar.
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NEW York
Park Avenue
Manhattan
Uwner
Mollie Parris
Unsafe To Avoid Boost In Taxes
President Truman says it is not safe to forego another tax increase despite opposition from Senators Moody and Monroney. He cites the fiscal outlook and notes the need to balance budgets over a five year period, while outlining three alternatives to a general tax boost.
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Washington
Truman
Moody
D-Midh
Monroney
D-Okla
Congress
Elizabeth And Philip Start On 5 Month Tour
Elizabeth and Philip depart on a five month overseas tour of Africa Asia Australia and New Zealand replacing the king and queen. The voyage begins in Libya then Kenya with a first visit to a hunting lodge gift. They sail from Mombasa to Ceylon aboard the Gothic and start Australia at Perth on April 1 and New Zealand at Wellington May 7.
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London
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
British Overseas Airways
George
Philip
Canada
Truman
Washington
Antipodes
el Adem
Libya
Africa
Nairobi
Kenya
Mombasa
Ceylon
Perth
New Zealand
Wellington
Blast Of Cold Hits Southeast
A cold snap grips the Southeast and Atlantic states with below freezing readings in many areas. Cross City Florida hits 20s while Jacksonville climbs to the 30s and Miami remains mild in the 40s. Northern New England stays below zero in places though higher than Wednesday. Maine towns report subzero at Presque Isle, Rumford, and Caribou. The Midwest enjoys warmer air, rising from the teens to the mid-20s, with central states near or above freezing in Iowa and South Dakota.
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Southeastern
Atlantic Seaboard
New England
Cross City
Fla
Jacksonville
Miami
Atlanta
Carolinas
Georgia
Maine
Presque Isle
Rumford
Carib
Revived After Heart Stops At Presbyterian Hospital
CHICAGO AP Damine Timke a 21 year old senior student nurse had her heart stop for an hour and 45 minutes. Doctors used chest massage and an electrical device delivering 110 volts to her exposed heart for a half second after three physicians alternated in massaging to keep circulation. She spoke about the incident noting temporary amnesia and living two years in the past.
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Chicago
Damine Timke
Presbyterian Hospital
Miss Timke
West Germans Raid Communists and Nazi-Style Party Offices
West German police raided the Communist party and the Nazi-like Socialist Reich party, seizing secret records and propaganda. The dawn action, ordered by the constitutional court, aimed to gather evidence of subversive activity as authorities seek to outlaw both groups. No arrests were reported and the raids occurred without incident.
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Bon
Germany
Communist Party
Socialist Reich Party
Federal Constitutional Court
Konrad Adenauer
U. S
Flood Losses 23 Million in Ohio River Flood
Cincinnati reports show the swollen Ohio River cresting near 57.5 feet with 10 deaths and property damage estimated at 23 million dollars. Col. Paschal N. Strong and President Truman viewed flooded areas from the air as crews monitor river stages from Portsmouth to Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Paschal N. Strong
Ohio River Division
U. S. Engineers
Washington
Truman
Portsmouth
Maysville
New Richmond
Marietta
Greenup
U. S. Weather Bureau
Egypt Orders Guerillas To Cease Raids In Suez Zone
Cairo reports that Premier Aly Maher Pasha's new government issued orders to Egyptian commandos in the Suez Canal area to halt guerrilla raids. Western diplomats view cooling tensions as necessary for any renewed talks on the British Egyptian dispute. Zaki El Knali, governor of Suez, says about 50 criminals were arrested since martial law began and liberation battalions remain active but less so.
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Cairo
Suez Canal
Aly Maher Pasha
Maher Pasha
Aziz al Misri
Liberation Battalion
Wafd
Canal Zone
Suez
Zaki el Knali
Liberation ‘Attalions
Truman Names Potential Successor and Adds Four to Gov’t Panel
President Truman said he has chosen a successor to price administrator Michael V. Di Salle but did not name him. He also hinted at a Tennessee Valley Authority board candidate and announced four new members for a government job discrimination enforcement committee: Russell Forbes, Michael J. Galvin, Everett L. Hollis, and John D. Small.
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Washington
Truman
Michael V. di Salle
Price
Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors
Russell Forbes
General Services Administration
Michael J. Galvin
Everett L. Hollis
Atomic Energy Commission
John D. Small
Munitions Board
Defense Department
NATO Admiral Begins Work
Washington AP Lynde D. McCormick arrives to set up the largest international sea command since World War II. He will head Saclant with Deputy Sir William Andrewes to coordinate plans for a high sea force protecting European supply routes if the Soviet threat grows.
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Washington
Lynde D. McCormick
Supreme Allied Commander
Atlantic
Saclant
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Norfolk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Pentagon
U. S
Britain
France
North Atlantic Ocean Area
North Atlantic Ocean Region
Defense
Robert Lovett
Omar Bradley
U .S
Truman withdraws from New Hampshire primary but not reelection run
President Truman said he will withdraw his name from the New Hampshire preferential primary but that may not bar another run for president. He denounced Senator McCarthy as pathological, avoided confirming a reelection bid, and called primaries eyewash while praising Ellis Arnall yet offering no job details.
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Washington
Truman
New Hampshire
McCarthy
James McPhail
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arnall
Wisconsin
Senate
Phillip Nash
White House
Nash
FBI
Ohio Proclaimed Disaster Area
Washington The Reconstruction Finance Corp declared the entire Ohio River Valley a disaster area enabling flood relief loans. Applications will be taken at the Cleveland office and later in Louisville with emergency offices planned in hard hit cities like Marietta Ohio. The RFC has about 80 million dollars in loan authority after distributing over 20 million to flood victims in Kansas and other Midwest areas last summer.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Ohio River Valley
Cleveland
Louisville
Marietta
RFC
Kansas
Taft Pays Traffic Fine After Guilty Plea
Charles P Taft Republican aspirant for governor paid a traffic fine after his attorneys pleaded guilty for him Wednesday to a grand jury. He illegally crossed a yellow line while passing three trucks. The Cincinnatian, brother of Senator Robert A Taft, was fined 25 dollars and costs.
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Ravenna, C
Charles P. Taft
Govee
Truman Flies Over 4 State Flood Area
President Truman took off from National Airport at 11 12 a m in freezing weather on a nonstop flight over the four state flood area formed by the Ohio River. He planned to survey sections of Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky from the Independence a four engine Constellation aircraft. The trip aimed to Pittsburgh Cincinnati and back to Washington lasting about four hours and ten minutes with more than an hour for the Pittsburgh Cincinnati leg.
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Roland Hamilton
Middletown
Altha B. Hamilton
Woodlawn Avenue
Frank Noel
Associated Press
Noel
Jerry Oakley
Albany
Ore
Clayton Rogers
Little Rock
Ark
Charles Davis
Mount Vernon
Ill
Hamilton
Tokyo
Washington
Truman
Ohio
National Airport
Independence
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Brie
Robert H. Landry
Air Force
Allegheny
Monongahela
Pittsburgh-Cincinnati
Truck Strike Looms In Ohio
A tentative tented tire strike call threatens a state wide shutdown for about 5,500 Ohio over the road truck drivers. Two conferences were reported, one in Chicago with the AFL Central States Drivers Council and another in Columbus slated for 4 p m. A Columbus meeting would include 130 Ohio trucking firms seeking ways to avert the action.
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Columbus
O. W
Ohio
Afli Central States Drivers Council
Chicago
John Angelo
AFL Teamsters
Central States Drivers Council
Central States
FCC Orders Probe of Race Wires
The FCC ordered an investigation into use of Western Union facilities for legal gambling operations. Western Union was told to hold in abeyance a set of proposed regulations regulating transmission of horse and dog racing news, with the effective date postponed from tonight to May 1.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union
FCC
Telegraph Ageng
Chicago closes two horsemeat pie eateries amid health orders
Chicago health officials ordered the Blackhawk Restaurant and another Loop eatery closed after finding horsemeat in hamburger pies. The Streamliner Restaurant at 179 Wabash Ave. was also shut, located near the Blackhawk at Randolph Street and Wabash Avenue.
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Chicago
Blackhawk
City Health Department
Streamliner
Wabash Ave
Remdolph St
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