Relief From Cold Weather Forecast Hits Wide Area
Bitter cold moved across the nation from Rockies to Atlantic coast and into the Rio Grande Valley. Snow and freezing temperatures caused heavy farm and crop damage fears, stalled traffic, and power shortages in several states. California?
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Ohio general revenue taxes exceed forecast by 17 percent
Columbus AP Ohio collected 17 percent more from general revenue tax sources last year than estimated, with actual receipts of 268,477,432 against 229,370,473. Tax commissioner C Emory Glander warns it will be touch and go to keep the general fund in the black in 1948 despite higher early-year collections. He notes the 3 percent sales tax was the main driver, and cites possible declines if prices fall, though current 1948 receipts outpace last year.
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C. Emory Glander
Glender
Department of Aeear
Glander
General Fund
General Assembly
Confessed Girl Slayer To Die
Harold A. Beach was sentenced to death by electric chair for the New Year’s night killing of eight year old Sheila Ainley. A common pleas jury of seven women and five men found him guilty of first degree murder after a three hour and two minute deliberation. The judge deferred sentence until counsel can move for a new trial and execution cannot occur before June 19. Beach showed no reaction as he was led from the courtroom in handcuffs.
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Harold A. Beach
Sheila Ainley
Common Pleas
Samuel H. Silbert
Beach
Tomorro
Silbert
Confessei
27 Year old promise fulfilled in Ohio burial plan
In Chillicothe AP H A Hicks retired hotel operator fulfills a 27 year pledge to bury the ashes of Mrs Belle Brew in Grandview Cemetery. Mrs Brew who died in Los Angeles at 994 left behind husband Calvin Brewer and two sons Angus and Everett. Hicks once clerked at the old Carson Hotel where the Brewers stayed and planned the reburial when the time came.
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Chillicothe
H. A. Hicks
Grandview
Belle Brew
Los Angeles
Hicks
Ex-Sailor Awarded 10000 in Suit
Cleveland man Frank Gyuru Jr wins $10,000 in Lake County Common Pleas Court against Roy L. Monroe of Painesville after a Navy era dispute over a wife’s love and affection. Jury verdict was unanimous.
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Building cleared after bomb threat at Jerusalem consulate
An anonymous bomb threat emptied the U S States Consulate building near the Jewish Agency HQ where 13 were killed and nearly 100 injured. American personnel returned after an hour-long police search found no explosives.
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Jewish Agency
Second Murder Trial Date Set For May 10
Canton Ohio AP reports a second murder trial for John Harvey Haley aged 16 is scheduled to begin May 10 in Common Pleas Court before Judge A C L Barthlemeh. The date was set in a conference yesterday.
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Senate Republicans Press Tax Cut Bill For Next Week Action
Senate Republican leaders unveiled a 4.7 billion dollar income tax cut aimed at sweeping votes from Democrats to pass over a presidential veto. The Finance Committee approved the measure 10 to 1, trimming 1.8 billion from the House bill and outlining rates from 12.6 to 5 percent across income brackets. Millikin said about 70.5 percent of relief would go to filers under 5,000 dollars, with the House plan at 71.8 percent.
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Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
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Millikin
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Senate Moves Fast Toward Vote on ERP
AP wires report a fast Senate rush to decide the European Recovery Program funding with a $5.3 billion first year plan vs a $4 billion Taft proposal. President Truman and Secretary Marshall warned of a world crisis from Communism while urging urgency, calm, and broad support for the plan amid Italian elections.
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Truman Blocks Deportation Of Auschwitz Doctor Gisela Perl
President Truman blocked deportation of Dr. Gisela Perl a Romani an Jew who served in Auschwitz and Bel een camps. Bloom sponsored a bill allowing her to stay permanently in the United States noting she arrived in March 1946 as a lecturer and now resides in New York City. The Justice Department had refused to endorse the bill arguing she would not face persecution if she returned to Europe.
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Auschwitz and
Beleen
Truman
Gisela Perl
Sol Bloom
D-Ny
Perl
New York City
Justice Department
Bloom
Dr. Perl
Europe
Soldier Greer Recaptured After Wartime Prison Break
Private John F. Greer of Hamilton was captured near Woodsdale, five miles north of Hamilton, after escaping with two fellow prisoners from an armed guard yesterday. The incident involved three Army prisoners who fled earlier in the day.
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Hamilton
Woodsdale
Here
Sheridan Grandson Leaps To Death From Golden Gate Bridge
Philip H. Sheridan ITI aged 31 died by suicide last night after jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. The Francisco Chronicle notes he was a grandson of Civil War general Philip H. Sheridan.
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Philip H. Sheridan
ITI
Golden Gate Bridge
The
Francisco Chronicle
U S and Russia clash over Palestine as talks stall
New York AP report says tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union threaten Palestine partition. Delegates fear Palestine may become a minor issue in broader U S Russia diplomacy as Gromyko warns of pulling out if Arabs and Jews are not appeased. France and China seen backing conciliation, but Russian support remains essential.
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Western Union Adopts Fifty Year European Treaty
In Brussels Britain France and the Benelux nations agreed to a fifty year political economic and military union to check communism. The five governments will sign the accord next Wednesday in Brussels with allied documents to be released only at the ceremony. Delegates from Belgium Britain France Luxembourg and the Netherlands concluded talks after over a week at the conference table.
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Buechner Seeks Public Hearing on Suspension
Frank R. Buechner asked for a public hearing on his suspension as city manager. The request was filed with the city clerk for the next City Council meeting on March 17, the same date proposed for the hearing by a council majority.
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Frank R. Buechner
Buechner
Yank Soldier Beaten and Shot by Russians in Vienna
AP dispatch reports U S Private First Class Jack Grunden was beaten and shot with a dum dum bullet by a Russian guard and another Russian in Vienna. General Geoffrey Keyes said the incident occurred near Soviet HQ as Grunden lay injured for 45 minutes with no aid.
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Portland
Czechs Pay Respects To Nasaryk Amid Crumbling Parliament
A two mile line of mourners filed through Czernin Palace as Jan Masaryk lay in state. Communist leaders strengthened control with a reorganization plan and new posts in Parliament while reporting additional self-inflicted deaths, including Josef Hero and a Moravian official. Parliament adjourned for Masaryk’s state funeral.
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Mass gaming house holdup in Muskingum County shocks area
ZANESVILLE AP Despite inconsistent figures officials say four masked robbers hit the Four Star Inn early yesterday, taking roughly 4000 to 4300 from the owner and 12 to 15 patrons. Loot reports vary from 5000 to 6000 up to 20000. the gang fled toward Zanesville in two cars and remained at large. Sheriff Bealmear says the crime likely ended the robbers gambling at the inn.
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Muskingum County
Esterday
Harry J. Bealmear
Four Star Inn
Speech and Hearing Convention Opens in Columbus
The Ohio Association of Speech and Hearing opened a two day convention in Columbus with a program including visits to schools for the speech handicapped.
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Columbus
Ohio Association of Speech and Hearing
Home Damaged In Local Two Alarm Fire
A two alarm blaze damaged the second floor of the Koeppel home at 1314 Young Street just before noon. Mrs. Koeppel said a tea salesman reported the fire after entering and found the stair engulfed. No injuries were reported. cause undetermined though a flue spark is suspected. Occupants included Mrs. Adelaide Gray and her children Walter and Donna, plus Mr. and Mrs. Charles Abde and infant Timothy.
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Frank Koeppel
Young St
Truman denies Pearson accusation of disloyal NY Jews
President Truman branded columnist Drew Pearson’s report as a lie out of the whole cloth and said he would not have said it. He urged readers to consult the New York Mirror for the full column and rebuked the claim as false and harmful.
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Drew Pearson
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Pearson
New York Mirror
New Campaign Aims to Dry Up Ohio By County Option
Columbus AP reports renewed county by county efforts to dry up Ohio. Mary B. Ervin, WC T U president, said an executive meeting March 16 18 will organize a county option bill for the next legislature. Speakers include Robert Newton U S commissioner C Hamilton of Wooster and Rev C C Thomas of Akron Haven of Rest.
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State Women’s Christian Temperance Union
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Calea
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U. S
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Wooster
Prohibition Party
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Haven of Rest
Akron
U S Freighter South Star Runs Aground Near Schiermonnikoog
The 8277 ton U S freighter South Star ran aground today off Schiermonnikoog island, west Frisian coast. A lifeboat and three tugs assisted while the Dutch Coast Guard prepared a relay operation to refloat at high tide around 10 p m.
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