Ohio Railroads Cut Off Passenger Trains
Ohio railroads announce further cuts to passenger service due to dwindling coal. New York Central discontinues 57 trains and warns no excursion services. Pennsylvania Railroad ends two Columbus to Chicago runs. Baltimore and Ohio cuts six steam reverse trains impacting about 1,000 jobs. Chesapeake and Ohio trims six days to three, plus other eliminations affecting Cincinnati routes. Louisville and Nashville discontinues Cincinnati to Corbin service.
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Columbus, O
Ohio
New York Central
Cleveland
Buffalo
Columbus
Charleston
W Va
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Baltimore and Ohio
Cincinnati
Washington
Ind
Pittsburgh
Toledo
Chesapeake and Ohio
Athens
Logan
Pomeroy
C. and
Hinton
W. Va
Huntington
Hammond
Logan, O
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Corbin
Attlee Economic Plan Faces Harsh Critics In Britain
Prime Minister Attlee withstood a political storm as critics and even some Labor members blasted his plan to save 380 million pounds from the 3.3 billion-pound budget. Churchill questioned if the cuts meet the nation's needs amid inflation fears after the pound’s devaluation.
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London
Attlee
Britain
Labor
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Point Four Plan Debate Roils Congress in 1946
Senator Millikin led a GOP push for a domestic Point Four replacing Truman’s foreign aid push. Truman announced a January congress urgency to back global technical aid and investments, with CCC guarantees for foreign ventures. Millikin warned of battles ahead as Republicans argue for home economic relief before expanding abroad.
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Washington
Millikin
R-Cole
Commodity Credit Corporation
Colorado
Mother Held In Slaying Of Her Son
A 25 year old woman Margaret Woodson of Kaymoor Bottom is jailed on murder charges for drowning her 13 month old son to spite the parents in law. State Police say she signed a statement admitting holding the child's head in a bucket of water until he drowned. She waived preliminary hearing and is held without bond awaiting grand jury action.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
H. D. Gibbs
Margaret Woodson
Kaymoor Bottom
Virgil Lyers
Gibbs
Ching Reports To White House On Two Strikes Impasse
Cyrus S. Ching planned a direct report to the White House on deadlocked coal and steel strikes. President Truman faced a choice between intervention or renewed talks as progress stalled and the economy felt the impact. Railroads warned of reduced coal shipments as coal and steel disputes persisted.
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Ching
White House
Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
House
Truman
U. S. Steel Corporation
New York
U. S. Steel
Pennsylvania
Long Island
New York Central
Murray
John L. Lewis
New York socialite in Houston dies in self-inflicted shooting
Allen Thomas Sturges II, 26, a New York society playboy, lay critically injured in a Houston bedroom with a bullet to the head. Police say the self-inflicted wound. Family in New York and New Jersey did not reply to inquiries. A long distance call report to the death had not been confirmed by the telephone company.
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Houston
Tex
Allen Thomas Sturges
Sturges
New York
New Jersey
New York Journal- American
Marion Sturria
Plain Old Singin By GODDON MARTIN
A light verse on men enjoying singing in barbershop groups. It celebrates strong voices like Pinza and Bing, the joy of gathering with friends, and performing Sweet Adeline with close harmony under the evening moon. The piece emphasizes male camaraderie and simple musical moments.
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Goddon Martin
Pinza
Morton Downey
Adeline
Coal contract talks in Bluefield edge toward federal intervention
Operators and John L. Lewis union negotiators met in Bluefield West Virginia amid a five week coal strike. Despite talks neither side showed optimism for a quick settlement. Washington is poised to act as Cyrus H Ching federal mediation service director readies to reengage.
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Bluefield
W. Va
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Association
SCPA
UMW
Washington
Cyrus H. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Lewis
GOP Report Attacks Atomic Energy Commission
Six minority members of the joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee condemn what they call wasteful and incompetent AEC administration. They demand bolder faster development to keep U S atomic program ahead, rebutting the majority charge of mismanagement amid ongoing inquiries led by Senator Hickenlooper. Signed by Senators Hickenlooper Milikin Knowland and Representatives Cole Elston Van Zandt.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
United States
AEC
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Senate House Committee
David E. Lilienthal
Commission
Joint Committee
GOP
Milikin
R-Cole
Knowland
Rcal
Cole
Elston
Ohio
van Zandt
Convention Opens for Disciples of Christ in Cincinnati
Representatives of the Disciples of Christ Church opened their annual convention in Cincinnati where they first met 100 years ago. About 8,000 attendees from a 1,850,000 member church are expected at the event.
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Cincinna I
Disciples of Christ Church
America
Two Men Indicted in 2 Robbery Beating Murder
A Summit County grand jury indicted Raymond Gallo, 22, and Vincent Dalchuck, 21, on first degree murder charges in the October 15 beating and robbery death of 76 year old John Zajac in the city.
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Arron. O. (Ap
Summit County
Raymond Gallo
Vincent Dalchuck
John Zajac
Weather Woes Spread Nation Wide With Snow In East
The AP reports varied weather across the country with rain and snow in the East and cold air pushing south. Sub freezing temps gripped many northern areas while Maine and New York saw the season's first snow. Fog delayed travel along the Pacific Northwest and eight ships were fogbound on the Columbia River near Portland.
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Associated Press
Texas Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Arkansas
Missouri
Kentucky
West Virginia
Montana
Great Lakes
New England
Old Town
Chicago
Albany
N. Y
Flint
Mich
Pueblo
Colo
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
Tex
Canadian
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Maine
New York State
Pacific Northwest
Columbia River
Portland
Pacific Ocean
53 Witnesses To Appear In Engel's Trial
The state prepares to call the first of 53 witnesses in the trial of Sigmund Sam Engel on a confidence game charge. A six by six jury will hear the case over allegations he swindled Chicago widow Mrs. Reseda Corrigan out of 8700 for promising marriage.
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Chicago
Sigmund
Sam) Engel
Reseda Corrigan
Engel
Little Engel
Pauline Langton Engel
New York
Corrigan
Sam
Deadly Texas Rainfall Kills Three and Floods Regions
Severe storms across Texas flood streams and rivers. E T Spain dies when a cement plant roof collapses in Dallas as two men, Johnny Ford and Bittles Ford, drown after their homemade boat capsizes on a swollen San Antonio creek. Flood warnings issued along the Trinity River as several counties report five inch totals.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
E. T. Spain
Johnny B. Ford
Bittles
San Antonio
Trinity
All Columbus City Workers Sign Loyalty Oaths
All 2900 Columbus city employees have signed loyalty oaths after the City Council passed an ordinance two months earlier requiring the oaths as a condition of employment.
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Columbus
DeHavilland Comet First Overseas Flight to Tripoli
The world's first jet airliner the British built DeHavilland Comet completed its inaugural overseas flight from London to Tripoli North Africa today at about 440 miles per hour.
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London
Tripoli
North Africa
Michigan resort town rocked by double tavern shooting rampage
Waterford Michigan authorities report Joe Runyon a 57 year old former auto plant worker went on a two tavern shooting spree killing one person and wounding ten others. Victims include Irene Zurawski and Helen Zurawski at the Zurawski bar and four more wounded at the Waterford bar. Runyon died after a final self inflicted shot. Police found a note at his farm and said he had been despondent.
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Pontiac
Howard Unruh
Runyon
Joe
Oakland Co
George Taylor
Joe, Jr
Zurawski
Stanley Zurawski
Frederick A’ D&laney
Our Lady of Lakes Parish
Waterford
Ple
Amebulances
Secret Joint Chiefs session follows Capitol Hill row
U S military leaders met for the first regular session since the unification dispute flared on Capitol Hill. Generals Bradley Collins Vandenberg and Admiral Denfeld attended amid Senate and House scrutiny of defense policy and naval reliability amid criticism.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Capitol Hill
House
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Hoyt Vandenberg
Air Force
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Denfeld
Armed Services Committee
Bradley
Collins
Vandenberg
Defense Johnson
McCormack
Massachusetts
Boston
Navy
John G. Grommelin
Burglars Strike Beer Agency Safe in Anniversary Theft
Zanesville Ohio AP Simon Linser Jr reports burglars forced open the office safe at his beer distributing agency last night. He notes a similar theft occurred a year ago this week with about $500 taken from the same safe. Estimated current loss is $300.
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Zanesville, O
Simon Linser, Jr
CIO Board Debates Leftist Challenge Within CIO
The CIO Executive Board meets to decide whether to expel up to one million members led by leftist unions. President Philip Murray aims to retain the maximum membership as tensions with left and right factions inside the CIO escalate amid the steel strike and cross‑border coal action. The UK board plans backing steel and coal strikes, following John L. Lewis.
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Cleveland
CIO
Philip Murray
United Electrical Workers
IUE
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Murray
New York
John L. Lewis
Two Women Dead After Triangle Love Bargain in Queens
In New York, Joseph Fish 36, his wife Jean and Caroline Kageler 33 were found dead in a Queens apartment after a dispute over a possible reunion. Police say both used gas jets in a suspected double suicide or homicide scene.
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New York
Joseph Fish
Jean
Caroline Kass
Caroline Rer
Jean Fish
Joseph
Caroline Kageler
Ca Kageler
Husband
Caroline
Queens
Fish
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