Inflation Danger Seen If Steel Pay Hike Given
Benjamin Fairless of United States Steel warned a Wage Stabilization Board panel that steel workers wage demands could trigger inflation and harm the economy. He argued the CIO uses the industry as a battleground against wage controls while noting industry profits and past profits.
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New York
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel Corp
CIO
Fairless
Steel Industry
Wage Stabilization Board
Truman
United Steelworkers
WSB
United States Steel
Murray
Bethlehem Steel
Sparrow Point
Bal Umore
U.S. Steel
Ex Nazi claims meeting Bormann at monastery
Ex Nazi Eberhard Stern insists he met Martin Bormann at a monastery last month in Berlin. He says a friar in Rome denied the claim and that a double may have substituted the real Bormann. Allied officials plan to investigate amid lingering questions over Bormann’s fate after 1945.
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Martin Bormann
Berlin
Hitler
Eva Braun
San Antonio
Rome
Edward Stern
Bormann
Brother Martini
Adolf Hitler
Eberhard Stern
West Berlin
Socialist Reich Party
Martin Bodewig
Stern
Bormann Werit
Friar Martin
St Anthony of Padua Monastery
Telegraf
Hisya
Nuernberg
Crew Safe After Abandoning Ship In Atlantic Storm
OCRACOKE N C Coast Guard reports the 26 member Miget crew abandoned the motorship during a fierce Atlantic storm and reached Portsmouth Island in lifeboats. Skipper Ludelgh Tanden of Milford NJ ordered the abandon ship as seas rose and the vessel broke up. Coast Guard aircraft located the grounded ship, and rescue teams found the crew ashore on the lee ward side of the island.
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Ocracoke
N. C
Portsmouth Island
Ludelgh Tanden
Melford
N. J
Coast Guard
Tanden
North Carolina
Elizabeth City
Early End Of Truck Strike In Doubt Across 11 States
Memphis Tenn. spokesmen for operators and 16000 long haul drivers voiced little optimism for a quick settlement of the trucking strike that has disrupted transport in 11 states. In Columbus Ohio, truckers rejected a proposed union contract 82 to 2 at a bargaining session, with James R. Riley stating a meeting will resume Tuesday at noon.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ohio
Columbus
James R. Riley
Northeastern Ohio Weather Turns Colder With Rain Ending
Light rain moves through Northeastern Ohio this afternoon with a drop in temperature tonight. Skies stay cloudy and chilly overnight with a low around 32. Tuesday looks partly cloudy and colder than today as conditions improve.
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Ohio
City Undertakes Emergency Spot Street Repairs
Spring street patching underway as cold patch material is unavailable. City service director D W Rothe says the department is mixing its own patch material. Costs come from general street funds, not billed to adjacent property owners. Unimproved streets get cinders and slag at no charge. Major patching will not be by private firms this spring, with $15,000 authorized for the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Safety
D. W. Rothe
General Street
Weekend Violent Death Toll Tops Ten In Ohio
United Press reports a dreary weekend in Ohio with at least 10 deaths from traffic crashes drownings burns and a shooting. Victims include James Shaw 84 hit by a car in Lima Richard McDanel 36 shot in Mount Vernon and Keith Majores 2 who drowned in a Toledo bathtub incident. Other deaths mention Alliance and Mansfield crashes plus a child burned in a library remodeling accident and various car truck and bridge incidents across several towns.
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United Press
Ohio
James Shaw
Lima
Gregg Pugh
Richard McDanel
Mt. Vernon
Lucy
Keith Majores
Toledo
Daniel Dicko
Alliance
Imost
Francis Dail ¢Y
Richard Gilson
Oledo
Wiliam Davis
Warren
Big Darby Creek
Plain Longfellow
Flyrna Jeity
Frank Mave
Children's
Irving E. Almendinger
Mansfield
Girls Rank Fourth With Servicemen On Leave
USO officials report servicemen on leave rated girls fourth in the order of off duty recreation at the USO’s 11th birthday dance in Philadelphia. The ranking lists dancing as second, food third, with the girls in fourth place, reflecting a playful, era tone of postwar social life.
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Philadelphia
USO
Stassen Seeks All Ohio Delegates to 1948 Nomination
Lorain County residents Dimitri K. Wellett of Lorain and Mrs Lucille K. Anderson of Avon Lake announce bids as Stassen delegates to the Republican National Convention from the Thirteenth District. Harold E. Stassen campaigns in Columbus to win all of Ohio’s delegates, including at large and district picks, as he challenges Sen. Taft.
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Lorain County
Stassen
Dimitri K. Wellett
Lorain
Lucille K. Anderson
Avon Lake
Columbus
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Minnesota
Lois Cossitt
Toledo
Roy Sherman
Akron
Buckeye
Taft
Democratic Central
Defer Action On Voting Machines In Lorain County
Lorain County commissioners postponed a decision on adding 20 voting machines as requested by the election board. A vendor cited costs of 1437 each for purchase with 21 percent interest on financing, or rent at 100 per machine annually with credit toward purchase. The board noted a need for 21 to 26 machines and scheduled a Feb 8 meeting to finalize plans, including costs of continuing use of the paper ballot method.
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Lorain County Election Board
Roy Gustavson
Automatic Voting Machine Co
Buance
Hesso
Election Board
J. Norman Thompson
UN Disarmament Group Sets Open Sessions in New York
In Paris the United Nations Disarmament Commission voted to hold its first business meeting in New York later this month with all sessions open to the public. Brazil’s Joao Carlos Muniz named chairman for February. the 12 power body will discuss Western and Eastern atomic control proposals. The Netherlands favored closed meetings, opposed by the U.S., Britain and Russia, and chairmanship will rotate monthly among member states. The assembly seeks adjournment and approved a 75 percent rise in cost of living allowances for New York staff, costing about 1.3 million dollars annually.
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Paris
United Nations Disarmament Commission
New York
Commission
Brazil
Joao Carlos Muniz
Netherlands
U. S
Britain
Russia
Ernest Gross
Jacob Malik
U. N. General Assembly
Security Council
Canada
United Nations General Assembly
Catia
County urged to join state retarded child education project
A county commission hearing heard a plea to participate in operating a taming school for mentally retarded children under Senate Bill 157. Council members said Lorain already ran a private program funded by donations, now facing a funding gap as the state plans to provide 200 dollars per child annually. Two current students would be aided, with 41 more potential enrollees listed, and more expected if the project proceeds.
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Council
Emily Kuciek
Carl Long-well
Anne LaValley
Rosetta Gribben
Longwell
Lorain
One Way Streets Implemented in Elyria Traffic Plan
Elyria switches Second and Third streets to one way with signs installed this morning. Police direct traffic at key intersections while drivers adjust. An educational period is offered, with fines for repeat violators. Miss Mary Jensen joins Elyria Library as children's assistant and leads weekly story hours.
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Elyria
Second Street
Third Street
Safety Service
D. W. Kothe
EL Andress
Broad Street
Cedar
Second
Chestnut Street
Third Streets
East Avenue
Mary Jensen
Bracian
Edna Moore
Itpration
Miss Jensen
James Slaughter
Oberlin
Longfellow
James F. Borgs
Traffie Division
West German Defense Contribution Debated in Paris
Western Germany offered a 2.5 billion dollar defense contribution to Western Europe but the United States Great Britain and France demanded an additional twenty percent.
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Paris
West Germany
Oday
United States
Great Britain
France
Missing Girl’s Father Denies Getting Letter
A fragmented account reports a missing American girl, 18, kidnapped near Frankfurt, found safe in a car with her abductor after a Jeep theft. The girl’s father, Frank B. Burns MP, is quoted amid a large manhunt in southwest Germany. The report also mentions a separate case in Berea about a missing 16 year old sending a postcard claiming voluntary travel to Florida with her escort. A German delegation and Allied powers discuss defense contributions, with Germany proposing about 2.5 billion dollars against Allied estimates.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Hot Springs
Southhwest
Hanau
Berea
A. L Yanke
Sandra Charvat
Florida
Herbert L. Evans
Robboro
Heights
Raymond
M. C
Hamann
Benen
Mamie
Shelton
Army Automatic
Nierlerdornfelden
Mannheim Pris
Frank On
Jurt
Ford
Evans
Misa Shelton
John H
Death toll in plane crash reaches thirty in New Jersey
In Elizabeth New Jersey Rosa Caruso age 50 died in hospital raising the death toll to 30 from the January 2 plane crash that left a residential district in flames. All 23 aboard the American Airlines plane perished including former Secretary of War Robert P Patterson. Traffic light adjustments and one way street changes were outlined to ease congestion after the tragedy.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Rosa Caruso
American Airlines
Caruso
Robert P. Patterson
Two Traffic Deaths in January in Elyria
January proved the worst month for traffic deaths in Elyria with two fatal incidents on January 12. Morris Rivkind of 821 West River Street died in an auto pedestrian crash, and Agnes Merritt of North Ridgeville died when the car she rode in coasted down Harwood street hill and hit a tree.
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Elyria
James E Boggs
Morris Rivkind
West River Street
Agnes Merritt
North Ridgeville
Harwood Street Hill
Newark
Midland Theater
Agreement Reached On Four Points At Panmunjom Talks
Panmunjom Korea truce negotiations neared final agreement on four exchange points for war prisoners and civilian internees. A plenary session was set for 10 am Wednesday to tackle the final peace settlement. The prisoner subcommittee made progress while the Communists rejected UN offers on troop rotation and neutral inspections.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
Reds
Libby
Jewel
Red Cross
Tabby
Reds Claim Island Seizure South of 38th Parallel
North Korea Radio Pyongyang announces Red troops captured an island south of the 38th parallel near the Ongyu Peninsula, a move described as a refuge for South Korean forces. Meanwhile 19 Sabre jets attacked MiG-13s, damaging fighters and destroying rail lines, bridges, and supply facilities in northwest Korea.
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8Th Army
Korea
Radio
Pyongyang
Red
Yuk-Tosland
Ongyu
North Korea
Northwest Korea
Ex Convict Goes On Trial For Killing Officer
George RB Ross a 27 year old ex convict goes on trial in Cleveland for first degree murder in the December slaying of patrolman Forney Haas. Ross was captured near Baltimore after fleeing from his rooming house when Haas tried to arrest him. Defense planned to argue temporary insanity and a troubled youth, while prosecutors say the killing was cold blooded.
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Cleveland
George RB Ross
Forney Haas
Ross
Haas
Baltimore
Wallace J. Baker
Lester J. Farber
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West Columbia
D. C
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Maumee
Ohio Turnpike
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Joe
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Panama City
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