Strikes Hit Major Western Mines Shuts 14 Coal Mines
Thousands idle as hit and miss walkouts spread through western Pennsylvania and West Virginia coal fields. At least 14 large mines closed, including Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co facilities, with captive U S Steel and Weirton Steel mines also affected.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Steel Co
Crucible Steel
Weirton Steel
U. S. Steel
Hillman Coal & Coke
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Fairmont
W. Va
George H. Love
John L. Lewis
U. S. Steel Corp
Weirton Steel Co
Kyle
H. C. Frick Coke Co
U.S. Steel
Weirton
Isabella
Frick
National
Fayette County
Berwin-White Coal Co
Big Johnstown
Montour
Mathies, Weston, Champion and
Crescent
Fesler To Remain As OSU Coach
Wes Fesler will stay as head football coach at Ohio State University with a raise to 15000 dollars per year, announced by university president Dr Howard L Bevis after a trustees meeting. Fesler expressed entire satisfaction, citing family security and his desire to remain.
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Columbus
Wes Fesler
Ohio State University
Howard L. Bevis
Bevis
Fesler
O 'Bevis
Wesley E. Fesler
Fester
Ohio State
No. 1
Hospital Founder Dies in Columbus at 73
Funeral services will be held here Wednesday for Dr. Joseph Price 73 founder and head of Mercy Hospital Columbus who died yesterday at his home following a heart attack. Price a native of New Straitsville founded Mercy Hospital in 1904.
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Columbus, O
Joseph Price
Columbus
Mercy Hospital
Price
New Straitsville
Nationalist Shells Set Ship Afire
The Chinese Nationalist warship fired 30 to 40 shells at the American freighter Flying Arrow about 19 miles off the Chinese coast, setting it afire and making it unseaworthy. The ship carried 6,000 tons of inflammable oils, chemicals, cotton and jute valued at $10,000,000. No casualties among 33 crew and 12 passengers. Fire raged three hours and was extinguished with help from the British sloop Black Swan. The vessel anchored near the Yangtze delta while seeking assistance to reach Shanghai.
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Hong Kong
Flying Arrow
Shanghai
David Jones
Black Swan
Jones
Isbrandtsen Line
New York City
Yangtze
Delta
A.D. Jay
New York
Isbrandtsen
James W. Ryan
A. P. Pattison Company
U. S
Ryan
U. S. Navy
Northeastern Ohio Weather Outlook
Cloudy and windy conditions continue this afternoon with milder temperatures. Intermittent rain is possible tonight through Tuesday, with a low around 38 and a high near 54 on Tuesday. Market listings appear on page two.
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Ohio
Country Club Members To Meet Tomorrow
Proposals for completing the Elyria Country Club building project will be presented at the annual meeting in the new club building tomorrow night. Frederick G. Reiter, president, says four directors will be elected for three-year terms on the 12-member board. Expiring terms belong to Carl Heinrichs, R J Fitch, Robert S Smith and Frank Sanford. The new building began in June 1948 after the old structure burned in August 1947.
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Elyria Country Club
Frederick G. Reiter
Carl Heinrichs
R. J. Fitch
Robert 5. Smith
Frank Sanford
Ohio Fair Managers Convene On County Fairs
The Ohio Fair Managers Association holds its two day Columbus meeting with fair board officials harness racing directors concessionaires and agricultural board members attending. Chief topic is improving county fairs.
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Columbus
Ohio Fair Managers Association
Taft declines join in killing Marshall Plan policy debate
Washington radios and Senate floor scenes frame a dispute over Britain's recognition of the Chinese Communists and the impact on the European recovery program. Senator Taft says he will not join a bloc seeking to end aid while others push a harder line on Formosa and anti Communism. Senators Douglas Smith and Ferguson amplify calls for bipartisan unity and a tougher stance as the 1950 foreign policy debate heats up.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Britain
Taft
Senate
Formosa
Paul Douglas
D. Ill
Douglas
H. Alexander Smith
BR. N. J
New Jersey
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Boys Who Took Money At Oberlin Are Apprehended
A wave of juvenile theft in Oberlin has led to 18 boys aged 12 to 15 being arrested in two weeks. Tomorrow Juvenile Judge Malcolm Thomson will hear two 14 year olds charged with stealing 129.94 from a Keller restaurant safe on East College Street. Police and juvenile authorities recovered most of the money, some hidden in a school basement.
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Oberlin
Malcolm Thomson
James Morrison
Keller
East College Street
Thomson
Mollison
End of First Semester Set For Elyria High on Friday
Elyria High School will close the first semester of the 1949 1950 school year this Friday January 20 with most students continuing the same courses as last term. Dr Robert Wilson notes that most courses run on a three year basis so a failed subject means a yearly failure. four semester courses remain optional including Business Machines Girl's Swimming Driver's Training and Orientation. A Burroughs electrically operated calculator has been approved and will be available to the new class next term, continuing a plan to add one new machine to the course each year.
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Elyria High School
Robert Wilson
Wilson
School Board To Meet Tonight
Elyria Board of Education members convene at 7 20 p m for the first regular business meeting of the year to finish last year’s business and elect new officers for 1950. A financial report for 1949 by clerk treasurer W H McClellan is expected and adoption of a temporary 1950 budget will be acted upon.
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Elyria Board of Education
W. ©. McClellan
Levees Break As Floods Sweep Across Indiana Banks
Flood crests from the Wabash and Embarrass rivers threaten Vincennes and Lawrenceville as broken dikes flood tens of thousands of acres in Indiana. The Embarrass crack eases pressure on Vincennes but fresh rains loom. Elsewhere, Mississippi floods strike Chickasawhay Pearl and Tombigbee basins. Heavy snows bring record cold to the West and a new low in New York.
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Chicago
Vincennes
Ind
Lawrencevile
Niblack
Indiana
Lawrenceville
Weather Bureau
Jackson
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
U. S. Highway 99
California
Sacramento Valley
Atlantic States
New York City
Council Expected To Appoint Clerk Tonight
The city council will seek a successor for the late Dan B Symons as clerk in tonight's meeting. Rumor has it former Council President Seward Black may seek the post, paying $900 yearly, with other applicants unsure. A historical plan to merge mayor and council clerk roles may be revisited, as Pearl Castle has served as mayor's clerk and assisted the council clerk.
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Dan
B. Symons
Seward Black
Couiiers
Symons
Pearl Castle
Big Cut In Farm Price Support Spending Seen
President Truman forecast a major cut in farm price support outlays. He proposed reducing total farm program spending to about 2.206 billion dollars in fiscal 1951 from 2.512 billion in 1949 and a record 2.671 billion this year. Surpluses would shrink as plantings slow, while rural electrification and conservation spending rise. The total government investment in surpluses tops 3 billion but grows slower in 1951.
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Truman
Truman Budget Sees 5 Billion Deficit Boosted Taxes
President Truman sent Congress a 1951 budget showing a deficit over 5 billion dollars as he proposes a 3 billion a year increase in social security payroll taxes. The plan calls for 42.44 billion in outlays and 37.31 billion in tax receipts, with deficits for fiscal 1950 and 1951 totaling 10.67 billion at current rates. Defense and foreign aid rise while relief and farm programs fall, with a move to a broader social security base and a national medical care plan under consideration.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Budget Message Highlights From President Truman Fiscal 1951
Highlights of President Truman's budget message to Congress show receipts at 37.306 billion versus 37.763 billion in 1950 and expenditures of 42.439 billion against 43.297 billion. The proposed deficit, 5.133 billion, remains below 5.534 billion in 1950. New appropriations asked total 40.5 billion with spending down from 1950. payroll taxes to rise 3 billion to fund Social Security and health insurance. Social Security tax to 2 percent on earnings up to 4,800. a one-fourth percent health tax starting next year. public debt projected at 263.8 billion by mid-1951. defense at 13.545 billion. foreign aid reduced. ERP down to 3.25 billion. no China aid.
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Mr. Truman
Congress
Truman
Washington
National Defense
China
Budget Includes $58,000 Lorain Harbor Project
Washington the administration's budget recommendations for day called for an outlay of 798,482,000 for army engineers' flood control and rivers and harbors projects in fiscal 1951. Of this sum 556,752,000 would be set aside for flood control projects and 240,714,000 for rivers and harbors work. Flood control projects for the lower Mississippi river and its tributaries would come to 72,000,000. The detailed breakdown of other flood control construction projects proposed in the budget included: Rivers and harbors. Ohio Cleveland harbor 3,000,000 Lorain harbor 58,000.
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Washington
Forday
Army Engineers
Mississippi River
Ohio
Cleveland
Lorain Harbor
Air Force Budget Steers 1951 Defense Funding Shift
President Truman submits a 13.5 billion national defense budget for fiscal 1951 with a focus on air power. Air Force gains while Army and Navy face cuts. Marines suffer the largest personnel reduction. Total force about 1.507 million. combat personnel at postwar highs. Air Force procurement rises to 2.1 billion for 2,300 aircraft, with 859 million for stockpiles and 606 million for R&D. Also notes universal military training request without funding. In Columbus, Gilbert D. Clevenger, 48, dies of a heart attack in a car ride with his son. Crystal Clear Cleaners ad.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Navy
Iecent
Defense Department
United States
HOD
Air Force
Free World
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United Mine
UMW
Robert Taft, R
National Labor Relations Board
Foster, C
Cincinnati
OSU
Country Club
Marshall
Chrysler At Deetz, Inc
West Broad Street
Plymouth
Barres
Lodi
Council
Dr. Smith
5Th St
Columbus, D
Gilbert D. Clevenger
Walter
Clevenger
Crystal Clear Cleaners
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