Tax Agency Hit for Inefficiencies and Political Appointments
Washington The House Appropriations Committee charged the Internal Revenue Bureau with glaring inefficiencies and linked political appointments and on the job loss. The panel approved a 1949 appropriation of 1.93 billion for Treasury and Post Office operations, noting duplicated effort and limited productive hours.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
House
Treasury
Post Office
Customs Bureau
Coast Guard
Dureau
Draft Boards Reorganized for Possible Emergency
Col Solon F. Russell Kentucky director of the Office of Selective Service records announced a nationwide redraw of draft boards to meet any emergency. Maj Sam Hicks said plans have been in place for weeks with Hershey directing the move. Draft boards may begin operating on 24 hours notice after consultations with former members.
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Louisville
Col. Solon
F. Russell
Kentucky
Office of Selective Service Records
Washington
Congress
Sam Hicks
Col. Russell
Hicks
Louis B. Hershey
Draft Board
Russell
Motorist Dies In Car Fire North Of Mt Vernon
MT VERNON Theomas Hampton 33 of Rt 1 Aft Vernon was killed eight miles north when the gasoline tank exploded engulfing his automobile in flames. State Highway Patrol said the car left the road into a ditch after the blast and Hampton was believed trapped in the burning wreckage.
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MT. Vernon
Theomas Hampton
Rt. 1
Aft. Vernon
Here
Hampton
Cleveland Northeastern Ohio Weather Forecast Update
Weather forecast for northeastern Ohio calls for partly cloudy and colder conditions this afternoon and tonight. Tomorrow remains cloudy and cold with a low near 16 and a high around 28.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Wrestling Tonight At Embassy Bar Broadcast
Televised wrestling program airing tonight at The Embassy Bar on West Avenue near Broad. Patrons invited to watch the match and enjoy the entertainment.
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Embassy Bar
West Avenue
Broad
Adv
Deetz Inc
MacArthur Open to 1948 GOP Nomination
General Douglas MacArthur would accept the Republican presidential nomination if offered and would campaign on a hard line against Soviet expansion. Observers say he favors direct U S Soviet talks and global anti communist action. He is expected to face rapid calls to return to the United States to spell out his positions.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Hi 1S
MacArthur
United States
Josef Stalin
Russia
Stelin
Washington
Moscow
Decision Outlaws Religious Classes In Public Schools
The Ohio Council of Churches reacts to a U S Supreme Court ruling outlawing religious classes in public schools. The decision affects 68 Ohio school systems with about 72 000 pupils attending Bible study classes. The council urges schools to hold tight pending further word from its office.
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Columbus
Ohio Council of Churches
United States Supreme Court
Ohio
B. F. Lamb
High Court
Council of Churches
Tax collection for half year hits new high in Elyria
Elyria's real estate tax haul for the period totals $1,958,375, the largest in the county's history. The 20.80 mill rate includes a 10.80 mill voted levy for county, Elyria schools, and city obligations, with about $160,000 more collected this year due to new levies and sewer bonds.
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Elyria
Walter J. Wright
Wright
Elsha
Bus Parking Restricted on Court Street Under New Regulation
Service Director D W Kothe announced a five minute limit for bus parking on Court Street starting March 15 to ease congestion. Buses must use nearby areas and may park only on the east side for a short time. removal from the west side could follow.
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D. W. Kothe
Court Street
Kothe
Court
Grass Fire Burns Over 25 Acres
A grass fire burned about 23 acres along West River Street near the former county fair grounds. City crews doused the blaze, with concern it could threaten nearby buildings. No damage reported. a discarded cigarette or match is blamed. Fires also scorched about 100 square feet of vacant lot at Lawrence and Huron Street.
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West River Street
Oiv
Hoffman
Lawrence
Huron Street
New Hampshire Primary Seen As Test In 1948 GOP Race
Voters in Manchester New Hampshire participated in a preferential primary to gauge support for Governor Thomas E Dewey of New York and former Governor Harold E Stassen. Eight delegates to the Republican National Convention were at stake with results showing Dewey leading Stassen and minor support for Dewey allies Dale Blood while Stassen backers Up ton Sullaway claimed smaller shares. Democrats also opened the season with two rival slates for the 16 Democratic National Convention delegates but all pledged to President Truman.
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Harts
N. H
Thomas E. Dewer
New York
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Charles J. Dale
Robert O. Blood
Manchester
New Hampshire
Three Unions Seek Bargaining Rights At GM Plant Here
A Cleveland NLRB examiner hears who shall be represented in a collective bargaining election at GM's Brown Lipe Chapin Division in Elrria Ohio. The CIO United Auto Workers and two AFL unions seek bargaining rights after mass CTAW pickets closed the plant last Tuesday and Wednesday. The LAW claims to represent about half of the 700 employees.
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Cleveland
National Labor Relations Board
General Motors
Elrria
CIO
United Auto Workers
AFL
Brown- Lipe-Chapin
British Move to Quit Holy Land as Jews plan provisional state
Jerusalem reports Jewish parties form a 32 member council to govern a Jewish state as Britain prepares large scale evacuations from Palestine. About 2000 British troops and several hundred civilians to depart aboard the S.S. Maria, due Haifa, with officer families ordered out by end of March. Jewish Agency says it has sent UN at Lake Success an outline of the post mandate council after May 15. An armed convoy incident and an armored car theft are noted in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Palestine
Samaria
Haifa
Jewish Agency
Gershon Hirsch
United Nations
Lake Success
N.Y
Tel Aviv
Army Orders Full Report On Shooting Of American Soldier
The Army orders a full report on the shooting of Pfc. Jack Grunden by a Russian guard in Vienna. If Clay's report confirms initial accounts a protest to Soviet authorities or Moscow will follow, with tensions tied to postwar friction in occupied Austria.
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Washington
Vienna
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Europe
Flord L. Parks
Army Public Information
Austria
Clay
Moscow
State Department
Jack Grunden
Portland
Ore
Bernard Hurless
Grunden
Germany
Finland to Send Seven Man Delegation to Moscow
The Finnish Foreign Office announced a seven man delegation headed by Premier Mauno Pekkala will travel to Moscow to discuss an alliance with Russia. The cabinet and President Juho K. Paasikivi approved the group’s makeup, but no departure date was given.
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Belsivki—Finleng
Mauno Pekkala
Moscow
Russia
Foreign Office
Tdar
Juho K. Paasikivi
Two Armed Men Escape With $1000 in Heist
In Hamilton two armed men robbed the Butler Federal Building and Loan, taking $1000. They locked in three employees and two customers and a bank examiner in a rear room before noon, then fled after rifling the cash drawer. Eugene Rush escaped through a rear window to free the prisoners. The loan company sits in the business district center.
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Hamilton
Butler Federal Building & Loan
Newport
Eugene Rush
City Fireman to Undergo Second Operation
A. Lisaghi of 1178 West Avenue, will travel to Grace Hospital Cleveland on March 23 for a second operation after injuries from the February 4 General Industries Company fire. He has been home except eight days at Elyria Memorial Hospital for complications.
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A. Lisaghi
West Avenue
Grace Hospital
Cleveland
General Industies Company
F.re
Lysaghi
Elyrta Memorial Hospital
Crowder Elected President of Rotary Club
Marion H. Crowder an insurance agent was elected president of the Elyria Rotary Club for 1848 49 at a noon board meeting. He will be installed in July succeeding C A Gibbens. Edward C Hart was elected vice president to succeed Crowder. W O McClellan was re elected secretary and treasurer. Three new directors Jack Bieber Dr Relish Bevard and Rev Louis Newvan will join to succeed Gibbens Harry Bemis and E C Carlson.
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Marion H. Crowder
Elyria Rotary Club
C A. Gibbens
Edward C. Hart
Electrical and Mechanical Service Company
Crowder
W. O McClellan
Emvrca Board of Education
Young Mother Killed Crossing Trains In Zanesville
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train struck a car at a western Zanesville crossing killing Elizabeth Campbell 22 mother of two. Six others injured include Katherine Broise 28 Elva Harger 32 and Louise Hoffer 35 with Warren Bowers 21 Sophie Dallas 22 and Frances Bryan 22 slightly hurt. All residents of Zanesville.
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Zanesville
Baltimore and Ohio
Elizabeth Campbell
Katherine Broise
Elva Harger
Louise Hoffer
Warren Bowers
Sophie Dallas
Frances Bryan
Elyria Chamber to seek study of city limits extension
Elyria chamber officials will ask City Council at the March 15 meeting to study extending the city limits. The move follows a police proposal to expand jurisdiction along U S Route 20 east and State Highway 1133 west to prevent future trouble at plants on the fringe. The chamber says growth and a fully integrated community justify expansion, stressing neutrality in labor disputes.
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Elyria
Chambers
Chamber
Police Department
Slovak Interpreter at Bratislava Consulate Arrested
The U S Embassy announced that Joseph Spiro a Slovak employee and translator at the American Consulate in Bratislava was arrested by police on conspiracy charges. He is jailed in Bratislava and claims no American citizenship.
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Prague
U. S
Joseph Spiro
Bratislava
Spiro
Claiborine Pell
Ian
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Crechoslovak Foreign Office
Chinese Ammunition Dump Explodes Near Tsingtao
A Chinese ammunition dump at Tsingtao exploded today creating destruction the size of a city block. Initial reports cited 250 casualties with up to 100 killed, all believed to be Chinese. U S Navy officials said no sailors were among the dead or injured.
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Shanghai
Tsingtao
U. S. Navy
West River Road crash claims Lorain youth life
Francis Maloy, 19, of Lorain dies at 10:05 p.m. after a car wreck on West River road near Ford road. Driver Edward Ridenour, 18, and passengers Kenneth Crawford, 2, and John Allverson, 27, are injured. Crawford and Allverson suffer injuries, with Crawford in serious condition. Ridenour faces possible charges of traffic manslaughter. Maloy had been a riveter at American Shipbuilding Co. in Lorain.
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Francis Maloy
East 29Th Street
Lorain
West River Road
Ford Road
Maloy
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Edward Ridenour
East 230Th Street
Crawford
Riderour
Aliverson
American Shipbuilding Co
Robert Cox
East 30Th Street
Carl R. Finegan
Ridenour
Maley
Reedy-Scanlon
Three C N Crewmen Hurt In Freight Train Collision
Three Cincinnati and Northern freight crewmen were injured when their train rear ended another on the southeast city limits. Engineer N C Long a fireman L J Mosier and brakeman W L Clay were treated at a local hospital. Mosier sustained neck lung head and leg wounds while Clay had chest injuries. The freight plunged into a standing caboose on the main line. C N operates between Franklin Ohio and Jackson Michigan as a division of New York Central.
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Cincinnati
Northern
N. C. Long
L. J. Mosier
W. L. Clay
van Wert
Mosier
Clay
New York Central
Franklin
Jackson
Mich
Taft Aims to Crush Stassen Bid in Ohio
In Columbus Harold E. Stassen seeks 23 of 53 Ohio delegates to the Republican National Convention. Taft pledges an all-out May 4 primary fight to thwart Stassen and may quit his Senate seat briefly to campaign. Taft warns a GOP primary could draw only a third turnout and calls it treacherous.
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Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Senate
GOP
Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Minnesota
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