Congressional Spy Probes Over For This Year
Washington reports the House Un-American Activities Committee will not push reforms this year. Four new members join in 1949 and proposals for changes may come from Mundt and Nixon. Reforms failed on a tie vote. Mundt urges hearings before reports, private questioning, witness questions, and withholding subcommittee reports until full committee review.
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Washington
Congressional
Congress
House Un-American Activities Committee
Reps
Mundt
R-Sd
Nixon
R-Calif
McDowell
Rankin
Six Inches of Snow Expected in Ohio
A weather forecast warns of a snow storm moving from the middle west toward the east. Up to six inches of snow are forecast for Kentucky Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania as warnings extend across central and southern Ohio northern Kentucky West Virginia and western Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Middle West
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Central Plains
Missouri Valley
Ohio Valley
Draft Board To Send Four for Physicals
Clinton County Selective Service Board will send four men for physical examinations on January 4. Mrs. J. Henry Nowald, clerk, said the board will dispatch four men next Thursday for induction into the Army.
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Clinton County Selective Service Board
J. Henry Nowald
Hillard and Patton Homes Win in Wilmington Lighting Contest
In Wilmington the Jaycee lighting contest honored two divisions. Mrs. Mabel Hillard’s 874 Fife Avenue took religious display first prize, while Mr. and Mrs. Jack Patton at 621 West Locust Street won top general Christmas decorating honors.
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Mabel Hillard
Fife Avenue
Jack Patton
West Locust Street
Th Wilmington Junior Chamber of Commerce
Clair K. Hague
Mildred Gallup
Menzo Stark
Robert Flint
Jaycee
Robert Miller
South South Street
Darrell C. French
F. F. Cherryholmes
Rombach Avenue
Wilton
Bill) Earley
Ruby Avenue
Rabies Cases Put Warren County Under Quarantine Consideration
Seven rabies cases were reported in Warren County in the past week. Health Commissioner Dr Arch D Harvey said he was considering a county wide quarantine on dogs.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Arch D. Harvey
Truman Forecasts Budget Shape Amid Tax Fight
President Truman’s 1950 budget takes form with estimates placing a deficit of one to two billion dollars unless Congress raises taxes. Current year spending is around 39.0 billion, revised accounting lowers both receipts and expenditures by refunds, leaving deficit projections unchanged.
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Truman
Congress
Middletown Baby Found Dead in Crib
Two month old Sharon Lee Sperry daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Sperry was found suffocated in her crib. Dr Thomas Wenzel Butler county coroner ruled accidental death after determining the infant's face was buried in a pillow when parents awoke in the early hours.
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Middletown
Sharon Lee Sperry
Jacob Sperry
Thomas Wenzel
Butler County
Seek New Pay Increases for Armed Services
A five member civilian advisory panel proposed raising military pay by about 5 percent on average, adding roughly 351.6 million dollars yearly to the payroll of the Army Navy Air Force Coast Guard Public Health Service and coast and geodetic survey. The plan would vary by rank with generals and admirals receiving smaller raises and privates about 3 percent while officers gain more than enlisted personnel. Senate and House leaders expressed cautious to hostile reactions with some opposing any raise for officers.
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Tydings
D-Md
Armed Services Committee
Congress
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcole
Johnson
Langer
R-Nd
Dr Sievers To Make Home Here In Cincinnati Arrival
Herman Sievers of near Wilmington meets his mother Dr Wilhelmina Sievers in New York as she arrives from Germany. They will fly to Cincinnati arriving at 8 30 P M. Dr Sievers an obstetrician by training is a native of Germany from Hanover. She plans to live with Mr and Mrs Sievers. She last visited ten years ago before returning to Germany to continue her medical work.
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Herman Sievers
Wilmington
Wilhelmina Sievers
New York
United States
Germany
Cincinnati
Sievers
Hanover
Thieves Enter School Steal Christmas Gifts
Wintersville school district reports thefts from the Cross Creek complex basement Tuesday night. Several hundred gifts were taken but funds from the Cross Creek school board will replace them, per Superintendent R. D. Webster.
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Steubenville
Wintersville
R. D. Webster
Cross Creek
Dwindling Hopes for Christmas Rescue of Greenland Flyers
Eleven airmen stranded on a 7500 foot Greenland icecap face lengthening odds as USS Saipan joins the rescue effort. Bad weather and high winds delay recovery attempts, with a five day voyage to reach the scene and further delays likely into Christmas Day.
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Washington
Greenland
Navy
Norfolk
Saipan
President Truman to Broadcast Christmas Message from Missouri Home
President Truman plans a Christmas Eve radio address from his Missouri residence at 5 16 PM EST to wish friends and neighbors a Merry Christmas. A White House tree lighting ceremony follows on the south lawn, as snow blankets the area and a chili supper warms the holiday mood.
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Truman
Missouri
White House
Washington
Lovett
Kansas City
Muehlebach
Grandview
Mary Jane Truman
Ernie Ahlfeldt
Alcohol Tax Unit
Ahlfeldt
Martinsville Christmas party delights hundreds of children
About 200 children in the Martinsville school district received treats from Santa at the village Christmas celebration. A music program was broadcast from the Methodist Church, then carolers walked the streets. The community tree stood along State Route 28 while the event stayed on a side street for safety. Mrs. Wiley Brown led the planning with local volunteers. Funds came from district patrons and organizers aim to distribute more treats to absent children.
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Rodger
Borror
Wilmington
Main
South
Fred Arthur
Warren Williams
Jean Hansford
James Vandervort
Martinsville
Santa Claus
Methodist Church
Wiley Brown
Pope Links Global Peace Threat to Impending War
In a Christmas message Pope Pius XII warned that the world is once more menaced by war. He described two opposing poles seeking peace but risking it, avoided direct references to Communism or East West divides, and criticized fatalist views that peace requires war or peace at any price.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Ohio Man Convicted On Bigamy Charge
James Arthur Marlowe of Windham Ohio pleaded guilty to bigamy in Louisville Kentucky and received a three year suspended sentence on condition he provide for his five sons. He had married Mrs Thelma Marlowe last October while still married to Myrtle Marlowe. both wives attended the court proceeding.
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Louisville
James Arthur Marlowe
Windham
Marlowe
Thelma Marlowe
Myrtle Marlowe
Egypt Reports Renewed Fighting in Negev to U.N.
Egypt formally notified the United Nations Security Council of renewed fighting in the Negev region of Palestine and urged examination of alleged flagrant truce violations by Israeli forces.
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Egypt
Security Council
Negev
Palestine
Egyptians Repel Jewish Attack in Southern Palestine
Egyptian authorities announced repulsing a coordinated land, sea, and air attack on southern Palestine positions. The war ministry said the assault began Tuesday and ended Wednesday, with heavy enemy losses and retreat. A Haifa UN report suggested a broader Israeli push aimed at pressuring Egypt toward peace talks or crossing its frontier.
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Egypt
Palestine
Ministry of War
United Nations
Haifa
Eagles Christmas Party Hosts 172 Children
Hilda Aerie of Eagles hosted its annual Christmas party at the aerie home with 172 children including 35 from the Children's Home. Sherwyn Buckley of near Kingman served as master of ceremonies and performed a magic show. Santa Claus Earl Griffith led carols and handed out ice cream and stockings with food and candy.
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Hilda Aerie
Eagles
Aerie
Sherwyn Buckley
Near Kingman
Santa Claus
Earl Griffith
Armco Donates 24500 to Scouts in Middletown
Armco Steel Corp. donated 24500 in cash and a building site adjoining its property for a Boy Scout troop and Junior Achievement group. The two organizations will have headquarters built on the site leading to a local community project.
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Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Communists Hold North China After Yangtze
Dispatch from Nanking notes a lull in fighting north of the Yangtze with Peiping Tientsin Kalgan and Tangku crowded by Nationalist troops but withdrawing into large cities. Observers say Chiang Kai-shek’s forces show no will to press Reds and efforts seem geared to defense for peace rather than renewed combat.
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China
Yangtze
Peiping
Tientsin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchuria
Kalgan
Tangku
Tienstin
North China
Lin Piao
Fu Tso-Yi
United Nations Council Orders Indonesian Cease Fire and Leader Release
The Security Council voted seven to none with four abstentions to end fighting in Indonesia and order the immediate release of Indonesian leaders captured by the Dutch. A separate withdrawal of Dutch forces proposal was rejected by six abstentions.
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Indonesia
Paris
Security Council
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Russia
France
Argentine
Canada
Belgium
Soviet Union
Soviet
Ukraine
Argentina
Milk Prices To Stay Up in Columbus
The Agriculture Department announced it will keep minimum producer prices of milk in the Columbus Ohio marketing area from falling below the October 1948 level through January. A new federal milk marketing order would have lowered prices but the department amended the regulation to prevent a Columbus area decline that could discourage production and create a milk shortage. October prices were 4.65 per hundred pounds for Class I fluid milk and 4.40 for Class II.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Columbus
Woman Rewarded For Saving Trains in Steward
In Steward Illinois Burlington official Glen Wesson gave Mrs. Pearl Cole fifty dollars and an official note praising her as a good neighbor. On December 7 she heard unusual train sounds and alerted her son to inspect the tracks, where a chipped rail section was found after efforts to wake a foreman failed.
Two Children Die in Youngstown Fire Tragedy
In Youngstown a fire destroyed a frame multi family building killing John Spencer Jr five weeks and Annetta Harrison five. Betty Spencer the boys mother was seriously injured when she jumped from a second story window.
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Youngstown
John Spencer, Jr
Annetta Harrison
Betty Spencer
No Paper Christmas Edition for News-Journal
The News-Journal announces there will be no Saturday edition on Christmas Day so staff may spend the holiday with their families. The newspaper notes the edition was issued Friday noon.
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