House OKs Workmen's Measure in Ohio
The Ohio House passed Bill No. 531 by 1220, boosting workers compensation. Increases include weekly wage from 25 to 30, death benefits to 8000, permanent loss caps to 7500, extended disability periods, added hearing loss, dentures repair, and higher silicosis and funeral benefits. Senate action expected.
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Columbus
House
Ohio
Ed Witmer
D-Stark
Senate
State Department of Natural Resources
Frank J. Lausche
David Mck. Ferguson
Guernsey
Witmer
Florida
Emmett R. Guthrie
Coshocton
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Cuyahoga
Senate Elections Committee
Edwin F. Sawicki
Dcuyahoga
Senate House
House Highways Committee
Painters On Strike In Columbus Building Trade
About 500 AFL painters walked out for 12 cent hourly raises, swelling Columbus building trades strikes to around 1900 workers. Earlier 1400 AFL carriers and common laborers joined last Monday in wage demand.
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Columbus
AFL
Discoveries at Fossil Creek and Portland Vegetable Belt
Report notes Fossil Creek near Shade Creek in Athens and Meigs counties, with Dr. A H Blckle of Ohio University collecting specimens. It also highlights Portland area signs marking the Pioneer vegetables belt and Beaumont gravel pit used by the Athens County highway department nearby, with active digging daily.
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Fossil Creek
Lodi Township
Athens County
Ray Bobo
Two Mile Creek
Shade-Guysville
Shade Creek
Hawk
Douglas
A. H. Blckle
Ohio University Museum
Great Bend
Meigs County
Portland
Highway Department
Beaumont
Plains
Plains Road
Hocking River
Hamley Run
Ships Head for Shanghai After Fight With Red Guns
The British cruiser London and the sloop Black Swan steamed toward Shanghai after engaging Communist shore batteries near Nanking on the Yangtze. The Amethyst suffered heavy losses with about 20 dead and 30 to 40 wounded, while 30 British dead and around 100 wounded were reported across the four ships. The London and Black Swan withdrew as heavy fire continued from Bates Point and Beaver Island batteries.
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Shanghai
London
Black Swan
Nanking
Yangtze River
Amethyst
Consort
Bates Point
Beaver Island
Boy's Bruised Body Found On Ash Heap
The naked and bruised body of six year old George Counter was found on an ash heap behind a hotel furnace. Police identified the victim and said evidence pointed to a fiend's work. A neck cloth and facial injuries were noted as investigators searched for a 19 year old youth linked to the case.
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Detroit
George Counter
John Counter
George
George Kimball
Aurlie
Counter
Senators View North Atlantic Re Arms Plans
Secretary of State Acheson outlined early U S re armament plans for Europe to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chaired by Connally. He prepared to present the draft Arms-for-Europe program and its estimated cost.
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Washington
Acheson
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Poison Kills Sailor and Critically Ill Another
PORTSMOUTH N H A sailor Joseph Harda of Steubenville was reported critically ill after drinking duplicating fluid marked poison not to be taken internally. The fluid killed William Brown Jr of Baltimore and hospitalised six other sailors and a Marine from the same unit. Capt Griggs said the cans were plainly marked and the liquid was intended only for duplicating purposes.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Joseph Harda
Steubenville
William Brown, Jr
USN
Baltimore
Griggs
Court seeks to quash hot ham indictment in Ohio case
Lancaster restaurant operator and Chamber of Commerce president John L. Johnson asks common pleas court to quash the second hot ham indictment. He faces charges of receiving meat stolen from Swift and Co.’s Columbus plant. he was tried on the September indictment but the jury failed to reach a verdict.
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Lancaster
John L. Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Common Pleas Court
Johnson
Fairfield County
Columbus
Swift and Co
Taft to Speak at Marietta College Conference
Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati attorney and Protestant lay leader, named main speaker for Marietta College second annual Church Workers Conference. Event set for April 25 26 in Marietta Ohio.
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Charles Taft
Marietta
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Marietta College
Women Held For Perjury In Quickie Divorces
In Columbus three Zanesville women Vivian Matheny Doris Mabel Bishop and Catherine King Watson pleaded guilty to perjury to obtain divorces. Judge Cecil J. Randall ordered jail time pending probation review lasting about one week to ten days. The cases arose from an investigation into quickie divorces in the county.
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Columbus
Zanesville
Cecil J. Randall
Vivian Matheny
Doris Mabel Bishop
Catherine King Watson
Randall
Telephone Cables Cut Sparks Marion Area Outages
Sheriff Walter Galloway reported vandals cut telephone cables serving Pros et and Richwood in Union County leaving 1600 and 1000 customers without service. Five other Marion area communities were cut off by similar wire-choppings amid an ongoing strike by Ohio Associated Workers.
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Marysville
Richwood
Inion County
Walter Galloway
Ohio Associated
Marion
Galloway
Fire destroys A and P building and Tri County offices
A $100,000 blaze Wednesday night leveled a building housing an A and P grocery store and the offices of the Tri-County Electric Corp in Napoleon. Fire Chief E V Austermiller said the cause was undetermined and the Henry County Signal building suffered smoke and water damage.
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Napoleon
A &P
Tri-County Electric Corp
E. V. Austermiller
Henry County Signal
Austermiller
Senate housing bill faces near certain rejection of amendments
A fresh amended jobless compensation bill cleared Ohio House Labor Committee 9-5 after striking protections for strikers and easing benefits. Senate leaders predict the long range housing bill will be passed largely as banking committee approved, with only a few votes for Bricker Cain anti discrimination amendment.
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Senate
Washington
Myers
Pennsylvania
Bricker
Ohio
Cain
Wash
Truman
Congress
South
Tricker
Red Troops Cross River and Join Forces in Yangtze Battle
Chinese government spokesmen claimed successful Communist river crossings at Tikang and Wuhu as Red troops pressed into the Yangtze clash south of Nanking. British warships entered the fight while counterattacks and air actions continued. Mao Zedong urged forces to liberate all China in a Communist radio broadcast.
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Nanking
Yangtze
Red
Tikang
Wuhu
Tottering
Mao Tza-Tung
All China
Communist Radio
Meat Prices Edge Down Across Pork Lamb Veal
Retail pork lamb and veal prices edged lower this week while vegetables mostly fell and dairy held steady. Easter meat buying disappointed in several cities, leaving stockpiles high and wholesale demand weak, with pork expected to slip further next week after hog prices hit a fresh low at Chicago.
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New York
Chicago
Greek Gets Life Term For Murder of Polk
A Greek court in Salonika sentenced Gregory Staktopoulos to life imprisonment for complicity in the murder of American CBS correspondent George Polk. The two alleged triggermen, Adam Mouzenides and Evangelos Vasvanas, were sentenced to death in absentia and have not been arrested.
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Athens
Salonika
Gregory Staktopoulos
CBS
George Polk
Polk
Adam Mouzenides
Evangelos Vasvanas
Cleveland Officers Barred From Off-Duty Work
Two Cleveland police officers receive suspensions for off duty actions. One accidentally discharged a revolver. the other accepted $30 to investigate a burglary. The incidents prompt disciplinary review by department officials.
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Cleveland
Ben Franklin Will Revealed by Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute published a long lost 1757 will of Benjamin Franklin amid centennial celebrations. He planned to divide wealth among relatives friends and institutions while awaiting sea passage to England. The document lacks estate value and was later superseded by a newer will.
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Ben Franklin Institute
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin Institute
Franklin
New York
England
Curuis H. K. Curtis
Curtis
Efrem Zimbalist
Institute
Robert A. Millikan
California Institute of Technology
Ten Thousand Dollar Jewelry Theft Reported by Salesman
A New York jewelry salesman said four sample cases worth 10000 dollars were taken from his car trunk in Columbus. The car sat in an all night downtown garage with no sign of forced entry. Two cases were later found near Lisbon as police pursued the case.
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Canton
New York
Lisbon
Alfred Levin
Bronx
Columbus
U S Nearing End Of Tax Refund Job
Cleveland taxpayers await the closing phase of 1948 income tax refunds as the treasury disbursement office moves to finish mailing checks. C C Fitzgibbons, assistant regional disbursing officer, says the process should be complete by next week.
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Cleveland
Sam
Treasury
C. C. Fitzgibbons
Court Rejects Appeal In Slaying of Husband
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of Hazel Everhart of Massillon who was convicted of second degree murder for the July 6 stabbing of her husband. She testified he came home intoxicated and beat her. she said she acted in self defense with a carving knife.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Massillon
Hazel Everhart
Man To Be Questioned In Theft Kidnaping Case
Huntington police report a 26 year old man arrested for auto theft may be questioned by West Virginia police in connection with a bank robbery and the kidnapping of two Weirton policemen last week.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Weirton
IW. Va
Economy’s Spring Boost Seen Delayed By Declines
Washington reports show March declines in non-farm employment earnings and hours, plus a drop in business loans and farm receipts. Officials note late Easter and cautious investment may dim a seasonal upturn, while Treasury officials cite higher year over year employment and strong purchasing power.
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Washington
Ewan Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Treasury Snyder
Snyder
Louis H. Bean
Bean
Brannan
Clague
Ing
Federal Reserve Board
Agriculture Department
Department
Census Bureau
Farm Grave Suspected on Miller Farm Near Point Pleasant
Two Mason County residents said they found an unmarked grave on the 600 acre Miller farm east of Point Pleasant. The hole was blasted and sod covered in bottomlands between the New York Central tracks and the Kanawha River. The farm will be sold at a public auction tomorrow in Mason County courthouse.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Here
John A. Blaine
J. Milton Lewis
Charles C. Miller
Charleston Road
New York Central
Kanawha
Blaine
Torral Morrison
Clan Arrives To Bury Dead In Cincinnati
An Irish American Gorman clan gathers in Cincinnati for an annual burial at St Joseph cemetery. Founder John Gorman started the spring burial custom 190 years ago and today three members Winifred Gorman Bernard Gallagher and Harry Gorman will be laid to rest in the family plot.
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Cincinnati
Ireland
County
Cabbin
Union
John Gorman
St. Joseph
The
Clain
Miss Winifred Gorman
Bernard Gallagher
Harry Gorman
Cameron
Gorman
Combat Fliers to Try For Endurance Record
Fullerton California report states Barris and Riedel close to 900 hours in endurance flight. Competing pilots Woodhouse age 36 and Jongward age 28 plan to start from Yuma Arizona and aim to land before noon Tuesday after 1,008 hours aloft over six weeks.
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Fullerton
Calif
Bill Barris
Dick Riedel
Bob Woodhouse
Woodrow Jongward
Yuma
Ariz
Barris-Riedel
Final Tributes Voiced To Late Rabbi Wise
New tributes were voiced for Dr. Stephen S. Wise as his body lay in state for a second day at Free Synagogue New York. The noted rabbi, Zionist and Liberal crusader died Tuesday. President Truman Dewey and Wagner offered praise and condolences.
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New York
Stephen S. Wise
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert F. Wagner
CIO Council Demands AZO Strike Workers Break Ties
The Columbus CIO Council urged striking smelter workers at the American Zinc Oxide Co. plant to sever ties with the Progressive Party and other outside groups or face reprisals. The resolution followed a special Local 536 investigation into the AZO strike.
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Columbus
CIO
American Zinc Oxide Co
Progressive Party
Columbus Cio Council
AZO
Mine, Mill and SmelterWorkers Union
Miners Back Sitdown Action Hits Coal Jobs
Six thousand miners stayed home in Lansford and 4000 more joined the sitdown strike at Lehigh Navigation Co. operations after a UMW stay home call. The action aims to settle a deduction grievance, with the strike to run until agreement is reached. International conference opens to plan standardization of coal mine working conditions.
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Lansford
Lehigh Navigation Coal Co
United Mine Workers
Panther Valley Committee
UMW
Pittsburgh
Coffey Killed In Jet Fighter Crash
Congressman Robert Lewis Coffey Jr. 30 year old D Pennsylvania died in a jet fighter crash at Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico. The F 80 Shooting Star failed after takeoff on a refueling stop and plunged into an arroyo during a flight to March Field California.
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Albuquerque
Robert Lewis Ffey, Jr
D-Pa
Air Force Reserve
Coffey
Congress
Kirtland Air Force
March Field
Calif
Gas Fumes Endanger Marion Homes After Manhole Blast
Gasoline fumes filled Marion sewers causing danger to about 1000 homes after a manhole cover was blown 50 feet high. The fumes vanished Wednesday night as mysteriously as they began 24 hours earlier. Safety Director Edward Onecapher said the source remained unknown.
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Marion UP
Safety Service
Edward O
Capher
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