Ohio U Cutler Hall Rededication Plans Detailed
Ohio University outlined the Cutler Hall rededication set for October 15 to 19. A series of talks by university leaders, a high school history contest with 108 finalists, art displays from the Metropolitan Museum, and the unveiling of a Mannasseh Cutler portrait by Howard Chandler Christy are planned. Events include a football game, military review, dedicatory hall, campus history exhibits, a choral history, and mementoes for attendees. Finalists win cash prizes totaling 245 dollars.
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Ohio University
Cutler Hall
John C. Baker
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Baker
Vincent Jukes
Ohio
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Mannasseh Cutler
Howard Chandler Christy
Jukes
1000 Rent Hike Leases Filed in Five Days
Columbus rent control records show 1000 leases requesting a 15 percent increase in the first five days of August, surpassing July totals. Director Edward F. Wagner stated all filings seek the lawful maximum under the new rent law effective July 1.
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Columbus
Columbus Area
Edward F. Wagner
Ohio State Grange initiates 1000 new members in Ashtabula
Nearly 1,000 new members were initiated into the state degree of the Ohio State Grange in Ashtabula last night, part of a 15 meeting series totaling 10,000 new members. The final meeting will be held in Leavittsburg, Trumbull County, tonight.
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Ashtabula, O
Ohio State Grange
Leavittsburg
Trumbull County
Retroactive pay boost granted to Cincinnati Street Railway workers
Hourly wages for Cincinnati Street Railway Co. employees are boosted by 12 cents retroactive to July 1 with a further 3 cent raise planned for December 3. The action covers hourly paid staff and arrives as a formal pay increase.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Street Railway Co
End to Heat Wave Forecast Thursday
The Associated Press reports continued heat across Ohio with forecasts of a cooler breeze arriving Thursday evening from the West. Temperatures reached the mid 90s in multiple cities, while some areas saw brief relief from thunderstorms. A first heat wave death was recorded in Youngstown as Sanford Arriel, 63, died of sunstroke.
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Associated Press
U.S. Weather Bureau
Columbus
George S. Mindling
Youngstown
Sanford Arriel
Mahoning County
David A. Belinky
Rites Honor New Bishop Elevation of Rev Joseph M Marling
Catholic hierarchy and priests from many regions gathered at St. Monica Cathedral Cincinnati for the elevation of Rev Joseph M Marling to bishopric. The 42 year old Centralia West Virginia native had been provincial of the American Society of the Precious Blood and was named auxiliary bishop of Kansas City Missouri. Consecrator was Archbishop Edwin V O Hara of Kansas City.
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Cincinnati
United States
St. Monica
Joseph M. Marling
American Society of the Precious Blood
Carthagena
Father Marling
Centralia
W.va
Kansas City
Edwin V. O'Hara
Second Start Planned For Odom World Flight
William P. Odom said he plans another start tomorrow on a projected round the world solo speed flight if his converted A 26 bomber passes tests today. He took off from a Chicago area airport Monday but was forced to turn back after crossing Halifax Nova Scotia.
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Chicago
William P. Odom
Wiley Post
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Navy Vet Drowns in Quarry Near Columbus
A 22 year old navy veteran William K. Hook drowned early today in a quarry northwest of Columbus. Authorities identified the victim and began an investigation into the accident.
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Columbus
William K. Hook
Here
Ohio forms athletic injury mutual for high school players
Formation of the Ohio Athletic Injury Mutual Association was announced in Columbus to insure male high school athletes. With $50,000 capital, it targets about 35,000 OHSAA members and offers up to 300 dollars for injuries. Football coverage costs 2.25 yearly, other sports 1.25, or 3.50 for all sports. D. O. Davis sits on the board of directors.
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Columbus
Ohio Athletic Injury Mutual Association
Ohio High School Athletic Association
State Division of Insurance
OHSAA
D. O. Davis
Union Furnace
NAACP Suit Dismissed In Swimming Pool Case
Stark County Common Pleas Judge George N. Graham dismissed a suit by the local NAACP alleging a lease between the city and the Vets Swim Club barred Negroes from the municipal pool. The dismissal followed a club attorney’s assertion that Ohio law allows such city leases.
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Warren
Common Pleas
George N. Graham
Stark County
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Vets Swim Club
Ohio
FDR Jr and Wife Nabbed in Auto Race on Nassau Boulevard
Lake Success officials issued summonses to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. and his wife Ethel Du Pont after they reportedly raced cars along Nassau Boulevard near the United Nations area in the early hours. Mayor P Schuyler Van Bloem confirmed the speeding charges.
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Lake Success
P. Schuyler van Bloem
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Ethel du Pont
Nassau Boulevard
United Nations
Three More Jews Taken Into Custody By British
Jerusalem report says three more Jewish leaders were detained as British roundup widens. About 40 leaders are held at Latrun Detention Camp including the mayors of Tel Aviv Natanya and Ramat Gan.
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Jerusalem
Latrun
Tel Aviv
Natanya
Ramat Gan
Train wreck near Prague leaves sixteen dead
Sixteen people were killed and 35 injured when the Bratislava Prague express derailed near a border station.
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Prague
Bratislava
Skull fracture fatal in auto crash near town
Ova Lawson, 42, died from a fractured skull after his car struck a utility pole two miles west of here last night. He was the sole occupant of the vehicle and transportation officials investigated the scene. Police released no further details pending an autopsy.
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Bryan — Ova Lawson
Here
What I Would Do If I Were Editor of The Messenger
The Athens Messenger calls for letters on the topic What I Would Do If I Were Editor of The Messenger. Prizes include five dollars for each published letter. Sign with name and address, mail before midnight Wednesday August 13 to If I Were Editor Athens Messenger Athens Ohio.
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Messenger
The
the Messenger
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Both Sides Claim Breach Of Cease-Fire
In Batavia the Netherlands Army accuses Indonesia of violating the cease fire five times and denies Indonesian charges of Dutch violations. Indonesian PM Amir Sjarfoeddin had alleged a violation at Gombong near Jogjakarta after the deadline. Dutch say they occupied Gombong before the cease fire took effect. Rumors say Adm. William D. Leahy may mediate if the US offer of good offices is accepted.
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Batavia
Java
Amir Sjarfoeddin
Gombong
Jogjakarta
Gombag
Adm
William D. Leahy
Washington
United States
Canyon Blaze Leaves Two Dead In Los Angeles Area
A fierce brush fire swept Tujunga Canyon near Pasadena killing two men and injuring at least 14. Fire crews fought the flames as about 2,000 acres burned with 400 volunteers and 100 professional firefighters joining 300 already on scene.
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Los Angeles
Big Tujunga Canyon
Surburban
Pasadena
William V. Mendenhall
Angeles National Forest
M. W. Durham
Trail Canyon
Durham
Clements and Dummit Named Kentucky Gubernatorial Choices
Louisville report says the November race pits Rep. Earle Clements Democrat against Eldon S. Dummit Republican as primary tabulations near finish. With 236 of 4045 precincts left, Dummit leads Williams by 9,694 votes for the GOP nomination.
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Louisville
Earle C. Clements
Eldon S. Dummit
Kentucky
Dummit
Lexington
John Fred Williams
Miss Truman Debut With Hollywood Bowl Symphony
Margaret Truman will make her first solo appearance as soloist with the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra in late August, marking the president’s daughter’s debut on the Hollywood concert stage.
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Miss Truman
Hollywood
Margaret Truman
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
Hughes Paid for Entertaining Of Air Reconnaissance Chief
Senate investigators heard John W. Meyer say Hughes Aircraft paid bills for wartime entertaining Col. James G. Hall head of the Army Air Corps Reconnaissance Division. The total charged was 3732.77 over about three years as part of wartime contracts probe.
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Washington
John W. Meyer
Senate
Howard Hughes’ Aircraft Company
James G. Hall
Elliott Roosevelt
Army Air Corps
Meyer
Hughes
Senate War Investigating Committee
Hall
Subcommittee
Fergusson
R-Mich
Hughes Company
Ferguson
Roosevelt
Hughes Aircraft
Trans World Airlines
Pan American Airways
Culver City
Calif
Attlee outlines Britain’s plan to cut armed forces and curb imports
Prime Minister Attlee told Parliament Britain would reduce armed forces to meet the crisis and extend essential workers’ hours. He urged labor discipline, longer shifts in key industries, and a halved coal mine schedule. Britain seeks loan relaxations and discussions on sterling convertibility while warning of hardship from reduced imports.
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Britain
Attlee
London
Parliament
Great Britain
U. S
United States
Winston Churchill
Ford Workers Face Layoff Over Parts Shortage
About 51 000 CIO Ford Motor Co workers faced a week of layoff after a partial strike was called off. Ford halted all assembly until Aug 12 due to a shortage of body parts from Murray Corp of America. The Murray plants are strikebound in a dispute mirrors the UAW Taft-Hartley immunity demand.
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Detroit
CIO
Ford Motor Co
Ford Company
Murray Corp. of America
Murray
Ford
United Auto Workers
Packard Boosts Auto Prices by Five Percent
Detroit news reports Packard Motor Car Co raises prices five percent on all current models after revealing a nearly two million dollar operating deficit for the first half of 1947. The move follows General Motors’ earlier price increases of two to six percent.
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Detroit
Packard Motor Car Co
Packard
General Motors Corp
Balkan Report Is Due Today
The United States prepared to urge the United Nations General Assembly to handle the Balkans if the Security Council cannot, due to Russia’s veto. The council planned continued debate this afternoon with blunt speaking expected from eleven diplomats. Herschel V. Johnson was set to present the U S position.
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Lake
United States
United Nations General Assembly
Balkans
Security Council
Russia
Council
Herschel V. Johnson
Eight Seek $200 000 Ryan Estate in Probate Court
Eight persons claiming heirs to Harry R. Ryan contest a $200000 estate after his Feb 8 death without a will. A suburban home safe held $150000 in cash. Mrs Rose Ryan widow advances claim with 23 witnesses before Probate Judge Reuben Z Wise.
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Canton
Harry R. Ryan
Ryan
Rose Ryan
Reuben Z. Wise
Mansion Blaze Causes $40,000 Loss in Akron Area
Fire wrecked the second floor of the Louis J. Fageol mansion near Silver Lake. Cuyahoga Falls firefighters estimated damages at forty thousand dollars.
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Akron
Louis J. Fageol
Silver Lake
Cuyahoga Falls
Rating Place Pay Increases OK'd As Three Board Members Walk Out
Ohio minimum wage board backed wage boosts for hotel and restaurant workers despite three employer members quitting in protest. The panel proposed two tier rates based on city size with adult hours at 31 to 50 cents an hour, yielding weekly sums from 14.88 to 24 dollars.
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Columbus
William J. Rogers
D. M. Myers
Cincinnati
Frank
Wells
Wooster
George Geyer
Xenia
Annie Lockett
Springfield
Rogers
Miss Lockett
Ohio
Lockett
Myers
Nineteen Die In Collision Near Waxahachie Texas
Nineteen persons dead in a highway crash four miles north of Waxahachie. Most victims were Negro laborers on a gasoline truck headed to Waco. The other vehicle carried construction workers. flames trapped all but four. The wreck was Texas worst highway disaster of the year.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Texas
Waco
Here
Dallas
Unstable Steel Prices Tied to High Scrap Costs
The Iron Age reports steel pricing may collapse into demoralized markets if scrap prices stay at absurdly high levels. It notes firms are operating on a multiple price basis for semifinished steel galvanized sheets enameling sheet and long products amid the price upheaval.
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New York
The
Iron Age
National Metalworking Weekly
One Pound Eleven Ounce Infant Given Chance
One month old Inky born four months premature in Madison West Virginia was given a chance for survival. She weighed one pound eleven ounces at birth and has gained five ounces. Dr. David Hill of Madison General Hospital called survival rare but noted her blue eyes and normal development potential for the child of Mrs Ray Jarrell.
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Madison
W. Va
David Hill
Madison General Hospital
Ray Jarrell
Kent Town Meeting Plans Survival Day Celebration
Kent Ohio residents will mark the second anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing with a Survival Day program. About 500 members of the newly formed Kent Town Meeting participate to promote public awareness of strengthening the United Nations.
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Kent, O
Hiroshima
Kent
United Nations
Ex-Slave Hat Clay Dies at 100 in Cincinnati
Mrs Hat Clay aged 100, born a slave in Franklin County Virginia, died yesterday in Cincinnati. Her long life bridged slavery and freedom, with roots in the South and decades in Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Franklin County
Hat Clay
Cinci
State Workers To Get Retroactive Pay Checks
State employees will receive retroactive pay from Jan 1 to June with checks totaling $45 to $310. The 8 percent increase was approved by the legislature earlier this year and distribution begins August 20 or as soon after as possible, per State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Refrigerator Fumes Kill Man After 10 Months
Marion report of William Ernest Wittred 43 who had lay unconscious since October 10 dies in City Hospital from fumes released by an improperly adjusted mechanical refrigerator. His wife Geraldine 33 also died from the fumes.
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Marion
William Ernest Wittred
City Hospital
Leroy Retterer
Geraldine
Australians urged to remember colonial piracy and white rule
SAM SIMMONS argues that pirates roamed the oriental seas until Europeans with stronger ships ended them. He warns that lawlessness could revive if whites leave Asia and Indonesia, threatening Australia and New Zealand with communist influence behind an iron curtain.
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Asia
Indonesia
Australia
New Zealand
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