Heavy Crops Forecast Spur Ohio Farmers to Seek US Loans
Ohio farmers amid forecasts of bumper wheat and corn crops rush to the federal loan program to lock in at least 90 percent parity. 300+ applicants this season contrasts with few last year. parity figures set around $2.12 to $2.16 per bushel for wheat, with government holding losses if prices fall. 1948 Ohio corn and wheat production forecasts, national crop totals, and upcoming parity formula changes through 1950 are outlined, plus a note on storage and warehouse demand. City council approves a six percent raise for non elective officials and workers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Uncle Sam
Dale Williams
United States Agricultural Conservation Office
Commodity Credit Corporation
Melvin G. Smith
Ohio State University
Smith
Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Department
Army Guard Merger Proposed by Board Sparks Debate
A Defense Department advisory committee urged annexing the National Guard into the Army to double overall force strength and create a single reserve for each service. Brig. Gen. Charles Brahl of Iowa vowed the Guard would oppose the plan in Congress, warning states would unite to fight it.
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Washington
National Guard
Defense Department
Army
Gordon Gray
Defense Forrestal
National Guards
Charles H. Brahl
Brahl
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Congress
Bernadotte Takes Tough Line On Jerusalem Truce Violations
Count Folke Bernadotte, UN mediator, adds 50 observers to curb Jerusalem truce violations. He says I want this shooting stopped and will be tougher, aiming to prove seriousness to both parties. In Alexandria, Arab League sources say Jewish invitation to Palestine talks is rejected.
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Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Alexandria
Arab League
Palestine
League
Moshe Shertok
Bernadotte
Israel
Authorities Probe Death of Ohio Woman in Ritman
Police search into the death of 34 year old Birdie Gillette after her body was found in Ritman Ohio apartment. Coroner Layman Adair reported the autopsy did not reveal a cause. A note near the body hinted at a confessed killer, according to Mayor M R Ritter.
Western officials charged over Soviet info clampdown
Western authorities charge a Russian distribution setup aimed at killing free exchange of information. The scheme targets Western licensed publications, squeezing them from the Soviet occupation zone of Germany.
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Berlin
Germany
Attacked by Six Men Reported by Hitchhiking Women
Two young women from Fairfield County to Colorado said they were attacked by six men in Columbus. Eileen Warner, 23, said three men overpowered her and assaulted her. a hospital exam confirmed the report. Jeanette Alexander, 18, said she fought off the other three men.
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Columbus
Fairfield County
Colorado
Eileen Warner
Howard Hinton
Jeanette Alexander
Lancaster
Maybank Holds Lead In South Carolina Senate Race
South Carolina Democrat Burnet R. Maybank led the Senate field with a clear ten thousand vote margin over four rivals as returns from the South Carolina primary grew near completion. Arkansas and Idaho Democrats also appeared to have nominees in place for major November contests with possible runoff implications in South Carolina.
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Chicago
South Carolina
Arkansas
Idaho
Burnet R. Maybank
Telephoning Women Continue Antemeat Drive
Housewives in Cleveland Cincinnati Salem and Akron conducted a telephone campaign to lower meat prices while Chicago vendors noted no clear change. Mrs Dennis E Jackson led Cincinnati efforts promising no meat purchases for 10 days as Frank J Klinger of Cleveland’s Retail Meat Dealers Association cited July August declines. Louisville restaurants joined, offering meat substitutes, with mixed results. Picketing women in San Francisco urged an end to high prices.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Butchers
Cincinnati
Salem
Akron
Dennis E. Jackson
Greater Cincinnati
Chester G. Newcomb
Cleveland Provision Company
Louisville
Carl B Haelin
Louisville Restaurant Association
San Francisco
Three Accused in Slaying and Robbery Near Zanesville
A 40 year old woman Mary Margaret Swackhammer and two men Earl W. Thomas and Milton S. Drake pleaded innocent to first degree murder and robbery in the fatal beating of Albert Stout 70 near a Muskingum River shack. Drake confessed to other river front robberies. James Wagner 24 aided authorities as a witness. Swackhammer allegedly kept 95 cents of the $2 loot.
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Zanesville
Mary Margaret Swackhammer
Earl W. Thomas
Milton S. Drake
Albert Stout
Muskingum River
Robert Snelling
Drake
Snelling
John Steed
Stout
James Wagner
Babe Ruth In Critical Condition At Memorial Hospital
Babe Ruth, baseball star, is in critical condition at Memorial Hospital. Doctors report a rising temperature and pulmonary complications after a prior cold, with the hospital bulletin confirming the critical status.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Homerun King
Memorial Hospital
Ruth
Rate Increase Granted On Railroad Freight
Ohio railroads received a permanent 30 percent freight rate increase approved by the State Utilities Commission aligning with Interstate Commerce Commission hikes. A temporary raise had been granted on April 27, and the new permanent rate takes effect August 21.
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Columbus
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Utilities Commission
Shanghai population tops six million with refugees influx
Shanghai's police census bureau reports a population over 6,000,000, raised by war refugees from the north. The 1940 figure was 4,274,000, placing Shanghai among the world’s four largest cities behind New York, London and Paris.
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Shanghai
Police Census Bureau
New York
London
Paris
Pepper Defends Spy Probe as Smear Campaign Claim
Senator Pepper denounces the ongoing anti Communist inquiry as a smear campaign aimed at discrediting Roosevelt and the Democratic Party. Senator McClellan defends investigations while noting public suspicion and calls for clear answers.
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Sen. Pepper
Washington
Annd
Pepper
D-Fia
McClellan
D-Ark
Ferguson
Rmich
Roosevelt
Truman
Body identified in Ohio River death near Gallipolis
Officials identify the body as Nora Ellen Young alias Richard son of Charleston West Virginia. FBI fingerprints confirmed identity after a Saturday discovery off Gallipolis Island. Autopsy cited uncertainty if death preceded entry into the river. burial followed at Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Nora Ellen Young
Richardson
Charleston
W.va
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert M. Betz
Lice
Billy Niday
Lawrence Lundy
Nora Young
Charles F. Surbaugh
James Richardson
Gallipolis Island
Paul Foster
Mound Hill Cemetery
Hospital Heads To Determine Daniels' Sanity
Dr. J. F. Bateman was named as the second psychiatrist to assess the sanity of Robert M. Daniels, who confessed to three murders. Judge Kalbfleisch appointed him after R. E. Bushong was named previously. Daniels pleads innocent by reason of insanity. trial set for Aug. 30. Prosecutor Tomb will seek first degree murder indictments from the Seneca County Grand Jury.
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Noranda
Phyllis
Tiffin
Webb Tomb
Seneca County Grand Jury
Daniels
James J. Smith
Seneca County
Orville Taylor
Niles
Mich
John West
Mansfield
West
van Wert
Two Thousand Specialists Convene on Mental Health War Cure
Two thousand specialists from psychology psychotherapy psychiatry and related fields meet in London for an 11 day international congress to discuss treating sick nations to cure the disease of war and improve human relations.
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London
Former Football Star Dies After Accident
PORTSMOUTH Fred L Justice 28 an all Ohio high school guard who played with an all state team in Florida in 1939 died yesterday after a freight train crushed his legs. He was employed in the Norfolk and Western Railroads yards as an oiler.
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Portsmouth
Fred L. Justice
Florida
Norfolk & Western Railroads
Souvenir laden day on Coney Island trip for Messenger Carriers
New York trip day featured a three mile Coney Island boardwalk ocean dip and roller coasters followed by visits to souvenir shops and penny arcades. The group rode the subway through Chinatown visiting a temple and stores and toured the Bowery with Stu Jones guiding. Each boy received three dollars for spending and planned more activities tomorrow.
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New York
Coney Island
Chinatown
Coney Boardwalk
Bowery
Stu” Jones
Kermit Blosser
Ohio University
Columbus South
Ohio State University
94 Year Old Babysitter Cleared In Chicago Court
Alice King, a 94 year old babysitter, told a women's court she has been caring for herself for 75 years and can continue. The disorderly conduct charge arose after she struck two children whose feet she claimed remained on her seat at a Chicago theater. Judge William V. Daly dismissed the charge.
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Chicago
Alice King
Women's Court
William V. Daly
Firemen vote 56 hour week in Columbus poll
Columbus firemen backed a 56 hour work week over the 40 hour schedule in secret balloting. Of 381 voters, 350 supported the longer week while 31 favored retaining the 40 hour plan approved last November. Officials planned legislation and petitions to place the issue on the November ballot.
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Columbus
Limit in City Population Advised by Bromfield
Mansfield Ohio says novelist Louis Bromfield urged the Association of Ohio Municipalities to cap city populations at 50 000 citing growing problems and recurring bankruptcies in larger cities.
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Bromfield
Mansfield
Ohio
Louis Bromfield
Association of Ohio Municipalities
Herbert to visit Lancaster School and Clinton County Fair
Governor Thomas J. Herbert will tour the Lancaster Boys' Industrial School today and attend the Clinton County Fair in Wilmington later, signaling state engagement with youth programs and county events.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Lancaster Boys’ Industrial School
Clinton County
Wilmington
Taft Blasts Truman Over Inflation as Rates Rise
Washington Senator Taft charges President Truman with anti-inflation powers unused and blames him for price rises. Taft says Treasury's one percent rate increase will slow loans and curb inflation while Truman’s allies blame Congress for high costs. He leaves for Murray Bay Canada as Aug. 20 deadline on credit bill nears.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Treasury
Truman
Republican Congress
Murray Bay
Canada
Ohio Engineer Lands DC-3 Plane in Iceland
Samuel F. Keener an Ohio industrialist landed at Keflavik Airport in his private DC-3 after an uneventful flight from Greenland. He is on a five week business air tour of Europe and planned to proceed to London today.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Samuel F. Keener
Ohio
Keflavik
Greenland
London
Keener
Europe
Obrist Found Guilty Of Delinquency Charge
George E. Obrist Jr aged 19 admitted stealing a family car for sentimental reasons and was found guilty of delinquency. He was ordered to the Juvenile Research Bureau in Columbus for sentencing after the previous year’s mystery death of his physician father.
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Portsmouth
George E. Obrist, Jr
Juvenile Research Bureau
Columbus
Obrist
Vandals Damage School Windows in Hamilton Ohio
Vandals caused more than 300 dollars in damage to the Jefferson-Tyler school in Hamilton Ohio by breaking 101 windows last night. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Hamilton
Jefferson-Tyler
Penn College Freshman Drowns in Lake Erie Accident
Robert Fillmore, 19, a Penn College freshman, drowned yesterday in Lake Erie while diving from a life raft to recover a paddle. The incident occurred near Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Robert Fillmore
Penn College
Lake Erie
Two Arrested in Multistate Holdup Shooting Case
In Newport Kentucky police say Irvin Turvey and Raymond White of Middletown Ohio were arrested in Charlotte North Carolina after a pursuit through Kentucky Ohio Virginia and North Carolina. They face armed robbery charges related to the shooting of Avery L. Flack and are to be extradited.
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Newport
Charlotte
N. C
Illinois
George Gugel
Gugel
Frank M. Littlejohn
Kentucky
Ohio
Virginia
North Carolina
Irvin Turvey
Raymond White
Middletown
Spy probe focuses on $2000 payoff to Bentley in wartime spy ring
The House committee cites a $2000 fall 1945 payment from Moscow to Elizabeth Bentley and questions whether she or others lied under oath. Hearings may run weeks as witnesses include Whittaker Chambers and figures tied to Alger Hiss, Henry Collins, and Duncan Lee. Subpoenas target Russian teachers Samarin and Kosenkina as investigations into prewar underground networks continue.
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Washington
Congressional
Moscow
House Un-American Activities Committee
Justice Department
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Elizabeth T. Bentley
New York
Thomas
Bentley
FBI
Vassar
Supreme Soviet Council
Henry Collins
Whittaker Chambers
Red
Time Magazine
Chambers
Collins
Alger Hiss
State Department
San Francisco
United Nations
Hiss
Duncan Lee
Counter-Spying
Office of Strategic Services
Lee
Miss Bentley
Rep. Herbert
D-La
Herbert
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Samarin
New York City
Samarins
The
New York Times
Midtown Manhattan
Freehold
N. J
Alexander S. Panyushekin
William Ludwig Ullmann
Treasury
Air Corps
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Louis ST. Laurent
Liberal Party
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Left
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Army, Guard
Maybank
Zanesvville
Wether
Elizabeth Bentley
Ferguson Committee
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Barkley Club
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Albany
Pawling
N. Y
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
GOP
Young Republican National Federation
J. Strom Thurmond
Houston
Texas
South
Progressive Party
Henry A. Wallace
Bridgeport
Conn
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
Sanity
Victor Perlo
U.S. War Production Board
House UN- American Activities Committee
Perlo
Teasantal
Littlejohn
Romaine Knight
Covington
Hack
Mack
Herbert Bardin
Dayton
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