$6,010,000 Housing Bill For Vets Before Solons
The Ohio Legislature considered a $6,010,000 GI housing appropriation to aid veterans and families. Bills would create a state housing board and allow state funding covering 35 percent of costs with local governments covering 15 percent. a separate resolution urged direct state funds to locals for veterans housing.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Board of Housing
Senate
House
Frank J. Lausche
Walter L. Tarr
Hamilton
Ernest J. Bonn
The
Urban Development Commission
Cleveland
Ohio River
State Medical Board
Judiciary Committee
U. S
Regular Assembly
Democrats
Frank M. Krebs
Dayton
State Liquor Board
Hope Is Held For Settling Lakes Strike
In Detroit a tentative understanding between the National Maritime Union and Standard Oil Co of Indiana was announced as a path to resolving the eight day old Great Lakes shipping strike. Government conciliator Noel P. Fox said union members would get the agreement for a ratification vote. Violence flared in Duluth as pickets were hurt during police action, spurring a push for presidential intervention.
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Detroit
Great Lakes
National Maritime Union
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Noel P. Fox
Chicago
Duluth
Minn
Truman
Turks Deny Russian Demand for Dardanelles Control
Ankara rejects Moscow's bid for joint control of the Dardanelles in a formal note. Foreign Minister Hassan Saka delivered the denial to the Soviet embassy and to Charge dAffaires M. Pavlov Erichovo. The strait links the Black Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Ankara
Turkey
Dardanelles
Hassan Saka
M. Paval Erichovo
Black Sea
Russia
Mediterranean
Chimpanzees in Polio Experiments at Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins Hospital may soon test a poliomyelitis vaccine with chimpanzees as the initial animal subjects. Early results suggest chimpanzees infected with polio resist reinfection, with final findings due in about 12 to 14 months.
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Water Supply Assured Town During Strike
Water service was restored to Wellston's waterworks while city power lines remained cut for a third day. The city council planned a meeting to discuss union recognition and wage demands from UCW strikers. About 700 factory workers were idle, but no crime spike was reported during the blackout.
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Wellston
Jackson County
Frank J. Strauss
United Construction Workers
United Mine Workers of State
John Sylvester
UCW
Paul Ricketts
Daily Sentinel
Daily News
Eight Die As Jet Plant Fire Turbulent Explosion
Eight killed and 20 injured when a fire and blast at Aero-jet Engineering Corp. in Azusa California damaged nearby buildings and a fire engine. Navy authorities took control as cause remained undisclosed. The explosion shook areas including Los Angeles thirty miles away.
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Azusa
Calif
Aero-jet Engineering Corp
Navy
Wrigley Field
Los Angéles
Herbert Again Calls for Sale Tax Cut in Ohio Campaign
Republican gubernatorial candidate Thomas J. Herbert urged cutting Ohio's sales tax from 3 to 2 percent. He claimed residents would save 50 million dollars annually and accused Gov. Frank Lausche of failing to fulfill his 1944 pledge since election day.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Trucker Sentenced in Furniture Theft Case
Clyde B. Sims a 24 year old truck driver from Leaksville North Carolina was sentenced in a year and a day in prison by Judge John H Druffel in Cincinnati Ohio. The case charged him with theft of furniture from an interstate shipment and involvement in selling items to two partners for 75 dollars after his truck wrecked near Portsmouth.
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Cincinnati
Clyde B. Sims
Leaksville
N.C
John H. Druffel
U. S. District Court
Sims
Dayton
Portsmouth
State Fair Liquor Nears Court Ruling Tomorrow
In Columbus a Common Pleas hearing is set for morning to decide if liquor and high‑power beer may be sold near the Ohio State Fair. Ten tavernkeepers seek a court order to overturn a 58 year old law banning intoxicants within two miles of the fair. In Circleville the city solicitor asks the Ohio Utilities Commission to force better telephone service or rate cuts from Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co amid complaints of wrong numbers.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Dana F.reynolds
Circleville
George Gerhardt
Ohio Utilities Commission
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
William M. Reid
Theelephone Company
Attendance Mark Broken At Athens County Fair
Athens County's 95th Annual Fair saw a record second day with about 15,000 attendees. Officials reported a 20 percent rise in paid attendance over last year as the event continued with horse pulling contests, races, a WLW Radio Show, and a 4-H style revue.
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Athens County
WLW
Lerounds
Paul M. Herbert
British Ship Damaged by Saboteurs in Haifa Bay
A British troopship Empire Rival suffered an eight by three foot waterline hole from limpet mine detonations near Haifa Bay shortly before midnight. Three swimmers were seen near the stern and fired upon by the guard with no evident effect. The attack followed British moves into Tel Aviv and four other towns amid Jewish underground threats. The incident may have been staged by Hagana Palmach. Dr Louis C Tevn, 68, president of the medical staff at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati, died at Petoskey yesterday.
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Jerusalem
Haifa Bay
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Syprus
Miltary
Hagana
Palmach
Cincinnati
Louis C. Tevn
Jewish Hospital
Petoskey
Midh
Yesterdday
Nelsonville Sewer Plant FWA Grant Approved
Nelsonville receives an Associated Press report that the Federal Works Administration approves 3500 dollars for planning a proposed 113,530 dollar sewer treatment plant. The grant supports a primary and secondary treatment facility plan for the city.
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Nelsonville
FWA
Associated Press
Federal Works Administration
Friday Night Deadline Sets World Peace Test
The United States issued a 48 hour ultimatum to Yugoslavia over the seizure and shooting of American airmen. If not met by Friday 10 p.m. EST, the Security Council will be asked to act, signaling a direct test of international peace mechanisms amid potential Russian veto.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
United States
Balkan
U.S
Marshal Tito
Security Council of the
United Nations
Security Council
Sergije Makiedo
Byrnes
Paris
Acheson
Russia
Dardanelles
OPA Sets Coal and Orange Price Increases and Meat Controls
The OPA announces a 30 cent per ton rise for hard and coke coal and an 18 cent increase for soft coal effective tomorrow. Orange prices climb about a half cent per pound as producers price grants flow. Meat ceilings will be restored near June 30 levels with a ramped campaign against black markets and flour prices rise seven cents per hundred pounds to offset higher wheat parity. Cleveland region expands enforcement staff to curb meat black markets.
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Washington
OPA
Paul Porter
Opas
Porter
Cleveland
Quake Aftershock Reported Near Samana Bay
Weston College seismograph logged a very strong aftershock at 13 22 49 pm in Samana Bay near the earlier deadly quake. Officials call it the second strongest aftershock and warn it could cause considerable damage as a quake in itself.
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Weston
Mass
Samana Bay
Dominican Republic
Weston College
Labor-Engravers Union Proposal Spurs Joint Employer-Worker Body
Delegates at the International Photo-Engravers Union AFL convention in Cincinnati examined a plan to unite with employers in a national organization. The idea for equal union management representation was proposed in a convention address by Joseph Rosenberg of New York, president of the American Photo-Engravers Association, an employers’ group.
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Cincinnati
International Photo-Engravers Union
AFL
Joseph Rosenberg
New York
American Photo-Engravers’ <Association
Store Owner Ordered To Halt Construction
The Civilian Production Administration in Cleveland filed its first stop construction order in the district for alleged non housing building regulation violations. Joe Sidha was served the directive to halt plans for a 516000 building to house a grocery meat and furniture store. The COLISEUM PROPOSED HAMILTON ballot item seeks a 435000 bond for a World War II memorial coliseum. Wilmington College announced a 29000 endowment campaign for college expenses running Sept. 9 14.
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Cleveland
Civilian Production Administration
Joe Sidha
Hamilton
Wilmington
Wilmington College
US Demands Release After Yugoslav Air Incidents
The United States denounces Yugoslavia for two incidents in which unarmed U S planes were fired on or shot down. Washington accuses Belgrade of unlawful force and violation of UN Charter, demanding immediate release and safe passage of occupants and access to survivors.
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State Department
United States
Yugoslavia
Ugoslavia
United Nations
Yugoslavia Ultimatum and Allied Diplomacy Rise in Paris
The United States issued a 48 hour ultimatum to Yugoslavia, prompting swift Capitol Hill support and a hurried Byrnes Paris conference session. Byrnes met with Bohlen and Reber as the peace talks continued, while Yugoslav and British reactions remained cautious and the Tito issue loomed large. A witness noted Yugoslav fighter planes appeared American made and Yugoslavia had received wartime lend-lease supplies worth 28.8 million dollars.
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Yugoslavia
United States
Security Council
United Nations
Capitol Hill
Paris
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Europe
Byrnes
Charles E. Bohlen
State Department
Samuel Reber
Marshall Tito
London
Ernest Bevin Epee i
Edward Kardelj
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavian
Sam Simmons on Byrnes Russia Danube Dardanelles stance
Sam Simmons argues Secretary Byrnes faces rejection of Russia’s joint Turkish control proposal for the Dardanelles. He warns Russia seeks world domination and could use the Danube issue to test Byrnes’ plan for international navigation. He notes Russian troops in the Danube basin and doubts of their return.
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Byrnes
Dardenelles
Russia
Danube
Mississippi
United States
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Italy
Champ
Gilbert Klecan
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Sam Simmons
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