Dairy farmers seek emergency aid amid six week drought near Cincinnati
A severe six week drought around Cincinnati spurs calls for government aid from farmers and dairymen. Milk producers seek emergency price increases of 35 to 50 cents per hundredweight for Class I and II milk in September and October, with a larger boost proposed for the tri state area. Rep. Polk requests disaster declaration to unlock emergency loans for feed seed and subsistence. Agriculture Department surveys already underway through the Farmers Home Administration.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Rep
Polk
Ohio
Agriculture Department
Farmers Home Administration
Edward D. Schultz
Alexander, Ky
K-I-O Milk Producers Association
J. P. Osborne
Cincinnati Sales Association
Osborne
Tri-State
Portsmouth
Athens
Marietta
Huntington
W.va
Central Coal UMW Strikes at Graham Station
United Mine Workers employees at Central Coal Co. Graham Station walked off the job Tuesday at 4 p.m. and were idle Wednesday. The company reported no formal strike notice and had little information on the strike cause.
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Point Pleasant
United Mine Union
Central Coal Co
Graham Station
Draw Line Dewey Urges to Stand Against Communists
Governor Thomas E. Dewey, returning from a Far East trip, urged the United States to draw a line and warn the Communists what will happen if they cross it. He warned Southeast Asia is the likely next target and called for a strong policy with allies to prevent further losses.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Far East
United States
Southeast Asia
Asia
U. S
Pups Find Quick Homes Through Messenger Want Ad
A Pets for Sale Want Ad in Messenger yielded rapid results with buyers or caregivers quickly responding. The ad filled within the day, showing the efficiency of classified exchanges for dogs needing homes.
Clevelanders Angered Over Missing Child
Beverly Potts, 10, vanished Friday night near Halloran Park. Police and 3 detectives handle 1500 daily calls. two suspects, 26 and 56, both child molesters, are held but not linked. Deputy Inspector James E. McArthur leads the search. a teenage caller reported a date with one suspect.
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Cleveland
Beverly Potts
Sheila Ann Tuley
James E. McArthur
Robert Tts
Beverly
Halloran Park
McArthur
Nancy Kinney May Return Home After Kidnap Charge
ZANESVILLE Ohio Nancy Kinney a 15 year old girl reported kidnapped Aug 4 by Columbus man Chester Isen may return home soon Foster mother Mrs Earl Kinney said she received a call from Nancy and Isen claiming Nancy was safe and unhappy at home Isen reportedly said he would surrender Nancy if the kidnapping charge is dropped as noted in a pay station call to the Risens
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Zanesville
Nancy Kinney
Columbus
Henry Risen
Earl Kinney
Nancy
Chester Risen
Risen
Isen
Cincinnati Leads in Juvenile Narcotics Use Says Federal Agent
Federal narcotics agent Roy E. Anderson said Cincinnati has the highest juvenile narcotics incidence in the state with about 14 investigations of high school students in the last six months. He noted no similar cases in Columbus Dayton Springfield or Toledo among large northern cities.
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Cincinnati
Roy E. Anderson
Anderson
Columbus
Dayton
Springfield
Toledo
Cause Found For Madness In French Town
In Pont Saint Esprit France a fungal ergot poisoning from bread sickened 200 people and caused four deaths. Autopsies linked the rye fungus to the outbreak. 37 remained hospitalized with no new cases for four days.
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Pont-Saint-Esprit
France
Olivier
Marseille
Secrest Nominates Roseville Postmaster Choice
Rep. Secrest of Ohio recommends Max D. Sowers for the Roseville postmaster position. Sowers has served as acting postmaster at Roseville since September 30.
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Washington
Secrest
Ohio
Max D. Sowers
Roseville
Sowers
WSB Returns Copper Strike To White House
The Wage Stabilization Board stepped in after the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers Union refused to call off the four day copper strike. The board will report to President Truman and consider options including a board of inquiry or government seizure to resume production. Wages range from 1.31 to 1.62 per hour.
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Washington
White House
Wage Stabilization Board
Truman
McGrath
WSB
Orville Larson
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Conciliation
Deferments Cut for Childless Men in Draft Rules
Washington reports new draft regulations awaiting President Truman approval would remove deferments for 150000 to 200000 childless married men and draft about 150000 4-Fs as mental standards lower. The act lowers minimum draft age to 18 and reclassifies many displaced residents while requiring 9000 conscientious objectors to perform essential defense work.
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Washington
Truman
Selective Service
U. S
Private clubs exempt from OPS restaurant ceilings
Columbus report says private clubs with member only dining can seek exemption from certain OPS restaurant ceiling rules. Exemption requires elected membership non profit status and restrictions on sales of food and beverages to members and their guests.
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Columbus
Office of Price Stabilization
Bureau of Internal Revenue
OPS
Kansas Man Killings On Death Trip Shock City
Richard Donaldson, 29, a laundry operator, admitted to killing Alfredo Ortiz-Burgas at a University of Kansas City foreign language professor and Mrs. William Lay in her apartment. He said he planned five more killings and death by own action, claiming anger at the Lay family after a peace disturbance arrest. Two intended victims escaped when guns misfired.
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Kansas City
Richard Barry Donaldson
Alfredo Ortiz-Burgas
University of Kansas City
William Lay
Donaldson
Ortiz-Barras
Rose Kahn
Gilbert
Ethel Combs
Leona Anderson
RFC To Lend Housing Funds
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation will provide loans for defense housing when private capital is unavailable. The policy change, approved by Treasury Secretary Snyder and Commerce Secretary Sawyer, aims to unlock about 400 million dollars in defense and military housing projects stalled by credit access.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
MacArthur to Arrive in Cleveland for Day of Events
General Douglas MacArthur and Mrs. MacArthur arrive in Cleveland next Thursday for a hero’s welcome. A 11 a.m. arrival at Municipal Airport begins a motor caravan downtown, with Gov. Lausche and Ohio leaders in the official greeting. Public Hall hosts a 6:40 p.m. address broadcast nationally.
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Cleveland
Douglas MacArthur
West Third St
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Legislature
Ohio
Thomas A. Burke
Public Hall
MacArthur
Paint Thinner Cocktail Kills Five Laborers
Five transient laborers died in a makeshift camp near the New York Central tracks after drinking an alcohol solution, police said. Deputy William Collins described the men as apparently consuming a paint thinner.
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Port Clinton
New York Central
Sheriff's Office
William Collins
Red Chinese Radio Charges Ridgway Lying on Kaesong Incident
Peiping radio broadcasts accuse Gen. Ridgway of lying and distortions over the Kaesong neutrality zone bombing. It claims 43 American planes flew over Kaesong in one day and derides U S efforts to reopen an investigation. The broadcasts aim to delay truce talks ahead of San Francisco peace talks.
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Tokyo
Red
China
Peiping Radio
Kaesong
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
UruCee Lasas
Ridgway
Peiping
San Francisco
Koesong
Reds strike at UN positions near Yanggu as supplies targeted
North of Yanggu UN troops repelled three small assaults by Reds while UN warplanes disrupted rail and road networks. Night attacks damaged 270 trucks and affected 67 road or rail targets. A fresh 8000-man division, likely North Korean, was seen digging northeast of Yanggu near recent clashes.
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United Nations
Yanggu
Hoover warns of internal decay in US public life
Former President Herbert Hoover, speaking in Des Moines at the Iowa Award ceremony, denounces intellectual dishonesty and moral decline in public life. He warns Congress cannot fix ethical decay, urges adherence to fundamental moral codes and cautions against pursuing endless wars.
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Des Moines
Herbert Hoover
America
Congress
Iowa
Truman Faces Cuts and Crime Probes in Washington
President Truman warned that congressional cuts in foreign aid funding are hard to restore while resisting a broader program sacrifice. Senate Crime Committee aims to probe crime in the capital as it wraps up its 15 month inquiry into criminal activity nationwide. Truman also convened mobilization aides for hearings on the economic controls law with Wilson and DiSalle as lead witnesses. He said the Oatis case will stay open until the AP reporter is released, reacting to the Czech ambassador's view of the matter as closed.
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Truman
Congressional
Senate Crime Committee
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Charles E. Wilson
Michael V. DiSalle
Oatis
Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Vladamir Prochazka
William Oatis
Campfield's Release Sparks Arrests In Columbus
Lloyd R. Campfield 36, once of Gallipolis, briefly left Ohio Penitentiary after a judge voided a second three year term. He was immediately jailed in Franklin County on telegraphic notices from Atlanta Mississippi and Texas claiming he should be held. Police reported embezzlement letters from Washington and Florida pending charges.
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Columbus
Lloyd R. Campfield
Gallipolis
Ohio
Campfield
Washington D. C
Florida
Jenner Accuses Czech Ambassador of Defying U S
Senator Jenner of Indiana accuses the new Czechoslovak ambassador Vladimir Prochazka of defying the United States and urges steps to secure the release of N. Oatis from a Czech prison. Jenner cites the ambassador’s refusal to yield to political or propaganda pressure to free Oatis.
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Washington
Jenner
R-Ind
N. Oatis
Cea
Vladimir Prochazka
Oatis
No Paper Labor Day Due to Holiday
The Messenger will not publish on Labor Day because of the holiday.
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