Sherwood named Ohio welfare director succeeding Reams
Charles L. Sherwood was appointed welfare director in Gov Elect Thomas J. Herbert's cabinet, returning to a post he held four years. He will replace Frazier Reams in the $6,500 year post and will face overcrowding in mental hospitals, higher pay requests, a $22 million building program, and a proposed $5 million penitentiary location.
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Sherwood
Herbert
Frazier Reams
Columbus
Charles L. Sherwood
Thomas J. Herbert
John W. Bricker
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Toledo
Dale Duniton
Commerce
Myers Y. Cooper
American Prison Association
Central States Probation and Parole Association
Ohio Post-War Planning Commission
Oldest U S Dentist Dr William Wallace Dies at 96
Columbus report notes Dr. William T. Wallace died at 96, likely the United States oldest practicing dentist. A Steubenville native, he started filling at 18 in Uhrichsville, opened an West Chester office in 1870, earned Ohio license in 1874, and graduated from Penn in 1881. In recent years he focused on artificial teeth at his home office and attended a dental convention last month.
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Columbus
William T. Wallace
United States
Steubenville
Wallace
Uhrichsville
West Chester
State of
Ohio
University of Pennsylvania
College of Dentistry
Homebreaker Role Denied By Durocher
Leo Durocher, famed baseball figure, is linked to a domestic dispute in Los Angeles over allegations he pursued film actress Laraine Day and her husband James Ray Hendricks. Hendricks claims Durocher posed as a family friend while Day seeks a divorce.
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Los Angeles
Leo Durocher
Laraine Day
James Ray Hendricks
Hendricks
Brooklyn Dodgers
Truman Names Denny To Be FCC Chairman
President Truman appointed Charles R. Denny Jr of Baltimore Maryland to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Denny has been acting chairman since Paul A. Porter left to become OPA administrator.
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Washington
Truman
Charles R. Denny, Jr
Baltimore
Federal Communications Commission
Denny
FCC
Paul A. Porter
OPA
Ousted Couple Plans Fight Over Baby Birth Lease
Morris Morgenstern, attorney for Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Court, said the Ohio Supreme Court ruling against the couple in their baby's birth was a lease violation. He will seek a rehearing in Columbus and, if needed, petition the U S Supreme Court.
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Cleveland
Ohio Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Morris Morgenstern
Marvin Court
Columbus
Ohio Tribunal
Three Alarm Fire Destroys Omar Baking Co Garage
A three alarm fire wrecked the Omar Baking Company's maintenance garage in Columbus last night, destroying 45 trucks and four automobiles inside. Twelve fire companies battled the blaze for an hour and a half. Firemen suspect a gas line leak in a truck ignited by a mechanic's torch.
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Columbus
Omar Baking Company
Isaly Dairy Co. President Samuel D. Isaly Dies in Phoenix
Samuel D. Isaly 47 president of Isaly Dairy Co. of Youngstown died Tuesday night in Phoenix Arizona from a heart attack.
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Youngstown
Samuel D. Isaly
Isaly Dairy Co
Phoenix
Ariz
High Schools Facul ties Plan Dayton Strike
Dayton high school teachers threaten a postholiday strike if the board does not revise the 1947 salary schedule. The AFL local union claims discrimination favoring grade school staff and administrators. Union members vote 200 to return only if the plan changes.
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Dayton
AFL American Federation of Teachers
CPA Leader Resigns Post
Washington report notes John D. Small, civilian production administrator, has resigned. The White House announced President Truman accepted the resignation effective at close of business tomorrow, with secretary Charles G. Ross saying Small had been attempting to resign for some time.
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Washington
John D. Small
White House
Truman
Small
Charles G. Ross
Bids Open on 106 Carloads of Steel Fence Posts
The Regional War Assets Administration announces bids open through next Tuesday for 106 carloads of steel fence posts valued at $153,132. Posts were set for overseas barbed wire entanglements and are inspectable at Marion engineer depot with a minimum order of one carload.
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Cleveland
Regional
War Assets Administration Office
Marion, O
Buckeye Lake Wall Risk Warned By Official
State Conservation Commissioner H A Buck Rider warned that the north wall of Buckeye Lake in Licking County is weakening and could fail within one or two years without repairs. He estimated repairs at about 300000 dollars and noted potential flood damages and sundry claims in the millions.
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Columbus
Buckeye Lake
Licking County
H. A. (Buck
State Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
Rider
General Fund
Canal
mid-Ohio
Buckeye
Indian Lake
Logan County
Lake Loramie
Shelby County
Grand Lake
Mercer
Auglaize
Portage Lakes
Akron
Newark
Peace Pact Ends Strike At Oakland
Oakland city officials and AFL leaders reached an agreement to end a two day general strike. Police would not be used to break picket lines and officials would stay neutral in labor disputes. About 1,000,000 residents faced transportation shutdowns and shortages before the deal.
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Hastings
Oakland
Calif
AFL
East Bay
John F. Hassler
Hassler
American Labor Movement
AFL Teamsters Union
Independent Machinists Union
Kahn and Hastings
Retail Merchants Association
Berkeley
Dave Beck
Western Conference of Teamsters
Pacific Coast Afl
Teamsters
Roy N. Brown
Independent International Association of Machinists
Atomic Power Still Costly in Coal Rivalry
Charles A. Thomas of Monsanto says eastern coast atomic plants could compete with coal if bituminous prices rise to ten dollars a ton. At seven dollars a ton coal remains cheaper, he notes while Oak Ridge shifts to civilian uses.
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Philadelphia
Seaboard
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Charles A. Thomas
Monsanto Chemical Co
Oak Ridge
River boats set for June sternwheeler race on inland rivers
Plans firm for a June race between two tourist excursion steamers. The Golden Eagle of St Louis and the Gordon C Greene of Cincinnati will contest along the Mississippi as partisans pick sides in a revival of a bygone era.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi
Golden Eagle
Gordon C. Greene
Cincinnati
Queen Elizabeth Docks After Gale Injures 22 Passengers
The Queen Elizabeth docked 45 minutes late after a gale injured 22 passengers. Captain Sir James Bisset said a fresh westerly gale with high seas caused the delay, with waves reported as high as 40 feet.
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Southampton
Eng
James Bisset
Ohio Liquor May Net 15 Million in Profits
Columbus reports Ohio's 1946 liquor business will net about 15 million dollars from a gross of more than 145 million. Comptroller Harry McAllister of the State Liquor Department estimated to day.
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Ohio Liquor
Columbus
Ohio
Harry McAllister
State Liquor Department
Five Year Old Boy Drowns in Olentangy River
A five year old boy, Donald Cunningham, son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Cunningham, drowned in the Olentangy River yesterday after slipping through thin ice near his home. The accident occurred in Delaware.
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Olentangy
Delaware
Donald Cunningham
Olentangy River
Ralph Cunningham
Fine Won't End Strike Indignant Miners Claim
Pittsburgh(AP) AFL United Mine Workers reject a 3.5 million dollar government fine as futile to end a 15 day strike that idled 172000 workers. Miners vow to stay out until Lewis orders return. Local unions mail blank checks. credit lines collapse in mines. Elkhart Indiana plans shutdowns with coal shortages.
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Pittsburgh
Afl-United Mine Workers Today
Bill Jones
Gibson
Bentleyville
Lewis
Washington County
Pennsylvania
UMW
Washington
Dave Fowler
Oklahoma-Arkansas
R. A. Ruff
Crozer Coal and Coke Co
Elkhorn
W. Va
Elkhart
Ind
Train Crashes Auto Killing Driver and Wife in Bryan
Horace A. Tanner 50 and his wife Mildred 46 were killed when a passenger train hit their automobile at the North Main Street crossing in Bryan. The couple resided near the city.
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Bryan
Horace A. Tanner
Mildred
North Main Street
France and America Face Communist Pressures in Elections
The piece argues that French voters are split with Communists about 30 percent and that a socialistic alliance with the Socialists could govern or destabilize France. It warns American Reds are vigorous post election and unlikely to seize power, while noting Russian leadership would direct global communist influence.
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France
Republican Party
Russia
Russian High Command
Wyatt resigns housing post amid policy clash
Wilson Wyatt, former Louisville mayor, resigned as federal housing expeditor after clashing with a White House push to relax building industry controls rapidly. President Truman accepted the resignation reluctantly, rejecting Wyatt's push for an all out emergency drive on the veterans housing program.
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Washington
Wilson Wyatt
White House
Louisville
Truman
Wyatt
Truman to Ask Miners Return
President Truman plans a nationwide speech within days appealing to soft coal miners to return to work. The address would focus on the economy-straining coal strike and follows contempt proceedings against John L. Lewis.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
Lions seek funds for seeing eye dog for boy
BELLEVUE. The Lions Club started a campaign to raise money to purchase a seeing eye dog for eight year old Johnny Lower who has had both eyes removed. The boy had saved pennies for a guide dog and enjoyed feeling Christmas toys in stores.
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Bellevue
The
Lions Club
Johnny Lower
Whittemore Slated As Senate President In Ohio
Senator Frank E. Whittemore of Akron was slated for selection as president pro tem and majority floor leader by 32 Republican senators elect. Thomas E. Bateman of Columbus was set for reelection to clerk of the Senate with no opposition expected.
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Columbus
Frank E. Whittemore
Akron
Ohio Senate
Whittemore
Thomas E. Bateman
Senate
Sunday School Teacher Grace Whipple Dies in Apparent Suicide
In Painesville, Lake County coroner Dr. W. R. Carle ruled death by own action in the case of Grace E. Whipple a 38 year old Sunday School teacher found dead in her Madison apartment with an electric extension cord wrapped around her neck.
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Painesville
W. R. Carle
Lake County
Grace E. Whipple
Madison
Contempt citation looming as UMW chief faces fines
John L. Lewis confronts a $3.5 million contempt fine and possible jail as the United Mine Workers maintain the strike amid court orders. Rail unions urge a presidential commission to settle wage and working conditions issues soon.
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UMW
Lewis
Railway Labor Executives Association
District Federal Court
Coal Shortage Forces More Rail Layoffs
The coal shortage triggers wide rail layoffs across Ohio with a 25 percent cut in passenger runs and a freight embargo. About 800 Columbus railroaders furloughed, Cleveland’s Erie system to lay off about 4,000 more, impact felt in Athens Zanesville and Cincinnati with factories, schools, and small plants facing closures as embargo and cuts bite industry and jobs.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Columbus
Tole
de Rail
New York Central System
Cleveland
Erie Railroad
H. D. Barber
The
Erie
Zanesville
Detroit Harvester Co
Alexandria
Licking County
Cuyahoga Falls
Summit County
Darby Township
Pickaway County
Athens County
Lehman Is Rumored To Succeed Bank Head
Washington speculation centers on Herbert Lehman as potential president of the World Bank. Lehman, four term New York governor and defeated Democratic senatorial candidate, has extensive banking background and connections.
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Washington
Eugene Meyer
World Bank
Herbert Lehman
Lehman
New York
Retired Feed Merchant Dies at Century Mark
John M. Krape 100 years old April 17, died at his home. A retired grain merchant, Krape was a native of Center County, Pennsylvania.
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Century
Kent
John M. Krape
Krape
Center County
Fire injures two in Alliance dairy blaze
A Brunner Dairy fire yesterday caused about 20000 dollars in damage and left two firemen injured.
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Alliance
Brunner
Hamilton Faces First Major Power Blackout
The city of Hamilton with 60 000 residents endured its first and worst power blackout. City council cut street lighting and ordered a 70 percent reduction in municipal power use as coal supplies dwindle. Police and Ohio State Guards patrolled dark streets while crime remained low and traffic slowed. Fewer than 1 000 of about 15 000 industrial workers were laid off, with two small plants idled. Major firms like Champion Paper Ford Motor and Estate Hi rola Division of Noma kept operations or had self supplied power.
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Hamilton
Ohio State Guards
Frank J. Lausche
al Osborn
Champion Paper and Fibre Co
Ford Motor Co
Great
Miami River
Hirola
Noma Corp
Cincinnati
Ges and Electric Co
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MR. Sherwood
U. S
Durocher
Garage of Baking Co
Dairy Head
CPA
WAA
Queen Elizabeth
Municipal Court
Washington, D.C
Sam Simmons
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Justice Department
U.S
Athens
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