Oleo Bills In Spotlight As Ohio Legislature Opens
Ohio lawmakers weigh yellow oleo and fair employment proposals this week after House deadlines. Senate committee work includes labor measures for a color oleo bill and a fair employment practices commission. Other items cover rural telephone service, toll road authorization, and liquor license fee increases.
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Columbus
House
Senate Labor Committee
Ohio
Senate
House Labor Committee
Ohio Fair Employment Practices Commission
Frank J. Lausche
Michael ¥. Damas
D-Lucas
William J. Hart
House Commerce Committee
Senate Highway Committee
Pennsylvania
Senate Liquor Control Committee
GM Pay Cut Opposed By United Auto Union
A United Auto Workers local with over 2500 members urged the CIO to block GM’s planned March 1 pay cut. Local 45 of the Fisher Body Plant in Cleveland voted to renegotiate the contract allowing wages to rise or fall with living costs per the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Cleveland
United Automobile Workers
CIO Union
International Executive Board
General Motors
Fisher Body
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Brannan Predicts Farm Production Surge Next Quarter Century
Secretary Brannan in his annual report predicts farm output could rise 20 to 25 percent over present records in the next 25 years. He says higher production would feed a growing population and supply more cotton tobacco wheat and other crops for export.
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Washington
Brannan
Patient Favors jumps to death after assault on nurse
Elvin Favors, 35, a Warren factory worker, leaped three stories from Trumbull Memorial Hospital Saturday after knocking down a nurse who tried to stop him. He had been admitted Wednesday for an eye infection, coroner says.
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Warren
Elvin Favors
Trumbull Memorial Hospital
Michael Cristo
Sheikh Hassan el Banna Dies After Gun Attack
Sheikh Hassan el Banna leader of the outlawed Moslem Brotherhood Association died in a hospital early Sunday after being shot Saturday by a masked gunman. The attack occurred in Cairo triggering international reaction and questions over the group’s suppression.
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Cairo
Sheikh Hassan el Banna
Former Perry Official Dies Rites Tuesday
Thomas J. Price former Perry County commissioner and village treasurer died Friday night of a heart attack after a brief illness. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at his home with Rev. Owen Plumley officiating, burial in New Straitsville cemetery. He was a 35 year grocer and active in Lodge 484 F & AM and Knights of Pythias Lodge 223. Survived by wife Mary, four daughters, three grandchildren, a sister and two brothers.
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Thomas
J. Price
Perry County
Owen Plumley
New Straitsville
Price
Lodge 484
F & AM
Knights of Pythias
Mary Price
Mary Leonard
Phoenix
Ariz
Mabel Blankenship
Austin
Texas
Blanche Price
Steubenville
Edna Price
Elizabeth Carr
Herrin
Ill
William Price
Columbus
David Price
Pigeon Disrupts Athens County Courthouse Proceedings
A pig named pigeon intruded into the Athens County clerk of court’s office and perched on a window shutter. Pursuers swung at it with a window pole while Common Pleas Judge Roy D. Williams watched. The bird eventually flew out through an open window.
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Athens County
Mr. Pigeon
Circus Ticket Office and Barr Brothers Circus Wagons Found
The Myers Coal Co office at Carbondale near Nelsonville bears the inscription Circus Ticket Office. A red wagon labeled Barr Brothers Circus sits beside a tipple, both former circus wagons secured in Nelsonville after a circus business was abandoned years ago.
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Myers Coal Co
Carbondale
Nelsonville
Circus Ticket Office
Barr Brothers Circus
Weatherby Family Endures Snowbound Iowa Blizzard
Mr and Mrs J W Weatherby of Forest Run near Pomeroy Ohio enjoyed mild Southeastern Ohio winter weather but faced heavy snow and cold in Iowa after a relative died. They were held by a blizzard that buried the Iowa home for several days, delaying their return to Ohio.
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J. W. Weatherby
Forest Run
Pomeroy
Ohio
Iowa
Great Plains Blizzard Death Toll Elsewhere Rises
A Great Plains blizzard worsened with six North Dakota counties added to the disaster area. Nebraska relief was stalled. some trains were stranded for days before rescue. In Kansas and Texas minor tornado damage occurred with no fatalities. Temperatures dipped to subfreezing in Southern California citrus regions.
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Great Plains
North Dakota
West
Nebraska
Edna
Kansas
Alvarado
Tex
California
Rawlins
Hanna
Wyo
Cheyenne
Red Cross
Lewis A. Pick
Stop Falling Farm Prices Urged By Ohio Official
President Robert S. Peele of the Ohio Farm Bureau urged congressmen to curb falling prices. He cited corn down 50 percent, wheat 33 percent, hogs 33 percent, and oats 35 percent, blaming grain market speculation and inadequate storage. He urged CCC loan rate revisions to cover storage and freight costs so farmers receive full support at the farm.
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Columbus
Robert S. Peele
Ohio Farm Bureau
Ohio
Peele
Sabina
Congress
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
Two City Income Taxes Hit Springfield Workers
Springfield workers employed in Dayton will face two city income taxes after April 1 while Dayton residents working in Springfield pay one. Springfield taxes both residents and workers, meaning a Springfielder working in another town with an income tax must pay twice, according to Springfield income tax commissioner Jack A. Wood.
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Springfield
Dayton
Train Wreck Kills 29 In Tarragona Spain
Twenty nine people died in the Madrid Barcelona express train wreck near Tarragona. Forty others were reported injured and receiving treatment in local hospitals.
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Tarragona
Spain
Barcelona
Michigan Governor In Plane Mishap Lands Safely
Governor G Mennen Williams his wife Nancy and seven others survived a National Guard C 47 crash landing in Lansing Michigan on a icy strip. The aircraft skidded several hundred feet and stopped near a hangar with no injuries reported.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
G. Mennen Williams
Nancy
State Liquor Agencies Net $203,388 in 1948
Ohio's 41 privately owned liquor agencies grossed $4,067,777 last year to earn commissions of $203,388. The state liquor department said commissions were five percent on all liquor sales. The department grants contracts to sell liquor to private stores where a regular State liquor store would not be profitable, with agency sales supervised by the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Liquor Department
New Israeli Parliament Meets in Jerusalem
Members of the first modern Hebrew parliament assemble in Jerusalem nine months after state proclamation. The 120 member body will draft a permanent constitution and establish a government to replace the provisional regime currently running affairs.
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Jerusalem
East Liverpool Man Pledges Bill of Rights for Marriage
An East End man filed a five point marital pledge in municipal court to aid his troubled marriage. Nelson Clark’s bill, turned in with an assault charge against him by Edna Clark, was filed by Judge Frank E. Grosshans. The pledge includes vows to avoid arguing, limit drinking, place family first, and share all possessions, with a sleeper clause granting him heads of household control and sole financial authority if mismanaged.
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East Liverpool
East End
Frank E. Grosshans
Nelson Clark
Clark
Edna Clark
Grosshans
Pope Pius XII condemns Mindszenty trial as unfair
In a secret consistory Pope Pius XII told 16 cardinals Hungary's Mindszenty trial was designed to disrupt the Catholic Church. He warned the affair aimed to strike the shepherd and disperse the flock and rejected Hungarian government claims of political aims. Prague reports say Gen Karel Kulvasz and 12 others face treason charges as spies.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Apostolic Palace
Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty
Republic of Hungary
Budapest
Senator Vandenberg Seeks Re arm Cost Estimate for Europe
Senator Vandenberg urged the administration to provide an official estimate of the cost to re arm friendly European nations. He said the Senate will want clarity before considering the $5.58 billion European Recovery Act. The bill sits with Senate and House Foreign Affairs committees amid unofficial figures from $1 to $2 billion.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
House Foreign Affairs
Boy Flown to U S with Tropical Ailment
Carl Warden two year old son of Ralph P. Warden former Akron man was flown to Cincinnati for treatment at Children’s Hospital after contracting a tropical illness described by his father as chronic and serious. Warden managed the materials and supply department at Firestone Liberia plantation for 11 years.
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Cincinnati
Carl Warden
Akron
Children's Hospital
Ralph P. Warden
Warden
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Liberia
Chapin's Departure Scheduled This Week
Diplomatic circles report U. S. Minister Selden Chapin will depart Budapest Wednesday or Thursday on an American plane. Hungary demanded Chapin's recall amid the Mindszenty treason case, accusing him of urging Cardinal Mindszenty to back a monarchy.
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Budapest
U. S
Selden Chapin
Hungary
Chapin
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Venison Banquet Aids Ohio Communist Leaders Trial
Reporters and plainclothes detectives were kept outside the Slovenian National Home as the Communist Party of Ohio gathered about 500 people. A collection of 14000 dollars was raised to aid the defense of 11 party leaders on trial in New York for conspiring to overthrow the government, chaired by Anton Kreehmarek.
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Cleveland
Communist Party of Ohio
New York
Anton Kreehmarek
Ohio to receive 10 of 549 displaced persons
Ohio expects to take 10 of 549 displaced persons arriving in New York Tuesday aboard the SS I Marine Jumper. The plan places the group in Ohio facilities awaiting resettlement as part of a broader relief effort.
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Ohio
Washington
New York
Fake Martian Invasion Triggers Mass Killings in Ecuador
Fifteen people were killed and at least 15 injured as enraged mobs retaliated to a lifelike broadcast of a fictional invasion from Mars in Qutiti Ecuador. The army used tanks and tear gas, the national newspaper and radio building were destroyed, and damage reached about 250000 dollars. The government ordered an inquiry and arrested 10 others.
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Ecuador
Mars
H. G. Wells
Orson Welles
United States
Welles
Health Plan Substitute Criticized by Dingell and Taft
Rep. Dingell denounces the AMA substitute for Truman’s health plan as a cheap imitation. AMA proposes expanding voluntary hospital and medical care plans instead of federal insurance. Taft suggests federal aid to states finance voluntary programs. Senator Hill criticizes perceived compulsory elements.
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American Medical Association
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Dingell
D-Mich
AMA
Organized Medicine
Chicago
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Hill
Ala
Doctor Says Parents Cause Child Neurotics
Dr. A R Mangus Ohio Mental Hygiene Association Director warns lack of understanding by parents turns some children into neurotics. A survey shows poor adjustment in one of five Ohio children as the association ends a $100000 drive for mental hygiene research.
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Columbus
A. R. Mangus
Ohio Mental Hygiene Association
Ohio
West Virginia House Studies Medical School Site
The West Virginia legislature enters the second half of its 49th session with administration bills to create a four year school of medicine and a companion hospital in Charleston. A push to move the institutions to Morgantown meets opposition from the state medical association. A coal mine safety regulation revision will be debated by the house mining committee.
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Charleston
W. Vao-Pona
West Virginia
House
Morgantown
West Virginia University
State Medical Association
House Mining Committee
Rev Will Amis Dies At West Rushville
Franklin Indiana reports the death of 58 year old Rev Will Amis of West Rushville Ohio. He served Ohio pastorates in Seven Mile West Carrollton and New Richmond and led Presbyterian churches at West Rushville and New Lexington before illness two months ago.
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Franklin
Ind
Will Amis
West Rushville
Charles A. Vanover
Amis
Ohio
Seven Mile
West Carrollton
New Richmond
New Lexington
Prisoner Dodds Pleads Innocent in Gifford Murder Case
Harry Dodds Jr. pleaded not guilty to first degree murder of Elea nor FE Gifford at her home on Jan 3. A preliminary hearing sent him bound over to the grand jury. Crowd gathered outside as Dodds visited his parents, then was taken to the county jail. Prosecution and defense presented witnesses on probable cause and the autopsy findings. A special jury session was set for Wednesday to hear the case.
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Harry Dodds, Jr
Eleanor FE. Gifford
City Hall
Dodds
Ray EB. Hughes
Alfred Ginscor
Columbus
W. P. Mickle
George Hatesman
Gordon B. Gray
Oliver F. Rowland
Common Pleas Court
Hughes
John Elias
Kathleen Miller
Br. Elias
Miss Gifford
Gray
Dr. Wiles
Miller
State Employee’s Check Held Up by Auditor
Columbus auditor Joseph T. Ferguson said he is withholding the February pay check of Robert Minshall educational assistant in the division of conservation. Minshall reportedly spends only a few hours monthly on the job and dedicates most time to serving as secretary of R. B. Howard Associates a Columbus public relations firm.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Robert Mineshall
Division of Conservation
Ferguson
Minshall
R. B. Howard Associates
Famous Composer Seymour Simons Dies at 53
Detroit pianist and songwriter Seymour Simons, aged 53, composer of more than 300 songs including the hits All of Me and Just Like A Gypsy, died Saturday.
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Detroit
Seymour Simons
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