Speedy OK Qn Fuel Tax Bill Sought
Ohio House rushes three revenue bills toward the Senate before adjournment. A one-cent gallon fuel levy, a .65 percent utility tax for counties, and a two cent per pack cigarette tax aim to raise about 32.5 million annually for Gov. Herbert’s pay as you go program. Senate action anticipated on all three.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio House
Representatives
Senate
Thomas J. Herbert
Fred G. Reiners
Kyle F. Brooks
Cincinnati
Allen N. Corlett
Cuyahoga
House
Harry D. Bellis
van Wert
Frank W. Moulton
Scioto
Henry W. Deming
Licking
Senate Finance Committee
Highway Department
Senate Agriculture Committee
Joseph R. Nutt, Jr
State Agriculture Department
Military Affairs
Ohio
Brooks
Senate Subcommittee
Chaka
Producers Seek 35 Cent Milk Price Hike in Columbus Area
Columbus producers plan a public hearing March 10 to seek a wholesale milk price increase of 35 cents per hundredweight. Local distributors warn consumers would pay more for milk.
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Columbus
Workers Choose CIO at Truscon Steel Plant
Operating and maintenance workers at Truscon Steel Co. voted to designate the United Steel Workers CIO as their bargaining agent. The decision follows a representation election conducted to determine the labor union choice for this workforce.
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CIO Youngstown
Truscon Steel Co
United Steel Workers
CIO
Salem Manufacturers Association elects new president
Norman Pederson was named president of the Salem Manufacturers Association succeeding Walter Deming in a recent vote.
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SALEM
Norman Pederson
The
Salem Manufacturers Association
Walter Deming
Republicans and Democrats Unite to Outlaw Portal to Portal Suits
In Washington a bipartisan House majority advances a bill to bar portal-to-portal wage claims. The measure limits back pay, requires good faith defenses, allows settlements without fraud or duress, and cuts potential double damages. Substantial suits totaling about 5.785 billion are targeted.
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Washington
House
House Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
Judiciary Committee
Athens County farmer pleads guilty in hog cholera case
In Columbus Federal Judge Mell Underwood ordered George W. Marshall released on $1,000 bond while investigators probe his claim that two veterinarians advised him to dispose of 26 diseased hogs. Marshall had pleaded guilty to interstate transportation of diseased swine after the hogs were seized in Pittsburgh by Agriculture agents.
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Columbus
Athens County
Mell Underwood
George W. Marshall
Pittsburgh
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Underwood
Marshall
Ship Transfer Records Sought From Secretary of State
A House Merchant Marine subcommittee subpoened Secretary of State Marshall to produce all records and communications about wartime transfer of U S ships to Russia. Subpoena, signed by Rep Weichel, was turned to the House sergeant at arms who could not reach Marshall and went to the White House where Marshall reportedly met with President Truman.
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Washington
House
Merchant Marine
Marshall
United States
Russia
Rep
Weichel
Ohio
William F. Russell
Russell
State Department
White House
Truman
Hospital Atrocities Alleged in Cambridge Letter
Dr Arthur Hopwood superintendent of Cambridge State Hospital said he would treat evidence of hospital atrocities as a personal favor to bring to his attention in response to a letter from O J Sharpe Democratic chairman to Gov Thomas J Herbert.
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Cambridge
Arthur Hopwood
Cambridge State Hospital
O. J. Sharpe
Guernsey County
Thomas J. Herbert
Hospital Records as Court Evidence in Ohio Ruling
Ohio Supreme Court affirms admissibility of hospital records in court for hospitalization facts and nurse patient relations. The decision upholds Hardin County lower courts in a contest over the will of Fred S. Weis filed by adopted son Paul Elmo Weis against siblings.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hardin County
Supreme Court
Fred S. Weis
Paul Elmo Weis
Teacher Strike Blamed On Legislature and Boards
Buffalo teachers strike blamed on the New York legislature and the Buffalo board of education. AFL American Federation of Teachers official Kuenzli said the union upheld a no strike policy and urged boards to adopt one by paying decent wages to prevent strikes.
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Chicago
Irvin R. Kuenzli
AFL American Federation ’ of Teachers
Board of Education
Buffalo
Legislature of
New York
American Federation of Teachers
Kuenzli
Boards of Education
Robbery at Beauty Shop Operator’s Home Net $4,885
Mrs Ed Brannon, a beauty shop operator, reported two men forced entry to her home and robbed jewelry valued at 4830 dollars and 55 dollars in cash before locking her in the basement. Police chief said.
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Hamilton
Ed Brannon
Black Market Tip-Off By Two Newark Men
Federal agents traced a Newark tip to a large counterfeit and stolen sugar stamp ring. A Chicago grand jury indicted 26 people, with $500 000 in alleged proceeds. Named defendants include George Mills, Paul Mills, and Bloom Brunner, plus others tied to Newark and Mount Vernon.
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Newark
Chicago
George and
Paul Mills
Bloom Brunner
Mount Vernon
Mills Brothers
Labor Bills Blasted Again
The CIO United Electrical Workers Union charged that pending labor legislation harms workers and their families. Albert J. Fitzgerald, union president, urged the Senate Labor Committee to oppose a Ball bill to outlaw industry wide bargaining, calling it a move to stack the cards against workers and trigger chaos.
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Washington
CIO
United Electrical Workers Union
Albert J. Fitzgerald
Senate Labor Committee
Ball
Rminn
Defense in Youths Trial Expected to End Today
In Youngstown Ohio two 16 year old boys on trial for slaying Ash tabula salesman William C. Spieth 52 expected to finish testimony today after one provided an account of the shooting Don Frohner and Arthur Ned Chapman had pleaded guilty to killing Spieth in his automobile in common pleas court yesterday
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Youngstown, CO
William C. Spieth
Common Pleas Court
Don Frohner
Frohner
Arthur Ned Chapman
Spieth
Steel promise to add 10000 freight cars monthly by June
The Associated Press reports a long term railroad equipment shortage easing only slowly. Major steel firms agreed to supply enough steel to build 10,000 freight cars per month, with full effect not expected until about June. Railroads face car shortages across regions delaying shipments of fuel oil newsprint coal grain lumber farm produce and more.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reed
R-Kas
Los Angeles
Chicago
Columbus
Boston
Gallipolis Fire Rated Most Disastrous In Years
A major blaze in Gallipolis on Vine Street near Second and Third Avenues destroyed the old Bell and Shaw mill and two smaller buildings owned by the Maggied Brothers. Firefighters from Gallipolis and nearby towns battled high winds and smoke as 2,500 spectators watched. Damage was estimated at around 20,000 dollars with several nearby structures at risk and utility lines downed. The fire, likely starting in living quarters of Lear Roberts within the mill, spread rapidly via wooden grain chutes.
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Gallipolis
Vine St
Nues
Maggied Brothers
Lear Roberts
Rapid Ims Petus
Jap Island Trusteeship Plan Seen Approaching Approval
United States plan to administer the Japanese mandated islands under a UN trusteeship nears approval by the Security Council on March 7. Soviet Russia backs the plan in principle, with Britain and Australia expected to oppose. Gromyko proposes amendments on integration, independence, and council authority.
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Great Britain
Australia
Andre A. Gromyko
U. S
United States
Security Council
No Hike Seen In Apple Crop
John R. Magness of Beltsville Maryland told 200 Ohio fruit growers that U S apple crops will stay small for a decade due to a scarcity of new plants. He noted the 1946 crop totaled 125 million bushels, well below average, as he opened the Ohio State Horticultural Society centennial meeting.
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Columbus
United States
John R. Magness
Beltsville
Ohio
Magness
Maryland
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ohio State Horticultural Society
FBI Police Associates Group Organized in Columbus
The FBI National Police Academy Associates of Ohio formed in Columbus with 52 members from 30 Ohio police departments. All graduates of the FBI National Police Academy, they aim to foster closer FBI cooperation and raise police work standards through the new organization.
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Columbus
FBI National Police Academy Associates of
Ohio
FBI National Police Academy
FBI
Arnall predicts court will disfavor Talmadge in Georgia case
Ellis Arnall, former Georgia governor, told about 1000 people in Canton that Herman Talmadge will face disfavor from the State Supreme Court in the governor’s controversy. He spoke at the Town Hall Series sponsored by the Canton Jewish Center.
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Canton
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
State Supreme Court
Canton Jewish Center
Escaping Gas Blamed For House Explosion
Portsmouth fire chief Howard Kiebler blamed escaping gas for a two story frame house explosion that wrecked the building beyond repair. Owners Isaac W. and Mrs. Kelly survived the blast without injury.
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Portsmouth
Howard Kiebler
Isaac W. Kelly
Alaska Hunt For Missing B-29 Continues
The search for a missing B-29 and its 11 crew members entered a third day as Alaska based Army and Navy planes fan out over the Alaska peninsula wilderness west of Anchorage in widening circles.
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Elmendorf Field
Alaska
Alaska Peninsula
Anchorage
OSU Makio Queen Chosen at 1947 Campus Pageant
Betty Grae Lunger of Hicksville named Makio queen for Ohio State University campus annual Makio in 1947. She is described as blue eyed and brunette and selected amid campus festivities in Columbus.
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OSU
Makio
Columbus
Betty Grae Lunger
Hicksville
Ohio State University
Suspect Acquitted in Cincinnati Self-Defense Plea
Clyde Blue, 24, was acquitted of second-degree murder by Judge Stanley Struble in Criminal Court after asserting self defense. The acquittal followed testimony and legal arguments presented yesterday.
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Cincinnati
Clyde Blue
Stanley Struble
Forged Signature Alleged in Private Club Report
Ohio liquor enforcement eyes forgery claim by agent Edward J. Vilt on an inspection report for the Famous Cherry Pickers Club as the state probes private liquor permits. Senate investigators hear from State Liquor Director Stanley B. Cofall amid broader corruption and hijacking allegations involving inspectors and a Van Wert seizure.
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Cleveland
State Board of Liquor Control
Edward J. Vilt
Vilt
Columbus
Ohio Senate Ecial
Department of Liquor Control
Stanley B. Cofall
Cofall
Edmund E. Tharp
Kyle F. Brooks
R-Hamilton
Tharp
Brooks
The
Toledo Times
Bus and Auto Crash Fatal To Ohio Girl
An 18 year old Carroll area girl died in a head on collision between a car and a Greyhound bus ten miles north of Lancaster Ohio. Ramona Graham 18 was the deceased passenger in the car driven by Charles H. Bullock 21 who was critically injured. Mildred Zwaager 21 and William Entsminger about 20 had minor injuries. Bus driver Wilbur Briggs 46 and passenger Mrs May Martin 65 suffered slight injuries.
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Lancaster
Carroll
Ohio
Greyhound
Here
Ramona Graham
Charles H. Bullock
Mildred Zwaager
William Entsminger
Wilbur Briggs
May Martin
Mellett Trigger Man Eligible for Hearing
Pat McDermott, convicted trigger man in the slaying of Canton editor Don Mellett in 1927, becomes eligible for a commutation hearing. The State Pardon and Parole Commission says information needed for the hearing should be ready in a few weeks and the hearing may occur in March.
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Columbus
Pat McDermott
Don Mellett
Canton
Pardon and Parole Commission
Civil service takes over liquor buying in state
Columbus Ohio. Director Stanley B. Cofall announced that Gale B. Clymer an accountant with the department for five years was named liquor purchasing agent at a 3600 dollar annual salary under civil service. Clymer will keep buying duties while a separate stores head may be appointed later. Any vendor representing a distillery must sell to Clymer with director approval required for purchases.
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Columbus
State
Civil Service
Stanley B. Cofall
Gale B. Clymer
Clymer
Cofall
Poston Man 71 Dies After Three Week Illness
Stanley Zachary aged 71 died Wednesday at his Poston home after a three week illness. A retired coal miner born in Poland he lived in the United States since 1911 and in Poston 28 years. Survived by wife Mary four daughters Katherine Janikowski Sophia Kollister Mary Avey Helen Romine and three sons Michael Walter Joseph all of Chicago. 21 grandchildren three great grandchildren. Requiem high mass will be sung Saturday 9 am at St Pauls Catholic Church. Burial in Mt Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call after Friday noon at the Poston home.
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Poston
Poland
United States
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Mary
Katherine Janikowski
Chicago
Sophia Kollister
Athens
Mary Avey
Redlands
Calif
Helen Romine
Michael
Walter
Joseph
James M. McMahon
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Fall From Second Floor Kills Hamilton Attorney
Fort Myers Florida authorities report a retired Hamilton attorney John Clinton Egbert aged 57 died after falling from a second floor balcony at a Bokeelia Fishing Lodge. Coroner Hiram Bryant said Egbert rose during the night, stepped onto a balcony by mistake and tripped over a low railing, smashing his skull on a concrete sidewalk.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Bokeelia
John Clinton Egbert
Hamilton
Hiram Bryant
Egbert
Columbus Fire Chief Dies of Heart Ailment
Fire Chief Edward P. Welch, 56, a Columbus firefighter since 1913, died at Mt. Carmel Hospital from a heart ailment. Appointed in 1933, he served on leave 1942 to 1944 to supervise fire prevention in the Army Fifth Service Command.
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Columbus
Edward P. Welch
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Welch
Army
Fifth Service Command
Oldest Marietta Resident Dies at 101
Marietta mourns as Miss Selina P. Pearce, aged 101, passes away. Pearce taught in public schools here for 49 years, leaving a lasting imprint on the community and its students.
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Marietta
Selina P. Pearce
John Cunningham Dies At 68. Grange Leader and Former Official
Mount Vernon Ohio John Cunningham 68 longtime Ohio State Grange secretary for 16 years and ex state senator and highway department auditor died today of a heart ailment at his Gambier area farm home.
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Mount Vernon
John Cunningham
Ohio State Grange
Highway Department
Gambier
Bishop Massie to Speak at Xavier Alumni Dinner
The Most Rev. John King Massie Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Steubenville will address Xavier University Alumni Association at the 53rd annual spring dinner on April 17 in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
John King Massie
Steubenville
Xavier University Alumni Association
Former Darke County judge James Buchanan Klop dies
James Buchanan Klop former Darke County Probate Judge died yesterday after a heart attack. He served as judge and was a notable local public official.
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Greenville
James Buchanan Klop
Darke County
Georgia Muddle Halts Extradition In Ohio Case
Frank Brown alias Louis Hogans, 42, of Cleveland, held at Cuyahoga County jail, is a murder suspect wanted in Atlanta. He was arrested Feb. 11 on a fugitive warrant but refused to waive extradition, blocking transfer by Georgia governor's warrant to Ohio governor Thomas J. Herbert.
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Cleveland
Georgia
Cuyahoga County
Frank Brown
Louis Hogans
Atlanta
Atelanta
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Humbert Named Lima City School Superintendent
Gordon G. Humbert, 39, selected to succeed J. McClean Reed as Lima's city superintendent of schools. Reed will depart July 1 for a similar post in Danville Illinois. Humbert currently serves as principal of South High School in Lima.
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Lima
Gordon G. Humbert
J. McClean Reed
Reed
Danville
Humber
South High School
Union leaders threaten chaos over Wagner Act changes
Sam Simmons argues that union bosses using chaos rhetoric threaten the nation. He claims letting labor leaders stay above the law delays recovery, worsens housing shortages, and stifles industrial expansion, warning such power endangers the country if unmet.
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