Ohio Legislature Debates Pay Raises and School Funding
The Ohio legislature opened with many new bills while halting a plan for salary hikes for appointive officials. The Senate considered a three member bipartisan highway panel and the Ohio Education Association sought 184 million dollars for 1947 and 1948. Veterans bonuses and liquor board and Public Utilities Commission reappointments were discussed with confirmations pending.
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Columbus
House
Senate
State Highway Department
C. I. Powell
Clark
Albert L. Daniels
Highland
Ohio Education Association
Jack A. Persky
Cuyahoga
Military Affairs
Frank E. Whittemore
R Summit
Representatives
Thomas J. Herbert
Whittemore
C. William O'Neill
Washington
Liquor Board
Public Utilities
William F. Hess
Cincinnati
Harry M. Miller
Gallipolis
Utilities Commission
Stewart Slated for High Court Job in Ohio
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert announced he would appoint Mayor James G. Stewart of Cincinnati to the Ohio Supreme Court. Stewart will replace Judge Charles S. Bell, who asked to return to the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court effective March 1. Bell, 66, sought the common pleas bench due to health.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
James G. Stewart
Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court
Stewart
Charles S. Bell
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court
Herbert
Cincinnatian
Bell
Recommenda
Tion
Hamilton County
Republican Policy Committee
James Garfield Stewart
Supreme Tribunal
Judge Bell
Common Pleas
Cofall
Liquor Department
Atty
Hugh S. Jenkins
Liquor
Lausche
A. I. Balmert
Pat Radican
Elyria
Harlan T. Chapman
Cleveland
State Liquor Department
Jenkins
Akron
Canton
Youngstown
Warren
Wire roll blamed as cause of Indiana train wreck
Indiana State Police opened a probe into how a two foot wide weighing about 400 pound roll of fencing ended up on a track near Walton. Four died and about a dozen injured as cars derailed from the Pennsylvania Union bound for Chicago from Cincinnati.
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Fisher
W. W. Patchell
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Federal Bureau of Investigation
C. A. Wisler
Richmond
Ind
Kathryn Marie Kingery
Kokomo
Walter Pischke
H. G. Perkinson
Anderson
N. J. Lamartine
Lamartine
Logansport
Barring of Children From Homes Attacked
Bishop Michael J. Ready of the Columbus Catholic Diocese urged Ohio lawmakers to end adults only rental provisions. He called the practice immoral and unjust, criticizing a recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling that upheld evicting a Cleveland war veteran and his wife after the birth of their child.
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Columbus
Michael J. Ready
Columbus Catholic
Ohio Catholic Welfare Conference
Ohio Supreme Court
Cleveland
Co-Op Seeks Ohio Street Produce House Plans
Southern States Co operative asked City Council at a special meeting to approve a produce house on Ohio Street between Twelfth and Thirteenth. Due to resident objections the request was tabled to the February 3 regular meeting. The plan includes a street back extension to a spur built by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. frontage would be 90 feet on Ohio Street. Victory Oil Co. on the Gardner lot at Sixth and Viand was approved.
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Point Pleasant
Southern States Co-operative
Ohio St
Twelfth
Thirteenth
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Victory Oil Co
Gardner Lot
Sixth and Viand
Murray Promises Slow Pace on CIO Contract Demands
CIO President Philip Murray said he urged all CIO unions to go slow on new contract demands to reassure the public and promote real collective bargaining. He specifically called for extensions in the steel industry to allow time for wage and issue discussions and to ease congressional concerns about labor bargaining.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Price of Food Drops 1 Percent from November Peak
Prices of retail food fell about one per cent in mid December from the record mid November level across 46 of 56 cities surveyed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Louisville led declines at 3.4 per cent marking the first drop in 10 months. the index remained 32 per cent above a year earlier and about equal to June 1920 levels.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Louisville
Bureau
Way Open for Action By Jury in Slaying
Youngstown juvenile court leaves the case for the grand jury now in session. Two 16 year old high school youths, Don Frohner and Arthur Chapman, face delinquency charges over a hitchhike slaying and a plan to kidnap a schoolmate. custody was not retained.
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Youngstown
Henry P. Beckenbach
Don, Frohner
Arthur Chapman
Printers Strike Delays Cincinnati Enquirer First Edition
Union printers halted work for over an hour delaying the Enquirer and other Cincinnati dailies. The walkout followed a Sunday vote to strike over contract disputes, though the groups agreed to delay the stoppage.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer
The
Enquirer
Women and Children May Leave Palestine
Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones told the House of Commons that British women and children might be evacuated from Palestine to shield them from extremist violence.
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London
Arthur Creech Jones
House of Commons
Palestine
Bender Calls for 25 Percent Cut in Normal Government Spending
Rep. Bender of Ohio urged Congress to cut spending on normal government functions 25 percent below 1932 outlays, aiming to fulfill a Roosevelt campaign pledge. He noted 1932 total spending at 4.948 billion with civil and miscellaneous at 2.641 billion, excluding defense and debt interest. The proposal surfaced amid Capitol Hill fiscal shifts as Senate House budget talks opened and Knutson proposed a portal to pay back wages ban. The House prepared to vote on a bill freezing excise taxes at wartime rates.
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Washington
Rep
Bender
Ohio
Congress
Roosevelt
Truman
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Eleven Killed in B-29 Crash at Kirtland Field
Engine trouble is cited as the likely cause of the B-29 Superfortress crash at Kirtland Field near Albuquerque. The aircraft carrying 11 dead and 1 survivor rose briefly before slamming into a gully just south of the main runway. GI firefighters rescued the surviving crew member.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Kirtland Field
Rotary Club Founder Paul Harris Dies After Illness
Paul P. Harris, Chicago lawyer and founder of the first Rotary Club in 1905, died after a long illness at 78. He oversaw Rotary’s growth to 5,638 clubs in 75 countries with over 259,000 members and founded the National Association of Rotary Clubs in 1910, internationalized in 1922.
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Chicago
Paul P. Harris
Harris
Rotary
National Association of Rotary Clubs
International
Detroit Couple Convicted For Aiding German POW
An estranged Detroit couple received four year prison terms for aiding the escape of a German prisoner of war and harboring him. Mrs Joan McBride 42 and James 40 were sentenced by Federal Judge Arthur Lederle who denied bond for Mrs McBride amid trial testimony of her professed love for the POW Rudolph Soeich 24.
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Detroit
Joan McBride
James
Arthur Lederle
Those Pesky Redskins Still Causing Trouble
Roswell New Mexico reports Capt. Chester H. Bohart a B 29 pilot at Roswell Army Airfield saw a tire go flat while taxiing to the runway. Inside the tire mechanics found an Indian arrowhead marking a curious incident.
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Redskins
Roswell
N. M
Chester H. Bohart
Roswell Army Airfield
Bohart
Lancaster Man Admits Fatally Strangling Wife
Lancaster police report Frank Devore, 42, a punch press operator, confessed to strangling his wife Clara, 37, claiming she was “friendly with another man.” He was held without charges pending autopsy. their 12-year-old son Robert witnessed the events and stated he found his mother dead after returning from school.
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Lancaster
W. C. Pickering
Frank Devore
Punch
Clara
Sam Hutsler
Devore
Robert
Bobby
C. A. Barrow
Military Congress Access To Atom Work Is Studied
The Senate Atomic Committee seeks to define Congress and armed services rights to know inside the Atomic Control Commission. Lilienthal faces questions on consultation with military leaders including Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, head of the wartime A bomb project.
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Congress
Washington
Senate Atomic Committee
Armed Services
Atomic Control Commission
Hickenlooper
Iowa
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Senator McKellar
Dtenn
McKellar
Gordon R. Clapp
TVA
Leslie R. Groves
Groves
Housing Group To Hear Vets In Nomination News
Washington report says seven young war veterans will study a housing survey before the Senate Banking Committee proceeds on Dillon Meyer of Hebron Ohio for U S housing administrator. Senator Capehart cites evidence of mis management from veterans group. The Senate withdrew approval of Meyer's nomination at Chairman Tobey's request.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Dillon Meyer
Hebron
Ohio
U. S
Capehart
R-Ind
American Legion
Senate
Myer
Tobey
Banking Committee
Hamilton Probate Judge Dies of Heart Attack
Cincinnati report states Judge Frank S. Bonham of Hamilton County Probate Court died of a heart attack at 61. He collapsed while seated at his home, ten days after the death of Common Pleas Judge Frederick L. Hoffman.
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Cincinnati
Frank S. Bonham
Hamilton County Probate Court
Common Pleas Court
Frederick L. Hoffman
J. S. Matthews
Bonham
Willys Overland Reports 3rd Quarter Profit in Dec Quarter
Willys Overland Co reports net profit after taxes of 332315.26 for the quarter ending December 31. The figure reflects earnings for the three months period as published yesterday.
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Toledo
Willys-Overland Co
Schwellenbach urges labor study amid congressional criticism
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach urged Senate action on Truman’s proposed labor study commission while opposing most labor bills. He warned collective bargaining expertise has eroded and opposed industry wide bargaining bans and other sweeping changes. He favored safeguards on union registration and preservation of union shop rights.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
Truman
Senate Labor Committee
Schwellench
Labor Department
Ball
Protestant pastors back Temple of Good Will plan in Ohio
The Ohio Pastors Convention approved a 304 to 8 resolution to build a Temple of Good Will serving as a virtual state HQ for Protestantism in Ohio. Action next spring or fall. New leaders: Louis J. Taber re-elected president, Clarence Laylin VP, King G. Thompson treasurer. administrative committee named.
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Columbus
Ohio
A. Ward Appelgate
Friends Church
Wilmington
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Ohio Council of Churches
Clarence D. Laylin
King G. Thompson
Laylin
Taber
Thompson
Harold F. Carr
Lakewood
L. K. Roush
Lloyd Faust
Brothers Sentenced After Bus Affray in Ironton
In Ironton Ohio two brothers Hobart Griffith 26 and Ralph Griffith 21 were sentenced today at Mansfield Reformatory for actions on a Greyhound bus between Ironton and Wheelersburg January 2. Hobart pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon receiving three to thirty years Ralph pleaded guilty to assault with intent to kill receiving one to fifteen years.
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Ironton
Wheelwright
Here
Wheelersburg
Mansfield Reformatory
Hobart Griffith
Ralph Griffith
Sam Simmons on rising travel risks and safety concerns
Sam Simmons notes a weekend of crashes including a B&O freight wreck near Toll Gate West Virginia with half a million dollars in goods scattered along the right of way. He contrasts prewar airline safety and railroad claims with current travel hazards and urges slower speeds to curb fear and horror.
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B&o
Toll Gate
W. Va
Rep Brehm Named To Migratory Bird Commission Post
Appointment of Rep Walter Brehm Republican of Logan to the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission was announced yesterday by House Speaker Martin AP reported from Washington
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Walter Brehm
Logan
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
House
Martin
Associated Press
Washington
360 Jeeps Delivered to Ohio National Guard Unit
The 37th Division's Ordnance Maintenance Company at Newark received 360 jeeps yesterday. It marks the first motorized equipment delivery by the War Department for the postwar Ohio National Guard.
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National Guard
Columbus
Newark
War Department
Ohio National Guard
Lake Superior Iron Ore Consumption Reaches 62 Million Tons
The Lake Superior Iron Ore Association reports December consumption of 5,516,483 tons, bringing the 1946 total to 62,093,056 tons. Cleveland market context noted with sharp demand.
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Cleveland
Lake Superior Iron Ore Association
Lake Superior
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