Columbus Mayor Attacks Lausche Over Gambling Crackdown
Columbus Mayor James A. Rhodes charges Governor Frank Lausche uses a misleading smokescreen to hide failures of the 98th General Assembly. Rhodes says laws exist to stop gambling and accuses Lausche of avoiding legal action while spotlighting the issue in newspapers and radio.
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Columbus
Lausche
James A. Rhodes
Columbus Today
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Rhodes
98Th General Assembly
Legislature Backs Lausche On Gambling in Ohio
Ohio Representatives backed Gov. Lausche in closing the Mounds Club in Lake County describing it as a notorious gambling den. The House approved a resolution commending the governor for acting to curb commercial gambling there. Lt. Gov. Nye denied links to slot machine interests amid a letter alleging connections to Lake White development and slot machines.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Mounds Club
Lake County
Lausche
Ohio
Ed Witmer
D-Stark
George D. Nye
Waverly
Nye
Robert Williams
Portsmouth
Williams
Lake White
Phone Union Ends Strike in Ohio Associated Telephone Co.
The Ohio Associated Telephone Co. strike ended after April 7 with about 80 operators returning to work. No pay increase was granted, as workers sought 15 cents more per hour while the company offered 5. The walkout included vandalism and a shooting attempt at Thomas S. Mitchell. the union disclaimed involvement.
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Thomas S. Mitchell
Cleveland
Truman asks Congress for 125 million for Korea aid
President Truman requested 125 million dollars for continued assistance to Korea. Senate committee approved legislation to fund 156 million for the current fiscal year while omitting anti Communist restrictions from a House version.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Republic of Korea
Korea
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Solon To Use Tests For Appointments
Rep. Mc Gregor of Ohio says he will rely strictly on Civil Service tests to guide his 1950 appointments to the Naval and Military academies. Each member of Congress may nominate two candidates annually, with some using tests conducted by postmasters in their districts.
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Washington
McGregor
Ohio
United States
Naval
Military Academies
Congress
Boys Held in Slaying To Get Observation
Judge Clayton Rose ordered Darsel Arledge 14 and his brother Herold 11 sent to the State Bureau of Juvenile Research for observation. They are being held in the slaying of Mrs Alma Arledge 23, a sister in law.
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Columbus
Clayton Rose
Court of Domestic Relations
Darsel Arledge
Herold
State Bureau of Juvenile Research
Alma Arledge
Air research office announced by Wright Patterson HQ
The Air Materiel Command at Wright Patterson Field announced the establishment of an Office of Air Research.
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Daxylan
Office of Air Research
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Field
Portofino Mayor Says Jennifer Jones and David Selznick Married
Portofino confirms actress Jennifer Jones and film director David Selznick wed today aboard the yacht Manona. The ceremony joined the couple in a private shore celebration with local officials present.
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Portofino
Italy
Jennifer Jones
David Selznick
Manona
Reconsideration Urged For Rural Phone Bill
Ohio Farm Bureau asked State Senators to reconsider after defeating the rural telephone bill 15 to 13. The measure would have limited party line phones to ten per line.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau
Local routes yield fishing bonus and farm history notes
Residents along Route 144 report good bass in river riffles and trot line catfish on the Hocking. Tim Russell recalls 1910 apple purchases in Athens, Washington and Meigs Counties and two barrel factories at Torch and Little Hocking. Hail damage is noted near Chauncey, with two inch stones and roofing repairs. Rural schoolchildren are paid to walk when buses miss homes, a cost saver vs road work. The Athens State Hospital short cut road to White’s Mill has improved travel for Route 33 motorists via The Plains.
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Coolville
Tim Russell
Troy Township
Route 144
Ohio
Athens
Washington
Meigs
Torch
Little Hocking
Athens State Hospital
White's Mill
Columbus
Plains
California air crash investigated after in-flight fight
A Standard Airlines C 46 crashed 30 miles north of Los Angeles after a fight aboard the plane from New York. CAB and airline officials disagreed on cause as 35 died and 14 injured. Pilot Roy White was killed. a stewardess credited the fight with saving her unborn child.
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Here
Standard Airlines
Santa Susana Mountains
Civil Aeronautics Board
James N. Peyton
CAB
White
Lockheed
Burbank
New York
Mary Bettis
Long Beach
Calif
Vicky Zelsdorf
Keg
Soldier Electrocuted on German Railway
FRANKFURT reports Rev. Gayle H. Ellsworth of Shelby Ohio was electrocuted on the Munich Augsburg line near Augsburg July 10. The Army says he apparently rode on the roof of a crowded train and touched a live wire.
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Gayle H. Ellsworth
Shelby
Ohio
Munich
Augsberg
U.S. Army
Ellsworth
Man Killed In Wellston Car Crash
A Wellston man died after a late night crash on Route 75 near Wellston. Another passenger, Edgar Long, sustained a skull fracture and broken ankle and hip, with Oscar Perkins having a compound left ankle fracture. George Perkins died en route to Holzer Hospital. Long remained unconscious, Oscar Perkins listed as good.
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Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Edgar Long
Wellston Route 1
Oscar R. Perkins
Wellston
Gallia County
D. R. Warehime
Long
Fremont men to shave only with permits during centennial
Mayor Whitcomb approves Bush Growers League Inc to run the Fremont Centennial from July 31 to August 6. No shaving without a permit. a dollar donation to the Centennial fund grants permit to continue shaving.
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Fremont
Harold Whitcomb
Bush Growers League Inc
Boy Killed In Tractor Accident At Grandfather Farm
Ronald Ray Glandon 12 died at 11 a m on his grandfather's Londonderry Route 1 farm when a tractor driven by cousin Richard Ratcliff backed over him during thrashing. He suffered a fractured skull and broken neck. He was an eighth grade student at Richland Township High School. Survived by parents Ray and family, brother Glendon, maternal grandparents Oakley Dearth, paternal grandfather Charles Glandon. Funeral Thursday 2 p m at Pleasant Valley BUB with Rev Dale Ernest. burial in Londonderry cemetery.
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Ronald Ray Glandon
Londonderry
Richard Ratcliff
Ratcliff
Ronald
Richland Township High School
Ray Glandon
Glendon
Oakley Dearth
Charles Glandon
Pleasant Valley
Commission To Study Ohio Youth Problems
Gov. Frank Lausche created a 17 member commission to study Ohio juvenile problems. The panel will analyze the needs of Ohio children over the next year with findings due in 1950 at a White House conference called by President Truman.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
White House
Truman
Steel Union Accepts Truman Strike Delay Plan
ITTSBURGH AR President Philip Murray announced the United Steelworkers executive board unanimously accepted President Truman’s 60 day delay plan for the steel strike. Only Jones and Laughlin agreed to the reprieve while U S Steel Republic Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Wheeling Steel rejected the plan and voiced objections to the fact finding board. The wage policy committee will ratify the decision today at 1 p m Eastern Time.
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Philip Murray
CID- United Steelworkers Today
Truman
E.S.T
Murray
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
Jones & Laughlin
White House
Sps
Republic Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Wheeling Steel
A. S. Steel
Republic
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
Frank Purnell
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
United Steelworkers of America
Big Steel
Inquest Set In Crash Of Airliner
A coroner's inquest will be held today into the Royal Dutch airliner crash near Bombay Island. Forty bodies have been recovered from Ghatkopar Hill after the Constellation struck in a monsoon rain, killing 45 people including 13 American news correspondents from the Denver Post and other outlets.
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India
Ghatkoper Hill
Royal Dutch
KLM
Bombay Island
Fred Colvig
Denver Post
Ghatkopar
U.S
Lou Henderson
Henderson
Santa Cruz
Liquor Officials Report 9286 June Inspections and Raids
Enforcement inspectors of the State Liquor Department conducted 9286 inspections of permit holders during June. Fifty three raids were carried out, leading to 95 convictions for illegal possession or operation of liquor. Fines totaled 12085 dollars and jail terms added up to 9620 days.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Truman Plans Anti-Aggression Plan Broadcast
President Truman will address the nation tonight at 9 30 offering an 11 point plan to expand production employment and purchasing power. The speech follows his midyear economic report to Congress and omits earlier demands for a 4 billion tax increase.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Congress
Summer Jobs Provided By Highway Department
The State Highway Department announced a $450 000 summer employment program. Highway Director T J Kauer said about 800 high school and college students would earn between 500 and 600 dollars each for summer work painting guard stalls and mowing weeds.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
T. J. Kauer
Budget Tops Calendar Defeats Penalty Plan in Ohio
In Columbus the 15 bill Ohio Senate calendar includes a record 647 million dollar two year budget to fund old age pensions state employee salaries and other operating costs. House measures on equalized property values and aircraft licensing move forward as adjournment nears. The House defeated a plan to put capital punishment to voters and stalled a governor gambling padlock bill while talks of teacher pay raises and school lobby activity continue.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Ohio
Senate
98Th General Assembly
House
Senate Finance Committee
Onlo
Representatives
House Judiciary Committee
Old Cincinnati Cellars Yield Hidden Wine Treasures
Workers on a downtown project uncovered historic wine cellars with hundreds of bottles dating over a century. The recovered stock, labeled for ailments and nursing mothers, was described as excellent by the laborers. Locals say the cellars were once part of the Longworth wine house, closed over 50 years ago.
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Cincinnati
Longworth
Hearings Open on Bill To Strengthen Bases
Hearings opened on a 623 million dollar military construction bill. It would allocate about 195 million for Alaska and Pacific defenses, 383 million domestically for the three services, and 240 million for bases abroad. The bill also creates a 14.5 million dollar Army weapons project.
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Washington
Alaska
Pacific
Army
Black Panther Hunted South of Hamilton
A black panther was hunted today in Fairfield Township south of Hamilton as Constable Steve Gay led a group of men through the woods to find the animal. Households reported fear with children kept indoors amid the search. No prior circus reported an animal loss in the area.
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Hamilton
Fairfield Township
Steve Gay
Gay
NSLI dividend checks to go out next January
200,000 National Service Life Insurance dividend checks are expected to be mailed daily starting next January, the Veterans Administration said.
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NSLI
Washington
National Service Life Insurance
Veterans Administration
Senate OKs Quail Bill Advances in Ohio Legislature
The Ohio Senate approved a bill 22 to 7 to list quail as game birds after a 10 year propagation plan. The House had passed it 90 to 33, reviving the measure with support from sportsmen and Lt. Gov. George D. Nye. The bill delays hunting quail until populations are adequate. Ohio currently protects quail as song birds. Separately, Ohioans received over $96 million in life insurance death benefits last year per the 1949 life insurance fact book.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Bob White
House
George D. Nye
Waverly
New York
War Bride Leaps to Death in Downtown Building
A German war bride, despondent after her wartime marriage ended, jumped from the eighth floor of a downtown Pittsburgh office building yesterday. Local authorities report she died from the plunge. no others were injured.
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Pittsburgh
House in Fine Fettle as Congress Chats and Mocks Mustache
In crowded temporary quarters, Congress debates everything from Tom Dewey to mustaches. Rep. Huber of Ohio recounts being mistaken for Dewey and jokes about Scott’s mustache as Republicans and Democrats mingle in the crowded House.
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Huber
Scott
Tom Dewey
Congress
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Ohio
Vursell
Ill
Jackson
Calif
Hugh D. Scott
Pennsylvania
National Republican Committee
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