Truman Criticizes Selfish Interests Over Spending Cuts
President Truman challenged what he called selfish interests pushing deep cuts in federal spending. He warned such moves would harm the domestic economy and criticized Congress for tax-cut and anti inflation stances while urging production expansion. Senators McClellan and Sparkman urged restraint and balance budgets amid bipartisan criticism from Republicans.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Repper
80Th Congress
Senate
McClellan
D-Ark
Sparkman
D-Ala
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Former Warden Walker Dies at 76 in Columbus
Col William J Walker aged 76 died Wednesday in Columbus. He served as retired assistant Deputy Warden of Ohio Penitentiary from 1935 to 1939.
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Columbus
William J. Walker
Ohio Penitentiary
Ex grocer and hotel keeper dies in Missouri town
Samuel Jackson Cooper 90 retired grocer and hotel keeper of Portsmouth died Wednesday at his home in nearby Lawrenceville he had lived in the area for many years Cooper was a former Portsmouth merchant and hotel operator and leaves a widow two daughters and a son.
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Springfield
Samuel Jackson Cooper
Portsmouth
Lawrenceville
Hearing Set On Motion For New Trial
Judge Roy D Williams scheduled a Saturday 10 a m hearing on a motion to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial for Harry Z Dodds Jr convicted of murder of Eleanor E Gifford. The 20 point motion filed Tuesday by Samuel B Erskine and Francis D White cites alleged misconduct by a state attorney and a juror's expressed opinion after swearing in.
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Roy D. Williams
Harry Z. Dodds, Jr
Eleanor E. Gifford
Samuel B. Erskine
Francis D. White
Dodds
Pensioners Await Checks In Ohio Budget Delay
In Columbus 70000 state old age pension checks are overdue as funds wait on a two year 647 million budget. Hardship cases reported while lawmakers debate. If approved today relief may come by Friday or Saturday for those in urgent need. 124533 people receive about 5.79 million dollars monthly.
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Columbus
Ohio
William C. McIntyre
Aid For
House
Senate
A. C. Lancione
Belmont
Mets
C. William O'Neill
Washington
Senate Republicans
Roscoe BR. Walcutt
Franklin
Frank J. Lausche
Jackson
Finance Committee
Lausche
Carl D. Sheppard
R- Mahoning
Tax Appeals Board
Youngstown
Sam B. Nicely
Ironton
Senate Finance Committee
Sam B. Nicely R. Clinton
Senate Public Works Committee
Defeat Seen For Farm Bill Patched by Gore Substitute
In Washington a Democratic Republican coalition claims enough House votes to scrap Brannan’s trial run farm price plan and keep the Truman era program. Rep Gore predicts 85 Southern Democrats will back his substitute with near solid support. Republicans may back the Gore bill.
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Washington
House
Brannan
Rep. Gore
D-Tenn
Gore
Bomb Explodes Under Cleveland Ford Dealer Car
A bomb exploded weakly under a Ford dealer's car in a Shaker Heights garage, causing minor damage to the vehicle and broken windows. The car belonged to Ralph McClurg, whose Ford dealership has been strikebound since May 5 due to pay raise demands by the Independent Mechanics union.
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Cleveland
Shaker Heights
Ford
Ralph McClurg
Independent Mechanics Union
Insane Killer Defiant on 130 Foot Lima Water Tower
Raymond Jutila, a 35 year old rape slayer, refused to descend from a 130 foot water tower at Lima State Hospital. Guards kept watch as he taunted them, drank water via a rope method, and ate candy bars while demanding contact with Warren Ohio Police Chief Johnson. Officials planned to wait him out, lowering water levels and increasing guard presence.
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Lima
Lima State Hospital
Raymond Jutila
R. E. Bushong
William Johnson
Warren
Ohio
Jutila
Marie Tobin
Johnson
Ohio Penitentiary
Man Surrenders After Firing at Wife in Ohio
Police surrounded the Sheffield Lake home of Gayle R. Clark after his wife reported he fired five shots at her. Clark, 38, surrendered without further incident after reloading his .32 caliber revolver. Mrs. Clark fled by car to a friend's house in Rocky River and notified police.
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Lorain
Gayle R. Clark
Sheffield Lake
Clark
Parents Ordered to Pay for Railroad Switch Damage
Springfield report states parents of two 11 year old boys were ordered to pay 14.50 for damages after their sons sidetracked a New York Central streamliner on June 1 18. The incident involved a railroad switch and resulted in financial liability for the guardians.
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Springfield
New York Central
Body Floats To Surface of Pit 22 Days After Swimmer Disappeared
Clarence Hartley of Nelsonville, missing since June 23, is found in a gravel pit near Kimberly. Coroner Dr. John Elias rules accidental drowning after an inquest at Stout funeral home. Hartley, 30, was last seen swimming with two companions. divers failed to locate him previously. He leaves a wife, four children, four sisters, a brother, and his mother Mary Hartley. Funeral set for Friday at the Pilgrim Holiness Church.
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Clarence
Dude) Hartley
Kimberly
John H. Elias
Athens County
Stout Funeral Home
Don Bumgardner
Meade Whyte
Hartley
Divins
George Bateman
Columbus
Barney Anderson
John
Dick) Elliott
Lake Hope
Frank Hartley
Curtis Coakley
Factory Rd
Mary Hartley
Factory
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Raymond S My
Chemist James Goodrich Found Dead Near Columbus
The 31 year old Battelle Memorial Institute chemist James Goodrich was found dead Wednesday night several miles northwest of Columbus. Coroner Robert A. Evans said the death appeared self inflicted by poison.
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Columbus
James Goodrich
Battelle Memorial Institute
Here
Robert A. Evans
Goodrich
Columbus Mason Wins 15 Cent Hourly Increase
A mediation panel awarded Columbus masons a 15 cent hourly raise effective at once, raising the new scale to 2.65 dollars per hour. The panel met Wednesday to settle the wage dispute impacting local masonry workers.
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Columbus—“P
Columbus Mason
House Leaders Seek Agreement As Senate OKs Record Budget
Washington and Columbus report tense negotiations as President Truman presses steel firms to accept a 60 day wage pension plan while Congress rushes to finalize Ohio budget amendments to prevent pension delays. Senate approves budget while House seeks quick passage to avoid payroll disruption.
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Senate
Oks
Truman
Washington
United States Steel
Republic
Bethlehem
Plane crashes into autos at Wright Patterson
A Flying Boxcar cargo plane crashed into a parking lot fence at Wright Patterson Air Force Base during an emergency landing. At least one person was killed and from three to six were injured as the twin engine aircraft struck 12 to 20 parked cars and set them ablaze. The brakes allegedly failed. crew identities were not available. The injured were taken to the base hospital.
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Dayton
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Army
Army Field
Britain cuts dollar area imports in 1949 budget
Britain reduces purchases from the world dollar areas by 25 percent for the year. Sir Stafford Cripps says imports from the United States and other dollar areas will total 1.2 billion dollars, down from 1.6 billion in 1948. He mentions a tobacco purchase cut and sugar and candy ration adjustments.
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London
Britain
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
United States
Cripps
U. S
Brehm and Jenkins Vote For Rural Phone Bill
Representatives Walter E. Brehm of Logan and Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton supported a bill allowing the Rural Electrification Administration to make long term loans to furnish or improve rural telephone service. The measure advances to the Senate.
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Washington
Walter E. Brehm
Logan
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Ohio
Rural Electrification Administration
Senate
Driver Dies in Gas Truck Crash Near Haverhill
A truck carrying 5750 gallons of gasoline left U S Route 52 near Haverhill and ignited. The driver Edward Lay, 25, of Catlettsburg Kentucky, perished in the blaze. The Ashland Oil and Refining Co truck was involved.
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Ironton
Edward Lay
Catlettsburg
Haverhill
Here
Ashland
OU Personnel Chief Leads Panel at Illinois Conference
Martin L. Hecht Jr director of personnel at Ohio University led a panel discussion at the College and University Personnel Association conference at the University of Illinois Champaign Illinois this week Hecht the universitys sole representative chaired the session on increasing employee productivity with emphasis on morale and physical problems
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Martin L. Hecht, Jr
Ohio University
College and University Personnel Association
University of Illinois
Champaign
Ill
Hecht
Girl Drowns in Creek Near Wilmington
Janis Pratt, 12, drowned yesterday after stepping into deep water while wading in a creek near Wilmington. A local coroner will investigate the incident as authorities urge caution around waterways.
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Wilmington
Janis Pratt
Here
Vote Set for Selby Shoe Plant Employees
Cincinnati report states workers at Selby Shoe Co. plants in Portsmouth Ohio and Ashland Kentucky will vote on July 19 to determine whether a collective bargaining agent will be chosen.
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Cincinnati
Selby Shoe Co
Portsmouth
Ohio
Ashland
Brehm Pushes REP Vote on Fair Employment Bill
Rep. Walter Brehm of Ohio sought a showdown vote in the House Labor Committee on a Fair Employment Practices bill prohibiting employer discrimination based on race or religion. He claimed the bill would likely pass the committee and accused Democrats of courting Black voters with promises.
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Washington
Walter BE
Brehm
Ohio
House Labor Committee
Ohioan
Pope Orders Excommunication of Communist Catholics
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XII has issued a sweeping decree excommunicating militant Communist Catholics. The ruling cuts off sacraments and church comforts for members who profess Marxist doctrine. This is the fourth such action by the pope in recent years.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office
Two Die in Mansfield Diarrheal Outbreak in Ohio Suburb
Ohio health officials report two children dead and 170 ill in a Mansfield suburb outbreak. Dr. Charles R. Freeble Jr. of the communicable disease division says they do not expect the situation to worsen.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mansfield
Charles R. Freeble, Jr
Ohio Health Department
Weather Roundup: Light Rain and Cloudy Skies
The morning brought cloudy skies with a light shower at 9 15 am and a temperature of 72. Yesterday’s clouds broke by noon and sunshine lifted the high to 87 after a 69 reading at 9 am. Overnight low reached 63.
Mrs C C Wolfe Dies at 58 in Huntington W Va
Mrs Ethel McDaniel Wolfe 58 formerly of Athens County died at her Huntington West Virginia home. She leaves husband C C Wolfe of Concord and five children in Florida Ohio and West Virginia plus five grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at the Pea Ridge family home in Huntington.
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Ethel McDaniel Wolfe
Athens County
Huntington
W. Va
C. C. (Cash) Wolfe
Concord
Mary Washington
Miami
Fla
Ralph Wolfe
Helen Koontz
Dorothy Emmert
Columbus
Anti-Picketing Order Granted at National Carbon Co
A permanent injunction to restrain picketing at the National Carbon Co near Blackfor plant was granted yesterday by Common Pleas Judge James Collier. The injunction, issued at the request of the company, replaces an earlier temporary order against the United Construction Workers union.
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Ers
Truman
Philip Murray
CIO
Mr. Truman
U. 5S
Steel
Republic
Bethlehem
Tis
Jones & Laughlin
Wheeling
Youngstown Steel
Youngstown
Frank Parnell
Cyrus Ching
Inland Steel Co
Ching
Ironton
National Carbon Co
Blackfor
Common Pleas
James Collier
United Construction. Workers. Union
New Machine For Orchard Spraying Demonstrated
Ohio experiment station officials hailed a new spraying method that mixes concentrated insecticides and fungicides with air in a special machine. The system, tested for six years, aims to save millions annually and was publicly demonstrated yesterday.
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Wooster
Ohio Experiment Station
Nazi Offender Appears in Court Then Dies in Stroke
Friedrich Geyer known as a major Nazi offender faced de Nazification court and angrily declared he may drop dead if the charge were true. Minutes later he collapsed and died from a stroke in the courtroom, doctors stated.
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Mernberg
Friedrich Geyer
deNazification Court
Superintendent Named for Portsmouth Schools
H W Me Kelvey, principal at Portsmouth High for five years, was yesterday appointed superintendent of Portsmouth schools. The move places Me Kelvey in charge of the district's educational program and administration.
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Portsmouth
H. W. Me
Kelvey
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