Ohio Supreme Court voids Youngstown utility tax ruling
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled the Youngstown two and a half percent utility tax on gas electricity telephone and water bills unconstitutional as pre empted by state gross receipts tax. The decision, unanimous, foresees invalidating Columbus 5 percent tax and impounded receipts. The court cited state preemption and limited municipal taxing power.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Youngstown
High Court
Mahoning County
Common Pleas Court
Raymond E. Holcomb
Louis Kroeck
Romulus G. Vasue
East Ohio Gas Co
Ohio Edison Co
Ohio Water Co
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Common Pleas
Spy Forged Passport and University Ties Surface in Wartime Espionage Case
Reports from a Canadian commission name a so called super spy with ties to Russia, including a forged passport and study under the alias Ignacy Witczak at a Los Angeles university. USC records show Ignary Witczak attended classes from 1938 for seven years. The Sun notes the drug use in a major crime case, while attorneys argue constitutional rights and police charges in a separate Chicago matter. Washington battles over OPA funding and price controls as Taft and Truman clash, with a stalled conference and possible vetoes.
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Los Angeles
Ignacy Witeczak
U.S
University of Southern California
Ignary Witczak
George Murman
the Sun
John P. Coghlan
Heirens
Coghlan
Cuony
Geo. Seberun 24
Degnan
Suzanne
University of Chicago
Washington
OPA
Truman
Senate
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Spence
Dky
House Banking Committee
Senate House Conference Committee
House
Capitol Hill
White House
End Is Near In War Probe
Senate War Investigating Committee summoned two women who worked in a midwestern munitions combine’s Washington office. Eleanor B. Hall described as emotionally upset when she quit a year and a half ago and Jean Bates, her successor as secretary at Evie Basin Metal Products Co. Batavia Batavia Ill testified as testimony was expected to wrap up the inquiry.
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Washington
Senate
Combine
Eleanor B. Hall
Jean Bates
Evie Basin Metal Products Co
Elgin, Ill
Batavia Metal Products Co
Batavia, Til
Atomic blast at Bikini Lagoon kills 18.3 percent of animals
Viet Adm. Blanford said the atomic bomb test July 1 resulted in 18.3 percent animal deaths so far. Ten percent died outright and further mortality is expected over the next three months at the test site. Other deaths are anticipated as variations occur. A London engineer-named Timken Roller Bearing Co. official was invited to inspect Scandinavian plants.
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U.S
Mt. Mcbinley
Bikini Lagoon
William H. P. Blan- Ay
Stem
Protrom
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Austin okays Vandenberg world stand
Senator Austin of Vermont joins Senator Vandenberg in asserting the United States will not be coerced into international decisions. He lauds Vandenberg’s frank appraisal of the big four meeting and urges Russia to replace distrust with dependable friendship, amid Berlin Germany concerns and UN Security Council duties.
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Austin
Vermont
Vandenberg
Germany
Russia
Moscow
Yank Soldier in Jeep Slain Near Trieste
Unknown machine gunners ambushed an American Army jeep near Trieste killing a driver and wounding two others. The attack came four days after a patrol incident along the Yugoslav demarcation line dividing occupation zones. The driver was killed outright and one other soldier was wounded while another lieutenant was injured in the crash caused by floods and rain. The incident follows tensions over Venezia Giulia amid Yugoslav claims opposed by the United States and United Kingdom.
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U.S
United States
Mogan
Yugoslavia
Venezia Giulia
Italy
United Kingdom
Portsmouth
Scioto County
George E. Wood
Wood
Scioto River
Ohio River
Truck Auto Collision Kills Three in Family
A truck automobile crash three miles northeast of Washington Court House last night killed Carl Moomaw 50 his wife about 50 and her mother Susie McCoy 78. The accident occurred near Washington C H, with authorities investigating the cause and identifying the three victims from local records.
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Washington C. H
Here
Carl Moomaw
Susie McCoy
Polish Wife's Studies Annoy Former Sergeant
Former sergeant Frank J. Kraker filed for divorce from Cecylia Lanska after claiming his Polish wife translated aloud from a Polish newspaper to improve her English. Kraker, once a guard at Buchenwald, told a veterans counselor about the incident in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Buchen- Wald
Frank J. Kraker
Cecylia Lanska
Three Companies Called In Whisky Island Blaze
Three fire companies and a fire boat battled a blaze on Whisky Island off West 9th St lakefront, burning two acres of old buildings. Spectators gathered as flames threatened Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. property but were put out with no loss. An auto accident killed Mark Whitaker, 32, of Alger, when a car ran off the road and struck a tree.
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Whisky Island
West 9Th St
Lake Erie
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co
Manada
LPI
Mark Whitaker
Alger
Mass Poisoning of Pets Hints Slaughter in Circleville
The city health rally and council discuss suspected deliberate poisoning during the rat eradication drive. James J. Smith proposed tests on a poisoned dog stomach to prove outsiders used the anti rat campaign as cover. Police chemist Lloyd Shupe reported limited findings with results expected tonight. Authorities questioned bait methods and locations, while Mayor Ben H. Gordon attended without comment. About 75 dogs and cats, plus several squirrels and a horse, died during the drive from July 1415.
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Circleville
James J. Smith
Smith
Columbus
Lloyd Shupe
J. D. Mason
William M. Reid
Mason
Ray Anderson
Ben H. Gordon
Robber Abductor Ordered to Lima State Hospital
Truman Rogers 31 of Pinkeburgh must be transferred to Lima State Hospital for Criminal Insane after charges of robbing a Youngstown druggist and abducting his 22 year old daughter during a wild hold up several weeks ago. The girl was released unharmed. Rogers had been confined in Massillon State Hospital.
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William Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
Chicago Tribune
Heirens
Degnan
Fran« Ves Brown
Josephine Foss
Tribune
Tuohy
The
Youngstown
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Lima State Hospital
Truman Rogers
Pinkeburgh
Daudler
Rogers
Massillon State Hospital
City Worker Pay Hike Defeated by Voters in Massillon
Unofficial returns from yesterday's special election show Massillon voters rejecting a 1 mill tax levy to raise pay for non elected city employees and to buy city equipment. The levy failed 1,021 to 838, with turnout about 15 percent of registered voters.
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Massillon
Filipinos Protest Sale of Farmland to U S General
Filipino indignation rose as two large estates Buena Vista and Capellanía de Tabobong were sold in the name of Gen. Burt for well below market value. The 40,000 acre Buena Vista and the smaller estate were earmarked by the new government for redistribution to tenant farmers.
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Manila
Ernest J H. B
Buena Viste
Capellania de Tabobong
Burt
Ipino
Meat Buyers Strike Urged by CIO Union
The UAW-CIO urged a seven day nationwide meat buyers strike starting today inviting all Americans to join. Led by Walter Reuther the campaign targets high living costs and meat prices with rallies in Detroit Cleveland and Chicago among others to back the anti inflation drive.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
America
Uaw-Cio
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Detroi
Cleveland
Chicago
Save the Opa
Woman Spurns British Medal in Protest
Canton Jewish leader Lillian C. Goodman declines a king's wartime service medal from the British Government. She cites Britain's broken pledges to her people and the Jewish population in Palestine, reading a telegram to a protest meeting in Washington.
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Canton
Lillian C. Goodman
Great Britain
Palestine
VEW Members In Cleveland For Conclave
Ohio VFW members gathered in Cleveland for the 26th annual state encampment. Delegates checked in at encampment headquarters then explored and visited Cleveland posts. Principal figures expected include Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler, and National Commander Joseph T. M. Stack.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ernest J. King
Washington
Robert 5. Beightler
Fifth Service Command
Columbus
VFW
Joseph ™. Stack
Pittsburgh
Mihailovic Executed at Dawn by Rifle Squad
Belgrade reports Gen Draja Mihailovic was executed by firing squad at dawn after conviction for treason and collaboration with Germany. Eight co-defendants also died in a private ceremony, including Rade Radic Milos Glisch and Milan Nedic’s former interior minister Yasanje Dinic, while others received prison terms. The Yugoslav Parliament presidium rejected mercy appeals.
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Draja Mihailovic
Radoslav Rade Radic
Chetnik
Milos Glisch
Oskar Pavlovic
Zagreb
Dragi Yovanovic
Yanasje Tasa Dinic
Milan Nedic
Velibor ¥Onic
Medic
Djure Dokic
Kosta Musicki
Peter
Mihailovic
Wheeler Trails in Montana Democratic Primary With Slow Returns
AP reports senator Burton Wheeler lagged by over 4000 votes to Leif Erickson in Montana Democratic primary returns. Wheeler backers, aided by Truman, hoped late results from small towns would change momentum. Erickson campaigned as an antiwar isolationist and labor critic, backed by CIO–AFL, BRT, Sen. Murray, and James Roosevelt.
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Associated Press
Burton K. Wheeler
Leif Erickson
Montana
Erickson
Wheeler
Pearl Harbor
Cio-Fac
Brotherhood of Railway
James E. Murray
Train Wheels Flattened Near Edgerton Delay Chicago Cleveland Run
A New York Central passenger train was delayed about five hours near Edgerton when wheels on seven cars were flattened by braking, as steel track obstructed the grade crossing. No injuries were reported.
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Cleveland
Paul Betere
New York Central Railroad
Edgerton
Trumbull Bars Undergo Raid
Columbus state liquor agents cited 16 Trumbull County bars after a county wide raid in which 43 slot machines were seized enforcement chief Frank W Kleinfelder said another 21 bars visited will be cited soon with no machines found warning permit holders to clean up and stay that way
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Trumbull County
Frank W. Kleinfelder
Muskingum Youths Held for Auto Thefts
Two Muskingum County youths were jailed on auto theft charges after state highway police located seven stolen automobiles in Muskingum Perry Morgan and Washington Counties since January. Cynic Pletcher, 20, Roseville, is in Morgan County jail. his nephew Russel Spring, 22, Zanesville, is held in custody in Cambridge station, Cambridge. A State Liquor Department official urged closer cooperation for enforcement at Lakeside, noting limited local enforcement and liquor-industry funded upkeep.
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Muskingum
Perry, Morgan
Washington
Muskingum County
Cynic Pletcher
Roseville
Morgan County
McConnelsville
Russel Spring
Walter Wille
Cambridge Station
Lakeside —P
State Liquor Department
Harlan T. Chapman
Lakeside School of Christian Service
Plentiful Peach Supply For Ohio Is Predicted
Columbus reports a peach surplus for Ohio as spring shortages ease with liberal out of state shipments. The USDA forecasts midwestern and northern crops will reach markets in August into September, aiding home and community canning efforts.
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Ohio
Columbus
U. S
Former Dem Chief Says Hes Out of Politics in Cleveland
Ray T. Milter, who quit unexpectedly as chairman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Central Committee, says he will devote time to family and law practice and remains out of politics. He returned from a vacation in Canada as the Miami University plans a freshman course in the area.
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Cleveland
Raw
Ray T. Milter
Cuyahoga County
Democratic Central Comenities
Milter
Canada
Herbert urges nonpolitical conservation program in speech
Thomas J. Herbert Republican candidate for governor told the Guernsey County Fish and Game Association dinner that a long range conservation program must be free of political dictating or meddling. He said good hunting and fishing follow from restoring natural resources such as soil water forests and minerals.
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Cambridge
Thomas J. Herbert
Guernsey County Fish and Game Association
Bromfield to Speak at Conservation Meeting in Ohio
Louis Bromfield, Mansfield author, will speak tomorrow at Camp Muskingum conservation lab in Carroll County. About sixty Ohio college and high school teachers attend the six week laboratory sessions, the largest class in the schools history.
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DOVER
Louis Bromfield
Mansfield
Conservation Laboratory School
Camp Muskingum
Carroll County
Ohio College and
Six Injured In Escaping From Flames At Curtis Hotel
Early morning fire in Mount Vernon routed 80 guests from the Curtis Hotel. Six guests suffered burns and cuts fleeing the blaze, with John Shick of Chicago the most seriously injured. Firefighters from Mount Vernon, Newark, and Mansfield battled the two-story blaze for two hours. Damage estimated near $100,000.
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Mount Vernon
Curtis
Nearsby
Newark
Mansfield
John Stokes
John Shick
Chicago
Mercy Hospital
Cleo Holmes
John Kime
Stokes
Good‘child
Eugene Pickard
Howeever
Vance Bartlett
Packard Hotel Co
Ohio Veterans Boost Small Businesses Rise in Employers
Ohio returns show returning servicemen boosted small business activity with 59 240 employers newly cited under the unemployment compensation law, up from a March 1941 peak of 57 701.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Bureau of
Sam Simmons on atomic bomb secrecy and Russia
Sam Simmons questions the rush to disclose bomb secrets while urging calm and global plant inspections. He notes Russia’s almost complete isolation and fear of speaking freely, suggesting underground plants could evade inspectors and questioning why negotiations are hurried without a defined destination.
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Russia
Tam
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