Senate approves huge farm price support expansion bill
The Senate authorized up to 6.75 billion dollars for government price supports via the Commodity Credit Corporation, after a 46 to 5 vote. The measure would raise CCC borrowing capacity by 2 billion dollars to bolster prices on basic crops and heads back to the House for a related import amendment. Ohio Republican Taft Bricker voted to reject an amendment to drop the 90 percent price support level.
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House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
CCC
Senate
Williams
R-Del
Cain
Lucas
Illinois
Ellender
D-La
Washington
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Truman Bids For Support Of Business
President Truman appealed to the Association of Better Business Bureaus for backing of his legislative program. He called federal actions the salvation of private enterprise and condemned critics as false and Ridiculous. He urged insured loans, investment incentives, broader lending, and government advisory services while highlighting social programs as beneficial.
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Washington
Truman
Association of Better Business Bureaus
Congress
Association
Lie Demands Red China Seat to Advance World Peace
U N Secretary General Trygve Lie urged all members to seat Red China and bring Moscow back to U N meetings as a prerequisite to peace progress. He promoted a 10 point plan and a 20 year peace program in letters and radios across 22 languages after talks with Truman Stalin and European leaders.
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U.N
Trygve Lie
United Nations
China
U. N
Truman
Russia
Josef Stalin
Woman Swallows Needle During Narcotics Raid
Elizabeth Stevenson 25 and Alfred R. Cooper Jr. 25 were arrested in Dayton on charges of possessing a heroin capsule after narcotics agents said she bent and swallowed a hypodermic needle during the raid. She was to appear before Federal Judge Robert Nevin to sign a criminal information.
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Dayton
Robert Nevin
Elizabeth Stevenson
Alfred R. Cooper, Jr
Logan FFA Team Wins First Place in State
The Logan FFA team won first place in general live stock judging at the Ohio FFA convention in Columbus. Members were Carl Derr William North and Bob Berry. H W Nowels is the teacher. The team posted a score of 1531.
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Logan Ffa
Logan
Farmers of America
Columbus
Outfit
Carl Derr
William North
Bob Berry
H. W. Nowels
Dayton seniors tour Wright-Patterson bases
West Point's senior class about 480 students is visiting Wright Patterson Air Force Base laboratories as part of an air tour of Army and Air Force bases.
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Dayton
West Point
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Real Estate Moves Through Want Ads
Messenger columns guide buyers sellers and renters through farm or city dwellings proving how to use want ads. Mr D Gabriel of Athens advertised a farm house for rent as an example of inexpensive rental options.
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Messenger
D. Gabriel
Athens
Five Room Farm House for Rent Ad
A five room farm house is for rent and contact is 23462. The ad ran once and Mr. Gabriel asked it be stopped because he had rented the house. He said he received too many calls.
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Mr. Gabriel
Boy Seventeen Charged With Father Slaying in Hansford
Charleston report says 15 year old Jimmy Basham of East Bank High School testified he acted to stop threats and beatings by his father Charles Ted Basham, a 45 year old coal miner, slain with a .22 rifle as he slept at their Hansford home last April 2. Prosecutor notes the death penalty will not be sought due to his age. trial continues.
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Charleston
W. Va
Jimmy Basham
East Bank High School
Charles Ted Basham
Hansford
Frank L. Taylor
Roosevelt Leads Democratic Primary But Warren Gains Republican Votes
The Associated Press reports California voters show James Roosevelt leading the Democratic gubernatorial primary while Earl Warren strengthens his hold on the Republican race. Warren leads in California GOP returns with Roosevelt trailing. In South Dakota, Francis Case tops the Republican Senate contest as Gurney concedes.
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Earl Warren
Virginia
Oakland
Calif
James Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Warren
Roosevelt
Associated Press
California
South Dakota
Gurney
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Francis Case
Case
John A. Engel
Ing
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Senate
Manchester Boddy
Richard Nixon
Sheridan Downey
Douglas
Boddy
Nixon
Attorney Engel
Avon
John S. Tschet
Oleo Makers Plan Push for Tax Drop on Margarine
National Margarine Manufacturers president Paul Truitt says the 10 cent per pound federal tax on yellow margarine will be dropped on July 1 in 33 states allowing sale. He expects savings to reach consumers and yellow margarine to largely replace white margarine on shelves after June 30, except where banned.
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Washington
Paul Truitt
National Association of Margarine Manufacturers
Truitt
Explosions Strike Yonkers Paint Plant Early Morning
Three blasts rocked a wholesale paint and chemical distributing plant in Yonkers New York waking hundreds. Fire officials said the blasts caused significant damage with injuries reported though details remain unclear. Investigators cordon off the area as cleanup and assessment continue.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Air Crash Probe Starts in Puerto Rico Plane Disaster
Investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Board and Puerto Rican government moved to San Juan and Charleston to begin inquiries into a C-46 crash. Seventeen survivors were reported, with eight confirmed dead and twenty others missing as the plane went down off the Atlantic coast 275 miles east northeast of Miami Monday night. Coast Guard cutters planes and a destroyer joined searches for possible survivors.
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Miami
Fla
Civil Aeronautics Board
San Juan
Charleston
S. C
Saufley
Atlantic
Aurora
Coast Guard
Air Force
Gallia Youth Elected FFA State Treasurer
Gallia County youth Harland Wood of Rio Grande was elected state treasurer of the Future Farmers of America at the recent Columbus convention. State President is Robert Monsacene of Ashland.
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Gallipolis
Harland Wood
Rio Grande
Future Farmers of America
Columbus
Robert Monsacene Ashland
Acheson says U S opposes rearming Western Germany
Secretary of State Acheson declared the United States opposes any rearmament of Western Germany to bolster Western security. He spoke after General Bradley's testimony and said Bradley did not advocate rearming Germany, only offering a military opinion. Acheson urged Western powers to strengthen defenses and pursue UN driven East West settlement.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
Western Germany
Omar Bradley
Bradley
West
Trygve Lie
Lie
United Nations
Moscow
U. S
Truman
U. N
Russia
Love Seeks Private Power Backing to Keep Coal Bid Private
George H. Love urged private power utilities to buy commercial coal and resist government control. As head of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal, he warned it could cost utilities 600 million dollars to mine their own coal, arguing the private sector can supply coal cheaper and keep the industry in private hands.
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Atlantic City
N. J
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Love
Edison Electric Institute
Institute
Trade Organization of the Power Industry
Senate Group Eyes Drug Traffic Ring
A special Senate investigating committee targets an alleged nationwide narcotics ring. Chairman Kefauver warns of “higher-ups” directing trafficking with 800 names on a secret Narcotics Bureau list. Senators link gambling and crime to narcotics and politics, mentioning Florida and 50 major criminals among the list.
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Washington
Senate
Kefauver
D-Tenn
H. J. Anslinger
Narcotics Bureau
Ferguson
R-Mich
Florida
Tobey
R-Nh
MacArthur Orders New Red Purges in Japan
General MacArthur issued a purge order targeting 17 Japanese Communists tied to the Aka hata party newspaper policy. He described the move as an alternate correction to censorship or shutting the paper, while the Soviet press denounced the action as a Potsdam violation amid Japan elections.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Akahata
Japan
Shigeru Yoshida
Red Party
Katsumi Kikunami
Moscow
Tentative Ohio Ballot Form Expected Today
Secretary of State Charles F. Sweeney and the Ohio Association of Election Officials plan to draft a tentative office-type ballot today. The form, adopted last fall, will separate the judicial ballot for the November 7 election and rotate candidate names under each office title.
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Columbus
Charles F. Sweeney
Legislative Committee
The
Ohio Association of Election Officials
Athens County Economy Shifts With Growth In University And Industry
In 25 years Athens County has shifted from coal reliance to a diversified economy. University expansion and new plants boosted payrolls, with Athens Bank deposits rising from about 3 million to over 13 million. Major employers include The McBee Co and Athens State Hospital, while retail payrolls add substantial annual income.
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Athens County
Glouster
Nelsonville
Athens
Bank of Athens
Athens National
Security Bank
Albany
Coolville
New Marshfield
Ohio University
Paul R. O'Brien
McBee Co
Athens Machine Co
Vanadium Tool Co
Midget Motors Supply Co
Athens State Hospital
C. H. Creed
Harper C. Pendry
Board of Trade
Note Leads To Finding Woman's Body
In Belmont County Ohio a note with death by own action words led deputies to a woman’s body buried beneath floorboards of an old saw mill near Fairpoint. Believed to be Ethel Henry 38 of West Alexander PA, she had been buried about five days with head crushed.
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ST. Clairsville
Wayne Street
Belmont County
Ethel Henry
West Alexander
Richard Niple
Mine Engineer Dies in Pittsburgh After Millfield Disaster
Funeral services for George W. Groves, 63, of Pittsburgh, pa, longtime U S Bureau of Mines regional supervising engineer, will be held Thursday. Groves, with the agency 38 years, helped in the Millfield mine disaster rescue in 1930. J B Vanity, Athens federal mine inspector, will be among officials at the funeral.
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Pittsburgh
George W. Groves
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Groves
Bureau
Millefield
J. B. Vanity
Athens
Rooster Blamed for Woman's Death in Chillicothe
Hospital officials say an angry rooster caused the death of 53 year old Mrs. Ollie Webb after she was scratched by the bird's spur while feeding chickens. Doctors reported lockjaw developed following the incident on Sunday.
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Chillicothe
Ollie Webb
Sewage Planning Loan For Gallipolis Approved
A $21 780 loan for planning sewage facilities costing $722 000 at Gallipolis Ohio was approved Tuesday by the Housing and Home Finance Agency.
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Washington
Gallipolis
Ohio
Housing and Home Finance Agency
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