Ohio Senate Debates Loyalty Oath Bill and Other Measures
The Ohio Senate considers a house passed loyalty oath bill for public officials and teachers amid a 104 15 House vote. The bill triggers penalties for dissidents and seeks to bar groups advocating overthrow. Also in session: changes to uniform bond law, a world government stance vote, and liquor related proposals including carry out beer sales and multiple bar licenses. The day features a city loyalty pledge move and a push for fair wine regulation.
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Columbus
Ohio House
Representatives
Frank W. King
D-Lucas
King
House
Senate
Ohio
United States
Edward A. Cipra
Cuyahoga
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
BUC
Board of Review
Senate Liquor Control Committee
Union and GE Open Wage Talks for 125000 Workers
The CIO United Electrical Workers Union started wage discussions with General Electric involving 125 000 GE employees. The union seeks a $500 annual raise pension and health program improvements and a shorter work week without pay reductions. GE opposes further wage boosts.
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New York
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers Union of America
General Electric Co
Sandusky Bay Banned From Bathing Over Sewage, Health Official Says
A state health official warned last night that Sandusky Bay is unsafe for bathing due to sewage contamination, barring public use until further notice.
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Sandusky
Sandusky Bay
Today's Best Buy Savings Offer for Magazine Subscriptions
A limited time reading offer for Messenger subscribers provides two years of magazine subscriptions plus the daily newspaper at a saving. Send your choice by mail or to a carrier salesman, call 0243 for replacements, and mail cards by July 9 at midnight.
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Messenger
Plans for a soft coal czar spark industry talk
Reports from Western Pennsylvania describe plans to appoint a coal industry czar with power to coordinate soft coal operations. An unnamed operator cites post ONeill discussions and the need for a single coordinating figure amid union and contract tensions.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Charles O'Neill
United Mine Workers
O'Neill
Ohio Nominee to Get Chance for Defense
President Truman nominated Harlan T. Chapman of Elyria for assistant register of the Treasury. Senate Finance Committee will hear Chapman's defense as Sen Bricker urged a careful check into his Liquor Control Department record amid a 1946 licenses controversy. Chapman, a former administrative assistant, would handle cancelled bonds notes and currency. Secret Service had reportedly investigated him before the nomination. Bricker suggested the review. Taft had no comment.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury Department
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Harlan T. Chapman
Elyria
Department of Liquor Control
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Chapman
Bricker
Department
Register of the Treasury
Secret Service
Senate
Taft
Ruling of Accidental Death in Boy’s Killing
Springfield prosecutors said a verdict of accidental death would be returned in the fatal shooting of 13 year old Ronald Gulasa. The boy was shot in an old bus at a junkyard. Raymond Whitsell, 17, was held for investigation as Delmas Gulasa, the victim’s six year old brother, said the boys quarreled and the gun was discharged.
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Springfield
Clark County
Stanley H. Husted
Ronald Gulasa
Gulasa
Raymond Whitsell
Olie Whitsell
Dayton
Delmas Gulasa
AP Editor Dies After Prolonged Illness in Cleveland
Larry M. Smith 33 longtime Associated Press editor in Cleveland died Monday night at Lakeside Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born in Marietta Ohio he previously worked for the Marietta Times and the Parkersburg News. He is survived by his widow and three daughters.
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Cleveland
Larry M. Smith
Associated Press
Lakeside Hospital
Marietta
Ohio
Smith
Parkersburg
W. Va
Poultry Day Opens at Wooster With New Rearing Ideas
The state's agricultural experiment station hosts its 29th annual Poultry Day in Wooster on Thursday. Visitors will hear reviews of new ideas in poultry raising and feeding presented by experts.
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Wooster
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Bank robbers hunt continues around Wooster and Norwalk
Sheriff reports two men in a blue 1938 Pontiac fled on foot after a Robbery at the North Fairfield bank. About 300 people plus bloodhounds searched a swampy area near Wooster as authorities traced the abandoned car to Rittman. One robber ages about 55, the other 20, missed $5500 at the Willard United Bank branch.
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Wooster
Glenn Rike
Paul van Zile
Here
van Zile
Sec
Tion
Yesterda
C. A. Leak
Leah
Norma Conway
John E. Wise
Willard United Bank
Fairfield Bank
Willard Bank
Lenk
Suspected Pen Escapee Sought in Mason County
A man believed to be Eddie Starcher, last of 14 inmates to escape Moundsville Penitentiary, was hunted in Mason County but not found. A Meigs County sighting by three residents prompted a posse led search near Mason with officers from state police and various sheriffs departments. A bloodhound failed to track due to rain.
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Mason
Moundsville
Mason County
Meigs County
Eddie Starcher
Dimple McDaniel
Pat McDaniel
Ney
MacDaniel Place
Here
Starcher
Sgt
D. G. Wilfong
R. C. Dilley
State Police
Torral Morrison
Robert A. Kayser
Ripley
Charles Russell
Metlgs County
Conservation Department
Wilfong
Third Man Confesses Kidnaping In Weirton Case
New Cumberland W Va. A third man Orville Otis Kittle 36 of Dillinger Pa has confessed to taking part in the kidnapping of Weirton Lt. Allen Russell and Patrolman James Herman. Kittle joins co defendants Robert Deems 18 and Donald W Lowe 18 both from West Brownsville Pa who face sentencing in Hancock County circuit court. The trio in a stolen car overtook the officers near Hanoverton and forced them to the Hanoverton farm then Kittle seized Hermans gun and threatened Russell. Lowe left the car at Port Homer while the others continued the return to Hanoverton.
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New Cumberland
W. Va
Weirton
Hancock County
F. A. Piertranton
Orville Otis Kittle
Dillinger
Allen Russell
James Herman
Kittle
Robert Deems
Donald W. Lowe
West Brownsville
Deems
Lowe
Ohio
Hanoverton
Pietranton
Fare Increase Sought by Ohio Railroads
Five railroads including Baltimore and Ohio Erie New York Central Pennsylvania and Chicago and St Louis filed with the Senate Public Utilities Commission to raise basic passenger fares in Ohio by 12 percent. Basic coach fares would be about 3.375 cents per mile and Pullman fares about 4.5 cents per mile.
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Columbus
Senate Public Utilities Commission
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio, Erie
New York Central
Pennsylvania
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Co
Heat wave claims twelve as showers offer brief Midwest relief
In New England twelve deaths were attributed to the heat over the past two days. No relief was seen as humidity kept Eastern regions uncomfortable. Showers brought temporary relief to the Midwest where Burlington Vermont reached 94 degrees yesterday.
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Chicago
New England
Burlington
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures Above Normal
The forecast shows a warm humid period with an average high near 74 and low around 53. Temperatures run 3 to 5 degrees above normal with precipitation mainly to the north and light to moderate amounts to the south. Showers are more frequent in the south, with occasional scattered showers in the north.
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Columbus
Ohio House Prepares to Debate 646 802 Budget Bill
Ohio representatives set for debate on a 646 802 budget bill to fund state government for two years starting July 1. Gov Lausche calls poor relief the top problem and seeks 19 million to match local relief. the House Finance Committee adds a million. Senate leaders differ on pace with hearings starting next Monday.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
House Finance Committee
House
Representatives
Senate
Margaret A. Mahoney
Cuyahoga
Sen
Clingan Jackson
D-Mahoning
Senate Finance Committee
Berlin rail strike widens as workers back continued walkout
Early results show West Berlin railway workers favoring continued strike against the Russian controlled system. A vote on a compromise to end the walkout drew overwhelming opposition as 5572 backed continuation and 949 opposed. The plan was backed by all four occupying powers.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Angry Baby Sitter Beats Boy to Death in Lancaster
A 14 year old babysitter beat a six year old boy to death with a piece of wood after the child shut off power to a washing machine in the Keller home basement Lancaster Pennsylvania. The sitter had been employed by Mr and Mrs Paul Keller the previous week.
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Lancaster
Stiles Smith
Smith
Paul Keller
Free Pennies Offered to Lure Customers in Willoughby
Local merchants start a penny give away to draw motorists. Jesse Barnes of a seed store recalls the idea from Florida. The scheme costs about 10 cents daily per merchant but yields goodwill and potential business benefits.
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Willoughby
Jesse Barnes
Florida
Man Found in Sand Grave Near Ashville Murder Suspected
A partially decomposed unidentified man was found buried in sand near Ashville by Littl Walnut Creek swimmers. Officials labeled it a murder after a gagged mouth and throat were found, with an autopsy to be performed by Ohio State University specialists. A Columbus store tie may identify the victim, time since burial estimated four to six weeks.
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Circleville
Ashville
Here
Littl
Walnut Creek
Chas
H. Radcliff
Guy Cline
Lloyd Jonnes
Jonnes
Ohio State University
Radcliff
Ohio Mobile Crime Laboratory
London
Columbus
James
Athens
T. Vincent Martin
Sifford
Jimmy Stewart
Martin
Pickaway County
Stewart
Harry Dodds
Groverawlins
George Bateman
Dems Endorse Brannan Plan For Midwestern Farm Belt
Democrats in a 16 state Midwest conference endorse Secretary of Agriculture Brannan plan and back Truman program promising cheaper food and farmer prosperity. They face opposition from the American Farm Bureau Federation which supports the Aiken farm bill instead.
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Des Moines
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Truman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Midwest
Ohio Fuel Gas seeks expansion of underground storage capacity
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co of Columbus asks the power commission to permit expanding underground natural gas storage by about 16.6 billion cubic feet at an estimated cost of 1.091 million dollars. A Columbia Gas System subsidiary plans to convert six Ohio producing pools to storage and build about 59.8 miles of new pipeline while retiring 53 miles of existing lines.
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Washington
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbus
The
Power Commission
Columbia Gas System, Inc
Ohio
Nineteen Women Stricken By Suspected Food Poisoning
Nineteen socially prominent women attending a luncheon at the Akron Woman's City Club were hospitalized with suspected food poisoning after collapsing during a bridge game yesterday. Some received immediate blood transfusions on arrival at hospitals.
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Akron
Akron Woman's City Club
Democrats Boost Ohioan for SEC Post
Democratic representatives held a strategy conference to back George L. Rodgers Jr. of New Lexington for the Securities and Exchange Commission seat left by Robert E. McConnaughey. Rodgers, a principal attorney in the SEC public utilities division, has served with the commission since 1941 except for three years in the Navy. Ohio supporters, led by Rep Secrest, say Rodgers’ record justifies nomination and favor an Ohio candidate.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
George L. Rodgers, Jr
New Lexington
Public Utilities Division
SEC
Navy
Commission
Rodgers
Robert E. McConnaughey
Dayton
Ohio
Rep. Secrest
Faulty Work Reports At Hospital Confirmed
Columbus reports confirm faulty work at the new Apple Creek state hospital. Sen. Edwin F. Sawicki urges halting the project until corrections are completed and contractors are not paid until work meets safety standards. He emphasizes protecting those who will be admitted.
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Columbus
Apple Creek State Hospital
Edwin F. Sawicki
Cuyahoga
Senate
Sawicki
Man Pleads Innocent In Highland County Murder Case
Hansford L. Hawkins 57 was ordered held for Highland County Grand Jury after pleading innocent to a first degree murder charge in the June 1 shooting of Paul E. Young 34 of Seaman. Prosecutor Darrell R. Hottle said Young died after a dispute over a woman.
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Hillsboro
Hansford L. Hawkins
Highland County Grand Jury
Paul E. Young
Seaman
Darrell R. Hottle
Young
Witness Cross Examinations in Rawlins Murder Case
A prosecution witness faced a stiff cross examination as defense attorney Hal H. Rowland sought Rawlins release. The trial heard from John Webb and Ruth Webb, with testimony about the Gifford home visit and the Poston girls party, amid disputes over church ties and state intervention.
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Grover Rawlins
Hal H. Rowland
Rawlings
John Webb
New Marshfield
Eleanor &. Gifford
Gifford
Misa Gifford
Dana Robinson
Vivian Burkhart
Poston
Miss Gifford
Mra Webb
Rowland
T. Vinecent Martin
I J
the Messenger
Church of the Good Shepherd
Vese My
Rey D. Williams
Ether L. Hooper
Earl D
Resignations Demanded by State Auditor in Warren Schools
Columbus, 4)-State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson called for the Warren city school board to resign over loose finances. He cited exoneration of Ray mond Glass about shortages at East Junior High, with a state examiner finding 18,166 to recover from school officials. A grand jury probe may follow. findings included 3871 against Glass and 1054 against various secretaries.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Warren City
Ferguson
Raymond Glass
East Junior High School
Trumbull
Glass
Service Station Theft Reported to Sheriff
A theft at Crossroads Service Station on Route 124 involved a money register with $100 and accounts. Entry occurred between midnight and 6 a.m. two thieves pried a rear screen and jimmyed a window. Sheriff Charles Russell noted the incident. report filed by employee George Brickles.
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Pomeroy
Crossroads
Route 124
Charles Russell
George Brickles
Strike Threat Halts Bulk Freight From Youngstown
The AFL Chauffeurs and Teamsters Union authorized a strike that would stop all bulk motor freight movement in and out of Youngstown, disrupting local and regional goods traffic and prompting talks with employers.
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Youngstown
AFL Chauffeurs and Teamsters Union
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