Rent Bill Repasses Hous e Prompting Senate Filibuster Threat
The House approved minor changes to a rent control bill 202 to 163 and sent it back to the Senate amid a potential filibuster. Senator Cain of Washington indicated a long opposition, while Republicans Brehm and Jenkins voted against the measure. The bill extends federal rent controls to Jan 31 1951 with options for five more months locally, affecting about 8 million rental units.
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Washington
Senate
House
Cain
Rwash
Walter E. Brehm
Logan
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Congress
Mystery Cloud Over Pacific Baffles Weather Experts
A vast mysterious cloud blanketed 1.42 million square miles of the Pacific. U S Weather Bureau meteorologist R H Simpson said it could last a day or a week. At Wake Island the cloud rose to 16000 feet and near Hawaii the ceiling was about 7000 feet. Potential causes include wind blown African desert sands or an atomic test near New Guinea. The Eniwetok proving grounds lie about 600 miles southwest of Wake.
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Honolulu
Pacific
U. S. Weather Bureau
R. H. Simpson
Wake Island
Hawaii
Simpson
New Guinea
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Wake
Athens Boy Elected to Buckeye Boys State Senate
James Dilley of Athens among nearly 1000 youths at Camp Perry as Buckeye Boys State Senate selects new leaders. Gov. John Barton of Alliance names Richard Neff of multimetown to head the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. Robert Maxino of Newton Falls named adjutant general per Federalists victory.
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Camp Perry
James Dilley
Athens
American Legion
Buckeye Boys
Senate
John Barton
Alliance
Richard Neff
Middletown
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Borton
Federalists
Robert Maxino
Newton Falls
Caldwell Post Office Custodian Killed in Crash
ZANESVILLE 4% Leslie FE Love 62 custodian of the Caldwell post office was killed when his car crashed into a gravel truck His wife Capitola was seriously injured in the collision occurring today.
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Zanesville
Leslie FE. Love
Caldwell
Capitola
U S Investigation Seen For Lustron Corporation
A Columbus newspaper claims the federal government will probe Lustron Corporation. Judge Mell G Underwood ordered a grand jury to examine how Lustron spent 37 million dollars borrowed from the RFC, and its 6 million sale plan and 645000 inventory transfer.
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Columbus
U. S
Mell G. Underwood
Lustron Corporation
J. Howard McGrath
Ray O'Donnell
Lustron
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Chicago
Lafayette Steel Co
Detroit
Philip L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Federal Grand Jury
Syracuse Co-Ed Named Sigma Chi Sweetheart
Dorothy Ann Grover, 21, a Syracuse University co-ed from Freeport New York and Kappa Alpha Theta member, was named Sweetheart of Sigma Chi at the fraternity convention. Runners-up were Lynn Collins of Denison University and Shan Shango of Washington State College.
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Columbus
Dorothy Ann Grover
Syracuse University
Sigma Chi
Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Freeport
N. Y
Lynn Collins
Denison University
Granville
Ohio
Shan Shango
Washington State College
Pullman
Wash
Contracts Signed for Routing Turnpike Across Northern Ohio
Highway Director T. J. Kauer announced on Wednesday that contracts were signed with engineering firms to route a toll turnpike across Northern Ohio. The J. E Greiner Co of Baltimore will perform engineering studies for 267100 dollars, while traffic surveys will be done by Parsons Brinkerhoff Hall and MacDonald of New York for 70000 dollars. The Ohio Turnpike Commission and Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy approved the agreements.
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Columbus L
T. J. Kauer
Ohio
J. E Greiner Co
Baltimore
Parsons, Brinkerhoff, Hall and MacDonald
New York
Industrial Production Nears 1948 Record
Washington reports May industrial output at 193 percent of the 1935-39 average, within one percent of the 1948 peacetime peak. If trends hold, June production could equal the postwar high seen in October and November 1948.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Real Income Hopes Good Says Economic Development Group
The Committee for Economic Development predicts real income for the average American worker could double in 30 years if productivity per hour continues its historical rise. A proposed formula suggests wages could reach 2.66 dollars per hour in 1980 (1949 prices) from 1.33 today, with reforms to stabilise growth, boost imports, and overhaul taxes to spur investment.
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Washington
Committee For Economic Development
Nuclear Scientists Convene at Oberlin
Nuclear scientists from several nations gather at Oberlin College for the opening session of a five day symposium on radiobiology. The conference is sponsored by the National Research Council with the Atomic Energy Commission and the Office of Naval Research. About 350 invitees will study nuclear energy use in medicine.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
The
National Research Council
Atomic Energy Commission
Office of Naval Research
B 25 Missing On Nebraska Flight
Olmsted Air Force Base reports a B 25 two engine bomber with nine crew missing on a flight to Nebraska. The plane took off at 2 24 a m from Middletown and had seven hours of fuel. It was due at Offutt Field at 7 44 a m but no report received and last radio contact was at departure.
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Middletown
Olmsted Air Force Base
Nebraska
Charles Zimmerman
Offutt Field
Sailor Drowns in Wisconsin Quarry Near Green Bay
Harry Charein, 20, a Cleveland sailor with the U S Navy stationed in Milwaukee, drowned in a quarry near Green Bay Wisconsin. A fellow swimmer located the body.
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Cleveland
Harry Charein
U.S. Navy
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Wis
Taft Seeks Quick Action on Tax Measure Across Parties
Senator Taft of Ohio offered to help administration leaders push a tax relief bill through the Senate with brief hearings if the House acts soon. The House Ways and Means Committee has approved cuts in excises on jewelry, furs, pocketbooks, movie tickets and other items, while resisting extra incorporation tax reductions. Senate Democratic leaders Lucas and George say action must come by July 1 to beat an August adjournment.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Lucas
Illinois
George
Dga
Strikes Persist At Philip Sporn Plant And Floodwall
Unions continue wildcat strikes at the Philip Sporn Gra ham Station plant with some workers returning yet not crossing picket lines. About 850 workers affected, no violence reported as talks proceed in Huntington. A separate floodwall stoppage at Maxon Construction continues into its second day.
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D. W. Parsons
Parsons
Point Pleasant
Philip Sporn
Graham Station
AFL
Huntington
T. L. Morrison
Russia Plans 18 Percent Defense Budget For 1950
Moscow reports the Soviet defense appropriation for 1950 at 18.5 percent of the budget, about 79.4 billion rubles nominally 19.85 billion dollars. Zverev notes a fall in prewar spending, revenue cuts from price reductions, and a shift to higher capital outlays while critics cite U S and British aggression.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Arseny G. Zverev
Supreme Soviet
Stalin
Truman
Congress
U. S
Zverev
Clark Hoover Testimony Proposed for Amerasia Inquiry
Senator Hickenlooper urged inviting Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark and FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover to testify at the Senate inquiry into the Amerasia magazine case. A key committee member doubted it will happen. The dispute coincides with a GOP push for a separate probe of Justice Department handling.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate
Amerasia
Senate Foreign Relations
Amerasia Magazine
Democratic Controlled Inquiry Committee
Clark
Hoover
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Justice Department
Taft
Ohio
Jobless Aid Claims Being Investigated
Ohio investigators review hundreds of unemployment claims. Last year 90 residents failed to report all earnings and were prosecuted for obtaining benefits while employers reported vacation or severance payments.
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Columbus
Frank J. Collopy
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Acheson Accuses Russia of Holding a Poised Bludgeon
Dallas reports Secretary of State Acheson charging Russia uses Communist plotting and military buildup to pressure weaker nations. He warns against isolationism and appeasement and rejects preventive war, advocating cooperation and peaceful negotiations with other nations.
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Acheson
Russia
Dallas
Tex
Soviet Union
Escape Artist Eludes 4000 In 3rd Break
Homer Cook, a 27 year old Muskogee Oklahoma escape artist, eluded 4000 searchers in Munich after his third jailbreak. Bavarian and Munich police along with 300 American MPs hunted near the Bavarian capital as Cook faced 16 charges before a US military court next week. Anni Storer, his claimed companion, questions their romance amid the chase.
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Munich
Germany
Homer Cook
Muskogee
Okla
Cook
Anni Storer
Traulein
Savings Drive Backfire Seen
Washington reports that a cost cutting economy drive in the Senate appears to have backfired as funds for the Agriculture Department were increased by several million dollars. An Appropriations subcommittee led by Senator Russell raised the total for the department beyond the House authorization, with final reports being withheld under an agreement among full committee leaders. The House had set 764 million for cash plus loans and other revenue to reach about 1.432 billion for the fiscal year starting July 1. Russell would not confirm or deny the increase.
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Washington
Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Appropriations
Russell
D-Ga
Four-Year-Old Boy Found Near Home in Pennsylvania
A search posse found four-year-old Clarence Swope, son of a coal operator, about a half mile from his Central Pennsylvania home in Allegheny Mountain. He was slightly blue but safe, clothes soaked from overnight rain, and located 500 feet from a rocky path after disappearing yesterday afternoon.
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Coupon
Clarence Swope
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Montain
Physician Sentenced For Tax Evasion In Cleveland Case
Dr. John Neal Hoffman a 58 year old Canton physician was sentenced by Federal Judge Emerich B Freed to six months in prison for evading 3700 in 1946 income taxes. He pleaded guilty to failing to file a 1946 tax return on May 31.
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Cleveland
John Neal Hoffman
Canton
Ohio
Emerich B. Freed
Hoffman
Dayton Soldier Charged With Murder in German Slaying
UPI reports Army authorities charged Cpl. Raymond M. Deane of Dayton Ohio with murder in the slaying of a German woman in a cornfield. A full mental examination will precede any trial.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
Upi—Army
Raymond M. Deane
Dayton
Ohio
Deane
Milk Supply Stall Cut Off By Strike In Western Pennsylvania
The AFL dairy workers strike enters its sixth day cutting milk to seven counties affecting about 2.3 million people. State police patrol highways to curb violence while negotiators meet. riots injured a few and damaged two Pittsburgh dairy store windows. Emergency milk deliveries remain available for infants hospitals and invalids.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
AFL
James Duff
Richeyville
Vestaburg
Washington County
Greensburg
Ohio
Britain hints at possible but undisclosed EU pooling input
Britain may contribute to the Schuman plan for pooling Europe coal and steel resources at a later date. Kenneth Younger told Parliament he would not disclose details or confirm whether Britain would present its own plan while facing questions from Sir Richard Acland.
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London
Britain
Schuman
Europe
Kenneth Younger
Younger
Ernest Bevin
Richard Acland
Union Refuses Again To Cross Picket Lines
In New York early shifts AFL mechanical unions refused to cross CIO picket lines at the World Telegram and Sun. The CIO guild walked out to enforce editorial and commercial staff demands. Management kept a skeleton crew but suspended publication as guild pickets held.
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New York
AFL
CIO
New York World-Telegram
Sun
American Newspaper Guild
Youngstown Candidate Shifts to Support in Governor Race
Joseph Torok Jr. of Youngstown, a May primary Democratic governor hopeful, announced support for Republican Don H. Ebright in the November election.
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Columbus
Joseph Torok, Jr
Youngstown
Don H. Ebright
Wheeled Slots Claimed At Pettibone Club Cleveland
The Pettibone Club in Geauga County adds 20 wheel mounted slot machines for rapid evacuation during raids. The paper notes this is the first time slots appear since Gov. Lausche sought closure over building code violations. A common pleas court case in Chardon awaits, with a new judge.
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Cleveland
Pettibone Club
Frank Lausche
Geauga County
Common Pleas Court
Chardon
William K. Thomas
Lausche
Ohio
Oil Import Effects On Coal Are Disputed
Cleveland report quotes Dr. Charles J. Potter president of Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co arguing that increased foreign crude oil imports hurt coal demand. Bernard L. Majewski of Deep Rock Oil Corp counters that statistics show no drop in coal use due to oil imports.
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Cleveland—(P
Charles J. Potter
Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co
Indiana
Bernard L. Majewski
Chicago
Deep Rock Oil Corp
Finland and Soviet Union Sign Major Trade Pact
Finland and the Soviet Union signed the largest trade agreement in their history in Moscow. The pact covers 320 million dollars of trade from 1951 to 1955 and an additional 30 million dollars of trade for the remainder of 1950, according to Finland’s foreign office.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Moscow
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