Ohio Voters Confused By Lausche
Ohio voters faced confusion as Gov. Frank Lausche said he had not decided whom to back for U S Senator in November. He praised Taft’s seriousness as a senator while noting Ferguson as state auditor, sparking debate among Democrats and Republicans alike.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
U. S
Joseph T. Ferguson
Robert A. Taft
Ferguson
Taft
Lausche
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
William M. Boyle, Jr
Boyle
Ray T. Miller
Cleveland
James McElroy
Licking County
Newark
John W. Bricker
Washington
George White
Marietta
Taft-Ferguson
Lost Watch Recovered After Messenger Want Ad
Miss Martha Snedden of R. D. 1 Athens sought help in the Messenger Want Ad columns after losing her watch. The plea reflects a hopeful search in local classifieds to locate the missing timepiece.
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Martha Snedden
Athens
Snedden
Heavy Rain Washes Out 130 Feet Road Near Syracuse
A heavy rain washed out 130 feet of Route 124 near Pomeroy and cut highway traffic between Syracuse and Racine at Baileys Lake. The washout collapsed pavement and telecommunication lines while water flooded basements and fields across multiple towns.
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Syracuse
Racine
Pomeroy
Here
Baileys Lake
Mulberry Ave
Sugar Run
Naylor's Run
Pleasant Ridge
Middleport
Aid Promised For Floodwall At Roseville
In Crooksville Roseville flood area three Ohio Congressmen vow support for a floodwall appropriation. Rep. Secrest says Taft Bricker will back at least 600000 in the Senate. House already refused 490000 from Army Engineers. bill under Senate Appropriations Committee review. Coroner links Miss Florence Harper 40 to last Friday night flash flood death in Crooksville.
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Washington
Crooksville
Roseville
Ohio
Robert T. Secrest
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Senate
Secrest
House
Army Engineers
Senate Appropriations Committee
H. F. Minshull
Florence FE. Harper
House Sets Tax Cut Vote on $1.01 Billion Bill
The House plans a next Wednesday vote on an excise tax slash bill labeled veto proof. Democrats expect passage as cuts hit fur coats jewelry movies pocketbooks cosmetics travel tickets and more while a Ways and Means panel backed a faster corporate tax payment to raise about 4.2 billion dollars for the federal treasury over five years.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Federal Treasury
Consul in Frankfurt Dies By Own Action
U. S. high commission reports Clay H. Henderson a 33 year old U S vice consul in Frankfurt died by a personal safety related gun shot wound in his apartment. He left three notes including one to his mother Virginia R. Henderson and an open letter.
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Frankfurt
U. S. High Commission
Clay H. Henderson
U. S.S
Henderson
High Commission
Virginia R. Henderson
Ousted Police Chief Plans Court Appeal Over Job
Fay Dalrymple 58, the Highland Heights police chief ousted by the village council after charges he flirted with the mayor’s wife intends to appeal to common pleas court to keep his $300 a month position in the village of about 500. The Fraternal Order of Police backed by Trustee William Horrigan will support reinstatement efforts.
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Cleveland
Highland Heights
Fay Dalrymple
Common Pleas Court
Sclons
Clem Ley
Fraternal
Order of Police
William Horrigan
Dalrymple
Canadian GM Union Sign New Five Year Contract
General Motors of Canada and the CIO United Auto Workers signed a five year contract last night. It includes a three cent an hour wage increase each year and 55 dollar pension and welfare benefits. The union estimates total pay rise will reach about 14 cents an hour in the first year and exceed 26 cents by the end of the period.
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Toronto
General Motors Corp. of Canada
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Judy Garland Slashes Throat Amid Career Troubles
Hollywood reports Judy Garland, child star of MGM, slashed her throat in a bathroom after a conference on marital and health problems. The injury was described as superficial. MGM suspended her and removed her from a film cast after a missed rehearsal with Fred Astaire.
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Hollywood
Judy Garland
Miss Garland
MGM
Fred Astaire
One Slightly Injured In Car Bus Collision Near Newark
Mrs. Vincent Montgomery aged 68 of Mansfield was slightly injured Tuesday night when a bus with her as a passenger and two cars collided eight miles southeast of Newark. Four other bus passengers were shaken. The driver Paul Jury of Thornville Route 2 Perry County received a slight cut.
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Newark
Vincent Montgomery
Mansfield
Here
Paul Jury
Thornville
Perry County
Dulles Flies to Japan to Discuss Peace Terms
John Foster Dulles arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday to discuss peace terms and regional issues with General MacArthur. US Defense Secretary Louis Johnson toured the Yokosuka naval base, focusing on defense and potential wartime alternatives.
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Tokyo
John Foster Dulles
Japan
General MacArthur
U. S
Louis Johnson
Yokosuka
Hurley to testify on Amerasia case background
Patrick J. Hurley former U S Ambassador to China will be called before the Senate committee investigating the Amerasia case to outline his charge that John S. Service and several associates in and out of the State Department supplied Mao Tse-Tung and other Chinese Communist leaders with secret documents and advised them on ways and means for defeating American policy.
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Patrick J. Hurley
China
Senate
Amerasia
John S. Service
State Department
Foreign Service
Mao Tse-Tung
Nelsonville Man Named Moderator
The Rev. John Lloyd Evans, pastor of First Presbyterian Church Nelsonville, was elected moderator of the Synod of Ohio of the Presbyterian Church U S A during the synod’s annual sessions in Wooster. He is a brother of Dr. Hugh Ivan Evans, recently named moderator of the General Assembly. Evans was nominated by Dr Homer McMillen and the Rev Murray Drysdale. election occurred on the first ballot. Evans was ordained at Athens Presbytery on June 16 1924 and joined Nelsonville church soon after graduation from Princeton Seminary.
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Nelsonville
John Lloyd Evans
First Presbyterian Church
Synod of
Mr. Evans
Athens Presbytery
Princeton Seminary
Investigation Slated On Purity of Food
Rep. James J. Delaney a New York attorney and former prosecutor was named to head a House inquiry into the purity of the nation s food. The probe may examine whether food grown with by products of the atomic bomb affects human health following a House vote ordering the investigation.
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Washington
James J. Delaney
New York
House
Shock Kills Blue Baby After Heart Operation
A two year old named Tommy Montgomery of St Peters burg Florida died in Detroit from shock six hours after undergoing surgery to relieve a heart constriction. Doctors said the heart condition hindered blood circulation and the operation appeared successful two hours after it was performed.
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Detroit
Tommy Montgomery
St. Petersburg
Fla
Plane Flies Beam but Lands in Street at Newark
A fog bound C-46 cargo plane aimed for an instrument landing at Newark Airport overshot the runway by a hundred feet, struck the radio beam transmitter fence, and crash landed into Port Street. No injuries were reported.
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Newark
N. J
Newark Airport
Port Street
Senate OKs Higher Pensions In Social Security Expansion
Senate approval by 81 to 2 advanced a bill to roughly double benefits under the old age and survivors insurance system, expanding coverage to about 10 million more people. Key differences with the House will be settled in conference, including disability, benefit formulas, taxes, and federal public assistance links.
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Senate
Washington
Congress
House
Butler
Cain
Taft
Ohio
Civil Rights Clash Clouds Draft Limitation Debate
In Washington a civil rights dispute stalls the peacetime draft. Senate support remains for universal Selective Service registration 18 to 25, while a race based unit provision to honor segregation faces a fight led by Senator Russell. Democratic Leader Lucas predicts enough votes to defeat the measure and urged a possible overnight session.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Russell
Dga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lucas (III
Marietta Man Installed As IOOF Lodge Officer
Springfield Ohio Grand Lodge completes four day annual meeting with F B Welch of Marietta installed as deputy grand master and on the slate for grand master in December. C William Black of Marietta named grand chaplain for 1950 1951 and other officers appointed.
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Springfield
Ohio Grand Lodge of the
IOOF
F. B. Welch
Marietta
Grand Lodge
C. William Black
Widow Engle Faces Kidnap Charge in Ashland
Ashland jail holds 53 year old Anna F. Engle of Wayne County on charges of kidnapping 74 year old Nettie Kindell and attempting extortion. She denied the charges at a preliminary hearing but was bound over to the Ashland County Grand Jury which will not convene for months.
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Ashland
Anna F. Engle
Wayne County
Nettie Kindell
Ashland County
Mrs Taft Improves After Hospitalization
Washington reports Martha Taft, wife of Senator Robert A Taft, is making slow but steady improvement after hospitalization on May 17 for a high blood pressure condition.
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Taft
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Martha
GOP Governors Oppose Endorsement Of State Department
White Sulphur Springs W Va closing session of the 42nd annual Governors Conference faced Republican opposition to endorsing State Department policies. Maryland Governor Lane urged support while Kansas Governor Carlson and Pennsylvania Governor Duff pressed for neutrality. Acheson defended the department against McCarthy charges. Duff signaled quick action by the resolutions group. unanimous approval required.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
State Department
William Preston Lane, Jr
Maryland
Conference Resolutions Committee
Frank Carlson
Kansas
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
McCarthy
R-Wis
Acheson
Earl Warren
California
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Duff
Archbishop Karl Alter Named Cincinnati Leader
Pope Pius XII appoints Karl J. Alter 64, formerly Bishop of Toledo, as Archbishop of Cincinnati. The apostolic delegate announces Patrick J. McCormick as titular bishop of Atenia and auxiliary bishop of Washington. Alter succeeds the late Archbishop John T. McNicholas and will oversee 19 Southern Ohio counties, 833 priests, 219 parishes, and a Catholic population of about 294,493.
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Cincinnati
Karl J. Alter
Toledo
Pius XII
Alter
United States
Amleto Giovanna Cicognani
Patrick J. McCormick
Catholic University of America
Atenia
Washington
John T. McNicholas
Ohio
Five Ex-Cons. Bride Held in Drue Probe
Five ex convicts and the bride of one were held by Cincinnati police while federal narcotics agents pursued four others in a case involving fraudulent prescriptions for a powerful drug. Roy Anderson said the physician who wrote the prescriptions is to be questioned to determine why the orders were issued.
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Cincinnati
Roy Anderson
Towser the dog kills copperhead in home yard
Towser a part shep dog fought for life after biting a copperhead near the Johnsons Harmony Road home. He killed the two inch snake with a nose bite then lay recovering under the house. Towser had recently been at a Beaumont owner's home but returned to stay with Harlan Johnson and his family.
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Towser
Harlan Johnson
Harmony Road
Beaumont
Johnson
Conference Scheduled Over Rail Dispute
General chairman of two rail unions will meet in Chicago on July 10 to consider the presidential fact finding board report. The board recommends a 40 hour week and wage increases for 75,000 railroad yard employees while denying raises for 125,000 trainmen and conductors.
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Chicago
Corning Child Hurt In Fall From Auto
Harry Showalter two year old son of Mr and Mrs Lester Showalter Corning Route 1 is in fair condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital after falling from a car driven by Richard Dehman 26 Corning Route 2 near the Athens Perry county line about 1230 am today. Parents were with the child at the time.
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Harry Showalter
Lester Showalter
Corning
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Richard Dehman
Athens
Perry County
RACKETEER DIES IN ATTICA PRISON
Don Collins, 70, a deft international swindler, rum-runner, and blackmailer with seven prior prison terms, died Sunday in Attica State Prison New York. The long time convict had a notorious career spanning prohibition days and crime rings.
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Attica
N. Y
Don Collins
Dapper International
Attica State Prison
37th Infantry Division Begins Field Action at Camp Atterbury
The 37th Infantry Division of the Ohio National Guard started two weeks of summer training at Camp Atterbury Indiana with full field action scheduled for the period. The unit will practice maneuvers and standard combat procedures as part of annual training requirements.
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Atterbury
Ind
37Th Infantry Division
Ohio National Guard
Six Day Strike Halts Work at Toledo Docks
Efforts to end a six day strike at coal docks in four cities remained stalemated as negotiators faced a deadlock. Local workers resisted concessions while union leaders pressed for a settlement that would restore operations and avert further disruption.
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Toledo
Body Found in Car Follows Newport Murder Charge
Four people, three women and a man, were charged in the death of Leonard Watson a 30 year old Coveington Ky plumber. Watson was found in the back seat of his car in Newport early Sunday and police suspect an overdose of knockout drops pending chemical analysis from Cincinnati.
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Newport
Leonard Watson
Coveington
Watson
Cincinnati
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