Rent control extension clears Congress despite limits
Congress approves a six month extension of federal rent controls with local decontrol options and a Chicago area provision. President Truman expected to sign promptly as House and Senate vote margins pass the bill amid related Hatch act changes.
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Senate
House
Truman
Washington
Congress
Senate House
President Truman
Mr. Truman
Chicago
White House
Civil Service Commission
Virginia
Maryland
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
House Pope
Four Athens County Residents Die In Route 50 A Crash
Four residents of Athens County died in a head on collision on Route 50 A near Sugar Creek with two men jailed in what investigators call the year's worst traffic accident. The dead include James Cephas 42 of Sharpsburg Guy Nichols 37 of Sharpsburg Mrs Raymond Keirns 33 of McDougal and infant Jack Lee Keirns seven months old. Raymond Keirns survived with a fractured leg and his wife died in hospital. Zane Harris 27 and Earl Lochary 43 were jailed charged with intoxication and related offenses. The crash blocked traffic as investigators collected bottles from the truck cab and noted prior tavern sightings. The incident is described as a skull fracture fatality with ongoing legal action.
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Athens County
Sugar Creek
Athens
Hollister
State Highway Patrol
James Cephas
Sharpsburg
Guy Nichols
Raymond Keirns
McDougal
Jack Lee Keirns
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Nichols
John H. Elias
Zane Gray Harris
Earl Lochary
Amesville
Harris
Lochary
Big Elm
R. J. McClung
Frank Joyce
Mame Pincelli
W. P. Mickle
Gordon B. Gray
Mickle
Cephas
Porter’s Inn
Group Studies Request For Flood Protection
The House Public Works Committee weighs Rep. Walter E. Brehm’s request for stronger flood protection after Perry County communities suffered multimillion dollar damage. Brehm, reviewing recent impacts, asks Army Engineers to reassess prior opinions that heavy flood damage is unlikely.
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Washington
House Public Works Committee
Walter FE. Brehm
Ohio
Perry County
Brehm
Army Engineers
Three Judges Named To Hear Murder Case
Columbus Ohio three judges were appointed to hear the first degree murder trial of Jack Hartman on July 1. Hartman is charged with shooting his aged grandparents George W Fisher and Mrs Fisher at Melbern near Oran on May 5. Chief Justice Carr Weygandt assigned Common Pleas Judges Eugene Mc Neill and Chester Pendleton to join Judge Russell Maxwell to hear the case. Hartman waived a jury trial.
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Columbus
Jack Hartman
George W. Fisher
Melbern
Oran
Ohio
Carr. Weygandt
Common Pleas
Eugene McNeill
van Wert
Chester Pendleton
Findlay
Russell Maxwell
Bryan
Hartman
United States calls UN on global arms control plan
The United States asked the United Nations to create an international authority to supervise and regulate the reduction of ordinary arms and armed forces.
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Lake Success
United States
United Nations
Cool Room Rentals Prompt Quick Ad Response
Mrs Roy Shamel advertised a cool single room for male student or working man. The ad listed dial 20063 or call 154% 8S High St. The next day the room was rented and the ad cancelled. MESSENGER Classified Ads rent buy sell or find for you. Dial 0242 the Result Number.
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Roy Shamel
High St
Messenger
Three Men Wounded In Outbreak At Enka Plant
In Morristown Tennessee gunfire wounded three workers at the American Enka Corp during a shift change. Two hours later windows were shattered by bullets at the rayon plant amid strike-related unrest tied to CIO Textile Workers Local 1054 actions. Police reported no fatalities despite an earlier unconfirmed claim.
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Morristown
Tenn
Enka Corp
CIO Textile Workers Union Local 1054
Highway Patrol
Nashville
Nations Study Coal-Steel Control Plan
Delegates from six European nations met in Paris to study French proposals for a European parliament to oversee coal and steel production. The plan aims to merge coal and steel under a central authority to prevent future wars, with six nations agreeing to place production under that authority though Britain refused to join. The authority would be accountable to a proposed federal parliament and subject to annual public debate, said Jean Monnet.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
West Germany
Italy
Britain
Europe
Jean Monnet
Proposed House Bill Aims to Improve Fishing
The House Fisheries Committee approved a bill to authorize a cooperative state and federal program. The Fish and Wildlife Service would work with state authorities to stock more fish in public waters and fund efforts to reduce fish losses from pollution and other causes.
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Washington
House Fisheries Committee
Fish and Wild Life Service
State cracks down on fireworks sales
Columbus state fire marshal Harry Callan said 13 Ohioans have been arrested for illegal sale of fireworks since a new enforcement program began last week. Ohio law permits wholesale purchases only by individuals with a permit from their sheriff or fire chief.
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Columbus
Harry Callan
90 Day Veterans Seek State Bonus Claims
Columbus reports the opening moves to grant $60,000 for 140 World War II bonus claims filed by veterans who served under 90 days. The bonuses, authorized by the prior legislature, cover veterans and next of kin who were wounded or killed.
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Columbus
Toledo coal loading stalls as strike persists
Bituminous coal loading at Toledo and three other Ohio Lake Erie ports remains at a standstill despite mediation board efforts to end a six day walkout.
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Toledo
Ohio Lake Erie
National Mediation Board
Draft Bill on Fast Schedule To Beat Friday Deadline
The Senate moved to speed a draft extension bill to beat the Friday midnight expiry of the selective service act. Democratic leader Lucas urged an early vote as House and Senate conflict over race, duration, and presidential control threaten delay and a stopgap extension.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Congress
White House
Russell
D-Ga
Truman
Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
House
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Coast Guard
John S. Service Denies McCarthy Charges
Career diplomat John S. Service told the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee he resisted domination by China and is innocent of charges tied to the 1945 Am erasia secret documents case. He spoke openly in a public hearing after initially facing a closed session plan.
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Washington
John S. Service
McCarthy
China
Foreign Service Office
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Wisconsin
State Department
Service
Amerasia
New York
Amerasia Magazine
Europe Aid Program Under Republican Fire
President Truman’s plan for economic and military aid to Western Europe faces heavy Republican opposition led by the Senate Appropriations Committee. Lawmakers aim to cut the Marshall Plan size as Congress authorized 2.95 billion dollars for the program’s third year.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
2500 Graduates Jobless in Columbus Report
About 2500 Ohio college graduates are listed with the State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation as unemployed. The item notes the scale of jobless graduates in Columbus amid statewide concerns.
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Columbus
Ohio College
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Boys Caught In Polio Hoax
In WELLSTON a Hannibal youth Lonnie Wood 19 pleaded guilty to making false polio victim claims to sell magazine subscriptions. Mayor Floyd Hollberg fined Wood 50 and costs after his companion Cecil Peel 17 had charges dismissed when Wood paid the fine and both left town. A doctor who investigated found they were not polio victims and jailed them briefly. They had sold subscriptions in Washington Court House Chillicothe and Nelsonville before leaving town.
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Wellston
Hannibal
Floyd Hollberg
Lonnie Wood
Wood
Cecil Peel
Washington Court House
Chillicothe
Nelsonville
Lena Horne Secretly Marries Lennie Hayton in Paris
Paris report reveals Lena Horne and MGM director Lennie Hayton wed in 1947. The marriage was kept secret for professional reasons and is now publicly acknowledged by manager Ralph Harris.
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Lena Horne
Paris
MGM
Lennie Hayton
Miss Horne
Ralph Harris
Harris
Public Health Experts In Perry Morean Area
Four state health department experts join efforts in Perry-Morgan county to curb disease after floods. Dr. Porterfield names priority problems typhoid fever insect pestilence contaminated food and restoring Rose Farm water supply. Officials may condemn contaminated flood water. Crooksville residents may now stop boiling water after supply restart.
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Columbus
State Health Department
Perry-Morgan County
John D. Porterfield
Charles Freeble
Muniauwieuliewaar
Euaawne Greenlee
Thomas Lathrop
Clarence Robinson
Porterfield
Rose Farm
Crooksville
Harold Minshull
Perry County
Morgan County
Calif
14th Running Of Air Races Called Off
The National Air Races at Cleveland were cancelled for 1950 by the event’s executive committee. Secretary Louis Johnson’s拒al to allow military planes to participate was key. The races are rescheduled for May 19–20, 1951, to align with Armed Forces Day.
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Cleveland
Louis Johnson
Bill Odom
Odom
Berea
Ohio
Johnson
Spencer's execution set for July 21 in Ohio case
The Ohio Supreme Court designated July 21 as the execution date for Delbert Eugene Spencer, 53, Athens, convicted of fatally shooting his former sweetheart Pauline Bailey, 33, near Glouster. The court refused to review the Athens County Degamon Pleas Court conviction from December 8. The slaying occurred on July 22, 1946.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Delbert Eugene Spencer
Athens
Pauline Bailey
Near
Glouster
Athens County
Degamon Pleas Court
East German Police Chief Kurt Fischer Dies at 49
Berlin report says Kurt Fischer the communist chief of East Germany’s police died Thursday at a sanatorium from heart ailment. West charges his force functions as an army of about 40,000 men.
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Berlin
Kurt Fischer
East Germany
Information Ministry
Fischer
Man charged with manslaughter in fatal Banks shooting
Robert Selby Howard, 43, of Burlington Ohio, stood trial in common pleas court on a manslaughter charge for the April 22 fatal shooting of Charleston prizefighter Henry Baby Banks.
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Huntington
Robert Selby Howard
Burlington
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Charleston
Henry
Baby) Banks
Testimony Scheduled In Officer's Slaying
VANCEBURG Ky a murder trial recessed after jurors were seated for the case of Charles Shorty Cameron an Ironton ex convict charged with killing night patrolman C L Meenach in Russell Kentucky last May 11. A twelve man jury and an alternate were chosen after 34 prospective jurors were dismissed due to opposition to the death penalty.
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Vanceburg
Charles
Shorty) Cameron
Ironton
C. L. Meenach
Russell
Five Injured As Carnival Whip Ride Breaks
Five persons were injured when a car from a carnival whip broke loose at 9 45 p m. Juanita Mayes was most seriously hurt, unconscious and taken to Holzer Hospital with a fractured wrist. Carlos Runyon and two bystanders were treated for head injuries and lacerations. Witnesses described the car flying apart and hitting a railing as onlookers scrambled amid a crowd of about 250.
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Gallipolis
Chester Leaper
Jim Mills
Juanita Mayes
Holzer Hospital
Woodrow Saunders
First Ave
Miss Mayes
Clyde Sheriman Cornell
Patricia Kay McGhee
Harry McGhee
Rail Tieup Foreseen in Nationwide Strike Plans
Chicago reports a possible nationwide rail tieup as a switchmen union set Sunday as a strike date against five lines. Two more unions could strike in July, with The Rock Island and Western Pacific warning of halted runs if workers walk out. The AFL Switchmen's Union, Trainmen, and Order of Railway Conductors rejected presidential board wage recommendations, forcing a cooling off until July 15.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Western Pacific
AFL Switchmen
Union of North America
Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of Railway Conductors
Near Record Pork Supplies Indicated for Next Seasons
The Agriculture Department reports near record pork supplies expected next fall and winter, with prices likely to ease from the summer peak. It also forecasts larger beef cattle slaughter next winter, signaling overall bigger meat supplies for consumers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Pa Grade Crude Oil Price Up Ten Cents a Barrel
Bradford, Pa. price moves to 3.75 for Bradford Allegany and middle districts. Southwestern Pennsylvania grade at 3.32. West Virginia and Southeastern Ohio grades listed at 3.26 each. Purchase agency Joseph Seep of South Penn Oil Company released the new figures.
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Bradford
Pennsylvania
Joseph Seep
South Penn Oil Company
Allegany
Middle Districts
West Virginia
Ohio
Ferguson Repeats Election Prediction
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson repeated at a rally of about 100 his prediction he would defeat U S Sen Robert A Taft by 250000 votes in Taft s bid for re election next fall Ferguson said he would get 90 per cent of the labor vote 75 per cent of the Negro vote and 10 to 15 per cent of the normally Republican vote.
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Cleveland
Joseph T. Ferguson
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Ferguson
Pensioner Undergoes Lie Detector Test in Barr Death Case
Hancock County Prosecutor says possible charge today in fatal beating of Emma Harriet Barr, 71, near Findlay. Sheriff may seek sanity exam for Alonzo Hunter, 77, former housekeeper employer. Pensioner who hired Barr took a lie detector test. results are under study.
Swift Action in Ford Union Dispute Heightens Strike Fear
Detroit report on a quick NLRB hearing ordered after Ford Motor Co accuses AFL union of unfair labor practices. NLRB in Cleveland assigns priority to the Ford charge as a nationwide shutdown threat looms. AFL-CIO jurisdictional clash underpins the dispute and action.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
National Labor Relations Board
Cleveland
Ford
AFL
Afl-Cio
Theater Ceiling Collapses Injuring Thirty in Redwood City
In Redwood City California a theater balcony ceiling collapsed just before midnight at the Sequoia Theater. About 30 people were injured when 10 tons of plaster showered the balcony area. Patrons reported a brief panic as the ceiling fell.
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Redwood City
Calif
Sequoia Theater
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Alter
Pensioner
Ford Union
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Sallipolis
Anosenseensnean
LOBEN
Uheanaphiens
Point Pleasant
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