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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1946

Page

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Ohio legislators push adjournment as Lausche plan stymied

In Columbus the Ohio General Assembly faced what Republicans called the final working day of the special session. Only five of 24 governor Lausche requests were enacted, with key measures blocked. Adjournment until next week was proposed, pending a skeleton session for bill signing.

Columbus Ohio General Assembly Rules Committee Frank J. Lausche Robert R. Shaw Veterans’ Commission Veterans House Military Affairs Committee Senate C. Stanley Mechem Athens Fred G. Reiners Hamilton Theodore M. Gray ReMiami State Board of Deposit Cincinnati Akron Toledo Ohio Fair Grounds Commission Emergency Board

Bulk of Certificates To Teachers Temporary

Columbus report by Dr Clyde Hissong state director of education shows that over half of the 14742 teacher certificates issued since August 1 1945 were temporary or one year and aimed at under trained teachers. He notes 7545 temporary certificates issued between August 1 1945 and June 7 1946, most going to elementary teachers where qualified instructors are in acute shortage.

Columbus Clyde Hissong Hissong

Committee Probes Conditions at Cambridge State Hospital

A legislative committee headed for Cambridge State Hospital to investigate reports of unsatisfactory conditions. Chairman Paul H. Battard reported 12 to 18 inches of water under the buildings, inadequate sewage drainage, and that building life expectancy was only 10 years.

Columbus — U Cambridge State Hospital Paul H. Battard Jackson House Finance Committee

Ohioan is Sentenced To Death for Slaying

Julius A. Petra, 24, is sentenced to die in Ohio's electric chair on October 15 for killing Theodore Knaus, 21, an ex-convict released with Petra from Mansfield Reformatory last year. Judge Alva R. Corlett set the execution date after Petra was found guilty of shooting Knaus on February 27, four days after a Cleveland robbery. A second item notes Terling Baking Co. of Youngstown to close July 6 due to shortages.

Cleveland Julius A. Petra Ohio Electric Chair Theodore Knaus Petra Mansfield Reformatory Alva R. Corlett Petro Knaus

11th Hour Action Slated On Peace Treaty Drafts

Paris AP reports five peace treaties near final drafts as Big Four ministers push to set a July peace conference. Dodecanese and border issues resolved, discussions focus on Trieste, reparations, colonial questions, and naval assets. Denmark? (Note: only the content provided)

PARIS Dodecanese Italy Bul- Bera Romania Hungary Finand Trieste Balkan Danube Aégean Sea Greece Tenda Briga France Vyacheslav M. Molotov Liaty

Farm Strike Milk Dumping Reported In Ohio Protest

Plymouth reports say Ohio Marketing Quota Protest Association members struck against the OPA by dumping milk after skimming cream for butter. Chairman H H Fackler claimed about 70 percent of 17 000 members withheld produce, with estimates of at least 2000 gallons dumped and one Huron County farm refusing to sell 13 chickens to motorists.

Plymouth H. H. Fackler Ohio Marketing Quota Protest Association OPA Fackler Association Huron County

Man's Body Found Along Railroad Tracks Near Newark

The body of Charles H. Gummer, about 50, was found along the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks two miles east of Newark last night. A trainman saw the body shortly before midnight and notified police.

Newark Charles H. Gummer Baltimore and Ohio Here

Two Portsmouth Men Die in Culvert Crash

Two men from Portsmouth were killed when their car struck a concrete culvert yesterday. The victims were John Jacobs, 26, and Clarence Stamper, 20.

Portsmouth John Jacobs Clarence Stamper

Meat pinch may last two months say dealers

Chicago reports the National Retail Meat Dealers Association says the meat shortage likely continues for about two months. A cross country survey of 38,100 members found more than half of butcher shops closed. Executive secretary George Dressler said released cattle from feed lots may bring some supply after next week, but average meat for consumers may not arrive until September.

Chigago Association George Dressler

Senate Bill Funds Ohio Universities Expansion

The Senate passed and sent to the House a bill providing 4 469 569 dollars for additions and improvements at six state universities to handle higher fall enrollments. Allocations include Bowling Green 49 242 Kent State 288 867 Miami 453 750 Ohio University 353 546 Wilberforte 210 900 and Ohio State 1 993 564 with 769 000 to the emergency board for extra costs and off campus facilities. A second bill authorizing temporary housing for married veterans and families was also approved for House consideration.

Columbus Senate House Bowling Green Kent State Miami Ohio University Wilberforte Ohio State Emergency Board

Workers May Demand New Raises In Rubber Industry

CIO United Rubber Workers threaten wage increases if prices rise, with Buckmaster saying workers may press for higher pay amid expected cost of living hikes. About 100,000 rubber workers joined the big four pact offering an 18 12 cent hourly hike amid price control concerns.

Akron Cio-United Rubber Workers International Union L. S. Buckmaster Buckmaster Firestone Tire & Rubber Co B. F. Goodrich Co Goodyear Tire & Rubber Cap United States Rubber Co

Copper Strike Is Terminated

NEW YORK Governor Louis Cates of Phelps Dodge Corp reports the CIO mine unions’ long strike ended at Arizona Copper mines and the company’s smelters and refineries in Laurel Hill North Carolina and El Paso Texas. Arizona miners will return to work Monday with smelter and refinery workers to follow soon after under the national pattern of an 18 1/2 cent hourly wage increase.

New York Louis Cates Phelps Dodge Corp CIO Arizona Laurel Hill N. C el Paso Texas Anaconda Cates

Hannegan Urges 3 Cent Air Mail Postage Cut

Postmaster General Robert Ek Hannegan asked Congress to approve a bill lowering domestic air mail postage from eight to five cents an ounce. He told the Senate Post Office Committee the cut is an essential first step to expand air mail use and urged swift passage.

Washington Robert Ek Hannegan Congressessordays Senate Post Office Committee

One Billion Dollar Saving Likely As Fiscal Year Ends

Washington reports indicate the government may close the fiscal year with a saving exceeding 1 billion dollars though the 12 month deficit tops 20 billion. Revenue may reach about 42.94 billion while outlays fall short of 64.65 billion with day by day spending around 250 million. Foreign lending slowdowns and the British loan awaiting Congress largely drive the perceived deferment into 1947. Public debt around 260.246 billion will be reduced as a large redemption begins July 3.

Washington Truman Treasury Congress

OPA Filibuster Fails as Truman Hurdles Voice Vote

MISSISSIPPI TENSE AS PRIMARY NEARS Jackson faces the first major party test since the Supreme Court ruled Negroes could vote. Theodore Bilbo, white supremacist candidate, seeks a third Senate nomination amid federal enforcement of Black voting rights and sparse Negro registration. In Washington, OPA reform struggles past eight hours of filibuster by W. Lee O Daniel, state by state, as Truman urged to veto or sign a bill extending price controls through June 1947 with new powers and a decontrol board.

Jackson Miss Mississippi U.S. Supreme Court Theodore G. Bilbo Senate Bilbo Justice Department Washington White House W. Lee “Pape O'Daniel Texas Bridges Reed OPA Morse R-Ore O’daniel Hayden D-Ariz Barkley Truman Paul Porter Chester Bowles Congress Bowles Barksley Secretary of Agriculture Porter

House Denial of Soviet Aid Termed Slap

Rep. Clarence Cannon denounced the House vote barring UNRRA relief to nations denying uncensored news as a direct slap at Russia. The 154 to 33 roll call backed withholding a new 465 million dollar UNRRA fund from such countries. Brown urged members to stand up and be counted.

Washington Russia Clarence Cannon D-Mo House Appropriations Committee CNRRA Truman Congress UNRRA Ukrainia Byelorussia Unrera WNRRA Cannon Clarence Brown Ohio

Tornado Hits Detroit Again

A brief but fierce tornado struck Detroit yesterday afternoon, crossing from Windsor into the Northwest industrial district near Downtown at 3 37 p m. It damaged over twenty buildings with many roofs ripped off and cars piled along a mile long stretch. There were no fatalities.

Detroit Windsor Downtown

Canada Cuts Income Taxes Budget lowers rates in peacetime plan

Ottawa unveils a budget aiming at a peacetime tax structure with personal income, corporate, and excess profits taxes cut. Individual rates drop from 19 to 15 percent and 530,000 to 600,000 low income earners already paying taxes will be freed from the burden. The excess profits levy remains in place unlike the US and Britain.

Ottawa Canada United States Britain

Bus Riders Swap Seats for Helicopter Ride Demonstration

In Detroit at a Willow Run expressway intersection three Greyhound bus passengers traded seats with three helicopter passengers to showcase the nation’s first combined air bus service. A four place water plane landed near the highway at the three level Cloverleaf intersection. The bus passengers then boarded the plane and the other group took the bus.

Detroit Willow Run

Swimming Trip Results In Death for Brothers

Bodies of William Kirby ten and Robert Kirby were recovered from Raccoon Creek yesterday. Police said Robert encountered difficulty while swimming and William unsuccessfully attempted to rescue him. Actress Diana Barrymore, twenty five, was granted a divorce on grounds of mental cruelty from actor Bramwell Fletcher in Las Vegas Nevada yesterday.

Clyde William Kirby Robert Raccoon Creek L. A. Dickman William Las Vegas Nev Diana Barrymore Bramwell Fletcher

Two-Thirds Vote Ruling On Atom Problems Questioned

Soviet Russia challenged the Atomic Energy Commission over rules allowing a simple majority for measures. Delegates prepared for a closed session to decide whether to require a two-thirds vote. An Andrea A Gromyko pledge to push the issue marked a first test for a new atomic control framework.

New York Soviet Russia Atomic Energy Commission Atomic Control Agency Commission Andrei A. Gromyko Francisco Castillo Vajera Security Council Mexico Poland Oscar Lange Herbert V. Evatt Austiralia

Daytons Flood After Cloudburst Swamps Downtown

Dayton and Youngstown endured cloudbursts that flooded basements and streets. Downtown stores reported two to three feet of water, city hall and police station basements flooded, the Tod Hotel basement seeped, and rail traffic halted when an embankment collapsed. Estimated damages ran into thousands of dollars.

Youngstown City Hall Tod Hotel Billard Erie Dayton

Labor Leader Says UN is Splitting at Seams

Walter P. Reuther, international president of the United Auto Workers, declares the United Nations is splitting at the seams after noting the destruction of a common fear once tied to Hitler. The Detroit union leader spoke last night on the postwar UN. A railroad brakeman died after a fall from a freight train in Newark.

Cincinnati United Nations Organization Walter P. Reuther United Auto Workers—Coi0 Detroit Hitler Newark J. W. Ehnaff Dennison Ohio Pennsylvania Railroad City

Ticketed Driver Wrecks Policeman’s Motorcycle

Evanston Illinois police report a driver who received a ticket backed over the officer Henry Rumsfield’s motorcycle while the car was in reverse. The driver claimed a gear shift jam but no violation was cited in the officer’s notebook.

Evanston Henry Rumsfield Rumsfield

Blue Glow Atom Burst Described Noiselessly At Los Alamos

Army report details a May 2 incident at Los Alamos where a no explosion nuclear chain reaction caused fatal burns to Louis Slotin 35 Winnipeg and Daglian 24 New London. The accident involved a slipping piece of equipment allowing fissionable material to come together, with seven others exposed but recovering. Slotin died in nine days Daglian in 26 days after the mishap.

Los Alamos N. M Army Inday Los Alamos Atomic Laboratory Harry K. Daglian New London Winnipeg Canada Slotin Dagilian

William S Hart Disinherits Son In Will

Los Angeles news reports that retired cowboy star William S Hart died leaving about a 1 million dollar estate to Los Angeles County. He disinherited his son William S Hart Jr aged 24, saying he had been amply provided for in life and made no provision for him in the will filed for probate yesterday.

Los Angeles William S. Hart William S. Hart, Jr

Couple To Deny Guilt In Crown Jewel Theft

FRANKFURT Col. W Durant and his WAC captain wife will deny guilt in the theft of the Hesse family jewels worth 3 500 000. Their lawyer Capt Glenn V Brumbaugh from Los Angeles flew in to represent them. The trial will begin next month.

Frankfurt Col. W. Durant WAC Glenn V. Brumbaugh Los Angeles Washington Durants

German Civilians Protest Evacuation Order in Hamburg

Hamburg authorities arrested an unannounced number of German civilians after a mass demonstration by residents against an evacuation order forcing 30 000 residents to leave their homes to make room for British military families.

Hamburg

Truck Kills Motorist While Changing a Tire Near Columbus

Gus Wenger aged 41 of Columbus was killed and his nephew Frederick Wenger aged 20 was injured when a truck struck them as they changed a tire on their car along an avenue miles west of here early today. The incident occurred as the two men worked on the vehicle.

Columbus Gus Wenger Frederick Wenger Here

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Terling Baking Co Read and Baked Goods Ortages Archie Miller Bellevue Tex James D. C. Murray Miller Eugene Dale Enid Okla Fay Miller CSEA Ashtabula Josephine Thurlow Ashtabula General Hospital Solons Daniel Opa Bill Etoy Fletcher Jackson College Rankin County T. B. Wilson Progressive Voters’ League Iome National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Stalin Daglian
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