Curbs Cut On Credit Regulations
The Federal Reserve Board eased installment credit limits on consumer goods including cook stoves refrigerators radios and automobiles. Down payments drop to 15 percent for all items except autos and 21 months to pay. Auto down payment stays at one third. Total consumer credit stood at 8.051 billion dollars on January 31 while auto credit rose by 14 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Board
Edgar Kaiser
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
Patman
D-Tex
Reserve Board
Senator calls for Ohio rural phone service probe
Senator Ralph A. Winter urged a ten member bi partisan commission to investigate inadequate rural and suburban phone service in Ohio. The panel would subpoena witnesses and records and report findings to the legislature by June 1 with recommendations for laws to fix high rates and poor service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ralph A. Winter
Medina
Ohio
Senate House
Elyria
Lorain
State orders fire check in schools after Kenyon blaze
The Ohio Department of Industrial Relations ordered an immediate inspection of school and college buildings after nine Kenyon College students died in a dormitory fire. Director Waldman assigned 21 inspectors to issue mandatory corrections for code violations including ladder fire escapes and missing fire alarms. He warned violations may exist in other colleges and towns lacking local inspection services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Industrial Relations Department
Kenyon College
Ohio
Albert A. Waldman
Waldman
Kenyon
Masked Gunman Forces Ride to Rob Cab Driver
Edward C. Hoppstatter of Tranway Ohio told Cleveland detectives that a masked man with a pistol forced his Modern Cab Co. driver from Zanesville to Cleveland covering about 100 miles and robbed him of $18. After the getaway the robber left the cab, forcing Hoppstatter to walk three miles to the downtown bus terminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Zanesville
Edward C. Hoppstatter
Tranway
Ohio
Modern Cab Co
Gallipolis State Hospital grounds awe visitors
A tour of the gallipolis state hospital for epileptics reveals a 700 acre reservation with over 100 buildings. The institution is one of the oldest and largest in the United States, causing surprise among locals unfamiliar with its size.
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Ohio
State Hospital
Gallipolis
United States
Timber cutting near Flora highlights local veterans
Bert Romine and Doyle Sergeant of Bedford Township Meigs County are cutting timber on the Hall Frost farm at Flora. Sergeant is a former war veteran who served with American reconnaissance troops in contact with Free French guerrillas in the fight for France. Laurel Run road near Haydenville is a busy county highway linking Routes 33 and 56 and serving travelers to the cave district and Lake Hope.
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Bert Romine
Doyle Sargeant
Bedford Township
Meigs County
Hall Frost
Flora
Sergeant
Reconnaisance
France
Laurel Run
Hocking County
Diamond
Haydenville
Cave District
Lake Hope
Zaleski
Remains of Farmers' Castle Marked by Small Marble Stone
The article recalls Farmers' Castle, a stockade built by Belpre settlers around 1790 along the Ohio River west of Rockland. A lone marble stone in a vine cover marks the site, once a fort near the old Hocking Canal basin, where Indian attacks occurred as locals urge a roadside historical marker.
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Belpre
Ohio River
Rockland
Dorm Fire Tragedy Leaves Six Missing at Kenyon
Kenyon College reports a fatal dorm fire that killed nine students and injured 25. Yesterday human remains were found in the ashes described as 35 to 40 bone fragments and teeth. Identification will wait for official relatives' approval.
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Gambier
Kenyon College
Gordon K. Chalmers
Mount Vernon Rotary Raises $10000 After Kenyon Fire Toll
The Mount Vernon Rotary Club voted to raise ten thousand dollars among members to aid Kenyon College after a deadly fire that killed nine students.
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Mount Vernon
Rotary Club
Kenyon College
Kenyon Hall Fire Sparks Fraternity Fund Campaign
Representatives of ten fraternities at Kenyon College and several other schools will meet Friday to launch a drive to raise funds for students who lost possessions in the blaze that destroyed old Kenyon Hall.
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Cleveland
Kenyon College
Kenyon Hall
Funds to Be Asked for Rocky Fork Dam
Allen Pretzman, secretary of the Scioto Conservancy District, will ask a House Appropriations subcommittee to approve 732 500 dollars for Rocky Fork Dam construction on the Scioto River near Portsmouth Ohio. The 2 980 000 dollar project was omitted from President Truman's budget and Army engineers sought 732 500 to start work, but the item was cut by the budget bureau.
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Washington
Allen Pretzman
Scioto
Two Men Acquitted Of Robbery Charges
Raymond L. Grambo aged 30 and Jack D. Fleming aged 24 both of Columbus were acquitted by a County Criminal Court jury of robbery as the Bantam Car bandits who robbed a suburban Bexley surgeon and his wife on December 6.
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Columbus
Raymond L. Grambo
Jack D. Fleming
Bexley
Delegates Push Third Try To Relax School Aid Bill
In Charleston West Virginia the House of Delegates promised a third attempt to relax matching rules for state aid funds for school building projects. Thirty one counties argue they would miss most of the ten million dollar program if funds must be matched. The plan would distribute ten million from surplus with a flat fifty thousand grant to each county and the rest available only if matched. The measure advanced toward passage after defeats on amendments to ease restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
House
Newark Man Found Sane in First Degree Murder Case
Alfred Ray Heffley an 18 year old from Newark was found sane after a 30 day observation at Lima State Hospital. Common Pleas Judge Charles B Hobtsberry slated a March 21 trial date. Heffley and two others face first degree murder charges for the fatal beating of Edwin Hart 49 of Hebron outside a tavern on January 13.
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Newark
Alfred Ray Heffley
Lima State Hospital
Common Pleas
Charles B. Hobtsberry
Robert Bushong
Lima Hospital
Heffley
Edwin Hart
Hebron
Clarence Robert Dermer
Maxine Dermer Sullivan
Oleo Bill Fails Vote In Senate In Ohio
In Columbus AP report the Ohio Senate fails to pass the oleo coloring bill with a 15 to 15 vote after Senator Boyd shifts stance. final tally remains 15 yes 15 no and a reconsideration deadline is set for Monday night. Proponents argue legality concerns but supporters claim oleo coloring aligns with dairy practices while opponents warn of fraud risks and impact on dairy plants and farmers. The chamber also moves on emergency measures including the fiscal year shift to July 1 and $9.05 million for highway work, plus a retail installment charges bill passed 38 to 1 with one dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
William M. Boyd
Dcuyahoga
Senate
Boyd
Ohio
Boyvd
William H. Deddens
Albert L. Daniels
R-Highland
William H. Daugherty
Dcolumbiana
Daugherty
House
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Cuyahoga
Edward Welsh
Montgomery
Woman Charged With Murder by Poison in Groveport Case
A first degree murder warrant names rural landlady Mrs Marguerite Zwayer in the death of Sheldon Grube 34 a Groveport farmer. The warrant filed by Justice of the Peace Edward Herderick sets a Friday hearing and cites a poison murder. The victim's mother Mrs Cloe Grube offered a $1000 reward earlier for information leading to the killer.
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Columbus
Justice of the
Edward EF. Herderick
Near Canal
Winchester
Marguerite Zwayer
Sheldon Grube
Groveport
Cloe Grube
Herderick
Public Hearing Set on City Manager Charges
Public hearing of charges brought by City Manager Donald C. Wagner will be held Friday night in Portsmouth.
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Portsmouth
Donald C. Wagner
Coma Patient X May Live for Years Says Doctor
Cincinnati report on Patient X in Bethesda Hospital notes six plus years in coma since an accident in 1943. Doctor says he looks healthy and could live years, with careful nursing, clot removal, and no bed sores despite long condition. Expenditures reported by Ohio State Industrial Commission and Bethesda exceed estimates.
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Cincinnati
Bethesda Hospital
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Lockland
Ohio State Industrial Commission
Industrial Commission
Albert N. McGinniss
Alliance groups press action to curb vice and lax policing
Civic groups led by the State Liquor Department the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Mount Union College urge Alliance leaders to root out gambling bootlegging prostitution and open vice after The Plain Dealer exposed lax enforcement. Officials pledge investigation and stricter penalties while civic groups call for united public action to clean up the city.
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Alliance
State Liquor Department
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
Fleckner
A. O. Lower
Liquor Department
Robert J. Drake
Bill Todd
the Plain Dealer
City Hall
Harry L. Stark
Florida
Robert D. Althouse Yeaaterday
Rotary Club
Harry 8. Wyckoff
Alliance Sorosis Club
Althouse
Charles B. Ketcham
Mount Union College
Action Seen On Cigarette Tax Measure
Rep. Jenkins of Ohio urges House Ways and Means action on a bill to curb cigarette tax evasion. The plan would require out-of-state shippers to forward invoices to taxing authorities, enabling collection from recipients. The bill passed the House previously but stalled in the Senate. Ohio loses about 500000 dollars annually to evasion. national losses reach about 35000000 dollars.
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Washington
Jenkins
Ohio
House
Ways and Means
National Tobacco Tax Association
Senate
U S Bomber's World Flight Shapes Cold War Strategy
Washington reports the non stop round the world flight of a US B 50 bomber as a key demonstration of American air power in the cold war. State Department choices on blocking the flight are noted. General Lemay says the mission shows the ability to strike any location needing an atom bomb in Russia.
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Washington
State Department
Forth
United States
Curtis E. Lemay
Strategic Air Command
Russia
Worthington Youth First in Ohio Scholarship Test
Worthington High School’s William Ezra McCulloch led the senior boys with a score of 266, earning top honors in Ohio’s general scholarship test announced by state education director Dr. Clyde Hissong. Elizabeth Martz of Scott High School Toledo topped the girls with 262, followed by a list including Wayne Eugene Corbin Jackson 247, Robert L. Little Ironton 245, Phyllis Anne Dye Wellston 239, and Noreen Van Atta 236.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clyde Hissong
William Ezra McCulloch
Worthington High School
Elizabeth Martz
Scott High School
Toledo
Wayne Eugene Corbin
Jackson
Robert L. Little
Ironton
Phyllis Anne Dye
Wellston
Noreen van Atta
Two State Recruiting Reorganized in Ohio and Kentucky
The Army announced a reorganization directing recruitment for Ohio and Kentucky from Fort Hayes in Columbus starting April 1. Ohio will shift to seven districts from twelve and Kentucky will cut main stations from eight to four. Ohio examiner staffing will concentrate in seven key cities including Marietta and Portsmouth.
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Columbus
Army
Ohio
Kentucky
Fort Hayes
Marietta
Portsmouth
Final Arguments In Hidden Wires Case In Lima
Final arguments were set today before a three judge panel in Lima Ohio. Sheriff William R Dailey and two detectives face charges of contempt of court for allegedly concealing a microphone in an Allen County courthouse jury room.
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Lima
William R. Dailey
Allen County
Fall Fatal in Cincinnati-Norfolk Suspension Bridge Incident
William Lindley about 55 of Newport Kentucky died Wednesday night after jumping or falling 40 feet from the Cincinnati Cowington suspension bridge into Second Street. The incident occurred near the Cincinnati Kentucky line with authorities continuing investigation.
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Cincinnati
William Lindley
Newport
Second St
Cincinnati-Cowington, Ky
Restricted Licenses Elimination Urged In Ohio
Ohio officials urged ending restricted licenses for 14 and 15 year olds to drive motor vehicles. The M V C recommended reform to the House Highway Committee, paired with a bill by Rep Roy Harmony to scrap such licenses. The debate also touched highway director terms and voter advisory councils.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank Quinn
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
House Highway Committee
General Assembly
Roy E. Harmony
R-Sandusky
Edward W. Deehant
D-Lorain
Senate Highway Committee
Highway Department
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Edwin F. Sawacki
D-Cuyahoga
Stall Operators Are Sentenced in Whisky Still Case
Three men charged with operating a 126 gallon whisky still in Tar Hollow State Forest Ross County were sentenced in U S District Court Judge Mell G Underwood gave Noble T Congreve 36 and William M Armstrong 42 one year and one day in prison with fines suspended Samuel Leasure 62 totally blind received one year probation Congreve and Leasure live near Laurelville and Armstrong in Ross County Federal agent L P Lindner tracked them in snow for several months before locating the trio at the state forest
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Columbus
Tar Hollow State Forest
Ross County
U.S. District Court
Mell G. Underwood
Noble T. Congreve
William M. Armstrong
Samuel Leasure
Congreve
Leasure
Laurelville
Armstrong
L. P. Lindner
Therm
Mude
Still
State Forest
State Schools in Ohio Labeled Fire Hazards
Dale Stump, general counsel for the Ohio Federation of Organizations for the Deaf, said Columbus the state’s schools for the deaf and blind are serious fire hazards. He warned a flash fire could be 20 to 30 times worse than the Kenyon College blaze, noting crowded wooden dormitories and condemned facilities. He urged Gov. Lausche and the legislature to fund new schools, pointing to prior $5.2 million appropriations delayed by war and rising costs.
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Columbus
Dale Stump
Ohio Federation of Organizations For the Deaf
Kenyon College
Kenyon
Stump
Frank J. Lausche
School For
Measure Would Release Money Tied in Loans
Senator John W Bricker of Ohio introduced a bill to release about 97 million dollars in government funds tied in home loans. The measure would require federal savings and loan banks with loans insured under the federal housing act to invest one percent of their loan accounts in stocks of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.
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Washington
U. 8
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Federal Savings and Loan Banks
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Probe Planned Again In Father Son Deaths
Fredericktown mayor J Boyd Blackburn said he will seek Knox County officials to reopen the investigation into the February 21 deaths of Herbert Stevens 60 and his son Harold 32 found in an apartment. Residents dispute the accidental death verdict as little money was found on Herbert Stevens.
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Fredericktown
J. Boyd Blackburn
Knox County
Herbert Stevens
Harold
Gas Company Approves 15351 More Gas Heat Applications
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. announced approval of 15 351 additional applications for gas heat bringing total approved since Jan 1 to 22 601. Of the 15 351, 14 585 were for homes and 766 for commercial buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
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