Substitute Subsidy Bill For Schools May Get Ohio Senate Vote Today
Ohio Senate may vote today on a substitute Daniels Cramer bill boosting state school subsidies by 26 million to 85 million yearly. The Education Committee approved the revised measure with amendments after business groups attacked the plan. changes include higher property tax shares, altered per pupil grants, and bus funding shifts.
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Ohio Senate
Columbus
Daniels Cramer
Senate Education Committee
Ohio Inter-Organization Conference
Daniels
Boards of Education
David H. Sutton
Ohio Public Expenditure Council
Arch D. Schultz
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Sutton
Truman Tours Mexico Ends With Volcanic Flight
President Truman wrapped a three day goodwill visit to Mexico with a flight over Paricutin volcano and a trip to Teotihuacan pyramids. He later met President Aleman at a private dinner and planned a Baylor University speech then return to Washington. A stadium crush during a fiesta killed a 19 year old woman and an eight year old child and injured four others.
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Mexico City
Truman
Mexico
Miguel Aleman
Pyramids of the Sun and Moon
San Juan Teotihuacan
Paricutin
Aleman
Waco
Texas
Baylor University
Washington
National Stadium
U. S
Clerks Strike One Day and Win Bonus
New York Cotton Exchange reopened after a one day strike by 50 maintenance workers and 50 to 60 clerical staff. Wages rose by six dollars weekly to twenty five, plus a bonus when daily trading tops two hundred fifty thousand dollars. Over six hundred Seafarers International Union members joined lines while engineers and firemen did not cross. Arthur S. Meyer of the mediation board said officials reached an agreement with Local 205 AFL.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Exchange
Seafarers International Union
Ex-convict Louis Nieradko fatally shoots self during raid
Police said Louis Nieradko 30 a former convict killed himself early today as officers attempted to enter his Cleveland apartment to execute a search warrant.
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Cleveland
Louis Nieradko
Sam Simmons Praises WV Teachers and Veterans
Sam Simmons argues teachers and West Virginia veterans deserve commendation for avoiding capitol marches seen in other states. He criticizes classroom disruption and advocates for better funding and discipline while blaming new teaching methods and Teacher College training for educational shortcomings.
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West Virginia
Capitol
Columbia University Teachers College
Ohio
Buffalo
Youth Is Dead In Auto Plunge
A wrecked car lay on its top in the Licking River when found after a 30 foot plunge. Driver Gerald N. Shelton 22 died 20 minutes after hospital admission. Passenger Doris Orr 20 suffered critical head and facial injuries. A passerby saw the girl’s hand waving from a car window.
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Newark
Licking River
Gerald N. Shelton
Doris Orr
Paris Says Grid Stars Accepted Bet Money
Alvin J. Paris testified he gave $500 to each of Merle Hapes and Frank Filchock as winnings on bets placed for them to throw a title professional grid game. Paris said he acted as a star witness in the trial of three men accused of counseling and commanding him in the bribery scheme.
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NEW York
Alvin J. Paris
Merle Hapes
Frank Filchock
New York Giants
General Sessions
Paris
States Star
Seven Men Injured In Tanker Explosion At Houston Dock
Seven men aboard the tanker Lyons Creek were injured when a gasoline fuel explosion ripped a 30 foot hole in the hull at Houston docks. The blast damaged the dock and left 200 to 300 barrels of fuel oil at risk while fire crews guarded against sparks.
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Houston
Texas
Lyons Creek
Ohioans Among Winners in Westinghouse Science Talent Search
Three Ohio students were named prize winners in the nationwide Westinghouse Science Talent Search. The competition showcases high school researchers nationwide for outstanding science projects.
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Washington
Controversy Over Liquor Board Regulation Continues
Ohio lawmakers clash over Liquor Director Cofalls testimony on gambling device bans. Gov Herbert disputes Cofalls interpretation, with recalls and continued inquiries planned as hearings resume. Separate panels draft a veterans bonus bill and a unified State Department of Natural Resources proposal moves forward.
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Columbus
Stanley B. Cofall
State Liquor Board
Cofall
Ohio Senate
Liquor Investigating Committee
Thomas J. Herbert
Britain to Cut Royal Navy by Sixty Percent
Britain will shrink the Royal Navy by about 60 percent in the 1947-48 period. The Admiralty budget estimates reduce naval personnel from a 1946-47 peak of 492,800 to 192,000 for the year starting April 1. The manpower cut, along with prior reductions in the army and air force, aims to cut Britain’s total service strength and navy costs from 786.8 million to 274.4 million dollars.
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London
Britain
Admiralty
War Office
Air Ministry
Tractors Clear Snow Save Expectant Mother Near Erie
A 26 year old expectant mother in Fairview was rescued from 15 foot snow drifts by five farm tractors that cleared a path to her door. Neighbors bundled her in blankets and the tractors carried her to an awaiting car which took her to Erie hospital where she gave birth to a son an hour later.
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Erie
Fairview
Ida Losey
Erie Hospital
Editor's Father Dies in Indiana
John Cummings aged 76 father of Charles M. Cummings Columbus Ohio State Journal managing editor died at his Huntingburg Indiana home last night.
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Columbus
John Cummings
Charles M. Cummings
Columbus Ohio State Journal
Huntingburg
Ind
Parents Views Sought by Clearview PTA After Mass Teacher Resignations
In Clearview Lorain County Ohio the PTA invites parents to share views on the mass resignations of 31 teachers triggered by a student strike after a boy was slapped. The school board refused the resignations after two hours of talks with teachers.
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PTA
Clearview
Lorain
Parent-Teachers Association
Troy Voters Approve Park Improvement Bond Issue
Troy voters approved a 450000 park improvement bond aiding an 18 hole golf course city baseball diamonds and an 8000 seat football stadium. The city also eyed a 300000 sports arena funded by the C C Hobart foundation contingent on bond passage.
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Troy
C. C. Hobart Foundation
School House Burns Near Floodwood Plant
NELSONVILLE The one room school house at Old Floodwood near the power plant was destroyed by fire of undetermined origin Tuesday between midnight and 6 am. Mrs. Guy French teaches there and it is expected children will be transferred to Kimberly and Oak Grove schools.
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Old Floodwood
Guy French
Kimberly
Oak Grove
Pilcher Mother-in-law of Maj. Gen. Vaughan Dies
Mrs. Margaret King Pilcher longtime St. Louis resident and mother-in-law of Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan presidential military aide died last night in Alexandria Virginia.
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Alexandria
Margaret King Pilcher
Harry H. Vaughan
St. Louis
Chief Ousted In Indo-China
Paris reports Adm. Georges Thierry D Argenlieu was dismissed as high commissioner for Indo china by the French cabinet. Emile Bollaert, formerly prefect of the Rhone region, named to replace him. D Argenlieu had faced attacks since Viet Nam groups struck Hanoi on December 19 as consultations on Indochina’s troubles followed Versailles talks.
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Paris
Georges Thierry D’argenlieu
Indochina
Emile Bollaert
Adm
D’argenlieu
Hanoi
Saigon
Viet-Nam
Versailles
School Busses Approved For Transport Of Teams
Ohio Attorney General ruling allows boards of education to permit school buses to transport athletic teams and other pupils to interschool contests but forbids using public funds to pay for operation. Opinion went to Prosecuting Attorney Albert T. Strope of Van Wert County.
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Columbus
Hugh S. Jenkins
Boards of Education
Albert T. Strope
van Wert
Fifty-One Rescued From Stricken Bolivar Off Irish Coast
Fifty-one passengers were rescued from the 5230-ton Norwegian grain ship Bolivar after lifeboats and tugs reached the vessel aground six miles from the Irish coast. Among the survivors were Adm. Lord Mountevans and Lady Mountevans, noted World War I figures.
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Dublin
Bolivar
Adm
Lord Mountevans
Lady Mountevans
Iron Age: Scrap Metal Market In Most Chaotic Stage in History
The Iron Age reports non-ferrous metals iron and steel scrap prices rising signaling an inflationary period unseen since World War I. Scrap quotations reach 36.67 per gross ton, pig iron 32.23 per gross ton, with copper at 21.5 cents and lead at 15 cents per pound as supply demand tensions drive rapid price increases.
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Iron Age
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Philadelphia
Mine 255 Fire Clears At Dry Dock Co. In NELSONVILLE
NEAR NELSONVILLE Mine 255 of the Dry Dock Co. resumes work after a threatening fire damaged a large cutting machine. About 150 inside workers were evacuated as deputies inspected the scene. Damage estimated in the thousands will mainly affect the machine. The Bailey Run area mine employs roughly 400 men and produces about 2,400 tons daily. Washington AP Secretary of State Marshall flies to Moscow for Big Four talks on Austria and Germany peace terms and Greece aid amid pressure on U.S. policy toward Russia.
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the Dry Dock Co
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Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
John Foster Dulles
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Depsuties
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Vincent Auriol
France
Germany
Berlin
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Russia
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Truman
America
Greece
Britain
Soviet Union
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Mich
Merchan Marine Commmittee
Woman Found Dead Under House in Centenary WV
Prosecutor Halbritter reports the discovery of 22 year old Edna Livengood's body under a Centenary house after a snowbound search. Playford Livengood found the body, shotguns were noted as fired recently, and Edward Livengood is being questioned.
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Bruceton Mills
W. Va
R. Doggne Halbritter
Centenary
State Road Commission
Halbritter
Playford Livengood
Edna
Livengood
Robbed In Jerusalem Show Robbed In Jerusalem
Three armed men held up the cashier of a motion picture theater in downtown Jerusalem shortly after 9 a.m. today and escaped with 800 dollars. The incident sparked heavy military activity and intense citywide excitement. The Jerusalem high court also rejected a habeas corpus plea to block deportation of 1,378 uncertified Jewish immigrants seized from a refugee ship off the Palestine coast last week.
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Harvard Athlete’s Body Found in Charles River
Sylvester Gardiner a 22 year old Harvard athlete and son of former Maine governor William Tudor Gardiner disappeared January 23. Medical examiner says he crashed through thin ice while skating and drowned in a Charles River lagoon after a nationwide search.
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Boston
Sylvester Gardiner
Harvard
William Tudor Gardiner
Maine
Charles River
U. S. Army
Twenty Two Indicted in Chicago Sugar Ring Probe
Federal Grand Jury indicted eleven more men in Chicago on charges of illegally possessing and transferring counterfeit sugar stamps. Prosecutors describe four as ring leaders in a vast black market operation. A total of fifty two persons have been indicted in the case recently.
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Chicago
Blue Star Mothers Endorse Vers Bonus In Ohio Sessions
Ohio Blue Star Mothers of America closed meetings in Columbus endorsing a state soldiers bonus for veterans of the recent war. Mrs. Ervin G. Hoffman of Columbus was elected president. The group heard a report on a proposed amphitheater memorial to be built at Chillicothe as recommended by retiring president Mrs. S W Dunlap.
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Columbus
Ohio Department of the Blue Star Mothers of America
Ervin G. Hoffman
S. W. Dunlap
Chillicotne
Heavy Snow Forces Ohio School Closures Across Counties
Snow and wind closures hit Ohio with many rural roads blocked and dozens of schools shut. Portage County reported 16 rural schools closed as north south routes were blocked. Trumbull County had 14 schools closed for two days. Power cuts limited gas supply in Youngstown and mills idled workers as factories reduced output. Licking County closed all schools while Sugar Grove stayed open in Fairfield County.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Portage County
P. C. Shafer
Trumbull County
Columbiana County
Youngstown
East Ohio Gas Co
Charles E. Gallagher
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Mullins Manufacturing Co
Warren
France Seeks Federal Germany at Moscow Talks
Paris backs a federal German state with maximum decentralization to foster democracy. France also reiterates support for Polish border claims to the Oder Neisse line and calls for Ruhr Basin under foreign control for security.
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France
Moscow
Germany
Associated Press
Potsdam
Oder-Neisse Line
Ruhr-Basin
Scarlet Fever Epidemic Closes City Schools
Cambridge Ohio reports a scarlet fever epidemic forcing Kimbolton area schools to close for one week. Health officials note only seven of eighty pupils attended Monday classes amid the outbreak.
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Cambridge
Kimbolton
Guernsey County
Columbus Educators Urge Salary Increase
The Columbus Board of Education was urged by the Columbus Federation of Labor to raise teachers salaries by 450 dollars annually retroactive to January 1. Federation president Paul McCarthy Sr. called Columbus teachers salaries deplorably low.
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Columbus
Columbus Board of Education
Columbus Federation of Labor
Paul McCarthy
Woman Killed and Officer Hurt in Route 22 Crash
Mrs. Mabel Steinhoff, 45, died from injuries after a car driven by her husband Patrolman Spencer Steinhoff, 49, skidded on Route 22 and overturned into a ditch three miles east of Lancaster. The officer sustained critical injuries.
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Mabel Steinhoff
Spencer Steinhoff
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