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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1946
Page
1
Washington AP report notes the administration housing bill moves toward a House vote in fragile form. Housing Expediter Wilson W Wyatt says it cannot reach the intended 2 700 000 new houses figure. Rep Keefe Wisconsin calls the bill amended beyond recognition as key provisions are struck.
The Columbus Housing Advisory Commission asked the city council to seek permission from the Columbus Board of Education to convert three unused school buildings into housing with federal aid. It urged locating other unused public buildings for conversion and noted a $600 million subsidy fund to speed building material production. The House trimmed final price controls and expanded mortgage insurance while adding veteran housing preferences and material export limits.
The administration asked Congress for 2.051 billion dollars to continue federal subsidies on food and materials for the coming fiscal year starting July 1. Officials warned that sudden removal would worsen inflation beyond the program’s capacity to control it.
Washington notes warn that U S diplomacy risks appearing one sided as Spain Argentina and broader shifts draw scrutiny from officials. The Missouri will ferry the body of Turkish envoy Ertegun from New York March 21 with destroyer escort into Mediterranean waters signaling U S naval reach amid tensions with Russia and postwar diplomacy.
Ohio faces a 57 000 unit housing shortage by end of 1946 despite a predicted building boom. The State Urban Development Commission cites 25 000 units feasible in 1946, plus 8 000 from federal temporary housing and conversions. The report warns veterans housing, rising costs, and price inflation are key risks.
Slightly cooler air moved into parts of the nation but temperatures stayed above normal for a second day. New York and Buffalo saw heat spikes with Buffalo 72 and Rochester 67 as highs. cooler readings touched the Ohio Valley, Northern Plains, and Mid Atlantic while light rain fell from Alabama to Western Pennsylvania and light snow tipped Montana Wyoming and the Dakotas.
The Civil Aeronautics Board neared completion of hearings on proposed extended service by Colonial Airlines. The New York to Cincinnati route would include stops at Reading, Pittsburgh, Akron, and Springfield Ohio as part of Middle Atlantic expansion.
In Washington the capital bill suggested Edwin W. Pauley would withdraw his bid for Under Secretary of the Navy after limited Senate Naval Committee testimony. The move followed few witnesses being called, signaling a possible withdrawal request as Churchill arrives in Washington with President Truman.
In Tibbs Tennessee residents shrug off a threatened nationwide phone shutdown. They use a 15 line party system wired along barbed wire fences linked by Italian and German field phones found by Jack Bishop. The system connects homes, a store, and farms with free listening shared by the community.
Benjamin Franklin Thompson aged 21 from Charleston died when the car he rode in left Route 17 near the Lock 11 Coast Guard station, upended after hitting an embankment. Driver Clarence B. Holley pleaded guilty to reckless driving, fined 425 plus costs. three other passengers uninjured.
A discharged war veteran filed a $20,000 damage suit in common pleas court naming the United Steelworkers of America CIO and officials as defendants. Elmer A. Kelley alleges he was beaten Feb 1 near the Sawbrook Steel Casting Company plant while trying to report for work during a steelworkers strike, worsening combat-related injuries.
Ohio's liquor allowance will stay the same for the next two weeks with a fifth, quarter pint of rationed whiskey per customer. State Liquor Director Robert M. Sohn announced that a blended to-age rye whiskey has been added to store stocks on a ration-free basis.
Two railroad brotherhoods announced detailed preparations for a nationwide strike to begin at 6 am Monday. The walkout involves 215,000 trained trainmen and 78,000 engineers, with formal announcement made by A F Whitney and Alvanley Johnston, presidents of the Brotherhood for Railroad Trainmen and the engineer group.
White House said President Truman would soon appoint an emergency fact-finding panel to review the railroad dispute. The move could delay the strike 8 to 60 days under the act as unions plan stoppages on 112, 85, 91, and 96 lines over four days. Labor observers note the board’s nonbinding findings and potential government takeover as alternatives. Detroit protests press for intervention to end a 101 day work stoppage amid ongoing talks.
The House committee investigating un American activities said foreign agents attempted to steal America's atom bomb secrets. Chairman John Wood announced the investigation disclosed the theft attempt but did not name the nations involved.
LANCASTER. Charles Sawyer former ambassador to Belgium and R Kenneth Kerr publisher of the Lancaster Eagle Gazette announced the purchase of the Pepsi-Cola bottling company of Parkersburg West Virginia and Marietta Ohio from the Fairmont Ice Cream Company of Omaha Nebraska for about 175000 Kerr said He and Sawyer already operate Pepsi-Cola companies in Mount Vernon Athens and Gallipolis Ohio
The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America weighs a report calling for firm but friendly and sympathetic dealings with the Soviet Union despite tensions. John Foster Dulles chairs the study group as Protestant churches with 25 million members consider how world order blends religious social and political patterns among nations.
In McConnellville the main Rocky Glen Tuberculosis Sanitarium buildings were burned early today. Superintendent Harry Mark says losses reach about 100000 with the origin undetermined. The lab, X ray, kitchen and dormitory blocks were destroyed while 100 patients were moved to safety. Dr. Lewiss Mark of Columbus organized the sanitarium.
ASHTABULA Francis Reed 31, father of eight, re-enlisted in the army because he could not support a family of ten on 25 dollars a week. Army officers said he would be eligible for a monthly $252 allotment for his wife and children.
A nationwide walkout by about 250000 telephone workers was averted shortly before the 6 am deadline. NFTW executives in Washington cancelled the planned strike after a settlement with AT&T covering wage increases and specific pay bands for long lines and other crafts. The agreement, effective Feb 1 1946 to March 6 1947, ends the Western Electric strike at Kearney New Jersey and preserves hours while adding new weekly and shift differentials across multiple unions.
The Commerce Department reports at the start of 1946 construction costs and material prices reached their highest levels in decades. Steel sheet and strip remain scarce into 1946. lumber stocks are at record lows due to demand exceeding supply. mill work orders exceed production. hardwood flooring orders equal six to ten months of output. brick demand covers about three and a half months of production. 1846 stock levels are at 15 percent of normal. structural clay tile stocks have fallen to 12 percent of normal after a long decline.
Ohio high court holds that once a position is under civil service it cannot be removed to an exempted list and fired at will. The ruling restores Tom Deering as recreation director of Cincinnati after his 1944 dismissal by the Recreation Commission and reverses an appellate ruling.
Rep Rankin alleges James Roosevelt joined the Communists citing a press report that Roosevelt became national director for the Independent Citizens Committee. Rep Outland defends Roosevelt’s patriotism, recalling the late President’s son war record. In Findlay Ohio the Sofskin Co stock is bought by Vick Chemical, operations to continue locally.
The merchant ship Edwin Markham, after an 185 day voyage across the Pacific, delivered war material unwanted by the US Navy. The crew reported dumping ammunition at one point to avoid moving it, then loading office equipment and sedans for generals before finally reaching Tokyo Bay on March 2.
Mrs. Francis Baker aged 80, mother of Ohio University President John C. Baker, died last night at her home in Everett Pennsylvania after an illness of several months. President Baker traveled from Athens to attend funeral services in Everett.
Ford Motor Co recalls 10 09 workers at branch plants in other cities over the next three weeks after previously calling back 38 000 hourly workers in the Detroit area and Michigan plants. William J Salzmann Democratic state legislator dies at 54 while playing handball at the M C A in Cleveland.
In a Columbus decision the supreme court held that a hound dog is a thing of value for tax purposes. The ruling states the dog is a taxable property item whether listed for taxation or not.
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