House Leaders Seek Pension Measure Vote
Washington AP. House debates a multi billion dollar veterans pension bill with Rankin proposing universal pensions to World War I and II veterans starting at age 65. Huber offers a cheaper alternative limited to needy World War I veterans with scale of benefits by disability level.
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Washington
House
Rankin
D-Miss
Rep
Huber
Ohio
Rankin’s
John E. Rankin
Mississippi
Veterans Committee
Official Blames 1948 Prices on Metal Shortages
Louis H. Bean of the U S Department of Agriculture told the Annual Farm and Home Week Conference at Ohio State University that rising prices in 1948 were mainly due to shortages of metals metal products and building materials. He said farmers faced higher living costs and production costs from machinery equipment supplies and materials and urged expansion toward national welfare under government guidance.
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Columbus
Department of Agriculture
Louis H. Bean
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bean
Ohio State University
Truman
Solons React to Truman Attitude Shift on Civil Rights and Welfare
Southern Democrats and Republicans weigh President Truman’s new conciliatory stance toward Congress. Senators Maybank Sparkman and Fulbright praised a cooperative rent control bill, while Dixie lawmakers warned they can only partly back Civil Rights proposals amid a shifting political calculus.
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Washington
Truman
Lucas
Illinois
Maybank
D-Sc
Sparkman
D-Ala
Fulbright
D-Ark
Dixie
Mayors’ Conference
Congress
McArthur Man Jailed In Theft of Tractors
Alvah Jiden, 29, of McArthur, Ohio, is jailed in Delaware County awaiting grand jury action on tractor thefts at Warrensburg and Norton. His brother William, 22, and Burtis Nettles, 28, both previously arrested, are also held in the same jail.
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Delaware
Ohio
Alvah Jiden
McArthur
Delaware County
Warrensburg
Norton
William
Burtis Nettles
Chillicothe Man Dies After Collision Northeast of Town
Hoyt Harris age 33 of Chillicothe was fatally injured Tuesday in a collision between a car and a truck two miles northeast of the city. He died at the scene.
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Chillicothe
Washington
D. H
Hoyt Harris
Here
Defense Requests Halt In Guam Murder Trial
Defense attorneys asked a six month halt in the Guam murder trial of Elsa Hanszek who is accused of killing her husband Joseph Hanszek a U S Navy Chief Machinist mate from Bethlehem Pennsylvania. The request cites a missing witness named Chuck Doherty believed in Ohio.
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Guam
Elsa Hanszek
Hanszek
U. S. Navy
Joseph Hanszek
Bethlehem
Chuck” Doherty
Doherty
Ohio
Seven Indicted in Lawrence County Gambling Case
A Lawrence County Grand Jury returned seven secret gambling indictments after hearing from 108 witnesses. Prosecutor Louis Sheridan said the accused were alleged slot machine operators.
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Ironton
Lawrence County
Louis Sheridan
Edward Arnold Divorced in Los Angeles
Mrs Olive Arnold 54 has obtained a divorce from actor Edward Arnold 58 in Los Angeles charging desertion and cruelty.
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Edward Arnold
Los Angeles
Olive Arnold
Ohio Brothers Dennewitz Buried In State’s Worst War Loss
In Chillicothe the Dennewitz brothers were buried after a citywide funeral. John 24 William 18 and James 23 died in France Germany and the South Pacific during World War II. Gov Lausche and Adj. Gen Kreber joined their parents at gravesides as crowds paid tribute. Stores closed and police managed the somber procession.
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Chillicothe
Dennewitz Brothers
Woodlawn
N. High St. Church of Christ In
Christian Union
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Adj
Leo Kreber
Joseph den- Lewitz
John
William
James
Clarabelle
Joan
Lausche
Germany
South Pacific
France
Bill To Repeal Labor Act Gains GOP Support
In the House Labor Committee the administration bill to repeal Taft Hartley picks up Rep. Brehm Ohio and a likely additional Republican vote. The measure would revive Wagner act principles and ease labor unions concerns. Senate approval followed amid Taft criticism and proposed amendments on bargaining good faith contributions contract guarantees and employer speech rights.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Rep
Brehm
Ohio
House
Capitol
Senate Labor Committee
Taft
Senate Committee
Rep. Jacobs
D-Ind
Bar Tests Fair Says Cincinnati Lawyers
Frank R. Gusweiler and his son Judge Frank M. Gusweiler charged discrimination in grading the Ohio bar exam papers. The 243 successful applicants included George D. Massar of Pomeroy. The elder Gusweiler claimed UC law grads were unfairly graded and noted 200 of 443 applicants failed the test.
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Cincinnati
Frank R. Gusweiler
Frank M. Gusweiler
Municipal Court
George D. Massar
Mulberry Ave
Pomeroy
Ohio State Bar
Gusweilers
Gusweiler
University of Cincinnati Law School
Ohio Supreme Court
Newark Murder Trial Enters Second Day
The first degree murder trial of three defendants including Albert R. Hefley 18 Maxine Dermer Sullivan 23 and Clarence Robert 19 entered its second day in Newark. They are charged with beating Edwin Hart 49 of Hebron to death last January as a jury including five women was selected the previous day.
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Newark
Albert R. Hefley
Maxine Dermer Sullivan
Clarence Robert
Edwin Hart
Hebron
Ohio Firm Wins About 4.5 Million War Claim
Balatoc Mining Co. owned by John Hausserman of New Richmond Ohio was awarded a war damage claim totaling about 4.5 million dollars. A spokesman for the U S Philippine War Damage Commission said the first 30 percent payment of 1.5 million dollars would be made immediately.
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Manila
Balatoc Mining Co
John Hausserman
New Richmond
Ohio
U. S.-Philippine War Age Commission
Commission
Hausserman
Forecast for Columbus region shows above normal temperatures
The extended outlook indicates temperatures about 5 degrees above normal with a normal high of 45 and low of 25. Colder midweek, warmer by Friday, with little change afterward. Precipitation expected from half to three quarters of an inch, with showers tonight in the east and general rain through the weekend.
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Columbus
Frigidaire division weighs layoffs amid cautious buying
Dayton report notes Frigidaire division of General Motors Corp may lay off an undisclosed number of workers due to cautious buying.
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Dayton
Frigidaire
General Motors Corp
The Punch At It Again In Palm Springs Party Scuffle
Police report Frank The Punch Sinatra slugged guest Jack Wintermeyer at a party hosted by Donald Duncan. Wintermeyer required hospital treatment for a head gash. Afterward Sinatra and Wintermeyer met with a peace arrangement at Duncan’s home. No charges filed.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Frank
Sinatra
A. G. Kettman
Bobby Sex Idol
Jack Wintermeyer
Kettman
Wintermeyer
Donald Duncan
Fliers Seek New Record Flight Across the U S
Two California pilots Bill Barris and Dick Riedel in the Sunkist Lady aimed to extend the sustained flight record from Meridian Mississippi toward Miami Florida. The 560 mile hop yesterday followed a long leg, with 154 hours airborne by midnight as they pursue the 726 hour 1939 record.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Miami
Bill Barris
Dick Riedel
Fullerton
Calif
Meridian
Miss
Two Killed and Fifty Hurt in Scattered Storms
Two persons died and about 50 were injured as storms hit scattered areas of Louisiana and Mississippi Monday. Tornadoes and strong winds also struck parts of Northeast Texas and Southwest Arkansas with no fatalities reported. The worst damage occurred along a 100 mile Mississippi corridor from Jackson to Yazoo City.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Jackson
Yazoo City
Slayers of American Arrested Reported by Korean Police Chief
Police chief Kim Tai Sun announced the arrest of five men linked to the Communist South Korean Labor Party for the murder of Mrs. H. H. Underwood. The American victim, wife of the president emeritus of Chisen University, was shot in her home on March 17. the suspects confessed.
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Seoqul
Kim Tai Sun
H. H. Underwood
Communist South, Korean Labor Party
Kentucky School Burns in Lebanon Fire
St Charles High School in Lebanon Kentucky built in 1938 at a cost of about 60000 dollars was destroyed by fire yesterday. No one was injured.
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Kentucky
Lebanon
St. Charles High School
Conveyor Belt Proposal Advances in East Liverpool Council
East Liverpool council narrowly approves a formal resolution backing the river to lakes industrial conveyor belt plan. four members favor immediate enactment, three oppose haste, second reading set for April 4. Wellsville and Toronto have enacted resolutions against the idea. Canton council votes 9 to 5 opposing eminent domain bills for Riverlake Conveyor Lines, lacking unanimous support for emergency status.
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Fast Liverpool
Wellsville
Toronto
Canton
Ohio Assembly
Riverlake Conveyor Lines (Inc
William Schumacher
Ohioan Hits Hospital Cut
Washington vice president spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars announced President Truman’s order to slash the Veterans Administration hospital expansion. The plan removed a 1,000-bed Toledo hospital and cut two Cleveland hospitals by 750 beds plus a Cincinnati institution by 250 beds. A Senate subcommittee reviews impact on the VA program. VFW official Tyack says Ohio veterans on waiting lists would fill the 4462 beds proposed.
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Ohio
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Truman
Veterans Administration
Toledo
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Senate Public Welfare
George E. Tyack
VFW Department of Qohio
Dates Won't Wait Students Take Car Slams
University students Fred Cardillo and Robert Zink were arraigned in municipal court on charges of operating a vehicle without the owner's consent. Detective Sgt. Stanley Werelin identified them as 24-year-old Cardillo of Cleveland and 20-year-old Zink of Norwalk Ohio. They said they took the car belonging to Mrs Irene Spicer to avoid being late for their dates.
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Hamilton
Stanley Werelin
Fred '. Cardillo
Cleveland
Robert D. Zink
Norwalk
Ohio
Irene Spicer
Summit Jury Indicts Woman in Poison Case
Summit County Grand Jury indicts Marilyn Stevenson 24 of Copley for administering poison to Dr. Charles F. Jones January. Jones, a veterinarian, tasted milk containing the poison but was not seriously harmed.
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Summit
Akron
Summit County
Grand Jury
Marilyn Stevenson
Copley
Charles F. Jones
Man Shot to Death While Fleeing Police in Columbus
In Columbus 47, William Carter, 32, was shot and killed Monday as he attempted to flee two city detectives after being arrested for passing bad checks. Detectives George Deckard and Isaac Moore reported the suspect broke away, and coroner Robert Evans ruled the shooting justifiable homicide.
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Columbus
William Carter
George Deckard
Isaac Moore
Robert A. Evans
Former Ohio Star Helen Minkley Gillingwater Dies
Helen Minkley Gillingwater, 89, former stage actress and once married to comedian Claude Gillingwater, died Monday night in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. Born in Zanesville Ohio, she had a notable early career in Ohio.
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Ohio
Wilkes-Barre
Helen Minkley Gillingwater
Claude Gillingwater
Zanesville
Washington adopts fair employment act
Olympia reports the P A Fair Employment Practices Act was enacted into law Monday in Washington state. The measure aims to prohibit discrimination in employment and promote equal opportunity across workplaces statewide.
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Olympia
Wash
State of
Washington
Senate Democrats Back Measure Extending Rent Control
Democratic Senators unite to back a rent control extension bill, with strong House and Senate debate over local takeover, landlord returns, and home rule provisions. Maybank signals expected Senate passage soon, despite Republicans voicing concerns and Truman's original scope.
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Washington
Maybank
Senate Banking Committee
Senate Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
House
Baldwin
Coan
Bricker
Chase
Taft of
Chie
Ohter
GOP
Senate Policy Committee
Truman
Writing Yen Is Seen Plea
Judith Copson a 27 year old Justice Department analyst is charged with espionage for allegedly removing secret papers. Her attorney says she was researching a romantic novel with political context when FBI arrested her in New York March 4 with Russian engineer Valentin Gubitchev. She pled not guilty to a second indictment accusing unauthorized removal of classified material.
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Washington
Judith Copson
U. S&s
Miss Copson
Justice Department
FBI
New York City
Valentin A. Gubitchev
The
United Nations
Processions Banned in London After Clash
Britain bans all political processions for three months after Sunday's clash between Sir Oswald Mosley's Union Movement and Communist groups in London.
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London-4
Britain
Oswald Mosley
Ohio Senate weighs jobless pay bill amid liquor measure
In Columbus the Ohio Senate debates an unemployment compensation bill to raise benefits from 21 to 25 dollars and extend to 26 weeks while liquor license fee increases face a possible 17 vote hurdle. Gov Lausche urged passage to boost local government revenue.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Senate
Republians
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Emmett R. Guthrie
Dcoshocton
Florida
Great Lakes
Anonymous Mail Urges Students Not To Teach
Ohio Education Association president Miss Margaret Boyd says an anonymous letter circulating in the state urges students not to become teachers. She calls it Communist-inspired and aimed at crippling the public school system as Ohio needs 3000 new elementary teachers annually but trains only 950.
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Columbus
Ohio
The
Ohio Education Association
Margaret Boyd
Boyd
House OK Expected For Air Force Bill
The House prepared to pass a 70-group air force bill despite a delayed, enthusiastic send-off. Only Rep. Marcantonio opposed it, sending the measure to the Senate. The bill would authorize building the Air Force to 70 combat groups, set an Army ceiling at 837,000, and cap Air Force manpower at 502,000.
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Washington
House
Marcantonio
Alny
Senate
Shooting Ends Outlaw Family Last of the Barker Boys
Lloyd Barker, son of Ma Barker, is shot dead in suburban Denver, ending the Barker family’s violent era. His widow Jennie faces murder charges as authorities recount past crimes by Ma Barker and her sons including robberies, kidnappings, and a prison escape.
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Kate
Ma” Barker
Fred
Arthur
Barker
Jennie
Clarence . Hackenthal
Subuurban
Denver
Leavenworth
Ma Barker
U. S
Baxter Springs
Kans
Barkers
Alvin Karpis
Edward G. Bremer
St. Paul, Minn
William A. Hamm, Jr
St. Paul
Arthur “Dee” Barker
Chicago
Alcatraz
Fred Barker
FBI
Florida
Herman
Russian Says Currency Ban Deepens Berlin Split
A Soviet official says the West ban on Eastmarks deepens the Berlin split while the Soviet administration will not bar Western Berliners from spending East marks they hold. It also indicates no new East mark will be issued for Western Berliners.
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Berlin
Germany
Alexander Jelisarov
Search for missing woman ends with river search
Cincinnati police searched the Ohio River foot of Central Avenue after a junk yard watchman reported seeing a young woman run into the river while two men chased her. Officers found no trace of the woman after the area was combed.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Central Avenue
William Ward
Public hearings promised on NATO by Senate committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Connally announced wide open public hearings on the North Atlantic Security Treaty. He said hearings would begin soon after the April 4 signing and would run for at least a week, signaling a full exploration of the alliance’s terms.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Man Falls Down Hillside on Mt Washington
Harold Gartser of Newark Ohio fell fifty feet down the Mt Washington hillside and landed on Pennsylvania Railroad tracks while with a railroad crew. He was treated at Southside Hospital for head lacerations.
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Pittsburgh
Harold Gartser
Newark
Ohio
Mt. Washington
Southside Hospital
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