Opposition mounts to flat bonus and overseas duty pay
Columbus AP says opposition to a flat ten dollar monthly service bonus for Ohio war veterans grew as sub committees draft legislation for a General Assembly vote. Veterans want at least fifteen dollars monthly for overseas service and Congress debated costs near four hundred million dollars.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Veterans
House
Senate
Henry W. Deming
Rlicking
Public Utilities Commission
D. A. Liggit
R-Logan
42Nd Rainbow Division Memorial Highway
Schools in three towns closed by illness amid flu outbreak
Across Logansport, Pomeroy, Middleport and Hocking County illness forced school shutdowns with classes to resume next Monday. In Athens County the Southeast District Festival was canceled as Jackson and other schools closed for flu and scarlet fever.
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Logan
Pomerop
Middleport
Hocking County
Athens County
Glen M. Hanes
Jackson
Ohio
Carlos Bradley
Gallia Academy
Southeastern Ohio
Athens
Greens Run
Jacksonville-Trimble
I-T
Shade
the Plains
Amesville
York Township
Buchtel
Kimberly
Deanville
Oak Grove
Connett
George E. Carr
Southard
James R. Smoot
Pomeroy
W. A. Smith
J. E. White
Charles S. Gibbs
Central
Genevieve Stobart
Emma Seitz
Sugar Run
Rutland
Girls’ Glee Club
Sias Pushes Daniels-Cramer Bill For Athens Teachers
Dr. A B Sias of Ohio University told a Senate Education Committee Athens district needs the Daniels-Cramer bill to fund teacher training. He said prospects expect passage and noted Athens County teachers earn about 1600 dollars annually, with potential gains over 500 dollars under the bill. He criticized OSU radio lobbing for the measure and noted a counter proposal to maintain the present foundation program plus 14.5 million yearly for cost-of-living bonuses.
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Columbus
A. B. Sias
Ohio University’s
College of Education
Senate Education Committee
Athens
Athens County
Sias
Fred G. Reiners
R.hamilton
Ohio State University
WOSU
Daniels-Cramer
Hearst Editor Wiley S. Smith Dies at 59
Wiley S. Smith, 59, a veteran Hearst editor, died last night. He served years with the Hearst newspaper organization and was known for his editorial work and leadership.
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Hearst
New York
Wiley S. Smith
Hearst Newspaper Organization
Coal to Gas Plan Disclosed by Pittsburgh Coal Co
The Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co disclosed plans to convert a 100000 acre mining tract in Washington County Pennsylvania into a synthetic plant producing coal distilled gas high octane gasoline and fuel. The long range program worth 120 million dollars aims to save the soft coal industry and is expected to reach full production by 1950 or 1951.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Pennsylvania
Washington County
Three Killed at Crossing by Pennsylvania Train
Noah E Millsap 27 formerly of Akron and two brothers Elmer 16 and Jesse Stump 12 were killed when their car was struck by the Pennsylvania Railroad American at a grade crossing in Dayton yesterday.
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Dayton
Noah E., Millsap
Akron
Elmer
Jesse Stump
Pennsylvania Railroad
Phone Strike Deadlock Tests National Bell System
Washington reports the Bell Telephone System and a federation of 39 unions remain in deadlock over nationwide bargaining as an April 7 strike deadline nears. Labor officials, including John W. Gibson, met AT&T to discuss a cross-country bargaining committee and NFTW demands such as a 12 dollar weekly pay rise.
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Washington
Bell Telephone System
National Federation of Telephone Workers
John W. Gibson
New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
AT & T
Bell System
NFTW
FBI Probes Conspiracy Claims In Newsprint Industry
Washington reports that the FBI is investigating alleged conspiracy among Canada newsprint manufacturers. Senator Hill cites Justice Department remarks that grand juries may issue subpoenas as the investigation advances. The department declined immediate comment amid a wider industry shortage context.
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Washington
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Justice Department
FBI
Canada
Hill
Wendell Berge
Anti-Trust
Senate
Small Business Committee
Oil Truck Overturns on Route 33 Near Emerson Farm
A Standard Oil Co. semi-trailer turned over last night about 9 30 on Route 33 near the Emerson Poston farm. Driver J L Williams of Newark escaped injury after attempting air brakes on the slippery highway, skidding, and hitting an embankment while returning to Newark from Athens.
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LOGAN
Standard Oil Co
Emerson Poston Farm
J. L. Williams
Newark
Athens
Privy Council Rejects Gruner Appeal in Palestine Case
Britain's highest tribunal the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council dismissed a petition for leave to appeal from the death sentence imposed on Dov Bela Gruner a Jew convicted of anti British violence in Palestine The ruling likely allows the execution to proceed and sparks further Jewish underground actions.
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London
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Britain
Dov Bela Gruner
Palestine
Grand Jury to Hear Yacht Murder Charge in Orange County
Santa Ana California The Orange County grand jury met to consider a murder indictment against George Gollum 21 and his fiancée Louise Overell. They stand charged with killing Louise Overell's parents Walter and Mrs Overell aboard a yacht after a dynamite blast on March 15. The fiancée is named sole heir to an estimated $600000 fortune.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Orange County
James Musick
George Gollum
Louise Overell
Gollum
Miss Overell
Walter E. Overell
Family Threats After Garfield Heights Bombing
In Cleveland area reports two telephone threats were received by the family of Solicitor Joseph L. Zelazny of Garfield Heights within 24 hours after his home was bombed on Sunday.
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Cleveland
Joseph L. Zelazny
Garfield Heights
Retailers resist high prices amid housing and wage pressures
SAM SIMMONS argues retailers won’t buy below production cost unless markets glut. Thurman Arnold cites unions and contractors colluding to drive up costs in housing. Builders face strikes, higher wages, and rising home prices from 2500 to 10000, squeezing half the population.
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Thurman Arnold
Armed Farmers Seize New Orleans Bound Milk
Armed farmers blockaded Florida parish milk shipments into New Orleans causing spills and halting tank car contents. Union leader Glen Hendry predicts a three week duration as roads into the city are guarded and millions of gallons are disrupted. Distributors had cut milk prices triggering the strike.
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New Orleans
Florida
Illinois Central
Glen Hendry
Amite
Hendry
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Truman Fears Price Rises
President Truman expressed concern over rising prices at his 100th news conference. He urged industry to cooperate and cited International Harvester Company and Ford as examples that have reduced prices to prevent an inflationary spiral.
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Washington
Truman
International Harvester Company
Ford
Russia Demands Study of Red Atomic Plan
LAKE SUCCESS New York United Nations actions A. A. Gromyko Soviet delegate and commission chairman pressed for immediate consideration of the Soviet atomic plan. He warned the proposals could not be bypassed and must be dealt with to reach agreement at the Atomic Energy Commission closed session.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
Commission
Gromyko
Senate
House
Brewster
R-Me
United States
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Eugene ‘Dennis
House Committee On
unAmerican
Communist Party
Dennis
Hoover
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Girl 14 Faces Delinquency Charge in Father’s Death
Three witnesses testified that Mary Catherine Reardon admitted shooting her father J Vincent Reardon as he drove the girl and her boyfriend Michael D Arcy home from a tourist camp. The trial entered its third day with uncertainty over whether the girl will testify in her own defense.
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ST. Louis
Mary Catherine Reardon
J. Vincent Reardon
Mary
Michael D'Arcy
Electric Cooperative Secures $200000 Loan for Service
The Guernsey Muskingum Electric Cooperative of New Concord Ohio received a $200,000 loan from the Rural Electrification Administration to extend electrical power service.
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Electric Cooperative
Washington
Guernsey-Muskingum Electric Cooperative, Inc
New Concord, C
Rural Electrification Administration
Woman Acquitted Of Shotgun Slaying
Canton Ohio Mrs Elizabeth Fogle age 27 was acquitted yesterday by a jury of first degree manslaughter in the shotgun slaying of her husband George 51 on January 27 She testified the weapon discharged accidentally.
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Canton
Elizabeth Fogle
George
Edward R. Wilson Dies in Princeton at 83
Edward R. Wilson 83 father in law of Glenn Neville executive editor of the New York Daily Mirror died yesterday in Princeton Missouri. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Kein
Princeton
Edward R. Wilson
Glenn Neville
The
New York Daily Mirror
Marietta Sailor Dies In Pearl Harbor Training Tank
Earl Clifford Singer Jr of Marietta was the first Navy casualty in Pearl Harbor submarine base training in 15 years. While using a momsen lung to ascend from 100 foot depth, he encountered trouble and was placed in a decompression chamber where he died 12 hours later.
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Honolulu
Earl Clifford Singer, Jr
Marietta
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Singer
Two Massive Tidal Waves Strike New Zealand Coast
Eyewitnesses report two 30 foot tidal waves slamming a 60 mile east coast stretch of North Island New Zealand. The first hit Poverty Bay coast at 8 30 am local time after an offshore earthquake warning. Gisborne escaped drownings though streets flooded four feet: residents fled to higher ground as several towns suffered damage to buildings roads and bridges.
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Auckland
New Zealand
North Island
Poverty Bay
New Zealand Observatory
Gisborne
Man Killed In Gun Battle After HoldUp
Dayton man Lemuel J. Rose 37 was killed and Detectives Myers Stine 32 and Matthew Meldon 36 wounded after a gun battle that followed a West End holdup on Spring Grove Avenue. Rose and George Strange 42 were caught counting money when the shooting started. Strange was captured, Rose killed, both detectives injured. The amount taken in the holdup could not be estimated.
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Cincinnati
Dayton, O
Westend
Harry O. Jones
Lemuel J. Rose
Dayton
Myers Stine
Matthew Meldon
Jones
Stine
Meldon
Rose
George Strange
Tony
Spring Grove Ave
Strange
Lake Survivor Claims Challenged in Court
A federal court petition from Cleveland Tankers Inc challenges a $315,000 damages plan awarded to 32 families of victims from the barge Cleveco and the tug Admiral that sank near Cleveland on December 3, 1942. The petition seeks canceling 11 of 26 awards and halving the remaining damages.
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Cleveland
Cleveco
Admiral
Cleveland Tankers, Inc
Carl D. Friebolin
Heart attack believed cause of driver Hoppes death
Thomas F. Hoppes 76 of Louisville Ohio died yesterday in Seal Beach California after a heart attack struck him at the wheel of his automobile.
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Seal Beach
Calif
Thomas F. Hoppes
Louisville
Ohio
Students Still Striking To Reinstate Official
About 500 students at North College Hill Junior and Senior High School began a second week of striking to demand rehiring Dr. William A. Cook as superintendent. Arbitrators planned another session tonight to seek a solution after last Wednesday’s refusal by the suburban district’s board of education.
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Cincinnati
North College
Hill
Board of Education
William A. Cook
Jenkins critiques Agriculture Department marketing functions
Rep Jenkins of Ohio denounces the agriculture department in a House speech calling its marketing functions willy nilly and unrhythmic. He argues no constructive steps have been taken to form a marketing research agency authorized by the 79th Congress.
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Washington
Rep
Jenkins
Ohio
Agriculture Department
House
GOP backs income tax trim vote on measure tomorrow
The House takes up a GOP backed bill to trim income taxes 30 percent for small taxpayers and 20 percent for most others, reducing federal revenue by about 3.84 billion yearly. A vote is set for tomorrow under a no amendments rule. Senate likely to revise. some Democrats expect a veto.
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Washington
House
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Senate
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