Ohio House Restricts School Levy Votes to 60 Percent
Ohio lawmakers approved a 60 percent threshold for school levy passage at special or primary elections, replacing the existing simple majority. The vote, 117 to 2, shifts the bill to the Senate where a majority-rule provision had previously prevailed, risking a conference committee if rejected. Secretariat notes Gov Herbert hoped for broader district funding.
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Senate
Carl Sheppard
R-Summit
House- Senate
Thomas J. Herbert
Death Toll Rises in Centralia Mine Disaster
Centralia Ill AP report says 33 dead with 78 still trapped as rescue efforts continue after Tuesday blast at Centralia Coal Company No 5 mine. Snow falls, bodies recovered from 540 feet down, and officials warn of grim prospects. Senate orders inquiry amid accusations of safety lapses and delays in addressing the disaster.
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Centralia Coal Co
Centralia
Ill
Fred Bright
Helen McHenry
Beverly Pawlisa
Helen
Beverly
NEA
Senate
Centralia Coal Company
Ohio Senate approves school salary bill and other measures
The Senate Finance Committee backs a nearly six million dollar education payroll bill to raise pay for about 40 000 teachers and 25 000 school staff by May 31 The Senate also passes a PUCO pay hike from 6000 to 9000 and higher gross receipts assessments to fund operations in Ohio. Additional actions include expanding the Judicial Council and extending authority to refund bonds while other measures loosen work-hour limits for women and minors and adjust youth employment ages.
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Columbus
Senate Finance Committee
Ohio Education Association
Senate
House
Ohio Judicial Council
House Committee On Industrial Relations
John H. Kowalk
Sandusky
Treasurers Seek Statewide Salary Increases
Treasurers from four counties urged the senate finance committee to raise official salaries to offset rising living costs. Current salaries ranged from 1,890 to 4,100 dollars with proposed hikes from 1,890 to 2,760 and 3,345 to 4,100 depending on county.
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Senate Finance Committee
Baby Theft Principal Killed in Auto Wreck
MARION Ohio report states Jack Creviston mine 26 died in a collision with a truck. Clara Louise Kraatz and Florence Schuler were critically injured. Creviston's six day old daughter Jean Aileen, stolen from a hospital two years earlier, was found unharmed after two days.
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Jack Creviston
Clara Louise Kraatz
Florence Schuler
Creviston
Jean Aileen
Miss Truman Invited to Cleveland Operettas
An invitation was extended yesterday to Miss Margaret Truman daughter of the president to appear in two operettas in Cleveland this summer by local organizers seeking to attract audiences and boost city cultural events.
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Truman
Cleveland
Margaret Truman
Train Kills Man at Akron Street Crossing
An Erie passenger train fatally struck a man at a street crossing in Akron Ohio last night. Details identify the victim as Mike Tuba with incomplete biographical data. Local authorities investigated the accident and released the incident report.
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Akron
Mike Tuba
Erie
Ohio Veterans Bonus Plans Move Ahead From Hearings
Ohio lawmakers push a $300 million veterans bonus. Senate subsidies propose $10 monthly payments for service 1941 to 1945 up to $350, with a $50 minimum for 60 days, while survivors receive full pay. Final filing July 1, 1950. Bonus bonds tied to $1 million monthly treasury allocations. real estate levy to cover rest. Heirs of deceased veterans could get $500.
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Senate
House
Ohio
Press Rights Endangered Says Three Year Study
A commission led by Robert M. Hutchins warns that American freedom of the press is in danger. In their three year study, they describe a crisis in the broader press including newspapers radio motion pictures magazines and books. They argue the threat stems from economic structure industrial organization and failed responsibility of press directors.
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Chicago
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Press
Eldon Howells, Pianist, Dies in Columbus
Eldon Howells, 47, Columbus concert pianist, died today. He studied in Europe and America and formed a piano duo with the late Agnes Wright, performing in concerts and on radio broadcasts from coast to coast.
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Eldon Howells
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America
Howells
Agnes Wright
Nelsonville Man Named New Superintendent
Joseph L. Hardy of Nelsonville was named superintendent of the Minimum Wage Division of the Department of Industrial Relations. A 49 year old former gasoline business worker, he previously served as assistant director of relief and commodity distributor in Athens County. He leads the First Presbyterian Sunday school in Nelsonville and belongs to all Masonic orders and the Athens County Republican executive committee.
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Joseph L. Hardy
Nelsonville
Department of Industrial Relations
Mr. Hardy
Athens County
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Republican Executive Committee
Berea Council Orders Water Cut at Home Project
Berea Colorado city council ordered the water supply of 500 families at the Berea Home federal housing project shut off at noon April 10 to relieve low water pressure for nearby industrial plants and residences.
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Berea, CO
Berea Home Federal Housing Project
Berea Homes
Government Faces Telephone Strike Crisis
Washington reports government peacemaker role as NFTW plans a nationwide strike set for April 7 affecting radio networks and many telephone services. NFTW seeks industry wide bargaining and a $12 weekly raise, while AT&T favors local bargaining and company-wide talks.
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Washington
NFTW
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell Telephone System
John W. Gibson
New York
Joseph A. Beirne
Gibson
Truman
Atomic Peace Show Construction Begins
Construction of the Atomic Energy Section of the Mid-America Exposition starts in Cleveland. The $100,000 exhibit spans 10,000 square feet at Public Hall and uses materials from Oak Ridge Tennessee California Washington Canada and Cleveland for the show running May 22 to 31.
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Tenn
California
Washington
Canada
Construction Boom Seen for Cincinnati
Cincinnati district manager John M. Baker of the Ohio State Unemployment Service says the spring will bring peak construction activity, creating demand for skilled workers. He warns unskilled labor will be ample but plumbers brick layers carpenters lathers and plasterers may face shortages.
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Cincinnati
John M. Baker
Ohio State Unemployment Service
Baker
Coal Loading Starts In Harbor at Sandusky
Coal loading operations in Sandusky harbor began with the arrival of the Ben E. Tate a self unloader. The Paisley Steamship Co. vessel will depart later as 1946 loading season opens with its arrival.
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Sandusky
Sandusky Harbor
Ben E. Tate
Paisley Steamship Co
Meat Rationing Ends Today for Canadians
Ottawa reports meat rationing ends for Canadian households today while meat price controls slaughter quotas and meatless Tuesdays and Fridays in restaurants stay in effect.
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Canadians
Ottawa
Winds Fan Church Blaze Claims Fire Captain
A spectacular fire destroyed the 80 year old Franklin Boulevard Methodist Church in Cleveland last night. Fire captain Theodore P. Brenyas, 9, acting chief of the 11th Battalion and a 24 year member, died from a fractured skull. Fireman Michael B. Ruddy, 60, with 41 years on the force, was critically injured with fractures, head injuries and facial burns. About 40 church members were dining in the basement and escaped injuries. The blaze, fanned by winds, spread to two adjoining houses. a rear church wall collapse trapped the men. The fire began in the organ loft.
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Cleveland
Franklin Boulevard Methodist
Theodore P. Brenyas
11Th Battalion
Michael B. Ruddy
New Microscope Reaches 22000 Magnification at Case
An electronic microscope at Case School of Applied Science can enlarge objects 22000 times and, with photography, increase particle size 30000 times. It yields 10 times the magnification of ordinary lenses and could magnify a dime to about a mile in width. Researchers use it to probe chemical secrets.
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Cleveland
Case School of Applied Science
Case
After 43 Wedded Years Louis Mayer to Part
Los Angeles reports Margaret Mayer filed for divorce from Louis B Mayer after 43 years of marriage. She cites desertion as the grounds in Superior Court.
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Louis Mayers
Los Angeles
Louis B. Mayer
Margaret
Ready Market For Ohio Wheat To Move Abroad
Ohio farmers hold a large wheat crop awaiting spring growth. Dr. J I Falconer of Ohio State University says 40 percent may be exported abroad or sent as famine relief, with domestic demand also likely to lift prices, creating an ample market.
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Columbus
Ohio
J. I. Falconer
Ohio State University
College of Agriculture
U. S
Workers Vote to Strike At Two Crockett Plants
Cincinnati dispatch says employees at Crockett Chemical Co. plants voted to strike after wage talks broke down. Local 170 AFL International Chemical Workers Union reports about 350 workers will stay home today.
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Cincinnati
Crockett Chemical Co
AFL International Chemical Workers Union
Crackett
Cold Weather Persist as Storms Subside Across Regions
Unseasonably cold air and new snowfalls spread from Wyoming to western Kentucky and into Tennessee as storms receded. Temperatures fell to near zero in Maine and below freezing across New England while the Midwest saw two inch snows and rain in parts of Kansas and Missouri. The storm, centered in Oklahoma, moved eastward, with records near March 26th in New York City and mild conditions in the Rio Grande Valley and the West, while a flood risk eased in North Dakota after an ice jam broke on the Heart River.
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Damaged B-36 Lands Safely Near Fort Worth
The Army Air Forces 20 million B 36 landed safely after its right landing gear failed. Test Pilot B A Erickson and Co Pilot Gus Green guided the aircraft to a gentle stop despite a stiff wind that tossed 6 of 12 survivors and injured six others after they exited. Consoli dated Vultee Aircraft's Roland Mayer commended the pilots for their skill.
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School Strike Stalls as Arbitration Board Fights Over Privacy
In Cincinnati North College Hill the week-old school strike stalls after the 10 member arbitration panel cancels a meeting. Mediator Howard Wirtz says each faction accuses the other of breaking confidentiality by leaking details to a newspaper.
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North College Hill
Howard Wirtz
Interviewer for BUC Is Ordered Dismissed
Dale Duniton administrator of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation ordered dismissal of Stanley C. Neal an interviewer in the Ironton office on charges of dishonesty malfeasance and bad behavior. Neal appointed Dec 16 1946 as a provisional employee at 175 monthly base pay had borrowed money from 25 or more applicants for BUC benefits by giving the impression he could get them special flavors.
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Columbus
Dale Duniton
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Stanley C. Neal
Ironton
State Civil Service Commission
Neal
BUC
Licking County Judge Frederic M. Black Dies
Newark Ohio report states 75 year old Frederic M Black longtime director and vice president of the Ohio Manufacturers Association and judge on the Licking County common pleas court was found dead in his bed by his wife Alice He had sat on the bench the day prior and was appointed in 1941 and elected in 1942 His widow survives and is listed as next of kin
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Newark
Frederic M. Black
Licking County Common Pleas Court
Alice
Black
Ohio Manufacturers Association
Licking County
Senate Panel Hears Reorganization Plan for Agriculture Dept
A Ohio Senate Agriculture Committee hearing examined a proposed reorganization of the State Department of Agriculture. Sen. Joseph R. Nutt Jr. said the session should be the last needed step before a recommendation for passage.
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Columbus
State Department of Agriculture
Senate
Joseph R. Nutt, Jr
Cuyahoga
Agriculture Committee
Over Income Tenants Face Eviction in Columbus Housing
Eviction suits filed in municipal court target 157 tenants at four Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority projects. NHA Director Russell Taylor says higher incomes pushed tenants above the $2,499 maximum eligibility, with notices sent six months ago.
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Columbus
Metropolitan Housing Authority
Russell Taylor
NHA
Busy Party Line Nets $1,000 Fire Damage
Fire damaged the home of Mrs. Dewey Hoover in New Philadelphia. The loss was estimated at $1,000 after a fire yesterday. Mrs. Hoover said two women she asked to surrender a party telephone line refused and taunted her.
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Philadelphia
Dewey Hoover
Drake Hotel Ordered Vacated by Inspector
Cincinnati officials order the 110 room Drake Hotel vacated after deputy building inspector Al Frazier labeled the downtown structure a dangerous fire hazard. A precautionary move cited fire risks and safety concerns for guests and surrounding properties.
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Cincinnati
al Frazier
President Truman urged price cuts amid wage talks
Sam Simmons notes Truman’s push for industry price reductions as unions seek higher wages. He cites International Harvester and Ford, suggesting cost uncertainties could allow price cuts, and jokes that breaking even could avoid income taxes, pleasing Washington.
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International Harevester
Ford Motor
International
Ford
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