Rent Law Takes Effect As World War II Era Controls End
A new rent control law goes into effect at midnight, extending modified controls to March 31, 1949 for about 50 million Americans. It bans general rent increases but allows up to 15 percent with lease agreements. a federal court will rule on ceilings when the Housing Expeditor clashes with local boards.
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Washington
Truman
Tighe Woods
Securities and Exchange Commission
U.S. Savings and Loan League
League
Congress
UMW Chief Testifies on Walkout actions speeded by inquiry panel
In New York and Washington reports, John L. Lewis testified before a presidential inquiry board studying the soft coal pension dispute. The strike has crippled steel output, with Iron Age warning of possible near 85 million tons and ongoing production losses as government controls loom.
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John L. Lewis
Lewis
UMW
Inquiry Board
New York
Metalworking Trade Weekly
Washington
United Mine Workers
Presidential Board of Inquiry
Ezra van Horn
Thomas E. Murray
Murray
van Horn
Ohio launches vets job plan across state
Ohio introduces a statewide job development program to place college-trained World War II veterans and non veterans in future oriented positions. Starting April 5 the unemployment bureau will accept applications as officials note 35 percent of 1950 graduates are veterans and about 68 000 vets were enrolled in Ohio colleges under the GI Bill last December.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Collopy
Rites for Dr. Barker To Be in McConnelsville
Funeral services will be held Friday in McConnelsville for Dr. Charles E. Barker 78 personal physician to President Taft. He died in Valdosta Georgia after a heart attack Saturday night and had lived in Chicago the past several years. He was from a Morgan County family and left the area 50 years ago.
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Mcconnellville
Charles E. Barker
William Howard Taft
Barker
Valdosta
Morgan County
Chicago
Bar Exam Passed Columbus Area Attorney Drennen Included
Janes Martin Drennen of Chillicothe passed the state bar examination. He was among 11 men whose names were withheld pending granting of law degrees.
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Columbus
Janes Martin Drennen
Chillicothe
How Can a Guy Win in Baltimore
A Baltimore man hid three dollars in his shoe to deter robbers but the central police court fined him 2.45 dollars for disorderly conduct after he was found on a street corner without his pants. His risk did not fully pay off as he kept 0.55 dollars.
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Baltimore
Central Police Court
James R. Cadden
Decline Seen As Rate Boost Bid For GI Loans
Ohio veterans face a GI loan rate bid by lenders as loans in Ohio Kentucky and Michigan drop about 25 percent in two months. VA official George Sturgeon blames lenders seeking higher rates while Leroy Parsons of the Real Estate Boards cites buyer resistance to high prices and no organized GI loan rejection. Bankers echo high prices as the main cause of the slump.
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Columbus
Ohio
George Sturgeon
Sturgeon
The
Veterans Administration
Kentucky
Michigan
Leroy Parsons
Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards
Ohio Bankers Association
Parsons
Bank Association
Brehm Backs One Year European Aid Trial
Rep. Walter E. Brehm of Logan Ohio says European relief should be given a one year trial ERP. He would vote for a one year ERP administered by a non State Department agency and reserves right to decide on extension after one year. He will oppose a longer term if the conference report extends it.
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Washington
Walter E. Brehm
Logan
Brehm
Ohio
Europe
State Department
Ohioan
Two Army Ships Carrying War Dead Delayed in Atlantic
Two U S Army transports bearing American war dead were delayed by heavy seas in the North Atlantic. The Robert Burns with 2805 dead now docks April 2 instead of March 29, and the John L McCarley with 2671 dead now due April 4, one day late.
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New York
U. S. Army
North Atlantic
Robert Burns
John L. McCarley
Three Soldiers Die In Barracks Fire In Korea
In Pushan Korea a barracks fire killed three US soldiers and left another missing and presumed dead a fifth injured with a broken leg Army officials valued the damage at five hundred thousand dollars No names were released
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Pushan
Korea
Ohio Doctors Form Group at State Medical Meet
Cincinnati officers and physicians formed the Ohio Academy of General Practice during the Ohio Medical Association sessions. Dr. Joseph W. Lindner was elected president for the first year. Dr. Ralph L. Rutledge noted rural health gaps with only 14 of 591 Ohio senior medical students planning rural practices.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Medical Association
Ohio Academy of General Practice
Joseph W. Lindner
House of Delegates
Ralph L. Rutledge
State Association
Rutledge
Association
Rural Health
Ohio
Road and bridge repair bids submitted in Ohio
The state highway department received bids on 24 road projects and 109 bridge repairs. Fairfield and Perry Counties saw low bids for bituminous treatments on five sections of state routes 188 345 37 and 13 in Perry County and route 159 in Fairfield with Shelly Co Thornville. Estimated cost listed at 68 495 with bids around 64 490.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Fairfield
Perry
Perry County
Shelly Co
Thornville
Time and Cost Dominate Big Aid Bill Debate in House
The House pressed for passage of the $6.205 billion Foreign Aid bill with time and cost as the core issues. Republicans push to finish by April 1 while wrangling over Greece Turkey and China aid, European recovery scope, and four year commitments amid proposals to ship more aid via American vessels.
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House
Halleck
Indiana
Vorys
Ohio
Europe
China
Congress
Rep
Hand
R-Nj
Greece
Turkey
Vursell
Foreign Affairs Committee
Spain
Russia
The
Rail Unions Weigh Bid To Avert Nationwide Strike
Rail unions in Cleveland consider emergency board recommendations to avert a nationwide strike. The plan calls for a 15.2 cent hourly raise for locomotive engineers firemen enginemen and switchmen and includes some rule changes. The unions plan to meet Monday with general chairmen before deciding. A strike cannot start before April 26 under the Railroad Labor Act.
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Cleveland
Liquor Shake-Downs to Be Probed by Grand Jury
Franklin County prosecutors will convene a new grand jury on April 12 to investigate alleged state liquor permit shakedowns. A Springfield Ohio nightclub operator accused a liquor department official of taking 300 dollars last week.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Ralph J. Bartlett
Dale Duniton
Springfield, O
Liquor Department
Judge Harry Hanna Named Cuyaauga Common Pleas Judge
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert appointed his former law partner Harry A. Hanna as a common pleas judge for Cuyahoga County. The appointment was announced in Columbus.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Harry A. Hanna
Common Pleas
Cuyahoga County
Crowd Storms Home of Columbus Communist Leader
A mob of about 300 disrupted the Columbus home of Frank Hashmall, 28, a self described ex executive secretary of Franklin County Communists. The crowd shattered windows and furniture while Hashmall and family were away. Police dispersed the scene and Hashmall faces possible public menace action. Hashmall and followers had earlier passed out literature at Timken Roller Bearing Co, where workers tore up the pamphlets.
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Frank Hashmall
New York College
Hashmall
Franklin County
Columbus
Hashmalls
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Timken
Cincinnati Mayors Propose Unicameral Ohio Legislature
Ohio city and small municipality leaders at the Ohio Association of Cities conference push for a merged coalition to press state lawmakers. Mayor Albert D. Cash of Cincinnati backs a constitutional amendment creating a 70 member unicameral General Assembly meeting thrice yearly with an $8000 salary and a lieutenant governor presiding. Districts would span multiple counties with reapportionment every decade. Nebraska is the only state with such a system.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Association of Cities
Ohio League of Municipalities
Cash
General Assembly
Cuyahoga County
Hamilton County
Nebraska
Giants' Home To Be Razed In Medina Ohio
A 70 year old mansion built for two circus giants and long a local attraction will be razed. Previously occupied by the late Captain and Mrs M W Bates both over seven feet tall. The house features 14 foot ceilings and doors eight and a half feet high.
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Medina, O
M. W. Bates
Lausche names Schorr as behind the throne in Herbert admin
Ex Governor Lausche, seeking the Democratic nomination, called former State Republican Chairman Ed D. Schorr "the man behind the throne" in Gov. Herbert's administration during a district rally. Garrett Claypool refused a party dinner, while others supported Ray Miller. other county chairs attended.
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Lancaster
Frank J. Lausche
Ed D. Schorr
Thomas J. Herbert
Lausche
Garrett S. Claypool
Ross County
Ray T. Miller
Timken Keeps Defense In Anti-Trust Trial
Timken Roller Bearing Company lawyers arranged to present more evidence to refute government claims of international cartel activity. The Canton firm began its defense late yesterday as the trial in Cleveland proceeds, with at least another month expected.
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Cleveland
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Canton Concern
Largest Bus Terminal Opening Is Prepared
Cleveland dispatch reports Greyhound ready to open the United States' largest bus terminal. The facility will also serve Lake Shore Bus Co. Lo Rain Highway Coach Co. Blue Ridge Bus Lines Edwards Motor Transit and Redifer Bus Co.
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Cleveland
Greyhound
United States
Lake Shore Bus Co
Lorain Highway Coach Co
Blue Ridge Bus Lines
Edwards Motor Transit
Redifer Bus Co
Oil control attacked at Columbus convention
W. W. Vandeveer of Cleveland, president of Allied Oil Co, attacked government control proposals at the Ohio Petroleum Marketers Association convention in Columbus. The remarks framed a challenge to planned regulation of the oil industry.
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Columbus
Ohio Petroleum Marketers Association
W. W. Vandeveer
Cleveland
Allied Oil Co
Bribery Charge Faces Austintown Tavern Operator
Paul Alvino of Austintown was held for grand jury action on a charge of attempting to bribe two state liquor agents. The case centers on an alleged bribery attempt as authorities pursue the matter.
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Youngstown
Paul Alvino
Austintown
Wreck Kills 50 to 70 Japanese Near Osaka
A rain wreck near Osaka reported today killed between 50 and 70 Japanese. The incident details were sparse but the casualty figure was promptly released by local authorities.
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Tokyo
Osaka
Detention of Soviet Liner Probed by Moscow
London dispatch reports Moscow protested to the United States over detention of the Soviet liner Russia in New York. U S authorities halted the ship, a 16,595 ton former German vessel, citing a court claim that two passengers were injured in heavy seas.
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London
Moscow Radio
United States
Russia
New York
U. S
Newark Pilot Killed In Landing Collision
Elmer W. Lanner the 20 year old Newark pilot died when his plane struck a second aircraft during landing at Newark city airport. The other pilot Robert Cummings 24 of Hebron escaped unharmed in the collision.
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Newark, CO
Elmer W. Lanner
Newark
City
Robert Cummings
Hebron
Greek spring offensive enters Kilkis area against guerrillas
Reports from Salonika say Greek army troops supported by fighter bombers launched the first stage of an American planned spring offensive against 600 guerrillas in Kilkis. The operation targets rebels along the Vardar River, a historic Balkan invasion route.
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Salonika
Kilkis
Vardar
Balkan
Army Orders Halt in Sale of WVOW
Negotiations by the War Assets Administration to sell the West Virginia Ordnance Works at Point Pleasant were halted by telegram at the Army’s request on March 20. The AP report said WAA cancelled talks for nine other plants and may withdraw more wartime munitions facilities from the surplus market.
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War Assets Administration
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Army
Associated Press
Washington
WAA
Sandusky
Paducah
Rosemont
Minn
Baraboo
Wis
Meadville
Truman
Congress
Army Day Salutes Planned in 32 Ohio Cities
Ohio towns including Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus Toledo and Akron schedule Army Day programs on April 6 with talks by generals Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey and Gen Joseph McNarney set to appear at Columbus and Cincinnati respectively.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Akron
Lewis B. Hershey
Joseph McNarney
Air Materiel Command
Wright Field
Takeoff Mishap Halts Reynolds Expedition
Reynolds cancels expedition after takeoff mishap damaged his four engine C 87 aircraft. No injuries reported though minor damage will require weeks to repair and parts may be hard to obtain.
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Reynolds
Peiping
Milton Reynolds
Everest
Body Sought in Bellefontaine River Tragedy
Rain swollen Miami River searched for the body of Richard Travers Carpenter 33 Degraff farmer who disappeared after a rowboat overturned last night and failed to return ashore.
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Bellefontaine
Miami River
Richard Travers Carpenter
Degraff Farmer
Greek Army Advances Against Guerrillas in Snowy North
Greek troops pressed a spring offensive moving into snow crusted mountains in Northern Greece fighting Communist guerrillas today. Strong clashes were reported as units pushed through rugged terrain toward key rebel positions.
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Athens
Greece
Soviet General Galaktionov Dies in Moscow
The Soviet military observer and journalist Maj. Gen. Mikhail Romanovich Galaktionov has died in Moscow in an untimely death, announced today.
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Moscow
Mikhail Romanovich Galaktionov
Brunnette Bride Found Stabbed in Midtown Apartment
An attractive brunette, four months married, was found stabbed and garroted to death in her Midtown Manhattan apartment yesterday. Police investigation underway as neighbors report a disturbance. The victim’s husband is being questioned by authorities.
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New York
Midtown Manhattan
Hartley introduces bill to apply anti trust laws to unions
Representative Hartley of New Jersey proposes an amendment to Taft Hartley to make labor unions subject to anti trust laws. The measure targets organized labor led by John L Lewis and would bar restraints of trade by unions. The House passed similar bills twice in the past but none became law.
Coal dealers report coal shortage due to mine shutdowns
Fremont, C. N. mines suspended operations causing coal dealers to run out of hard coal. One yard in the area said it still had some Ohio soft coal remaining.
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Freemont
Ohio
Rail layoffs rise in Cincinnati area over coal dispute
About 270 workers from Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio railroads were laid off today due to the soft coal dispute. The new layoffs bring the total idled railroad workforce in the Cincinnati area to about 1,000.
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Cincinnati
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Finnish critics target Yrjo Leino as press attacks intensify
In Helsinki parliament and the press, right wing voices press harsh criticism of Yrjo Leino, Finland's Communist interior minister, with a steady drumfire of opposition rhetoric.
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Helsinki—-P
Yrjo Leino
Finland
Geology Professor Dies at Ohio Wesleyan University
Dr. Lewis Gardner, a geology professor at Ohio Wesleyan University for 39 years, has died at age 79 in Delaware.
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Delaware
Lewis Gardner W Extents
Ohio Wesleyan University
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