Ohio House votes large General Appropriations Bill
The Ohio House approved a $584,797,430 Biennial General Appropriations measure by 110 to 16, with a public employee strike ban attached. The bill adds boosts for schools welfare dependent and crippled children and the blind, includes a veterans bonus down payment, and raises state employee pay while reducing the general fund. Senate action and further hearings loom amid debates over school subsidies and veterans groups.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
House
Welfare Department
Paul H. Ballard
B Jackson
House Finance Committee
James J. Barton
Cuyahoga
Ray C. Carpenter
Seneca
Karl Bauer
Guy C. Hiner
Ross H. Harford
Stark
Senate Finance Committee
House Education Committee
Senate
David M. Ferguson
Guernsey
Allen N. Corlett
Raymond E. Hildebrand
Lucas
John W. Morrison
Portage
House Industrial Relations Committee
Use of Representatives
Springfield Cio Industrial Union Council
Francis A. Lewis
House Taxation Committee
Senate Conservation Committee
State Department of Natural Resource
Western Electric Unions Recalled as Strike Seen Ending
Western Electric, Long Lines Division workers and NFTW negotiators were recalled for talks after a $4 weekly offer failed to satisfy the Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers. A tentative nationwide settlement of long distance operators was described as likely to end the coast-to-coast Bell strike, with pay hikes averaging about $4.40 weekly.
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Pollock
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Communications Workers
Ind
Cincinnati & Suburban Bell Telephone Co
John Klopp
Washington
John J. Moran
American Union of Telephone Workers
New York
National Federation of Telephone Workers
John W. Gibson
Edgar I. Warren
U.S. Conciliation Service
Bell Associated Companies
At&t
Bell System
NFTW
Steel
Auto
Buffalo
Boston
Moran
Federation Executive Board
Western Electric Co
Long Lines
Western Electric
Morgan
Shoes Aid Fugitive Escape From Jackson Jail
Jackson County sheriff said three prisoners escaped Sunday night and two were recaptured after walking 40 miles in 48 hours on a single pair of shoes. Perry Bennett and Carl Sagraves were captured. Roscoe Deer remained at large.
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Jackson
Jackson County
Stanley Lewis
Perry Bennett
Carl Sagraves
Powellton
W.va
Roscoe Deer
Flatwoods
More Frost Is Forecast
Central Ohio faced scattered frosts this morning with potential more tonight. Record low May figures were noted in Columbus at 32, while Akron and Cincinnati measured 30, Cleveland and Toledo 31, and Washington D. C. hitting 27 with a heavy frost as orchards risk damage despite smudges and heaters.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S
George Mindling
Akron
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Toledo
Fayette County
Washington D. H
Weather Bureau
The
Mercury
Non Education Use of Busses Is Criticized
Ohio officials plan to form a six member committee in the attorney general’s office to craft a uniform policy on school bus operators doing non school jobs. Complaints from bus companies say buses are used to haul adults to events and students to OSU games, not school functions. The move follows concerns raised by PUCO chair Harry L. Miller and others about improper uses.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hugh S. Jenkins
H. W. Cone
PUCO
Edward T. Schreiner
Ohio State University
General MacArthur Denies Ongoing Jap Defense Promise
General Douglas MacArthur assured Japan that Allies will protect it until a peace treaty is signed but denied promising continued U S defense after the accord. He noted future defense depends on treaty terms and declined to elaborate on factors from his meeting with Emperor Hirohito.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
United States
Hirohito
Japan
Tass Charges Stassen Report Was Altered
The Moscow radio says the text of Stalin's conversation with Harold Stassen contains deliberate alterations and imprecise points. Tass claims its version is the correct transcript approved by Stassen and Stalin, while the Tass translation paraphrased the interview.
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London
Moscow Radio
Stalin
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Tass
Moscow
Printers Union Votes Strike in Ohio Paper
In Painesville Ohio the local unit of the International Typographical Union voted unanimously to strike against the Painesville Telegraph. President Wayson Leaverton said the action responds to demands for a wage increase and jurisdiction over newly installed teletypesetters.
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Painesville, O
International Typographical Union
Painesville Telegraph
Wayson Leaverton
Leaverton
Farmhand 41 Drowns When Canoe Capsizes
Lionel M. Reeds a 41 year old farmhand drowned yesterday in Lake Rock Run a creek four miles northwest of here when his canoe capsized in rough water authorities reported no other persons were injured in the mishap
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Jackson
Lionel M. Reeds
Lake Rock Run
Here
Senate Rejects Industry Bargaining Curb in Labor Bill
In a 44 to 43 vote the Senate rejected the measure to curb industry wide bargaining, a setback for Senator Taft. Taft predicted votes on two additional amendments to restrict union health funds and dues check off. Senators Ives and Morse led the successful fight against the bargaining curb.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Ives
Morse
Ore
Sen
John W. Bricker
City Finance Constitution Change Eyed
Springfield announces a plan to put a constitutional amendment before voters in November to allow residents to decide how much of state tax income returned to cities. The measure would permit up to 50 percent of taxes, excises, fees and license revenues collected within any incorporated area to be redistributed.
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Springfield
Ohio
William E. Lucas
Lucas
Solon Shoots State Senator in Oklahoma Senate Violence
Oklahoma City state rep Jimie Scott, 35, was booked on assault with intent to kill after firing a bullet at State Senator Tom Anglin, 64, in the Senate chamber. A second shot missed. Scott fled and was captured in the washroom. Anglin, a Southwest Pacific veteran, ended his freshman term in county jail amid divorce tensions with a Holdenville wife and property settlement actions.
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Oklahoma City
Jimie Scott
Tom Anglin
Senate
Oklahoma
Holdenville
Anglin
CAA Slashes Appropriation Threatens Major Airport Plans
Commerce Secretary Harriman warned that a proposed $70 million cut in Civil Aeronautics Administration funds would drop half of the 1948 airport projects. Ohio sites at Zanesville Springfield Mansfield Columbus would be dropped and Youngstown funding cut by $142,000 if Congress approves the reduction.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Commerce
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Ohio
Zanesville
Springfield
Mansfield
Columbus
Youngstown
Congress
Packinghouse Delegates Set To Review Pay Demands
About 400 CIO United packinghouse workers delegates met in Cleveland to study the wage and contract committee’s proposed pay demands for the coming year. Details were not disclosed ahead of the convention’s final session. The union recently signed a two year contract with leading meat packers granting 72 cent hourly raises and eight paid holidays.
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Cleveland
Cio-United Packinghouse Workers
Builders Avert Walkout With AFL Wage Hike
Stark County unions report a threatened walkout of about 700 AFL laborers was averted by a new contract. The agreement raises average laborer pay to 1.25 dollars and mortar mixers to 1.30 dollars per hour and adds a 15 cent wage increase.
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Canton
AFL
Stark County
Tragedy as Auto Kills 3 Year Old John Toft in East Liverpool
An automobile struck and killed three year old John Toft son of Mr and Mrs Toft in East Liverpool yesterday while he played. The incident leaves his parents in grief as police investigate the crash.
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East Liverpool
John Toft
Near East Aid Measure Heads to House Vote
The House moves toward a vote on a Greek Turkish aid bill amid debate over a $75 million addition for Korea and moves to modify the program’s terms. Democratic Leader Rayburn warns against isolationism as amendments seek UN burden sharing.
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Washington
Korea
Congress
Greece
Turkey
United Nations
Rayburn
Texas
Agency Urges UN to End Barriers to Jewish Home
The Jewish Agency for Palestine urged the United Nations to remove barriers to establishing a Jewish National Home in the Holy Land. Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, Cleveland, spoke as American section chairman before the General Assembly’s 55 nation political committee, marking the first appearance of a non government organization in Palestine debate.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Jewish Agency For Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
Abba Hillel Silver
Cleveland
Jewish Agency
General Assembly
Palestine
Mine 255 Employment Reduced to 160 Men
Mine 255 is reported in operation today with about 160 men at work. Loading machines have been installed, cutting the workforce from about 400 to 160, with plans to add more workers as the system runs at full speed.
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Glouster
Brazilian Tribunal Bans Entire Communist Party
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal outlawed the Brazilian Communist Party and ordered 445 party clubs closed. The decision, approved 3 to 2, followed a government petition. the party won about 800000 votes in January and held numerous deputies and council seats. President Dutra also suspended the Brazil Workers Confederation and affiliated unions for six months.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Communist Party
Supreme Electoral Tribunal
Brazil
Brazilian Communist Party
Federal Congress
Luis Carlos Prestes
Brazilian Supreme Court
Rio
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Brazil Workers Confederation
Three U S Soldiers Ordered Hang In Okinawa Case
The First Air Division reported that three soldiers Privates First Class James D. Lacewell Acme North Carolina E A Royster Vivian West Virginia and Herbert E Moore Portsmouth Ohio were sentenced to death by hanging after a general court martial for the assault of an Okinawa woman.
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Okinawa
First Air Division
James D. Lacewell
Acme
N. C
E. A. Royster
Vivian
W. Va
Herbert E. Moore
Portsmouth
Ohio
Hotel man Andrew Osborne, 84, passes in Columbus
Andrew Jack Osborne a longtime hotel executive and former assistant manager of the Chittenden Hotel died yesterday in Columbus at age 84. He served 60 years in the hotel industry and influenced local hospitality practices and service standards.
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Columbus
Andrew
Jack) Osborne
Chittenden
Budget Slash Split Growing In Congress
The budget split between the Democratic administration and Republican Congress widened with cabinet officers accused of trying to embarrass the House Appropriations Committee. Rep Stefan of Nebraska and Rep Taber of New York urged action after a 23 percent cut recommendation for state commerce and justice.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
House Appropriations Committee
Stefan
R-Neb
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Rep
Taber
Marshall
Harriman
Illness Keeps Coxey From Hoboes Party in Miami
Jeff Davis head of Hoboes of America said Jacob S. Coxey 93 of Massillon Ohio cannot attend a birthday party in Miami due to illness. Coxey led an unemployed army to Washington in 1894. Hoboes plan to end their 40th Annual Convention Saturday with Cincinnati named for the 1948 convention city.
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Miami
Fla
Jeff Davis
Hoboes of America
Jacob S. Coxey
Massillon
Ohio
Coxey
Washington
Cincinnati
Three Chillicothe Escapees Captured in Indiana
Three prisoners who escaped from the federal reformatory here Tuesday night have been captured at Connerville Indiana. Warden Allen Shank was notified today. Indiana State Police report they were caught in a stolen automobile on U S Route 40 after fleeing from the prison hospital and tunneling under a fence.
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Chillicothe
Federal Reformatory
Connersville
Ind
Allen Shank
Indiana State Police
Price Squeeze In Wheat Seen
Washington officials face a new price squeeze as the administration weighs a purchase and export program for the new wheat crop. A government return to the wheat market could push bread grain prices higher after wheat climbed to about 3 dollars a bushel in March due to prior buying.
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Washington
Pomeroy Man Charged With Unlawful Building
A. R. Knight, operator of the Pomeroy Motor Co. of Pomeroy Ohio, was charged in U S District Court with building a $17 000 storage building in December 1946 without authorization of the Civilian Production Administration under the Second War Powers Act.
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Columbus
A. R. Knight
Pomeroy Motor Co
Pomeroy, Ohio
U. S. District Court
Civilian Production Administration
Asst
U.S
Loren G. Windom
Mexico Honors Aleman With Patriotic Medal
President Miguel Aleman returned to Mexico after a U S visit seen as fostering international amity. Fernando Casas Aleman the federal district governor awarded a gold medal for patriotic merit and for cementing Mexico U S relations.
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Mexico City
Miguel Aleman
United States
Truman
Mexico
Fernando Casas Aleman
Federal District
President Truman Celebrates 63rd Birthday
Washington reports President Truman is 63 today and in unusually good health. His physician Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham notes he weighs about 172 to 173 pounds and is “feeling fine.”
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Washington
Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Graham
Mr. Truman
Hatfield Faces Murder Charge After McCoy Shooting
Allen Hatfield 51, former police chief, told authorities the shooting of Hubert McCoy 28 occurred in self defense. McCoy and Hatfield are descendants of the Hatfield McCoy feud. the incident followed Hatfield taking another man into custody during an argument.
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Williamson
W. Va
Hatfield
MceCoy
Allen Hatfield
Hubert McCoy
McCoy
Education Group Opposes Large GI Bill Subsistence Increase
The American Council on Education advised Congress against substantial increases in subsistence allowances for veterans in school under the GI Bill. They warn higher payments could raise costs and misuse funds while not improving overall educational outcomes.
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Washington
American Council On Education Today
Congress
Sam Simmons Attacks Large Organizations and Decentralization
The speaker denounces oversized groups including big corporations and labor unions, criticizes monopolies and elite urban centers, and argues for tighter public regulation. He praises decentralization and laments concentration of land, schools, and wealth, urging a shift toward smaller units.
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United States of America
New York City
Chicago
Los Angeles
Detroit
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