GOP Solons Attack Truman Spending at Ohio GOP Women’s Meet
Three Republican senators Taft Bricker and Brewster addressed about 1000 members of the Ohio Federation of Republican Women outlining GOP aims to curb Truman programs and spending. They argued against price control Brannan plan universal military training socialized medicine and labor reforms.
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Columbus
Truman
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Owen Brewster
Maine
Ohio Federation of Republican Women's Organizations
Taft
Congress
Ohioan
Brannan
Senate
Federation
Sen
Brewster
Bricker
Republican Party
Katharine Kennedy Brown
Dayton
Ray Bliss
Akron
GOP
Joseph R. Farrington
Hawaii
National Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
Two Battery Firms Announce Price Reductions
Willard Storage Battery Co cut prices on all batteries for a second time in a month and half. The popular model drops to 19.95 from 23.95 on March 31. master duty 22.95 from 26.95. Exide battery prices were cut in six weeks with no figures provided.
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Cleveland
Willard Storage Battery Co
Willard
Philadelphia
Electric Storage Battery Co
Exide
Women Revamp Taylor Ridge Church Interior
Women of Taylor Ridge Christian Church lead interior redecorating with repapering and painting. Taylor Ridge near Redtown is a growing rural community rich in history. A large frame house on a hill above Redtown belongs to Mr and Mrs William Gillett. Rumors say Burr Oak Dam may spark new industries, with shale brick and tile potential and fire clay prospects. A steady water supply is seen as key to future industrial growth in the district.
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Taylor Ridge
Redtown
William Gillett
Sunday Creek
Burr Oak
Ohio Wesleyan Woman To Succeed Dean Voigt
Dr Leona Wise Felsted dean of women at Ohio Wesleyan will become dean of women and professor of personnel administration at Ohio University on July 1. She succeeds Dean Irma Voigt who retires June 30 after 36 years as Ohio University s first and only dean of women. Felsted has held Wesleyan posts since 1946 and has taught at Leipsic and Portsmouth High Schools and Illinois Wesleyan. She is active in many professional groups and lists gardening and homemaking as hobbies. Her son, a recent Ohio Wesleyan graduate, works in Venezuela as a junior geologist.
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Leona Wise Felsted
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Ohio University
John C. Baker
Felsted
Irma E. Voigt
Dr. Felsted
Wesleyan
Leipsic
Ohio
National Association Ofeans of Women
Pi Lambda ,Theta, Phi Kappa Phi
Pi Gamma Mu
Ohio Association of Deans of Women
American Association of University Women
American College Personnel Association
National Vocational Guidance Association
Central Ohio Guidance Association
National Association of Deans of Women
Council of Guidance and Personnel Associations Board of Representatives
Ohio Wesleyan
Women’s Student Government Association
Panhellenic Council
Independent Women's Association
Mortar Board
Venezuela
Venezuelan Atlantic Refining Co
Ilinois Education
Christian Advocate, Educational Research Bulletin
College and University
UN Retains Diplomatic Ban on Spain
The United Nations General Assembly voted 26 to 15 to return envoys withdrawn from Madrid in 1946 as a gesture of disapproval toward Franco Spain. The measure failed to achieve the two thirds needed, with 16 nations abstaining and the six week session focusing on Italy’s former colonies.
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New York
United Nations
Spain
U.N. General Assembly
Madrid
Generalissimo
France
Assembly
United States
Britain
U.N
Italy
Ethiopia
Packard Plans Full Scale Operations Resume
Packard Motor Car Co. will resume full scale operations on May 18 recalling about 8000 workers. The plant had idle since April 28 due to brake shortages, now resolved after removing brake dies from Bendix Aviation Corp. plant in South Bend Indiana and producing brakes in house.
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Detroit
Packard Motor Motor Car Co
Packard
George T. Christopher
Bendix Aviation Corp
South Bend
Ind
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures Rise Then Fall
Columbus area forecast shows temperatures averaging 3 to 6 degrees above normal with a normal high of 68 and low of 49. Cool spell expected Thursday and Friday followed by a warming weekend. Precipitation around half an inch with showers or thunderstorms Wednesday night Thursday and again weekend.
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Columbus
Former Ohio Resident Charged With Murder
Trial date set for May 26 for 44 year old Arthur L. Bass charged with murder in the April 12 poker room slaying of his cousin Ranier Bass at the cousin’s Sawdust community home. FBI matched fingerprints to Bass, a former Dover Ohio resident, after lab analysis.
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Columbia, Tenn
Arthur L. Bass
Ranier Bass
Bass
Canton
FBI
Dover
Ohio
Clay Back in U S Decorated by Truman
Gen Lucius D. Clay, retiring American commander in Germany, returned to the United States and was decorated by President Truman at a White House ceremony. Clay received a second oak leaf cluster in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal for services of supreme value to his country and humanity.
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Washington
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
President Truman
White House
Truman
Clay
Frenchwoman Jeanne De Lestonnac Canonized at St Peter's
In Vatican City on Sunday Jeanne De Lestonnac of France was canonized in solemn ceremonies at St Peter's Basilica. The ceremony elevated her to sainthood in a formal Catholic rite.
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Vatican City
Jeanne de Lestonnac
France
St. Peter's Baisilica
U S Steel Recieves Letter From Lewis on Coal Talks
U S Steel today said it received a letter from John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers offering to meet on a new coal contract. Harry Moses of H C Frick Coke Co. confirmed receipt but offered no details. Lewis plans a meeting with Southern operators May 25 in Bluefield West Virginia, with no talks yet arranged with Northern operators. The current contract expires June 30 and covers captive pits supplying steelmaking. About 45 000 UMW miners work at captive mines.
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Pittsburgh
US. Steel Corp
John L. Lewis
The
United Mine Workers
Harry Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Co
Moses
UMW
U. S. Steel
Lewis
Southern
Bluefield
W. Va
Northern Coal
Eastern Germany voters reject Communist slate in poll
In Soviet controlled East Germany, 12,024,221 valid ballots were cast with 66.1 percent for the Communists yes and 33.9 percent no. Voters spurned the single slate ahead of a Paris talks push, as returns were delayed and state press cried foul.
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Berlin
Germany
People's Congress
Foreign Minsters
Paris
Attorney Seeks Added Counts
Prosecuting Attorney Vance E. Sencindiver said he would seek additional indictments against two Ohio men for robbing a Baltimore and Ohio train near Martinsburg. Lyman C. Ramsdenl and George L. Ashton, already serving 20 year federal terms, would face state charges of armed robbery felonious assault and automobile theft if the Berkeley County Grand Jury returns indictments. Indictments would be held in abeyance pending their federal release.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Vance E. Sencindiver
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Lyman C. Ramsdenl
George L. Ashton
Berkeley County
FEPC Settlement Sought and Turnpike Bill Vote Planned
Columbus AP reports state representatives moved to end the FEPC dispute after adjournment votes and scheduled a Senate approved toll turnpike bill vote. The session also advanced unemployment compensation liberalization, education program reconsideration, and a civil defense measure while debating budget and local government funding.
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FEPC
Senate
Columbus
Margaret Mahoney
Cuyahoga
Maority Wade
House Finance Committee
Frank J. Lauache
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Joseph W. Baretuiek
House
Frank J. Launch
Senate House Conference Committee
Rep
A. G. Lanclone
Belmont
Representatives
C. William O'Neill
Washington
O'Neill
Lancione
Republicans
Lausche
AFL Group Maps Strategy After Taft-Hartley Repeal Vote
Cleveland report notes the AFL leadership, upset by Taft-Hartley Act repeal setbacks, focusing on building allies in Congress. The 30-man administrative committee reviewed House votes sending the repeal bill back to committee and weighed how to win support for tougher labor protections. Joseph D. Keenan, head of the AFL political league, said votes on the Sims compromise and Woods measure test labor strength. he suggested 15 to 20 additional votes could be won with a clause on seizure of strikebound mines or plants.
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Cleveland
AFL
Congress
Joseph D. Keenan
Union
Political League
Rep. Sims
D-Sc
Rep
Woods
D-Ga
House
Senate
Keenan
Housing Trial Starts Today in Franklin County
First witnesses called in the trial of Franklin County Commissioners Harry T. Vigor and C. P. Lauderbauch and former Commissioner George W. Matson. Indictments allege 14 counts related to the 76 veterans homes project from 1946 to 1947, including architect use, plans, bids and public contracts. Judge Clifford L. Belt presides.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Harry T. Vigor
C. P. Lauderbauch
George W. Matson
Clifford L. Belt
St. Clairsville
Belmont County
Crash Kills Six Men In Air Force Plane Crash
ROSWELL New Mexico A C 47 transport plane crashed twelve miles northeast of Walker Air Force Base killing six crew members A seventh man parachuted to safety Staff Sgt Chris Wentzel of Cooter Missouri was treated for a back injury Col John P Randolph acting base commander said an engine fire caused the crash and burn
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Roswell
N. M
Chris Wentzel
Cooter
John P. Randolph
Walker Air Force Base
Man Held in Killing Of Father In Law
Cincinnati police arrested Barclay Donaldson 35 on a murder charge for the early shooting death of John Fink 69. Donaldson told Lt Ralph Anderson Fink was his father in law and he had travelled to Cincinnati to seek reconciliation with his wife Ann 30
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Cincinnati
John Fink
Barclay Donaldson
Dayton
Donaldson
Hamilton County
Ralph Anderson
Fink
Ann
Bricklayers Get 25 Cent Raise in Portsmouth
AFL bricklayers in Portsmouth receive a 25 cent hourly pay increase from the Southern Ohio Contractors Association. The new union scale stands at $2.50 per hour.
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Portsmouth
AFL
Southern Ohio Contractors Association
Eisler Bonds Forfeited and Bench Warrant Issued
The U S district court forfeited $20 000 bonds posted by Communist Gerhart Eisler in two cases and issued a bench warrant for his arrest. Eisler fled to England aboard the Polish liner Batory and was taken off by Scotland Yard. The government seeks extradition and considered a new charge for departing the court.
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Washington
Gerhart Eisler
U.S. District Court
Eisler
Congress
England
Batory
U. S
James W. Morris
United States
William Hitz
District of Columbia
Hitz
Elsler
Morris
Scotland Yard
House Moves Ten Bills To Top of Schedule
Ten bills were advanced to the top of the House timetable after conferring with President Truman and House leaders. Chairman Sabath pledged early action on the measures covering housing a lobby inquiry crop insurance federal buildings statehood for Alaska rural phone service government executive pay displaced persons minimum wage and general labor laws. Sabath said most would clear for debate within a week despite reports of a rift with Rayburn.
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Washington
Truman
Rayburn
Sabath
D-C
Rules Committee
White House
Alaska
Accused Slayer's Trial Set for June 20
The first degree murder trial of Clay Patterson, 27, Ironton, was set for June 20 by Prosecutor Ralph J. Bartlett. Patterson is accused of slaying his estranged wife Elizabeth, 21, in a local grill last Jan 14.
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Columbus
Clay Patterson
Ironton
Ralph J. Bartlett
Patterson
Elizabeth Ye
Man Fined For Grocery Toss At City Hall Spouse
In Athens, Lee Barnes, 27, Cleveland, was fined fifteen dollars plus costs for disorderly conduct after police observed him and his wife exchanging volleys near city hall. Barnes retreated amid flying cans before being stopped by officers with his wife nearby.
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Athens
Lee Barnes
Cleveland
Joseph Grogan
Harry Risley
Barnes
W. P. Mickle
Former GAR Leader Robert M. Rownd Dies at 104
RIPLEY N Y former Grand Army of the Republic commander Robert M Rownd aged 104 died today He was born October 22 1844 in Sarahsville Ohio Rownd served with Company B Ninth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in 66 engagements and Sherman’s march He later returned to Ohio and built a long career in banking and public service including Columbus postmaster 1898 1906 Ohio state prison manager and Ohio Canal and Land Commission president
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Ripley
N. Y
Robert M. Rownd
Grand Army of the Republic
Sarahaville
Ohio
GAR
Rownd
Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Sherman
Atlanta
New York State
Columbus
Ohio State Prison
Ohio Canal and Land Commission
Milk price cuts reduce Portsmouth Springfield costs
Portsmouth and Springfield dairies cut retail milk prices by one cent per quart effective today. Regular milk drops to 16 cents, homogenized to 17 cents, marking an 18 percent and 19 percent reduction respectively.
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Portsmouth
Dairies
Springfield
Hubbard Conductor Dies in Train Collision
One trainman was killed at 6 a.m. today when a New York Central locomotive and caboose crashed into the rear of a freight train at Beaver Crossing north of Brookfield. Louis Meshot of Hubbard, a conductor, was killed. New York Central officials said an investigation is underway.
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Youngstown
New York Central R.R
Beaver Crossing
Brookfield
Louis Meshot
Hubbard
New York Central
Death Follows Accidental Fall at Cincinnati Home
Coroner Herbert P. Pyle ruled Walter Bright 78 died from an accidental fall. Bright body found Monday on the kitchen floor of his Cincinnati home, with officials noting no indication of foul play.
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Cincinnati
Coronner
Herbert P. Pyle
Walter Bright
No. 3 Yegg Is Indicted
Columbus reports the self styled third best safe cracker in the country, Edgar Scott Flohr alias Kenneth L. Scott, indicted on nine counts of burglary and grand larceny by the Franklin County Grand Jury. Flohr claims Hollywood ties and says he robbed safes since 1943, earning nearly 250000. Also indicted with Flohr is Thomas N. Reilly, 28, of Darby Pennsylvania, described as his apprentice.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Edgar Scott Flohr
Kenneth L. Scott
Hollywood
Flohr
Thomas N. Reilly
Darby
Scott
Booth Named Gallipolis City Auditor
C Wayne Booth appointed city auditor of Gallipolis succeeding Earl McCormick who retires June 1 Booth previously worked in the state auditor's office and at the West Virginia Ordnance Works He recently resigned from the Ohio liquor department He lives at 214 First Ave
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Gallipolis
C. Wayne Booth
Earl McCormick
Booth
State Auditor's Office
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Ohio Liquor Department
First Ave
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