Bridges pushes to curb spending in Congress
Senator Bridges announces a special meeting of the Senate House budget committee to push for deeper cuts after the Senate rejected a 200 million dollar cut from the waterways bill. Senate Republicans say the budget pledge to trim 2.5 billion is unmet while Senator Byrd warns of multi billion deficits that threaten tax increases and enterprise.
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Washington
Bridges
Congress
Truman
Senate
House Budget Committee
New Hampshire
Appropriations Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Virginian
Ohio Mayors Seek Funds To Aid Struggling Cities
The Ohio Association of Cities met in Youngstown to discuss remedies for municipal financial distress. Key topics included expanding municipal share of sales tax and a Cincinnati inspired one house legislature. Attendees were mayors and officials from Cleveland Cincinnati Columbus Dayton Canton Toledo Lorain Akron and Youngstown.
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Youngstown
Ohio Association of Cities
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Canton
Toledo
Lorain
Akron
Board OKs Whipping For Polecat Smell
Raleigh County school board upholds principal's right to whip students for arriving to class with ramps odor likened to a polecat. Principal Fred C. Roberts of Trap Hill High School testified the odor could be likened to that of a polecat.
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Beckley
W.va
Raleigh County Board of Education
Fred C. Roberts
Trap Hill High School
Mrs Herbert Named Honorary Chair of Ohio Safety Club
Ohio's first lady Mrs. Thomas J. Herbert agrees to serve as honorary chairman of the Ohio Home Safety Club. The appointment highlights civic effort by the Herbert household in promoting home safety awareness.
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Herbert
Cleveland
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio Home Safety Club
Mine blast kills 92 at Shanghai Western China coal mine
An explosion at the Tienfu coal mines in Western China on May 14 killed at least 92 Chinese workers, with officials reporting the toll and ongoing rescue operations.
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Shanghai
Tienfu
China
Israel Recognized by Prague and Belgrade
Prague and Belgrade announced recognition of Israel joining Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. The move marks a widening acknowledgment by Eastern Europe amid broader Cold War shifts.
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Israel
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Fall menswear showcase highlights gold and bronze
In Los Angeles designers unveil fall clothing palettes with gold and bronze dominating. A style show feature includes a gold suede sports coat and matching slippers as the standout item from the collection.
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Los Angeles
Ohio Fuel Co Abandons Plan to Expand Gas Heating
Ohio Fuel Gas Co. said it was abandoning plans to permit additional gas heating of homes this year. The firm cited delays in steel pipe deliveries and possible allocation of gas to other areas by the Federal Power Commission as reasons for cancellation.
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Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Ohio
Federal Power Commission
Two Companies Started In Logan and Marietta
The Meigs Producing Company of Logan is incorporated with 250 common shares at 100 dollars par. T. W. Wheeler I. V. Risch and J. W. Walsmith are incorporators with Hubert D. Lappen as attorney. The Braden Development Co of Marietta is incorporated with 2000 no par common shares. Charles D. Fogle Charles D. Fogle Jr. and Cecil D. Dye are incorporators with the law firm Fogle and Fogle First National Building as attorneys.
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Meigs Producing Company
Logan
Associated Press
T. W. Wheeler
I. V. Risch
J. W. Walsmith
Hubert D. Lappen
Braden Development Co
Marietta
Charles D. Fogle
Charles D. Fogle, Jr
Youth Admits Killing In Hobo Jungle Fight
Cincinnati reports police say Carl R. Fleischer 19 of New Albany Indiana admitted stabbing 60 year old Odie Sharp to death in a hobo jungle fight in self defense Four other men were held as material witnesses pending arraignment in police court
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Cincinnati
Charles Fritz
Norwood
Carl R. Fleischer
New Albany
Ind
Odie Sharp
Fleischer
80 Year Old Woman Killed Crossing Cincinnati Street
Mrs. Anna Schneider, 80, was struck and killed last night while crossing a street near her Cincinnati home. The driver fled the scene and was not held.
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Cincinnati
Anna Schneider
Seniors Run City Hall in Mock Reform
In Zanesville the day passed with high school seniors acting as mayor and police chief causing red faces among officials. Police chief Jack Harker staged gambling raids but no charges were filed, while other seniors targeted the city building as a fire trap before real officials intervened and halted the stunt.
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Zanesville
Jack Harker
Aubrey Sibbling
Frank Shurtz, Jr
Harker
Charles Cooper
Henry Abele
John Montgomery
Donald Summers
Ralph Storts
Gme
Ohio Shales Are Poor in Oil, Says Mine Official
Representative Thomas A. Jenkins pledged federal help if needed after a survey of Ohio oil shales. Jenkins discussed a possible experimental synthetic fuels plant in the Hocking Valley with Ohio officials and U. S. Bureau of Mines personnel. Bureau scientists estimated Ohio shales may yield seven to ten gallons per ton, far below western shales at about 30 gallons.
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Columbus
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Ohio
Jenkins
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Charles E. MacQuigg
Ohio State University
College of Engineering
Hocking Valley
Oregon Republicans Near Nomination Fight End
Oregon's bitter primary campaign closes as Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Harold E. Stassen duel over spending and alleged party alliances. Stassen claims a Taft-Dewey eastern bloc funds the campaign. Dewey calls it false. Over 300,000 Republicans are registered to vote tomorrow in the state's largest ever GOP turnout.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Oregon
Stassen
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Honeymoon Ends in Jail
In Columbus two newlyweds Ralph Bain age 20 and Kathryn Bain age 23 from McKeesport Pa were arrested after running a red light and a car crash. Detectives say they carried concealed weapons and fled the scene. They allegedly financed a St Louis honeymoon with 87 dollars stolen from local groceries. Kathryn was later arrested. Ralph was found playing cards in a garage.
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Columbus
James Heise
Ralph Bain
Kathryn
McKeesport
Heise
St. Louis
Ralph
Army Medical Corps To Appoint Physicians
The Army Medical Department begins a 1948 program to appoint 520 physicians to the Regular Army Medical Corps and offer 260 residencies in military and civilian hospitals. Col. W H Speidel reports 120 physicians will be commissioned to compete for 60 Army hospital residencies starting July 1 1948.
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Army Medical Department
Army Medical Corps
W. H. Speidel
Ohio University
S PLC
Headquarters, Ohio Military District
Fort Hayes
Ohio Nurses Open Three Day Convention
The 45th annual Ohio State Nurses Association convention opened in Columbus with about 1,000 nurses expected over three days. Lead speakers included Mrs Edna W Viets association president and Miss Helena Trace insurance committee chairwoman on securing nurses economic security.
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Columbus
Ohio State Nurses’ Association
Edna W. Viets
Association
Helena Trace
Meat official dies in Cincinnati at 68
Albert H. Kahn, 68, treasurer of E. Kahn's Sons Co. and of Cincinnati's largest meat packers, died last night. His brother Louis W. Kahn, president of the firm, had died seven weeks earlier.
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Cincinnati
aAlbert H. Kahn
E. Kahn
Trucker Pearley Spinks Killed in Duck Creek Crash
Pearley M. Spinks aged 49 of Clarksburg West Virginia died when his truck plunged into Duck Creek yesterday near Cincinnati. Authorities identified the victim and began a routine investigation into the fatal accident.
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Cincinnati
Pearley M. Spinks
Clarksburg
W. Va
Duck Creek
State to Spend $5,000 on Compact Ceremony
The State will spend 5000 dollars on the Cincinnati ceremony June 30 to inaugurate the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact. The State Emergency Board granted the funds to the Ohio Stream Pollution Commission yesterday.
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Columbus
Cincinnati
State Emergency Board
Ohio Stream Pollution Commission
Wire Electrocutes Man in Fremont on Construction Crew Incident
A high tension wire fell on Calvin Mitchell, 35, of Fostoria, near Fremont yesterday, causing fatal electrocution while he worked with a construction crew. No further details available.
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Fremont
Calvin Mitchell
Fostoria
Arabs Claim Jerusalem Victory in Ongoing Battle
Arabs said they expected a victory today or tomorrow over Jewish fighters amid a clash in Jerusalem where the Jewish army reported capturing Mt. Zion and breaking the siege. Ben-Gurion declared a state of emergency as Egyptian bombing intensified. The UN Security Council appeared close to backing a British mediation plan with U.S. support for sanctions if needed.
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New York
Jersualem
Mt. Zion
Zion Gate
Daniel de Luce
Associated Press
Wall City
Trans-Jordan
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Tel Aviv
U.S
Russia
United Nations
Egypt
Syria
Benet- Yaacov Bridge
Jordan
Jerusalem
Hadassah Hospital
Hebrew University
Deir Suneid
Gaza
Beersheba
U.N
Norway
Denmark
Ernest Bevin
Soviet Russia
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Security Council of
Palestine
Night Club Loses Permit After Strip Tease Show
The State Board of Liquor Control revoked the liquor permit of Eleanor's Show Bar in Cleveland after detectives described dances on a runway over the bar. Paul Alvino, operator of the Rendezvous Villa and Park in Youngstown, received a 60 day suspension for Sunday sales and permit display violations amid grand jury indictments against two inspectors for bribery attempts.
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Columbus
Cleveland
State Board of Liquor Control
Eleanor
Paul Alvino
Youngstown
Alvino
Arlvino
Restaurant head chosen to lead Ohio association
Directors of the Ohio State Restaurant Association selected Ralph B. Smith of Toledo to fill the unexpired term of Walter H. Highland of Chillicothe who resigned due to ill health.
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Columbus, O
Ohio State Restaurant Association
Ralph B. Smith
Toledo
Walter H. Highland
Chillicothe
Picket is killed as guards move into Waterloo packing plant
National guardsmen with fixed bayonets patrolled the Bath Packing Company plant after CIO workers rioted when a picket, William J. Farrell of Waterloo, was shot to death and a woman picket was wounded. Martial law was not proclaimed as guards enforce court orders limiting strike activity.
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Waterloo
National
Bath Packing Company
CIO Packinghouse
UPWA
William J. Farrell
Farrell
Rath
Soviet Blames U S Aggressiveness for Deadlock
Moscow dispatch from Tass asserts Russian circles fault U S policy under current Washington administration for Soviet American deadlock. Tass credits Roosevelt era cooperation with Britain and Russia and criticizes State Department for opposing direct talks as outlined in Stalin Wallace letters.
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Tass
Russia
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
U. S. State Department
Stalin
Henry A. Wallace
W. B. Smith
V. M. Molotov
U. S
United Nations
Auto Chase Ends in Arrest Of Youths
State trooper James Mansperger pursued a westbound car for 70 miles after a Waldo Ohio holdup. Walter Grant Quesenberry 19 and William J. Combs 20 stopped 12 miles later. Combs sustained a head injury after being struck with a rifle butt for disobedience.
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Columbus
James Mansperger
West Virginia
Walter Grant Quesenberry
Big Creek
William J. Combs
New Hall
Mansperger
Combs
Wooster
Ohio
Waldo
Worthington
Quesenberry
Angered truck driver admits striking auto in Cleveland
Robert Page, 47, told police he was mad at the other car’s driver after it passed his truck and cut in front several times. Patrolman Baloga quoted Page as saying he became angered and deliberately struck the auto.
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Cleveland
Robert Page
Edward C. Baloga
Page
Tax Officials Promise Bootleg Lumber Check
Cincinnati reports that bootleg lumber is being trucked into Ohio will be investigated. Albert Niemeyer of the Ohio Department of Taxation said the lumber is bootleg when the seller does not collect the three per cent sales tax.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Albert Niemeyer
Ohio Department of Taxation
Niemeyer
Germans Die as Bombing Hit Soviet Zone Maneuvers
Dispatches in American and British newspapers report four Germans killed and 12 to 20 injured when bombs dropped by a Russian plane hit during maneuvers in the Soviet zone.
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Berlin
Soviet Zone
Japanese General Okada Hanged for 1945 Nagoya Airmen Executions
Lt Gen Tasuku Okada former commander of the Japanese 13th Army was sentenced to death for ordering the illegal execution of 38 American airmen at Nagoya in 1945.
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Yokohama
Tasuku Okada
13Th Army
Nagoya
New sacrificial metal shown at Tulsa exposition
In Tulsa Oklahoma a new sacrificial metal described by oilmen as rusting away to protect other metals from rust was demonstrated at the International Petroleum Exposition.
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Tulsa
Okla
President James Morrow Named Leader of Bituminous Coal Research
James B. Morrow of Pittsburgh was elected president of Bituminous Coal Research, Inc. The announcement places Morrow at the helm of the industry think tank, signaling a strategic shift for the organization and its coal sector initiatives.
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Columbus
James B. Morrow
Pittsburgh
New Bituminous Coal Research, Inc
Farm accident fatality claims Avon Lake man Leo Heider
Injuries suffered last Friday in a farm accident proved fatal yesterday for Leo G. Heider of Avon Lake, Lorain County. Heider had been hospitalized since the incident, and his death marks the final outcome of the day’s mishap.
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Leo G. Heider
Avon Lake
Bonus checks mailed to war veterans across state
The Ohio state bonus commission reported that 33,743 checks were mailed to veterans.
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Columbus
State Bonus Commission
Princess Margaret Rose Contracted Measles in London
Princess Margaret Rose is reported to have contracted measles while in London, with updates confirming the illness and expected recovery. The palace has not released further details on her condition.
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London
Margaret Rose
Manufacturer Demands Test of Withholding Tax Law
Vivien Kellems of Westport Connecticut says she will sue everyone in her war on the withholding tax law. A bank turned over 1685 dollars of her money to the government, and she is ready to go to jail to test the constitutionality.
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New York
Vivien Kellems
Westport
Ironton Man 74 Pleads Guilty to Whiskey Still Charge
Alexander Johnson of Ironton Route 2 pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing a whiskey still. Judge John H. Druffel placed him on probation after suspending a two-year sentence saying it might prove to be a life sentence.
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Cincinnati
Alexander Johnson
Ironton
John H. Druffel
Johnson
Ohio driver sentenced for manslaughter in bridge crash
Columbus, Ohio. Glenn W. Cheatwood Jr., 22, was sentenced to one to 20 years in Mansfield Reformatory on a manslaughter charge after a crash that killed three people when his car struck a bridge.
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Columbus, CO
Glenn W. Cheatwood, Jr
Mansfield Reformatory
Mundt Nixon anti-Communist bill passes House mass vote
The Mundt Nixon bill to curb Communist activities cleared the House 319 to 58 amid debate on whether the measure oversteps free speech. Chairman Wiley said judiciary hearings will be held. Senators Taft Ferguson Kilgore Dworshak and Dewey voiced mixed views on enforcement and philosophy. Seventeen Ohio Republicans voted for passage. Smith and Jenkins not listed.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wiley
R-Wis
Judiciary Committee
Mundt
R-Sd
Nixon
Rcalif
United States
Fereguson
R-Mich
Kilgore
D-Wva
Dworshak
Idaho
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Ohio
Smith
Thomas A. Jenkins
Harvard Man To Head Phone Inquiry Board
President Truman named Dr Sumner H Slichter Harvard University professor to head a board of inquiry in the threatened strike of CIO long lines telephone workers. Charles A Horsky and Aaron Horvitz will serve with Slichter and report no later than June 8.
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Washington
Truman
Sumner H. Slichter
Harvard University
CIO Long Lines Telephone
Charles A. Horsky
Washington, D.C
Aaron Horvitz
New York
Slichter
Lancaster Girl Reigns as Queen at Premiere
Virginia Jessup, 19, of Lancaster is named queen for the world premiere of Green Grass of Wyoming. She defeated six finalists, and scenes were filmed at the Lancaster fairgrounds.
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Lancaster
Premiere
Virginia Jessup
Green Grass
Wyoming
Harry Jessup
Lancaster Fairgrounds
Baptist group backs universal military training
The general association of the regular Baptist Church in Grand Rapids Michigan adopted a resolution in favor of universal military training.
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Baptist Church
Grand Rapids, Mich
General Association of the Regular Baptist Church
Prison term starts for embezzler in Columbus
John W. Singleton was admitted as inmate number 86725 at the state penitentiary and began a prison term of 10 to 70 years for embezzlement in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
John W. Singleton
State Penitentiary
Jesse James Alive Says Lawton Constitution Reports
Lawton Constitution claims proof Jesse James, official 1882 death, is alive and in Lawton. Missouri editors express doubt noting legends resurface. reports say a man in Texas hospital under the name Frank Dalton reached his 100th birthday on September 5, 1947.
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Lawton
Okla
Jesse James
Lawton Constitution
St. Joseph
James
Oklahoma
Missouri
Jesse
Dallage Tex
Frank Dalton
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