Ohio Legislature Advances Local Government Aid Measures
The Ohio House and Senate advanced the $320 million local government aid program with bills to transfer $500,000 yearly cigarette license fees to counties and $3.6 million for tuberculosis patient care. Other actions include tax and hospital funding proposals, a single chamber legislature idea, and Route 21 designated as 83rd Division Memorial Highway.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Senate
House
Ohio
Cleveland
Marietta
Massillon
C. William O'Neill
Lowell Fess
R-Greene
Paul L. McCormick
R-Logan
Roger E. Heering
House Health Committee
Union Foremen Strike at Ford Plants Sparks Walkout
About 3,800 FAA foremen began a strike at Ford in Detroit area plants Rouge Lincoln Highland Park. They predict production halt within ten days as negotiations fail over wage structure rank raiding and overtime. CIO United Auto Workers not to be asked to respect lines.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Rouge
Lincoln
Highland Park
Foreman's Association of America
Ind
Robert H. Keys
Ford
FAA
Keys
CIO
United Auto
Henry Ford II
Eleven Men Injured In Factory Explosion
An explosion at the Lockhart Iron and Steel Co plant in McKees Rocks, Pittsburgh area, injures eleven workers. A boiler and furnace blast tore a 12 inch mill wall, bricks and steel girders showering the yard where most victims were trapped.
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Pittsburgh
Lockhart Iron and Steel Co
McKees Rocks
Milk Sales Decline Cited by U S Agriculture Dept
The U S Department of Agriculture reports fluid milk consumption is down from wartime peaks due to higher prices and stronger competition from manufactured goods. A survey of major milk areas shows first quarter consumption 1.8 percent below the same period in 1946.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
OSU Students Ill After Monday Meal
About 30 Ohio State University women students ate at Neil Hall. Three were admitted to University Hospital with food poisoning but not in serious condition.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Neil Hall
University Hospital
Ravenswood Body Linked to Ohio Missing Man
Investigators connect a Ravenswood body to Oliver Calvert of Belpre Ohio after a May discovery in a Ravenswood cemetery. A suitcase note and belt buckle initials lead to Missed person leads from Belpre and Spencer, with fingerprinting planned before burial delayed due to a suspected arson fire.
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Ravenswood
Ohio
George Bateman
Athens County
West Virginia
Oliver Calvert
Belpre
Bateman
Harold Pierce
Guysville
Earl Lee
Congress Creek Road
H. L. Calvert
Wetzel County
W. Va
L. E. Hampton
Jackson County
Royal Kessel
Spencer
Marietta
Ohio River
K. V. Shanholtzer
Shanholtzer
Logan Board Grants School Wage Boost
Logan public school teachers and staff received a cost of living raise averaging $215 from the Logan Board of Education. Superintendent George E. Carr said the increase, ranging from $184 to $238 yearly, applies to 60 teachers and all administrative, clerical and service staff and is retroactive to the start of the term. The raise is funded in anticipation of proceeds from a two mill levy approved by voters.
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Logan
Logan Board of Education
George E. Carr
Carr
Student's Tip Led to Arrest of Lehaney Family
An 18-year-old Waterloo student alerted police after noticing a girl in a classroom photo matched a girl on a Toledo police bulletin. Curt Glessner reported the resemblance to Wilma Lehaney 16, daughter of Harold and Mrs Lehaney, linked to a Toledo home where 4-year-old James Gleason and 2-year-old Gerald died within two months. Police Chief Harry J. Krieg said the tip helped locate the family at the Waterloo station bulletin board display.
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Waterloo
Harold Lehaney
Toledo
Ohio
Harry J. Krieg
Curt Glessner
Wilma Lehaney
James Gleason
Gerald
Glessner
Krieg
Lehaneys
Mother of 3 Children Admits Killing Woman
A 31 year old mother of two shot and killed Margaret Tannazzo on a busy Brooklyn street. An hour later she admitted the shooting saying the victim was “running around with my husband.” The deputy chief inspector described a bystander who saw the shooter in the crowd and later spoke with police.
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New York
Brooklyn
William T. Whalen
Margaret Tannazzo
Wage Increase Granted Parma Public Teachers
Parma Public School teachers received a $300 yearly raise and new wages from $2 000 to $4 000 annually as reported by the Board of Education. Alliance Board of Education approved a minimum rate of $1 800 and a maximum of $4 000 for Stark County City schools instructors.
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Cleveland
Parma
Board of Education
Alliance Board of Education
Stark County
Philippine Presidential Plane Reported Lost
President Roxas announced the loss of the Lilly Marlene in Northern Cotabato Mindanao. The plane carried 12 to 15 government officials.
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Manila
Roxas
Lilly Marlene
Cotabato
Mindanao
Bond Issue Wins Support at West Jefferson High
A $209,000 bond issue for a new high school secured overwhelming support in a special election held yesterday at West Jefferson. The measure will fund construction and related facilities, with residents approving the project by a wide margin.
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London
West Jefferson
Phone Strike Ends Ends Repairs Begin in Ohio
The return to work by 15,000 Ohio telephone workers marks the end of a 44 day strike, restoring normal handling of calls. Randolph Eide of Ohio Bell says full repair service will resume once Western Electric supply delays are resolved, with delayed orders prioritized.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Randolph Eide
Western Electric
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Western Electric Co
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
B 25 Crash Kills 7 Men Near Champaign Illinois
Seven soldiers died when an Army B 25 crashed in a farm field during a violent electrical storm. The wreckage spread over a large area about 16 miles north of Champaign. The craft was en route from Cheyenne Wyoming to Chanute Field near Champaign.
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Champaign
Ill
Cheyenne
Wyo
Chanute Field
Labor Statistics Report Notes April Jobs Decline
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a softer economy with a drop in industrial employment and weak construction showing. Commissioner Ewan Clague says the factory job slump marks the first since the reconversion law in February 1946.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Ewan Clague
School Head Dies At Graduation Exercises
Albert C. Wilson 44 longtime superintendent of schools was found dead backstage after graduation exercises at Mason High School. Family said he had acute indigestion earlier in the evening as he helped direct the program.
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Lebanon
Mason
Albert C. Wilson
Grable and James Welcome Second Daughter by Caesarean
Betty Grable and Harry James are the parents of a second daughter born by Caesarean section. The Hollywood actress and her musician husband announced the birth today.
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Hollywood
Betty Grable
Harry James
Truck kills child in front of home
A fatal accident occurred when a truck ran over two year old Eugene Sum mons near his Warren home last night. Police investigate the incident as neighbors mourn the boy's death.
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Warren
Eugene Summons
Meigs County Man Killed On New Job
Ross Stobart a 37 year old construction worker for Keystone Electric Co was said to be killed while stringing a neutral cable between West Columbia and Clifton West Virginia near Graham Station The death details were not clarified by the victim or the company representative and a physician was not yet reported as examining the body
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Middleport
Ross
Stobart
Keystone Electric Co
West Columbia
Clifton
W. Va
Mason County
George W. Nichols
Point Pleasant
Rains Paralyze B and O Traffic at Salt Creek
Heavy rains washed out about three quarters of a mile of B and O track between Salt Creek and Gallipolis Ferry and another section below Gallipolis Ferry. Gail Faires said traffic should be back to normal today. Route 2 was flooded and buses delayed up to two hours on the Ohio River Bus line.
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Point Pleasant
Baltimore and Ohio
Salt Creek
Gallipolis Ferry
Gail Faires
Wheeling
Ohio River Bus Company
May Admits Ownership To Avert Labor Dispute
Former Rep. Andrew J. May testified at his war fraud trial that he represented himself as owner of a Kentucky lumber company to dodge labor trouble. He said munitions makers Henry and Murray Garsson actually owned Cumberland Lumber Co. at Prestonsburg Kentucky.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
Henry and
Murray Garsson
Cumberland Lumber Co
Prestonsburg
One-Day Strike Raises Plumbers Wages in Lorain
AFL journeymen plumbers in Lorain win a 12 percent hourly wage increase after a one day strike against the Lorain Association of Master Plumbers. The new rate reaches 2.12 dollars per hour, matching Cleveland.
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Lorain
AFL
Lorain Association of
Cleveland
Telephone firms seek repeal of excise tax on communications
The Senate debates a House approved 4 billion dollar income tax cut as telephone and telegraph operators urged Congress to repeal excise levies on communications. AT T and affiliated companies and the United States Independent Telephone Association submitted statements to the House Ways and Means Committee arguing the change would save taxpayers about 400 million dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
A. T. & T.’s Associated Companies
United States Independent Telephone Association
60 Dead Dogs Found in Abandoned Strip Mine
Canton area dog pound and county health officials investigated the discovery of more than 60 dead dogs in an abandoned strip mine five miles south of here. Health officer Dr. Floyd H. Stamp said most animals died in a large pool of water and the cause remains unknown.
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Canton
Here
Floyd H. Stamp
Mother Says Earhart Lives
Mrs. Amy Otis Earhart of Boston, 79, asserts Amelia Earhart survived and was captured by Japan after the 1937 disappearance during the round the world flight. She believes Earhart landed and was imprisoned, citing letters and documents she says prove the claim from a radio interview in New York.
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New York
Amy Otis Earhart
Boston
Amelia Earhart
Pacific Ocean
Unnamed Uncle of Drew Pearson Dies at 79
Joseph Pearson, 79 year old retired farmer and uncle of columnist Drew Pearson, died yesterday in Columbus. The report notes his family ties and long rural life.
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Drew Pearson
Columbus
Joseph Pearson
Radioactive cloud threat to underground warfare plans
The Armored Cavalry Journal reports that a radioactive cloud could be released from aircraft to poison air in underground shelters. The piece notes sealing ventilation and decontamination as defenses, cites Bikini tests and Army Navy experiments, and discusses methods to protect facilities from airborne contamination.
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Washington
Armored Cavalry Journal
Glenn L. Martin
Army
Navy
Martin
Bikini
UMW Chief and Mine Owners Begin Sealed Bargaining Talks
John L. Lewis and mine owners open secret negotiations for a new contract to keep United Mine Workers at work after June 30. Talks with representatives of 75 percent of bituminous production resume, with no disclosure of progress or terms, as Southern operators stay out and government control of 2500 soft coal mines ends. If no pact by exit, miners may strike under policy of no contract no work.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Ezra van Horn
UMW
van Horn
Southern
Federal Coal Mines Administration
Mrs Truman Reports Unchanged In Illness
President Truman said his 94 year old mother Martha E Truman was holding her own and not having a good night but doing as well as can be expected. He stayed in Missouri to direct government affairs from Grandview and Kansas City as plans formed to sign a Greek Turkish aid measure in Kansas City tomorrow.
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Grandview
Truman
Martha E. Truman
Kansas City
Missouri
Silent Plane Showcased as Major Air Development
At Langley Field Virginia 200 engineers gathered for a demonstration of a new silent airplane. The craft features a five blade propeller and engine muffler to reduce noise and mark a significant advance in aviation technology.
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Langley Field
Protection Sought for North College Hill Board Meeting
A North College Hill board meeting was postponed due to the need for adequate police protection for all members. About 1,000 residents gathered at the high school auditorium after violence erupted at the prior meeting two months earlier, as President Leo G. Harrison announced the delay.
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Cincinnati
North College Hill
Cab strike ends. dispute to be arbitrated
Canton reports a 28 day cab strike over trip call telephones has ended. The union and Yellow Auburn and Checker Cab Companies agreed to submit a management pay plan to arbitration.
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Canton
Yellow
Auburn
Checker
Knight of Columbus picks Ohio chemist as state deputy
Thomas E. Andrews, chief chemist of the Marion Power Shovel Co. in Marion Ohio, has been elected state deputy of the Knights of Columbus.
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K OF C
Cleveland
Thomas E. Andrews
Marion Power Shovel Co
Marion
Ohio
Knights of Columbus
Pageant originator Endicott dies in Atlantic City
Thomas T. Endicott, the man credited with conceiving the idea that led to Atlantic City's Miss America pageant, died last night.
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Atlantic City
Thomas T. Endicott
Navy Appropriations Bill Approved by House
The House approved a Navy appropriations bill totaling 3.4697 billion dollars, cutting 11 percent below Truman’s budget. Lawmakers set three days for debate, but opposition to the reductions quickly collapsed and the measure passed late yesterday to pave the way for the next 1948 supply bill for the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
House
Truman
Three Osborn Escapees Captured and Two at Large
NORWALK Ohio state highway patrolmen recaptured three Osborn Prison Farm escapees in Huron following a Sunday breakout. Robert Hosier 23 of Xenia Paul Bennett 22 of Cincinnati and Michael Sinkovitch 19 of Youngstown were jailed yesterday. Two fugitives remain at large.
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Norwalk
Robert Hosier
Xenia
Paul Bennett
Cincinnati
Michael Sinkovitch
Youngstown
Huron
Ohio
Osborn
Kansas City Vote Fraud Indicts 27 People in Primary
Jackson County grand jury returned 29 indictments against 27 persons for alleged vote fraud in the August primary. One person faced multiple counts, with charges centering on illegal voting and related irregularities.
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Kansas City
Jackerson County
Sam Simmons Attacks Truman Asces of Power and Prices
Sam Simmons accuses Mr. Truman of courting voters with empty appeals to “cupidity and ignorance,” opposing power gained by force and contrasting it with a straight appeal to public intelligence. He denounces Truman’s stance on prices, production costs, workers’ rights, union bosses, medicine nationalization, and scientific progress.
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Mr. Truman
White House
Truman
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