Nelsonville Votes 3-Mill Tax for Schools Passes
The special three-mill operating levy for Nelsonville schools was approved four to one by voters Tuesday with 775 for and 194 against. The act, backed by the school district administration teachers and local groups, funds salaries and operating costs across all nine precincts.
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Nelsonville
Fourth Ward
Friends of the Schools
Board of Education
Citizens’ Committee
Edward Sharp
S. S. Steenrod
House Member Backs Separate Peace Treaties Policy
Representative Taber urges the administration to draft Germany and Japan peace treaties independently. He notes U S financial commitments abroad could reach about 5 billion by July 1 1948 and questions rushing a Russia accord. Hoover endorses a 725 million Army civilian relief request for Germany Austria Korea and Japan.
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Washington
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Herbert Hoover
Germany
Japan
Hoover
Appropriations
Geremany
Austria
Korea
Subse
U S Hangmen End Nazi Guards Executions at Mauthausen
U S Army executioners hanged 26 more guards from the Mauthausen camp completing the removal of 48 leaders for war crimes. One man received a last minute stay. Maj. Victor Zoller was the last to die amid the largest Allied war crimes executions.
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Landsberg
Germany
Mauthausen
Otto Spriegel
Orval Anderson Rites Planned for Thursday
Funeral services for Orval Anderson will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at Ewing funeral home with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. Anderson died at his home in Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
Orval Anderson
Ewing
Beech Grove Cemetery
Postwar Store Service Improves Yet Faces lingering habits
SAM SIMMONS notes reports from other centers that store managers and clerks are showing more interest in their work and making sales. He recalls a young clerk who pushed specials and nearly urged an unapproved purchase. He observes manners improving since the war and rationing era but highlights lingering impatience from coupon lines and wartime training.
Mansfield fugitive Briscoe recaptured in Indiana
Galen Briscoe 20 of Hamilton Ohio one of six escapees who abducted a guard instructor during an escape last Monday was recaptured in Connersville Indiana with two companions believed to be James Westlake and William Lucas. Authorities describe the escapees fleeing toward Batesville while security at the Mansfield Reformatory tightens truck rules for prisoners and requires alighting for inspection.
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Mansfield
Connersville
Ind
Mansfield Reformatory
Galen Briscoe
Hamilton
Ohio
Oscar Haag
Briscoe
James A. Westlake
Newark
William Lucas
Cincinnati
Haag
Hobart Alcorn
Batesville
Indiana
Fred Forst
David Robinson
Grand Rapids
Toledo
Frank Roeder
Bowling Green
Reformatory
Arthur L. Glattke
Strike Forces Sons to Dig Mother's Grave
In Lakeview Cemetery Cleveland three sons shovel a grave for their 72 year old mother Ora Estella Blackburn of Berea Ohio amid a six week AFL gravediggers strike. The burial was conducted by Dr Laurence Blackburn Wallace Blackburn and Harold Blackburn with Reverend Albert J E Manton assisting as the rain fell.
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Cleveland
Lonely Lakeview Cemetery
AFL
Ora Estella Blackburn
Berea
Ohio
Laurence Blackburn
St. Anne’s Episcopal Church
Lowell
Mass
Wallace M. Blackburn
Detroit
Harold Blackburn
Framingham
Af, Arborists and Landscaper Union
Albert
Ford Hikes Pay For Production Workers and Salaried Staff
Ford Motor Co offers 130 000 CIO production workers a 15 cent an hour wage increase and raises 20 000 salaried employees 10 percent for those under 1 000 dollars monthly. Effective June 1 the offer excludes 3 800 striking foremen not covered by a contract while state conditions the deal on UAW acceptance with wages as the main change.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Habeas Corpus Writ Denied for Ohio Pen Inmate
Franklin County Common Pleas Court denied Parker’s handwritten petition seeking release from Ohio Penitentiary. Parker claimed an illegal trial in Newark nine years prior. Judge Myron B. Gessaman ruled an appeal on the hotel robbery conviction was the proper recourse.
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Columbus
Clifton Parker
Ohio
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Parker
Newark
Myron B. Gessaman
Fire destroys storage and repair building at Allensburg Co
Fire swept through the storage and repair building of the Allensburg Auction Co in Hillsboro causing about $10,000 in damage. Owner Lloyd Turpin estimated the loss and said the blaze started when nearby trash caught fire.
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Hillsboro
Allensburg Auction Co
Lloyd Turpin
Taft and Bricker Oppose Split Income Ruling
Senators Taft and Bricker of Ohio voted against an amendment allowing spouses to split their incomes for tax purposes. The Senate rejected the proposal.
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Taft
Bricker
Washington
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Senate
Truman says mother improving may return by weekend
President Truman indicated today that his mother is improving so satisfactorily he may consider returning to the White House this weekend. He did not specify a definite date but suggested progress could allow a late-week return.
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Grandview
Truman
White House
Trial Readied For Kidnapping Of Suspect
In Jackson North Carolina seven white men face kidnapping charges after an armed masked mob seized 24 year old Godwin Bush amid a suspected crime. Bonds set at 2500 dollars each as FBI confirms a mob confession naming seven others.
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Jackson
N. C
North Carolina
Godwin Bush
FBI
Washington
Zanesville Drug Store Owner Charged With Assault
Earl J. Jones owner of Bailey's-On-Main drug store pleaded innocent to assault and battery and was bound over to the grand jury by Municipal Judge Homer Walters. The charge filed by John S. Peart alleged Jones pushed Peart’s son John 29 a WHIZ radio newscaster down stairs after a visit about a burglary on April 18 at the store.
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Zanesville
Earl J.jones
Bailey
Grand jury probe on Greene County gambling recessed
In Xenia Ohio a grand jury investigation into alleged gambling in Greene County and Xenia recessed yesterday.
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Xenia
Greene County
Printing Strike Settlement Ends Ohio Assembly Deadlock
Settlement of a week long strike at F J Heer Printing Co ends after Gov Herebert urged no disruption to state government. Lawmakers weigh bills on public employee strikes and reforms while House debates coal mining, elderly pensions, and medical services amid adjourning doubts.
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Columbus
General Assembly
F. J. Heer Printing Co
Thomas J. Herebert
Frank E. Whittemore
Summit
Senate
House
C. William O'Neill
Washington
Whittemore
Ohio
Christian Science
George G. Shurtz
Rains Hurt Crop Yields In Ohio State Farmlands
Heavy rains have caused about 25 percent crop loss across Ohio with experts warning yields could fall by 50 percent if wet weather lasts two more weeks. Estimated losses reach 100 million dollars with delayed plantings. O S Croy calls the outlook bad but not catastrophic. potatoes hardest hit. oats may be a total loss.
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Wooster
Ohio
O. S. Croy
John Bushnell
Wooster Agriculture Experiment Station
Earl Jones
Ohio State University
Husband Claims Wife Married To Get to U S
Canton court heard John J. Evers of Alliance allege his Paris wedding to Monique, 16, was solely to secure U S passage. He said they arrived in January and she left him last month as he filed for divorce.
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Canton
Monique
John J. Evers
Alliance
United States
Common Pleas Court
Paris
Evers
Pastors Named By Methodists At Conference
Cincinnati reports the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church announces pastoral assignments. In Chillicothe District Athens First H F Kellogg Central E G Roessner Richland F A Immel t Albany Robert Phillips Chesterhill Harold Jeffers Coolville Amos Hoover Gibisonville L Fuller Glouster Eugene Brown Guysville Myron Martin Hamden D C Lockwood Haydenville Carl Ertel Jacksonville H H Lafferty Logan C W Swengel Logan Circuit Alva Shifflet McArthur Glenn H Beck Nelsonville L A Griffith.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church
Chillicothe District
Athens
First
H. F. Kellogg
Central
E. G. Roessner
Richland
F. A. Immelt
Albany
Robert Phillips
Chesterhill
Harold Jeffers
Coolville
Amos Hoover
Gibisonville
L. Fuller
Glouster
Eugene Brown
Guysville
Myron Martin
Hamden
D. C
Nicaraguans To Get Vote
Gen. Anastasio Somoza heads the army and promises a new election to choose a successor to President Leonardo Arguello who was ousted in a bloodless coup. Somoza acknowledges leadership of the stroke and blames a plot to kill him.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Leonardo Arguello
Somoza
Jefe
National Guard
Man Plunges Six Floors to Death in Williamson Building
Cleveland police identify Walter Obert, 55, as the man who fell six floors to his death today in the Williamson building stairwell.
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Cleveland
Walter Obert
Williamson
British Labor Rejects Military Plan At Conference Vote
Bevin secured a decisive party vote of confidence as Labour delegates rejected a composite resolution calling for a review and significant reductions in military commitments. The conference also endorsed the government's economic planning proposals.
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Margate
England
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Labor
Thirsty Farmer Dies After Drinking Lye
In Loudonville Ohio Fred Allen Carter 36 year old war veteran died yesterday in Millersburg hospital after drinking water and lye solution from a pitcher. Coroner A J Barney said he became thirsty while mowing the lawn and drank the mixture prepared by his mother Mrs Sarah Carter as an insecticide.
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Loudonville
Fred Allen Carter
Millersburg
A. J. Barney
Sarah Carter
Radio Actress Found Dead in Manhattan Apartment
A 21-year-old radio actress Twila Phillips was found dead in the gas-filled Manhattan apartment of radio announcer Charles Stark when he returned home late last night. A penciled note reading I never really knew you loved me was found, police said.
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New York
Twila Phillips
Manhattan
Charles Stark
Atom Project Plant To Terminate Contract
Monsanto Chemical Co will terminate its contract to operate the atomic energy project at Oak Ridge Tennessee after two years The Atomic Energy Commission said it will announce new arrangements for Oak Ridge at an early date
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Washington
Monsanto Chemical Co
Atomic Energy Project
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge
Court Denies Habeas Petition for Charles L. McIntosh
U S District Judge Mell G Underwood dismissed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus for Charles L Mc Intosh of Dayton from the federal reformatory at Chillicothe.
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Wait
Columbus
U. S
Mell G. Underwood
Charles. L. McIntosh
Dayton
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Bowling Green to confer honorary degrees at June commencement
An Ohio amateur astronomer and a State Supreme Court judge will receive honorary degrees during Bowling Green University's commencement on June 12. The ceremony will honor distinguished figures from science and law.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Bowling Green University
Funeral services set for Joe Cook blast victim Robert Melton
Robert Leslie Melton, 32, identified by money belt and personal items, was found in the Ohio River after the steamer Joe Cook blast near Racine. Funeral at Lock Eleven Church with burial in Concord Cemetery. Pallbearers named Allen Hyde, C C Chapman, Charley Clark, Albert Dennison, Frank Miller, Clyde Barnette.
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Ravenswood
Robert Leslie Melton
Ohio River
Racine
Joe Cook
Lock Eleven
Mr. Melton
Leila
Cherry St
Syracuse
Meigs County
W. H. Ewing
RLM
Melton
Rex Melton
Chapman Funeral Home
Point Pleasant
Albert Noe
Marmet
Concord Cemetery
Allen Hyde
C. C. Chapman
Charley Clark
Albert Dennison
Frank Miller
Clyde Barnette
White House Aid to Reds Report Says
A House subcommittee told the House Un American Activities Committee that flagrant Communist propaganda films arose under White House pressure. The report cites Hollywood investigation leaders and claims the National Labor Relations Board aided Communist influence in the motion picture industry. It urges intensified inquiry and public hearings and subpoenas for actors writers directors and producers.
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Washington
House
Unamerican Activities Committee
White House
Hollywood
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Rep. McDowell
R-Pa
National Labor Relations Board
Two Ohio Coal Mines Abandoned by Owners
The Globe Mine in Jackson owned by Globe Iron Co and the Ten-X Mine in Roseville owned by Ten-X Coal Co were closed April 15 as dangerous and abandoned by their owners per the Coal Mines Administration.
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Ohio
Washington
Coal Mines Administration
Globe
Globe Iron Co
Jackson
Ten-X
Ten-X Coal Co
Roseville
Dairy Queen Evelyn Priddy Crowned at Mid-America Expo
Evelyn Priddy a 24 year old brunette from Pickerington Fairfield County was Ohio's dairy queen at the Mid America Exposition today.
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Dairy Queen
Cleveland
Fairfield County
Evelyn Priddy
Pickerington
Ohio
Southern Coal Producers Seek Contract Talks With Lewis Miners
Southern coal producers will begin contract talks with John L. Lewis' miners in Washington for the first time in over a year. Southern operators, about 25 percent of U.S. coal output, join others in seeking a new agreement before the June 30 mine return deadline. Key issues include a five cent per ton royalty for a miners welfare fund, a federal mine safety code, and unionization of supervisory workers.
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Washington
Southern
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Federal Permit Waiver Ends Housing Construction Restrictions
Housing Expeditor Frank R. Creedon announced that federal permits will not be required for house building starting June 1. He also lifted limits on bathroom fixtures, raised area limits from 1500 to 2000 square feet, and kept controls on non housing projects, veteran preference, and rent ceilings on new construction.
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Washington
Frank R. Creedon
Creedon
Veterans Preference
House speech lampoons foreign policy approach
Washington dispatch quotes Rep. Matthews of New Jersey delivering a brief House speech. He argues the nation needs a foreign policy that is less foreign and more policy, critiquing current diplomatic stance.
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Washington
Rep. Matthews
Scientists Weigh A-Bomb Rain of Death in Storm Clouds
Washington report says scientists discuss detonating an atomic bomb in a storm cloud to blanket inland cities with radioactivity, using radar to target thick rain clouds while avoiding coastal approaches. Some fear the cloud may dissipate the moisture, but proponents insist a several thousand foot rain bank could carry fallout. Other plans include spraying targets with radioactive material and creating artificial snow or rainstorms with dry ice.
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Washington
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William R. van Aken
Cuyahoga
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