Senate to Act On Proposed Building Freeze
Ohio Senate weighs a 30 day halt on a 50 million building program to probe alleged noncompliance with plans and use of inferior materials. The move, led by four Cleveland and Youngstown Democrats, would empower State Auditor Joseph Ferguson to hire architects and engineers to investigate, while exempting satisfactory work from the pause.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Joseph T. Ferguson
Edwin F. Sawicki
Joseph W.rtunek
William M. Bond
Cleveland
Nicholas P. Bernard
Youngstown
Public Works, Welfare, Highways
Highway and Public Works Department
Rotary
Three Logan Residents Fined for Disorderly Conduct
Three residents pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and were fined by Mayor Roger W. Friend. Mary Manning of Logan paid 25 dollars and costs, Glaudes Davis of Logan 15 dollars and costs, and Fred Meadows of Logan Route 4 15 dollars and costs. A fourth person awaits arraignment.
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Roger W. Friend
Ruble Hotel
Mary Manning
Logan
Glaudes Davis
Fred Meadows
Runaway Freight Car Wrecks Downtown Office Building
A runaway freight car pushed a one story brick office building into Center Street last night in Springfield. No injuries were reported. Owner Homer H. Evilsizer, a general contractor, estimated the damage at 11 000 dollars. Air brakes on the car owned by the Springfield Suburban Railroad Co. apparently failed.
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Springfield
Center Street
Homer H. Evilsizer
Springfield Suburban Railroad Co
Senator Predicts Defeat of Housing Bill Change
Senator Flanders predicts defeat for an amendment to require dual approval by the House and Senate appropriations committees before contracts for public housing or slum clearance projects. The measure would fund public housing up to 308 million annually for 40 years and 500 million in grants plus 1 billion in loans for slum clearance over five years.
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Washington
Flanders
House
Senate Appropriations Committees
Bricker
Ohio
Cain
Wash
Senate
Appropriations
Reds Parade on Hitler’s Birthday Sparks Berlin Tension
Berlin reports say Communist Youth plan a torchlight parade in the Soviet sector on Adolf Hitler’s birthday Eve. The move is linked to the opening of the communist World Peace Congress in Paris, prompting anti communist mockery from Berlin’s authorities.
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Reds
Adolph Hitler
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Paris
Logan High Hires Wayne Hamrick to Manage Pool
Logan Board of Education announced Wayne Hamrick, assistant Logan High School athletic coach, will manage the Logan swimming pool this summer succeeding Dwight Diller. Dick Brown named lifeguard and Sam Wells begins pool repairs with patching and repainting ongoing. William Loomis & Son to fix adjacent tennis courts. Miss Bartelle Hamilton to handle school enumeration. Clarence Hartman to cover Scotts Creek district. New drinking fountains installed at East and West Schools with more planned at Central School.
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Wayne Hamrick
Logan High School
Logan
Logan Board of Education
Hamrick
Dwight Diller
Dick Brown
Sam Wells
William Loomis & Son
Bartelle Hamilton
Clarence Hartman
Scotts Creek
East
Central School
Rabbi Stephen Wise in Grave Condition
Dr Stephen S Wise a 75 year old Jewish leader has lapsed into a comatose state again and the outlook is very grave Lenox Hill Hospital reported today He entered the hospital March 30 for an abdominal operation and has been critically ill since Saturday
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New York
Stephen S. Wise
Lenox Hill Hospital
Wise
Brain Truster Takes Stand Against FEPC in Ohio Hearing
Donald Richberg, famed NRA ally and original New Deal brain truster, told Ohio lawmakers the FEPC bill risks government overreach and harms private management. He urged an educational approach, warning compulsory laws could extend to sex and age and disrupt labor harmony. Richberg spoke at a Senate labor committee hearing sponsored by the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, amid opposition from business groups and some churches.
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Columbus
Senate Labor Committee
Donald R. Richberg
NRA Fame
FEPC
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Richberg
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
New York
Brain Truster
NRA
Washington
Columbus Loan Company Robbed
Two armed men robbed the Commonwealth Loan Co. in downtown Columbus of an undetermined amount yesterday. The robbers, described as 20 to 25 years old, moved quietly while Wayne Horn, the manager, forced the safe and cash drawers open. Bookkeeper Eunice Brandon and clerk Natalie Jackson were held at gunpoint. no customers were present.
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Columbus
Commonwealth Loan Co
Wayne Horn
Eunice Brandon
Natalie Jackson
Silencing of Jesuit Feeney Deepens Boston Heresy Dispute
Rev. Leonard Feeney S J aged 52 faced permanent removal from priestly functions by Archbishop Richard J. Cushing in Boston after a week of controversy over Boston College and St Benedict’s Center. The decree bans Feeney from Mass preaching and sacraments and labels the center as forbidden to Catholics. The dispute centers on whether non Catholics can attain salvation and involved three BC instructors dismissed for alleged heresy.
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Boston
Leonard Feeney
S.J
Boston College
Richard J. Cushing
Bostoff
Fr. Feeney
B.C
St. Benedict’s Center
Cambridge
Harvard College
Feeney
James R. Walsh
Fakhri Maluf
Charles Ewaskie
Theft Suspect Pleads Guilty in Grand Larceny Case
Harold Budd Rusk of Newark 30 pleaded guilty to two counts of grand larceny and was bound over to the grand jury after his arrest on a Columbus Logan bus near Groveport for shoplifting at three Logan stores including Luckoff Mutual Store Elberfelds and Cussins Fearn. He admitted thefts totaling about 115 dollars and said he had similar incursions in Athens Parkersburg and other cities. Police questioned Athens Police Chief Grogan.
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Harold Budd Rusk
Roger W. Friend
Rusk
Newark
Columbus- Logan
Groveport
Logan
Luckoff Mutual
Elberfeld’s Department
Cussins & Fearn
Elberfeld’s
Mutual
Athens
Parkersburg
W. Va
Grogan
Boy Ends Life After Shooting Brother
In Scranton Pennsylvania a 10 year old boy accidentally shot his younger brother and then killed himself with a single gunshot. Kenneth Kaye aged 10 and Stephen aged 5 died at Scranton State Hospital after being found with a bullet wound in their home. A Belgian semi automatic pistol owned by their father was found beside Kenneth.
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Scranton
P. E. Kubasko
Kenneth Kaye
Stephen
Albert Kaye
Scranton State Hospital
Kenneth
Today’s Markets At a Glance Wheat and corn markets show activity
WHEAT strong as government re-enters flour market. CORN strong with cash receipts light. HOGS generally 50 to 75 cents lower with top 18.75. CATTLE steady to 25 cents lower top 27.00. STOCKS narrow with some leaders drifting downward. BONDS mixed as foreign dollar bonds in good demand.
Mother and Sons Admit Lonely Hearts Slayings
In Dover Delaware on April 19 a 45 year old woman Inez Gertrude Brennan and her two sons confessed to slaying two men connected by lonely hearts letters. The victims were Wade N Wooldridge 70 of Bedford Virginia and Hugo Schultz 66 of Epson New Hampshire. The three suspects face murder charges with the younger son Robert 16 already charged and Raymond 23 held as an accessory. The motive appears robbery as investigators linked a flood of letters to the killings and the pigpen burial and later burning of the bodies.
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Dover
Del
Herbert E. Barnes
State Police
Inez Gertrude Brennan
Wade N. Wooldridge
Bedford
Hugo Schultz
Epson
N. H
Barnes
Brennans
Lonely Hearts Club
Three Covington Marriage Toutters Fined and Sentenced
Three Covington residents Jerry Smith Harry Bunting and Albert Sitz were fined and jailed for marriage touting. Sitz received a new trial while the other two were put on probation pending fines. Similar cases involving Mrs Hazel Conyers Earl Jackson and Stanley Stratton were continued.
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Covington
Eugene Benzinger
Jerry Smith
Harry Bunting
Albert Sitz
Sitz
Benzinger
Hazel Conyers
Earl Jackson
Stanley Stratton
Alexandria
Fire at Helen Push School Levels Exclusive Building
Fire and an oil furnace blast destroyed the half block long exclusive Helen Push school in Seattle. No injuries reported. The main building housing classrooms gymnasium and assembly hall burned. origin under investigation. Dormitories housing about 50 of 300 students were undamaged.
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Seattle
Fire Chief and Mayor Founder Laid To Rest
Edwin D. Shafer 94, former mayor of McConnelsville, died Sunday. He founded the McConnelsville volunteer fire department in 1930 and his funeral procession plan uses the city fire truck.
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Mcconnelsville
Edwin D. Shafer
Shafer
Senator Mundt Calls For Ban On Paris World Peace Congress
Senator Mundt urges barring U S citizens from attending the World Peace Congress in Paris amid House committee diligence labeling the event communist backed. State Department vows passport policy remains secret while signaling general issuance except for legal prohibitions.
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Washington
Mundt
R-Sc
U.S
World Peace Congress
Paris
House UN- American Activities Committee
State Department
Department
Phone Rate Hike Sought by Athens Co
The Athens Home Telephone Co seeks state approval to raise rates across Athens County exchanges. It argues current rates do not fairly reflect property value and projects operating revenues of 297,376.08 versus 259,658.08 now. Service areas include Athens Albany Chauncey The Plains Amesville Jerseyville and New Marshfield.
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Columbus, O
The
Athens Home Telephone Co
State Utilities Commission
Athens County
Athens
Albany
Chauncey
the Plains
Amesville
Jerseyville
New Marshfield
Government Spurns Latest Red Demands in Yangtze Stand
Nanking reports the government rejects new Communist demands to cross the Yangtze unopposed, signaling a looming battle as Red forces mass on both river banks. Nationalist troops on the north and south shores face mounting pressure while government officials contemplate retreat.
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Nanking
Yangtze
Nanking-Shanghai
East China
Chen Yi
Cemetery sites viewed in Ross County for national cemetery
U S Army representatives and Rep Walter E Brehm visited two proposed sites in Ross County Ohio for a new national cemetery. The sites lie west of Mount Logan and at Bainbridge as Brehm pushes the project in the 11th District. President Truman signed the European recovery bill worth 5580000000 with eight pens given to witnesses and one to Senator Vandenberg.
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Chillicothe
U. S. Army
Ross County
Walter E. Brehm
Ohio
Howard Waldo
Maj
Frank A. Kirk
Quartermaster General’s Office
Brehm
Mount Logan
Bainbridge
Truman
Ecashel
Washington
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
White House
Swede Wins Boston Marathon Championship
Karl Gosta Leanderson, renowned European long distance runner, won the 53rd Boston Athletic Association marathon today with a time of 2 hours 31 minutes 50.8 seconds.
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Boston
Karl Gosta Leanderson
Europe
Boston A. A
Wistful Easter plea yields two adoption offers for boy
Ten year old Andy Tempos Jr. may find a home after publishing a letter about his missing mother. Haywood Bundy and his wife in Norfolk Va. offered to adopt Andy and Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Saul of Bethesda Md. also proposed adoption if approved by his grandparents. The boy lives with his ailing grandparents after his father disappeared before his birth.
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Latrobe
Andy Tempos
Norfolk, Va
Haywood Bundy
Andy
Bundy
Thurston Saul
Bethesda
Washington
Sauls
Andy Oblyaniuk
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Apple Creek Institution
Public Works
George B. Sowers
Gattozzi
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Philadelphia
Rabbi Stephen Wise
Labor Committee of
Columbus Loan Company
Fifth Avenue
International
Wooldridge
Brennan
Schultz
Troy
N. Y
John Rolenberg
Russell Sage College
Senator Flays
Peace Congress
Yangtze River
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