Ohio Senate Pushes Pay Raises for Appointive Officials
The Ohio Senate plans a new bill to raise annual salaries for appointive state officials including board of tax appeals members, tax commissioner, and liquor board leaders, aiming for quick passage as new appointees take office. The House forms a committee to review two years of state expenditures and revenues, while a separate library funding bill proposes boosting annual subsidies from 50 000 to 500 000 dollars plus tax support.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
House
E. E. Addison
Franklin
Senate
Board of Tax Appeals
Tax
Public Utilities
Liquor Board
Addison
House of Representatives
Paul H. Ballard
R-Jackson
Finance Committee
Robert W. Dunkle
Rross
Ex Mayor Dies
Samuel S. Orr 84 longtime Newark mayor 1922 to 1924 died yesterday after a long illness in Newark Ohio following a brief listed illness.
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Newark
Samuel S. Orr
Former Sweetheart of Mussolini Jailed
Magda Corabeuf Fontages, 37, once Mussolini’s sweetheart, sentenced by a mixed military tribunal to 15 years for collaboration with the Gestapo. Convicted of hiring herself to the Nazis for 42.50 dollars a month plus expenses as a spy in Bordeaux France.
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Bordeaux
France
Magda Corabeuf Fontages
Benito Mussolini
Gestapo
Engel Declares Tax Slash Bill Doomed
Rep. Engel of Michigan said the House has enough votes to defeat a Republican backed plan to cut individual income taxes by 20 percent. The House approved wartime luxury excise freezes 375 to 35, with Senate debate expected on jewelry furs and telephones. The measure prevents automatic July 1 tax rollbacks costing $1.3 billion annually.
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Washington
Engel
R-Mich
House
Senate
Truman
Brewster
Treasury
C&O Chairman Seizes Control of New York Central
Robert R. Young declared his stake in New York Central Railroad through Alleghany Corp, claiming enough stock to control the road. Vanderbilt's NY Central leadership declined comment as the Interstate Commerce Commission awaited word. Young's holdings of about 309,500 shares equal roughly 4.8 percent of outstanding stock, joining stakes from Union Pacific and Alleghany in a coast-to-coast rail ambitions.
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New York
Robert R. Young
New York Central Railroad
Young
New York Central
Time Magazine
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alleghany Corporation
The
Central
Vanderbilt
Union Pacific Railroad
Alleghany Corp
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Court Reviews Issue in Portal Pay Decision
Detroit January 30 The CIO led a flood of portal pay suits totaling over 4 billion dollars, calling it a colossal gamble by employers to evade the wage hour act. Union attorneys say liability has been clear since 1939, and a hearing before Federal Judge Frank A. Picard is expected to end today.
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CIO
Frank A. Picard
Supreme Court
Picard
Clemens
Mich
Justice Department
Department
Senate
Congress
Car Shortage Delays Building of Homes
Fremont Ohio January 30 The box car shortage disrupts essential finishing lime supply used in wall plaster and glass manufacture Ohio Finishing Lime Association says the shortage threatens home building production Plants in Woodville and Gibsonburg district employ about 1600 workers but no lime has been processed this week as storage facilities are full One plant requested 50 cars and received one highlighting the ongoing severity of the shortage.
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Fremont, O
L. E. Johnson
Ohio Finishing Lime Association
Woodville
Gibsonburg
Sandusky County
Soft Coal Industry to Seek Exemptions
The National Coal Association plans to ask Congress to exempt employers from bargaining with unions on health or welfare fund demands. Directors of the industry’s trade group decided to press the proposal with congressional labor committees.
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Washington
Congress
National Coal Association
Congressional Labor Committees
Ohio Senate Probers Opens Investigation of Liquor Dept
Ohio Senate probes move to a full dress inquiry into the liquor department with power to summon former governor and a judge ex- liquor director. The five member committee, led by Sen. Roscoe Walcutt, will probe permits and practices from the last weeks of Lausche’s term and beyond.
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Ohio Senate
Columbus
Senate
Ohio Supreme Court
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Walcutt
Hugh S. Jenkins
Perina
Frank J. Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Jenkins
Raymond E. Hildebrand
Toledo
Kyle F. Rooks
Cincinnati
Carl D. Sheppard
Akron
Margaret A. Mahoney
Cleveland
Martin L. Davey
Lausche
Herbert
Farmers oppose 0.5 U. appointment at Ohio State
In Columbus Ohio on January 30 farmers oppose Leo L Rummell of Cincinnati for the tenure as dean of the Ohio State University college of agriculture. An 11 member farmers committee led by Frank Teegardin organized a protest after some 100 farmers drafted the committee. They planned to meet university officials and trustees to discuss the job as President Bevis negotiated. The board faces action Monday on Rummell to succeed retiring Dean John F Cunningham.
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Columbus, O
Leo L. Rummell
Cincinnati
Ohio State University
College of Agriculture
Rummell
St. Louis
Columbus
Frank Teegardin
Central Ohio Livestock Grower
Howard L. Bevis
Board of Trustees
John F. Cunningham
Infant Dies. Funeral Today for Logan Couple’s Child
Funeral services for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hoy of Logan are being completed at Leonard Funeral Service. The stillborn baby was delivered at Hocking Valley Hospital last night. Survivors include grandparents Mr. and Mrs. William Hoy and Mr. and Mrs. George Zinn, all of near Logan.
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Ray Hoy
Logan
Leonard Funeral Service
Hocking Valley Hospital
William Hoy
George Zinn
Charles Scholl Dies Wednesday Pioneer Oil Man of Hocking County
Charles Scholl 64 a Hocking County pioneer in oil production died suddenly of a heart attack at his Mt. Pleasant Michigan home. He left Logan in 1932 and built interests in Mt. Pleasant and in Logan with partner Charles Bell developing Bell Scholl Addition and several oil fields. Funeral services will be held in Mt. Pleasant and Logan with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. He is survived by Lula Sloan Scholl his widow three sons a daughter four brothers and four sisters.
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Charles Scholl
Hocking County
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Mr. Scholl
Logan
Mr. Pleasant
Charles Bell
Bell- Scholl
Lula Sloan Scholl
Robert
Frederick
Edward
William Rolph
Pleasant
Clete
Henry
Owensboro
Worden
Standish
Reason Scholl
Bremen
Charles Amspaugh
Herschel Smoke
Kirkersville, O
Elza Ringhiser
Earl Brown
Young Boys Admit Causing Walton Train Wreck
Walton Indiana January 30 two boys ages 10 and 11 signed statements admitting they placed a roll of fence wire on the Pennsylvania Railroad track derailing a passenger train. Four persons were killed and forty five injured. Prosecutors planned to consult federal authorities on possible charges.
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John Sprinkle
Lysle Graves
Rhea Bangert Named Head of County Bar
Mrs. Rhea Pettit Bangert was elected president of the Hocking County Bar Association at the January meeting. She succeeds C. Wood Bowen. Fred Murray was elected vice president and Forest Weinrich secretary treasurer. George Christmann became president of the Hocking County Law Library Association. Bowen as vice president Lappen as secretary and Judge Harvey Meyer as trustee.
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Rhea Pettit Bangert
Hocking County Bar Association
C. Wood Bowen
Fred Murray
Forest Weinrich
George Christmann
Hocking County Law Library Association
Bowen
Hubert Lappen
Harvey Meyer
Ohio Weather Battered by Wide Storm System
A massive late January storm delivered tornadic winds, heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain across the Midwest and Ohio. Tornadoes struck Arkansas and Missouri, while Minnesota and the Dakotas faced subzero cold. In Ohio, Dayton, Toledo, Cincinnati, Columbus saw rain, wind, and power outages. some towns closed schools and a 76 year old watchman died in Dayton.
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Southwest
Nebraska
Ohio
Arkansas
State Highway Department
Dayton
Corrugated Fiber Box Co
Thomas McGuiggan
Springfield
International Harvester Co
Toledo
University of Toledo
Maumee
Cincinnati
Columbus
Water Pollut ion Bill Aims at Public Health Control
Senators Barkley and Taft introduced a bill to provide for water pollution control in public health. The measure seeks federal action to curb contamination, outlining standards and enforcement mechanisms aimed at protecting rivers and drinking water supplies.
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Washington
Barkley
D-Ky
Taft
R-Chio
Communists Cut U S Evacuation Route in China
In north China Communist forces sever the Peiping Tientsin railway halting U S withdrawal. The Weishanchuang station burns as an armored train is sent from Tientsin. Fighting continues as guerrilla bands disrupt the line amid expectations of heavier fighting after American mediators depart.
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China
Peiping-Tientsin
U. S
Peiping
America
Associated Press
Joan Roderick
Tientsin
Weishanchuang
Roderick
Weishancuang
Manchuria
North China
President Halts Boost in Rents
A short lived Office of Price Administration order that would have raised rent ceilings by 10 percent was cancelled by a high official. President Truman halted the order immediately saying there will be no across the board increase at this time. The official noted the move came from Philip B. Fleming’s office during his absence and that details remain unclear.
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OPA
Truman
White House
Philip B. Fleming
Fleming
Three-Court Judge To Hear Murder Trial
Sandusky Ohio January 30 William M. Sexton 20 year old negro indicted for first degree murder in the slaying of Otto Hoffman 64 will face trial February 24 before a panel of three judges.
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Sandusky
William M. Sexton
Otto Hoffman
Government fails to form coalition with Socialists in Tokyo
Tokyo reports the government announces the third failed bid to include the Socialists in a coalition cabinet amid growing economic troubles. The move aimed to stabilize policy and address worsening economic conditions but collapsed, leaving the cabinet lineup unresolved.
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Tokyo
German Minister Addresses Meeting of Ohio Pastors
German pastor Martin Niemoeller spoke at the Ohio Pastors Convention in Columbus addressing about 2,500 delegates. He described Nazi suppression of small church groups, recalled his eight years in concentration camps, and reflected on the church’s resilience and mission amid oppression.
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Columbus
Martin Niemoeller
Memorial Hall
Niemoeller
Adolf Hitler
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Hitler
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