Relic of Canal Days Fades Under Modern Bulldozer
A bulldozer at 5 West Front Street, Logan, leveled an underground grotto once part of the Hocking canal era. Built in 1859 to house a brewery and later a slaughterhouse, the sandstone structure survived 90 years before the canal’s decline, then lay abandoned for decades until last year’s remodeling cleared the site.
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Front Street
Logan
Chute Sales and Service Co
West Front Street
Hocking Canal
Andrew Holl
George Holl
South Market Street
Sugar Grove
C. C. Chute
Chute
Andrew Hall
Isaac Stiers
Ohio Congressmen Vote On Rural Telephone Loans Bill
Ohio lawmakers split on the Rural Electrification Administration loan bill. For the measure: Republicans Rehm Jenkins McCulloch Weichel and Democrats Cross Feighan Hays Kirwan Polk Secrest Young. Against: Republicans Rolston Brown Elston Smith and Democrats Breen Huber McSweeney Wagner.
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Washington
Ohio
Rural Electrification Administration
Senate
Jrehm
Jenkins
McCulloch
Weichel
Cross
Feighan
Hays
Kirwan
Polk
Secrest
Young
Rolston
Brown
Elston
Smith
Breen
Huber
McSweeney
Wagner
Today’s Markets At A Glance
Wheat soft on late selling pressuring prices. Corn mixed with light cash marketings. Oats easy with heavy cash receipts. Hogs active up 50 cents to a top of 23.00. Cattle uneven with 25 cents higher to 50 cents lower, top 28.25. Stocks steady as steel stocks improve. Bonds steady as rail demand slackens.
Britain Cuts Imports From U S by 25 Percent
London reports Britain will limit imports from the United States and other dollar areas to 1.2 billion dollars for the year, down from 1.6 billion in 1948. Cripps announced cuts in U S tobacco purchases and reduced sugar rations, with candy rationing resuming August 14.
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London
Britain
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
United States
Cripps
U. S
DT&I Plans New Roundhouse in Springfield
The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad will build a new roundhouse in Springfield at a cost of 750000 dollars. Announcement came yesterday from president Stanley P. Ruddiman of Detroit.
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Springfield
The
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
Stanley P. Ruddiman
Detroit
Pork Hits $23 Today Price Peak in Chicago Market
Pork on the hoof sold up 50 cents a hundredweight in Chicago trading today reaching a top of $23. The record matches the highest price paid since December 27, with the year’s previous high reached on January 5.
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Chicago
Boy Admits Slaying Sister-in-law in Columbus
A 14 year-old boy described calmly how he shot Alma Arledge four times, killing her in Columbus. He had previously claimed the deer rifle was fired only once by accident. Dorsel Arledge and his brother Harold have been held since the killing last Thursday.
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Columbus
Dorsel Arledge
Dorsel
Harold
Alma Arledge
Truman calls high-level atomic energy talks at Blair House
President Truman convenes top members of the Senate and House atomic energy committee for a Blair House conference at 4 P M Eastern Standard Time to discuss nuclear policy and oversight.
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Washington
Truman
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Blair House
Transit workers strike shuts NYC Omnibus lines
New York July 14 CIO transit workers struck suddenly today against all 21 lines of the New York City Omnibus Corporation. The lines carry an estimated 925 000 passengers daily.
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New York
CIO Transit
New York City Omnibus Corporation
Army Plane Crashes At Dayton Air Base
A twin engine cargo aircraft crashed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base during an emergency landing after a fire. Officials report one death and from three to six injuries among those aboard and nearby. The crash occurred at 9 30 a m in a parking lot fence area.
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Dayton Air Base
Dayton
Wright- Patterson Airforce Base
Army
Army Field
Mercury Nears 90 As Heat Returns After Cool Spell
The morning temperature approached 90 degrees but eased back with noon clouds. At 11:30 it was 89, then 87 an hour later. Yesterday’s high reached 88, while last night’s low was 59. Humidity rose today after several dry days.
New Orchard Spray Method to Save Millions
Ohio Experiment Station officials announced a new orchard spraying method using air assisted concentrated sprays. Six years of work led to a public demonstration showing trees requiring two gallons instead of twenty, cutting 40 acre costs from 2400 to 900 dollars and saving 800 in materials plus 700 in labor.
Coalition Claims Votes To Junk Truman Farm Bill
A Democratic Republican coalition claimed enough House votes to junk the Truman administration farm price bill and continue the current farm price program. Rep Gore predicted at least 85 southern Democrats would back his substitute to preserve the present plan.
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Washington
Agriculture Brannan
Rep. Gore
D-Tenn
Shoe Plants Vote On Union in Cincinnati Area
Workers at Selby Shoe Company plants in Portsmouth Ohio and Ashland Kentucky will vote July 19 on a bargaining agent. The AFL's Boot and Shoe Workers Union and CIO United Shoe Workers Locals 117 and 117 A petitioned for rights. All production maintenance and component part workers without supervisory authority may vote for or against a representative. NLRB regional director Jack G. Evans announced the date.
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Cincinnati
Selby Shoe Company
Portsmouth
Ashland
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
AFL
United Shoe Workers of America, Cio
Jack G. Evans
NLRB
Ohio IOOF Reelects Rolland Bright in Wooster
Rolland Bright of Logan was reelected grand treasurer of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Ohio at the state convention in Wooster. The convention ended its sessions today. Bright, a Logan insurance agent, has long served in Logan IOOF affairs. Robert McCann of Dayton was elected grand patriarch. all other officers were reelected.
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Rolland Bright
Logan
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of
Ohio
Order
Wooster
Bright
Logan Ioof
Robert McCann
Dayton
Government urges Knox farmers to hold wheat for loan
A government official urged Knox County farmers to hold their wheat and take a government loan of 2.06 dollars a bushel rather than sell 26 cents below the market. The move aims to stabilize prices and support farm income during the harvest season.
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Mount Vernon
Knox County
Hershfield to Head Mississippi Glass Co in August
Paul L. Hershfield, longtime Anchor-Hocking Glass Corp. executive from Lancaster Ohio, will become president of the Mississippi Glass Co. in St. Louis Missouri on August 1.
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Lancaster
Paul L. Hershfield
Anchor-Hocking Glass Corp
Mississippi Glass Co
St. Louis
Police Order Forces Release of Public Records in Elyria
Common pleas Judge Guy B. Findlay issued a temporary court order directing the Lorain police to provide access to public records for reporters from WEOL radio station. The order aims to open records held by the department.
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Elyria, O
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findlay
Lorain
WEOL
Farm Bureau Chief Attacks Brannan Proposal
Allan B. Kline head of the American Farm Bureau Federation accuses Secretary Brannan of politicizing the farm issue and calls his plan to let prices fall while government subsidies assist farmers a new and untried concept.
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Washington
Brannan
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Gore Brennan plan stirs farm bill support in Congress
Support from 71 GOP House members backs Gore substitute for the farm bill. Senator Gore argues the present time-tested program should continue while Rep Pace introduces a bill backing high level price supports for major crops and a Brennan plan trial with production payments to farmers. The Brennan plan aims to lower consumer prices and stabilize farmer income via cash payments offsetting market versus support price gaps.
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Gore
Rep
Pace
D-Ga
Brennan
Drowning Victim Found Near Kimberly
The body of Clarence Hartley thirty years old who drowned June 22 in a gravel pit near Kimberly was recovered today by patrolman Don Bum gardner and assistant fire chief Mead Whyte of Nelsonville. They found the body floating on the water.
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Athens
Clarence Hartley
Kimberly
Don Bumgardner
Mead Whyte
Nelsonville
First Polio Death in Warren City Says Autopsy
Health officials report five year old Jay E. Fitting died Monday from polio. An autopsy performed yesterday confirmed polio as the cause and marked Warren Ohio’s first polio death.
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Warren
Jay E
Plants Prepare For Strike at Midnight Friday
Washington July 14 The White House will set up a steel fact finding board tomorrow to resolve the wage dispute with United States Steel Public Republic Bethlehem and others The move follows pressure to avert a strike slated for Saturday CIO leader Philip Murray says a 60 day strike order will be issued to firms rejecting the plan The Big Three oppose taft hartley procedures claiming the plan endangers health or safety
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Washington
Robert R. Nathan
Cio-Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Nathan
Pittsburgh
Truman
James G. Thimmel
Union
Arthur Goldberg
International Sound
White House
Charles Ross
Ross
United States Steel
Republic
Bethlehem
CIO United Steelworkers Union
Mr. Truman
CIO
Steel plants prepare for possible strike in Ohio and Canton
U S Steel subsidiaries in Cleveland and Lorain cut operations and bank furnaces to hold heat as a mid night strike looms. National Tube Co in Lorain began coke plant cuts with four blast furnaces to be banked tomorrow. Republic Steel plants in Canton and Massillon and Carnegie Illinois Steel in Canton threaten walkout at 12 01 A M Saturday if Truman plan not accepted.
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Cleveland
U. S. Steel Corp
Lorain
American Steel & Wire Co
U. S. Steel
National Tube Co. of
Canton, O
Republic Steel Corp
Canton
Massillon
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corp
Truman
Wheeling Steel Plans 60 Day Operation Window
Wheeling Steel Corp officials after a conference with CIO United Steelworkers say plants will continue operating for 60 days from July 16. The company employs about 17,000 in the area, with major operations at Steubenville and facilities in Yorkville Martins Ferry Mingo Junction Benwood and Wheeling.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
Wheeling Steel
Steubenville
Yorkville
Martins Ferry
Mingo Junction
Benwood
Health official halts tonsillectomies during polio season
Dr. Carl A. Wilzbach suspended all tonsillectomies for the balance of the infantile paralysis season as doctors warn of infection risk. Hamilton County records four polio cases this week.
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Cincinnati
Carl A. Wilzbach
Board of Health
Hamilton County
Strike Decision Near at Timken Plants
CIO workers at five Timken Roller Bearing Co. plants in Canton Ohio face a weekend vote on continuing work without a contract. The union seeks a 15 cent hourly raise and a $150 monthly retirement pension.
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Canton
CIO
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Congress Hits Back At Truman Criticism
President Truman defended his new program to expand production and curb a possible business slump in a nationwide address. He accused “selfish interests” of pushing drastic spending cuts while Congress, including over 60 senators, pushes a five to ten percent spending reduction. He scrapped a $4.0 billion tax increase to avoid harming the economy.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Pepper
Senate
Insane Slayer Leaves Tower Perch After Daylong Stand
Raymond Jutila, jailed killer at Lima State Hospital, climbed a 130 foot water tower to threaten escape. After a night atop the height he descended at 2:09 PM as officials said they would wait him out. He said he was cold and sleepy while on the tower.
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Lima
Raymond Jutila
Lima State Hospital
R. E. Bushong
Brehm to Seek Showdown on FEPC in House
Rep Walter Brehm of Ohio plans a showdown vote in the House labor committee on a controversial fair employment practices bill. He believes there are votes for a favorable committee outcome and accuses Democrats of promising Black voters to gain support. The bill targets discrimination based on race or religion.
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Washington
Walter E. Brehm
Ohio
House Labor Committee
Brehm
Ohioan
Excommunication Decree Seen As Last Warning to Catholics
Vatican announces a sweeping excommunication order targeting all Catholic members who profess communist doctrine. The decree, approved by Pope Pius XII, serves as a final warning to Catholics wavering under communist influence, with about 330 million Catholics worldwide cited.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office
Alojzije Stepinac
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Catholic Action Society
Czechoslovakia
Vatican
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David O. Selznick
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Selznick
Gulf of Genoa
Rep. Brehm
FEPC
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