Senate panel rejects trial run for Brannan farm plan
A Senate agriculture subcommittee voted to drop a proposed trial run of the Brannan farm plan on hogs. The closed session cited hog market conditions, returning the bill without recommendation. The move comes as the House debates farm legislation and opposes administration subsidies.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Brannan
House
Capitol
Secretary of Agriculture
Gillette
D-Ia
Subcommittee
Warren’s 150th Anniversary Sesquicentennial Planned
Warren marks its 150th anniversary with a sesquicentennial celebration from August 27 to September 5 featuring community events and historical exhibits.
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Warren
Village Officials Would Swap Positions In Darby
Darby officials Mayor Arthur Westburg and clerk Forbes Rohrer filed petitions with Pickaway County elections to swap jobs. Both have served two terms and seek balloting in November.
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Arthur Westburg
Forbes Rohrer
Pickaway County
Wednesday Is Final Tax Payment Day for Real Estate
Real estate tax payments must be postmarked by Wednesday to avoid a 10 percent penalty, says Ralph Moor head county treasurer. Payments can be mailed if unable to visit the courthouse. the deadline has been extended from June 20 to July 20 and will not be extended again. Many payments remain outstanding and lag behind prior years.
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Ralph Moorhead
Court House
Supreme Court Justice Murphy Dies in Detroit
Detroit July 19 Justice Frank Murphy died at 7 45 AM at Henry Ford Hospital at 56 after coronary occlusions. Appointed to the Supreme Court in 1940 by President Roosevelt, he had earlier served as Michigan governor and as U S attorney general. He never married.
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Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Henry Ford Hospital
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Michigan
Philippines
United States
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Roosevelt
U.S
New York
Hyde Park
Congress Recesses Over Justice Murphy's Death
Congress recesses after adopting a resolution of regret for Justice Murphy who died in Detroit this morning. The Senate and House paused at 11:22 A M. President Truman then left by air for Chicago to address the Shriners diamond jubilee on foreign policy.
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Chicago
Marines Held At Circleville For Robbery And Theft
Two AWOL Marines Ralph D. Lester and Claude Sweitzer were held to the Pickaway County grand jury on armed robbery and auto theft charges. They were captured in Glouster after allegedly stealing a Columbus driver’s car and a Shawnee truck, with Lester injured in a wreck on Route 75. Both denied bonds set at 2000 dollars and were jailed after surrendering last night.
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Circleville
Pickaway County
Ralph D. Lester
Chicago
Claude Sweitzer
Dayton
Thurman I. Miller
Glouster
Camp LeJeune
N. C
Lancaster
Lester
Sweitzer
Columbus
Charles Gordon
Shawnee
Elmer Knowlton
Gordon
Route 75
Grain Elevator Fire Wipes Oregon Town
In Heppner Oregon on July 19 a wind driven blaze destroyed two grain elevators a flour mill two warehouses eight boxcars and two lumber and coal sheds. About 380000 bushels of wheat were burned and the cost reached an estimated 800000 dollars. Fire chief Charles Ruggles blamed a likely electric short circuit at the top of the largest elevator for ignition.
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Heppner
Ore
Oregon
Charles Ruggles
First polio cases reported in Columbus this year
The city recorded three polio cases yesterday, including two women aged 22 and 24 and a five-year-old boy.
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Columbus
Today's Markets At a Glance
Wheat steady to firm with mill buying. Corn firm with light country offerings. Hogs steady to 25 cents lower, top 23.50. Cattle generally steady, top 28.25.
Mob Burns Black Family Homes in Groveland Florida
In Groveland Florida a mob of about 50 armed white men burned three Black family homes after racial tensions rose over an accusation involving a 17 year old white woman. National Guardsmen and highway patrol maintained a presence as residents fled and a missing nine year old girl prompted searches.
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Fla
Florida
Lake County
W. V. McCall
Stuckey’s Still
McCall
Charlie Greenlee
Samuel Shepherd
Walter Irvin
Will Padgett
National Guardsmen
Sheriff McCall
Sherif McCall
National
Florida Highway Patrol
Orlando
Inventive Self Cleaning Salt Shaker Patent
In 1946 a Humid day inspired Darley Kitchen to invent a self cleaning salt or pepper shaker. Three years later on June 28 a patent was issued for a device using pins that align with holes to unclog a stopper by swapping shakers and turning. Plastic manufacturers consider production.
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Darley Kitchen
East Hunter Street
Kitchen
GOP Seeking Successor To National Chairman
Washington July 19 The resignation of Republican national chairman Hugh D. Scott looms as A T Bert Howard Nebraska state chairman gains strength as likely successor A compromise reportedly favors Howard as chairman with former Senator John Dana of Connecticut as executive director Scott plans to resign August 4 after pressure from Spangler and Reece former chairmen while Danaher backed by Senator Taft remains uncertain about an executive director role Howard's support base includes Dewey associates and Taft supporters noting dissensions persist.
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Hugh D. Scott
A. T
Bert’ Howard
Nebraska
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John Danaher
Connecticut
Scott
Thomas’er"B Dewey
New York
National Committee
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Iowa
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Spangler-Reece Group
Danaher
Robert A. Tait
Ohio
Dewey
Taft
Jackson County Fair Opens in Wellston Today
Ohio's annual farm exhibition season begins with the Jackson County Fair in Wellston this afternoon, opening a long series of county fairs that will run through late autumn.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wellston
Jackson County
New Telephone Books Distributed Today
Logan Home Telephone Company distributed new telephone books with dial system instructions. Numbers are changed and should not be used until operation begins Saturday. The Maxville exchange joined, bought for $50 with state utilities commission approval yesterday.
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McArthur
Maxville
Union Furnace
Maxville Telephone Co
State Utilities Commission
Springfield Amnesia Victim Identified
Springfield police say amnesia victim in City Hospital is Dorothy Joy Free, 34, of Troy Ohio. Identification confirmed after verifying ownership of the car she was driving.
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City Hospital
Dorothy Joy Free
Troy
Rodger Young Home Burial in Ohio Honors Hero
The body of Pvt. Rodger Young arrives by Nickel Plate train at Green Springs Ohio for burial in McPherson Cemetery Clyde after a service at Green Springs Methodist Church. Young earned the Medal of Honor for single handedly wiping out a machine gun nest in the Solomons in 1943 and was 25 at death. Lt. Col. Joel M. Wareing will officiate.
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Pvt
Rodger Young
Green Springs
Young
Ohio
Georgia
Solomons
Joel M. Wareing
Washington
Green Springs Methodist Church
McPherson Cemetery
Clyde
Guatemala Capital in Strife After Army Chief’s Slaying
Armored troops battled for control of the national palace in Guatemala City as violence followed the assassination of army chief Col. Francisco Javier Arana. Manuel Galich of the Revolutionary Action Party claimed the government had the situation in control with no casualty reports available.
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Guatemala
Francisco Javier Arana
Manuel Galich
Revolutionary Action Party
Juan Jose Arevalo
Slayer Denies Guilt Before Hearing
In Athens Ohio on July 19 21 year old Harry Z Dodds Jr was sentenced to death for the murder of Eleanor Gifford a 52 year old Episcopal church worker. Judge Roy D Williams set November 1 for execution at the Ohio Penitentiary. Dodds claimed innocence as the jury previously convicted him July 8 without mercy.
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Athens, O
Harry Z. Dodds, Jr
New Straitsville
Eleanor Gifford
Episcopal Church
Roy D. Williams
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Williams
Ohio Penitentiary
Common Pleas
Dodds
Gifford
Grover Rawlins
James Stewart
Columbus
Skeleton Assembly is Meeting Today
Columbus Ohio July 19 Officers and a few members of the legislature return to sign bills and finish work of the 98th General Assembly. Final adjournment is July 29. An unofficial count shows 112 bills still to be signed and sent to the governor.
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Columbus
98Th General Assembly
Senate
House
Vampire Slayer Haigh Condemned to Hang in England
John George Haigh, 39, self-described vampire slayer, is condemned to death by gallows for the murder of wealthy Mrs. Olive Durand Deacon. He was found guilty of killing her on February 18, after drinking her blood and disposing of the body in acid. He had pleaded for a special verdict of guilty but insane at the time.
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Lewes
Eng
John George Haigh
Olive Durand-Deacon
Haigh
Driver N Judge Faces Multiple Auto Charges After Billiards Incident
Cincinnati reports Nathan Judge, 44, blamed for a string of five auto accidents in one day. Police say Judge's license appeared on four reports, leading to charges of reckless driving, leaving scene twice, driving under liquor, and no license. The elusive driver was captured at 7535.
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Edward
Strohmeier
George Ruff
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