Lancaster Flood Prompts National Guard Patrol and Blocked Routes
Floodwaters from the Hocking River devastate Lancaster Ohio with 1 million dollars in damages. Gov Herbert activates 88 man National Guard company under Brig. Gen. Kenneth Cooper to guard flooded zones from looters. Mayor Von Stein enforces city emergency and urges Red Cross relief cooperation. Bridges washout isolates Revenge village. Route 22 remains closed and roadwork begins on a temporary Route 33 bridge replacement.
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Kenneth Cooper
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Fred von Stein
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State Highway Department
Earl J. Reed
Fairfield
Washington
Noble
Hocking
Pickaway
Highway Department
Columbus
High Waters
Washington County
Noble County
Hocking County
Ohio approves quick special session tax and welfare bills
Ohio lawmakers completed a ten hour special session with Gov. Herbert’s three point agenda. The sales tax was trimmed by exempting retail purchases under 41 cents, August 1 start. pension payments rose to 65 dollars monthly. welfare funds totaling 6.35 million including federal aid were allocated for poor relief and food and fuel for 1947-48. Senate and house approval followed with minimal amendments and the bills await the governor’s signature.
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Columbus
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
State Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Big City
House
Senate
Israel Ruled Out Of Olympic Games
The International Olympic Committee ruled that the new state of Israel cannot compete in the Olympic games. The decision reduces the number of competing nations to 61 for the games starting July 29 in London.
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London
International Olympic Committee
Israel
Wallace Moves To Philadelphia Third party bid reshapes 1948 race
Wallace and running mate Glen Taylor arrive in Philadelphia to launch the New Party campaign. The effort seeks to draw cross party support and challenge Dewey, with estimates of as many as 9 million votes, potentially affecting the November result.
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Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Robert M. Lafollette Sr
Burton K. Wheeler
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Taylor
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
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New Dealer
GOP
Communists Outlawed in Malaya and Singapore
British officials outlaw the Communist Party in the Federation of Malaya and Singapore, a move announced July 23. The action targets the party across Malaya and the crown colony, signaling a hardline anti communism sweep.
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Singapore
Communist Party
Federation of Malaya
Ex-Army Flier Bombs U.N. Headquarters in Fear of War
Ex Army flier Stephen J Supina 36 of Willington Connecticut allegedly dropped a homemade bomb near the United Nations building in Lake Success New York while the Trusteeship Council met The missile explosion startled delegates and staff as a plane matching the description landed at LaGuardia Field A statewide manhunt followed with Supina sought on a felony charge of malicious mischief authorities said his brother reported he was upset by tensions warning of a potential new war.
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United Nations
U.N. Trusteeship Council
U.N
U.N. Chambers
LaGuardia Field
Stephen J. Supina
Willington
Conn
Supina
Ashford, Conn
Connecticut
Thomas Supina, Jr
Steve
Benie bin Lael
Bicyclist Killed in Wooster Road Crash
An automobile struck and killed James Frushour a 12 year old bicyclist riding along the Wooster Shreve road last night. The incident occurred as the boy rode his bicycle in the dark near Wooster. Police investigated and no further details were released.
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Wooster
James Frushour
Wooster-Shreve Road
Ohio Court Grants Wallaceites Ballot Spot
Ohio Supreme Court rules Wallace New Party electors may appear on the ballot as independents if petitions meet signature requirements. Wallace and his VP candidate names cannot appear but the electors will be listed, with county boards verifying signatures before placement.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wallace
Glen L. Taylor
Edward J. Hummel
Hummel
Clay recalled to White House amid Berlin crisis
Gen Lucius D. Clay, U.S. military governor in Germany, recalled to the White House for talks with President Truman on the Soviet blockade of Berlin. He briefed Truman and advisers, met with House Foreign Affairs Committee, and was to return to Berlin after a 1 PM news conference.
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Lucius D. Clay
Congress
Berlin
U.S
Germany
White House
Clay
Truman
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Marshall
National Security Council
Army Department
Balchen to Return to U.S. Air Force
Col Bernt Balchen resigns as managing director of the Norwegian branch of Scandinavian Airlines System to rejoin the American Air Force in the United States.
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Oslo
Norway
U.S
GOP Leader Forecasts Short Lame Duck Session
A Republican House leader predicted a three week to one month lame duck session with few new laws. He said education aid and civil rights measures could pass, but housing anti inflation bills unlikely. A UN funding bill of 65 million dollars might be debated. He claimed the 1948 Republican platform would not be fulfilled this Congress.
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Congress
House
GOP
United Nations
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New York
Living Costs Reach All Time High in June Report
The cost of living index climbed to 171.7 percent of the 1935-39 average as of June 15, with food prices at record highs. Wholesale prices also surged to an all time high in the week ending July 17, with retail effects expected to appear over a month.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Markets At A Glance Steady Wheat and Mixed Grains
Wheat mostly steady with July sharply higher. Corn mixed with old crop higher and new crop lower. Oats July very weak while others stay steady. Hogs steady to 50 cents higher with top at 30. Cattle slow and steady on a week’s decline with top at 37.00. Rail prices mixed with narrow changes.
Flood Threat Lingers As Hocking Valley Reels From Rains
Heavy rains raged over Hocking County renewing flood danger across the Hocking River valley. Logan to south service resumed while the worst flood since 1913 crested. Rockbridge homes flood still, crops in Lancaster to Rockbridge damaged, river and road washouts hamper travel.
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Hocking County
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Lancaster Eagle Gazette
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Fairfield County
Hocking Valley
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Logan
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Prospects of Pharis Agreement Fade
NEWARK C July 23 Prospects for agreement between Pharis Tire and Rubber Co and its 1200 employees out of work since May 1 seemed slim today. The plant closed May 1 as the company contended it could not operate under wage demands of United Rubber Workers Union CIO. A reduced wage scale was offered the union. The union replied that it could not accept it. Paul W Fuller federal mediator reported after a session of company officials and union men that a settlement seems hopeless. No progress had been made and no date was set for another meeting.
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Fpharis Tire and Rubber Co
United Rubber Workers Union
CIO
Paul W. Fuller
Fuller
Dewey and Eisenhower Confer on European Crisis in Pawling
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey hosted Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for a surprise Pawling meeting to discuss the European situation and military establishment. Ike and Mrs. Eisenhower traveled from New York City and lunched with the Deweys before returning.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Dewey
David Wark Griffith Dies in Hollywood
David Wark Griffith 73 pioneer moviemaker and star maker died in Hollywood after cerebral hemorrhage. He fell ill in his hotel suite Wednesday night and died at 7 24 A M Pacific Daylight Time in an oxygen tent after hospitalization.
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Hollywood
David Wark Griffith
Moving Picture
Two Ex-Cons Capture One After Ohio Slay Spree Ends
In a roadblock confrontation near Van Wert Ohio two youthful ex-convicts ended a 14 day seven murder rampage. One gunman John C West 24 was killed while his partner Robert M Daniels 22 surrendered after a rifle and three revolvers were found with him. Daniels had earlier confessed to the killings but later said West did the shooting. The spree began with Earl Ambrose a Columbus tavern operator and included victims Frank Kerech James Smith and others in Michigan Ohio and the Mansfield Reformatory vicinity. Police wounded two officers in the exchange of fire ending a manhunt that gripped the state.
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Ohio
John C. West
Marsfield Reformatory
Parkersburgh
W. Va
Robert M. Daniels
Columbus
Daniels
West
James Smith
Tiffin
Glenn Beard Gschwind
Fremont
Earl Ambrose
Ambrose
Frank Kerech
Flat Rock
Mich
Mansfield Reformatory
Reformatory
John Niebel
Noranda
Phyllis
Superforts Start World Flight To Scout for Bomber Bases
Three U S B-29 Superfortresses depart Davis-Monthan Field Arizona on a around the world scouting flight to identify potential bomber bases. The second stop is Lagens Air Base Azores with further legs planned to Whealths Field Libya and St Alaska, aiming to test refueling and transport links for future operations.
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Lagens Air Base
Azores
United States
Portugal
Davis-Monthan Field
Tucson
Ariz
Atlantic
Whellus Field
Tri Libya
Tus
St Alaska
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