Senate Debate Heats Up Over European Aid Package
Washington July 26 The Senate fights over the 5 723 000 foreign aid program for Europe as leaders clash on amendments and funding. Senator Ellender reports Europe’s recovery hinges on Germany’s pullback and currency convertibility, while Britain’s influence is debated. The panel seeks to strike provisions from the bill amid opposition from Lucas and McKellar.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Ellender
Italy
Europe
Germany
Senate Appropriations Committee
McKellar
D-Tenn
Appropriations Committee
Production Hits Three Year Low
Washington reports industrial production fell three percent in June from May and 13 percent from November, marking a three year low. Secretary Snyder offered a guarded view noting conditions remain good as Europe’s recovery progresses, with emphasis on boosting dollar earnings through higher U.S. sales.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Europe
U.S
Rhodes to Speak Before Vermilion Rotary Club
Columbus Mayor James A. Rhodes will address the Vermilion Rotary Club tomorrow, announced in a July 26 dispatch. The event highlights Rhodes as a speaking guest in Vermilion, with community leaders attending.
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Vermilion, O
James A. Rhodes
Columbus
Rotary Club
Markets at a Glance Wall Street shows gains amid varied grains
Wheat prices slip as demand softens while corn faces oversupply. Oats track corn downward. Hogs rise up to 50 cents to a top of 22.60. Cattle trend uneven with a 1.00 drop to 28.00. Stocks advance with rails motors and steels in demand. Bonds hold steady as rails improve.
Steamy Weather Persists Across Midwest and East Coast
The weather forecast shows continued heat and humidity from the southern plains to the Atlantic coast with no immediate relief. A few cool breezes may reach Minnesota today and northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan tonight, but the hot belt remains across Iowa and the region eastward.
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Atlantic Coast
Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Midwest
Iowa
Lausche Vetoes Quail Game Bird Bill in Ohio
Gov. Frank J. Lausche vetoed a bill to reclassify quail from song bird to game bird. He called the measure unnecessary and said it would remove 36 years of protection for quail as song birds while allowing the state conservation department to propagate them for ten years without hunting. He noted propagation remains possible under current policy.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Department of Conservation
Temperature Rebounds to 90 Degrees at P. M.
Temperature rose to 90 degrees today at P. M. after a 67 degree low last night. Officials indicated yesterday’s high near S2 degrees at 4 P. M. would be exceeded before nightfall.
Heat wave forecast cools across New England amid storms
The 89s and 90s return but most of New England escapes the extreme heat. Thundershowers hit Wisconsin Minnesota and south to the Texas Panhandle. Light rain fell in Florida Washington and Oregon while south Texas saw heavy rain causing about 1 million dollars in damage. In Pleasanton a nine inch cloudburst drove Atascosa River 20 feet above normal flooding fifty families and water 18 inches deep in stores.
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New England
Pacific Coast
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Texas Panhandle
Florida
Washington
Oregon
Texas
Pleasanton
Atascosa River
Explosion at Toledo Army Munitions Dump Kills Eighteen
An explosion at a Toledo Spain army munitions dump last night killed at least 18 people and injured 27. The blast occurred around midnight and authorities began investigations into the cause.
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Toledo
Spain
Breakdown Spoils Supply of Blood
A mechanical breakdown in a refrigerator at University Hospital in Columbus forced discard of 43 pints of blood. The cold box rose to 76 degrees before an emergency supply of 36 pints was obtained from the Columbus Red Cross blood bank.
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Columbus, O
University Hospital
Columbus Red Cross Blood Bank
Errant Model Airplane Flies Into the Wild Blue Yonder
Two men Eddie Hamilton and Walter Guess watched a six foot six inch wingspan model airplane powered by gasoline rise to 150 feet then be lifted by thermals for seven miles. The craft climbed repeatedly to 2500 feet and disappeared toward Bremen after a motor failure.
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Eddie Hamilton
Church Street
Walter Guess
North Street
McCarthy
Pasture Program to Begin on Hocking County Farm
The Little Valley Farm on the former Sam Krinn property near Logan, 235 acres, will host a large scale grass farming project. Herefords and feeder cattle will graze, lime and fertilizer will treat 235 acres, four ponds plus remodeling of structures, with results possible next spring. Wallace Gillogly leads planning for the project.
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Hocking County
Sam Krinn
Big Pine
Logan
Little Valley Coal Company
Nelsonville
Sam Krvnn
John Kelso
Little Valley
Soil Conservation Service
Kelso
Wallace Gillogly
Hocking Soil Conservation District
Fog of Smoke at East Main Street Smoke House
Logan fire department answered a call at Leon's Smoke House on East Main Street about 10:30 p.m. last night. It was only smoke from fly spray, misread as a fire by a passerby. the fog resembled smoke but no blaze existed.
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Logan Fire Department
Leon
East Main Street
Indian Fighter's Pension Stalled in Ohio
Indian fighter James Finley of Perry County seeks a pension requiring Washington approval. He served 1882 to 1885 with the Ninth Field Artillery on the Indian Territory border under General Lyons. He was wounded thrice by arrows and broke three ribs after a horse incident. his discharge papers were lost in a house fire, delaying the pension application.
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Columbus
James Finley
Washington
Ohio
Finley
Perry County
Harlan Smith
Ninth Field Artillery
General Lyons
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Smith
Showdown Demanded On Adjournment
House Republicans pressed for a decision on Congress adjournment with a July 31 deadline set by the 1946 act. Republican Leader Martin indicated he would demand a formal showdown by asking Democratic leaders to state plans for keeping the Senate and House in session.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Martin
Massachusetts
Trade Pact Signed Between Germany and Greece
A $58 million trade agreement between Western Germany and Greece was signed in Frankfurt today. The pact runs from July 1, 1949 to June 30, 1950. Proceeding details indicate a brief one year term for wartime trade adjustments.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Greece
DAV Chaplain Frank Arter Dies at 59
Rev Frank E Arter longtime state chaplain of the Disabled American Veterans died yesterday at age 59 in Zanesville Ohio. He served DAV chapters statewide and led veterans services and appeals efforts. His death leaves a vacancy in the organization leadership.
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Zanesville, O
Frank E. Arter
The
Disabled American Veterans
GOP Europe Aid Backers Move to Cut Asked Fund
Republican backers of Western Europe military aid seek to halve Truman’s foreign arms program. They propose a $77 million outlay to forward $450 million in surplus equipment to NATO signers and about $200 million for new gear, plus other funds, totaling under half of Truman’s request. The plan follows criticism of the administration’s approach and signals a bipartisan move toward compromise.
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GOP
Europe
Washington
Western
Truman
Congress
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Dulles
R-Ny
State Department
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
Greece
Turkey
Mr. Truman
Administration
Mahlon Wisecup Dies In Electric Chair
Mahlon Wisecup a 49 year old Highland County man was executed in Ohio Penitentiary electric chair for the murder of his 72 year old housemate Grant Nichols. He appeared calm as the chair was applied and the electric current began at 8 03 PM. Wisecup was pronounced dead at 8 10 PM by prison physicians R H Brooks and E S Anderson. He had been found guilty of first degree murder on April 7.
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Columbus
Mahlon Wisecup
Highland County
Ohio Penitentiary
Wisecup
R. H. Brooks
E. S. Anderson
Grant Nichols
Nichols
Group Urges Lausche to Veto Court Act
A Hamilton County delegation asked Gov. Frank J. Lausche to veto the uniform municipal court act. The governor replied that he would study the request further.
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Columbus
Hamilton County
Frank J. Lausche
Administration to brief Congress on Russia armament data
Washington reports the administration will provide Congress with information on Russia's military preparations to justify a 1.45 billion arms aid program. State Department press officer Michael McDermott said details will be made available and acknowledged having data about Russia's armament.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
State Department
Michael McDermott
Typhoon Kills 29 in Shanghai
Shanghai suffered its worst storm in years with 29 dead 23 injured and 200000 homeless. Flooded streets saw houses collapse fires electrocution and major crop and property damage across Shanghai and nearby farms. Okinawa airbase damage and U S installations suffered also.
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Shanghai
Okinawa
Brehm Seeks Somerset Postoffice Funding
Somerset Ohio native Gen Phil Sheridan's birthplace may get a new postoffice as the Public Buildings Administration informs Rep Brehm. He plans to urge Congress to appropriate funds, with a project cost quoted as just under $200,000 where the current post office sits in rented space.
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Washington
Somerset
Ohio
Gen
Phil Sheridan
Postoffice
Public Buildings Administration
Rep Brehm
Brehm
Congress
Ammunition Dump In Boy’s Pocket Sparks Fire
In Springfield Ohio a 9 year old boy named Ted Rice sustained second degree burns on his right leg after pistol caps in his pocket ignited from a spark near a parked truck. The incident occurred as he played with peers behind the vehicle. Authorities note the flame came from his trousers.
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Ted Rice
Springfield
Ted
Leland Rice
Springfield City Hospital
Natural death ruling on infant in Toledo case
A coroner ruled the Fremont couple s baby died of natural causes. Herbert and wife, with no funds, abandoned the infant s body in weeds along railroad tracks in Toledo and the baby was buried in Maplewood Cemetery two months after death. Sheriff investigators traced the case to Fremont during an immigration check.
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Toledo
Fremont, O
Air Force
Herbert Egers
Paul G. Hohly
Detroit
Hohly
Maplewood
F. H. Paul
Sandusky County
Fremont
Vandals Target Local Elementary School Over Weekend
Police report vandals broke into the elementary school during the weekend and sprayed fire hoses in hallways and classrooms. Damage was unofficially estimated at $2,000.
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Columbus
Memorial marker honors veteran who turns up alive
The American Legion raised a marker for Dean Spence Hobson, believed dead in World War II after a name change hid his fate. Hobson, 26, worked as a radio technician at Winter Veterans Hospital and learned his father Norman Spence, of Manhattan, had believed him dead. The War Department misfiled his status, and Hobson discovered the error after visiting his father and the marker.
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Topeka
Spence
Hobson
Norman Spence
Manhattan
Kas
War Department
Dean Spence
Italy
Legion
One of Group Was Linked with Lindbergh Case
New York July 26 six men booked in a three state roundup of a $50 million a year numbers racket were identified as connected to the Lindbergh kidnapping case. Irving Bitz a 46 year old circulation inspector for the New York Journal American was named as a former Lindbergh case associate by police. The ring manipulated Cincinnati clearing house totals to fix numbers and cheat players across several states.
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New York
Irving Bitz
New York Journal American
Harry Hanley
Bitz
Charles A. Lindbergh
Salvatore Spitale
Frank S. Hogan
New Jersey
Cincinnati
Anthony Strolle
Tony Bender
Hogan
East
Strolla
Cliffside Park
N. J
Duble
Newark
Daniel Zwillman
Abner
Longy
Staten Island
Wall Street
Cincinnati Clearing House
Kean, Taylor and Company
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Jean Ellis
Revere Beach
Mass
Arthur
Associated Press
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Bremen
DAV
Whangpoo
Yangtze
Tokyo
Steven
Irving
Edythe Horowitz
Brooklyn
N. Y
Israel
Shannon
Eire
London
Boy
Lindbergh
Cincinnati, Ohio
Clearing House Association
Dennison Duble
Association
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