City Council Maps Study On Logan Sewer Crisis
Logan city council plans a Tuesday night meeting with the sewers committee and Service Director Boyd Wright to educate the public on the aging system and growing needs. A long range plan may include a trunk line from Bell & Scholl to a proposed Oldtown plant, with possible bond or tax measures discussed for this fall.
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Logan
Boyd Wright
J. M. Meldrim
Bell & Scholl
Hocking
Oldtown
Wright
Council
Frank Fox
Warren Johnson
Dean Dollison
Republicans Reserve 900 Federal Jobs
Republicans posted a reserved for GOP label on about 900 federal jobs including postmasters and federal judges. Senate nominations are not to be considered in the special session, prolonging the status of unconfirmed appointments.
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Washington
GOP
Senate
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
GOP High Command
Five in Auto Escape Death By Split Second
Five passengers in an automobile escaped death or serious injury when a huge tree fell across Route 16 during a thunderstorm in Newark Ohio. Deputy Leonard Helmick said the occupants likely would have been killed if the tree had fallen a split second later. In the car were William J. Bolan, 25, of Newark, and four members of his family.
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Newark
Route 16
Leonard Helmick
William J. Boylan
Akron adopts 3 percent bingo amusement tax
City council approved a three percent amusement tax on bingo games. Officials estimate the税 revenue could total about 25 000 to 30 000 dollars per year for Akron Ohio.
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Akron. C
Police Pickets Clash In Dayton Strike Strife
Police and CIO United Electrical Workers pickets clashed at the Univis Lens Co plant in Dayton injuring several, with hospital reports of lacerations. Authorities said multiple demonstrators were detained as officers kept order amid renewed violence and a back-to-work push by the company.
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Dayton, O
Univis Lens Company
Martyn Hasselbeck
International Soundphoto
Dayton
Univis Lens Co
Miami Valley
Lou Kaplan
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Miami Valley Hospital
R. F. Wurstner
CIO United Electrical Workers
Univis
Parents Protest Religion Classes In New York Suit
Two Brooklyn parents Tessim Zorach and Mrs Esta Gluck filed in Kings County court seeking to abolish released time religious instruction in New York City public schools. The suit names the city board of education and the state education commissioner as defendants.
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New York
Brooklyn
State Supreme Court
New York City
Minister Shoots Intruder in Philadelphia Church
At the New Light Tabernacle Baptist Church in Philadelphia a 25 year old thief was shot and killed by the church pastor Rev Theodore Bullock after a desk theft attempt. Police said the intruder Robert Winters dropped an envelope with $50 during a scuffle. The pastor fired five bullets from a .32 caliber pistol.
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Philadelphia
Sere Adelphia
Robert Winters
New Light Tabernacle Baptist Church
Theodore Bullock
USO to be revived for new draftees
Washington July 28 The USO is coming back to serve new draftees. Defense Secretary Forrestal approved a civilian advisory committee recommendation to rebirth the United Service Organizations to meet the needs of the expanded armed forces.
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Washington
USO
Defense
Forrestal
United Service Organizations
Hong Kong Typhoon Leaves Nine Dead
Nine were known dead after yesterday's typhoon in Hong Kong injuring nine and leaving two unaccounted for. Seventy five mile an hour winds damaged four war buildings and tore through the city.
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Hong Kong
Republican Critics Dismiss Truman Inflation Plan
Rep. Walter E. Brehm of Ohio says you cannot legislate against inflation after President Truman’s address to Congress. Colleagues Rep. Cliff Clevenger, Rep. J. Harry McGregor, and Rep. George Bender criticize the plan as political and ineffective. Sen. Taft calls the message full of inaccuracies and omissions on prices and housing.
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Washington
Walter E. Brehm
Ohio
Truman
Rep
Brehm
Cliff Clevenger
Bryan, C
J. Harry McGregor
George Bender
Cleveland
White House
Sen. Taft
Bank Bandits Elude Police in Ohio Robbery
Two gunmen robbed the Farmers and Citizens Bank at Tiro Crawford County of 2350 then fled by car stolen from Shelby and abandoned at Plymouth. Police halted woods near Plymouth with road blocks across four counties but the bandits remained at large. Bank cashier Edith McNutt and Leo Steele of Tiro faced threats with revolvers during the heist. this was the bank’s third robbery since 1932 with Miss McNutt a victim in two incidents.
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Bucyrus
Citizens Bank
Tiro
Crawford County
Plymouth
Shelby
Edith McNutt
Leo Steele
Miss McNutt
Tourings Superfort Crashes Off Arabia
An American B-29 from a three-plane world circuit crashed into the sea off Aden on the south Arabian coast. One survivor, Sergeant Gustafson, was rescued and taken to RAF hospital in Aden. The other two planes returned to Aden. wreckage could be seen from shore. The flight began at Tucson six days earlier as a routine long distance training the first around the world attempt for B-29s.
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Aden
Globe
Arabia
Gustafson
RAF
Air Force
Tucson
Arizona
Thunderstorm Strikes Logan and Hocking Counties
A late Tuesday night storm with high winds dropped branches and damaged at least one roof in Logan and Hocking Counties. Observers logged 0.41 inches of rain as the storm passed, followed by a brief drop and a quick recovery in temperatures.
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Logan
Hocking County
Britain and Allies Seek Moscow Talks on European Settlement
London reports a Whitehall official says Britain France and the United States will offer to begin talks with Russia on a general European settlement expanding the four power German talks to cover East West issues. Marshall says Western powers plan to push ahead with Western Germany governance while Moscow dialogue is explored.
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London
Whitehall
Britain
France
United States
Russia
Germany
Moscow
Western
Marshall
Lucius D. Clay
Molotov
Berlin
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Council
State Seeks Park Acreage From New York Central Railroad
Ohio public works filed appropriation proceedings in Lake County probate court to obtain about 206 acres near Mentor for a proposed recreation park. The state says $67,000 has been offered, but no price agreement reached with the New York Central Railroad.
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Painesville
New York Central Railroad
Ohio Public Works Department
Mentor
Lake County
George B. Sowers
Markets At a Glance Steady wheat and hogs with mixed corn
Wheat steady and markets steady overall with moderate mill buying. Corn closes mixed as early strength fades. Oats firm with short covering. Hogs steady to 25 cents lower, top 29.75. Cattle steady to 50 cents higher, top 41.00. Stocks quiet as support fades in fate trading. Bonds irregular with some rails advancing.
Model Farm Project For Hocking County Starts August 26th
The USDA County Council launches a model hill farm on the 179 acre Nihiser property in Falls Township to prove intelligent land use boosts profit. The plan centers on grass and pasture production with redesigned fields for drainage and soil conservation, mirroring Malabar Farm methods. Five year records will track practical, financeable improvements by the average farmer.
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Hocking County
United States Department of Agriculture
Coun
Usda Council
The
Agricultural Extension Service
Hocking Soil Conservation District
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Farmers Home Administration
Production Credit Association, Vocational Agriculture
Agricultural Conservation Program
AAA
Joe Nihiser
Union Church
Hocking Grange Hall
Falls Township
Nihiser
Brownsville
Rio Grande
Louis Bromfield
Malabar
Explosion at I G Farben Plant Kills or Injures 500
In Ludwigshafen inside the French zone an I G Farben chemical plant explosion sent flames two miles high. Officials estimate 250 to 300 initially, now up to 500 feared dead or injured. Hundreds of windows shattered in Mannheim. hospitals fill with victims as others are sent to Heidelberg.
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Mannheim
Germany
I. G. Farben
Ludwigshafen
U. S
Rhine
Mannheim City
Heidelberg
Sidewalk Engineers Supervise Gas Line Tank Project
A diverse group of sidewalk engineers gathered Tuesday at Jurgies service station at Spring and Main streets to supervise the excavation for a gas line storage tank. The actual digging used a power shovel and installation was completed today.
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Jurgies
Spring
Main Streets
Griffiths Body Flown to Kentucky
The body of D. W. Griffith, pioneer film producer, was flown to Crestwood Kentucky for interment after brief services in Hollywood. About three hundred attendees from the film capital heard memorial eulogies at the Masonic Temple.
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Hollywood
D. W. Griffith
Crestwood
Masonic Temple
Audit Planned After City Treasurer Ousted
New Richland officials announced an audit of city finances would begin today after the removal of City Treasurer John S. Day. The move comes amid concerns over municipal accounting and to restore fiscal oversight.
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New Richmond
John S. Day
US says no separate peace plan for Japan
Ambassador Leighton Stuart stated that Secretary of State Marshall has authorized him to announce the United States is not considering any separate peace agreement for Japan.
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Marshall
United States
Berlin
Nanking
USS
Leighton Stuart
Japan
Senate Action Sets Stage for Dixie Filibuster
Senate Republicans voted to have committees study President Truman’s housing and anti inflation requests and to press the anti poll tax bill. Southern Democrats threaten to filibuster blocking other action as GOP leaders plan adjournment.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Republicans
Truman
Millikin
R-Cole
Republican Conference
Wherry
Rneb
GOP
Robertson
Wyoming
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Cab Driver and Family Live in Car After Eviction
Taxicab driver Stephen A. Cepec and his wife Margaret and three young children sleep in their car after eviction from a one-room housekeeping unit in Cleveland. Marlene, 7, needs insulin shots and a diabetic diet while a search for temporary housing continues with police involvement.
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Cleveland
Stephen A. Cepec
Marlene
Cepec
Donna Jean
Judy
Wi Margaret
Lakewood
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State Sites Railroad
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Republican Policy Committee
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Dewey
James C. Hagerty
Pawling
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