Overcrowding In Ohio Prisons Reaches Alarming Levels
Ohio welfare director John Lamneck cites a state division of corrections survey showing 8 724 inmates in May the highest since the war end and 33 percent above normal capacity. He notes the problem at Ohio Penitentiary Mansfield Reformatory and Marysville Women's Reformatory with London Prison Farm least crowded.
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Columbus
Ohio
John H. Lamneck
State Division of Corrections
Corrections
Arthur L. Glattke
Glattke
Lamneck
Ohio Penitentiary
Mansfield Reformatory
Marysville Women's Reformatory
London Prison Farm
G E President Sees Temporary Decline Rebound by 1951
General Electric head Charles E. Wilson forecast a temporary drop in U S industrial output with a recovery by late 1951. He said the slowdown could persist into mid 1950 before turning up and that production may return to the 1948 high by year end 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
Wilson
General Electric
Truman Speech Slated at Little Rock June 11
The White House announced President Truman will deliver an important speech in Little Rock on June 11 during the annual reunion of the 35th Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Truman
Little Rock
Today's Markets As a Glance
Wheat mostly steady and cash prices firm. Corn strong with government offers to reseal 1948 corn. Oats higher with corn. Mog s uneven 25 cents higher to 60 cents lower, top 22.50. Cattle steady to 50 cents higher, top 29.50. Stocks steady though rally cuts early losses. Bonds lower as Tuesday's decline continues.
Clark Refuses Files to Senate
Attorney General Tom Clark refused to provide a Senate Judiciary Committee with secret government files on 164 foreign officials citing extreme delicacy. Chairman McCarran pressed for basic facts on communist infiltration and espionage within the last five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Senate
Washington
Tom Clark
Senate Committee
Senate Judiciary
McCarran
D-New
John E. Puerifoy
Logan Horses Win At Wellston Show
Logan horses owned and ridden by Logan people won ribbons at the Wellston Horse Show Sunday at the Jackson County fairgrounds near Wellston. Lady Rhythm owned by Kay Cannon won first in ponies under 48 inches and sixth in the pony stake. Tiny Tim owned by A. V. Taylor placed third in the pony class. Kentucky Hi-Dare owned by Dr. H. M. Boocks earned second in the model five gaited class, third in the amateur five gaited class, and fourth in the five gaited stallions and geldings class. Lady Sun Starr owned by Starr B Farms took second in the amateur fine harness and third in the fine harness stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Wellston
Jackson County Fairgrounds
Lady Rhythm
Kay Cannon
Tiny Tim
A. V. Taylor
Kentucky
Lady Sun Starr
Starr-B Farms
Timken recalls 571 laid off workers after strike
Timken Roller Bearing Co. recalled 571 workers furloughed during the Ford Motor Co. strike. Employees return to their jobs today at plants in Columbus Canton and Zanesville as Ford strike settlement allows full production to resume. Timken makes bearings for Ford cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Ford Motor Co
Canton
Zanesville
Timken
Ford Motor Cars
Penney Awnings Damaged by Fire on East Main Street
An awning at the J. C. Penney Store on East Main Street caught fire today, reportedly from a cigarette tossed by a passerby. The blaze was extinguished by store personnel with no damage estimate available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Penney
East Main Street
Ohio Municipal Court Act Recommended by Senate Panel
A uniform municipal court act for Ohio was recommended for passage today by the Senate judiciary committee. The vote was 8 to 1 with Sen. Carl D. Sheppard dissenting, and the bill is expected to reach the Senate floor next week. The committee also deleted a proposal to grant Cleveland mun-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Carl D. Sheppard
Summit
Cleveland
Ohio State University Hits Largest Cut in State Budget Review
Columbus June 1 The House finance committee cut 3.5 million dollars from the biannual operating budgets approved by Governor Lausche for the six state universities. A spokesman said the trims were percentage based with Ohio State University taking the largest reduction. Most cuts affected personal services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
House Finance Committee
Lausche
Ohio State University
Court reform faces opposition from city managers
Charles A. Carran criticised the proposal at the fourth hearing arguing it would abolish mayor's courts in Shaker Heights Euclid and 48 suburbs. Campbell's municipal court was struck out and Greenville’s added covering multiple townships in Darke County. The House finance committee reported a $6.3 million reduction to Lausche's biennial budget with overall general revenue fund cuts and lower highway and liquor budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
Charles A. Carran
East Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
House Finance Committee
Frank J. Lausche
House
General Revenue Fund
Highway Department
Liquor Department
Hot Ham Charges Denied by Lancaster Cook in Court
William Starrett, a restaurant cook and buyer, pleaded innocent yesterday to charges of buying and receiving stolen meat. Re-indicted in April after a March trial ended in a hung jury, he and restaurant owner John L. Johnson face trial dates set for June 28 pending further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
William Starrett
Fairfield County Grand
Common Pleas
Harry Kilburger
John L. Johnson
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
Starrett
Bolivian Army Quells Rioters In Tin Mine Region
LA PAZ Bolivia June 1 Reports say the army has control of the strike torn tin mine region after four days of rioting. Reservists aged 19 to 50 were mobilized as the cabinet met in emergency session to address a state of civil war. Miners seized officials including Americans and fought troops at the Patino owned Huanuni mines. About 2000 miners and 200 troops clashed in the high Andes 200 miles southeast of La Paz. A state of siege was decreed suspending civil rights for 90 days under semi martial law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
High Andes
Two Planes Crash Land on Athens County Farm
Two Northway Flying Service planes landing on Copeland farm near Stewart Ohio 14 miles east of Athens crashed but left pilots and passengers uninjured. The first four seater nosed over after a failed takeoff due to high grass and trees. The second craft reportedly struck a high tension wire on approach and was heavily damaged. Authorities from the State Highway Patrol investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Northway Flying Service
Columbus
Stewart
Here
State Highway Patrol
Copeland Farm
Population reaches record 148,527,000 in April census
The Census Bureau estimated the U S population at a new high of 148,527,000 as of April 1 1949, up 580,000 in the first quarter. Foreign ministers council in Paris opened talks on restoring four power control of Berlin and immediately clashed over veto rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Census Bureau
Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Berlin
Housing Bill Delayed by House Rules Committee
Washington June 1 The House rules committee refused to clear President Truman's housing bill for a House vote until it determines the program's total cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Rules Committee
Truman
House
Two Boats Collide on Ohio River
Gallipolis dispatch reports the steamboat Sam Craig struck a johnboat with three men early today on the Ohio River. Captain Sherman Bonecutter said one man drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Sam Craig
Ohio River
Sherman Bonecutter
Ex-Soldier Clings to Wartime Sweetheart in Bid Against Wife
Anthony Martino who was listed as killed in France in 1944 reappeared in New York and chose his blonde wartime lover over his wife. The Army seeks explanation for his unexplained return and missing hospital record. Martino says he has no memory of events in summer 1944 until he walked into Brooklyn in December 1944.
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New York
Anthony Martino
Army
France
New York Daily News
Martino
Dorothy Martino
New York City
Dotty
Europe
Washington
First Army
Connecticut
Dorothy
Brooklyn
Unemployability Clause Removed From Veterans Pension Bill
The House passed a World War I and II veterans pension bill 364 to 27 after removing an unemployability provision. The clause’s defeat was 172 to 57 in a swift session with little debate, and the bill, estimated at $65 billion in its current form, would codify pension regulations under VA rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Veterans’ Committee
Veterans’ Administration
Route 75 Detour Signals Major Bridge and Resurfacing
State highway crews resume work on Route 75 south of Logan with sandblasting and bridge floor relaying on the Hocking River bridge at South Mulberry Street. Traffic detours route drivers via Route 33, 328, and Hocking Hills Club road.
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State Highway Department
Logan
Hocking River
South Mulberry Street
Hocking Hills Country Club
Ewing
F. H. Brewer
Chillicothe
Mulberry Street
Safety Director Fires 3 Lancaster Police
Lancaster Ohio June reports state Police Chief Sam Hutsler fired three officers and dismissed another while suspending a fourth. The fired officers Captain L F Bauer and Lieut Everett J Brown and Merrill H Martin faced charges tied to extortion and kickbacks in police equipment purchases. Safety Director D L Grove ordered all actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Sam Hutsler
Hutsler
L. F. Bauer
Everett J. Brown
Merrill H. Martin
Brown
D. L. Grove
Alliance Police Suspended Over Off Duty Liquor Raid
Six Alliance officers under 30 day suspensions for an off duty liquor raid on Moose Club. Acting chief A O Lower cites unauthorized action and insubordination charges. Judge Wykoff dismissed a Sunday liquor sales charge against club secretary Greenawalt. The officers plan to appeal to the civil service commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Grimm
Jack Ossler
Edward Moretti
Donald Cowen
Maloney
Civil Service Commission
Greenawalt
Wykoff
Lower
Alliance
Baby Sitters Subpoenaed in Hiss Perjury Trial
Three women who babysat for Alger Hiss and his wife Prisca at their Washington DC home have been subpoenaed as possible prosecution witnesses in the perjury trial. The sitters were involved in caring for the Hiss children on occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington, D.C
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Pris
Hiss Accused of Creating 65 Secret Copies in 1938
Government charges Alger Hiss and his wife with making 65 typewritten copies of State Department papers dated in the first three months of 1938. The perjury trial centers on whether he lied about the documents and their origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss Trial Opens as Government Adopts Opening Stances
In the early 1930s Hubert Hiss faces trial as government and defense attorneys prepare to deliver opening statements. Hiss, 44, stands accused of lying to the grand jury about turning over confidential government papers to Whittaker Chambers, alleged courier for a Soviet spy ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cilla
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Youth Week Proclaimed in Ohio by Lausche
Governor Frank Lausche proclaims June 19 to 25 as Youth in Government Week in Ohio. The declaration urges student participation in civic activities and government processes across the state.
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Columbus
Frank Lausche
Ohio
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Mary Martino
Waterbury, Conn
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Mary Goodwin
Sullivan County
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