Ohio House approves loyalty oaths measure in state government
Ohio representatives pass a loyalty oath bill by 104 to 15 to require public officials and educators in schools and universities to renounce groups advocating revolt. Critics call it a witch hunt while supporters say it protects government from infiltration during a busy legislative session.
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Columbus
Ohio House
Representatives
Frank W. King
D-Lucas
Senate
House
Labor Committee
Fred L. Hoffman
R Hamilton
Wall Street Rally Fails To Gain Traction
New York report says a brief stock market rally stalled after a weak start following a sharp drop the prior day. Overall activity stayed high as many individual issues showed on the ticker amid a 44 year low in the general price level.
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New York
Detour Sign Removed to Halt Motorists Confusion
Route 75 detour signs caused a merry go round for drivers near Logan as detour routes looped back on themselves. A misleading sign near the Rachelmacher office has been removed and officials vow to remove remaining detour signs to end the confusion.
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Nickel Plate Road
Union Furnace Road
Hocking Hills Country Club
Township Road
Nickel Plate
Logan
Mulberry Street
John Shaw
State Highway Department
Rachelmacher
Division Sign
Body of Murder Victim Found Near Circleville
Unidentified man found slain near Ashville ten miles north of Circleville. Swimmers discovered the partially buried body in a shallow sand grave. a two inch wound and a stuffed mouth suggest murder. Autopsy and mobile crime lab were requested. tie bore a Columbus store label.
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Circleville
Ashville
Here
Little Walnut Creek
Charles H. Radcliff
Guy Cline
Lloyd Jonnes
Jonnes
Ohio State University
Radcliff
Ohio Mobile Crime Laboratory
London
Columbus
Senate approves U S Wheat Agreement pact with major exporters
Washington reports the Senate voted to join an international wheat pact that excludes Russia and Argentina. The agreement covers the main exporters and follows a similar measure from the previous Congress.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Russia
Argentina
Stores Offer Free Parking Meter Pennies
Willoughby merchants place free pennies on counters to use in parking meters to draw customers. Jesse Barnes of a seed supply store says the idea came from Florida and costs about ten cents daily, but yields good will and dividends.
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Willoughby
Jesse Barnes
Florida
Flag Day Observed In Logan With National Colors
Flag Day was observed in Logan with national colors displayed on Main Street. A funeral procession escorted Pvt Alva Smith’s body from the C and O Railroad station to Leonard Funeral Home for burial with military honors on Thursday. Pvt Smith was killed in France on June 12 1944 and repatriated from a French military cemetery. The Logan Elks Lodge held its annual Flag Day ceremony led by speaker Leslie G Johnson attorney.
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Logan
Main Street
Pvt
Alva Smith
C&o
Leonard Funeral Home
Pvt. Smith
France
Logan Elks Lodge
Leslie G. Johnson
Bank Robbers Escape After North Fairfield Heist
In Wooster Ohio on June 14 a bank robbery near Norwalk led to a large manhunt for two gunmen. They fled in a stolen blue 1938 Pontiac with plates UQ 631, abandoning $173 of the $2,731 taken. The younger robber, about 20, entered the North Fairfield bank to demand change, tied manager C A Leak and a customer Norma Conway, who freed herself and summoned help. Police, bloodhounds, and a large posse searched swampy woods where the car was abandoned, with no sighting of the suspects. The bank is a Willard Willard United Bank branch. $5,500 remained in the safe.
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Glenn Rike
Paul van Zile
Here
van Zile
North Fairfield
Norwalk
Holmes County
C. A. Leak
Leak
Norma Conway
John E. Wise
Willard United Bank
Fairfield Bank
Willard Bank
Mystery Attack on Union Official In Marion O
Police Chief William E. Marks says no break in the Thomas S. Mitchell shooting case unless someone talks. Mitchell a 30 year old Clevelander directing the Ohio Associated Telephone Co strike was shot at Marion City Hospital but not injured. The strike by 80 Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers members seeks a 15 cent hourly wage increase and has lasted 68 days.
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Marion, O
William E. Marks
Thomas S. Mitchell
Mitchell
Ohio Associated Telephone Co
Marion City
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Fire damages Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
Fire destroyed the interior and roof of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Cleveland. Fire department estimates damage at 50000 dollars.
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Cleveland
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Lausche Opposes New Taxes for Local Governments
Gov. Frank J. Lausche reiterated opposition to any new taxes or obligations on local governments. He urged passage of the biennial appropriation bill by July 15 to avoid temporary measures and noted the schools and local financing are linked, with no immediate agreement in sight. He warned against expanding duties without additional revenue.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Sen. Clin
Gan Jackson
D-Mahoning
Senate Finance Committee
Jackson
Main Street 1910 cigar shop recall and occupants
A historic 1910 photo shows Harry Risley’s cigar shop at Main and Mulberry with workers turning tobacco stems. The image lists residents and nearby businesses, including Leon Redhenwald, Frank Shanley, Ann Donaldson, Clara Vickrey, Charles Young, Rosie Donaldson, Raymond Belt, Louis McGill, and upstairs apartments, barber shop, Monumental Works, and Heine Meat Market in the building.
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Harry Risley
Leon
Main and
Mulberry
Leo Redhenwald
West Street
Frank Shanley
Ann Donaldson
William Richards
Dicken
Clara Vickrey
Portsmouth
Charles Young
Zanesville Avenue
Rosie Donaldson
John, Myers
Columbus
Raymond Belt
Louis McGill
Charles Larimer
East Main Street
Monumental Works
Heine
Gus Heine
Logan
Main
Mulberry Streets
Lightning Strikes Logan Courthouse and Sparks Fly
A noon electrical storm in Logan caused a lightning strike on the courthouse roof, with sparking radios, a damaged traffic light, and a VFW hall television. Power lines and some telephone service were briefly affected as crews inspected the damage. Rain showers cooled the area after a hot day reaching 86 to 87 degrees.
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Logan
Main Street
George Bolden
Market Streets
Sheriff's Office
Vfw-Dav
South Mulberry Street
Ohio Power Co
State Highway
Oil Drum Obstruction Found In Lake Logan Gate
Lake Logan dam gate outlet blocked by an oil drum found during inspection. The origin of the drum remains unknown and investigators seek the source of the obstruction.
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Lake Logan
Carr Delegate at Rotary Convention in New York
George E. Carr superintendent of city schools attends the 40th annual Rotary International convention in New York as a Logan club delegate. The five day gathering includes leaders from 6,800 clubs in 81 countries and features Trygve Lie Arthur Compton Elbert Fretwell Madeleine Carroll Mayor O Dwyer Lowell Thomas and Rotarians from several nations.
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George E. Carr
New York City
Rotary International
Logan Club
Rotary
Rotary Organization
Trygve Lie
The
United Nations
Arthur H. Compton
Elbert K. Fretwell
Boy Scouts of America
Madeleine Carroll
William O’dwyer
New York
Lowell Thomas
Australia
England
Honduras
Rhodesia
U.S
Heat Causes Twelve New England Deaths
Heat in New England over the last two days caused twelve deaths with no relief in sight. Humidity worsened discomfort in the Eastern hot belt while showers briefly eased conditions in the Middle West. Burlington Vermont reached 94 degrees yesterday.
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New England
Chicago
Middle West
Burlington
Witnesses Testify in Rawlins Murder Trial in Athens
Three witnesses who spent the final hours with Eleanor E. Gifford before her January murder testified in the Grover E. Rawlins case. The three judge panel heard Vivian Burkhart Dana Robinson and Ruth Wilsey recount visits and conversation at Miss Gifford s home prior to the slaying.
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Athens
Eleanor E. Gifford
Grover E. Rawlins
Rawlins
Miss Gifford
Vivian Burkhart
Dana Robinson
Poston
Ruth Wilsey
Truck Kills Tot In Marion Front Yard
An automobile struck and killed two and a half year old Frederick H. Lawson, son of Mr and Mrs Howard Lawson, in front of their home in Marion Ohio yesterday.
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Marion, O
Frederick H. Lawson
Howard Lawson
Strikers Defy Soviet Threats in Berlin Rail Tie Up
Western Berlin railway workers voted six to one to continue their 24 day strike despite threats of reprisals from Soviet authorities. The plan backed by all four occupying powers failed, and workers pressed their anti communist action against the Russian controlled railway system.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Logan Man to Study At Oxford University
Ray A. Kelch son of Mrs Clara Kelch 433 Warner Avenue sails for England aboard the Queen Elizabeth June 15 to attend the University of Oxford He will spend the summer doing postgraduate work in history after earning a master of arts degree from Ohio State University the previous Friday He plans to return in September
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Ray A. Kelch
Clara Kelch
Warner Avenue
England
University of Oxford
Kelch
Ohio State University
Mine Operators Squabble Over Plan for Czar
Pittsburgh June 14 John L Lewis exposed a strategy to divide and conquer the coal industry in wage bargaining. Coal leaders appeared set for a clash over a plan to appoint a czar for the industry as Lewis’ 480 000 workers observe a holiday. Lewis asked Northern and Western and anthracite operators to meet for a new contract.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Lewis
C&O Expects 3700 Layoffs as Mine Stoppage Continues
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway said it expects about 3,700 employees to be laid off before coal mine stoppages end. Logan freight office officials, however, had not yet received notice of the planned layoffs.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Today
Logan Freight Office
Independent miners back plan for coal czar amid regional split
The United Mine Workers chief Lewis and much of the Northern coal industry favor creating a coal czar to secure national terms in conference talks with Southern operators and U S Steel captive mines. Southern operators oppose the plan, per The New York Times.
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U.S. Steel Corp
The
New York Times
Lewis
United Mine Workers
the Times
Alleged Slayer Held to Grand Jury in Ohio Shooting
Hansford L. Hawkins, 57, was ordered held for Highland County grand jury after entering an innocent plea to a first degree murder charge in the June 10 shooting of Paul E. Young, 34, of Seaman. Prosecutor Darrell R. Hottle said the fatal dispute involved a woman.
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Hillsboro
Hansford L. Hawkins
Highland County Grand Jury
Paul E. Young
Seaman
Darrell R. Hottle
Young
Today’s Markets At a Glance Wheat and oats advance with corn
Wheat and corn rise as flour buying supports the sector. Oats follow higher with corn gains. Hogs trade slow and 50 to 75 cents lower to a top of 21.25. Cattle unevenly strong to 25 cents lower at 29.50 top. Stocks steady with a rally after yesterday’s decline. Bonds lower and rails in supply.
Angered babysitter beats six-year-old to death in Pa
In Lancaster, a 14 year old babysitter attacked Ronald Glen Keller after the boy shut off a washing machine. He died five hours later at Lancaster General Hospital. Jean Sonnen of Lititz is in custody. the district attorney says she struck him with a wood piece in the basement during the family wash.
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Lancaster
Stiles Smith
Ronald Glen Keller
Lancaster General Hospital
Jean Sonnen
Lititz
Lancaster County
John Milton Ranch
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