States Prepare For low mood With New Laws
Rising unemployment and swelling relief rolls push five states to pass low mood relief laws and at least seven cities to revive work relief. AP survey finds no national emergency as joblessness stabilizes in several states and unemployment insurance cushions laid off workers. Five states enacted laws. Dayton and six metro areas revive work relief with counts from Detroit Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles Cleveland Milwaukee.
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Associated Press
Dayton
American Municipal Association
Detroit
Chicago
Cincinnati County
Los Angeles
Leveland
Milwaukee County
College Lashed For Purchasing Lima Supermarket
Representative Mason condemned Wittenberg College for buying a Lima market in a lease back deal. He argued the transaction would profit the college and market while taxpayers bear the burden. He linked the case to his push for higher income taxes on selected corporations and cooperatives.
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Washington
Mason
D-Ill
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Ohio
Lima
Sam
Woman Accidentally Hangs Self in Home
Cleveland police report a 43 year old housewife, Mrs Eva Perample, accidentally hanged herself at home. She was alone when she slipped while opening a basement window, toppled from a chair and became entangled in a clothesline, Maple Heights Police Chief Frank Vacha said.
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Cleveland
Frank Vacha
Maple Heights
Eva Perample
Murder Suspicions In Watering Trough Death
Mahoning County prosecutor opens probe into the 24 year old farm wife found in a Beloit watering trough. Coroner Sturgis calls autopsy findings suspicious and notes scalp puncture, bruises, chest pressure marks, and mud in organs. Cause of death undetermined.
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Watering Trough
Youngstown, D
Mahoning County
William A. Ambrose
Ernest Sturgis
Columbiana County
Albert Feller
Ambrose
Sturgis
New Road Markers Improve Reading on State Highways
New direction markers are being installed on state highways throughout Hocking County. The larger markers are easier to read from a moving vehicle, marking a definite improvement for motorists.
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Hocking County
Waitkus Will Play Baseball Again
Chicago doctors say Eddie Waitkus wounded Phillies first baseman will return to baseball, though probably not this season. Dr. L L Braun, Cubs physician, cautioned about timing but affirmed a return to the sport. Waitkus has played in the majors since 1946 and leads NL first basemen in all star voting.
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Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia Phillies
L. L. Braun
Chicago Cubs
Waitkus
Phillies
Cubs
Former Athlete Dies in Cleveland at 58
W Carroll Keenan known as Cal Keenan, a pioneer hundred yard dash runner, died yesterday in Cleveland from a heart ailment. He would have turned 59 on Saturday.
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Cleveland
W. Carroll
Cal
Weekly pay average declines in Ohio
Ohioans wage average in April fell one percent from March to 53.92 dollars, though the April figure is three percent higher than April 1948. The Ohio State Bureau of Business Research issued the bulletin in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Columbus
Ohio State Bureau of Business Research
Bureau
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Speeder Virgil Shark Fined in Haydenville Court
Virgil Shark, 22, of Haydenville, pleaded guilty to speeding in Mayor Roger Friend's court on Thursday. He was fined $10 plus costs after being picked up by city police early Thursday on Front Street.
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Virgil Shark
Haydenville
Roger Friend
Front Street
Lausche Signals He Will Skip 1950 Senate Race
Ohio Governor Frank J. Lausche, serving a second term, deepened the impression he will not run against Senator Robert A. Taft in 1950. He declined to confirm any decision when pressed by newsmen at Delaware and during an Ohio Wesleyan University event, saying his remarks carried greater significance than attributed.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
U.S
Lausche
Delaware
Robert A. Taft
Republic
Ohio Wesleyan University
Taft
Rawlins Pleads Guilty in First Degree Murder Trial
In Athens Ohio Grover Rawlins 18 changed his plea from innocent to guilty in the first degree murder trial for the slaying of Eleanor Gifford 52 a church worker. The state rested its case on existing testimony as Rawlins claimed others taunted him and described the burglary that led to the killing. He testified he protested the burglary and that Dodds and Stewart planned the crime while he hid during the attack.
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Grover €. Rawlins
Athens
Rawlins
Eleanor Gifford
T. Vincent Martin
Grover E. Rawlins
New Straitsville
Harry Dodds, Jr
Jimmy Stewart
Episcopal Church
Stewart
Columbus
Dodds
Miss Gifford
Carbondale
George Bateman
Bateman
Fort Knox
Czech Archbishop Held Under House Arrest in Prague
Prague informant says Archbishop Josef Beran, leader of 9 million Catholics, is a virtual prisoner in his palace as the communist drive against the church nears a climax with reports of house arrest.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Public Works Director to Leave Office July 31
Cleveland June 17 state director George B Sowers will resign July 31 after 32 years as a civil engineer and stay on part time to handle Lake Erie shore erosion work He plans to become a consulting engineer for the petroleum industry and urged appointing a new director by July 1 to ensure a smooth transition He denied links to criticisms of Apple Creek hospital construction stating no defective work aside from plan issues was found
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Cleveland
George B. Sowers
Sowers
Lake Erie
Frank J. Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Shaker Heights
Apple Creek
Grant Horn Dies At Carbon Hill
Grant Horn 66 retired miner died at 9 30 A M today at his Carbon Hill home after a long illness. He was injured in a mine accident twenty years ago and had been in ill health since. A Kentucky native, he had lived in Carbon Hill many years. Survivors include wife Rosa Horn five sons James John Ethelbert Hobart Samuel and three daughters Cora Pryer Florence Downs Josephine Pryer. Funeral arrangements by Stout Funeral Service of Nelsonville.
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Carbon Hill
Horn
Kentucky
Rosa Horn
James
John
Gas City
Ind
Ethelbert
Haydenville
Hobart
Indiana
Samuel
Cora Pryer
Brain tumor blamed in death of Elaine Frend
Elaine Frend aged 9 collapsed after riding the flying scooter at an amusement park. Doctors said a tiny brain tumor caused the death, linking the incident to the illness despite the ride incident.
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Cleveland
Elaine Frend
Young Susan Kelly Dies After Farm Yard Accident
Susan Irene Kelly, 9, died near Springfield Ohio after cutting an artery in her left hip in a fall while playing at her farm home. Authorities report the incident occurred yesterday and is being investigated locally.
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Susan Irene Kelly
Here
Logan Backus Family Escapes Trolley Wire in Pittsburgh
Mr and Mrs Clarence Backus and infant daughter Sandra escaped injury when a 600 volt trolley wire snapped and struck their auto in downtown Pittsburgh. They crawled from the car as the wire sparked, then Pittsburgh Railways crews repaired the circuit and the family continued home from a visit in the East.
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Clarence Backus
Sandra
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railways
Backus
Rain Eases Drouth Worries for Farmers
A slow rain fell over Hocking County easing drouth concerns for area farmers. Logan vicinity saw temporary relief last Tuesday with scattered showers after two weeks of fair weather. About a half inch more rain was recorded at the state highway garage, lowering drought anxiety for now. Temperature ranged from 64 degrees low to 82 high yesterday, with 78 by mid afternoon today.
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Hocking County
Logan
State Highway
Highway Director Fires Superintendent in Ottawa County
Charles C West, superintendent of state highway maintenance in Ottawa County, was discharged by Highway Director T J Kauer effective June 22 after the state civil service commission cited his malfeasance and political activity. He was charged with soliciting political contributions for the Republican ticket last November.
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Columbus
Charles C .West
Ottawa County
T. J. Kauer
State Civil Service Commission
West
Today’s Markets At a Glance
WHEAT easy as harvesting operations expand. CORN mixed with March firm and others down. HOGS steady to 50 cents lower with a top of 21.00. CATTLE steady to 50 cents lower with no choice. BONDS irregular with some rails in supply. COTTON steady with New Orleans and commission buying.
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New Orleans
Commission
Miners Ordered To Resume Work In Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis orders 480000 United Mine Workers to return to coal pits on Monday. District No. 5 leader Busarello says telegram requests end of week long walkout as industry negotiates a new contract set to expire June 30. Miners will work five days then take another week off, with $100 paid vacation starting June 25. Operators meet to plan next contract talks with Lewis.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
John Busarello
UMW
Lewis
Coal operators fail to extend contract with UMW
In Bluefield West Virginia on June 17 Southern coal operators and United Mine Workers negotiators failed to extend their contract past June 30. The proposer's plan to push the date to August 15 failed as both sides had equal votes. Also in Kansas Marilynn Smith won the 1949 women's intercollegiate golf title defeating Grace Lenczyk 3 up 2 to play.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Southern Coal
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Joseph E. Moody
UMW
John Owens
Columbus
Marilynn Smith
University of Kansas
Grace Lenczyk
Seabright Named Temporary County Engineer After Death
Albert W. Seabright, mining engineer and licensed surveyor, was appointed by the Hocking County commissioners as county engineer to serve temporarily after the death of Orla Wolfe on June 8. He will hold the post for up to ninety days or until a new engineer is elected. Seabright has worked part time in the office since 1936, reorganizing maps and records, saving the county about $10,000 in the current real estate reappraisal, and the office reopened with duties resuming today.
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Albert W. Seabright
Hocking County
Mr. Seabright
Seabright
Wolfe
Nelsonville May See Gambling Probe
Athens County prosecutor Gordon Gray met with Nelsonville officials this week over a campaign to halt organized gambling in the county. Mayor Oral Daugherty said Gray claimed to have authentic reports of continued gambling in Nelsonville and sought cleanup. The grand jury recently said no gambling existed in the county.
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Athens County
Gordon Gray
Nelsonville
the Tribune
Oral Daugherty
Daugherty
Gray
The
Tribune
Grand Jury
Four Sailors Burned In Fire Aboard Cruiser Astoria
Four Navy enlisted men were burned, one critically, in a flash fire aboard the cruiser Astoria at Mare Island naval shipyard. They were cleaning pumps and equipment in the after engine room with solvent when the blaze occurred.
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Vallejo
Calif
Astoria
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Navy
Skipping School Seen as First Step Toward Delinquency
Miss Thora MacDonagh, Lincoln High School Newark principal, told Kent State specialists truancy is the commonest root of delinquency. She urged healthy, happy, secure children and described a three point program for preventing delinquency via early problem detection and community coordination.
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Thora MacDonagh
Lincoln High School
Newark
Kent State University
Miss MacDonagh
Ohio Association of Juvenile Court Judges
Ohio Probation Association
Ohio Education Association
Joseph E. Lady of Kenton
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