GOP jockeying for votes in Dewey Taft anti Truman push
Report on delegate maneuvers attaching to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Sen. Robert A. Taft as they seek support for the GOP presidential nomination. Critics say Congress remains active while parties spar, with pundits noting Vandenberg shows no sign of candidacy or campaign.
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Philaeophia
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Congress
GOP
Truman
Michigan
Vandenberg
Vandenberg Boom Wey
Taft
Sein
Methodists Name Two New Bishops for Northeast Jurisdiction
Albany June 19 Rev. John Wesley Lord of Westfield New Jersey and Rev. Lloyd Co Wicke of Pittsburgh, both in their mid forties, will be consecrated Sunday as Methodist bishops to replace retiring bishops in the northeastern jurisdiction. Their assignments have not been announced.
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Albany
N. Y
John Wesley Lord
Westfield
N. J
Lloyd Co, Wicke
Pitsburgh
Extortionist Held in Cleveland Jail After Canton Arrest
Elmier S. Whiting, charged with extortion after an arrest in Canton, was jailed in Cleveland with bond set at $50,000. FBI says he attempted to obtain about $25,000 from a San Jose man, Joseph J. n.
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Cleveland
Elmier S. Whiting
Canton
FBI
Joseph J. N
San
Farm Tax Appraisals Vary Widely Across Counties
A state study shows farm property values for tax use vary greatly among 11 Western Ohio counties. Auditors meeting in Wapakoneta discussed reappraisal yardsticks, targeting next year’s statewide revision. Real property values lag 1926 figures by substantial percentages in several counties.
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Wapakoneta, O
Valua
Miami County
Champaign County
Ohio
Ford F. Becker
Taxation Department
Allen
Auglaize
Hardin
Miami
Champaign
van Wert
Mercier
Logan
Shelby
Darke
Union
Becker
Sleek New Ford and Old Tin Lizzie Draw Crowds
Local Ford dealer Wesley Ogg staged a contrast display pairing a 1914 Model T with a modern 49ers model. The antique Lizzie was driven through Logan streets and drew 2000 visitors to the showroom on West Hunter Street with about 100 taking short rides to view the cars in operation.
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Wesley Ogg
Ford
Lizzie
Logan Streets
Mr. Ogg
Ogg and Beasley
West Hunter Street
Vinton County Names Demonstration Agent
Miss Ruth A. Murphy begins duties as home demonstration agent for Vinton County with offices in the Vinton County courthouse. She succeeds Miss Lanna Black and will oversee girls 4 H club work in the county.
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Ruth A. Murphy
Miami University
Oxford
Vinton County
Miss Murphy
Seaman
Adams County
Lanna Black
Pennsylvania State College
Miss .Murphy
Work Curtailed At Sun Glow Plant
The Logan plant of Sun Glow Industries Inc is temporarily reduced to three days a week. Full five day production should resume July 12 after plant employees take their annual vacation the week of the Fourth of July. The cutback ends after three weeks as new orders arrive from furniture marts.
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Logan
Sun Glow Industries, Inc
Lewis Claims Operators Back Pension Plan
John L. Lewis told Justice Goldsborough that coal operators producing 21 million tons annually back miners in their pension dispute. He sought to dismiss Ezra Van Horn’s petition to halt payments from a 40 million dollar fund, citing disapproval from several coal firms including West Virginia Coal and Coke Company. The case aims to block the 1947 fund and influence 1948 wage talks after failed conciliation.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Lewis and
Senator Bridges
RNH
Bridges
West Virginia Coal and Coke Company
Charles Dorrance
Horn
Goldsborough
Cyrus S. Ching
White House
Walter M. Bastian
Preachers Nabbed For Violating Anti Noise Law
In Columbus Ohio two Old Time Religion Hall preachers were arrested for broadcasting services over a street loudspeaker. George C Hancock 62 and George Parsons 35 were booked after refusing to turn off the device. Both were released on $25 bonds.
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Columbus
Joseph Tibe
George C. Hancock
George Parsons
Tibe
W. G. Miller
William Kleinlein
Hancock
Parsons
Mayors Blast Taft Whistle Stop Remark Across U S
Mayors of Los Angeles Gary Crestline and other cities joined chamber leaders in denouncing Senator Taft for calling whistle stops a crude insult. Democratic committee wires 35 replies show 73 percent disapproved. Crews and officials urge accuracy while praising travel schedules and civic pride.
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ED Creagh
Washington
Los Angeles
Gary
Ind
Crestline
Ohio
Taft
Chambers of Commerce of
Pocatello
Ida
Laramie
Wyo
Democratic National Committee
Philadelphia
Truman
Congress
Tank Town
Earl Ll. McNutt
Eugene, Ore
A. P. Soner
Fletcher Brown
California
Taft Optimistic on Adjournment After Overnight Senate Session
Washington June 19 Senator Taft Ohio said after an all night Senate session there is still a chance Congress can adjourn tonight He noted filibusters by Senators Taylor Idaho and Langer North Dakota over the draft bill and reported House passage and Senate limits on several measures including a 5.855 billion appropriation and bills for immigration refugees and postal pay.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Congress
Taylor
Idaho
Langer
Aiken
House
Atomic Energy Commission
Veterans Administration
Parents Satisfied Of Son's Identity In Akron
The sealed coffin of Air Force Lt. Garrett E. Peterson, 20, killed in 1945 on the Burma India route, was opened under court order. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Peterson said they were satisfied the body was their son. Burial and memorial services will be held here Sunday.
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Akron
Air Force
Garrett E. Peterson
Ernest Peterson
Slayer Gets Life in Lorain Wife Slaying
James Bohach aged 39 a Lorain janitor was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to second degree murder for fatally shooting his wife Margaret 34 in Elyria on June 19.
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Elyria
James Bohach
Lorain
Margaret
Truck Driver Killed Near Rail Tracks in Delaware
Sheriff Earl Fravel said Clark N. Green aged 34 was found dead near the Chesapeake and Ohio railway tracks yesterday. Green, a truck driver, apparently was struck by a train.
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Delaware
Earl. Fravel
Clark N. Green
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Green
Paris Garbage Strike Turns Plaza Standoff
Paris police faced a one hour general strike by garbage workers protesting nationwide. Collectors halted traffic with trucks and hurled garbage at officers near city hall before arrests and a quick return to work as the stoppage ended.
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Paris
France
General Confederation of Labor
Avenue Victoria
Rites Held Today For Charles Yarber
Funeral services for Charles M. Yarber age 62 who died Wednesday at his Union Furnace home were conducted at 2 P M Saturday in Union Furnace Evangelical United Brethren Church Rev Beecher Morgan officiating A male quartet Wilbur Oefler Charles Clark Lloyd Hinerman and Harry McVey provided music with Mrs Morgan at the piano Pallbearers were Frank Weed Clarence Rawlins Albert Ingmire Irvin Chilecote Raymond Wollett and Jay Powell Burial followed in Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville by Leonard Funeral Service
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Charles M. Yarber
Union Furnace
Greenlawn Cemetery
Nelsonville
Leonard Funeral Service
Lutheran Merger Advocated by Eastern District
The Eastern District of the American Lutheran Church urged immediate union of all bodies within the American Lutheran Conference and asked the parent body to pursue joining with the United Lutheran Church. The meeting occurred in Birmingham Pennsylvania on June 19.
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Birmingham
American Lutheran Church
American Lutheran Conference
United Lutheran Church
Theater Head Dies in London Abbey Director O Riordan
The death of Conal Holmes O Connell O Riordan, director of Dublin's Abbey Theater, was announced last night in London.
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London
Conal Holmes O’connell O'Riordan
Dublin
Abbey Theater
Immovable Objects Block Foreign Aid Conference
Senate House conference on foreign aid funds stalled by a billion dollar gap. Senator Bridges calls the gap immovable and plans another meeting while pessimistic about adjourning tonight. Senator Taft expresses confidence that talks will resume and favors a satisfactory European Recovery Program appropriation.
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Washington
Senate House Conference Committee
Bridges
Joint Committee
House
Senate
Ex Wife Fatally Shot by Husband in Car Standoff
Hillsboro police report William Mullenix, 25, shot and killed his former wife Betty Virginia Barnett, 20, in a downtown car, then seriously wounded himself. Barnett worked at the Rural Electrification Administration office.
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Hillsboro
L. R. Davidson
William Mullenix
Betty Virginia Barnett
Miss Barnett
Rural Electrification Administration
Senate ends filibuster approves draft measure for 21 months
The Senate, amid a stormy floor fight, approved by voice vote a draft bill sending men aged 19 to 25 to 21 months of service starting 90 days after enactment. The passage followed chaos over whether the measure had passed and a reversal by Senator Ives.
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Senate
House
Washington
Taylor
Didaho
Langer
Two Civil War Vets To Hold Encampment
Ohio prepares for the 82nd annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Columbus with two 103 year old veterans as sole state survivors. John H. Grate of Atwater and John R. Bennett of Waynesfield lead the gathering as affiliate GAR groups join for a four day meeting.
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Columbus
Grand Army of the Republic
Ohio
John H. Grate
Atwater
John R. Bennett
Waynesfield
GAR
Maryland Governor Halts Ohio Jail Escape Hearing
Governor Lane orders Harlan G. Harmon to appear in Annapolis for a hearing, delaying an Allegany County circuit court session. Harmon, 32, Cumberland father of four, says he fled Mansfield prison farm in 1935 and faces Ohio charges for unauthorized use of an automobile.
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Cumberland
Lane
Ohio
Harlan G. Harmon
Hall Hammond
Annapolis
Allegany County
Harmon
Mansfield
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Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
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Charles Yarber
Lutheran Body Advocates
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Ives
R-Ny
Taylor and
Pepper
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate House
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Harold E. Naughton
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