Ohio approves Ferguson Bill banning public worker strikes
Columbus Ohio June 21 the Ferguson Bill and five other measures passed by the 97th General Assembly received Gov Thomas J Herbert signature and will take effect 89 days later These administration acts include pay raises for judges and county officials and a three percent admissions tax repealer The Ferguson Bill forbids state county township municipal and school employees from striking with penalties including loss of job and no raise for a year Officials may be reinstated after a year but no salary increase for the following year The pay raises for judges and officials hinge on re election and include up to 12000 for common pleas and probate judges and about 30 percent increases for other county officials
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Columbus
Ohio
Ferguson
97Th General Assembly
Thomas J. Herbert
State Board of Agriculture
CIO Leader Calls For Taft Resignation
Jack Kroll head of the CIO political action committee denounces Sen. Robert Taft for helping frame the Taft Hartley labor bill and calls for his resignation. He appeals to President Truman to use his influence to sustain yesterday's veto. Kroll, Ohio CIO council leader, also urges Gov. Herbert to veto the Van Aken labor bill passed by the Ohio legislature.
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Columbus
Jack Kroll
CIO
Political Action Committee
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Buckeye
Kroll
WHKC
Truman
Congress
Ohio Cio Council
Thomas J. Herbert
van Aken
Ohio
James Morris 87 Dies at Hocking Valley Hospital
James Morris aged 87 of 898 West Hunter Street died at 10 AM today at Hocking Valley Hospital after several weeks illness. He had been a patient there for 12 days. A former railroad employee he was retired for many years. Funeral arrangements are being completed by Leonard Funeral Service.
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James Morris
West
Hunter Street
Hocking Valley Hospital
Morris
Leonard Funeral Service
Joan Crawford tops 1946 movie salaries at $400000
Actress Joan Crawford earned the highest film salary in 1946 at $400000, surpassing Bob Hope at $275000 and Dennis Morgan at $261000. All figures are gross before income tax deductions, with a progressive 50 percent on $100000 rising to 68 percent on $500000.
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Joan Crawford
Bob Hope
Dennis Morgan
Securities and Exchange Commission
Gangland Bullets End Life of Beverly Hills Gambler Siegel
In Beverly Hills California June 21 gangland bullets killed Benjamin Bugsie Siegel 41 a known gambler and public enemy while he read a newspaper in a home after returning from Ocean Park Beach A gunman fired through curtains four shots struck Siegel as Allen Smiley a sporting world figure watched Siegel was seated on a divan Officers found him upright with the paper in his lap Siegel had been active in the local sporting scene for about a decade once labeled public enemy by New York governor Dewey He was a witness before a New York grand jury investigating Louis Lepke Buchalter and was questioned in the 1939 Hollywood slaying of Harry Greiber gberg
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Benjamin
Bugsie) Siegel
William W. White
Siegel
Ocean Park
Allen Smiley
White
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Public Enemy No
Louis (Lepke) Buchalter
Murder, Inc
Sing Sing Prison
Harry Greerberg
Hollywood
Heart Attack Fatal To Columbus Man
Funeral services for Clifford E F Iles 62 Columbus a city plumbing contractor who died Friday will be held at 130 PM Monday in the P FE Rutherford funeral home Columbus with Rev Dr George M Wilson officiating Burial will be in Union Cemetery He suffered a heart attack and died while inspecting a drug store at 1634 North High St He had 10 years service with the city Division of Building Regulation He belonged to Maynard Avenue Methodist Church and the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Surviving are his wife Mrs Chloe Iles two daughters Miss Marguerite Iles at home and Mrs Clarence R Jenkinson Columbus a son Arthur Iles Dayton two brothers Charles Nes Marion and George Iles Laurelville and three grandchildren
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Clifford EF
Iles
Columbus
P. FE
Maynard Avenue Methodist Church
Plumbers and Steamfitters Union
Chloe Iles
Marguerite Iles
Clarence R. Jenkinson
Arthur Iles
Dayton
Charles Nes
Marion
George Iles
Laurelville
Funeral services for Mrs Addie Plunk
Funeral services for Mrs Addie Plunk, 78, who died Tuesday, were held at 10:30 a.m. yesterday at Heinlein Funeral Home with Rev. Clinton Swengel officiating. Pallbearers were Herb Cook Cy Hansley W H Woodgeard Charles Green Jake Robb and Charles Derr. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Addie Plunk
Heinlein
Clinton Swengel
Herb Cook
Cy Hansley
W. H. Woodgeard
Charles Green
Jake Robb
Charles Derr
Oak Grove Cemetery
Fort Hayes to be taken over by state National Guard
Ft Hayes in Columbus Ohio, a historic U S military post, will be abandoned by the U S Army and handed to the state National Guard in public ceremonies on Sunday June 29.
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Columbus
Fort Hayes
Ohio
U.S. Army
State National Guard
Heiress Firestone to Wed Ford in Akron Society Event
Martha Parke Firestone 21 to wed William Clay Ford 22 grandson of Henry Ford in a lavish ceremony at St Peter's Episcopal Church Akron Ohio with Bishop Tucker officiating. Afterward guests will attend a reception at Harbel Manor Mrs Harvey S Firestone’s estate. The couple will honeymoon in a Yale home while Ford finishes studies and Firestone plans to stay at home.
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Akron
Martha Parke Firestone
William Clay Ford
Henry Ford
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Beverly Dandridge Tucker
Episcopal Diocese of
Ohio
Walter Tunks
St. Paul’s
Harbel Manor
Harvey S. Firestone
Tire
William Ford
Russia Faces Choice On Marshall Plan Entry
London reports Prime Minister Stalin must decide by Monday whether the Soviet Union joins Britain and France in backing a postwar European economic plan. Bevin, Ramadier, and Bidault pressed Moscow to accept, while Tass said Russia is "considering" the proposal and Moscow radio noted interest but scant information.
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London
Europe
Stalin
Russia
Britain
France
East
Ernest Bevin
U.S
George C. Marshall
Paul Ramadier
Georges Bidault
Paris
Soviet Union
Pravda
Marshall
Tass
Moscow
Coroner Returns Verdict in Death of Miner John Glenn
In a verdict today Dr H G Southard county health commissioner said John Glenn 69 electrician Starr Jackson Mining Co died Thursday afternoon of coronary thrombosis. Glenn suffered the fatal attack while working in the mine where he had been employed for many years. He lived at Nelsonville. Funeral services will be held at 230 PM Sunday at the Nelsonville Pilgrim Holiness Church Rev Raymond Simpson will officiate and burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery by the Stout Funeral Home Nelsonville.
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H. G. Southard
John Glenn
Starr-Jackson Mining Co
Glenn
Nelsonville
Speeding Motorist Fined After Guilty Plea on West Hunter
Ralph E. Hughes of Columbus pleaded guilty to speeding on West Hunter Street. He was fined $10 and costs after arraignment last night before Mayor W Denzil Weltner. Hughes was arrested June 16 by city police.
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West Hunter Street
Ralph E. Hughes
Columbus
W. Denzil Weltner
Burns Prove Fatal In Neeleysville Stove Blast
Miss Martha Spencer aged 78 died after a stove explosion at her Neeleysville Morgan County home on Thursday and she passed away yesterday.
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Zanesville, O
Martha Spencer
Neeleysville, O
Morgan County
Cleveland Bomb Planter Sought
Safety Director William F. Smith ordered a citywide roundup of criminals to target underworld enemies of former state liquor enforcement chief William J. Kelch after his car was wrecked by a bomb blast. Detective Lieutenant Martin P. Cooney vowed to clean up the bombing. Kelch denied revealing enemies and said he was very sick.
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Cleveland
William F. Smith
William J. Kelch
Martin P. Cooney
Kelch
Smith
Mrs Elizabeth Keller Dies at 92 in Logan
Mrs Elizabeth C Keller 92 widow of Peter Keller died at her home 417 North Orchard Street after a long illness. A funeral service will be at 2 PM Tuesday at the residence with Rev Henry Carr officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery by Leonard Funeral Service. Survivors include son Fred and daughter Mrs Carrie Johnston plus a grandson and great grandson.
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Elizabeth C. Keller
Peter Keller
North Orchard Street
Logan
Presbyterian Church
Henry Carr
Oak Grove Cemetery
Leonard
Fred of
Carrie Johnston
Rioting in Lahore Leaves Dozens Dead and Hurt
In Lahore India on June 21 widespread rioting erupted ahead of legislative voting. A bomb in a crowded vegetable market killed five and wounded 40. Mayo Hospital reported sixteen dead and sixty wounded. District Magistrate H B Williams confirmed the casualty figures.
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Lahore
India
H. B. Williams
Mayo Hospital
Rent Control and Wool Bills Await Truman Signature
Two controversial measures reach the White House after heated debate. The wool bill allows tariffs or import limits if foreign shipments threaten U S price support, and extends the program through 1948. The rent control bill extends coverage to March 1 1948 and allows rent rises up to 15 percent if leases run through next year.
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Washington
White House
Logan girl to solo Sunday at Hocking Valley Airport
Judy Lehman a 21 year old Logan resident will solo a plane at Hocking Valley Airport on Sunday after seven hours of instruction She would be the first Logan and Hocking County girl to solo after training at the local field Miss Lehman works as a waitress at Pratt's Sandwich Shop Lee Harper the airport manager confirmed the facts today
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Judy) Lehman
Logan
Hocking Valley
Lee Harper
Logan and Hocking County
Harper
Miss Lehman
Pratt
Second Mississippi Flood Crest Strikes Hannibal Area
The crest of a second major June flood reached Hannibal Missouri and Quincy Illinois today forcing hundreds to flee. Levee workers fought through the night as the Mississippi River stood 11 feet over flood stage and the Say Levee on the Illinois side remained critical. levee failure could inundate about 120000 acres.
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Hannibal
Hannibal- Quincy
Mississippi
Illinois
U S Aid to Iran May Prompt Russian Action in UN
Lake Success June 21. U S financial aid to Iran to halt Communist expansion near the Soviet border sparked talk of Moscow reopening the Russian Iranian case in the United Nations Security Council. Delegates noted Russia could challenge the aid as part of the Truman Doctrine extending to Iran, echoing a precedent set by Andrei Gromyko.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Iran
Azerbaijan
Security Council
Council
Fight Aided By Republican Senator Morse
In a lengthy Senate session over Truman veto, Morse and fellow Republicans blocked a Monday deadline while Pepper Taylor and Kilgore pressed to delay. Taft-Hartley Act stalemate persisted as Taft and Truman clashed on radio, with House already overriding the veto 331 to 83 and Senate weighing final action.
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Morse
Washington
Senate
Truman
Pepper
D-Fla
Taylor
Idaho
Kilgore
R-Ore
D-Wva
Langer
D-Ndak
Kilpore
Taft
Ohio
Youth faces 80 years after plea in Mansfield case
Odell C. Hedrick a 17 year old Columbus youth paroled in April from the Mansfield Reformatory faced a maximum 80 years in prison today after pleading guilty yesterday to grand larceny two counts of shooting with intent to kill and auto theft in Marysville Ohio June 2.
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Marysville, O
Odell C. Hedrick
Columbus
Mansfield Reformatory
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Thomas E. Blaisdell
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