U S Bureau reveals two processes to make aluminum from clay
The National Bureau of Standards reports two wartime methods to derive aluminum from common clay as an alternative to imported bauxite. One acid extraction method is in pilot plant stage but costly. the other alkaline method is not yet piloted. Both yield usable aluminum and aim to reduce foreign dependence.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
National Bureau of Standards
Caribbean
Bureau
Franklin Sheriff Dies After Heart Attack in Car
Jacob E. Sandusky, 52, longtime Franklin County sheriff, died last night of a heart attack while riding in an automobile with his son George. He had served 11 years in office in Columbus, Ohio.
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Columbus
Jacob E. Sandusky
Franklin County
George
Akron Plant Searched For Payroll Bandit
Akron police hunted a payroll bandit who stole about $10,000 from the B. F. Goodrich Co main plant after a paymaster and guard were robbed in an elevator. Police checked all gates as the suspect, dressed in fatigues, was believed to be a company worker.
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Akron
B. F. Goodrich Co
City employees to get $30 monthly raise next week
Akron Ohio council on first reading approved a law granting flat increases of $30 a month to all city employees with expected effect next week. The bill was adopted after a council meeting held yesterday.
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Akron
Council
CIO Official Attacks Ohio Labor Measure
In Columbus Ohio June 25 a CIO council official told Governor Thomas J Herbert the Van Aken labor bill is badly written and vague prompting great confusion in Ohio industrial relations He argued paragraph by paragraph criticizing definitions and lack of operating machinery He also claimed the bill limits employees while urging employers to act freely The governor must decide to sign or veto before sine die adjournment Also signed into law were the Daniels Cramers school subsidy bill and 18 other measures raising state education funding with substantial salary boosts for teachers
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Columbus
Ohio Cio Council
Thomas J. Herbert
van Aken
Ohio
William Lavelle
CIO
Lavelle
97Th
Ohio General Assembly
Half Million World War Veterans Under Voting Age
Washington reports that about 440,000 World War I veterans are under 24, with 43,000 under 20. Overall, 61 percent of veterans are under 30, and the average age of World War II veterans as of June 30 is 29.1 years.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Keeton Acquitted in Killing of Charles Rolf
A jury in Portsmouth acquitted 37 year old David Keeton of Wheelersburg, a cattle dealer, of first degree murder in the July 4, 1946, death of 43 year old Charles Rolf. Keeton testified the shooting was in self defense after Rolf struck him twice.
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Portsmouth
David Keeton
Wheelersburg
Charles Rolf
Keeton
Rolf
Eisenhower to Become Columbia University President
General Dwight D. Eisenhower will assume the Columbia University presidency after being released from Army chief of staff duties, likely early next year. He will join the university’s board and serve with approval from the President and the Secretary of War. Bradley is viewed as his likely Army successor, having led European ground forces under Eisenhower.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North
Africa
Europe
Columbia University
Army
Omar N. Bradley
Eisenhower
University
Nicholas Murray Butler
War Department
Columbia Post
Presid
Ent
United States
Bradley
Columbia
Beating Target in Overell Case Trial Delayed
In Santa Ana a woman juror in the Overell yacht deaths trial was beaten by an intruder who broke into her home. The assailant warned this isn’t all you’ll get if you vote the girl guilty as the trial’s second day was postponed amid a judge’s conference. In Columbus a milkshed amendment set for July 1 could raise milk prices or lower butterfat content, with dealers noting a cost increase of a little over one cent per quart.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Overell
Louise Overell
George Gollum
Walter E. Overell
Avon Putnam
Kenneth E. Morrison
Columbus
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Better Weather Brings Brighter Crop Prospects
Ohio reports a good crop week with cool dry weather. Two-thirds to three-fourths of corn in northern Ohio and nine-tenths in the middle section. Planting of tomatoes soybeans and sugar beets widespread. Corn heights range from about 20 inches in some Columbus area fields. Harvesting for southern wheat will begin while some areas expect late harvest.
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Columbus
Ohio
U.S. Weather Bureau
George Mindling
Glenn S Ray
Congressman Buckley Denies Skipping Testimony in War Fraud Case
Rep Charles A Buckley of New York angrily denied in a federal courtroom that he avoided appearing as a witness in the May Garsson war fraud trial. Prosecutor Paisley said the Justice Department had struggled a week to secure the New Yorker as a trial witness. Buckley’s name came into the case after testimony that he lent $5,000 to May, loaned as an accommodation for Murray Garsson in 1941.
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Washington
Charles A. Buckley
DNY
Buckley
William A. Paisley
Justice Department
New Yorker
May
Murray Garsson
Columbus Building Damaged by Fire
A three alarm fire caused extensive damage to a four story business block in Columbus and injuries to two firemen before control. The blaze began in the basement of the Blender Wallpaper and Paint Store at 45 East Chestnut Street and was discovered by mail handlers at the Spring Street Post Office annex.
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Columbus
Blender Wallpaper
East Chestnut Street
Spring Street
Fire destroys grain at Medina Farmers' Exchange mill
A large fire last night swept through the Medina Farmers' Exchange Co. mill and warehouse destroying hundreds of tons of grain. Officials estimated damages between 40 600 and 50 000 dollars.
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Medina, O
Medina Farmers’ Exchange Co
Wheat Harvest Nears Start in Hocking County
County Extension Agent James R. Smoot announces wheat harvest should begin in Laurelville Friday or Saturday with the rest of Hocking County following Monday. Prospects for a good crop are excellent.
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Hocking County
James R. Smoot
Laurelville
Mr. Smoot
Farming Report Notes Weather and Hog Farrowing Trends
The report cites a pessimistic note on apple scab due to bad weather. Ray reports live stock conditions with Ohio farmers farrowing 428000 sows this spring, up seven percent from last year’s 400000. Fall forecast shows 362000 sows farrowing, eight percent above last fall’s 335000.
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Ray
Ohio
Farm Woman Dies After Wagon Accident Near Orange
Mrs. Charles Catshall, 55, a farm woman near Orange, Coshocton County, died after being run over by a horse drawn hay wagon yesterday when she fell from it. Her death follows injuries sustained in the incident on the farm.
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Coshocton, O
Charles Catshall
Near Orange
Eisenhower urges united defense plan before Congress
General Eisenhower told the House foreign affairs committee that if another war comes the enemy will strike industrial centers near the Great Lakes. He urged full U.S. Canadian cooperation and regional defense in the Western Hemisphere while backing aid to standardize arms among American nations. Navy and Nimitz supported trading ships for obsolete ones and emphasized South America not likely to be an active battleground.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Great Lakes
Army
Eisenhower
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Chester W. Nimitz
South America
Rep. Jonkman
R-Mich
Soviet Pravda chills hopes for Marshall plan optimism
Pravda denounced the Marshall aid scheme linking it to American interference in European internal affairs. It said no self respecting European nation would accept terms under U S influence though it noted American business could profit from the program as Molotov prepared to depart for Paris for three power talks opening Friday.
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London
Pravda
Communist Party
Russia
Europe
Soviet Union
V. M. Molotov
Paris
Living costs dip slightly in period mid April to mid May
Washington reports a small decline in most living costs for the period mid April to mid May. Prices for food fell 2 tenths of one percent while rent rose by 2 tenths. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes the first drop since June 1942 with all essentials except rent easing.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Justice Department Opens Investigation of Protest Walkouts
In Ohio and West Virginia, more than 10 000 miners idle as Taft Hartley protests shuttered 16 eastern Ohio mines and most Hocking Valley operations. DOJ probes whether walkouts were voluntary or directed by leaders amid looming federal seizure reviews.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Hocking
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Monongalia County
Justice Department
Lewis
U S Protest Mass Arrests in Romania
The United States protests the arrest of hundreds of opposition members in Romania. A government note accuses the actions of arbitrary detentions without warrants or charges as a deliberate effort to suppress democratic elements opposing the Communist regime.
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Washington
United States
Errant Iran Prince Whisked Back Home
Prince Hamid Reza Pahlavi the Shah’s younger son vanished from a New York hotel Monday night and was flown to Paris where an attache escorted him to the Iranian legation before he could protest. The 15 year old was quietly returned to diplomatic custody.
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Paris
Hamid-Reza Pahlavi
Iran
New York
Legation
Tax Slash Bill Revival Backed in Congress
Senator George D Ga backs a Republican move to re pass the vetoed four billion dollar tax slashing bill with cuts effective next January 1 House Ways and Means Chair Knutson reintroduced the measure and Speaker Martin said it would be taken up at the first favorable opportunity. Majority leader Rayburn cautioned the effort cannot pass this year citing likely Senate filibuster and doubts about two thirds votes in both chambers.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Martin
Congress
Senate
New Flood Predicted In Iowa and Nebraska
Residents of Iowa and Nebraska faced new flooding as heavy rain expanded across the region. The Neligh area in northeast Nebraska logged about four inches, while other areas saw lighter rainfall and waters remaining from earlier floods still moving downstream.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Omaha
Neligh
Two-State
Freeze Ends on Whiskey Permit Sales in Ohio Night Lifes
The state liquor board lifted the wartime freeze on new permits to sell whiskey by the glass and to night clubs. The decision, made after a June 11 hearing, takes effect September 15. Acting director Ralph Dombey said applications won’t be accepted until September 1 and any received earlier will be returned unopened.
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Columbus, CO
State Liquor Board
Ralph Dombey
Turtle Found After 49 Year Gap Sparks Family Mystery
Land turtle found near Buck Run carries 1898 initials carved by Mr. L W Woltz. In 1898 he and Mrs. Woltz, visiting his father's farm, carved L W 1898 on the shell and released it. Grandson Donald Miller rediscovered the same turtle 49 years later about 300 yards from the original release spot.
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Lewis Woltz
Rockbridge
Buck Run
Mr. Woltz
Harriet
Donald Miller
the Woltz
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