Ohio Assembly Altering School Subsidy Measure
The Ohio Assembly readies a Daniels Cramer substitute bill to raise state school subsidies to 85 million yearly, after committee cuts and late amendments. Changes include higher property tax mills, reduced per pupil grants, and new teacher salary reporting requirements amid inter‑organization opposition.
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Ohio Assembly
Columbus
Daniels-Cramer
Senate
Senate Education Committee
Albert L. Daniels
R-Highland
Virgil E. Cramer
R-Lucas
Fatal Traffic Crash Near Lancaster Injures Couple
Mrs. Mabel Steinhoff, 45, was killed and her husband Patrolman Spencer Steinhoff, 49, was critically injured when their car skidded on U.S. Route 22 and overturned into a ditch three miles east of Lancaster, Ohio, on March 5.
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Lancaster, O
Mabel Steinhoff
Spencer Steinhoff
Here
School Board Rebuffs Mass Teacher Resignations
In Lorain Ohio the Clearview school board refused to accept 31 teachers resignations after a student strike sparked by a boy being slapped. The teachers cited lack of respect from parents and students and asked for public input as officials sought an early settlement. Board chair Chandler Thompson offered no reopening date.
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Louise Kolbe
Lorain
Supt
T. C. Simpson
Clearview
Parent-Teachers Association
Chandler Thompson
Snow Crews Rescue Expectant Mother Near Erie
A 26 year old expectant mother stranded by 15 foot snow drifts in Fairview was reached by neighbors using five farm tractors to clear a path. She was transported to Erie Hospital where she gave birth to a son an hour later marking her second child.
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Erie
Fairview
Ida Losey
Erie Hospital
Explosion Rips Hole In Fuel Oil Tanker Lyons Creek
A massive blast on the Lyons Creek in Houston opened a 30 foot square hole in the tanker deck. Seven crew members were hospitalized after the explosion of gasoline fumes, while fire crews protected 200 to 300 barrels of fuel oil that slicked the water and damaged the dock where the ship was moored.
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Houston
Texas
Lyons Creek
Rent Hike Measure Advances in Senate Subcommittee
A Senate banking subcommittee approved a general 10 percent rent increase by a 3 to 2 vote. Chair Buck led the panel, with Cain and Bricker supporting. Sparkman and Taylor opposed, as the bill would shift enforcement from GPA to the National Housing Agency and extend rent controls through the year.
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Washington
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Buck
R-Del
Full Banking Committee
Cain
Bricker
Ohio
Sparkman
Alabama
Taylor
Idaho
GPA
National Housing Agency
OPA
Storm Rages in Liquor Department Inquiry in Ohio
In Columbus on March 5 AP reports continued controversy over Liquor Director Cofall testimony before the Senate liquor investigating committee. Cofall urged abolishing board regulation 32 A that bans gambling devices in state licensed establishments and transferring enforcement to local officers, a view Gov. Herbert disagreed with. The transcript shows Cofall saying elimination of 32 A would aid enforcement, noting varied gambling laws in different cities. Attorney Collopy said Cofall would be recalled in ongoing inquiries into permits enforcement and purchases.
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Columbus
Stanley B. Cofall
State Liquor Board
Cofall
Ohio Senate
Liquor Investigating Committee
Thomas J. Herbert
Inter
Collopy
Corning Raider Game Moved Up To Avoid Crowds
Corning will face Rockbridge at 7 30 tonight on the Logan High School floor in the Class B sectional tournament opening. The opener moved a day early to prevent crowding. only this game on Thursday. Semis Friday, finals Saturday with trophy presentation and all tournament team named after the final.
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Corning
Rockbridge
Logan High
Glenford
McArthur
Crooksville
Cadmus
Perry
Hocking
McArthur Generals
Indicted in Illicit Sugar Ring Ringleaders Named
Eleven men, including four alleged ringleaders, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago on illegal possession and transfer of counterfeit sugar stamps. The case has tied 52 indictments in days, with the ring accused of diverting over 10 million pounds of sugar nationwide. Leaders named include James Winters, Robert Bailey, Anda Miller, and Yancey Bridgeforth.
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Chicago
Raymond McClory
U. S
MecClory
James
Big Jim” Winters
Robert “the Mole” Bailey
Anda “Abe” Miller
Yancey Bridgeforth
Ohio Legislator Hits Pampering of Reds
Rep. Smith of Ohio urged lawmakers to stop feeding and pampering Communists to curb world Communism. He spoke in protest of a U S plan to aid Britain in Greece, saying such support only prolongs unrest and delays sanity.
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Ohio
Washington
Rep. Smith
House
Truman Closes Mexico City Visit With Volcano Flight
President Truman ends a three day goodwill tour to Mexico by flying over the Paricutin volcano and touring Teotihuacan pyramids after a stadium fiesta. At a luncheon Aleman praises hemispheric solidarity and plans a return visit next month. A crowd crush causes one death and injuries, with 56 children separated from parents.
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Mexico City
Truman
Mexico
Miguel Aleman
San Juan Teotihuacan
Paricutin
Aleman
Waco
Texas
Baylor University
Washington
National Stadium
Logan Woman Hurt In Bus Accident
A Valley Greyhound bus carrying 15 passengers collided head on with a panel truck on a bridge over Little Walnut Creek along Route 33 near Canal Winchester. Four people were injured including Logan resident Mrs. Arlie Brimner who suffered a bruised left leg. driver Archie C. Swartz of Lancaster reported back injuries. The truck, driven by Lowell W. Culp of Pleasantville, appeared to skid into the bus. injuries were treated by Canal Winchester and Logan physicians.
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Logan
Valley Greyhound
Archie C. Swartz
Lancaster
Little Walnut Creek
U. S
State Highway Patrol
Swartz
Lowell W. Culp
Pleasantville
Canal Winchester
Brimner
Communal Rioting Sparks Indian Crisis in Punjab
In Lahore Punjab two days of Hindu Sikh Muslim clashes leave at least 25 dead in the capital with heavy casualties reported in Multan and Gujranwala. Sir Evan Jenkins, British governor, took over the provincial government to address the crisis after Moslem League ministers were invited to form a new ministry.
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Lahore
India
Evan Jenkins
Punjab
Multan
Gujranwala
State Senator Jones Out of Danger in Columbus Hospital
State Senator Tom W. Jones, 78, of Middleport, O h, was declared out of danger at Doctors Hospital in Columbus today after collapsing at his hotel on February 27.
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Columbus
Tom W. Jones
Middleport
Doctors Hospital
Repeal Surtax On Payrolls Backed By House Panel
The House industrial relations committee unanimously recommended passage of a bill to repeal the wartime payroll surtax. The Senate already approved a similar measure. The tax raised 21.5 million dollars in 3 1/2 years, aimed at easing unemployment compensation burdens from war production. The bill would allow counties to offer fox bounty up to four dollars.
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Columbus
House Industrial Relations Committee
Senate
Fred T. Reiners
R Hamilton
House Conservation Committee
Schools Closed By Heavy Snows
Ohio schools remained shut as blizzards left six foot drifts and blocked rural roads. Portage County reported 16 rural closures, Geauga’s Chester only school open, Trumbull counties keeping 14 schools closed, and winds up to 45 mph piling snow. East Ohio Gas cut supply by half in Youngstown. Licking County schools all closed. Sugar Grove only Fairfield rural school open. Gomer School in Allen County operated while 11 others were closed.
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Portage County
P. C. Shafer
Chester
Geauga County
Trumbull County
Columbiana County
Youngstown
East Ohio Gas Co
Charles E. Gallagher
Licking County
Sugar Grove
Fairfield County
Gomer
Allen County
Loan Firm Employee Held as Embezzler in Columbus
Mrs. Ruth Leonhardt Barker, 29, free on 7500 bond after being indicted for embezzling 9270 from Allemania Building and Loan Co. of Columbus. Arrested yesterday, she allegedly took funds from Sept 1 1945 to Dec 9 1946 while earning 175 a month as an accountant.
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Columbus
Ruth Leonhardt Barker
The
Allemania Building and Loan Co
Barker
Secretary of State Pessimistic on German Peace Accord
State Secretary Marshall leaves for Moscow for the Big Four foreign ministers meeting amid doubt on forging a German peace treaty. He sees potential progress on an Austrian accord as talks outline fundamentals, while France Russia Britain and the United States remain divided on core German terms.
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Washington
Marshall
Big Four
Moscow
Germany
Austria
France
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Paris
Berlin
U.S
School Bus Use for Athletics Approved
Ohio Attorney General Hugh S. Jenkins ruled that boards of education may allow school buses to transport athletic teams and pupils to interschool contests but may not pay operating expenses. The opinion was issued to Prosecuting Attorney Albert T. Strope of Van Wert County.
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Columbus
Hugh S. Jenkins
Boards of Education
Albert T. Strope
van Wert
Six Year Terms Out of New State Agriculture Board Bill
A redrafted Ohio Department of Agriculture bill removes six year terms for the executive secretary and six division chiefs. Gov. Herbert criticized the original plan. the board approved the revamped measure. The executive secretary would serve at the director’s pleasure, division chiefs at the board’s pleasure after director appointment. The plan expands the board to 12, adding a veterinarian, and would unfreeze Edwin Bath, formerly Ohio Farm Bureau lobbyist, as executive secretary.
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New State Agriculture Board
Columbus
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Thomas J. Herbert
State Board of Agriculture
Edwin J. Bath
Ohio Farm Bureau
Frank Farnsworth
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Chip) Bohlem
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