Republicans call Senate filibuster a phony at Ohio Wesleyan
GOP chairman Hugh D. Scott and Ohio leaders voiced sharp views at Republican Day at Ohio Wesleyan University. Scott said the civil rights filibuster was a phony and could have been ended earlier, while other speakers urged GOP education of precinct workers and noted women’s growing role in politics.
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Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan
GOP
Hugh D. Scott
Senate
William O'Neill
Marietta
Ohio House of Representatives
FEPC
Katharine Kennedy Brown
Dayton
Republican National Committee
Marion Blair
Warren
State Central Committee
The
University
Institute of Practical Politics
Institute
Scott
Blair House
White House
Truman Accepts Walter Bedell Smith Resignation
President Truman accepted the resignation of Walter Bedell Smith as ambassador to Moscow to permit him to return to field command. Smith, a lieutenant general, is expected to command the First Army on Governor's Island New York harbor, a post left open since Gen. Courtney Hodges retired.
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Washington
Truman
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
White House
Smith
Presidential
Charles G. Ross
Mrs Ida Sheets 75 Dies After Long Illness in Logan
Mrs Ida Belle Sheets 75 died at 7 35 P M yesterday at her son in law and daughter Arthur Glick Logan Route 3 after a long illness She was a lifelong Logan and Hocking County resident and a member of multiple civic groups Funeral services are set for 10 A M Monday at Roberts Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Friends may call after 9 A M Saturday at the funeral home Survivors include three sons five daughters a brother and a sister 26 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren
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Ida Belle Sheets
Arthur Glick
Logan
Sheets
Hocking County
Daughters of America
Pocahontas
Rebekah Lodge
Women’s Relief Corps
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Four Square Sunday School
Methodist Church
Carl
Columbus
Claude
Kenneth
Charles Schorr
Glick
William Finley
Canton
Carl Foltz
Massillon
Edmund Ralph
Galloway
Roy Rapp
Sycamore
Everett Walker
Roberts Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mayor Hubbard vetoes first measure since taking office
Mayor Ray J. Hubbard vetoes a city council approved 4 to 2 measure that would authorize 1500 to hire a job survey and classification for city employees. The veto marks his first use of the power since January 1948.
Addition Planned for Longview Hospital Expansion
CONNEACT O March 25 Excavation finished and work will start soon on a $100,000 addition to Longview Hospital in Kingsville.
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Conneact
Longview Hospital
Kingsville
Bakery Owner Jailed for Pure Food Violation
Jack W. Covert owner of the Covert Baking Co. in Middleport was sentenced to 60 days in jail and his firm fined 1500 dollars for pure food law violations. An Agriculture Department inspector testified insects were found in icing and bread and the flour supply was roosting site for sparrows with roaches present in the plant.
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Columbus
Jack W. Covert
Covert Baking Co
Middleport
Covert
Mell G. Underwood
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ohio Named Nation's Top Farm Family State
At Ohio State University Farm and Home Week M L Wilson exten sion director praised Ohio as the nations leading family farm state citing farm size homes and people. Attendance reached 8889 as Dr William Sewell of Wisconsin noted changes in the American farm family due to modern communications and transportation.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohio State University
M. L. Wilson
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Frank J. Lausche
William H. Sewell
University of Wisconsin
Department of Rural Sociology
Tornado kills five at Greenville Mississippi
A tornado struck a plantation area in Greenville Mississippi late last night killing five African Americans and injuring 20 others. Two of the injured were listed in critical condition by hospital authorities. The storm moved from Lake Jackson across two miles of water to Lake Washington.
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Greenville
Miss
Lake Jackson
Lake Washington
Gallant Flying Fortress Begins Final Flight From Los Angeles
The B 17 nicknamed The Swoose starts its last journey tomorrow in Operation 30, heading to Chicago for museum storage at the Smithsonian in Washington. Col. Frank Kurtz, its wartime skipper, will pilot the leg with four original crew members aboard, reflecting on the aircraft’s decades of service and nostalgia.
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Los Angeles
Flying Fortress
William L. White
Chicago
Smithsonian Institution
National Air Museum
Washington, D. C
Frank Kurtz
Harry Schrieber
Galveston
Tex
Roland Boone
Hemet
Calif
Charles T. Reeves
Bakersfield
Harold Warner
San Rafael
Kurtz
Canaday Loses Bid To Regain Office
Judge Edgar Ervin extended a court order prohibiting Delmar A. Canaday from resuming the office of mayor. The order, first issued January 6, remains in effect after Ervin overruled a demurrer by Canaday’s attorneys. Canaday resigned last November after Governor Thomas J. Herbert suspended him. Sidney Spencer already succeeded him.
Mystery mailer spurs coal walkout end note
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a cloak and dagger turn to the coal walkout ending with letters mailed to news services bearing Pittsburgh postmarks. John L. Lewis allegedly ordered miners back by Monday, but no UMW official admits mailing the notices. Meanwhile railroads prepare recalls by early April.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
UMW
New Veterans Pension Bill Introduced for World War One Vets
Rep Rankin of Mississippi introduced a pension bill for World War One veterans offering 72 dollars a month at age 65. Eligibility limits set income at 2000 dollars a year for single veterans or 3000 with dependents, and passage was sought quickly after a shelved pension vote by eight Ohio Republicans.
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Washington
Rankin
D-Miss
House
Walter E. Brehm
Ohio
Veterans pensions bill shelved after tight House vote
The House rejected a World War I and II veterans pension bill by 208 to 207 and sent it back to committee. Rankin introduced a revised measure favored by veterans groups with a $72 monthly pension and needs-based provisions to curb costs. Administration officials welcomed the setback though many lawmakers doubt the end of pensions legislation in this session.
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Rankin
Congress
Administration
Mrs Emanuel Skiver Dies at Nelsonville
Emma Frances Skiver 85 widow of Emanuel Skiver former Hocking County resident died last night at her daughter Mabel Lines home in Nelsonville. Survived by four daughters three sons one brother 29 grandchildren 35 great grandchildren. Services Monday 1 PM at Nelsonville Pilgrim Holiness Church Rev Raymond Simpson. burial Greenlawn Cemetery Stout Funeral Service.
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Emanuel Skiver
Hocking County
Mabel Lines
Nelsonville
Ross County
Skiver
Starr Township
Zolla Maloney
Goldie Shelton
Sylvia Reeder
Haydenville
Lillian Smith
Sofa
N. C
Arthur
Luther
Isaac
Jackson
Mich
W. W. Skiver
Logan
Tavern Bandits Hit Toledo Bar For $10,000
Police report three robbers entered Henry's Bar in Toledo and bound a porter and a bakery truck driver with rope. They blew the safe, taking $10,000 and fled toward cashing pay checks of Champion Spark Plug Co. workers.
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Toledo
Henry
Champion Spark Plug Co
Democrats Fight Move to Cut European Recovery Funds
Democratic leaders in the Senate seek to block any reduction of the 5.538 billion dollar European recovery program. Senator Taft argues Europe can be served with 1 to 3 billion less, while Majority Leader Lucas predicts defeating any cut in a final vote. The Senate panel approved 1.15 billion for three months, 4.28 billion for the following year, and 150 million in contracts beyond June 1950, with funding to come by appropriation.
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Senate
Taft
Ohio
Western
Europe
Lucas
D-Wi
Economic Cooperation Administration
North Carolina Village Wins National Contest
Des Moines reports Macclesfield North Carolina a 367 population tobacco village named sweepstakes winner in a nationwide community beautification contest. The Macclesfield Women’s Club with 35 members will receive 1000 dollars as sweepstakes award and another 1000 as winner in the 10 000 and under population class in the 1947 1948 More Beautiful America contest by Better Homes and Gardens Magazine. Awards of 1000 dollars went to Norwich Rotary Club for 10 000 to 100 000 and Cleveland Rose Society for over 100 000 for their first place achievements.
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Des Moines
North Carolina
Macclesfield, N. C
Norwich, Conn
Rotary Club
Cleveland, O
Rose Society
Highway Director Denies Job Meddling in Ohio
Columbus March 25 Ohio highway director T J Kauer denied reports that civil service workers were being pressed to resign to replace them with Democrats Rep Donald H Rolf asked for a legislative inquiry but did not name individuals Kauer said no one is being coerced to resign some workers were asked to resign for incompetence or violation of civil service rules
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Columbus
T. J. Kauer
Donald H. Rolf
Hamilton
Ohio
Rolf
Kauer
Markets At A Glance Wheat Corn Hogs Cattle Bonds
Wheat shows firm prices as government raises bids for cash grain. Corn also firm on higher bids. Oats steady aided by advances in other grains. Hogs steady to 25 cents higher with top at 21.65. Cattle steady to weak with no choice steers on sale. Stocks and bonds lower as selling expands.
Thor Johnson to Lead Cincinnati Symphony Again Next Season
Cincinnati announced yesterday that conductor Thor Johnson will again lead the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for the next season. The signing confirms Johnson will return and guide the ensemble through an upcoming schedule.
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Cincinnati
Thor Johnson
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
10 to 30 Years Term Imposed By U S Court
Mildred E Axis Sally Gillars was sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison for treason by Federal Judge Edward Curran who also fined her 10000 dollars. Gillars, 48, born in Maine, broadcast the Axis Sally Nazi program Vision of Invasion and faced appeals as counsel noted possible Supreme Court review.
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Washington
Mildred E
Axis Saily) Gillars
Edward M. Curran
Miss Gillars
Curran
Douglas Chandler
Robert Henry Best
Chandler
Best
Boston
Normandy
Evelyn
Ohio
Air Force C-82 Crashes in Labrador with Army crew
Westover Army Air Field reports a C-82 crash in Labrador today. The aircraft carried three or four Army personnel and went down about 1,000 miles north of Goose Bay.
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Westover Army Air Force Base
Mass
Labrador
Westover Field
Goose Bay
Wyman Olivier Lead Oscar Night Awards
Jane Wyman won best actress for Johnny Belinda and Laurence Olivier earned the top acting honor for Hamlet. Hollywood crowned The Treasure of the Sierra Madre creators John Huston and Walter Huston with multiple awards while Claire Trevor and Buttons and Bows also received honors. The French film Monsieur Vincent was named best foreign language entry.
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Jane Wyman
Laurence Olivier
Miss Wyman
B Pictures
Johnny Belinda
Olivier
Hamlet
Hustons
John
Sierra Madre
Walter
Walter Wanger
Jerry Wald
Monsieur Vincent
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