Greek Turkish aid measure passes House and Senate
The administration’s four hundred million dollar aid bill to Greece and Turkey won overwhelming approval in the House by 287 to 107 after a coalition of 127 Republicans and 160 Democrats backed it. Senate approval came April 22 by 67 to 22 and now moves to conference before reaching President Truman.
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Washington
House
Mancantonio
New York
American Labor Party
Senate
Capitol Hill
Truman
Kachelmacher Park Opens for Season
Leonard Tom city service director announced Kachelmacher Park is open for the season after renovations. The shelter house was cleaned and repaired, five benches added, brick ovens rebuilt with donated repair material from Logan Clay Products Co. The park, gifted by the late Nils L. C. Rachelmacher, has long hosted picnics with expanded recreation equipment for the season.
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Kachelmacher Park
Leonard Tom
City Service
Tom
Logan Clay Products Co
Nils L. C. Rachelmacher
Record Wheat Crop Anticipated
A history making United States winter wheat crop of 1025000000 bushels is in the making to brighten hopes of the hungry abroad. The Agriculture Department forecast yesterday a spring wheat crop of 265000000 bushels, giving a total production of 1290000000 bushels the largest on record.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Painesville Telegraph Publishes 14 Pages Despite Strike
The Painesville Telegraph put out a second consecutive 14 page issue yesterday despite a strike by the local International Typographical Union unit, begun Tuesday, affecting production and distribution in Painesville Ohio.
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Painesville, O
Painesville Telegraph
International Typographical Union
Akron Teachers Consider Strike
Akron 1,300 teachers will decide at a special meeting whether to report for school Monday. They seek a $350 raise this semester and propose borrowing against anticipated revenue to finance it. Board president says legal issues prevent raising $600,000. levy failure lowers salary hopes and risks 40,000 pupils staying home.
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Akron, CO
Akron
John C. Griffith
Akron Educational Association
Horace W. Butler
Charlies Evans
Slate Fall Victim Remains In Fair Condition
William Nelson a 26 year old miner from Coonville suffered serious injuries in a slate fall at Starr-Jackson Mining Co. He was trapped beneath slate and may have fractured his back. Doctors at Hocking Valley Hospital report he remains in fair condition.
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William Nelson
Coonville
Starr-Jackson Mining Co
Hocking Valley Hospital
Nelson
Oklahoma Senator Adjudged Mentally Ill After Shooting
Jimie Scott Holdenville lawmaker judged mentally ill by three physicians and ordered committed to Veterans Administration hospital after testifying he did not shoot to hit State Senator Tom Aglin during Wednesday floor incident.
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Oklahoma City
Jimie Scott
Holdenville
Veterans Administration
Tom Aglin
Oklahoma Senate
Scott
Chapter of YWCA To Be Formed Here
A Logan chapter of the YWCA will be organized at a meeting of the Logan High School Y Teens Tuesday. All Logan girls and women interested are invited to attend at 7 30 P M in the high school building. The Y Teens, formerly Girl Reserves, is a junior branch of the YWCA. There are 60 members in Logan High School.
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Logan
YWCA
Logan High School
Y-Teens
The
Girl Reserves
Extensive Bingo Operations Arouse Curiosity of Jurist
Akron Ohio May 10 A Common Pleas Judge Walter B Wanamaker says Summit County grand jurors should be curious about bingo when they meet next month He lists rumors including a public official offered a new car by bingo operators a gambling venue a Red Cross connection and officials in Boston Heights charging a substantial fee for a large layout The judge notes health and conservation matters reportedly go to a single justice of the peace
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Akron
Common Pleas
Walter B. Wanamaker
Summit County Grand Jury
American Red Cross
Summit County
Real Estate Sales Notification Urged
Leonard Tom city service director urged Logan residents who buy or sell property to inform the water office. He said water bills are sent to owners listed in the water clerk's records and reporting ownership changes helps send bills to the correct owners and improve record keeping.
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Leonard Tom
City Service
Logan
City Water Office
Tom
Mrs. Charity Potts Rites Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs Charity L Potts 65 widow of Charles Potts who died Thursday at her Logan home were held at 2 PM Saturday at Leonard Funeral Home Rev A N Grueser officiated Pallbearers were E L Ewing Clarence Ford Sam Smith Al Downard Jasper Iles and Ernest Potts Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery
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Charity L. Potts
Charles Potts
Logan
Leonard Funeral Home
A. N. Grueser
E. L. Ewing
Clarence Ford
Sam Smith
al Downard
Jasper Iles
Ernest Potts
Oak Grove Cemetery
Rub-Out Theory Sways SF Slaying Probe
Homicide inspectors in San Francisco weigh a gangland rub-out theory in the strangulation death of Nicholas De John a 40 year old former Chicago hoodlum whose semi-nude body was found late yesterday stuffed in the trunk of his own new automobile.
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San Francisco
Nicholas
Nick) de John
Chicago
County Home Superintendent Resigns Post
Joe Funk, superintendent of the Hocking County home for four years, resigns effective March 1 1948 to return to his Green Township farm. Appointed June 18 1943 after Virgil Hite’s death, Funk oversaw the infirmary and farm. Commissioners at a regular meeting accepted the resignation and awarded building improvement contracts to William Loomis & Son of Logan for linoleum installations totaling about 260 dollars at the county home and 315 dollars at the county jail, plus a partition for the Soldiers Relief Commission office. Scrap metal and used equipment were sold to Logan Foundry & Machine Co. for 17 dollars per ton.
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Joe Funk
Hocking County
Hocking County Board of Commissioners
Mr. Funk
Green Township
Virgil Hite
Gore
Bert Arnold
Funk
William Loomis & Son
Logan
Hocking County Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Logan Foundry & Machine Co
Services Sunday For Konkler Infant
Delbert Eugene Konkler a nine month old son of Mr and Mrs William Joseph Konkler Jr died Friday afternoon at his grandmother Mrs Henry Searles West Logan Graveside services set for 1 PM Sunday at Fairview Cemetery Rev Fr Charles P Foy to officiate Burial by Roberts Funeral Service Survivors include his grandparents Mr and Mrs Joseph Konkler Sr Logan Route 2 and great grandmother Mrs Myrtle Myers West Logan Body returned to the Searles home Saturday afternoon
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Delbert Eugene Konkler
William Joseph Konkler, Jr
Henry Searles
West Logan
Fairview Cemetery
Charles P. Foy
Roberts Funeral Service
Joseph Konkler
Logan Route 2
Myrtle Myers
Searles
Motorist Crashes Avoiding Cyclist Near Church
Gerald Flowers on Rockbridge Route 1 swerved to miss an unidentified boy bicycle rider and struck the rear of a parked car in front of the Methodist Church yesterday afternoon. No injuries were reported. both vehicles were damaged. The parked car’s owner was Clarence Hill of Wellston.
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Gerald Flowers
Rockbridge
Clarence Hill
Wellston
Russia Accepts U.S. Proposal on Korea
Moscow radio announced Russia accepted certain American proposals for consulting Korean representatives on forming a provisional government in Korea. The broadcast cited a Molotov letter to Secretary of State Marshall as the basis for the acceptance.
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London
Moscow Radio
Russia
Korea
V. M. Molotov
George C. Marshall
Senate Panel OKs 4 Billion Dollar Income Tax Cut
Senate finance committee approved a 4 billion dollar yearly income tax slash that would leave no surplus for the 258 billion dollar public debt. The plan would take effect July 1 with rates ranging 30 to 10.5 percent and applies to incomes up to 302,396 dollars, affecting individuals and households across the tax spectrum. Senator George of Georgia urged delay citing uncertain next year’s spending, but joined seven Republicans to send the measure to the Senate floor. five Democrats opposed. The compromise follows House Bill No. 1, which set a graduated cut from 30 to 10.5 percent and retroactive January 1, with schedule details for income brackets provided.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Knutson
R-Minn
House
Senate
Election Expense Deadline May 16
The Hocking County Board of Elections informed all May 6 primary candidates that expense statements must be filed by May 16. Filing blanks are at Carl Brandt's barbershop on East Main Street. Clerk Blanche England will receive statements May 16 from 1 PM to 3 PM in the courthouse offices.
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Hocking
George Fitzgerald Dies Friday Night
George Fitzgerald 72 father of the late Kenneth R. Fitzgerald former Hocking County auditor died at 6 PM after a long illness following two strokes. Native of Athens County he lived in Logan for years and was survived by a grandson Kenneth R. Fitzgerald Jr. Funeral services set for 10 AM Monday at Woodard Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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George Fitzgerald
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
Hocking County
Fitzgerald
Athens County
Robert Fitzgerald
Logan
Kenneth
Wade Hampson
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald, Jr
Woodard Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Clocks Advance Berlin Time Shifts Eight Hours Ahead
Berlin announces tomorrow’s move to double daylight time placing the city eight hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. The change tightens timing across zones for travelers and communications.
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Berlin
Hocking County Fruit Prospects Get Hard Blow
Fruit crop in Hocking County worst hit by a record low of 22 degrees on May 10. Frost, the heaviest of the cold wave, battered peaches and pit fruits. apples may escape. Some salvage possible but overall dairy leaders say crops badly damaged. Forecasters expect a warming trend, though statewide lows reached 19.
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Hocking County
State Highway Garage
Ohio
Williamsport
Liverpool
Archibald Vandoren
Ohio State University
Canton
U.S
George Mindling
Columbus
Steubenville
Mahoning
Columbiana
Marion
Cleveland
Dayton
Mt. Vernon
Knox County
Toledo
Cincinnati
Akron
Washington Court House
Neglect Admitted by Salem Farmer Lisle
Barney Lisle, a Salem farmer, pleaded guilty to neglecting his live stock and was fined 60 dollars in a local court on May 10.
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Salem, O
Barney Lisle
Herbert demands ex aide Lokar quit racing board post
In Columbus on May 10 Gov Thomas Herbert asked John Lokar former secretary to Gov Lausche and head of the Ohio Racing Commission to resign. The memo cited liquor department disclosures and noted Lokar could not be reached at his Cleveland home. Other racing board members listed include Preston Hinebaugh O C Belt and I J Collins.
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Frank Lyman Rector
Nellie May Rector
Wilmar
Cal
Marriage License Bureau
International
Herbert
Lausche
Racing Board
Columbus
John Lokar
Ohio Racing Commission
Frank J. Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Racing Commission
Lokar
Cleveland
Marie Mocilnikar
Gates Mills
Commission
Preston Hinebaugh
O. C. Belt
I. J. Collins
Lancaster
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