Payroll-Padding Charges Leveled by State Auditor
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson accused Wyatt M. Nichols a former supervisor in Cleveland's civilian school guards of padding payroll and issuing fraudulent city checks totaling 15 739 16. Nichols resigned March 20 1948 and has assumed responsibility. the entire amount is recovered. The investigation found over 200 guards under Nichols with $143 000 annual payroll and began after an anonymous tip in March 1948. Several recipients had already repaid about 4 679 59 before the probe.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Department of Public Safety
Joseph T. Ferguson
Wyatt M. Nichols
Ferguson
Nichols
Walter C. Jones
Jason Canfield
Cincinnati Zoo to Get Pair of Young Gorillas
Cincinnati Zoo president James A. Reilly announced that a male and female gorilla aged one to two years will be purchased from the Cameroons for ten thousand dollars. The pair, shipped from West Africa with French ministerial approval, should arrive within a month making the zoo potentially the only in the country to exhibit two gorillas of the same age.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Zoo
James A. Reilly
Zoo
French Cameroons
West Africa
Cameroons
Reilly
Jaycees Postpone Street Fair Plans
Logan Junior Chamber of Commerce members announce the summer street fair is postponed indefinitely due to insufficient Main Street space for concessions and equipment. Jaycees meeting dates shift to Wednesdays, and James Rimelspach is named nomination chair for the new year beginning July 1.
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Logan Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Power Co
Main Street
James Rimelspach
Rites Held Tuesday For Russell C Bowers
Funeral services for Russell C. Bowers 56 who died Saturday were held at 2 PM Tuesday at the First Methodist Church. Dr R B Wilson officiated with attendants Mrs Ken neth Bright Robert Kinney Mrs Lloyd Heinlein and Mrs Floyd Hiles accompanied by Mrs Walter Prather. Pallbearers were Tom Rainer Homer Carter Joe White Harry Nill Walter North and Jasper Iles. Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery by Leonard Funeral Service.
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Russell C. Bowers
First Methodist Church
R. B. Wilson Offi- Loushe
Kenneth Bright
Robert Kinney
Lloyd Heinlein
Floyd Hiles
Walter Prather
Tom Rainer
Homer Carter
Joe White
Harry Nill
Walter North
Jasper Iles
Oak Grove Cemetery
Leonard Funeral Service
Veteran Fireman Dies in Pomeroy Oregon Ohio
An 83-year-old coal miner and Ohio's oldest volunteer fireman Henry Durst died yesterday. Durst became a volunteer in 1888 and served through 1948, a long career marked by community service and fire protection in the region.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Henry Durst
Russian UN employee denied diplomatic immunity in spy case
New York May 11 a federal judge ruled Valentine A Gubitchev a suspended Russian UN employee does not have diplomatic immunity and may be tried on espionage charges He is free on 100000 bail and set for trial May 16 for conspiring with Judith Coplon former Justice Department worker in espionage plans
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New York
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
Gubitchev
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Ohio Senate split threatens Lausche no new taxes plan
In Columbus on May 11 the Ohio Senate split within the Democrat majority as the rules committee voted 4-3 for bills to boost jobless benefits and redirect intangibles tax revenue to local government. Governor Lausche warned the move could unleash $47.5 million in new spending while criticizing opposition to his budget. Senator Roscoe Walcutt and leaders debated the measures amid caucus talks.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Senate Rules Committee
Lausche
Lance
H. D. Defenbacher
C. Emory Glander
William M. Boyd
Cleveland
Arthur Blake
Martins Ferry
Four Thousand Homeless After Village Fire in Japan
Kyodo News Agency reports that a blaze destroyed 600 homes in Euruhira, leaving about 4,000 residents homeless. Fire officials evacuated villagers and investigated the cause as investigation continues.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Euruhira
Farmer's Share of Housewife's Dollar Drops, USDA Says
The Agriculture Department reports farmers now receive 50 cents of each consumer dollar for market basket foods, down from 53 cents last July. Middlemen gain three cents as the 1935-39 market basket cost and February prices shift.
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USDA
Washington
Agriculture Department
Berlin Blockade Ends Tonight as Routes Open
The Berlin blockade ends at midnight with land routes to West Germany reopening, signaling a tentative peace after 327 days of siege. Trains resume, electrical power is restored, and post offices in both zones speed up service as talks for a four power conference in Paris on May 23 begin. West German businessmen may again operate in the east with simple inter zonal passes.
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Berlin
West Germany
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Red Army
Soviet Union
Germany
Paris
Chinese Reds Approach Coast Near Fukien and Shanghai
Chinese communists press toward Fukien Province and tighten grip on Shanghai as Nationalist reports confirm Red gains. Unofficial word suggests Hankow may fall, with a three pronged push near Kiangsi, Kashan near Shanghai, and Chenmo Kunshan under attack.
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Shanghai
Fukien
Hankow
Yangtze
China
Efforts to Settle Ford Strike Fail
Detroit May 11 Ford and CIO United Auto Workers resumed talks on the seventh day of a 65 000 worker strike over a 10 percent production rate increase at Rouge and Lincoln Mercury plants. Ford says it boosted manpower to offset the rise while the union disputes the claim.
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Detroit
Ford
CIO
United Auto
Rouge
Mongrel Dog Saves Life of Master in Pa. Incident
In Gillespie Pennsylvania on May 11 a mongrel named Chubby leaped to defend his young master Jackie Strickler age 4 from a larger attacking dog. The child was saved but suffered injuries including loss of an ear and facial nerve paralysis. he was listed in fair condition at a local hospital.
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Larry Page
Pasadena
Cal
Gillespie, Pa
Chubby
Jackie Strickler
Jackie
Bullet Kills Boy in Canton Accident
Jackie Brown, 10, was accidentally killed in Canton yesterday when a bullet from a playmate rifle ricocheted off a tree and struck him in the neck.
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Canton, O
Jackie Brown
Senate Committee Puts Quietus on Conveyor Belt
In Columbus on May 11, the Senate judiciary committee rejected a conveyor belt bill to build a 130 mile coal and ore railroad from Lorain to East Liverpool with spurs to Cleveland and Youngstown. The vote ended prospects for the measure this session as five opposed and three in favor.
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Senate
Quietus
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lorain
East Liverpool
Cleveland
Youngstown
House Commerce and Transportation Committee
Mass wedding of unwedded couples in Vera Cruz
One hundred unwedded parents tied the knot in a mass ceremony at Vera Cruz city hall, to honor Mother's Day. Their 300 children attended, with one couple revealing they had lived together for 43 years.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
City Hall
Fairfield County Cigar Store Owner Fined for Gambling Room
Roger Neff, owner of the Fairfield Cigar Store at 208 West Main Street in Lancaster, was fined 100 and costs on April 29 by Common Pleas Judge Harry Kilburger after pleading guilty to keeping a gambling room. He had pleaded not guilty at arraignment and was among 10 indicted in September by a Fairfield County grand jury.
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Lancaster, O
Roger Neff
Fairfield Cigar Store
West Main Street
Common Pleas
Harry Kilburger
Isaac Bowles
Neff
Fairfield County Grand Jury
Property Owners to Help Finance Sewer Extension
Seven Elm Street property owners north of Third Street will finance part of a sewer line extension. They and the sewer committee set a cost split of one dollar per foot for homeowners while the city covers 25 cents per foot. The project spans about 400 feet across eight lots on Elm Street east of Elm. A follow up meeting is planned before legislation.
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Elm Street
Third Street
Lewis Price
Claude Sheets
Third
More Money Urged For House Members
The House administration committee recommended increasing member pay with an extra 3000 dollars a year for clerk hire and a 500 dollar annual telephone and telegraph allowance. Official telegrams would be funded from a special fund. The bill awaits Senate and House approval to take effect.
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Washington
House Administration Committee
House
Senate
Corn Theft Brings Stiff Prison Term
Earl W. Hutzell received a one to 15 year sentence after pleading guilty to stealing eight bushels of corn from an uninhabited dwelling on the Albert Briggs farm in Hillsboro Ohio. Judge George W. McDowell imposed the sentence yesterday.
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Hillsboro
Earl W. Hutzell
George W. McDowell
Hutzell
Albert Briggs
Lake Hope Claims Life of Wheelersburg Student
James Bennett a Wheelersburg High School senior drowned today at Lake Hope during a senior class outing. Instructor J H Lee said the rowboat capsized and the body had not yet been recovered several hours after the accident.
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Athens
James Bennett
Wheelersburg High School
Lake Hope
J. H. Lee
Wheelersburg
Woman Editor Anna Steele Richardson Dies at 84
New York May 11 Mrs. Anna Steele Richardson 84 former associate editor of the Woman's Companion died yesterday at her home in New York City. She had long been a prominent figure in women’s periodicals and wrote on social topics for several decades.
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New York
Anna Steele Richardson
The
Woman’s Companion
Schoolboy Held In Girl's Death In Roanoke
Lee Scott a high school wrestler and Eagle Scout was held on a murder charge for the slaying of 16 year old Dana Marie Weaver at Christ Episcopal Church. Police found a cloth bag and bottle believed used in the attack. Scott claimed poison oak caused his scratches and bruises.
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Roanoke
Lee Scott
Dana Marie Weaver
Dana Marie
Christ Episcopal Church
Charles M. Irvin
Frank UH. Webb
Scott
Webb
Jefferson High School
PTA Secretary Dies in Ohio at 65
Mrs Grace Cook Sullivan general secretary of the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers died yesterday at Grant Hospital Columbus Ohio She was 65 years old her death reported May 11 1950s era obituary note
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Columbus, O
Grace Cook Sullivan
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
Grant Hospital
Members Split On Provisions Of Measure
Washington May 11 A dissension split House veterans committee approved a modified pension bill adding about 10 billion dollars to veterans benefits over 50 years. The Rankin Teague clash produced pensions for Needy 65 year olds and disability ranges from 60 to 72 dollars monthly.
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Washington
House Veterans Committee
Veterans Administration
Rep
Teague
D-Tex
Rankin
D-Miss
Markets At a Glance Wheat Era May Prices
Market roundup shows wheat steady with short covering in May. Corn mixed with CCC price reductions. Oats steady with wheat. Hogs unevenly strong to 25 cents lower, up to 18.85. Cattle steady to 25 cents lower, up to 27.75. Stocks steady with iron demand. Bonds mixed with some rails down.
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CCC
Jersey City Voters Defeat Frank Hague Boss Rule
Fusion forces led by Frank V. Kenny won a mayoral style defeat for Frank Hague's 32 year reign in Jersey City. Kenny sought to impound city records to avoid inheriting past corruption and announced aims for a clean slate after yesterday’s election. Inevitable pushback came from Hague loyalists as celebrations erupted citywide.
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Jersey City
Frank Hague
N. J
Frank V. Kenny
Freedom Ticket
Kenny
Hague
Municipal Commission
United States
Frank Hague Eggers
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East Berlin
West Berlin
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Kinki
Kiangsi
Formosa
Kashan
Chenmo
Kunshan
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Lee D. Kepner
D-Trumbull
Lowell Fess
R-Greene
Senate Committee
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Council
Logan Battery
455Th Field Artillery Battalion
Fred Blume
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Waldo Durant
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