Jurisdictional Strike Sparks Labor Curbs Bill Push
A week long jurisdictional strike at F J Heer Printing Co in Columbus Ohio ended after Governor Herbert urged lawmakers to keep state processes moving The stoppage fuels demands for bills to curb unions and bar public employee strikes with state contracts The House moved on mining and aging pension bills while Senate considered local alcohol option and license fees and dry groups warn of a potential state referendum
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Columbus
General Assembly
F. J. Heer Printing Co
Thomas J. Herbert
Frank E. Whittemore
R-Summit
Senate
Haneo Gneskar
William R. van Aken
Cuyahoga
House
George G. Shurtz
Split Tax Returns Defeated in Senate
Washington May 28 Senator Millikin said he is hopeful the Senate will approve the 4 billion dollar a year income tax cut by tomorrow night. The measure cleared a second big test 51 to 29 as the Senate defeated an amendment to grant husbands and wives in all states the right to split income on tax returns beyond the existing ten states.
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Washington
Millikin
R-Cole
Senate
Finance Committee
McClellan
Seniors to Receive Diplomas at Logan High School
Dr H L Yochum president of Capital University Columbus will address 90 Logan High School graduates at 8 P M in the LHS auditorium. Music by the Girls Glee Club and LHS choir. Diplomas will be presented and scholastic awards will be given.
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H. L. Yochum
Capital University
Columbus
Logan High School
LHS
Girls’ Glee Club
Truman says mother improving could return to White House
GRANDVIEW Mo May 28 President Truman said his mother was improving satisfactorily and he might consider returning to the White House this weekend amid renewed hopes for a quick recovery from illness.
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Grandview
Truman
White House
St Clair Named Highway Supt
Harry St. Clair, deputy county auditor, is appointed superintendent of maintenance for the State Highway Department in Hocking County. The Marietta engineer Charles Ferguson announced the effective date of June 2, succeeding Sam Smith on leave. St. Clair, endorsed by the county GOP, has 19 years in road and highway work and previously worked as an inspector and in the county maintenance department. He lives on a Laurel Township farm with his wife and daughter Frances.
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Harry St. Clair
Hocking County
State Highway Department
Charles A. Ferguson
Marietta
Sam Smith
Harry Smith
Mr. St. Clair
St. Clair
Republican Executive Committee
John W. Bricker
Frances
Laurel Township
Unsafe Ohio Mines Abandoned by Owners
The Coal Mines Administration said two unsafe soft coal mines in Ohio were abandoned by their owners. The Globe Mine in Jackson County owned by Globe Iron Co and the Ten-X Mine in Roseville owned by Ten-X Coal Co were closed last April 15.
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Washington
Ohio
Coal Mines Administration
Globe
Globe Iron Co
Jackson, C
Ten-X
Ten-X Coal Co
Roseville
Fire damages storage building in Hillsboro
Fire swept through the storage and repair building of the Allensburg Auction Co. in Hillsboro causing about 10000 dollars in damage.
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Hillsboro
Allensburg Auction Co
Proceeds to Aid County Society For Crippled
A benefit horse show at Hocking County Fair Grounds on Sunday June 1 at 1 PM, presented by the Logan Riding and Driving Club with Logan Rotary Club sponsorship. Proceeds aid crippled children and adults. tickets sold by Rotary members and at the fairgrounds. Event features 13 classes and a Western parade with entries from southeastern Ohio. Dr H M Boocks chairs the show committee. Mrs Rhea Pettit Bangert is secretary. Dinner Sunday at Blosser's from 11:30 AM to 2 PM proceeds go to the fund. Blosser’s staff work gratis.
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Hocking County Fairgrounds
Logan Riding and Driving Club
Logan Rotary Club
Rotary Club
Fairgrounds
Ohio
H. M. Boocks
Rhea Pettit Bangert
Bill Sauer
Blos Ser’s
Crippled Children's Fund
Blosser
The
Hocking County Society For Crippled Children
Southern Coal Men and Lewis Open Talks on Contract
Southern coal producers meet today with John L. Lewis to discuss contract terms for the first time in over a year. Northern and western operators had been negotiating for a week, with the southern group seeking a conference before the June 30 deadline to return mines to private owners.
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Washington
Southern
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ohio Ex-Senator Dies
William Behne aged 62, a former Ohio State senator, died in a Miami hospital after a long illness on Monday.
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Ohio
Miami
Fla
William Behne
Ohio State
Sons Dig Grave for Mother Amid Picket Strife at Cemetery
In Cleveland on May 28, three sons dug their 72 year old mother Orla Estella Blackburn's grave at Lake View Cemetery despite AFL union pickets. Pastor Dr Laurence Blackburn and two brothers coordinated burial under rain as Reverend Martin Manton aided, while union official Vanderverf called the event regrettable.
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Cleveland
Lonely Lakeview Cemetery
AFL
Orla Estella Blackburn
Berea
Laurence Blackburn
St. Anne’s Episcopal Church
Lowell
Mass
Wallace M. Blackburn
Detroit
Harold Blackburn
Framingham
AFL Arborists and Landscapers Union
Albert J. E. Manton
First Methodist Church
Martin E. Vanderverf
Agreement Near On Labor Bill
Senator Taft said conferees are in flat disagreement on two points in labor bill drafting while in accord on most provisions. The contested issues are excluding food processors and plant guards from Wagner Act coverage and the evidence rules for unfair labor charges. Taft expected near agreement on other provisions and said the two remaining points may be resolved by tomorrow morning.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
House
Senate
Bank Bandits Foiled In Robbery Attempt
Alvin Henderson bank cashier was kidnapped from his home in Tray City Tennessee and bound in his car before escaping as abductors fled. Henderson's mother Ida Henderson aged 70 reported he was taken from their home near the bank around 1 AM and the sheriff pursued two or more suspects.
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Tray City
Tenn
Alvin Henderson
First National Bank
D. E. Grooms
Henderson
Ida Henderson
Veteran Dies After Drinking Lye Potion
Fred Allen Carter a 36 year old war veteran died in a Millersburg hospital after drinking water and lye from a pitcher. He reportedly took the drink while mowing the lawn at his farm home three miles east of Loudonville. His mother Mrs Sarah Carter had prepared the solution as a plant insecticide.
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Loudonville, O
Fred Allen Carter
Millersburg
A. J Barney
Sarah Carter
Robbery Charge Against Strawn Dismissed as Identity Questioned
Glenn O. Strawn 21 Logan was freed after the charge of highway robbery was dismissed by Magistrate S B Whikehart when Allan Hull 65 Mr Pleasant failed to identify Strawn as one of three suspects. Hull had claimed the robbers near the Mulberry Street bridge on February 17.
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Glenn O. Strawn
Logan
S. B. Whikehart
Whikehart
Allan Hull
Mr. Pleasant
Strawn
Hull
Mulberry Street Bridge
Will Hansel Farm
Falls Township
Raymond Amos
Whitehart
Pickerington Girl Named Dairy Queen at Exposition
Evelyn Priddy, a 24 year old from Pickerington in Fairfield County, was named Ohio dairy queen at the Mid-America Exposition in Cleveland.
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Pickerington
Dairy Queen
Cleveland
Fairfield County
Evelyn Priddy
Pickerington, O
Ohio
Hand-Written Plea by Convict Denied
Clifton Parker's handwritten petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by the Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Parker claimed an illegal trial at Newark nine years ago for a hotel robbery. Judge Myron B. Gessaman ruled he should have appealed the conviction earlier.
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Columbus
Clifton Parker
Robert A Lovett Confirmed as Undersecretary of State
Official confirmation by the Senate today names Robert A Lovett of New York as undersecretary of state. The vote and procedural steps were reported as completed with Lovett taking the post.
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Washington
Robert A. Lovett
New York
Senate
Youthful Slayer Of 4 Quizzed
Prosecutor Kenneth H. Smith said he would seek to prove that four Imlay City children were slain as the 16-year-old Oliver Terpening attempted to rape one of them. Terpening faces murder charges after allegedly admitting to the deaths of Barbara Smith 16 and siblings Stanley 14 Gladys 12 and Janet 2.
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Michigan
Oliver Terpening
William Smith
Imlay, Mich
Lansing
Ledo
Gladys
Janet
Barbara
Stanley
Lapeer
Mich
Kenneth H. Smith
Imlay City
Don S. Leonard
Stanley Smith
Columbus School Levy Vote Set
Columbus voters will ballot for a two mill special school levy July 1. If approved by 60 percent of the voters teachers salaries here will be increased 500 dollars a year commencing next September.
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Columbus
Saturday Club Proposes Curfew Plan for Juvenile Problem
Logan Saturday Club representatives presented a three point plan to the city council aimed at curbing juvenile issues. Proposals include a curfew, banning minors from liquor establishments even with adults, and holding parents responsible for children left unattended in cars. The plan would involve police naming roaming youths after midnight and referring them to Probate Judge Ewing for parental summons.
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Logan Saturday Club
Minnie Moore
Miss Moore
Russell Berlin
Amos Potts
Arthur R. Miller
W. Denzil Weltner
Council
Sol Ellinger
E. L. Ewing
Ewing
Saturday Closing Set for Courthouse
Hocking County courthouse offices will be closed Memorial Day and all day Saturday, reopening Monday morning. Stores and banks will close Memorial Day. many will stay open Thursday afternoon, then all reopen Saturday. Logan Post Office will be closed with no mail on Memorial Day per Postmaster Frank Brown.
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Hocking County
Logan
Frank Brown
Heavy Rains Cause Major Ohio Crop Losses
Rains leave Ohio crops down 25 percent with potential 50 percent drops if weather remains poor two weeks. Estimated losses exceed $1,000,000 from delayed plantings as experts warn further damage to potatoes oats and corn. Ohio State officials and researchers urge timely planting to limit total farm losses.
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Wooster
Ohio
O. S. Croy
Croy
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
John Bushnell
Wooster Agriculture Experiment Station
Earl Jones
Ohio State
University
R. E. Yoder
Wecester Station Agronomist
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Whittemore
Christian Science
Mother Truman
Kenneth R. Fitzgerald
Mr. Smith
County Society For Crippled
Blosser’s
Southern Coal Men
Britain
Canada
Lake Success
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Commission
Security Council
MT. Vernon
C. L. Harmer
Knox County
Floyd Borden
Marcella
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