Disorder Marks Final Passage of Legislation
In Columbus the Ohio House approved the Daniels-Cramer school bill for 83 million dollars by 105 to 17, after one amendment directing 75 percent of funds to teachers' salaries. Disorder erupted as lawmakers moved to end debate, the speaker broke two gavels, and 20 members protested. Governor Herbert watched as the body debated and the public clamor persisted.
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Columbus
House
Walter Tarr
R Hamilton
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
John Hayden
Clermont
Cantwell
Robert R. Shaw
Franklin
Mrs Sarah Huffines Dies Early Today
Mrs Sarah Jane Huffines 49 wife of George Huffines Rock bridge Route 1 near Gibisonville died early today in Hocking Valley Hospital after long ill health. Native of Hocking County she lived in Gibisonville most of life. Funeral 10 AM Saturday at Gibisonville Evangelical United Brethren Church Rev Evan Jones Jackson officiating. Burial Gibisonville Cemetery Leonard Funeral Service. Body to residence Friday night for viewing. Survived by husband three sons Scott John Harold of home a daughter Goldie Rowland Gibisonville six brothers John Jacob Scott Porter Anderson Akron Ramsey Anderson Lancaster Albert Anderson South Bloomingville.
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Sarah Jane Huffines
George Huffines
Rockbridge
Gibisonville
Hocking Valley Hospital
Hocking County
Huffines
Leonard Funeral Service
Scott
John
Harold
Goldie Rowland
Jacob
Porter Anderson
Akron
Ramsey Anderson
Lancaster
Albert Anderson
South Bloomingville
Corn Belt Work Delayed By Spring Snow and Frost
Chicago dispatch reports delayed field work across the corn belt due to rain snow and sleet with a cold snap threatening a late spring frost in parts of the Midwest. Nebraska Wyoming Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin South Dakota and other states saw significant snowfall while corn planting lagged with Illinois 33 percent and Iowa 76 percent planted.
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Chicago
Midwest
MacKenzie Basin
Canada
Nebraska
Wyoming
Iowa
Colorado
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Eckman
N. D
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kansas
Michigan
Federal funds granted for Castalia water system project
The Federal Works Agency advanced Castalia, Ohio, 6150 dollars to finance plans for a new water system. The project includes a pumping station and an elevated storage tank.
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Washington
Federal Works Agency
Castalia
Bevin Accorded Confidence Vote Bevin Accorded Confidence Vote
Margate England May 29 Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin won an almost unanimous vote of confidence from Labor Party delegates at their annual conference. Only about twenty delegates criticized his policy while Bevin claimed a backstabbing by left wing MPs during talks with the United States. He urged Asia peace solutions and proposed Japan treaty participation by eleven wartime nations.
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Margate
England
Ernest Bevin
Labor Party
Bevin
Labor
United States
Asia
Japan
Sea Monster Gag Broadcast Rivals Welles Technique
A Tokyo area gag radio broadcast by Armed Forces Radio WVTR depicted a rampaging sea monster from Tokyo Bay. The pretend monster, described by announcer Pfe. Pierre Meyers and Cpl. Jim Carnahan, was fought with flamethrowers and gas while listeners flooded WVTR with calls. The program ended with a soprano dragon announcing congratulations on the service’s fifth anniversary.
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Tokyo
Armed Forces
WVTR
Tokyo Bay
Pfe
Pierre Meyers
Los Angeles
Cpl
Jim Carnahan
Chicago
City and County Honor War Dead With Memorial Day Parades
Logan and Hocking County prepare to honor fallen servicemen with parades in Logan Murray City Laurelville and New Straitsville along with a cemetery decoration drive. The Logan observance features a 9 30 AM parade from South Market Street to Worthington Park followed by ceremonies at the Soldiers Monument. A Legion of Merit will be presented to Lt Col John C Owens. no speaker is planned.
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Logan
Hocking County
Murray City
Laurelville
New Straitsville
Logan Fairgrounds
Logan Mingos
Nelsonville
Hocking Hills Country Club
Market Street
Main Street
Bowen
South Market Street
Logan High School
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Women’s Relief Corps
Soldiers Monument
Worthington Park
James Howell
Legion of Merit
John C. Owens
Earl L. Lyons
Fifth Service Command
W. W. Martin
J. B. Waldron
C. Wood Bowen
Ward Chase
James L. Martin
Harry Mack
Luther Timberlake
Lawrence Adcock
George E. Carr
James Horwell
Clarence Thompson
Chandos Kistler
Walter Huffman, Sr
Walter Haas
Charles Struble
Joe Thomas
Keith Schultz
Harrison Litherland
Dale Brooks
Kenneth Eaton
Mine Workers Bare Contract Demands
The United Mine Workers disclosed John L. Lewis has proposed a wage increase shorter hours a longer lunch period and a higher tonnage royalty for the union health and welfare fund The lunch increase to 30 minutes daily is the only demand not foreseen by the industry The details of the miners negotiating committees Betterment were omitted in the new Lewis journal issue
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Union Health and Welfare Fund
Lewis
UMW
Plane Crash Fatal Near Zanesville Ohio
Earle C. Harlan a 33 year old auto mechanic who began flying April 8 died when his plane crashed last night in a field about a mile northeast of Zanesville Ohio. He had only recently started aeronautics.
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Zanesville, O
Earle C. Harlan
Here
Congress Agrees On Labor Curbs
Congressional conferees reach final accord on a compromise bill to curb strikes and labor union activity. They remove a House exclusion for food processors from bargaining rights, leaving interpretation to the NLRB. The measure awaits House action, then Senate, then the White House for Truman’s decision.
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Washington
House
Senate
Taft
Ives
R-Ny
Ball
R-Minn
Ellender
D-La
Hartley
R-Nj
Landis
R-Ind
Barden
D-Nc
White House
Services Conducted For Slaying Victims
In Lapeer Michigan Oliver Terpening Jr a 16 year old farm youth awaits his next court appearance in the flower patch murder of four playmates. In Imlay City the Smith family prepares for funeral services for Barbara 16 Stanley 14 Gladys 12 and Janet 2 shot with a .22 rifle as the girls picked spring flowers earlier Monday.
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Lapeer
Mich
Oliver Terpening
Lapeer County
Little Imlay City
William Smith
Barbara
Stanley
Gladys
Janet
Terpening
German General Boehme Dies by Suicide in Nurenberg Prison
Gen Franz Boehme who faced wartime war crimes charges for actions in Yugoslavia killed himself in Nuernberg Prison. He leaped from a corridor rail on a third floor tier and fell to a catwalk two levels below. He died of a skull fracture.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Franz Boehme
Yugoslavia
Boehme
Rent control removal plan clears Senate approval
The Senate approved a formula to remove rent controls in about 30 areas monthly. Housing Expeditor Frank Creedon would lift controls at end of each month in at least five percent of controlled areas when the bill becomes law.
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Washington
Senate
McCarthy
R-Wis
Frank Creedon
Quail Hunting Bill Backed by Committee Skeet Photo Foe
In Columbus Ohio on May 29 a House conservation committee approved a quail hunting bill. It would remove quail from the protected song bird list and allow hunting. Mrs Frank Warner of near Columbus testified she favors protection even for skeet and said she is against shooting skeet or anything.
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Columbus
House’ Conservation Committee
Guy C. Hiner
R-Stark
Frank Warner
Near Columbus
Traffic Toll 9 250 in First Four Months of 1947
The National Safety Council said today that 9 250 persons lost their lives in traffic accidents during the first four months of 1947, a decrease of 14 percent compared with the same period last year.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Envoy's Wife Dies in Cleveland at 61
Mrs. Frank P. Corrigan, wife of the U.S. ambassador to Venezuela, died at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital. She was 61 years old.
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Cleveland
Frank P. Corrigan
U.S
Venezuela
Cleveland Clinic
Flag Day Designated by President Truman
President Truman designated June 14 as Flag Day in line with custom. The proclamation marks official observance across the nation and reinforces patriotic celebration.
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Washington
Truman
Auto Workers Reject Ford Contract Offer
In Detroit on May 29 the CIO United Auto Workers rejected Ford Motor Co plans, blocking a peaceful settlement. The union demanded an old age retirement program and rejected a wage offer while pursuing an 11.4 cent hourly increase and six paid holidays, mirroring boosts accepted by GM and Chrysler.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Senate and House reach accord on income tax cuts
Senate and House conferees agreed on final terms of a 4 billion dollar annual income tax cut to start July 1. The plan offers individual rate cuts from 10.5 to 30 percent with a 15 percent bracket reshaped to tax ranges between 136,720 and 302,400 dollars. Senate leaders and conferees anticipate quick action, while President Truman's stance on signing remains uncertain.
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Washington
Senate
House
Assembly Repeals Fair Liquor Ban
The Ohio legislature sent a bill to Gov. Thomas J. Herbert to erase a 96 year ban on liquor sales within two miles of fairs. The House passed the measure 83 to 34, rejecting provisions to limit new permits near schools and churches. The bans near Lancaster Boys Industrial School state hospitals and children s homes were also removed.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Lancaster Boys Industrial School
Tot's Body Recovered in Little Scioto River
Marion Ohio May 29 44 Sheriff Leroy Retterer reported the recovery of 18 month old Rosetta Galati daughter of Mr and Mrs Tony Galati from the Little Scioto River authorities said the body was found shortly after a search for the child in the town river.
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Marion, O
Leroy Retterer
Rosetta Galati
Tony Galati
Little Scioto River
British Bride Held on Charge of Mulching Husband's Kin
New York May 29 A British bride Mrs Nancy Linda Katzman 35 held on a fugitive warrant from Erie Pennsylvania charging theft of 7900 from her husband’s uncle. Her attorney said arrest aimed to force annulment of the marriage.
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New York
Erie
Nancy Linda Katzman
James Katzman
London
Harry Katz
Katzman
Detroit
Joseph Tenner
Tenner
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