State Solons Grind Some Very Odd Laws In Legislative Mill
AP reports unusual measures from state legislatures across the nation. North Dakota bans hunting while drunk. New York allows blue lights for volunteer firefighters en route to a fire. Nebraska legalizes afternoon Memorial Day sports. Massachusetts lake yields early fishing starting in April.
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Ambiguity Over Draft Evadent Makushak Case
The text shows a man questioned by Brooklyn District Attorney Miles F. McDonald about the draft and his possible wartime service. He denies violence and expresses uncertainty about enlisting, noting the events trace to 1917 and referencing Makushak’s imprisonment. The fragment suggests a wartime or legal inquiry context with ambivalent stance on conscription.
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Miles F. McDonald
Oleo Tax Repeal Clears Senate Finance Panel
The Senate Finance Committee approved the House passed oleomargarine tax repeal bill by a voice vote sending it to the full Senate. Chairman George announced the action after rejecting a rider to cut excise taxes back to 1942 levels. The measure would end 63 years of federal taxes on oleomargarine and requires labeling for colored oleomargarine in triangular portions at public eateries.
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Edwin C. Johnson
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Tragic mother hidden son found after police action
Police uncovered a 58 year old mother Anna Makushak who had concealed her son in a hollow tomb like room behind a plaster wall. Neighbors alerted authorities after she sought care at a hospital. Officers used crowbars to breach the wall and remove him from isolation.
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Gospel Chorus rehearse at Second Baptist Church Thursday
Gospel Chorus of the Second Baptist Church will rehearse at 7 30 p m Thursday at the church. Miss Gertrude Pane of Washington D C is visiting here for her cousin Maurice Tol rt. Girl Scouts Troop 7 will meet at 4 30 p m Friday at 835 Ninth Ave.
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Phone Cables Cut Halts Service in Marion County
Ohio Associated Telephone Company reports three cable cuts that cut off phone service to over 300 subscribers in Marion County at Larue and Prospect and to Nevada in Wyandot County. Inter office toll service was disrupted as eighty Marion exchange workers strike for higher wages. talks with the union resume May 3.
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Middletown High Swimmers Awarded Varsity Letters
Varsity letters were awarded to 11 members of the Middletown High swimming team yesterday by Coach Al West. He reviewed the team’s first season as a joint school YMCA project before presenting letters to Dick Knight Charles Wilmore Jerry Abney Robert Olt Dave Sebald Ken Shafer Bob Leasure Bill Combs Charles Beck and Dick Morrow. Don Humphries, manager, also received a letter.
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Berlin Vibe Hints Blockade Lift Near Term
Western Berlin residents seized on reports that the Russian blockade might be lifted soon. German sources tied to the Soviet military administration claimed immediate technical preparations were ordered, though no official verification existed. Sozialdemokrat reported leading Communists were summoned to Soviet headquarters at Karlshorst for a conference on the blockade, yesterday.
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Unnamed hotel owner offered 1500 dollars in dispute
Testimony recounts an unnamed hotel owner offering 1500 dollars in a dispute. Shively describes the exchange, noting the figure and the plan to involve the boss, who did not identify himself. The next day the hotel owner continued.
Strip Mine Control Centered in Agriculture Dept Bill
A new bill, approved 13-0 by the House Conservation Committee, places strip mine control in the Agriculture Department Division of Reclamation. It requires licenses, fees of 50 dollars plus 10 per acre, 190 dollars per acre bond, and penalties from 100 to 1000 dollars daily. Regulations apply to 250 acre operations and require spoil banks be restored and revegetated. Governor Liuus che supports the measure as an improvement over unenforceable current law.
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Hotel scheme leads to midnight cash room 718 tale
A man calling as the "fellow" offered to reduce an extortion sum to 1000 dollars. Shively did not meet the "boss" and heard no name. The caller directed delivering cash to room 718 at the Deshler Wallick Hotel. Prosecutor Bartlett signaled further evidence to identify the room occupant during the calls.
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United States Steel Declares Huge Dividend
United States Steel Corp directors raised the quarterly dividend to 1.50 a share payable June 10 for holders of record May 5. First quarter 1949 net income reached 49,928,760, the highest in two decades, or 5.01 a share, vs 27,857,341 or 2.48 a share a year earlier. Shipments rose to 5,491,216 tons, a record, with ingot and casting production at 101.5 percent capacity in Q1 1949.
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1949 Dividend Note and Helium Freeze Fact
The report compares 1949 figures with 99.4 per cent in the prior period and 95.1 per cent in the first 1949 quarter. A quarterly dividend of 1.75 dollars on preferred shares was declared payable May 20 to holders of record May 2. Helium is cited as a substance never frozen.
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