31 Scheduled To Testify In Hot Ham Case
Lancaster AP Thirty one defense witnesses were to begin testimony in the second trial of John L. Johnson accused of receiving stolen meat. Four prosecution witnesses testified including Swift and Company officials and a former Johnson chef who described removing labels from two hams. Johnson’s prior trial ended with a hung jury.
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Lancaster, C
John L. Johnson
Lancaster
Paul M. Herbert
Swift and Company Packing Plant
Columbus
Johnson
Fred Preston
Swift
Preston
J. O. Lindsey
Swift and Company
Glenn R. German
Paul Doughitt
Toledo votes to abandon proportional representation plan
Toledo City Council ordered a November referendum on ending the proportional representation method used to elect council members. The system has faced three referendums since its 1935 adoption.
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Toledo, O
Toledo
Iron lungs flown by National Guard to aid polio victims
In Lexington Kentucky the National Guard ferried two iron lungs to St Joseph's hospital after an emergency request from the Columbus office of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The move used a C 47 aircraft because commercial lines and other military transports could not meet the need. It follows a prior delivery by air to Akron from Columbus the previous week.
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Columbus
National Guard
Lexington
National Foundation For
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lit
Tle
Akron
Ayers Named Executive Secretary to Toledo City Manager
Norval W. Ayers, 35, a reporter with the Toledo Times, was named executive secretary to City Manager Arnold V. Finch yesterday, marking a transition from newsroom to city hall duties.
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Toledo, O
Norval W. Ayers
Toledo Times
Arnold V. Finch
Notable Appointees and Treasury Bill Counts
Succeeds Ray 0. Martin who recently was appointed a member of the State Public Utilities Commission. Experts in the U S Treasury each day count approximately 40 000 new bills and 25 000 old ones.
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Ray 0
Martin
State Public Utilities
U. S. Treasury
McGraw Firm Given Million Dollar Montreal Warehouse Contract
McGraw and Company of Canada Ltd will start a million dollar warehouse project in Montreal for Canada and Dominion Sugar Co. The facility stores raw sugar in bulk, includes surveying existing storage, design, engineering and installation of handling equipment, with S A Adam as project engineer. The building shapes to minimize waste and improve efficiency for bulk sugar.
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F. H. McGraw and Company of Canada, Ltd
Montreal
Canada and Dominion Sugar Co., Ltd
F. J. Mayo
McGraw
S. A. Adam
Real Estate Activity High In July Says County Recorder
Butler County recorder Earl R Hogan notes July real estate activity remained high though below peak last year. Deeds total 487 down 36 from July 1948, new mortgages 401 versus 494, cancellations 353 down 48, chattel mortgages 1437 versus 1733, and 42 discharge papers processed for soldiers and sailors.
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Earl R. Hogan
Butler County Recorder
Germantown Tavern License Suspended for 15 Days
The State Board of Liquor Control in Columbus suspended the Double Jax Tavern beer license of J. W. Cheh, proprietor, on Conservancy Road Germantown, for a 15 day period after finding sale and unlawful possession. Seven liquor permit suspensions were issued today by the board.
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J. W. Cheh
Double Jax Tavern
Conservancy Rd
Germantown
State Board of Liquor Control of
Columbus
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