Commission Tonight May See Two Major Projects On Agenda
City commissioners may discuss two large items tonight. A study by city engineer R A Pochol on cost estimates for improvements around the new Wilson elementary school on Highview Road. Also on file is a proposal by Floyd G Browne for three vertical wells to add five million gallons of water, with estimated cost over one hundred thousand dollars. A modernization study of Water Works record keeping and machine needs, plus eight thousand five hundred dollars for equipment, is under consideration. Proposals for parking meter bids and the July financial reports are on the agenda.
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R. A. Pochel
Wilson Elementary
Highview Rd
Board of Education
Floyd G. Browne
Browne
Water Works Department
Harry Newlin
T. F. Peterson
Dayton
Material Shortages Trigger Temporary Aeronca Layoffs
Aeronca will lay off 35 to 40 workers for two to three weeks due to material shortages. A company spokesman said shortages in steel stampings for refrigerators and other parts force curtailment of production on some contracts. The firm notes over three million dollars in unfilled orders and says personnel adjustments are temporary as defense production rises.
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Aeronca
Politicos Jockey for Anti-Red Legislation Battle
The House un American Activities Committee moved to back a stronger anti subversive bill modeled on the Mundt Nixon proposal. The panel aims to report to the House soon with Communist registration provisions. President Truman urged tighter security but warned against overreach. Party lines rise as lawmakers maneuver to label measures for Senate and House action.
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Washington
House on-American Activities Committee
Truman
House
Congress
House Committee
Senate
Ferguson
Michigan
Mundt
South Dakota
Celler
D-Ny
Judiciary Committee
House un-American Activities Committee
Hoarding ban in house draft aims at controls
The draft bill tightens credit and real estate rules, speeds production with up to 2 billion in government loans and guarantees, bans rent ceilings, and enforces a one year prison term and 10000 dollar fine for hoarding. A McKinnon proposal would strip presidential power to clamp wage and price controls unless living costs rise.
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House
Rep. McKinnon
D-Calif
Labor Department
New Strategy Raises Possibility of Fewer Meetings
The report notes a plan to bar Malik from the chair and contemplates drastic options such as no more meetings this month or convening a special General Assembly session. Secretary-General Trygve Lie said such a session could convene in 24 hours if needed. The text also mentions limited knowledge of ocean perch and rosefish migration habits.
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Malik
General Assembly
Trygve Lie
Senate Approves Death For Spies
The Senate approved a bill by Senator Eastland making peacetime espionage for a foreign power punishable by death or up to 30 years in prison. The death penalty and 30 year limit apply only in war, with two years dating from enactment. The measure now goes to the House for consideration.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eastland
D-Miss
Little Theater Meeting to Adopt Constitution
The Little Theater will meet tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the Middletown Civic Association to adopt a new constitution and elect a board of directors. The group will also become a corporation at this meeting. Anyone wishing to join may attend.
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Little Theater
Middletown Civic Association
Two Men Die in Cincinnati Area Traffic Crashes
In Cincinnati area crashes this morning two men died. Edward Federle, 58, was struck by a bus while walking to work as rain fell, reported patrolman Thompson Buchanan. Harry W. Metz of Brookville Indiana died when his automobile hit a tractor trailer on Route 52 four miles east of Harrison, state patrolman L J Kauskey said.
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Cincinnati
Edward Federle
Thompson Buchanan
Harry W. Metz
Brookville
Ind
Harrison
L. J. Kauskey
Court Rules Negroes Must Be Admitted to Delaware University
The Court of Chancery in Wilmington ruled that Black students must be admitted to the University of Delaware on equal terms with whites, finding Delaware State College facilities for Negroes grossly inferior. Vice-Chancellor Collins J. Seitz wrote a 30 page opinion upholding a suit by 10 Negroes denied admission who argued they could still earn comparable college credits elsewhere. In England, seaweed gathered along the shore used as fertilizer for potatoes is noted.
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Wilmington
Court of Chancery Today
Delaware
University of Delaware
Delaware State College
Collins J. Seitz
Fighting Manpower Priority Guides U S Defense Plans
Senator Tydings says trained manpower is the immediate need for U S defense as magnuson proposes Japanese enlistment and Western German rearmament face questions. MacArthur calls the Japanese plan doubtful and urges peace treaties first. Gurney opposes enrolling Japanese, suggesting a foreign legion as alternative.
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Washington
Senator Tydings
D-Md
America
Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Truman
U. S
Korea
Senator Magnuson
D-Wash
Defense Department
Douglas MacArthur
Magnuson
Japan
MacArthur
Gurney
R-Sd
Armed Services
Army Calls 825 Women Nurses for Reserve Corps
The Army issued a call for 825 women volunteers to join the Army Nurse Corps and Women’s Medical Specialist Corps. Re servists will not be activated without consent. volunteers may include those with no prior military service. Eligible are registered nurses dieticians and physical or occupational therapists aged 21 to 25 who are unmarried and have no dependents under 18.
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Washington
Army
Army Nurse Corps
Middletown Firefighters Respond to Two Blazes and Two Medical Calls
Fire crews battled a truck blaze at 318 North Verity Parkway belonging to C and D Motor Delivery Company, caused by interior wiring short circuit, with $50 damage. Earlier two medical emergencies sent patients to Middletown Hospital, at 23 North Broad Street and State Street in Trenton.
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Middletown
North Broad St
Margaret Root
Tytus Ave
Middletown Hospital
Baker Funeral Home
State St
Trenton
William Russell
Russell
Riggs Funeral Home
C. and D. Motor Delivery Company
North Verity Pkvy
Fremen
Company 1
John Klackner
William Cohen
Woodlawn Ave
Company 3
Used Car Prices Jump $100 in Ohio
Dayton AP report cites Harry Ablon head of Ohio Used Car Dealers Association saying prices for used cars rose about 100 dollars in the last 30 days. He expects further increases despite no scarcity and notes uneasy demand and unprecedented activity.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ohio Used Car Dealers Association
Harry Ablon
AFL strike hits Fruehauf plant near Cleveland Avon Lake
About 2000 AFL United Auto Workers struck the Fruehauf Trailer Company plant at Avon Lake, opposing a wage scale proposal. A company spokesman said the union’s reasons were tied to pay terms, and the firm did not confirm the strike’s official status.
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Cleveland
Fruehauf Trailer Company
Avon Lake
AFL
United Auto Workers
Bill to draft doctors urged in Senate action
Washington AP reports Senator Gurney of South Dakota introduced a bill to amend the selective service act. It would require registration of doctors dentists and other professionals up to age 45, expanding the draft to include professional technical and scientific personnel.
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Washington
Senate
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Tide of fixed bayonets in sharp Korean front clash
A U S 35th Regimental Combat Team pushed toward Chinju while US First Cavalry chased a Red battalion near Waegwan as UN troops reported aggressive action along a 140 mile front. North Koreans began retreating toward Chinju with renewed river crossings and fresh attacks near Uisong and Hamchang.
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Chinju
U. S. 35Th
United Nations
Hal Boyle
U. S. First
Waegwan
Taegu
Naktong River
Naktong
Changenyong
Changnyong
Don Whitehead
Uisong
Hamchang
MacArthur
Pusan
Korean
Seoul
Korea
William B. Kean
Chiniu
Fifth
Air Force experts discuss atom powered North America shield
A closed door meeting of a special House expediting group heard Air Force officials describe an atom powered protection loop for North America. The system is half completed and now operates round the clock, compared with prewar staffing of 40 hours a week.
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North America
Air Force
Miners Idle After Discharge At Elm Grove Mine
About 200 miners walked off the Valley Camp Coal Company No 5 mine at Elm Grove in Wheeling in a union management dispute over the discharge of a worker for inefficiency. The mine normally produces roughly 1,700 tons daily.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Valley Camp Coal Company
Elm Grove
Miner Killed as Car Jumped Track at Y and O Mine
A motor car derailed at the Y and O Coal Company's Dorothy mine near Tiltonville killing 35 year old John Swigger. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Steubenville
Y & O Coal Company
Dorothy
Tiltonville
John Swigger
Mravec
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