New Namels Proposed By Armco's President
Charles R. Hook, Armco president, announced a plan to rename The American Rolling Mill Company to Armco Steel Corporation. The change, to be voted at the April 15, 1948 shareholders meeting, ties the firm to its widely publicized Armco trade name. No policy changes are expected with the rebranding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Rollin Mill Company
Armco Steel Corporation
Charles R. Hook
Ook
Ompany
Armco
World Bank withholds new loans amid Europe aid delay
World Bank President John J. McCloy said the 46 nation bank will not issue substantial loans to Europe until Congress acts on the European Recovery Program. The bank has 762,000 on hand and will not borrow more by selling bonds. France plans to add francs to its subscription after a currency devaluation, while Finland and Poland are in talks about loans. A Brazil mission is expected to discuss with bank and IMF officials.
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Washington
John J. McCloy
World Bank
Europe
Congress
46-Nation Bank
McCloy
United States
France
Finland
Brazil
World Monetary Fund
Poland
General Clay Rebukes Pastor for Defiance in Hesse
Stuttgart dispatch reports General Lucius D. Clay rebuking Pastor Martin Niemoeller for urging defiance of Gernany's unification program. Clay condemned religious figures advocating disrespect and violence while noting Niemoeller’s election as bishop of the Hesse Union of Evangelical Churches last October. He suggested a note or instruction might be sent to Niemoeller or an American son to be instructed to speak.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Lucius D
Martin Jemoeller
Evangelical
Hesse
Niemoeller
Hesse Union of Evangelical Churches
Clay
Orwell News Letter Sale Announced in Ashtabula
Daisy Dixon, editor, announced today the sale of the Orwell News Letter from Orwell. The bill of sale was signed by M. R. Kern and Fred Dungan of Warren for his son. The paper had been established in the area but details remain unclear.
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Ashtabula, O
Indonesian Marshall Plan Aid Forecast
Queen Wilhelmina forecast a real contribution to the Marshall Plan from the East Indies once the United States of Indonesia is formed. She said a sovereign Indonesia could aid Europe and America with goods and raw materials, aiding economic development and the postwar effort under Dutch sponsorship.
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Hague
The
Netherlands
Wilhelmin
East Indies
United States of Indonesia
United States
Indonesia
Holland
Netherlands East Indies
Indonesian Republic
Surinam
Antilles
Asia
Europe
America
City Briefs Meeting Times Noted In Wednesday Schedule
Holy Trinity Chi-Ro class convenes in the Assembly Room at 7 p m. Blythe-Williams Post 231 house committee and executive board meet at 7 30 p m in the hall. Regular noon Miami Chapter Ohio Society of Professional Engineers meets at the Manchester Ho
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Holy Trinity
House
Blythe-Williams Post 231
Miami
The
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Manchester Ho
Middletown clubs and civic groups meet Thursday
A schedule of meetings includes Middletown Trades and Labor Council officers at 8 p m in the old Dixie News Building Blythe Williams Post Auxiliary of American Legion at 8 p m Elks Club Ninth Ave Armco Employes Federation executive committee 7 p m Kiwanis Board 7 45 p m Presbyterian Church and a 24 minute sound film for Kiwanis at noon at the Manchester Hotel Dance Club of the V F W 7 30 p m US National Guard drill 7 p m Fellows Lodge Seals Solly mustins 7 30 p m Middletown League of Women Voters 8 p m Civic Association Bldg Middletown Lodge 757 BPOE 8 p m Elks Temple Moose Club 8 p m Hall Alpha Council 326 Jr OA M 8 p m 19 No Broad League of Women Voters Thursday at Civic Association. It is estimated that in the ice ages four million square miles of North American continent were covered with ice.
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Blythe-Williams Post Auxiliary of
American Legion
Elks Club
Ninth Ave
North American
Physicist Puzzle From Columbia University Prof Index
A compact puzzle lists clues for a crossword about a Columbia University physicist. It includes horizontal items such as Wing-shaped, Brain passage, Egyptian river, and Venetian magistrate, plus vertical clues like Passengers, He made early experiments, Pleads, Anger Christmas.
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Columbia University Physi
New
Ohio Highway Post Filled
Frank M. Williams of Columbus was named assistant director and chief engineer of the State Highway Department by Earl L. Williams has served with the department since 1923 and was acting director in Shaffer's absence. He remains at a salary of 6666.66. A civil engineering graduate of Akron University he commanded an army signal company on Okinawa.
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Columbus, CO
Frank M. Williams
Columbus
State Highway Department
Earl L
Williams
Murray B. Shaffer
Shaffer
Okinawa
Pacific
Akron University
Bids Filed for Beckley Veterans Hospital Project
Two Charlotte firms submitted a joint bid of 55.44 million dollars to build the new 200 bed veterans hospital in Beckley West Virginia. The estimate for the work excluding elevators and dumbwaiters was 5.141 million. The other bid came from J A Jones Construction of Charlotte.
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Huntington
W. Va
Charlotte
N. C
Veterans Hospital
Beckley
T. Eastern Southeastern
American Car
O.here
Pues
Marshall College
J. A. Jones
Box Car Shortage to Remain Indefinitely
Washington AP reports J Monro Johnson head of the Office of Defense Transportation says the box car shortage will continue indefinitely. He notes even with 10,000 cars monthly built this year through October the supply would still lag demand due to a steel shortage.
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Washington (Ap
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Johnson
Easy Cracking Walnut OnWay Easy Cracking Walnut OnWay
YOUNGSTOWN AP Black walnuts that crack easily and shed shells are being developed but likely expensive. Sherman Mahoning County experimental head says years remain and funding around 15 000 dollars yearly would help hire a dedicated research man. Walnut program began in 1933 and postwar auto parts production surged.
Goodrich Plans New Avon Lake Chemical Plant
B F Goodrich Chemical Co announced a 3 million dollar general chemical plant to be built starting spring or summer in Avon Lake Lorain County. William S Richardson said the plant will produce various general chemical products now in development or semi commercial stages. The Giant’s output will supplement Goodrich’s polyvinyl chloride rubber and organic chemicals.
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Cleveland
B. F. Goodrich Chemical Co
General Chemical
Avon Lake
Lorain County
William S. Richardson
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodrich
Richardson
Error Costs Government Sum of $5,000
Washington AP report notes a transcription error cost the government $5,000. The House Armed Services Committee unanimously approved a bill to allow Lieut. Col. James Y. Parker to keep the overpayment, citing that he earned it. Parker was captured in the Philippines in May 1942 and freed in September, with a 1942 Army register error delaying his promotion record. The panel said the payment was technically an overage due to the error and the bill would correct it while he remains on active duty.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
James Y. Parker
Parker
Philippines
Kep Arends
Army Register
Adjutant General
Army
Arends
Former Maine Governor Louls J Brann Dies
Former Maine governor Louls J Brann dies in Falmouth at age after heart ailment. Brann, a longtime Democratic power, was based in Portland and recently living in Maine after practicing law in Boston. He was the only Democrat re elected as Maine governor since Civil War days.
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Falmouth
Louls J. Brann
Maine
Albert E. McLennon
Portland
Brann
Boston
Local Insurance Man Earns 1947 Life Insurance Honor
E. Calhoun Grier of Middletown district manager for the William T. Earls Agency in Cincinnati received a plaque at a Queen City Club dinner for leading lives insured in 1947. Grier is noted in civic and business circles of Middletown.
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E. Calhoun Grier
Middletown
William T. Earls
Ohio
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Colony
Hartford
Pee
Queen City Club
Cincinnati
Grier
Earls Agency
Political Petitions Due For 1948 Primary In Butler County
In Butler County the 6:30 pm Wednesday deadline triggers a rush of declarations for 1948 primary offices. The final list will reflect filings with the Board of Elections and may include incumbents seeking reelection along with new challengers across county offices, state senate districts, judgeships, and county commissions.
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Butler County
Board of Elections
Hamilton
E. J. Gardner
Montgomery County
Congress
Raymond Burke
Richard A. Wilmer
Middletown
George McCandless
Thomas Roseamilton
Herbert Miller
Ledger
Oscar F. Hughes
Fred B. Cramer
Alton H. Combs
Common Pleas
Oscar S. Leiser
Harry F. Walsh
James F.shollenbarger
Gordon Augspurger
John D. Clear
George Manrod
Robert Hillbrand
Arthur Reiff
Paul A Baden
Thomas H Stubbs
John T. Flanagan
Mother Held After Pin Injures Baby in Pa. Hospital
A 26 year old mother Helen Harper of Milroy pleaded guilty to assault with attempt to kill by pushing a two inch safety pin into her 10 day old baby's skull during feeding. Justice of the Peace John Gillam set a 2500 dollar bond and she was sent to Franklin County jail for April criminal court. The child remained in chambersburg hospital in satisfactory condition with the pin having entered brain folds but without serious injury.
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Chambersburg
Justice of the Peace
John
Gillam
Helen Harper
Milroy
Franklin County
We Take Ourselves Too Seriously Speech Test
Fort Wayne, Indiana. S M Goodwin faced a walkout from fellow club members as he began a speech testing his belief in the topic We Take Ourselves Too Seriously. He notes only about twenty five percent of American farm homes have running water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne, Ind
S. M. Goodwin
Goodwin
Scent Gate Tax Plan To Aid Youth In Baseball
Columbus Mayor James A. Rhodes outlined a plan to raise five cents on each admission in organized baseball to generate more than $3,000,000 annually for a national distribution. The funds would be used for youth equipment supervision and programs to improve citizenship and reduce juvenile delinquency.
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Ak Not
America
Columbus
Ayor
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
National Amateur Athletic Union
George M. Trautman
National Association of Professional Baseball
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Old Dixie News
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Kiwanis Club
Presbyterian Church
Manchester
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U. S. National Guard
Fellows Lodge
Elks Temple
Moose Club
Alpha Council
Jr. O.U.A.M
No. Broad
League E of Women Voters
Civic Association
Coal & Coke
Bae Ce
Sun God
Comfort
Ohio Highway Post
VET
U. S
Goodrich Company
Louisiana
Alaska
Midd. Business College
Gallaher
Jack Bosch
Hamilton, Aoe
Perion
Conrad Stroh
Joseph Kiep
Stroh
Charles B. Walke
Charles H. Weigand
Clifford A. Buell
Albert J. Burkey
Charles W. Fisher
Hamilton Yeans
Jesse Pochard
William Shawhan
Garrett Boone
Republican County Central
L. L. Dredge
Fourth Ward
Louis Smith
Orman M. Elam
George L. Boice
Lemon Township
Elmer Jewell
Aller Morgan
Democratic Central
Dr. Edwards
Worthmore Clothes Shop
Sworthmo Clothes
Hart-Schaffners Marx
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