State Patrol And City Police Check Major Vehicle Compliance
State Highway patrolmen and Wilmington area officers checked nearly 2 000 vehicles in one day on Ohio 4 south of Hamilton. About 1 600 cars were examined and 370 required corrections before safety stickers could be issued. A 20 member staff led by Sgts. Thomas Hughes and Wassenich reported four thousand cars checked in the month with about 25 percent defective. A follow up check is planned July 28 south of Sharonville for U S 25 and 42. City safety lanes operated from 10 a m to 6 p m on Verity Pkwy at Fourteenth Ave in July with 350 vehicles passing and 44 corrections ordered.
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A. m
Noom
Ohio 4
Hamilton
Dan W. Mahoney
T. W. Thomas
B. T. Hughes
C. H. Wassenich
Wilmington
Sharonville
U. S. 25
Verity Pkwy
Fourteenth Ave
Police Leave To Return Trip From Missouri
Detectives Ralph Bauer and Joseph Blackmore left for Missouri to return three youths charged with breaking and entering the Singhoffer home at 2402 Elmo Pl. about $2,500 in bonds and $180 in cash were said to be taken. Authorities arrested Joseph Singhoffer 22 Travis Ball 22 and Stanley George Holaday 25. Detectives will go to Armington Missouri near Kirkland where suspects are in custody.
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Ralph Bauer
Joseph Blackmore
Missouri
Arpad Singhoffer
Elmo Pl
Qon
Joseph Singhoffer
Travis Ball
South Main St
Franklin
Stanley George Holaday
Winona Dr
Armington
Kirkland
Long Friday for Ohio Legislators ends in late session
In Columbus the Ohio Legislature closed a lengthy Friday that stretched into early Saturday. Officers signed 113 bills and resolutions on the last working day of the 98th General Assembly as lawmakers prepared for a Tuesday signing, with Lt. Gov. Nye and Speaker Cantwell presiding during a sparse skeleton session. Legislators plan to return July 29 for final adjournment, as Gov. Lausche has ten weeks to veto any measures.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
98Th ‘General Assembly
George D. Nye
Waverly
John F. Cantwell
Youngstown
Frank J. Lausche
Record Crowd Attends Barnitz Park Film Night
A large crowd gathered at Barnitz Park last night to view travel, food preservation, and general safety films. Paul Wilson, safety director, supervised the projection and program. The report also notes that Americans aged 65 and over have nearly doubled over the past five decades.
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Barnitz Park
Paul Wilson
Civitan hears Chautauqua history and growth notes
Miss Beryl Orr, Lincoln School principal and reservation manager for Chautauqua resort, traced Chautauqua history for Civitan Club at the Manchester Hotel. She described the playground growth and recent facility improvements. Robert Osborne presided as club president. The piece also notes the inland water area of the United States as 45,250 square miles.
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Chautauqua
Beryl Orr
Lincoln School
Miami Valley
Civitan Club
Manchester Hotel
United States
Four Ohio counties listed for road surfacing bids
The State Highway Department plans surfacing on about nine miles in Butler Preble Warren and Montgomery Counties after receiving bids on 63 statewide projects. Low bids include Max Zeller Construction for U S Route 127 in Butler and Preble Counties 0 22 miles and 4 02 miles. Boyd and Cook Company bid 13 730 for Route 48 in Warren County Clear Creek Township. Asphalt Paving Company bid 128 537 for U S Route 25 at Miamisburg Montgomery County. Contracts await department review and federal aid was not used.
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State Highway Department
T. J. Kauer
Butler
Preble
Warren
Montgomery
Kauer
Milford Township
Somers Township
Max Zeller Construction Company
Columbus
Warren County
Clear Creek
Boyd and Cook Company
Dayton
Miamisburg
Montgomery County
Asphalt Paving Company
Department
No Smoking Placards Prove Successful In City
The Fire Prevention Committee reports No Smoking placards have reduced smoking on city buses and in business districts. Assistant Chief Robert Bell notes merchants and Ortman Stewart Bus Co say signs are highly effective and riders cooperative. Don Folger praises public safety education and reduced smoking in stores, while merchants oppose an enforceable city ordinance.
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Fire Prevention Committee
The
Safety Council
Robert Bell
Ortman-Stewart Bus Company
Bell
Don B. Folger
Middletown Retail Merchants Association
Folger
City Commission
Poor Fire Rise Outpaced By Population Growth
Between 1942 and 1946 fires in the United States rose 30 percent while population grew under five percent, indicating a notable surge in fire incidents relative to demographic change.
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United States
Rotarians Visit Fresh Air Camp Meeting
Rotarians held their annual meeting at the Fresh Air Camp. Dr. Benjamin Sawyer outlined eight weeks of supervised diet play and rest for 72 children in need aged five to 12. He described selection by public health nursing and camp staff focusing on physical and social development. Senator Richard Wilmer will speak next week at noon in the Manchester Hotel about recent legislative activities.
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Benjamin Sawyer
Sawyer
Bureau of Public Health Nursing
Camp Committee
Cam Physican
Richard Wilmer
Rotary
Manchester
Early Naming of Justice Anticipated
President Truman may fill the Supreme Court vacancy after Justice Frank Murphy died in Detroit from a heart attack. Funeral services are planned in Harbor Beach Michigan with Murphy buried Friday. Speculation centers on Senators O Mahoney and McGrath as potential successors, along with Attorney General Tom Clark and Senator McMahon, among others. Connecticut politics could shift if McMahon is chosen.
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Washington
Truman
Frank Murphy
Detroit
Harbor Beach
Mich
Supreme Court
Murphy
O'Mahoney
MceGrath
Rhode Island
McGrath
Tom Clark
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
McMahon
Dconn
Senate
Connecticut
Baldwin
R-Conn
Warehousemen Back On Jobs at Co-Operative Mills
In Cincinnati 170 warehousemen, AFL Local 418, returned to work at Co-Operative Mills after a weeklong strike on a picket line by AFL Office Workers Local 227. Eleven office workers remain on strike. Warehousemen voted 56 to 35 to resume duties. plant management warned new workers could be hired.
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Cincinnati
Co-Operative Mills, Inc
Warehousemen’s Union
AFL
Office Workers Union
Truman Urges Reduced War Spending to Save Peace
President Truman proposed trimming total outlays to below one third of wartime contracts and urged funding Europe and Asia for peace. He recalled cancelling 60 billion in war contracts after Japan’s collapse and warned a cold war era demands prudent budgeting to strengthen the United Nations and global welfare. The note cites eight great rivers as a thematic aside.
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Japan
Europe
Asia
Timken Roller Bearing Co Installs One-Year Pact with CIO
In Canton Ohio the Timken Roller Bearing Company and the CIO United Steelworkers Union signed a new one-year contract covering 12,000 employees across five Ohio plants. The deal largely renews the 1948 agreement and grants pay raises to about 2,900 workers while allowing reopening talks on wages pensions and an insurance plan after 90 days. The article also mentions a device named devap that can determine position and speed of moving bodies in space.
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Canton, O
Timken Roller Bearing Company
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
Ohio
Auto theft arrest in Lebanon shocks community
Sheriff Gerald W. Couden and Deputy William Thomas nabbed Paul Fields of Franklin after he allegedly stole Harrison Bevan’s car from a farm yard near Route 42 around 7:30 p m Bevan reported seeing a man in his barn and the vehicle was spotted later that night Fields faces court citation for the alleged auto theft in Lebanon area.
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Lebanon
Gerald W. Couden
William Thomas
Paul Fields
Franklin
Harrison Bevan
Bevan
Couden
Fields
Day Before Squire Clarence F Banker Charged in Auto Theft
A day before the case, Squire Clarence F Banker faced a charge of auto theft. Prosecutors allege he stole a vehicle, with authorities pursuing further details and potential arraignment pending.
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Clarence F. Banker
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United Nations
Mississippi
Hudson
Delaware
Potomac
Columbia
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Toni
Kodak Film
Helphal
Noland Camera Shop
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