Governor Orders Crackdown on Sick Leave Abuses
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche ordered the State Highway Department to audit sick leave without doctor certificates. Division 12 engineer Louis Drasler was told to summon subordinates for a lecture and warnings of firing for abuses. The governor cited fired workers with off hours jobs and urged tighter sick leave laws.
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Highway Department
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
State Highway Department
Louis L. Drasler
Cleveland
Division 12
Drasler
Lauscher
Indianapolis
Lausche
Daily Newspaper Circulation Hits Record High
The 1950 survey by N. W. Ayer & Son shows U.S. daily newspaper circulation at a record 54,877,000. Morning papers total 20,896,000, afternoons 33,037,000, Sundays 45,747,000, marking the 11th straight year of reader growth with 316 new titles started and 234 suspended.
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Philadelphia
United States
N. W. Ayer & Son
N. W. Ayer
Special Car Licenses Being Mailed Slowly
Columbus AP report says 90 000 special automobile plates will be mailed this week with low numbers and letter combos sent piecemeal to ease the mail. State Registrar Robert E Foley notes 8 000 per day, up from a full batch mailed previously. Plates cost $1 more than regular, and many motorists renew their combos.
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Columbus
Robert E. Foley
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Foley
Puzzle Clue List Shows Terms Across Multiple Categories
A mixed set of crossword style clues including birds, rivers, chemicals, and roles. Entries hint at answers like cardinal bird, Po River, iron element Te, and terms such as magician and visionaries, forming a varied word puzzle.
Puzzle Clues and Answers From Previous Round
A compact list of crossword style clues with numbers and an extra entry noting five dollar achievement. It includes entries for armed fleet steep slopes Hindu poet mistreat wigwams outer prefix college dance suffix redact mind chest rattle hold down lord provost ab fabulous bird it has a black be beg soon knotty infrequently lyric poems and a vertical section listing porpoise group concerning domestic slave halt mountain pass turf neodymium and accomplish with a final five dollar target.
State Sets Up Committee For Civil Defense
Columbus AP reports a Civil Defense committee is formed to keep Ohio citizens safe during enemy attack. Senator Roscoe Walcutt chairs the program commission and announces the committee with Senator Fred Adams as chairman, Representative Sam Nicely as vice chairman, and Col. Frank Manak as secretary. Adams says the group will meet soon to map activities. Governor Lausche endorsed the plan.
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Columbus
Ohio
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Franklin
Ohio Program Commission
Fred L. Adams
Wood
Sam B. Nicely
Clinton
Frank C. Manak
Cleveland
Adams
Frank J. Slausche
Toledo man dies after Monday crash injuries
Earl Reese 58 of Erie died from injuries suffered when struck by a car Monday. Local AP report notes the fatality occurred after the accident, detailing the roadway incident and resulting fatality in Toledo.
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Toledo
Earl Reese
Erie
Senate confirms McNamee as federal judge in Ohio
A 60 year old Cleveland lawyer Charles J. McNamee was confirmed by the Senate as a federal judge for the northern Ohio district. He succeeds Robert N. Wilkin who retired 18 months ago.
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Washington
Cleveland
Charles J. McNamee
Senate
Ohio
Robert N. Wilkin
Civil Defense Funds Allocated and Committee Members Noted
The state allocates two major sums for Civil Defense administration and defense expenditures. A committee includes James R. Sexton, a Republican from Butler, among its members.
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Civil Defense Administration
James R. Sexton
Buter
Housework Blues Turned Bright by Family's Cleanup
A weary husband returns home to a tidy surprise as his wife vents about clutter. He helps clear the mess left by Sister and Brother, and Mother’s scolding leads to a quick family cleanup. Laughter replaces tears as peace returns.
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Sister
Silent Brother
1949 Failed To Vote All Must Re-register
Frank Dobroszi, clerk of the Board of Elections, said 1 949 voters must re register after being dropped for not voting in two years. In Middletown city 13 225 registered, Lemon Township 2 901, total 16 126. About 15 percent of city registrants were dropped. 535 from Lemon Township were removed. Deaths and marriages trigger list adjustments. re registration notices will be mailed.
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Frank Dobroszi
Board of Elections
Middletown
Lemon Township
Dobroszi
Lemon
Mental Hospitals Overcrowded 15 Percent in 1948
The National Institute of Mental Health reports state institutions for the mentally defective were 15 percent over capacity in 1948. Surveying 84 institutions, 101 005 mental patients and 19 799 epilepsy patients were under care, with 27 states reporting overcrowding and states like Louisiana Idaho Illinois and Maryland showing the sharpest strains.
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Washington
National Institute of Mental Health
Louisiana
Idaho
Illinois
Maryland
U. S. Public Health Service
Ford To Build Medium Tanks In Detroit Area Plant
Ford Motor Company announced an Army contract to build 195 million dollars worth of medium tanks at a new Detroit area plant. The project will create about 8,000 jobs at peak production.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Divorce notice in Butler County Ohio case documents
Legal notice reports Doris Byrd minor by Gladys Ivey petitioning for divorce from Albert Byrd in case 66402 at Common Pleas Court Butler County. Respond by April 14 1951 or prayer granted. clerk notices. Also estate notice for Nancy J Auberle with executor Frank K Auberle and claims due within four months. probate judge Oscar R Leiser.
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Albert Byrd
Co. B
2Nd Armoured Division
Fort Hood
Texas
A.D
Doris Byrd
Gladys Ivey
Common Pleas Court
Butler County
Ohio
Joseph T. Kiep
Richard 4. Leydon
H. O. Finkelman
Nancy J. Auberle
Frank K. Auberle
Middletown
Rifle Shotgun Developed For Marooned Airmen
The Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB announced a three pound combination .22 Hornet rifle and .410 shotgun. It collapses to 14 inches, fires accurately to 90 yards, and is designed for survival kits attached to parachute harnesses. The kit includes sleeping bag, stove, rations, shelter gear, and signaling items for airmen stranded in remote regions.
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Dayton
Air Force
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Escape Plot Fails as Jail Break Attempt is Foiled
Springfield sheriffs thwart an escape plot to smuggle hacksaw blades into the county jail. William Joseph Patton 25 of Springfield and nine other prisoners were involved. Patton was arrested yesterday. Charles E. Hunter 36 of Gallatin Tennessee allied with Earl Bircham once tagged public enemy No 1 and faced robbery charges.
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Uty
Liam Joseph Patton
Springfield
Patton
Charles E. Hunter
Gallatin
Tenn
Hunter
Earl Bircham
Syringfield (Ap
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