City to Give Limited Pay Adjustments to Some Em ployes
City commissioners plan individual pay boosts for select staff as a cost of living alignment with Hamilton and other Miami Valley cities. The authorization totals 16000 dollars for nine months affecting General, Water Works and Street departments with April 1 effective date.
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Miami Valley
Fred J. Schatzmann
Manchester
Schatzmann
Water Works Department
Marvin Clark
Hamilton
Hugh A. King
Mary McMahon
Hilda Crooke
George Class
Clark
Tax Cut Bill Advances With Broad Provisions
The measure would cut tax rates retroactively to May 1, raise personal exemptions from 500 to 600, and apply community property rules nationwide. It promises refunds next year for overpayments and adds elderly and blind exemptions plus estate and gift adjustments. Republican leaders push for quick passage despite Democratic opposition.
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Martin
Mass
Knutson
Minn
Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP
House Ways and Means
House
Jews Accept UN Partition Plan and Seek Provisional Jewish Government
The Jewish leadership unanimously rejects delay in UN recognition of the Jewish provisional government in Palestine. They call for a provisional government to function by May 16 in cooperation with UN representatives, seek peace with Arabs, and aim to foster regional treaties and world peace. The Jewish Agency is the administrative group chosen by the World Jewish Congress, while the National Council governs the Palestinian Jewish assembly.
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United Nations
Palestine
UN Commission
Jewish Provisional Council of Government
Near East
Jewish Agency
World Jewish Congress
National Council
National Assembly
Palestine Jews
Stocks and Commodities Report From New York Markets
A brisk session lists shares from Continental Bank to Procter and Gamble with quotes from Allied Stores Packard and Pan American Airways. Trading details include Ohio and New York Central rail lines amid a broad sweep of industrials and utilities as the market estimates steady demand.
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Columbia Gas & Electric
Acne Continental
Bing
Wright
Cee Curtis
Auto Lite
Electric Power
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Genera
Motors
Conan Re Goodrech
Eae
Goodyear
Hiram Walker Son Dik Oks
Bo Peon, Matore
Sanspiratine Copper
Veka Diche Int
Tel
Tel Beer
Mennecett
Ssesss
Hikaenis Ous Ry Ward Sion A
Ak Sonat
Matelaatne
Ess
Bbs
Newport Inc
SS Ey
New York Central RR
Northern Pacific BR
Ohio
Greene & Brock
Allied Stores
Can
Bae
Packard
Pan American Airways
Pennsylvania
Phillips Setiolones
Procter & Gambleublic J CG - Radio
Hi Y Club meetings cancelled for Holy Week
All Hi Y Club meetings scheduled for Thursday night at the YMCA are cancelled this week due to Holy Week services in churches. Acting boys secretary A C Kiester said the cancellation will allow boys to attend services with their parents. Meetings will resume next week.
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YMCA
A. C. Kiester
Jester
Fair Mild Weather Predicted for Afternoon
The weatherman forecasts fair skies and slightly milder temperatures this afternoon with little change tonight. Cloudy and cool Thursday. Tuesday’s low of 4 degrees recorded at 7 am, rising to 57 degrees by 2:30 pm, with 37 degrees at 7 am and 55 degrees at noon.
Paintings Viewed by Middletown Camera Club
The Middletown Camera Club showcased 30 Renaissance paintings as color slides at the Civic Association detail in the Girl Scout Room. R H Heyer presented slides from the Washington Museum of Art and Dayton Art Museum with prizes awarded to Henry Alford Charles Perrine and Herb Schwartz.
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Middletown Camera Club
Girl Scout Room
The
Civic Association
R. H. Heyer
Washington Museum of Art
Dayton Art Museum
Henry Alford
Charles Perrine
Herb Schwartz
Pat Smiley
Beverly Smith
PM To Continue For Two Weeks In New York
Marshall Field III will extend PM publication to April 9, two weeks past the original March 26 closing. The extension follows a joint guild and management statement naming Louis Weiss Thomas Murphy and Nathan Aleskovsky. Weiss said Field is considering proposals from several serious potential buyers.
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NEW York
Marshall Field III
Field
Louis Weiss
Thomas J. Murphy
CIO
New York Newspaper Guild
Nathan Aleskovsky
PM Guild
Weiss
New Suit Filed By Eaton Negro
Fred Hamlet of Eaton Ohio filed a federal motion for 24500 dollars in damages from Greyhound Lines Inc. for injuries and civil rights violation after being ejected from a bus in 1946. The move seeks judgment notwithstanding a March 13 jury verdict that awarded 500 dollars for civil rights violations.
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Dayton, CO
Fred Hamlet
Eaton, C
U. S. District Court Today
Thensylvania Greyhound Lines, Incorporated
Hamlet
Mason Douglas
Hugh Altick
Greyhound Lines
Japanese Bandits Flee In Rickshaw After Tokyo Loot
Four-man gang robs a Tokyo carpenter's home then jumps into a rickshaw and is driven away slowly. Police pursue as witnesses describe the escape. The incident highlights growing use of unconventional getaways in urban crime.
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Tokyo
Elliott Levey Named Charter Revision Head
Elliott D. Levey, attorney, was named chairman of Middletown's charter revision study committee. Letters inviting participation will go to about 80 organizations and groups, with individuals invited, and an organization meeting expected soon. Marvin D. Clark, city commission chairman, said letters will be mailed tomorrow under his signature.
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Elliott D. Levey
Marvin D. Clark
Clark
Middletown
Levey
First National Bank
Marvin Clark
Steel Firms Keep Production High Hope Coal Strike Ends
Steel firms keep output high as a coal strike drags on. The Iron Age reports ingot rate at 96.5 percent of capacity amid uncertain supply, warning of possible rapid steel rate declines if miners do not return. Coal shutdown could impact Marshall Plan and defense programs. No. 1 scrap prices rise to $40.25 per gross ton.
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Hope
NEW York
Iron Age
John L. Lewis
Philadelphia
Harvard student robbed and tossed into Charles River
A dripping wet Harvard business school student told police he was robbed of a $40 wrist watch and thrown into the Charles River by three youths. He identified himself as David Nudd of Cleveland.
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Cambridge, Mass
Harvard Business School
Charles River
David Nudd
Cleveland
Mine Strikers Beat Operator in West Virginia Clash
About 200 striking miners visited a strip mine in Preston County near Kingwood, beating mine owner Raymond Hartman and worker Dick Titchenall and firing on Hartman’s son. Prosecutor R. Doyne Halbritter said charges would be filed as the operator kept the mine running amid nationwide walkouts. A separate shotgun attack on Columbus Mining Company workers in Allais, Kentucky, was reported the previous night.
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Kingwood
W. Va
R. Doyne Halbritter
Preston
Raymond Hartman
Dick Titchenall
Halbritter
Columbus Mining Company
Allais
Killed In Fall
James Church aged 49 died after falling from a ladder in Columbus. Authorities report the fatal accident occurred today. The case is being investigated as an accidental death.
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Columbus
James Church
Greyhound Strike Postponed Again In Cincinnati
A threatened strike by about 130 Capitol Greyhound bus lines drivers was postponed for a second time. The vote on a strike was not announced as conferences adjourned to 10 a.m. at the office of Federal Conciliator John E. Addicks. The drivers seek higher wages.
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Cincinnati
Capitol Greyhound Bus Lines
Federal
John E. Addicks
Street and Electric and Motor Coach Employes Union
AFL
Credit Buying Is Necessary Group Is Told
In Columbus a two day national conference on consumer credit heard Henry H Heimann of the National Association of Credit Men say installment buying is essential to the economy. He argued installment sales built factories and warned critics that government taxes are collected on an installment basis. He noted large credit figures are misread since consumer credit remains tied to unit values.
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Columbus, CO
Henry H. Heimann
New York
National Association of Credit Men
National Conference On Consumer Credit
Printer Strike Shuts Down Several Publications
New York AP reports a third day of printer strikes as trade publications and major printing plants bypass composing rooms using varitype to print from photoengravings of typed material. Delays affected books magazines and other job printing.
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New York
Actress Lauren Bacall Claims Government Bonds After Years
LA AP. Actress Lauren Bacall finally retrieves $2 300 in government bonds held by the county clerk since she was a minor by court directive. She could have claimed them since May 21 1945 when married to Humphrey Bogart. She said this is the first day she had time to come in.
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LOS Angeles
Lauren Bacall
Humphrey Bogart
Air Squadron One Plans Evening Meeting in Middletown
Air Squadron One will supervise the program when Middletown senior scout units meet tonight at 7 30 p m in Armco Auditorium. George Wede kind head of the Queen City Flying Service will give a technical talk and show slides. Glen Thompson advisor of the Air Squadron says Sea Scouts and Explorer Scouts will be guests.
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Air Squadron
Middletown
Armco
George Wedekind
Queen City Flying Service
Glen Thompson
DAR Is Barred From Boston School Contests
The Boston school committee voted unanimously to bar the Daughters of the American Revolution from spring contests or programs in public schools. The move followed claims the DAR violated Truman administration civil rights policies and anti-racial programs.
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Boston
Boston School Committee
Isadore H. Y. Muchnick
DAR
Truman
Farmers Cut Chicken Flocks To Boost Prices
Washington AP reports that farmers plan to reduce chicken production by about 20 percent this year, higher than the Agriculture Department's seven percent suggestion. The cut stems from costly poultry feed, predicting fewer layers and less eggs and poultry meat in 1949.
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Washington (Ap
Special Agriculture Department
Department
North Carolina Tornado Traverses Piedmont Region
A powerful tornado crossed Mecklenburg County near the South Carolina line and moved northeast for over 100 miles through the Piedmont, threatening Salisbury High Point and Greensboro. Radio warnings went out as the storm roared at elevations above 3,500 feet.
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Charlotte
N. Co
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
South Carolina
Piedmont
Salisbury
High Point
Greensboro
President of Meat Packing Firm Dies
CINCINNATI AP Louis W. Kahn 72 president of E. Kahn's Sons Company a Cincinnati meat packing firm died today after months of illness He led the firm for 48 years and earlier served as vice president of the American Meat Institute.
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Cincinnati
Louis W. Kahn
E. Kahn’s Sons Company
Kahn
American Meat Institute
Hoarded Goods Investigated in Yokohama and Kobe
Japanese sources report probes into hoarded goods cases at Yokohama and Kobe with material worth over one billion yen. All items were allegedly illegally procured or held.
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Tokyo
Yokohama
Kobe
Auto Of Owner Of Juke Boxes Is Bomb Target
Cincinnati police report a bomb damaged the front of Abe Perlmutter’s car and shattered 13 apartment windows. The 43 year old juke box operator runs A and P Vending Company. Five days earlier a stink bomb was tossed into a Cincinnati cafe where he had a machine.
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Cincinnati
Abe Perlmutter
Eugene T. Weatherly
Perimutter
Mystery of Nose Bleed Solved at Atlanta High School
An Atlanta high school boy, age 16, suffered a prolonged nose bleed that puzzled doctors until X rays showed a bullet near his brain. Detective Lt. Glyn Cowan said the boy admitted he had shot himself accidentally Sunday night, the weapon fired during the accident.
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Atlanta
Robert G. Liggett
Lieut. Glyn Cowan
U. S. Stands Alone If 3rd War Comes Says General
Retired Marine Corps commander General Holland M. Smith told a Hollywood gathering that America would stand alone in a potential World War III with no allies. He warned of danger in the international situation and said the alarm for a third war is audible, hoping God forbids it.
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Hollywood
Marine Corps
America
Holland M
Howlin’ Mad
Biak Island arrests expose Indonesian extremist conspiracy
A Netherlands East Indies Army communique reported that a conspiracy by Indonesian extremists was uncovered on Biak Island ten days ago and that forty persons have been arrested.
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Batavia
Java
Netherlands East Indies Army
Biak
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