Taft Ferguson Clash Over Labor Law in Ohio
In Cincinnati and Newark campaign stops the rivalry centered on the Taft Hartley act with Taft praising its broad acceptance and Ferguson urging repeal. Ferguson charged Taft with labeling workers as Communists while attacking Taft on taxes and policy. The Ohio scene also featured Governor Lawshee and Don Ebright's Cincinnati appearances as Kefauver probe politics lingered.
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Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Cincinnati
Ferguson
Newark
Frank J. Lawsche
Licking
Coshoeton
Holmes
Wayne Counties
Don H Ebright
Ebright
Kefauver Senate
Willis D. Gradison
Taft-for-Senate
Moldy Rag Wound Helped Heal Says Ancient Record
Ancient note attributes healing of a wound to Hippocrates using a moldy rag. It suggests the rag carried a crude penicillin like mold. The finding links historical practice to early antibiotic use and demonstrates the mold’s therapeutic potential.
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Hippocrates
Shipyard at Sparrows Point Faces Idle Standstill
Bethlehem's Sparrows Point shipyard in Baltimore will halt work without new orders, general manager J M Willis said. No construction has been ordered since 1948, with the final keel laid yesterday. The plant, once a busy merchant yard employing over 4,000 last year, may reduce workers from 2,600 to a standby crew. Willis warned a shutdown would erode an efficient, long-built organization, noting Korea era defense needs and rapid ship readiness in emergencies.
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Bethlehem-Sparrows Point
J. M. Willis
Bethlehem
Willis
Sparrows Point
Korea
Club Robbers Nabbed in Cleveland Shootout
Police, alerted by a burglar alarm, captured seven gang members after an attempted heist at the Alhambra Club in Cleveland. A club porter was accidentally shot. Allen Berk, 24, was wounded when pushed into a police bullet. He was in fair condition at Mt. Sinai Hospital.
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Cleveland
Alhambra
Allen Berk
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Blood cells tiny enough to fit 60000 on pin head
A science note explains red and white blood cells are minuscule in size, enabling 60,000 cells to rest on the head of a single pin. The fact highlights microscopic scale and cellular density in the human body.
70 Million In School Bonds Before Voters
Ohio voters will decide on school bond issues totaling nearly 70 million dollars in the November 7 election, per Ohio State University Bureau of Educational Research. Funds would cover new buildings, equipment, additions, and repairs, boosting total school bonds for 1950 to over 97 million. City districts lead with 13.465 million Akron, while city, exempted village, and local districts seek operating levy mills ranging from .6 to 12.
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Columbus
Akron City
Ohio car sales drop as federal limits bite dealers
In Columbus AP report Ohio automobile dealers say new federal credit limits cut sales by about 30 percent. An Ohio Automobile Dealers Association session adopted a resolution urging immediate rescission of controls that trimmed installment terms and raised cash requirements. Montgomery County dealers showed declines of 33 percent in new car sales and 40 percent in used car sales with 20 daily cancellations per dealer. Ralph J. Rodgers of Dayton was elected association president.
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Ohio Automobile
Ohio Automobile Dealers Association
Montgomery County
Ohio
Ralph J. Rodgers
Dayton
Voice of Broadway and film news roundup teaser
The column surveys Broadway colorists and stage stars including Joan Crawford in Harriet Craig Lea Mathews at Cafe Society Downtown Al Sherman’s new Deported thriller and Phil Brito’s baritone Mae Barnes at Bon Soir Shelly Winters family ring and Father Divine satire in theatre debate Vic Damone illness and Notre Dame Four Horsemen reunion tease Felice Ingersoll exits Pardon My French with pleurisy backdrop
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Lea Mathews
Cafe Society
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Iceland
Mae Barnes
Bon Soir
Bud Collyer
Rise Stevens
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Claire James
Warner
Mae West
Marjorie Hughes
Frankie Carle
Columbia Records
Anna Pauker
Moscow
Paul Louis Guerin
Dominican Republic
Trujillo
Cecile Aubry
Avon
Theatre Guild
Father Divine
Variety
Father
Dennis James
Notre Dame
Four Horsemen
Elmer Layden
Jim Crowley
Harry Stuldreher
Mediation Board to Start Rail Wage Talks Next Week
The National Mediation Board will open meetings with railroads and 85 000 locomotive engineers seeking a 20 percent raise in wages and yard and road allowances. Talks followed a breakdown after both sides rejected offers, with mediation asked to step in. There is no strike threat since the railroads are government operated and an injunction would be easy to obtain.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Mediation Board
Canton Paper Given Award
The Canton Repository won in Class D for government news in the Inland Daily Press Association contest. The University of Wisconsin School of Journalism sponsored the awards honoring distinguished achievement in city and county coverage and localizing state and federal government news.
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Chicago
Canton
Inland Daily Press Association
University of Wisconsin School of Journalism
Teacher Jailed For Refusing To Submit To Draft
Ohio University instructor Landis Baker, 23, of Burgoon, was jailed in Fremont after FBI agents arrested him for refusal to report for induction. Baker, who claimed college student status made him non-draftable, was classified 1-A and refused to depart for camp with 12 other draftees, prompting district attorney action.
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Fremont
Ohio University
Athens
Landis Baker
Burgoon
FBI
Baker
Theas Je
U. S
Toledo
Russians Seize British Trawler in White Sea Action
A Russian gunboat reportedly seized the British trawler Hugh Walpole in the White Sea fishing grounds last Saturday, according to a radio message received by the ship’s own crew in Hull England.
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Hull
Eng
Hugh Walpole
White Sea
British trawler Hugh Walpole seized at sea
The Hugh Walpole with a crew of 21 was seized at sea near Newington Steam Fishing Company by a British trawler that reportedly witnessed the action. The incident adds to tensions in maritime fisheries.
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Ers
Newington Steam Fishing Company
Hugh Walpole
Average Oseinter Spends Hour Dipping Brush Each Day
A report notes that an oseinter, using a brush, dedicates about one hour of an eight hour day to dipping the brush into the paint pot, leaving the remainder for painting tasks.
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