Truman Vetoes 2 Pension Bills As Too Costly
President Truman vetoed two pension bills for veterans and widows. One would raise disability pensions from 60 to 72 dollars monthly to 120 for non service related cases, costing an estimated 16.7 million in year one and about 400 million annually by century's end. The other would grant widows of veterans who married long after service pensions regardless of income, sparking fear of future expansion. he suggested limiting to widows with income under 1000 dollars a year or 2500 with children.
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Washington
Truman
China
Smith
Canton Auditorium rental plan offers flat or percent fees
Ralph D. Smith submits a five tier rental schedule for the Canton Memorial Auditorium with rates from 400 dollars for commercial use to 1 dollar for municipal events. He also lists full time staff and a part time crew to operate the facility as construction nears completion with an expected late September opening.
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Lanning
Canton Memorial Auditorium
Ralph D. Smith
Council
Public Property Committee
Williams
Smith
Ohio Colleges Unite To Seek Industry Funds
In Columbus officials from 19 privately supported Ohio colleges have formed the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges to solicit gifts from industry. Led by J Gordon Howard of Otterbein College the group plans a Columbus meeting to finalize details. Member schools include Capital Denison Ohio Wesleyan Ashland Antioch Bluffton Wooster Defiance Findlay Heidelberg Hiram Kenyon Lake Erie Mount Union Muskingum Notre Dame Oberlin Otterbein and Western.
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Columbus
INS
Ohio Colleges and Universities
Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges
Ohio
J. Gordon Howard
Otterbein College
Westerville
Capital
Denison
Ohio Wesleyan
Ashland
Antioch
Bluffton
Wooster
Defiance
Findlay Heidelberg
Hiram
Kenyon
Lake Erie
Mount Union
Muskingum
Notre Dame
Oberlin
Otterbein
Western
Pickles to Pay Off Coldwater Civic Projects
Pickles will fund civic improvements as the Coldwater chamber of commerce rents land to grow cucumbers. Other groups will assist in planting cultivating and marketing the crop for the fundraiser.
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Coldwater
Mich
Chamber of Commerce
C-Of-C
Rochester-Utica park hosts odd Detroit group
A visiting organization, the Order of Deodorized Skunks of Detroit, attended the Rochester-Utica recreation area as part of the annual exchange with Michigan state park managers who welcome a variety of groups each year.
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Utica
Mich
Michigan State Park Managers
Rochester-Utica
Order of
Diebold Saturday Shift Makes Up Picnic Holiday
Diebold, Inc., employees will work Saturday to make up the day off they took Monday for the companys annual picnic at Chippewa Lake Park. About 3,300 employees and families attended the all day outing. The industrial team won the plant softball championship amid contests, rides, dancing, miniature golf and films chaired by Joseph Winkler supervisor of activities and welfare.
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Diebold, Inc
Chippewa Lake Park
Joseph Winkler
Kent and Miami Universities Will Teach Map Making
Kent State University and Miami University will offer a fall program in geography and military map making at the request of the U S Army. Kent will host a final course in military map making for 12 selected students taught by five Kent State geographers, with majors possible through regular or accelerated programs.
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Kent
Ohio
Kent State University
Miami University
U. S. Army
K.S.A
Army Map Service
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Harold K Williams
John Wasse
Cleveland Public Hall
Canton
Canton Room
Howard
Community Chest
Mt. Union
Ohio Power
Diebold
Miami
Canton City Lines, Inc
Tuscarawas West
Canton 2
Oes
Crompton
BON Marche
Bayon
Bankers
Oxford
Banhop
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