Pension Bill Battle Opens in Congress Major War Veterans Plan Faces Uphill Vote
In Washington the House confronted a multi billion dollar veterans pension bill. Rankin proposes 90 a month for all veterans at 65 with no need test, covering World Wars I and II. Huber offers a cheaper needy veterans plan. debate rapid, votes anticipated today or tomorrow.
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House
Rankin
Congress
Senate
Truman
Veterans’ Administration
Huber
Ohio
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.A
Rankin’s
Wisconsin
Davis
Byrnes
Woman Praised By Survivors of Tennessee Crash
In Maryville Tennessee four air crash survivors endured a 62 hour vigil on Hangover Mountain. Mrs. Fred Hall kept them alive despite a broken jaw and own injuries while pilot James Hardy Orville Rich and Mr Hall praised her courage. The Cessna crash occurred in icy conditions and all four were treated at a local hospital.
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Maryville
Tenn
Fred Hall
Detroit
Mich
James Hardy
Orville Rich
Mrs. Hall
Mr. Hall
First In Television Large 52 in. Picture
Home Furniture Co. offers a 52 inch television with easy terms. Located at 229 Market Street, Sad.
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Home Furniture Co
Canton Council Tables Third Housing Plan Debate
For the third consecutive week the Canton council tabled a resolution to convert 620 public housing units at Don Mellett Homesteads into low income housing. Petitions with 1 453 signatures urged preserving the project under its original Lanham Act status and opposed the move. Labor unions urged adoption citing housing shortages and fears of private profit.
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Canton
Canton Metropolitan Housing Authority
Don Mellett
C.lo
Federal Housing Administration
Council
Golden Lodge
C.I.0
United Steelworkers of America
Stark County Industrial Union Council
80 Percent of Chamber Favors Old Auditorium Sale
A poll of 606 Chamber of Commerce members shows 80 percent in favor of accepting a 234 567 89 dollar bid for the old city auditorium. Of 606 respondents 490 favored the sale and 116 opposed. The bid comes from Russell H. Mack acting as trustee for an unnamed bidder. Mayor Klein and Council President Fromm were told of the results for future use.
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Chamber of Commerce
A. C. Hutchinson
Chamber
Mr. Hutchison
Carl F. Klein
Council
Albert S. Fromm
Russell H. Mack
Canton
Mack
Truman Churchill to Confer in Washington Thursday
The White House said President Truman will meet Winston Churchill in Washington on Thursday their first since Churchill's Fulton Iron Curtain speech three years ago. Churchill will speak at MIT on March 31 after Truman canceled two Boston appearances.
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Washington
INS
White House
President Truman
Winston Churchill
Fulton, Mo
Mr. Truman
Boston
Churchill
M.I.T
Rain Washes Out Promise of Early Spring
Spring briefly arrived with a 72 degree Monday as clear skies and sun spurred outdoor chores and laundry on the line. By Tuesday morning steadier rain set in, forecasters warned of more rain and a temperature drop to the 30s by Wednesday, ending the warm spell.
Correction Zane s Warehouse car pet sale
Zane s Warehouse schedules a sale item listed as car pet sale at 321 2nd SE. Details and dates are unclear in the fragment but indicate a sale event at the given address possibly including vehicles and pets.
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Zane’s Warehouse
Liberty Bakery Special Ad with Apricot Pie
Apricot pie 45c special from Liberty Bakery at 1030 6th SW. Rent Maytag. Phone 23817. Rice's ad promotes Ferraro's Italian bread.
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Liberty Bakery
Rent Maytag
Ferraro
House Votes Big Air Force Of 70 Groups
The House passed a 70 group air force bill and sent it to the Senate, with a 395 to 3 roll call vote against an antisegregation amendment. Marcantonio failed to secure a roll call on his race discrimination proposal. The measure authorizes 70 combat groups for the air force and a 502000 manpower ceiling for the air force, with no appropriations.
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House
Senate
Air Force
Marcantonio
Army
Truman
V A Hospital Expansion Cut Protested In Ohio
An Ohio spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars protested President Truman s order cutting the Veterans Administration hospital expansion. The plan would delete a 1000 bed Toledo hospital and reduce two Cleveland hospitals by 750 beds and one Cincinnati hospital by 250 beds. A Senate subcommittee reviews the impact while George E Tyack states the Ohio plan is a minimum requirement and lists waiting veterans who would fill the added beds.
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Ohio
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Truman
Veterans’ Administration
Toledo
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Senate Public Welfare
George E. Tyack
W.F.W. Ohio Legislative
Tyack
V.A
Republic Halts Fifth Furnace at Canton Plant
Republic Steel Corp. shut down an electric furnace at the Canton plant due to weak orders for high grade alloy steels. The move brings to five the total furnaces idled, affecting about 300 workers with some to be moved to finishing operations. the slowdown is described as temporary.
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Republic Steel Corp
Canton
Republic
Massillon
Screen stars visit Worley School for Easter Seal drive
Three Rotary Easter Seal visitors comedian Jack Carson singer Marion Hutten and actor Alda toured Worley School activating the fundraiser for crippled children. They met handicapped classes and a young pianist Robert Miller aged 13 before Alda reluctantly played Rhapsody in Blue briefly.
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Rotary Club
Jack Carson
Marion Hutton
Robert Alda
Palace Theater
Helen Carnahan
Ruth Skeeles
Alda
Miss Skeeles
Robert Miller
Timken to stage own graduation ceremonies this year
Timken Vocational High School drops traditional public commencement for a faculty and senior led program. The 1949 plan has no visiting speaker. students will present a four year learning showcase. Other district schools may follow this year with similar internal ceremonies.
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Timken
Timken Vocational High School
Board of Education
Harold S. Vincent
Vincent
Harold Case
First Methodist Church of
Pasadena
Calif
Lehman High School
Harold F. Carr
Lakewood Methodist Church
McKinley
William E. Clark
The
Methodist Church of
South Bend
Ind
Lincoln
Gasoline Theft Suspect Nabbed By Gun Wielder
Walter Adkins 18 pleaded not guilty in Municipal Court to petty larceny for stealing gasoline from a car owned by Neldon Doney at 1113 Lippertrd NE. Doney held the youth at shotgun point until police arrived as a car with lights out approached. A five gallon can, partially filled with gasoline, and a five foot hose were found at the scene. The judge entered an innocent plea and tentatively set trial for next Monday.
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Walter Adkins
4Th St NE
Neldon Doney
Lippertrd
William D. Harrison
Doney
Harrison
Adkins
D. L. McCarroll
Garaux Bros Awarded Cherry SE Bridge Contract
The Garaux Bros. Co. won the Nimishillen Creek bridge project on Cherry Ave SE with a bid of $78,893.04, the only bid submitted. The county engineer’s estimate was $80,013.01, and work is slated to begin around April 15.
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Nimishillen Creek
Cherry Ave
Garaux Bros. Co
Polinori Receives Probation in Alliance Case
Polinori of 1435 S Liberty St Alliance was placed on two years probation by Judge Paul G Weber after a Feb 9 jury conviction for receiving payment on false claims tied to Alliance city vouchers. He must also repay 1794.43 to the city, covering the difference between bonding company payout and audit findings.
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al Polinori
S. Liberty St. Alliance
Common Pleas
Alliance
Paul G. Weber
Weber
Polinori
Palm Garden Inn
City of Alliance
Frank H. Greneisen
Greneisen
Ohio
Monday
Rent Controls Advance as Senate Backing Grows
Democratic senators unite to back a bill extending federal rent controls for 12 to 15 months amid GOP opposition. Maybank heads the Banking Committee predicting passage by tomorrow and facing House negotiations after Senate approval. The measure allows limited rent increases and aims to finish federal controls within a year.
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Maybank
South Carolina
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Vandenberg
Michigan
Baldwin
Connecticut
Bricker
Ohio
Taft
Truman
Lucas
Illinois
Sparkman
Alabama
House
Cain
District of Columbia
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Floyd Miller
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