Ohio county populations show wide variation in 1950 data
Ohio’s nearly eight million residents in 88 counties vary greatly in population. Cuyahoga County tops the list with 1,382,116 people, while Vinton County is smallest with 10,735. Between 1940 and 1950 Ohio gained 14.4 percent, with Greene County up 57.9 percent and Monroe down 17.9 percent, reflecting shifts due to manufacturing growth and mechanized farming effects.
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Ohio Development and Publicity Commission
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Ohio
Cuyahoga
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Stark County
Mately
Vinton County
Vinton
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Greene
Monroe County
Paulding
Henry
Profiteering May Force Controls by Young States
Washington dispatch notes Rep. Young of Ohio urging congress to impose controls on profiteering in wholesaling and retailing of food. He cites modest hoarding claims yet rising bread milk gas oil fuel prices and accuses coffee producers and speculators of withholding coffee to raise prices. He calls for a high excess profits tax to reduce wartime profits.
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Washington
Congress
Young
Ohio
Mrs. Bridler 57 Child Welfare Pioneer Dies in Columbus
Esther McClain Bridler of Columbus, a pioneer in Ohio child welfare, died Friday at age 57. She served as executive director of the Commission of Ohio Children's Code since 1941 and rewrote many child welfare laws for presentation to the state legislature.
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Columbus
Ohio
Esther McClain Bridler
Bridler
Commission of Ohio Children’s Code
Auditor Receives Petitions To Shorten Police Work Week
Petitions bearing 9,253 signatures were turned to City Auditor T Frank Snyder for certification before filing with the board of elections. Detective Howard R Griffin chaired the 40 hour work week committee and announced the plan to place the question on November ballots. The auditor will date stamp and certify the filings for ballot validity.
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T. Frank Snyder
Board of Elections
Howard R. Griffin
Police Department
Election Board
Griffin
Coal Exhibit Goes On Tour With Retailer Sponsorship
The B and O railroad will present a coal and equipment exhibit at the Stark County Fair in Canton under sponsorship of the Canton Retail Coal Dealers Association. The traveling display, seen by over 150000 people in 20 cities, shows bituminous coal heating equipment and stoves, a map of 26 coal seams along the B and O lines, and aims to promote coal use for home heating.
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Columbus
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Stark County
Canton Retail Coal Dealers’ Association
C. M. Groninger
Groninger
Mr. Groninger
United States
Record Rainfall in Khartoum Sets 40-Year High
Rainfall in Sudan this year surpasses all since 1986, with Khartoum reporting unprecedented totals. Weather officials say the downpours mark the heaviest level seen in four decades, prompting flood warnings and farm impact across the region.
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Khartoum
Sudan
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