Dewey and Taft Hold Narrow Lead As Ballot Nears
Philadelphia reports show Dewey and Taft in a tight race for the Republican nomination as credentials votes split. Taft backers say Georgia and other states reveal Taft strength despite pro Dewey outcomes. Stassen slips from favor while Dewey and Taft vie for convention momentum with test ballots possible and a platform to be adopted by committee.
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Philadelphia
Clarence J. Brown
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Dewey
Georgia
Republican National Committee
Hlinvis
Tennessee
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Herbert Hoover
Martin
Hoover
White House
Resolutions Committee
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
New Yorker
Zoning Meeting At Markley School Tomorrow
Elvrra Township residents are invited to a 7:30 p.m. meeting at Markley School to view proposed zoning maps. The event, called by the township zoning board chaired by Del Cromling, precedes the November vote on zoning the township. About 75 residents attended the first June 7 session with few objections, one has since retracted concerns and now supports the idea.
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Elvrra Township
Markley School
Township Zoning Board
del Cromling
Wela
Weather forecast for northeastern Ohio today
Cleveland forecast shows partly cloudy skies, warm and humid with thundershowers this afternoon. Cloudy with continued warm weather and showers with intermittent thunder showers tonight and Wednesday. Lows around 64, highs near 85. Markets found today on page two.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Five Workmen Die In Two Blasts
Hercules Powder officials probe two explosions that killed five workers in separate plants 3000 miles apart. The first blast at Kenil, N Y, rocked three nitroglycerine buildings, killing three and injuring two as 400 workers labored nearby. force reached 50 miles to New York. Hours later a second explosion at Hercules California killed two more workers with about 200 others uninjured as the blast echoed over a 20 mile radius.
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Kenil, N
Hercules Powder Company
New York
Hercules
Calif
San Francisco
Contra Costa County
Council Panels Sort Routine City Matters
A city council committee rejected a Bellfield avenue paving petition pending a storm sewer plan raising questions from Councilman Kenneth Lord about prior notice. Engineers argued a trunk sewer on Poplar Street requires a Bellfield lateral first to avoid future street work. Action was deferred to consult Bellfield residents with the city engineer. The council approved a Winckles Street water main project and kept a jail transient cell, now eyed for parking meter and radio repair room. the plan was sent for further study. A five to four vote preserved the current method of presenting new legislation.
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Council
Bellfield Avenue
Kenneth Lord
Lord
Frank Kayden
Harry Patterson
Poplar Street
Bellfield
Ralph Terry
Winckles Street
Broad
Cambridge
Prospect Street
James Scott
Scott
Mrs. Bolton Calls For a Good Housecleaning
Philadelphia report from the Republican National convention highlights Frances Bolton urging women to vote in November for national housecleaning. She argues to restore balance by reducing executive power and cites relief from decades of spending. Kenneth Wherry and Raymond Baldwin harshly criticize President Truman as responsible for national ills and mediocrity.
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Philadelphia
America
Congress
Frances Bolton
Cleveland
Bolton
Senate Gop
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
Truman
Raymond E. Baldwin
Republican Platform Calls for Internationalism and Tax Cuts
Philadelphia report on the 104 member Resolutions Committee drafting a 1948 GOP platform. It calls for an inter nationalist foreign policy, tax cuts, civil rights guarantees, government economy, stronger armed forces, farm and social security expansions, and continued Taft Hartley reforms. The platform denounces the Truman administration and favors UN reform and aid within prudent limits.
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Philadelphia
GOP
Resolutions Committee
United Nations
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Basis Of Union Accepted By Church Council
Oberlin reports the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches approved the Basis of Union as the path to unity with the Evangelical and Reformed Church. Only 12 dissents. The council also endorsed interpretive resolutions and provisions for future implementation. Individual churches may re-vote, with about 35 percent of churches and 37 percent of members previously voting no, delaying the 75 percent threshold. The effort to reach that threshold continues with guidance from the interpretations.
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Oberlin
Evangelical and Reformed Church
General Council of
Congregational Christian Churches
General Council
Dry Forces Urge County Local Option Law Campaign
Ohio temperance groups led by the Ohio WCTU and the Temperance Teague opened a county option campaign. A county option law would allow a county-wide vote on liquor questions rather than restricting referendums to townships as under current law.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Wctu
Temperance Teague
On To The White House Keynote From Gov. Green
Governor Dwight H. Green of Illinois delivers the Republican keynote at the Philadelphia convention. He proclaims the New Deal dying, pledges to stop Communism, and urges a real return to peace and prosperity with a stronger America. He asserts the party will win the presidency and restore leadership after 16 years in opposition.
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Dwight H. Green Ofllinois
White House
Philadelphia
America
cAcme
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
Green
United States
U. S
Russia
Republican Party
Wallace
Truman
Joe Stalin
Amer
Europe
European
Western
GOP
Republican Congress
Council Creates Another Captaincy In Police Dept
Springfield officials moved to replace City Soldier Thomas Hodge who resigned after two years. An emergency ordinance to add a police captaincy was passed amid objections from Chief Stankard and Ed Kennedy. The change cuts patrolmen from 23 to 22 and adds a lieutenant and three sergeants, aiming to keep supervision at all times with a lieutenant in charge.
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BE. J. Stankard
Council
Safety Committee
Ralph Terry
Safety Service
D. W. Kothe
Henry W. Ault
Civil Service Commission
Terry
Springfield
Thomas Hodge
Convention Schedule at Republican National Convention
Philadelphia report outlines today's GOP schedule with a morning session at 11 a.m. EDT led by temporary chairman Gov. Dwight H. Green of Illinois and featuring speeches by Kenneth Wherry Frances Bolton and Raymond Baldwin. Evening session begins 9 p.m. with Hoover presentation and Katharine St George address.
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Philadelphia
Republian
Dwight H. Green
Sinois
Kenneth 5. Wherry
Neb
Frances P. Bolton
Raymond E. Baldwin
Conn
Gov. Green
Herbert Hoover
Katharine St. George
N. Y
Convention Resolution Committee
Board Declines Ruling On Tube Co. Case
In Columbus the state tax appeals board said it lacks jurisdiction over whether a 99 808.76 tax assessment applies to National Tube Co. plants in Lorain Ohio. The New Jersey firm seeks reclassification of two blast furnaces and 840 feet of 12 inch pipeline as personal property rather than real estate.
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Columbus
State Board of Tax Appeals
National Tube Co
New Jersey
Lorain
Lorain County
Frank Ayers
Must
County Board
Streets to be resurfaced under $15,000 program
City council last night approved a 15000 expenditure for street resurfacing this year with a contract set for award next month. A prioritized list from the city engineering department shows streets from storm sewer work last winter and others needing repair. Due to budget limits, only part of the list can be tackled, per Assistant Engineer William Dutet.
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Council
City Engineering Department
Council Streets Committee
William Dutet
Columbia Avenue
Fast River
Garford
Stanford
Denison
Park
Eastern Heights Blvd
Columbia
East River
Riverdale Court
Clark
Sumner
Kipling
Wineckles
Winckles
Taylor
Brandiston
Pasadena
Roosevelt
Greely
Poplar
Woodland Avenue
Spruce
Lake Avenue
Woodland
Lake
Second Street
West Avenue
Chestnut
Fifth Street
Wooster
Middle
Seventh Street
West River Street
Woodford
Turner
West Third Rtreet
West River
River
Nomination Fight Gathers Steam At GOP Convention
The battle for the Republican nomination grows hotter at Convention Hall as Dewey leads Taft on the first ballot plan while Arizona switches to Dewey, Alabama stays neutral, and Stassen lingers as Wherry stirs Nebraska delegates with support for him and presiding role.
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Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
Arizona
New York
Alabama
Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Dewey-Taft
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Truman
Taft
Judge Rules In Favor Of Lewis On Pensions
Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough ruled in favor of John L. Lewis on miners pension eligibility. The decision upholds the Lewis Bridges plan affecting all United Mine Workers members and dismisses Ezra Van Horn's challenge, easing path to a 1948 wage contract amid looming strike threats.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Styles Bridges
UMW Welfare Fund
Ezra van Horn
Lewis-Bridges
UMW
van Horn
Chronicle-Telegram Want Ads Offer Quick Results
The Chronicle Telegram urges readers to place want ads daily for proven results. It invites dialing 44-12L or 44-131 to place ads that work for thousands of advertisers, emphasizing affordability and effectiveness.
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Joe Louis
Joe Walcott
Chronicle-Telegram
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H. N. Cordrey
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