Five Court Actions Filed for CCC Highway Easements
State Highway Department filed five eminent domain actions in Clinton and Warren counties to obtain easements for the new CCC Highway from Sligo to west of Clarksville. Checks totaling 24983.90 were deposited with clerks, and bids for the project have been let to D R Smalley & Sons of Celina for 1247558.55. Defendants have 10 to 15 days to answer depending on service.
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CCC
Sligo
Clarksville
State Highway Department
Clinton
Warren County Common Pleas
Wilmington
Lebanon
D. R. Smalley & Sons
Celina
Earl L. Reed
Clinton County
Adams Township
Creek Road
Todds Fork
Jesse V
Christine Wilson
Vernon Township
Men Break Into College Safe At Wilmington College
Two men were seen breaking into the Main building business office safe by student watchman Bruce Robe at Wilmington College Wednesday night. They fled through a window after being confronted, leaving a knocked off combination and a hammer and chisel. College president Dr Samuel L Marble said the safe held nothing valuable. Police investigated with patrol help.
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Wilmington College
Everett Downing
Samuel L. Marble
Bruce Robe
Downing
Robe
Ee Robe
Rope
Santa Claus
Fite Avenue
Howe
H. H. Rudy, Sr
Wade Hufford
Chief Downing
Jack Moore
Christmas Cards Lack Stamps Stir Laughs and a Court Query
Bill Brooks faces ribbing over unstamped Christmas cards while Lt. A. Co. Smith pays a cent and a half for a delayed greeting. Mayor Robert C. Stephens learns a lawyer may not be arrested for a trivial offense en route to court, with Judge Frank M. Clevenger noting seriousness alters immunity. President Truman's radar guided landing is described as routine by Clinton County AFB pilots amid the Washington delay.
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Bill Brooks
A. Co. Smith
Bill
Robert C. Stephens
Stephens
Common Pleas
Frank M. Clevenger
Clevenger
Truman
National Airport
Washington
D. C
Clinton County Air Force Base
Independence
Francis W. Williams
Air Force
New Vocational Courses Authorized in Warren Schools
Warren officials authorize vocational education courses allowing high school students to work half the day and attend school the other half. They are the first of their type in public schools here.
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Warren
Board of Education
Predicts Decline In 1949 Business Forecast
New York Life executive Donald B. Woodward told the American Statistical Association that a 1949 business decline is in prospect though limited. Westinghouse consultant Frank D. Newberry predicted a shift toward a war economy, with inflation guards urged by Seymour E. Harris as 1949 risks include price declines.
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Cleveland
New York Life Insurance Company
American Statistical Association
Donald B. Woodward
The
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Frank D. Newberry
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Pittsburgh
Russell Weisman
Cleveland Platty Dealer
American Economic Association
Seymour E. Harris
Harvard University
Grand Jury Not To Report Tuesday
Common Pleas Judge Frank M. Clevenger ordered the January term grand jury not to report until further notice. Fifteen jurors were to meet at 10 A.M. with only two cases pending: George Tate and David Logan in grand larceny, and William Taylor on driving while intoxicated. Logan and Tate are jailed. Taylor is free on 500 dollar bond.
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Common Pleas
Frank M. Clevenger
Common Pleas Court
Clevenger
George Tate
David Logan
William Taylor
Logan
Tate
Taylor
Woman Dies After 90-Foot Fall From Hotel Hollenden
Miss Jane Straley aged 42 a former secretary died after plunging 90 feet from the Hotel Hollenden in Cleveland yesterday. Friends identified her and said she had suffered a nervous breakdown about a year earlier.
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Cleveland
Jane Straley
Hollenden
Bright Future in View For Ohio's Hog Farmers
Ohio hog farmers see a profitable 1949 as extension economist Mervin G. Smith cites a improved corn hog ratio. 100 pounds of pork now buys 18.2 bushels of corn versus 11.4 last year. Hog prices unlikely to drop much, may rise after December while corn remains near loan level. Farmers plan about 20 percent more sows to farrow in spring mirrored by USDA data forecasting a 10 percent rise in pigs produced nationwide.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mervin G. Smith
Smith
Ohio State University
U.s.department of Agriculture
U. S. Department
Five Clinton county men sent for Army induction
Five men from Clinton County left Wilmington for Cincinnati to be inducted under the Selective Service Act. The group includes Gordon Veith, Robert Gerard, Don Thomas of Wilmington, Lawrence Wical of Sabina, and Max E. Taylor of Highland who volunteered after a delay. This marks the county’s second draft group, totaling 18 inductees.
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Clinton County
Wilmington
Cincinnati
J. Henry Nowold
Clinton County Selective Service Board
Dirs. Nowold
George L. Shaffer, Jr
Max E. Taylor
Near Highland
Robert G. Gerard
Don E. Thomas
Lawrence E. Wical
Sabina and
Taylor
Truman Plane Talked-Down in Fog
President Truman safely returns from Christmas and enters a tense pre Congress period after his plane landed through fog and rain at National Airport. He spent over 40 minutes circling in mist before touchdown while cabinet members watched in the rain. He described himself as reading and sleeping during the perilous approach.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Columbus Police To Take Over Emergency Squads
The Columbus Police will operate three fire department emergency squads to improve police public relations. Officers will be assigned to missions of mercy in addition to making arrests.
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Columbus Police
Columbus
Ohio State Journal
Fire Department
Missions of Mercy
Dayton Man Dies in Bed From Gas Heater Smoke
Hulet Miles aged 36 died yesterday in his Dayton room from a gas heater that burned all the oxygen. A coroner's verdict attributed the death to the device.
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Dayton
Hulet Miles
Chinese Leaders Call For Consultation In Nanking
In Nanking on December 30 officials said Chiang Kai-shek did not summon a war council but that military leaders came for consultations with the president. Shen Chang-chuan denied peace talks and said Li Tsung Jen had not joined a peace group. Chiang’s future stance and a possible year-end statement were awaited.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Shen Chang-Chuan
Chiang
Shen
Li Tsung-Jen
Chiang E
Ohio Cities Seek More Sales Tax Plan
Ohio cities facing financial strain press for 1949: larger share of state sales tax revenues, fairer poor relief funds distribution, and a more equitable railroad grade crossing elimination law. The taxation and finance committee of the Ohio Association of Municipalities endorsed the three planks for the forthcoming legislative session. Mayor Robert C. Stephens and Council President Willard T. Carroll attended the Columbus meeting.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Association of Municipalities
Robert C. Stephens
Willard T. Carroll
Columbus Milk Area Prices Revised
The Agriculture Department revised the milk marketing agreement for the Columbus Ohio area. It sets January minimum producer prices at 4.65 dollars per hundredweight for class one and 4.40 dollars for class two, with February prices 0.22 dollars higher per hundredweight and January class one about 1.5 cents per quart lower than July 1948.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Columbus
Ohio
Early News-Journal to Publish Saturday Edition at 9 A.M.
The Saturday News-Journal edition will be published around 9 A.M. to give staff the New Year’s holiday. News must be received by Saturday 8 A.M. to ensure timely publication.
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News-Journal
Clinton County prepares for 49er New Year baby
Clinton County merchants announce gifts for the first baby born after midnight on December 31. The list includes hospital ambulance ride, crib blanket, taxicab rides, cash, and various goods from local stores, with physicians urged to report births to the News-Journal promptly.
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Wilmington
Clinton County
News-Journal
Lukens-Reynolds Funeral Home
United Department Store
Mennen’s
Keller's
Litt Bros
Cruze Cab
G. M. Rice
Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
G. C. Murphy Co
New Lomax Theater
Wilmington Appliances
Swindler & Sons
Manhattan
Father
Mother
New Baby
New Martin
Miller’s Bakery
South’s Clothing
Sporting Goods Center
Hyer’s Appliance
Fairley Hardware Stores
Winton & Linton
Bangham's
Clinton County National Bank & Trust Co
Senate GOP Hold Rival Strategy Sessions
Old line Senate Republicans and younger insurgents hold rival strategy sessions in Washington as Taft calls a regular meeting to map plans for the 80th Congress. Insurgents push for greater influence while issues include a 60 day Hoover Commission extension and a 30 day Small Business Committee extension.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
Ives
New York
Morse
Oregon
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Hoover Commission
GOP
Senate
Special
Small Business Committee
Wherry
R-Neb
Rainmaking law eyed to shield cloud experiments
Secretary Forrestal urges a law to protect government cloud modification tests from third party lawsuits. He notes a Navy bill draft to safeguard contractors involved in rainmaking experiments, amid disputes over artificial rain outcomes. Air Force and Weather Bureau tests at Clinton County AFB show limited success.
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Washington
Forrestal
Navy
The
Air Force and Weather Bureau
Clinton County Air Force Base
Athens Messenger Raises Single Copy Price
The Athens Messenger reported today an increase in the single copy price from five to six cents for both daily and Sunday editions.
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Athens
Athens Messenger
Elliott Roosevelt defends wife in wrist-cut incident
Elliott Roosevelt held a news conference in Poughkeepsie to deny accusations that his wife Faye Emerson harmed herself intentionally. He said Emerson cut herself accidentally after a family Christmas gathering and rejected claims of a family dispute. Dutchess County DA Grady and Sheriff Close commented, with the case considered closed.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Roosevelt
Dutchess County
W. Vincent Grady
Hyde Park
Forrestal Seeks Expanded Defense Power and Europe Aid
Secretary Forrestal urges Congress to strengthen the defense secretary’s control over Army Navy and Air Force seeking greater aid for non Communist Europe amid possible domestic tax and shortage costs. He notes ongoing arguments among services and hints at an earth satellite program.
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Washington
Forrestal
Congress
Europe
United States
White House
Defense Secretary
Air Force
Navy
Forerestal
Parity ratio declines in December for farmers
The Agriculture Department reports December parity ratio at 109 down from mid November. The measure, reflecting farm prices vs costs, marks the lowest since February 1947 for prices received by farmers and the lowest since September 1942 for parity.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Immunization Program Halted Over Bad Serum
The Japanese immunization program stopped after 64 deaths and 900 illnesses. Brig. Gen. Crawford F. Sams, MacArthur's health director, ordered the halt while vaccines were recalled and tested. Faulty diphtheria toxin blamed for the fatalities.
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Tokyo
Crawford F. Sams
Tracy
Calif
MacArthur
Banker Lazar to retire from Cincinnati Reserve Bank
Benedict J. Lazar a vice president in charge of the Cincinnati branch of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank announced his retirement effective March 1 1948. The veteran banker retires after a long career with the institution and its regional duties.
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Cincinnati
Benedict J. Lazar
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
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