Locust Street Project Faces Funding Roadblock
City council unable to form a regular session due to no quorum. A special meeting is set for Thursday June 9 at 8 PM. Mayor Stephens said the state highway department requires $10,000 more to treat Locust street as a single unit and notes $20,000 owed from Josephine street to the corporation line. The plan includes extending Locust street to join the CCC Highway and resurfacing the rest. Continued on page fourteen.
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Wilmington City
Robert C. Stephens
State Highway Department
Locust Street
Stephens
CCC
Josephine Street
Corporation Line
City Hall Remodeling Plans Approved by State
State departments approve remodeling of City Hall and sewage treatment at City Disposal Plant. Mayor Robert C. Stephens says the Building Commission will recommend to City Council how to proceed, possibly in three steps with roof change, second floor offices, and ground floor garage space. Estimated sewage treatment cost around $120,000. work may start next spring if approved.
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Robert C. Stephens
Building Commission
Stephens
Described Yeager Claims 50 Passes On B-36 Tests
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports Air Force Capt. Charles Yeager has made 50 out of 50 destructive passes on the reportedly invulnerable B-36 bomber at Wright-Patterson. A House Armed Services member holds a letter alleging secret test films show Yeager using an F-86 to attack B-36s in simulated missions.
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Philadelphia
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Air Force
Charles Yeager
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
House
Armed Services Committee
House Armed Services Committee
Yeager
Steamer Northumberland Damaged By Fire And Explosion
A fire and subsequent explosion at Northumberland pier caused about 200000 dollars in damage to the passenger steamer Northumberland while moored at Port Dalhousie Ontario. No injuries were reported.
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Port Dalehousie
Ont
Northumberland
Owls Attract North South Street Residents
Becky Hazard reports four young owls and their parents perched in a tree on North South Street. The birds agitate robins and other locals as residents show keen interest in the unusual avian visitors. Clint on Construction publishes NCMA Reporter with photos from a local distributors meeting. Robin Priday named Wilmington High’s new football coach, with coaching history traced to Fredericktown, West Jefferson, and McKinley.
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Becky Hazard
North South Street
Becky
Frank ©. Hazard
Robin Priday
Wilmington High School
Roy McKinley
Fredericktown
McKinley
West Jefferson
Priday
Roy
Wilmington
Drivers Exams Are Scandalous Critique by Truman
President Truman denounced driver licensing in many states as scandalous and weak. He urged states and local governments to deny highway access to the unfit and chronic violators at a speech to the President's Conference on Highway Safety.
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Washington
Truman
Conference On Highway Safety
Commissioner Fife Attends Conference at Presidential Request
Clinton County Commissioner Matthew B. Fife attends a conference at the request of the President, representing county interests and policy discussions.
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Matthew B. Fife
Clinton County
Printers Vote For Strike at Cincinnati Newspapers
Cincinnati union Local No. 3 moved to authorize a strike vote after the Cincinnati Daily Newspaper Publishers Association failed to grant higher wages. The association covers the Enquirer Times-Star and Post with Larry French presiding.
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Cincinnati
International Typographical Union
Eisler Welcomed at Leipzig as Hero in Soviet Zone
Communist fugitive Gerhart Eisler was greeted by Mayor Max Opitz at a rally in Leipzig old market square. ADN said locals cheered as delegates to a youth congress described Eisler as an upright fighter for peace justice and freedom.
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Berlin
Gerhart Eisler
Leipzig
ADN
Max Opitz
Eisler
State liquor department reassigns inspectors to boost efficiency
Columbus June 2 The State Liquor Department reassigns 50 of its 91 inspectors, Enforcement Chief Anthony A. Rutkowski announced. The moves aim to improve efficiency of the enforcement division.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Anthony A. Rutkowski
House panel advances bill to ban employment discrimination
A Labor Subcommittee approved a bill nationwide to forbid employment discrimination based on race color religion or nationality. The measure aims to create uniform protections across workplaces and would set penalties for violations.
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Washington
House Labor Subcommittee
Flying Farmers to Hold Ohio Meeting in Wilmington
About 100 Ohio Flying Farmers are due to land at Wilmington's Flying Service as Clinton County hosts the state gathering. Demonstrations include two way radio contact with patrol planes, crop spraying by aircraft, GCA landings, and tours of All Weather research at Clinton County Air Force Base. Local officials and pilots Wayne Gregory Dr Martin South Robert Snyder Don Brown James Bennett organize the event ahead of noon picnic in the hangar.
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Ohio
Wilmington
Clinton County
Clinton County Air Force Base
A. O. Smith
State Highway Patrol
E. P. Webb
Columbus
Aviation Department
Smith
CCAFB
Air Force Field
All Weather Research Center
GCA
Wayne Gregory
Martin South
Robert Snyder
Don Brown
James Bennett
Juvenile Betting Syndicate Is Ordered Ended
In Miami Beach on June 2 a juvenile gambling ring at a local high school was broken up. Over 30 teens were warned to cease the syndicate or face expulsion or juvenile court. The group focused on baseball bets and some horse bets, with small stakes and a 3 to 1 payoff limit.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Robert Leveland
Loveland
Air Force engineers wreck B 36 to test stress limits
Air Force engineers at Wright Patterson Air Base began a six week program to wreck a six engine B 36 bomber to measure how much weight the largest aircraft can bear. The project, run by the Air Materiel Command, started yesterday to study structural limits.
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Dayton
Air Force
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Base
Bluffton College Dean Denied Bail in Draft Case
Larry Gara dean of men at Bluffton College was denied bail in Cincinnati while awaiting the outcome of a conviction appeal in a draft registration case.
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Cincinnati
Larry Gara
Bluffton College
Wooden Pistol Found. Prison Break Foiled in C
Sheriff Orland Hays uncovered a wooden pistol replica during a jail inspection. The device, resembling a .32 caliber automatic, was made by Leroy Thompson among three inmates planning a breakout. Thompson was later sent to Lima State Hospital for observation on forgery charges.
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Washington C
Orland Hays
Leroy Thompson
Lima State Hospital
Truman sets broad must list and stays in Washington
President Truman said any must list for Congress should cover his entire program. He will stay in Washington while Congress is in session and perhaps longer, shelving a nationwide tour idea unless needed. He opposes a Export-Import Bank loan to Spain, considers several women for diplomatic posts, and will decide on Curtis Calder for Army Secretary.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Spain
Curtis Calder
Army
Tidelands
Britain
Gerhart Eisler
Eagles Install New Officers for 1949 50
Hilda Aerie of Eagles installed its 1949 50 officers at a Wednesday night meeting with Maynard Floyd as installing officer and Fred Mathews Sr as grand conductor. Elected officers included Earl J. Griffith president Arnold Mussetter vice president James Conover secretary Andrew Dwyer conductor Edwin Thatcher treasurer Joseph M. Davis Jr junior past president Clark Hubbel inside guard Alex O Morris outside guard and Earle Willison trustee. About one hundred members attended and lunch followed.
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Hilda Aerie
Eagles
Maynard Floyd
Fred Matthews, Sr
Earl J. Griffith
Arnold Mussetter
James Conover
Andrew Dwyer
Edwin Thatcher
Joseph M. Davis
Contract Talks Begin With Ford
DETROIT June 2 The Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers started their strike delayed 1949 contract talks today. The talks cover Ford's 106 000 production workers as many remain idle while Ford has yet to prepare to recall its entire operating force after the union speed up strike lasting 24 days.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
Teacher Quits After 53 Hour Sit Down Wins $65.78
Atlanta report states teacher Dr. Willie Melmoth Bomar ends a 53 hour sit down strike and collects $65.78 from the state retirement system, though she leaves her job. Both Bomar and the retirement system claim victory in the dispute.
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Atlanta
Willie Melmoth Bomar
Chambers Testifies Hiss Passed State Dept Documents
Whittaker Chambers testified that Alger Hiss turned over State Department documents to him and that he photographed and gave films to J Peters who headed the communist underground. Chambers said he and Hiss conferred regularly until spring 1938 amid Hiss’s denial of sharing secrets.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Chambers
J. Peters
Alexader Stevens
Hungary
Hiss
Ohio Turns Toward Toll Road With Statewide Turnpikes
Gov. Lausche signed legislation to authorize toll turnpikes linking Akron to Indiana with bonds financed by tolls. The plan aims to ease traffic. bonds to be private investors funded, not state debt. Atty. Gen. Duffy supported the arrangement. The law could take effect in 90 days unless petitions seek a voter referendum.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Lausche
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Youngstown
Akron
Cleveland
Lorain
Fremont
Toledo
Indiana
Escaped Convict Thumbs Ride to Jail
Two Mansfield Reformatory escapees Alexander Fitzgerald 22 and Lawrence Carr 19 flagged a ride on Route 42 south of Ashland. Guard Clyde Rannels and wife halted the car and Fitzgerald was captured after Carr fled.
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Mansfield
Mansfield Reformatory
Reformatory
Clyde Rannels
Ashland
Rannels
Alexander Fitzgerald
Lawrence Carr
Midwest Tornadoes injure fourteen across four states
Fourteen people, including teens, were injured as tornadoes struck rural areas in Southwestern Iowa Northwestern Missouri Northeastern Kansas and Southeastern Nebraska. Several farm homes were destroyed as twisters moved through four Midwestern states yesterday.
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Chicago
Midwest
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Auditor seeks DNC audit on Taft campaign spending
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson announced he asked the Democratic National Committee to monitor Senator Robert A. Taft's 1950 campaign expenditures.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Democratic National Committee
Robert A. Taft
MacPhail Buys Three Walter Chrysler Horses
Walter P. Chrysler Jr sold 24 racing thoroughbreds at public auction for 221000 dollars. Larry S. MacPhail bought three fillies for 27300 dollars, while G P Odom paid 19500 dollars for Imperium, a three year old colt, as agent for an undisclosed client.
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New York
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr
Larry S. MacPhail
G. P. Odom
Imperium
Wilmington Rent Board approves three of four nominees
Mayor Robert C. Stephens disclosed that three of his four nominees for the Wil mington Rent Control Advisory Board have been approved. Floyd Townsend Alex Raitk and Mrs. Fred Carroll were seated while Carl Gregory was rejected for owning rental properties. A rent control office representative will assist at the Wilmington Post Office each Monday starting June 13.
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Robert C. Stephens
Wilmington Rent Centrol Advisory Board
Ralph Janney
Thomas Hynes
Area Rent Control Office
Wilmington
Stephens
Henry J. Raschke
Clinton County Air Force Base
Floyd Townsend
Alex Raitk
Fred Carroll
Carl Gregory
Gregory
Princeton Junior Bets 350 Friends on Coast to Coast Bike Ride
George F. French a 20 year old Princeton University junior and swimming team member will bicycle from Asbury Park New Jersey to Pasadena California in 30 days. He will ride Route 40 through Ohio to prove the coast to coast trip is possible without trains or planes. He bet 350 friends five dollars each.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Princeton University
New Jersey Shore
Pasadena
Calif
George F. French
Ohio
Plan Outlined for Developing Countries Plan
Lake Success June 2 A United Nations plan to spend more than 83 million dollars in two years aims to revive under developed countries by spreading technical know how and raising living standards. The program needs approval from the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly and likely won’t begin before early 1950.
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Lake Success
United Nations
U. N
Truman
U.N. Economic and Social Council
U. N. General Assembly
Senator Claims Emergency Clearances Put Secrets at Risk
Washington reports that 3280 people gained access to atomic data without full FBI loyalty checks. The conflict between Sen Hickenlooper and AEC Chair Lilienthal centered on emergency clearances while Argonne Lab uranium 235 missing case prompted questions about past arrests and vault security.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Joint Committee
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Carroll Wilson
Center
Lilienthal
International Soundphotos
Capitol Hill
Sen. Hickenlooper
FBI
David Lilienthal
Elston
Wilson
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne Laboratory
Chicago
Commission
West Gives Russia its Berlin Plan
Paris dispatch reports the West presented four power terms to the Soviet Union in a 90 minute Foreign Ministers Council meeting on Berlin. The session, the shortest of ten days, ends with plans to reconvene in secret to compare east and west proposals while agreeing on a single governing body for Berlin.
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Paris
Russia
Berlin
Soviet Union
Foreign Ministers Council
Six Named To Investigate Lancaster Police Force
Six citizens appointed by Mayor Fred Von Stein to probe Lancaster's conflict torn police department. The committee will assist in determining if Chief Sam H. Hutsler has served the community's best interests and will consider a request by twelve officers for his resignation.
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Lancaster
Citzens
Fred von Stein
Strifetorn
Sam H. Hutsler
Hutsler
Fire destroys vacant Appello Theater in Chicago
Fire gutted the interior of the abandoned Appello Theater at Randolph and Clark in Chicago this morning. The blaze damaged the Railto district venue and forced area evacuations. Local fire crews fought the flames, with no immediate reports of injuries or arson.
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Chicago
Appello
Randolph and
Clark Streets
Railto
Markets At a Glance summary of commodity and stock moves
The Associated Press notes mixed stocks with leadership drifting and steady bond gains. Wheat is easy as new crop vesting expands, corn and oats hold steady after early losses, hogs mostly 25 cents lower to 22.25, cattle steady to 25 cents higher up to 29.25.
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Associated Press
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Wilmington Flying Service
Congress Opens Atomic Energy Co
Ao Coan
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First
By Reed Smith
Bang
Thumbs
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Fitzgerald
Carr
MacPhail
Walter Chrysler
West
Lancaster Police Force
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