House Expected To Okay Senate Passed Draft Soon
House Republicans push to pass a peacetime draft law next week after a 75 to 10 Senate vote. Speaker Martin says the house bill will reach the floor Tuesday or Wednesday for quick passage with minimal debate. The two houses aim for a two-year law requiring two years of service from men aged 19 to 25.
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House
Senate
Truman
Martin
R-Mass
House Rules
Leon Allen
R-Tll
Rules Committee
Frog legs mishap and piano nostalgia in Wilmington tale
George W. Horton found a large bull frog at Dean and Walnut and tried to have it cooked at local spots but restaurants and hotel kitchens declined. The frog was released after a bath at his home. The story also recalls Charles Fischer’s piano accompaniment at Murphy Theater during a Dairy Queen contest.
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Wilmington
George W. Horton
George
Dean and
Walnut Streets
Little Giant
Henri Girard
Henri
Denver
Bridge Club
Horton
Murphy Theater
Charles Fischer
Charlie
Taft Labels Truman Attacks on Congress as Undermining Government
Sen. Robert A. Taft accused President Truman of trying to discredit Congress during a Union League speech in Philadelphia. He called Truman's Western tour an attack on representative government and urged adjournment to seek a voter mandate in November.
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Philadelphia
Robert A. Taft
Truman
Congress
Ohio Republican
Union League
Murder Suspect Gets Life Term In West Virginia
Charleston West Virginia June 11 Jack Dean 37 pleaded guilty to automobile larceny in the intermediate court and was sentenced to life imprisonment under the Habitual Criminal Act. Judge Cyrus W Hall imposed the sentence after Dean admitted two prior penitentiary terms. A June 29 hearing is set on extradition to Ohio for a murder charge. he is also wanted in Cabell county on a forgery charge.
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Charleston
W. Va
Jack Dean
Dean
Cyrus W. Hall
Ohio
Cabell County
Danish Ship Struck Mine Sinks Off Kattegat
The 1,668 ton Danish passenger steamer Kjoebenhavn carrying about 400 aboard hit a mine near Kattegat between Copenhagen and Aalborg and sank. By mid morning 150 were unaccounted for though about 250 were rescued as officials feared many losses.
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Aalborg
Denmark
Kattegat
Kjoebenhavn
United Steamship Company
Copenhagen
Transformer breakdown cuts Columbus power supply
A 40,000 volt transformer failure at the Pickaway plant of Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. caused a three hour city wide outage. The utility reduced current to several areas to ensure hospitals and essential users received enough electricity.
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Pickaway
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
House passes bill to admit 202000 homeless Europeans
The House approved a measure allowing 202,000 homeless Europeans to immigrate to the United States over the next two years. The decision, announced in Washington on June 11, sets a two year window for entry and relief efforts.
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Washington
House
United States
Ex-Army Officer Praises Hillsboro Police After Car License Battle
Dwight Gall, ex Hillsboro Publishing Co. employee and eight year Army veteran, returns from Japan driving a tagless car for 5 000 miles before Hillsboro police require plates. A state registrar ruling finally yields tags, as Gall notes high local gasoline prices.
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Hillsboro
Dwight Gall
Hillsboro Publishing Co
Japan
United States
Gall
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Two Charged With Liquor Permit Bribery
Indictments accuse A. E. Oppenheimer chief permit examiner of soliciting and taking bribes in liquor permit cases. Co defendants include Hugh M. Ruel of Portsmouth and Tracy Pack, a cab line operator, tied to bribe attempts with tavern operator Howard McCall and hotel operator Gilbert Shively. Arrests pending after Franklin County grand jury probes. arraignment set by Judge John R. King.
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Tracy Pack
Portsmouth
Franklin County Grand Jury
Liquor Department
Oppenheimer
Ruel
Pack
Franklin County
John R. King
Howard McCall
Springfield
Gilbert Shively
London
Shively Hotel
Shively
McCall
Duniton
Deshler- Wallick
Truman Pledges to Keep Pouring It On Campaign Push
President Truman paused his campaign to tour the Columbia River flood area in Olympia Washington and said he would keep pouring it on until the November election. He warned that continuing the policies of the 80th Congress would be the people’s funeral if they oppose him.
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Wash
Truman
Congress
Columbia River
80Th Congress
Man Sentenced for Death of Bronx Boy in Dog Attack
Svend O. Sandgren aged 52 received a sentence of one to two years in state prison for manslaughter after a fatal attack by his bull terriers on 11 year old Stanley Balaban of the Bronx. The incident occurred near a houseboat where Sandgren kept the dogs.
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New York
Svend O. Sandgren
Stanley Balaban
Bronx
Sandgren
Building Strike Ends in Cincinnati
A four day walkout by 2,100 hodcar riers and building laborers ended as a 21 cent per hour wage increase took effect. Workers will resume duties today.
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Cincinnati
Canadian fire crews induce rain with dry ice in Ontario
Canadian forest fire fighters used dry ice to bring rain on a northern Ontario forest fire near Gogama northwest of Sudbury. The experiment followed a long battle against fires sweeping timberlands since May 25 across northern Ontario and Quebec.
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Toronto
Ontario
Gogama
Sudbury
Quebec
Ford Assembly Line Idle for Day
Detroit reports a one day shutdown as 30,000 Ford workers idle due to a labor settlement with the CIO United Auto Workers securing a 13 cent hourly wage increase and a new social security program. Packard raises car prices by 75 to 200 dollars starting June 14 while 10,000 hourly rated workers gain 13 cents through August 1 1950. General Motors to lay off 200,000 workers for a week due to steel shortages amid coal strike impact.
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Kaiser-Frazer Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
Monda
Packard Motor Car Co
Packard
Uaw-Cio
Truce Brings General Quiet To Palestine
Uneasy peace began in Palestine as a four week armistice and arms embargo took effect at 1 A M EST. U N mediator Count Folke Bernadotte sought to resolve partition while raids and clashes continued around Latrun and Jerusalem. Seven U.S. naval and Marine officers and a Swedish colonel arrived to help supervise the cease fire.
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Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Damascus
Latrun
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem
Arab Legion
Trans-Jordan
U. SS
Haifa
U. S. Naval
United Nations
Palestine War
Bus Strike Persists as Springfield Talks Continue
A five day bus strike in Springfield enters another day of negotiations as City Manager Oscar L. Fleckner works to unite Springfield City Lines, Inc. and the Bus Drivers' union to end the dispute that began last Monday morning.
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Springfield
Oscar L. Fleckner
Springfield City Lines, Inc
Prisoner Escapes Guernsey County Jail
John Joseph Sopko 41, an Akron safecracker, broke through a wall at the Guernsey county jail and escaped early today near Cambridge.
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Cambridge
John Joseph Sopko
Akron
Guernsey County
Portlands Dike Breach Threatens Airport and Aluminum Plant
The Columbia River flood ripped out a 4 dike guarding Portland's airport valued at 6.5 million dollars. An area of 10 000 acres and the Reynolds Metals aluminum plant at Troutdale faced rising waters as 800 workers battled to hold the final barrier. Evacuations were urged with 10 to 12 foot depths. Coast Guard and Army craft stood by as heavy rains intensified Northwest flood season.
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Ore
Columbia
U. S. Army
Reynolds Metals Co
Troutdale
Ile-Square
Multnomah County
Coast Guard
Aray
Marshall Sees ERP Funding Cut Deadly Risk
Secretary of State Marshall told the Senate Appropriations Committee that House cuts to ERP funds threaten a calculated risk. He recalled warning at design that ERP might not restore Europe’s economy and urged the Senate to boost funding, opposing House reductions.
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Washington
State Marshall
Europe
Marshall
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Sergeant McCready Sentenced for Unauthorized B-25 Flight
Dayton is the scene as Sgt Malcolm McCready receives two years confinement and a dishonorable discharge after a court martial for an unauthorized B-25 flight on April 4. The crew member with no pilot training took off from Wright Patterson and flew the bomber solo to Owatonnia Minnesota, a mission normally crewed by three.
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Dayton
Malcolm McCready
McCready
Wright-Patterson
Owatonnia
Minn
Shirley Chaney Wins County Dairy Queen Title in J C Contest
Shirley Chaney a 20 year old brunette and secretary to county schools superintendent Carl H Shanks was chosen as the 1948 Clinton County Dairy Queen at Murphy Theater from nine Wilminton Junior Chamber of Commerce contestants She will compete in the state contest at Columbus June 18 for a 250 prize and Ohio tour She received a 100 dollar check a quart of milk and roses as awards Other finalists listed and judges named with ceremony details.
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Clinton County
Wilmington
Ohio
Miss Chaney
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Schwamberger
Jeanne Amburgy
Harriett Ambrose
Betty Jane Miller
Ruth Wical
Christine Bury
Gladys McCallister
Diane Shanks
Hummel Labels Three Wallace Aides Reds
Secretary of State Edward J. Hummell in Ohio labeled three Wallace campaigners from Cleveland as Communists. The move bars the Wallace for President ticket from the ballot under a 1941 anti un American activities law. The state filed investigator Houston's findings with the Ohio Supreme Court in response to the ballot challenge.
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Columbus
Edward J. Hummell
Ohio Supreme Court Today
Henry A. Wallace
Ohio
Nathan R. Zahm
Hummel
Supreme Court
Zahm
Zazrivy
Lindell
George S. Houston
Secrecy of State
Secretary of State
Houston
Wallace
Hummell
Yesterda
$75 000 Damage Suit To Be Dismissed
Common Pleas Judge Frank M Clevenger said the $75,000 damage suit over the death of Homer R Long of Xenia R F D 2 has been settled and will be dismissed. The case was filed by Lelia May Long administratrix of the estate against City Ice and Fuel Co Columbus.
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Common Pleas
Frank M Clevenger
Homer R. Long
Xenia
Crop Report Raises Hopes Of More Meat
The Agriculture Department reported a better start to the corn crop boosting livestock feed prospects for 1949. May wheat prospects point to a large second harvest, with bumper oats and barley to follow, suggesting a end to grain shortages and possible expansion of livestock numbers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
$10 000 Marriage Off Says Man
Daytona Beach reports Danny Wicker announced that he and Dorothy Lawlor are not compatible. Earlier Wicker said the divorcee who arrived by air Monday would decide if he is the man she should marry for a $10,000 cash settlement.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Danny Wicker
Dorothy Lawlor
Wicker
Danny
Strip Tease Is Not Obscene Judge Rules
Judge Stanley Struble acquits Oscar Lerner and finds a 1943 obscene literature amendment unconstitutional. He says strip tease acts are not obscene, calling them God's handiwork and noting no distasteful content in the act while condemning peeping toms. The ruling frames the matter as a free expression issue.
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Cincinnati
Stanley Struble
Common Pleas
Ohio
Struble
Oscar Lerner
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