Fire damages Economy Tire Shop and garage crossfire
A blaze damaged Economy Tire Shop and Jake Baymaster's garage on Wednesday morning causing loss estimates between five and eight thousand dollars. Fire Chief Harry Hague said spontaneous combustion of wet coal used for a boiler likely started the fire, which spread through a wooden partition into the garage. A car owned by Capt John Armstrong of Clinton County Air Force Base and a Model Dry Cleaning truck were badly damaged, with other vehicles and equipment also hit as flames and smoke enveloped the area. No insured equipment is noted and the fire halted by early reports.
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Economy Tire
Jake Baymasters
Harry Hague
Hil
Hague
Baumaster
Economy Tire Shop
P. J. Jones
Baymaster
John L. Armstrong
Clinton County Air Force Base
Lee Hawk
Economy
Capt. Armstrong
Senate Restores Large Part of House Aid Out
The Senate approved a $6.13 billion foreign aid bill by 60 to 9, restoring the House plan to a 12 month basis and adding about $145 million, with the measure headed to the House and then a joint conference. Navy funding of $3.69 billion was approved for July 1, with further House action.
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Senate
House
Washington
Truman
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Flood toll in Pacific Northwest hits 44 dead
Portland Ore June 16 the Pacific Northwest flood toll stood at 44 known victims as the Columbia and Fraser rivers crested and spilled harmlessly into the basin. The final toll awaits water recession below flood stage in the lower valley.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Columbia
Fraser
Pacific
Mystery of Murphy’s Recovery and Calm Police Days
The article notes Fred A. Murphy’s puzzling appendectomy recovery aided by friends including Hale Conner’s drug store staff and George W. Horton. It also reports three days with no arrests under Mayor Stephens and quotes Police Chief Downing predicting calm before a storm. A local woman brings a potato oddly shaped like a hand, weighing about a pound in fall and shrinking over winter.
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Fred A. Murphy
Billy Kemple
Russell F. Hale
Robert Cotner
Hale & Conner’s
George W. Horton
Wilmington
News- Journal
Robert C. Stephens
Everett Downing
Marion Humphrey
Martinsville Rfd
Striking Night Club Employees Feted by Boss
New York June 16 160 Monte Carlo Night Club workers walked off the job prompting the shut down and a party. Management invited idle workers for drinks on the house as two bands played and staff danced. The stoppage followed wage disputes by eight bartenders with others joining in. Manager Joe Baum poured drinks for pickets who stood watch outside.
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New York
Monte Carlo
Joe Baum
Ching Moves To Resume Coal Talks
Washington reports conciliator Cy Ching moves quickly to reunite John L. Lewis and soft coal operators after a walkout over wage welfare pact terms. The present contract expires June 30 and meetings are scheduled for tomorrow morning with further adviser discussions planned. Moody of the Southern Coal Producers Association is cited as walking out with others.
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Washington
Cy” Ching
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Aviation
Joseph E. Moody
Association
Disease Held Danger To Supply of Meat
Dr Walter R Krill of Ohio State University warns that animal disease could threaten meat supply. He states 2,000,000 of Ohio’s 5,000,000 yearly pigs never reach market and calls for disease elimination to avert grain-eating nation risk.
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Columbus
United States
Walter R. Krill
Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Krill
Ohio
Long Island Estate of Gen Meyers for Sale
The palatial Long Island estate of Bennett E Meyers a former Army Air Forces major general now in jail is up for sale. The asking price is $100 000. Mrs Ila Rae Meyers plans to continue living at the estate until it is sold.
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Huntington
Long Island
Bennett E. Meyers
Army Air Forces
Ila Rae Meyers
Lebanon Mayor Clyde Collins Dies at 72
Clyde C. Collins, serving his second term as Lebanon mayor, died at his home last night from a heart ailment at age 72. He had led the city through multiple terms and was a longtime local public figure.
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Lebanon
Clyde C. Collins
Violence Breaks Out as French Strikes Spread
About 10 000 workers struck across France with a bloody clash in Clermont-Ferrand where police ejected strikers from the Berougnan rubber plant. Dozens of police and hundreds of workers were injured amid tear gas and rubber missiles as the general stoppage spread from Marseille to other regions.
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Clermont-Ferrand
France
U. S
General Confederation of Labor
Michelin Rubber Co
Marseille
Berougnan
Air Force Aims 1700 MPH Speed Tests With X-1 Rocket
The Air Force plans to push the Bell X-1 to 1700 miles per hour in high altitude tests beyond the sonic barrier. Five pilots have breached the sound barrier at 8 to 10 miles altitude. The new tests target 80,000 feet about 15 miles, the highest reached by humans so far.
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Washington
Air Force
Director of Women in Air Force Takes Oath
Lt Col Geraldine P May aged 33 became the first director of the women in the U S Air Force and was to be sworn in this afternoon in the office of Air Secretary Symington. The post follows the passage of the women regular service bill and the separation of the Army and Air Force.
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Washington
Geraldine P. May
U. S. Air Force
Air Secretary
Symington
Army
Air Force
Soviet Rupe on West German Govern Plan Clash
Soviet spokesman said Moscow cannot accept the six power London pact for a separate west German government, calling the plan a breach of the Potsdam agreement. The text was released June 7, with Britain, the U.S., and others approving it except France. In Washington, senators opened a fight over a new long range farm price support bill while oleo tax plans faded, with Maybank vowing a sharp clash and Aiken warning no bill this session without the measure.
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London
Russia
Britain
Georgi N. Zarubin
William Strang
France
United States
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Washington
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Soil Conservation Program
Truman Flags Newspaper and Radio People
On June 16 President Truman toured Kansas by train and spoke at Dodge City against what he called special privilege boys. He accused some in the newspaper and radio business of blocking facts and pressing his issues before the public amid a reaction from an old man shouting rent control is slavery.
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Truman
Kansas City
UPI
Kansas
Dodge City
Truman to speak in Columbus denied by party leaders
In Columbus on June 16 two Ohio Democratic leaders said they have no official information about President Truman's planned 10 minute Columbus speech and they are making no greeting arrangements. Eugene Hanhart state chairman and Albert Horstman national committeeman provided the statements.
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Columbus
Truman
Ohio
Democratic Party
Eugene Hanhart
Albert A. Horstman
Farm Population Edges Up After War Demobilization
The 1948 census shows 27,439,000 people on farms, up 2,249,000 since 1945. Census Bureau cites military demobilization and high birth rates as key factors in the partial recovery from the 1945 farm population low, noting January 1, 1948 figures are still 10.2 percent below 1910 levels.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Cincinnati Denounces Russian Taft Control Claim
Cincinnati newspapers and radio stations rebut a Russian geography magazine that labeled local media taft controlled. Editors call the claim rubbish and unfounded while noting local owners include the Enquirer MacLean family and Scripps-Howard holdings.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer
James D. Shouse
Crosley Broadcasting Co
WLW
S. Kozelski
Voking Sveta
Times-Star
Taft
The
Enquirer
MacLean
Post
Scripps-Howard
Junior Bootleggers Deal in Fireworks
Precocious Ohio youngsters bootleg fireworks, transporting banned items by rail from outside the state. Directed by W. J. Rogers, the scheme exploits legal loopholes as minors sell high powered firecrackers to peers for profit.
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W. J. Rogers
Ohio
Railway Express
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Prices Fall in Cincinnati
Retail prices for fresh produce plunge in Cincinnati with 290 carloads in town. Lettuce now sells for 2.50 to 3.00 per crate, down from 7 to 8 previously. authority cites federal food reporter W H Mosier of the U S Department of Agriculture.
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Cincinnati
W. H. Mosier
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mosier
Fire Captain Flings Hat in Protest and Resigns
In West Carrollton on June 16 a new $10,000 pumper broke down during a major blaze. Fire Captain William Auful, angered by bystander heckling, kicked his hat, stamped on it, and quit the force as damage to the warehouse reached about $10,000.
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West Carrollton
William Aufuldish
Supreme Court Won't Force Petition Forms for Prohibition Party
Ohio Supreme Court refused to order Secretary of State Edward Hummel to print petition forms for the Prohibition Party to qualify for the November presidential election. The ruling says no mandatory duty to supply forms but allows the party to file using its own petitions submitted to the secretary.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Edward J. Hummel
Prohibition Party
Ohio
Supreme Court
ERP Purchases Could Shape Commodity Markets
Secretary of Agriculture Brannan told a House committee that large government buys of grain cotton fats and other commodities for European recovery may sharply affect prices. He said the department will try to influence the market but not buy ahead or above the market and may buy when prices are falling to ease procurement without propping up prices.
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Washington
Brannan
House
Czech Refugees Arrive in Kent From London Flight
Twenty one Czechoslovak refugees including women and children arrived by plane at a Royal Air Force station in Kent today.
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London
Royal Air Force
Kent
Delay Likely On Vote For Draft Bill Until January
Washington report on House discussions over delaying the draft bill with Rep. Shafer proposing to pause registration and inductions until January 31 if voluntary enlistments fall short. The plan includes pay increases, lower aptitude standards, and two year enlistments as incentives. Senate already passed a similar measure.
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Washington
Shafer
Rmich
Rep. Short
R-Mo
House
Andrews
R-Ny
House Armed Services Committee
National Guarda Aijr National Guard
Senate
Appropriation Veto Overruled by House Vote
The House passed 288 to 113 to override President Truman's veto on a $975.9 million appropriation shifting the U S employment service from the Labor Department to the Federal Security Agency. If the Senate also overrides, the bill becomes law despite the president's objections.
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Washington
House
Truman
U. S. Employment Service
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Senate
New CCAFB Chieftain Leads All-Weather Division
Col J Francis Taylor Jr, 36, of Columbus Ind, became chief of the All-Weather Flying Division at Clinton County Air Force Base succeeding Col Gillespie. Taylor has long ties to the unit and served as deputy chief under Gillespie and Kelsey. He plans to move his wife and three daughters to Wilmington.
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Clinton County Air Force Base
Col. J. Francis Taylor, Jr
Columbus
Ind
J M. Gillespie
Air Materiel Command
Col. Taylor
AMC
Col
Taylor
Benjamin S. Kelsey
Outfit
Gillespie
Divsion
CCAFB
Col. Gillespie
M. E. Grevemberg
Wilmington
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Cincinnati Post
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