City Council OKs New House Numbering Ordinance
The council passed a city wide ordinance establishing official house and business numbers to be used citywide. The measure takes effect July 17 with a deadline of August 16 to display the new numbers. City engineer D. Robert Conard noted some residents still have not filed the required card showing both old and new numbers. The Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co will supply directory cards this week and all cards must be returned. A council resolution was also approved.
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D. Robert Conard
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Conard
Dewey Gains Amid Taft Stassen Deal Rumors
Dewey campaign manager Herbert Brownell said Dewey gained 25 delegates overnight from three states. Reports circulated of Taft and Stassen aides meeting secretly to draft a possible agreement for Stassen to support Taft for the GOP nomination at next week's convention.
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Philadelphia
Herbert Brownell
Thomas E. Dewey
New Yorker
Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Taft
Stassen
Minnesota
GOP Civil Rights Plank Sought at Philadelphia Convention
Negro leaders accuse Congress of evading 1944 pledges and demand a strong civil rights plank in the 48 platform. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. says the platform will include the party’s most international program in history as the Resolutions Committee prepares the draft for next week’s convention.
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Philadelphia
Congress
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Resolutions Committee
Republican Party
Crossing repairs loom over Locust Street rail crossing
City Councilmen at Thursday night meeting discussed the Baltimore & Ohio crossing on East Locust Street. Reopened to traffic the crossing remains rough and incomplete with hope for quick completion and better conditions. Gene Lacey spoke on the Northside Drive-In operations and a rain or shine screening reassurance. Sgt William A Geier reviewed baking a four tier cake for Col J M Gillespie at CCAFB marking a notable reception.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
East Locust Street
Gene Lacey
Northside Drive-In
Texas
Lacey
William A. Geier
Dayton
Col. J. M. Gillespie
CCAFB
Investigators Find DC-6 Completely Disintegrated
In Mt Carmel Pennsylvania investigators probed the United Airlines DC-6 wreckage after the crash that killed 43 people including producer Earl Carroll. The airliner struck a 60 000 volt power line and exploded scattering bodies and belongings across a woodland site as CAB United Airlines Douglas Aircraft and Airline Pilots Association officials investigated the disaster.
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MT. Carmel
United Airlines
Joseph O. Fluett
Civil Aeronautics Board
Fluett
New York
Douglas Air
Carroll
Jack Herlihy
United
George Warner, Jr
Westmont
Ill
Harry Stibitz
American Aid to Greece Effective, Truman Says
President Truman told Congress the Greek situation remains critical but U S aid is showing progress. He cited improving morale, formation of defense battalions, and Turkish forces trained by the United States as stabilizing factors in the region amid ongoing guerilla activity and reconstruction.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Greece
Efforts To Break Coal Deadlock Fail
Government efforts to break the contract deadlock between John L. Lewis and the east coal operators failed today. Conciliator Director Cyrus S. Ching said he is reporting the failure to the White House this afternoon. President Truman might reconvene an inquiry board or establish a new Taft-Hartley Act panel if recommended by the Justice Department.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Cyrus S. Ching
White House
Truman
Justice Department
Death Decreed for 23 Rioters in Chungking Reported
Chinese dispatches say June 18 in Chungking 23 rice riot participants were sentenced to death. Earlier, several thousand looted grain shops were reported in the city.
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Nanking
Chungking
Housing bill passes House amid real estate lobby backlash
The House on June 18 approved a housing bill stripped of slum clearance and public housing provisions. President Truman denounced the measure as the real estate lobby’s bill.
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Washington
House
Truman
Real Estate Lobby
Veterinarians urged to eradicate undulant fever source
Columbus report says the public wants action now to eradicate brucellosis. Dr C K Mingle, head of the tuberculosis eradication division, told the Ohio State University vets conference that veterinarians must remove the disease source or risk outside action.
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Columbus
C. K. Mingle
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Ohio State University
Living Costs Rising Again Why
New York writer analyzes why inflation bites America. He notes prices rise overall due to supply and demand, with some declines in items but essentials like food and meat climbing. Wages rise for some, fixed-income groups feel the pinch as spendable money grows.
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New York
America
Dun & Bradstreet
Senators Seek Quick Action On Farm Bill
Washington June 18 Determined senators began fast negotiating to persuade the House to back a long range farm program. The Senate approved a major overhaul of farm price support by a 79 to 3 vote with only Ecton Williams and O Daniel voting no. The House favors a straightforward extension of current support to return to prewar levels this year. Aiken voiced hope for a permanent plan despite limited time to bargain.
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Washington
House
Sen. Aiken
RVI
Aiken
Sens
Ecton
R-Mont
Williams
R-Dei
O’daniel D-Tex
House Approves DP Compromise
The House approved a compromise bill to admit 205000 homeless Europeans to the United States over the next two years by voice vote. The measure heads to the Senate. a committee return was rejected 266 to 133. Refugees begin arriving next fall due to transportation readiness.
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Washington
House
United States
Senate
Senate House
Rep. Fellows
R-Me
President Truman Returns to Washington After Swing Through U.S.
President Truman arrived at Union Station at 11 44 A M EST ending a 15 day cross country tour. He attacked the Republican Congress promising more vetoes and plans to use the election to highlight his conflicts with Congress. Many officials greeted him and 150 bills waited for his action on his White House desk.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Union Station
White House
Earthquakes Kill Over 1000 in Sikang Province Village
Central News Agency reports more than 1,000 Chinese were killed in a sequence of temblors that leveled the mountain village of Lihwa in Sikang. A Chengtu dispatch notes 20 quakes from May 25 to May 31.
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Nanking
Lihwa
Central News Agency
Chengtu
Sikang
Vets' Compensation Enforcement Pledged
Columbus reports U S District Attorney Ray J. O'Donnell announced a crackdown on veterans unlawfully drawing unemployment compensation. He said the Service Men's Compensation Act offering $20 a week for 52 weeks has become a racket for certain veterans.
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Columbus
U.S
Ray J. O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Rumors Run Wild in Philadelphia Ahead of Republican Convention
A Philadelphia dispatch paints a rumor saturated scene as delegates gather for the Republican convention. It notes Stassen, Dewey, Taft and other figures arriving in hotels, with chatter of fourth ballots and last minute withdrawals amid a tense, orderly rally atmosphere.
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Philadelphia
Grand Central Station
More Fighter Planes To Be Sent to Europe
The United States will double its fighter strength in Europe by shifting the 36th Fighter Wing from Albrook Field Panama to Germany around August 15. The move, creating the first organized jet interceptor force in the area, doubles the existing German-based P-47 group and signals normal training for global operations.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Air Force
Panama
Germany
36Th Fighter Wing
Albrook Field
Canal Zone
U. S
Russia
United States Air Force
Caribbean
Murderer Gets Death Sentence in Ohio Slaying
Nathaniel Henry Strain aged 26, an habitual criminal, was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the rape and murder of Miss Alice Lauterbach the eight years ago in her Fulton Street home. Judge John R. King set the date for October 25 at Ohio Penitentiary.
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Columbus
West Virginia
Ohio
Ioke
Nathaniel Henry Strain
Alice Lauterbach
South Side
Fulton Street
John R. King
Strain
Ohio Penitentiary
Air Force orders 28 massive C-124 transports
The Air Force orders 28 large C-124 sky freighters to accompany long range bombers. Each aircraft carries 222 fully equipped troops or a 25 ton payload up to 2400 miles without refueling. The C-124s are roughly two and a half times the size of the wartime C-54s.
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Washington
Air Force
Allies Reform Currency in West Germany
The Western Allies announced a drastic currency reform to reduce money in circulation and enable German ERP participation. A new deutsche Mark replaces old marks, with 40 old for 40 new. About 45 million residents would hold the equivalent of $12. Frantic crowds flocked to trade old notes as stores emptied ahead of the Sunday reform.
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Berlin
Frankfurt
Germany
Blaze kills children as fire engulfs two Longueuil homes
In Montreal area near Longueuil, a fire early today swept through two wooden two story houses killing four children and seriously injuring a fifth. Firemen could not reach the flames as water mains were unavailable, leaving residents in danger.
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Longueuil
House approves delayed draft bill meets Senate opposition
The House passed a delayed-action draft measure 285 to 130, but the Senate Armed Services Committee blocked immediate action. Sen. Glen Taylor opposed any draft, delaying tactics nearly halted final action before adjournment. The Senate favors immediate two-year service. the House seeks one year with a February 1 induction limit.
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Armed Services Committee
Senate House Conference Committee
House
Glen Taylor
Didabo
Almodst
Senate
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Taylor
Arabian Pipeline Decision Put Off
The government postponed until September a decision on exporting 68 000 tons of pipe to Saudi Arabia for a 1100 mile line from oil fields to the Mediterranean. Trans American Pipeline Co sought export licenses amid domestic pipe shortages.
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Washington
Saudi Arabia
Mediterranean
Trans-American Pipeline Co
Coneern
Grace Lenczyk Wins 1948 National Women's Golf Title
Grace Lenczyk of John B. Stetson University defeated Marilyn Smith of Kansas 2 up to win the 1948 National Women's Collegiate Golf Championship in Columbus. Lenczyk played sub par golf in drizzle, forcing Smith dormie on the 18th tee before Smith conceded on the 18th due to trouble at the trap.
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Columbus
Grace Lenczyk
John B. Stetson University
Marilyn Smith
University of Kansas
Miss Lenczyk
Miss Smith Dormie
Truman Attacks Congress During Columbus Stop
President Truman renewed his war of words with the 80th Congress in Columbus. He called Congress tied to special privilege and noted voters failed to turn out, while a cut public address system and heckling crowd added color to the stop. Mayor Rhodes offered a brief farewell note as the crowd cheered and jeered.
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Columbus
Truman
80Th Congress
Union Station
Rhodes
Harry
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