Ohio House Looks at Real Estate Valuation Bill
Ohio Representatives debate a bill to equalize real property valuations for taxation statewide. The measure would empower the state board of tax appeals to order true value assessments and withhold funds from noncompliant counties and districts. Critics from low-valuation counties vow to oppose. The Senate Finance Committee begins hearings on the biennial budget as lawmakers anticipate vacation time.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
State Board of Tax Appeals
Senate Finance Committee
General Assembly
Clingan Jackson
D-Mahoning
Finance Committee
Labor Bill Vote Is Uncertain in Senate Debate
Senators from both parties clash over emergency strike plans as Morse leads a lengthy speech. Opposition cites risk of filibuster and points to Taft Douglas Aiken proposals challenging Morse reliance on Congress for action in each strike threatening health or safety.
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Washington
Sen
Morse
R-Ore
Taft
R-O
Douglas
D-Ill
Aiken
R-Vi
Congress
Faked Ulster Gazette Copies Linked to Washington Burial Claim
Wilmington dealer warns that several Ulster Gazette copies boastful of a burial of George Washington are fakes. Meanwhile 11 year old Mary Ellen Regan will fly from Cincinnati to Tucson for a three week visit with relatives, an unusually long solo trip for a girl her age.
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Ulster Gazette
George Washington
Wilmington
News- Journal
Mary Ellen Regan
W. L. Regan
Greater Cincinnati
Tucson
Ariz
John Bonecutter
Paul Crawford
Barbara
Mary Ellen
Protests Lodged Over Ohio Telephone Rate Hearings
Hearing opens Thursday at 10 A M in Columbus before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co rate increases. Clinton County Telephone Committee leads local appeal with Harry H. Brandon chairing and Ralph Grimshaw secretary planning to present arguments from the county exchanges. Greenfield and Leesburg Highland delegates will attend to voice service complaints while all interested residents are urged to attend.
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Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Clinton County
State Office
Front Street
Columbus
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Harry H. Brandon
Ralph Grimshaw
Greenfield and
Leesburg Highland
Miss Rhonemus Wins 4 H Fellowship for Washington Study
Miss Hattie Mae Rhonemus of Martinsville Ohio received a 4 H club fellowship worth 1200 for study next year at the Agriculture Department in Washington. A 1944 Miami University graduate, she is a home demonstration agent in Butler County and previously taught home economics in Ohio and Indiana. She has served on Clinton County 4 H club camp faculty.
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Washington
Hattie Mae Rhonemus
Martinsville
Agriculture Department
Rhonemus
Miami University
Miss Rhonemus
George Rhonemus
Butler County
Washington, D. C
Ohio
Indiana
Clinton County
CROP reports record food drive totals for overseas relief
In a year ending June 1, 26 states contributed 75,668,581 pounds of food, totaling 2,392 carloads valued at $6,596,674. Wheat made 38 percent, corn 28 percent, beans 17 percent. CROP aims to expand nationwide with optimism for stronger drive.
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Dayton
Christian Rural Overseas Program
John D. Metzler
Catholic Rural Life Conference For
Church World Service
Lutheran World Relief
National Lutheran Council
Metzler
Women Jurors Seated For Patterson Trial
In Columbus on June 21 27 year old Ironton veteran Clay Patterson went on trial for the murder of his estranged wife Elizabeth 21 shot in a tavern. By day’s end 11 women were seated tentatively as jurors.
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Columbus
Clay Patterson
Patterson
Elizabeth
Modernization Of Aircraft Carriers Proposed
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, with President Truman’s approval, proposed upgrading two aircraft carriers at a total cost of 80 million dollars. He spoke to the National War College class of 114 as Truman handed out diplomas, stressing a strong U.S. military posture amid Soviet threats and defense challenges beyond atomic arms.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
Truman
Johnson
National War College
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
National Defense Establishment
Senate Labor Panel Backs 75 Cent Minimum Wage
The Senate Labor Committee's seven member subcommittee voted unanimously for a 75 cent hourly minimum wage and rejected extending coverage to 5 million more workers. Led by Sen. Pepper, the panel signals the full committee will likely back wage legislation to the Senate.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Sen
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate
Athens Jury Indicts Lacorte for Murder
Athens June 21 A special session of the Athens county grand jury returned a first degree murder indictment against John Lacorte 50 of Glouster. Lacorte will be arraigned tomorrow before Common Pleas Judge Roy D Williams. He is accused of killing Anna Lewis 36 his former housekeeper in a Glouster restaurant June 10 after barricading himself in his home.
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Athens
Athens County
John Lacorte
Glouster
Lacorte
Common Pleas
Roy D. Williams
Anna Lewis
Minister Nominee Nomination for Luxembourg
Mrs. Perle Mesta a Newport and Washington society leader and Democratic fundraiser was nominated by President Truman to serve as minister to Luxembourg on June 21.
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Washington
Perle Mesta
Newport
R. I
Washington, D. C
Democratic Party
Truman
Luxembourg
Fall fatally injures worker in scaffold accident
In Cincinnati on June 21 Walter Jacob aged 26 fell to his death when a rope supporting a scaffold failed or slipped. His 29 year old brother Leonard Jacob escaped injury by grabbing the opposite end of the scaffold.
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Cincinnati
Walter Jacob
Leonard Jacob
Pension Talks Still Deadlocked Between Big Steel and CIO
In Pittsburgh on June 21 five hours of contract talks failed to reach an agreement on pensions between U S Steel and the CIO United Steel Workers. John A Stephens led the bargaining for U S Steel while Philip Murray, head of the CIO and steel workers, gave no statement. An unofficial spokesman described a day spent presenting an economic picture to argue pension and wage demands could be met.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel Workers
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel Corp
Philip Murray
Murray
Paris
Germany
Berlin
Reich
New York
United Nations General Assembly
New Bids On Hospital Set For Wednesday Opening
Milwaukee reports bid openings for a new hospital project to be opened Wednesday afternoon at the courthouse. The item notes separate from the court action and includes local bidding details and the expected venue.
Material Missing At Oak Ridge Plant
In Washington on June 21 the Atomic Energy Commission said some material appears missing or misplaced at its Oak Ridge Tennessee plant but it is not A-bomb uranium. Senator McMahon said the Senate Atomic Energy Committee is probing an inventory discrepancy and noted a possible bookkeeping error. He said there is no cause for alarm.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge, Tenn
AEC
McMahon
D-Conn
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Acheson Returns from Big Four Conference
Secretary of State Acheson returned from the Big Four Foreign Ministers Conference in Paris. President Truman gave him a personal welcome home with Vice President Barkley and other notables at the airport as his plane landed at 10 09 A M EST after the trans Atlantic flight.
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Washington
Acheson
Paris
Truman
Barkley
Wheelbarrow journey begun from Florida to Detroit
Mrs. Julia Roka St. Clair a 48 year old former actress and Miss Hungary of 1918 started pushing her seven year old crippled son Adolphius toward Detroit in a wheelbarrow for a month long journey. They plan to cover roughly 1000 miles with Adolphius walking when possible and riding the rest. A canvas shelter guards against rain and offers of shelter flood in along the route.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Julia Roka St. Clair
Detroit
Adolphius
Probe of School Books Backfires on Congress
In Washington on June 21 the planned congressional probe of school books backfired as House Un-American Activities members denounced it and both parties predicted its dismissal. A special commission of educators, possibly led by Gen Dwight D Eisenhower, was expected to handle any further inquiry. Chairman Wood questioned the purpose of the investigation.
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Washington
Republican Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Wood
D-Ga
Governors Back Western Europe Arms Plan After A Bomb Hint
Colorado Springs governors gathered for their 41st annual meeting heard Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith say Russia may have tested an atomic bomb. Smith, ex ambassador to Moscow, suggested Russians solved atomic fission and urged support for arms and full weight economic aid for western democracies against communism.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Russia
Europe
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
Moscow
Romig Named Moderator of Presbyterian Synod
Rev Arthur M Romig pastor of First Presbyterian Lima for five years becomes moderator of the Presbyterian Synod of Ohio He succeeds Rev E W Lodwick of Seville after being selected by delegates at the 26th annual convocation in Wooster Ohio
Ohio Life Underwriters Meet Set in Dayton May 11 13
The 1950 convention of the Ohio Association of Life Underwriters will be held in Dayton from May 11 to May 13, announced today.
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Columbus
Ohio Association of Life Underwriters
Dayton
Truman seeks quick approval of seven reorganizations
Congressional leaders push to expedite Truman’s seven government reorganizations without a full session until August. Proposals include a Department of Welfare, Bureau of Employment Security changes, and reforms to the Post Office, Civil Service, Maritime, and Public Roads agencies. Leaders hope Congress adjourns early, avoiding the 60 day review unless no action is taken.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Department of Welfare
Bureau of Employment Security
Post Office Department
National Security
Civil Service Commission
Maritime Commission
Public Roads Administration
Senate
Nationalists Strike Shanghai Freighter Anchises In Raid
Chinese nationalist planes damaged the British freighter Anchises injuring four crew members. A Shell Oil warehouse was set ablaze with 20 000 tons of kerosene and other products. The raid disrupted foreign shipping and followed a nationalist blockade announced to begin June 26.
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Shanghai
Anchises
Shell Oil Company
Yangtze
Whangpoo River
J. E. Watson
Heat Warms Sugartree Street Bulge in Wilmington
The 94 degree Monday afternoon in Wilmington caused a Sugartree street section near South Street to bulge without breaking the surface. City safety service director H. H. Howard said the street crew would tear up the area Tuesday evening to inspect the cause. Summer began at 1 03 PM with the longest day of the year.
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Wilmington
Sugartree Street
South Street
H. H
Shorty) Howard
City Safety Service
Markets At a Glance Summary From Associated Press
Wheat faces strong adverse crop reports and hogs show uneven gains to a top of 21.75 dollars. Cattle rise up to 28.50 with steady to higher. Corn and oats hold steady with slight late advances. Stocks are irregular with leaders see-saw while bonds rise on rail demand.
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Associated Press
Clinton Memorial Hospital trims east end to cut costs
The Clinton Memorial Hospital plans reduce the east end by 22 feet and revise specs to save about 100000 dollars, aiming for a 65 bed facility with semiprivate rooms. Bid openings for general, heating, plumbing and electric contracts are set for Wednesday at 2 PM in the county courthouse.
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Clinton Memorial Hospital
T. S
Townsley
Board to Probe Apple Creek Hospital Dispute
A two engineers and an architect were appointed to inspect the Apple Creek State School hospital under construction. The panel will study the dispute between Public Works Director George B. Sowers and architect Joseph A. Gatozzi of Cleveland, who was dismissed over alleged drawing errors and disputed payments. Gatozzi contends dismissal followed his refusal to approve payment for nonconforming work and materials.
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Columbus
Apple Creek State School
State Welfare
John H. Lamneck
Public Works
George B. Sowers
Joseph A. Gatozzi
Cleveland
Gatozzi
Sowers
German Princess Weds Texas Man at Hohenzollern Castle
Princess Cecilie of Hohenzollern, granddaughter of Germany’s last Kaiser, wed Clyde Harris of Amarillo Texas at the 1000 year old Hohenzollern castle. The ceremony was attended by the German royalty as the couple exchanged vows in bright sunshine. Harris, an interior decorator, will move with his bride to an apartment in Amarillo after the wedding.
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Hechingen
Germany
Cecilie
Hohenzollern
Clyde Harris
Amarillo
Texas
Harris
Unidentified Sub Sighted Off South Florida Coast
The Coast Guard reported an unidentified submarine near the south Florida coast. Three Navy Privateers from the Miami hurricane-hunting squadron searched the Cocoa and Melbourne area overnight but found no trace. The case was classified and no further information could be obtained.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
South Florida
Cocoa
Melbourne
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