Derelict Schooner Sought by Coast Guard for Locke Children
Coast Guard jets and cutters hunted a derelict schooner off the East Coast at dawn to locate two children believed locked below decks. The Keewatin, a two mast vessel sighted 70 miles off Charleston, reportedly sailed April 1 from the Bahamas with Donald Parrot and his wife and two sons.
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New York
Coast Guard
Charleston
S. C
Keewatin
Donald Parrot
Salem
Mass
Bahamas
Parrot
David
Steven
Car Mishap Hurts Three Teens Near Buchtel School
A car on Route 216 near Buchtel school skidded and rolled twice injuring two Amesville youths and a Nelsonville girl. Driver Robert Webster and passengers Bill Wood and Jean Linaberry were bruised but not seriously hurt. all were sent home. The crash happened around 9 p.m. at the hilltop after the vehicle had just climbed the slope.
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Amesville
Nelsonville
Buchtel School
Robert Webster
Bill Wood
Jean Linaberry
Man Eludes Scorned Foxes and Water Wonders in Area
A quiet campaign to eradicate a gray fox population centers on David Stumbo of Nelsonville, wounded by braces and crutches yet firing on foxes from his Pleasantview Avenue home. Nearby, The Plains locals note soft water from shallow wells, and Fossil Creek yields petrified wood and lead blossoms with an historic Indian campsite nearby.
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Hill
David Stumbo
Hilleary Shop
Nelsonville
Dave
Pleasantview Ave
Athens
Ray Bobo
Lodi Township
L W Pilcher of McArthur Dies at 53
Leroy W. Pilcher 53 of McArthur died at 7 a m in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after a month long illness. He was secretary treasurer of McArthur Savings and Loan Co a partner in Pilcher and Knox Insurance and member of the Ohio Savings and Loan League executive committee. He was Kenyon College graduate WWI veteran Mason 32nd degree and Baptist. Surviving wife Mary Will Pilcher son Will Pilcher step mother three sisters two brothers. Funeral by Wrightsel funeral home McArthur.
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McArthur
Leroy W. Pilcher
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Pilcher
McArthur Savings and Loan Co
Pilcher and Knox Insurance Agency
Ohio Savings and Loan League
Kenyon College
Estate of Minnie Kroock Estimated at 30000
Cleveland report states Minnie Kroock 61 eccentric storekeeper who lived alone twelve years left an estate valued above 30000 after a bungalow search. Administrator Alvin I. Krenzler set the figure and lawyers suggest a fortune may be hidden at her home.
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Cleveland
Minnie Kroock
Alvin I. Krenzler
Lamb Chop Prices Hit High in New York Market
The city Department of Markets reports loin lamb chops at 1.25 a pound, up from 1.05 last week. Rich chops rose from 39 to 105 cents, shoulder chops from 89 to 95 cents, and leg of lamb from 69 to 75 cents this week.
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New York
City Department of Markets
Sheriff Threatened Over Elmwood Handbook Shutdown
Hamilton County Sheriff Dan Tehan received an anonymous letter warning of threats to him and his family if he ends handbook operations in Elmwood. He discarded the letter and continues his anti gambling campaign.
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Cincinnati
Dan Tehan
Hamilton County
Elmwood
Tehan
Extended Forecast for Columbus Sees Near Normal Temperatures
Temperatures in Columbus are expected to average near normal with highs about 50 and lows around 32. The forecast calls for a cool Saturday, warmer Sunday, then cooler Monday and Wednesday, with 4% to inch precipitation likely on Sunday or Monday and again on Wednesday.
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Columbus
Monsanto dedicates Texas City plant for 145 disaster victims
Monsanto Chemical Company dedicates its new 26 million dollar Texas City plant to 145 workers who died in the Texas City waterfront disaster of April 1947. The ceremony honors those lost and marks the company’s expanded operations in the area.
Army Officials To View Sites For Ohio National Cemetery
Rep. Brehm said Army officials will survey proposed sites in Ross Fairfield Perry counties next week for an Ohio national cemetery. In Ross County Chillicothe is chosen for its historic link and nearby hills, while Fairfield and Perry counties host Civil War hero shrines. The Sherman Sheridan National Cemetery may be placed along U S Route 22 linking Lancaster and Somerset.
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Washington
Brehm
Ohio
Quartermaster General's Office
Ross County
Fairfield
Perry
Chillicothe
Lancaster
General Sherman
Somerset
General Sheridan
Case Against D A Canaday Is Withdrawn
Charges of assault with intent to kill against former Mayor D A Canaday were withdrawn by Pomeroy newspaperman T R Cowie. Cowie cited potential unfavorable publicity and embarrassment to Canaday and his family. A warrant was recalled by Justice of the Peace L B Higgins as the case was transferred from Mayor Spencer’s court.
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Pomeroy
D. A. Canaday
T. R
Gack) Cowie
Cowie
Canaday
Justice of the Peace
L. B. Higgins
Sidney Spencer
The
Pomeroy Sentinel
Higgins
Spencer
Himself
Rent Controls Removed In Washington County
Housing Expediter Tighe Woods ordered the removal of rent controls from 5131 dwelling units in Ohio. The affected area includes Washington County except Belpre Warren Muskingum Dunham and Marietta townships. This is the fourth of five decontrol actions planned for the week under Congress extending the federal rent law by 15 months.
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Washington
Tighe Woods
Ohio
Washington County
Belpre
Warren
Muskingum
Dunham
Marietta
Woods
Congress
30th Veto by Russia Appears Probable
In the Security Council Russia looks likely to veto the Korea membership bid as 3 p.m. debate opens. Korea’s Republic seeks UN membership with jurisdiction over the Southern zone. Delegates expect a possible vote. Dutch Indonesian conflict talks to start this morning.
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Russia
Lake
Security Council
Republic of Korea
Republic
Korea
Ohio GOP Plans More Liberalism
Ohio Republicans act on state chairman Ray Bliss guidance by creating a Republican advisory committee to voice liberal and progressive viewpoints including labor veterans farmers young voters and minority groups. The plan includes a policy committee of 15, a permanent research and public relations division, and three specialized committees with a yearly commission to guide publications speeches and campaign literature.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ray Bliss
Akron
Bliss
State Central and Executive Committee
Florence G. Morris
Toledo
Albina Cermak
Cleveland
Raymond B. Howard
London
Madeleine Hoyt
Chillicothe
Jed H. Johnson
Zanesville
Nora W. Atkinson
Athens
Coal Miners Pension Age Debate Moves to 60
Washington reports coal operators press John L. Lewis to push higher pension royalties after winning a 60 retirement age for miners. The United Mine Workers fund, financed by a 20 cent per ton levy, totals 100 million dollars and is run by a three member board with Lewis, Ezra Van Horn, and Senator Bridges.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Health and Welfare Fund
Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Bridges
van Horn
Missing Man Found Brothers Released In Kentucky
A mother and three sons were released after a Cincinnati call confirmed the missing husband and father, Herman Ison, alive. Ison, 55, storekeeper of Kingdom Come, had been missing since March 5 and reportedly spent Sunday and Monday with a daughter in Cincinnati. A younger son had claimed the family killed and buried him at their country store.
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Whitesburg
Cincinnati
Herman Combs
Herman Ison
Kingdom Come
Ison
Engineering Group to Meet At Ohio University
Ohio members of the American Society for Engineering Education will assemble at Ohio University for the annual section meeting. FE H Gaylord will chair, with talks by F J Roethlisberger and T Keith Glennan, noon luncheon, and an afternoon session ending with the nominating committee report.
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Ohio U
Ohio
American Society For Engineering Education
Ohio University
FE. H. Gaylord
Ohio Section
Chemistry
John C. Baker
Emund BD. Ayres
Ohia State
F. J. Roethlisberger
Harvard University Graduate School of Business
Lindley Hall
R. S Beitler
Ohio State
T. Keith Glennan
Case Institute of Technology
Gaylord
Neil Thomas
A. A. Nellis, Jr
Richard R. Selleck
Three Injured In Collison With Train At Hobson Crossing
Three Mason residents were injured at 12 30 a m today when their car collided with a New York Central engine at the Hobson crossing in Middleport. Injured were Grace Easter 36 Eugene Jeffers 28 and Claire Stewart all with lacerations and to have X rays at General Hospital. The train was backing out of the Hobson yards and the crossing has floodlights but no flasher lights according to the Gallipolis post of the State Highway Patrol.
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Middleport
Mason
New York Central Railroad
Hobson Crossing
Grace Easter
Eugene Jeffers
Claire Stewart
General Hospital
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Easter
Hobson Yards
Parole Granted by Board in Mansfield Case
The Ohio Board of Pardons and Paroles granted parole Thursday to Stanley Ewing of Jackson County who is incarcerated at Mansfield Reformatory for breaking and entering.
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Columbus
Ohio Board of Pardons and Paroles
Stanley Ewing
Jackson County
Mansfield Reformatory
Juvenile Testimony in Ingle Murder Trial
Defense for 15 year old Ervin Arthur Ingle argues possible motive linked to Mrs. John Gabriel. Dr. Maurice Newburger testifies Ingle gave a truth serum and claimed he carried a gun at Gabriel’s request. A "man from Stryker" photo points to Earl Steemson, father of a witness, as potential link to the case.
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Bryan
Ervin Arthur
Bud) Ingle
John Gabriel
Young Ingle
Ingle
Juvenile Bureau
Bureau
Stryker
Marion Steemson
Stryker Mineral Springs
Earl Steemson
New York
Angle
Steemson
Gabriel
Mineral Springs
Slaying Mystery Pulls In Unidentified Men
Slaying of Robert B. Wren, 48, former South Vienna mayor, prompts search for two unidentified men last seen in an Otis Sheets car near a mine tipple. Sheets and Wren, longtime friends, were returning from a fishing trip. a third man Roger Neff left earlier. Wren, chief mechanic in the state highway department garage, is survived by wife and two children.
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ST. Clairsville
Robert B. Wren
South Vienna
Ohio
Otis 3
Sheets
William Irwin
Belmont County
Wren
Irwin
Vienna
Dunglen
Roger Neff
Zanesville
Neff
Columbus
Springfield
Bob McLain
Ewarta
MclLain
Kentucky
Wisecup Receives Death Penalty In Ohio Case
Wisecup, 49, was condemned to death in the electric chair by a Highland County jury for the Jan 2 murder of 72 year old Grant Nichols at the farmer's Carmel home. The seven men and five women voted first degree murder and withheld mercy, making the sentence mandatory. Defense plans appeal as Judge McDowell says he will hear arguments Monday. Nichols' body was found Jan 11. Wisecup was arrested the same day in Washington Court House.
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Hillsboro
Mahion Wisecup
Highland County
Grant Nichols
Wisecup
George W. McDowell
Nichols
Carmel
Washington Court House
Self-Sacrifice Offered by China's Acting President
Acting President Li Tsung Jen offered to be burned in oil or dismembered to secure peace in China. He sent the offer in a telegram to Mao Tse Tung after reportedly rejecting a Chinese Communist ultimatum demanding surrender of the army by Tuesday.
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Nanking
Li Tsung-Jen
China
Mao Tse-Tung
Patrol Arrests Three On Robbery Charges
State patrolmen near Wilmington charge three men in a $9000 robbery of the Federal Savings and Loan Co. Frank J. Czernewski Edward J. Mischler and Walter A. Maley are linked to 14 loan company robberies across Ohio.
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Columbus
Wilmington
Federal Savings and Loan Co
Frank J. Czernewski
Edward J. Mischler
Cincinnati
Walter A. Maley
Dayton
Ohio
GOP Leaders Claim Lausche Budget Welched in Clash
Columbus Republicans attack Gov. Lausche over a 649 million dollar biennial budget calling it a broken promise and an unrestrained spending spree. Leaders Walcutt ONeill Daniels and Hawley accuse the governor of thrift failure and vow strict scrutiny of school salaries and local distributions.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Senate
Roscoe R. Walcutt
House
William O'Neill
Lausche
Guy C. Hawley
Greenville
House Finance Committee
Ohio
Albert FE. Daniels
Greenfield
Senate Finance Committee
Daniels
Columbus Student Held Under Sorgery Chase
Charles Tate 21 of Zanesville broke from police after arrest for questioning about bad checks. He led a five block downtown chase, was recaptured, and admitted passing about $1000 in bad checks. Tate said he studied commerce at Ohio State University Twilight School.
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Columbus
Charles Tate
Zanesville
Robert D. Stevenson
Tate
Montgomery Ward Co
Stevenson
Samuel Toy
Ohio State University
Lausche Regime Issues First Liquor Permits
The Lausche administration approved the first liquor permits since taking office. State Liquor Director Oscar L. Fleckner issued 36 low powered beer carry out permits. Twenty two went to new holders, the rest to existing permit holders. None were in The Messenger area.
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Columbus
Lausche
Oscar L. Fleckner
Messenger
Europe Asks US Aid to Arm NATO Members
Eight European Brussels Pact nations urge U S backing to rearm for defense of the Atlantic alliance. State Department says a military aid program is being prepared for Congress with an estimated total near two billion dollars over 12 months.
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Washington
North Atlantic Alliance
United States
Congress
Acheson
Britain
France
Netherlands
Luxem
Italy
Denmark
Norway
State Department
Executive Branch
United State Congress
North Atlantic
Senate
Luxembourg
Western
Europe
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L. W. Pilcher
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Army
GOP
John A. Glynn
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