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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1948
Page
1
Judge Goldsborough doubled penalties for John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers for criminal contempt totaling $1,420,000 after a 1946 fine. He scheduled a civil contempt hearing for Friday to consider further penalties amid warned coal field disruptions.
Early returns from 75 percent of Italy show the Christian Democrats leading the Senate vote with about 47.4 percent and the Communist Left coalition around 14 percent. Chamber results favor the Christian Democrats by nearly two to one in votes counted from 4,183 precincts, with the anti Communist Socialist wing third. MISI leader Giorgio Almirante predicts 300 seats for the Christian Democrats in the Chamber.
Ohio officials approve a $70 million state building program under the Additions and Betterment Law. Gov. Herbert and legislative leaders decided to proceed amid war fears and high costs, with $20 million under way and $30 million planned. A new state office building is set for $3 million now, with plans for an $8 million structure pending next session.
Hollywood writer John Howard Lawson aged 53 plans an appeal after a federal jury found him guilty of contempt for refusing to answer the House Committee on Un American Activities last October about his possible communist ties.
Coal gas retorts in the United States produced 664 576 tons of coke in 1947 a 12 percent drop from 1946 valued at 6 499 094 from 1 094 820 tons of coal valued at 9 365 957 Regional figures cite Illinois Indiana Iowa and Ohio yielding 16 691 tons worth 193 024. A separate item from Ann Arbor Michigan notes a drive to make U S Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas the Democratic presidential candidate.
Ben C. Smith aged 49 died last night while working as a brakeman on a New York Central Railroad freight train in Columbus. The incident prompted an investigation by local authorities and railroad officials.
Peter Holodnak of Cleveland filed for divorce after 26 years apart from his wife Anna. He said he came to the United States in 1922 from Czechoslovakia and that the couple married in Rome in March 1922 while Anna’s whereabouts are now unknown.
Donald Agar of Zanesville was elected vice-president and technical adviser of the W. H. Loomis Tale Corp at the annual directors meeting held yesterday in Gouverneur New York.
A fire at Pascoag Race Track in Burrillville Rhode Island destroyed four barns. At least one man and 33 horses died or were killed or destroyed. Grooms opened stable doors as flames spread and horses panicked, with some racing into dangers on the grounds.
Captain Sah Kuan Jen of the Wanli reports 1 234 passengers detained by Chinese Communists after the steamship ran aground off Chengshan on the Shantung Peninsula last week.
Senate passage of the Taft-Ellender-Wagner long range housing bill seemed certain by nightfall as Taft and McCarthy near a compromise. The measure would insure more home loans and extend authority through March, backing 15 million new homes by 1958 and slum clearance with increased guarantees for rental housing profits.
An excited Springfield resident fired a shotgun at a prowler prompting Capt. Harry Shuman to dispatch a radio cruiser. A boy then burst into the station declaring he was the culprit and that the buckshot hurt.
John Thomas, 34, a Montgomery County burglary convict, stabbed guard Walter W. Zimmer fatally and seriously wounded two other guards inside Ohio Penitentiary after a 20 minute rampage. Thomas, who escaped from the hospital ward, surrendered when rifle guards surrounded him. no shots were fired.
Ted C. Parecel a Pan American Airways pilot lands in Springfield with his wife Maybelle and two daughters Sherry Lynn seven and Holly Waven three before starting a coast to coast flight over the Wright skyway. He plans to reach Los Angeles Saturday via Oklahoma City and Phoenix as ceremonies mark the skyway dedication in Dayton and LA.
Industrialist Robert W. Johnson, former Army brigadier general and War Production Board vice-chairman, argues capitalism must put service to society before profit. He says Russia fails to grasp a system that prioritizes customers and warns capitalism can resist Communism if it serves people.
Ohio State University trustees adopted a policy requiring oaths that employees belong to no organization advocating violent overthrow of the government. The oath is needed for renewing current contracts and for hiring future staff.
Fritz Kuhn a former leader of the German American Bund was convicted in absentia by a Bavarian de-Nazification court as a major Nazi offender. The 51 year old German was sentenced to 10 years in a labor camp if he is ever found after escaping Dachau last February.
The great port of Singapore was paralyzed by strikes today with only three of 30 ships in harbor unloading. About 6,000 workers are out, halting loading and disrupting shipping operations.
Police rounded up more than 1,600 pinball machines and 1,285 summonses in a citywide crackdown on the pinball game business. A separate report notes the death of Mrs. William H. Junke, 39, who fell from the YWCA on 25th Street and died at Brooklyn Bridge.
Five mines in Southeastern Ohio were reported operating as UMW members awaited the John L. Lewis case outcome. Romesburg, Chris Wolfe deep mines, and D M Sunnyhill Matheny Strip were active while most deep shaft mines were closed. Miners at Misco near Crooksville walked out during a union meeting led by Ruhda Roach. Soft coal strikes expanded across eight states with 10,000 workers walking out in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Alabama and scattered actions in Tennessee, Wyoming, Indiana and Kentucky.
The Ohio River fell at an increasing rate with a high water mark of silt along banks. Officials forecast 61.5 feet then 60 feet, while Cincinnati prepared to clean warehouses and supply hydrants and hoses. Kenton County residents moved back home as health officials urged thorough cleaning and drying.
The United States presented a 47 point trusteeship plan to the United Nations for Palestine. It avoids a troop commitment, envisions a UN appointed governor general with broad powers, and possible partition after years. A later multinational defense group would maintain peace under a plebiscite path. Arab opposition expected to persist.
Chillicothe drivers from AFL Teamsters strike over 48 hour week extra day off and $1 hourly raise. Public Transport Inc seeks fare rise to 7 cents as nine drivers walk off leaving students and workers stranded after four buses stay idle.
Lt. Ernest L. Molnar was dismissed from the Cleveland police force with the Civil Service Commission upholding the firing unanimously. He faced charges of associating with policy racketeers and failing to report a racket shakedown.
State Highway Director Earl L. Reed announced contracts totaling 116 214 09 have been given to A W Burns Construction Co Columbus and The Fenton Construction Co Ashland for bituminous treatment of state and federal roads across Athens Hocking Vinton Meigs and Morgan counties. Ashland firm projects include 2 58 miles on State Route 7 Troy Township 10 08 miles on US Route 50 alternating in Ames and Bern townships and other sections in Meigs County Chester Orange and Olive townships. Columbus firm projects total 50 987 54 covering 5 84 miles on State Route 56 Waterloo Athens townships 15 01 miles on State Route 56 Salt Creek and Benton townships 7 28 miles on State Route 75 Washington Townships Vinton 8 90 miles on US Route 50 Harrison and Richland townships and 2 24 miles on State Route 75 Swan Township. Estimated cost 130 768 with completion by Aug 15.
The state moved to wind up its case against Jack Singleton a Cleveland used car dealer accused of taking about a million dollars for cars not delivered Trustee Morris R Blaine said Singleton's assets total 93506 Previous witness testimony indicated claims against the dealer for almost new cars reached 837981
Seventeen people were killed when a truck slid off a highway along the Black Sea near Hopa in eastern Turkey. Fifteen others were injured in the accident.
Robert A. Taft and Harold E. Stassen push toward the final stretch for Ohio’s 23 of 53 Republican national convention delegates. Taft, the state’s senior senator, will secure 30 delegates as favorite son candidate. Stassen presses the remaining delegates with campaign stops across northeastern and eastern cities then windups in Cleveland.
Boxing promoter Paul Cash, 33, free on 8000 dollar bond, pleaded innocent to second degree murder in the April 9 death of 19 year old Mrs Roy Baker. First degree murder charges were withdrawn. grand jury for Tuscarawas County will consider the case May 1.
Temperature will average 5 to 8 degrees above normal with a normal max near 5 and min around 35 to 38. Cooler Wednesday then a rise Thursday and Friday, cooler again Sunday. Precipitation ¼ to ½ inch in scattered showers tonight or Wednesday and again Saturday or Sunday.
Las Vegas report says Albert Hibbs of Chillicothe Ohio and Roy Walford of San Diego California, calling themselves scientific gamblers, paused after three days at the Golden Nugget Casino. They refuse to disclose winnings beyond saying they did okay. They began with $300 and a roulette system, taking turns on the wheel.
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