Woman Dies After Crash On Route 33
A 37 year old Nelsonville woman, Martha Speelman, died from skull fractures after a head on collision on Route 33 just south of Nelsonville. John L Reynolds faces manslaughter charges. four others injured include Betty Huston and Albert Reynolds. Speelman survived by husband Archie and six children.
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Nelsonville
Route 33
State Highway Patrol
Martha Speelman
Sheltering Arms Hospital
John H. Elias
John L. Reynolds
Deanville
Speelman
Betty Huston
Albert S. Reynolds
New Straitsville
John Reynolds
Albert Reynolds
Miss Huston
Raymond
Wayne
Army
Greenlawn
Ohio
George E. Menald
Gertrude McIntyre
Warren
Jack McIntyre
Former Student Helps Marietta Get Painting
Fort Worth resident Fred Cutter a former Marietta College student helped obtain a $750 painting of Marie Antoinette for the school. He contacted the Literary Guild of America about a reproduction by John McClelland, noting Marietta’s naming in honor of France’s aid in the Revolutionary War. The club donated the painting to the college library.
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Marietta
Fred Cutter
Fort Worth
Tex
Marietta College
Marie Antoinette
Literary Guild of America
John McClelland
France
Lbrary
Angler Rescues Unconscious Youth From Creek Depth
Kansas City report says fisherman Elvin A. Holker rescued an 18 year old named John C. Moses after he fell 20 feet from a rock ledge into Indian Creek. Holker snagged Moses with a hook and line on a bamboo pole and pulled him to safety from about 30 feet of water.
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Kansas City
Elvin A. Holker
John C. Moses
Indian Creek
Pension plan clash as miners return to work
Washington report on a fresh dispute over coal mine pensions as John L. Lewis and operators spar over a tentative plan. The back-to-work move ends six weeks of shutdowns, while Van Horn challenges the plan in court and seeks personal liability for Lewis and Bridges.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Pension Fund
Ezra van Horn
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
van Horn
Welfare Fund
Philadelphia
Bridges
United Mine
Lewis and Bridges
Rising Need for Coal Driven by Fuel Shortages
Dr. John S. Yellott told the American Mining Congress that U.S. fuel demand will rise rapidly, with coal playing a growing role. He warned supply and demand for coal, oil and gas no longer balance, predicting petroleum consumption exceeding seven million barrels daily by 1950 and noting factors including fluid fuel deficits and Marshall Plan coal exports. He also outlined a gas turbine locomotive using pulverized coal and DC power from the turbine.
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Cincinnati
John S. Yellott
American Mining Congress
Yellott
Locomotive Development Committee
Baltimore
U. S
Yellett
Oleo Battle Splits GOP in Congress
The House floor debate over repealing the 62 year old federal tax on oleo margarine splits Republicans. City and country factions clash with Taft urging repeal and Stassen opposing. Farm bloc tensions rise between cotton and peanut belt members and dairy regions.
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Washington
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Train Wreck Kills Three Injures 30 Near Adamsville
A Miami Chicago passenger train plunged down a 100 foot embankment near Adamsville Alabama killing three and injuring 30. The dead include engineer W B James fireman Ernest Mayhall and passenger Emma Dahnke. Rescuers from Sheboygan Indians and Cairo Dodger camp volunteers aided victims.
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Adamsville
Ala
Illinois Central Railroad
Sun Chaser
Birmingham
Sheboygan
Wisc
Indians
Cairo, Ill
Brooklyn Dodger
Vero Beach
Fla
W. B. James
Haleyville
Ernest Mayhall
Emma Dahnke
Chicago
Louise Dahnke
Eva L. Hewen
Daytona Beach
Elizabeth B. Paver
Evanston, Il
Nelsonville Hospital Plans Approved for 1.176 Million
Federal approves plans for a $1,176,000 general hospital in Nelsonville. Health Director John D. Porterfield said the project will receive a $392,000 federal grant.
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Columbus
Nelsonville
John D. Porterfield
Irgunists Resume Incident Near Jaffa and Tel Aviv
Heavy mortar fire from no man’s land toward Arab Jaffa shakes Tel Aviv at 11 a.m. The Irgun Zvai Leumi backs an operation against Haganah in Jewish Palestine. Reports vary on progress with casualties and British warnings.
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Tel Aviv
Palestine
No Man’s Land
Arab Jaffa
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Irgun
Jaffa
Maashieh
Haganah
Jerusalem
Toll-Free Highway Bridges Planned In West Virginia
The West Virginia road commission announced that the Silver Bridge at Point Pleasant and two other state owned spans will be toll-free within seven years. The Market Street Bridge at Steubenville and four Wheeling bridges form the remaining projects, with free passages slated after revenue bonds are retired by 1954 and 1955 respectively. Five bridges already freed include two Little Kanawha crossings at Parkersburg and a trio of Ohio River bridges at Parkersburg Williamstown and St. Marys in 1943 and 1946.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia Road Commission
Market Street
Ohio River
Steubenville
Wheeling
West Virginia
Associated Press
Little Kanawha River
Parkersburg
Williamstown
St. Marys
Bodies Found In Trailer In Double Homicide Case
Authorities identified the deceased steeplejack as William Howard Osterber 38 of South Point Ohio and a woman found beside him in a trailer near Danville Virginia Both victims had bullet holes in the head and no gun was found Coroner H H Hammer said they likely died Wednesday and a service station operator alerted officials
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Danville
Ohio
E. B. Archer
William Howard Osterber
South Point
Lawrence County
H. H. Hammer
Pittsylvania County
Boy Cries Wolf Drowns in West Virginia Fish Pond
In Beckley West Virginia Robert Lee Tyree 16 of Dry Hill drowned after reportedly crying for help while swimming in a pond. Fire Chief Bernard Martin said Tyree appeared to become ill and his friends initially thought he was joking as he had done before.
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Beckley
W.va
Bernard Martin
Robert Lee Tyree
Dry Hill
James Lively
Tyree
Departure Postponed for Bulgarian Premier in Prague
Premier Georgi Dimitrov of Bulgaria had his departure from Prague postponed indefinitely with no immediate explanation. He had traveled for the signing of a Czechoslovak Bulgarian treaty last week.
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Prague
Georgi Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Air Force Showdown Moves Toward Congress Clash
Senate committees press Defense Secretary Forrestal to defend a smaller air force while calls mount for universal military training and broader defense spending. Gen Omar Bradley warns war risk has risen since the year began, urging a trained reserve and stronger deterrence against Russia.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Senate
Truman
Army
Navy
Air Force
Armed Services Committee
Omar N
Bradley
Russia
St. Patrick's Day
Hanna Faces Forging Trial in Buffalo
Mark A. Hanna III was found sane to stand trial on a federal charge of forging two checks totaling sixty thousand dollars. He was hospitalized April 12 after a medical and psychiatric exam ordered by Judge John Knight and was to be released soon to Erie County jail for arraignment. Hanna had pleaded guilty to a prior indictment, later ruled invalid due to a misdirected juror during five days.
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Buffalo
Mark A. Hanna III
Meyer Memorial Hospital
Hanna
John Knight
U. S
Henry W. Killeen, Jr
Erie County
Federal Grand Jury
Honor Medal Campaign Starts for Gentile Hero
The Piave Club in Columbus started a campaign to obtain the Congressional Medal of Honor for Don Gentile of Piqua Ohio. Gentile, an air ace who shot down 30 Nazi planes in World War II, is now on duty with the Air Force in Washington. The banquet announcing the plan featured Judge Charles B. Zimmerman of the Ohio Supreme Court as the principal speaker.
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Columbus
Don Gentile
Piave Club
Piqua, O
Gentile
Air Force
Washington
Charles B. Zimmerman
Ohio Supreme Court
Topping and Turner Readied for Fourth Marriage
Lana Turner the actress and Henry J. Topping Jr the tin-plate magnate prepared to wed in Hollywood. Both are embarking on a fourth marriage, with a gala ceremony planned to match a film industry style setting.
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Hollywood
Lana Turner
Henry J
Bob) Topping, Jr
Stassen Seeks New Jersey Delegates In GOP Bid
Harold E. Stassen plans a push for New Jersey's 35 GOP convention delegates while taft forces prepare for May visits. He spoke at Princeton and will broadcast from H. Smith's home as aides claim solid support for Driscoll as a favored son. Pennsylvania also plans unpledged voting behind Edward Martin.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
New Jersey
H. Alexander Smith
Stassen
Taft
Smith
Arthur Vandenberg
Mich
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Princeton University
Princeton
Minnesota
Alfred E. Driscoll
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Edward Martin
Taft Stassen Ohio Campaign Enters Final Phase
Senator Robert A. Taft presses toward the Ohio May 4 primary with about 30 speeches planned starting in Dayton. He campaigns against Harold E. Stassen while Ohio allies Bricker and Herbert bolster Taft in northern districts. The Taft wife Martha joined Taft in Cleveland for joint ward meetings urging support.
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Taft-Stassen
Ohio
Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Washington
Dayton
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
John W. Bricker
Thomas J. Herbert
Martha
Senate
Congress
Cincinnati
Warm Ohio Day With 90 Degree Readings Across State
Columbus recorded 87 degrees as Ohio enjoys unseasonably warm weather. The US Weather Bureau forecasts continued heat with possible evening showers and cooler conditions tomorrow across Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Dayton Toledo and others. Buckeye Lake shores brim with picnickers as readings reach 80s to 90.
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Columbus
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dayton
Toledo
Chesapeake
Ohio River
Koreans Arrested After Weekend Riots in Japan
Military police in Kobe and Osaka detained hundreds of Koreans after weekend riots quelled by U S troops. More than 8 000 Koreans involved across the two cities as Japan entered a rare postwar disruption described by an official as a minor emergency.
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Kobe
Japan
Osaka
Miller cites two bulwarks against Communism
Ray T. Miller, former Cleveland mayor and Democratic gubernatorial hopeful, told the Fairview Council of the Knights of Columbus that only the church and the United States can stop Communism. He warned that the Red Czar of Moscow would set the civilized world back 2,000 years if allowed.
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Cleveland
United States
Ray T. Miller
Moscow
Miller
Fairview Council of the Knights of Columbus
State Hospital Head's Selection Announced
Columbus welfare director announces the appointment of Dr. Calvin L. Baker as superintendent of the Dayton State Hospital. He succeeds Dr. E. L. Hooper who retired to join the Veterans Administration in Columbus. The appointment is effective in May.
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Columbus
Calvin L. Baker
Dayton State Hospital
Charles L. Sherwood
Baker
E. L. Hooper
Veterans’ Administration
iMay L
Ward demands probe into Ohio Penitentiary killings
COLUMBUS AP Three fatal stabbings at Ohio Penitentiary in five days prompt attorney general candidate Paul F. Ward to call for an immediate investigation. He blames “frightening conditions” and criticizes the state administration for removing Warden Henderson and installing Acting Warden Ralph W. Alvis. Nahalka, 27, was killed by a cellmate. guards Zimmer and Chessir died after a hospital ward attack by an escaping convict. Ward urges full inquiry and firing of those responsible, regardless of politics.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Paul F. Ward
Steubenville
Democrat
Walter W. Zimmer
Samuel P. Chessir
Andy Nahalka
Nahalka
Zimmer
Chessir
Ward
Thomas J. Herbert
Frank D. Henderson
Ralph W. Alvis
Charles L. Sherwood
Henderson
Sherwood
Ohio
Hugh Jenkins
Pike County
Paul Skarpusis
Canton
Skarpusis
Alvis
Russia Drops 13 Month Boycott At United Nations
Moscow signals shift on Palestine and Jerusalem as Andrei Gromyko indicates ending the 13 month boycott of the Trusteeship Council. Semen Tsarapkin appointed Soviet representative to the council.
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Lake Success
Russia
Palestine
Kremlin
United Nations Trusteeship Council
United Nations Assembly
Old Jerusalem
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. N
Moscow
Trusteeship Council
Semen K. Tsarapkin
Eisenhower Warns Stupid Act Could Trigger War
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told the Kansas Junior Chamber of Commerce convention that the current threat is a stupid act by a dictatorship that could provoke a war. He said chaos hysteria fear and starvation may drive desperate nations to arms.
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Wichita
Kans
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kansas
Stop Light Robbers Steal Wallets and Clothes in Cincinnati
Alfred Boeh 24 and Cecile Lammers 25 reported they were forced from their car at a traffic light by two armed men who robbed them early Sunday. They said the assailants took $792 and Boeh's clothes to hinder pursuit. The victims described the youths as in their teens or early twenties.
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Cincinnati
Alfred Boeh
Cecile Lammers
Boeh
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Harry E. Kidder
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Robert Redman
Portsmouth
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Shirley Holler
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William Myers
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Lima
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Nelsonville Hospital
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