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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1948

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Jericho Falls as Arab Legion Moves in Palestine War

King Abdullah says Arab Legion scout troops have occupied Jericho near Jerusalem as British withdrawal nears completion. Haifa reports shelling of a Jewish settlement and Haifa gains. Irgun and Haganah claim Maashieh in Jaffa. British troops move to quell fighting. Post Office suspends Palestine mail service.

Jericho Jaffa Jerusalem Abdullah Trans-Jordan Arab Legion Haifa Naharaim Haganah Joshua Amman Syria Iraq Lebanon Palestine Associated Press Allenby Bridge Holy Land Cairo Washington Post Office Department

Kent State students suspended for bad taste jokes

Four Kent State University students who hosted the variety show Pork Barrel were suspended indefinitely for offenses against good taste. Named are James Aharp and Dominic Domino of Ravenna Edward Shelton of Akron and Irvin Hahn of Brooklyn New York.

Kent, O.—V Kent State University Pork Barrel George A. Bowman James Aharp Dominic Domino Ravenna Edward Shelton Akron Irvin Hahn Brooklyn, N. Y

Police Officer Faces Charges Of Bribery

Ernest L. Molnar a 25 year veteran and former police lieutenant in Cleveland faces a grand jury indictment on 111 counts charging he solicited and took more than 85000 in bribes from two policy operators between 1939 and 1947.

Cleveland Ernest L. Molnar Molnar Richard P. Ford William P. Myers Civil Service Commission Frank William Hoge Hoge Brothers Frank Hoge

Post Mandate Plan Details Withheld By Bevin

London Bevin refused to commit Britain’s support for the Trans-Jordan Arab Legion after the Palestine Mandate ends. He cited awaiting United Nations decisions on Palestine before promising funding arms and officers. In Palestine Tel Aviv reports say Jaffa battles intensify as Haganah and Irgun launch major assaults on suburbs and waterfront targets.

London Ernest Bevin House of Commons Britain Trans Abdullah Trans-Jordan Bevin United Nations Palestine Tel Aviv Jaffa Haganah Irgun Hassan Bey Mosque

Hollywood Breakfast Show Producer Tom Breneman Dies

Tom Breneman, producer of Breakfast in Hollywood, died at his Encino home after collapsing early today likely from a heart attack. He was about 48 years old and had risen around 4:30 a.m. for his ABC radio broadcast.

Hollywood Tom Breneman Encino American Broadcasting Co ABC Breneman

Food dealers elect Columbus executive in Ohio group

R. C. Walter of Mansfield was elected president of the Associated Wholesale Food Distributors of Ohio yesterday.

Columbus R. C. Walter Mansfield, C Associated Wholesale Food Distributors of Ohio

Supreme Court strips Keeney from Vinton probate ballot

The Ohio Supreme Court ordered Charles S. Keeney removed from the Vinton County probate judge line on the Republican primary ballot for failing to specify the term of office. The decision requires reprinting about 2,000 GOP ballots at $500 and affects absentee ballots already cast. The board of elections must act before the May 4 vote.

McArthur Charles S. Keeney Vinton County Vinton Ohio Supreme Court Keeney High Court Fourth District Court of Appeals Frederick L. Newdick Vinton County Board of Elections James R. Freeman Columbus McGhee, Rowe and Evans Newdick Freeman Elections Board

Senate Group Hears Newest Draft Plans

Washington Senate Armed Services Committee reviews a new draft proposal to recruit 161000 youths aged 18 to 19 for one year of training and 190000 inductees in the first year for ages 19 to 25. The plan retains nationwide Selective Service with local boards and reduces Air Force groups to 66.

Washington Senate Armed Services Committee Gurney R-Sd Administration Congressional UMIT Army Navy

Hail and Rain Strike Ohio Across Broad Areas

A severe storm swept Ohio causing heavy rain and hail from Springfield to Jeffersonville near Washington Court House. Hail up to a foot deep damaged wheat fields and injured structures. In Cleveland heavy rain flooded streets and cut telephone lines to Avon Oberlin and Chardon.

Columbus Ohio Springfield Jeffersonville Washington Court House Cleveland Avon Oberlin Chardon

Officials Quiz Man On Loss of Cruiser

Lancaster authorities questioned Sebastian P Futino 28 of Mars Pa about the disappearance of Deputy Sheriff Charles Polling. Polling, found out of gas in Columbus after Patrol investigated a disturbance in Dumontville and his cruiser was taken following an alleged peace disturbance report.

Lancaster Fairfield County Sebastian P. Futino Mars Charles Polling Columbus Harley Highle Dumontville

Soviet Press Alleges New Anti West Attacks

The Soviet controlled Taegliche Rundschau in Berlin declared there would be no war while devoting almost half its front page to charges against the West. It claimed wholesale arrests of political minorities and widespread attacks by American soldiers against Berlin Germans.

Berlin Taegliche Rundschau West

Refusal to Work in Union Shop Bars Unemployment Claim

The Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation ruled yesterday that refusal to work in a union shop bars a claim for jobless compensation.

Columbus Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation

CIO Calls For Buyers Meat Strike

The CIO urged a nation wide boycott of meat from six firms Swift Armour Cudahy Wilson Morrell Rath after a 44 day walkout by Packinghouse Workers Union members. The strike seeks a 29 cent hourly raise while police halted picketing in Kansas City injuring a dozen.

Washington CIO Philip Murray Murray Swift Armour, Cudahy Wilson Morrell and Rath CIO Packinghouse Workers Kansas City Kas President Truman Justice Department

Ward stresses Penitentiary inquiry in Ohio politics

Paul F. Ward of Steubenville accuses Welfare Director Sherwood of vague denial that Ohio Penitentiary runs free of politics. Ward points to three prison slayings in five days and questions why Warden Henderson resigned without explanation, citing the Republican acting warden and urging a thorough investigation.

Columbus Paul F. Ward Steubenville Charles Sherwood Ohio Ward Sherwood Frank Henderson

Senate Panel Finds Navy Overcharged on Arabian Oil

A Senate committee said the Navy was overcharged at least 30 million dollars for wartime Arabian oil purchases. Arabian American Oil Company countered that its pricing policies saved the Navy more than 26.5 million and that benefits to the economy have only begun.

Washington A_ Senate Arabian American Oil Company

Author's Son Jailed In Arms Cache Raid

Two men claiming Zionist Youth Movement membership were jailed after police found an arms cache in a Manhattan west side industrial building. One man identified as Joseph Untermeyer, 19, son of author Louis Untermeyer.

New York Zionist Youth Movement Manhattan West Side Joseph Untermeyer Louis Untermeyer

Intermittent Rains Break Warm Spell

Unseasonably warm weather gave way to intermittent rains on Tuesday afternoon and overnight into Wednesday. The high reached 82 then fell 30 degrees to a low of 52, rising to 56 by 10 am. Rainfall was .19 inches and the Hocking River rose .02 feet to 4.22 feet.

Mercury Hocking

Truman Gains More Delegates in Close Nomination Race

President Truman reaches the halfway mark toward the Democratic nomination after strong Pennsylvania and Massachusetts votes. He holds 340 of 470 delegates chosen, with 618 needed, while Republican hopes shift to a possible compromise candidate as Vandenberg gains attention. Delaware and New Mexico allocate undeclared delegates, Tennessee leans toward Carroll Reece, and Mississippi backs Senator Taft through Perry Howard.

Washington Truman Pennsylvania Massachusetts Harold E. Stassen Minnesota New York Thomas E. Dewey Florida Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower Arthur Vandenberg Michigan Vandenberg Delaware New Mexico Tennessee Carroll Reece GOP Perry Howard Mississippi Robert A. Taft Ohio

Stassen Wins Third Straight Primary In Pa Contest

Harold E. Stassen captured a slim margin in Pennsylvania's Republican presidential primary with 67,930 votes to Dewey's 62,849 as 6,769 of 8,262 precincts reported. MacArthur and Taft followed, while Truman led the Democratic ballot with 234,056 votes.

Philadelphia Pennsylvania Nebraska Wisconsin White House Harold E. Stassen Minnesota New York Thomas E. Dewey Stassen Dewey U. S Edward Martin Keystone Pittsburgh Douglas MacArthur Ohio Robert A. Taft Michigan Arthur Vandenberg Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower Henry A. Wallace James H. Duff Gover Earl Warren California Truman Eisenhower Wallace

Miami Valley Atomic Energy Show Opens in Miamisburg

A three day Miami Valley atomic energy show will open in Miamisburg with about 10 000 students and adults expected to attend. Some 60 scientists will explain the atomic mystery in simple terms. Co sponsors are the Miamisburg Community Civic Association Monsanto Chemical Co and the U S Atomic Energy Commission.

Miamisburg, CO United States Miami Valley

Ralph S. Stubbs Dies at 65 in Sea Island

Ralph S. Stubbs 65 of New York City, vice president of the American Sugar Refining Company, died last night at Sea Island Georgia.

Sea Island Ralph S. Stubbs New York City American Sugar Refining Company

Gas rush ignites around Hemlock area near Shawnee

New Lexington reports a gas rush in Perry County near Hemlock four miles east of Shawnee. Wesley Tharp opened a gas well with a daily capacity of 1 120 000 cubic feet, the first producing well in the territory. Prospectors seek to buy or lease adjacent land.

New Lexington Perry County Hemlock Shawnee Wesley Tharp

Pact Signing Details Fixed

The eight state Ohio River sanitation pact will be signed June 1 in Cincinnati at the Netherland Plaza Hotel. Gov. Thomas J. Herbert of Ohio will preside at a luncheon after signing the 20 parchment copies, with officials from Indiana Kentucky New York Illinois and others in attendance.

Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Thomas J. Herbert Ohio Hudson Biery B. A. Poole Indiana Henry W. Ward Kentucky John R. Advent Ohio Development and Publicity Commission George B. Robinson New York Department of Commerce Bureau of Planning John William Chapman Illinois H. E. Moss Illinois Department of Health

Yugoslavia Ex King Eyes Throne Again

King Peter II of Yugoslavia, 24, declares intent to return as ruler and says Tito would be overthrown in a free election if held today in a Communist Yugoslavia. He arrived in the United States aboard the Queen Elizabeth on a private business visit. Louis W. Hill Sr., 76, eldest son of James J. Hill founder of the Great Northern Railroad, has died in St Paul Minnesota.

New York Peter II Yugoslavia United States Marshal Tito ST. Paul, Minn Louis W. Hill, Sr James J. Hill The Great Northern Railroad

Baby Abandoned Found On Lisbon Doorstep

A month old girl wrapped in two blankets was found abandoned on a Lisbon doorstep, police reported Tuesday. The infant was discovered late evening and supporters were contacted for care. Authorities opened an investigation into the circumstances of the abandonment.

Lisbon

Treaty Ratified by Finland in Mutual Aid Pact

Finland's parliament ratified the treaty of friendship and mutual assistance with Russia, signaling formal acceptance of the agreement and deepening postwar cooperation. The vote endorses commitments between Helsinki and Moscow amid shifting regional security dynamics.

Helsinki Finland

Taft Attacks Stassen Over New Deal in Ohio

In Dayton Taft accused Harold Stassen of lacking opposition to New Deal spending and federal control. Stassen seeks 23 of Ohio 53 Republican delegates in the May 4 primary as he campaigns intensively in industrial northeastern Ohio. Taft said Stassen favors Roosevelt’s policies and noted columnists’ support for him.

Dayton Robert A. Taft Harold E. Stassen Ohio Minnesota Stassen Taft Roosevelt Truman

Court Orders Coroner To Release Autopsy Report

Common Pleas Judge orders Coroner D M Ceramella to produce the autopsy findings on 19 year old Roxie Baker or explain in court why the report has not been made public. The writ comes at the request of Paul Cash, Dover fight promoter charged with second degree murder in the death.

New Philadelphia D. M. Ceramella Common Pleas J. H. Lamneck Roxie Baker Paul Cash Dover Fight

Mercury Price Hiked for 1949 Mercury Autos

Ford division announced price increases for the 1949 Mercury range from 315 to 420 dollars. The higher prices apply across the line as announced today.

Mercury Detroit Ford

Date Set For Nationwide Railroad Strike In May

May 11 set for a nationwide rail strike involving 150000 union members across locomotive engineers firemen enginemen and switchmen. Wage talks failed after two weeks of negotiations and a presidential fact finding board recommendation was rejected by unions.

Chicago Cleveland Truman John L. Lewis White House David B. Robertson

Freight Train Derails Near Westville Spurting Oats and More

A 68 car Pennsylvania Railroad freight train from Chicago to Harrisburg derailed near Westville, spilling oats flour canned milk wine and horseradish across the right of way. Twelve cars left the track with three overturning down an embankment. No injuries. 350 feet of three track damaged. Cleanup and repairs expected to take ten hours. Cause unavailable at once.

Urbana Pennsylvania Railroad Westville Here Chicago Harrisburg W. H. Mapp Columbus Pennsylvania

Grade Teachers Pay Reaches Higher Level

Ohio Education Association reports nearly all grade school teachers now reach pay levels of high school teachers with similar training. A survey by T. G. O Keefe shows 92 percent of boards of education adopted a single salary schedule based on training and experience.

Columbus Ohio Ohio Education Association T. G. O'Keefe Boards of Education

Ceremony Opens Mailings for First Check Bonus

In Columbus the first of 1930 bonus checks go out today to veterans. One check will be presented to Jimmy Flood of Quaker City, with Gov. Thomas J. Herbert and members of the Sinking Fund Commission involved. A total of 1,930 checks will distribute $646,157 to 1,724 Army veterans and 206 ex-sailors.

Columbus Jimmy Flood Quaker City Thomas J. Herbert Sinking Fund Commission Chester W. Goble Goble Washington National Guard Navy

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Irgun Zvai Semen K. Tsarapkin Soviet Union UN Trusteeship Council Senate Gerhardt Eisler U.S Harvard Cambridge Mass Hall Hatch D-Nm Pepper Dfla Mr. Truman Gael Sullivan Democratic National Committee Theater Owners of America SUGAR New Deal National Mediation Board National Railway Labor Act
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