Fair Opens With Record Attendance Hopes
Athens County's 96th Fair opens with expectations of a near record turnout despite many courtesy tickets. Officials point to increased premiums over 8000 dollars and major attractions including radio shows WLW Midwestern Hayride WLS National Barn Dance. Governor Herbert to attend Thursday for a 600 purse pace race.
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Athens County
Fairgrounds
L. C. Baker
Fair Board
Thomas J. Herbert
WLW
WLS
W. R. Hughes
Nine From Holzer Pass Nurses' Exams
Nine nurses from Holzer Hospital Gallipolis passed state nurse board examinations held June 30 and July 1. Names include Virginia Broyles Jua mita Crow Dessie Davis Rosa mond Dennis Ruth Herrmann Mary Johnson Mary Saunders Betty Stevens and Frederica Theisen. They were among 492 successful candidates.
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Columbus
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
State Nurse Board
Associated Press
Virginia Broyles
Juamita Crow
Dessie Davis
Rosamond Dennis
Ruth Herrmann
Mary Johnson
Mary Saunders
Betty Stevens
Frederica Theisen
Sam Simmons critiques Reuther on steel industry leadership
Sam Simmons argues that Walter Reuther and many others lack practical experience in managing industry. He notes steel capacity needs 5,000,000 tons to add 10,000,000 tons annual output and warns diverting steel to automakers would worsen shortages.
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Walter Reuther
CIO
Reuther
Steel
Denial of Communism Demanded of Unions
NLRB requires all 51 CIO Executive Board members to sign non communist affidavits to access services and for AFL 15 member federation executive council to file non communist affidavits. Ben Gold of United Fur and Leather Workers Union is a self declared communist among CIO leaders. John L. Lewis may withhold his affidavit. Several CIO unions plan to snub NLRB. many others undecided. There are 40 CIO unions.
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Washington
P — Cio
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
AFL
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Ben Gold
New York
United Fur and Leather Workers Union
Denham
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Print Firms Offer Parley on Taft Hartley Act
Cleveland printers call a peace conference as the Taft Hartley Act goes into effect Friday. The AFL International Typographical Union terms the law a test of closed shop contracts and urges members to pause new contracts and seek unwritten wage and working agreements.
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Cleveland
Afl-International Typographical Union
U. S
Woodruff Randolph
ITU
Newspaper Carriers Picket For Pay Boost In St Joseph
About 25 young news carriers aged 10 to 15 staged a strike against the St. Joseph Herald-Press demanding a weekly pay boost of roughly three dollars. They picketed the Herald-Press building with CIO supplied signs from Local 931 across the street.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Herald-Press
CIO United Electrical Workers
Admiral King Condition Unchanged at Bethesda Hospital
The condition of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, 68, head of the Navy in World War II, remains serious but unchanged after 24 hours at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He has been there since last Friday with slight evidence of a mild stroke.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Navy
Bethesda
Meigs County Worker Loses Left Eye in Tire Change
A Meigs County worker, A. H. Curtis, was hospitalized at Holzer Hospital after an accident while changing a tire. His left eye was removed during treatment, according to hospital authorities.
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Meigs County
Gallipolis
A. H. Curtis
Holzer Hospital
Fall From Truck Fatal. Woman Dies In Portsmouth Accident
Mrs. James A. Bennett, 25, lost her balance and fell from her husband’s baggage delivery truck in Portsmouth, suffering a fatal skull fracture. Police and medical staff investigated the mishap as a tragic roadside accident.
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Portsmouth
James A. Bennett
Como’s Dream Interruption Sparks Impromptu Stage Offer
In Chicago, Perry Como was midway through Dream Dream Dream when a wag tossed a hard candy at him. He halted the show, ordered lights on, and offered an unscheduled vis a vis with the audience but no one accepted, and the singer resumed the program.
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Chicago
Perry Como
Como
Physicians Plan Reward For Capture Of Slayer
Portsmouth physicians launched a campaign to raise 5000 dollars to increase the reward fund and aid the investigation of the slaying of Dr. George E. Obrist on August 1. Police Chief Ray Brown Sheriff Earl Brandel and Assistant County Prosecutor William Weidner welcomed the effort after Obrist was shot from ambush near his home.
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Portsmouth
Scioto County
George E. Obrist
Ray Brown
Earl Brandel
William Weidner
Obrist
Narcotics Stolen From Lisbon Drug Store Reported
Two break ins were reported in Lisbon with narcotics worth 100 dollars stolen from a drug store and 400 dollars in cash taken from a feed supply company. Deputies investigated the incidents.
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Lisbon
Sheriff's Deputies
Assistant Registrar of Motor Bureau Dies
Columbus report Harold FE Culbert 49 assistant registrar of the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles died at home after a heart attack last night. He was a Fremont Ohio native.
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Columbus
Harold FE. Culbert
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Fremont
Ohio
Ohio Town's Mayor, Chief Are Indicted
Nine persons including Summit County Commissioner Murray S. Parker and Boston Heights Mayor George Henry and Police Chief Edward Pratt face grand jury indictments ending a two month probe of bingo and keno. Parker Campbell and Parker’s son were indicted on 127 counts of promoting and operating a lottery. Henry and Pratt face 78 bribery counts with Bratt named on 13 more. Sparks Dickson and two others were charged with 598 lottery counts amid a clash with County Prosecutor Russell and Judge Wanamaker who criticized his cooperation.
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AKRON
Summit County
Boston Heights
Summit Grand Jury
Murray S. Parker
George Henry
Edward Pratt
Parker
Alex Campbell
Hillcrest Club
Portage Lakes District
Donald Campbell
Campbells
Henry
Chief Pratt
Bratt
Franklin E. Sparks
Liberal Club
Kenneth W. Dickson
Sparkes
Dickson
Common Pleas
Walter B. Wanamaker
Alva J. Russell
Wanamaker
Hitler Doctor Is Convicted Of War Crimes
Dr Karl Brandt Adolf Hitlers personal physician was found guilty of crimes against humanity for Nazi medical experiments on concentration camp victims. The four man Nuremberg trial panel held him responsible for the killings of hundreds of thousands as the S S Medical Corps co defends. Sentences set for Thursday.
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Mernberg
Karl Brandt
Adolf Hitler
Walter Beals
Washington State Supreme Court
S.S
Brandt
S.S. Medical Corps
West Virginian To Head Moose Convention in Columbus
In Columbus 12000 Moose members gather for business sessions to nominate officers and review committee reports. Marshall Field III attends an executive session. Incumbent officers are slated for advancement. F Roy Yoke of Parkersburg WV is named supreme governor succeeding Leo W Ryan of Bedford PA.
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Columbus
Marshall Field III
The
Chicago Sun
F. Roy Yoke
Parkersburg
W.va
the World Order
Leo W. Ryan
Bedford
Drownings Tie Frog Hunt and River Swim in Ironton
Two Ironton men died yesterday in separate incidents. Lindsay Pasley 32 was found entangled in lily pads at Hecla Pond during a frog hunt. William Cecil Wooten 42, a painter, disappeared during a swim in the Ohio River and search efforts continued.
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Ironton
Lindsay Pasley
Hecla Pond
William Cecil Wooten
Ohio River
Brickers Assailant Adjudged Insane by Federal Court
William L Kaiser who fired at Senator Bricker on July 12 was found insane by a federal court jury after testimony that he suffers from an organic brain disease. The psychiatrist indicated that surgery for a mental disorder may be required.
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Washington
William L. Kaiser
Senator Bricker
Kaiser
Amino Perretti
Tropical Storm Warning Near Key West
The Weather Bureau reports a tropical storm forming in the Gulf of Mexico about 150 miles west southwest of Key West. It is moving west at about eight miles per hour and gaining strength.
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Gulf
Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Key West
Tiffin to Host Five-County Farmers Homes Office
Tiffin will serve as headquarters for a five county area under a new program of the Farmers Home Administration. The setup aims to coordinate rural housing loans and related services across the region.
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Tiffin
Farmers Homes Administration
Disaster in Cadiz Torpedo Factory Explosion Kills Many
A massive explosion at a naval torpedo and mine factory in Cadiz Spain last night caused heavy destruction across the city with estimates of more than 400 dead and thousands injured The blast damaged shipyards disrupted water power rail and road links and forced rescue teams from across Cadiz Province to converge The tragedy centered near San Severiano district and the Juan de Austria training ship was destroyed by fire with casualties reported but not yet tallied by officials
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Cadiz
Spain
Echevarrieta
Larrinaga
San Severiano
Eduardo Callejo de la Cuesta
Council of State
Juan de Austria
Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez
Provence
Francisco Regaldao Rodriguez
Cifra
Tire makers face price fixing charges in federal case
Federal charges accuse 19 defendants of a 12 year tire price fixing conspiracy. Goodyear president E J Thomas vows to fight to the limit as the civil action in Los Angeles seeks to reshape color motion picture processing. Federal antitrust actions also involve Technicolor and Eastman Kodak with statements from company chiefs.
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New York
E. J. Thomas
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Federal District Court
Thomas
William O'Neil
General Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Los Angeles
William C. Dickson
West Coast Antitrust Division
Technicolor Motion Picture Corp
Eastman Kodak Co
Technicolor
Kodak
Rochester
N. Y
Eastman
Thomas J. Hargrave
Lize
Federal Trade Commission
Irving S. Olds
U. S. Steel Corp
Olds
Commission
Express Agent Woodworth Dies at 65 in Athens
Eugene F. Woodworth aged 65 longtime rail express agent died Monday night at his home 121 Franklin Ave after months of illness. He came from a farm near Athens and joined Adams Express, later worked for United States Express, which merged into Wells Fargo and then Railway Express Agency. His brother Franz was Athens mayor.
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Eugene FE. Woodworth
Franklin Ave
Here
Marl H
Isabelle Johnson Woodworth
Woodworth
Athens
Adams Express Co
Franz
United States Express Co
Wells-Fargo Express Co
Brucellosis Threat Cited By AVMA Convention
Cincinnati report from the American Veterinary Medical Association annual meeting names brucellosis as the greatest disease threat to U S cattle. AVMA committee chair L R Vawter of Reno notes three reasons including rising prevalence, control challenges, and human health danger.
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Cincinnati
American Veterinary Medical Association
AVMA
L. R. Vawter
Reno
New
Marshall Sets Policy Speech In Brazil Conference
Secretary of State George C. Marshall will address the Inter-American Conference of Foreign Ministers in Quitandinha Brazil. He is expected to outline U S views on a hemisphere defense treaty amid Cuba’s demand for an economic aggression clause. The speech follows the arrival of Eva Duarte Peron, wife of Argentina's president.
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Quitandinha
Brazil
George C. Marshall
Inter- American Conference of Foreign Ministers
U.S
Cuba
Marshall
Senora Eva Duarte Peron
Argentina
Turned Down by Girl He Killed Self in Ohio
Walter E. Radford twenty five of Lockland fired a fatal shot Sunday night at Gano after a girl friend refused a ride. He called at Miss Margaret Raffel’s home and, upon rejection due to a family reunion, left, said goodbye and God bless you, then shot himself with an army revolver.
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Hamilton
Walter E. Radford
Lockland
Gano
Butler County
Edward Cook
Cook
Radford
Margaret Raffel
Goodby
Bomb Found in London Declared Hoax
A police guard found a device under a Foreign Office archway on Downing Street opposite Prime Minister Attlee first reported by Scotland Yard as a hoax since the bomb lacked a detonator.
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London
Foreign Office
Downing Street
Attlee
Scotland Yard
Job Training Course Slated At Logan High
Logan City School system announces two new teachers joining a 511 strong roster under Supt George E. Carr. Waldo Terrell from Gore will teach a new Diversified Training course funded by federal and state sources for juniors and seniors as an experimental job training program. Robert Grewe, formerly of Fort Wayne Indiana, will teach junior high math and bookkeeping replacing Alice Shurer. Grewe is a Navy WWII veteran and holds a Capital University degree with a master’s from Columbia University in New York City.
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Logan
Logan City
George E. Carr
Carr
Waldo Terrell
Gore
Terrell
Logan High School
Ohio University
Goodyear University
Akron
Robert Grewe
Fort Wayne
Ind
Alice Shurer
Athens
Grewe
Capital University
Columbus
Columbia University
New York City
Three Are Lost In Whirlpool In Ohio River Tragedy
In Cincinnati rescuers search the Ohio River for the bodies of Martha Colstex 17 Helen Bodley 16 and Charles Singler 20 after they disappeared during a whirlpool swim. Walter Bodley 14, Helen’s brother, attempted a rescue but was unable due to a broken left arm.
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Mary Young
Lealman Lake
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mary
Cincinnati
Ohio
Leslie Badgley
Martha Colstex
Helen Bodley
Charles Singler
Walter Bodley
Helen
Badgley
Walter
Embargo on U.S. Coal to Canada Lifted
The Office of Defense Transportation lifted the partial embargo on U S coal shipments to Canada. The move ends a restriction placed last Wednesday against shipments via Canadian National Railway to speed the return of U S freight cars held in Canada.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
United States
Canada
Canadian National Railways
Dominion
U. S
Union and Mansfield Tire Begin Wage Talks for 2400 Workers
The United Rubber Workers CIO and Mansfield Tire & Rubber Co have started wage talks ahead of Taft-Hartley. Desmond Walker Local 17 president says negotiations will continue until a complete agreement is reached for 2,400 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
United Rubber Workers (Cio
Mansfield Tire & Rubber Co
Desmond Walker
Forecast Brief for Columbus Ohio Warm Humid Until Weekend
Ohio weather outlook shows temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above normal with highs near 82 and lows around 67. Expect about one inch of rain with widely scattered thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday and frequent storms Friday and Saturday as a cool change approaches.
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Columbus
Ohio
Housing Probe Awaits Choice of Chairman
Congress members started a $100,000 housing investigation and a fight over who chairs the inquiry. The showdown centers on Tobey of New Hampshire and McCarthy of Wisconsin, a freshman sponsor seeking the chair but hoping Tobey does not win it.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
Senate House Committee
Tobey
R-Nh
McCarthy
R-Wis
Wisconsin First Timer
Friends
Battelle Memorial Institute streamlines staff with six new assistants
In Columbus the Battelle Memorial Institute announced a streamlined reorganization and six new assistant directors to speed handling of growing industrial and scientific research. Director Clyde Williams noted the staff tripled since World War II, from about 300 to 1000, with expenditures this year projected above 4 million dollars.
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Columbus
Battelle Memorial Institute
Clyde Williams
Fire Ends Bay Village Protest Meeting at Boathouse
In Cleveland Bay Village a heated protest meeting over converting Dover Country Club property into a waterworks station was abruptly halted when a fire razed the boathouse. Owner Arthur E Williams put damage at about $6,000.
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Cleveland
Bay Village
Arthur E. Williams
Dover Country Club
Moon's Leave Extended For Ohio Liquor Post
Lt. Floyd C. Moon said he again received 90 days of leave from the State Highway Patrol to continue as acting chief of the state liquor enforcement division. The extension runs until November 16.
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Moon
Ohio Liquor Post
Columbus
Floyd C. Moon
State Highway Patrol
Pioneer of United Cigar Stores Dies in New Jersey
William T. Posey, developer of the United Cigar Stores Co., died yesterday in South Orange New Jersey. Posey built a nationwide chain and held a prominent role in the cigar trade.
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South Orange
N. J
William T. Posey
United Cigar Stores Co
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