95th Annual Exposition Opens with Four Day Fair
Athens County's 95th Annual Fair opens with new livestock barn and a full racing program starting Wednesday afternoon. Exhibits from 4-H clubs and agricultural students fill the Grange Hall as Wire show horses, saddle horse events, and Western horse shows highlight four days of racing, fireworks and dances, with entries accepted until noon.
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Span
Athens Grange Hall
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
WLW
Paul M. Herbert
Sheriff's Deputies Wage Boost Approved in Scioto County
Scioto County commissioners allocated 500 dollars to the sheriff for a 15 dollar monthly raise to each deputy for the rest of the year. Sheriff Earl Brandel sought the funds to offset rising living costs.
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Fortsmouth
Scioto County
Sheriff's Office
Earl Brandel
Jail Grabs War Veteran Free After Crowd Removal
Cambridge reports Sheriff Wilmer Q. Oliver said about 75 men stormed the Byesville jail Saturday night to free Clifford Shatto, a 19 year old war veteran. Shatto was arrested after a scuffle with Marshal Raymond Reed over driving privileges. while the doctor treated a head wound, the crowd removed the jail and Shatto walked out free. He was later moved to the county jail, but escaped again when charges were withdrawn.
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Wilmer Q. Oliver
Byesville
Clifford Shatto
Shatto
Raymond Reed
Reed
Oliver
Liquor Sales During Fairs To Be Allowed
Columbus AP The State Liquor Department will not enforce the 58 year old liquor zoning law while courts test its constitutionality. Liquor Director Robert M Sohngen announced the temporary injunction in Franklin County with Columbus tavern operators arguing the law is unconstitutional. The department will hold action until the state courts decide. The move preserves dry status for 1946 Ohio fairs and paves the way for repeal efforts in the upcoming General Assembly session.
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State Liquor Department
Robert M. Sohngen
Franklin County
Sohngen
Department of Liquor Control
Ohio
General Assembly
Gang Fugitive Johnny Craft Surrenders in Jackson
Jackson Mississippi police report Johnny Craft, a reputed ringleader in a Smith County ambush that wounded four white men, surrendered to officers in Jackson. Craft appeared at the Hinds County Jail after slipping past a large posses of hundreds. He is described as a war veteran and unarmed.
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Miss
C. M. Herrin
Johnny Craft
Smith County
Craft
Hinds County
Two Killed Five Hurt In Collision Near Lorain
LORAIN Ohio 14 miles west of here yesterday a two car crash killed LORAIN- area resident Ewing E Board 35 of Cleveland and Robert Tirpach 45 believed from Cleveland and critically injured five other people Arthur Stone of Mansfield who rode with Beard and Tirpach was reported near death.
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Ewing E. Board
Cleveland
Robert Tirpach
Here
Arthur Stone
Mansfield
Beard
Tirpach
Britain to seek sole Palestine trusteeship role
A British government informant said Britain will ask the United Nations trusteeship council next month to appoint Britain as the sole trustee for Palestine. The step follows the demise of the League of Nations, which ended the legal basis for Britain’s mandatory rights.
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Britain
United Weations Trusteeship Council
Palestine
League of Nations
Curfew for Teen-Agers Decreed in Circleville
Circleville police set a 10 30 curfew for all under 17 to curb juvenile delinquency. Police Chief William F McGrady said an old ordinance banning children from the streets after that hour would be invoked tonight.
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Circleville
William F. McGrady
Train Engineer Killed In Seaboard Derailment
Norfolk engineer M. N. Kirkland of the Seaboard Air Line train Robert E. Lee was fatally injured when an express train derailed seven miles north of Hamiet North Carolina yesterday.
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M. N. Kirkland
Seaboard Air Line
Robert E. Lee
Hamiet
N. C
Widening of Legislature's Work Seen As Fourth Special Session Opens
Ohio lawmakers begin their fourth special session in Columbus amid hints from Gov. Lausche of expanding beyond the three point program. Groups push for a hospital survey, immediate state employee pay raises, and broader old age pension and unemployment benefits. The governor favors a study commission and targeted increases, with suggestions from engineers and lawmakers for broader coverage of workers compensation and unemployment insurance.
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Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Governmor
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Watkins
Ion
John J. Heier
Franklin County Chapter of Engineers
H. D. Byrne
Portage County
Poland Denounces Italian War Claim At Peace Talks
Poland urged rejection of Italy’s declaration that not all conference nations were at war with Italy. Belgium Yugoslavia Netherlands joined in challenging the claim presented to the Italian Political and Territorial Committee. Italy proposed amending the preamble to say Italy was at war with some of the Allied powers.
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Italy
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U S Britain Join Forces Against Reds Over Dardanelles
Washington reports United States and Great Britain will oppose Soviet proposals on sharing military control of the Dardanelles with Turkey. France has joined in pressuring Moscow to reject the Soviet plan. Britain is expected to follow suit if not already.
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Futhermore
Springfield to Vote On Pay Tax Proposal
Springfield voters will decide in November on a payroll tax of one half of one percent to fund wage increases requested by most municipal departments. The City Commission last night approved submitting the plan for public approval and funding city operations.
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Springfield
Legion Elects Leaders Today at Cleveland Convention
The American Legion closes its first postwar state convention with officer elections and resolutions. Don W Schoep of Warren is the probable state commander as delegates report on a soldiers bonus housing aid and GI Bill provisions. Ray Moore 63 president of Fairpoint Construction Co died of a heart attack in Cadiz.
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Cleveland
American Legion
Don W. Schoep
Warren
Cadiz Upi
Ray Moore
Fairpoint Construction Co
Harrison County
Price ceilings debated as OPA to announce ruling
Washington dispatch reports the price de control board will decide whether to restore ceilings on live stock dairy grains cotton seed and related products with a network radio briefing from OPA officials. If ceilings are set subsidies may be restored or adjusted and June 30 price levels could be affected.
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Washington
OPA
Paul Forter
Congress
Mine Return Is Speeded By Government Action
Washington reports government moves to return federally run soft coal mines to private ownership. Admiral Ben Moreell invites John L. Lewis committee to meet September 10 with Ezra Van Horn’s group to forge a labor management contract replacing the May 29 government agreement. Also prepares a Supreme Court test on unionization of mine foremen by a production workers’ union amid a key dispute with operators.
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Ben Moreell
John L. Lewis
Ezra van Horn i
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Lewis
Col. Charles S. Diehl, Noted AP Executive, Dies at 92
SAN ANTONIO Tex Col Charles S Diehl 92 longtime assistant general manager of the Associated Press and one of the nation s early star reporters died at his home here yesterday Col Diehl known as Colonel Diehl to two generations of newspaper men remembered the Lincoln Douglas debates and sold copies of the Tribune and Times on Chicago streets during the Civil War
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Charles S. Diehl
Associated Press
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Stephen Douglas
Tribune and
Times
Chicago
Truman Resumes Cruise After Walk at Quonset Point
President Truman resumed his vacation cruise after a prebreakfast walk at Quonset Point Naval Air Station. The presidential yacht Williamsburg left Quonset Point at 7 15 a m as the president reboarded the ship.
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Keystone Plane Wrecks Claim Four Men's Lives
Four men died in plane crashes across Pennsylvania on Sunday. In Reading area John Hickernell aged 41 of Paxtang and Lewis Mateho aged 34 of Enchant, Pa died in flames after Hickernell piloted a plane that crashed on a farm.
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Here
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Cincinnati Journalist Edward Steinborn Dies at 73
Edward Steinborn longtime managing editor of the Cincinnati Times-Star died after a lengthy illness at age 73. He began his career as a printer’s devil on the Commonwealth in Covington Kentucky at age 13.
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Edward Steinborn
Cincinnati Times-Star
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Old Commonwealth
Covington
NMU Awaits Murray Action On Unloading
The CIO National Maritime Union awaits Philip Murray's reply on support for the Great Lakes shipping strike. With the walkout six days old, the union proposes a regular 44 hour work week with overtime after, and negotiations continue with two shipping companies. Lake Carriers' Association reports 16 percent of its 316 freighters moving, 44 ships strike-bound.
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CIO National Maritime Union
Philip Murray
CIO
Great Lakes
Lake Carriers’ Association
Cleveland
Calcutta Riot Under Control
Calcutta regained limited order as military and police moved through blood-stained streets after four days of Hindu Muslim fighting that left about 3,000 dead. The city faces terror hunger and disease with food distribution badly disrupted and many residents without sustenance for days.
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Police Station and Cruiser Targeted in Gun Blasts
Joseph L. McClain, 35, tavern operator, was ordered held for grand jury action on two counts of shooting with intent to kill after police reported shotgun blasts into their patrol cruiser and the police station. At a hearing before Mayor Harry W. Stucks, McClain said he was drunk and recalled firing only a few shots into the air.
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Joseph L. McClain
Harry W. Stucks
McClain
Refrigerator Prices Hiked Six Per Cent
Washington reports OPA authorized a six percent retail price rise for household mechanical refrigerators. The ceiling increase raises a standard box price from 10 to 12 dollars, with consumers paying the higher prices once dealers stock refrigerators with the new ceilings.
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Washington
OPA
ITU Rejects Proposal To Allow Work Choice
Delegates at the 88th annual convention of the International Typographical Union voted down a proposal to grant priority members the choice of work. The convention approved registering and recording the priority standing of members on all locals. Also noted was the death of Thomas Mellon II in Pittsburgh, a retired attorney and member of the Mellon family.
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Fla
International Typographical Union Today
Thomas Mellon II
Pittsburgh
P —Thomas) Mellon Jr
Mellon
Pointless stabbing ends evening for farm hand
Danville authorities say 21 year old Robert Beatty fatally stabbed his 19 year old girlfriend Lois Nelson after a day at the ball game and movies. Sheriff William Wayland called the act utterly pointless as Beatty, employed on his grandfather’s farm, faced murder charges.
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Danville
Ill
William Wayland
Robert Beatty
Lois Nelson
Sam Simmons On Credit Character And Government Debt Policy
Sam Simmons argues for ending government debt collection for creditors and trusts in character as the sole basis for credit. He recalls a Spencer bank rule of never lending unless repayment is assured, citing a record of no losses and contrasting debtors in prison in England with humane policy.
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J. Pierpont
Spencer
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