Lewis to Take Charge of Soft Coal Contract Talks
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia AP John L Lewis head of United Mine Workers prepares to resume personal leadership of negotiations with soft coal industry. He may not attend earlier sessions as talks resume at Greenbrier Hotel amid dwindling stockpiles and potential showdowns after Labor Day with about 300 million tons annual production represented by UMW and Northern and Western operators.
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Eve Lewis
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Clarkshee Usp Ia
Greenbrier
UMW
Underground coal gasing tested at Gorgas Alabama
Scientists report an underground coal gasification experiment at Gorgas Alabama may cut heating and fuel costs. Fies and Elder described burning coal underground to produce gas for heating and synthesis gas for gasoline, with costs near $3.50 per ton, and noted improvements in control and cost reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
Alabama
United Nations _ scientific Conference
M. H. Fies
Alabama Power Co
James L. Elder
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Gorgas
Ala
Fies and Elder
Bureau of Mines
Alabama Power
Morgantown
W. Va
Russia
Soviet Union
U. N
Wherry Opposes Immediate Foreign Arms Aid Plan
Senate Republican leader Senator Wherry announces opposition to any foreign arms program now, urging Congress to wait until January. Joint committees begin drafting a bill to supply arms to Atlantic Pact nations Greece Turkey Iran Korea and the Philippines as House cuts the aid in half from the prior $1.16 billion allocation.
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Washington
Wherry
R-Neb
Senate
Congress
Armed Services Committees
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
House
Old Ames Township mansion ruins mark 1937 cyclone
A reader notes the wrecked brick house of Dr. Bildad Curtis on a county road in southern Ames Township near Dutch Creek and Peach Ridge Road. Built in 1829 by Curtis, a Revolutionary War descendant, the mansion once stood on pioneer grounds until the 1937 cyclone damaged it. The piece also recalls Civil War veterans from the nearby Success community and reports a locally grown cucumber weighing 4 1/2 pounds from Rev. Ray Pidcock’s garden.
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Ames Township
Athens County
Dutch Creek
Dr. Curtis
Fairfield Curtis
Experience White
Captain Curtis
Pleasant Grove UB
Success
Olive Township
Meigs County
Alfred Osborn
Silas Hull
Isaac Limberger
Dewitt Lane
Seneca Stewart
Dorsey Van‘clief
John Osborn
Jonas Young
John Baker
David Osborn
Benjamin McLane
Nelson Watson
Amos Babcock
William O'Leary
Ray Pidcock
Chauncey
High St
Prospects Dim For Reduction In Excises
In Congress a push to cut wartime excise taxes by Christmas failed to gain traction. Chairman Doughton warned no cut this year due to a potential deficit of five billion dollars. Republican leader Martin urged pressure for possible action, while Democrats Master and Davenport pressed for relief on 20 percent of prices for items like furs and cosmetics. Doughton suggested possible relief in 1950.
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Washington
Congress
Doughton
House
Ways and Means
Coughton
Martin
Massachusetts
Master
New York
Davenport
Pennsylvania
Women Cab Drivers Ordered To Quit Jobs
Columbus report says Ohio will phase out women taxi and jitney drivers after state industrial relations director Albert A Waldman ordered employers to replace female drivers with men as soon as possible. The law has barred women from driving cabs and jitneys since September 1947.
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Columbus
Ohio
Albert A. Waldman
English Schoolboy Opens Channel Swim at Cap Gris Nez
Philip Mickman 18, an English schoolboy, began swimming the English Channel at 5:30 this morning from Wissant two miles northeast of Cap Gris Nez. No progress reports yet. Dutch student Dick Schermer 21 quit after four hours and 40 minutes due to the cold water.
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Cap Gris Nez
France
Philip Mickman
Mickman
Wissant
Dick Schermer
Plowing Matches Set for Ohio Area as National Event
Ohio is chosen to host the national plowing match next year on a Champaign County farm. The state contests held here will select Ohio’s representative for the 1949 national event, to be held September 15 in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Wooster
Champaign County
Iown
Columbus Extended Forecast Keeps Near Normal Temperatures
Extended forecast for Columbus shows temperatures near normal with a normal high of 79 and low of 58. Cooler midweek, warmer by weekend, with scattered showers tonight and Wednesday and again Saturday or Sunday.
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Columbus
Jan Taylor Wins Messenger Championship Race at Athens County Fair
Jan Taylor 15 son of Mr and Mrs Everett Taylor of Chauncey won the Messenger newspaper boys championship bicycle race at the Athens County Fair. He finished heat in 1 30 5 ahead of Eddie Bumgarner of New Haven West Virginia and earned a Schwinn deluxe bicycle. Taylor qualified for the All American National Championship at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus where 50 newspapers compete for scholarships and trophies in a two phase program including age group races for Athens County children with prizes noted for several winners in tricycle and bike events.
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Jan Taylor
Messenger
Athens County Fairgrounds
Columbus
Philip Boswell
Frank Strickland
Joe South
Strickland
Everett Taylor
Mill St
Chauncey
Athens County Fair
Taylor
Eddie Bumgarner
New Haven
W.va
Jan
Messenger Newspaperboys
Athens County
Jimmie Graham
Albany
Don Guthrie
Coolville
Paul Thornton
Athens
Robert Thomas Moyers
Patton
Rent control funds debated as officials welcome more support
Washington officials welcomed the potential for additional funds to enforce rent control ceilings while retaining plans to lift them in many districts. A Senate budget clash ended with Senator Douglas withdrawing his push for more money, on condition funds can be renewed in January if needed. Housing Expeditor Woods called the outcome a reaffirmation of Congressional backing for effective rent control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Douglas
Tighe Woods
State AG Directorship Rejected by OSU Professor
Columbus Dispatch reports Ohio State University professor Lawrence A. Kauffman declined an offer to be state agriculture director. The paper cites Prof. Donald J. Kays refusal to grant a leave of absence as the basis for the rejection.
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Columbus
Lawrence A. Kauffman
Ohio State University
Columbus Dispatch
Kauffman
Donald J. Kays
OSU Department of Animal Husbandry
Feltman Heir Dies in Brooklyn. Hot Dog Pioneer Remembered
Charles L. Feltman, 78, longtime Coney Island restaurateur and son of founder Charles Feltman, died Monday at his Brooklyn home. The elder Feltman credited with popularizing the hot dog after serving a frank in an elongated roll.
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New York
Charles L. Feltman
Coney Island
Brooklyn
Charles
Feltman
Killers Hear Sentence Start Appellate Action
Mrs Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were sentenced to die in the electric chair the week of October 10 for the murder of Janet Fay in Albany New York. Their attorney began mapping an appeal and they face charges in Michigan for two additional slayings linked to a plot to defraud lonely women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Martha Beck
Raymond Fernandez
Janet Fay
Albany
N. Y
Michigan
Meigs County Superintendent Dismissed for Neglect of Duty
Columbus reports two State Highway Department maintenance superintendents faced discharge. Oval Diddle of Meigs County and Kent C Holland of Greene County were removed by order of State Highway Director T. J. Kauer. Diddle cited neglect of duty and misuse of state property for private work. Holland cited neglect and inefficiency. Diddle effective August 24. Holland’s removal effective August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Civil Service Commission
T. J. Kauer
Diddle
Meigs County
Kent C. Holland
Greene County
Holland
Rankin Seeks House Vote on Waterways Funds Deadlock Breaker
Rep. Rankin of Mississippi urged a House vote on a motion to break deadlock over flood control and waterway projects for the year ending next June 30. The House yesterday passed a 1.1149 billion dollar authorization for flood control and rivers and harbors projects in future years, though the omnibus measure contains no current funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rankin
D-Miss
House
State Grange Master OKs Parity Plan
Lucasville reports State Grange Master Joseph W. Fichter advocates parity based price policy. He says milk prices paid to farmers fell 35 percent last year while retail price per quart remains at roughly year ago levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucasville
Congress
Grange
Joseph W. Fichter
Panama President Domingo Diaz Arosemena Dies
Panama's 74 year old President Domingo Diaz Arosemena died today in Panama City. The long serving leader faced illness before his death ending a governing era. He led Panama through regional diplomacy and economic development during his tenure.
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Panama
Domingo Diaz Arosemena
Army General To Testify In Five Percenter Inquiry
Maj. Gen. Herman Feldman, the Army's Quartermaster General, was summoned as a personal witness as Senate Investigations resumes hearings after a four day recess. Prosecutors want details on possible ties to James V. Hunt, a key figure in the probe. The term five percenters refers to middlemen who arrange government contracts for a fee.
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Washington
Herman Feldman
Feldman
Special
Senate Investigations Committee
James V. Hunt
Ohio Polio Count Climbs To 659
Ohio's 1949 polio tally rose to 659 with fifty new cases reported by the state health department. Cases spread across Cuyahoga Harrison Stark Franklin Montgomery and numerous other counties including Fairfield Greene Medina Clermont Auglaize Lorain Mercer Huron and Ashtabula. On the same date in 1948 the total was 398 and in 1947 it was 145.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department of Health
Cuyahoga County
Harrison
Stark
Franklin
Montgomery
Fairfield
Greene
Medina
Clermont
Auglaize
Lorain
Mercer
Huron
Ashtabula
Three Killed in Auto When Hit By Train
Three persons died when their car was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train near Scio. The auto crossed the crossing after a westbound train passed and was hit by a second train en route from Columbus to Pittsburgh. No train passengers were injured.
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Cadiz
Pennsylvania Railroad
Scio
East End
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Oil man and geologist J Elmer Thomas found dead in hotel
J Elmer Thomas a 57 year old oil man and geologist native of Ohio was found dead yesterday in his Fort Worth hotel room. Death was believed caused by a heart attack.
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Fort Worth
Tex
J. Elmer Thomas
Ohio
Jutila Breaks Ankles in Latest Escape Attempt
Raymond Jutila a 35 year old convict known for a prior Lima State Hospital water tower standoff escaped again injuring both ankles during the attempt authorities said he had spent 29 hours on the tower in mid July and faces new charges in connection with the incident.
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Jutila
Lima
Raymond Jutila
Lima State Hospital
Jewelry Found In Culprit's Bed
Theft of 225 dollars in jewelry is cleared up as police list the culprit as Midge. Mrs Laura Reinacher reports a wrist watch and bracelet missing from her dressing table and later found in Midge the parakeet's bed.
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Midge
Laura Reinacher
Duffy Rules BUC Benefits Extend to Children
Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy ruled that children of unemployed recipients eligible for jobless benefits when the amended law took effect may receive dependents' benefits. Dependents can collect $2.50 weekly, with a $5 family cap, while the amended law sets $25 for 26 weeks and $21 for 22 weeks overall. Collopy reports about 25 percent of new claims in the five cities seek dependency allowances. Two unemployed applicants in Cleveland refused loyalty affidavits.
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Columbus
Herbert SS. Duffy
Duffy
Frank J. Collopy
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Collopy
Cleveland
Crews Battle Across North American Forest Fires
Fire fronts spread from Quebec to California with thousands of fighters battling blazes. In Quebec near Montreal a village faced proximity to flames, while San Diego declared an emergency as new fires emerged. Nevada Idaho Yellowstone and Shasta fires paced by wind, with backfires to slow 7000 acre blazes.
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Quebec
Canada
San Diego
Laurentian Mountain
Montreal
Ordnance Proving Ground
San Diego County
Calif
Idaho
Payette National Forest
Rews
Yellowstone National Park
Shasta
Contractor Alleges Beating by Columbus Policeman
Russell L. Wirtz, a Columbus contractor, testified Monday before a three man committee that he was beaten and cursed by a Columbus police officer while under arrest for a traffic violation. He said police brutalized prisoners during detention.
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Columbus
Russell L. Wirtz
Tito Faces New Coordinated Push From Soviet Allies
Russian led Cominform campaign intensifies against Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia. Gheorghiu-Dej and Voroshilov denounce Tito as a traitor to Soviet bloc. Western diplomats monitor oscillating tensions. Bank loan talks and German Communist dissidents loom as morale boosts.
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London
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Plussia
Tito
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej
Balkan
Reda
Klement Voroshilov
Russia
Politburo
Soviet Union
Voroshilov
Rorba
Oslav Communist Party
World Bank
Yugoainy
Yugoslav
Hurricane Turns Northward Affects Florida Coastline
The first Atlantic hurricane of the season veers northward likely bypassing Florida. The Weather Bureau places the storm about 300 miles east of Melbourne with winds near 100 mph as it moves north at 12 mph and forecast faster forward motion.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Weaer
Melbourne
Marion approves fuel gas rate hike
The Marion city council approved a rate increase by the Fuel Gas Co. on Monday night. The hike adds about 15 cents a month for non heating domestic users and is expected to bring the company roughly $15,500 more annually in the Marion area. The utility cites higher costs as the reason for the higher rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Fuel Gas Co
Liquor Price Cuts Fail to Boost Ohio Sales
The State Liquor Department cut prices on slow moving whiskies hoping to spur purchases. Despite three special sales this year, 35 134 cases remain unsold and Frank A. Hunter, assistant liquor director, says sales may be discontinued in coming weeks.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Frank A. Hunter
Potters Review Wages at Lisbon Meeting
United States Potters Association members review 27 proposed changes to current wage scales at the summer meeting held today at East Liverpool Country Club.
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Potters
Lisbon
United States
Potters Association
East Liverpool Country Club
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