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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1946

Page

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Presidential Prospects Cast in Leading Roles In September

Washington reports outline Septembers primary and convention winds, with Dewey and Mead potential gubernatorial contenders. Notable figures include Revercomb, Bowles, Lehman, Stassen, Baldwin, Luce, Hart, Brewster, and MacDonald as races and possible 1948 1952 paths loom large.

Washington Nebraska Congress Mississippi Dan R. McGehee John Bell Williams Chapman Revercomb R-Wva Revercomb Texas Benford H. Jester Homer P. Rainey University of Texas House Joseph J. Mansfield Milton H. West New York Saratoga Thomas E. Dewey Hugh A. Drum New York State Guard William J. Donovan OSS GOF Albany James M. Mead UNRRA Fiorello H. LaGuardia Herbert Lehman Senate Mead White House James A. Farrey Connecticut Raymond E. Baldwin GOP Clare Boothe Luce Harold E. Stassen Minnesota Stassen Baldwin OPA Chester Bowles Brien McMahon Thomas C. Hart Bowles Maine Owen Brewster Peter M. MacDonald

Tragic Ohio Siblings Die In Freezer Locking Incident

Six year old Michael Duddy and his five year old sister Karen of Cleveland died when a deep freezer lid snapped shut trapping them. They were inseparable siblings and Karen had won a city wide beauty contest in April.

Michael Duddy Karen Cleveland Ohio Regis Duddy

Halt In Cleveland AFL Carpenters Strike Over Wage Ruling

About 4,500 AFL carpenters in Cuyahoga Geauga and Lake counties stopped work after district council order. President Carl J Schwarzer said workers were summoned for reassignment to special jobs, with unofficial reports they may be reassigned to veterans housing projects.

Cleveland AFL Cuyahoga Geauga Lake Counties

Twelve Orchestras Ousted Following Pay Demand

New York hotels dismiss twelve orchestras after hotel managers say they cannot afford AFL musicians union wage demands. Spokesmen warn many hotels may be without live entertainment as most acts rely on music. Hope's Brother Dead Napoleon Up Funeral services for Sidney Hope, 40, brother of comedian Bob Hope, will be held at Ridgeville Corners tomorrow.

New York American Federation of Musicians AFL Hope Napoleon Ridgeville Corners Sidney Hope Comedian Bob Hope

War Factories Will Produce Farm Products

Seven wartime Army ordnance plants may begin by late next month turning out fertilizer in American occupied areas of Europe and Asia. Nine commercial concerns have contracts to convert and manage 15 plants, with two more in the arrangement. At full blast, by year’s end, they expect 70 000 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer monthly, adding about 10 000 000 bushels to world wheat production to feed over 20 million people. Conversion has begun in accord with a June interdepartmental agreement by Under Secretary of War Kenneth C. Royall.

Washington Army Ordnance Europe Asia War Department Kenneth C. Royall

British Raid on Sedot Yam Sparks Towns In Arms Search

In Haifa area Sedot Yam, a Jewish village near Cresarea, is scoured by over 5,000 British soldiers hunting munitions, saboteurs, and illegal immigrants linked to last week’s Empire Rival incident. Troops fortify hillsides with machine guns as they probe the area for remaining conspirators and carriers.

Haifa Sedot Yam Cresarea

Tunnel Wreck Delays New York Central Trains

A derailment of a freight flat car in a tunnel between Garrison and Peekskill halted all through traffic between New York and Albany on the Hudson division for several hours. No injuries were reported as steel rods shifted and scraped the tunnel walls, delaying many westbound trains from Grand Central Terminal.

NEW York—(P New York Central Garrison Peekskill N. Y Hudson Allj New York Albany Grand Central Terminal

Ohio Town to Honor Kettering at Birthday Party

Loudonville prepares to honor inventor Charles Franklin Kettering on his 70th birthday with a town party. The event will feature a costume pageant about his boyhood, a six foot cake, and a gift from Ashland County residents along with invitations to prominent industrialist friends.

Ohio Town Kettering Loudonville Charles Franklin Kettering Ashland

Defense Fund Voted By Printers Union

Delegates at the International Typographical Union convention in Miami Beach approved a defense fund of at least 500000 and voted to raise payments to workers on strike. The delegates flew to Cuba for a sightseeing tour after the meeting closed.

Miami Beach Fla International Typographical Union Cuba

Twenty Construction Projects Approved in Cleveland Office

The CPA's Cleveland office approved twenty non housing construction projects totaling 718,934 dollars last week.

Cleveland CPA

Greetings Again Sent Draft Returns to Mail

Washington reports that draft greetings are returning to the mails as the Selective Service readies operations for a two month shutdown. Lines at reception centers will form next week with a goal to meet 25 000 inductees in the 1929 age group by September.

Washington Selective Service Army Congress War Department

CAB Launches Airlines Case Final Hearing

The Civil Aeronautics Board begins final arguments in the Southeastern States Case, seeking a large rise in interstate air service across 14 states including Ohio. Hearings in Greensboro in June 1945 handled proposals for feeder routes to four new airlines and extensions by five operators, with 25 bidders reduced to key contenders.

Washington Civil Aeronautics Board Southeastern States Ohio Greensboro N. C Roos Newmann Curtis Henderson All American Aviation, Inc Ohio Valley

Court Upholds Georgia Plan For Balloting

A three judge federal panel in Atlanta upheld Georgia's county unit vote system for Democratic primaries and refused to void Eugene Talmadge's nomination for a fourth term as governor. The suit by an Emory professor and a civic leader was dismissed, with the court noting the injunction denial was unanimous. The opinion notes unit votes appear in the electoral college for presidents who may lack a popular majority.

Atlanta Georgia Eugene Talmadge Emory University Talmadge

Veterans and BUC pay in ten weeks in Ohio

The Veterans Administration reported that 67,192 Ohio war veterans filed unemployment compensation and 39,309, about 58.3 percent, left the rolls within ten weeks. Only 335, or 5 percent, sought compensation for the maximum 40 to 52 weeks as the survey slowed.

Columbus Veterans’ Administration

Treaty Words for Italy Approved After Four Weeks at Conference

At Paris, the Italian commission approved 18 more words of the peace treaty preamble, bringing total approved to 153 in four weeks of deliberation. Over 55,000 words across four remaining treaties still to be considered, with Yugoslavia abstaining on the vote. Occurring amid broader tensions as Soviet bloc interests and Italian territorial questions surface in the conference’s fifth week. In Indianapolis, Civil War veterans received alphabetic seating as the GAR considers its return next year, with 10 members already arrived and more expected.

Italy PARIS Yugo Slavia Germany Russia Commission Yugoslavia Netherlands Armendment Japan Austin Stellites Soviet Bloc Mediterranean Ukraine United Security Council Greece Balkans Venezia Giulia Turkey Dardarelles V. M. Molotov Dmitri Manuilsky United States Britain China France Indianapolis Amerique Army of the Republic Robert M.rowne Ripley N. C GAR John H. Grate Atwater

Attendance at Ohio State Fair Sets Sunday Record

Columbus AP reports the Ohio State Fair drew 70 991 paid admissions Sunday, surpassing the previous high of 63 763 set in 1941. Rural and city visitors packed the grounds, with traffic congestion noted by patrolmen. Governor Lausche planned to attend tomorrow with focus on the Junior Fair, then to the Mahoning County Fair in Canfield Wednesday.

Columbus Ohio State University Frank J. Lausche Mahoning County Canfield

Soviet Alleges U S Campaign Against Slavs

The Moscow Radio and Yugoslav press accused the United States of a planned campaign against Yugoslavia as search parties renewed the hunt for two missing American airmen. They described the U S actions, including the Franklin D Roosevelt Mediterranean cruise, as pressure and sensationalism inflated by mischief makers and said the Paris Peace Conference was forced into the shadows.

Associated Press United States Yugoslavia Marshall Tito Moscow Franklin D. Roosevelt Borba Communist Party Yugosslavia Glas

Pepper and Other Items Freed From Price Controls

Washington relief move ends price ceilings on ten items deemed unimportant to living costs. The list covers white pepper paprika cinnamon meat and fish sauces canned clam broth sauerkraut with pork sweet and sour chutney canned plum pudding malted milk tablets fortune tea cakes and dehydrated sugar cane fiber.

Washington

Old Burlesque House To Be Converted To Church

Sheriff Butts linked a barn fire that killed three year old Earl Allen at the home of Mr and Mrs Philip Allen near Junction City to matches. The Grand Theater, once a burlesque venue, will be demolished or repurposed as the new church site after the fire. The Rev Niels P Thomsen of Bethel Tabernacle said completion of the church conversion is underway.

New Lexington Canton’s. Bethel ‘Tabernacle East Liverpool Lliam Bogegess Wellsville Canton — i

Lakes Strike Deepens as NMU Vows to Persist

Detroit AP reports NMU leaders say Great Lakes strike remains unabated despite 1,000+ ferries resuming work and talks with three tanker firms. Violence reports surface in Cleveland and Detroit as NMU Legal Aid chief cites rifle fire at dock, while union notes 48 hour work week at sea and 44 hours in port. Back-to-work votes under the Railway Labor Act push negotiations within 30 days.

Detroit National Maritime Union Today Great Lakes NMU Uae Ee Oene Charles Smith NMU Legal Aid Bureau Freghter Simon J. Murphy International Salt Works Ford Rouge Smith Bethlehem Transportation Co Standard of Co Indiana

Navy planes accidentally dive bomb private yacht in Lake Erie

Three Navy planes from Grosselle Naval Air Station Conducted three bombing runs near West Sister Island in a reserve training mission. The 38 foot yacht The Albatross caught fire from a two pound practice bomb injuring none, but causing about $5000 damage. Owners and crew from Toledo and nearby towns were aboard seven fishermen. A preliminary Navy investigation blames one pilot for misidentifying the target and promises disciplinary action.

Lake Erie Detroit Navy Grosselle Naval Air Station Albert Relisig Toledo Charles Desmond Ottawa River Yacht Club Thei George W. McKinley Frank Szczelski, Jr C. H Richmond A. S. France Fremont, O C. M. Caldwell H. S. Fresch Swanton Reisig F. A. Brossy Grosse Ile Brossy West Sister Island Ohio Shore Desmond

Kaiser-Frazer Leases Furnace For Willow Run Production

Kaiser-Frazer Corp. today moved toward full production at the Willow Run plant by leasing the Struthers Iron & Steel Anna furnace in Struthers for three years. The deal follows prior steps to ramp up manufacturing of the company’s new cars.

Youngstown Kaiser-Frazer Corp Willow Run Struthers Iron & Steel Co

Body of Missing Boy Sought in Quarry

Chillicothe sheriff's deputies searched an abandoned quarry pool near here for the body of 16 year old Edly Conner. George Conner, the boy's father, said the lad had been missing since yesterday after children reported seeing him swimming with an inflated automobile innertype.

Chillicothe Sherriff's Edly Conner George Conner Conner

NLRB Regional Office Cuts Hit Cleveland Staff

The National Labor Relations Board's Cleveland regional office will shed about half of its professional staff and about 21 percent of clerical workers, despite handling the largest case load in its history. Regional Director M. S. Rader announced the plan.

Cleveland National Labor Relations Board NLRB M.S. Rader

War Assets Admin auctions fire and medical gear in Cleveland

More than 209000 dollars worth of fire fighting and medical equipment formerly used for civilian defense purposes is offered for sale here today by the War Assets Administration. The material includes pump tank extinguishers ladders hose steel helmets gas masks and medical field equipment.

Cleveland War Assets Administration

Limb Crashes During Picnic Killing Man in Akron Park

A 60 foot long limb weighing a ton fell from a black oak at Akron Metropolitan Park yesterday, striking a family picnic. Clyde Sheppard, 30, of Garfield Heights, was killed and his mother, Mrs. David Sheppard, of Akron, was critically injured.

Akron Akron Metropolitan Park Clyde Sheppard Garfield Heights David Sheppard

Alliance-2 Taylorcraft Slashes Plane Prices

Taylorcraft Aviation Corp announced price cuts of 250 to 295 dollars on its planes, signaling a broad reduction aimed at boosting sales. The move widens access for buyers and reflects competitive pricing in the aviation market.

Taylorcraft Aviation Corp

SAM SIMMONS Warns of Communist Expansion in Asia

SAM SIMMONS argues that US policy in China fails to contain communism and warns that a Communist China would enable Soviet control over Asia, threatening global balance. He emphasizes dependence on East Indies resources and predicts Pacific expansion if China falls.

Gen. Marshall China USRR Asia Russia Japan East Indies Australia Philippines Pacific Indian United States Europe Burma Indics

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Errs Fremont Sandusky Fair Sandusky County WCTU Bernard J. Hawk Alexander Hyzer Willam Ff U.S Charles I. Mobley Dayton Rotterman NEA Telephoto Printers Union CAB BUC Standard 611 National Maritime Union Emil M. Jagodinsky Manitowoc Wis Alvin Juergenmeyer Arcadia Mich Edward G. Saubert Chicago Fon Kaiser-Frazer Steel Co Sam Simmons
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