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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1950

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Control Bill Is Speeded By Congress

Congress hurries a broad anti inflation bill to President Truman for a fireside chat. Conferees aim to settle House and Senate differences by noon and pass the measure by Friday as a foreign military aid package moves toward approval. The closed hearing on foreign air aid drew sharp questions and tense moments.

Washington Senate House Truman Congress Maybank D- I. Co House Senate West Europe Appropriations Committee State Acheson Defense Johnson U. S Free World Ohnson Acheson

East German Realty Report on Berlin Peace Treaty Lever

Die Welt reports the Soviet zone and Russian authorities reached a peace treaty agreement. The terms would be used to pressure Western allies on Berlin, according to the Berlin based newspaper known for East German subjects.

Berlin Die Welt Soviet Zone West Berlin

Railroaders Seek 40 Percent Pay Increase Across the Board

The CIO United Railroad Workers Union demanded a 40 percent across the board pay hike from the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad. The request covers Pittsburgh and neighboring towns including McKees Rocks Aliquippa Dickerson Run Newell and Youngstown Ohio.

Pittsburgh CIO United Railroad Workers Union Today Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad McKees Rocks Aliquippa Dickerson Run Newell, Pa Youngstown, O

Goodyear Builds Navy Blimp Claiming World Size

Goodyear Aircraft Corp. is constructing a $5,000,000 Navy blimp described as the largest in the world. The airship will carry a 14 member crew and can hover motionless or reach speeds of 75 knots as it spots submarines.

AKRON Goodyear Aircraft Corp

Furnished five room apartment in Pomeroy Ohio

A furnished five room apartment with one bath is available. Contact 7 M or call 408 Spring Ave Pomeroy Ohio. Messenger Want Ads offer an affordable way to reach many potential buyers.

Spring Ave Pomeroy Ohio Messenger

Tragic TWA Constellation Crash Near Cairo

A TWA Constellation carrying 55 people including 23 Americans crashed north of Cairo, with at least 49 dead. Wreckage was seen 40 miles from Cairo. no survivors reported. Notables aboard included Egyptian star Camelia and several U.S. and French nationals.

Cairo Trans-World Airlines Behaira Star of Maryland Mile Delta TWA Bombay India Rome United Nations Paris Lilianne Cohen Camelia Lana Turner Middle East Aubrey William Schofield San Antonio Tex New York Gulf Oil Company Kuwait Oil Company William C. Gist Justie Ervin Gist Lake City Gist U. S U. S. Air Force Base Dhahran Saudi Arabia Melvin Hanson Derek Owen William Harry Richard Woods Walton B. Webb Haldon Hammitt Harley B. Hackett Melvyn C. House Herbert J. Stiles Jose J. G. Bernard Jeanne Claire Lorenzie Francis Pope Helanita Mary Louise Paul F

Malik Term Ends Today as UN Security Council President

Malik A. Malik's month as president of the United Nations Security Council ends today at 2 p.m. EST. Observers expect a final propaganda barrage before Bri tain's Sir Gladwyn Jebb takes the chair, though details remain unknown. Malik plans to continue attending council meetings after his presidency ends.

Lake Jakob A. Malik United Nations Security Council Council United States Malik Britain Gladwyn Jebb

New Ohio Drivers Licenses Go On Sale September 5

The Ohio motor vehicle registrar announced three year licenses go on sale starting September 5. Eligible buyers are those with birthdays between October 1 and October 5. Each day adds a new group, and no one may apply more than 30 days before their first birthday after September 30, 1950.

Columbus Ohio

New Highway Post Office Buses Begin Service in Ohio

A new highway post office service starts in October between Columbus and Portsmouth and Columbus and Gallipolis. Two buses will replace former railway mail service on routes via Canal Winchester Lancaster Logan Nelsonville Athens McArthur Wellston Jackson and Oak Hill as well as Baltimore Bremen New Lexington Corning Glouster Athens Pomeroy Middleport. First day stops include five minutes at small offices and up to nineteen minutes at larger ones with school children visiting en route.

Portsmouth Columbus Gallipolis Post Office Department Chesapeake and Ohio Pomeroy New York Central Charleston W. Va Baltimore & Ohio Athens Columbus-Gallipolis Baltimore Bremen New Lexington Corning Glouster Middleport Highway Post Office

Tragedy at Napoleon as Husband Kills Family then Himself

A grief stricken mother watched her husband Floyd Hefflinger shoot dead their three children Shirley 15 Floyd 3 and Joseph 2 before killing himself at their new Napoleon home. Coroner B L Johnson ruled murder followed by suicide. The couple had moved into the house three weeks earlier amid unconfirmed tax related stress.

Napoleon Marjorie Hefflinger Floyd Joseph Napoleon Mortuary Shirley Floyd Joseph B. L. Johnson Hefflingers Columbus Johnson Hefflinger

Gulf Hurricane Moves Inland Near Mobile Florida

The New Orleans weather bureau said the gulf hurricane shifted inland about 30 miles northeast of Mobile Alabama last night. Later reports showed little wind damage except at Apalachicola Florida where a tornado spawned by the storm injured two people and destroyed about a dozen homes.

New Orleans L?p New Orleans Weather Bureau Mobile Ala Apalachicola Fla

Tucker sues Coronet publishers for libel

Preston Tucker, promoter of a rear engine auto, filed a libel suit against Coronet Magazine publishers seeking 5 million dollars. The action was filed yesterday in Chicago.

Chicago Preston T.tucker Coronet Magazing

Train Derailment Injures Dozens in Samapas Texas

A Santa Fe passenger train derailment near Samapas Texas injured between 25 and 30 people. Emergency crews responded. the extent of injuries and exact number were being assessed.

Samapas Tex Santa Fe

Defense Chief Deflects Calls for Resignation to President

Louis Johnson tells a congressman to address complaints about his tenure and Acheson to President Truman. He broadens his defense to the public amid criticism from supporters including the Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting in Chicago. Johnson condemns what he calls politically inspired attacks on Acheson.

Washington Louis Johnson Veterans of Foreign Wars Chicago Truman Johnson Acheson American Legion

Three Men Rescued from Drifting Lake Erie Boat

Three men Karl Rogers 35 Herbert Wool ey 25 of Painesville and Herman Borwig 34 of North Platte Neb drifted for a day and a half in a 26 foot cabin cruiser when a freighter James P Walsh rescued them 29 miles north of Conneaut and a Coast Guard later brought them ashore.

Ashtabula Lake Erie Karl Rogers Herbert Wooley Painesville Herman Borwig North Platte Neb James P. Walsh Conneaut Coast Guard

Medical draft passes Washington House vote

The House approved a bill 362 to 1 permitting a draft of doctors dentists and allied specialists, broadening the wartime manpower framework.

Washington House

Berlin Hippos Bond Across Cold War Divide

In Berlin today Olga from Leipzig in the Russian zone and Knautschke from West Berlin formed a public bond at the zoo. Zoo keepers introduced the pair and a crowd of about 1000 German onlookers shared the moment as the hippos kissed, symbolizing fast West-Eastern cooperation.

Berlin Olga Leipzig Knautschke West Berlin

Jenkins Slams Truman Over MacArthur Letter Rift

Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ohio criticized President Truman for ordering Gen. MacArthur to withdraw his Formosa letter to veterans. He charged Truman apologized hastily and called for removing Dean Acheson and his advisers, alleging their policy has led the nation into war.

Washington Thomas A. Jenkins Ohio House Truman MacArthur Formosa Ironton, O Jenkins Dean Acheson Acheson

Yanks Move Three Miles North Of Pohang In Korea

U S tanks and infantry halted the Red offensive on Pohang on the east coast. U S forces reopened the road north from the port three to four miles beyond the prior block. Photographer Ray Turnbull reported the road back open as allied units advanced from Pohang toward Taegu.

Tokyo U. S Pohang Gan of Tanan Vapalil Ray Turnbull Miami Beach Fla Taegu United Nations Korea Kim I Sung No. 2 Southeast Korea Changnyong U.S. 2Nd Infantry Naktong River 25Th Infantry Haman Masan Pusan Thailand France Belgium MacArthur Bloody Pohang Stan Swinton Choi Yung Kun Chidong Uihung Kigye Red Uihang Mt. Sobuk

Cigars for GIs and Australia’s first infantry contingent

In reports from the Korean front and surrounding theaters, 108000 cigars head west to supply GIs in Korea, Australian infantrymen depart for UN forces in Korea, and President Truman seeks $1398 million to disperse government offices outside Washington for atomic safety. Ernest Craven of Williamsport enlists in the Marine Corps to replace his deceased brother, after being refused due to dependents.

Tokyo United Nations Korea Japan Washington Truman Congress Philadelphia Ernest L. Craven Williamsport Marine Corps Craven Chester Marine

House Readies GI Family Allotment Bill For Passage

The House moves to approve a compromise GI allotment measure after a Senate House committee merged bills. It would provide $85 to $165 monthly to families of enlisted servicemen with $40 to $80 deducted from the serviceman’s pay and the rest funded by the government. The bill aims to ease Korea era family hardship. Maj. Gen. Hershey criticized armed services for being picky in selecting manpower, noting about 60 percent of draftees are rejected as unfit. The services offered no immediate reply. The family allowance bill is expected to pass both chambers.

Washington iHouse Senate House Korea Lewis B. Hershey Armed Services Selective Service Hershey House Senate

Death of Baldwin Wallace student at fraternity house

Parents from New Bedford Mass arrived in Cleveland to learn their son Carl Bayreuther 21 died from pistol wounds ruled as personal safety related. The tragedy occurred at the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house in Berea after the coroner had not yet ruled. police chief August Yanke deemed the shooting accidental.

Cleveland New Bedford Mass Baldwin Wallace Frank Bayreuther Carl Sigma Phi Epsilon Berea August L. Yanke

Draft Call Orders Induction Across Ohio Counties

Call directs 58 draft boards in 28 counties to induct 705 men on September 15. This completes the third September call and raises total inductions to 2137 men.

Columbus Selective Service Ohio

Gallia County Indian Mound Is Explored

In Gallia County explorers unearthed a large mound near Ky gerville along Jesse Creek Road where three boys and William Athey discovered a skeleton. Excavations yielded triangular arrowheads armor and worked stones. Athey urged state officials from the Columbus Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society to supervise future digs.

Galliopolis Gallia County William Athey Kygerville Jesse Creek Road Athey Harland Athey Jesse Creek Columbus Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Raymond Goslin William Pearce Donald Harrison Ronal Harrison

Picket Line Breaks at Graham Station Miner Shifts Return

In POINT PLEASANT the Graham Station coal miners ended their picket line near the Philip Sporn plant at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and the first of three shifts returned to work Thursday morning. About 150 miners across three Central Coal Co. shifts were involved.

Point Pleasant Graham Station Philip Sporn Central Coal Co

Credit Sets Record as Consumer Borrowing Surges

Washington reports consumer credit exceeded 20 billion dollars at the start of the month for the first time, reflecting the post Korea buying surge.

Washington Consumer Credit

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