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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1946

Page

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Fifteen Ohioans Die in Holiday Traffic Toll

The Associated Press report lists fifteen fatalities from holiday weekend accidents across Ohio. Victims include three 20 year olds from WWII veterans group, several students from Western Reserve and Wooster, and workers in Akron Cleveland and Lorain areas.

Michael Timko Lorain Pittsburgh Timko Melvin O. Hall Akron August Sonnenberg Napoleon Lulu Arps Hamlet Sonnenberg

Founder of All-Steel Auto Body Dies

Edward G Budd 75 founder and president of the Budd Company died last night. The firm developed the all steel automobile body and pioneered lightweight streamlined railroad trains.

Philadelphia Edward G. Budd The Budd Company

Shorter Hair In 47 Seen In 30s Style Forecast

Cleveland reports from the National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association predict shorter hair lengths for next year. New York stylist Albert Lemson says cuts will run from three to five inches and notes women prefer individual style and freedom from clips and lacquer.

Cleveland National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association Albert Lemson Fifth Avenue New York Milady Buster Brown

Navy Sets Off For Antarctic Expedition Under High Jump

At Norfolk Virginia the U S Navy launched Operation High Jump a 10 000 mile Antarctic voyage led by Mt Olympus with Northwind Pine Island and Brownson joining West Coast ships. The task force sails into tropical seas then freezes in ice packs and storms near Antarctica and aims to pass through the Panama Canal to rendezvous with California ships before continuing south.

Norfolk Antarctica Mt. Olympus Northwind Pine Island Brownson

Shanghai Riot Under Control Amid Business Reopenings

Police with shoot to kill orders guarded against weekend rioting in Shanghai where shop keepers hesitated to reopen after demonstrations caused injuries and possible deaths. A city spokesman claimed the situation was under control and denied official counts of fatalities. Many stores stayed closed and damage was widespread after authorities cleared street vendors.

Shanghai

Last Witnesses Called In Probe of Lynching

The last of nearly 100 witnesses were subpoenaed by the U S government to testify before a federal grand jury probing the mass lynching of four Negroes near Monroe Georgia last July 25. Key figure Lou Harrison a 50 year old planter reported that about 20 armed men stopped his car at a lonely bridge and took two Negro men and their wives to a death rendezvous.

Athens U.S Monroe Lou Harrison

Cold Wave Grips Ohio With Snow And Freezing Temps

Ohio faced its first snow and sharp cold this fall with readings from 12 to 19 degrees in several cities. Akron reported nearly two inches of snow and a major traffic jam. Mount Vernon posted seven degrees while Columbus and other areas hovered near 12 degrees.

Ohio Akron Melvin O. Hall Mount Vernon Toledo Columbus Dayton Washington Court House Cleveland State Highway Patrol Columbus Weather Bureau Mercury Weather Bureau Huntington W. Va New York City

Rightists Gain In U S Zone

Final returns from elections in two American-occupied German states show strong gains by extreme right wing parties while major middle of the road parties hold top positions. Both Bavaria and Greater Hesse adopt constitutions and set up self governing state legislatures.

Frankfurt Bavaria Greater Hesse

Massillon Tom Cats Win Ohio Barbershop Quartet Title

The Massillon Tom Cats led by Tommy Henrich of the New York Yankees as first tenor won Ohio’s top barbershop quartet title. They outperformed 20 groups with renditions of Down By The Old Mill Stream and Carolina In The Morning. A plaque from the Ohio Unit of SPEBSQSA accompanied the win.

Columbus Massillon Tommy Henrich New York Yankees Ohio Carolina the Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of

Taft Sees Strong GOP Use Of Good Neighbor Policy

Senator Robert A Taft Ohio said Republicans could apply the good neighbor policy as effectively as Democrats. He added Republicans would curb government spending abroad and push American business expansion overseas.

Guatemala Robert A. Taft Ohio United States

Coal Strike May Affect Burley Tobacco Season

The 1946-47 Burley tobacco sales season opens in Kentucky amid uncertainty whether coal shortages will force sales holidays. Lexington's Burley Auction Warehouse Association says a sales holiday would be needed if redryers shut down due to fuel shortages.

Louisville Kentucky Lexington Burley Auction Warehouse Association

Fur Coats Valued at 12000 Stolen in Cincinnati

Cincinnati report: fur coats valued at about 12000 stolen from Basler Fur Co. thieves forced entry by punching out a front door lock. Mink valued at 4000 among the stolen items.

Cincinnati Basler Fur Co Owen Fred Basler

CIO Union Ends Seven Month Strike at Cleveland Dental Co

In Cleveland yesterday the CIO United Auto Workers ratified a pact ending a seven month strike at Cleveland Dental Manufacturing Co. The agreement provides an 18 cent hourly wage increase.

CIO Cleveland United Auto Workers Cleveland Dental Manufacturing Co

Government To Call Krug And 10 Others As Witnesses

Washington AP government will call Secretary of Interior J A Krug and ten other witnesses in the contempt trial of John J Lewis over the soft coal strike. Trial opened with cross examination of N H Collisson as the panel of witnesses was announced.

Krug Lewis I. F. Freiberger Cleveland Trust Co New York Times John L. Lewis the Times Cleveland Cyrus S. Eaton Freiberger House J. A. Krug Southwest Eastern Seaboard Washington Secretary of Interior John J. Lewis United Mine Workers N. H. Collisson John F. Sonnett Sonnett Alfred Oeth Paramount News Joseph A. Genau FBI Hamilton Acheson Iowa R. H. Behncke Fairmont W. Va Briggs M. Rogers Bardeleben Coal Corp Sipsey Ala Ralph Collisson Goldsborough UMW

Education Address Heard Cleveland Dr. Eman uel Camoran

Dr. Emanuel Camoran of Cleveland spoke on New Experiments in Jewish Education. About 150 teachers and educators in Jewish Sunday schools attended the meeting here on Saturday.

Cleveland Emanuel Camoran

Girl Accused In Abduction Is Released

Lancaster prosecutor W C Pickering released 17 year old Zoellen Marie Smith to her parents pending investigation of her role in a 200 robbery and abduction. Smith was arrested with four Mansfield Reformatory escapees after Joseph Stanko, a Lancaster dry cleaner, was robbed and forced to drive his own car on November 20.

Lancaster W. C. Pickering Zoellen Marie Smith Joseph Stanko Lancaster Dry Cleaner Miss Smith Mansfield Reformatory Grafton Stanko James VA. Vendor Canton Reformatory Robert J. Miller Cleveland Lelan R. Earlenbaugh Akron Donald Burson Pickering

Raid Tip-Off Action Halted

Youngstown Campbell officials say no action will be taken against two policemen accused by sheriff deputies of tipping off slot machine operators about a raid. Safety Director John Grdic said evidence is meager and no charges will be filed. The officers said they were seeking a robbery suspect and asked a man at a club if he had seen the person. Deputies claim the officers blocked their car and warned the club.

Youngstown Sheriff's Deputies Campbell John Grdic Civil Service Commission

Three British Soldiers Die in Jeep Mine Blast

Three Tommy soldiers of the Sixth Airborne Division were killed and another seriously injured when their jeep struck a mine on the Jerusalem Jaffa Road. Police questioned 52 suspects over a machine gun attack on a police station as a seven point peace plan circulated amid weekend violence in the Holy Land.

Jerusalem Sixth Airborne Division Jerusalem-Jaffa Palestine Holy Land

Molotov Rumors Rise as Stalin Succession Talk Surges

European observers note unusual Soviet press praise of Vyacheslav Molotov amid questions about Stalin’s health. Molotov, 56, a long time Stalin deputy and key figure in Moscow governance, is rumored as a possible successor, with Malenkov Beria Zhdanov and others still considered potential leaders.

London Vyacheslav M. Molotov Europe Stalin Molotov Moscow Soviet Academy of Science Paris New York Communist Party Russia Council of Ministers Georgi M. Malenkov Andrei Andreyev Lavrenti P. Beria A. A. Zhdanov A. I. Mikoyan L. M. Kaganovich

Pets Sick Doe Has A New Ambulance

Cleveland veterinarian Dr. Joseph B. Morse, 35, announced a new 24 hour cat and dog ambulance with siren lights oxygen tanks a stretcher and two pneumatically cushioned cages. The vehicle will rush pets to Morse's hospital on call.

Cleveland Joseph B. Morse

Son of FDR Denies Blame in Moscow Tour

Elliott Roosevelt, son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, denying charges that he blamed the United States Embassy or its officials for off the record remarks attributed to him. He issued the denial before a longer southern Russia train trip with his wife while Newsweek reports quoted him criticizing U S policy after Yalta Potsdam and Tehran pledges.

Moscow Elliott Roosevelt Russia United States Soviet Union Newsweek Magazine Roosevelt U.S Yalta Potsdam Tehran

Mother and six children die in Tompkins County fire

A mother Mrs. John Dew and six of her ten children were killed when a two story frame home in West Groton burned. The family had moved in two months earlier. Victims listed as Jean 11 Patsy 10 Beverly 7 Jacqueline 4 Lowell 2 and Donna May five months old.

West Groton N.Y Tompkins County John Dew Jean Patsy Beverly Jacqueline Lowell Donna May

College Publicity Heads Converge on Three Day Conference

College and university publicity directors from seven states gather in Cincinnati for a three day conference on current problems. Harold K. Schellenger of Ohio State University will preside at a National Executive Committee session before the main meeting.

Cincinnati Ohio Indiana Illinois Kentucky Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Harold K. Schellenger Ohio State University American College Public Relations Association

State May Broadcast Child School Lessons

Ohio State University’s WOSU will provide time for school lessons if coal emergencies halt classes. Education Department officials said details are unresolved but broadcasting is being considered to reach children affected by the disruption.

Columbus S?p State Education Department WOSU Ohio State University

B&O to furlough 60 workers in Chillicothe

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announced furloughs totaling 60 men in Chillicothe, 50 in the car shop and 10 in the round house, due to reduced traffic from the coal strike.

Chillicothe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Officials Report Drop In Juvenile Delinquency

Warren officials said juvenile delinquency in the first ten months of the year fell to a prewar rate. There were 229 cases reported, down from 344 the previous year and 413 in 1944, marking a substantial decrease.

Warren Trumbull County

Army Draft Decision Due This Week

Washington reports an Army decision on resuming the draft in January after a two month break. Manpower advisers favor a selective service call to boost recruitment and supplement volunteers. Officials say recommendations are with Secretary Patterson and General Eisenhower awaiting action.

Washington Patterson Dwight D. Eisenhower

Rescuers Find Lost Teachers In Pennsylvania Mountains

In Harrisburg Pennsylvania two teachers Miss Marion L Forney from Paxtang and Miss Beatrice Watkins of Wiconisco were found after nine hours missing while searching for evergreens. They were found huddled beside a fire as a rescue party from Wiconisco located them near the densely wooded mountains north of the city. State police reported the women had wandered the mountainside trying to find their way out and had built a fire about thirty minutes before rescue.

Harrisburg Here Wiconisco Marion L. Forney Paxtang Beatrice Watkins

Four Churches Reported Broken Into by Thieves

Four churches in Delaware County were broken into over the weekend but little value was taken, according to Sheriff Earl Fravel. The churches listed include St. John’s Lutheran and St. Paul’s Methodist in Delaware, Leonardsburg Methodist, and Oller United Brethren near O’Shaughnessy Dam.

Delaware, O Delaware County Earl Fravel St. John's

Portsmouth Shoe Men Ratify New Wage Hike

Production employees at Shelby Shoe Co ratified a new wage scale by mass meeting, granting 10 cent hourly raises and affecting 3,300 workers in Portsmouth and Ashland plants after arbitration by the local CIO shoe workers union for 15 cent boosts.

Portsmouth Shelby Shoe Co Ashland CIO Shoe Workers Union

OSU Animal Judges Win Collegiate Crown

An all war veteran team of livestock judges from Ohio State University won the collegiate championship at the 47th International Exposition. They scored 4 636 points out of 5 000 to lead 19 other teams in judging horse cattle swine and sheep.

Chicago Ohio State University

New York Maps War-Disaster Corps Amid Atomic Threat

New York State drafts blueprints for an atom era defense. Plans call for a state war disaster corps to manage emergencies from possible enemy use of atomic bombs rockets or guided missiles.

New York New York State

William J. Wagner Dies at 60 in Alliance

Joseph E. Wagner age 60 works manager at American Steel Foundings died yesterday in Alliance. Funeral and service details were not disclosed in the brief notice.

Alliance Joseph E. Wagner American Steel Foundings

Fire Damages Harrison Hall at Miami University

A fire yesterday damaged Harrison Hall, the historic Miami University landmark named for President Benjamin Harrison. No injuries were reported and the campus fire department contained the blaze.

Oxford Harrison Miami University Benjamin Harrison

Sam Simmons on United Prosperity and Labor Peace

Sam Simmons argues that opportunities abound in a grand country and urges forbearance and cooperation to raise welfare. He cites friction between owners and managers and workers, urges price and wage alignment, and warns if the trend continues half the population may be priced out of the market.

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