Meigs County Petit Jury Work Finished as Cases Are Settled
Meigs County Sheriff A O Tracy notified the Friday that the petit jury term is complete and no further court sessions are planned this year. Several cases have been settled out of court, and a rumored grand jury special session followed the Nease Settlement burglary. Four suspects including Mr and Mrs George Justus Magdalene Weaver Dan Michael and Marie Weaver pleaded guilty and were bound over. Monroe Weaver denied involvement.
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Pomeroy
Petit Jury
A. O. Tracy
Henry Klein
Nease Settlement
Grand Jury
George Justus
Magdalene Weaver
Dan Michael
Marie Weaver
Justice Court
Monroe Weaver
Ice in River Marks First Tee of Year at Pomeroy Bend
In Pomeroy on December 17 a thin ice skim covered the Ohio River after a severe cold snap. River men warned that prolonged frigid weather could freeze the river. Local reports on Thursday night temperatures varied from 14 below zero to six to ten below in many areas.
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Pomeroy Bend
Pomeroy
Ohio
Flu Epidemic Impacts Middleport Schools
Middleport reports an influenza outbreak with many teachers and students affected. Mid year vacation begins Friday to curb spread, hoping schools reopen after the new year will end the epidemic. Yuletide decorations appear as Christmas trees line Main Street, boosting festive spirit.
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Middleport
Red Cross Flour Comes to County in Meigs Meigs County distribution underway
Red Cross shipped a first carload of flour arrival in Meigs County enables Friday distribution to townships. Demand rose with cold weather while a second carload is expected next week and may be last allotment of four for the winter. Much cotton cloth previously received has been distributed for clothing with sewing organized by Mrs Finsterwald and Mrs Heiner noting supply shortfalls.
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Red Croek
Meiga County
Meigs
Row Finsterwald
Red Cross Production Chaicroap
Mavme J. Heiner
Red Cross
Teachers Visit Detroit for Christmas With Daughter
A Park Street School teacher left Saturday morning for Detroit to spend the Christmas holidays with her daughter Mrs Albert Mares. Fifty four attended the Loyal Womens Close party at the Church of Christ Thursday evening with a chicken dinner served at seven. Mrs M J McCarty hosted the auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers on Wednesday afternoon at her South Third Avenue home. Miss Jean McKay, recently ill, returned from Ohio University and will stay with her parents Professor and Mrs A W McKay for the holidays.
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Park Street
Detroit
Albert Mares
Loyal Womens Close
Church of Chrtet
Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers
M. J. McCarty
South Third Avenue
Jean McKay
Ohio University
A. W. McKay
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Howard Miles
Emmett Gorslin
Akron
Earl Bierdorit
Columbus
Clark Jiiden
Racine Road
Martha D. Roush
John Roush
Manchester Avenue
Racine
Racine Sutton High School
Harrisonville
Middleport
George Parker
Mulberry Avenue
Fred Crow
Ed Nye
Patrick Lochary
Margaret Hersch
Lestie Burnside
Laurel Clif
David Bing
Byron Bing
Butternut Avenue
Cleveland
Gas tax funds allocated to Meigs County townships
Pomeroy Ohio December 7 Gas tax funds totaling 36000 for the county and townships of Meigs County were received this week by Auditor B H J Blackmore. Each township gets 1400 with 450 to each township? The note says this is the last 1952 payment and the total is about three thousand dollars less than anticipated.
Holiday shopping rises as Bend firms report weather impact
Christmas weather of snow and ice boosted tire chain and anti-freeze demand while garages note radiator repairs. Some owners delayed anti-freeze purchases, freezing radiators Friday morning. Retail activity, though, shows early revival with shoppers responding to imminent Christmas Day, though overall sales remain below average.
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Pomeroy
Cal Merchants
Busy Bee Class Holds Christmas Party at First Baptist
Middleport December 17 Busy Bee Class members and guests of First Baptist Church gathered in the church lecture room for their annual Christmas party. Attendees dressed as little girls exchanged gifts and enjoyed a 7 pm cafeteria dinner. A junior musical program followed with readings and a social closing.
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Middleport
First Baptist Church
Meigs jail matron mails Christmas cards to former guests
Meigs County Jail matron Mrs Tracy hunted up names of former inmates to send Christmas cards. Cards went to inmates at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus or the State Reformatory in Mansfield. Also notes on church society activities, a Columbus pneumonia death, and local school sports and social events.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
Mra. A. . Tracy
Meigs County
Ohio
Columbus
State Reformatory
Mansfield
Death takes sister of Fred Lee Tom
Neva B. Tom, age ?, died at her sister’s home in Cuyahoga Falls after heart trouble and complications. She taught in Kent city schools for years before illness forced retirement. Surviving: Jerry G. Tom and multiple siblings including Fred Lee Tom and Bernice Paisley. Funeral planned at her father’s home with private services Tuesday at 2:50 PM. Burial at Fitch Hill Cemetery near her father.
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Neva B. Tom
Ethan Paisley
Cuyahoga Falls
Kent Ohio
Jerry G. Tom
New Concord
Fred Lee Tom
Athens
Earl R. Tom
Cumberland
R. Brace Tom
Columbus
Bernice Paisley
Coyshogs Falle
Harold V. Tom
Zanesville
Bevish Thompson
Foch Hil
Leaders Arrested as Argentina Plans State of Siege
In Buenos Aires on December 17 40 R Pipolito Irigoyen and Marcelo Avrear and other political figures were arrested as the government moved toward virtual martial law to curb revolt. The plan calls a state of siege with military control while civilians would be tried in civil courts.
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Buenos Aires
Pipolito Irigoyen
Marcelo A
Attention Raised for Polish Jews by Dr. Kraus
Dr. Arthur Kraus, City College philosophy teacher, lay in a hospital room as he ends his fast to draw U.S. attention to Polish Jewry. He would resume only if either President Hoover or President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt requests it, signaling broad American concern.
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Arthur Kraus
City College
Poland
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Baltimore & Ohio seeks American steam engines for new line
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad invites trials of locomotives built in the United States with rewards of four thousand dollars for the best engine and three thousand five hundred for the second best. Specifications demand coke or coal burning, limited weight, 15 mile per hour pace, and 30 days road test with safety features and springs.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Exhibition Rules For Rail Road Trials
The document outlines that authorities will accept bids and payments in cents, with P B E Thomas as president. It notes the railroad must provide water and fuel for trials. People may contact the president for details and minute information. Competitors must bring engines by June first and may test the line starting that day, with a minimum road radius of four thousand feet.
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N. B
Texas to shut down oil field for pressure tests
Commissioner E O Thompson said orders to shut the entire east Texas oil field from today through January 1 will be issued as soon as the Texas Railroad Commission consents. The action aims to determine bottom pressures in the field.
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Austin
Tex
East Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Negro Dies in Electric Chair for Railroad Detective Killing
Eddyville Ky December 17 Jet Covington a 26 year old Black man died in the electric chair here for the murder of James Turner Richman Ky railroad detective last Christmas. The execution took place today in the prison in Eddyville.
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Eddyville
Covington
James Turner
Richman
Auctioneer C F Baylor Dies While Opening Sale
Wellington reports C F Baylor a well known auctioneer collapsed and died last night as he stepped on the auction block to auction sales for the Baptist Church bazaar in the Ester Haven area near here.
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Wellington
C. F. Baylor
Dro
House Hears Bill To Penalize Officials Abuse of Allowances
A bill was introduced in the House by Rep Mouser and Rep Marion to impose drastic penalties on senators and representatives who use government allowances to hire relatives, aiming to curb misuse of funds.
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Washington
Mouser
Marion
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