Fire damages Maurer Variety Store in Nelsonville blaze
Firemen and police fought a stubborn Nelsonville blaze at the Hyde building near Public Square. Water and smoke damage hit the Maurer Variety Store on the main floor and basement, with second floor offices saved. Damage is expected to be heavy in stock and records. building structure slight. The fire started about 4:45 p.m. and was contained after crews reached the roof.
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Nelsonville
Hydeuilding
Public Square
Maurer
Dr. W. Hyde
Oakley Insurance Agency
Masonic Club
Dana Windon
John Maurer
Netkirk 5E
W. F. Gray
Stuart Opera House
East Side Public Square
Gas Company
Fire harms occupant as hotel room blaze is extin guished
Firefighters extinguished a mattress and bedclothes fire in a Am brose Hotel room in Logan last night. Minor burns were reported for J. D. Rake a Gallipolis salesman who was in the room the fire is blamed on a burning cigaret. Firemen hurled the burning mattress from a third floor window as onlookers gathered outside.
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Mr. Rake
Two Brothers Die After Eating Cakes Laced With Poison
In Lebanon two young brothers Harry 7 and Clifford 6 died after eating cakes found in their yard. Coroner H M Williams identified them as sons of Mr and Mrs Frank McVay of Morrow. Poison likely left by former tenants who lived at the home before the McVays moved in last week.
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Lebanon
H. M. Williams
Harry
Clifford McVay
Frank McVay
Morrow
McVays
Three Year Old Fatally Struck by Hit and Run Driver
Authorities seek a motorist whose car fatally injured three year old Donna Mae Cooke near Foster Lake. The driver stopped to watch as another vehicle picked up the girl and then fled, according to Deputy Sheriff Richard Satterthwaite.
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Lebanon
Donna Mae Cooke
Foster Lake
Richard Satterthwaite
Investigator Sir Bernard Spilsbury Dies at 70
London reports the death of Sir Bernard Spilsbury a renowned former Home Office pathologist aged 70 who earned a reputation for solving murder cases and sending many criminals to the gallows.
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London
Sir Bernard Spilsbury
British Home Office
Fire devastates Clifton Building in Columbus
A blaze drove over 500 downtown workers from the five story Clifton Building in Columbus. Fire Chief Clarence W. Ogborn put damage at about 30000 dollars, with most loss confined to a first floor thread firm. Fire crews fought for over an hour to control the flames.
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Columbus
Clifton
Clarence W. Ogborn
Ogborn
U S and Russia Clash Over Atomic Control Pact
The United States and Russia engaged in a fresh clash on atomic energy as Frederick H. Osborn, deputy on the Atomic Commission, predicted Moscow might join a world pact after acknowledging ignorance in the Kremlin about proposals for an international atomic development authority.
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United States
Russia
Frederick H. Osborn
U. S
Atomic Commission
Kremlin
Taft Eyes Last Effort on Voluntary Cost Measures
Washington reports show a Republican split and Democratic opposition leaving Congress likely to adjourn for Christmas without enacting cost of living legislation. Senator Taft backs a voluntary commodity division plan, while Democrats seek to block it and House Republicans fear politicizing the issue.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Senate
House
Barkley
Truman
Senate Debates Foreign Aid Restoring House Cuts
The administration presses the Senate to restore House reductions in foreign aid. It seeks to reverse an $88,000,000 cut from the $597,000,000 winter relief for France Italy and Austria and a $260,000,000 reduction from the $490,000,000 Army emergency occupation fund. Senator Bridges and the Appropriations Committee plan to meet this afternoon.
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Washington
Senate
House
France
Italy
Austria
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Man Hit by Auto Dies in Lebanon Ohio
An automobile struck and fatally injured 69 year old Jacob Vanderbrink in Lebanon Ohio. The incident details were not fully released, but police report the victim died at the scene or en route to a hospital.
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Lebanon
Jacob Vanderbrink
Police Seek Slayer in Triple Murder Near Toledo
Four people dead in a Toledo area home after an estranged husband, James Osinski, 37, is sought on an arrest warrant. The victims include Mrs Lorette Osinski, her parents Mr and Mrs Raymond Dimyer, and infant John Osinski who died in an unheated home from malnutrition and exposure. Detectives say the slaying occurred after Osinski allegedly beat the family and broke into the Ditmyer home. Authorities describe a long criminal history for Osinski, with prior sentences in Ohio Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania institutions.
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Toledo
John Osinski
Lorette Osinski
James
Raymond Dimyer
Paul Hohly
Ralph Murphy
Osinski
Husbard
James Osinski
Murps
Murphy
Ditmyer
Ditmyers
Jerome Ditmyer
Fire Destroys Kenton Armory In Oil Explosion
A fire last night destroyed the 53 year old Kenton National Guard Armory jackpot causing heating services to fail at the Hardin County Courthouse and Jail. Guardsman Harold Radcliffe 34 suffered second degree burns and was listed in serious condition. Firefighters from nearby towns aided the blaze which damaged the Eagles Lodge next door and destroyed $15 000 worth of uniforms field gear and weapons.
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Kenton
Hardin County
National Guard Armory
Randall Cark
Clark
Harold Radcliffe
Paul Ritzler
Gus Rodenberger
Ritzler
Radcliffe
Bellefontaine
Belle Center
Forest
Eagles Lodge
William McFarland
Mary Green Still Going Mary Green Still Going
Mary B Greene the Ohio River boat captain since 1893 plans to start her 58th river year on January 31 as the excursion steamer Gordon C Greene sails to New Orleans She will be 80 in June and began river life in 1890 after marrying Captain Gordon C Greene She now serves as hostess and secretary of the Green Line cruises.
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Cincinnati
Mary B. Greene
Gordon C. Greene
New Orleans
Soap Company Official Injured in Car Wreck
Cincinnati report says Mark Upson, general sales manager of Procter and Gamble, was injured when his car struck a streetcar loading platform. Doctors at Holmes Hospital described his condition as serious with possible skull fracture, broken jaw, and fractured hip.
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Cincinnati
Mark Upson
Procter and Gamble Co
Holmes Hospital
Upson
Comedian Harold Lloyd’s Father Died at 83
Darsie Lloyd, 83, father of film comedian Harold Lloyd, dies in Hollywood. He was a producer and executive, serving as vice president and general manager of the Harold Lloyd Corp.
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Hollywood
Calif
Upi
Darsie Lloyd
Harold Lloyd
The
Harold Lloyd Corp
Infant Death Ruled Accident in Columbus
The unnamed 16 day old son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence E Hackenberg died December 7 and was ruled an accident after a two hour conference with Coroner Mitchell A Spyker Prosecutor Ralph J Bartlett and Sheriff Ralph J Paul. Hackenberg a former Cleveland attorney was executive secretary to Gov Thomas J Herbert until August when appointed to the Pardon and Paroles Commission. Parents underwent lie detector tests Tuesday.
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Columbus
Lawrence E. Hackenberg
Mitchell A. Spyker
Ralph J. Bartlett
Ralph J. Paul
Hackenberg
Cleveland
Thomas J. Herbert
Pardon and Paroles Commission
Three Circleville Men Held in Steel Theft
Three Circleville men accused of stealing four steel beams worth 400 dollars and selling them as junk for 46 dollars were held in jail. Charles Reed, 23, and Delmer Weaver, 22, pleaded guilty before Mayor Ben H. Gordon and are held on 1 000 dollar bond each for the Pickaway County grand jury. Paul Weaver, 24, will be arraigned later.
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Circleville
Charles Reed
Delmer Weaver
Ben H. Gordon
Pickaway County
Paul Weaver
Speed limit placed on Columbus ambulance
Columbus police chief Lester W. Mercia ordered the department ambulance not to exceed 25 miles per hour. The move follows repeated garage repairs and concerns over safety during fast runs.
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Columbus Ambulan
Columbus
Police Department
Lester W. Mercia
Bids Invited for OSU Hospital Project
Bids on a $7,000,000 hospital to be built at Ohio State University as part of a medical center will be received February 17, said State Public Works Director George B. Sowers yesterday.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
State Public Works
George B. Sowers
Filipino Ship S S Luzon Afire Off Mindoro Coast
A 425 ton Filipino vessel named S S Luzon operated by De La Rama Steamship Co was reported afire off Mindoro in the Verde Island passage. RCA marine radio intercepted its SOS signaling distress.
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Manila
S.S. Luzon
Mindoro
Verde Island
Philippines
de la Rama Steamship Co
RCA ‘Marine Radio
Anderson Faces Senate Probe Into Grain Speculation
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson appears before the Senate Appropriations Committee after a subpoena seeks papers on big time grain traders. He cites the Commodity and Exchange Act to keep confidential information, while Bridges and Ferguson promise the panel will obtain the essential names and records.
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Washington
Clinton B. Anderson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bridges
Anderson
Congress
R-Nh
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Liberty Ship Simon Benson Breaks Up in Pacific Sea
The Liberty ship Simon Benson, a wartime troop transport, was breaking up in heavy mid-Pacific seas about 1,400 miles north-northwest of Honolulu. Its crew of about 45 jettisoned rice as four vessels sped to aid the stricken freighter, which had turned its bow into the waves to lessen buffeting.
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Honolulu
Simon Benson
Benson
Nail Makers Aim to Curb Gray Market in Industry
The nations nail makers plan to curb the gray market by tighter policing of distribution and boosted production. The decision came after a lengthy hearing before a Senate subcommittee of the joint Senate House Housing Committee.
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Washington
Senate
Senate House Housing Committee
Restaurant Wage Boost Considered by Rogers
Columbus reports state industrial relations director William J. Rogers has under advisement new minimum wage scales for women and minors in hotels and restaurants. A public hearing yesterday prompted Rogers to promise action within 10 days as hotel operators urged rejection of the increases.
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Columbus
William J. Rogers
Rogers
Farmer Convicted Of Manslaughter In Ohio Case
Ernest Wilkinson 45, a Seneca County farmer and stock buyer, was convicted of manslaughter by a three judge court. He received a suspended sentence of one to twenty years and a three year probation after the July 31 death of fellow farmer James Guy Hossler, 47, following an argument.
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Tiffin, O
Ernest Wilkinson
Seneca County
Wilkinson
James Guy Hossler
Akron University staff to receive cost-of-living raise
Akron University employees will get a Friday cost-of-living salary adjustment totaling 35000 dollars. A similar bonus was given last year amounting to 4000 dollars.
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AKRON
University of Akron
Knutson introduces $5.6 billion tax slashing bill
A tax reduction plan introduced by Rep. Knutson targets 47 million earners with a veto-proof bill. It would raise the personal exemption to 600, apply community property rules, and offer 10 to 30 percent cuts across brackets, with total revenue cuts of about 2.6 billion dollars and extra exemptions for seniors and blind taxpayers.
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Washington
Rep
Knuteson
R-Minn
Knutson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Truman
Treasury
Jet Bomber Makes First Test Flight
The XB47 Stratojet, a 60 ton Boeing bomber with six jets, completed its first test hop from Seattle to Moses Lake on the Wright brothers anniversary. Pilot Robert Robbins, 31, called the plane very easy to fly after a 50 minute, 145 mile flight. It is expected to carry a 10 ton bomb load at 500 mph and require a crew of three.
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Moses Lake
Wash
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Seattle
Robert Robbins
Foul Play Ruled Out In Engineer's Death
Portsmouth report says Henry C. Wells 58 of Chillicothe was killed trying to board a moving freight train. Coroner Virgil Fowler and Sheriff Burl Justice ruled out foul play, saying Wells was found dead on the right of way in New Boston yesterday.
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Portsmouth
Henry C. Wells
Chillicothe
Wells
Norfolk and Western Railroad
New Boston
Virgil Fowler
Burl Justice
Wage Increases Sought for Cincinnati City Employees
City Manager W R Kellogg asked Cincinnati city council to grant wage increases totaling 823 751 dollars a year for 5 190 city employees effective January 1. Proposed raises range from sixty to three hundred ninety one dollars for each employee.
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Cincinnati
W. R. Kellogg
Burns cause death of Cleves woman 78
Mrs. Mary Allen, 78, of Cleves, died at General Hospital from burns suffered Sunday in a house fire. Coroner Herbert P. Lyle said a bed in the home caught fire.
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Cleves
Cincinnati
Mary Allen
General Hospital
Herbert P. Lyle
William Prentiss Jr dies former U S Comptroller of the Currency
William Prentiss Jr aged 68, a Los Angeles based lawyer and financier who previously served as the U S Comptroller of the Currency, died last night.
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Los Angeles
William Prentiss, Jr
U. S
New Hamley Run Plant to Employ 200-300 Workers
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co breaks ground on a 40 000 kw Hamley Run generating plant on the Hocking River bottom near Putnam farm. Construction to finish by September 1949 will create 200 to 300 jobs and serve as a training ground for student engineers with on the job arrangements. A group of company and municipal officials including Sheriff George Bateman and mayors joined J B Poston in the ceremony.
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Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Hamley Run
C&so
Hocking River
Old Putnam Farm
J. B. Poston
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Ann Arbor
Gerhardt Eisler
Arrow
America
University of Michigan
American Youth For Democracy
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Osu Hospital
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Akron U
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