Newspaper stunt causes mix up in Athens County
Two Athens Countians Mr and Mrs Richard Campbell of Cleveland face complications after a reporter posed as a lawyer and forged divorce papers to prove overburdened Cleveland court. A judge refused to vacate the fake decree and the Campbells were later denied a marriage license until a certified copy is produced. Reporter Leonard Hammer may face contempt charges. Mrs Campbell is former Margaret Jandes a Rome High School graduate. Mr Campbell a Rome High School graduate and 1947 Ohio University journalism graduate now editor at The Press.
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Athens
Campbells
Hammer
Campbell
Margaret Jandes
Rome High School
Rome High School. Mr. Campbell
Ohio University
Press
Vacationers Unemployment Claims Seen as Not Unusual
Columbus Ohio officials defend vacation state unemployment claims by Ohio workers wintering in Florida and California. Frank Collopy notes 1947 1948 totals show small percentages of claims filed in those states under reciprocal agreements with 47 states and Alaska. He stresses fraud vigilance.
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Columbus
Florida
California
Frank J. Collopy
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Collopy
Frank J. Lausche
Assistant Appointed as Attorney General Aide in Ohio
Columbus Ohio Atty Gen Herbert S Duffy announces Foster J Fludine of Kent as assistant attorney general Flu dine a World War II veteran admitted to the bar in March 1948 He has worked with the law firm Seiple Fludine in Canton
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
Foster J. Fludine
Kent
Fludine
Seiple & Fludine
Canton
Around the Area Seeks Lost Boy and Weather Impacts
A seven year old, Pete Werner, aided by a Columbus department store sales girl, found his mother Mrs. G. G. Werner of Middleport. Preparations for a mid winter youth institute ended when flood waters forced cancellations. Talent Night at Bradbury schools faced mud due to heavy rain as cars became stuck and volunteers assisted.
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G. G. Werner
Middleport
Pete” Werner
Columbus
Pete
Bradbury
Gravel Pit Strain Burdens West Athens Area
Heavy demands persist on the large gravel pit near the Chesapeake and Ohio roundhouse in West Athens. Thousands of tons have been removed since before the Civil War era when the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad was constructed. The old line fill near the Canaanville coal mine used gravel hauled from West Athens.
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West Athens
Chesapeake & Ohio Roundhouse
Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad
Canaanville
Trains Turn Around in Athens By New Yard Practice
For 75 years the Hocking Valley and Chesapeake Railroad ran passenger trains into Athens and used a West State Street Y for turning. With shorter trains now in service, the entire train is turned at once, changing the turnaround method.
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Hocking Valley and
Chesapeake Railroad
Athens
Columbus
West State St
Milk Prices Hearing Set At Gallipolis
The Agricultural Department will hold a public hearing in Gallipolis Ohio on February 16 to review price provisions of the federal milk program. Producers in the tri state area argue current prices do not cover production costs and seek price levels that ensure adequate regional milk production.
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Washington
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Agricultural Department
Gallipolis
Ashland
Huntington
Parkersburg
W. Va
Marietta
Ironton
Athens
Scioto
Burley Prices Hit Seasonal Low in Kentucky Trade
Burley tobacco prices fell to a new seasonal low in Kentucky. The average price per hundred pounds dropped to $38.64, down $2.23 from Monday, the state department of agriculture reported. Volume sold declined by over 1,000,000 pounds.
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Louisville
Kentucky
State Department of Agriculture
Rent Control Office Planned for Zanesville
Edward Wagner, Columbus regional rent control director, said a rent control office will open in Zanesville soon due to mounting complaints. The office will have a full time secretary and hearings will be held three times weekly.
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Zanesville
Edward Wagner
Columbus
Muskingum County Rent Control Board
Wagner
Man Pleads Innocent In Slaying of Mother
Alfred Ferrell 43 pleaded innocent in municipal court to a first degree murder charge for the slaying of his 71 year old mother Nellie Ferrell. He is held to the grand jury as prosecutors seek a reconvened January grand jury in Muskingum County Ohio. The elderly victim was found dead in her Dresden home last Friday.
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Zanesville
Alfred
Spooky) Ferrell
Muskingum County
Common Pleas Court
Nellie Ferrell
Dresden
Man dies after auto train collision in Columbus area
John Conrad, 56, of Stoutsville, died in a Columbus hospital from injuries after his car was struck by a freight train. His wife Carrie Conrad, 55, was killed in the crash.
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Lancaster
John Conrad
Stoutsville
Columbus
Carrie Conrad
Truman Hails Economic Planning To Avert Low Mood
President Truman urges national economic planning to head off disasters and stresses government efficiency. He recounts past Kansas City experiences with a 1921 low mood and a bankers panic, noting political and banking work helped avert crisis. He speaks at a National Planning Association dinner in an offbeat, serious talk.
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National Planning Association
Truman
Kansas City
Martin Urges Prewar Taxes Reduction Plan
House Republican leader Martin of Massachusetts urges cutting most excise taxes to prewar levels. He introduces legislation to roll back luxury taxes on theater and movie tickets, railroad fares, furs, luggage, cosmetics and phone bills, while whiskey taxes stay at $9 per gallon and tobacco taxes unchanged.
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Washington
House
Martin
Mass
Congress
Marietta man named new highway engineer
Columbus reports the appointment of division engineers by State Highway Director Theodore J. Kauer. Max R. Farley of Marietta was named engineer for Division 10, replacing C. A. Ferguson of Marietta. Division 10 headquarters remain in Marietta.
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Columbus
Theodore J. Kauer
Max R. Farley
Marietta
Division 10
Farley
C. A. Ferguson
Selection Postponed for State Utilities Seat
Gov. Frank Lausche said naming a successor to Paul Weiland of Lancaster on the state utilities commission will be postponed temporarily after Weiland’s term ended yesterday.
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Columbus
Paul Weiland
Lancaster
State Utilities Commission
Frank J. Lausche
January Storm Havoc Hits Western States
The Associated Press reports record January blizzards and cold across Texas to California. At least 112 deaths in 15 states. Losses include millions in crops in California, and large, ongoing livestock and wildlife damage. Relief by air and road convoys aids isolated communities and Indian reservations. Wyoming Nebraska Nevada face heavy cattle and sheep losses with spring thaw to reveal totals.
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Texas
California
Dakotas
Nebraska
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
A. E. Anderson
Gordon
Nebr
Chamber
Rep Jenkins Named To Policy Committee
Reps Frances P. Bolton and Thomas A. Jenkins of Ohio were named to the new Republican Policy committee in the House yesterday. The group guides party policy on major issues and succeeds the old Steering Committee. The two Ohioans were chosen by GOP members from Ohio Indiana Illinois and Michigan.
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Washington
Frances P. Bolton
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
House
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Petrillo Bets AFL Defeat Taft In 1950 Election
James C. Petrillo president of the American Federation of Musicians believes the AFL can defeat Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio in Taft's 1950 bid for reelection.
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Petrillo
Hoboken, N
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Robert A. Taft
Rohio
Groundhog predicts six more weeks of winter at Gobblers Knob
Punxsutawney Phil emerged at 7 32 a m to see his shadow and forecast six additional weeks of winter. Dr F A Lorenzo, president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, introduced him as scientists cast doubt on the tradition.
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Punxsutawney
Brer’ Groundhog
Gobblers Knob
Canoe Ridge
Bret’ Groundhog
F. A. Lorenzo
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
Quarryville
Pennsylvania
Lorenzo
Florida
Truman Has Not Received Invitation for Stalin Meeting
The White House said President Truman has received no invitation from Soviet Premier Stalin for a meeting to discuss differences. Presidential Secretary Charles J. Ross said no communication from Stalin had been received and that Truman remains unwilling to leave the United States for such talks, though he would welcome Stalin in Washington.
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White House
Truman
Europe
Stalin
Washington
United States
Charlee J. Ross
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Ross
Trueman
Kirwan Attacks GOP Publicity Move in Congress
Congressman Kirwan calls the GOP plan to form a publicity committee a direct repudiation of party leadership. He notes the publicized record of the 80th Congress failed to win voter support and questions the value of publicity for a poor product.
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Washington
Michael J. Kirwan
D-Oble
House Republicans
GOP
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Democratic National Committee
Kirwan
Rep
Martin
Massachusetts
House Gop
Congress
Election law changes urged in Ohio legislative push
A sweeping plan by Sen. Carl D. Sheppard would replace party columns with Massachusetts style ballots, require pre primary conventions for each office, and mandate party declarations 40 days before primaries to vote or switch. Other items include a state veterans housing inquiry and an emergency welfare funding request, plus education spending proposals and board of natural resources reforms.
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Columbus
Ohio
Carl D. Sheppard
R-Summit
Sheppard Long
Sheppard
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
D. Reps
L. C. Washburn
D-Sumemit
F. K. Cassel
R-Wyandot
Athens State Hospital
Southeastern Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Education Association
OEA
H.B
Mooney
Hocking
Beach to Die At Ohio Pen Tonight
Gov Lausche declined to spare Harold A. Beach Jr from execution in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair for slaying eight year old Sheila Ann Tulley in Cleveland. Beach ordered a final meal of fried chicken fries and drinks as the time for the death warrant approached.
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Ohio
Pen
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Harold A. Beach, Jr
Ohio Penitentiary
Cleveland
Beach
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Sheila Ann Tulley
Ralph W. Alvis
Six War Criminals Hanged in Landsberg Germany
Six convicted war criminals including two former concentration camp inmates were hanged today at Landsberg prison in Germany. Three are accused of killing American airmen who parachuted from damaged planes. The executions raise Landsberg hangings to 103 since Oct 15.
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Munich
Landsberg
Germany
Bill Would Override State Bans on Closed Shop
NLRB Chairman Paul M. Herzog testified before the Senate Labor Committee that the Truman administration's labor bill would override state bans against the closed shop. The committee is considering the bill under a new hurry up order with night shifts.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Paul M. Herzog
Senate Labor Committee
Suspect Questioned in Gifford Murder Inquiry
A suspect in the Eleanor E. Gifford murder case remains in county jail. Sheriff Bateman declined to release details while parts of the man’s story are checked and other investigations proceed. No charges have been filed.
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Eleanor E. Gifford
George Bateman
Athens
Church of the Good Shepherd
Bateman
Ohio plans new state fair plant costing about 11.7 million
Former Governor Cooper told the Ohio State Fair Commission the plant would cost about 11.7 million excluding land. The 523.7 acre site north of Ohio State University farms was chosen, funds to buy it were not released, and a bill to abolish the commission has been introduced in the House by Rep. Robert Shaw.
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Columbus
Myéra Y. Cooper
Ohio State Feirevennde Commission
Cooper
Vogt, Ivers, Seaman
State Controlling Board
Ohio House
Robert R. Shaw
Franklin
Ironton Man Indicted In Shooting of Wife
Clay Patterson, 27, of Ironton, indicted on first degree murder in the fatal Jan 14 shooting of his wife Elizabeth Ruth, 21, at a grill. Lillian V. Lightburn, 21, Crestline, an Ohio State University co-ed, indicted on forging a sales check at a downtown department store.
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Columbus
Clay Patterson
Ironton
Elizabeth Ruth
Lillian V. Lightburn
Crestline
Ohio State University
Claims Filed In Spinster Frances Butler Estate
Akron officials report many claims to share the million dollar estate of Frances Louise Butler, a aged spinster who died last Thursday. Administrators note claims are arriving by the dozen.
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Akron
Frances Louise Butler
Court Upholds Conviction Of Pinball Machine Keeper
Columbus The state supreme court today refused to upset the conviction of Jerry Milano of Cleveland on a charge of keeping and exhibiting a pinball machine for gain.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Jerry Milano
Cleveland
Stalin invites Truman for talks in Europe amid peace push
NBC reports from Paris that Stalin invites President Truman to meet in Russia or in Poland Czechoslovakia with specific cities named Moscow Leningrad Kaliningrad Odessa and Yalta. The note suggests Stalin seeks a meeting while doctors discourage a long trip to Washington.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
Paris Today
Stalin
Truman
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
NBC
Henry CG. Cassidy
Kingabury Smith
International News Service
Stalin Today
Washington
Moscow
Leningrad
Kaliningrad
Odessa
Yalta
Potsdam
Kingsbury Smith
Smith
Paris
Norway to join North Atlantic security pact allies
The United States and Atlantic powers planned swift backing for Norway as Oslo weighed joining the projected North Atlantic Alliance. State Department tied Norway to negotiations with Italy Portugal Ireland Iceland and possibly Denmark among others in expanding the pact. Norway declined to grant bases unless attacked while confirming interest in security talks with the group.
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Washington
United States
Atlantic
Norway
Oslo
Moscow
Deepartment
State Department
Italy
Portugal
Ireland
Iceland
Denmark
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Russia
Soviet Union
Saw mishap kills man in Ironton
Gene Fry, 26, of Wilgus, died Monday after a circular saw broke while he and his father Elza Fry were cutting wood. The blade severed Fry’s jugular vein in the accident near Ironton.
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Ironton
Gene Fry
Wilgus
Fry
Elza Fry
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