Fire destroys two buildings in Gallipolis incident
Two structures on 1160 Second Ave. in Gallipolis burned at 12 55 a.m. The Frazier Cleaners plant and a tile storage unit owned by Meyer Maggied were leveled, with all Frazier stock destroyed. Eyewitnesses cited conflicting fire-start accounts as flames gutted the sites beside state highway department garages.
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Gallipolis
Second Ave
Meyer Maggied
Frazier Cleaners
Kenneth Frazier
Frazier
Emmett Saunders
Maggied
John Dale
State Highway Department
Juvenile Court Return Sought in Rawlins Case
A motion to return Grover E. Rawlins case to juvenile court was filed as the common pleas court grand jury weighs first degree murder affidavits against Rawlins and Harry Dodds Jr. The motion cites improper examinations and late counsel notice, calling the court action arbitrary and hasty while witnesses are summoned for the murder probe.
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Grover E. Rawlins
Common Pleas Court
Rawlins
Harry Dodds, Jr
Hal H. Rowland
Eleanor Gifford
Francis D. White
Charles E. Bolin
Fred Shafer
W. H. Wakefield
Paul E. Brown
Church of the Good Shepherd
Brown
Arthur McKibben
Robert Oren Miller
Sydney J. Browne
Ohio governor commutes death sentence for Ova Curnutt
Governor Frank Lausche commutes Ova Curnutt age 46 from death to life imprisonment for aiding and procuring in the December 2 1947 robbery murder of Thomas Wilson in Cincinnati. Elmer Curnutt the nephew was executed last July. The commutation follows a Pardon and Parole Commission recommendation after review of conflicting statements.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ova Curnutt
Curnutt
Thomas Wilson
Cincinnati
Elmer Curnutt
Ohio
Lausche
Pardon and Parole Commission
Medical Association Drops Charleston School Support
The State Medical Association withdrew active support for Charleston as the site of a four year medical and dental school. It urged the Legislature to decide the site this session and to establish the school and a chronic diseases hospital, stressing action now rather than deferral.
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Charleston
State Medical Association
Frost boils damage on state highways in winter
Road crews describe expansion freeze thaw damage as frost boils. The phenomenon appears most where expansion joints are lacking on better type roads. On the brick section of U.S. 50 from Albany to the Vinton County line these boils have caused severe damage to the federal state highway.
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Albany
Vinton County
Unsettled effects of historic strip mining along Route 50
The report notes long ago strip mining near Prattsville in Vinton County as a notable example of uneven work. Residents expect tree planting and erosion work will eventually mask traces while roads suffer from coal truck use and thaw conditions.
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Prattsville
Vinton County
Elderly gardener spades along road near Canaanville
An aged gardener with a limp was seen tending a garden by the highway between Canaanville and the OU airport last week. The man is noted as the first to begin 1949 food production in a modest, early effort noted by mail route drivers.
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Canaanville
Feb Weather Spurs Blacktop Blitz on State Routes
Favorable mid February weather drew state highway crews to begin broad paving work across the district. Repair crews addressed Route 7 stretches between Tup pers Plains and Coolville and between Guysville and Carthage Gap.
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Tuppers Plains
Coolville
Guysville
Carthage Gap
Standstill in Philadelphia transit strike as talks fail
Negotiations in Philadelphia's week-old taxi strike reached a standstill. An all-women grand jury was summoned for a special session by Judge Vincent A. Carroll. A conference between Philadelphia Transportation Co and the CIO TWU ended abruptly as National TWU President Michael J. Quill walked out, declaring talks broken.
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Philadelphia
Vincent A. Carroll
Philadelphia Transportation Co
Cio-Transport Workers Union
National Twu
Michael J. Quill
John Murray
Marietta-Star-Lite Theatre Incorporators Named
Incorporators for Marietta Star-Lite Theatre Inc include Jack B Leadman Ralph F Close and Walter T McKenna with 1000 shares par value 50. Robert L Hausser acts as attorney.
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Columbus
Marietta
Star-Lite Theatre, Inc
Jack B. Leadman
Ralph F. Close
Walter T
McKenna
Robert L. Hausser
Mine Owners To Plant At Least Million Trees
Canton Ohio coal producers plan to plant at least 1,000,000 trees on strip mine land this year. They will cover 1125 acres and expect to seed more in three years, aided by nurseries in five states. Ohio Reclama tion Association executives cited past plantings and grass seeding as part of restoring strip mined lands to productive use. Attendees included Robert B. Marshall, Otis German, R. L. Ireland, Richard James, J. J. McKitterick, Miller Munjas, and Henry Schswidt.
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Canton
Ohio
The
Ohio Reclama
Tion Association
Onesto Hotel
Larry Cook
Association
Indiana
Missouri
Illinois
Tennessee
Robert B. Marshall
Marshall Mining Co
Youngstown
Otis German
Copperhead Coal Co
R. L. Ireland
Hanna Coal Co
Cleveland
Richard James
James Brothers Coal Co
Mongolia
J. J. McKitterick
McKitterick Coal Co
Jackson
Miller Munjas
Truck Coal Co
Strasburg
Henry Schswidt
Powhatan Mining Co
Clevelard
FEPC Law Declared Hindrance by Industrial Leaders
Industrial spokesmen in Columbus told a House Labor Committee that FEPC laws would hinder minority groups in Ohio. Ten witnesses argued the proposed law would ban discrimination in hiring and firing and allow a state FEPC commission to pursue fines and imprisonment in court. Church and labor leaders urged enactment amid opposing voices and another hearing was set for next Tuesday.
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Columbus
FEPC
Ohio
House Labor Committee
Fair Employment Practices Commission
James ©. Seymour
Ohio Manufacturers Ass'n
Seymour
Farm helper killed wife with axe after quarrel
Police say Steve Babchak 75 hacked his wife Katherine to death with an axe after she came home late from Slovak club practice for a mock wedding. Babchak is held for grand jury on a first degree murder charge after admitting the killing.
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Warren
W. E. Johnson
Steve Babchak
Katherine
Johnson
Hearing Cancelled After Manager Resigns
Columbus report says Frank W. Claudy of Zanesville resigned as Muskingum County subdivision manager. A welfare department case against Claudy for dis honesty and malfeasance in office was dismissed as the hearing in Zanesville was cancelled.
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Columbus
Marion McIntyre
State Division of Aid For the
Frank W
Claudy
Zanesville
Muskingum
Welfare Department
McIntyre
Longtime Ohio attorney Andrew G. Fuller dies after car crash
Andrew G. Fuller 90, reputedly Ohio’s oldest practicing lawyer, died in Findlay Hospital from injuries after a minor traffic crash. He practiced law 64 years, was active in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and served as Grand Patriarch of Ohio IOOF.
Beef Price Declines Across Cities This Week
New York reports beef cuts fell two to ten cents a pound in many cities while most other retail foods remained steady or changed only slightly, reflecting market conditions.
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New York
U.S. Financed Ohio Turnpike Opposed by McGregor
Rep. Mc Gregor of Ohio rejected a Democrat proposal that the federal government pay 75 to 100 percent of the Ohio turnpike cost. He said federally financed toll-free highways are unnecessary and that private capital already shows interest in the project.
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Washington
McGregor
Ohio
Young
Haircut in furnace room leads to $1000 suit
Mrs. Inez Hoffman sues Principal Clifford Langdon in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court for $1000. She claims her 13 year old son Edward Hoffman was forcibly trimmed in Highland High School furnace room, causing a toothache and social discomfort.
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Tronton
Inez Hoffman
Clifford Langdon
Conservation Chief Defends Employee In Pay Dispute
Columbus report says Conservation Commissioner H. A. Rider defended Robert Minshall amid a clash with State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson. Ferguson planned to delay Minshall’s February paycheck of $3965, charging he spent most time as secretary for the R. B. Howard Associates, a Columbus public relations firm.
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Columbus
Conservation Department
H. A. Rider
Joseph T. Ferguson
Robert Minshall
R. B. Howard Associates
Police Seek Thieves Through Stolen Sedan
Police in Columbus pursue three robbers who escaped in a black 1947 sedan after robbing Mub Federal Savings and Loan in Columbus. The suspects stole 7350 dollars in cash yesterday afternoon. A similar car was later reported stolen from Circleville, aiding the nationwide search.
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Columbus
Savings and Loan Co
Circleville
Mub Federal Saving and Loan Co
W. F. McGrady
Akron Employment Down In Major Firms
Employment at 251 large local businesses fell over the past year with declines reported across sectors. The report notes substantial reductions in job numbers within the year.
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Akron
Floods Hit Small Western Towns and Idaho Mine
Mountain snows and flood waters isolate dozens of communities across the storm battered West. In Elko Nevada and nearby ranches thousands face shortages as pilots deliver food while others warn of spring floods from heavy snows. Port Angeles Washington sees a fatal landslide and flood damage spreads across the region as officials plan flood emergency actions.
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Chicago
Elko
Nev
Pysht
Olympic Peninsula
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Burke
Idaho
Port Angeles
Wash
Agriculture Department
Columbia
Missouri
Rio Grande
Indicted killer Vaughan hanged himself in jail cell
Harry Vaughan 28 indicted for the slaying of Violet Marie Ruckman, sister-in-law, was found hanged in Belmont County jail after pleading innocent to first degree murder. His estranged wife Dolores had visited him before his body was discovered. Vaughan had broken through a police cordon to enter his mother in law's home. Ruckman and Vaughan’s sister-in-law were residents there. a mother was wounded in the earlier shooting. Coroner said rope was fashioned from mattress bindings.
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ST. Clairsville
Harry Vaughan
Vaughan
Belmont County
Violet Marie Buckman
Dolores
Bellaire
William Swisher
Frank Ruckman
Violet Marie Ruckman
Miss Ruckman
Moundsville
W. Va
William H. Erwin
W. P. Johnson
Acheson Declares U S Policy in Japan Unchanged
Secretary of State Acheson said that American policy on Japan’s occupation and defense remains the same with no planned changes. He rejected specifics on troop withdrawals or Japan’s indefensibility and declined to define policy in precise terms.
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Washington
State Acheson
Japan
Tokyo
United States
Sugar Houses Open as Maple Season Starts Early
Smoke curled from sugar houses across Geauga County as maple syrup season began in full. Warmer weather has the season about two weeks early this year. Geauga County maple festival VP Tom White noted some tapped in January and reported early sap runs, claiming it may be the earliest date in history.
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Geauga County
Tom White
Ohioan Found Guilty In Revenge Fire Deaths
Harry W. Rich, 42, was sentenced to one to 20 years in the Ohio Penitentiary after being found guilty of manslaughter in the deaths of Jo anne Balough and her sister Marilyn 15 in a rooming house fire. The state says his motive was revenge on their mother Lu cille Balough 37 for jilting him.
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Cleveland
Harry W. Rich
Ohio
Common Pleas
Harry A. Hanna
Joanne Balough
Marilyn
Lucille Balough
Witnesses Aid Defense In Meat Case
Fourteen witnesses testified for John Johnson Lancaster restaurant owner and Chamber of Commerce president on charges of stolen meat. They denied ever seeing Swift and Co. meat in the restaurants. A former Swift plant night watchman testified to systematic meat theft from January to July 1948.
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Lancaster
John 4. Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Johnson
Swift and Co
Columbus
Swift Plant
Herrel Jeffers
Columbus restaurateur pleads guilty to buying stolen meat
Andrew J. Dilcreto 33, owner of Twentieth Century Foods on North High Street, admitted guilt in Criminal Court to purchasing meat valued at 1515 dollars from two men. He sought probation from Judge Charles A. Leach as the case was referred to the Franklin County Probation Department for further investigation before sentencing.
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Jenkins
Carl V, Bag Mee
Ohio Supreme Court
Sherriff Bailey
Berenard L. Burkhart
J. Robert Neeley
Allen County Bar Association
Columbus
High St. Restaurateur
Andrew J. Dilcreto
Twentieth Century Foods
Charles A. Leach
Franklin County Probation Department
Dogs Quarantined 60 Days in Scioto County Rabies Action
Health Commissioner William E. Singleton orders a 60 day dog quarantine in Scioto County to halt rabies spread after farmers report livestock losses. Portsmouth retains 60 days of a 90 day quarantine as the measure continues.
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Portsmouth
Scioto County
William E. Singleton
Green Opposes Taft Hartley Injunction Provision
AFL President William Green told the Senate Labor Committee that jail of John L. Lewis during the 1948 coal strike would have united miners. He criticized the 80 day injunctions under the Taft Hartley law and urged replacing it with a modified Wagner act endorsed by the AFL. Green said miners stood firm while their leader faced jail.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Rock of Gibraltar
AFL
William Green
Green
Senate Labor Committee
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Yugoslavia Attacked by Cominform Nations
Prague dispatch states Czechoslovakia and Hungary join other Cominform members in accusing Yugoslavia of hostility to Soviet Russia and aligning against Moscow.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Russia
Farm Bureau Urges Better Rural Phone Service
Columbus report shows Ohio Farm Bureau Federation leader Douglas R. Stansfield urging improved rural telephone service. The House Commerce Committee planned hearings on Rep. Robert W. Reider’s bill to cap party lines at six phones as independent providers say they lack materials to upgrade lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Douglas R. Stansfield
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
House Commerce Committee
Robert W. Reider
Ottawa
Canadian Questioned On Burglary Charges
Cleveland police questioned 28 year old Canadian Gerard Graham Dennis on a series of burglaries in Westchester County New York during the summer of 1946. He was nabbed in a downtown jeweler's office yesterday afternoon with 11 packets of unset diamonds valued at about $18 000.
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Cleveland
Westchester County
N. Y
Gerard Graham Dennis
Mechanic Drowns as Boat Capsizes on Muskingum River
In Zanesville two mechanics from the Zanesville Rapid Transit Co tested a motorboat during lunch. The craft capsized in the Muskingum River. Louis Harvey Farabee, 47, drowned. Robert Lucas, 25, was rescued. Farabee was unmarried.
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Zanesville
Highway Closures Reported Across Several Counties
The state highway department lists road closures at 7:15 a.m. due to high water in Gallia and Vinton counties. Roads affected include Gallia 141 near Galliopolis and Cadmus, Gallia 325 west of Vinton, Gallia 75 at Raccoon Creek bridge, Vinton 346 Radcliff to Meigs County line, and Vinton 356 from 50 to Athens County line.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Gallia
Galligolis
Cadmus
Vinton
Raccoon Creek Bridge
Radcliff
Meigs
Atheny County
Linng
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Lima
Allen County
Justice Weygandt
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Weygandt
Wegga
Allen County Common Pleas Court
Counse
Anna Louise Strong
Moscow
Moscow Daily News
Soviet Union
Ernest A. Gross
Congress
Gross
State Department
Middletown
Mack Keeton
Employe
Buzzard
Wyoming
Dakotas
Nebraska
Acheson
Ohioan
Health Commissioner
S&s. K. Tsarapkin
U.N. Economic and Social Council
U.S
Farm Bureau
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