Wilkesville Fire Destroys Seven Buildings and Homes
A Tuesday night blaze in Wilkesville destroyed seven buildings including James Woods General Store and a Legion Hall building. Damage was unofficially about 40 thousand dollars with no serious injuries though a dramatic rescue saved a mother and two children. Firefighters from five communities battled the wind driven fire, aided by a small local unit and a nine mile drive to summon help.
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Wilkesville
James Woods’ General Store
James Woods
Eddie Shank
American Legion Hall
Wellston
Rutland
Pomeroy
Vinton
Gallia
Duffy
Ohio House Leads Senate in New Law Rush
Ohio representatives rushed 63 measures on opening day including anti closed shop plans, veteran aid, tax shifts, voting age change to 18, and highway funding. Senate began with 35 bills, including mine safety, hospital funding, and U. S. Senator eligibility reforms.
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Columbus
Ohio
Rotary
Charles H. Veach
Putnam
A. G. Lancione
Belmont
B. F. Turner
Meigs
Stark County
CAB Hears Air Arguments From Midwest Representatives
Washington report notes Findlay Ohio chamber official Richard Betz and Lima official Harry Meredith urged the Civil Aeronautics Board to expand Great Lakes flying service beyond examiner recommendations. They argued for broader routes across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, claiming the area needs much more than proposed.
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Washington
Findlay
Lima
Civil Aeronautics Board
Great Lakes
Richard Betz
Findlay Chamber of Commerce
Harry F. Meredith
CAA
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
War Assets Transfer Approved for Fletcher General Hospital
Ohio Welfare Department weighs the gift as the War Assets Administration approves transferring Fletcher General Hospital Cambridge to Ohio for use as a mental hospital for 25 years. Ohio must cover transaction charges and the federal government may reacquire the property during national emergencies.
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Columbus
Ohio
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
War Assets Administration
Washington
Netherlands ambassador resigns. Baruch named successor
Stanley K. Hornbeck resigns as ambassador to the Netherlands. President Truman selects Herman B. Baruch, currently ambassador to Portugal, to succeed him and send the nomination to the Senate shortly. Baruch is the brother of elder statesman Bernard L. Baruch.
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Washington
Stanley K. Hornbeck
Netherlands
Truman
Herman B. Baruch
White House
Baruch
Portugal
Senate
Bernard L. Baruch
Crime School Father Begins Jail Sentence
Fred Shep Pard, a 76 year old father of 25 children, described as the operator of a school of crime by Judge Charles E Moylan, began a two year sentence in the Maryland House of Correction. He was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of five 11 and 12 year old boys accused of stealing hams, turkeys, chickens, sugar and other foodstuffs.
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Baltimore
Fred Sheppard
Charles E. Moylan
Maryland House of Correction
Eisenhower Enters Walter Reed for Observation
General Dwight D. Eisenhower enters Walter Reed Army Hospital for observation after a digestive upset. His chief of staff had recently returned from a Florida trip that combined vacation with a comprehensive medical checkup including x rays.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Florida
Army Hospital
Hawley Named Liquor Department Administrative Assistant
Harry Hawley, former chairman of the State Liquor Control Board from 1941 to 1944, is appointed administrative assistant in the liquor department at a base pay of 375 dollars monthly. The appointment was made by Liquor Director Stanley B. Cofall.
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Columbus
Harry Hawley
State Liquor Control Board
Liquor Department
Slavs Demand Huge Payments After World War War
Poland and Yugoslavia pressed for large reparations from Germany and Austria as memoranda outlined new frontiers and settlements. Poland sought a Baltic to Czech frontier along the Oder and Neisse. Yugoslavia demanded reparations to cover over 11 billion dollars in war damages.
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London
Poland
Yugoslavia
Germany
Austria
Foreign Ministers Council
Schweinemunde
Baltic
Oder
Neisse
Czechoslovakia
Salter Execution Stayed Amid Ohio Supreme Court Appeal
Kenneth Salter’s planned execution for the assault murder of 11 year old Barbara Dunn was halted yesterday while an appeal proceeds. He had been set to die on January 29.
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Toledo
Kenneth Salter
Barbara Dunn
Ohio Supreme Court
Gas shortages loom as Ohio freezes in extreme cold
Ohioans endured near zero temperatures as extreme cold and gas supply disruptions from the Big Inch lines threatened end of line towns. E M Tharp warned of limited gas with widespread factory layoffs and shifts to conserve. East Ohio Gas redirected supplies to households while high winds disrupted travel and services across Cincinnati and Columbus.
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Arkansas
Texas
Tharp
Toledo
Ohio
Cleveland
American Steel & Wire Co
Apex Electrical Manufacturing Co
General Electric Co
East Ohio Gas Co
Cincinnati
Columbus
Ohio pays record 1946 unemployment benefits total
In 1946 Ohio distributed a total of $110,251,017 in unemployment benefits under the state law and the Servicemen's Readjustment Act. Civilians received $52,408,338, former service members $57,842,679, and GI Bill self-employed veterans $3,025,752. Average monthly checks were $92 for self-employed veterans and $20 weekly for unemployed ex soldiers, with a remaining trust fund balance of $487,239,167. Interest and fourth quarter credits could add about $2.3 million.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles H. Jones
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Jones
Oh Brother That’s All Letter From Pasadena Reader
In Pasadena California TM L Giovinetti writes to traffic bail clerk Harry Hall enclosing a $2 check for a parking citation. He notes a chain of misfortune including a car crash a shop fire and a total loss claim totaling $100 252 asking if that is enough for one day. The letter highlights the toll of a single day on a resident facing multiple disasters.
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Pasadena
Calif
L. Giovinetti
Harry Hall
Clark Handoff Bank Shortage to Attorney General
The House leadership sent the $125,563.73 gap in the congressional bank to Attorney General Tom Clark for action. Investigations traced the deficit to former Sergeant at Arms Kenneth Romney, with Speaker Martin requesting possible recovery and further steps. House members face potential personal funding to cover part of the loss.
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Washington
House
Tom Clark
Congressional “Bank
Kenneth Romney
Clark
Martin
R-Mass
Sergeant At Arms
Ohio House GOP Whip Burge Receives Whip Gift
In Columbus Ohio Rep Leslie M Burge of Lorain County the Republican majority whip is presented with an eight foot ball whip symbolic of authority The gift is described as a whip snapper and whipper snapper prompting Burge to be speechless with surprise
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Columbus
Leslie M. Burge
Lorain County
Ohio
House of Representatives
Burge
Mother, 20, Shot to Death By Ex-Spouse
Circleville case of fatal beating and shooting linked to extreme jealousy. Ex-husband Harvey Julian, 27, will be charged with first degree murder after confessing to killing Eileen, 20, on a country road three miles southeast of Circleville. He described beating her, pushing her from the car, and firing a rifle shot.
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Circleville
Kenneth M. Robbins
Harvey Julian
Pickaway County
Charles Radcliff
Radcliff
Eileen
Here
Julian
Coal Mining School Principal Joins Miners
Beckley West Virginia the school principal Erskine Richmond suspended for digging coal on the side joined the miners ranks full time today He says he can earn almost twice as much mining coal as teaching The Raleigh County Board of Education announced his suspension January 6 citing neglect of classroom duties to work eight hours in Crab Orchard Mines.
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Beckley
W. Va
Erskine Richmond
Raleigh County Board of Education
Richmond
Crab Orchard Coal Co
Two Youths Killed in Ohio Furnace Grade Crossing Crash
At Franklin Furnace near Portsmouth two youths, Try Ball aged 19 and Bert Stepelton aged 18, were killed in a grade crossing collision yesterday.
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Portsmouth
Bert Stepelton
Ohio Furnace
Franklin Furnace
Here
Girl escapes kidnapper after 26 harrowing hours
Alice Dean Devine a 17 year old Lodi High School student was kidnapped Monday evening in Lodi California. She broke free at a Sacramento area motel yesterday afternoon while the abductor was away and called relatives. Police and FBI tracked suspects using aliases tied to a Portland Oregon man and an eastern publisher. The ransom note demanded ten thousand dollars in large bills. The abductor fled before payment could be made and the girl and her father were later driven home by state police.
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Lodi
Calif
Alice Dean Devine
West Coast
Sacramento
John Edward Devine
American Fruit Growers Association
FBI
Devine
Margaret Devine
Alice Dean
Millard L. Fore
Senate Inquiry Seeks Marshall Policy View On Foreign Affairs
Secretary of State George C. Marshall was invited by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to outline his views on American foreign policy. Chairman Vandenberg said the invitation stressed cooperation with the new cabinet official and Marshall could testify after the Moscow Big Four ministers meeting. He signaled no statements until he studies the task and noted he would continue Byrnes policies as government policy.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Faraian Noulion
Armon Pyres
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Marshall
Moscow
Truman
Foreign Relations Committee
Byrnes
State Department
Meigs County Store Robbed in Early Morning Break In
In Meigs County at Colegrove Market, thieves pried the front door and smashed two cash registers to loot 206.72 dollars and 16 cartons of cigars. Patrolman Ithamer Neal found the scene around 3 am after noting normal conditions at 1 am. Sheriff Ralph Welker and fingerprint expert C. H. Jewell assist in the investigation amid a spate of district robberies.
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Middleport
Colegrove
Ithamer Neal
Ralph Welker
C. H. Jewell
Dairy Groups See Milk Price Drop At Ohio Convention
The Ohio Dairy Products Association reports a three day convention in Columbus addressing a potential sizable drop in milk prices to ease spring production delivery and curb consumer resistance. Industry spokesmen say a price decrease is necessary to move peak production to consumers.
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Columbus
Ohio Dairy Products Association
Former Mayor Dies in Ladder Fall in Huntington
W H N Stevens aged 68 died after falling 35 feet from a ladder while working at Salem Church in Huntington Indiana. Papers found on his body indicated he once served as mayor of Newark Ohio. He had lived in Evansville and had sisters in Ohio.
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Huntington
Ind
W. H. N. Stevens
Newark
Ohio
Salem Church
Evansville
Ex-Police Chief Admits Intoxication in Shooting
Ex police chief Ralph N Stoffer of Salem Ohio testifies he was intoxicated and blacked out during a Deerfield shooting spree May 30 accused of shooting with intent to kill. He claims six leg wounds came from firing a machine gun he carried.
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Ravenna
Ralph N. Stoffer
Salem
Ohio
Deerfield
Stoffer
Famed Gambler King Of Memphis Is Dead
The town Beale Street mourns Mac Harris known as the king of the gamblers He died in a shabby flat near the Mississippi River aged about 92 The body was found Sunday with only a few hundred dollars in pennies noted among his possessions
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Memphis
Mississippi River
Beale Street
Mac Harris
Harris
Lutheran Chief Named Detroit Leader
The National Lutheran Council elected Rev. Dr. Rees Edgar Tolloss of Springfield Ohio as its president yesterday in Detroit.
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Detroit
National Lutheran Council
Rees Edgar Tulloss
Springfield
Ohio
Georgia muddle over governor elect sparks legal debate
SAM SIMMONS argues that Georgia faces a likely succession crisis under state law and that public scrutiny should focus on Georgia's governance. He notes statutes often reflect executive or corporate influence and urges Georgians to stay calm while awaiting Georgia’s actions to avert a future upheaval.
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West Virginia
Georgia
Juvenile Gun Murder Suspect Returns for Hearing
Hamilton Palmer Sprague 16 of Maud is charged with murder in the shooting death of 12 year old Archie Gullett. He was returned from the Juvenile Research Bureau at Columbus where he had been under observation. Judge Oscar Leiser said the hearing would be delayed pending a Columbus report.
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Hamilton
Palmer Sprague
Maud
Archie Gullett
Juvenile Research Bureau
Columbus
Oscar Leiser
Newsmen's Mother Dies in Ohio After Illness
Catherine Vincent mother of two Ohio newspapermen died Tuesday at the home of daughter Kathleen Mary Mowery after a yearlong illness.
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Columbus
Catherine Vincent
Ohio
Kathleen Mary Mowery
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