Flooding Still Low as Hocking River Rises
Rain drenched ground as the Hocking River climbs to 11.10 feet at 11 a.m., far below flood stage. Roads closed near Amesville and Fisher Station. Meigs County schools largely shut as high water blocks buses. Route 144 and 143 closed while streams rise. state says highways normal elsewhere with light fog and light rain across most regions.
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Hocking
Athens
Meigs
Amesville
Federal Creek
Margaret Creek
Fisher Station
State Highway Department
Meigs County
Pomeroy Union Avenue Bridge
Rutland
Harrisonville
Union Avenue Bridge
Syracuse
Letart
Racine
Ohio River
Highway Department
Columbus
Ohio
Two Indicted In Middleport Jewelry Theft
Meigs County grand jury indicted Joseph Lasko and Walter Walker for burglary and larceny in a Middleport Wallace Jewelry Store theft. Also named were Leon George and Edna Mae Martin George for robbery. others faced charges including DUI, neglect, and larceny.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Meigs County
Joseph Lasko
Walter Walker
Wallace
Marietta
Ohio
Leon George
Edna Mae Martin George
Dale Mulford
Pearl F. Jewell
Russell Eddelman
Nell Milbee
Frank Knight
Hobart Cundiff
Eva Chasteen
Willis West
Francis LaRue
Charles Davis
Roy Dunn
Athens Considers One-Sided Parking on North Congress St
Local motorists praise a shift to parking on one side of North Congress Street from State Street to the hilltop as traffic patterns evolve. For months parking on both sides drew condemnation from drivers including city firemen. The council may apply similar curb changes to other Athens streets.
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Athens
Congress St
State St
Berms Await Spring On Route 33 Project In Meigs County
Completion of berms along the Route 33 resurfacing project in Meigs County waits for spring weather. Athens County berms were leveled and seeded. grass grows through straw mulch. Bridge work is finished. Meigs fertilization can occur when weather improves. Amsey Pritts, 83, longtime Messenger reader from Doanville, ends his 45 year subscription due to failing eyesight and helper readers. He spent 65 years in coal mines across Hocking and Sunday Creek Valleys and in West Virginia, earning a $60 monthly union pension.
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Meigs County
Athens County
Amsey Pritts
Messenger
Doanville
The
Floodwood
Philena Nixon
Pritts
Mr. Pritts
Kings Switch
Hocking
Sunday Creek
W. Va
Streamliner and Freight Crash Injures Dozens in Iowa Collision
More than twenty injured when the Zephyr Rocket traveling from Minneapolis to St Louis collided head on with a detached freight train near Marble Rock Iowa. Nineteen sent to Cedar Valley Hospital with three seriously hurt as doctors and nurses rushed to aid casualties.
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Marble Rock
Zephyr
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Cedar Valley Hospital
Charles City
Here
Bob Bullemer
Rock Island
Bullemer
Scott Moves Against Critics in GOP Power Show
Chairman Hugh D. Scott Jr tightened control of Dewey supporters in the Republican National Committee after naming a 15 member executive committee and taking chairmanship himself. He warned he would resign as national chairman or as a Pennsylvania congressman amid challenges to his leadership.
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Washington
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican National Committee
Omaha
Neb
Scott
Pennsylvania
Appeal for New Trial in Abbott Murder Case
In Butler County the First District Court of Appeals heard arguments seeking new trials for Marie Conn Abbott and Cyril Gordon. Abbott widow of Morris Abbott and Gordon his confessed lover face accusations of murder with Abbott convicted of second degree murder and Gordon of first degree with mercy recommendation.
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Cincinnati
Butler County
Abbott
First District Court of Appeals
Marie Conn Abbott
Morris Abbott
Cyril Gordon
Gordon
Hocking Flood Control Group Is Incorporated
Incorporation papers were filed for the Hocking Watershed Conserva tion and Flood Control Association to promote flood control measures in the Hocking Valley. The non profit group seeks a Hocking watershed conservancy district with members from Fairfield Perry Hocking Athens Morgan Washington and Meigs counties.
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Hocking Flood Control Group
Logan
Hocking
Hocking Valley
Hocking Watershed Conservancy
George H. Alten
Alten Foundry & Machine Works, Inc
Lancaster
Gordon K. Bush
The
Messenger
William S. Miller
Logan Daily News
Frank Taylor
Gay-Fadt
Joseph L. Meenah
New Lexington
Charles F. Rauch
Hocking County
Izaak Walton League
Fairfield, Perry, Hocking, Athens
Morgan, Washington and
Meigs
Navy Twin Engine Plane Crashes Near Toledo
A Navy R 4 D DC 3 type plane crashed east of Toledo Municipal Airport in foggy conditions. Two crewmen were killed and the pilot Lt JG Louis D Robinson was critically injured. Victims were James William Murphy 29 of Patterson New Jersey and Charles Adrian Doiron 27 of Sulphur Louisiana. The flight originated from Glenview Naval Air Station Illinois after taking reservists to a Norfolk Virginia conference. The plane burned after impact on landing in zero visibility with a 400 foot debris trail.
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Toledo
Municipal
J.G
Louis D. Robinson
Dill
Okla
St. Vincent's Hospital
James William Murphy
Patterson
N. J
Charles Adrian Doiron
Sulphur
Glenview Naval Air Station
Til
Norfolk
Robinson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Okey Patteson Talk Awaited
Arleston West Virginia legislators return to the 49th session to resume work on roads schools health and state institutions. Governor Okey L. Patteson will deliver his first address to outline the administration's program signaling the start of committee and floor work.
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Arleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Okey L. Patteson
Two Die as C-45 Plane Crashes at Andrews Field
A C-45 plane crashed at Andrews Field Maryland killing two and injuring five during a controlled approach. The craft reportedly struck a tree about half a mile from the air strip as it descended in poor visibility.
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Chauncey
Wonn Myers
I. Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Bronson
Mr. and Weyers
Trimble
C. N. Sanders
Washington
Andrews Field
Marysland
National Automobile Convention Opens Amid Aid Proposals
A fragmented notice mentions the National Automobile Convention opening today and a proposal to extend installment care period from 18 to 24 months to aid low earners. The garbled text references Francisco and immediate extension actions.
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Wrancisco
Flu Delays Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth Return
Prince Aly Khan told Palace Hotel management by phone that he and Rita Hayworth are ill with influenza and must delay their return to Gstaad from Cannes for a few days. They had planned to join Miss Rebecca Welles, Hayworth's daughter, in Gstaad.
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Gstaad
Switzerland
Prince Aly Khan
Palace Hotel
Rita Hayworth
Cannes
Miss Hayworth
Rebecca Welles
Firemen Rescue Woman From Burning Kansas City Apartment
Firemen saved Mrs. Mary Breen 65 from a burning Kansas City apartment yesterday. They returned inside to rescue her girdle tucked in a trunk at her urgent request, which contained $2200 sewn in its lining.
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Kansas City
Mary Breen
OSU Student Shoots Wife in Akron Slaying Suicide
Akron police report a 22-year-old nurse’s aide was killed four times in the head by her husband 27 year old Ohio State University veterinary student John C Anderson. He then killed himself four blocks from the police station. Witnesses say he fired after the wife struggled to avoid his kiss. The coroner ruled murder and death by own action. The couple married in 1944 in Stillwater Oklahoma and separated six months ago.
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Akron
Marion I. Anderson
John C. Anderson
Anderson
Ohio State University Veterinary
C. S. Martin
Summit County
Stillwater
Okla
Signor Lino Mattioli Dies At 95 In Cincinnati
Lino Mattioli internationally known cellist and longtime Cincinnati music figure died last night at Hotel Arms where he had resided for many years. He was 95 and had taught voice at the Cincinnati College of Music for nearly sixty years.
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Cincinnati
Lino Mattioli
Queen City
Hotel Arms
Signor Mattioli
Cincinnati College of Music
Burley tobacco price hits season low in Kentucky markets
Kentucky growers saw a weekly burley price of 43.73 per hundredweight, a season low, as 24 markets sold 52,468,085 pounds. Growers earned 22,943,384.39 dollars. For the season, sales reached 339,423,914 pounds at 46.42 per hundredweight, with receipts of 157,894,771.98 dollars.
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Louisville
Burley Tobacco
Kentucky
State Department of Agriculture
Margaret Truman Resumes Singing Career for 1949-50 Season
The White House announces Margaret Truman will return to her singing career after not needing campaign trips. She has signed manager James V. Davidson of New York for concert and allied fields for the 1949-50 season. Critics in 1947 were lukewarm, though crowds approved.
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Washington
Margaret Truman
White House
James V. Davidson
New York
Gun Wounds Kill Youth in Crawford County Pest Hunt
Howard Smith, 15, dies from gunshot wounds suffered during a pest hunt in Crawford County. The incident occurred today as authorities investigate the youth’s death and determine circumstances surrounding the shooting.
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Tiro
Howard Smith
Crawford County
Heavy Loss In Livestock Is Expected
Weather and flood conditions amid a heavy January storm threaten Western livestock with a large toll. 2,100,000 sheep and cattle face snowbound crises on the Rocky Mountain frontier as hay drops are planned from air transport to Utah.
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Rocky Mountain
Sheepman
Fallon
Nev
Utah
62Nd Troop Carrier Command
Tacoma
Wash
U. S. Weather Bureau
Great Plains
New Mexico
Arizona
Flagstaff
Ariz
Casper
Wye
Butte
Mont
California
Pasadena
Altadena
Glandale
Wilmington
Los Angeles
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Seattle
Father Son Arrested In Store Burglary
PORTSMOUTH six youths and a 34 year old father were arrested after a confectionery burglary, part of about 50 burglaries in two months, Police Chief Hugh Rudity said Ernest Nolan and his 14 year old son were caught during the crime, with others ages 12 to 16 held on suspicion for wearing new clothes and spending far more than usual.
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Portsmouth
Hugh Rudity
Ernest Nolan
Rudity
Four Die in Roadhouse Fire Near Export Route 22
Four people were reported dead today in a roadhouse fire a few miles west of Export Pennsylvania along heavily traveled Route 22 in Westmoreland County. Fire crews battled the blaze as authorities investigated the blaze and identified victims.
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Westmoreland County
Ohio Senate to reconsider Defenbacher appointment dispute
In Columbus the Ohio Senate weighs revoting on Gov. Lausche's choice of Herbert Defenbacher as state finance director. Democrats who opposed him say the post should go to a Democrat, while Republicans and absent lawmakers may alter the outcome as a party vote is reconsidered tonight.
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Ohio Senate
Defenbacher
Columbus
Ron
Frank J. Lauache
Senate
Herbert D. Detenbacher
Columbia
Joseph W. Bartunek
Shaker Heights
John W. Bricker
Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
FBI Loyalty Check Faces Court Fight in Cleveland Rally
The Federal Employes Defense Committee announced a plan to file an injunction in Washington against a federal loyalty order. Bertram A. Washington said federal workers nationwide will join the suit, led by a New York firm and former Justice official C John Rogg. The suit argues the order violates due process and civil liberties, including free speech and assembly.
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Cleveland
FBI
Federal
U. S. Court of the District of Columbia
New York
U. S
C. John Rogg
Rogg
Communist Party
Ohioans Battle Over Road Bill
On the Columbus Town Meeting broadcast state Senator Ralph A. Winter and John Marsh of the Petroleum Industry Committee of Ohio debated toll roads. Winter argued Ohio highways are inadequate and tolls would ease congestion and wear. Marsh praised tolls for long distance travel but opposed tolls that mainly benefit travelers from outside Ohio.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio
Columbus
Ralph A. Winter
Medina
John Marsh
Petroleum Industry Committee of
Marsh
Appeals Court Upholds May Garsson Sentences
The U S Court of Appeals upheld convictions of former Rep. Andrew J. May of Kentucky and brothers Henry and Murray Garsson for bribery and conspiracy to defraud the government during the war. May, wartime chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee, and the Garssons, operators of a $78 million munitions firm, were sentenced to eight months to two years and have been free on $2000 bonds.
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U. S. Court of Appeals
Kentucky
Henry and
Murray Garsson
May
House Military Affairs Committee
Garsson Brothers
Radar saves two fliers in peril at Port Columbus
Capt J H Westenhoff of Chicago and Sgt S M Pyle of Corning Ohio survived a near miss after 15 minutes of fuel remaining when ground crews at Port Columbus activated radar guidance for a blind landing. Westenhoff pitched from Mitchell Field New York toward Wright Patterson Field Ohio with 300 feet ceiling and one quarter mile visibility. Ground control advised the radar approach was inoperative and radio talks steered the C 45 to a safe touchdown.
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Port Columbus
J. H. Westenhoff
Chicago
Sgt
S. M. Pyle
Corning
Ohio
Mitchell Field
N. Y
Wright- Patterson Field
Dayton
New York
Westenhoff
Wright
Israelis and Egyptians Resume Armistice Talks in Negev Disputes
Rhodes reporting says Israeli Egyptian armistice talks renewed today after a short break with fears the conference had failed. The resumption aims to avert a breakdown over Negev boundary issues as Dr Ralph Bunche tries to stabilize the negotiations.
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Rhodes
United Nations
Ralph J. Bunche
Negev
Fairmont Newspaper Disabled by Fire at Plant
A blaze at the Fairmont Newspaper Publishing Co. shut production yesterday and today editions were printed 19 miles away in Morgantown. Pressman Robert White slipped while cleaning the press pit. a ruptured extension light cord touched gasoline causing a flashover. He escaped through a trap door.
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Fairmont
Fairmont Newspaper Publishing Co
Morgantown
Robert White
White
Orlando Miller dies at 89 noted paper magnate founder of Copco
Columbus obit reports Orlando A. Miller 89 prominent paper merchant founder of Central Ohio Paper Co known as Copco He served as chairman and treasurer and held directorships at Chillicothe Paper Co and former president of B R Rising Paper Co based in Housatonic Massachusetts
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Columbus
Orlando A. Miller
Central Ohio Paper Co
Miller
Chiang's Men In Retreat From Shanghai to South China
Large scale withdrawal of Nationalist units from Shanghai Nanking and Hangchow areas was reported underway today. Chiang Kai-Shek's personal troops entrain for South China as thousands evacute garrison points moving with full equipment. Railways jammed and forces reportedly head toward Chekiang Province where the Generalissimo is in temporary retirement at Shikow. Strong Communist armies edge toward Yangtze and Nanking with no sign of engagement from retreating forces.
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Nanking
Hangchow
Chiang Kai-Shek
South China
Chekiang Province
Shikow
Yangtze
Three UW Professors Fired Over Communist Ties
The University of Washington board fired three professors for former or current Communist party membership. President Raymond B. Allen called the action unique in educational history. Three others received two-year probation. Discharged were Herbert J. Phillips Joseph Butterworth and Ralph Gundlach.
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University of Washington
Board of Regents
Raymond B. Allen
Allen
American Association of University Professors
Herbert J. Phillips
Joeseph Butterworth
Ralph Gundlach
Truman Orders Draft For Columbia Valley Authority
President Truman directed federal agencies to draft legislation for a Columbia Valley Authority. The White House said a special message to Congress would be sent once the draft is ready.
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Truman
Columbia
Washington
Columbia Valley
White House
Congress
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