Miners Return as Hocking Valley Mines Resume Operations
More than half the miners in the Hocking Valley field reported back to work as five major pits resumed production and seven more were scheduled to restart. Mines listed include Congo 219 and Rend-Mar Coal near Hemlock, with others at Brownfield, Murray City, and Zanesville area. Production targets reach about 9,900 tons today and 9,350 tomorrow as the field returns to normal after a ten day contract pause. Athens area strip mines add roughly 5,600 tons daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley
Congo
Brownfield
Rend-Mar Coal Co
Hemlock
Fred Wolfe
Murray City
Jones Misco
Zanesville
New York Coal Company
Chauncey
Crooksville
Coonville
Drydock Coal Co
Glouster
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Carbondale
Hocking Valley Mining Company
E. A. Cottingham
Hocking Valley Mining Co
the Plains
Kimberly
Greek government cracks down on Athens Communist uprising plan
In a dawn sweep in the Athens area more than 2000 people were arrested as police and troops dismantled a alleged Communist plot to trigger a national revolution. Ringleaders were to act at 1 a m and Plan F aimed at violence, ministry seizures, and undermining UN debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Napoleon Zervas
Greece
Zervas
Arsrest
Council of Ministers
KKE
Communist Party
Piraeus
Rizospastos
Dichristo Kavalakis
Demitrius Partesilliades
EAM
National Liberation Front
Rosa Timoriote
Maximos
Markos Visiades
Balkan
United Nations Security Council
New York
Coal wage pact tightens as southern operators stall
With 75 percent of the soft coal industry signed, Northern and Western producers push for full production while Southern Coal Producers Association prepares a noon vote on the new contract. John L. Lewis vows to crush the Southern Association as miners return to work across West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Association
Pittsburgh
Afl-United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
UMW
Eastern
Ohio
Adolph Pacifico
United Mine Workers of America
Zabool and Sarbisheh Report Flying Saucer Sightings
Tehran reports spread of saucer fever with observers in Zabool Shosef and Sarbisheh near the Afghan frontier claiming sighting starlike objects that exploded with smoke. Mehri Iran says the objects may be connected to a secret weapon dubbed V-20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Zabool
Shosef
Sarbisheh
Mehri Iran
Fred H. Johnson Named Ohio University Trustee
Fred H Johnson named trustee of Ohio University in Columbus. Republican state chairman succeeds I M Foster. Term runs until May 1954. Johnson, from Nelsonville, has held Midwest Republican State Chairmen Association post since May last year. He led Muskingum County GOP seven years.
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Fred H. Johnson
Ohio University
Columbus
Associated Press
Johnson
Nelsonville
I. M. Foster
Athens
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Zanesville
Muskingum County
Nelsonville Presbyterian Church
Cut in Prices Of Food Seen For Late 1948
Clarence Francis of General Foods predicts average food prices may fall by as much as 15 percent by harvest time in 1948. He cautions against expecting a wide price drop before then. The U S Chamber of Commerce warns Marshall Plan may raise prices on many commodities. Francis says a corrective in food prices is under way.
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Washington
Clarence Francis
General Foods Corp
Francis
United States Chamber of Commerce
Join
Congressional Committee On the Economic Report
Europe
Experts Abandon Hunt For Man Lost in Cave
In Shellmound Tennessee water safety experts ended their search for John T. Hurn after hours of grappling in Nickajack Lake. The 35-year-old Nashville man disappeared in Nickajack Cave since July 1 as authorities planned to wind down the eight day operation. State Safety Commissioner Lynn Bomar ordered the lake drained.
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Shellmound
Tenn
Red Cross
John T. Hurn
Nickajack Lake
Weird
Nickajack Cave
Nashville, Tenn
Lynn Bomar
Child Links Youth With Two Baby Deaths
A five year old testified at a Massillon court hearing that a youth in a white coat dropped two baby girls who died of crushed skulls at Massillon City Hospital on June 6. Roger Gue of Navarre then patient at the hospital said he saw the youth pick up one baby and slam her against the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Massillon City Hospital
Roger Gue
Navarre
Ohio
Common Pleas
A. C. L. Barthelmew
Pharmacist-Nun Mary Rose of Sisters of Charity dies
Sister Mary Rose of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, a hospital pharmacist during most of her career, died yesterday in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Mary Rose
The
Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine
Girl Missing From Camp Near Wilmot Center New Hampshire
Nadia Evans, 13, daughter of MIT physicist Prof. Robby D. Evans, disappeared Monday night from Camp Tabor. A riderless horse and nearby saddle were found in the woods and police and volunteers searched rugged countryside as authorities considered homesick escape toward Belmont Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmot Center
N. H
Nadia Evans
Robby D. Evans
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Camp Tabor
Belmont, Mass
Fall Wedding Expected For Princess Elizabeth
The British Press Association reports an official Bucking ham Palace statement forthcoming on betrothal rumors. Princess Elizabeth heiress presumptive to the throne is expected to marry Lt Philip Mountbatten this fall after he renounced a Greek title for naval service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
British Press Association
Buckingham Palace
Radio Actress Sheila Mannering Found Strangled
New York police report radio and film actress Sheila Mannering, 49, was found strangled in her seventh floor W 54th Street apartment. A bed sheet end was tied around her throat and an orange towel stuffed in her mouth, the scene described by investigators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sheila Mannering
W. 54Th St
Lend-Lease Plea Hinted By British Leaders
London reports say Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison signaled possible renewal of Lend-Lease before fall to prevent Britain from slipping into unpayable poverty. He urged cuts in British imports, production adjustments, and a plan to transfer American goods across the Atlantic without immediate payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Britain
Herbert Morrison
Age of Commons
Atlantic
Labor Party
Daily
Herald
Communist Daily Worker
U.S
George C. Marshall
Paris
Europe
Taft McCowen Reports Slated At NEA Meet
Cincinnati dispatch says the National Education Association Legislative Commission will hear reports from Sen. Robert A. Taft and Rep. Edward O. McCowen on bills for federal education aid. McCowen will appear in person. Taft will speak from Washington by telephone.
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Taft, McCowen
Cincinnati
National Education Association
Legislative Commission
Robert A. Taft
Edward O. McCowen
Ohio
McCowen
Taft
Washington
Commission
NEA
Pearl Wanamaker
Olympia
Wash
Educational Policies Commission
Commission Suggested For Latin Americans
Rayford Logan of Howard University urged a shift in U S policy to stop arming southern nations and instead raise living standards. He proposed creating a Latin America economic commission modeled on Marshall Plan ideas for Europe to keep Latin America out of the Soviet sphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Springs
United States
Latin America
Institute of International Relations
Antioch College
Rayford Logan
Howard University Graduate School
America
Miners Safety Meeting Set for August 17 in Dillonvale
Ohio's annual Miners Safety and Accident Prevention meeting will be held in Dillonvale on August 17. General chairman C G Evans announced the event, sponsored by the Ohio Division of Safety and Hygiene with the United Mine Workers, Ohio Coal Association and Ohio and Federal Mine Workers. About 18 first aid crews are expected to compete for prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Dillonvale
C. G. Evans
Ohio Division of Safety and Hygiene
United Mine Workers, Ohio Coal Association
Ohio and Federal Mine Workers
Prisoner Granted Wedding Visit Before Reformatory Transfer
John Lyons, 26, was allowed to marry Alice Ferguson of East Liverpool yesterday before being returned to Mansfield Reformatory to serve a sentence of one to 20 years. Sheriff George J. Hayes reported today.
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Lisbon
John Lyons
Alice Ferguson
East Liverpool
Mansfield Reformatory
George JE. Hayes
House Approves Tax Bill 302 to 112 in House Vote
Washington report notes the House passed a $4 billion income tax reduction bill 302 to 112 with Democratic leaders skeptical of a Senate override. The measure mirrors the president’s earlier vetoed plan but shifts the effective date to January 1, 1948. Ohio roll call lists Republican pro votes and Democratic opposition.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Ohio
Bender
Brehm
Brown
Burke
Carson
Clevenger
Elston
Grif
Two Named To Head State Commissions In Ohio
State Sen. Roscoe R. Walcutt and Speaker C. William O'Neill head two commissions created by the recent general assembly. Walcutt will chair the Post-War Program Commission with duties likely tying to the labor-management study. O'Neill leads the Salary Study Commission to hire a firm for a pay-structure survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Franklin
C. William O'Neill
Washington
Ohio House of Representatives
General Assembly
Walcutt
Bricker
Frank J. Lausche
O'Neil
Ohio
Hotel Strike Threat Voiced in Cincinnati
About 2 500 hotel workers in Cincinnati threaten to strike on July 16 if the Hotel Employees Council and the Cincinnati Hotels Association fail to agree on a new contract. Wages and a five day week are cited as main issues. The six hotels involved include Netherland Plaza Gibson Linton Fountain Square Metropole and Alms.
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Cincinnati
Hotel Employes Council
AFL
Cincinnati Hotels Association
John J. Hurst
Union Council
Hurst
Hotel Association
Netherland Plaza
Gibson, Linton
Fountain Square
Metropole
Alms
Ford Reveals Price Shifts Across All Trucks
Detroit report states Ford Motor Company VP J R Davis announced price revisions for all light and heavy duty trucks with reductions from 17 dollars to increases up to 98 dollars. The V8 and six cylinder truck price gap was narrowed from 58 to 30 dollars.
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Detroit—Lp
Ford
J. R. Davis
Ford Motor Company
Davis
Escapee Recaptured at London Prison Farm
Howard Wireman age 25, serving a term for armed robbery, walked away from London Prison Farm yesterday and was recaptured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Howard Wireman
Paris Parley Bid Rejected By Romanians
Romania rejected the British French invitation to a Paris Conference on the Marshall Aid to Europe plan and became the second nation in the Soviet sphere to decline. Norway reportedly decided to participate while Sweden and others had not responded.
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Paris
Romania
Bulgaria
Moscow
Oslo
Aftenposten
Norway
Britain
France
Europe
United States
George C. Marshall
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Albania
Finland
Sweden
Ten Rail Brakemen Charged in Corn Theft
Nine Crestline railroad brakemen were bound over to the grand jury under $1000 bonds each for stealing about 180 bushels of corn from a Pennsylvania Railroad car around June 27. A tenth brakeman was fined $25 by Justice Fred Baerkircher. Sheriff Schreck filed grand larceny charges claiming they sent a car over a hump, damaging it, and stole $380 worth of corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucyrus
Crestline Railroad
Justice of the Peace
Fred Baerkircher
Ralph Schreck
DDT Dusting Planned For Japanese Beetles
Lake County will see aerial DDT dusting over 2 850 acres as weather permits. State agricultural agencies call the plan the most ambitious of its kind in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painesville
Lake County
Ohio
University of Cincinnati Lands AAF Atmospheric Research Bid
Dr. Fred O Flaherty announced a one year research contract from the Army Air Forces worth 67000 dollars to study atmospheric conditions and haze. The University of Cincinnati research foundations will conduct the work under the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Army Air Forces
Fred O'Flaherty
T the
AAF
Hometowners Build House for Disabled War Hero in Geneva
In Geneva Ohio the town raises over 2000 for a five room house for Gerald Jeppe a permanently disabled war hero wounded in 1944 over Wiener Neustadt Austria. The American Legion coordinates labor and materials with donations from residents and craftspeople. Jeppe who earned multiple medals savors neighborly support and calls himself a man among friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Gerald Jeppe
Jeppe
Wiener
Neustadt
Austria
American Legion Post
Kansas Reaps Greatest Crop
GREAT BEND Kansas farmers harvest the state’s largest crop as favorable weather after rain, better equipment, and strong work ethic push yields beyond early expectations. Some observers predict the total may exceed the government estimate of 278000000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Bend
Kas
Kansas
Steel Price Advance Of $5 Predicted
The Iron Age predicts an early steel price rise of five dollars a ton due to higher steelmaking costs. The move is expected to improve distribution but may force automobile and home appliance makers to raise prices soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Iron Age
National Metalworking Paper
Sohio Increases Gasoline Prices By One Cent
Cleveland motorists face a one cent rise in the retail price of Sohio regular gasoline to 22 cents per gallon, with premium also up one cent. Standard Oil of Ohio had raised prices twice before in the past year as rivals were expected to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Standard Oil of
Weather Aids Ohio Farmers Week of Favorable Conditions
Ohio farmers benefited from a largely dry week ending July 8 with minimal rain. The U S Weather Bureau in Columbus reported most precipitation occurred last Sunday, under a quarter inch at about two thirds of stations, and surface soil was drying indicating need for more rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
U.S. Weather Bureau
George Mindling
Mindling
Weather balloon misidentified as flying disc near Fort Worth
Army examination shows a mysterious object found on a New Mexico ranch was a harmless high altitude weather balloon, not a discs-shaped craft. The discovery followed widespread speculation about a flying saucer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth, Tex
Army
New Mexico
Sam Simmons Comments on Bellemeade Annexation Prospects
Sam Simmons argues that Point Pleasant should consider Bellemeade’s wishes before annexation. He notes Bellemeade grew to 800 residents in 15 years and already has water and sewer lines. Major future costs would be street lighting and maintenance, suggesting growth outside current borders may be preferable.
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Bellemeade
Point Pleasant
Siburb
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MR. Johnson
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Hess
Jenkins
Jones
McGregor
Ramey
Vorys
Weichel
Crosser
Feighan
Huber
Kirwan
Bolton
Smith
U of C
Sohio
Sam Simmons
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