Point Pleasant Flood Wall Fund Approved
Congress approved a $600000 fund to build a floodwall for Point Pleasant after a nine year fight for protection. Construction along the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers would cost over $2 million with the federal government covering the cost and the city providing right of way. Mayor Krodel and local leaders pressed for the project during Washington visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Congress
Ohio
Kanawha
Washington
B. W. Krodel
Bartow Jones
Chamber of Commerce
George G. Somerville
Elderly Man Tries Shooting Entire Family in NJ
In Maplewood New Jersey police say 76 year old Frederick Dieter attempted to kill his family over perceived home privacy loss. He shot and killed his son Frederick Jr 50 and wounded his wife Mary 47 and daughter in law and dog before wounding himself in a 20 minute shootout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maplewood
N. J
Howard Dowd
Frederick F. Dieter
Dieter
Dowd
Lake Scoured For Heiress Near Smith College Scene
Police and searchers scoured Squam Lake near Holderness New Hampshire for missing 20 year old Manchester heiress Anne Straw a former Navy diver grappling irons found what appeared to be clothing at the lake bottom about 300 yards offshore from the site where her white bathing suit and a flashlight were found investigators pursue a drowning theory as they work the possible crime scene before nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holderness
N. H
Anne Straw
Manchester
Little Squam Lake
Stuart Currier
Smith College
Ross County Legislator Dies After Stroke in Chillicothe
Robert W. Dunkle, Republican representative from Ross County, died at a Chillicothe hospital after a stroke suffered a week earlier. A prominent figure in Elk Lodge affairs, he previously led the Ohio Elks Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Robert W. Dunkle
Ross County
The
Elks Lodge
Ohio Elks Association
Simple private ceremony marks burial of Martha Truman
Grandview Missouri reports the private funeral for Martha Ellen Truman mother of the nation’s president and wife of a Missouri farmer. Harry S Truman attended as the private service took place in her Grandview cottage prior to burial at Forest Hill Cemetery Kansas City. Secret service guarded the home and local officials declared a day of mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha E. Truman
Grandview
Martha Ellen Truman
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Mrs. Truman
Forest Hill Cemetery
Feland Ave
White House
John Anderson Truman
John
Truman
Secret Service
Martha Truman
J. Vivian Truman
J. C. Truman
Fred L.truman
Harry A. Truman
Gilbert Truman
Ralph E. Truman
Murray T. Colgan
Mary Jane Truman
Weekend Drowning Toll Rises in Ohio and Nearby States
Ohio authorities reported seven drownings over the weekend, including three siblings of Mrs Angeline Wanchow of Hubbard. Victims ranged from 8 to 30, with deaths in Lake Erie near Andover and Geneva on the Lake, and in the Vermilion River. Several near-drownings occurred when boats or motors failed, and a Bucyrus family was rescued after clinging to an overturned craft near Port Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Andover
Ashtabula County
C. C. Roller
Warren
Lawrence Rogers, Jr
Andrew J. Scopacasa
Geneva-on-the-Lake
Lake Erie
Roller
Rogers
Scopacasa
John Baczkowski
Raymond Czarnecki
Cleveland
Vermilion River
Erie County
Baczkowski
Czarnecki
Fairport Harbor
William Wiedeman
Michael Kaye
Lorain
Coast Guard
Port Clinton
GOP Declares Fraud Case Court Matter in Congress Fight
Republican leaders frame Kansas City vote fraud charges as a court matter with no immediate decision by Senator Kem. Kenn sought Senate approval for a special investigation into Attorney General Clark amid irregularities from last year's Democratic purge in Missouri. Connally attacked Ferguson amid partisan debate as Congress adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kansas City
Kem
R-Mo
Kenn
Senate
Clark
Missouri
Connally
D-Tex
Congress
Ferguson
Michigan
Dutchmen Seize Rich Sumatra Coal and Oil Areas
Dutch military headquarters reported sweeping gains in eastern Sumatra with the capture of vital coal and oil regions over 100 miles from Palembang. The Netherlands Navy ordered Cheribon Probolinggo and Banjoewangi opened to normal trade to move captured materials to world markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Java
Sumatra
Palembang
Netherlands Navy
Cheribon
Probolinggo
Banjoewangi
School levies on ballot in Mahoning County districts
At least four Mahoning County school districts Lowellville Canfield North Lima and Green will place bond issues or operating levies on the November ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Mahoning County
Lowellville
Canfield
North Lima
Green
Lightning Strikes Pavilion Injuring Six At Dance
An American Legion post outing for about 200 people in Cincinnati ended when a tree struck the pavilion during a thunderstorm. Six injured, including a nine year old with a leg fracture and his mother with rib and facial injuries, were treated at Good Samaritan Hospital. phones were knocked out and police initially could not gauge the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
American Legion Post
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robert Donatillo
Rose Donatillo
Refugee From Berlin Leaps From Eighth Floor
A 25 year old German refugee Rudolph Schmoller of Berlin jumped from the eighth floor of the Cincinnati YMCA and died. His pajama clad body was found in a vacant lot by a filling station attendant. a window in his room was open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Edwin Reed
Rudolph Schmoller
Berlin
YMCA
Schmoller
Burr Oak Reservoir OKed for Construction Funding
GLOUSTER The Flood Control Appropriations Bill includes $600 000 to begin Burr Oak reservoir construction. The project, studied by Army engineers since 1942, received federal authorization of $400 000 with a state or local match of $295 000. The wartime delay paused progress until Congress moved it forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Burr Oak Reservoir
Congress
House
Senate
Senate House Conference Committee
Burr Oak
Army Engineers
Washington
Ohio
Feed Costs Advice Given
Ohio farmers were advised to cut feed costs by spending more on lime and fertilizer. Ohio State University's farm management specialist Floyd De Lashmutt cited Southeastern Ohio farmers whose feed costs for poultry and dairy cows exceeded one third of operating expenses, with averages of 95 dollars for lime 130 dollars for fertilizer and 1025 dollars for feed in 1946. He noted lime and fertilizer prices rose slower than feed and that lime and fertilizer improve crop yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Floyd de Lashmutt
Ohio State University
Southeastern Ohio
de Lashmutt
Ice Avalanche Fatal to Mount Waddington Climber
Mount Waddington in British Columbia claims one life among nine U S climbers. Charles Shiverick of Cleveland died July 22 from punctured lungs when an ice avalanche struck the party in Scimitar Glacier about 150 miles northwest of Vancouver. His companions were injured and buried his body before retreating three miles to base camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
United States
Charles Shiverick
Cleveland
Scimitar Glacier
Gas Blast Fatally Burns Man in East Side Cleveland Room
Police reported a gas explosion in an East Side apartment room fatally burning 40 year old Carlton Kinnear. He was unemployed, single, and a World War II veteran. A wall jet appeared recently tampered with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
East Side
Carlton Kinnear
Specialist in Diamonds Dies at Belpre Home
PARKERSBURG West Virginia specialist in diamonds William Clinton Lockwood aged 79 a jeweler in this city for 62 years died yesterday at his home in Belpre Ohio He was considered a diamond specialist and is survived by one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W.va
William Clinton Lockwood
Belpre
O. Lockwood
RetiredBroker Edmund Nash Sr Dies in Baltimore
Edmund W. Nash Sr., 51, a former New York stockbroker and brother of Baltimore poet Ogden Nash, died Sunday in Baltimore. He had retired from the brokerage business and was a resident of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Edmund W. Nash, Sr
New York
Ogden Nash
Violent Storm Leaves Family Homeless in Ohio
A severe electrical rain and wind storm swept through Southeastern Ohio causing a lightning fire that left a nine person family homeless in Middleport. Many towns reported flooding as the Hocking River rose and power lines were knocked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
West Virginia
Hocking
Athens
C. N. France
Glouster
Middleport
George McHaffie
Sycamore St
Pomeroy
Dayton Strickland
Lincoln Heights
Arthur Hood
Condor St
Butternut Ave
Elmee Ashworth
Lincoln Hill
Sugar Run
Frank Clark
Pearl Smith
Harmon O’brien
Syracuse
Ohio Associated Telephone Co
France
Lancaster
State Slashes Prices of Slow Selling Liquor
Ohio Liquor Director Dale Dunifon ordered price cuts on ten slow moving liquor brands at state stores. Discounts average about one third, from 1.50 to 1.90 per bottle, aiming to move 17,000 cases worth over 600000. The move reduces a 42000000 stockpile above needed levels, with more cuts to follow for other brands as price quotes allow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Dale Dunifon
Dunifon
State Liquor Department
Duniton
Navy Man Gets Award While Standing Trial
Navy Chief Signalm an Harold E Hirshberg 29 of Brooklyn, serving general court martial for beating fellow prisoners in a Japanese prison camp, was decorated by the Army for his role in the defense of Corregidor. He received the Army Distinguished Unit Badge with oak leaf cluster after being called from the brig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Navy
Harold E. Hirshberg
Brooklyn
Army
Corregidor
Hirshberg
Massillon Owner Wins Grand Leg Horn Prize at Wooster Show
Harold Shan nabrook of Massillon captured the grand championship prize at the Wooster Lawn Show Association poultry and pigeon exhibition. He held the grand champion standard male leghorn in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Harold Shannabrook
Massillon
Wooster Lawn Show Association
SAM SIMMONS Praises Congress For Its Early Efforts
SAM SIMMONS argues Congress has regained respectability since last January. He says it has drafted and passed bills, held hearings, and acted diligently, though it may err in reducing appropriations and faces limits with a timid labor relations bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Executive Department
Senator admits free rides from Hughes to conference
Senator Brewster of Maine says he accepted air transportation from Howard Hughes only to meet and discuss the war investigations. He describes flights between Washington Kansas City Morgantown and Columbus aboard Hughes planes, noting a $1,400 charter price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brewster
Maine
Howard Hughes
LMG
Cuilllauli Hughes
Senate War Investigating Committee
Kansas City
Hughes
Morgantown
W.va
Columbus
TWA
Jack Frye
Frye
Senator Bricker
Ohio
Senator Brewster
Man struck by lightning at Buckeye Lake injures toes
Roy Huffman, 54, of Lancaster, recalls a lightning strike at his Buckeye Lake cottage on Sunday. He described a green flame, burning needles and severe injuries including three broken toes after the bolt tore the porch and his shoes apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Roy Huffman
Huffman
Buckeye Lake
Union voter strength seen in 1948 elections
CIO President Philip Murray told about 10,000 members at a Crystal Beach picnic that labor will be a stronger factor in the 1948 elections than ever before and will aim to vote out all congressmen who backed the Taft Hartley act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
CIO
Philip Murray
Crystal Beach
Death claims playwright Westbrook in Me obituary
William Mills Davis aged 68 longtime Washington DC playwright who produced amateur charity shows died Sunday in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook
William Mills Davis
Washington, D.C
80th Congress Adjourns After Raucous Session
The 80th Congress adjourned its first session after a raucous, party line run in the Senate and a celebratory House gathering. Key actions include extension of rent controls to March 1 with 15 percent increases allowed for leases through 1948, and continuation of wartime tax rates on luxury goods. Also enacted were measures on installment buying, postal rates, scientific research funding, and GI bond benefits, with debates on taxes, labor, and spending shaping the midterm political weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
80Th
Congress
Truman
Senate
Latin America
House
National Foundation For Scientific Research
Commodity Credit Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Tot Killed After Falling From Parent's Vehicle
In Columbus a one year old boy, Thomas Stravoff, died after tumbling from his parents' car into the path of two oncoming vehicles. His mother Mrs Strawoff leaped from the moving auto to save him and was dragged about 200 feet with bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Thomas Stravvoff
Dimitri Stravoff
Strawoff
Bishop Invests Priest With Robes of Prelate
Bishop Edo ward F Hoban invested Rev Francis Duda pastor of St John Cantius Catholic Church with the robes of a domestic preb ate to the pope. Duda previously served as pastor in Barberton Lorain and Berea before 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Edoward F. Hoban
Francis Duda
St. John Cantius’ Catholic
Father Duda
Barberton
Lorain
Berea
Publisher Mavity Dies After Years at Wal es Vidette Messenger
Wa tserka Il district mourns the death of John M. Mavity 85 long time editor and publisher of the Wal es Vidette Messenger known for his decades of newspaper leadership in Watseka Illinois and surrounding communities died recently at his home with family at his side The obituary notes his service to the press and dedication to local journalism highlighting his role in shaping the paper for many years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watseka
John M. Mavity
The
Wales Vidette-Messenger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lake
Associated Press
Cyril Wancew
Nancy
Herbert
Gop
Wichita
Kan
War Department
Ordnance Division
NEA
I Ae
Messenger
Lee Sandborn
Bob Lloyd
New Straitsville
Frank Biffle
Paul Sider
Donald Dille
Chesterhill
Dick Hopkins
Shawnee
John and
Bill Powell
New Haven
Leghorn
Sam Simmons
Tot
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!