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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1947

Page

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Secretary Marshall backs United States of Europe plan

Secretary of State Marshall expresses support for a Senate resolution seeking a United States of Europe within the United Nations framework. He says Europe should be united but not forced into a single political or economic system, with the future shape decided by Europeans themselves. The measure would express opinion only, not require presidential action or law.

Secretary Marshall United States of Europe Resolution of Congress Washington Marshall United Nations United States Europe Organization of Europe Vandenberg R-Mich Senate Foreign Relations Committee Fulbright D-Ark Thomas D-Utah House Rep. Boges Senate Truman

Truman Trip to Canada Sets Peaceful Western Hemisphere Example

President Truman and his wife and daughter began a three day visit to Ottawa aboard a 11 car special train. He will address the Canadian Parliament at 11 45 a m EDT tomorrow. He left Washington last night and will decide on a four billion dollar tax reduction after his return Friday.

Truman Ottawa Canada United States Washington White House Congress Western Hemisphere

Kirwan backs Truman for Democratic nomination

Rep. Kirwan of Ohio lauds President Truman as deserving full Democratic support for the 1948 nomination saying Truman is doing a good job and has proven the best successor to Franklin Roosevelt. He notes his long New Deal stance and even backs Roosevelt for additional terms before his death.

Washington Rep Kirwan Ohio Roosevelt Truman Mr. Truman Franklin Roosevelt White House

Sam Simmons on Self Reflection and Immigrant Pluralism

Sam Simmons argues individuals and groups should assess themselves before judging others for discrimination. He notes German descendants assimilated well since fleeing Prussian oppression and urges respect for privacy and lawful conformity. He says newcomers may express themselves and retain identity without losing individuality.

America

Hungary Purge Widens as Dissidents Targeted

Dispatches from Budapest report the Hungarian government expanding its purge of dissidents. A special committee will review nearly 200 so called resistance certificates affecting government church leaders and other officials, while 43 intellectuals face trials for conspiring to overthrow the republic.

London Budapest Szabadsag Prime Ministers’ Office Dezso Sulyok Freedom Party Assembly Bela Varga Smallholders Party Josef Cardinal Mindszenty Hungary Azabadsar Lajos Shvoy Szekesfehervar Geza Teleki Bela Pedanyi-Gulyas Hungarian Peoples’ Court Vilag Albert Szent-Gyorgi Hungarian Academy of Science Belgrade Ludwik Svoboda Yugoslavia Petru Groza Groza

Sailboat Capsizes in Lake Erie Two Missing

In Cleveland two men remain missing after a 17 foot sailboat named Varga Girl capsized in Lake Erie near Rockey River. Nick Lupson Jr 20 was rescued after clinging to the overturned boat for 11 hours. Owner William Varga 22 is missing and Andrew Kris 25 survived after slipping from the hull. Kris served with the 15th Air Force in Italy. Varga served in the Navy. Lupson in the Marines. All were Clevelanders with Kris later attending Ohio State University.

Cleveland Lake Erie Nick Lupson Coast Guard William Varga Andrew Kris Lupson Rockey River Varga Andy Kris 15Th Air Force Italy Navy Lapson Marines Ohio State University

Police Theories Split In Baby Deaths At City Hospital

Massillon authorities weighing two theories in the mysterious deaths of two baby girls found in the City Hospital pediatrics ward. Prosecutor D Dean McLaughtlin doubts accidental death and suspects a demented killer. Police Chief Switter sticks with accident theory while probing six child patients nearby. A man who took a lie detector test in Cleveland will repeat it in about a week due to inconclusive results.

Massillon City Hospital D. Dean McLaughtlin Stark County Diane J. Brand Rosemary Morton Marian Silleck Stanley S. Switter Pediatrics Cleveland W. Bernard Rogers David L. Cowles Cleveland Police Department

Money Probe In Germany Is Proposed

Three Republican senators Bridges of New Hampshire Ferguson of Michigan and Knowland of California urged a full scale probe into reports that the United States redeemed German occupation money printed by Russian authorities. They say plates for German marks were given to the Russians by American officials and money paid to Allied troops financed the occupation. The reports describe Russian soldiers exchanging back pay for watches and trinkets with GIs who then converted marks to dollars. Officials tried to curb that exchange as the trade boomed.

Washington United States Bridges New Hampshire Ferguson Michigan Knowland California

Abortion Death Clues Sought In Lancaster Case

Funeral services were held today for Miss Mabel Hoffman 20 in Lancaster as Columbus police and coroner investigate her death after an abortion operation. Dr Alfred A Taylor 67 was questioned by homicide detectives about possible involvement in arranging an illegal abortion and is free on bond while appealing a conviction.

Columbus Lancaster Mabel Hoffman John B. Gravis Glenn L. Hoffman Detective Bureau Alfred A. Taylor Taylor Second District Court of Appeals Hoffman

Benjamin Sanborn publisher Murray Parker dies at 64

Murray N. Parker, age 64, president of the Benjamin Sanborn Publishing Co. in Chicago, died Monday leaving the firm’s leadership to successors.

Columbus Murray N. Parker Benjamin Sanborn Publishing Co Chicago

Windstorm in Nebraska Kills Two and Damages Property

A severe wind storm moving northeast across Nebraska into Iowa last night left two dead and two injured with heavy property damage. Rain accompanying the storm added flooding fears in the Elkhorn River Valley where flooding had occurred recently. A 13 year old boy died when a barn blew over near St. Edward.

Omaha Nebraska Iowa Elkhorn River St. Edward

Anderson Warns Against Present Land Boom

Secretary of Agriculture Anderson warned that farmers and many lenders risk disaster if they ignore the land boom. He urged private lenders to follow government agencies and offer loans to farm buyers based on normal long term earning capacity of the land.

Washington Anderson

Wage Increase Given Third in 18 Months

Paul G. Davey of the Davey Compressor Co announces the third wage raise in 18 months. Wages now stand 30 cents an hour higher than January 1, 1946, with the Kent Ohio plant highlighted as the site.

Death Investigated in Hamilton Man Found Dead at Home

William Gumm, 62, was found dead in his Hamilton residence yesterday. Coroner Dr Edward Cook said a verdict is withheld pending further investigation of the case.

Hamilton William Gumm Edward Cook Butler County

Miners Idle Across 22 Soft Coal Mines in Pa Protest

AFL United Mine Workers officials report 14 800 miners idle in 22 soft coal mines across Fayette Greene and Washington counties as protests over labor legislation continue. Two Gates and Kyle mines resume some production while Robena remains idle. UMWP4 officials call the action unauthorized and seek a strategy ahead of Hartley Taft bill impacts.

UMW Uniontown Congress Afl-United Mine Workers Pennsylvania Fayette, Greene Washington Gates H. C. Frick Co Kyle Robena Frick Company U.S. Steel Corp Clairton Coking Works Comespany Pittsburgh William Bynes UMW District 4 Truman John S. Lewis

Mississippi Flood Worsens as Coast Guard Aids Homeless

Floodwaters inundate eastern Missouri and West Central Illinois with over 20 000 homeless and 50 000 acres flooded. Hannibal Canton and Quincy report record stages while towns evacuate residents and relief crews deploy.

Hannibal Mississippi River Missouri Illinois U. S U. S. Army Engineers Coast Guard American Red Cross South Canton Louisiana Quincy Ill

Liquor Board Chief William Hess Dies in Cincinnati

William F. Hess chairman of the Ohio Board of Liquor Control died at 8 30 a m in Cincinnati of a heart ailment. He would have been 75 June 17. Hess served on the liquor board since 1939 and was named its chairman earlier this year by Gov. Herbert. He had been in poor health for some time and his condition worsened this week as his son Congressman William E Hess returned from Washington. Hess was a lifelong Cincinnati resident active in Republican circles.

Cincinnati William F. Hess Ohio Board of Liquor Control Liquor Board John W. Bricker Thomas J Herbert Hess Rep William E. Hess Washington

Young Motorist Shot While Driving Car at Speed

A 23-year-old motorist Frances Devon of Oxford was shot dead at the wheel of his car as he fled. Daniel P. Taranow, 21, of New York City admitted shooting following a confrontation over the car, authorities say. Fred Jack, Delaware County detective chief, announced a hitchhiker would be charged.

Media Fred Jack Delaware County Daniel P. Taranow New York City Frances Devon Oxford Devon

Thirteen Year Old Girl Delivers Boy at City Hospital

A seven pound ten ounce boy was born at Salvation Army Hospital to a girl not yet 14, due to Sept. 13. Officials said the baby is healthy and the mother is recovering.

Charleston Salvation Army Hospital Harry Ward

Ohio Amvets Approve Training Plan At State Convention

Akron report: Ohio Amvets approve universal military training at their state convention yesterday. They reject a proposal to record a veto of the Hartley Taft labor bill as approved by Congress.

Akron Amvets Ohio Congress

Child's Body Recovered From Creek Near Waynesburg

Searchers found 16 month old Bertel Rothacher dead in Big Sandy Creek at Waynesburg yesterday. The tragedy followed a domestic incident and authorities investigated the scene for clues.

Canton Bertel Rothacher Big Sandy Creek Waynesburg

UAW Walkout Threat Looms Over Briggs Eight Plants

Negotiators pressed to avert a strike by 20 000 Briggs Manufacturing Co workers at 10 am Wednesday. Backed by the CIO UAW executive board the union demands include retroactive 15 cent hourly raise coverage for salaried and engineering workers and a wage reopening clause.

Detroit Briggs Manufacturing Co CIO United Auto Workers’ Executive Board Briggs Chrysler Corp Packard Motor Car Co Detroit Area Evansville Ind

Three Men Charged With Interstate Thefts

Three Hamilton Ohio men waived hearing and were held on $1,000 bonds after arraignment before U S Commissioner J Paul Geogh for stealing 6750 pounds of scrap iron from an interstate railroad car. FBI identified the suspects as Frank G Cermack 29 Elba Dale Young 27 and William R Freeman 38.

Cincinnati Hamilton Ohio U. S J. Paul Geogh FBI Frank G. Cermack Elba Dale Young William R. Freeman

Tower Control Funds Requested for Akron Canton and Moon Township Airports

Robert Ramspeck, executive vice president of the Air Transport Association, urged a Senate subcommittee to provide tower control funds for the Akron Canton Airport in Canton Ohio and Moon Township Airport in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.

Washington Robert Ramspeck The Air Transport Association Senate Akron- Canton Canton Moon Township Pittsburgh

Blue Baby Recovers After Johns Hopkins Operation

Physicians at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore report Bonnie Lou Heinrichs, three, of Attica is improving after surgery. The child, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Heinrichs, has recently returned home.

Tiffin Bonnie Lou Heinrichs Attica Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore C. J. Heinrichs

Extended forecast warm with near normal temps

The forecast calls for temperatures averaging three to five degrees above normal with a normal high of 75 and low of 54. Warm weather dominates except for cooler periods Thursday and Saturday. Precipitation around one inch expected, mainly as showers and thundershowers late Friday and Saturday.

Sugar Ration End Approved by House Banking Committee

The House Banking Committee approved a measure to end sugar rationing for home consumption by an overwhelming vote. Rep. Gamble introduced the bill, which does not affect sugar price controls or industrial rationing. Current law would let sugar rationing expire Oct. 31 with inventory control possible until March 31.

Washington House Banking Committee Walcott R-Mich Rep. Gamble R-Ny Secretary of Agriculture Wolcott House

Sub Service Founder Succumbs in Britain

LONDON Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon 83 founder of Britain's submarine service died last night. He served as naval assistant to the first sea lord and as director of naval ordnance and torpedoes before World War I.

London Sir Reginald Bacon Admiralty

Dillon Dam Proposal Faces House Opposition in Ohio

Rep. Mel McGregor leads a twofold attack on Dillon Dam in Licking and Muckingum counties. He seeks to abandon the project and blocks the $3,400,000 Army engineers' funding request. The plan draws early support from Public Works Subcommittee leaders Dondero and Wilson as hearings approach.

Washington Dillon Ohio Mel Gregor House Public Works McGregor House Appropriations Army Engineers Licking Muckingum Dondero

Wife of Slain Man Indicted by Jury

BECKLEY West Virginia Mrs Virgie Harper of Glen White was indicted on murder and arson charges in connection with the death of her husband a mine foreman found shot to death in their burning home. State Police Sgt A Scalise said Mrs Harper admitted shooting him on April 28 after he beat her.

Labor Curbs Advance as Ohio Senate Pushes Local Aid

In Columbus the Ohio Senate moves to finish the 30 million annual local government aid program while the House debates three labor bills. A Van Aken anti union measure and a Veech closed shop proposal win GOP caucus support. a third bill banning strikes by public employees awaits final action. The local program raises sales tax distributions to 27.25 million and allows amusement tax after Oct. 1. The Senate also passes the general appropriations bill totaling about 546.5 million for the biennium with 25 million for veterans' bonuses.

Columbus Ohio Senate House William R. van Aken Cuyahoga Charles H. Veech Putnam David Mck Ferguson Guernsey Senate Veech van Aken

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