Ohio University 735 Degrees Conferred at June Commencement
Louis Bromfield urged graduates to pursue lifelong learning and avoid over specialization. He spoke at Ohio University's 134th commencement on the College Green amid light rain, with 735 degrees awarded and ROTC honors conferred. The ceremony featured processions, chimes, and benediction by Rev. Sydney J. Browne.
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Ohio University
Louis Bromfield
Ohio
College Green
McGuffey Elms
Bromfield
Cutler Hall
Ewing Hall
Chubb Library
Elms
Memorial Auditorium
Lyndall Wooley
Malabar Farms
Lucas
Henry Ford
United States
Sydney J. Browne
Church of the Good Shepherd
Athens
Philip L. Peterson
Tschaikowsky
U. S. Army
Marine Corps
John C. Baker
Col. Speidel
ROTC
Goebbels Brother Konrad Dies in Darmstadt at 57
Konrad Goebbels aged 57 died Sunday in Darmstadt. He is the brother of Paul Goebbels, Nazi Germanys propaganda minister.
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Darmstadt
Germany
Konrad Goebbels
Nazi Germany
Paul Goebbels
450000 Coal Miners Begin Week Walkout Across Industry
About 450000 United Mine Workers begin a week long walkout as contract talks stall with Southern Coal Producers. Lewis calls for share the work to stabilize output while miners stay home. Vacations begin next week with 100 dollar payments. talks resume in Bluefield and Philadelphia with U S Steel.
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Pittsburgh
Assa
UMW
Lewis
Walter R. Thurmond
Southern Producers
Bluefield
W. Va
Philadelphia
U. S. Steel Corp
Big Steel
Brothers donate site for Portsmouth armory
Greece born brothers George and Harry Tessaromatis, who started as shoe shine vendors and built Phoenix Pie Co, donate four acres in Portsmouth for a new National Guard armory. The $200,000 project will include a 3500 seat auditorium for community use.
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Portsmouth
Greece
National Guard
George
Harry Tessaromatis
Phoenix Pie Co
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Harry
America
Bus Strike Delayed as Talks Continue in Columbus
CIO Transport Workers Union leaders postponed a planned bus strike after a meeting with the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. amid possible truck and freight handler action. Truckers seek a 12.5 cent hourly raise from 58 firms while talks over a driver suspension continue, risking freight and bus service if tensions rise.
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Columbus
CIO Transport Workers Union
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
CIO Transport Workers
AFL Teamsters’ Union
Meigs Officers Hunt Convict Near Nease Settlement
Sheriff Charles Russell reported a tip that Eddie Starcher, one of 14 escapees, was seen in Nease Settlement and Bowman's Run as Meigs County officers and Pomeroy and Middleport police searched Saturday night and Sunday without capturing him. Three men on Jack Harris farm lanes saw a fourth unidentified man who fled a pursuit. Starcher has relatives nearby. search involved Russell and deputies.
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Pomeroy
Moundsville
Meigs County
Charles Russell
Eddie Starcher
Nease Settlement
Bowman’s Run
Jack Harris
Starcher
Russell
Pomeroy and
Middleport
Last Founder of Timken Dies in New York Estate
William R. Timken founder of the Timken Roll Bearing Company died Saturday night at his estate in Groton on Hudson New York at age 83. He died on the eve of the firm's 50th anniversary, removing the last of the three founders of what is now the world's largest manufacturer of tapered roller bearings. The company now employs 18,000 people in eight plants in Ohio Colorado and Ontario Canada.
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Groton-On-Hudson
N. Y
William R. Timken
Timken
Ohio
Colorado
Ontario
Canada
Inventor Die in Youngstown at 68
Lucien L. Haas 68 a pioneer automobile muffler inventor and author of a widely sold mechanical engineering book died Monday in Youngstown. He was known for his innovations in exhaust systems and his influential writings in engineering.
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Youngstown
Lucien L. Haas
Dieg
Shot Fired At Union Organizer In Marion
Police probe a shotgun blast aimed at Thomas S. Mitchell the 30 year old organizer directing a 67 day old strike against Ohio Associated Telephone Co in Marion. Mitchell slept in a hospital room as pellets lodged in a pillow and debris showered the ceiling. The attack echoes earlier assaults on CIO United Auto Workers leaders Walter and Victor Reuther. No suspect found terrace outside window, no footprints. Strike began April 7 with 80 Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers seeking wage hikes and a union shop. Cable vandalism and service cuts have occurred. company aims to restore service and denies links to the shooting or strike.
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Marion
Thomas S. Mitchell
Mitchell
Ohio Associated Telephone Co
Marion City Hospital
Walter
Victor Rewther
CIO
United Auto Workers
William E. Marks
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Ohio Associated
Marks
Clare Williams
Williams
Rhodes Urges Loyalty Oaths for Columbus and Ohio
Mayor James A. Rhodes urged non Communist oaths for Columbus city employees and loyalty affidavits for all Ohio public workers. He will introduce twin resolutions aiming to make Columbus the first Ohio city to require such affidavits, noting broad Republican support.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Rhodes
Cleveland
Best Buy Magazine Offer Ends Soon
Today's Best Buy invites Messenger subscribers to a limited time reading offer. Two years of magazine subscriptions plus daily newspaper at savings. mail your postcard by July 9 at midnight or call the circulation department for a replacement card.
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Messenger
Condon Demands Apology Over Secret FBI Reports
Washington sources report Dr Edward Condon angrily demanded an apology from J Edgar Hoover after secret FBI reports were introduced in Judith Coplon’s espionage trial. Condon says FBI chief owes her an explanation and questions why he has not commented on the Coplon case.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Judith Coplon
Edward VU. Condon
Federal Bureau of Standards
Condon
J. Edgar
A& Er
Ohio House Eyes Public Employee Dissent Bill Test
In Columbus, a bill to discharge public employees who knowingly belong to groups advocating government overthrow is under its first test in the Ohio House tonight. A similar Senate measure exists as hearings draw protests from Communists and liberals.
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Columbus
Ohio House
Senate
Progressive Party
House
Sandusky Ay
Counterfeit Money Passed in Cincinnati Stores
U S Secret Service announced that at least 15 counterfeit ten dollar bills were passed Saturday in several ten cent stores in Cincinnati. City police notified agents after a store proprietor reported six fakes, and one man is believed to have passed most of the bills.
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Cincinnati
U. S
Secret Service
Philo Man Elected Mansfield Chapter Leader
Charles E. Morris of Philo was elected president of the Ohio Branch of the National League of District Postmasters at a Saturday meeting in Mansfield. The postmaster took the helm as post office officials gathered to discuss district affairs and future initiatives.
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PHILO
Mansfield
Charles E. Morris
Ohio
National League of District
Million a year thing of past top man got 810000
A Treasury list shows the best paid corporate employee in 1947 earned 810,000, far below prewar peaks. Charles P. Skouras, president of National Theatres and Fox West Coast, ranks No. 1 for the third straight year. Betty Grable tops the women with 208,000, down from 299,333 the year before. The list also lists other high earners and companies paying more than 75,000 in compensation.
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Ica
Charles P. Skouras
National Theatres Amusement Co., Inc
Fox West Coast Agency Corp
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co
A. A. Somerville
R. T. Vanderbilt Co
Seton Porter
National Distillers Products Corp
William Randolph Hearst
Theodore Seltzer
Bengue, Inc
Eugene G. Grace
Heart Ailment Fatal To Licking Sheriff
A Roe Francis, 59, sheriff of Licking County, died yesterday from a heart ailment. He became sheriff on January 1, 1947 to fill an unexpired term and won a full term last November. Funeral services set for tomorrow. Coroner J H Pollock to act as sheriff.
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Newark
A. Roe Francis
Licking County
Francis
J. H. Pollock
Escapee Hangs Self in Lorain City Jail
Police Chief Paul Cleaver said a 28 year old man identifying as William Brooks hanged himself in a Lorain city jail cell. He claimed he escaped from the Moundsville West Virginia Penitentiary months earlier and surrendered because he was tired of running from the law. The body was found by a belt.
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Lorain
Paul Cleaver
William Brooks
Cleaver
Moundsville
W. Va
Crooksville Resident Named Youth Fellowship Officer
Crooksville resident Jim Burley was named treasurer of the Ohio Conference Methodist Youth Fellowship. Nearly 400 participated in the conference youth assembly here Saturday. Twenty one ministers were admitted to the conference on trial at Saturday's session, including Elmer P. West of Reedaville.
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Lakeside
Jim Burley
Crooksville
Ohio Conference Methodist Youth Fellowship
Elmer P. West
Reedaville
Lightning strikes Drexel Theater chimney in suburb of Columbus
A lightning bolt toppled about 10 feet of the 40 foot chimney at the Drexel Theater in Bexley yesterday. No injuries were reported among an estimated 50 to 75 patrons present.
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Columbus
Drexel Theater
Bexley
Juvenile Status Reviewed at Rawlins Murder Trial
A motion to transfer Grover B. Rawlins to juvenile court was argued during his first degree murder case in Athens County. Visiting judges reviewed jurisdiction while the defense contends the act was juvenile before his 18th birthday as prosecutors and officials counter that juvenile court limits apply.
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Grover FE. Rawlins
Arthur L, Hooper
Steubenville
Roy D, Williams
Athens
Earl BD
Parker
Waverly
Grover B
Rawlins
Athens County
Eleanor E. Gifford
Frank Joyce
Rawline
Mian Gifford
T. Vincent Martin
Attorney General's Office
Martin
Ths
Common Pleas Court
Jimmy Stewart
Frank J. Lausche
Rawlings
Ith
Mia
Sam Rawlins
New Straitaville
Mel. Rawlins
Samuel B. Erakine
Francia D. White
Harry Dodds
Fifteen Die In Ohio Weekend Auto Crashes
Columbus report lists fifteen deaths from traffic accidents on Ohio highways over the weekend. Included are Oscar W Benson 63 and Emma M McClelland of Columbus in a North Canton collision. Ida Mayer 79 of Grope s injured. Lawrence Petersen 19 of Deshler killed on Route 65. Eugenia Spradling 28 months struck near Miller City. Russell W McDonald 23 of Rushville died after car went through a guardrail near Lancaster. D C Walker 74 of Columbus fatally injured in a Lancaster head on crash.
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Columbus
Ohio
North Canton
Oscar W. Benson
Emma M. McClelland
Ida Mayer
Sion
Lawrence Petersen
Deshler
McClure
Henry County
Eugenia Spradling
Miller City
Putnam County
Russell W. McDonald
Rushville
Fairfield County
Lancaster
D. C. Walker
Hocking County
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