Early Trial Seen In Largent Case Bill Filed by Gray
An early trial for Helen Largent, former Nelsonville water works clerk indicted on eight counts of embezzlement, was seen today as Prosecuting Attorney Gordon B. Gray filed a bill of particulars. Gray said he would seek the earliest possible trial date and hopes to conclude the case before the Gifford murder trial.
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Helen Largent
Nelsonville
Gordon B. Gray
Gray
Miss Largent
Gifford
Miss Sargent
Vern Coakney
Ohio
Coakley
Water Works Department
R. B. Sullivan
Charles P. Laird
Joseph T. Ferguson
R. W. Finsterwald
Joan Bolin
Athens
Towboat Harry Truman Aims to Break Lee Record Up Mississippi
The tow boat Harry Truman left New Orleans at 5 p.m. central time Tuesday pulling a 1100 ton cargo barge. The voyage seeks to beat the Robert E. Lee record of three days four hours thirteen minutes without cargo.
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New Orleans
Harry Truman
Mississippi
St. Louis
Robert E. Lee
New York Trial Set For Confessed Killers
In Grand Rapids two confessed lonely hearts killers Raymond M. Fernandez 34 and Martha Beck 29 await extradition decisions as Michigan considers sending them to New York. The pair are linked to killings in New York state and Michigan.
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Grand Rapids
Michigan
New York
Raymond M. Fernandez
Martha Beck
Nino
George VI to undergo surgery for arterial ailment
London reports King George VI will have surgery within a week to improve blood flow to his endangered right foot. The operation, a right de lumbar sympathectomy, involves cutting sympathetic nerve knots in front of the spine in the lower back, as disclosed last November 23.
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London
George VI
Vets Bonus Plan Probed Fourth Time
Charleston report shows House and Senate clash over a West Virginia veterans bonus bond issue. The Senate backed 90 million in bonds to be retired by a higher sales tax while the House stood firm against any tax plan. A conference committee met for the fourth time to resolve differences as lawmakers consider amending the proposal.
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Charleston
House
West Virginia
del. Campbell
D-Cabell
Senate
Mudsock Pioneers Site Shift to Amesville Area
The deserted pioneer settlement of Mudsock vanished from its Athens County dip near the Amesville road before Amesville formed on higher ground farther east. The old area is now part of the Amesville cemetery grounds, with history dating to about 1804.
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Athens County
Mudsock
Amesville
Athens
Dental and travel notes from Point Pleasant to Columbus
Mrs Walden F Roush reports Maudelsen has two fewer teeth than normal and son Walden Bennett had two extra teeth removed at a Charleston dental hospital on March 1. Travelers along Rim of the World Road say the AIU Building in Columbus appears on clear days, a sight linked to Johnson Summit. Hidden countryside caves include one used by Shep Tinker and his band of pre Civil War horse thieves.
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Point Pleasant
Maudelsen
Walden Bennett
Charleston
Glouster
AIU
Columbus
Johnson Summit
Shep Tinker
Gentry Home Overlooks Hocking and Margaret Creek Valleys
In Athens, Prof. J. R. Gentry’s Peach Ridge residence offers a sweeping panorama from a large living room window. From the mouth of the Shade River near Long Bottom to distant Hocking valleys, the view recalls pioneer days when Indians used the valley as a northward route. Devil's Hole, a rock ledge hollow near Shade’s mouth, recalls historic hideouts used after raids into Virginia.
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Athens
Prof
J. R. Gentry
Peach Ridge
Northwood
Gentry
Hocking
Margaret Creek
Miles
Long Bottom
Meigs County
Ohio
Shade
Shade River
Hocking Valley
Devil's Hole
Virginia
Hundreds Homeless In Floods Across Four States
Flood waters left hundreds homeless in Nebraska Iowa Montana and Louisiana as icy rivers surged. Beatrice evacuated nearly 100 families and roads were washed out in ONeill and Albion while the Missouri River stayed mostly below flood stage.
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Montana
Nebraska
Iowa
Louisiana
Midwest
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Seward
Crete
O'Neill
Albion
Mississippi
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Gambling Investigator Questioned in Greenville
Darke County Sheriff Everett Snyder questioned James P. Ford 66 who claimed to be a gambling investigator and solicited Republican campaign funds last fall. Ford was arrested in New Lexington on a $40 hotel defraud charge. charges likely to be filed today. He said he worked on investigations in Perry, Hocking, Muskingum, Athens and Fairfield counties.
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Everett Snyder
Darke County
Snyder
James P. Ford
New Lexington
Ford
Perry, Hocking
Muskingum
Athens
Fairfield Counties
School Teacher Pleads Innocent To Assault Charge
Fred Frownfelter, a Mer cerville school teacher, pleaded innocent before Justice Maurice Grover to an assault and battery charge filed by principal John Allison. He was bound over to the grand jury under a $300 bond.
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Fred Frownfelter
Justice of the Peace
Maurice Grover
John Allison
Mercerville School
Frownfelter
Highway Engineers Plan Federal City Street Aid
Columbus division plans a federal aid street program for Ohio urban areas of 5000+ population using a 1947 appropriation of about 5.3 million dollars. Dayton’s 2 million Miami River bridge on Route 49 will be funded with city, state, and federal shares. bids for about 2.3 million in new work and surface projects to start by spring.
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Division Highway Engineers
Ohio
T. J. Kauer
Highway Department
Miami River
Dayton
Kauer
Revised Ohio Turnpike Bill Moves Through Senate Test
A revised Ohio turnpike bill faces a second Senate test aiming to build a four lane super-highway linked to the Pennsylvania turnpike. Senators Winter and Boyd propose private bond financing with tolls to retire the debt, and upon payoff the state would take ownership.
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Senate
Ralph A. Winter
Medina
House
Winter
William M. Boyd
Dcuyahoga
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Indiana
Marietta Infant Dies After Cleveland Clinic Operation
Merle Don Ulum a one day old infant from Marietta died in the Cleveland Clinic after an emergency operation to remove a esophageal stricture. The obstruction caused feeding difficulties and pneumonia. no surgeon could be found in Marietta.
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Merle Don Ulum
Marietta
Cleveland Clinic
State Highway Patrol
Death Ends Imprisonment of Marion Webb in Akron Shootout
Marion Sam Webb, who fatally shot two race track judges in the Portage Hotel lobby in 1923 and trained a horse disqualified earlier, died at 65 after a year of tuberculosis and heart trouble at Ohio Penitentiary Hospital. The trial was a 1920s sensation. Judge F W Gerhardy died, J P Callen survived. The incident followed races at Northampton track, now Ascot Park.
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Marion
Sam) Webb
Portage Hotel
Webb
Ohio Penitentiary Hospital
J. P. Callen
F. W. Gerhardy
Gerhardy
Callen
Northampton Track
Ascot Park
Rep Vorys Urges Scrapping Dam Fund Plan Near Columbus
Representative Vorys of Ohio urged the House Appropriations Committee to strike a proposed 1.8 million dollar outlay for the Big Walnut Creek dam near Columbus. He cited a Columbus council resolution asking Army engineers to defer the project and study Mill Creek for alternative sites.
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Washington
Vorys
Ohio
House Appropriations Committee
Big Walnut Creek
Columbus
Army Engineers
Mill Creek
Funds Bill Approved for State Institutions in Senate
The Senate approved a House passed measure to provide 4.266 million dollars immediately for Ohio welfare institutions to care for 2000 state wards. Allocation covers Apple Creek, Tiffin, Hawthornden, Longview, Marion, Marysville, Athens, Orient, Cleveland, Columbus facilities with various sums. Rep. Anna ONeil notes further construction will be funded in the general appropriations bill.
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Senate
House
Welfare
Clinton L. Cary
Cr-Union
Frank J. Lausche
Apple Creek
Trio Arrested At Road Block Tied To 12 Holdups
Three men arrested at a Wilmington road block face charges of carrying concealed weapons and driving a car without consent. Lt. A O Smith linked them to 12 holdups dating to 1947 across nine cities, with a warrant for armed robbery tied to the Hub Federal Savings and Loan Association holdup in Columbus.
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Ohio Building and Loan and Finance Company
A. O. Smith
Smith
Highway Patrol
Frank Joseph Czernewski
Cincinnati
Walter Richard Anthony Maley
Dayton
Edward Joseph Mischier
Hub Federal Savings and Loan Association
Columbus
House Committee Urges $2 Million Outlay for Stream Pollution
The House Appropriations Committee backed a $2,000,000 yearly plan to combat stream pollution starting July 1, trimming $380,000 from Truman budget proposals. The cut affects a proposed $1,380,000 for a stream pollution headquarters in Cincinnati plus 14 basin offices, while $1,000,000 for state grants remains approved.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Committee Takes Quail Off Song Bird List
The House Conservation Committee approved removing quail from the song bird list. The measure, approved 16 to 1, would ban hunting quail for at least 10 years while propagation programs build up Ohio’s Bob White population.
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Columbus
House Conservation Committee
Bob White
Governor Signs Bill Ends Prohibition in Kansas
In Topeka Kansas Governor signed a state liquor control law ending 69 years of prohibition. The measure allows legal sale of hard liquor statewide. Only Oklahoma and Mississippi remain dry states.
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Kans
Kansas
Sunflower State
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Two More Soviet Heads Are Promoted
In Moscow, Stalin reshuffles the cabinet with A. I Efremov moved from minister of the machine tool industry to vice chairman of the Council of Ministers. A. I Kostousov takes Efremov’s post, following Molotov’s recent removal as foreign minister and Vishinsky’s appointment as his replacement. Molotov remains first vice chairman and a Politburo member.
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Stalin
A. I Efremov
Council of Ministers
A. I. Kostousov
Kefremov
V. M. Molotov
Foreign Ministry
Andrei Y ¥. Vishinsky
Molotov
Communist Party
Sales Tax Fine Levied
Cline Osler of Lanier Service station Vinton was arrested on a state tax crackdown affidavit for failing to charge sales tax and cancelling prepaid tax receipts. He was fined $25 and costs in municipal court by Judge William H. Janes.
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State Tax Department
Cline Osler
Lanier
Vinton
Charles Rathburn
Rathburn
Columbus
Oiler
William H. Janes
Quake Felt In Bay Area Rattles San Francisco
An early morning quake shook the San Francisco Bay area with two shocks between 4:29 and 4:30 am. Burglar alarms sounded and electrical fixtures swayed as rocks rolled off Telegraph Hill. Some residents recalled the 1906 quake amid widespread concern. The tremors extended from Santa Clara Valley to Sacramento.
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San Francisco Bay Area
Telegraph Hill
Santa Clara Valley
Sacrament
Salesmanship Needed Now To Sell Goods
Columbus report describes Earl O. Shreve of the U S Chamber of Commerce urging a shift in sales approach at a National Marketing Conference dinner. He argues the buyer controls the market and seeks more and better goods, criticizing efforts to stabilize inflation.
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Columbus
Earl O. Shreve
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Shreve
Centennial Celebration Planned for Ironton
The Ohio House adopted a resolution saluting a committee of Ironton businessmen arranging the centennial celebration of the Ohio River city. Rep. Paul B. Siple introduced the group in the House gallery after passage of the resolution.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Ironton
Ohio River
House
Paul B. Siple
D-L[ronton
Mrs Helen Jones Named Clerk of Municipal Court
Zanesville reports that Helen Jones is appointed clerk of the Municipal Court succeeding the resignation of Ed Green. The change places Jones in the court office handling clerk duties for the city jurisdiction.
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Zanesville
Helen Jones
Ed Green
House Passes Bill On Harboring Juvenile Delinquency
A house passed measure imposes up to a $1000 fine and a year in jail for anyone convicted of harboring or aiding a juvenile court ward. It targets adults who shelter or contribute to a juvenile in delinquent behavior.
Senate passes bills on bowling alleys and land use
The Senate approved bills to let bowling alleys operate Sundays and to let the conservation division absorb land for dog field trials. It also raised township trustees daily pay for line fence disputes from 1.50 to 5 dollars. An attempt by Sen. Carl D. Sheppard to keep bowling alleys closed Sunday mornings failed.
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Senate
Conservation Division
Carl D. Sheppard
Summit
Credit Union Regulation Bill Advances In Senate
A bill by Sen R Wilmers-Butter to relax credit union rules passed 21 to 11 expanding loan limits from 100 to 300. It creates central credit unions and raises individual shareholder limits to 10 percent of the union assets. Sen Joseph W Bartunek proposes a state mental health department led by a governor-appointed director for five years chosen from at least six certified physicians.
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Richard A. Wilmers
Joseph W. R Bartunek
Dcuyahoga
Odom Sets Nonstop 5000-Mile Flight Record
Bill Odom completed a 5000 mile nonstop light plane flight from Honolulu to Teterboro New Jersey tying a new record. Officials lacked a NAA witness but C L Logsdon said a CAC inspector could sign the papers. Odom expressed interest in a pole to pole encircling flight next.
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New York
Bill Odom
Filer
National Aeronautic Association
Honolulu
Teterboro
N. J
NAA
Washington
C. L. Logsdon
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Paul Steinman
Odom
Hastings woman to be sentenced on tax evasion counts
Lindsey Belville of Ironton faces sentencing in U.S. District Court on 17 counts of falsifying government records to evade income tax. Convicted on a tax matter related to non warehouse tobacco sales. Maximum penalties reach $10,000 and ten years per count. Judge Harry F. Watkins will preside.
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Huntington
W. Va
Lindsey Belville
Ironton
U.S. District Court
Belville
Harry FE. Watkins
Fall From Moving Auto Causes Boy's Death
In Zanesville Harvey Altman Jr aged five died from injuries after falling from his father’s moving automobile Monday night. The accident happened as the car rounded a curve near the Philo bridge south of the city while the boy rode in the front seat.
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Zanesville
Harvey Altman, Jr
Philo Bridge
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