Truman Refused Early Surrender Offer Leahy Reports
Leahy recounts that on April 25 1945 Churchill relayed a German peace bid via Himmler offering surrender of all Western Front troops including Holland Denmark and Norway. Truman insisted on unconditional surrender to all Allies per commitments to Britain and the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
William D. Leahy
Heinrich Himmler
United States
Britain
Himmler
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Leahy
Mr. Truman
Pentagon
George C. Marshall
Ernest King
Churchill
No. 10 Downing Street
London
Stockholm
H. V. Johnson
Count Bernadotte
Sweden
Great Britain
U. S
Hitler
America
Russia
Bottle Adrift For 24 Years Recalls Youthful Mystery
Two Huntington men Dana Young and Harry Alm Jr found a 24 year old bottle on the Ohio River near Huntington. Inside were notes stating it was cast adrift March 27, 1916 by Arthur William Hahn and John S. Williamson below Youngstown. They asked Hahn and Williamson to write.
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Youngstown
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio River
Dana Young
Harry Alm, Jr
Arthur William Hahn
John S. Williamson
Hahn and Williamson
Ohio Edison Co
Crab Creek
Red Cross Honors 159 Heroes Across the Nation
The 1949 Red Cross certificate of merit recognized 159 individuals for life saving acts and first aid skill. Recipients include Gwen Angelsey of Idaho who saved a two year old from drowning, and Richard Sedin of Minnesota who controlled a bleeding victim. The awards span 36 states Hawaii and the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Gwen Anglesey
Rigby
Ida
Dickie Bryce
Gwen
Red Cross
Richard A. Sedin
Public Utilities
St. Paul
Bobbie Jack
Sedin
Pasco
Wash
Bruce Lee
Lee
America
Cipient
National Forest
Hawaii
District of Clumbia
Athens Ordinance Authorizes City Water Pipe Equipment Purchase
Ordinance 1059 directs the Director of Public Service Safety to contract for the purchase of extensive cast iron water pipe fittings valves and related materials after sealed bids. The ordinance specifies lengths and types including 12 10 6 and 4 inch pipes tees bends sleeves and gate valves with detailed counts and components. It is stated the ordinance is repealed and to take effect March 2 2020tw.
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Athens
Ohio
City of
Public Service-Safety
Fred Evener
Maye Evener
Fred Eoener
Cety OF
Athens Township
Athens County
Ohio Company
Ruel Keith
Dennison and
Clayton
John H. Vore
Ervin P. Vore
Director of Public Service-Safety
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Company
E. B. Clark
Orpha Herrold
Sgjd
William N. Alderman
Director of Public Service Safety
IIT
Senaset East
Council OF the Cry OF Athens
Public Service- Safety
Bell
Mrs Coakley Rites Planned At Fairview Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Coakley 67 wife of Frank Coakley will be held at 2 p m Saturday in the Fairview Methodist Church with Rev Amos Hoover and Rev S A Steele officiating Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery She died suddenly at her Good Hope Township home Survivors include three daughters Mrs Ida Lutz Mrs Blanche Goldsberry and Viola Coakley a son Floyd Coakley a sister Mrs Effie Farmer two brothers Sam Cannon and William Friends may call at the residence
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Viola Coakley
Floyd Coakley
Logan
Effie Farmer
Sam Cannon
Good Hope Township
William
Rockbridge
Pakistan Prime Minister Accepts U S Visit Invitation
The State Department said Prime Minister Liquat Ali Khan will arrive in Washington on May 3 after accepting President Truman's invitation. A Moscow visit was offered but a Pakistan official said any trip to Soviet Russia is indefinitely postponed.
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Washington
Pakistan
United States
State Department
Liquat Ali Khan
Truman
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Logan Area Personalities Note Illnesses and Birth
Mrs Helen Spackey confined to home on Gallagher Ave due to illness. William Sweeney state commander of the Disabled American Veterans visited Logan and Athens Tuesday. Mrs Harry Thomas seriously ill in Hocking Valley Hospital. Dr and Mrs John Ward Doering announce birth of daughter Lucinda Jane on Tuesday at Hocking Valley Hospital. Courthouse staff Vaughn A Collins deputy service officer and Miss Jgn Sue Schorr deputy clerk of courts confined to home by illness.
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Helen Spackey
Gallagher Ave
William Sweeney
Cleveland
Logan
Athens
Harry Thomas
Hocking Valley Hospital
John Ward Doering
Warner Ave
Lucinda Jane
Vaughn A. Collins
Jgn Sue Schorr
Administrator Held On Narcotics Charge
Federal Judge Mell G. Underwood placed Miss Freda Swinehart of Lancaster on three years probation and require she spend it in the U S Public Health Service Hospital at Lexington Kentucky. Swinehart, former Fairfield County Hospital assistant administrator, was arrested by federal narcotics agents for giving morphine without a prescription. An official said the charge was a technical framing because she admitted taking all the morphine herself.
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Columbus
Mell G. Underwood
Freda Swinehart
Lancaster
U. S. Public Health Service
Lexington
Training School Set For Census Workers
Mrs. Lucy G. James district supervisor announced a training school for crew leaders directing field work of enumerators for the 17th census. Sven Gummerus from Washington will conduct the class, held daily March 8 to March 14 at the district office in Ironton.
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Ironton
Lucy G. James
Sven Gummerus
Washington
Man Dies After Chasing Bus in Springfield
Charles Taylor, 53, left his home after lunch to return to work at a tool shop. He ran to catch a bus but reached the corner as it pulled away and collapsed. Fire department squad found he had died, with the coroner citing a heart attack.
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Springfield
Charles Taylor
Taylor
Fire Department
Austin Richards
U. S. Near End of Case Against Lorain Journal
Federal prosecutors were to close their presentation in the antitrust suit against the Lorain Journal of Lorain Ohio. The paper allegedly tried to injure the Lorain Sunday News and WEOL radio by refusing ads from firms advertising in the competitor.
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Cleveland
Lorain, Ohio
Lorain
WEOL
Elyria
Gas Shut Off Slated For Five Ohio Counties
East Ohio Gas Co ordered an almost complete industrial gas shut-off for Cuyahoga Stark Summit Mahoning and Tuscarawas counties as a new cold wave hits Ohio. Industrial supplies were cut to 50 percent last night and reduced again this morning to bare amounts to prevent equipment damage.
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Cleveland
East Ohio Gas Co
Cuyahoga
Stark
Summit
Mahoning
Tuscarawas
President Truman Plans Three-Week Key West Vacation
The White House said President Truman will depart Sunday at 10 a.m. aboard the USS Williamsburg for a three week vacation at Key West Florida. He expects to reach the naval station there Thursday morning and return by plane.
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Washington
Truman
Key West
Fila
White House
Williamsburg
Naval Station
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Three Downtown Buildings
A million dollar blaze swept through two commercial structures in Boston, spread to a third, and menaced the downtown business district before it was checked early today. Fire apparatus from ten nearby cities and towns aided the effort.
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Boston
City Council Orders Probe of Police Department
Circlville officials begin an investigation into the police department after former patrolman Charles Scott resigned Monday claiming gross inefficiency and malpractice within the force.
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Circleville
Charles Scott
Harold Goddard Auctioneer Ad Blast
Advertisement fragment lists Harold Goddard as auctioneer in Bartlett Ohio with contact 2369 and slogan It Doesn't Cost It Pays. It promotes a skin disease remedy V J O from Athens Pharmacy and an anxious urging Why Worry If Afflicted with Any Skin Disease.
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Harold Goddard
Bartlett
Ohio
Athens
Taft Urges Early Use of Taft Hartley Law in Coal Strike
Senator Taft tells the Senate that President Truman should have invoked the Taft Hartley Act earlier in the coal strike. He warns that no law works unless the government fully supports and enforces it.
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Washington
Truman
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Minister Dies Of Heart Attack In Pulpit
The Rev. Charles Bond, 52, collapsed after finishing a sermon in Petersburg Church of the Nazarene. He said he was ready to go and died of a heart attack soon after lying on a bench.
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Petersburg
Ind
Charles Bond
Bond
World War II Dead Beneficiaries Paid NSLI Benefits
The Veterans Administration reported 430000 World War II dead left beneficiaries 3872543648 dollars in National Service Life Insurance through November 30.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
FBI arrests youths in Cincinnati extortion case
In Cincinnati three youths were arrested on charges of attempted extortion. The FBI conducted the investigation and custody details were not released. The case centers on threats allegedly aimed at obtaining money or favors.
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Cincinnati
FBI
Bird Painter Creates Painted Nest Inside Satin Bowerbird
The satin bowerbird of Australia builds an elaborate nest and then paints its interior. It crushes fruit with its bill and uses the juice to smear the sticks lining the bow er.
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Australia
Cincinnati Livestock Market Report March 9
Salable hogs 3000 and cattle 400 in early trade with mixed prices. Hogs show steady to 10 lower versus Wednesday. sows 13.00-14.50, top 14.50. Cattle include 1200 lb steers at 27.00, light heifers 23.50, common 19.00-22.50, cows 14.00-17.00, bulls up to 22.15. Sheep scarce with lambs 12.00-25.00 and top 27.00. Poultry prices listed. butter and potatoes quoted.
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Cincinnati
U. S
Cincinnati Eggs: Daily Grades and Wholesale Ranges
Cincinnati on March 8 reports consumer grades U.S. A large 33-38 and medium 30-35. Wholesale grades show U.S. extras large 35-36 and extras large 31-34. Current receipts quoted at 27-30 cents per dozen.
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Cincinnati
U.S. A
U.S
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