Railroads Feel Coal Shutdown Pinch Amid Walkouts
Idle ness among railroad workers spreads through coal fields as a two week protest hits coal shipments. 62,000 rail workers face layoffs while miners begin a two week walkout in protest of Dr James Boyd's appointment as director of the Bureau of Mines.
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John L. Lewis
Mitchell
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Coal Industry
Lewis
James Boyd
Federal Bureau of Mines
Senate
Interior Committee
Boyd
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Millikin
R-Cole
John P. Busarello
United Mine Workers District 6
Columbus
Adolph Pacifico
Pacifico
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Panhandle
West Virginia
Truman
Bureau of Mines
UMW
Fire destroys Army pier and warehouses in Oakland
A massive waterfront fire at Oakland's outer harbor destroyed a 2000 foot Army pier and adjacent warehouses. Flames towered 700 feet as two ships were damaged and 50 Army families evacuated. Investigators planned an immediate probe while damage exceeded one million dollars and sabotage was considered.
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Oakland
Calif
George Brown
Young America
George O. Keathiey
Pfc
Walter Pavlick
Hazelton
Pavlick
Bunce Dies at 81 in Middleport Home
George E. Bunce 81 died at the home of his son Walter in Middleport near Gallipolis. Surviving are Merrill Bunce of Addison and Jax Bunce of Lancaster. Funeral services by C. E. Shepard Thursday at 2 p.m. at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home. Burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Cheshire.
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Middleport
George E. Bunce
Walter Bunce
Gallipolis
Merrill Bunce
Addison
Jax Bunce
Lancaster
C. E. Shepard
Rawlings-Coats
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Cheshire
Landmark building fades from Reedsville history
The Ce cil Dillon Jr. residence site in Meigs County has been sold to Burl Griffin of Coolville. He will dismantle the former United Brethren church from 1877 and relocate it to his home for rebuilding. The structure served varied roles from church to undertaker shop to dwelling.
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Reedsville
Ohio River
Meigs County
Cecil Dillon Jr
Burl Griffin
Coolville
Earnest Barton
Ira Hutson
Dangerous bottleneck on W Washington St Athens traffic jams persist
The narrow section of W Washington St between High and Lancaster in Athens has become a severe traffic bottleneck near the public school campus. Parking congestion worsens jams and officials warn the Washington St side is the danger point despite calls for strict one way traffic. John Davidson of New Marshfield is erecting an attractive board fence at the east edge of his property and finishes a sun porch on his residence.
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High and
Lancaster
Athens
Athens Public School
Washington St
John Davidson
New Marshfield
Davidson
Kentucky
West Virginia approves record budget after long session
Charleston reports the West Virginia legislature adjourned two days past the constitutional deadline after approving a record budget of 186,894,519. Republicans expect a special session for new revenues or cuts, while both parties shift responsibility for the action.
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Charleston
Statehouse
Board of Public Works
Senate
House
File
D-Raleigh
del. Davis
D-Kanawha
Snow Covers Ohio With Light Midwest Snowfall
Ohio shovels through a one to two inch statewide snowfall with sub freezing temperatures. Columbus records less than an inch while Cincinnati sees two inches and a low of 23 degrees. Highways remain slippery though the northwest and extreme northeast report no snow. State low temperatures range from 14 to 28 degrees.
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Columbus
Senate Cuts Vote Majority In Ohio Tax Levy Plan
The Ohio Senate approved two two year emergency bills to ease school and local subdivision tax levies. One bill lowers operating levy thresholds from 65 to 55 percent for primary and special elections in 1949 and 1950, with a bare majority at general elections. The other sets 55 percent for special and primary elections and 50 percent for general elections for school district levies. The measures, 30 to 3 in vote, move to the House.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
House
Hearing Starts on Plan To Revive Conventions
The State Senate Elections Committee heard proponents argue for reviving nominating conventions abandoned in 1913 for the direct primary. Letters supporting the plan were read as hearings begin on the proposal to restore conventions to stimulate election interest and party responsibility.
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Columbus
State Senate Elections Committee
Scrimger Named WWII Bonus Fund Director in Ohio
Leslie G. Scrimger of Columbus will replace Chester Goble as director of the World War II bonus fund. The Ohio Sinking Fund Commission announced his appointment. He will assume the $7000 a year post in about five weeks.
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Columbus
Leslie G. Scriminger
Adj
Chester W. Goble
Scrimger
Ohio Sinking Fund Commission
Three GI Brothers to Be Buried in Chillicothe
Funeral services for three Dennewitz brothers will be held Monday in Chillicothe after their bodies return from overseas. Gov Lausche will attend with civic leaders as stores close 1 to 2 30 pm. John 24 died in France James 23 died in Germany April 15 1945 and William 18 died aboard a minesweeper in the South Pacific while awaiting re assignment.
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Chillicothe
Frank J. Lausche
Joseph H. Dennewitz
Pfe
John Dennewitz
France
James
Germany
William J
South Pacific
Missing B-29 tanker spotted near Manila
Clark Field headquarters announced a missing U S Air Force B 29 tanker plane located on a mountain peak near Manila after it refueled the Lucky Lady II. No signs of life were found around the aircraft perched about 4600 feet up a mountain 20 to 25 miles northwest of Manila.
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Manila
CPS
U. S. Air Force
Clark Field
Tuberculosis Control Begins in Ohio Prisons
Ohio will start a TB control and vaccination program in state prisons this month. The first phase will include chest x rays for more than 8500 inmates at Ohio Penitentiary London Prison Farm Reformatory for Men and Reform atory for Women.
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Columbus
Ohio
John H. Lamneck
Lamneck
Ohio Penitentiary
London Prison Farm
Reformatory
Grand Jury to Probe GI Housing in Franklin County
The Franklin County Grand Jury will begin its long delayed inquiry into emergency GI Housing on March 22, according to Prosecutor Ralph J. Bartlett.
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Columbus
Franklin County Grand Jury
Ralph J. Bartlett
Ohio Teacher Convicted in Draft Refusal Case
Larry Gara a Bluffton College instructor was found guilty by a federal jury of counse ling Charles Rickert to refuse draft registration under the 1948 Selective Service Act. Gara, a Quaker, faced potential up to five years and a $10,000 fine as judge withheld sentence pending a new trial motion.
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Toledo
Larry Gara
Gara
Bluffton
Ohio
Charles R. Rickert
Rickert
Milan
Mich
Frank L. Kloeb
DAR Opposes World Government at State Meeting
The Daughters of the American Revolution oppose making the United States part of a world government dominated by a world president. National DAR President Mrs. Roscoe C. O Bryant spoke at the State DAR Meeting in Cleveland. Mrs. Amanda Thomas of Columbus was elected state president.
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Daughters of the American Revolution
United States
Roscoe C. O’bryne
Brookville
Ind
DAR
Amanda Thomas
Columbus
Ohio gambling crackdowns spread after Lansche blast
Ohio officials in several communities move to curb gambling after Gov. Frank J. Lansche denounced the multi million dollar racket and senators opened two antigambling bills. Lawrence County judges order a special grand jury to target top gambling operators and buildings.
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Lansche Blast
Frank J. Lansche
Senate
Lawrence County
Lausche
Common Pleas
James Collier
Lausehe
Continental Club
Chesapeake
Train Holdup Connections Denied by Youngstown Men
Jimmy Gentile told the FBI he led two Youngstown youths to Florida but denied involvement in the West Virginia B and O passenger train holdup. George Ashton and Lyman Ramsdell, both of Youngstown, faced charges. Ashton seeks trial, possibly a guilty plea, and Ramsdell was shot during capture in a Washington pawnshop.
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Youngstown
Jimmy Gentile
Florida
FBI
West Virginia
Night Club Directory
George L. Ashton
Lyman Ramesdell
Jeanne Johnson
Jeanne Dupuy
Ashton
Richmond Reech
Washington
U.S
George Morris Fay
Ramsdell
Police Unable To Halt death by own action
Marietta police received a late night call warning a man would hang himself. Despite a ten minute wait request, officers could not intervene and found Edward A. Hassan hanging in his basement. Coroner ruled death by own action.
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Marietta
Pearl St
Edward A. Hassan
J. A. McCowan
Washington County
Strikers Arrested During Zinc Oxide Plant Demonstration
Columbus sheriff's deputies surrounded the American Zinc Oxide Co. plant as pickets taunted workers entering. Two men were arrested after a demonstration tied to a CIO strike last summer. The plant reopened in January with AFL recognition amid ongoing violence.
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Columbus
American Zinc Oxide Co
CIO
AFL
Act or Quit Senate Urged in Filibuster Battle
Senate debate over the filibuster continues as Sen Lucas urges a rules change or abandonment of the effort to curb obstruction. Southern Democrats led by Sen Plussell resist, while Sen Wherry sees a possible coalition. Frustration grows after a marathon session with Sen Frilender delivering a 12 hour 20 minute speech.
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Washington
Lucas
Truman
Plussell
D-Ga
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Jenkins Quits As Jackson County Commissioner
Jackson County Commissioner Robert W. Jenkins resigned effective March 31. The state auditor reported Jenkins held roles in multiple lumber firms that sold $7,482.05 in lumber to the county during shortages. Prosecutor Benson Owens noted prices reflected community rates. Nine applications were filed for the vacancy, with a successor to be chosen later this week.
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Robert W. Jenkins
Jackson County
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
State Auditor's Office
Jenkins
Jackson Mill and Lumber Co
Parks Lumber Co
City Lumber Co
Parks Milling Co
Benson L. Owens
Commission
Fire Probed At Marietta College Building
Mayor Hartline called a meeting of Marietta College and city officials to settle differences over a campus fire last Saturday. The student union building suffered partial destruction in a $50,000 pre dawn blaze with officials citing waste rags and paint cans as the cause while college leaders blame wiring. Reed Wilson of the state fire marshal's office said he is investigating.
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Marietta
Joe C. Hartline
Marietta College
College Student Union
College
Reed Wilson
State Fire Marshal's Office
Dems Call Caucus To Push FEPC Bill
Columbus Democrats convened a caucus to advance the pending FEPC bill amid solid opposition to its current form. A spokesman noted Governor Lausche has hinted at changes, though he has endorsed FEPC for Ohio.
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Columbus
House
FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Ohio
Psychiatrist Returns as Rebuttal in Tudor Trial
In Springfield a state psychiatrist resumes testimony in the Dwight David Tudor trial for the October 3 slaying of 14 year old Mary Ann Page. Dr. R E Bushong of Lima State Hospital testified that Tudor was sane after a 30 day examination.
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Springfield
Dwight David Tudor
Mary Ann Page
R. E. Bushong
Lima State Hospital
Tudor
Ross Bans Photographs
Key West Florida reports President Truman silent on a White House ban of air photographs of his submarine station quarters and beach play. Ross took responsibility for requesting news reels and stills not to publish Navy airship pictures of the Little White House and the president swimming. He called the photos an unauthorized invasion of the president's privacy and opposed publication for security reasons.
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Key West
Fla.4
Truman
White House
George C. Marshall
Ross
Preaiden
Finance Firm Robbers Charged With Lima Job
Three men Edward J. Mischler Walter R A Maley and Francis J Cznew ski were charged in connection with a Lima Loan Co holdup at Sidney on Oct 5 in which 450 was stolen. The trio linked to more than a dozen similar robberies and were arrested near Wilmington last week.
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Wilmington
Lima Loan Co
Sidney
Edward J. Mischler
Walter R. A. Maley
Cincinnati
Francis J. Cznewski
Ripley
Policeman Suspended For Sleeping On Duty In Akron
Akron police Patrolman Robert Taylor was suspended after a trial board found he slept while on duty during his shift at a movie theater. Police Chief Thomas F. Lynett announced the disciplinary action.
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Akron
Thomas F. Lynett
Robert Taylor
Ohio county leaders vow crackdown on gambling clubs
Lausche targets Mounds and Pettibone venues as county officials pledge closures and stricter laws. A Hamilton County grand jury is urged to pursue higher ups in the numbers racket, described as a 2 million dollar per year local business.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Thomas H. Morrow
Columbus Extended Temperature Trend
Temperatures in Columbus will average 2 to 4 degrees below normal with a high around 38 and a low near 23. Warmer Thursday, colder Friday, and a warmer spell Sunday. Precipitation near a quarter inch with rain or snow Friday and Sunday.
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