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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1948
Page
1
Italy faces political violence as two killings in the Leftist North threaten a truce amid the April 18 elections. Communist leaders urge unity while 7000 protestors in Milan demand work. Pope Pius XII and clergy press for democratic unity against Communism.
Violence erupted as stock and curb exchange strikes entered a second day in New York City. Pickets rushed the stock exchange entrance, knocking down men and injuring officers. An ambulance squad responded as uniformed police used clubs to disperse the crowd.
Informed sources questioned reports that Yugoslavia reinforced troops in Trieste. Tass, the Soviet news agency, denied that submarines sighted off the United States were Russian.
Mrs Rhoda van Nes Allen 60 wife of Stanley L Allen Kemper Thomas Co president died at Bethesda Hospital from heart ailment in Glen dale suburb Cincinnati last night.
A lone gunman held up the Aetna Finance Co in downtown Cincinnati last night and escaped with 600 dollars after forcing an employee to open the safe.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging the Taft-Hartley Act ban on union political expenditures, reviewing a lower court ruling that deemed the prohibition unconstitutional.
In Redwood City California Superior Judge Edmund Scott questions why people wed without respect for marriage. He notes Peaches Browning already had a decree from Reno granting divorce to Ralph N Willson, her fourth husband, issued October 7.
United rail unions prepare to study the 15 cent per hour raise recommended by Truman’s fact finding board for 125000 engineers firemen and switchmen. They sought 30 percent and will meet in Cleveland to decide whether to accept or reject the plan with no immediate strike.
Warren R. Austyn plans to ask the United Nations to order a Palestine truce and to propose a special UN Assembly session on the Palestine problem. Aides say both proposals are prepared for the Security Council presentation this afternoon.
The Navy will test hulls of three ships with underwater explosions using conventional explosives in Chesapeake Bay starting next month. One ship, the Niagara, was a guinea pig in Pacific atomic tests two years ago.
Harold A. Beach's lawyers filed an appeal to delay the execution set for June 28. The 23 year old was convicted in the murder of Sheila Ann Tuley.
Morris Zuckerman 91 and Lena Fischer 80, residents of a Cleveland aged home, planned their wedding after a five month courtship begun when Zuckerman entered Montefiore Home. They applied for a license yesterday. he has eight children from two marriages while she has three children and one prior marriage.
Charles S. Martin 69 retired carpenter died unexpectedly Monday at his home 11% S High St after nine years of illness. Born in Rocksprings Meigs County he moved to Athens 42 years ago with work history at Athens Lumber Ohio Collieries and various contractor jobs. Survived by wife Minnie three sons Myron T Hanson B and Clarence W all of Athens a daughter Mildred Matlock Mentor a sister Denver Hysell Van Nuys California and a brother James R. Martin Indianapolis plus three grandchildren. Visitation begins Wednesday noon at Dowler and Ferguson funeral home with funeral Thursday 2 p.m. led by Rev Elmer G Roessner. Burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Athens Elks lodge will hold special services Wednesday 8 p.m.
Willys Overland plans to boost 1948 motor vehicle output to about 200,000 units quarterly and reach 25,000 units monthly by year end. The Toledo plant will add 5,000 workers, raising current employment from about 10,000, according to James D. Moon ey, president and board chairman.
Inmates at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville earned parole today. Ethel Shifler of Ross County was among those granted release after burglary convictions.
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 332 million dollar bill funding atomic weapons research and military road work in Alaska for the occupation era. It meets shortages with a total 66 million below Truman’s request, while preserving 150 million for the Atomic Energy Commission and restoring 3 million for the Veterans Administration.
The War Assets Administration rejects a $50,000 order from Finland for machine tools. Official reason: tools not offered to Army and Navy first. Unofficially, concern that material could fall into improper hands.
Extended forecast for Columbus shows near normal temperatures with fluctuations. Normal highs 50 and lows 32. tonight not too cool. Rain expected heavy at about 1 to 2 inches late Tuesday night into Wednesday and again Friday night into Saturday.
President Truman attacks Henry Wallace and his third party movement, urging him to go to the country he loves. He also questions Wallace's motives while GOP leaders Dewey and Taft reportedly plot a united approach to Maine’s 13 convention votes.
Justice Edward M. Curran ordered John S. Lewis to appear before President Truman's inquiry board on the coal strike. The action followed Lewis's defiance of a subpoena and court processes under the Taft Hartley Act. The case centers on a pension dispute that idled about 400,000 soft coal miners since March 15.
Secretary of State Edward J. Hummel dismissed C. Stanley Miller a Republican from the Montgomery County Board of Elections on malfeasance charges. Hummel said Miller admitted withdrawing surplus declarations of candidacy and petition papers for ten candidates, claiming oral requests and a legal right to withdraw under 1948 election law changes.
Nebraska will host a crowded slate of national Republicans as they campaign ahead of the April 13 primary. Senator Robert Taft and wife Martha arrive Sunday for separate tours while Harold Stassen and Governor Thomas Dewey plan visits later in the week. The race is described as a free-for-all with many major candidates on the ballot.
Cleveland officials announced fewer interruptions to air service after the Instrument Landing System went into operation. The ILS allows landings in bad weather by guiding planes along radio beams. planes equipped with receivers can follow a glide path.
In Cleveland the government planned to finish its case today in the Timken Roller Bearing anti trust trial. Federal attorneys said new evidence showed American Timken agreed to supply bearings to Australia during wartime when British Timken could not meet demand.
Pravda reports a German spy ring financed by American military intelligence and German industrialists is operating within the Soviet occupation zone of Germany.
The New York City fire department revives its auxiliary firemen to assist regular personnel in any disaster or emergency. The move aims to bolster response capacity and expand volunteer involvement across the city.
Philippine constabulary mutiny halted after reinforcements arrived in Manila. Three officers were slain in the clash, according to the Manila Times.
Japanese communication workers called off a threatened general strike in Tokyo after negotiations. The move ends a labor dispute that could have disrupted services and impacted daily operations for the region.
The House approved a 149 to 52 vote to include Spain in the $6.205 billion foreign aid package. The Foreign Affairs Committee backed including Spain and Rep. Vorys noted the State Department opposes the move but supports a neutral written inclusion. Leader Halleck urged a quick floor vote to finish the bill by night.
A morning blaze in Germantown Philadelphia destroyed a four story building and a three story structure. Firefighters confined the flames within forty minutes after a passerby reported the fire at about 12 30 a.m. Five families were forced to flee nearby homes.
The Ohio State Medical Association opened its annual three day meeting in Cincinnati with specialty sessions as the first on the program. More than 200 speakers and instructors will be featured and about 2,000 Ohio physicians and surgeons were expected to register.
The United Nations commission rejected an American proposal to delay the May 9 election to form a Korean government in the U.S. zone.
Washington officials plan an on the scene inquiry this week into a dispute over who will acquire a large Cleveland surplus steel mill. Preston Tucker proposes an 8 million dollar bid with 20 percent down and 10 year payments, while Republic Steel offers cash and lease terms for by product coke ovens and pig iron facilities. The House subcommittee led by Rep George Bender also investigates government plant leases amid claims big steel and auto lobbies block the deal. President C M White warns Tucker could harm small suppliers if the mill goes to Tucker.
COLUMBUS county report identifies 1st Lt. Lincoln W. Nelson 28 of Los Angeles as the Army pilot killed near Somerset. Stationed at Lockbourne Field the flier died after parachuting from a burning fighter at low altitude the plane crashing on the McMillan farm three miles north of Somerset Perry County. A woman witness said Nelson crawled briefly after the impact and died while awaiting an ambulance.
Cornish W. Boyd, 43, indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Cincinnati on defrauding the government through a detective training school for veterans. The government says veterans at the Ever Alert Detective Agency did not receive proper training and were not paid salaries as Boyd reported to the Veterans Administration.
An Arab mother in the Damascus Gate district of Jerusalem has named her twin boys Bren and Tom my amid a neighborhood tense with firearms and unrest. Local observers note the unusual names reflect the conflict atmosphere.
Two ships, the Robert F. Burns and the John L. McCarley, will dock in New York with seven war dead from The Messenger area among 5,342 Americans being returned. The list includes Pvt George H. Parker, Pvt Reuben G. Patrick, Pfc Charles R. Crislip, T-5 Lyman Peppers Jr, Pfc Thomas W. Nash, T-5 Harold W. Russell, and Pfc Fay W. Thabet along with next of kin details and burial sites in Epinal France and Blosville Belgium France.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad reports some fast passenger trains are 20 minutes to three hours late due to the coal dispute. Trains now stop longer for loading and unloading express baggage and mail as freights run on orders from the Office of Defense Transportation to save coal.
Newport Rolling Mill Co. will bank its Martins Ferry blast furnaces Sunday if the coal strike persists and will close seven open hearth furnaces within 10 days unless coal is obtained.
Former governor Frank Lausche addressing about 500 people accused Gov. Thomas J. Herbert and the state administration of high spending. Lausche claimed government costs rose roughly 50 percent above his own administration, as he seeks the 1948 Democratic nomination.
Widespread confiscation of American aid posters valued at 9 780 000 dollars targeted in the Soviet zone of Austria. Austrian Communists replaced them with 2 000 000 posters praising the people's democracy after Reds took control in Czechoslovakia.
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