Taft Stassen Battle Dominates Ohio Republican Primary
Ohio primary centers on Taft versus Stassen for 23 of 53 convention delegates while Gov. Herbert faces two GOP challengers Albert Payne and William White. Democratic contenders Lausche and Miller slug it out for governor as other statewide races mostly unopposed. Lee Miller accuses Lausche of vote-buying while Miller distributes funds to Cleveland workers amid tight contest.
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Columbus
Tomorrow
Taft-Stassen
Congress
Supreme Court
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
GOP
Thomas J. Herbert
Albert E. Payne
Springfield
William L. White
Newark
Frank J. Lausche
Ray T. Miller
Cleveland
Joseph Torok, Jr
Youngstown
Robert S. Cox
Millersburg
Paul M. Herbert
George D. Nye
Waverly
Lausche
Don H. Ebright
Akron
Hugh S. Jenkins
George Bender
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Joseph T. Ferguson
Robert M. Solingen
Hamilton
George H. Hubbel
Secretary of State
Philadelphia
Truman
U.S
W. A. Julian
Miller
Cuyahoga County
Carl R. Wenzel
Hamilton County Board of Elections
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Oregon
Dewey
Harold Stassen
Famous council dies in Malden after long career
Joseph Wiggin aged 77, longtime personal counsel for Governor Alvan Fuller, who advised during the Sacco-Vanzetti case in the 1920s, died Saturday in Malden Massachusetts.
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Famous Council
Malden
Mass
Joseph Wiggin
Alvan T. Fuller
German Ford Dies In Wiesbaden At 76
Wilhelm Von Open, a German automobile manufacturer nicknamed the Henry Ford of Germany, died in Wiesbaden at age 76. He built a significant stake in early German auto industry with innovations and mass production methods. His death marks the end of an influential era in European car making.
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FORD
Wiesbaden
Germany
Wilhelm von Open
Henry Ford
Socialist candidate nominated in Ohio election race
Ernest Morgan 40 president of a local printing firm in Yellow Springs Ohio was named the Socialist Party candidate for governor. FBI in Boston reported Edna White 34 arrested for the 1943 ice pick killing of James Cumming on a Pittsburgh streetcar.
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Yellow Springs
Ernest Morgan
Socialist Party
Ohio
Boston
FBI
Edna White
James Cumming
Pittsburgh
Taft Stassen Ohio delegate battle shapes GOP ballot
Taft and Stassen conclude their Ohio contest over 23 of 53 nominating votes amid radio appeals. Observers foresee potential shifts in Illinois and Pennsylvania delegations, with Taft supporters claiming possible first-ballot plums and MacArthur interest discussed.
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Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Philadelphia
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Dwight Green
Green
Freighter Shell Bar Fire Off Cape Hatteras
The 3,805 ton American freighter Shell Bar reported to Coast Guard headquarters an uncontrollable fire in holds 1 and 2 about 15 miles from Diamond Shoals lightship off Cape Hatteras. The vessel carries a crew of 35 and requested assistance.
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Norfolk
Shell Bar
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Coast Guard
Logan Glass Works Manager Named at GE Plant
B. G. Greenman Jr., 36, named manager of the General Electric Co. Logan Glass Works in Logan, Ohio. The Bridgeville Pa. plant will become part of the new facility now under construction and expected to finish by January 1 1949.
Draft Measure Approved by Armed Services Committee
The House Armed Services Committee approved 28 to 5 a two year draft bill. The vote moves selective service to Congress for the first time since the war. Secretary Forrestal called the measure excellent and a final review by Forrestal and Secretary Royall followed, with no request for limited training of 18 year olds, though Universal Military Training was still urged.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Defense Forrestal
Andrews
R-Ny
Forrestal
Army
Royall
Murder Case fugitive Taken
Homer Jack Dean, the top fugitive sought for questioning in the slaying of Columbus real estate dealer Elmo C. Rice, was recaptured in Cabell County jail. Police arrested him last night while he changed a flat tire on U S Route 52 between South Point and Ironton, Ohio. Dean had escaped from Huntington State Hospital on December 10 and faces robbery and forgery indictments in Cabell Kanawha and Lincoln Counties.
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Huntington
W. Va
Homer Jack Dean
Columbus
Cabell County
Ashland
Lawrence County
Ohio
South Point
Ironton
Dean
Elmo C. Rice
Huntington State Hospital
Cabell
Kanawha
Lincoln
West Virginia
Man Pleads Innocent Of Firearms Charge
Nelsonville Charles John son charged by city police with discharging firearms inside corporation limits pleaded innocent at arraignment in Mayor Oral Daugherty's court. He will have a Tuesday hearing. Bond set at 18.60 posted by John Smith has been forfeited. prior charge cited unsafe operation.
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Nelsonville
Charles Johnson
Oral Daugherty
John Smith
Two Dead in County Highway Crashes In Ohio
Youngstown report says two New Castle residents and a Lakewood man were killed Saturday in separate traffic accidents on county highways, according to the sheriff's office.
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Youngstown
New Castle
Lakewood
Sheriff's Office
Funnel Shaped Twister Ranges North of Athens
A witness describes a tornado near Athens forming first as a dark storm then a funnel as it moved from Morrison Brown hill toward the airport area. The cone shaped vortex grew and swept along with a greenish sky and a deadly, silent advance before dissolving in rain.
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Athens
Morrison Brown Hill
Ohio University
J.W.W
Mrs Sweeney 59 Dies at Chauncey
Mrs. Lillian Sweeney 59 wife of Charles Sweeney and Chauncey resident died Sunday at the family home after years of ill health and a stroke. She leaves husband and in law survivors including Ona Mae Phillips and Mary Helen Shirley. a brother W. J. Corfield. sister Margaret Butler. and one grandchild. A son Charles was killed in World War II. Funeral Tuesday 3 p.m. at the Christian Church Chauncey with Rev. Gilbert Courtney. burial West Union St. Cemetery Athens. Public calling at the family home.
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Nelsonville
Lillian Sweeney
Charles Sweeney
Chauncey
Ona Mae Phillips
Albany
Mary Helen Shirley
W. J. Corfield
Chicago
Margaret Butler
Ellenwood
Charles
Sweeney
Christian Church In
Rebekahs
Pythian Sisters
Gilbert Courtney
Christian Church
West Union St
Athens
Flood Control and Navigation Budget Faces Senate Debate
A record 640 253 200 program for flood control and navigation projects is set for Senate debate this week. Three appropriations panel members plan to push a 200 million dollar reduction. Chairman Gurney leads supporters of the outlay, which is 100 377 900 above the House figure for the coming year.
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Washington
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Gurney
R-Sd
Appropriations
Army
House
Car Sales Dip in April in Hocking County
Thelma Keyes county registrar reports April transfers of 55 new cars and 355 used cars, a drop of six new and 50 used vehicles. Revenue fell to 530.85, down 122.15 from March, with 384 earmarked for the county and 146.85 for the state. Mortgages filed declined from 224 to 186 and cancellations from 200 to 143.
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Logan
Hocking County
Thelma Keyes
Keyes
Correspondent and wife detained by Yugoslav border police
Trieste report says Associated Press correspondent Judson O'Quinn and his wife were questioned for three hours by Yugoslav border police in the Free Territory. They were released and film exposed by Mrs. O'Quinn was confiscated. no reason given for detainment or seizure.
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Trieste
Judson O’quinn
Associated Press
Free Territory
O’quinn
Health Authority Warns Few Survive Another War
Columbus report quotes Dr. Brock Chisholm of the World Health Organization saying less than 10 percent of humanity would survive another war. He calls warfare a self-inflicted path to death and urges youth education to foster understanding and peace among nations.
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Columbus
Brock Chisholm
Canada
United Nations
World Health Organization
Raid Protested In Bogota Home Raid Alleged By Moscow
Moscow radio reported that Russia protested to Colombia over an alleged armed raid on a Bogota house where Soviet legal staff members were residing on April 12. The broadcast claimed the raid violated diplomatic norms and escalated tensions between the two nations.
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London
Moscow Radio
Russia
Colombia
Bogota
Legation
OU Professor Defines Storm as Tornado
Prof. C L Dow of Ohio University geology says reports from Athens area indicate a tornado with funnel shape and whirling clouds though small in magnitude. He notes large hailstones up to 3.25 inches diameter with nine rings, and barometer readings dipping then rising during the storm.
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Athens
C. L. Dow
Ohio University Geology and
Dow
Geology Department
Sugar Creek
Prof. Dow
Prof
British Troops Return to Palestine Amid Rising Tensions
British forces rush back into Palestine to quell a deteriorating situation less than two weeks before rule ends on May 15. A 48 hour truce holds in Katamon as talks continue for a city wide cease fire. Reinforcements include about 1000 troops via Haifa. regional powers pledge tens of thousands of regulars to "rescue Palestine." Haganah numbers are estimated around 53000 with Irgun and Stern groups totaling 2500 to 7000.
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Security Council
Truce Commission
Jerusalem
Palestine
Lake Success
Old City
Moshe Shertok
The
Jewish Agency
Roger Garreau
Trusteeship Council
Highland Light Infantry
Evi
Katamon
Haifa
Syrus
Amman
Trans- Jordan
Trans-Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Egypt
Iraq
Haganah
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Stern
Seven Story Springfield Department Store Destroyed by Fire
A seven story downtown department store in Springfield Illinois was destroyed by a Sunday fire started during a thunderstorm. Fire chief Francis P Longerian estimated losses at 700000 dollars. The blaze consumed Bressmer's, a major central Illinois department store.
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Springfield
Ill
Francis P. Longerigan
Bressmer's
Illinois
Ohio One Room Schoolhouses Decline From 9489 to 496
A survey shows Ohio reduced its number of one room schools from 9 489 in 1914 to 496 remaining today. The report highlights a dramatic shift in rural education and consolidation trends across the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
Britain lifts eight month ban on foreign pleasure travel
London reports Britain ends an eight month ban on foreign travel for leisure. Officials say borders reopen to tourists and non essential trips resume under new guidelines. International travel uncertainty remains for some destinations but optimism grows for seasonal tourism.
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London
Britain
McCarthy, Abstract Company Owner, Dies at 71
Peter J Mc Carthy age 71 long time owner of an abstract company and former clerk of common pleas court died Friday. In Havana a Cuban Communist radio station was closed Saturday for 10 days by government order.
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Cincinnati
Peter J. McCarthy
Common Pleas Court
Havana P
Wind hits West Milford injuring six in Clarksburg area
A strong wind or possible tornado struck West Milford near Clarksburg last night injuring six people. Local reports describe a powerful gust event as the cause and assessment teams began surveying the damage.
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Clarksburg
W.va
West Milford
Here
Toledo Man Killed by Speeding Car Near State Line
Hoy E. Riegel, 34, of Buffalo New York, was struck and killed while crossing a highway just north of the state line by a speeding automobile. Columbus report notes H Lester Smith, 72, will retire next month as Methodist Bishop of Ohio after 28 years in the episcopacy.
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Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Fred M.vinson
Air Force
Carl A. Spaatz
Center
Toledo
Hoy E. Riegel
Buffalo
N.Y
Columbus
H. Lester Smith
Methodist
Ohio
Wind Wrecks Four Planes and Widespread Home Damage
A severe windstorm described as the worst to hit the area caused extensive damage across Athens and surrounding communities. Four airplanes were destroyed at Ohio University Airport, with hangar damage and power outages reported. No fatalities or injuries occurred. Involved aircraft include Piper Cub Coupe, Taylorcrafts, Luscombe Silvaire, and planes from Flyers Inc and the 46 Flying Club. Damage estimates exceed $10,000 for the airport, with additional losses to Seabee and BT-13/ PT-19 aircraft and related hangar structures.
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Ohio Universityr
Aiwnant
Ohio University
OU Aviation
Ralph M. Smeck
Smeck
Ernest Kopecky
Cleveland
Flyers, Inc
Taylorcraft
Lloyd Smith
Glouster
Luscombe
46 Flying Club
Detroit
Athens
Charles C. Earles
Flying Clubs
Smith
James G. Boden, Jr
E. M. McVey
Nelsonville
Oscar Leonard
Homer Byrd
Standard Oil Co. of
Ohio
AP Wires Delayed Four Hours At Athens Newsroom
The Messenger reports an AP teletype outage in Athens caused by a windstorm. News from national and state sources arrived late, four hours after normal, with limited wire content for today’s edition. An emergency circuit through Western Union and AP restored service by mid morning, leaving only 11:30 a.m. deadline for page one material.
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Athens
Associated Press
Western Union
FREAK HAIL AND TORNADO STRIKE CHAUNCEY AREA
A severe storm hit Chauncey and surrounding areas at 6 40 p m with 80 to 90 mph winds followed by heavy hail. Homes roofs windows and a jail slate roof were damaged along with porches trees and sheds in The Plains Chauncey and Lower Plains causing about 2000 dollars in damage.
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Daddy
Desmond Sapp
Chauncey
Daisy
Plains
Athens
Henry Foss
Tornado damages Courtney hill home. family uninjured
A tornado wrecked the old Courtney place at Route 33 Gibbons farm, demolishing a barn chicken house corn crib and silo and blowing out most house windows. Ten occupants including Mr and Mrs Gibbons and five children plus Geraldine Kimble and two grandchildren escaped injury, sheltering in a cellar as debris and soot filled the home. The storm’s path cut a swath across the river bottom lands and toppled billboards nearby.
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L. W. Gibbons
Courtney Hill
Route 33
Courtney Place
Gibbons
Worst in Athens History Storm Strikes City
City service director Dan A. Pierce said crews were at work ten minutes after the storm and would clear branches cut down by owners. Officials urged caution near wires and advised calling utility firms in doubt. A woman and her invalid husband were trapped on Walker Street and spent the night in a hotel. Weather observer Mrs. C. N. France called the windstorm the worst in Athens history, with .75 inch rainfall and rising Hocking River levels. Temperature ranged from 72 to 49, with a 60 degree high on Sunday and a 42 degree low on Sunday night.
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Dan A. Pierce
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Pierce
E. Toms
Walker St
Athens
C. N. France
Mercury
Tornado Toll Rises Across Seven States
The Associated Press reports at least 21 killed and over 160 injured across seven states with property damage in the millions. Six fatalities occurred in West Virginia and more than 65 injuries were recorded elsewhere, as the twister struck about 9 p.m. Sunday. Hardest hit areas included Greenville in Darke County Ohio and Urbana Champaign County.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Ohio
Greenville
Darke County
Urbana Champaign County
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Logan Glass Works
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Edward Blackford
Clarence Oliver
Kenneth Wade
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Lower Plains
Fred Hampton
Joe Walker
McWilliams
W. C. Nichel
M. O. Bryan
J. N. Perry
Beaumont
Vengence
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