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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1947

Page

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Ohio Legislature Advances Local Government Aid Measures

The Ohio House and Senate advanced the $320 million local government aid program with bills to transfer $500,000 yearly cigarette license fees to counties and $3.6 million for tuberculosis patient care. Other actions include tax and hospital funding proposals, a single chamber legislature idea, and Route 21 designated as 83rd Division Memorial Highway.

Columbus General Assembly Senate House Ohio Cleveland Marietta Massillon C. William O'Neill Lowell Fess R-Greene Paul L. McCormick R-Logan Roger E. Heering House Health Committee

Union Foremen Strike at Ford Plants Sparks Walkout

About 3,800 FAA foremen began a strike at Ford in Detroit area plants Rouge Lincoln Highland Park. They predict production halt within ten days as negotiations fail over wage structure rank raiding and overtime. CIO United Auto Workers not to be asked to respect lines.

Detroit Ford Motor Co Rouge Lincoln Highland Park Foreman's Association of America Ind Robert H. Keys Ford FAA Keys CIO United Auto Henry Ford II

Eleven Men Injured In Factory Explosion

An explosion at the Lockhart Iron and Steel Co plant in McKees Rocks, Pittsburgh area, injures eleven workers. A boiler and furnace blast tore a 12 inch mill wall, bricks and steel girders showering the yard where most victims were trapped.

Pittsburgh Lockhart Iron and Steel Co McKees Rocks

Milk Sales Decline Cited by U S Agriculture Dept

The U S Department of Agriculture reports fluid milk consumption is down from wartime peaks due to higher prices and stronger competition from manufactured goods. A survey of major milk areas shows first quarter consumption 1.8 percent below the same period in 1946.

Washington Agriculture Department Department

OSU Students Ill After Monday Meal

About 30 Ohio State University women students ate at Neil Hall. Three were admitted to University Hospital with food poisoning but not in serious condition.

Columbus Ohio State University Neil Hall University Hospital

Ravenswood Body Linked to Ohio Missing Man

Investigators connect a Ravenswood body to Oliver Calvert of Belpre Ohio after a May discovery in a Ravenswood cemetery. A suitcase note and belt buckle initials lead to Missed person leads from Belpre and Spencer, with fingerprinting planned before burial delayed due to a suspected arson fire.

Ravenswood Ohio George Bateman Athens County West Virginia Oliver Calvert Belpre Bateman Harold Pierce Guysville Earl Lee Congress Creek Road H. L. Calvert Wetzel County W. Va L. E. Hampton Jackson County Royal Kessel Spencer Marietta Ohio River K. V. Shanholtzer Shanholtzer

Logan Board Grants School Wage Boost

Logan public school teachers and staff received a cost of living raise averaging $215 from the Logan Board of Education. Superintendent George E. Carr said the increase, ranging from $184 to $238 yearly, applies to 60 teachers and all administrative, clerical and service staff and is retroactive to the start of the term. The raise is funded in anticipation of proceeds from a two mill levy approved by voters.

Logan Logan Board of Education George E. Carr Carr

Student's Tip Led to Arrest of Lehaney Family

An 18-year-old Waterloo student alerted police after noticing a girl in a classroom photo matched a girl on a Toledo police bulletin. Curt Glessner reported the resemblance to Wilma Lehaney 16, daughter of Harold and Mrs Lehaney, linked to a Toledo home where 4-year-old James Gleason and 2-year-old Gerald died within two months. Police Chief Harry J. Krieg said the tip helped locate the family at the Waterloo station bulletin board display.

Waterloo Harold Lehaney Toledo Ohio Harry J. Krieg Curt Glessner Wilma Lehaney James Gleason Gerald Glessner Krieg Lehaneys

Mother of 3 Children Admits Killing Woman

A 31 year old mother of two shot and killed Margaret Tannazzo on a busy Brooklyn street. An hour later she admitted the shooting saying the victim was “running around with my husband.” The deputy chief inspector described a bystander who saw the shooter in the crowd and later spoke with police.

New York Brooklyn William T. Whalen Margaret Tannazzo

Wage Increase Granted Parma Public Teachers

Parma Public School teachers received a $300 yearly raise and new wages from $2 000 to $4 000 annually as reported by the Board of Education. Alliance Board of Education approved a minimum rate of $1 800 and a maximum of $4 000 for Stark County City schools instructors.

Cleveland Parma Board of Education Alliance Board of Education Stark County

Philippine Presidential Plane Reported Lost

President Roxas announced the loss of the Lilly Marlene in Northern Cotabato Mindanao. The plane carried 12 to 15 government officials.

Manila Roxas Lilly Marlene Cotabato Mindanao

Bond Issue Wins Support at West Jefferson High

A $209,000 bond issue for a new high school secured overwhelming support in a special election held yesterday at West Jefferson. The measure will fund construction and related facilities, with residents approving the project by a wide margin.

London West Jefferson

Phone Strike Ends Ends Repairs Begin in Ohio

The return to work by 15,000 Ohio telephone workers marks the end of a 44 day strike, restoring normal handling of calls. Randolph Eide of Ohio Bell says full repair service will resume once Western Electric supply delays are resolved, with delayed orders prioritized.

Cleveland Ohio Ohio Bell Telephone Co Randolph Eide Western Electric Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers Western Electric Co Association of Communications Equipment Workers

B 25 Crash Kills 7 Men Near Champaign Illinois

Seven soldiers died when an Army B 25 crashed in a farm field during a violent electrical storm. The wreckage spread over a large area about 16 miles north of Champaign. The craft was en route from Cheyenne Wyoming to Chanute Field near Champaign.

Champaign Ill Cheyenne Wyo Chanute Field

Labor Statistics Report Notes April Jobs Decline

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a softer economy with a drop in industrial employment and weak construction showing. Commissioner Ewan Clague says the factory job slump marks the first since the reconversion law in February 1946.

Washington Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS Ewan Clague

School Head Dies At Graduation Exercises

Albert C. Wilson 44 longtime superintendent of schools was found dead backstage after graduation exercises at Mason High School. Family said he had acute indigestion earlier in the evening as he helped direct the program.

Lebanon Mason Albert C. Wilson

Grable and James Welcome Second Daughter by Caesarean

Betty Grable and Harry James are the parents of a second daughter born by Caesarean section. The Hollywood actress and her musician husband announced the birth today.

Hollywood Betty Grable Harry James

Truck kills child in front of home

A fatal accident occurred when a truck ran over two year old Eugene Sum mons near his Warren home last night. Police investigate the incident as neighbors mourn the boy's death.

Warren Eugene Summons

Meigs County Man Killed On New Job

Ross Stobart a 37 year old construction worker for Keystone Electric Co was said to be killed while stringing a neutral cable between West Columbia and Clifton West Virginia near Graham Station The death details were not clarified by the victim or the company representative and a physician was not yet reported as examining the body

Middleport Ross Stobart Keystone Electric Co West Columbia Clifton W. Va Mason County George W. Nichols Point Pleasant

Rains Paralyze B and O Traffic at Salt Creek

Heavy rains washed out about three quarters of a mile of B and O track between Salt Creek and Gallipolis Ferry and another section below Gallipolis Ferry. Gail Faires said traffic should be back to normal today. Route 2 was flooded and buses delayed up to two hours on the Ohio River Bus line.

Point Pleasant Baltimore and Ohio Salt Creek Gallipolis Ferry Gail Faires Wheeling Ohio River Bus Company

May Admits Ownership To Avert Labor Dispute

Former Rep. Andrew J. May testified at his war fraud trial that he represented himself as owner of a Kentucky lumber company to dodge labor trouble. He said munitions makers Henry and Murray Garsson actually owned Cumberland Lumber Co. at Prestonsburg Kentucky.

Washington Andrew J. May Kentucky House Military Committee Henry and Murray Garsson Cumberland Lumber Co Prestonsburg

One-Day Strike Raises Plumbers Wages in Lorain

AFL journeymen plumbers in Lorain win a 12 percent hourly wage increase after a one day strike against the Lorain Association of Master Plumbers. The new rate reaches 2.12 dollars per hour, matching Cleveland.

Lorain AFL Lorain Association of Cleveland

Telephone firms seek repeal of excise tax on communications

The Senate debates a House approved 4 billion dollar income tax cut as telephone and telegraph operators urged Congress to repeal excise levies on communications. AT T and affiliated companies and the United States Independent Telephone Association submitted statements to the House Ways and Means Committee arguing the change would save taxpayers about 400 million dollars.

Washington Senate Congress House Ways and Means Committee American Telephone and Telegraph Co A. T. & T.’s Associated Companies United States Independent Telephone Association

60 Dead Dogs Found in Abandoned Strip Mine

Canton area dog pound and county health officials investigated the discovery of more than 60 dead dogs in an abandoned strip mine five miles south of here. Health officer Dr. Floyd H. Stamp said most animals died in a large pool of water and the cause remains unknown.

Canton Here Floyd H. Stamp

Mother Says Earhart Lives

Mrs. Amy Otis Earhart of Boston, 79, asserts Amelia Earhart survived and was captured by Japan after the 1937 disappearance during the round the world flight. She believes Earhart landed and was imprisoned, citing letters and documents she says prove the claim from a radio interview in New York.

New York Amy Otis Earhart Boston Amelia Earhart Pacific Ocean

Unnamed Uncle of Drew Pearson Dies at 79

Joseph Pearson, 79 year old retired farmer and uncle of columnist Drew Pearson, died yesterday in Columbus. The report notes his family ties and long rural life.

Drew Pearson Columbus Joseph Pearson

Radioactive cloud threat to underground warfare plans

The Armored Cavalry Journal reports that a radioactive cloud could be released from aircraft to poison air in underground shelters. The piece notes sealing ventilation and decontamination as defenses, cites Bikini tests and Army Navy experiments, and discusses methods to protect facilities from airborne contamination.

Washington Armored Cavalry Journal Glenn L. Martin Army Navy Martin Bikini

UMW Chief and Mine Owners Begin Sealed Bargaining Talks

John L. Lewis and mine owners open secret negotiations for a new contract to keep United Mine Workers at work after June 30. Talks with representatives of 75 percent of bituminous production resume, with no disclosure of progress or terms, as Southern operators stay out and government control of 2500 soft coal mines ends. If no pact by exit, miners may strike under policy of no contract no work.

Washington John L. Lewis United Mine Workers Lewis Ezra van Horn UMW van Horn Southern Federal Coal Mines Administration

Mrs Truman Reports Unchanged In Illness

President Truman said his 94 year old mother Martha E Truman was holding her own and not having a good night but doing as well as can be expected. He stayed in Missouri to direct government affairs from Grandview and Kansas City as plans formed to sign a Greek Turkish aid measure in Kansas City tomorrow.

Grandview Truman Martha E. Truman Kansas City Missouri

Silent Plane Showcased as Major Air Development

At Langley Field Virginia 200 engineers gathered for a demonstration of a new silent airplane. The craft features a five blade propeller and engine muffler to reduce noise and mark a significant advance in aviation technology.

Langley Field

Protection Sought for North College Hill Board Meeting

A North College Hill board meeting was postponed due to the need for adequate police protection for all members. About 1,000 residents gathered at the high school auditorium after violence erupted at the prior meeting two months earlier, as President Leo G. Harrison announced the delay.

Cincinnati North College Hill

Cab strike ends. dispute to be arbitrated

Canton reports a 28 day cab strike over trip call telephones has ended. The union and Yellow Auburn and Checker Cab Companies agreed to submit a management pay plan to arbitration.

Canton Yellow Auburn Checker

Knight of Columbus picks Ohio chemist as state deputy

Thomas E. Andrews, chief chemist of the Marion Power Shovel Co. in Marion Ohio, has been elected state deputy of the Knights of Columbus.

K OF C Cleveland Thomas E. Andrews Marion Power Shovel Co Marion Ohio Knights of Columbus

Pageant originator Endicott dies in Atlantic City

Thomas T. Endicott, the man credited with conceiving the idea that led to Atlantic City's Miss America pageant, died last night.

Atlantic City Thomas T. Endicott

Navy Appropriations Bill Approved by House

The House approved a Navy appropriations bill totaling 3.4697 billion dollars, cutting 11 percent below Truman’s budget. Lawmakers set three days for debate, but opposition to the reductions quickly collapsed and the measure passed late yesterday to pave the way for the next 1948 supply bill for the Agriculture Department.

Washington House Truman

Three Osborn Escapees Captured and Two at Large

NORWALK Ohio state highway patrolmen recaptured three Osborn Prison Farm escapees in Huron following a Sunday breakout. Robert Hosier 23 of Xenia Paul Bennett 22 of Cincinnati and Michael Sinkovitch 19 of Youngstown were jailed yesterday. Two fugitives remain at large.

Norwalk Robert Hosier Xenia Paul Bennett Cincinnati Michael Sinkovitch Youngstown Huron Ohio Osborn

Kansas City Vote Fraud Indicts 27 People in Primary

Jackson County grand jury returned 29 indictments against 27 persons for alleged vote fraud in the August primary. One person faced multiple counts, with charges centering on illegal voting and related irregularities.

Kansas City Jackerson County

Sam Simmons Attacks Truman Asces of Power and Prices

Sam Simmons accuses Mr. Truman of courting voters with empty appeals to “cupidity and ignorance,” opposing power gained by force and contrasting it with a straight appeal to public intelligence. He denounces Truman’s stance on prices, production costs, workers’ rights, union bosses, medicine nationalization, and scientific progress.

Mr. Truman White House Truman

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