Pomeroy Bridge Freeing Marked by Toll Free Crossing
A crowd of 5 000 to 6 000 witnessed the toll freeing of the Pomeroy Mason Bridge at 3 p m as Norbert Compton and Theodore Reed Jr cut a white ribbon. Ohio and West Virginia officials manned traffic control while bands from Gallipolis Pomeroy Middleport and Point Pleasant played America. The event also celebrated Pomeroy s 143rd anniversary and the rededication of the Blue and Gray Trail U S Route 33.
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Pomeroy Bridge
Pomeroy
Ohio
West Virginia
Pomeroy Bend
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
Norbert Compton
Walter F. Compton
Theodore Reed, Jr
W. F. Reed
W. W. Farley
Middleport
Columbus
Charleston
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
Philip Bley
America
Supt
E. L. Worthington
Col. Geo. Mingle
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Ralph Welker
Pomeroy, Middleport
Mason
Federated Church
W. A. Smith
Fadgar Ervin
Federated Circle
Pomeroy High School
Middleport High School
Bernard Krinke
Ernest Johnson
David Goodwin
Charles McMaster
Glenroy Ewing
Edgar Ervin
Pomeroy - Mason Bridge
Tidewater Virginia
Benton Harbor
Mich
C. D. Shafer
Nelsonville
Lausche Attacks GOP Predecessors On State Finances
Ohio governor Frank Lausche and Republican foe Thomas Herbert clash over state payrolls and welfare policy. Lausche cites Bricker era dealings as wasteful while praising his own administration for veterans affairs and mental health care. Herbert counters with payroll increases and accuses Lausche of civic-borrowing rhetoric amid campaign radio broadcasts from Cleveland and Columbus.
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Frank J. Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Lausche
Mansfield
Fremont
John W. Bricker
Herbert
Cleveland
Repub
U.S
James W. Huffman
U. S. Senate
Bricker
Columbus
U. S
Carroll Reece
Fred H. Jones
Paul M. Herbert
Katharine Kennedy Brown
National Committee
Cotton Mart Rallies Push Stocks Higher
New York reports cotton futures surged the day’s limit of 10 a bale, lifting market sentiment. The stock market followed with its broadest recovery in over two weeks, though trading cooled after an active start and early gains narrowed.
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New York
Springfield drivers vote strike amid stalled wage talks
In Springfield 15 firms faced a walkout vote by 150 AFL Truck Drivers Union members. Local No. 654 approved a strike after last night’s ballot, but no work stoppage date was fixed. Attorney Aaron J. Halloran for the companies said negotiations may continue for a fourth week as union wage demands persist.
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Springfield
AFL
Aaron J. Halloran
Halloween shooter charged in King Ridge incident
DAY RIDGE Ky. P T W Skinner 55 a school teacher and Baptist deacon was charged with shooting intent after three Halloween pranksters were wounded at his home. Sheriff Caldwell said the boys had placed a live bee hive on Skinner's porch. Howe 18 received 54 pellets, Elliott 16 twelve shots, Burns 12.
Price Office Removes Canadian Pulp Ceilings
The Price Administrative Office yesterday removed price ceilings on pulpwood imported from Quebec New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The agency said Canadian ceilings were sufficient to insure satisfactory price controls and that parallel OPA ceilings would not serve a purpose.
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Washington
OPA
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Canada
New hospital planned in Toledo to aid mentally ill
Columbus reports the establishment of a Toledo receiving hospital for the mentally ill as part of the Toledo State Hospital. The move signals expansion of state mental health facilities and clear intent to centralize intake and care for patients within the Toledo area.
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Columbus
Toledo
Toledo State Hospital
Settlement tensions rise as labor talks proceed
John L. Lewis and AFL United Mine Workers prepare for federal mediation in Washington over a new wage contract. The 400,000 soft coal miners face potential stoppage by Nov. 20 if no agreement is reached, while other labor disputes show mixed progress in Chicago, New Orleans, San Francisco, and West Allis with gradual settlements and renewed violence at plants.
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Associated Press
John L. Lewis
AFL United Mine Workers
Washington
Lewis
UMW
J. A. Krugge
N. H. Collisson
Chicago
CIO
CIO United Packinghouse
AFL
Trans-World Airline
San Francisco
CIO Longshoremen’s Union
Pacific Coast
Waterfront Employers’ Association of the
New Orleans
Navy
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
West Allis
Wis
Sheriff Candidate Monticue Arrested by Opponent in Holmes County
Holmes County sheriff candidate Charles W. Monticue was jailed after being arrested by opponent Sheriff Wayne Starner. He failed to post a bond of 5600 on seven charges including carrying concealed weapons pointing firearms and threatening in a menacing manner.
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Millersburg
Charles W. Monticue
Holmes County
Wayne Starner
Bride to be arraigned today in fatal shooting case
Steubenville report states Phyllis Savage, 17, a four month bride, will be arraigned in Juvenile Court before Judge E. M. Morrow on a charge to be determined for the fatal shooting of her husband Homer Savage, 19, a Navy veteran. Prosecutor James Berkowski noted the proceeding.
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Steubenville
Phyllis Savage
Canton
Homer
James Berkowski
E. M. Morrow
Ciney District Ways To Be Sold as Surplus
Cincinnati district Corps of Engineers will abandon the 13 acre repair plant and marine ways on November 30 and the property will be turned over to the War Assets Administration for sale as surplus Col. B C Dunn reports.
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Cincinnati
Corps of Engineers
War Assets Administration
Col
B. C. Dunn
U. S. Division
Agriculture cuts 1947 potato acreage to curb surplus
Washington officials announced reduced potato planting areas for 1947, including 62,400 acres in Ohio, as the Agriculture Department seeks to prevent a repeat of this year’s surplus production.
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Washington
Ohio
Agriculture Department
Jeep accident wounds Sholar as McMillan dies in Army record
Okinawa reports show James P. Sholar of Xenia injured and Lt. Max L. McMillan of Sidney Nebraska killed when a jeep overturned on a curve Saturday. Army released the statement today.
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Okinawa
James P. Sholar
Xenia
Max L. McMillan
Sidney, Neb
Army
Truman Mum On Election On Train En Route To Independence
President Truman traveled toward Independence Missouri amid a congressional campaign. He indicated he would vote there on Tuesday but offered no further guarantees about involvement beyond casting his ballot.
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Truman
Missouri
Independence
College Name Callers Chided at Baldwin-Wallace Exponent
Robert Eide of Detroit Lake Minnesota and Lee Templeton of Berea editors of Baldwin Wallace College Exponent faced censure for an unsigned editorial calling Republicans non-thinking native fascists. Gregg Phifer, English instructor and faculty advisor, challenged proofs of claims including liberal men winning Republican nominations.
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Berea
Robert Eide
Detroit Lake
Minn
Lee Templeton
Baldwin-Wallace College
the Exponent
Gregg Phifer
94th Traffic Fatality Reported in Cleveland
Cleveland records its 94th traffic death of the year as a woman tentatively identified as Betty E. Patterson about 25 is crushed under the rear wheels of a 10 ton trailer truck.
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Cleveland
Betty E. Patterson
UN Spotlight On Disarmament Push At UN Mix Up
United Nations delegates shift from speech to committee work as U S and Soviet teams vie for lead in disarmament efforts. American plans for international inspections are described as a revolutionary safeguard that could end secret weapons. Other items include trusteeship of Pacific islands, Bevin’s arrival for talks, and a Danube conference rejection by Russia Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
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Russia
United States
Spain
Washington
Pacific Islands
Japan
U. N
Ernest Bevin
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
United Nations
Danube
Nationalists Trap 100000 Reds in China
Nationalist forces in China push vanguards toward Dairen within 33 miles, encircling about 100,000 Communists at Chefoo and driving south along the Mukden Dairen railway. Jih Pao reports pilots using American planes bomb reinforcements from Manchuria to Shantung Peninsula.
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Peiping
Dairen
Chefoo
Jih Pao
Pulantien
Manchuria
Kwantung Peninsula
Liantung Peninsula
Manchurian
Mukden-Dairen
Tu Li-Ming
Antung
Shantung Peninsula
Strikers Apply For Relief Approved At Mosaic Tile Co
ZANESVILLE Ohio 50 workers from Mosaic Tile Co have been approved for relief as a 1100 member strike entered its third week. Muskingum County relief director Abe Williams said an emergency office handles applications and estimated about 23 dollars for a five person family over 15 days.
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Zanesville
Mosaic Tile Co
Abe Williams
Muskingum County
Williams
Commission to Study Airport Phone Service
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission scheduled an informal conference for November 7 in Columbus to discuss Youngstown city complaints about telephone service at its municipal airport in Vienna. City officials Ohio Bell and Warren Telephone Co representatives will attend.
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Columbus
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Youngstown
Vienna
Commission
H. L. Mason
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Warren Telephone Co
Very Strong Quake Recorded in Aleutians
Georgetown University seismologist reports a very strong earthquake in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska. Disturbance began at 6:25:06 a m EST reached maximum intensity at 6:58 a m and was still being recorded at 7 a m. Estimated epicenter about 4 300 miles northwest of Washington.
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Washington
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Georgetown University
Edward R. Powers
Railroad freight cars loaded for week ends Saturday
The Association of American Railroads reported 942 257 cars of revenue freight loaded during the week ended last Saturday.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Flotilla Arrives in Valparaiso for Chilean Inauguration
A U S naval flotilla arrived in Valparaiso to participate in the inauguration of Chile's new president Gabixiel Gonzalez Videla.
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Valparaiso
Chile
U. S
Gabixiel Gonzalez Videla
Bomb Killing Dragnet Is Set In Baltimore
A steady procession of detectives and uniformed policemen patrolled the Baltimore waterfront today in an intensive search for the perpetrators of the bombing of a rooming house. Four merchant seamen were killed and five others injured. Police Commissioner Atkinson took personal charge of a waterfront roundup, calling the blast one of the worst crimes in the city’s history. Mayor McKeldin denounced it as mass murder as officials and labor leaders awaited FBI analysis of two warned notes delivered before the bombing.
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Baltimore
Hamilton R. Atkinson
Theodore R. McKeldin
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cyprus-Bound Jews Attempt General Strike
Haifa reports 1,200 Jewish refugees were moved from the fragile liner San Dimitrios to two British ships for deportation to Cyprus. A mass meeting and general strike followed protests by Haifa Jews, as about 2,000 marchers dispersed after facing barricades, singing Hatikvah and carrying mourning flags.
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Haifa
San Dimitrios
Cyprus
Vets Must File Earning Data
The Veterans Administration urged World War II veterans in GI Bill programs to submit earnings reports to the VA by November 5 to avoid delaying subsistence checks. The reports cover August through October earnings. Disabled veterans in Vocational Rehabilitation are exempt.
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Columbus
Veterans Administration
Driver Rams Passenger in Brook Park Twice
Police investigated a fatal assault in Brook Park after a motorist reportedly rammed George Sabo, aged 50, twice as he exited a car. Sabo lay unconscious at a hospital. witnesses said the driver backed up and struck him against a telephone pole before fleeing.
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Cleveland
Brook Park Village
George Sabo
Glen Worsley
Brook Park
Five Reds Convicted In Squatters Invasion
Five Communist leaders were convicted yesterday of conspiracy for directing the September invasion of unused luxury flats by squatters. Each received two years probation. Justice Wintringham Norton Stable said the defendants acted from a genuine distress at the residents' predicament.
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London
Wintringham Norton Stable
Army Major Sentenced In Kronberg Gem Case
Major David F. Watson was sentenced to three years in prison and dismissed from the U S Army after being convicted of conspiracy and receiving stolen property in the Kronberg Castle jewel theft involving about 1 5 million dollars.
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Kronberg
Frankfurt
Germany
David F. Watson
U. S. Army
Kronberg Castle
Butter price slips in Cincinnati market
Following Chicago market trends, wholesale butter fell five cents to TA cents per pound in Cincinnati yesterday, reflecting a broader drop in dairy prices across the region.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Wholesale Food Price Drop Noted
Washington AP reports the OPA began decontrol steps by cutting about 10 000 field workers and closing 1 642 local price boards within 30 days. The move aims to save 10 million dollars and return price control to citizens as decontrol proceeds. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes wholesale food prices fell 3.2 percent for the week ending last Saturday, though overall prices remain elevated versus last year. Cincinnati boards move to final weekend after OPA order, with closures announced and 20 days notice for paid staff.
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Washington
OPA
Paul Porter
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cleveland
John E. Robinson, Jr
Ohio Teachers Group Opens 2 Day Meeting
The Central Ohio Teachers' Association started a two day meeting in Columbus with speeches by Dr. Ralph W. Sockman Dr. William F. Russell Vincent Sheean and Robert St. John all noted figures from education journalism and radio.
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Columbus
Central Ohio Teachers’ Association
Ralph W. Sockman
Christ Church
N. Y
Willliam F. Russell
Columbia University Teachers’ College
Vincent Sheean
Robert St. John
James Augustus, Ohio Hotel proprietor, dies at 58
James Augustus, 58, longtime proprietor of the Ohio Hotel and former city councilman, died yesterday. He was a respected local figure known for community service and business leadership in Zanesville. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
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Zanesville
James Augustus
The
Ohio Hotel
Russia not trusted to honor disarmament pledges
SAM SIMMONS says Russia favors disarmament but offers no assurance of good intentions. The piece notes evidence that Russia makes pledges without intent to observe them, rejects the American plan for control of atomic energy, and objects to inspection, likening it to moonshine makers sought to keep agents out of Appalachia.
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Russia
United Nations
Appalachians
Internal Revenue Department
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