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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1949

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Coal Talks Sought as U S May Call Mediation with Ching

Washington AP reports some soft coal operators expect soon government sponsored talks with Cyrus S. Ching to end the 47 day strike. A top official says such moves are likely today or tomorrow. John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers may be called after initial mediation. President Truman officials stress non intervention while avoiding Taft Hartley court action.

Washington Cyrus S. Ching General Mediation Service Ching John L. Lewis United Mine Workers Union New York Lewis Chicago Truman White House Chicago Tribune The Tribune John Lewis Indiana Henry Schricker Bethlehem Steel Corp Philip Murray CIO Newport Murray Bethlehem Union Republic Steel Corp Inland Youngstown Sheet and Tube Wheeling W. Va

Taft Predicts Truman May Invoke Taft Hartley Law

Senator Robert A. Taft commented on the coal strike during an Ohio campaign stop saying President Truman might invoke the Taft Hartley Act if the dispute remains unsettled. He noted Truman used the act seven times in 1948 and urged consistency in the current situation. Taft also backed oleo margarine tax relief while opposing stance on yellow margarine in Ohio and supported anti fraud provisions in the distribution of oleo.

Springfield Robert A. Taft Ohio Truman Taft

Lausche Urges State To Conserve Coal

Gov. Frank J. Lausche called on coal users to conserve resources and ordered state department heads to ration within reason. He noted no agency reports a coal shortage, but shortages are looming statewide as rationing tightens.

Lausche Columbus Frank J. Lausche

Weather Outlook for Columbus Forecast Extends Weekend Snow

Extended forecast for Columbus shows temperatures 2 to 4 degrees below normal with highs near 48 and lows around 33. Cool conditions continue Saturday to Monday with snow flurries and possible rain or snow midweek, total precipitation around a half inch.

Columbus

Star Witness Testifies in Quickie Divorce Trial in Columbus

Herbert N. Romanoff, a hotel bar manager and friend of Zanesville attorney Thomas A. Joseph, testified amid seclusion by the prosecutor. The case alleges Joseph urged clients to commit perjury to obtain divorces in Franklin County while noting his clients lived in Zanesville.

Columbus Herbert N. Romanoff Thomas A. Joseph Ralph J. Bartlett Romanoff S. Cassingham Road Bexley Tucson Ariz Joseph Zanesville Franklin County Bessie Adams

U S Expands Controls on Global Exports

The United States imposes strict export controls on strategic goods worldwide to curb re shipments to Soviet bloc nations, with emphasis on Communist China and Latin America. Canada remains exempt, and the regime targets items that could boost the Soviet war potential.

Washington Soviet Bloc China Latin America Commerce Department Europe Mediterranean Canada

President Truman Seeks Liberal Coalition After Minnesota Welcome

President Truman touted his fair deal agenda during a 20 mile Minneapolis St. Paul parade drawing about 400000 spectators. He stressed civil rights education health and welfare plans as paths to growth while labeling opponents as reactionaries and urging bipartisan support for 1950 elections.

White House Minneapolis St. Paul St. Paul's Civic Auditorium Congress Truman Mr. Truman Thomas E. Dewey Minnesota Luther Youngdahl Youngdahl Washington

Navy dissolves OP 23 unit after Sherman crackdown

Admiral Sherman dissolves the Naval Operations Division 23 known as OP 23 a 30 member unit blamed for strategizing against Pentagon policy The dissolution hands its work to other Navy agencies and follows allegations tied to sensational hearings on defense policy and interservice tensions involving Adm Louis Denfeld and Adm Forrest Sherman.

Washington Adm Forrest P. Sherman Naval Operations Sherman Louis Denfeld Navy Allen R. McCann OP 23 Nava Orations A. A. Burke Congress Pentagon House Armed Services Committee Air Force Adm. Denfeld

Nobel Prize Awarded to Japanese Physicist Hideki Yukawa

Nobel Prize honors Dr. Hideki Yukawa, a 42 year old theoretical physicist and Columbia University professor. He is the first Japanese laureate, educated entirely in Japan and having traveled abroad only after rising to prominence.

Stockholm Hideki Yukawa Yukawa Columbia University New York Japan

Driver On Right Track After Collision Hurts Two

Springfield report says Robert M. Hankel 34 while driving to hospital with injured George Carlos lost control of his car. Both men were hospitalized.

Springfield Robert M. Hankel George Carlos

Right Wing CIO Controls Tested At Convention

In Cleveland the convention faced a key test of new right wing control over the CIO as delegates debated purging leftist unions while recognizing risks of membership raids. Ohio UE locals in Dayton Zanesville and Cincinnati prepared to choose between sticking with the UE or joining the new CIO affiliate.

Cleveland CIO CIO Tith Harry Bridges Ben Golds Fur and Leather Workers Ohio United Flectrical Workers Dayton Zanesville Cincinnati CIO International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America

B 29 Crash Kills Ten Near Bermuda Ocean Disaster

A B 29 Superfortress attempting to land near Kindley Field Bermuda crashed into the sea last night after engine trouble. Ten of 13 airmen were killed. four crew jumped, one later died of burns. Three survivors were rescued and taken to Kindley Field hospital with minor injuries.

Hamilton Bermuda U. S Oil Company Kindley Field

Solomon Guggenheim Dies at 88 in New York Estate

PORT WASHINGTON N Y Solomon R Guggenheim 88 senior member of the Guggenheim mining family died at his Long Island estate Trillora Court He was the last survivor of Meyers seven sons who started the family business in North and South America

Port Washington N. Y Solomon R. Guggenheim America Long Island Trillora Court Guggenheim Guggenheim Brothers Meyer Guggenheim North South America

Qualifications Stated For Census Takers

Washington announces openings for the 1950 census with a force of 140000. Applicants must be in good health mentally and physically and have a reliable automobile. Do not apply before January 1 as hiring starts next year at local offices after that date.

Washington Census Bureau

Permits Suspended by Liquor Board in Nelsonville Case

The state Board of Liquor Control suspended the liquor licenses of the Nelsonville Veterans of Foreign Wars post and the Eagles aerie for 30 days each due to possession of gambling devices. Nine slot machines were seized Sept 9 at the two sites, with four more found at the Eagles clubrooms the next night. Police and state liquor agents led the raids. prosecutor Gordon B. Gray and Nelsonville police handled the second raid.

Nelsonville Nelsonville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Eagles Aerie State Board of Liquor Control Eagles Gordon B. Gray Nelsonville Poice Logan Crookaville William Coakley Dew Drop Coakley Basil Grimes Crooksville

Ford Plants To Stay Open In November

Ford Motor Co. announced it would keep nearly full production in all divisions except Lincoln during November. Lincoln output will halt Nov. 11 with resumption in December. The Rouge steel mill operates at emergency levels to support the decision amid steel shortages across rivals Chrysler General Motors Hudson Nash and others.

Detroit Ford Motor Co Lincoln Rouge Ford Ferk Breech Chrysler =e Dodge DeSoto Chrysler General Motors Corp Hudson Motor Car Co Nash Motors

VA Explains Dividend Pay Method for WWII Vets

The Veterans Administration outlines the payment order for the 2.8 billion dollar World War II veterans special insurance dividend. Checks start mailing in January, based on the last three digits of each veteran's service serial number, not the full number. About 16 million veterans are eligible.

Washington Veterans Administration

Coffee price hike hits wholesale trade in New York

New York wholesale coffee prices rose five to six cents a pound on Thursday from several roasting firms with others considering similar increases to be enacted soon. Roasters say retail pricing will follow as they lag seven to ten cents behind green bean market levels and will catch up gradually.

New York

Nehru ends U S tour after forty speeches

Madison Wis Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru ends his 25 day goodwill tour of America after more than 40 public speeches. He spoke of peace opposing Communism and said India will fight if aggressors threaten human freedom. He found Americans friendly and peace loving and began the trip promising little and hoping for much.

Madison Wis Jawaharlal Nehru India America

Cattleman T. S. Lewis Dies at 69 in Ohio Valley

T S Lewis a prominent Ohio valley cattleman died at 3 20 p m in Holzer Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage after being stricken at his farm. He owned Steenbergen plantation a 1000 acre farm near Gallipolis Ferry having moved from Pittsburgh forty years ago. Surviving are brother Jack Lewis and four sisters Daisy Emma Ruth Mia Olive Peyton. Graveside services were held this afternoon on the family farm plot.

Gallipolis Ferry Sandy) Lewis Ohio Valley Holzer Hospital Lewis Baltimore Horn Canada Steenbergen Plantation Pittsburgh Jack Lewis Vallejo Calif Emma Ruth Daisy Chicago Mia Olive Peyton Superior Wise

Wreck found of plane piloted by Cleo McVicker

Wreckage of a plane bearing NC3205V was found in a Warwick field after circling Boston in thick fog. The pilot Cleo McVicker 46 of Cincinnati died beside the craft. He headed from Groton Conn toward Providence R I to visit his son at Brown University.

Warwick, R. 1 Boston Warwick McVicker Cincy Products Co Groton

Timken Union Offered Raise in Pension Negotiations

Timken Roller Bearing Co and CIO steelworkers in Canton and five Ohio plants weigh a pension plan similar to Cleveland Bethlehem Steel. Timken offers to extend negotiations to December 31 and pay six cents an hour per day past that date until a pension agreement is reached. The union has not yet answered. The company asks to move the strike deadline from midnight to January 10, 1950 as it reviews pension details.

Canton Timken Roller Ring Co CIO Steelworker Timken Planta Ohio Timken Wooster Mount Vernon Columbus Zanesville

Mob Fells Six Police In Harlem

Eleven top American Communists were freed on bonds of up to 1 million as a Harlem mob welcomed lead figure Benjamin J. Davis Jr. A torchlit parade on Lenox Avenue led to clashes with police, bottles and bricks flew, six officers were struck and arrested, and Davis, Winston, Thompson, Robeson and others spoke to about two thousand demonstrators amid tense race politics.

NEW York Harlem Bigwiga U. S. Supreme Court U. S Benjamin J. Davia Henry Winston Robert Thompson Paul Robeson Peekskill N. Y Lenox Ave Davis America Labor Party Federal Courthouse

Nervous Disease Ends Eugene O'Neil's Career

Marblehead Mass. 61 year old Nobel prize winning playwright Eugene O'Neil reportedly suffers from Parkinson's disease his wife Carlotta said on Thursday night. Her account notes tremors prevent longhand writing and attempts to dictate have failed to help.

Marblehead Mass Eugene O'Neil Carlotta

Milton Reynolds Aims At Globe Circling Record

Milton Reynolds arrived in Manila at 6 a m EST to attempt the globe spanning record of Col Edward Egan, with 6 days and 3 hours as the target bold time, under the sponsorship of the York State Boxing Commission.

Manila Milton Reynolds Edward Egan York State Boxing Commission

Ohio Population Surges Past 7 Million in 1945 Estimates

The Census Bureau reports Ohio’s population at 7,989,000 as of July 1, 1945, up 15.7 percent from 1940. The figure exceeds the 6,907,612 Census 1940 total, reflecting significant growth since the war years.

Washington Cenesus Bureau Ohio

Kemper resigns as GOP treasurer over fund shortfall

Chicago report says James S. Kemper resigned Thursday as treasurer of the Republican National Committee after reserve funds dropped below 125000. Kemper cited a gap between his views and those of party officials on political issues.

Chicago Jamess Kemper Republican National Committee GOP Dewey

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