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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1946
Page
1
President Truman weighs three major choices after the GOP surge. He may bargain with Congress or resist, steer his party right or center, and decide whether to seek reelection in 1948 or step aside. Republicans lead in both chambers, signaling a new political era.
Franklin County voters approve bond issues totaling 705000 for five improvements including three schools. Westerville passes 250000 bond by 1529 to 329, Prairie Township 231000 for school improvements 634 to 239, Mifflin Township 203000 for a new school 724 to 243. Other levy approvals in Norwich Plain and Brown Counties and Reynoldsburg Worthington and Canal Winchester. Bloom Township voters approve three mill levy for 4700 yearly for five years to raise teacher salaries. Clay Township 20000 fire protection. Washington Township rejects fire, but votes for beer sales by one vote.
Ohio Governor-elect Thomas J. Herbert pledges a one third cut in the 3 percent state sales tax in the next biennium and to reallocate taxes to local governments. He notes potential conflicts with a veterans bonus cost and stresses non-dictatorial leadership while Ohio shifts to a largely Republican legislature.
Leroy Wilson aged 39 died in a Celina hospital from injuries after his clothing became entangled in a tractor on his farm near Celina. The incident occurred today and is under sheriff's investigation.
The Administration and the United Mine Workers weigh strike risks amid GOP gains. Talks between Lewis aides and Coal Mines Administration head N H Collisson continue as policymakers debate firmer curbs on union actions and how to handle a potential winter walkout by 400 000 miners.
Col. B. C. Dunn announced that the Ohio River division will absorb 50 Cincinnati district employees upon its abolition December 1. The staff will swap with an equal number of war service and temporary workers as operations shift to the Louisville and Huntington districts.
The Cincinnati Regional VA Office reports October enrolments in the southern Ohio training program rose by 7,742. A total of 36,395 veterans are now in courses at colleges and plants across a 50 county area under VA supervision.
Voters Tuesday approved school levies in Circleville and seven rural Pickaway County communities. A Salt Creek School District bond issue for 79,200 dollars failed to reach the 65 percent required by 22 votes.
The Shelby School District approved a $6,000 bond by 75 percent and a two mill operating levy by 79 percent in Tuesday’s election.
A 17-year-old boy was questioned at a county jail in connection with the shooting of 61 year old Cris Suver during an attempted holdup. Deputies detained the youth after he responded to a summons from a wrestling match. Suver was hospitalized in Mt. Carmel in good condition.
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce 53rd annual meeting opens with two days of sessions in Columbus. Executive vice president Herbert Schel C. Atkinson predicts recommendations to Congress on federal tax and labor law revisions. He calls for labor laws that ensure equal responsibility for labor and management to boost employment and production.
Senator Dennis Chavez leads Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley for reelection in New Mexico as nine-tenths of precincts report. Chavez holds about a 5,000 vote edge over Hurley, who formerly served as ambassador to China.
Gabriel Wells, a renowned rare books dealer with four decades of impact in New York and London, died last night at age 85. He built a premier collection and influenced bibliophiles globally.
Washington reports say President Truman, post defeat, will pursue a new political freedom. Associates say he will ignore calls to resign and emphasize bipartisan foreign policy with Byrnes. He plans to act for the country’s welfare without political reprisals or pandering.
In Youngstown area Hubbard schools remained closed indefinitely after about 1,500 students were dismissed following a 5 mill levy defeat by 1,333 to 1,227. Teachers urged higher salaries. AFL leader St. John said no strike. former board member Mrs. Phillips campaigned against the levy.
City Hospital Cleveland has received a $3,500 grant from the U S Public Health Service to study dicumarol in treating coronary thrombosis. The project will be directed by Dr Roy W Scott chief of medical service and Western Reserve University Medical Faculty member.
Waldo R. Arnold longtime editor of the Milwaukee Journal and chairman of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association collapsed and died on a Milwaukee street early today.
A four alarm blaze in Philadelphia's waterfront district destroyed wooden crates and $250000 worth of wool across three warehouses. Fireman David Howard was seriously injured when a wall collapsed as crews battled the flames for over two hours. Investigators traced the fire to a cigarette discarded among crates and spreading to adjacent warehouses.
Robert L. Chandler of Manchester is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the traffic death of 64 year old William G. Kennedy a Brown County farmer struck by a vehicle on the Maysville Aberdeen bridge over the Ohio River. Prosecutor Phil Hargett filed the charge. Chandler is free on a 2500 bond for tomorrow’s hearing.
A dejected motorist admitted he ran a traffic signal before Municipal Judge John B. Seabrook. The Republican judge, in a cheery mood, asked his view on the election. The motorist replied I am a Democrat. The judge quipped You got enough of a beating Tuesday and suspended the sentence.
Senator Owen Brewster of Maine heads five speakers for the closing sessions of the 31st annual Ohio Association of Small Loan Companies. Charles R. Wolfe of Youngstown, the association president, reported a 25 percent rise in Ohio small loans in the first eight months of this year versus 1945.
CIRCLEVILLE Ohio Common Pleas Judge Emmett L Crist revoked for life the driving license of John Morgan 52 a farmer near Williamsport after his guilty plea to driving while intoxicated Morgan and Violet Elswick 24 of Catlettsburg Ky were injured when their car collided with a freight train on October 25
Washington took steps to remove price controls on household vacuum cleaners and attachments, along with certain bedding and home laundry equipment. The move affects consumer pricing for these products and signals a shift in government regulation of domestic goods.
Republicans total 246 with a net gain of 54 and 28 Senate seats. Democrats 186 with a net loss of 53. American Labor 1. Progressives 0. in doubt 2. Senate control shows Republicans 28 holdovers 28 total 51 with a net gain 12. Democrats 10 holdovers total 42 net loss 11. in doubt 3 for several states. Governors: Republicans 20 net gain 2. Democrats 14 net loss 2.
West Virginia voters produced a tight outcome with Senator Harley Kilgore leading Thomas Sweeney by about 3 000 votes based on preliminary returns. Officials said final results depend on canvass of the missing precincts and begins Friday.
A 17 year old girl named Susan Begg confessed to participating in a $30,000 jewelry store robbery on October 28. She told Assistant District Attorney Vincent Liebell she became sick with fear after reading about the arrest of three youths.
Cleveland police search for a weathered 10 ton RAF trailer that vanished during a three vehicle Army Air Force convoy. The missing air force mobile training unit was unnoticed until the two trucks ahead of it reached Findlay.
SAM SIMMONS argues the real victory lies in restoring government by the people after an election. He notes the public wanted relief from interference and shortages influenced results, urging Republicans to reduce employer friction and curb government costs while allowing slow, shared debt liquidation.
Ohio voters deliver a Republican sweep with John Bricker defeating James Huffman for a Senate seat and George Bender winning the at large House post. Gov. Lausche loses to Herbert as tax cut promises mount and calls for cutting federal expenses rise amid a statewide turnout near 2.3 million.
Steubenville city council planned a meeting today to act on a request by 12 pastors for police powers to clean up the city. Reverend N. E. Nygaard told a Kiwanis Club audience that vice and gambling centers are well known in Steubenville.
Newark veteran H. H. Scott known as Scotty retires after a long career in journalism. He began selling papers at five in Chillicothe and worked in Lancaster Louisville and Denver before joining the Advocate in 1907.
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