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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1947

Page

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Leghorns for Luckman protest hits Washington

Washington AP lines of the Citizens Food Committee protested the Poultry less eggs Thursday policy. Chickens in crates arrived at the White House and at Food Committee HQ as Luckman and officials debated grain conservation.

Washington Citizens Food Committee Harry Luckman Charles Luckman Salvation Army Los Angeles Poultrymen’s Association White House Truman Army Walter Reed Hospital Maryland Delmarva Poultry Corporation of Salisbury New York Thomas Albright Athens Henry J. Kreher East Amherst Europe Anderson Mr. Truman Luckman Committee Dryden East Elmhurst N.Y Altoona Food Committee Ithaca Monroe Babcock New Jersey Pennsylvania Richmond Harrison D-Va Agriculture Department

Extra Session Tax Cut Move Is Ruled Out

Washington AP The Republican leadership shelved plans for a $4 billion tax cut at the November special session. Knutson of Minnesota said the measure may wait until January and would take effect January 1, 1948 if enacted. Speaker Martin echoed delaying the tax cut to January due to limited time for foreign aid and economic matters.

Washington Republican High Command Congress Knutson R-Minn House Ways and Means Committee Martin Mass

Anti Salo on Worker Denies Drunk Driving

The Rev. Howard B. Pilchard an Anti Saloon League field representative aged 65 is charged with driving under the influence. His attorney denies any drinking before arrest and notes a $200 bond posted by August Hoff a tavern owner friend who rushed to the bank to post the bond after Pilchard’s Wednesday night arrest.

Toledo Howard B. Pilchard Anti- Saloon League Thomas A. Karrell Pilchard Sidney O'Dell Kenneth Pleiss Farrell August Hoff Hoff Mr. Pilchard

Schools Not To Lose Money Over Grange Degrees

Ohio education officials said districts excusing students to receive national Grange degrees next week will not incur state funding penalties for the absences.

Columbus Ohio

Flood Control Plans Rushed for Governor

State Public Works Director George B. Sowers said field work on the Mill Creek Valley flood prevention program near Cincinnati was largely completed and the survey was being rushed on orders of Gov. Thomas J. Herbert. The plan includes Lockland Readings Elmwood areas.

Columbus George B. Sowers Mill Creek Valley Thomas J. Herbert Cincinnati Lockland Reading Elmwood

Amish Boycott Suit Goes to Jury Test of Religious Freedom

In Wooster Ohio a $40,000 damage suit by Andrew J. Yoder against four Amish church officials goes to a Common Pleas Court jury. Yoder says the helmuth district leaders imposed the mite boycott to force him from the community after he joined a more liberal congregation to seek medical transport for his daughter. The case centers on religious freedom and internal church discipline.

Wooster Common Pleas Court Andrew J. Yoder Walter J. McMongey George Barnard Barnard Yoder Helmuth District Bunker Hill District Helmuth District Church John W. Helmuth Beach City Isaac I. Miller Apple Creek John J. Nisley Fredericksburg Emanuel D. Wengard Helmuth Nisley Menno Gingerich Isaac Miller Emanuel Wengerd John J. Helmuth NEA

Jacksonville Native Found Dead in Home

William Jansen a Jacksonville native aged 54 was found dead in his sister in law s living room with a .22 caliber pistol beside him The John S Blower funeral home reported the death Coroner John H Elias unavailable He had run a Cumberland Ohio grocery for two years sold his business and planned to re establish residence in Jacksonville Surviving include wife Blanche two sons Bill Jr in the Army Toledo Max and Vaughn Cumberland two brothers Joan Dayton Fred Jacksonville two sisters Elizabeth Muerer Columbus Gertrude Beard and Minnie Hartley Jacksonville and four grandchildren Funeral services are set for Concord Church Sunday at 2 pm with burial in the adjoining cemetery Friends may call at Blower funeral home Glouster until services.

John S. Blower Athens County John H. Elias Jansen Cumberland Ohio Jacksonville Blanche Bill, Jr Toledo Max Vaughn Joan Dayton Fred Elizabeth Muerer Columbus Gertrude Beard Minnie Hartley Concord Church Blower Glouster

Engine Trouble Forces Clipper to Turn Back

A Pan American Airways clipper bound for Honolulu turned back last night due to trouble in one engine. It landed safely at San Francisco Airport. At 1:48 a.m. Pacific Standard Time the 23 passengers and baggage were moved to a second clipper to resume the flight, interrupted by the mechanical issue about 1,080 miles at sea halfway to Hawaii.

San Francisco Pan- American Airways Honolulu Hawaiian Islands

Churchman Confident of Success for UN

Herbert Welch senior retired bishop of the Methodist Church said the United Nations will succeed in maintaining peace and democracy and communism can live side by side in the same world. Welch was formerly president of Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware Ohio.

New York Herbert Welch Methodist Church United Nations Welch Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware Ohio

Extended Ohio Weather Forecast Indicates Near Normal Temperatures

Columbus forecast shows temperatures near normal with a normal high around 50 and low near 34. Expect a colder Saturday and Sunday, warmer conditions Monday and Tuesday, and scattered light showers Saturday and Wednesday with precipitation under one tenth of an inch.

Columbus Ohio

Hughes Lands in Capital For New Senate Inquiry

Howard Hughes arrived in Washington for a second round of Senate War Investigating Committee hearings on wartime airplane contracts. He would respond to questions about taxes and awaited Maj. Gen. Meyers testimony on why a $70 million Hughes contract for 100 photo reconnaissance planes was not transferred to another manufacturer. The first witness was Brig. Gen. Albert J. Browning, now Ford vice president and former war aide to the Undersecretary of War.

Washington Howard Hughes West Coast Senate Hughes Senate War Investigating Committee Williams Del Delaware Bennett E. Meyers United States Meyers Air Force Wright Field Dayton Budget Bureau James F. Phillips Albert J. Browning Ford Motor Company Robert P. Patterson

Officials Seek Fiscal Answer

Cleveland report says Ohio Association of Cities plans three bills for a special session to ease municipal finances. They seek redistributing the gasoline tax and sales tax surplus and allowing cities to place operating levies before voters at special elections with a simple majority.

Cleveland Ohio Ohio Association of Cities

Bank Robbery Halted by Quick Thinking Clerk

A book keeper at State Savings & Loan Co. rang the burglar alarm during a holdup by three men. Police say the bandits escaped with about 5000 dollars, but would have taken more if not for Helen Buchtinek, 40, who activated the alarm while the workers were unseen in a back room.

Cleveland The State Savings & Loan Co Helen Buchtinek

Veteran Physician Frank West Harrah Dies in Columbus

Dr. Frank West Harrah age 55 longtime Columbus physician died last night at his home. He served 22 years in practice and was a member of the American Urological Society the American College of Surgeons the Columbus Academy of Medicine and the Ohio State Medical Association.

Columbus Frank West Harrah American Urological Society The American College of Surgeons Columbus Academy of Medicine Ohio State Medical Association

Suspect Charged in Divorce Case Amid Murder Allegation

Clifford Gayles, 34, in custody for first degree murder in the slaying of Mrs. Edna Adkins, 33, of Franklin. He faces a cruelty charge in a divorce action filed by Mrs. Delores Gayles.

Xenia Clifford Gayles Edna Adkins Franklin Delores Gayles

Three Die in Groveport Park Crash on Steel Bridge

In Columbus this morning a car struck a steel bridge over Big Walnut Creek in Groveport Park killing Lenore Held 20 Lillian Held 17 Pearl Clutter 22 and driver Glen W Cheatwood Jr 22 who was injured. Deputies ordered Cheatwood to appear for questioning as the sheriff and coroner investigated.

Columbus Big Walnut Creek Groveport Park Lenore Held Lillian Held Pearl Clutter Glen W. Cheatwood Paul Stormont Frank Busch Cheatwood Mitchell Spyker

Five Killed in London Train Crashes Under Thick Fog

Fog shrouded London as three suburban train crashes killed five people and injured about eighty. Emergency crews toiled to clear wreckage while visibility remained near zero and traffic crawled. Weather officials warned the dense fog would persist through the day.

London Weather Bureau Britain

Free Bus Service Plan Aims to Attract Steel Mill Workers

Republic Steel Corp offers free bus service to prospective workers for its 98 inch strip mill in Cleveland area towns Char don Burton and Chagrin Falls. Officials say scouting in West Virginia failed due to housing shortage and the focus shifts to recruiting personnel who already have homes.

Cleveland Republic Steel Corp Chardon Burton Chagrin Falls West Virginia Republic

Galion Plant Reopens After Strike Turmoil

The North Electric Co plant in Galion reopened with about 350 workers for the first shift. The 10 week stoppage preceding the restart was marked by some violence but the reopening occurred without incident.

Galion, O North Electric Co

Bantam Bottle Ban Blamed On Influence In Ohio

Stanton Addams attorney for Goebel Brewing Co. told the Ohio Board of Liquor Control that improper influence by pressure groups keeps seven ounce beer bottles from Ohio. He argued outside brewers are blocked by industry interests and insisted seven ounce containers are standard in the United States.

Cleveland Detroit Ohio Board of Liquor Control Stanton Addams Ohio The Goebel Brewing Co Brewers Foundation

Moon Contact Reported From Hornsby Radar Echoes

Three Australian scientists from the Council of Industrial Research said they received radar echoes from the moon using a listening device at Hornsby near Sydney. They used the Shepparton radio station to send signals to the moon about 238857 miles away and reported brittle compact echoes believed to be radar waves reflected by the moon.

Sydney Hornsby Here F. J. Kerr C. A. Shain C. S. Higgins Council of Industrial Research Shepparton Victoria Sidney

Bowling Alleys Targeted in Child Labor Crackdown

Ohio official Carl G. Napps told about 100 employers that bowling alleys lead the crackdown on child labor violations. Warnings have been issued and fines up to $50 or 90 days in jail may follow for violations of the rule barring anyone under 16 from working in bowling alleys.

Cleveland Carl G. Napps Ohio Department of Industrial Relations Nappi

Former Honor Guard Dies in Cuyahoga Falls

Theo dor Maas 86, once an honor guard at the emperor’s palace in Germany, died at home in Cuyahoga Falls. He came to the United States in 1895 and later ran a meat market in Akron for 25 years.

Cuyahoga Falls Theodor Maas Germany Akron

Akron park levy passes after 9337 vote error found

E C Brown Summit County Board of Elections clerk reported the passage of a 0.1 mill city park levy after discovering an error of 9,337 votes that had changed a loss to a win.

Akron Mill City Park E. C. Brown Summit County Board of Elections

Campaign Against Soviet Is Charged by Minister In Anniversary Speech

In Moscow a Red Square parade marked the Bolshevik revolution anniversary as Bulganin denounced war-mongers and praised Stalin. He hailed Soviet victory in World War II and urged unity against imperialist threats while crediting the USSR armed forces for defeats of Nazi Germany and Japan.

Russia Moscow Red Square Soviet Union United States Great Britain Moscow Radio Nikolai Bulganin Democra Stalin Germany Japan Nikolai Lenin

Soviet Leader Hails Peace Drive and Ready Military Might

Bulganin calls Soviet Army the first class force backed by advanced Stalinist science and modern equipment. He vows continued struggle for peace and security, praising the October Revolution gains and the armed forces readiness against any new war. Molotov says the atomic bomb secret is gone but US Britain prep aggression. Western observers doubt Russia possesses the weapon.

Soviet Union Bulganin V. M. Molotov United States Britain Molotov Lonedon Washington Russia

Molotov speech spurs Western aid push on Capitol Hill

Capitol Hill reacted to Molotovs Moscow radio blast as aid for Western Europe gained urgency. Senate leaders credit the Soviet comment with strengthening resolve to approve Marshall Plan style assistance, while lawmakers expect thorough debate over methods and funding.

Capitol Hill Molotov Moscow United States Russia McGrath D-Ri Democratic National Committee Rhode Island Senator Capper Kansas Foreign Relations Committee Congress Marshall Senate House Industria Capitol Hall

Two Worlds Highlight UN Boycott By Soviet Bloc

Delegates at Lake Success heard Sir Hartley Shawcross say two worlds exist as the Soviet bloc boycotted Secretary Marshall’s year around UN Assembly plan after the 57 nation political committee approved the Marshall Plan by 43 to 6. Britain urged International Court action while the committee prepared to discuss new member admissions and veto battles loom over Italy.

Russia United Nations Lake Success Hartley Shawcross Britain Marshall Assembly Security Council Italy International Court of Justice Shawcross

Fourth Catholic Parish Formed in Middletown

The Cincinnati archdiocese chancery announced a new parish to be organized in Middletown named St. Peter Claver. Rev. Paul Golembriewski, ex Holy Trinity assistant pastor and WWII Army Air Force chaplain, will lead the organization efforts.

Middletown Cincinnati Paul Golembriewski Holy Trinity Parish St. Peter Claver

Cold Snap Brings Snow Across Three States

The first cold snap of the season affects residents from the Rockies to Texas Panhandle. A blowing snow storm covers parts of Minnesota with ground depths from one to eight inches in the Central Rockies and in sections of South Dakota Nebraska and Minnesota.

Rockies Texas Panhandle Minnesota South Dakota Nebraska

Light Plane Fliers Plan Back-to-U. S. Flight

Anchorage Alaska report says world fliers George Truman and Cliff Evans will take off Saturday to begin the final laps of their round the world flight in two 100 horsepower planes.

Anchorage Alaska George Truman Cliff Evans United States

Driver Killed in Collision At Railroad Crossing

Lloyd A. Krabill of St. Joseph Michigan died yesterday when his sedan was struck by a passenger train at a crossing in Bucyrus. Runaway vehicle and derailment not mentioned.

Bucyrus Lloyd A. Krabill St. Joseph Michigan

Meigs Man Sends Handless Boy $50

Columbus report details John E. Lyons of Middleport sending $50 to fund the education of two year old Tommy Herbert of Cleveland who lost both hands after being struck by a switch engine Lyons noted he hoped the child might one day become governor of Ohio and mentioned the governor’s visit.

Columbus Thomas J. Herbert John E. Lyons Middleport Tommy Herbert Cleveland Lyons Tommy Ohio

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