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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1946

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GOP Leaders Demand Middle Route in Truman Program

Republicans insisted President Truman must seek a centrist path for bipartisan help in a new GOP Congress. Senators Knowland Brooks Taft and leaders pressed for unity, warning against PAC drafted plans and broad socialistic proposals amid postwar domestic and foreign policy debates.

Washington Truman Congress William F. Knowland Calif C. Wayland Brooks Lll Knowland Brooks Cincinnati Robert A. Taft Ohio Taft

Crosley raises prices citing higher costs

In Cincinnati Powel Crosley Jr president of Crosley Motors Inc announced a $100 retail price increase for the 1947 Crosley automobile due to higher labor and materials costs. He noted Nash cars and Kelvinator appliances would follow price changes based on production costs and volumes.

Detroit General Motors Ford Chrysler Co. E. Wilson Wilson Frigidaire Delco OPA Albert J. Browning CPA Chrysler Corp George W. Mason Nash-Kelvinator Corp Nash Kelvinator Cincinnati Crosley Powel Crosley, Jr Crosley Motors, Inc

Molotov urges UN action to halt arms race and disarmament

Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov signs potential for harmonized US Soviet arms cuts while urging prompt UN action. Byrnes promises future disarmament talks with inspection, Bevin pledges no lag in world arm reduction efforts as diplomacy continues over Trieste and Danube issues.

Molotov New York Russia United Nations Byrnes Bevin

Health Chief Urges Smallpox Vaccination After Outbreak

In Columbus Dr. Ollie M. Goodloe, city health commissioner, urged unvaccinated residents within the last five years to vaccinate immediately after two smallpox cases. A quarantine at the city prison, imposed Friday, was extended to today following a five year old patient.

Columbus Ollie M. Goodloe City Prison

Picket Arrests Mark MGM Studio Demonstration

Thirty-two pickets were arrested at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Culver City as mass picketing resumed. Seven of those arrested were women, charged with parading without a permit.

Hollywood Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Culver City

Film City Strikers Start New Trouble

Violence flared in the AFL studio dispute after a production shutdown and mass picketing in Hollywood. Mediation shifted to wage and hour talks with AFL leaders while strikes raged at Allis-Chalmers West Allis plant and Trans-World Airlines pilots.

Associated Press AFL Hollywood Washington J. A. Krug John L. Lewis Norman Pottle van Nuys Krug Lewis AFL United Mine Workers Allis-Chalmers West Allis Wis Trans-World San Francisco Pacific Coast Labor Department

Car occupants killed after bus collision near Columbus

A Greyhound bus collided with an automobile near Columbus killing Mr. and Mrs. Otis E. Keen from Sharpsville Pa. The bus traveling to Youngstown carried 25 passengers, none injured.

Columbus Greyhound Otis E. Keen Sharpsville Youngstown

GOP Hermit Comes Home

Howland Spencer, a wealthy American who left the United States in 1939 after a feud with President Roosevelt, returned yesterday from Harbor Island Bahamas seeking Hyde Park New York and commenting that the Republican landslide shook him out of his hermitage.

Miami Fla Franklin D. Roosevelt Hyde Park N. Y Howland Spencer United States Spencer Harbor Island Eleuthera Bahamas

NLRB Orders Hoppes Manufacturing to Bargain with Union

The National Labor Relations Board ordered Hoppes Manufacturing Co of Springfield to cease refusing to bargain with the CIO United Auto Workers. The union had charged the company with failing to recognize the UAW.

Washington National Labor Relations Board Hoppes Manufacturing Co Springfield CIO United Auto Workers UAW

Humbert Elected President of Lake Side Association

In Columbus the Lake side Association board of trustees elected Rev. Russell J. Humbert pastor of Trinity Methodist Church Youngstown as its new president yesterday.

Columbus Lakeside Association Russell J. Humbert Trinity Methodist Church Youngstown

Closed Shop Union Problem Heads to Congress and Court

The closed shop issue faces a congressional showdown and U S Supreme Court review. Senator Ball aims to ban closed shops nationwide, while five states Florida Arkansas Nebraska South Dakota and Arizona have constitutionally barred them. The AFL and CIO have challenged these amendments in state and federal courts, noting previous Supreme Court guidance.

Congressional Washington Congress U. S. Supreme Court Joseph Ball Minnesota Florida Arkansas Nebraska South Dakota Arizona Supreme Court AFL CIO Federal District Court

Pastors Seek Special Police Powers in Steubenville

Steubenville pastors plan to learn tonight if they will be granted special police powers to spearhead a local campaign against vice and crime. Legislation to authorize the twelve Protestant ministers to act as police and recruit 20 World War II veterans will go before the city council. Sheriff Bates blames distant papers for the city’s bad press while defending Steubenville’s crackdown on vice.

Steubenville Robert D. Bates Cleveland Pittsburgh Chicago

Stone Named Head of OSU Research Board

Julius F. Stone, 91, president of Ohio State University's Research Foundation since 1938, is named new chairman at the foundation's annual meeting. Dr. Alpheus W. Smith succeeds Stone as foundation president.

Columbus Julius F. Stone Ohio State University Research Foundation Stone Alpheus W. Smith The University Graduate School Phillippi, W.va

National Record Set In Sale of Cattle

At Oakwood stock farm in Ashville Ohio a sale of 49 lots of young polled cattle brought $50 345 total an average of 1027 per head a national record. Clint Tomson secretary of the American Short horn Breeders Association reported. James Brothers of Chillicothe bought Grand Duke a 17 month old red bull for 5000 Ceremonious Beauty II top female sold to R M Giesey Jr of Lancaster for 2400.

Ashville C. B. Teegardin and Sons Oakwood Clint Tomson American Shorthorn Breeders Association James Brothers James Farms Chillicothe R. M. Giesey, Jr Lancaster

French Train Crash Kills 30 Injures 70 Near Revigny

An eastbound local train on the Paris Strasbourg line collided with a stationary eastbound train at Revigny Sur Ornain in fog. At least 30 persons were killed and 70 injured in the wreck 138 miles east of Paris. Strong injuries and fatalities reported as rescuers worked through the night.

Metz France Paris-Strasbourg Revigny-Sur-Ornain Paris

Msgr. George Geers Dies at 86 Former Holy Family Pastor

Msgr. George Henry Geers aged 86 died in Good Samaritan Hospital after serving 22 years as pastor of Holy Family Catholic Church in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati George Henry Geers Holy Family Catholic Church Good Samaritan Hospital

Poison Case Grips Cincinnati Chicago Police Probe

Detectives in Cincinnati and Chicago questioned Ivan Cannon of Birmingham after he claimed he refused 20000 to shoot James Ragen. Cannon alleged a 50000 payment to poison the Chicago horse racing newsman shot in Chicago on June 24 last year and died weeks later. authorities doubt his account but note he is knowledgeable about the case.

Cincinnati Chicago Ivan Little Alabama) Cannon Birmingham Ala James Ragen Tim O'Connor Cannon Ragen

New Infant Surgery Seen by Northwestern Doctors

Chicago report says three Northwestern University physicians announced a new operation to save blue babies by tapping the main abdominal aorta instead of a smaller artery. The method, a surgical feat once deemed impossible, aims to help many children overcome crippling heart defects, though not all cases may benefit.

Chicago Northwestern University

King George VI Urges Conscription and Nationalization in Speech

In a Parliament opening address, King George VI backed continued conscription for the armed forces and nationalization of inland transport and electric utilities. The message, prepared by the labor government, urged negotiating a peace with Germany under conditions promoting democracy and preventing new world domination, while easing the occupation burden on Britain.

London George VI Scotland Yard Germany

Help on Way To Farm Area After Blizzard

Army crews and half track Weasels head to Hugo Colorado to aid Lincoln County marooned by heavy snows. More than 100 families cut off with 30 000 to 40 000 cattle at risk of freezing or starvation. Red Cross disaster unit reports no word yet from the stranded pioneers.

Denver Hugo Colo Lincoln Weather Bureau Colorado County J. E. Sterling Red Cross Disaster Unit

Forge Firm Walkout Ends With Wage Hike

An eight week strike involving 500 workers at the Steel Improvement and Forge Co. ended with ratification by AFL blacksmiths and drop forgers of a settlement. The agreement provides a general wage increase following industry pattern and an 18 cent hourly raise retroactive to June 1.

Cleveland Steel Improvement & Forge Co AFL

Doctor dies at home in Dayton

Dr. Ben F. Saffron aged 51, a prominent physician, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his Dayton residence yesterday. He was known for his clinical work and community involvement. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.

Dayton Ben F. Saffron

Doctor Urges Richer Flour Enrichment Across States

Dr. Russell M. Wilder of Mayo Clinic urged 29 states to enact legislation requiring enrichment of white flour bread and rolls with vitamins and iron. He noted 19 states and two territories already have such laws aligning with federal standards, as APHA delegates heard.

Cleveland Russell M. Wilder Mayo Clinic Wilder American Public Health Association

Plane Crash Inquiry Set in Cleveland

Ins pectors from the Civil Aeronautics Administration investigated the United Air Lines transport crash that killed the pilot and co pilot and injured 18 others. The inquiry includes the decision not to divert to another city due to deteriorating weather as the aircraft from Chicago to Boston struck a seven foot fence trees and a telephone cable before crashing near the Cleveland Airport early yesterday.

Cleveland United Airlines Chicago New York NEA Civil Aeronautics Administration United Air Lines Boston

Fire Bombing Suspects Questioned in Baltimore

Detectives arrested two men at the request of Baltimore police for questioning in a blaze at a Baltimore seamen's rooming house that killed six. Identified as Martin Bitkel, 25, and Kennon W. Langham, 22. Booked and held for arraignment.

Philadelphia Baltimore Glasgow Driscoll Martin Bitkel Kennon W. Langham

Wife and Kidnapper Found Slain in Swamp

In New Jersey a soldier's wife and the ex-convict suitor she spurned were found slain in Tick Lebanon State Forest swamp area, 45 days after she was abducted from her husband at gunpoint. A Navy blimp G-4 with FBI and state police aboard located the bodies.

MT. Holly N.J Tick Lebanon State Forest FBI

Peru quake kills 30 and destroys two towns

An interior ministry report says a strong quake near Lima yesterday killed at least 30 people and destroyed the towns of Sihuas and Moyobamba, located about 250 miles north of Lima and in the Liberated Department.

Lima Peru Sihuas Interior Ministry Moyobamba Liberated

Wife of OU Trustee Dies After Long Illness

Mrs Helen M Gale breath 49 wife of John W Gale breath Columbus real estate operator died today after a long illness The Associated Press reported Mr Galbreath is a trustee of Ohio University and of the Ohio University Fund She is survived by a son Daniel and a daughter Joann

Columbus Helen M. Galebreath John W. Galebreath Associated Press Galbreath Ohio University Ohio University Fund Gallipolis Daniel Joann

Sam Simmons Advocates Land Ownership Limits by Heir Division

Sam Simmons argues for limiting land ownership to ensure broad access. He proposes dividing large farms among heirs and restricting purchases by any single heir. He suggests varying limits by land quality, linking ownership to enabling more families to farm and endure market slumps.

Scioto Valley

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