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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1949

Page

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Grand Jury Weighs Murder Charge Against OSU Freshman

OSU freshman James E Heer faces possible first degree murder indictment in the shooting of Jack T McKeown, journalism senior, after a homecoming dance. Grand jury expected next week. Joyce Crafton, not an OSU student, testifies as material witness. Three Delta Tau Delta officers are removed for university liquor rules violations. firearms ban adopted in housing facilities.

James F. Heer Ohio State University Columbus Delta Tau Delta Jack T. McKeown Bond Joyce Crafton Heer OSU James E. Heer Miss Crafton Cleveland Peer Franklin County Euclid Ohio McKeown Norwood Cincinnati Me‘Keown Council On Frank M. Mallett James E. Rhodes George W. Fisher University Board of Trustees Crafton Ohio State

Man Admits Tavern Fire in Struthers Tragedy

Youngstown report states 26-year-old James Filban admitted lighting rubbish in the tavern apartment stairway after being refused more liquor by proprietor Mrs. Mary Styke. Marie Styke and Harry Harries died in the Av Nu Cafe blaze. Mayor Needham bound Filban over to the county Grand Jury with a $25,000 bond. He remains in Mahoning County jail.

Youngstown Av- Nu Struthers Mary Styke Harry Harries Neil K. Gordon James Filban

Extended Forecast for Columbus Area

Temperatures will average normal to three degrees below with a normal high of 49 and low 34. Expect near normal Wednesday rising slightly above Thursday then turning colder Saturday and Sunday. Precipitation totals one tenth to quarter inch as light showers or snow flurries tonight and light rain Thursday and Friday.

Columbus

Ilying Discs Do It Again

The State Highway Patrol reports a second wheel failure incident on Route 33 five miles south of Logan. George Howell 31 of Latrobe Pennsylvania drove a semi-trailer to the right to yield for an oncoming car, tearing loose the rear wheel assembly which struck Mark Credell 43 of Detroit in a 1948 auto, causing lip lacerations and shock. A prior incident last Friday saw a coal truck wheel separate, roll 150 feet, and smash through a house window.

Logan State Highway Patrol George Howell Latrobe Howell Mark Credell Detroit Credell Kimberly

Columbus Bus Fare Hearing Set for 10 Cent Increase

Common Pleas Judge Dana F. Reynolds will hear the Columbus Transit Company petition to raise bus fare from five to ten cents. A temporary injunction banned the increase last week at the City's request. a hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.

Columbus Common Pleas Dana F. Reynolds Columbus Transit Company Reynolds City of

Union Homes Bombed in Pontiac Dynamite Attacks

Terrorists set off dynamite blasts at the home of two AFL Teamsters Union officials in Pontiac Michigan Monday night. No injuries were reported and police opened an investigation.

Pontiac Mich AFL Teamsters

Coplon Gubitchev Arrest Justified Says G Man

FBI agent Robert R. Granville testified that Judith Coplon and Valen tin Gubitchev were pursued by a large team of agents and arrested on the Lower East Side after evading surveillance. He said the arrest was justified because they attempted to pass classified material and endangered U S security.

NEW York FBI Judith Coplon Valentin Gubitchev Manhattan Robert R. Granville Gubitchev Coiesa Urithant VeLeuar Miss Coplon U.S. Department of Justice United Nations U.S Archibald Palmer Granville Third Avenue Lower East Side United States

Ministerial Program Sets Lectures on Protestantism Series

A lecture series titled What Is Protestantism begins tomorrow at First Presbytery Church. The Athens County Ministerial Association sponsors sessions each Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. Remaining speakers include Carl G Gustavson Robert F Steegan Ralph M Albaugh Charles Cooley and Rev Fred E Lachs with devotional services led by a rotating group of clergy.

First Presbytery Harold F. Kelogg Athens County Ministerial Association Carl G. Gustavson Ohio University Robert F. Steegan Ralph M. Albaugh Charles Cooley Fred E. Lachs W. J. MeGarity Drell H. Goff E. C. Kenney J. L. McDaniels Phil Porter, Jr

Tie Up Threatened By Deck Officers

Government mediators worked to avert a deck officers strike that could tie up passenger and dry cargo vessels from Atlantic and Gulf ports after midnight. The AFL Masters Mates and Pilots Union threatened action on rotating jobs, with four or five men aboard freighters and more on passenger ships. Oil tankers and coal carriers would be exempt, as would ships in port commerce.

Washington Atlantic Gulf Ports AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots Union

Gandhi Killers Hanged at Ambala Jail

The young editor Narayan V. Godse and publisher Narayan Apte were hanged at Ambala Central Jail for the Gandhi assassination. Godse fired the shot. Apte led the plot. Four others received life terms. one was acquitted. Bodies were cremated after the executions.

Ambala India Mohandas K. Gandhi Ambala Central Narayan V. Godse Poona Gandhi Apte

Judge Nelson Schwab Dies at 61 in Cincinnati

Common Pleas Judge Nelson Schwab former Ohio legislator died in a Cincinnati hospital Monday at age 61. He served on the bench and in the state legislature, with a career spanning public service in Ohio.

Cincinnati Common Pleas Nelson Schwab Ohio

State Department Stumped Over Freeing Consul Ward

Secretary of State Acheson returns from Europe to face a growing crisis over freeing American Consul Angua Ward and four staff held by Chinese Communist authorities in Mukden. State warns no action yet, while peers push for possible pressure via the United Nations or political leverage. The note recalls Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead as a historical threat to force release.

Washington Acheson Europe Angua Ward Mukden Manchuria Ward U.S State Department United Nations Peiping

Divorce Trial Jury Deliberates After Overnight Lockup

In Columbus, a common pleas court jury resumed deliberations in a case against Zanesville attorney Thomas A. Joseph who allegedly induced clients to lie to obtain quick divorces. He faces nine counts of subornation of perjury with possible sentences of one to ten years per count.

Columbus Common Pleas Court Thomas A. Joseph Zanesville Chester Pendleton Findlay Joseph Franklin County Muskingum County

Steel Firms Join Work Movements Across Major Plants

More than 12 000 workers in five Allegheny Ludlum Steel plants return to work after a CIO United Steelworkers backed contract. Bethlehem and Sharon Steel also reach pension and social insurance talks as the broader steel strike posture shifts toward back-to-work status.

Pittsburgh Allegheny - Ludlum Steel Corp CIO United Steelworkers Allegheny-Ludium Bethlehem Steel Corp Youngstown Sharon Steel Corp United Steelworkers of America Sharon

Lausche Bid Is Discounted In Ohio Senate Race

A reliable political source says Governor Frank Lausche will withdraw from the 1950 Ohio U.S. Senate race by next Wednesday though he has not confirmed his candidacy. Observers expect Lausche to seek a third term as governor, while AFL UAW delegates urged him to run as the Democratic Labor candidate against Taft, author of the Taft Hartley Act.

Columbus Frank J. Lausche U. S. Senate Ohio Lausche Ohio Wesleyan University Robert A. Taft State House Cleveland AFL United Auto Workers Taft

Six Cleveland Hospitals Halt Maternity Admissions

Six Cleveland hospitals stopped new admissions to maternity wards or adopted precautions due to diarrhea outbreaks. Polyclinic Hospital reported severe cases among babies, and three infant deaths occurred in the Mount Sinai outbreak.

Cleveland Polyclinic Hospital Mount Sinai

Train Crash Kills 70 Africans and a European in Transvaal

A passenger train plunged 50 feet from a bridge into the Crocodile River at Waterval Boven in the Upper Transvaal. At least 70 Africans and one European were killed with about 100 natives seriously injured.

Pretoria Transvaal South Africa Crocodile River Waterval Boven Trans-Vaal

Shotgun Blast kills Harlan Cafe Owner

Harlan Kentucky a cafe operator linked to the Easter slaying of Ambrose Metcalfe was killed by a shotgun blast from a slow moving car. Ford Sizemore 29 was fatally shot after turning in an alley as another car paused behind. Oma Wilson 24 saw two bareheaded men. Coroner said the shell used a metal slug. Sizemore had not been indicted in Metcalfe case. Arthur Jackson was acquitted in October.

Harlan Harlan County Ford Sizemore Ambrose Metcalfe Harlan Theatre John Greenlee Greenlee Sizemore Oma Wilson Henry Skidmore Metcalfe Arthur Jackson

Six-Year-Old Linda Joyce Glucott Found Slain Near Home

In Los Angeles a missing six year old girl, Linda Joyce Glucott, was found slain near her home. The body lay under rubbish with an axe nearby. Police had earlier sought a known sex offender missing from the same neighborhood.

Los Angeles Linda Joyce Glucott

Bill Robinson Tl In Serious Condition

New York Bill Bojangles Robinson 71 year old veteran dancer was hospitalized today in serious heart attack condition at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. An official said he was not in a crisis but his age makes the outlook serious and uncertain.

New York Bill “Bojangles Robinson Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center

Dentists Hear Warning On Child Teeth Care

A Canadian dentist told the Ohio State Dental Society in Columbus that the profession must improve child dental care or risk others doing so. Dr. Stewart A. Macgregor of Toronto urged better treatment as today’s environment challenges today’s children.

Columbus Ohio State Dental Society Stewart A. Macgregor Toronto Ont

Ironton Man Killed in Hunting-Trip Argument

J Everett John son, 57, a car repairman, was killed by a shotgun blast during an argument with his son-in-law Dempsey Wickline, 30, in Ironton as hunting season opened. Wickline surrendered to Sheriff Peter A Burke two hours later and was jailed. charges to be filed.

Tronton AM Wib Payne Wickline Johnson Ohio John Wickline Dempsey Everett McIntyre Ironton Payne

Pool Tickets Confiscated in New Castle Theft

A haul of 20 000 unused football pool tickets was confiscated in New Castle as Patrolman Calvin Guy investigated bulky boxes moved between cars near the business district. Edward Ginocchi, 35, was arrested on pool slip possession charges and two others were held for questioning. The seizure is the largest in years.

Youngstown New Castle Edward Ginocchi Calvin Guy

Typhoon Toll Rises to 975 in Kabankalan Deaths

The Red Cross reports 177 more bodies recovered from the Oct 31 to Nov 1 typhoon in Kabankalan, raising the total death toll to 975.

Manila Red Cross Kabankalan

Lorain Journal Sherman Action Opens Today

The Justice Department moves to force changes in Lorain Journal advertising policies accusing the paper and four officers of violating the Sherman Anti Trust Law. It contends the Journal conspired to restrain and monopolize news and ad dissemination by refusing to publish ads of businesses who advertised in the Sunday News or on WEOL radio. The Journal says it may accept or reject ads for any reason.

Cleveland Lorain Journal Justice Department The Journal Sunday News Lorain WEOL Weol-Fm Elyria

Mayors OK Site For Air Races

Mayors of suburbs around Cleveland Airport agreed to host the National Air Races in 1950. They support tighter safety rules to govern the event, to be explained November 28. Opposition rose after pilot Bill Odom's F 51 Mustang struck a house in Berea during the Labor Day Thompson Trophy Race, killing Odom and a Berea mother and her baby.

Cleveland Bill Odom Berea Odom

Train Fare Increase of 12 12 Per Cent OK'd

The Interstate Commerce Commission granted a 12 percent rise in basic eastern interstate passenger rates. The hike applies to coach and sleeping car mileage and could take effect with five days notice. East of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers plus parts of West Virginia and Virginia are affected. Commutation fares stay the same.

Washington Interstate Commerce Commission Mississippi River Ohio Potomac Rivers Pocahontas West Virginia Virginia

Welfare Fund Staff Is Slashed In Coal Strike Crisis

Washington AP John L. Lewis faced a 24 to 48 hour ultimatum to advance a coal contract or trigger White House action. Officials signaled possible Taft Hartley court injunction and a new strike risk as the welfare and pension fund undergoes drastic cuts amid stalled negotiations and looming Dec 1 truce expiry.

Washington John L. Lewis White House Lewis Truman Lowina Taft-Hartley Justive Department Ass'n United Mine Workers Union Ezra van Horn Styles Bridges Bridges Dee. 1 UMW T. Alan Goldsborough Supreme Court Cyrus &. Ching Ching Welfare Fund Josephine Roche van Horn

Plunge Kills Mother Of Walter Winchell

Mrs. Jennie Winchell 77 mother of Walter Winchell the columnist and broadcaster died Monday night after plunging from the 10th floor of Doctor's Hospital. Police report says she either fell or jumped after being admitted Oct 24 for a heart ailment.

New York Jennie Winchell Walter Winchell Doctor's Hospital

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