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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1947

Page

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Marshall urges tougher stance on Russia amid London talks

Secretary of State Marshall denounces Soviet and Communist propaganda as lies and calls for a halt to aggression while preparing for a London foreign ministers conference. He emphasizes a provisional central authority in a federated Germany and urges a peace settlement as Europe faces crisis.

Washington Secetary Marshall Russia Molotov Chicago London Germany United States Europe Andrei A. Vishinsky United Nation General Assembly Vishinsky Warmonger James F. Byrnes Vandenberg Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Maine Resident Named To High Grange Post

Carroll Be of Augusta Maine was elected priest of Demeter the only officer of the national Grange qualified for the seventh degree at the rural fraternity’s 81st annual convention He succeeds Charles M Gardner of Springfield Mass who held the post 35 years and conferred the degree on 18 344 candidates the largest in history last week

Columbus Carroll Augusta Demeter National Grange Charles M. Gardner Springfield Mass

150 Garage Bus Men Approve Union Shop

All but one of the 151 AFL garage and bus employees of Canton City Lines approve retaining the union shop in an NLRB supervised election conducted yesterday. The union is in contract talks with the company and has set a Sunday strike deadline.

Canton AFL Canton City Lines, Inc NLRB

Ex Professor Edwin Starbuck Dies at 81 in California

Edwin Diller Starbuck, 81, noted philosopher, writer and former USC psychology professor, died last night in Santa Cruz California. He taught at USC and authored several works on philosophy and psychology.

Santa Cruz Calif Edwin Diller Starbuck University of Southern California

Ohioans doubt action on price controls in special session

Three Ohio Republican Congressmen Thomas A. Jenkins Edward McCowen and P W Griffiths predicted Congress would do little in a special session. They questioned the Europe relief estimate saying aid should be limited and supervised with emphasis on fuel food clothing and medicine. They warned against controls and urged minimal action beyond interim aid.

Washington Taft Ohio Truman Congress Ohioan Thomas A. Jenkins Ironton Edward Mae Cowen Wheelersburg P. W. Griffiths Marietta Europe Jenkins State Department Griffiths Appropriations Committee McCowen OPA WPA

Blum Agrees To Try To Form Government

Paris reports former Premier Leon Blum agreed to attempt forming a new government after socialist leader Guy Mollet announced the move amid a wave of communist strikes. He aimed to unite liberals democrats and pacifists to keep France from civil conflict.

Paris Socialist Party Leon Blum Paul Ramadier Guy Mollet Mollet France Spain General Confederation of Labor Mediterranean Paul Reynaud Charles de Gaulle French People’s Party RPF Blum

Two Year Pay To Meyers Set At 94081 Dollars

Washington investigators focus on Maj. Gen. Bennett E Meyers profits from 1941 42 with Ohio aircraft parts firm totaling 94081 39. Senator Ferguson leads the War Investigating Subcommittee and vows further tracing into Meyers wartime dealings. Eleriot N Lamarre testifies that Meyers was the real owner of Aviation Electric Company of Dayton.

Washington Bennett E. Meyers Ohio Ferguson (Reich Lamarre Aviation Electric Company of Dayton Meyers

Bids Open November 28 To Remove Island Queen Wreck

The U S Army district engineer in Pittsburgh will open bids November 28 for removing the blackened wreck of the Island Queen. The excursion boat exploded September 8 and killed 19 people while moored at a Monongahela River auto parking wharf in downtown Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh U. S. Army

Port Clinton Coach Lines acquires Ohio Motor Coach franchise

The Port Clinton Coach Lines Co. has acquired the franchise of the Ohio Motor Coach Lines, which had suspended city bus service two weeks earlier, restoring street transit in the area.

Tiffin Port Clinton Coach Lines Co Ohio Motor Coach Lines

Argument Over Fare Triggers Bus Crash In Cleveland

Fifteen trolley bus passengers sustained minor injuries when the bus crashed into a pole in Cleveland. Riders said the collision followed a dispute between the driver and a young man who offered a ten dollar bill to cover a dime fare.

Cleveland

Apartment House Blaze Displaces 45 In Cleveland

Firemen say damage reached 20000 and the blaze routed 45 persons from a 16 unit apartment building last night. The fire started unknown origin and confined to the basement and four first floor stores.

Cleveland

Student Faces Prison For Goodrich Robbery

Roy Conway Blackburn a 29 year old pre medical student at Ohio State University was found guilty of the $31 000 armed robbery of a B F Goodrich Co paymaster last June by a nine woman three man jury A former Goodrich employee Blackburn was arrested in Columbus where more than $10 000 of the stolen money was recovered and he now faces a mandatory 10 to 25 year sentence

Akron Roy Conway Blackburn Ohio State University B. F. Goodrich Co Goodrich Blackburn Columbus

Taft Seeks Quick U.S. Admit of Displaced Europeans

Senator Taft urges immediate action to admit Americas share of Europe's displaced persons. He says Congress should act now without awaiting an international conference and that unused immigration quotas should be used to take in refugees.

Washington Taft Ohio United States Europe Senate America Congress

Ohio National Guard Recruits Reach 3 707

Adj. Gen. Chester W. Goble announced Ohio’s National Guard now totals 7 975 officers and men after an eight week recruiting drive that enrolled 3 707. The campaign aimed for 3 570 and plans call to reach 10 000 with 75 more units statewide.

Columbus Adj Chester W. Goble Ohio National Guard Goble

Four Toledo Men Fined After pheasants found in wreck

In Defiance Ohio four Toledo men paid 320 in fines and court costs after four pheasants were found in their car following an accident. Identified by Justice of the Peace G J Louys were B F Keister 25 Wesley Keister Jr 23 Earl Keister 20 and James Woods 20.

Defiance Toledo Justice of the Peace G. J. Louys B. F. Keister Wesley Keister, Jr Earl Keister James Woods

Teens Rewarded For Warning Train Of Coal Truck

Six Cosaddale youths from Warren county will ride the Cin cinnatian passenger train from Cincinnati to Clarksburg West Virginia and back as a reward for signaling a stalled coal truck that would have caused a derailment on September 7. The boys identified the danger and alerted the crew, preventing disaster.

Cincinnati Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Cincinnatian Cozaddale Warren County Clarksburg W. Va Earl Ray Whirls David Allen Glass Keith Lanary Lee Applegate Russell Schultz Robert Tagar

Ship Reaches Wreck Victims Near Sacred Island Rescue

The Empire MacCallum began taking aboard survivors from the wrecked Langleecrag after a five day marooned ordeal on Sacred Island off northern Newfoundland. The rescue mission involved four ships amid heavy seas. Between 30 and 44 seamen endured icy rain and breakers. one man died when the freighter broke on reefs early Saturday.

Halifax N. S Empire MacCallum Langleecrag Sacred Island Newfoundland

Swedish Plane Crash Near Salerno Reported Fatal

A Swedish plane carrying 30 people crashed in the mountains near Salerno. Ravello correspondents said at least 20 were killed and 10 injured. The fliers were returning from Addis Ababa after delivering B-17 planes Sweden sold to Ethiopia.

Rome Salerno Ravello Addis Ababa Sweden Ethiopia

Pair Elade Officers After Bank Robbery

Ohio authorities hunt two men after they robbed Johnstown Savings & Loan in Licking County yesterday at noon. They escaped with $2,000 and reportedly breached roadblocks by yesterday evening.

Elade Columbus State Highway Patrol Central Ohio Johnstown Savings & Loan Co Licking County

U S S Gar To Become Navy Training Ship

A crew of Navy men polish the submarine U S S Gar in Cleveland as Admiral J Cary Jones prepares to turn it over to the local Naval Reserve for use as a training ship. The Gar had sunk 49000 tons of shipping in World War II and docked at the Coast Guard wharf yesterday.

Cleveland U.S.S. Gar Ninth Naval District Adm J. Cary Jones Naval Reserve Gar Coast Guard

Lake contract awarded to Fischer Construction Co

The Fischer Construction Co of Cincinnati has been awarded the contract for the construction of Cowansg Creek Lake in Clinton County.

Columbus Fischer Construction Co Cincinnati Cowansg Creek Clinton County

Wait and See Plan Emerges From Ohio Strip Mine Meeting

About 200 strip mine owners in Columbus welcomed a wait and see stance on Ohio's new law requiring a 100 per acre reclamation bond. The law takes effect January 1, with a 200 per acre total reclamation cost. Owners challenge the law as discriminatory and unfair to strip miners.

Columbus Ohio R. L. Ireland Ohio Coal Association Ireland

Victim's Child Takes Stand In Cleveland Area Murder Trial

A ten year old boy testified as the star witness for the state in the trial of Clifford Gayles 35 charged with first degree murder in the fatal beating of Mrs Edna Adkins 33 of Franklin County near Hamilton Ohio The boy said Gayles forced his mother to remove her clothes then shot at him in the back seat before returning to take him away and beating him again The witness recalled seeing his mother crawl away after the attack

Hamilton Clifford Gayles Edna Adkins Franklin Paul Adkins Gayles Middletown Paul A. Baden Adkins

State to Seek Damages for Killing of 2000 Fish

The Conservation Division said it will ask the city of Troy to pay damages for about 2,000 fish killed by polluted waters in a slough feeding into the Miami River. The fish died from sanitary and industrial wastes overflow from a shallow city ditch.

Columbus State Conservation Division Troy Miami River

Iowa Woman Gets Oberlin Appointment

Oberlin College officials announced Mary Dolliver of Fort Dodge Iowa will become dean of women. The Red Cross field worker in the European theater takes over in February.

Oberli Oberlin College Mary Dolliver Fort Dodge Miss Dolliver Red Cross

Heaviest Bomb To Be Tested

The Air Force plans test drops of a 42 000 pound bomb at Muroc Air Base in the California desert in about two weeks. Twelve bombs have been delivered by the Army Ordnance Department. A modified B29 carrying the load is at Eglin Field Florida and will drop the bomb using new shackles. The Muroc tests will likely use inert duds to balance the test setup.

Washington Air Force Muroc Air Base California Desert Army Ordnance Department Eglin Field Fla Muroc

Body of Pvt. Dailey To Arrive in Pomeroy

POMEROY The body of Pvt. Elmer C. Dailey of Meigs County will arrive in Pomeroy at 1 15 p.m. Thursday, the Army reports. Believed to be among war dead returned from overseas cemeteries for burial at home, the body will be taken to the Ewing funeral home.

Pomeroy Elmer C. Dailey Meigs County Pvt Dailey Ewing Funeral Home

Cincinnati First Snow Hits Area

Cincinnati area reports its first snow of the season last night, bringing light coverage and colder temperatures to the region.

Cincinnati

Error Found In Highway Funds Law

Ohio Supreme Court rules a legislative error diverted all gasoline tax construction funds to maintenance and repair. The ruling triggers a call for a special session to rectify the law before the current biennium ends, to avoid a halt in new highways and township projects while noting state funds for matching federal money remain affected.

Columbus Ohio Supreme Court Thomas J. Herbert Attorney General’s Department Supreme Court Herbert

Heater fumes kill McArthur girl at OSU

Louise Lenert 20 of McArthur died after she and her husband Willy were found unconscious in their Ohio State University area trailer, victims of gas heater fumes. The couple were in residence when discovered. Louise was an expectant mother and died at University Hospital. Willy remained in critical condition.

Columbus Louise Lenert McArthur Willy Ali Sephore Ohio State University Lenert University Hospital Madeline Rusk Jean Green

Machine Shop Training For Blind In City Schools

Tuition free machine shop training for the blind will be offered in Columbus city schools under the state welfare department sponsorship. Similar programs are already operating in Toledo Cincinnati and Cleveland.

Columbus State Welfare Department Board of Education Toledo Cincinnati Cleveland

Manslaughter Charge in William Tell Headshot

New Philadelphia Ohio Charles Pfeiffer 58 was indicted by a grand jury on a first degree manslaughter charge in the William Tell shooting of Dale Zeigler 23 Police said Zeigler was killed when Pfeiffer accepted a dare to shoot a glass from his head.

Philadelphia Charles Pfeiffer Dale Zeigler Zeigeler Pfeiffer

Twilight Wedding Eve Hype For Mountbatten Bride

London swirls with wedding fever as Princess Elizabeth prepares for a twilight rehearsal at Westminster Abbey for her marriage to Lieut Philip Mountbatten. Rumors swirl on a dukedom gift while Scotland Yard tightens security and tickets spark a paid scramble.

London Elizabeth Philip Mountbatten Westminster Abbey Marquess of Milford Haven Mountbatten Philip Greece Denmark

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Eeam Rees Vdgar Tulloss National Lutheran Council Tulloss Wittenberg College Ohio Chamber of Commerce William Green House Economic Committee Wolcott R-Mich House Banking Committee Capitol Hill House Foreign Relations Bridges R-Nh Senate Appropriations Committee House Foreign Affairs Maine High Grange Buckeye Consolidated Vultee San Diego Ohio National Guard General Meyers Huntington N.Y Navy Training Ship Iowa Pvt. Dailey Osu Duke of Clarence Duke of Edinburgh Scotland Yard Ronald Howe CIO Leonard Burt Westminster London Daily Mail Broadlands Romsey Hampshire Whitehall
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