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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1946

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Government Secret Union Delays Action in Coal Strike Case

UMW leader John L. Lewis ordered to stand trial for contempt of court in the soft coal walkout dispute. Judge T. Alan Goldsborough set a Wednesday trial date after ruling Lewis failed to purge contempt and overrode union objections to jurisdiction.

Lewis T. Alan Goldsborough District Court For District of Columbia John L. Lewis Justice Goldsborough UMW Washington Goldsborough United Mine Welly K. Hopkins Hopkins John F. Sonnett Borough John Sennett

Survivors Rescued After Alpine Plane Crash Igloo Shelter

Twelve Americans survived five days on a glacier after a U S Army C 53 crash near Interlaken Switzerland. They lived on candy and melted snow, rescued by Swiss and U S forces in nine shuttle flights to Meiringen then Vienna bound hospital train.

Interlaken Switzerland United States Army Vienna Meiringen Gault Glacier Pisa Munich Munich Post Here U. S Pista Hitz Victor Hug Wayne G. Folsom Postville

Badges Taken From Officers in Tacoma Raids

Tacoma police chief says two more patrolmen were stripped of their badges for unauthorised raids. The action follows a prior move against 10 officers for vigilante raids Saturday night. Over twenty arrests were made Sunday for drunkenness disorderly conduct or illegal liquor retail. The suspended officers joined four participants from Saturday as civilian witnesses.

Tacoma Wash Percy J. Gregg

Ohio Ensign Dies in Pensacola Aircraft Crash

Ensign Bradford Dale Miller of West Jefferson was fatally injured in a plane crash near Choc taw Field during carrier landing practice. The crash occurred Saturday while Miller piloted a fighter type aircraft, as reported by the Navy public information office.

Pensacola Fla Bradford Dale Miller West Jefferson Choctaw Field Navy Public Information Office Miller

Mrs Dickinson Sees Russia On Tour

The Manchester Union article reprinted in The West Virginia Club Woman notes Mrs. Dickinson’s Russia tour observations. She questions the iron curtain and claims religion is not frowned upon, citing Communist doctrine as seeing religion as an opiate while noting strict controls on visitors.

Manchester N. H West Virginia Club Woman Russia

Shot At Coal Truckers Resume Duties Today

BRIDGEPORT Three truckers from Tiltonsville and Brilliant reported they were fired upon last Friday at the Tamer Coal Company's Glen Robins Strip Mine and planned to resume work today. They said they would continue as long as the mine operates. The incident was reported to the FBI. none were injured.

Bridgeport Tamer Coal Company Glen Robins S. Pados Clarence Slint Tiltonsville Thomas Chelfont Brilliant FBI

School Chief Blocks Member Solicitation in Classrooms

Cuyahoga County School Superintendent W. L. Shuman announced that organizers for the United States Teachers Association cannot solicit members during classroom hours in county schools. He noted that in one school organizers went from room to room to enroll teachers.

Cleveland Cuyahoga County W. L. Shuman United States Teachers Association

Fugitives From Grafton Camp Held in Lancaster

Four inmates from the Grafton Honor Camp Mansfield Reformatory were bound over to the grand jury without bond on armed robbery charges. The holdup of a dry cleaning shop led to a police chase to Millersburg Wednesday night.

Lancaster Grafton Mansfield Reformatory Millersburg

REA Approves $50,000 Loan for Darke Rural Electric Coop

The Rural Electric Administration approved a $50,000 loan Friday for the Darke Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. The loan approval was announced from Greenville and confirms support for the cooperative’s local utility projects.

REA Greenville Darke Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc

OSU Gifts Approved by Board of Trustees

Ohio State University's board of trustees approved gifts totaling 16,114.50 and land research contracts worth 58,585. The actions were announced in Columbus and reflect campus funding decisions impacting research and development.

OSU Columbus Ohio State University

Cleveland CPA Authorizes 45 Projects Valued at 1 172 76

The Civilian Production Administration in Cleveland announced approval of 45 projects totaling 1 172 76 and rejection of 11 projects costing 260 000. Glenn W. Thompson, district manager for 23 northern Ohio counties, said the CPA facilities review committee in Washington also approved on appeal a 1 455 250 Ohio Power Co project to expand facilities at Brilliant Jefferson County.

Cleveland Civilian Production Administration Office Glenn W. Thompson Ohio Thompson CPA Washington Ohio Power Co Brilliant Jefferson County

One Killed, 11 Injured In Dixie Highway Crash

Covington Kentucky a Greyhound bus and an automobile collided on the Dixie Highway killing Everett C. Cress 30 of Burlington Kentucky. Eleven bus passengers were injured none seriously. Ohio victims were Edgar Jones 44 and daughter Lois Jones 19 of Cincinnati.

Covington Everett C. Cress Burlington Southeastern Greyhound Dixie Highway Here Edgar Jones Lois Jones Cincinnati

Japanese Diet reconvenes for 91st extraordinary session

The Japanese Diet resumes today in Tokyo for its 91st extraordinary session amid signals that another dissolution demand may be brought forward.

Tokyo

Fulbright backs outlawing strikes in key industries

Senator Fulbright proposed Congress outlaw strikes and require arbitration in coal oil steel transportation and public utilities to shield the economy. He urged a new arbitration agency or a special court and possible government price and regulatory powers to resolve wage disputes amid the coal walkout and Truman conference talks.

Washington Senator Fulbright D-Ark Congress Fulbright Interstate Commerce Commission Arkansas Truman John L. Lewis

Brother Kills Sleeping Youth With Shotgun

In Columbus, Joseph Wallo, 21, was shot in a bedroom while sleeping. His brother Jack Wallo, 19, was detained after coroner ruled homicide. Authorities said Jack claimed the shooting was accidental as he retrieved a shotgun from a corner near the bed.

Columbus Joseph Wallo Jack Wallo John H. Richardson Joseph X. Sigrist Sigrist Columbus State Hospital Wallo Joseph

FDR Memorial Drive Reaches Donation Goal in Six Days

Britons raised 160000 dollars for a Franklin D Roosevelt memorial statue in six days Most contributions were five shillings about one dollar Sir Campbell Stuart treasurer announced the appeal closed Donations to the American war dead may be given at St Pauls Cathedral

London Franklin D. Roosevelt Campbell Stuart St. Paul’s Cathedral

New Life Is Assured For Ohio Blue Baby

Patricia Weider a nine year old from Canton has undergone a delicate heart operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore and is now pronounced cured of the blue baby condition. She returns home with her mother Mrs Kenneth Weider after escaping a rapid death.

Canton Patricia Weider Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Kenneth Weider Patricia

Railroader Clarence Heiserman dies at 84 in Philadelphia

Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for Clarence Benjamin Heiserman 84 retired vice president and general counsel of the Pennsylvania Railroad who died last night.

Philadelphia Clarence Benjamin Heiserman The Pennsylvania Railroad

Soviet scientist reports new atomic break up and physics chairs

A Soviet scientist claimed a new kind of disintegration of the atomic nucleus. S I Vavilov credited P I Lukirsky as a leading candidate for five newly created physics chairs, noting his work on photoelectricity and X-ray polarization. Leningrad geophysicists also reported the deepest earth crust sounding yet at 32 kilometers, deemed of great practical significance.

Moscow S. I. Vavilov Soviet Academy of Science P. I. Lukirsky Lukirsky Leningrad University Leningrad B. N. Yanovsky Vavilov

Fourteen-year-old confesses family murder in Maryland

Four teen Robert Snyder, charged with shotgun slaying of his father mother and sister, reportedly showed little concern for the murder charge and preferred avoiding the crime scene. He allegedly took his father's wallet and car after the killings and later went with a friend to a movie before turning himself in.

Rockville Robert Snyder Joseph B. Simpson Bobbie Washington

Freighters Sink After Collision Off Florida Coast

Two small freighters collide and sink about 30 miles south of Miami in the Straits of Florida. The Evangelos reported distress after leaving Miami for Haiti and was said to carry 10 crew. the Marsidee from Nassau carried 7. Coast Guard rescued search underway for 17 aboard both vessels.

Miami Fla Coast Guard Evangelos Haiti Nassau Straits of Florida Marsidee

Former Campaign Man Released on Parole

William E. Dewitt, 53, of Springfield, former campaign manager for ex Sheriff Niles E. Young, was released on parole from Ohio Penitentiary. Dewitt entered the Navy in 1945 to serve a 110 year sentence for perjury and bribery. Young remains jailed in Clark County on appeal from a bribery conviction.

Columbus William E. Dewitt Springfield Niles E. Young Clark County Ohio Dewitt Navy Young

Dems In End Zone After Election Loss

Rep. Wickersham says Democrats feel the sting of defeat as he jokes about Army Navy tickets ending up in the end zone. Rep. Clarence Brown notes Republicans now exert influence and discovers his own tickets in the end zone too.

Washington Wickersham D-Okla Clarence Brown Ohio

Eighth Cavalry Officers Fete Unit's Birthday

Eleven veteran officers and men who served with the Eighth Cavalry Regiment helped celebrate the unit's 80th birthday in Tokyo on Saturday. Wartime members were recalled to march with the regimental standard, including First Sgt. Vescor Mullins Gypsum C T-5 William D. Mountain Jefferson O and Pfc. George W. Sifers Jr. Minden W Va.

Tokyo Eighth Cavalry Regiment Vescor Mullins Gypsum William D. Mountain Jefferson George W. Sifers, Jr Minden W. Va

Legion Collects $20,000 In Memorial Fund Drive

East Liverpool reports $20,000 of a $50,000 goal raised in a memorial building campaign. The American Legion plans a $100,000 structure on a $19,800 site with a $50,000 donation commitment.

Legion East Liverpool American Legion Today the Legion

Lausche Seeks Statewide Power Saving Plan

Gov. Frank Lausche revived the wartime Committee on Fuel Conservation to draft a light and power saving program during the coal mine shutdown. The panel will consider Krug's city brownout ideas and coal stock reports from the Public Utilities Commission. In Columbus, Mayor Rhodes plans talks with utility officials and merchants on dimmed lights during the work stoppage.

Columbus Frank J. Lausche Krug State Public Utilities Commission James A. Rhodes

Fire Ravages River Town in Indiana Industry Destroyed

CANELTON Ind Fire swept through Lehman Manufacturing Co No 1 and No 2 plants destroying a furniture and toy factory that had converted from ammunition boxes. The blaze also destroyed five houses and a grocery, leaving four in ten workers unemployed in a town of 2500 amid prior flood scars.

Canelton Ind Ohio River Lehman Manufacturing Co. of America, Inc

Fugitives from Ark POW stockade arrested in Chicago

Two former Italian soldiers fled Camp Grady stockade in Arkansas a year ago. They settled in Chicago where they married and become expectant fathers before federal agents arrested them on Saturday.

Chicago FBI Camp Grady Ark

Courts Consider Delaying Trial in Lewis Contempt Case

Dimont reports defense argues the restraining order was illegal and not binding. Hopkins seeks post midweek adjournment citing late government briefing and public interest. Officials say aim is to prove the 400000 United Mine Workers strike illegal and deter future action. A nationwide dimout hits 21 states with coal shortages, rail cuts, and mass layoffs in Steelworker, factory sectors.

Hopkins Sennett Lewis United Mine Workers Union

Pope Appeals To U S Youth Urges Faith Among Americans

Vatican radio relay quotes Pope Pius XII declaring America’s hour and urging U S youth to carry the torch of faith to the ends of the earth. He recalls Jesuit missionary Isaac Jogues and two companions killed 300 years ago by American Indians and says the martyr’s message rings across the country.

Vatican City America Pius XII Isaac Jogues United States Gulf

Record Flight Climb Claim Set At Cleveland Airport

Lt. Comdr. M. W. Davenport piloted a Grumman Bearcat FSF-1 in a 10 000 foot climb in 100 seconds from a standing start and achieved a takeoff in 115 feet at Cleveland Airport. If certified by instrument readings, it would set a new climb record.

Cleveland M. W. Davenport

Tetanus Fatal in Cincinnati Boy Dies from Nail Wound

Tetanus from a wound caused by a rusty nail thrown by a playmate proved fatal yesterday to Robert Foley, 13, in Cincinnati. The injury occurred near his home and prompted renewed warnings about tetanus shots for children.

Cincinnati Robert Foley

Akron Teachers Seek Immediate $600 Cost-of-Living Boost

John C. Griffith chairman of the teachers action committee says a wage boost of 600 dollars is to be presented to the Akron School Board. The committee includes about 95 percent of Akron’s 1,351 teachers.

AKRON Akron School Board John C. Griffith Griffith

Dean at Ohio State urges funding for great scholars

The dean emeritus of Ohio State University's graduate school urged the university to spend money to attract and retain great scholars. He warned that wartime losses of a generation of young scholars could cripple many future projects.

Columbus Ohio State University

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