Gallipolis Snow Closes Schools and Halts Activity
Heavy snow paralyzed Gallipolis with at least 18 inches and drifting. All county and city schools closed with uncertain resumption. some roads opened to single lanes as emergency crews used bulldozers and plows. Roof collapses reported and local aid organized for stranded families, milk shortages, and medical needs as traffic and bus service stopped.
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Gallipolis
George Creek
Cheshire
George Ehman
Tim Rhos Church
Meigs County
Widespread Fires Claim 12 Lives Across Eight States
AP report details fires killing at least 12 and injuring 15, with $3.6 million in losses. Victims include Nels Olson, Henry Jemmings, Edna Sell, and a unidentified man in Minneapolis. others die in Hyannis lodging house and Alabama prison bar racks. Fires hit The Tower hotel, dormitories, a hospital, church, and homes across Minnesota, Massachusetts, Alabama, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Arizona, and North Carolina.
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Minneapolis
Hyannis, Mass
Arizona State Hospital For Insane
Nels Olson
Henry M. Jemmings
Edna Sell
Hyannis
Joseph M. James, Jr
Edward Kelley
Eric Mattson
Alabama State
Montgomery
Moultrie
Pennsylvania
Butler
Frank Miller
Pennsylvania State College
Virginia
Nellie Atherton
Chesterfield County
Richmond
Monument Methodist Church
Alabama
Joe O. Shelton
Cullman
Ala
Selma
W. W. Steward
Corsicana
Tex
Arizona
Arizona State Hospital For the Insane
Phoenix
North Carolina
St. Augustine College
Raleigh
Attendance drop hits Athens churches on Sunday
A survey shows many Athens churches held few or no services. The Presbyterian Church had six worshippers, six in Sunday School. Church of Christ had 11. St. Pauls reported 93 across four masses vs 1000 normally. Good Shepherd had nine. Salvation Army had very few. six churches held no services at all.
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Athens
Presbyterian Church
Fred Lachs
Luchs
Church of Christ
Edward White
St. Paul’s Church
James M. McMahon
Church of the Good Shepherd
Phil Porter, Jr
Salvation Army
Ruth Ward
First Methodist
Harold Kellogg
Christian
Joe B. Maffett
Zion Baptist
Frank Cleveland
Wesleyan Methodist
E. C. Kenney
Nazarene
Drell H. Goff
Pilgrim Holiness
H. R. Cartwright
J D North Dies After Snowbound Crash
Gallipolis businessman John D. North Sr. died Saturday after a multi-vehicle crash in a blinding snowstorm eight miles northwest of Washington Court House Route 35. He operated North Produce and North Implement Co. and leaves a wife, mother, brother, a daughter and a son. Funeral plans pending due to weather.
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Gallipolis
John D. North
Washington D. H
North
Fayette Memorial Hospital
Portsmouth Road
J. D. North Produce Co
J. D. North Implement Co
Gallia County
Fourth Ave
Mary Helen Vance
Molly North
Vine St
Donald
Carter Brumfield
John D. North, Jr
Waugh
Winds Save Florida Crop From Severe Cold
Lucky winds ended the cold spell that threatened citrus and vegetables across Florida. Damage was limited, though Manatee County faced heavy frost destroying tomatoes beans and eggplants. About 30 to 35 percent loss hit 15 000 acres of beans near Belle Glade and Ruskin area saw significant tomato losses.
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Lakeland
Fla
Florida
Manatee County
Tampa
Belle Glade
South
Ruskin
Pueblo Infant Dies from Mercury Fumes in Ore Gold Project
Pueblo coroner reports two month old Marie K Bundy died from mercury fume poisoning after her father tried to boil gold ore on the kitchen stove. The 20 month old Franzoan Bundy remained in critical condition. other family members hospitalized after inhaling fumes.
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Pueblo
Colo
C. N. Caldwell
Marie K. Bundy
Lyle Bundy
Marie
Placements in Jobs Hit Monthly Record
Public employment service offices placed 2,200,000 persons in jobs in October a new monthly record. Robert C. Goodwin said October placements were 28 percent higher than September and a fourth greater than October 1949. Agricultural placements reached 1,616,000 due to favorable farming weather.
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Washington
Public Employment Service
Robert C. Goodwin
Defense
Catholic Churchmen Face Trials In Prague
Nine Roman Catholic churchmen were put on trial in Prague on charges they conspired with the Vatican to overthrow the communist regime. Bishop Stanislav Zela auxiliary bishop and vicar general of Olomouc Archdiocese in Moravia and eight others face treason espionage and related charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vatican
Stanislav Zela
Olmuth Archiodese
Moravia
Butchering Hints From a County Farmer Column
Logan offers practical tips for fall hog slaughter and processing. He covers selecting thrifty hogs, feeding adjustments, scalding temperatures around 150 degrees, handling hair removal with ashes lime or lye, and splitting carcasses for better cuts. He adds guidance on curing pork, brine and dry methods, and rendering lard in stages for quality.
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Logan
Troop Train Crashes Into Freight at Screven Depot
A troop train carrying about 200 soldiers collided with a freight train at Screven Georgia depot, both trains caught fire, three were injured, none killed. The crash followed brakes failing as the troop train from Savannah approached Camp Rucker Alabama. Local resident C W Collins witnessed the scene.
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Screven
Savannah
Here
Camp Rucker
Alabama
C. W. Collins
Rescued: Fifteen Ohio Bus Passengers Safe After Snow Drift
In Lancaster Ohio a Newark to Lancaster bus carrying fifteen passengers from Baltimore Millersport and Thurston was stranded seven miles north of town on Route 158. Passengers sought shelter in nearby farmhouses as snow drifts up to eight feet trapped the bus and delayed help from Fairfield and Licking County plows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Ohio
Newark- Lancaster
Here
Floyd Miller
Newark
Baltimore
Millersport
Thurston
Licking-Fairfield County
Miller
Fairfield County
Licking County
Meigs County Land Transfers Highlight Township Parcels
Land transfers list in Meigs County includes J F Harper and Beatrice Harper to Myrtle E Quickle for 59.57 acres in Lebanon Township. Transfers also show Joseph Grueser to Arnold and Mildred Grate in Rutland, Walter Jordan heirs to Mendel W Jordan and others in Columbia and Rutland townships, and other parcels including Salisbury and Letart townships with several grantees.
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J. F. Harper
Beatrice Harper
Myrtle E. Quickle
Lebanon Township
Joseph Grueser
Arnold Grate
Mildred Grate
Rutland
Walter Jordan
Mendel W. Jordan
Velmin F. McCallie
S. L, Vina Rutherford
Edwin I. Jordan
Verna F. Queen
S. Clay Jordan
F. Dorsey Jordan
W. E. LaVern Jordan
Columbia ‘Township
Edwin J. Jordan
Neva Ruth Jordan
Elizabeth Jordan
Max McCallie
S. L. Vina Rutherford
Francis Queen
Faye Jordan
Columbia Township
O. M. Wogan
Edith Wogan
Salisbury Township
Charles Wise
Geneva Wise
George Osler
Georgia Osler
Harry Snyder
Mandy Snyder
R. Searberry
Mildred Scearberry
Letart
Edward Archer
Dorothy Archer
Hallie Cross
Elizabeth A. Sayre
Ella G. Epperly
Lydia A. Nichols
Glenn V. Nichols
Middleport
OSU Second in Collegiate Livestock Judging at Exposition
A five member Ohio State University team finished second in the collegiate livestock judging contest at the International Livestock Exposition. Kansas State College won with 4489 points while OSU tallied 4459 and Missouri followed at 4424. Individual honors tied 915 points for top, with Max D. Cox of McArthur and Handlin of Kansas State leading. Ohio State collected top marks in hogs and horses with Rex Ranier and Magie taking podium spots.
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Chicago
Ohio State University
Kansas State College
Ohio State
University of Missouri
Handlin
Kansas State
Max D. Cox
McArthur
Ohio
Schlender
John W. Magie
Middletown
Richard R. Ranier
Groveport
Ohio Business Activity Rises Across State
Ohio business activity increased between August and September 1950 per the Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research. The survey of 6800 firms shows average weekly earnings up 0.5 percent, employment and man hours up 2 percent, payrolls up 3 percent. year over year, September 1950 earnings and payrolls rose sharply with notable gains in many cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dayton
Toledo
Youngstown
Snow Triggers Detour for Roy Rogers Show Trail
Roy Rogers and his troupe faced severe snow as their Trigger the horse and bus faced impassable drifts between Lima and Troy Ohio. Trigger led in a separate van blocked by deep snow but freed by volunteers. The bus halted in Lima as road conditions worsened and travel stopped for the night.
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Lima
Man
Roy Roger
Trigger
Here
Troy
Roger
South Bend
Ind
Cleveland Fireman's House Catches Fire
A Cleveland fire house fire sent Mrs. Marian Burns and her 17 year old daughter Barbara Ann into a snowbank from the second floor as they escaped in pajamas. Harvey Burns on duty with the Fifth Battalion supervised the response as the Eighth Battalion extinguished the blaze. Fire officials blamed faulty refrigerator wiring for the $1500 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Marian Burns
Barbara Ann
Harvey Burns
Storm postpones Ohio athletic meet in blizzard
GRANVILLE The annual autumn meeting of athletic directors and faculty representatives of the Ohio Conference scheduled for today has been postponed until Monday Dec. 4. President J. H. Nichols of Oberlin College announced the delay noting the Ohio blizzard as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville
J. H. Nichols
Oberlin College
Long Island wreck prompts ICC to seek safer train controls
ICC officials say learnings from wrecks show human error often causes disasters. After Long Island Rockville Centre and Naperville fatalities, calls grow for automatic tripper devices to halt trains at red signals, though railroads cite weather and staffing as obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Long Lasland
U. S
New York
ICC
Long Island
Rockville Centre
N. Y
Naperville
Ill
New York State Public Service Commission
Taft Returns to Role As Republican Leader
Senator Taft resumes leadership as the GOP Senate bloc and potential 1952 presidential candidate amid questions about his Ohio reelection. The Toledo Blade argued the vote reflected labor influence, not policy repudiation, and dismissed Taft as a “favorite son” candidate. Taft rejected renewed calls to reassess administration policy and stressed no campaign for the nomination.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Toledo Blade
Truman
Ohio
Paul Black
Tafe
Acheson
Blade
Republican Party
Washington Post
McCarthy
Aiken and Flanders
Vermont
Hendrickson
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Lodge
GOP
Bus Travel Difficult in Pittsburgh Snowstorm
Burlington Trailways will halt service during the record snowstorm in Pittsburgh. On the New York to Chicago run, driver L Dent Claycombe carried only two passengers, the Doughertys of Lorain Ohio. The bus became stuck in Crafton, two mechanics could not reach it, and two local drivers aided. After seven hours the bus returned to Pittsburgh, and the Doughertys seek alternate travel back to Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Burlington Trailways Bus Company
Union Terminal
New York
Claycombe
Crafton
Doughertys
Ohio
Johnson urges bipartisan advisory commission for foreign policy
Sen Edwin C Johnson proposes a continuous bipartisan advisory commission to guide President Truman on foreign policy. He argues the panel would be unaffected by elections to provide a permanent stance nations can rely on, as Hendrickson backs Taft's call to re-examine U S international role amid a busy foreign policy debate in the new Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Truman
Johnson
Hendrickson
R-Nj
Taft
Cincinnati Couples Get Quiet Nuptial Card Policy
Cincinnati police will issue wedding license applicants a decorated card with wedding bells and a request for wedding parties to avoid continuous horn honking. The Hamilton County Courthouse policy notes Cincinnati ranks seventh loudest city, prompting the courtesy measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Police Department
Ohio man jumps to death in Louisville YMCA after criticizing Truman
An 81 year old man from Columbus fell from the sixth floor of the Louisville YMCA after leaving a note criticizing President Truman. Deputy Coroner Kammerer ruled death by his own action. The note cited Truman's judgment over the Eastern longshore embargo on iron curtain goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Ohio
YMCA
Truman
Co. V. Wilson
Columbus
William T. Kammerer
Wilson
Delta Tau Delta Meeting Notice 1950 Session
The Delta Tau Delta House Corporation calls a meeting on Tuesday November 28 1950 at 7 30 pm at the chapter house 32 President Street. Secretary Walter R Davis submits the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta Tau Delta House Corporation
Chapter House
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Athens County Ohio
Foster B. Cornwell as administrator of Isaac Hughes deceased petitions the Court of Common Pleas for sale of Lots 29 30 31 32 in John Slater town lots fractions 110 111 112 67 71 with oil gas and coal reserved and drilling rights. Defendants must answer by January 6 2008 or default judgment will be entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hughes
Coeburn
Virginia
Rosa Hughes Richardson
Malissia Hughes
Clintwood
Eddie Hughes
Gladys Hughes Cassaday
Darwin
Gabriel Hughes
Sarah Ethel Anderson
Maple Avenue
Fairmont
West Virginia
Bissie Beverly
Foster B. Cornwell
Isaac Hughes
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
John Slater
Ilsane Hughes
Ohio highway project seeks sealed bids on MEG IR10A work
Notice from the Ohio Department of Highways Columbus seeks proposals by December 12 for grading drainage paving and bridge construction on sections in Meigs and Athens counties. Work includes concrete paving 22 to 42 foot roadways spans of 44 55 and 44 feet and a 3 cell concrete box culvert plus a 30 to 42 foot roadway. Bid requires $10 000 certified check and adherence to local labor and wage provisions. Plans available at the department offices in Athens and Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Ohio
P Department OF Highways
Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Director of
Athens
Meiga
Chester
Orange
Olive Townships
Meigs County
Troy Township
Athens County
Mast Branch
Shade River
Pourrile Creek
Ohio State Employment Service
N. Court Street
Loe Eust Street
Gallipolis
Department of Industrial Relations
Department of Ways
Division
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Houck Woodworking Novelty Co
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Ohio River
THE
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Harold C. Ruggles
Ohio Bus
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