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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1946
Page
1
Director John R. Steelman warned that a rapid rise in prices could choke demand and trigger an early, severe price collapse with serious economic and social consequences. He urged restraint on large wage increases and outlined key policy needs to curb inflation and sustain full production and employment.
JOLIET, James T. Lincoln Jr., son of a Cleveland industrialist, agrees to pay 22,500 damages for shooting and beating nine year old Carol Wil igms last spring. Lincoln faced charges for hitting the girl with a hammer and firing at her when she resisted advances.
Pearl Harbor announces new Pacific base policy to concentrate permanent naval installations in Alaska the Aleutians Hawaii and the Marianas including Guam extending 3000 miles westward to Guam as a key outpost Admiral John H Towers confirms at a press briefing after talks with President Truman.
Ohio Governor Lausche addressed Republican claims that liquor law prosecutions were being suppressed. He cited two Cleveland hotels where charges were dismissed due to police witnesses missing a hearing. A separate note reports the death of Margaret Geon, longtime secretary to David S. Ingalls, with a Requiem Mass planned in East Liverpool.
Chicago reports a nationwide meat shortage spectacle as hogs and cattle vanish from markets since Labor Day. Agriculture officials note record low receipts while beef cows fetch higher prices than in July and August. Patrician critics blame various groups for the ongoing drama.
German official Anton Pfeiffer said US occupation authorities granted three men acquitted by the International Military Tribunal permission to leave the U S Zone a temporary protection from arrest by German denazification courts. The trio Hjalmar Schacht Franz Von Papen and Hans Fritsche may depart Nuernberg jail and the zone before facing denazification courts.
The Lake Superior Iron Ore Association states September ore shipments reached 9,636,353 gross tons, down 8.6 percent from September 1945. Season total to October 1 is 298 percent below the same period last year, while coal movement stood at 34,120,565 gross tons versus 37,331,949 in the 1943 season.
Troy CTM Arthur HEridges, 21, and his brother Joseph, 15, were killed when a small airplane piloted by Arthur Bridges crashed and burned in a soybean field on the Harley Pogue farm near Fletcher, six miles northeast of town.
ASHTABULA Mrs. Laina Elkira England, 23, faces first degree murder charges in the death of her husband How ard, 42. At arraignment yesterday she pleaded innocent by reason of insanity. Trial scheduled for Oct 28.
A tobacco referendum among barley tobacco growers will be held October 25 to decide whether federal marketing quotas in effect the last three years should continue. Dr. Sney D. Simon is named medical director of the University of Cincinnati's chronic disease hospital.
Bernard Baruch, U.S. delegate to the UN atomic energy commission, demanded Henry Wallace publicly correct his criticisms of the U S atomic control plan. Baruch said Wallace admitted errors but did not sign a joint statement and Wallace spokesman indicated ongoing exchanges.
A suburban Harvey crash left a car half in a basement at Cornelius Ippel’s home. The impact damaged gas and water mains, furnace, sewer lines, and shifted the foundation. Ippel fears removal could cause the house to collapse and says the owner could move the car only after a full foundation lift.
A 21-year-old painter, Howard R. Sullins of Lebanon, Tenn., is jailed in Davidson County on charges of deliberately striking an expectant mother, Mrs. Gladys Derrick Newman. Assistant DA General A. D. Tanner says Sullins swerved into Newman and admitted telling a woman in the truck to watch him hit that girl before driving off.
Former musical director of WTAM and noted dance orchestra leader LEVELAND-LY-Lee C Gorton was found shot in the head at his Lakewood residence. Police said he died in hospital after being found by his wife in the kitchen early today.
A four engine DC4 carrying 39 people including three infants crashed in flames near Stephenville Newfoundland. Coast Guard reports survivors unlikely with search by B-17 and helicopter launched from Argentia and Gander. Passengers included Helen Kent Downing and two children Laurie Elabeth four and Barbara Kent twenty months.
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes told the American Club in Paris there is no immediate danger of war and he backed Stalin’s view. He urged a strong U S policy, a 40 year four power treaty to keep Ruhr from arming Germany, and continued occupation of Germany with disarmament and demilitarization. He emphasized engineers over infantry to detect military shifts.
At a peace conference commission vote the United States failed 7 to 5 in an effort to trim Hungary's reparations to Russia and two Slav nations from 300 million to 200 million. Britain and France sided with Russia, while Australia and several others supported the U S plan. Ukraine and other Slavic delegates condemned the move as unfriendly.
In Hollywood a car bound for a gate at a major studio was flipped by hundreds of unionists as strikes spread to films studios. Only small picket lines at seven studios. MGM saw under a dozen on the bricks after a SAG meeting rejected actors joining conference lines.
Inland Steel Co President Wilfred Sykes calls for removing government restrictions he says hinder free enterprise and impede the nation’s future development. He insists every effort should be made to roll back rules seen as counter to growth.
Cincinnati report quotes John W. Bricker former Ohio governor and GOP Senate candidate urging leaders to keep people informed on American foreign relations. He criticizes Secretary of State James F Byrnes as doing his best but handicapped by secret commitments. In Columbus a 10 point plan to improve Ohio farm conditions is proposed by the Ohio Farm Bureau.
In Columbus Ohio talks between the CIO Transport Workers Union and Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co resume at 10:30 a.m. after a five hour session produced no statement. The union seeks 30 cent hourly wage hikes, shorter hours and other concessions while a Federal Conciliator notes a cooperative attitude. Union members will operate 60 private cars to reroute transit and haul stranded passengers free of charge.
Republican candidate Thomas J. Herbert claimed in Dayton that voters do not know Governor Frank Lausche’s position on a state World War II veteran bonus. Herbert noted Lausche had at times supported and at other times opposed a bonus, creating uncertainty about his official stance.
Farmers in eastern Ohio haul water for livestock as drought drives shortages. Rainfall deficiency over three months totals 4.25 inches while pastures dry up. Industrial plants in the Mahoning Valley rely on reservoirs at Milton Berlin and Mosquito lakes for protection.
Harry F. Williams, 57, Bellefontaine, Ohio, won 46000 against the New York Central Railroad over a fractured heel from a fall on November 22. He alleged the box car roof was inadequately lit and improperly roofed, leading to the injury.
COLUMBUS The state today cut a week of the next liquor ration period which starts Monday. State Liquor Director Robert M. Sohnzen said due to a more plentiful whiskey supply the 48th period would extend only two weeks instead of three as at present. GOVERNMENT IN BLACK WASHINGTON President Truman predicted the government will finish the current fiscal year in the black with more income than outgo.
Pittsburgh notes the 10th day of a national strike idling about 70 000 workers at the Duquesne Light Co as street lights grow dimmer and carbons burn out. Company and union negotiators adjourned after a late night conference and plan to resume talks today.
Dr. E L Brady of Marion was elected president of the Northwestern Ohio Medical Association at the 102nd annual meeting. Marion was selected as the host city for the organization in 1947.
Investigators report large meat hauls in Boston totaling six million pounds with four million for residents. Buffalo and New York City also show sizable stocks. The finds are used to rail against OPA and the administration, while critics claim farmers and packers are scapegoated.
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