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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1947

Page

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Grain Saving Plan Outlined by Brewers and Citizens Group

Washington AP reports representatives of the brewing industry joined the Citizens Food Committee to present a grain conservation plan. Chairman Charles Luckman announced possible adjustments to meatless Tuesday rules and discussed using meat by products like liver kidneys and brains on multiple days. The group plans to consult wet and dry millers and feed manufacturers as it pursues a 100 million bushel goal with policy changes if needed.

Washington Citizens Food Committee Charles Luckman Luckman

Savannah Weather Packed By Fast Moving Hurricane

A hurricane moved inland near Savannah with 80 to 100 mph winds and towering waves threatening Tybee Island. The National Guard reported heavy damage at Chatham Airport with hangars and aircraft destroyed, while Savannah’s downtown saw a collapsed front and uprooted trees. Power outages were noted but gradually restoring. broader coastlines faced evacuations and rising tides.

Savannah National Guard Chatham Rollinson Engineering Co Bay St Florida Atlantic Georgia Hunter Field Island Savannah Beach Weather Bureau Tybee Island Waldo Spence Savannah Evening Press West Louis Spott Fleet Air Service Brichton St. Simons Sea Island Federal South Carolina-Georgia Charleston Harbor Battery Section Noreal Fort Lauderdale Miami Springs Hialeah Fla Miami Everglades

Man Killed as Storm Rages Out of Colorado

A blinding rain and heavy snowstorm moving northeast from Colorado left one dead. William Barnes, 81, of Spencer Iowa, was fatally struck by a motorist while crossing a Colorado Springs street during the storm. Sheriffs warn hunters may be marooned as the blizzard disrupts travel and strands a group near Georgetown.

Denver Rockies Colorado William Barnes Spencer Iowa Colorado Springs Georgetown

Two 8 Year Old Boys Tamper With Switch

Two eight year old boys admitted tampering with an unlocked railroad switch causing yesterday's derailment of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train in Kokomo Indiana. Police said they partly opened the switch and inserted a spike between the main and switch rails, injuring two women passengers and three trainmen.

Kokomo Ind C. A. O'Neill Pennsylvania Railroad O'Neill

Three Trusties Escape London Prison Farm Honor Camp

The London Prison Farm reports three trusties have walked away from the farm honor camp. Edgar Westbay aged 34 from Lima serves life for murder. Walter Fugett 44 from Dayton sentenced to 1 to 20 years for shooting to kill. Lawrence Schultz 24 from Franklin County is also among those missing.

London London Prison Farm Edgar Westbay Lima Walter Fugett Dayton Lawrence Schultz Franklin County

Gunman Awaiting Trial On Four Charges In Findlay

Leonard Johnson, 27, captured after an hour in a church, awaited Grand Jury action on four charges with bonds totaling 25000 dollars. Johnson had pleaded guilty yesterday before Mayor Clarence Gassman to assault with intent to kill and to carrying weapons.

Findlay Leonard Johnson Johnson Clarence H. Gassman Cary

Passengers and crew rescued from downed Bermuda Sky Queen

All 62 passengers and seven crew members were rescued from the Bermuda Sky Queen after a stormy North Atlantic crash. The Coast Guard Bibb carried 64 aboard and planned to return to Argentina with the rescued, while 17 remained aboard awaiting daylight.

Atlantic Boeing Shannon Eiie Coast Guard New York Bermuda North Atlantic Paul G. Cronk Bible Bibb Argentina Nld Ireland Gander Nild

Neighbor Held In Barberton Double Killing

In Barberton Ohio a 58 year old neighbor Steve Nagy was questioned in the shotgun deaths of City Park laborer John Anderson aged 68 and his housekeeper Rebecca Brooks age 55. Both victims died of chest wounds near Anderson's home in the Pebble Rock area. A neighbor reported screams and found Mrs Brooks in the road after a second shot was heard.

Barberton Steve Nagy John Anderson Rebecca Brooks Anderson Peeble Rock Here George Cole

Ohio World War II vets bonus average listed at 350

Columbus report states proposed constitutional amendment for veterans bonuses would average 350 dollars per recipient if approved on November 4. Don W. Schoeppe of Warren, head of the American Legion bonus committee, cites War and Navy Department figures on service length and overseas or shipboard time.

Columbus Ohio American Legion War and Navy Department Don W. Schoeppe Warren Legion

Ohio Whiskey Supply Adequate Says Dunifon

State Liquor Director Dale M. Dunifon said the upcoming holiday in whiskey would affect Ohioans little for now. He is reducing a $43 million inventory in state warehouses and wholesale stores and warned against panic until a whiskey shortage is real.

Ohio Dunifon Columbus Dale M. Dunifon

General Thinks State Guard Goal in Sight

Adj. Gen. C. W. Goble believes the Ohio State National Guard recruiting will succeed though only 1 552 of a 5 000 goal were enlisted in the first month. He says initial obstacles should not recur in the campaign’s final month.

Columbus Adj C. W. Goble Ohio State National Guard Goble

Bread prices rise half cent in Wooster

The local market in Wooster reports bread prices increased by a half cent. A loaves of 19 ounces now sell for 15 cents, reflecting a small but notable change in everyday grocery costs.

Final Jurors To Be Drawn In Ross Murder Trial

LA GRANGE Texas final jurors were to be drawn after Judge J R Fuchs ordered Sheriff Flournoy to summon 50 more men as 104 Fayette County residents yielded only nine qualified jurors. Dr Lloyd I Ross 42 charged with murdered four friends including Mrs Mary York 67 on a lonely road near New Braunfels.

LA Grange Texas Lloyd I. Ross J. R. Fuchs T. J. Flournoy Fayette County Ross Mary York York New Brunfels Tex

Lever Official Ernest Briggs Dies at 66 in Port Sunlight

Colchester report records Lt. Col. Ernest Briggs 66 longtime chairman of Lever Brothers Port Sunlight Ltd from 1938 until January 1 died Tuesday in Colchester England.

Lever Colchester England Ernest Briggs Lever Brothers, Port Sunlight, Ltd

Plant Begins The Making As Strike Ends

Seiberling Rubber Co plant in Barberton Ohio ends a three day strike with 1700 idle workers to return to work. Bank room truck and passenger departments resume on 6 pm shift after agreeing to negotiate a pay rate dispute. Strikers sought 100 percent pay for non productive time while piecework could not apply.

Barberton Seiberling Rubber Co

Six Persons Believed Aboard Missing Plane

U S Army headquarters at Balboa Canal Zone said six persons were believed aboard a U S air mission transport plane reported missing in the mountains of northern Peru since Friday.

Balboa Canal Zone U.S. Army U.S. Air Mission Peru

Lewis Faces District 50 Controversy at AFL Convention

At the AFL convention in San Francisco John L. Lewis fights a district 50 dispute over Mine Workers locals. Tensions rise after Lewis is stripped of a vice presidency amid feuding resolutions on Taft Hartley affidavits. The convention votes to abolish the vice president post to shield the unions.

San Francisco John L. Lewis AFL Lewis United Mine Workers District 50 Resolutions Committee John P. Frey Metal Trades Department Thomas Kennedy UMW National Labor Relations Board William Green

Senator McCarthy Calls FPHA Books a Mess

Senator McCarthy charged FPHA accounting was a mess and cited a 1945 46 audit that spurred calls to shrink government bureaus. Price Waterhouse witnesses testified as the subcommittee reviewed missing funds and auditability while FPHA leaders Emmerich and Edy defended their records.

Washington McCarthy Wis Federal Public Housing Authority Wisconsin Senate FPHA Price, Waterhouse & Co Comptroller General’s Office Herbert Emmerich John N. Edy Emmerich

Harness Strangles Child In Cleveland Hospital

Gary Mason aged 2 died in Lakeside Hospital after a restraining harness accidentally tightened around his neck while he recovered from a throat infection. Hospital Director H. Bishop said the device was used to prevent the child from falling from the bed.

Cleveland Gary Mason Lakeside Hospital H. Bishop

Dulles deflects Soviet attack on UN revision plan

AP reports John Foster Dulles will ignore Andrei Vishinsky's harsh rebuke of Secretary of State Marshall's UN machinery revision and awaits reactions from the 57 nation committee. Arab states press partition stance as Dr Farid Zein Ed-Din mocks Zionism and a separate Jewish state, while Evatt aims to end debate soon.

Assembly Dulles Herbert Vomeratt Australia Vishinsky Marshall Russia U. S Palestine Farid Zein Ed-Din Moscow New York State New York Evatt Palestine Committee

Tragic Truck Crash Claims John Henry Hardin Near Route 159

John Henry Hardin, 26, of Oak Hill, died yesterday when his pickup overturned on a curve four miles north of Chillicothe on Route 159. Authorities investigated the fatal accident and released it as a roadside crash report.

Chillicothe John Henry Hardin Oak Hill Route 159

Nation faces possible winter power crisis say utilities

The Associated Press survey warns U S power lines may strain to the limit by Christmas. Utilities report low reserves, rising demand, and plans to curb usage and delay new capacity.

U. S Associated Press E. Robert de Luccia Federal Power Commission Bureau of Power

Marshall Set To Address CIO Meeting

Secretary of State Marshall will speak at the CIO convention in Boston as 600 delegates prepare for a policy debate. The event marks his first address to a labor gathering with a unity and aid resolution likely to pass, while leaders like Walter Reuther may share views on the international crisis. Earlier, Secretary Schwellenbach argued wage increases aren’t the sole cause of high prices and the convention denounced the Taft Hartley Act by unanimous vote.

Boston CIO Marshall Walter Reuther Labor Schwellenbach

Jenkins Seeks Supreme Court Test of New Gas Tax Law

Ohio Attorney General Hugh S. Jenkins filed a mandamus suit with the State Supreme Court asking if the new gas tax law repeals a prior statute. He seeks a ruling on whether the change deprives the State Highway Department and townships of 9.6 million dollars annually, shifting funds to cities and counties.

Columbus Hugh S. Jenkins Ohio State Supreme Court Herbert Defenbacher Jenkins High Tribunal State Highway Department Ohio Townships

Search Organised For Transport Aircraft

An early day airborne search is organized for a transport plane missing in a blinding storm over the front range mountains. Seven men were aboard the craft en route from Hill Field Utah to Lowry Field Denver as Army National Guard and Civil Air Patrol planes join the effort.

Denver Army Front Range Army, National Guard Civil Air Patrol Lowry Field Hill Field Utah

Hall China to Match Employee Donations in East Liverpool

The Hall China Co. said it will donate 50 cents for every dollar contributed by employees to spur community fund contributions in East Liverpool. The plan aims to boost support and shows the company backing local philanthropic efforts.

East Liverpool The Hall China Co

Seizure Fatal to Pastor in Piqua Ohio

The Rev. Frank Nickell Crawford aged 68 pastor of the United Presbyterian Church in Piqua Ohio died yesterday at his home from a heart attack.

Piqua Frank Nickell Crawford United Presbyterian Church

Clayton Quits Economic Post to Help Wife

William L. Clayton resigns as undersecretary of state for economic affairs effective at the close of business today. He will remain an unpaid advisor to the secretary of state. Clayton cites his wife's health. President Truman accepts reluctantly but expresses satisfaction at his willingness to return if health improves.

Washington William L. Clayton Uns Clayton Truman

Wheeling City Manager Resigns After Council Row

Wheeling's Municipal Council plans a special meeting to select a successor to City Manager William A. Hanning after his resignation following an argument over continuing "controlled" gambling. The council accepted his resignation with deep regret by unanimous vote, after denying a vote of confidence.

Wheeling William A. Hanning Hannng

Twenty One Witnesses Called In Mistreatment Case

Stark County prosecutor D Deane McLaughlin says subpoenas were issued for twenty one witnesses, mostly children, who will testify Friday before a special Stark County Grand Jury investigating alleged mistreatment at the Fairmount Children's Home. The jury could hear testimony the next day.

Canton Stark County Grand Fairmount D. Deane McLaughlin McLaughlin

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