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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1948

Page

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Dewey and Truman trade sharp charges in campaign heat

Dewey accuses Truman of a new low in mudslinging while Truman counters with a record of false promises. Wallace denounces radicalism as Truman campaigns in Ohio and New York, and Thurmond urges states’ rights to block a Kremlin-leaning government.

Truman Thomas E. Dewey Boston Cleveland Dewey Chicago Henry Wallace Madison Square Garden New York Wallace Ohio United States Doctor Dewey J. Strom Thurmond Fayetteville, Ark Kremlin Washington

Rail Wage Dispute Hearings Open in Chicago

Presidential fact finding board hears arguments as the third round wage hour dispute progresses between railroads and about one million non operating employees. Negotiations and positions from union and management sides were presented as hearings began yesterday.

Chicago

Ohio Republicans Attack Lausche Truman in Cincinnati Rally

Gov. Thomas J. Herbert republican candidate for reelection blasted Frank Lausche and President Truman claiming their endorsement signals support for all Truman blunders. Taft accused the administration of erratic Palestine policy while a Haubert campaign attack cited local tax windfalls and price controls amid GOP opposition events.

Thomas J. Herbert Cincinnati Frank J. Lausche Truman Herbert Dewey Ohio U.S Robert A. Taft Palestine Senate Thomas A. Jenkins Ironton Lause Lausche Green County Dayton Taft Marion

McConnelsville Man Dies in Plane Crash

Cecil Mummey a 40 year old manager of a farm implement supply company in McConnelsville died in a small airplane crash in a cornfield near Stockport. Witnesses said the two place plane stalled while turning after crossing the Muskingum River and had taken off from Stockport air field. The Civil Aeronautics Board planned an investigation.

Western policy under fire at UN over Greece crisis

At the United Nations in Paris Yugoslav Deputy Foreign Minister Ales Bebler attacked Western policy in Greece for two and a half hours. He accused the United States and Western powers of backing a government to secure strategic Mediterranean bases and criticized the U S reconstruction program as allowing industrialists to seize economies. Bebler also blasted Lt Gen James A Van Fleet and condemned the four power Balkan resolution urging Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria to stop aiding the Greek rebels.

PARIS Ales Bebler Greece United Nations Bebler U.N Markos Vafiades Poland U. N United States U. S Mediterranean Suez Dardenelles U.S.S.R James A. van Fleet John Foster Dulles United Nations Balkan Commission Yugoslavia Albania Bulgaria

Gas Supplies To Be Studied By Ohio Firm

Ohio Fuel Gas Co will review its gas supply around December 1 to assess easing heating restrictions. The company, a unit of Columbia Gas and Electric Corp, expects more natural gas from a Texas to West Virginia pipeline and will study supply demand once reliable estimates are available.

Columbus, C Ohio Fuel Gas Co Ohio Fuel Columbia Gas and Electric Corp Ohio Texas West Virginia

ECA Announces Loan Pact Requirement For New Grants

The Economic Cooperation Administration said no new Marshall Plan grants will be issued unless recipient countries sign loan agreements. Only Britain and Iceland currently have such pacts, delaying recovery aid to France Italy Denmark Norway Sweden Belgium Ireland The Netherlands and Turkey.

Washington Economic Cooperation Administration Britain Iceland France Italy Denmark Norway Sweden Belgium Ireland Netherlands Turkey

State Liquor Board To Investigate Rules

Colu mbus report notes board members will review how many rules are out of date unworkable or too loose. Chairman Walter Mitchell said the process could take several months. The board heard industry representatives Monday and Tuesday about regulations that supplement the State Liquor Law and are enforceable in court.

Columbus State Liquor Board Walter Mitchell

New Jap War Crimes Trials Ordered at HQ Level

Tokyo reports the first general headquarters level war crimes trials ordered, a grade below the 11 nation Tojo tribunal. Former Adm. Soemu Toyoda and Lt. Gen. Hiroshi Tamura are among those set to stand trial beginning Friday, per the Prisoner of War Bureau.

Tokyo Hideki Tojo Soemu Toyoda Hiroshi Tamura Prisoner of War Bureau oOr

War Crimes Court Clears 13 Top German Commanders

The U S war crimes court in Nuernberg acquits 13 of Adolf Hitler s leading military leaders of planning World War II. The panel rules acts below policy level do not equal criminal planning and bars a conspiracy finding. judgment on war crimes against prisoners and civilians to follow.

U. S. War Crimes Court Nuernberg Germany Adolf Hitler International Tribunal Wilhelm von Leeb Hitler Czechoslovakia Poland Low Countries France Hugo Sperrle Condor Legion Spain London Georg Karl Friedrich von Kuechler Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Russia Hermann von Hoth Hans Reinhardt Yugoslavia

French Reds Threaten Sit-Down Over Coal Strike

Communists led by the General Labor Federation threaten a general sit-down in Northern France to support striking coal miners. Lille and surrounding mines face government troops and police amid clashes. More than 3 million tons of coal have been lost. one striker dead. hundreds jailed.

Paris France General Labor Federation Lille

Author Seeks Divorce From Artie Shaw

Kathleen Winsor, author of Forever Amber, will seek a friendly divorce from band leader Artie Shaw in Nevada. Nevada requires six weeks residency. They wed in Juarez, Mexico in 1946. Shaw is his sixth husband.

Reno Nev Kathleen Winsor Amber Nevada Artie Shaw Shaw Juarez Mexico

Western unity deters aggressors says Hoffman

Paul Hoffman European Recovery Administrator declared that no aggressor will dare march against Western powers if they stay united, signaling resolve amid postwar tensions.

London Paul Hoffman

Train Wreck Near Wolfe's Crossing Kills Two

A Pennsylvania train 202 crashed into a truckload of steel five miles west of Uhrichs ville Ohio killing engineer G C Aley of Pittsburgh and fireman C A Darah of Carnegie and injuring 12 people, eight cars derailed. Five injured were taken to Dennison hospital.

Uhrichsville O.— UP Pennsylvania Here Dennison State Highway Patrol Wolfe's Crossing Cincinnati Pittsburg Pennsylvania Railroad Philadelphia G. C. Aley C. A. Darah Carnegie, Pa

Buses Roll After NYC Transit Strike Ends

A rapid back-to-work movement sparked mass bus service resumption in New York City as the largest surface transit strike in history ended and crews returned to their routes.

New York New York City

40 DPs Set For New Lives In Ohio Cities

Forty of 800 displaced persons from Europe will start new lives in Ohio as the first group to enter under the displaced persons act. Of the 40 bound for Ohio, 13 go to Cleveland and 12 to Cincinnati with others to Lorain Parish Akron Cuyahoga Falls Avon Lake Elyria and Massillon. Most are Polish with others Lithuanian Hungarian Czechoslovakian Russian Yugoslav Latvian and some unspecified nationalities. Nine are children including a six month old, with several family groups present.

Washington Europe Ohio United States Bremerhaven U. S Parma Akron Cuyahoga Falls Avon Lake Elyria Massillon

Israel Refuses Negev Withdrawal After UN Cease Fire Order

Israel rejected the acting Palestine mediator's call to withdraw from newly won positions on the Negev front in Southern Palestine. It said the UN Security Council cease fire order of Oct. 19 does not require a return to Oct. 14 positions and that withdrawal is to be negotiated.

Paris Israel Palestine Negev United Nations Security Council

Radical Rebellion Crushed in Korea After Pyongyang Loss

Rebels led by radicals failed to sustain their uprising as Loyalist forces retook Yasu. Tass reported from Pyongyang that Soviet troops are withdrawing from Northern Korea amid the crackdown.

Korea Seoul Yasu Moscow Tass Pyongyang

Rough Draft Of Treaty Is Written

A rough draft of a North Atlantic security treaty has been written after secret talks with Western European Union members. The five nations Britain France Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg would form a defense nucleus with the United States and Canada, with broader regional coverage and NATO style mutual aid. The plan aims to bring in Italy Norway Denmark Iceland and Portugal later, and work on funding and enforcement is in progress.</s>

Washington United States Senate Europe Britain France Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Defense Department Council of the Western European Union Five Nations Paris North Atlantic Truman Thomas E. Dewey Vandenberg R-Mich Foreign Relations Committee John Foster Dulles Dewey Mareshall United Nations Italy Norway Denmark Iceland Portugal

Truckers Enter Third Day of Parkdown Strike in Carlisle

Forty trailer trucks remain parked in Carlisle as drivers protest the firing of a colleague by a Warren Ohio firm. The parkdown blocks $1.6 million in freight bound for New York and Philadelphia, with guards rotating overnight shifts.

Carlisle Warren Ohio New York

War Dead Return Home From Italy Aboard Lawrence Victory

The U S Army Transport Lawrence Victory sailed from Leghorn Italy to New York yesterday carrying 7100 American war dead from Italian military cemeteries.

Italy Leghorn Lawrence Victory New York United States

Burr Oak Dam marks final phase of 15 year drive

Engineers and residents toured the Burr Oak Dam site in Sunday Creek Valley north of Glouster as construction nears completion. The dam will form a 10 mile long lake for flood control and recreation with a 944 foot long earth structure, 84 feet high, and 550 feet base width. The reservoir will cover up to 2650 acres in flood time, normally about 1200 acres, affecting 25 homesites and requiring relocation of 100 residents.

Burr Oak Ohio Sunday Creek Glouster Route 13 New York Central Railroad Corps of Engineers Morgan County Athens County Sunday Creek Valley Thomas A. Jenkins Gallipolis Athens Pomeroy Nelsonville Ironton Col A. M. Neilson Huntington Harry Pockras M. & McFarland

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