23 Die In Trans Continental Plane Crash Near Elko
A two engine Trans-Luxury Airlines DC-3 crashed three miles west of Elko Nevada during a trans continental flight from New York to San Francisco. Twenty three people are believed killed with one two year old child as sole survivor. Crew included Captain Campbell and Co Pilot Leatherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko
Nev
Trans-Luxury Airlines
Here
Boxy
San Francisco
Ruby Mountains
New York
Salt Lake City
Reno
Campbell
Miami
Fia
Lsted
Leatherman
New York City
Marjorie Cox
Florida
Puerto Rico
Heirens Tries To Hang Self In Jail Cell
CHICAGO William Heirens, a confessed triple murderer, attempted suicide in Cook County Jail at 1 a.m. by a bedsheet noose. A guard cut him down before loss of consciousness. This was his third self harm attempt since capture and confession of killings and other crimes. He had previously sought head wounds and a large aspirin overdose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Heirens
Cook County
Frank Sain
Heirens
Animal Prices Set New High
Ohio farmers face all time high prices for hogs beef cattle lambs milk cows and milk sold wholesale per Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service. Hogs rise to 22.40 per hundredweight up 41.9 from last month and 10 above August 1945. Beef cattle advance to 18.50 from 17. starting point. A separate Toledo accident reports Fred Liss of Detroit crushed to death by a 20 ton hydraulic press at American Propeller Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MBEUS
Ohio
Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
OPA
Toledo
Fred Liss
Detroit
American Propeller Corp
Stock Market Rallies After Sharp Downturn on Wall Street
New York shares surged as trading resumed on the big board with brisk activity and tape delays. Analysts cite complex factors behind the downturn while Kuhn Loeb plans a 30 million dollar Westinghouse debenture sale amid mixed securities offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gesh
New York Stock Exchange
Beas
Kuhn
New Laws Set Meat Prices as Livestock Arrivals Plunge
Chicago reports drastic drops in cattle hog and sheep arrivals after OPA price ceilings. Only 1 200 cattle 700 hogs and 800 sheep and lambs entered the market as wholesale prices resume and meat stockpiles shrink. The decontrol board reviews milk and butter costs while cheap cosmetics face price suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
OPA
Great Union
GPA
New York
Decontrol Board
Governor’s Strip Mining Fight Reaches School Lands
Ohio state auditor questions the legality of leasing 640 acres of school lands for strip coal mining in Hocking County. The April 18 lease to Alfred H. Slusser of Logan grants a 10 cent per ton royalty on coal with surface rights retained on 458 acres and an eight cent per ton royalty on 160 acres with 99 year surface leases to individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
tPl
Joseph T. Ferguson
Hocking County
Alfred H. Slusser
Logan
Liquor Sales Rise 25 Percent in 1946
Comptroller Harry E. McCalister reported state liquor sales by the Department of Liquor Control rose over 25 percent in 1946. Eight months into 1946 sales totaled 81,278,438 compared with 72,498,557 in the same period of 1945, with weekly increases noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Harry E. McCalister
Department of Liquor Control
McCalister
Pupil Protest Halts Classes in Canal Fulton
In Canal Fulton Stark County high school classes were set to open but about 150 students gathered in the silage district protesting the suspension of football practice. Superintendent M W Hunter who also coaches football ordered the halt after the school board refused his request for higher pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Canal Fulton
Stark County
Massillon
M. W. Hunter
Atom Bomb Radiation Fatal Inside Warships
Washington reported that radiation sickness from the underwater weapon test proved fatal to all 20 pigs stationed on four target ships. The operation crossroads report warned the poison could penetrate lightly closed ships and spread death inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft to keynote GOP state convention in Columbus
Senator Robert A. Taft will keynote the Republican state convention in Columbus on September 1. The one-day meeting will adopt the state party platform, with officials reporting the keynote to be a highlight of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. Taft
Colmbus
L_ S
Robert A. Taft
Columbus Dispatch
Dewey and Mead Acclaimed as New York Candidates
New York delegates at state conventions nominated Thomas Dewey for governor and James M. Mead for the opposition. The selections were made by simultaneous unanimous acclamation amid enthusiastic cheering by delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey, Mead
New York
Asbany
Thomas
Dewey
U. S
James M. Mead
John Wolfe Dies at 78 in Logan Home
John Wolfe aged 78 died at his Orchard Street home after a weeklong illness. A former Logan mayor, he was a partner in White Manufacturing Co. and member of the Logan Methodist Church Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows. Survived by his second wife Gertrude Adcock Wolfe and several nieces and nephews. first wife and a son and daughter predeceased him. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at his residence. Rev. C. W. Swengel officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
John Wolfe
N. Orchard St
Wolfe
John Wolfe Sr
Tunetion City
White Manufacturing Co
A. C. Tipton
Warren Lanning
Logan Methodist Church
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows Lodge
Gertrude Adcock
Orchard St
C. W. Swengel
Oak Grove Cemetery
Newspaper Speculates On Russian Withdrawal
The London Daily Mail cites reliable information to speculate Russia may quit the United Nations. Diplomatic correspondent Wilson Broadbent notes there is no official indication Russia plans to withdraw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
London Daily Mail
Paris
Russia
United Nations Organization
Wilson Broadbent
May Offers To Testify For Probers
Rep. Andrew J. May offers to testify to the Senate War Investigating Committee about his role with the Garsson munitions group. He says he can appear in Prestonsburg Kentucky or in Washington as arranged, and cites medical reasons for a possible later session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew J. May
Senate War Investigating Committee
Prestonsburg
Garsson Munitions Combine
Kentucky
May
Mead
D-Ny
House Military Committee
Senate
Kentucky Democrat
Combine
iCumberland Lumber Co
Garsson
Cumberland Company
Jor
Transacion
Erie Basin Metal Products, Inc
Batavia Metal Products, Inc
Garsson Group
Cumberland
A. J. May
Cumberland Lumber Co
Chinese Plan Kalgan Drive Threatens Kalgan in Chahar
Peace talks stall as Chiang Kai-shek forces announce Kalgan will be taken next in Chahar Province and threaten Tatung rail center distance about 100 miles away. Government warns of offensive after sweeping through Chengteh Jehol capital. crash kills Glenn E. Hamilton in Mt. Victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanking
lAn
Chiang Whai- Shek
Kalgan
Chahar
North China
Chen Chen
Tatung
Chengteh
Jehol
Seamen Strike Nationwide Against Wage Board Rehearing
AFU seamen began walking off ships in New York Harbor seeking reversal of a Wage Stabilization Board decision. Union leaders pledged continued action as a threatened nationwide strike could pull 460,000 workers from ports. AFL-Marine trades department and CIO unions expressed support. President Truman deferred action to the Labor Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
AFU
Wage Stabilization Board
John Hawk
Seafarers International Union
Hawk
Pacific Coast
United States
AFL Maritime Trades Department
Joseph P. Ryan
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Trades Department
SIU
SUP
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
Harry Bridges
CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
WSB
Truman
Labor
Schwellenbach
Aed
Hurley Attacks U S Foreign Policy as Cowardly Appeasement
Patrick J. Hurley former ambassador to China and Republican Senate candidate for New Mexico denounces U S foreign policy as cowardly appeasement of Russia in Europe and Asia. He had called saboteurs in the Foreign Service prompting a congressional inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Senate
New Mexico
U.S
Russia
Europe
Asia
Flood Forecast Centers Planned for Cincinnati Area
The Weather Bureau will establish consolidated river forecast centers in Cincinnati and Kansas City to improve flood forecasts. Seven hydrologists will be based in Cincinnati by mid September to provide master river stage forecasts for eight Ohio River basin districts from Moundsville West Virginia to Ford's Ferry near Paducah Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cgp
Weather Bureau
Ohios
Missouri
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Cincinnati Center
Ohio River
Moundsville
W. Va
Fords Ferry
Paducah
Ohio
Kanawha
Kentucky
Wabash
Cumberland
Scioto
Miami
School Bus Service Halted by Wood County Strike
About 1000 students lost bus service in Wood County as AFL Brotherhood of Teamsters chauffeurs warehousemen and helpers walked out demanding a $20 monthly wage raise. School officials said all schools would stay open and urged students with own transport to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
UPI
Wood County
AFL Brotherhood of Teamsters
Liloyd H. Wharton
Ohio Cigaret Tax Takes Jump Over August Levels
The State Department of Taxation reports cigaret tax stamp sales rose by 302,133 last month from August. August sales were 1,430,2. The year’s tax stamp total reached 10,190, up 33,199401 from the 1945 period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Department of Taxation
Gerry Patch Slaying Trial Set for October
Ashland County farmer Charles E. Briges, 62, will stand trial October 7 on a second degree murder charge for the July 31 shooting of Mabel Jane McKinley, 23, a Warne County mother of three. The grand jury yesterday indicted Briges who testified he fired to frighten McKinley from his property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Charles E. Briges
Mabel Jane McKinley
Warne County
Ashland County
Polio Toll Rises in Greater Cleveland
Cleveland’s infantile paralysis toll climbs to 22 with the death of Edwin Beckel, 27, at City Hospital. Five new cases push the year’s total to 169 as health officials warn of the ongoing outbreak. Final meeting slated in Columbus as the Post-War Program Commission reports on evasion committee lifting in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Edwin Beckel
City Hospital
Columbus
Soviet Urges Rejection of Italian Trieste Claim
Andrei Vishinsky, Russia's deputy foreign minister, urged the 21 nation peace conference to reject Italy's claim to Trieste. He asserted Yugoslavia's unquestionable right to the port, criticized Bonomi, and labeled the Rapallo Act as robbery while backing the Big Four plan for a free Trieste under international oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Andrei Yvishinsky
Trieste
Russia
Vishinsky
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Ivance Bonomi
Justice
Adriatic
Italy
Bonomi
Rapallo
Riots Waning In Bombay After Four Days Of Strife
In Bombay scattered police and military gunfire echoed as order slowly returned after four days of communal violence. Officials reported 189 dead and 527 wounded with unofficial tallies exceeding 200 dead and 600 injured. Mills stayed closed and few shops were open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
American Air Parade Cancelled in Greece
In Athens the planned parade of American aircraft was canceled as the U S carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt and escorting ships arrived. A naval attaché cited an overcrowded four day schedule and a diplomatic source confirmed the air show was called off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
U. S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Greece
Doctor and wife charged in drugs conspiracy case
A federal grand jury indicted Dr Clarence L. Johnson of Kenton Ohio and his wife Velma on charges of conspiring to violate narcotics laws. Separate indictments accuse the doctor of failing to keep narcotics records for two years and the wife of illegally obtaining the drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Clarence L. Johnson
Kenton
Velma
Ore Loadings Slashed By Great Lakes Strike
The Great Lakes strike by the CIoG National Maritime Union reduced August ore loadings by nearly one million tons. Lake Superior ore shipments fell to 9,774,442 tons from 10,731,804 in August 1945 and 10,848,385 in July, signaling a drop in freight movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ciog National Maritime Union
Great Lakes
Lake Superior Tron Ore Association
Public employee strikes spark debate on government duties
The article notes strikes by teachers in Scioto Township and bus drivers in Wood County West Virginia on opening day, with hundreds of pupils affected. It questions how government should respond to public employee strikes and argues against allowing public servants to join unions or strike, while acknowledging individual resignations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scioto Township
Wood County
W.va
Ren Calvin Coslidge
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Probers
Qhioan Kenton
Glenn E. Hamiton
Mt. Victory
George
Basil Mostras
Minder
NEA Radio-Telephotoy
Association of American Railroads Today
Critic
Gerry Patch
Greater
India
Train Hills
West Union
William Trotter
Metamora
Ind
Napoleon
Ronald Stevens
Byron Stevens
Liberty Center
Sam Simmons
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!