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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1946

Page

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Wreck of Atlantic Plane Sighted Near Newfoundland

The Belgian Sabena DC-4 carrying 44 aboard vanished after refueling en route to New York. Wreckage reported 22 miles southwest of Gander, Newfoundland, with some survivors hoped. search efforts by coast guard and army paratroopers resumed amid fog and lake country.

Atlantic Newfoundland Gander Nfld Taser New York Sabena Airlines Labrador Civil Aeronautics Board Coast Guard U.S. Army Gander End la Guardia Field Brussels Shannon Eiie North Atlantic Jean Ester RAF Airforce Helen Ruth Henderson International Division The Girl Scouts Evian France

State TB Secretary Announces Retirement

Columbus Ohio Dr. Robert G Paterson longtime executive secretary of the Ohio Tuberculosis and Health Association will retire after 35 years in the post John H Lewis of Columbus named Patersons successor

Columbus Ohio Tuberculosis and Health Association Robert G. Paterson John 8. Lewis Paterson

State Labs Must Take Doctors Specimens

Atty. Gen. Hugh Jenkins instructed the State Health Director that all state approved laboratories handling pre material and prenatal blood tests must accept all blood specimens presented by licensed physicians. This directive emphasizes access to testing across approved labs and underscores state oversight of maternal health services.

Columbus Hugh Jenkins Roger E. Heering

Five House members urge stronger Pacific defense tour

A five member House Military Committee delegation returning from a six week Far East inspection urged a stronger U S military and political presence in the Pacific. They backed a defense line from Alaska to Hawaii with bases reaching to British possessions near Australia and long range bombers to dominate the region. The group met Gen Douglas MacArthur and Gen George Marshall and named Sikes Short Sheridan Martin Johnson and Feighan as participants. China was labeled the main trouble spot and they called for a tougher U S stance toward Russia.

Washington America Pacific House Military Committee Russia Soviet Union John E. Sheridan D-Pa Douglas MacArthur Tokyo George C. Marshall Nanking Sheridan Sikes D-Fla Short R-Mo Thomas Martin R-Ia Leroy Johnson Calif Rep Feighan Ohio House Judiciary Committee Alaska Honolulu Kwajalein Guam Saipan Iwo Jima Japan China Korea Siam Okinawa Philippines Australia Hawaii United States

Veteran regains speech after treatment at hospital

Mark Smith a 51-year-old farmer from Golden Dale Washington who lost his speech in World War I after shellfire returned it with a joyous yell after experimental treatment at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Vancouver Washington. He was given sodium pentothal to induce hypnosis and began counting to sleep then woke counting aloud and yelled with relief.

Mark Smith Goldendale Wash Veterans Administration Hospital Vancouver Smith

City Manager Told to Quit

Hamilton council formally demanded the resignation of C. M. Teaff city Manager after alleged irregularities in his city accounts. The vote to declare the office vacant and appoint Mark Thomas acting city manager stood 6 to 2 Teaff indicated he would consider resigning later. An explosion on Bolivar Road injured five in a 10 unit apartment building.

Hamilton C. M. Teaff Mark Thomas Teaff R. P F. Price Bolivar Road

Hocking Valley Brewery Incorporated in Nelsonville

The Hocking Valley Brewery Inc was incorporated in Nelsonville with 300 shares of no par stock. Three Columbus men J G Stirgwold J M Stirgwold and Clark E Loofbourrow filed in the secretary of state office. The firm lists 150000 capital to begin business and revives the old plant active before prohibition.

Nelsonville Hocking Valley Brewery, Inc Secretary of State Columbus Associated Press Hocking Valley Brewing Co J. G. Stirgwold J. M. Stirgwold Clark E. Loofbourrow LG. Stirgwolt E. Broad St

Citizenship for Alien Vets Is Explained

Alien World War II veterans honorably discharged must file for U S citizenship by December 31 1946 under the Neutrality Act simplified process The Veterans Administration urges eligible veterans in Ohio Michigan and Kentucky to contact local Immigration and Naturalization Service offices or county clerks for details and aid in naturalization filings.

U.S Veterans Administration Ohio-Michigan-Kentucky Immigration and Naturalization Service

Soldiers Fined $20 for Bringing Pets Home

Five soldiers at Camp Kilmer New Jersey pleaded guilty to violating army pet movement rules. Each was fined $20 and sent from the embarkation point to separation centers for discharge.

Camp Kilmer WN. J Europe

Electric Artificial Leg Experiments Revealed

At war's end German scientists pursued an artificial leg moved by nervous electricity. Wright Field officers disclosed that impulses from the brain would be transmitted from severed nerve endings through electro mechanical devices.

Dayton Air Wright Field RAF

Burns Fatal to Canton Woman in Home Shooting

Paula Idella Raye, 44, of Canton, died from burns sustained after a Saturday night shooting that killed Don Roush, 56, in her home. Coroner E C Reno of Stark County ruled the death suicide and the incident described as personal safety related.

Canton — Ce Paula Idella Raye Don Roush E. C. Reno Stark County

Auxiliary chief named Columbus in Odd Fellows group

Mrs Blanch M Hughes of Zanesville elected president of the Women's Auxiliary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at the lodge world conference held yesterday in Columbus.

Columbus Women's Auxiliary of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Blanch M. Hughes Zanesville

U S Declares Trieste Pact One Decision

In Paris the United States told the Italian Yugoslav frontier commission that the four power pact on Trieste is a single, indivisible decision. Ambassador James C. Dunn asserted the pact hinges on full acceptance of all components and the creation of real rights and guarantees for Trieste’s security.

Paris United States Trieste James C. Dunn U. S Italy

Meat Famine Forces Mines To Halt Work

John L. Lewis urged the price control board to lift meat controls as mines in Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky halt operations due to miners inability to buy meat. He warned grave unrest spreads in the coal fields as workers struggle on cereals and vegetables.

Washington John L. Lewis Price Decontrol Board United Mine Workers Lewis Virginia West Virginia Kentucky

Highway Patrolmen Seek Shorter Hours to Be With Family

Columbus report notes around seventy percent of state highway patrolmen signed a petition urging Col. George Mingle to cut working hours. Present schedule gives two days off a week and 24 hour on call the remaining time.

Columbus George Mingle

Akron Rubber Workers To Resume Work Friday

Akron labor dispute ends as Lailed Rubber Workers of America CIO members return to Goodyear Tire plant No. 2 Friday. Eight workers were suspended Monday for refusing to clean batch boxes, ending the stoppage in the mechanical games department compounding room.

Akron Rubber Workers AKRON Lailed Rubber Workers of America CIO Mechanical Games Department Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co

Arbitral Ruling Clears Way For Shipping Resume

An arbitration award by James L. Fly in the National Maritime Union case places NMU seamen on parity with AFL ship personnel and provides what he calls an adequate basis for immediate resumption of all shipping activities.

New York —P James L. Fly National Maritime Union CIO NMU AFL Fly

Cabinet Row Deepens Over Wallace Speech Rifts Grow

In Washington and beyond a dispute erupts over Secretary of Commerce Wallace's foreign policy stance. President Truman seeks a quiet Paris conference while Byrnes, Patterson, and Forrestal join the debate, with Churchill urging a postwar Europe led by France and Germany.

Washington Henry A. Wallace Truman Wallace Paris Cincinnati Robert A. Taft Ohio Commerce Wallace New York Taft Russia Byrnes Patterson Navy Forrestal Mr. Truman Molotov Commerce White House Secretary of Commerce

Hospital Fire Extinguished at Coffey Memorial

A fire on the third floor nurses dressing room of Coffey Memorial Hospital in Portland Oregon was quickly controlled with no injuries among 125 patients. Nurses moved patients to safety within 10 minutes and orderly conditions prevailed on the lower floors. A laboratory aide said the fire started in a cupola near the attic.

Portland Ore tPi Coffey Memorial Hospital

Death penalty given printer in 11 year old Barbara Dunn case

Kenneth Salter 32 a printer and reform school parolee was convicted by three Common Pleas judges of chloroform death and rape of 11 year old Barbara Dunn at her Toledo home last July 17. Paroled December from Mansfield Reformatory after a prior felonious assault involving a 12 year old girl. Salter befriended the Dunn family after meeting Barbara and her sister Helen at a penny arcade.

Toledo Common Pleas Kenneth Salter Reformatory Barbara Dunn Salter Mansfield Reformatory Dunn Barbara Helen

Food Study Head Urged to Control All Food Activities

Rep Thomas A Jenkins of Trenton as chairman of the Republican Congressional Food Study Committee called for placing all food activities under a single competent head in the Department of Agriculture. In a separate item, three of eight Hayes children are ill with infantile paralysis, and the Trayes home is under quarantine.

Washington Thomas A Jenkins Trenton Republican Congressional Food Study Committee Department of Agriculture Childre Tricken Dennison C. P. Hayes Trayes

New Death Weapon Hints Reported as Terrifying

Washington reports cryptic hints of a terrifying new weapon of death from three sources. Secretary of Commerce Wallace references a radioactive poison gas in a policy letter to President Truman. Dr. Gerald Wendt describes a "super-deadly" toxin that could kill everyone in the United States and Canada with one ounce. Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt confirms extensive work with toxic agents and notes potential that rivals the atomic bomb for national defense due to its directed, individual-target capability.

Washington Commerce Wallace Truman Gerald Wendt United States Canada Alden H. Waitt Army Chemical Corps Watt Schnectady N. Y Wendt Science Illustrated

State Liquor Board Proposes Manager Approval Rule

The State Board of Liquor Regulation filed a proposed rule with the secretary of state. It would prevent liquor establishments from employing managers not approved by the state and would require permit holders to provide the department of liquor control with the manager’s name address age and additional information as requested.

Columbus State Board of Liquor Centre Secretary of Department of Liquor Control

New Contract Parley At Warren Scheduled

Warren P. C. I. McAllister, president of Warren Transportation Co, plans a new contract discussion with the Warren Bus Drivers and Garage Men association. Members ran city bus lines yesterday despite AFL picketing by Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes.

Warren C. I. McAllister The Warren Transportation Co, Snd Association of Warren Bus Drivers and Garage Men Incl Amalgamated Association of Street,’ Electric Railway and Motor Coach Eraptores of America AFL

Ohio Plans Over 117 Million Public Works Boost

Washington reports Ohio and its counties aim to fund more than 117 million dollars in public works with local funds in four years. The figure grows with federal aid highways rivers and harbors flood control and other U. S. funded projects.

Washington Ohio Federal Works Agency U. S Congress FWA

Jenkins Heads Hearing on Meat Shortage Causes

Rep Thomas A Jenkins leads a one day hearing in Kansas City on October 3 to trace meat and overall food shortage causes from grass roots sources. Rep Max Schwabe of Missouri and John Heimburger organize witnesses from processors producers and distributors with members from Kansas Missouri Iowa Nebraska and Oklahoma.

Kansas City Max Schwabe Missouri John J. Heimburger Kansas Iowa Nebraska Oklahoma Thomas A. Jenkins Ironton

Legal Stock Sales Charged to Four Men

Four Pittsburgh men were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on charges of illegal stock sales tied to misstated investments. The case alleges they falsely represented their investment banking firm as agents of the American Distilling Co and conducted illegal stock transactions in Ohio areas including Niles Warren Youngstown Newton Falls and Kent.

Erie Pitts Niles, Warren Youngstown Newton Falls Massion Kent American Distilling Co

Coal Mine Administrator Announces Resignation

Washington reports Adm Ben Moreell will resign as Federal Coal Mines Administrator effective Sept 30 to retire from active Navy duty. Capt N H Collisson, deputy administrator, will succeed him as coal mines administrator. Wayne rent controls to return to July 1 1945 levels start Oct 1 announced by Karl Duldner. Oberlin veterans survey yields 75 housing placements for October term.

Washington Ben Moreell Navy Interior Department Admiral Moreell N. H. Collisson Wayne Wooster Wayne County Karl Duldner Cleveland OPA

Ohio Communists Refocus After Bricker Defeat

Columbus officials report the Ohio Communist Party, barred from the ballot, plans to target the November U S Senate race by defeating Republican nominee John W. Bricker. Arnold Johnson, state chairman, stated the party’s top goal is Bricker’s defeat.

Ohio Communist Party Bricker Columbus Ohio Communist Party John W. Bricker U. S Arnold Johnson

Sam Simmons Says on Bowles Nomination and Nutmeg Promise

The writer contemplates Connecticut governor nominee Chester Bowles, criticizing his New Deal stance and economic knowledge while joking about buying only Connecticut nutmegs if Bowles wins. He brands the Democratic party as weak and hints at discontent within for victory at any price.

Chester Bowles Democratic Party Connecticut OPA Bowles

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Reeve Hospital Lewes Del North Carolina Knute Rekvik Lief Skorning Trige Knudsen Mathias Anderson Joseph Thorsten NEA Telephoto Incorporated Canton House of Bishops Protestant Episcopal Church Philadelphia Henry Knox Sherrill Sherril Massachusetts Henry St. George Tucker Richmond Churchill Zurich Switzerland Winston Churchill Germany United States of Europe University of Zurich Stuttgart Britain United Nations Great Britain Billy de Smith Waltz State Liquor Board George H. Field Bureau of Community Facilities LU. S CAAS Rep. Jenkins Vets Gey Oberlin American Veterans’ Committee Oberlin College Sam Simmons
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