War Veteran Killed in Fall From Tree Shakeup Hints for City Hall
Annual report of safety service director Adolph Sahling outlines city plans to create a cemetery endowment fund, reorganize the water department, hire hospital staff, and buy street department gear. It also notes cemetery land needs and lot sales earnings, plus recommendations for a waterworks superintendent and civil service coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Safety Service
Adolph
Sahling
South Lawn Cemetery
Safety-Service
General Fund
Cemetery Endowment Fund
Water Department
J. E. Trubenbach
Paul Kleinknecht Dies After Tree Fall in Pennsylvania
Paul Harold Kleinknecht 28, a Penn-Line Service foreman and WWII veteran, died after falling 50 feet while clearing a treetop near Smithfield, Pennsylvania. He formerly served as crew chief on General Montgomery's plane, enlisted January 1942, and served overseas from July 1942. He lived in Coshaven and is survived by parents and extended family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Montgomery
Europe
Smithfield
Paul Harold Kleinknecht
John Kleinknecht
South Third Street
Penn-Line Service Corporation
Scottdale
Uniontown City Hospital
Yoon Kreinknecht
VU. S& Air Force
Hads
Penn-Line
Coshecton High School
Shepherd Field
Texas
Bernard Montgomery
Cosheave
Uniontown
Glass Ambulance
Property in Postoffice Destroyed by Juvenile Vandals
Juvenile vandals have been damaging property at the local postoffice. They destroy money order blanks and throw away pen points from lobby tables. Officials report efforts to catch them have failed, and police have been notified of the damage to government property.
Leech Family Makes Legal Return to Coshocton
Lt. Thomas Leech, son of Judge and Mrs Lloyd Leech, will begin practice in Coshocton this Thursday after serving in the Navy. A Harvard Law School graduate (1943) and 1936 Coshocton High alum, he served on a carrier and saw action in the Philippines, Formosa, Palau, Luzon, Iwo Jima and Okinawa among 49 Ohio bar passers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Patrol
Coshocton
United States Navy
Kenneth Overholt
Keene
Warren
Abbie Overholt
Overholt
Navy
Toledo
Sam
Thomas Leech
Llnyd Leech
Cambridge Road
Atty
James Freeman
Leech
Common Pleas
Deputy Dies In Gun Fight Near Xenia
Greene County deputies intercept two Cincinnati men to question them at the city outskirts. Deputy Earl Confer is killed when a gun is opened. Ernest Finley Evans is wounded, and Joseph Anderson is shot in the leg. Evans and Tucker are Cincinnati residents. Tucker surrenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia
Cincinnati
Earl Confer
Ernest Finley Evans
Joseph Anderson
Evans
Clarence Tucker
Dayton
Tucker
Anderson
Cedarville
Greene County Sheriffs Office
Evans Pulled A Gun From the Car and Fired, Killing Confer
Wife calls husband after kidnapping in Weymouth
Betty Reader, 25, a mother of three, dialed her husband in Weymouth claiming three men abducted her and were taking her out of Massachusetts. She begged police aid, described a brief farewell call from north of Boston, then the line went dead. Her husband Arthur, 34, said she left to shop in Quincy six hours earlier and they have no phone at home. No motive could be determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weymouth
Mass
Betty Reader
Hostasso
Boston
Arthur Reader
Reader
Quincy
U. S. Merchant Marine
Reider
Nazi Spy's Father Tries Suicide After Treason Conviction
Hans Max Haupt, given life for treason, slashed his wrist and stabbed himself fifteen times with barber shears in county jail while awaiting transfer to a federal penitentiary. He survived, guided by guards, after issuing a farewell note to his wife Erna, asserting loyalty to the United States and hoping to meet in heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hans Max Haupt
Haupt
Herbert Hans Haupt
Erna
Ellis Island
Germany
Newark Plant Closes Amid Steel Strike Shortage
Pharis Tire and Rubber Co in Newark says bead wire shortages from the steel workers’ strike will close the plant on January 31 after a January 26 shutdown of the bicycle tire division. Newark Stove Co expects normal operations until February 15 when further closures loom. Burke Golf Co holds three weeks’ material for production but faces shaft shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Pharis Tire and Rubber Co
Pharis
Newark Stove Co
F. H. Guthrie
Burke Golf Co
Boy Admits Killing Father Like a Hog in Court
In Vienna Missouri a 15 year old boy Gene Westerman admitted murdering his father Henry 46 to allow his mother Edna 31 to wed another man. Circuit Judge Sam Blair sentenced the youth to 12 years while his mother and her partner Ben French received life terms after guilty pleas to murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Gene Westerman
Yesteday
Henry
Sam Blair
Blair
Gene
Edna
Ben French
Two Suspects Named in Degnan Kidnaping Case
Theodore Campbell, a former reformatory inmate, told police the names of two men he said abducted six year old Suzanne Degnan. Vincent Castello, 16, in custody on related charges, denied the claim as detectives pursued alibis and handwriting analysis by the FBI to compare notes with the ransom demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Theodore Campbell
John Prendergast
Campbell
Vincent Castello
Castello
Walter Storms
Costello
Degnan
Storms
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bradley says VA quits Fletcher General Hospital
Gen Omar N Bradley notified Governor Lausche that the Veterans Administration will not request Fletcher General Hospital at Cambridge after Army surplus. He cited an inability to provide a professional staff for all operations. Washington had said two Ohio Republican congressmen would press Maj Gen Paul Hawley to reconsider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Omar N. Bradley
Frank Jo Lausche
Veterans Administration
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Army
Vetrans
Fletcher General
Bradley
Washington
Ohio
Paul R. Hawiey
J. Harry McGregor
West Lafayette
P.'W. Griffith
Marietta
Hope for Settlement Grows in Auto Labor Dispute
Prospects for ending industrial strife rise as federal mediator plans separate talks with General Motors and the United Automobile Workers. The GM walkout, now in its 70th day, affects 175,000 workers and reverberates across the U.S. economy amid reports of wage and price conference talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Green
David Dubinsky
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organization
AFL Executive Council
Lewis
CIO
AFL
United Mine Workers
International Ladies Garment Workers
General Motors Corp
United Automobile Workers
Lewis B Schwellerbach
James F Newey
Detroit
Offigals
Dewey
Philip Murray
CIO Steelworkers
Benjamin F. Fairless
Us, Steel Corp
Washington
White House
Arthur Hudson
Central States Drivers’ Council
Midwest
Milton B. Young
NLD
Armour & Co
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Ohio Power Is Ready to Run Philo Plant Amid Strike
Philo plant officials led by Weston Brown prepare to keep service uninterrupted as United Utility Workers plan a strike at 12:01 midnight. Three Ohio Power executives head to Washington to seek a fact finding board with Secretary Schwellenbach while supervisory staff remain on duty. Food supplies have been brought to the plant for indefinite operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Philo
Ohio Power Company
Weston Brown
Arthur Ferguson
Philo Incal
United Utility Workers of America
CTO
Ward
Washington
Lewis B. Schwetlenhien Hiesid
Schwellenbach
Brown
Atervisory
E. A. Lewis
Canton
Graham Claytor
New York
George M. Tidd
John G. Ketterer
Ten Killed as Hangar Burns at Oklahoma Army Depot
An overnight flash fire destroyed the main hangar at Oklahoma Army Air Depot, killing ten workers and injuring about thirty eight of the 1500 inside. The blaze, sparked by a cleaning fluid explosion, caused $750,000 in damages with the depot maintenance office and equipment wiped out. Ten B twenty nine supersonic aircraft burned lightly nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Army Air Depot
Army
Air Depot Maintenance Division
Council Grants Go Ahead for Park Meters Lease
City council approved a go ahead on parking meters and will accept bids to lease and purchase about 200 meters. Other actions included street graveling referrals, bond issuance for water works, and hiring more staff to tackle overdue hospital accounts. A wage increase for cemetery and street workers was sent to arbitration next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trubenback
Cambridge Park District
Knox Steweart
Auto Damaged by Anti-Freeze Fire on Main Street
Firemen fought a car blaze at Sixth and Main early this morning. The vehicle owned by Carl F. Speaks caught fire when alcohol in the radiator ignited. Damage was slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl F. Speaks
Brisk GOP and Democratic Nominations in Ohio Primary
In Columbus reports show Ohio Democrats list more candidates than Republicans for the May 6 primary. Bricker of Columbus and Ebright of Akron likely face little GOP opposition for US Senator and State Treasurer. Governor Herbert and Lt Governor candidates may attract nominal or tepid challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
GOP
John W. Bricker
Don H. Ebright
Akron
Thomas J. Herbert
Cleveland
Paul M. Herbert
Fred J. Milligan
Harmony Platform
Bricker
Ebright
Herberts
Edward Himmel
Cincinnati
Hugh S. Jenkins
Youngstown
Jenkins
Harry T. Marshall
L. L. Marshall
Cleveland Hummel
Herbert Hoover
Ted W Brown
George H. Bender
Norman Imrie
Frank J. Lausche
George D. Nye
Waverly
James W. Huffman
Stephen M. Young
Marvin C. Hartison
Edward A. Huth
Dayton
William M. Boyd
Jack P. Russell
Joseph W. Kovach
James H. Sullivan
James Hunt
Lima
Harry V. Armstrong
Marion
Thomas Mu
Garfield Heights
James F. W.tteuberville
Harry J. Helps
Also Mentioned on This Page
Unified Water Department
Paul Kleinknecht
Pennsylvania
State Patrol
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Memorial Hospital
Coshocton County
Hubby
Gen. Bradley
Fletcher
United Press
Ohio Power
Newspaper
Rabhiye
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!