Aged Man Killed by Train at Main Street Crossing
Jerome Vaniver Bennett, 77, of Barnes hotel, died instantly Friday evening when struck by an eastbound Pennsylvania train at the Main Street crossing. Witnesses say he ducked under the crossing gate in an attempt to beat the train. the locomotive gave him a glancing blow and knocked him several feet. The extra train was led by engineer M. J. Daugherty of Pittsburgh and H. L. Brooks of Grafton. Coroner Dr. D. S. MecDin ruled accidental death. Bennett, born August 5, 1869 in Elizabeth, Wirt County, was married to Louella Jane Allen in 1889. she died in 1937. Surviving: three sons Roscoe C. Bennett, Oscar V. Bennett, and Lockie F. Bennett, plus three grandchildren. Body at Glass Funeral Home after 7 p.m.. funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Jerome Vaniver Bennett
Barnes Hotel
Pennsylvania
Main Street
Bennett
M. J. Daugherty
Pittsburgh
H. L. Brooks
Grafton
D. S. MecDin
Elizabeth
Wirt County
W. Va
Lorenzo
Martha Davis Bennett
Louella Jane Allen
Roscoe C. Bennett
N. Sixth Street
Oscar V. Bennett
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lockie F
Brownton
Glass Funeral Home
Franco Hurls Terrorism Charges Against Republicans
Madrid reports General Franco’s government accuses republican guerrillas from France of terrorism inside Spain and warns of serious consequences for Franco Franco relations. The cabinet says 5000 Spanish exiles attacked the frontier in October 1944 and some reached interior areas.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Franco
France
Spain
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Spellman
Algiers
Cross Petition Filed in Divorce Case in Common Pleas
Alfreda Durben of Newcomerstown files cross petition in divorce action against Paul L Durben charging gross neglect and extreme cruelty. They married January 13 1941. Custody and support of their one child sought. Vernon Lee of Newcomerstown represents the defense.
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Common Pleas Court
Alfreda Durben
Newcomerstown
Paul L. Durben
Vernon Lee
Pipeline Construction To Start This Week In City Plan
Safety. Service Director J. E. Trubenbach announced that work on contract No. 3 to build a pipe line from the city pumping station to the G. F. plant will begin today or Wednesday. The project will be carried out by the firm H. E. Miller of Co-Fembws.
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G. F
J. E. Trubenbach
H. E. Miller
Co- Fembws
Cleveland Fire Bug Strikes Seventh Time In Eight Weeks
Police hunt a pyromaniac amid threats to churches after a $25,000 blaze at Glenville Congregational Church. An organ valued at $3,500 was destroyed and the fire confined to the chair area as a passerby alerted authorities. Investigators review incendiary links and prior threats, with a similar fire at Cathedral Latin High School two days earlier causing $3,500 damage.
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Cleveland
Glenville
Fire Department
Cathedral Latin High School
Vets Find 51 Rooms In Personal Canvass
Four veterans canvassing northern Columbus to prearrange housing for an expected 1000 additional OSU students found 51 rooms in the first week. They visited 946 houses and reported mixed responses as residents sympathized but had no space.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Lewis Calls Wage Talks For Soft Coal Miners
United Mine Workers asked soft coal operators to negotiate a new wage contract for 450 000 miners and filed notice of a strike in 30 days to back new demands. UMW President John L Lewis urged a meeting at 11 am March 12 and cited five contested issues on hours rates and conditions.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Today
UMW
John L. Lewis
Labor Department
National Labor Relations Board
Wage Stabilization Board
Lewis
National Joint Bituminous
Couple Found Beaten Dead in Quarry Pit Near Bloomington
Indiana police reported the bodies of Russell E. Koontz, 43, superintendent of the Empire Stone quarry, and Phyllis Coleman, 33, an office worker at a Bloomington creamery, found in an abandoned quarry pit. both had been beaten and strangled, with Koontz showing severe injuries and Coleman bound with ropes.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana
Monroe County
Russell E. Koontz
Empire
Phyllis Coleman
Coleman
Koontz
Superintendents Attend Columbus Meeting on Vocational Education
A.C. Pence city superintendent and J F P Lautenschlager county superintendent attended a Columbus meeting Friday. The event was sponsored by the Ohio State department of Education and the Ohio Vocational association to plan the future of vocational education in Ohio schools. Lautenschlager was named to a committee on vocational economics.
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A.C. Pence
J. FP. Lautenschlager
Columbus
Ohio State Department of Education
Ohio Vocational Association
Ohio
Lautenschlager
Strip Mine Report Expected by April 1
Ohio strip mine study commission began work with a preliminary draft due for commission approval by April. Legislation to regulate mines could be ready for a special session after the May primary election, Gov. Lausche indicated.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Sandusky County youths sign up for draft on leap day
In Fremont, Sandusky County selective service board No. 2 reports two prospective soldiers. Kermit Hoesman of Woodville and Elmer Hetrick of Lindsey registered on their 18th birthdays Feb 29 leap year, agreeing to await pre-induction notices and likely deferment to 1948.
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Fremont
Sandusky County
Selective Service Board No. 2
Kermit Hoesman
Woodville
Elmer Hetrick
Lindsey
Draft Board
Woman Dies Suddenly At Tuscarawas
Mrs. Howard Schwendiman 28 died Friday in her in law’s Tuscarawas home. Born Evelyn June Stull March 12 1918 she leaves husband Patsy Yvonne three children John Michael plus three sisters and three brothers. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at her parents’ home with Rev. Gross Moravian Gnadenhutten burial there. Body moved from Jones Lydick Castle funeral home Newcomerstown.
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Newcomerstown
Howard Schwendiman
Max S. Schwendiman
Tuscarawas
Hayward Stull
Evelyn June Stull
Patsy Yvonne
John
Michael
May Mathias
Uhrichsville
Betty Reichman
Margaret Brady
Arthur
Warren
Oran
Hew
Gross
Moravian Church
Gnadenhutten
Peron Wins Argentina Presidency Amid Electoral Victory
Col Juan D. Peron, denounced by the United States as a Nazi collaborator, appears to have secured enough electoral college votes to become president of Argentina. He leads popular vote over Democratic opponent Dr. Jose Tambuorini with a narrow margin as results align in his favor.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
United States
Argentina
Peron
Jose Tambuorini
Democratic Union
Food Saving Plan Outlined by Hoover Committee
The Famine Emergency Committee, led by former President Herbert Hoover as honorary chairman, seeks voluntary 25 percent cuts in wheat use and reduced fats and oils to avert world starvation. Secretary Clinton P. Anderson promises details soon as he estimates saving about 2 million tons of wheat with help from restaurants, hotels, and individuals. Chester Davis will head a 75-member panel to expand the program.
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Washington
Europe
Asia
Clinton FP. Anderson
Herbert Hoover
Chester Davis
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
FEC
Only witness to Hitler death by own action found
British intelligence said they have the name of a possible sole living witness to Hitler and Eva Braun death by self inflicted shooting and cyanide poisoning. The sergeant’s identity was not released and was reported by Col. Nikolaus Von Buelow who was detained for questioning.
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Herford
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Col
Nikolaus von Buelow
Hitler
Luftwaffe
Rhineland
Buelow
Reichschancellery
Mizer Sanitarium Building Sold to Cambridge Doctor
The Mizer property at Sixth and Chestnut streets sold to Dr. W. E. Pfadt of Cambridge. The building becomes his home and office. he plans general practice after discharge from Army service. Mrs Pfadt, a nurse, will join. Audrey V. Mizer will move to 128 North Sixth Street. The McManus building housed the Mizer sanitarium once run by the Mizer brothers.
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Mizer
Sixth and
Chestnut Streets
W. E. Pfaadt
Cambridge
Audrey V. Mizer
Coshocton
Pfaadt
Pfandt
Dr.edt
Cambeidge
Ice
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Misa Mizer
North Sixth Street
W. H. Keenan
McManus
Mize Brothers
French and
Blake
Britons Say Iran Pact Cannot Be Invalidated by One Party
London officials asserted that the 1942 Anglo Soviet Iran agreement cannot be broken by a single party and may prompt a joint protest with the United States over Soviet troops remaining in Iran. Foreign Office said 70,000 Soviet soldiers were still in the region as Moscow contemplated further announcements through Tehran and Moscow talks.
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London
Russia
Iran
Persia
Moscow
United States
Foreign Office
Tehran
Tran
Azerbaijan
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
UN Security Council
Ahmed Ghavam
Ira
Stalin
V. M. Malatoy
Kinney Rites Held Today
Funeral services for James Kinney a popular Coshocton police sergeant were held at Sacred Heart church at 9 a m Pallbearers were police department members Paul Gross Joe Swalley Glenn Parrish Roy Miller Richard Schumaker and Harry Davis Honorary pallbearers included Erderson Phillips Mayor William E Martin Safety Service Director J F B Truhenbach and Roy Sheeley Requiem high mass was celebrated by Rev Father A J Comm and burial followed at South Lawn cemetery by the Dawson funeral home.
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James Kinney
Coshocton
Sacred Heart Church
Police Department
Paul Gross
Joe Swalley
Glenn Parrish
Roy Miller
Richard Schumaker
Harry Davis
Erderson Phillips
William E. Martin
J. FB. Truhenbach
Roy Sheeley
Columbus
A. J
South Lawn Cemetery
Dawson Funeral Home
Stalin Promotes Son to Major General in Air Force
Moscow reports Generalissimo Stalin signed a decree promoting his son Col. Vassily Issifovich Stalin to major general in the air force. Vassily commanded a fighter force on the Baltic and East Prussian fronts.
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Moscow
Stalin
Vassily Issifovich Stalin
Vassily
Baltic
East Prussian
Eight Hurt in Delaware and Hudson Derailment
A derailment of eight Delaware and Hudson railroad coaches and a mail car left eight people injured near Plattsburgh New York last night. one person is reported seriously hurt.
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Plattsburgh
N. Y
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
Here
Pope Pius XII Celebrates 7th Birthday as Pope
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XII marks his seventh birthday and the seventh anniversary of his election to the papacy in 1599.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Papelcy
Navy protests Russia over attacks on Ameri can seaplanes near Dairen
The Navy disclosed protests to Moscow after two incidents. A Mariner seaplane was fired upon by a Russian fighter about 25 miles at sea last Oct 15. Ten days ago two Soviet planes fired warning bursts at another Mariner for 10 minutes with no hits. the pilot was disciplined.
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Washington
Russia
Dairen
Manchuria
State Department
United States
Mariner
U. S
Moscow
Dulles Calls for Stronger UN Policy Against Russia
At a Foreign Policy Association dinner Philadelphia United Press report says John Foster Dulles urged readiness for a tougher American line at the next United Nations meeting. He urged selecting delegates in advance to craft realistic, non partisan policies backed by broad American support.
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Philadelphia
Russia
John Foster Dulles
United Nations
Foreign Policy Association
Dulles
London
United States
America
Price, Reat Controls Needed Another Year
Washington report says price controls needed at least another year and rent controls should not be lifted before January 1948. Committee urges exemption for small businesses from price control as soon as possible in tentative draft.
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Washington
House Committee On
Byrnes Faces Soviet Refusal Over Iran Occupation
The Soviet Union refused to honor Byrnes promise to withdraw from Iran, keeping force in parts of Iran and prompting calls for a tougher American policy. President Truman and senators weigh stronger measures as Vandenberg’s UN speech influences policy debates. The State Department reviews the speech as the Foreign Relations Committee contemplates Security Council action.
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Washington
Soviet Union
James F. Byrnes
Iran
Moscow
Persia
Byrnes
United Press Today
Senate
Arthur B. Vandenberg
Mich
Wardletyberg
UN Assembly
London
Truman
Vanden
State Department
Vandenberg
Walter F. George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
UN Security Council
Pauley Confident He Can Still Win Nomination
Edwin W. Pauley, serving as Navy undersecretary nominee, remains confident his testimony will sway opposition. A Democratic warning suggested he cannot win the motion, as Senate naval affairs committee recessed while considering the nomination. Pauley is set to begin his defense Wednesday.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Pauley
Timken CIO Talks To Resume Monday
Timken Roller Bearing Co. officials and CIO United Steel Workers union leaders agreed to resume contract negotiations on Monday. Talks broke off Tuesday over maintenance of membership and contract clauses.
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Canton
Timken Roller Bearing Co
CIO United Steelworkers Union
Soviet researchers claim everlasting teeth paste
Moscow reports that Soviet scientists have developed a toothpaste claimed to prevent tooth decay and preserve a gleaming set of teeth indefinitely, as described by the feminist medical magazine.
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Moscow
Femsian
British Prime Minister and Churchill Take Six-Week Florida Vacation
Tor Washington MIAMI reports the British Prime Minister and Winston Churchill departed for a six week Florida vacation. The two leaders are expected to visit Miami and other Florida resorts, with official duties paused during the trip.
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Miami
Frs
Winston Churchill
Florida
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