Palm Sunday Observances Across Logan and Hocking
Churches in Logan and Hocking counties mark Palm Sunday with choirs sermons and special Holy Week services. The Logan Methodist Church presents Christ Triumphant at 7 30 p.m. with soloists and obbligatos. Other churches including St Pauls Episcopal St John Catholic St Matthew Lutheran and Evangelical United Brethren hold palms prayers and processions with readings and sermons through Good Friday and Easter Eve.
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Jerusalem
Logan
Hocking County
Calvary
Logan Methodist Church
Christ Triumphant
E. L. Ashford
Kenneth Bright
Robert Kinney
Lloyd Heinlein
Carol Ann Risch
James Stewart
Heinlein
John Sherwood
Jesus
Paul D. Holtzen
Trinity Lutheran Church
St. John’s Catholic Ch
Thomas Heft
Kenneth Johnson
Rosen
St. John’s School
A. N. Grueser
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Olivet
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Palm Sunday
Paul N. Warner
Rogers
Pontius Pilate
Dismas
St. Matthew
Presbyterian Church
Malcolm D. Hooker
Urbana Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
Rail Injunction Hearing Nears End in Cleveland
In Cleveland on April 4 7 testimony winds down in the government bid for a preliminary injunction against three railroad unions. Grand Chief James P Shields of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will resume direct testimony with a statement that a ruling ending the no strike order may trigger planned strike action on certain railroads.
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Cleveland
James P. Shields
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Costello Trial Upset Shocks Jury Deliberations
In New York on April 4 two jurors were excused as Frank Costello’s contempt of the Senate charges trial faced uncertainty. Foreman Helen Louise Mason said she was accused of agreeing to accept a payoff, prompting the judge to remove two jurors before deliberations could begin.
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New York
Frank Costello
Senate
Costello
U. S. Senate Crime Committee
Helen Louise Mason
Sylvester Ryan
Former Editor’s Final Order Found Beside Buried Body
Authorities report former editor Harry P. Burton, 66, of McCall’s and other magazines, left the note Cremate me MUST near his body. The coroner awaits further investigation into death while police suspect sleeping pills from an empty bottle at the scene.
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Washington
Harry P. Burton
McCall's
Seven Huks Killed in Luzon Skirmishes
Manila reports seven Communist led Huks killed, five wounded and two captured in two morning skirmishes in Northeast Luzon.
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Manila
Philippines
Luzon
New Attorney General Gets Truman's Nod
Washington April 4. President Truman nominates Philadelphia lawyer James P. McGranery as attorney general to carry on the anti corruption cleanup begun two months ago. McGrath resigns from the cabinet amid a broader shakeup with Morris fired as cleanup chief and hint of possible recalls as investigations continue.
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Truman
Washington
Truman Administration
Philadelphia
Friendly
James P. McGranery
McGranery
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
J. Howard McGrath
McGath
Newbold Morris
Morris
McGrath
Autoist Killed in Train Collision Near New Holland
CIRCLEVILLE April 4 Charles Ater of near New Holland in Pickaway County was killed Thursday night when his automobile collided with a freight train near his home. He was 79.
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Circleville
Charles Ater
New Holland
Pickaway County
Police Radio Interferes With TV Signals in Logan
Residents near the Ern est Price property report hearing police and sheriff communications on Channel 10 as the new radio system broadcasts. Viewers watching Logan television saw interruptions when patrol cars passed, linking the city station and sheriff to the signal issue.
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Logan
Ernest Price
A. J. Waldron
Nation Faces New Walkout
The United States faced a dual labor crisis as 31,000 Western Union telegraph workers walked out while CIO United Steelworkers prepared for a 12:01 a.m. Wednesday strike in the steel industry. A 40,000‑strong telephone walkout threat loomed in Ohio, Michigan, and Northern California.
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CIO United Steelworkers
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
CTU
Ohio
Michigan
California
Pupils Honor Pilot Hero Of Local Plane Crash
In Zanesville Garfield elementary third graders write Lockbourne Air Force Base praising Capt Harold E Powell 29 of Columbus as a hero after his F 84 jet crashed west of Zanesville following a flight over town. He died when his parachute failed to open.
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Zanesville
Garfield Elementary School
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Harold E. Powell
Columbus
Taft Eisenhower Duel in Iowa and Michigan Conventions
In Michigan and Iowa Taft and Eisenhower vie for 34 delegates and influence at large. Michigan plans 10 delegates at large with 36 district picks. Iowa chooses 26 delegates with eight district seats and 10 at large. National farm plank may be debated as backers claim edging leads. Truman backs open Chicago convention while Kefauver, Stevenson and Kerr contest Democratic side race results show Kefauver leading Kerr in Nebraska and Stevenson seeking governor term.
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Chicago
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Iowa
Michigan
Detroit
Des Moines
Taft
Eisenhower
Kansas
Illinois
Harold E. Stassen
Riley A. Bender
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
Stevenson
Nebraska
Kefauver
Kerr
UN Patrol Pinned By Red Mortars Near Punchbowl
Communist mortar and machinegun fire pinned down an Allied patrol for four hours near the Punchbowl in Eastern Korea. The raiders broke out under a screen of smoke and bursting shells laid by United Nations artillery. It was the biggest action reported along the 155 mile front by the U S Eighth Army.
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Seoul
Punchbowl
Korea
United Nations
U. S. Eighth Army
Commissioners Order Engineer To Buy Limestone
Disagreement between Hocking County commissioners and County Engineer Albert Seabright over road materials ends with an order to purchase 20 carloads of limestone. Seabright cites cost and current road conditions. commissioners favor gravel for now. Also approved: sale steps for Angle Avenue property and plans for rewiring the county home by Paul Miller Electrical Company.
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Hocking
Albert Seabright
Seabright
John Owens
Paul Miller Electrical Company of
Lancaster
Owens
Polk Booms Portsmouth For A Plant
Rep. James Polk of Ohio urges locating a major Atomic Energy Commission plant near Portsmouth Ohio arguing its water access rail and barge transportation and proximity to coal and power. He notes Portsmouth as underdeveloped industrially and points to a possible gaseous diffusion facility similar to Paducah Kentucky with a large cost and workforce.
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Washington
Ohio
Portsmouth
Atomic Energy Commission
James Polk
Commission
Gordon Dean
Scioto River
Cincinnati
Louisville
Polk
Scioto
Ohio River
Kentucky
West Virginia
Paducah
Truce Talks Hinted At Three Way Compromise
In Munsan on April 4 observers saw signals of a possible three way compromise to enable a Korea armistice. Negotiations on prisoner exchanges were extended to seek new routes to break the deadlock. General Ridgway indicated progress and potential concessions may be near. Communist reports at Panmunjom suggested a Red willingness to drop a Russia neutral inspector demand if the UN would drop the airfield ban, though Allied officials found no such offer in Hsieh Fang’s statement.
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Munsan
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Panmunjom
Red
Soviet Russia
Hsieh Fang
April Showers Expected This Weekend
Forecasters predict showers this afternoon and tonight and again Saturday. Saturday should be cooler with a high near 50. Temperature at 11 a.m. today was 55 after a low of 38 overnight. Yesterday’s high reached 62 at 4 p.m.
Five Day Ohio Forecast With Temperatures And Rain
The forecast calls for temperatures 2 to 4 degrees below normal with highs from 56 in the north to 64 in the south and lows from 36 to 40. Cool weekend ahead, warmer early next week, rain tonight and early Saturday and again around Tuesday totaling about half to one inch.
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Ohio
Russia Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Cuba Over Courier Incident
Moscow declares Cuba cut off diplomatic relations after Havana refuses two Soviet couriers carrying secret documents from Mexico City. Cuban sources allege the Havana legation hosts Communist spying activities and normal ties are severed.
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Havana
Russia
Cuba
Island
Mexico City
Moscow
Kremlin
Ohio bans bone meal transport to curb anthrax spread
Ohio acts to stop imported bone meal from Belgium used in animal feed amid an anthrax outbreak. Governor Lausche waives the 30 day notice, making the regulation immediate for 60 days unless renewed. Health and agricultural officials urged the ban as hog deaths rise across 43 counties and 187 farms.
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Columbus
Ohio
Belgium
Foust
Harry G. Geyer
Agriveterinarian Culture Department
John W. Baringer
Department
Plant Industry
Agricultural and Livestock Feed
West Virginia Agriculture Department
West Virginia
J. B. McLaughlin
Indiana
Kentucky
Illinois
Michigan
Reuther Hints UAW Backing Steel Union Support
Cleveland April 4 7 Walter P Reuther says one million United Auto Workers pledged to give 100 percent support to the nation's steelworkers if they strike He accuses steel firms of falsification and seeks price relief while praising wage stability plans Main auto workers conference aim is annual wage talks.
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Cleveland
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
CIO
UAW
Reuther
Wage Stabilization Board
Washington
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McGrath - Morris
Louis C. Mathew
Enterprise
Providence
R. I
Supreme Court
Rep
Chelf
D-Ky
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Justice Department
McGanery
National Press Club
Nation
the Nation
Adolph Brings
Western Union
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Zanesville Pupils
Pilot
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Harry
Secretary of State’s Office
State Agriculture
Howard S. Foust
Frank J. Lausche
Geyer
T. C. Green
Green
Steel Union
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