Banker's Teapot Dome ties doom Washington Court House
Mal S. Daugherty, 86, Washington Court House banker and brother of U S attorney general Harry M. Daugherty, died after a stroke. Once a Republican leader and bank president, he faced Teapot Dome subpoenas and a 58 count indictment for embezzlement. His Ohio State Bank failed, and the community lost about $1 million.
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Fayette County
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Ohio
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U. S
Warren G. Harding
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Daniels to Get Clemency Hearing
Daniels to have a routine clemency hearing next Tuesday as he faces execution for the six killings in a 14 day crime spree last summer. He admitted involvement with John West in the crimes. West was killed at a police roadblock in Van Wert County. Daniels was condemned for the cornfield murders of John Niebel, superintendent, and his wife and daughter Phyllis 21.
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Robert Murl Daniels
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Daniels
John West
West
van Wert
Cornfield
Johniebel
Mansfield Reformatory
Church Boiler Stolen Darkens Pre-Christmas Services
Canton Ohio Dec 15 thieves stole half of an 800 pound boiler being installed at Peoples Baptist Church leaving the church without heat for important services next Sunday.
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Peoples’ Baptist Church
Woman Doctor Dies After Long Pediatric Career
Dr. Eliza Johnson Merrick aged 91 died yesterday. A native of Hartland Hartland, Ohio she practiced as a pediatrician for many years in Cleveland.
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N. Y
Eliza Johnson Merrick
Hartland
Huron County
Cleveland
El Salvador President ousted in military coup
insurgents seize control after a day of fighting in San Salvador. President Castaneda Castro sought a two year term extension from March 1, 1949, with elections for a constituent assembly planned, while the army of five divisions asserts dominance nationwide amid unrest.
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Salvador Castaneda Castro
el Salvador
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Peru
Venezuela
Castaneda
San Salvador
National Assembly
Prober Says Reds Got Army Secrets
A member of the House committee on un American activities said a report details information on the Norden bomb sight leaked to Russian representatives as early as 1938. The member spoke on background as the committee pursues the matter.
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Washington
House UN- American Activities Committee
Nightclub manager found guilty in meat theft case
Lancaster Ohio jurors convict James Shirey 31 on buying and receiving stolen meat. Value set at 60 dollars, felony. judge defers sentence on motion. Co-defendant Marion Nihiser earlier convicted for similar charges but value at 30 dollars, misdemeanor.
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James Shirey
Shirey
Common Pleas Court
Harry Kilburger
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Nihiser
Burke and Jeffers
Swift and Co
Columbus
Club 33
Athens County Man Heads Southeast Ohio Superintendent Group
Glen M. Hanes, superintendent of Athens County schools, was named president of the Southeast Ohio County Superintendents Association at a Monday meeting in Athens. Attending were school heads from 12 counties including Hocking and Noble, with F. L. Pollock and Halleck Secrest serving as officers.
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Athens County
Ohio County Superintendents’ Association
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Hocking
F. L. Pollock
Franklin
Samuel H. Dillon
Logan
O. E. Hearing
New Lexington
Perry
B. Lewis Jones
Gallipolis
Gallia
William O. Porter
McConnelsville
Morgan
E. R. McCowan
N. B. Potts
Portsmouth
Scioto
C. L. McMahan
Marietta
Washington
Record Kill Seen for Ohio's Biggest Deer Season
The halfway point of Ohio's biggest deer hunting season sees thousands of hunters in 13 northeastern counties bagging hundreds of deer with no accidents reported. Counts from Trumbull and Columbiana show strong openings, and the Ohio Conservation Commission estimates about 20,000 licensed hunters and roughly 5,000 deer in the region.
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Mahoning County
Youngstown
Charles Mitchell
Ashtabula
Kermit Lewis
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Geauga
Portage
Summit
Stark
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Carroll, Jefferson and Harrison
Ohio Conservation Commission
Circleville Faces Liquor Board Show Cause Order
The State Liquor Board ordered Circleville to show cause within 30 days why liquor permit rebates should not be withheld. It marks the first such municipal action in 15 years. The raid on the Moose Lodge and alleged lax enforcement prompted the move, with Lodge officials to appear January 6 on regulation violations. Mayor Miller to testify as a State witness.
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State Liquor Board
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Circleville Council
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Lodge
State Liquor Control Board
Liquor Department
T. S. Miller
Moose Lodge
Markets at a Glance Quiet Stocks and Mixed Commodities
Stocks showed little movement with narrow price changes. Bonds were irregular as rails improved. Wheat eased on fear of ECA appropriation cuts. Corn fell on heavy liquidation and May traded lower. Oats eased in light trade. Hogs steady to 25 cents higher, top $22.50. Cattle ranged unevenly 50 cents higher to 50 lower, top $35.00.
Home Heads Named SANDUSKY O Deputy sheriff and wife named leaders
Deputy sheriff Alfred A. Killian and his wife have been appointed superintendent and matron at Erie County Children's Home in Sandusky Ohio. The appointment formalizes leadership for the county care facility as of December 15.
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Alfred A. Killian
Erie County Children’s Home
Peace talks rumors swirl as Reds close on Peiping
Peiping residents believe talks between the Chinese communists and Gen. Fu Tso yi are underway while Chiang Kai shek weighs surrender options. Red forces push toward Peiping Tientsin rail line from the east and strike near Langfang as bombardment and gunfire echo around the city. Meanwhile U S Marines head to Shanghai to protect citizens aboard the Bayfield and remain on dock duty.
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Two Residents Under Pasteur Treatment For Rabies
Two persons listed as contacts with a rabid dog received Pasteur treatment today. They are 74 year old Ben Lutz of Rockbridge Route 1 and his three year old grandson Freddie Price. A foxhound owned by Lutz tested brain rabid. Four additional rabid foxes were reported and slain by residents Robert Conkle Columbus W E Cline Logan Route 1 Harry Disbennett Rockbridge Route 1 and Howard Miller Logan.
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Harry Disbennett
Howard Miller
Five-Room House Loses in Auto Crash
Huntington West Virginia reports a collision last night involving two cars and a five room house. The house was pushed seven inches on its foundation floors ripped loose and front porch caved in. No injuries occurred.
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Oscar Carpenter
Robert Boster
Maumee Valley Conservancy District Cleared for 15 Counties
A 15-judge panel approved forming the Maumee Watershed Conservancy District in northwestern Ohio affecting 15 counties led by Defiance. The plan aims to improve health and safety by sewer and water management amid debate over practicality and flood control.
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Russia Casts 29th United Nations Veto
Paris dispatch reports Russia used its twenty ninth United Nations Security Council veto to block Ceylon from joining the UN. The veto marks a second defeat of Ceylon’s bid by Moscow as Soviets have wielded 13 of their 29 votes to bar seven nations. Earlier the council postponed Israel’s membership action until Friday.
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Police force swells to new high in Cleveland
Fifty new policemen were sworn in today by safety director William F. Smith, raising the Cleveland department to 1,640 officers for a new high in strength.
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William F. Smith
Opposing Factions In School Fuss Talk
In Twinsburg Ohio a school dispute shows factions willing to talk. No classes since Monday as the Twinsburg Citizens League and Real Estate Owners Association discuss differences. A compromise proposal from Lynn B. Ford is on the table with another meeting planned tonight.
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School Orders Ban on Secret Societies
The Cleveland Heights board of education orders dissolution by January 31 of all fraternities sororities and other similar societies. It also sets rules for social groups among pupils to be organized under new regulations.
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Board of Education of
Cleveland Heights
Heavy Rain Causes Flooding Across Hocking County
A Tuesday night storm dropped 1.48 inches of rain, flooding highways in at least three sections of Hocking County. The Hocking River rose to bank full in Logan by 1 PM while multiple routes including State Route 595, Route 75 near Ed Primmer farm, Route 278 at Carbon Hill, and U.S. Route 33 between Athens and Pomeroy reported water over roads. Traffic continued on some routes as crews managed high waters. Lake Logan dam work halted as Clear Fork overflowed, flooding bottom lands and forcing a temporary drainage channel to run alongside the normal flow. The rain ended by morning, with temps rising from a 44-degree low to 58 by noon.
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Logan
State Highway Department
Greendale
Ed Primmer
Scotts Creek
Carbon Hill
Highway Department
Athens
Pomeroy
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Clear Fork
Locomotives Heat VA Hospital in Chillicothe
Two Baltimore and Ohio locomotives huff on the hospital siding to keep the Veterans Administration facility warm and powered as four of seven boilers are replaced. One boiler failed, leaving three to serve 2,100 patients, with the city’s rail line renting two locomotives at a dollar a day each.
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Veterans Administration Hospital
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cecil Shrout
Teachers Eye Offer In Barbertown Pay Talks
Barbertown teachers plan to vote tonight on a school board proposal of 300 dollars a year in raises. The board said the requested 1000 dollar boosts could not be granted for at least a year or two.
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Mystery Plane Rumor Roils U.S. Air Force And Dewey
The Herald Tribune reports a so called mystery airplane, a deluxe Lockheed Constellation, may be prepared as a flying flagship for Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Officials deny background knowledge but acknowledge its luxury and quiet storage at Washington National Airport.
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