Circleville Mayor Denounces Dirty Politics Over Liquor Board
Circleville Mayor Thurman I Miller charged that state liquor board actions against the city amount to dirty politics as the board ordered show cause why liquor permit fee rebates should not be withheld. The controversy involves police cooperation in a Moose Lodge raid and a shakedown claim against local clubs. The issue may go to the January grand jury and to Governor Lausche.
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Circleville, O
Thurman I. Miller
State Liquor Board
Circleville
Miller
Little Circleville
Liquor Board
Robert Adkins
William Galayda
Joseph Harrell
Moose Lodge
William McCrady
Moose
Council
Oraw
Liquor Department
Thomas J. Herbert
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Mrs Eva Robinson Services Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Chesser Robinson 80 of New Plymouth were held at 1 P M in the New Plymouth Methodist Church. Rev. William Brown officiated with burial in Madison Cemetery near Zaleski. Survived by William Schmidt Goldie Schmidt Frederick Schmidt Breta Bandy and Ermal Robinson.
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Eva Chesser Robinson
New Plymouth
Frank Schmidt
Millersport
Robinson
John Schmidt
Albert Robinson
William F., Schmidt
Goldie B. Schmidt
Frederick Schmidt
Breta M. Bandy
Ermal Aaron Robinson
Services Wednesday For Joseph Lehman
Funeral services for Joseph L. Lehman aged 76 of near South Bloomingville were held at the South Bloomingville Methodist Church. Burial followed in Adelphi Cemetery. A retired farmer and lifelong resident of the South Bloomingville community, he had operated a farm there for many years.
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Joseph L. Lehman
South Bloomingville
Hocking Valley Hospital
South Bloomingville Methodist Church
Adelphi
Lehman
Christmas Basket Drive Aims to Ease Local Hardship
Logan and Hocking County face poverty this Christmas as Jaycees lead a basket campaign. Clothing is the priority, with food and toys collected and distributed to needy families. Boxes for contributions line city sites and schools, and letters from residents help identify recipients.
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Logan Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Pat Canty
Jaycee Organization
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
Jaycee Campaign
John Walters 75 Dies in Columbus
John Walters 75 longtime Logan and Hocking County resident died at 6 P M yesterday at his daughter Mrs Clyde H ardens home in Columbus after a period of ill health He was born in Hocking County and spent most of his life there Funeral services set for 2 P M Monday at the Presbyterian Church Rev Henry Arr will preside with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Leonard Funeral Service in charge Survivors include his wife Cynthia three sons Harry Ralph Arthur and three daughters Doris Shull Mary Schultz Lela Reynolds plus others from Columbus and Logan
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John Walters
Logan
Hocking County
Clyde Harden
Columbus
Walters
Presbyterian Church
Henry
Arr
Oak Grove
Leonard Funeral Service
Mrs Fibber McGee Loses Purse and Jewels
Hollywood police search for missing purse and a $1000 neck lace belonging to Marian Jordan famed as Molly of Fibber McGee and Molly. The items vanished from her dressing room at the NBC radio studio.
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Hollywood
Marian Jordan
Molly
NBC Radio
County Home Head Examination Held
A civil service examination for the superintendent of the Hocking County Home was conducted today in the courthouse auditorium by a state commission examiner. Three applicants participated, including Carl Swackhammer who currently serves provisionally. The examiner did not immediately disclose the other applicants. The Hocking County Board of Commissioners will make the appointment.
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Hocking County
State Civil Service Commission
Carl Swackhammer
Lausche Faces $41 Million Shortfall in Ohio Treasury
Ohio finance director says when Frank Lausche takes office January 10 the state will be about 41 million dollars poorer than when he left office after his first term. The deficit stems mainly from World War II bonus accounts and previous administration decisions.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
H. D. Defenbacher
Lausche
Treasury
Thomas J. Herbert
Defenbacher
Herbert
Israel bid for UN membership fails in Security Council
Paris bulletin reports Israel’s bid for United Nations membership failed to secure approval in the Security Council. Five nations voted for admission and five abstained while one voted against. An affirmative seven votes were required. Syria opposed. the voting members for Israel were the United States Russia Soviet Ukraine Argentina and Colombia with Britain China France Canada and Belgium abstaining.
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Paris
Israel
United Nations
Security Council
Syria
United States
Russia
Ukraine
Argentina
Colombia
Charles R. Riddle Rites Held Monday
Funeral services for Charles R. Riddle 53 who died Monday at his home McArthur Route 1 from a heart attack were held today in Chestnut Grove. A native of Vinton County he worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad for many years. Survivors include brothers Sam and Russell Logan and Clinton Laurelville.
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Charles R. Riddle
McArthur
Chestnut Grove
Vinton County
Riddle
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sam
Russell
Logan
Clinton
Laurelville
Loss of Towers Fails To Silence Soviet Radio
In Berlin Radio Berlin resumes broadcasts 12 hours after French forces destroyed its two tall transmitting towers. Soviet commentator Heinz Schmidt claims Washington ordered the act while German engineers consider using a Potsdam tower. Brig. Gen. Ganeval cites the towers as a threat to Allied airlift into nearby Eegel Airfield.
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Berlin
Radio
Russia
Germany
Heinz Schmidt
Radio Berlin
Potsdam
Schmidt
Washington
Taegliche Rundschau
Socialist Unity Party
Jean Ganeval
Eegel
OSU to Graduate Big Winter Class Today
Ohio State University will award diplomas to 1,062 students this afternoon, boosting the 75-year total of graduates to 70,706. The winter class is the largest in the university’s history.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Christmas Bonuses Distributed at American Vitrified
Christmas bonuses totaling 3200 dollars were distributed to 129 employees of the American Vitrified Products Co. in East Liverpool and Lisbon.
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East Liverpool
American Vitrified Products Co
Lisbon
Braves to Meet Wellston Tonight on Hilltop
Logan Chieftains open home basketball schedule versus Wellston on the hilltop hardwood. Guard Billy Voris suffered a broken arm Tuesday at Gallipolis and will miss weeks. Coach Dwight Diller has not named a starter replacement. Walter Nelson subbed for Voris in the Gallipolis game. A preliminary game between reserves and the Junior Rockets starts at 7 50 P M.
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Logan Chieftains
Wellston
Braves
Billy Voris
Gallipolis
Dwight Diller
Voris
Walter Nelson
Rockets
Today's Markets At a Glance
WHEAT steady and cash receipts slump. CORN mostly steady as government raises bid price for cash corn. OATS steady in very light trade. HOGS unevenly steady to 75 cents over, top 22.50. CATTLE fully steady as choice load lots are absent. STOCKS steady with narrow price changes. BONDS irregular with some rails improving.
Cuyahoga Democrats Report Campaign Expenses
Cuyahoga County Democrats reported yesterday they received 17536 dollars and spent 17706 dollars in the November 2 election campaign.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Rhodes Scholar Seeks Way to Take Wife to England
Martin A. Rush Jr., 29, UC medical student and Rhodes winner, plans to take his wife and year‑old son to England while studying. He hopes to earn extra income, using GI Bill allotments, and may pursue writing while in England after a 1945 Army Air Force service and a prior Middletown dry cleaning business.
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Cincinnati
Air Force
Martin A. Rush, Jr
University of Cincinnati
Rush
Dayton, O
Middletown
Miami University
Oxford
Great Lakes
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Business
Armco Steel Corp
15Th Air Force
Italy
Miami
SEO Council Names Officers In Southeast Ohio Group
New officers were elected at a regular Oak Hill meeting of the Southeast ern Ohio Regional Council. W A Smith of Pomeroy is president, succeeding Hosey Wick of Jackson. Other officers include Frank Morrow Wellston first vice president Homer Walter Gallipolis second vice president and Emerson Wood Ironton secretary treasurer.
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Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Oak Hill
W. A. Smith
Pomeroy
Hosey Wick
Jackson
Frank Morrow
Wellston
Homer Walter
Gallipolis
Emerson Wood
Ironton
Hocking County
Clarence Blosser
Richard Gerken
Smith
Morrow
Blosser
H. T. Phillips
Athens
D. D. Davis
Earl Ambrose Estate Listed at $128 068
The estate of Earl C. Ambrose of New Straitsville, killed July 10 in a tavern holdup by John West and Robert Daniels, was valued at 128068 in Franklin County Probate Court. Administratrix is Jane A. Ambrose of Columbus. Inventory totals include 39067 cash, 22300 in a safe, 29406 in savings, and 29500 real estate. Daniels, 24, on death row for six murders, is set to die January 3. West, 22, was fatally shot July 23 near Van Wert.
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Earl C. Ambrose
New Straitsville
John West
Robert Daniels
Franklin County
Ambrose
Jane A. Ambrose
Columbus
Daniels
Ohio
West
van Wert
Hit-Skip Driver Damages Auto on West Street
Police reported a hit-skip crash last night damaged the left rear fender of Gilbert Helber’s car, parked at 299 West Street. Officers are seeking the unidentified hit-skip driver.
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Gilbert Helber
West Street
Helber
Presidential Board Backs 40 Hour Week Plan
A Presidential board urged railroads to raise non-operating workers 7 cents an hour immediately and move to a 40 hour week in September 1949 without pay loss. The move would require higher base rates to keep take home pay same, costing about 340 million dollars in 1949. Union officials viewed the plan as a partial step toward settlement and will meet in Chicago to discuss.
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Washington
George M. Harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Chicago
Truman
Lancaster Men Incorporate Foundry in Logan
Lancaster men A. K. Lucas H. K. Balthaser and Abe Snyder formed the Hocking Valley Foundry Inc to start operations in Logan next month. The plant will lease the Logan Foundry and Machine Co site and make all kinds of cast iron castings. The 500 share par value is $50 common.
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Ohio Secretary of State
Lancaster
Logan
Hocking Valley Foundry,Inc
Logan Foundry and Machine Co
A. K. Lucas
H. K. Balthaser
Abe Snyder
Flood Threat Recedes as Hocking River Drops
A flood threat in Hocking County ends as the Hocking River and streams recede. All roads reopen and two schools, South Bloomingville and Carbon Hill, resume operations after classes were suspended yesterday due to high waters.
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Hocking County
Ohio
State Highway Department
South Bloomingville
Carbon Hill
Hocking
Norwalk Teachers Set to Receive 300 Dollar Raise
In Norwalk Ohio a flat 300 dollar annual salary increase will be given to 59 public school teachers and principals effective January 1. The move was announced today by school officials as part of the district pay scale adjustments.
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Norwalk
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SEO Council
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