Senators Seek Retrial for Ilse Koch in Buchenwald Case
Seven senators urged renewed punishment for Ilse Koch citing Army censors who cut her life term to four years. The report calls for a U S military court trial if possible, or German courts for crimes against German nationals, noting her 1945 sentence expires next October.
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Washington
Ilse Koch
Buchenwald
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
United States
Germany
Frau Koch
Ilse Coch
Bricker
Ohio
Hoey
Ives
R-Ny
McClellan
D-Ark
O'Connor
D-Md
Thye
Rminn
Lucius D
Lausche Names State Fire Marshal Choice Callan
J Callan of Youngstown selected as state fire marshal by Gov elect Frank Lausche. Callan, 62, served 29 years with the Ingstown fire department including eight as chief and led the Ohio Fire Chiefs Association in 1933 and 1934 and was director of the International Fire Chiefs Association.
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Ees
J. Callan
Youngstown
Frank J. Lausche
Callan
Lausche
Robert L. Moulton
Commerce
Ingstown Fire Department
Ohio Fire Chiefs’ Association
International Fire Chiefs’ Association
Magazine Executive Dies in Early Morning Fire
Allen E. Norman, 46, a magazine executive, died in a fire that swept his Scarsdale home. His wife and 10-year-old son were saved after warnings but Norman was found on the kitchen floor, overcome by smoke and flames.
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Scarsdale
N. Y
Allen E. Norman
Liv
Norman
Dutch Envoy Blames U N for Russian Propaganda Sway
Dutch Ambassador Hendrik Mouw told reporters in Tokyo that the United Nations has become suckers for Russian propaganda in its handling of Indonesian fighting. He said the U N is playing the Russian game with cease fire orders and warned Indonesia faces a communist tide in Southeast Asia. He argued the core battle is restoring economic stability and anticipated the world would thank Holland for its actions.
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Tokyo
Hendrik Mouw
United Nations
Mouw
Netherlands
U. N
Dutch Indies
Southeast Asia
Holland
Indonesia
Mrs A J Waldron Named Jail Matron
Mrs A J Waldron resigns as director of Hocking County Division of Social Administration effective January 1 after nearly 13 years in charge. The division aids the blind and dependent children. Her husband starts as county sheriff January 3 and she will serve as jail matron. Future appointment of a successor is to be announced.
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A. J. Waldron
Hocking County
Waldron
Wreck Halts Pennsylvania Tracks in Piqua
Wrecking crews worked to clear the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks after 28 coal cars ran off the rails Saturday night near Piqua Ohio. Crews toiled Sunday to reestablish the line and resume service.
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Piqua, O
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ohio teachers salaries lag as survey shows many under 2400
An Ohio Education Association survey released on the eve of its convention finds about 28 percent of public school teachers in Ohio earn less than 2400 a year and 38 percent of elementary teachers fall under that threshold. The report notes a 3.3 percent average raise to about 90 dollars, calls for a 225 dollar cost of living boost, and warns of ongoing elementary shortages needing about 3000 new teachers annually for five years.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Education Association
OEA
T. G. O’keefe
O’keefe
State Department of Education
Tragedy in Glouster: Husband Kills Wife Then Self
A 35 year old Glouster man, Shel don Pete McGee, shot his wife in the living room on Christmas Eve, then killed himself. The couple leaves four children and was found after their son James returned from a movie. Funeral services were held at Glouster Methodist Church with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Surviving family members include McGee’s mother Maude, two brothers, seven sisters, and extended relatives from several towns.
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Glouster
Athens County
George Bateman
Sheldon
Pete) McGee
Bateman
Glouster Methodist Church
John Devol
Maplewood Cemetery
McGee
James
Rex
Maude
Harry
New Lexington
Leonard
Zanesville
Maxine
Basil Vore
Alfred Mecum
Trimble
Homer
Groveport
John
Jacksonville
Charles
Cincinnati
Rex Keller
Perry Moody
Logan
Grace Mecum
Henry Kempton
Dillonville
Freeze Fails to Halt Lake Logan Dam Work
Excavation on the Lake Logan dam spillway continued despite cold weather. Heavy earth movers operated and reinforcing steel for the concrete spillway was delivered to the site today. The spillway excavation nears completion and the dam core on the south side of Clear Fork is taking shape.
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Lake Logan
Clear Fork
William F Murphy Rites Held Today
Funeral services for William Franklin Murphy 47 Logan Route 2 farmer who died Friday evening at Hocking Valley Hospital were held at 2 PM at Leonard Funeral Home Rev Earl Miller officiated Miss Madge Wright and Mrs Walter Leonard provided music Carl Spence accompanied. Pallbearers were Harold Klinger Myrl Coakley Joe Howdyshell Roscoe Griffin Wayne Griffin Kenneth Coakley Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery Survivors include wife Ethel daughter Rose Marie and three sisters Mrs George Klinger Mrs J G Coakley and Mrs Irene Howdyshell all of Logan
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William Franklin Murphy
Logan
Hocking Valley Hospital
Leonard Funeral Home
Earl Miller
Madge Wright
Walter Leonard
Carl Spence
Harold Klinger
Myrl Coakley
Joe Howdyshell
Roscoe Griffin
Wayne Griffin
Kenneth Coakley
Oak Grove Cemetery
Hocking County
Murphy
Ethel
Rose Marie
George Klinger
J. G. Coakley
Irene Howdyshell
Christmas tragedy kills doctor and family in Big Bear cabin
In a snowbound Big Bear cabin a young doctor Jerome G Schnedert his two children and his mother were found dead on Christmas at noon. The doctor s wife Mary Margaret survived with their oldest son Jerry 10. A note to Santa lay beside a plate for Santa Claus as authorities investigate possible carbon monoxide poisoning from a butane heater and vent obstruction.
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Big Bear
Calif
Santa Claus
Jerome G. Schnedert
Santa
Josephine Schnedorf
River Forest
Mary Margaret Schnedorf
Jerry
Judy
Tom
C. S. Small
Kendall Stone
Cold Weekend Across Ohio Brings Low Temps and Gas Curtailment
Logan and Hocking County residents faced the coldest weather of the season as temperatures dropped to five degrees above zero early morning then rose to 29 by noon. Arctic conditions prompted East Ohio Gas Co to curtail 25 percent of industrial gas to protect homes, affecting several northeastern cities.
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Logan
Hocking County
State Highway Garage
Mercury
East Ohio Gas Co
Cleveland
Youngstown
Canton
Akron
Massillon
New Philadelphia
Wooster
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Cincinnati
Millport
Columbiana County
Toledo
Prankster Triggers False Alarms in Hamilton
In Hamilton Ohio a man triggered a string of false alarms by calling police to a South 12th Street address for a non existent auto crash then fire department and later an undertaker for a supposed fall from a window. No traces found.
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Hamilton, O
Hamilton
South 12Th Street
Refugee-Loaded Vessel in Distress Near Peloponnesus
The Panamanian ship Tamba carrying 500 passengers issued a distress signal 60 miles south of Antikythera off the southern Peloponnesus coast. The vessel reported engine trouble and possible danger to those aboard.
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Athens
Tamba
Antikythera
Peloponnesus
Today’s Markets At a Glance
Wheat mixed with little price change in quiet trade. Corn down slightly with dull activity. Oats steady and light. Hogs steady to 50 cents lower, top $23. Cattle unevenly strong to 50 cents lower, top $35.50. Hocks quiet with irregular price movement amid rail activity, notes unclear.
Sumner Welles Narrowly Escapes Death in Maryland Snow
Former under secretary Sumner Welles was found unconscious in a snow covered field near Oxon Hill Maryland with frostbitten toes after hours outdoors in 15 degree weather. He remained in serious condition with severe exposure and shock.
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Sumner Welles
Shington
Maryland
Balchen to Join Rescue Mission to Greenland
Antarctic veteran Col. Bernt Balchen is en route from Winnipeg to Greenland to aid in rescuing 13 United States Air Forces men stranded on an ice cap. He landed at Stevenson Field early this morning and will fly with a crew of 14 aboard a C-54 aircraft.
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U.S.S. Saipan
Greenland
Air Force
Saipan
Norfolk
Winnipeg
Bernt Balchen
United States Air Forces
Stevenson Field
Athens County Man Dies By Own Action
Floyd Lowry, 51, shot and killed himself with a 12 gauge shotgun at his home in The Plains Ohio. Coroner John H. Elias reported the death yesterday marking a self inflicted gunshot incident.
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Athens
Floyd Lowry
the Plains
John H. Elias
Indonesia and Netherlands clash at UN over Java fighting
Dutch delegate Jan Herman van Royen told the United Nations Security Council that the Netherlands has not yet halted its campaign in Indonesia and is studying its position. Soviet and Ukrainian delegates charged a refusal to stop hostilities and urged immediate withdrawal to prewar posts. The Dutch promise freedom for Indonesian leaders in future talks.
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Paris
Jan Herman van Royen
United Nations Security Council
Holland
Council
Indonesia
van Royen
Netherlands
Jacob A. Malik
Malik
Vasili A. Tarasenko
United States
Security Council
M. J. Desai
Light Plane Crashes At Chillicothe Field
A light plane crashed at Sky Park Airport north of Chillicothe yesterday injuring three people. Pilot Kenneth Lynn 24 suffered head cuts and possible rib fractures. Passengers Ralph Wingo 24 and Russell Biney 19 received lesser injuries. Lynn was taken to Chillicothe hospital.
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Chillicothe, O
Sky Park
Here
Kenneth Lynn
Ralph Wingo
Russell Biney
Lynn
Chillicothe Hospital
GE Plant Manager Moves Family to Logan
B G Greenman Jr manager of the new General Electric plant near Logan has moved his wife and four children to occupy the Homer Wilson home at 192 Fountain Street. A Logan Glass Works plant nearing completion marks Logan as an official GE plant city with work progressing and heat on since December 10.
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Logan
B. G. Greenman, Jr
General Electric
Mr. Greenman
Mary
Logan Glass Works
General Electric Co
G-E
Daily News
Rawn
Homer Wilson
Fountain Street
Greenman
Iowa State College
Bridgeville Glass Works
Bridgeville
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