Daniels to Die In Chair Tonight At Penitentiary
Robert Murl Daniels a 24 year old ex convict faces execution in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair tonight after a failed appeal bid. Warden Alvis said he would eat a last meal including fried chicken fried oysters chili con carne and desserts before Catholic chaplain Father C V Lucier accompanies him to the chamber.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Robert Murl Daniels
iOhio
Daniels
Richland
State Supreme Court
Ralph W. Alvis
Death Row
Alvis
C. V. Lucier
Columbus Drugist and State Rep Paul Barnes Dies
Rep. Paul R. Barnes, 62, Columbus druggist and Ohio House member for six years, died today after suffering a heart attack. He ran Barnes Drug Store at 44 East Broad Street.
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Columbus
Paul R. Barnes
Ohio House of Representatives
Barnes
East Broad Street
Shanghai Council Appeals for Peace Talks with Communists
The Shanghai city council ordered a cease-fire and peace talks with the Chinese communists, sending a radio message to Yenan and addressing Mao Tse tung, Chou En Lai, Chu Teh, and Gen. Chen Yi. The council urged other cities to join and warned that the moment for peace could pass.
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Shanghai
Yenan
Mao Tse-tung
China
Freeman Youngster Apparently First Baby of New Year
The husky son born late Saturday to Mr and Mrs Hollis Freeman 307 North Orchard Street is apparently Hocking Countys first 1949 baby. He weighed ten pounds four ounces and was delivered at 12 45 PM Saturday by a local physician. Two other infants were born Saturday at Hocking Valley Hospital but to Athens County parents.
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Hollis Freeman
North Orchard Street
Hocking County
Hocking Valley Hospital
Athens County
Little Joe to Run For U S Senate
Joseph T. Ferguson the Ohio state auditor elected to a fourth term will seek the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate regardless of who enters the race. He announced at a Franklin County Democratic Club meeting that he plans to challenge Senator Robert A. Taft next year.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
U.S
Ferguson
Franklin County
Democratic Club
Robert A. Taft
Smoke fills store after furnace fault
Firefighters were called Sunday afternoon to the Cussins and Fearn Store on West Hunter Street. Smoke from a faulty furnace adjustment filled the storeroom and basement but no damage or flames were reported.
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Cussins and Fearn
West
Hunter Street
British robot plane breaks speed of sound record
London officials report that after a year of failure British scientists created a flying laboratory robot plane at Farnborough reaching 740 miles per hour at low altitude. The $80 000 craft eleven feet long and weighing 900 pounds achieved speeds far above sound in a straight level flight. Tests continue.
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London
Jan
Royal Aircraft Establishment
Farnborough
Militia Threat Blocks Kid Canaday's Mayoral Bid
Mayor Sidney Spencer said Governor Herbert promised National Guard help to keep Spencer in office amid a challenge from former mayor Delmar A. Canaday who resigned but contends it was invalid. Canaday abandoned plans for a mayoral run after the council meeting.
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Sidney Spencer
Thomas J. Herbert
National Guard
Spencer
Delmar A
Kid) Canaway
Columbus
Herbert
Canaday
Pye Dome
98th Assembly Session Opens Leaders Chosen
Ohio's 98th General Assembly opens with Democrats holding both chambers for the first time in a decade. Democrats 69 of 99 House seats and 19 of 33 Senate seats, party leaders include Margaret A. Mahoney as Senate president pro tem and John F. Cantwell as House speaker.
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Ohio
98Th General Assembly
Senate
House of Representatives
House
GOP
George D. Nye
Waverly
Frank J. Lausche
Nye
Lausche
Senate Democrats
Margaret A. Mahoney
Cleveland
Senate Rules Committee
Roscoe R. Walcutt
John F. Cantwell
Youngstown
Cantwell
Rep
William O'Neil
Marietta
O'Neill
Pleads Not Guilty To Assault Charge
James Teal of Nelsonville Route 2 pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Magistrate S B Whitehart. The affidavit by Mrs Teal led to bond set at 300 dollars with Teal bound over to the Hocking County grand jury. Arrest by Sheriff A J Waldron and Deputy Lloyd Fraizer.
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James Teal
Nelsonville
S. B. Whitehart
Teal
Hocking County
Grand Jury
A. J. Waldron
Lloyd Fraizer
Lancaster Tavern Permit Suspended
The state liquor board suspended eight permits including Gertrude Miller Thimmel of Don's Cafe at 146 East Winding Street Lancaster for 30 days for disorderly and unsanitary operation. Other details list D-1 beer and C-2 carry out licenses among the actions taken.
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Columbus
State Board of Liquor Control
Gertrude Miller Thimmel
Don’s Cafe
East Winding Street
Lancaster
Frost Damages Florida Crops Across State
The Associated Press reports frost melted crops in the Florida Everglades with corn sweet potatoes squash and beans killed while lettuce cabbage and other greens were damaged. Temperatures later rose back into the 50s in the south and southeast as a Rocky Mountain snow front推动d a blizzard across the Plains with zero visibility and strong winds.
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Great Plains
Florida
Warren O. Johnson
Rocky Mountains
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Gulf Coast
W. M. Percy
Chicago
Percy
Plains
New Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Supreme Court Upholds State Closed Shop Bans
The court upheld laws banning closed shops in Arizona Nebraska and North Carolina. The decision noted similar restrictions in 13 other states while the Taft Hartley act remained not directly involved.
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Supreme Court
American Federation of Labor
Arizona
Nebraska
North Carolina
Markets at a Glance Show Mixed Grain and Livestock Moves
Wheat firm on short covering while corn stays steady with wheat. Hogs unevenly down 1 to 1.50, top 21.00. cattle steady to 0.50 lower, top 34.00. Stocks fall on brief selling. bonds lengthen as rails lead a retreat.
New Years Weekend Death Toll Tops 300 Across U S
Fatalities from traffic and other accidents during the New Year weekend rise above 300 as a Seattle plane crash adds to the toll. Yale students aboard the chartered plane died in the Seattle crash. Ohio reports 16 traffic deaths and two New Year’s Day gun homicides.
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Yale University
New Haven
Conn
Northwest
National Safety Council
Ohio
Eddie Chowning
Cincinnati
Robert Rogers
Columbus
Lake Logan Dam Construction Continues Through Holidays
Work at Lake Logan dam on Clear Fork proceeds without interruption through New Year’s Day and Sunday. Fill for the dam crosses the old bed of Clear Fork as the creek now flows through a temporary channel dug for this purpose.
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Lake Logan
Clear Fork
Swackhamer Named County Home Head
Carl Swackhamer was appointed permanent superintendent of the county Home and farm by the retiring board of commissioners at its final meeting. He had served under a provisional appointment and qualified via civil service exam. Also noted were terminations and new office holders Keith Schultz and Jacob Gleason as successors, with J. Walter Voris taking duties after the November 2 election.
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Carl Swackhamer
Board of Commissioners
Swackhamer
Stanley Baker
A. J. Rheinscheid
Keith Schultz
Jacob Gleason
J. Walter Voris
Driver Fined Five Dollars for Brakes
Herman R. Burns of Logan Route 2 was fined five dollars and costs after pleading guilty before Mayor Roger W. Friend to operating a motor vehicle with insufficient brakes. Burns was arrested by highway patrolmen on Route 338 north of Logan.
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Herman R. Burns
Logan
Roger W. Friend
Burns
Dayton Journal Herald Sale Merges with Evening News
Dayton announces sale of the Journal-Herald Publishing Company to Evening News Publishing Company. The Herald will be discontinued after next Saturday and merged with the Journal to publish as the Journal-Herald each morning except Sunday. The Evening News is owned by former governor James M. Cox.
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Dayton Journal-Herald Publishing Company
Evening News Publishing Company
Journal-Herald Publishing Company
The
Herald
Journal
James M. Cox
Daily News
Journal-Herald
Movie Strike Settled in Columbus Neighborhoods Open
Settlement of a management union wage dispute in Columbus opened 32 neighborhood movie houses yesterday after closures on New Year’s Day. The agreement ends a standstill affecting local theaters and workers.
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Columbus
American War Dead to Rest In 14 Overseas Cemeteries
Washington reports that 400 overseas cemeteries will be consolidated into 14 permanent military cemeteries in Europe Africa and the Philippines. Families chose whether to return remains home or bury overseas with about 150000 to be returned and 114000 already moved.
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Washington
Europe
Africa
Philippines
America
Pacific
Republicans Fight Plan on Rules and South Aid Sought
Washington dispatch describes Democrats pushing a rules change to curb the House rules committee. Republicans and Southern Democrats planned to oppose, aiming to derail Labor and social measures supported by President Truman. Senate GOP "Old Guard" overturned liberal leaders seeking Taft leadership, while Truman prepared a broad policy address for Wednesday.
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Ask South
Washington
House
Jan
Congress
Truman
Capitol Hill
American Labor Party
Senate
Senator Lovige
Mass
Taft
Ohio
Waldron Takes Over As County Sheriff
Sheriff A. J. Waldron began his term as Hocks County sheriff at 12:01 A M with Lloyd Fraizer as chief deputy and Edward Dawley as field deputy. Waldron and his family moved into the county jail as Duffy relocates to 445 West Hunter Street and will return to work with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
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A. J
Jack) Waldr
Hocks County
Lloyd Fraizer
Depn
Edward Dawley
Waldron
Floyd Duffy
West
Hunter Street
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Voris Heads Board Of Hocking County Commissioners
J Walter Voris of Logan was named chairman of the new Hocking County board of commissioners at a meeting in the courthouse. Keith Schultz was named vice chair and Auditor Harry Smith is clerk. Jacob Gleason is the third commissioner from Logan.
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