State Highway Staff Chosen for Two Years in Ohio
Columbus January 7 The State Highway Department announced its central office staff for the next two years under Highway Director-designate T J Kauer S O Linzell of Columbus was named assistant director and chief engineer L F Schneublin chief engineer of maintenance L H Wismar chief engineer of construction and Richard Orth chief engineer of bridges Also George J Thormyer to continue as acting chief of location and design with the bureau retained in the central office
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Columbus
State Highway Department
T. J. Kauer
S. O. Linzell
Linzell
Frank J. Lausche
L. F. Schneublin
Cleveland
Kauer
George J. Thormyer
Mauna Loa Erupts on Big Island of Hawaii
Lava tumbles down Mauna Loa s steep banks as the volcano erupts violently. Three lava streams stretch 12 to 15 miles down the western slope and could reach Keokea along Hawaii s western coast later today, officials say.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Mauna Loa
Air Force
Orval D. Collings
Los Angeles
Big Island
Keokea
Markets at a Glance Reflect mixed grain and livestock moves
Wheat weak after Truman message with a selloff. Corn weak but follows wheat on price hike. Oats easy alongside other grains. Hogs active but 25 to 50 cents lower to a top of 22.00. Cattle steady with scarce choice. Stocks higher as leaders extend gains. Bonds higher with rails leading the advance.
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CCC
Ohio hotel and restaurant wages labeled not a living wage
Ohio state director of industrial relations says surveys show hotel and restaurant wages in cities over 100000 fall well short of a living wage. Non service workers earn 62 to 1.15 dollars hourly plus meals. service workers 2.14 to 1.66 dollars. Smaller cities show similar gaps. He urges a new wage board for food and lodging, with current minimums last set in 1936.
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Ohio
Rogers
Ruling Reverts On Fox Bounty Payments
Hocking County commissioners announced a return to the former method for fox bounty claims. The prior rule required severed heads for certification but conflicted with Ohio law which mandates four paws be taken to the sheriff.
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Hocking
Hocking County
Railroad leader John Wysor Davin dies at 57
John Wysor Davin president of the Nickel Plate Railroad and chairman of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway died today at his home in Cleveland. He was 57 and a prominent figure in rail transportation.
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Cleveland, Jan
John Wysor Davin
The
Nickel Plate Railroad
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Truman Urges Seaway Start on Major Project
President Truman said the start on the long discussed St. Lawrence seaway and power project would be made immediately. The remark came amid discussions of national infrastructure and postwar development.
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Washington
Jan
Truman
St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project
Mild Weekend Weather Outlook Across Ohio
The five day forecast from the Associated Press predicts mild temperatures around 6 degrees above normal for Ohio with highs near 35 in the west and 33 in the east and lows near 21 west 19 east. Light precipitation under a third inch brings rain then snow by Monday as warmer weather returns midweek.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Triplets Register for Military Service in Ashtabula County
The Rutkowski brothers Bert Walter and Stanley all turned 18 Monday and are registered for military service in Ashtabula County marking the first time the county has three siblings enlisted at once.
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Conneaut
Ashtabula County
Bert
Walter
Stanley Rutkowski
Radio Saves West Jefferson From Destruction in Fire
West Jefferson Ohio residents credit a truck mounted radio for saving the town after a downtown fire. Mayor Homer Braithwaite said Richard Meriman reported the blaze at 1 20 A M. Columbus fire assistance, plus nearby towns London and Rome, confined the damage to the downtown area. Damaged properties included a residence a grocery store a filling station and a bowling alley with estimated losses around 100 000. An explosion at the bowling alley and open can varnish were cited as possible causes.
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West Jefferson
Homer Braithwaite
Richard Meriman
Braithwaite
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Columbus
Marshall Resigns as Marshall Quits with Webb Succeeding
Secretary of State Marshall resigns effective January 20. Dean Acheson named to head the State Department while Budget Director James E. Webb becomes undersecretary. Lovett also resigns for personal reasons. Webb, 42, and Acheson bring long service in government and law to new posts.
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Washington
Marshall
Lovett
Truman
Dean Acheson
State Department
James E. Webb
Acheson
White House
New York
Department
Hoover
Middletown
University of North Carolina
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Webb
Frank Pace
Arkansas
Budget Bureau
Unlighted Cow Lawsuit Stuns Akron Court
Irving H. Howells filed a $131.74 damage suit in municipal court claiming a farmer failed to provide lights for a cow led across the road, after his automobile struck and killed it. The case names Farmer Holly Laughlin as the cow’s owner.
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Akron
Irving H. Howells
Howell
Holly Laughlin
Funeral services held for Roy Senegar Jr in Laurelville
Funeral services were held at 2 30 PM at Laurelville EUB church for Roy Senegar Jr of Laurelville Route 2 who died from injuries suffered in a New Year Day automobile crash on Route 56 at Haynes. He served four years in the Navy in World War II. Burial followed in Green Summit Cemetery Adelphi. Companion Dale Van Duren is recovering from multiple fractures at White Cross Hospital.
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Laurelville
EUB
Roy
Jack) Senegal
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Haynes
Hocking County
Senegar
Floyd Butts
Robert Butts
Eloise Raymond
Dayton
Peggy Lou
Constance Butts
Anna _ Lent
Lancaster
Florence Ebert
Roy Senegar
Green Summit Cemetery
Adelphi
Defenbaugh
Dale van Duren
White Cross
Push-Button Dialing Cuts Long Distance Time
AT&T announces a push-button system to shorten long distance call time to about one minute. Operators will use the buttons, not callers, and aim to direct dial to any home in the United States and Canada. The program began October 2 with about ten percent of telephones on the buttons.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States
Canada
Jets Set Record for Travel Between New York and Chicago
Two Air Force pilots in Shooting Star jets flew from Chicago to New York in one hour 21 minutes eight seconds, the fastest ever between the two cities.
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New York
Air Force
Chicago
Truman Forecasts Stable Prosperity and Economic Plan
President Truman predicted new job and production records in 1949 amid a return to stable prosperity. He urged flexible farm price support to avoid income losses, and urged Congress to back eight-point controls with a $4 billion tax plan aimed at corporation earnings. He framed the Fair Deal as a tool against low mood and inflation.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Democratic Congress
House
Truman Denies Policy Change
President Truman rejected a Life magazine report of a cabinet split over policy toward Russia. He told a news conference there has been no shift in US foreign policy and he never had a private interview with writer Jay Franklin. He noted Franklin did not see any top secret documents.
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Marshall
General Marshall
Truman
Marstratt
Pinehurst
N. C
Washington
Jan
U.S
Russia
Jay Franklin
Life Magazine
Franklin
Gas hearing ordered for Ohio winter supplies
The state utilities commission ordered a public hearing in Columbus on January 18 to determine prospective gas supplies for Ohio for the remainder of the winter.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission Today
Ohio
Ohioan Wins 14 Month Fight To Escape 25 Traffic Fine
Leon A. Beeghly prominent industrialist and president of Cold Metal Process Co. won a 14 month fight over a $25 traffic fine. The Seventh District court of appeals overturned a Portage County common pleas conviction for reckless driving. Beeghly was arrested Oct 3, 1947, on Route 14 between Ravenna and Edinburg and later convicted. The ruling said evidence did not show more recklessness than the deputies.
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Youngstown
Leon A. Beeghly
Cold Metal Process Co
Seventh District Court of Appeals
Portage County Common Pleas Court
Beeghly
Ravenna
Edinburg
Portage County
Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Beeghley
Elmer T. Phillips
John C. Nichols
St. Clairsville
William M. Carter
Warren
Missing Auto Is Sought in Southeast Ohio
Athens County authorities probe the slaying of Eleanor Gifford a 55 year old church worker found dead in her home near Athens The coroner calls the killer a maniac and notes eight scalp wounds from a possible tire iron A 1948 Chevrolet sedan church owned and used by the victim is missing with her purse Police seek the two tone sedan license X 866 K and view robbery as motive The Episcopal Church aid worker lived alone in the cottage known as the Episcopal County House funeral set for Saturday at 3 P M Good Shepherd church in Athens
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Athens
George Bateman
Eleanor Gifford
Ohio
Miss Gifford
John H. Elias
Eleanor E. Gifford
Dr. Elias
Robery
Athens Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church
Episcopal County House
Bateman
Sydney J. Browne
Elias
Wallace Gifford
Kirkwood
Henry W. Hobson
Cincinnati
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Little Miami River
U. S
International Soundphoto
Isle of Hawaii
State Director of Industrial Relations
W. J. Rogers
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Fox
Triplets
Mr. Truman
William L. Dawson
Illinois
Dawson
International
JETS
By Sterling F. Green
Ernest Ward
Waverly
Boston
Mass
Paul Kiah
Selfridge Field
Mich
Samuel B. Pearlmutter
Rev. Browne
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