Legion Post Completes Fund Campaign Plans
Logan Post 78 American Legion completes a public subscription drive to raise funds for a veterans home memorial for Logan and Hocking County. An option on the Fred Hull property is held, with pledged funds to buy or improve the home. If unpaid by April 1, 1947, donations will be refunded. Names of solicitors and ward captains listed. full committee meeting set for next Wednesday.
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Hocking County
Logan Post 78
American Legion
Legion
Fred Hull
East Hunter Street
Logan
Legion Memorial
Fred Murray
Logan Post
Roger Brown
Joe Thomas
Ned Gabriel
Phil Francis
John Shaw
Levett Voris
William Rafferty
C. S. Bright
Fred A. Murray
Ward Chase
John Keller
O'Neill Mowery
Virgil Martin
Jack Moorehead
Ellen Rowley
Carlton S. Baker
John Jurgensmier
Walter Jace Sr
Walter Hufffman
Joe Schrader
John Buchanin
Royal Romance Poll Favors Elizabeth Philip Marriage
The Sunday Pictorial reported a reader poll showing 55 percent in favor of a marriage between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip if they are in love. Forty percent opposed the match.
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London
The
Sunday Pictorial
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Greece
Denmark
Postmistress Nomination for Haydenville Nominated
The Associated Press reports Olive A. Ruble has been named postmistress of Haydenville by President Truman. The nomination was sent to the Senate for confirmation along with other Ohio postmaster nominations.
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Associated Press
Washington Today
Olive A. Ruble
Truman
Haydenville
Senate
Ohio
Republicans Weigh Merging Labor Bills Into One Package
Senate Republican leaders weigh combining the Ball Taft Smith labor bill with other proposals. Plans include abolishing industry wide bargaining delaying strikes 60 days and requiring financial reports while restricting bargaining to single companies or nearby plants.
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CIO
Joseph H. Ball
Minnesota Solon
Senate
Ball
Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Arthur Kane
Manhattan Rubber Workers
B. G. Wilms
Sam Vujnovic
William Fitzsimmons
Walter Radley
James B. Windsor
George Ross
Edward Ross
International Soundphoto
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Senator Ball
R-Minn
John L. Lewis
House
Senate Republicans
Taft
Ohio
H. Alexander Smith
Federal Mediation Board
Logan Amputee Vet Makes Solo Flight
Clifford Barney of Culver Street and Donald Mowery of East Street, both World War II veterans, each made their first solo flight Friday at Logan airport after training from the Hocking Valley Flying Service. Airport head Lee Harper noted seven students in instruction as hangars are under construction and the airport operates four planes.
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Clifford Barney
Culver Street
Hocking County
Logan Airport
Hocking
Collision injures no one in Front and Mulberry crash
Police report a westbound collision at Front and Mulberry Streets between a car driven by Clarence Guess of 860 East Front Street and a truck driven by Clarence Linn of Creola. Neither motorist was hurt. Guess’s car sustained damage.
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Milwaukee
Virginia Szeremet
International Soundphoto
Clarence Guess
East Front Street
Clarence Linn
Creola
Front
Mulberry Streets
Front Street
Sol Ellinger
Mr. Guess
Eruption of Philippine Volcano Feared Over Mayon
An Army Weather Plane over Mayon volcano reports ominous activity as a haze of smoke covers southeastern Luzon. Mayon erupted Wednesday night with lava streams and a fiery plume. Captain Robert A. Harris observed lava flowing toward Pipog village while circling the peak.
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Mayon Volcano
Mayon
Luzon
Navy
Pipog
Robert A. Harris
Dayton
Ohio
Vicol Peninsula
Harris
Manila
Logan High Chieftains Upset Jackson Ironmen 49 28
Logan High School Chieftains wearing new uniforms opened strong to overpower Jackson Ironmen 49 28. A 22 6 first quarter burst set the tone as coach Tom Armstrong’s weeklong drills produced a decisive early lead. The team never relinquished control.
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Logan High School
Chieftains
Jackson Ironmen
Middleport
Tom Armstrong
Logan High Band Makes Season Debut At Basketball Game
Logan High School’s band performed pre game music and during time outs and intermissions. After the game Hor well's Harmonizers entertained at a student council sponsored dance for fans of both teams.
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Logan High School
Braves Show Promise In Late Season Effort
George Lohr of Logan center dominated the backboard and led Logan with 11 points. French of Jackson scored 14 while Bell and Myers limited him. Bell fouled out in the final quarter along with Lohr as captain Johnny McBroom added 10 points in a clean floor game.
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Braves
George Lohr
Logan
Jackson
Bell
Myers
Lohr
Johnny McBroom
Athens Upsets Middleport In Southeastern Ohio League
Athens capped a dramatic night by defeating unbeaten Middleport 28 to 24 at home. The upset creates a three way tie for first place as Middies and Athens share the conference lead.
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Athens
Middleport
Middies
Logan Defeats Puddlers in Narrow Victory
Logan's offense clicked in the first quarter and remained strong with jump-pass threats and deceptive screens. The Puddlers narrowed the gap in the second quarter, but Logan led 27-14 at halftime and 37-21 entering the fourth as McBroom and Lohr extended the margin in the third.
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Logan
Chiefains
Puddlers
Middleport
Chieftains
McBroom
Lohr
Republicans Mum On Patronage Dole
At a Hocking County Republican meeting last night leaders kept endorsements for state jobs secret. Carl E. Blosser said no details would be released and that they were not ready. Jobs affected include county superintendent of maintenance and about 50 state positions plus liquor store clerk and DMV deputy registrar roles.
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Hocking County
Republican Executive and Central Committees
Carl E. Blosser
State Highway Department
Western Union Seeks to Close Local Ohio Offices
The Western Union Telegraph Co applied to the FCC to close several Ohio branches including Logan and Mt. Gilead, Marysville, Bellefontaine, Lebanon and Delphos. A Columbus district spokesman cited low revenue and a wage rise, proposing drug store agents and teletype links to Columbus. the AFL bulletin criticized the move as reducing service.
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Western Union Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
Ohio
Logan
Commercial Telegraphers Union
AFL
Western Union
Mt. Gilead
Marysville
Bellefontaine
Lebanon
Delphos
Columbus
The
Daily News
Bulletin
FCC
Washington
Joe Bauer
Brehm Unassigned To House Committees
Ohio's 19 Republican representatives will hold committee spots but no chairmanships as Rep. Jenkins cites focus on embedding Ohioans in key committees and a reorganization law. Fifteen assignments are certain with four uncertain, while potential pairings include Griffiths on appropriations, Brehm on education and labor, Carson on interstate and foreign commerce, and Burke on merchant marine.
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Washington
Ohio
Rep
Jenkins
Ironton
House
P. W. Griffiths
Marietta
Jones
Walter Brehm
Logan
McCowen
Henderson Carson
Canton
Raymond Burke
Hamilton
Weichel
Business Men Plan Paradise on Coconut Island
Edwin Pauley and four associates, investors in Coconut Island a 16 acre Pacific retreat, travel aboard the Matsonia to inspect the property. The syndicate aims to create a weekend getaway for weary business men by air travel, with Allen Chase of Pasadena and Poncet Davis of Akron as co-owners and their spouses.
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Los Angeles
Edwin Pauley
Coconut Island
Paradise
Pacific
Matsonia
Pauley
Allen Chase
Pasadena
Calif
Poncet Davis
Akron
Ohio
Norway Denies Kremlin Request For Arctic Base
Oslo officials say Moscow did not formally seek military bases in Spitsbergen. The only suggestion was a review of the 1920 Arctic islands treaty, while rumors linked Russia to wartime special privileges in the archipelago after a foreign ministry communique.
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Oslo
Soviet Union
Norway
Spitsbergen
Arctic Islands
Russia
Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Assault Charge Denied in Marion Township Arraignment
Dexter Roberts pleaded not guilty to assault and battery and was bound over to the grand jury after arraignment before Magistrate Frank St. Clair. He posted bond and was released. The charge was filed by Miss Joan Ruff of Marion Township.
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Dexter Roberts
Marion Township
Frank St. Clair
Floyd Duffy
Joan Ruff
Earl Ball Still Unconscious After Nevada Crash
Relatives say Earl Ball 21 remains unconscious with a skull fracture after a highway plunge in Nevada that killed his mother Florence Ball 53 and fiancee Wilma Frazier 17 of Logan. Robert Allen of San Francisco and his fiancee Evelyn Ball 23, injured in the same crash, plan to marry but will postpone the ceremony.
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Earl Ball
Nevada
Florence Ball
Wilma _ Frazier
Logan
Associated Press
Robert Allen
San Francisco
U. S. Navy
Ely
Nev
Evelyn Ball
Miss Ball
Mr. Allen
Britain May Take Electrical Industry
London reports the government issued a bill to nationalize Britain's entire electricity production and supply system. It creates a central authority to standardize the industry and lower rates. The Labour program already has public ownership in four sectors and inland transport is under debate. Steel nationalization is deferred.
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London
Britain
Bank of England
Civil Aviation, Cable and Wireless, Ltd
Teachers' Pay Hiked in Gib sonburg Schools
In Gibsonburg, 28 teachers received $300 annual raises and a $25 bonus each. Superintendent G. J. Lampl announced the pay increase yesterday, affecting the nearby Fremont district.
10 Percent Decline Seen By Next April
Chicago report notes general downtrend in retail food prices across the nation with reduced costs for eggs cheese lard meats canned goods and dried fruits. Industry figures including Gordon Corabley forecast about 10 percent lower prices by April as stores cut margins and surplus stocks linger. In New York Chicago and Cincinnati chains lower prices accompany a glut of butter and other staples while Rochester celery price distress signals farm losses.
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Chicago
Gordon C. Corabley
The
Institute of Food Distribution
New York
Corabley
Joseph B. Hall
Kroger Company
Middle West
South
Cincinnati
Rochester
N. Y
Wayne County
Mayor Fines Motorists for Traffic Violations
Mayor W Denzil Weltner fined two motorists after guilty pleas. Dalton E Terrel of Gore paid 100 dollars and costs for driving under the influence after an early arrest on Zanesville Avenue. John E Clum of Lancaster paid 5 dollars and costs for scattering coal along the highway per state patrol citation.
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W. Denzil Weltner
Dalton E. Terrel
Gore
Zanesville Avenue
Weltner
John E. Clum
Lancaster
Monty Visits Stalin
Moscow radio says Generalissimo Stalin received Field Marshal Lord Montgomery yesterday in a high level meeting at the Kremlin proceedings described in dispatches from London observers.
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London
Moscow Radio
Stalin
Lord Montgomery
Herbert Names Cofall Ohio Liquor Director
Stanley B. Cofall of Cleveland named by Gov-Elect Herbert to head Ohio’s liquor department at 6500 dollars a year. Cofall, 52, former Notre Dame football captain and coach, led National Solvent Corp. in Cleveland and once coached Massillon Tigers and other teams. The appointment completes Herbert’s eight cabinet posts as Ohio nets nearly 24 million from the liquor monopoly last year.
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Columbus
Stanley B. Cofall
Cleveland
Thomas J. Herbert
Cofall
National Solvent Corp
Notre Dame
Herbert
Ohio
East High School
Massillon, O., Tigers
Philadelphia Yellow Jackets
Philadelphia Catholic High School
Loyola College of
Baltimore
Wake Forest
N.C
Roger Heering
Clyde V. Hissong
lLausche
Harry J. Bust
Trimble
Athens County
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Fred Smith
Logan Business District
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Lawrence Adcock
Cleon Tucker
Roger Friend
C. Wood Bowen
Union Furnace
John McVey
Harry Bray
John Miller
Albert McIntosh
Enterprise
Jesse Ansel
Robert Edwards
Rockbridge
Henry Hoover
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