Missing Girl Found in Hotel With Sailor
Jacqueline Horner a 14 year old Los Angeles piano prodigy and actress was found in a San Francisco hotel room with 19 year old sailor Wallace Wells after being missing since January 13. Wells jailed for contributing to a minor delinquency while Horner turned to juvenile authorities as a runaway.
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San Francisco
Jacqueline Horner
Los Angeles
John Merrill
Dan Shelley
Wallace Wells
Cimarron
Malayan States Granted Autonomy
Britain signed agreements with nine Malay rulers creating a federation of Malaya and returning internal self government to the tin and rubber rich peninsula. Singapore remained a crown colony and will be the remaining imperial base. The federation will take effect after a formal order in council likely around February 1.
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Kuala Lumpur
Great Britain
Malaya
Singapore
Britain
Edward Gent
Unwed Mother Sues Movie Producer Over Embarrassment Claim
Marie Ballentine testified in Santa Monica Superior Court that George G. De Sylva urged her to avoid job opportunities in film, insisting that working in the motion picture industry would embarrass him and suggesting she pursue work in the oil business instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
George G
Buddy) de Sylva
Marie Ballentine
de Sylva
Bulldozer Slips Kills Driver in Steubenville
A bulldozer slid on frozen ground and skidded 30 feet down a hillside. The driver, 19 year old Robert C. Nelson of Big Rapids Michigan, was killed.
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Steubenville, O
Robert C. Nelson
Big Rapids
Mich
Error Triggers Gas Outage In Columbus Neighborhood
A water department worker closed a gas main valve by mistake, cutting gas to about 1000 homes in a Columbus north side area bounded by Oakland Park Avenue Cooke Road Indianola Avenue and the Olentangy River Road. The leak risk sparked a nine hour emergency as officials notified residents and warned of explosion danger until pressures stabilized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Oakland Park Avenue
Cooke Road
Indianola Avenue
Olentangy River
Worthington
Linden
Stork Misjudges For Second Time
In Los Angeles on January 21 a 32 year old mother Mrs Helen Callas gave birth to a son in her husbands car just outside the hospital after a prior misjudgment years ago when she became a mother in a hospital elevator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Helen Callas
Physician Dr. William H. Burns Died at 67 in Alliance
Dr. William H. Burns 67 longtime health commissioner under three mayors and 45 years of medical practice in Alliance died yesterday. He served the community in public health and private practice, shaping local healthcare.
Grain aid needs rise to meet 520 million bushel target
Washington scene shows Senatorial testimony that 75 to 80 million extra bushels of wheat and flour are needed to fulfill the United States foreign aid export promise by July 1. CCC president Hesse B. Gilmer predicts a large domestic carryover of 150 million bushels or more. Gandhi appeals for mercy for a bomb suspect in New Delhi, urging compassion over punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Hesse B. Gilmer
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Jit
Gandhi
New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Tax Cutting Bill Heads For Quick Passage
The House Republican leadership moved the $5.6 billion tax cut bill toward swift passage with a veto expected. Democrats say they can block final enactment unless the Senate trims the tax cut. Speaker Martin set a vote for next week. Knutson argues the bill will become law. The Ways and Means Committee meets in closed session as Republicans plan to offset the budget to fund the tax cut and debt payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
House
Senate
Martin
R-Mass
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Rayburn
Ways and Means
Eleven Injured In Eastern Airliner Crash At Boston Logan
An Eastern Airlines Lockheed Constellation skidded on an icy Logan International runway and burst into flames. At least 11 people were injured as twenty passengers and five crew members escaped through doors into snow drifts.
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Boston
Eastern Airlines
Logan International Airport
Argentine Envoys Ousted from Russia
Moscow reports two Argentine embassy officers accused of attempting to smuggle two Spaniards out of the Soviet Union in trunks on January 2 have left the country at the suggestion of the foreign affairs ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Cleveland Strip Tease Bars Ordered to Halt Nude Shows
Cleveland police and Ohio liquor officials pressed nine downtown strip tease venues to halt nude performances. Chief Geyer warned permits could be renewed or not renewed and ordered eight bars to close or appear for questioning with Detective Lt. Cooney heading today’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Donald T. Geyer
Ohio Liquor Department
Geyer
Artin P. Cooney
City May License Pin Ball Machines
Mansfield officials plan an ordinance to license pinball machines next month following a police suggestion. The fee would range from 50 to 100 dollars, and licenses would require showing machines are for skill not gambling.
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Mansfield
Jesse Schwab
Schwab
Tito Claims Yugoslavs Have Atomic Bombs
Premier Marshal Tito allegedly told Yugoslav Communist leaders that they would use their own atomic bomb in future conflicts for final annihilation of reaction. Reports quote him claiming Russian arsenals, modern arms, and jet fighters could deter enemies, with domestic spies and insurrection feared.
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Trieste
Free Territory
Marshal Tito
la Voce Libera
Dissidence 40
Tito
William B Walker Dies at Sugar Grove
William B. Walker 70 of Sugar Grove retired engineer for Ohio Fuel Gas Co. died of a heart attack at his daughter Mrs Virgil Bickel’s home in Sugar Grove while visiting. He formerly headed Logan Gas Co and served 43 years with Ohio Fuel Gas. Survived by wife Ella two sons Earl and Harold four grandchildren and sister Mrs Jacob Shonebarger. Funeral arrangements by Frank E. Smith to be announced.
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William B. Walker
Sugar Grove
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Virgil Bickel
Walker
Old Logan Gas Co
Ohio Fuel Gas
Ella
Earl
Harold
Jacob Shonebarger
Lancaster
Frank E. Smith
Anti Pollution Bill Passage Predicted
Rep. George H. Bender foresees House approval of a Senate backed anti pollution bill. It offers loans up to 100 million dollars yearly to states and municipalities covering one third of project costs. Other members Elston Spence Mundt push related bills focusing on grants and loans for pollution control in the Ohio River basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George H. Bender
Ohio
House
Elston
Spence
Mundt
Senate
29 New Autos Sold In Logan and Hocking County
Miss Thelma Keyes county clerk of courts reports 29 new autos sold this month by Logan and Hocking County residents. The figure surpasses the same point last month according to county certificate of title office records.
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Logan
Hocking County
Thelma Keyes
Democrats Split Over Southern Rift As Republicans Rally
In Washington on January 21 Democrats show cautious unity amid a Mississippi governor’s secession threat and Eastland’s dispute over Justice Douglas. Republicans end a two day meeting with a $4 million budget and internal spats over meat rationing plans raised by Flanders and Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican National Committee
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railway
Truman
White House
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Wright
Congress
Senate
Eastland
D-Miss
William O. Douglas
National Committee
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Senator Flanders
Rep
Javits
Strike Closes Five More Narco Plants
In Canton Ohio on January 21, 194? six Narco plants owned by National Fire proofing Corp were shut by a 900 member AFL Brick and Clay Workers Union strike. The dispute centers on a 15 cent hourly wage increase while the company offers 10 cents. Base pay ranges from 91 to 95 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton, O
National Fireproofing Corp
AFL Brick and Clay Workers Union
Haydenville
Hocking County
Aultman
Canton
Magnolia
Waynesburg
Malvern
Shoe Worker Injured at M. C. Godman Co Plant
Miss Margaret V. Wittekind of Logan Route 3 suffered crushed fingers after catching her left hand in a cut-out machine at the M. C. Godman Co plant on Gallagher Avenue. She was taken to Hocking Valley Hospital for treatment.
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Margaret V. Wittekind
Logan
M. C. Godman Co
Gallagher Avenue
Hocking Valley Hospital
Body of Soldier Arrives in U S
Pvt. Howard E. Columber from Logan, killed in France July 29, 1944, among 1 753 American war dead repatriated from European cemeteries. The transport Cor poral Eric S. Gibson docked in New York at 2 PM EST with 92 Ohio soldiers. Columber’s body came from St Laurent sur Mer and will go to Columbus General Depot.
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Howard E. (Tody) Columber
Logan
France
U.S. Army
Eric S. Gibson
New York
Normandy
Ohio
U.S
St.-Laurent-sur-Mer
Columbus General Depot
Army Transport Gibson Arrives With 1753 Bodies
The Army transport Eric G. Gibson arrived in port today with the bodies of 1,753 American servicemen from Europe and anchored off Staten Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Army Transport Corp
Eric G. Gibson
Europe
Staten Island
Senators Warn Shortage Could Trigger Hoarding
Washington January 21 Officials warned that a meat shortage could force rationing as households stockpile with freeze lockers. Mrs Annie Stein of the National Women’s Trade Union League urged rationing to prevent wealthier buyers from hoarding while senators debated inflation measures and meat pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Women's Trade Union League
Senators
Annie Stein
League
Thye
Rminn
Stein
Senate
R-Nh
Roberta
D-Va
Robertson
OPA
Logan Soldier Pvt Columber Repatriated from Europe
Pvt. Columber of Logan is repatriated from a European military cemetery. He trained in the United States, went overseas in 1943, and is survived by his mother and three sisters. A military escort from Ft. Hayes will accompany him to Logan for funeral services arranged by Leonard Funeral Service. He was a local amateur athlete before enlisting in 1941.
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Ft. Hayes
Logan
Leonard Funeral Service
Columber
Logan Clay Products
United States
Earl Columber
John
Lawrence Schorr
Helen Tolbert
Chandos Kistler
Pvt
Hocking County
Governor Carries Bride Over Threshold
Governor Thomas J. Herbert carried his bride across the threshold of the executive mansion in Columbus Ohio last night. The First Lady appeared surprised as they ascended the west entrance steps and entered the doorway after arriving from Washington where they had spent two weeks in Florida.
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Columbus, O
Thomas J. Herbert
Executive Mansion
Ohio
Herbert
Washington
Florida
96 Year Old Doctor Collects Own Life Policy
Dr. Lewis W. Beery aged 96 collected on his life insurance policy issued in 1906. The Ohio State Life Insurance Co. paid $1,089.49, noting he outlived the expected term and was one of the few to reach such age. He retired 11 years ago and lives with his daughter Miss Ethel Berry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Berry
Ethel Berry
Burns Station
Lancaster
Britain to Scrap Four Battleships
The Admiralty announced four British battleships Queen, Elizabeth, Valiant, Nelson and Rodney will be scrapped as obsolete. The Renown, an 890 750 ton battle cruiser and 32 years old, also will be broken up. Winston Churchill traveled to wartime conferences aboard the Renown. Seven cruisers and several smaller craft will follow, some by sale to Allied powers.
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London
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Queen
Elizabeth
Valiant
Nelson
Rodney
Winston Churchill
United States
Canada
Allied
Viscount Hall
Temperature Rises to 42 Degrees in Local Area
Logan and Hocking County residents enjoyed 42 degree warmth at noon today with a low of 33 degrees overnight. The sun melted much of yesterday’s snow from highways though some secondary roads remained slick in places.
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Logan
Hocking County
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Sherry Lynn Whitford
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Republican Steering Committee
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Zagreb
Paris
Flanders
Taft
Vermont
Howard Columber
Tobey
Neb
New England
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