Heavy Rains Flood Central Ohio Forcing 50 Families Out
Torrential rains caused streams to crest across central and southwestern Ohio. Firemen and volunteers rescued 30 families from Elk or Eldorado Plat area near Harrison Township north of Dayton by boat. Levee breaks left cottages in six to eight feet of floodwater and 20 families evacuated Snyderville. O'Shaughnessy Dam waters rose over 12 year high and Columbus Zoo animals faced rising water. Roads closed under one to three feet of water across Miami Logan Shelby and Darke counties. Springfield reported 2.44 inches of rain. Authorities warned of further evacuation as rain eased to cooler conditions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Eldorado
Harrison Township
Dayton
Miami River
Snyderville
Springfield
Miami Valley
Franklin County
Big Walnut Creek
Mill Creek
Garfield Heights
Cleveland
O’shaughnessy
Columbus Zoo
Miami
Logan
Shelby
Darke Counties
State Highway Patrol
Additional Seasonal Farm Workers Sought
Washington reports a government call for more seasonal workers to aid farmers in wartime crop production. Despite veterans and war plant workers returning to agriculture, manpower remains scarce for planting and harvesting operations.
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Washington
Clark Asks Inquiry Of Rail Freight Car Building Industry
Attorney General Clark said he asked a grand jury to probe alleged anti trust violations in the railway freight car building industry. Subpoenas will compel production of documents from car makers trade groups and others. He cited FBI findings that four firms have controlled about 80 percent of freight car production amid a car shortage.
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Clark
Washington
Justice Department
District of Columbia
Garsson Declares May Declined Pay
Munitions maker Henry Garsson said he offered Andrew J. May compensation for wartime help as chairman of the House military committee but May refused. Garsson testified before a federal jury in the war bribe case involving him, his brother Murray, and May. He said May did much work helping run a Garsson financed Kentucky lumber firm and refused pay, citing moral obligation to run the venture profitably after recommending Cumberland timber for gun shell crates.
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Washington
Henry Garsson
Andrew J. May
May
House Military Committee
Garsson
Murray
South Perry School Sale Protest Filed in Court
Charles A. Dietzel and 16 Perry Township residents filed a petition in common pleas asking the Laurelville Perry Board of Education be temporarily restrained from selling the South Perry School scheduled for June 14. They claim a May 12 petition to re open the school listed 55 children aged 7 to 15 living nearer the school than any other in the district and note a June 2 hearing was set while the board advertised sale for June 14 at 1 PM.
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Charles A. Dietzel
Perry Township
Court of Common Pleas
Laurelville-Perry
Crash Inquiry Set for United DC-4 Tragedy
Civil Aeronautics Board meetings to probe the United Airlines DC-4 crash that killed 42 people were tentatively scheduled for June 11 or 12 in New York. The inquiry aims to determine the cause and assign responsibility for the fatal accident last Thursday.
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New York
Civil Aeronautics Board
United Airlines
FFA Members Attend Meeting at Ohio State University
Logan High School students under Howard Nowels join the annual state FFA convention at Ohio State University. District 17 public speaking winner Jack North competes for the state title with the topic Your Soil and You. Chief Logan Chapter delegates are John Brown and Don Ansel. judging teams include livestock, poultry, dairy, agronomy, milk, sheep and shop categories.
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Future Farmers of America
Ohio State University
Columbus
Logan
Howard Nowels
Logan High School
Jack North
FFA
John Brown
Don Ansel
Harold Nihiser, Jr
Clyde Allbery
Max Carpenter
John Tubbs
Franklin Frazier
David Inboden
Harold Nichiser, Jr
Herbert McKinley
Jack Souders
Bob Huston
John Yates
Earl Funk
Bill Saxton
Merle Ellinger
Four Persons Held On Abortion Charge
Cleveland dispatch reports four people charged in an illegal operation on a 23 year old housewife now in critical condition from a blood infection. Named defendants include Charles Fleener a 40 year old Kingsport fireman Joseph Colonese 25 a Kent State freshman art student his wife Caroline Colonese 22 and Robert Skilian 20 a factory worker. Fleener allegedly performed the abortion on a kitchen table with the others aiding him.
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Cleveland
Joseph Manley
Charles Fleener
Kingsport
Tenn
Joseph Colonese
Kent State University
Caroline Colonese
Robert Skilian
Fleener
Truman Meets Argentine Ambassador at White House
President Truman received Argentine Ambassador Oscar Ivanessivich and signaled willingness to consult with other American governments on US Argentina differences. Secretary Marshall and Undersecretary Acheson attended, amid Argentina action against alleged Nazis and Chapultepec Pact discussion.
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Washington
Truman
Oscar Ivanessivich
White House
Marshall
Acheson
Bramuglia
Blonde film star arrives in Lancaster for movie filming
Peggy Cummins, star of Green Grass of Wyoming, lands in Lancaster with Burl Ives and crew. The Hollywood party, arriving from Port Columbus, is welcomed at Fairfield County fairgrounds where race scene sequences are shot. Crowds serve as extras as cameras plan daily shoots this week.
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Lancaster
Peggy Cummins
Wyoming
Fairfield County Fairgrounds
20Th Century-Fox
Burl Ives
Holly
British Plan Speeds India Freedom With Dominion Offer
London June 3 The British government announced it will transfer power in India this year on a dominion status basis and let Indians choose one or two self governing governments. Attlee Mountbatten and the government described the move as temporary dominion status with partition an option. Churchill warned of a possible blood bath and the calamity of partition. The plan hinges on the constituent assembly’s progress as Congress dominates the assembly while Muslim League boycotts. The partition offer targets Bengal Punjab and British Baluchistan with about 90 million Muslims allied to the League and 300 million others allied to Congress.
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India
Attlee
House of Commons
Lord Mountbatten
British Commonwealth of Nations
Winston Churchill
Pakistan
Hindustan
Bengal
Punjab
Sind
Baluchistan
Congress Party
Byrnes Tapped to Advise Film Industry Leaders
Hollywood reports former secretary of state James F. Byrnes will guide the film industry as counsel to Eric Johnston, president of the Association of Motion Picture Producers. Byrnes, noted for a long public career, joins the effort to steer industry destinies.
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Hollywood
James F. Byrnes
Eric Johnston
The
Association of Motion Picture Producers
Byrnes
William the Goat Becomes Eagle Lodge Mascot
William J Butt a boy goat joins Logan Eagles in East Main Street as aerie mascot for public events including softball. He undergoes a soapy bath prior to initiation at Nelsonville Eagles, with Dick Dye donating him to the Dyes home where a sweater and blanket are prepared. The goat bonds with the family dog despite inevitable clashes.
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William J. Butt
W. J
Bratherskite
Nelsonville Eagles
Logan
Logan Eagles
East Main Street
Lodge
Dick Dye
Presi
Hungarians to Recall Envoys
Hungarian informants say the new Communist led government will recall abroad representatives including Aladar Szegedy-Maszak in Washington and Paul Auer in Paris. The moves follow the appointment of Lajos Dinnyes as premier and signals of a purge against nonconforming officials as a post liberation shift in policy.
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Aladar Szegedy-Maszak
Washington
Paul Auer
Paris
Prowestern
Hungary
Ferenc Gordon
Bern
Ference
Guilty Plea Halts Jury Trial Plans
John Sheffield of Athens County pleaded guilty to assault and battery before Judge Harley Meyer. He was fined 200 dollars plus costs and sentenced to six months in the Hocking County jail, with 100 dollars of the fine and all but 45 days of the sentence suspended. The case had been set for a jury trial. Sheffield had originally pleaded not guilty and faced indictment by the April grand jury for assault and battery on Logan attorney George Christmann.
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John Sheffield
Athens County
Hocking County
Harley Meyer
Court of Common Pleas
Meyer
Sheffield
George Christmann
Logan
Tornado Death Toll Is Reduced to 34
Rural communities in plantation country south of Pine Bluff Ark prepared to bury victims of Sunday afternoon’s tornado that killed 34 and left hundreds homeless or injured. A tentative list had stood at 37, then fell to 34 by yesterday afternoon.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Here
Senator Vandenberg says U.N. action may be needed over Hungary
In a Senate speech Senator Van denberg calls the Hungarian coup a treacherous conquest and says it may prompt a United Nations call for trial. He urges rapid ratification of peace treaties with Italy Bulgaria Hungary and Romania to ease tensions and possibly speed Soviet troop withdrawals.
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Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Hungary
United Nations
Ferenc Nagy
Lajos Dennyes
Italy
Bulgaria
Hungaria
Romania
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Austria
Christian Leonard Dies in Perry County
Christian Leonard 86 a native of Hocking County died today at his Crossenville Ohio home He operated a general store in Perry County He was uncle of Walter A Leonard Logan funeral director Services set for 2 PM Thursday at Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church with Rev Charles Harrison and Rev Paul Middaugh officiating Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery Leonard Funeral Service. Survivors include his widow Cora a daughter Mrs Otis Garey a sister Mrs Philip Wagner five grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren Body to be moved to Crossenville residence at noon Wednesday for calling hours
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Christian Leonard
Hocking County
Crossenville
Perry County
Walter A. Leonard
Logan
Salem Evangelical United Brethren Church
Charles Harrison
Paul Middaugh
Leonard
Cora
Otis Garey
Junction City
Philip Wagner
Bremen
Trainman Killed in Monon Railroad Freight Collision
Battle Ground Ind June 3 One trainman was killed and another is missing and believed killed in a collision of two diesel freight trains north of here early today on the Monon Railroad. The crash disrupted service and authorities investigated the cause.
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Battle Ground
Ind
Monon
Here
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