Eleven Drown As Lake Freighter Emperor Sinks
Eleven crewmen are reported drowned with three missing after the ore laden Emperor struck a rock and sank in foggy Lake Superior off Isle Royale. Twenty one survivors were taken to Fort Williams Ont. The 7000 ton ship, owned by Canada Steamship Lines, departed Port Arthur Ont. for Ashtabula Ohio.
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Ont
Lake Superior
Lonely Isle Royale
Ft. Wiliams
Minnesota
Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd
Port Arthur
Ashtabula, O
Norman Reech
Montreal
Eldon Walkinshaw
Collingwood
Passage Island Light
Thunder Bay
Isle Royale
Michigan
Coast Guard
Eagle Harbor
Mich
Traverse City
Kimball
E. J. Roland
Cleveland Coast Guard District
Upper Lake Superior
Veterans Bonus Program Faces Senate House Accord
In Columbus Ohio Senate and House conferees moved toward final approval of a 300 million dollar veterans bonus plan. Agreement on whether officers above captain rank should share remained. House opposed rank limits. Senate favored only those below major. Conferees also dropped a House plan to raise 7.5 million dollars yearly by an extra cent per pack of cigarettes.
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Columbus
Senate House
General Assembly
House
Senate
Girl Becomes III From DDT Poison
Marjorie Souders three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Souders Logan Route 2 was in serious condition after accidentally drinking insecticide containing DDT Sunday evening She was treated at Hocking Valley Hospital and discharged Tuesday to the home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs William Kuhn West Street.
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Marjorie Souders
Harold Souders
Logan
Hocking Valley Hospital
William Kuhn
West Street
Smithville School Levy Wins in Green Township
Voters in Green Township within the Smithville School District approved a three mill operating levy by a landslide, 240 to 10, in the latest local election.
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Wooster
Green Township
Smithville
Future Farmers End Convention
Ohio's Future Farmers of America wrapped up their 19th annual convention in Columbus. The highlight was 17 year old Paul R. Dennis of near Kansas, Ohio, a Sandusky County high school senior who reports a substantial gross sum from his projects.
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Columbus
Ohio
Future Farmers of America Today
Paul R. Dennis
Kansas
Sandusky County
Logan FFA team places fifth in state poultry judging
Chief Logan Chapter FFA poultry judging team finished fifth statewide at the Ohio FFA convention. Team members were John Tubbs Don Ansel and Franklin Frazier. Yesterday Max Carpenter and Clyde Allbery of the Logan chapter were awarded state farmer degrees.
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Logan
FFA
Ohio
John Tubbs
Don Anse
Franklin Frazier
Max Carpenter
Clyde Allbery
Young Ohio FFA star runs 230 acre family farm
Paul Dennis, a high school senior, earned the Ohio State Farmer award for his four years in FFA. He farms 230 acres with his father John Dennis, raising 80 purebred Hereford hogs and 150 turkeys for market. The pair own 150 acres, rent 80, and use 20 for feed crops while balancing sports and FFA leadership.
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John Dennis
Paul
Dennises
Dennis
Rising Sun
Student Pilot Killed in Training Crash Near Ashtabula
George E. Brown a 27 year old student pilot formerly of Beloit Ohio was killed when his trainer plane crashed three miles south of Ashtabula yesterday authorities reported.
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Ashtabula, O
George E. Brown
Beloit, O
Here
Truman Delays Action on Tax Cut Bill
President Truman will not act on the 4 billion dollar income tax cut until after Kansas City trip and a Canada visit. Congress has passed the measure, but the president has a ten day window to veto or sign, with withholding changes to take effect July 1. The vote margins favor passage, making a veto unlikely without a last minute reversal.
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Washington
Truman
Kansas City
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Canada
Mid-West
Congress
Congressional
White House
Mr. Truman
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
County Officials Pay Hike Backed by House Panel
Ohio House committee on organization of state government unanimously recommends passage of a bill to raise all county official salaries by 30 percent. Proposed minimums and maximums include Auditors 2400 to 7200, Engineers 3000 to 7200, Prosecutors 1500 to 7500, and Clerks Sheriffs Recorders and Commissioners 1500 to 7200.
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Columbus
House Committee On Organization of State Government
Ohio County
House
Fugitive Accused On Robbery Counts
James Allen Westlake nineteen of Newark was charged with two counts of armed robbery after being recaptured from six Mansfield Reformatory inmates who kidnapped a guard-inspector during their escape on May 26.
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Columbus
James Allen Westlake
Newark
Mansfield Reformatory
Chubby Baby in Allentown Saved by Regular Blood Transfusions
In Allentown Pennsylvania a two year old girl Mary Ann Meyer lives with a rare regenerative anemia. After 58 transfusions she depends on blood from donors every three weeks to stay alive. Doctors and her parents refuse to give up hope despite a condition with no known cure. Her father Harry C Meyer stresses they seek no pity while the medical team notes her tiny body cannot produce its own red cells.
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Allentown
Mary Ann Meyer
Harry C. Meyer
J. J. Wenner
Allentown Hospital
Dr. Wenner
Mary Ann
Mine Workers Reject Offer Of Southern Coal Operators
United Mine Workers rejected a $12.70 a day wage with no portal to portal pay for underground travel time. Negotiations broke down and efforts to keep miners on the job after June 30 stalled as government pits were to be returned to private owners. ARMY PAYROLL CUT MOVE REJECTED Washington. The House rejected cutting $125 million from the Army payroll funds amid a $5.24 billion appropriation for the year starting July 1. Rep Dirksen proposed the cut and was defeated on a voice vote. COMMITTEE APPROVES ARMED FORCES MERGER Washington Senate armed services panel unanimously approved legislation to place the military and naval forces under a single secretary of national security.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Today
Southern Coal
UMW
Southern
House
Russia
Rep
Dirksen
R-Iii
Senate Armed Service Committee
Hague Draws Curtain on Stormy Jersey City Mayor Era
Frank Hague, 72, announces retirement as Jersey City mayor effective June 16 to mark 30th anniversary in office. He will be succeeded by nephew Frank Hague Eggers and remain vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Hague cites duty to city and family as reason to step aside.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Hague
America
Frank Hague Eggers
Democratic National Committee
Hague
Early Action Asked On Military Training
President Truman urged Congress to grant early consideration to universal training in a message accompanying the advisory commission report. The document, released by the White House, backed universal training and warned the United States must bolster defenses or face extermination.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
United States
Official Stricken In Ohio Liquor Board Chief Heart Attack
Cincinnati June 4 William F. Hess 75 year old chairman of the Ohio board of liquor control is in critical condition at his home after suffering a heart attack.
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Cincinnati
William F. Hess
Ohio Board of Liquor Control
Eagles to Install Officers Thursday
Newly elected officers of Logan Eagles will be installed at a regular meeting Thursday night in their new headquarters in the Hansel building on East Main Street. Officers to be installed include Dick Dye president Paul Wingrove vice president Robert Kern chaplain Nash Phelps conductor Pearl Strawn inside guard Glen Huber outside guard Gerald Sinnott trustee.
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Logan Eagles
Hansel
East Main Street
Dick Dye
Paul Wingrove
Robert Kern
Nash Phelps
Pearl Strawn
Glen Huber
Gerald Sinnott
Judge Meyer Fines Reckless Driver in Court
Howard Flowers was fined $10 and costs after pleading guilty to reckless driving before Judge Harley Meyer in the court of common pleas yesterday. The offense occurred July 13, 1946 on Buena Vista Road in Hocking County. charges were filed by Wayne E. Chambers after indictment by the April grand jury.
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Howard Flowers
Harley Meyer
Court of Common Pleas
Flowers
Buena Vista Road
Hocking County
Wayne E. Chambers
Passage of Oleo Bill Recommended in Columbus
Columbus dispatch reports the state government committee recommends 10 to 5 passage of the oleomargarine bill after Senate approval. The bill remains highly controversial as it moves toward final enactment.
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Columbus
House Committee On Organization of
Senate
Rutland Vermont Struck By Destructive Flash Flood
The city of Rutland Vermont suffered extensive damage from a flash flood after torrential rain. An estimated 2 million dollars in damages, over 500 people left homeless, and one 13 year old missing sparked emergency measures including food, water, clothing convoys, and National Guard deployment. Rail lines were out, water mains destroyed, and many homes wrecked or flooded.
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Associated Press
Rutland
Vermont
Ernest W. Gibson
National Guard
County Offices Shift Locations Relocated in Courthouse
The Hocking County courthouse completed relocation of two offices. The extension office moved to the former Selective Service Board space while the relief office moved into the extension office. Remodeling restored the courthouse auditorium for extension meetings and activities and a partition created an executive office and a reception room in the county service office.
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Hocking County
County Extension Office
Selective Service Board
County Relief Office
County Commissioners
Relief Office
County Service Office
Father Accused Of Murdering Son In Ohio Shooting
In Middletown Ohio a 52 year old father, William Bush, was charged with first degree murder after his war veteran son Raymond, 29, was fatally shot during a family quarrel. Deputy Sheriff James Greenfield filed the charge.
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Middletown
Butler County
James Greenfield
William Bush
Raymond
Sugar rationing near end as secretary hints removal
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson told senators that rationing might be abandoned soon while Pepsi-Cola president Mack urged immediate de control claiming stamps are being used to create stock shortfalls. A McCarthy bill seeks de control with current law allowing retention until October 31. An enlarged Cuban sugar crop offers hope of extra supply for households, leaving allocation as the remaining question.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Senate Banking
Walter S. Mack, Jr
Pepsi-Cola Co
Agriculture Department
Mack
McCarthy
R-Wis
Weather Delays Opening of Logan Pool
Weather delays the Logan swimming pool opening originally set for Memorial Day. Supt. George E. Carr said a warmer spell is needed. Plans for Memorial Day and Sunday openings were postponed. opening now expected on Sunday if warmth returns. Repairs are complete and the pool is filled.
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Logan Swimming Pool
George E. Carr
Mr. Carr
17 Bodies Ordered Buried In Strike Bound Cemetery
In Cleveland 63 non union workers were ordered into Lake View Cemetery to resume interments for about 117 bodies held since April 18 due to a strike by AFL grave diggers and staff. The cemetery group hired new workers offering four cents an hour raise and a 47 week year. the union seeks ten cents plus two more per week.
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Cleveland
Lake View Cemetery
Lake View
AFL
C. B. Gleason
Lake View Cemetery Association
Coburn to Attend Logan Waltonian Concert Appearance
Charles Coburn Academy Award winner will appear at Logan High School Friday night as part of the Waltonians spring concert. He arrives with a Logan welcome delegation at 7 PM from Hotel Lancaster before the 8:15 PM program. Also in Lancaster for filming are Peggy Cummins Burl Ives Lloyd Nolan Geraldine Wall with race scene shoots at the fairgrounds.
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Charles Coburn
20th-Century- Fox
Lancaster
Green Grass
Wyoming
Logan
Waltonians
Izaak Walton League
R. Kenneth Kerr
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Coburn
W. Denzil Weltner
Logan High School
Hotel Lancaster
Lancaster Fairgrounds
Robert Arthur
Peggy Cummins
Burl Ives
Lloyd Nolan
Geraldine Wall
Fairgrounds
Achauer’s Men’s Shop
Leon’s
Myers’ Shoe Repair
Hutchison’s Shoe Repair
Risch Pharmacy
The
Daily News
Athens Messenger
North Spring Street
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Former Straitsville resident Simon Miller dies in accident
Funeral services were held in Kansas City Kansas for Simon Miller 61 a former New Straitsville resident who was killed in an automobile crash there on Memorial Day Three sisters Mrs Ella Ward Mrs Hugh Beglan and Mrs Margaret Butts attended the services Miller a 1904 New Straitsville High School graduate A letter announcing his $10 donation to the New Straitsville Band Boosters Club was read at the May 29 alumni banquet the day before his death.
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Kansas City
Kan
Simon Miller
New Straitsville
Ella Ward
Hugh Beglan
Margaret Butts
Miller
New Straitsville High School
New Straitsville Band Boosters
Committee Approves Anti Strike Bill
The House industrial relations committee approved a modified Senate bill to prohibit strikes by public employees in Ohio. The 8 to 5 vote allows dismissal of any state county or city employee who strikes. Senator David Ferguson of Guernsey introduced the measure.
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Columbus
Senate
House Industrial Relations Committee
David Ferguson
Guernsey
Braden Resigns State Dept Post
President Truman announced Spruille Braden's resignation as assistant secretary of state. Braden, a former Argentina ambassador, was long at the center of controversy over U.S. policy toward Argentina.
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Washington
Truman
Spruille Braden
Braden
Argentina
Long
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