Truman Says Fund Cuts Menace Peace
Infants battered to death in hospital. Charles Coburn charms concert audience, praised as a swell fellow by some 800 Logan residents at a Waltonians spring concert in Logan High School. Coburn shared show business anecdotes, expressed patriotism, and attended a post concert party at the Elks clubrooms with local officials. Coburn is in Lancaster filming The Green Grass of Wyoming, portraying a harness race driver.
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Logan
Charles Coburn
Waltonians
Logan High School
Columbus
Ohio
Mr. Coburn
Merle
Skinny) Kimble
Elks
Newark Slayer Escapes Chair Verdict in Second Degree Murder
Ralph David Hoffer, a 23 year old war veteran, is convicted of second degree murder for the death of 17 year old Thelma Harger Anderson. The judge sentences life with hard labor and annual solitary confinement on July 27 anniversaries. Hoffer testified he beat Anderson but did not kill her, and is taken away in restraints as family reactions unfold.
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Newark
King County
Ralph David Hoffer
Thelma Harger Anderson
William Donaldson
Clifford L. Belt
Hoffer
Belt
Sugar Rationing Banking to End
Washington reports that retailers, industrial and institutional users may not make any further bank deposits of ration coupons after June 9. This marks the first step in a plan to end ration banking as the Agriculture Department says the system is being discontinued to save money and prevent overdrafts before rationing ends.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Unidentified Assailant Kills Two Babies in Ohio Hospital
Massillon Ohio police report two infant girls died from blunt force injuries in City Hospital pediatrics nursery. Rosemary Morton nine weeks and Diane Brand eight weeks were the sole occupants last night. A nurse found the bodies as officials suspect an unidentified attacker. The time of attack is estimated between 7 35 and 7 45 PM. Visiting was restricted and investigators pursued visitors. Prosecutor MacLaughlin defended hospital handling while stressing no neglect. Brand had been admitted for surgery, Morton for observation since May 19.
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Massillon
City Hospital
Marian Silleck
Stark County
Edward Reno
Brand
Morton
Civil War Vets to Attend 81st Ohio Encampment
Two of Ohio's three remaining G A R members will attend the 81st state encampment in Columbus. John H. Grate 101 of Atwater and John R. Bennett 102 of Waynesfield will be on hand as adjutant quartermaster and past Ohio commander. Oakley Bailey 104 of Alliance, born June 14, will miss the gathering. State highway patrol escorts will bring the centenarian veterans to a program running Sunday through Wednesday.
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National
Ohio
John H. Grate
Atwater
John R. Bennett
Waynesfield
Oakley Bailey
Alliance
Death Probe In Columbus Of Fairfield County Woman
Dr. John B. Gravis and Columbus police probed the death of 20 year old Miss Mabel Hoffman found dead in a Southern Hotel room. Her sister Mrs Ruth Hammond and Miss Izetta Simpson were held as witnesses as investigators checked a missing $200 purse.
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Columbus
John B. Gravis
Franklin County
Fairfield County
Southern Hotel
Joseph Tibe
Mabel Hoffman
Pleasantville
Tibe
Ruth Hammond
OWU President Burgstahler Resigns Due to Ill Health
Dr. H. J. Burgstahler, head of Ohio Wesleyan University since 1939, announced his resignation from the presidency yesterday because of ill health, effective immediately. The Delaware institution noted his long service and contributions to the university.
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Delaware, O
H. J. Burgstahler
Ohio Wesleyan University
OSU Students Begin Cruise By River to New Orleans
Three Ohio University students from Columbus embark on a 2300 mile rowboat trip to New Orleans. Richard Howells 20 Richard Spaeth 20 and Edmund Rider 19 sail in belly-tank boats with stabilizing pontoons that resemble water spiders. They cross the Scioto Ohio and Mississippi rivers hoping for experience material and potential commissions from the belly-tank craft maker.
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Columbuus
Ohio University
New Orleans
Richard Howells
Richard Spaeth
Edmund Rider
Columbus
Scioto
Ohio
Mississippi
Christmas Island
Pacific
Spaeth
Rider
Ohio State
Howells
Autos Damaged In Crash Friday
Two cars collided at the Elm and Church Streets intersection yesterday. No injuries were reported. Drivers were Harry Auker of 573 West Second Street and C. S. Godfrey of Logan. Auker’s party included Kenneth Sheets, Albert Lackey, and Brady Waugh en route to the Moose Lodge state convention in Canton, Ohio.
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Elm
Church Streets
Harry Auker
West Second Street
C. S. Godfrey
Logan
Elm Street
Church Street
Mr. Auker
Kenneth Sheets
Albert Lackey
Brady Waugh
The
Moose Lodge
Canton
Mother Drowns Sons Self in Cistern in Ohio
In Findlay Ohio Mrs Ivan James 25 of Vanlue drowned her two sons Billy 4 and Bobby eight months in a cistern behind her parents home late last night and then killed herself by entering the water beside them Coroner B F Voorhees said James the husband employed at Cooper Rubber Co reported a note from his wife saying she planned to kill the children and herself to relieve financial difficulties
Tolbert Rites Monday
Claude Edward Eddie Tolbert, 39, died Thursday night at Veterans Hospital Dayton. Body lies at Leonard Funeral Home with calling hours before services at 2 PM Monday in Evangelical United Brethren Church. Rev. A N Grueser will officiate and burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Claude Edward
Eddie) Tolbert
Veteran’s Hospital, Dayton
Leonard Funeral Home
Evangelical United Brethren Church
A. N. Grueser
Oak Grove Cemetery
PTA Convention Set for Cleveland May 24 to 26
The 1948 convention of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers will be held in Cleveland Ohio from May 24 to 26, according to the executive committee.
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Chicago
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Cleveland
Congress
Black Market in Babies for Adoption Reported
Atlantic City reports a black market in babies for adoption. Abner J. Weisman of New York City told the American Society for the Study of Sterility that lawyer doctor teams in major cities are involved. He cited prices of 1500 dollars for girl babies and 1700 dollars for boys in Brooklyn.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Society For the Study
Abner J. Weisman
M. D
New York City
Brooklyn
Communist coup tensions and Balkan rumors unfold in Europe
In Vienna a Communist maneuver aimed at seizing control of Austria's government was reported by the Associated Press. In Budapest Britain pressed Russia for information on Hungary's Communist seizure as Romania's Petru Groza met Tito in Belgrade amid Balkan federation rumors under Soviet influence. A separate incident notes an Iowa woman Pri apron saves a train from a washout near Swan on June 7.
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Associated Press
Austria
Vienna
Budapest
Hungary
Stalin
Petru Groza
Romania
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Balkan
Soviet Union
Swan
Iowa
Burlington
Emma Bowers
County Commissioners Meet at Courthouse Session
The Hocking County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting yesterday at the courthouse headquarters. County auditor and clerk Harry Smith announced that bills were approved for payment and routine business was conducted during the session.
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Hocking County Board of Commissioners
Harry Smith
Mrs Emma Howdyshell Dies in Barberton
Mrs Emma Howdyshell of Hocking County died yesterday in Barberton. Friends were notified today. No details of death or funeral plans were available immediately. Leonard Funeral Service will handle arrangements.
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Emma Howdyshell
Hocking County
Barberton
Leonard Funeral Service
CBS Vets to Meet Cleveland Reunion Planned
Ohio Veterans of the China Burma India theater will hold their first annual reunion and picnic on Sunday June 15 at Geauga Lake Park near Cleveland. The gathering marks a district luncheon and area veterans joining to share memories and comradeship.
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Cleveland
Ohio Veterans of the China-Burma-India Theater
Geauga Lake Park
Heavy Rainfall Floods East Liverpool District
The East Liverpool area recorded 2.37 inches of rain from a severe storm. Creeks overflowed in Columbiana County and rural roads flooded. Beaver Creek caused the Ohio River to rise four tenths of an inch hourly with a 20 foot crest anticipated. flood stage is 32 feet.
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East Liverpool
U.S
Columbiana County
Beaver Creek
Ohio River
Ohioans to Study Danes Farm Methods
New York June 7 two young Ohioans Miss Naomi Ray 21 of Carrollton and Russell Hugus 27 of Rushville sailed yesterday aboard the Marine Jumper for a two months study of farm methods in Denmark.
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New York
Naomi Ray
Carrollton
Russell Hugus
Rushville
Denmark
President Warns on Weak Defense and Policy Cuts
President Truman told a Kansas City reunion of World War I veterans that grave danger lies in proposed budget cuts, urging unity of the armed forces and restoration of farm and natural resource funding. He warned that weakened military strength harms peace and criticized House actions endangering farm policy and resource development.
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Kansas City
Truman
35Th Division
129Th Field Artillery
Congress
House
Taft
Ohio
Republican
Senate
Senate Clears Taft Hartley Union Curb Bill
The Taft Hartley labor curbs measure passed both chambers with large margins. The Senate voted 54 to 17 and the House 320 to 79 approving a compromise, aiming to curb union activities and set up a possible override of a presidential veto. Senator Taft expressed cautious optimism about a potential override.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy and
Aged Woman Who Saw Lincoln Funeral Dies at 91
Mrs. Katherine F. Pross of Aurora Ohio dies at 91 recalling she viewed Lincoln’s funeral train near Cleveland. Her long life spanned significant U.S. history and she remained a local memory of the Civil War era.
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Aurora
Katherine F. Pross
Abraham Lincoln
Cleveland
Ma Greene Keeps River Pilot License Renewed at 79
Cincinnati dispatch notes Mary Greene, the nation’s only woman inland river pilot, renewed for five years by the U S Coast Guard. At 79 she has piloted the Ohio River for over five decades, passing tests easily and continuing her family steamboat line legacy with son Tom.
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Ma’ Greene
Cincinnati
U.S. Coast Guard
Harry A. Oight
Mary Greene
Pittsburgh
Gordon C. Greene
Marietta
Ohio
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Harry E. Morton
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Leo Brand
Stanley W. Switter
Deane MacLaughlin
Grand Army of the Republic
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OSU
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London
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CBS
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Ingg Perten
International Exhibition of Textiles
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