Orla Wolfe Hocking County Engineer Dies at 59
Orla P. Wolfe, 59, engineer for nearly 15 years in Hocking County, died at his home after a long illness. He had served as engineer since the 1980s with earlier terms as highway superintendent and as an elected official through 1940 and again in 1944. Survived by wife Mayme, son Pearl of Logan, three brothers Roy William and Eber of Logan, and two sisters Mrs. Russell Poling and Mrs. Jennie Nye. Funeral arrangements by Leonard Funeral Service.
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Orla P. Wolfe
Hocking County
Oak Street
Wolfe
Mayme Wolfe
Pearl
Logan
Roy
William
Eber
Russell Poling
Jennie Nye
Columbus
Jesse Ralston Dies at Dayton Home
Jesse Ralston 69 formerly of Logan died this morning at the Dayton Masonic Home after a long illness. He served as state highways superintendent in Hocking County and later ran a coal business. He belonged to Logan Methodist Church and several Masonic bodies. Survived by son Robert and daughters Norma Hiser Bernice Martin June Fairbanks all of Columbus and sisters Grover Harble Logan Route 1 and Ernestine Kleinschmidt Logan. Heinlein Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Jesse R. Ralston
Logan
Dayton
Ralston
Hocking County
Logan Methodist Church
Robert Ralston
Norma Hiser
Bernice Martin
June Fairbanks
Columbus
Grover Harble
Logan Route 1
Ernest Kleinschmidt
Heinlein
OSU Professor Named Deputy Director of U.S. Medical Services
Washington reports that Dr. Richard L. Meiling of Ohio State University was named deputy director of the unified medical services of the armed forces. Dr. Raymond B. Allen, president of the University of Washington, is appointed director and will organize the medical services division before departing October 1. Meiling will succeed him.
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Washington
Richard L. Meiling
Ohio State University
Armed Forces
Defense Establishment
Raymond B. Allen
University of Washington
Meiling
Kroger Workers Vote AFL Representation in Cincinnati Area
The National Labor Relation Board regional office announced that grocery department employees and meat cutters for Kroger Co in the Cincinnati area voted for AFL representation in collective bargaining. Kroger workers in parts of Ohio Indiana and Kentucky are affected.
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Cincinnati
National Labor Relation Board
Grocery Department
Kroger Co
AFL
Kroger
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Embezzler Arrested in Texas on 90000 Dollar Charge
State police arrested Columbus Ohio undertaker Andrew C. Straley 42 in Boerne Texas on a warrant charging embezzlement of 90000 dollars. Indicted in Columbus by a county grand jury he was guardian of Martin Licking 53 whose mother Rosina Licking died February 14 1948. Searches found 102000 in the cluttered home they shared with the son and prosecutors say 13000 of the estate has been located.
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San Antonio
Tex
Columbus, O
Boerne
Texas
Andrew C. Straley
Columbus
Straley
Martin Licking
Licking
Rosina Licking
Markets at a Glance Show Wheat Strength and Grain Links
Wheat shows strong price support, corn follows with wheat-led strength, oats rise with grains, hogs mostly 25 cents lower to a top of 21.50, cattle uneven to 75 cents lower at 29.50, stocks rise on steel and motor demand, bonds up with a modest rally in rails.
Frost Nips Northeast Ohio Crops Amid Cold Morning
The cold spell reaches northeast Ohio with frost damaging beans and tomatoes in low areas while apples and peach buds appear safe. East Liverpool's 30 degree low matches the date record. Youngstown and Zanesville also report freezing readings, with broader readings in the forties statewide.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Mercury
East Liverpool
Salem
Columbiana County
L. H. Copeland
Copeland
Youngstown
Zanesville
Akron
Cleveland
Mansfield
Columbus
Findlay
Toledo
Dayton
Logan
Governor Seeks Emergency Bond Plan for Poor Relief Costs
Governor Lausche calls poor relief the state's top crisis and backs emergency legislation to allow counties to issue bonds for relief payments. Hamilton County officials say about 3 million dollars is needed this year, with state matching lagging behind by about 2 million dollars on July 1. He warns relief costs could reach 25 million in 1949, urging a 10 million emergency fund and a review of tax revenues and spending priorities.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Hamilton County
William H. Deddens
Maurice A. Niehaus
Lausche
Harold M. Baron
Hamilton County Emergency Relief Committee
Cleveland
Franklin
Stark
John H. Lamneck
Senate
Shaw Says Russia Interests Him Most
London June 8. Moscow radio quoted George Bernard Shaw saying the U S S R interests him more than any other state. The 93 year old writer was invited by Soviet ambassador Georgi Zarubin to visit Moscow for a Pushkin celebration.
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London
Moscow
Radio Today
George Bernard Shaw
U.S.S.R
Shaw
Georgi N. Zarubin
Britain
Sage
Pushkin
Lewis and Steelmen to Open Coal Talks June 13
John L. Lewis announced U S Steel Corp will begin contract talks for its coal mines on June 13 in Philadelphia. He sent a letter to Harry Moses of H C Frick Coke Co confirming the conference. Talks with Southern Coal Producers Association have made little progress.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
U.S. Steel Corp
Philadelphia
Lewis
Harry Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Company
U.S. Steel
United Mine Workers
Steel Corporation
Bluefield
W. Va
Southern Coal Producers Association
Cleveland used car dealer convicted in theft by trick
John W. Singleton, a Cleveland used car dealer and former manager at Louis Auto Sales, lost a Supreme Court appeal and must serve a penitentiary sentence for larceny by trick. He took down payments and issued worthless promissory notes while failing to deliver used cars as prices rose and the business collapsed.
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Columbus
John W. Singleton
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Singleton
Louis Auto Sales
Ohio Woman Becomes First Woman Assistant Surgeon General
An Ohioan, Miss Lucille Petry of Lewisburg Preble County Ohio, was sworn in as the U S Public Health Service first woman assistant surgeon general. She was inducted by Surgeon General Leonard A Scheele and previously directed the U S Cadet Nurse Corps in 1943.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Lucille Petry
Lewisburg
Preble County
Leonard A. Scheele
Perry
U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps
House approves broad probe of B-36 bomber program
The House voted by unanimous voice to authorize a wide congressional investigation into the B-36 bomber and national strategic air power policies.
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Washington
House
Berlin blockade end deadline urged by Acheson
U S Secretary of State Acheson urged the Foreign Ministers Council to set a five day deadline for a complete end to the Berlin blockade, according to French sources.
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Paris
U.S
Acheson
Foreign Ministers Council
Berlin
Slum Clearance Bill Heads To Senate For Vote Today
Ohio Senate takes up the suburban redevelopment bill after the House passed it 120 8. The measure allows cities to condemn and buy blighted land then redevelop with public hearings and financing from general revenues or bonds. Leftover parcels may sell to public bodies or private interests with conditions.
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Senate
Columbus
Ohio
House
Planning Commission
Progressive Party
Health Group Names Mrs. Montgomery
The Hocking County Health and Tuberculosis Association appointed Mrs. Russell Montgomery as executive secretary at a board meeting in the county health department office. She succeeds Mrs. Paul Shaw who resigned two months ago.
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Hocking County Health and Tuberculosis Association
Association
County Health Department
Russell Montgomery
Bowen Street
Montgomery
Paul Shaw
Rockbridge
Government Can't Make Communist Editor Talk
New York June 8 The government struggles to force answers from John Gates editor of the Daily Worker and 11 Red leaders on trial for conspiracy Gates refuses to discuss party colleagues and remains jailed for refusing to answer. An early ruling on bail for Gus Hall and Henry Winston was anticipated as the case proceeds. Gates cited Fifth Amendment protection when asked about living quarters rented in Youngstown in the 1930s.
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New York
John Gates
Gates
The
Daily Worker
Gus Hall
Henry Winston
Hall
Ohio
Winston
Medina
Communist Party
Youngstown
de Vincenzo
U. S
John F. X. MceGahey
Harold Medina
William Gates
Harry Winston
Civil Rights Congress
International
Family of 19 Grows as Triplets Join Chapmans
The George E Chapmans of Bangor Maine welcomed triplets two girls and a boy to their family of 17 children. The three newborns and their 36 year old mother are reported doing fine at Eastern Maine General Hospital. Chapman aged 46 said he and his wife were astounded by the arrival.
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Bangor
George E. Chapmans
Athens Murder Trial Judges Named Today
Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt designated two common pleas judges to sit with Judge Roy D. Williams in a murder trial at Athens. Arthur L. Hooper and Earl D. Parker will join Grover E. Rawlins, 18, in a three judge tribunal starting June 13 for first degree murder in the slaying of Eleanor Gifford, 52, a church worker. Dodds, Jr., 20, faces a separate jury trial later.
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Columbus
Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court
Roy D. Williams
Athens
Arthur L. Hooper
Steubenville
Earl 2D. Parker
Waverly
Grover E. Rawlins
Rawlins
Harry Dodds, Jr
Eleanor Gifford
Dodds
Mrs Ellen Roe Dies at Columbus Home
Mrs Ellen Roe widow of James Roe died at noon today in Columbus at her daughter’s home where she resided. She is survived by several other children. Leonard Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements to be announced later.
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Ellen Roe
James Roe
Columbus
Leonard
Ohio highway weights law questioned by state director
T J Kauer Ohio director of highways says he finds no inequities in the law governing maximum weights on the states roads. The trucking industry seeks higher load limits as protests and discussions continue across Cleveland.
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Cleveland
T. J. Kauer
Ohio
Waterfront Strike Paralyzes Hawaii
In Honolulu on June 8 reporters note thirty nine days of waterfront strike crippling business and homes across Hawaii. CIO longshoremen began the stoppage May 1 in six ports seeking a 22 cent hourly raise to 1.72, restoring the old differential from the Pacific Coast scale. Employers offered 12 cents.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
CIO
Islands
Princess Margaret to Make Private U.S. Visit
A royal source says Princess Margaret will undertake a private visit to the United States this autumn. No specific dates or cities were disclosed.
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London
Margaret
United States
State Dept Seeks Shorter Term in Anglo Argentine Pact
State Department officials weigh a protest against a five year Anglo Argentine trade agreement urging a shorter term. They cite potential American sales losses and a move toward a barter like system while awaiting a full text and British details.
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Washington
Britain
Argentina
State Department
The
Canaday Expected to Head Munitions Board
President Truman is expected to name Ward M. Canaday, a Toledo automobile executive involved with the Willys Jeep, as chairman of the Munitions Board. The announcement would place Canaday in a key wartime defense role.
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Washington
Truman
Ward M. Canaday
Toledo Automobile
Willys “Jeep
Munitions Board
Cleveland Fan Can Stay on Flagpole in Wade Park Roost
Charley Lupica a Cleveland storekeeper remains atop a 40 foot flagpole at Wade Park as city lawyers rule his perch is not camping. Police threatened action but the legal ruling allows him to stay until the Indians reach first place.
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Cleveland
Charley Lupica
Cleveland Indians
Lupica
Charley
Leo Schamadan
City Sanitation Police
Joseph Crowley
Sittin
Wade Park
118Th Street
Schamadan
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Steelmen
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