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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1949
Page
1
The Guidepost Farm on Joe Nihiser’s Falls Township property demonstrates the cash value of restored land. Five acres were restored with lime fertilizer and multi-species seeding yielding six tons of hay, with two more cuts expected.
Mrs. Mary E. Steen 74 wife of Rev. J. C. Steen died Friday afternoon at her home four miles northwest of Junction City after a long illness. Native of Perry County she belonged to Lancaster Church of the Nazarene. Survived by her husband a daughter Mrs. Russell Henry Junction City and three grandchildren. Funeral 2 PM Monday Snyder Funeral Home Bremen with Rev. Elwood J. Dodge officiating. Burial Grandview Cemetery Bremen. Friends may call 7 PM today to 10 AM Monday.
A. O. Brotherton captain of the towboat Lorrance reported to the sheriff that he was shot at last night while moving up the Ohio River off Proctorville Ohio. A .22 caliber bullet pierced a window and barely missed him fired from the Ohio shore. He said several shots have been fired in the area and he will return from Pittsburgh to investigate.
President Truman to deliver a major speech in Little Rock aimed at saving his international program amid economy bloc pressure to cut European aid. Gov. Sid McMath hosts. the address will be broadcast nationwide and overseas. He jokes about dancing and invites listeners to the stadium to hear him speak.
FBI papers read in the Judith Coplon espionage trial recount a Russian born former State Department aide Morton E. Kent slashing his own throat in the Potomac River last Saturday. The disclosures also describe a Red spy ring hosting nudist parties for Army and Navy officers and data leaks from War Department aides.
Western envoys wait for fresh Russian proposals at the Paris foreign ministers conference after a recess request by Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky. The session adjourned amid Western doubts of a breakthrough as Vishinsky heads to a session with possible Kremlin instructions.
Junior Franklin Davis, 19, shot and wounded by ambush as he drove by the National Carbon Company plant at Blackfork. Davis, an employee, received 31 shotgun pellets in his left shoulder. His condition is not serious. A four week strike was in progress at the plant.
City police investigated a minor automobile accident Friday afternoon when vehicles driven by Carl Jurgensmier of 87 North Orchard Street and E. L. Parker of 475 East Front Street collided on East Main Street.
Athens June 11 1945 Mrs Anna McClelland Lewis 36 died after being shot four times in a Glouster restaurant. Sheriff George Bateman to file first degree murder against John LaCorte 50 a Glouster barber whom she had served as housekeeper for 15 years. LaCorte entered the restaurant at 640 am declared youve ruined my life and fled to his house where after three hours a son persuaded him to surrender to deputies and highway patrolmen.
Washington June 11 A government move to cut 1950 grain production by about 25 percent appears nearly certain. The Agriculture Department estimates the 1949 crop at 1 336 976 000 bushels and with reserves would cover expected market demand. Brannan plans no decision before next week but will likely set acreage allotments.
A baby boy weighing two pounds 14 ounces was born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Morgan in Hocking Valley Hospital at 6 36 AM today. He was placed in an incubator with a better than even chance of survival, according to the attending physician who noted that smaller babies have survived in the past.
Pittsburgh report says a one week mining holiday begins Monday with time and a half pay as producers push a sixth production day. Major eastern Pennsylvania anthracite firms order work days. Goodyear mine near Cadiz receives exception to stay open due to permanent closure plans.
Clouds linger over Logan with no rain as the June drought enters its 13th day. In Hocking County scattered showers were reported elsewhere, while Cincinnati and Butler County receive a six hour rain totaling one inch in Hamilton before steady rain began.
Joe Rockhold manager of WHOK Lancaster resigns effective July 15 to become farm director for WHKC Columbus He also leaves the presidency of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce elected May 31 He is a 21 year radio veteran and brother of Logan High School instructor Miss Sarah Rockhold.
In Boulder Colorado on June 11 authorities investigated the second student killing in seven months. Roy D Spore Jr 19 year old Denver sophomore was killed while defending his blind date Doris Ann Weaver 19 of Twin Falls Idaho The killer beat him and threw the body into Boulder Creek, found 75 yards downstream.
In Richmond Indiana on June 11 Howard Wedebrook a Portsmouth undertaker was fined ten dollars and jailed briefly after lighting a street firecracker. A police officer warned fireworks are illegal in Indiana and Judge Andrew Herlitz declared Wedebrook’s age a factor in the admonition.
The Hocking Valley Brick Company prepares to show its No. 2 plant at The Diamond to about 200 Ohio Ceramic Society members. The $250000 project features a continuous tunnel kiln, mechanized mine to feed a 100 ton per hour crusher, automatic pugger and wire cutters, with ten ware types and Kwiklay tile leading production.
Cleveland in June 11 report says two fugitives were ordered returned to an Alabama prison road gang after claiming they were whipped with nine pound lashes. A three judge court of appeals ruled unanimously it could not pass judgment on brutality in another state.
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