Crooksville, Ames Berne win in Class B sectional
In a Saturday pair of first round and second round games, Crooksville defeated Rutland 62 to 35 while Ames Berne beat Rio Grande 44 to 37. Recess postponed to Thursday night for quarter finals. One standout was Jim Bailey, a one armed Ames Berne center who scored 12 and impressed with ball handling. The Athens County team led 13 11 early but Ames Berne surged to regain a slim halftime edge at 21 20. Rio Grande stayed close early in the third but trailed 33 27 entering the final period.
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Crooksville
Rutland
Ames-Berne
Rio Grande
Meigs County
Ames Berne
Athens
Logan
Jim Bailey
Gallia County
Amesville
Rio Blue
Ohio Assembly Debates Extra Money in School Funding
In Columbus March 3 the Ohio Senate and House clash over extra appropriations for the biennium. Senate finance chief Albert Daniels claims 80 to 100 million dollars may be available for extras while House chair Paul Ballard argues only about 42 million. Daniels delivers a lengthy, disputed report amid a Senate session with many school supervisors in attendance.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House Finance Committees
Senate Education Committee
Paul H. Ballard
B Jackson
House Finance Committee
House
Virgil E. Cramer
Ballard
Albert L. Daniels
Righland
Senate Finance Committee
Daniels
J Tag Angue
Easter Seal Sale Campaign Mapped
Plans for the annual Easter Seal sale in Logan and Hocking County are outlined by chairman George C. Shaw. Logan High School typing students under Max McKitrick address envelopes to residents, with campaigns running March 6 to April 6 to raise funds for crippled and handicapped children. The drive funds braces, shoes, crutches, wheelchairs, transportation, convalescent care, and camping periods.
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Logan
Jacking County
George C. Shaw
Shaw
Logan High School
Max McKitrick
Hocking County Crippled Children’s Society
Fire causes under investigation at Woolworth building
Dayton fire investigators probe origin of blaze that gutted the four story Woolworth store in downtown Dayton Saturday night. Damage tallied unofficially at 150000 dollars.
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Dayton
F. W. Woolworth
Ohio liquor panel in recess plans informal conference
The Ohio Senate liquor investigating committee, now under indefinite adjournment, will hold an informal conference to set a date for renewing its inquiry. Chairman Roscoe R. Walcutt said State Liquor Director Stanley B. Cofall, who spent the last session on the stand, will likely be recalled for further questioning.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Stanley B. Cofall
Walcutt
Congressional Output Small in First 2 Months
The 80th Congress enters its third month with limited results and two looming deadlines. Lawmakers face deciding on the draft law due March 31 and a general labor law to avert a coal strike. Hartley says House labor hearings may not finish before midmonth while Senate hearings end soon, with both panels drafting their bills behind closed doors.
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Washington
80Th Congress
John L. Lewis
Hartley
R-Nj
House Labor Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Fatal injuries in Lancaster auto bus crash claim two youths
In Lancaster Ohio march 3 two teens died from injuries after a Wednesday night auto mobile bus collision. Charles Bullock 20 of Lancaster and Ramona Graham 18 of Carroll were fatally harmed.
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Lancaster, O
Charles Bullock
Lancaster
Ramona Graham
Carroll
Senator Jones Improves After Collapse in Columbus
State Senator Tom W. Jones, 73, of Middleport, is reported to be in considerable improvement today after being taken to Doctors Hospital on February 27 following a collapse in his hotel room in Columbus Ohio.
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House
Daniels
Columbus
Tom W. Jones
Middleport
Doctors Hospital
Bandit Slain in Gun Battle After Bank Robbery Attempt
Youngstown Ohio March 3 A bank holdup thwarted when Patrolman Edward Przelomski 29 exchanged fire with two Cleveland men in the Mahoning National Bank lobby. Earl Johnson 24 was killed and Robert Brown 24 wounded. a third robber escaped. Railway worker Hugh Wilson 44 was wounded in the arm.
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Youngstown, CO
Edward Przelomski
Cleveland
Mahoning National Bank
Earl Johnson
Robert Brown
Hugh Wilson
Youngstown Municipal Railway
Przelomski
Wilson
Brown
Johnson
Buffalo Teachers Return to Schools
Buffalo 71 000 public school pupils resume classes after 2 400 teachers end the week long strike by accepting a mayoral promise of a pay raise next fall pending state authorization of extra taxes for education. Gov Dewey to urge localities to levy special taxes for education and to back a permanent pay plan per his education committee.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U.S
Buffalo Teachers Federation
Bernard J. Dowd
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Explosion in Chicago Downtown Kills Two and Wounds Dozens
An afternoon blast leveled a three story brick building in the Loop, killing two and injuring more than 30 with one person missing. Fire officials fear the missing man may be buried in debris as three victims are in critical condition. Police estimate potential property losses between 10 and 15 million dollars, with window damage around 250 thousand.
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Chicago
Loop
Ray Crane
Uniformed Police
President Truman urges end to draft law and study universal training
President Truman asked Congress to let the wartime draft law expire March 31 while retaining the option to re-enact selective service if Army strength of 1,070,000 and Navy strength of 571,000 cannot be met by volunteers. He urged civilian hiring to offset shortages and noted ongoing study of a universal training system with a report due in two to three months. The message was sent as Truman prepared to visit Mexico City.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
War and Navy Departments
Army
Navy
White House
Capitol Hill
Mexico City
Armed Services
Entire Faculty of School Resigns in Mass Walkout
In Lorain Ohio on March 3 an entire faculty at Clearview schools resigned during an assembly over student body complaints about harsh discipline. Superintendent T C Simpson announced the mass resignation after addressing boos and hoots from students. About 26 teachers served 375 students across the elementary and high school.
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Lorain
Clearview
T. C. Simpson
Simpson
Chandler Thomson
Clearview School Board
Livestock Slump Reported Across U.S. Farms
Ohio State University's rural economists estimate a 32 percent drop in hogs 24 percent fewer sheep five percent less cattle and 18 percent fewer chickens on U S farms versus two years ago based on today's survey in Columbus Ohio March 3.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
U.S
Pennsylvania Railroad Hit by Rash of Wrecks
A Pennsylvanian Railroad engineer died when his locomotive overturned near Kiski Junction and four other crew were injured in four wrecks. Injuries included burns and cuts among crew in Belvidere New Jersey and near Gallitzin Pennsylvania. A wheel detached from a fast Pittsburgh to Cleveland train near Baden caused no serious injuries.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. T. Nixon
Blairsville
Kiski Junction
Freeport
Robert A. Albright
Pittsburgh
Belvidere
N. J
Pennsylvania
Lehigh and Hudson
William Morris
Phillipsburg
William Phillips
Michael Moreken
Gallitzin
Bennington Curve
Baden
Ohio River
Leetsdale
Logan official injured in Route 33 two car crash
Eugene K. Sheffield 53, president of Logan Clay Products, and Julian C. Rogers 39, Huntington government engineer, received facial lacerations after Rogers skid into oncoming traffic on Route 33 south of Lancaster. Both were treated on scene and rushed to Logan for care. Sheffield’s condition described as good.
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Eugene K. Sheffield
Logan Clay Products Company
Julian C. Rogers
Huntington
W. Va
Route
Lancaster
Verlin Grisee
Charles Shahan
Logan
Rogers
War Department
Mr. Sheffield
Sheffield
Frank Dennison
Glenford
Army Pilot Killed In Snowstorm Crash
The Selfridge Field public relations office identified Lieut. Charles W. Riffle aged 26 of Union City Indiana as the pilot killed in a snowstorm crash in northern Preble County Ohio. He was with the 63rd Fighter Squadron at Selfridge and was en route from Little Rock Arkansas to Patterson Field Ohio when his single seater craft went down Sunday night.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Selfridge Field Army Air Base
Ohio
Charles W. Riffle
Union City
Ind
Riffle
Selfridge
Little Rock
Ark
Patterson Field
Preble County
New Flows of Lava Spew From Volcano
Mt Etna in Sicily erupts with twenty three small craters ejecting lava rivers down its slopes. The streams threaten several nearby villages as dispatches from Rome report on Europe’s largest volcano.
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Rome
Mt. Etna
Europe
Sicily
Florida Subfreezing Weather Across Gulf Coast
Sub freezing conditions returned to Florida and the gulf coast as a storm of marked intensity brought varying snowfall. New York and New England reported up to eight inches, while the east central states saw two to six inches with some Michigan areas reaching about 15 inches. temperatures remained frigid in the region.
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Florida
Gulf Coast
New York
New Eng
East Central States
Michigan
Logon and Hocking Counties Face Severe Snowstorm Fury
Spasmodic blizzard-scale storms battered Logan and Hocking County for over 48 hours with more than three inches of accumulation in recent days. By noon the system neared blizzard status as crews battled slick highways. Sunday night’s low was 23 degrees, rising to 28 by midday. Accidents occurred but no serious injuries were reported.
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Logan
Hocking County
State Highway Garage
Winter Storm Triggers Snowfall Across Gulf Coast and Northeast
Snow blanketed Chicago with seven inches as the Weather Bureau noted below normal temperatures from the Deep South to New England. Florida saw freezing mornings from Jacksonville to Miami while Gulf coast towns faced near freezing and Syracuse recorded up to eight inches with three to eight inches elsewhere. Plains states endured sub-zero readings, with Valentine Nebraska at ten below.
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Chicago
Chicago Weather Bureau
Deep South
Georgia
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Ala
Biloxi
Miss
New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Connecticut
New England
Syracuse
Rochester
Plains States
Valentine
Neb
Six Michigan family members killed in Ohio crossing crash
In Cardington Ohio a Columbus to Cleveland New York Central train struck a sedan carrying six members of a Michigan family en route to a 61st wedding anniversary. The dead include Mrs Wilma Passley and her baby. One survivor, Donald Passby, was critically injured. The group from Clio Mich and Clint Mich were all deceased or injured. The accident occurred as the car stopped at a grade crossing. The Peterson family relatives arrived about ten minutes later.
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Cardington
Michigan
Wilma Passley
Cleveland
New York Central
Ethel Peterson
Passby
Bonnie Peterson
Lawrence Passby
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Secretary of War
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Don Frohner
Arthur Ned Chapman
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