Louis Johnson Named Successor To Forrestal
President Truman announced Louis A. Johnson will replace Forrestal as secretary of defense at month end. Johnson, 58, is to seek Congress’ approval for expanded powers amid Hoover Commission calls for a stronger defense secretary. Eisenhower supported broader authority while senators welcomed Johnson’s nomination.
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Washington
Louis A. Johnson
Truman
Johnson
Defense Forrestal
Congress
West
Hoover Commission
Department of Defense
Forrestal
Commission
Herbert Hoover
Cast of Minstrel Rehearsals Ahead of Logan Shows
The Izaak Walton minstrel troupe will rehearse Sunday afternoon at the Logan High School auditorium starting 2 P.M. Cast members must attend. The show opens Wednesday evening with two more night performances Thursday and Friday. A school matinee is set for Thursday afternoon. Reserved seats for the first two evening shows are on sale at Risch Pharmacy. final performance has no reserved seating.
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Izaak Walton
Logan High School
Risch Pharmacy
Pyramid Clubs Target Columbus Residents In 2-Week Loot
Columbus police estimate Pyramid Club schemes have drained about a million dollars from residents in the last two weeks. Lt. B. P. Smith explains the chain letter like racket requires new members recruit new members to yield a claimed 2 048 dollars after 12 days, with only every fourth meeting producing a winner.
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Columbus, CO
Columbus
B. P. Smith
Frank L. Harrison
Lt. Smith
Smith
West Coast
Norway and Denmark Move Toward Atlantic Defense Talks
Oslo reports Norway rejects the Soviet non aggression pact and will join Atlantic defense talks in Washington. Denmark plans to send Foreign Minister Gustav Rasmussen to Washington to explore joining the negotiations. Sweden remains isolated, with a forecast of possible future alignment if Russia moves toward Finland.
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Norway
Washington
Denmark
Gustav Rasmussen
Sweden
Russia
Finland
Special Auto License Plates May Be Abolished
Columbus Ohio March 4 Special license plates for individual autos may be abolished state registrar Frank M Quinn said yesterday He referred to tags bearing only letters or letters and numbers such as AB 21 or A21 B He took over the job in January and said reservations for the special tags cause numerous complications in handling
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State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Frank M. Quinn
Quinn
Lausche Refuses To Spare Slayer In Ohio Penitentiary
Gov. Frank J. Lausche announced he would not intervene in the planned electrocution of Lester Nichols at the Ohio Penitentiary. Nichols, 43, was condemned for the May 6 1947 shooting death of Rev. Lewis Whitaker 76, pastor of the Pentecostal Church of God in West Newton, in Lima.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Lester Nichols
Ohio
Nichols
Lima
Lewis Whitaker
Pentecostal Church of God
West Newton
Sailor claims forced enlistment in French Foreign Legion
James Patrick Ryan 24, missing U S Navy sailor from the Dickson, says he was shanghaied to the French Foreign Legion and forced to fight in Indochina after fleeing from Canton to Marseilles. He describes detention in prison, iron bands, and language barriers during his ordeal.
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James Patrick Ryan
U.S. Navy
Mediterranean
French Foreign Legion
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Huntington
Indochina
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San Remo
Italy
Nice
France
U.S
Paris
Foreign Legion
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Irons
Fort Nicholas
North Africa
Strip Mine Law Move Eyed By Industry and Open Session
Senate discussion reports progress on an operator backed bill to regulate strip mining. Gov Lausche and coal executives including Hanna Coal Co official James Hyslop reviewed the substitute likely to replace the White Berry measure. Law aims to rehabilitate stripped land and create a five member industry control board.
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Columbus
Clingan Jackson
Ray M. White
Holmes
Kenneth F. Berry
Coshocton
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Hyslop
Jackson
White
Death Penalty Sought For Four Protestant Clergymen
In Sofia on March 4 the communist prosecutor urged the death penalty for four of fifteen Protestant churchmen charged with spying and treason. Dimiter Georgiev alleged the group plotted revolt with possible intervention by the United States and Britain and implicated prominent Americans and Britons along with church boards and the World Council of Churches.
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Bulgaria
Dimiter Georgiev
United States
Britain
World Council of Churches
Americans Crush Fiery Mexican Tequila in Uproar
In Cleveland on March 4 authorities crushed 132000 bottles of tequila in a vacant lot rather than collect 52000 duty and 234000 in internal revenue tax. U S customs also destroyed 11000 cases of tequila.
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Cleveland
Mexico
U.S
Fox Drive Draws Blank Near Nelsonville
Sixty six farmers and sports men participated in a fox drive near Nelsonville in the Meeker Run area but failed to bag any foxes. The hunters jumped two foxes which slipped through the lines and escaped. C. W. Robinette of Nelsonville was in charge.
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Nelsonville
Meeker Run
C. W. Robinette
Slump in Trading Hits Stock Market
New York March 4 The stock market fell back with a slow decline as fractions to about a point slipped away and only small gains barely offset the losses indicating a sluggish trading day.
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New York
Three Officers Convicted in Lima Microphone Case
In Lima Ohio three Allen County officers Sheriff William R. Dailey and detectives J Robert Neely and Bernard L Burkart were found guilty of contempt of court for concealing a courtroom microphone used to confer with a murder defendant. Fines of 300 dollars were imposed by three judges after a more than two hour discussion.
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Lima
Allen County
William R. Dailey
J. Robert Neely
Bernard L. Burkart
Court House
Chester Pendleton
Hancock County
Pendleton
Moran B. Jenkins
H. P. Culbertson
Ashland County
Jenkins
German Family Of Five Arrives At Chillicothe
A German family of five Arrived in Chillicothe for resettlement, the first of six displaced families to receive Ross County homes. Ernests Antons 41 Natalija 29 and children Maris 6 Mirdza 4 Eriks 2 will live and work on the Leon Winger farm six miles north under the Lutheran Church relocation program.
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Chillicothe
Ross County
Augsberg
Germany
Calvary Lutheran Church of
Ernests Antons
Natalija
Maris
Mirdza
Eriks
Leon Winger
Lutheran Church
U S Unemployment Tops Three Million
Washington reports February unemployment at 3.2 million, up 550 thousand from January, the highest since the war. Census Bureau cites bad weather and non seasonal layoffs as factors, doubling to a 1.25 million rise in two months.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Israel Likely to gain U.N. Security Council seat
U N action expected today to approve Israel for U N membership. A General Assembly vote looms with the April 5 opening date. Security Council meets at 3 P M in Lake Success.
Infant Strangles in Canton Home
Tiny 16 month old Susanne Shumaker died in Canton Ohio when her neck became entangled in a radio cord at her home yesterday. Authorities report the accident occurred in the family residence.
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Canton, O
Susanne Shumaker
Man Drowns Self in Ohio River After Wading In
Cincinnati report identifies Fred B. Clark of Salina Kansas as the man who drowned in the Ohio River. Police say he held his head under a log after wading into shallow water. body recovered about 15 feet from the water’s edge.
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Cincinnati
American Legion
Fred B. Clark
Salina
Kan
Ohio River
Today's Markets At a Glance
Wheat held steady canceling early losses. Corn rallied in closing minutes. Oats steady with small price changes. Hogs soft and 25 to 75 cents lower to a top of 21.75. Cattle active and steady to strong with choice absent. Stocks narrow and trading slow. Bonds rails lower and market sluggish.
Halt Pollution Of Rush Creek
The Ohio state conservation division announced Sunny Hill Corp of Pittsburgh will end polluting Little Rush Creek in Perry County. A device to wash coal without dust entering the stream is to be installed at the Sunny Hill strip mine northeast of New Lexington within 30 days.
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Columbus, O
Sunny Hill Corp
Pittsburgh
Little Rush Creek
Perry County
T. G.gallagher
Sunny Hill Strip
New Lexington
Teachers Protest Proposed Pay Cut in Wapakoneta
About forty teachers in Wapakoneta public schools oppose a 10 percent pay cut and demand proof of the school financial need. Board clerk A A Klipfel cited a $12 000 deficit for the year and proposed the reduction between January 1 and September 1.
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Wapakoneta, O
Wapakoneta
A. A. Klipfel
Senate Labor Committee Approves Truman Bill Without Change
The Senate labor committee approved the Truman labor bill 8 to 5, with all votes by Democrats and all Republicans opposing. The measure would repeal the Taft Hartley act and restore modified Wagner labor relations provisions. Taft and other Republicans condemned the move as a rushed procedure, accusing Democrats of blocking amendments and noncommunist affidavits for union officials.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Taft
Nearly 600 Seek G E Plant Jobs
About 594 applications for work at the Logan Glass Works of General Electric were received by noon. Logan Ohio State Employment Service manager Homer Schein said today is the deadline and no applications will be taken at the plant. 403 applicants have been interviewed by plant manager B G Greenman and assistant manager W D Moore. Officials expect 30 hires between March 14 and May 1 with production slated to start April 1.
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Logan Glass Works
General Electric Co
Homer Schein
Logan
Ohio State Employment Service
Airlift Plane Explodes Near Frankfurt Border
An American airlift four engined plane exploded in flight today near the American Soviet zone border in Germany. A second airlift plane's crew observed three crew members parachute from the wreckage. Also, Atwater Kent the Hollywood philanthropist and former radio maker died today after long illness.
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Germany
U.S. Air Force
Wiesbaden
Hollywood
Atwater Kent
Kent
Bel-Air
Southern California
Angry Red Soldiers Leave Blockaded Russian Quarters
Eight angry Russian soldiers broke from a two day blockade at the Russian repatriation mission in Frankfurt and headed to the Soviet zone in a motor convoy. They defied Gen. Clay’s March 1 order as U.S. authorities ordered U.S. graves registration teams out of the Soviet sector.
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Germany
Berlin
Erican
U.S
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Russia
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