Route 33 North To Open At Noon
A 25 degree temperature drop late week forecast an early end to the flood crisis in the Hocking Valley. The Hocking River, swollen by rains, flooded Logan and isolated parts of the area from Friday night through Saturday morning before gradually receding. Route closures included 33 south at Chauncey and 75 north to New Lexington, with several other routes flooded or impassable. water reached four Logan gateways and portions of Union Furnace and Rachelmacher Park. Bus service expected to resume between Logan and Columbus Saturday afternoon while some isolated routes remained blocked and residents faced detours.
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Hocking Valley
Hocking
Logan
Columbus
Rachelmacher Park
Chauncey
Rush Creek
Hill
Union Furnace
Floyd’s Bridge
Greendale
Carbon Hill
Nelsonville
Highway Department
Athens
New Lexington
Zanesville
South Logan
Mulberry Street
Rachelmacher
Scotts Creek Hill
Falls Mill
Nickel Plate
Sugar Grove
Marion Township
George Miller
Roy Loomis
Mareth Fighting Gains Reported By British Forces
The Mareth Line battlefield updates describe Bayonet charges by General Montgomery's Eighth Army reclaiming ground in the Mareth Zone as Americans push east from El Guetar amid rain and mud. Soviet dispatches claim advances toward Smolensk and Dnieper crossings while Kharkov hosts fresh German reinforcements and renewed tank actions.
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Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Dio
Montgomery
Mareth
Smolensk
Moscow
Dnieper
Moscow- Smolensk
Durovo
Kharkov
Logan Residents May Secure Garden Space
James R. Smoot, county extension agent, announced Saturday morning that Logan residents may secure garden space for planting victory gardens by contacting Logan Club Committee members led by Rev. Cecil H. Jones, chairman of the coordinating garden plan.
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James R. Smoot
Victory Gardens
Logan Club
Cecil H. Jones
Mine Workers Extend Negotiations To May 1
United Mine Workers of America committee offered to extend negotiations for a new contract in the Northern and Southern Appalachian soft coal regions to May 1, retroactive to April 1, with the present contract expiring March 31. John M. Lewis signed the proposal, aimed at averting a mining stoppage if no agreement is reached by March 31.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Appalachian
John M. Lewis
UMW
Farm Rally Reservations Asked by Extension Office
Mrs Ruth Bennington county home demonstration agent announced Saturday that all reservations for the Farm Women's Rally for Victory to be held March 26 at the First Methodist Church must be received at the local extension office by March 23. The program includes nutritional exhibits planned by a committee of Mrs Paul Shaw Mrs Elmer Risch and Mrs Russell Blum. Food rationing and its relation to housewives will be discussed along with planning well balanced meals under the rationing system.
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Ruth Bennington
Farm Women’s Rally For Victory
First Methodist Church
Paul Shaw
Elmer Risch
Russell Blum
Logan Daily News Flood Edition Summary
This flood edition notes disrupted coverage due to the Hocking River flood. It explains paralyzed bus and train service and strained long distance lines limit state and national news, with reliance on abbreviated outside coverage for Saturday's issue.
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Valley Public Service Company
Telegraph News
Lancaster
Hocking
Daily News
Charles Pleukharp Discharged After Hospital Treatments
Charles Pleukharp received two blood transfusions at Cherrington Hospital this week and was discharged Saturday to his home at 36 East Hunter Street.
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Charles Pleukharp
Cherrington Hospital
East Hunter Street
Margaret Lutz to Retire as Red Cross Executive
Margaret Lutz resigns as executive secretary of the Hocking County Red Cross effective April 1 after twenty five years of service. S. H. Dillon, chapter chairman, announces the move due to rising postwar Home Service duties while asking her to remain as Home Service secretary. The executive committee praises her for dedicating her life to humanitarian work and aiding thousands with Red Cross services.
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Margaret Lutz
Red Cross
Hocking County
The
American Red Cross
S. H. Dillon
Miss Lutz
Food shortage fear eased by crop forecasts
March 20 Washington officials expressed optimism as a crop committee representative said total plantings this year may be about 3.5 percent larger than last year’s record output. Secretary Wickard noted the rise while discussions continued on postwar diplomacy with Britain and the United Nations reviews.
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Wickard
Anthony Eden
United Nations
Russia
Rep Brehm Says He Won't Vote With Tongue In Cheek
Ohio Congressman Logan of the 11th district released a statement on Lend Lease criticizing voting with lips not actions. He notes six opponents of extension and questions whether Lend-Lease saved any American soldiers while criticizing aiding 40 other nations.
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Brehm
Walter E. Brehm
Logan
Ohio
Congress
Lend-Lease
Capitol
Flood postpones drawing of jurors for April term
Highwater forced the postponement of the regular juror drawing for the April term. Judge Meeker Terwilliger reported roads flooded and transit halted, delaying checks until Tuesday at 10. He will preside in Judge Phil A. Henderson's absence.
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Highwater
Terwilliger
Phil A. Henderson
Mrs Plunk Stricken With Serious Illness At Cherrington
Mrs Addie Plunk widow of James Plunk of 162 Gallagher Avenue was taken to Cherrington Hospital Friday with a serious stomach ailment. Formerly Eddie Taylor she lived with Mr and Mrs Amos England of Carbon Hill before her marriage.
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Addie Plunk
James Plunk
Gallagher Avenue
Cherrington Hospital
Mr. Plunk
Addie Taylor
Amos England
Carbon Hill
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Jerry
Rommel
Associated Press
Ture
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U. S
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Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
Mine Workers Group
Logan Daily News
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Lutz
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America
Helen Cyriacks
Bellrose
Long Island
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Circleville
Thelma Keyes
County Clerk of Courts
Meeker Terwilliger
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