Talks to End Soft Coal Walkout Stir Uproar in Washington
John L. Lewis received two invitations aimed at resuming talks to end the soft coal mine shutdown. One came from government conciliator Cyrus Ching for a Monday conference with mine operators. the other from operators who demanded return of 350,000 idle miners before any pension talks. The strike spreads impact steel, rail services, and layoffs nationwide.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Cyrus Ching
Tornado Toll Rises Across Midwest and North East
A historic March storm system killed at least 52 people and injured more than 300 as tornadoes and gale winds raked Texas to New York. Illinois towns such as Bunker Hill Fosterburg Gillespie and Woodburn suffered heavy losses amid widespread property damage and displacement. The Red Cross and Army mobilized disaster units as nations braced for continuing severe weather.
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Chicago
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Mid—y Kansas
Pennsylvania
Missori
New York
Canada
Missouri
Michigan
Army
Red Cross
Macoupin County
Bunker Hill
Fosterburg
Gillespie
Woodburn
Jamming Blanks Voice of America Broadcasts in Asia
In Manila on March 10 reports say mysterious radio transmitters have been blocking Voice of America broadcasts to Eastern Russia and the Orient for three weeks. Experts note the jamming is thorough and many transmitters are used, with some possibly aboard ships at sea.
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Manila
Voice of America
Russia
Orient
Tipsy Gunman Sells Booze at Cut Rates
A drunken robber at Charies Liquor Mart in Boston last night forced the owner and a clerk into a back room while he waited on customers and practically gave liquor away. After tiring of the job the gunman had the owner serve four customers for free, then the pair fled with 300 dollars after about half an hour in the store.
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Boston
Charies Liquor Mart
Death of Mrs Nancy Newton at daughter’s home
Mrs Nancy Newton aged 77 widow of B O Newton was found dead in bed Friday morning at her daughter Mrs Har ley Amerine’s home 582 West Front Street where she had been visiting for a week. She lived near McArthur and is survived by four other daughters Mrs W H McDaniel Mrs Alva Brown Mrs Fred Ward and Mrs George Lavender a sister and two brothers. Funeral services Sunday at Locust Grove with burial in Elk Cemetery McArthur.
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B. O. Newton
Harley Amerine
West Front Street
Vinton County
McArthur
Ameline
W. H. McDaniel
New Plymouth
Alva Brown
Fred Ward
Lancaster
George Lavender
Columbus
Elza King
John Dunkle
New Straitsville
George Dunkle
Carroll
Locust Grove
Elk Cemetery
Henry Smith
Student faces manslaughter charge in Bowling Green
James Singler a 21 year old Bowling Green College student from Sandusky is charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 18 year old Charles Wenzler of Central City Centerbury. Patrolman Wayne Canfield filed the charges last night and lie detector tests showed Singler did not know the pistol was loaded. Singler waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the Wood County grand jury with a $3000 bond.
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Bowling Green, O
James Singler
Sandusky
Bowling Green College
Wayne Canfield
Singler
Charles Wenzler
Centerbury
Wood County Grand Jury
Hocking County Commissioners Approve Bills at Regular Meeting
The Hocking County Board of Commissioners approved payment of bills and conducted routine business during a regular session held at the courthouse headquarters.
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Hocking County Board of Commissioners
Gas Dilution Suit Appeal Upheld In Ohio Case
The second district court of appeals ordered a $42 million gas dilution suit against Columbia Gas and six subsidiaries sent back to common pleas court. John L. Davies, former Columbus city attorney, filed for about 700,000 Ohio gas consumers, naming 14 executives as defendants. The suit alleges a 1929 to 1939 conspiracy to secretly dilute natural gas by injecting inert flue gas into mains.
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Columbus
Second District Court of Appeals
Columbia Gas & Electric Corp
Common Pleas Court
John L. Davies
Ohio
Warm Spring Arrives with 70 Degree High in Local Area
Spring arrives officially in Logan and Hocking County at 11 57 AM with a 70 degree high the year's highest. An early morning low of 40 degrees was recorded by the official thermometer as observers noted warm sun.
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Logan
Hocking County
State Highway Garage
Screen Stars Preened for Academy Awards
Hollywood anticipation builds for the 20th annual Academy Awards ceremony at Shrine Auditorium. Rosalind Russell leads Best Actress chatter for Mourning Becomes Electra with other nominees including Dorothy McGuire Susan Hayward Joan Crawford and Loretta Young. Ronald Colman tops actors race for A Double Life while Gregory Peck and others receive support. Daily Variety poll cites Kazan Holm and Gwenn as top contenders with Miracle on 34th Street also praised.
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Shrine Auditorium
Hastdy
Rosalind Russell
Lavinia
Electra
Dorothy McGuire
Susan Hayward
Joan Crawford
Loretta Young
Ronald Colman
Gregory Peck
William Powell
Michael Redgrave
John Garfield
Russell
Colman
Daily Variety
Elia Kazan
Celeste Holm
Edmund Gwenn
Truman Faces Political Fallout Over Palestine Policy
Washington, March 20. The administration reversed on Palestine triggering a congressional backlash as the U N trusteeship plan drew urgent calls for a special session. Democrats and Wallace backers blame Truman. Sparkman urges withdrawal, warning the Democratic party may be crushed in November. Russia opposed the move and lawmakers condemned it.
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Palestine
Congress
Truman
United States
U.N
Holy Land
U.N. Assembly
Russia
Leon Henderson
Americans For Democratic Action
Wallace
Middle East
Mr. Truman
Sparkman
Alabama
Democratic
Mrs Sullivan Rites To Be Held Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs Lotta Pickett Sullivan aged 59 who died Friday after a brief illness will be at 2 PM Sunday at the Pilgrim Holiness Church West Logan Rev Earl Appleman officiating The body will lie in state at Leonard Funeral Home until services and burial will follow in Ilesboro Cemetery
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Lotta Pickett Sullivan
Pilgrim Holiness Church
West Logan
Earl Appleman
Leonard Funeral Home
Ilesboro
Services Sunday for Dr LeFever in Glouster
Funeral services are set for 1 P M Sunday in Glouster for Dr Evert LeFever state representative from Athens County who died Friday at his home. A veteran legislator he served six terms as senator representing the district including Hocking County.
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Glouster
Evert LeFever
Athens County
Dr LeFever
Hocking County
Injunction Halts Atomic Plant Strike at Oak Ridge
In Knoxville Tennessee on March 20 a court order restrained about 900 AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council members from striking at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. The Taft Hartley act first invoked emergency provisions to avert a walkout for 80 days and preserve the existing labor contract status quo.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Oak Ridge
George C. Taylor
AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
Steubenville Police Captain Dies By Gas In Home
Steubenville police Captain Matthew Phillips aged 44 was found dead in his gas filled bathroom with a blanket over his head. Coroner W H Rodgers withheld verdict noting gas from a heating stove. Police said Phillips had been worried about his health.
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Matthew Phillips
W. H. Rodgers
Rodgers
Phillips
Assailant Seized Woman On East Hunter Street
Police hunt unidentified man who seized a East Hunter Street woman as she walked near her home last night. The woman screamed and escaped, providing a description to investigators.
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East Hunter Street
Ex-Stripper Gypsy Rose Lee Marries Julio de Diego
Gypsy Rose Lee, former stripper turned writer, married artist Julio de Diego yesterday in New York. It is her third marriage.
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New York
Gypsy Rose Lee
Julio de Diego
Exdancer
Tucker Corp Buys Aircooled Motors Plant in Syracuse
The Tucker Corporation purchased the Aircooled Motors plant in Syracuse New York for 1 800 000 dollars.
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Chicago
Tucker Corporation
Recovery Program Passes First Hurdle in House
A $6.205 billion foreign aid bill clears its first House deadline. It funds European economic recovery, military aid for Turkey and Greece, and aid to China. Debate starts Tuesday with a target March 31 passage. specifics include $5.3 billion for Western Europe, $420 million for China, $275 million for Greece and Turkey, and $150 million for China military aid.
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United States
Free World
Congress
Washington
Europe
China
Turkey
Greece
Foreign Affairs Committee
Western
Trieste
Mediterranean
Advertisement Shocks Harried House
Los Angeles March 20 A reader encountering a classified ad asks about the housing shortage after seeing a 3 room furnished apartment for rent with a playful cry baby welcome note in the classifieds.
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Hunter
Los Angeles
Jurors Drawn for Hocking County April Term Court
Nelson DeLong and Dan Langley, jury commissioners, drew jurors in the clerk of court's office assisted by Sheriff Floyd Duffy. A list of grand and petit jurors will be announced in Monday's Daily News.
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Hocking County
Wooster Consider Daylight Saving Time Poll
City council asks the Wooster Board of Trade to survey manufacturers and businessmen on a proposal to switch to daylight saving time.
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Wooster, O
Wooster Board of Trade
Four Killed Many Injured In Ohio Storms
A March storm in Ohio killed four people and injured many as winds reached 55 to 90 mph. A hard rain preceded the winds, with a second storm hitting the Bethesda Barnesville area at 6 PM. Northwest Ohio faced the worst effects of the first storm.
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Columbus
Bethesda
Barnesville
Northwest
Wind Storm Causes Light Damage in Logan and Hocking Counties
High winds yesterday caused scattered damage across Logan and Hocking counties. Trees and utility poles snapped, windows cracked, and a broken high tension wire blocked East Front Street near the C and O trestle for over an hour. The Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co line serves Hocking Valley Brick Co. Ohio Power Co. reported 50 customers lost service on Bremen Road after a pole fell. Three porch windows at 193 Mound Street belonging to Charles Brehm were shattered.
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Hocking County
East Front Street
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Hocking Valley Brick Co
Ohio Power Go
Bremen Road
Charles Brehm
Mound Street
Storm toll rises as church steeple collapse kills two children
A violent storm extending to Cleveland and Cincinnati caused four deaths in Ohio. Gerald Kill, 10, and Norbert Bonifas, 12, of Landeck, perished when the St. John’s Catholic Church steeple toppled into the altar. Edwin Drerup of Ottawa hid in a barn that was collapsed, and Walter Reed, 60, of Urbana, died when a high tension line fell. Widespread damage hit towns from Van Wert to Sandusky with power outages, wrecked barns, and hundreds of ruined buildings.
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Norbert Bonifas
Landeck
Lima
Edwin Drerup
Ottawa
Putnam County
Walter Reed
Urbana
Dayton Power and Light Co
Young Kill
Bonifas
St. John’s Catholic Church
Drerup
Reed
Western Union
Toledo
Bethesda
Barnesville
Coldwater
Botkins
Defiance
Bellevue
van Wert
Terre Haute
Wood County
Clarence Marsh
Ohio City
van Wert County
Sandusky
Lake Erie
Campbell School
Weatherman Holds Key to Future Food Stocks
Agriculture Department survey shows farmers plan 3 percent more land for feed grains and a possible 3 billion bushel corn crop. Strong oats, barley, and other grains expected to boost livestock feed, while wet spring and delayed planting slow field readiness across the U.S. Beef and meat supplies rise if weather cooperates.
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Weatherman
Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
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