Yacht Blast in Newport Harbor Links To Slayer Theory
Sheriff Musick will seek murder charges against George R. Gollum in the Overell yacht explosion case. The wealth couple Walter and Irene Overell are suspected dead after dynamite, a detonator, and a wired clock were found on the Mary E. Beulah Louise Overell, 17, and Gollum, 21, were jailed on murder charges awaiting formal filing. The investigation points to a possible planned double murder aboard the yacht prior to the blast.
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Calif
Walter Overell
Newport Harbor
James Musick
George R. Gollum
Overells
Beulah Louise
University of Southern California
Gollum
Los Angeles City College
Mary E
Musick
Thomas McGaff
Orange County
Sheriff's Bureau of Identification
John Montanus
Overell
Torturer of Infant Sent to Workhouse
Cincinnati dispatch reports Jack Slagle, 34, convicted of burning his five month old son Lionel with a cigarette. He must serve six months in the city workhouse. Slagle's wife Anna and their four year old daughter Jo Ann testified but did not participate in the trial.
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Cincinnati
Lionel
Jack Slagle
Slagle
Anna
Jo Ann
Senate approves rent control extension and OPA plan
Subcommittee unanimously approves continued rent controls through February 29 with no general increase. Buck notes next steps on administering the program after OPA ends June 30.
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Senate
Washington
A_ Senate banking subcommittee
Buck
R-Del
West Jefferson Names New Temporary School Superintendent
West Jefferson Ohio March 21 The school board appointed Lewis Predmore as temporary superintendent after a student strike over the disciplinary system triggered by Herbert Kell who resigned March 11 Kell became a guard at London Prison Farm and plans to teach again elsewhere The board will consider a permanent successor next Tuesday night President Ralph L Parsons announced Predmore also serves as coach and science teacher
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West Jefferson
Lewis Predmore
Herbert Kell
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London
Ralph L. Parsons
Predmore
Highway Patrolman Guards Corning in Class B Final
Corning will be kept peaceful by a state highway patrolman on special duty to relieve Marshall Brinkham, a devoted Corning basketball fan. Brinkham asked Mayor James A. Rhodes of Columbus for help to watch Corning bid for the Class B championships in Columbus, and the mayor arranged the patrol duty. Corning faces Columbiana in the Class B finals this afternoon.
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Corning
Marshall Fred S.S. Brinkham
Brinkman
James A. Rhodes
Columbus
Columbiana
Pay Hike Granted in Hillsboro Council Vote
Hillsboro city council voted last night to grant a 10 percent wage increase to utility and street department employees.
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Hillsboro
Bedraggled Spring Arrives Officially in Ohio Weather
A damp, misty spring arrival is noted across Hocking County as mild temperatures and light rain follow the official moment at 6:13 AM. Elsewhere in Ohio, fair to mild conditions prevail with scattered snow in the east and brief Logan snowfall. winter memories linger amid a generally calm midwest weather pattern.
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Hocking County
Ohio
Logan
U. S. Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Illinois
Midwest
New England
New York
East
Weather Bureau
Conference Proposes Federalized German Nation Plan
In Moscow on March 21 the U S Secretary Marshall and Britain's Bevin urged measures to create a federally organized German state. The council agreed to invite Austrian representatives to Moscow to discuss the Austrian peace treaty and visas for Austrians. Molotov signaled visa assurances for Austrians and support for completing the Austrian treaty during the Moscow talks. Bevin outlined a six step plan for a self governing democratic Germany.
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Britain
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Austria
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Warrant for Arrest Awaits Publisher
Springfield, CO March 21. Grover W Fleming 63 year old publisher indicted by a grand jury on obscenity charges failed to appear at arraignment and a warrant was anticipated. Indictments allege Fleming circulated obscene literature published libelous statements and printed false statements intended to depress corporate securities values. His newspaper The American Examiner printed in Belle Center was distributed locally this week.
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Springfield
Grover W. Fleming
Stanley Husted
Fleming
Husted
American Examiner
Belle Center
Tantalus Heads To Minneapolis Voyage Home Stretch
The home-made houseboat Tantalus, built by Mr and Mrs Warren Christianson since July 1945 in Columbus, Ohio, rode the Mississippi toward Minneapolis on its final leg toward Thanksgiving Day start. Accompanying them were Bill Herd erick and Gene Riggin who joined at Edgewater for the ride.
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ST. Louis
Tantalus
Mississippi
Columbus
Minneapolis
Warren Christianson
Bill Herderick
Gene Riggin
Edgewater
Lake Logan Dam Plans Held Up by Highway Dept
Hocking County Izaak Walton League members heard that the state highway department is delaying Lake Logan dam construction planned for spring. If highway officials refuse, the conservation department will proceed independently, and may build the dam upstream from the road.
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State Highway Department
Hocking County
Izaak Walton League
Camp Hocking
C. F. Rauch
State Conservation Department
Highway Department
L. P. Mooney
Herbert
Harley Meyer
Ralph Wolfe
Wildlife and
Additional Highway Layoffs Promised
Columbus Ohio March 21 P Highway department workers who engaged in political activity or those whose discharge would be a state economy will continue to be laid off in the future Gov Thomas J Herbert said today He said the program would proceed under civil service and lay off those who have engaged in political activity or who must be laid off for economy reasons He met with Michael Lyden Ohio Federation of Labor president and seven federation executives He said there would be no highway department layoffs because of union activity Workers who struck last week were described as members of the AFL Ohio State Employes Council which Herbert said claimed 1500 members among both classified and unclassified workers The summary preserves the core facts and named entities from the source while avoiding embellishment
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Highway Department
Thomas J. Herbert
Civil Service
Michael Lyden
Ohio Federation of Labor
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AFL
Ohio State Employes Council
Herbert
Fascinating Slots Prove Profitable for Cincinnati Man
Arthur E. Stern, 60, of Cincinnati, testified in a divorce case that slot machine gambling fascinated him and yielded $131,000 in profit. He said he quit after three or four years when his father warned the business was run by gangsters.
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Cincinnati
Arthur E. Stern
Hilda
Stern
Nurse Ida Isaacson Slain at Geneva School
Ida Swanson Isaacson a 63 year old nurse at the Illinois State Training School for Girls in Geneva was beaten to death in the infirmary. State and Kane County police hunted a Black inmate for questioning as of today.
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Ill
Ida Swanson Isaacson
Illinois State Training For Girls
Kane County
Flustered Amateurs Rob Bank In New Holland Heist Goof
Three young men attempted to rob the First National Bank at New Holland but their pistol fell apart and they fled after a half hour. Police stopped them on State Route 56 near London, arresting Charles Maley Donald Neff and Carson Rice all from Springfield. The trio tried to grab the cashier watch but failed.
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New Holland
London
Gorman Clark
Springfield
Charles Maley
Tibbets Avenue
Donald Neff
East Euclid Avenue
Carson Rice
Summer Street
Robert W. Kilpatrick
Fayette- Pickaway County
Here
Flu Epidemic Wanes in Ohio
Ohio’s influenza epidemic shows signs of waning with scattered abatement reported. Many schools remain closed as the illness subsides.
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Columbus
Absenteeism rises in Logan and Hocking County schools
Absenteeism rose as influenza spread with 328 pupils missing today, up 76 from yesterday. County health commissioner Dr. H G Southard said schools will stay open as long as possible, with some schools at half attendance. Physicians report many new influenza cases under treatment.
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Logan
Hocking County
H. G. Southard
Self isolation urged to curb influenza in large cities
State Health Director Dr. Roger Heer ing says a self-enforced semi isolation program is the surest way to reduce influenza and colds and cut student absences. He notes fewer public gatherings for children. Cleveland Cincinnati Dayton and Toledo report slow gains against the illness with East Liverpool absentees down 10 percent. New closures include Circleville Utica Hebron Columbiana Bellaire Bethesda Martins Ferry and three Marion County schools, at least until Monday.
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Toledo
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Circleville
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Hebron
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Bethesda
Martins Ferry
Marion County
CIO Auto Workers Ask for Wage Hike 231 Cents
The CIO United Auto Workers formally asked General Motors for a 231 cent hourly raise for about 225000 production workers. The proposal would lift average pay to 1.56 dollars per hour and cost GM roughly 2.115 million dollars weekly, based on current rates around 1.31 to 1.33 dollars per hour. The request seeks effect from March 19 though the contract allows a May 31 increase without mutual consent.
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CIO
United Auto Workers Today
General Motors Corporation
UAW
Uaw-Gm
Teachers Support Pupils in Strike at North College Hill
In Cincinnati on March 21, teachers joined about 500 striking students to protest the board of education’s decision to terminate Superintendent William A. Cook. Amelia Dipilla, head of the North College Hill Teachers Association, said 17 or 18 teachers will leave with Cook if his contract isn’t renewed on July 31. The board, led by Leo J. Harrison, stood by a 3-2 vote to oust Cook, accusing him of insubordination and attempting to act as a dictator in hiring.
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Cincinnati
North College Hill Board of Education
William A. Cook
Dr. Cook
Amelia Dipilla
North College Hill Teachers Association
Leo J. Harrison
GOP Tax Cut Passes Committee In House Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means Committee approved 16 to 9 a Republican backed bill to cut income taxes by 30 percent for small taxpayers and 20 percent for most others. The measure heads to the House floor with a June 1 wage tax cut and $3.84 billion in total reductions.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Coughton
DNC
Ways and Means
Knutson
R-Minn
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Republican High Command
Rep. Coughton
D-Nc
Radio Plug Muffler Invented By Cleveland Humanitarian
Cleveland March 21 A 29 year old engineer Myron O Schilling has devised a time relay and push buttons to mute radio ads for 60 seconds. The clocked device halts announcer voices when they say and now a word from our sponsor. He plans to add a magnetic wire recorder to insert soft music during the silence.
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Myron O. Schilling
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