Rescuers Struggle For Survivors In Centralia Mine Blast
Amid dwindling hopes 122 miners are trapped after a 3:30 PM explosion in Illinois coal fields. Of 131 trapped, 9 rescued, 1 dead, 14 dead noted. 107 unaccounted as rescue teams seal side entries and ventilate. Illinois and national disaster context noted with historic comparisons.
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Centralia
III
Southern
Illinois
Walter J. Johnson
Centralia Coal Company
Johnson
Driscoll Scanlan
Mather
Cherry Mine
World-Weary Old Man Attempts to End Life
Washington Court House March 26 A 89 year old man William Edward Daily said he wanted to die as doctors treated a gunshot wound. He was found at his daughter Virg il Davis home three miles south with a 32 caliber revolver.
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Washington Court House
William Edward Daily
N. M. Reiff
Fayette County
Virgil Davis
Paraguay Lifts Martial Law Throughout Country
The Paraguayan government decreed the lifting of martial law across Paraguay, ending a period of emergency rule in the embattled country.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Radio Station Broadcast Sparks Senate Clash
Ohio State University radio lobbied for the Daniels Cramer school bill and misrepresented a counter-proposal, prompting WOSU air time offers for a reply. Senator Fred G. Reiners said OSU broadcaster A W Elliott’s statements were inaccurate and noted plans to possibly respond on air. Ohio University education official Dr A B Sias said prospects for teacher training recruitment depend on the bill’s passage.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
WOSU
Fred G. Reiners
Hamilton
Senate Education Committee
Reiners
Senate
OSU
A. W. Elliott
Hamilton County
Elliott
A. B. Sias
Ohio University’s
College of Education At Athens
Jacob F. Klinger Services Held Today
Funeral services for Jacob F. Klinger 73 Falls Township farmer who died Saturday in Lancaster Hospital were held at 10 30 A M today from the Kline Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church Enterprise Rev E F Bradford officiated Music was furnished by Mrs Etta Evans Mrs E F Bradford with Mrs Jane Engle at the piano Pallbearers were Lloyd Hansley Elza Ringhiser Oscar Blum Zora Crawford Fay Blosser and Jerry Blosser
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Jacob F. Klinger
Falls Township
Lancaster Hospital
Kline Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church
Enterprise
E. F. Bradford
Etta Evans
Jane Engle
Lloyd Hansley
Elza Ringhiser
Oscar Blum
Zora Crawford
Fay Blosser
Jerry Blosser
City and County Schools Closed Amid Flu Epidemic
Logan and Hocking County schools were closed for the rest of the week to curb the influenza outbreak. Supt. George E. Carr and Supt. Samuel H. Dillon announced closures, with reopens planned for Monday if the epidemic abates. Dr. H. G. Southard urged avoidance of public gatherings and caution for colds and influenza.
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Logan
Hocking County
George E. Carr
Samuel H. Dillon
H. G. Southard
Southard
Dillon
Winter Continues Return Visit Here
Falling temperatures brought snow to Logan and Hocking County. The state highway garage logged 21 degrees overnight and 6 degrees by noon. High winds caused property damage. most power and telephone services were restored. Roads remained slick with one accident as a Standard Oil tank truck slid off U.S. Route 33 near Logan, overturning but injuring none. The truck was removed today.
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Logan
Hocking County
State Highway Garage
State Highway Patrol
Snowbound Ohio Braces for Strain as March Delivers Snow
Associated Press reports unpredictable March grips Ohio. Four to nine inches of snow blanket northern counties while high winds slow traffic. About seven to eight thousand workers idled in Canton as industrial gas supplies are cut off. Gas use drops to 25 percent in Youngstown and East Liverpool’s Manufacturers Light and Heat Co. limits to maintenance only.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Canton
Youngstown
Liverpool
Manufacturers Light and Heat Co
Dreams of Auto Manufacturers Fade
Detroit reports automotive dealers narrow the backlog of unfilled orders as 1948 models spark competition and price factors. The National Automobile Dealers Association plans a survey via state and local dealer groups to gauge cancellations, unfilled orders, and underlying demand.
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Detroit
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
Ohio veterans clash over flat ten dollar monthly service bonus
In Columbus March 26 opposition grows to a flat ten dollar monthly bonus for Ohio war veterans as legislative sub committees draft proposals for a general assembly vote. Spokesmen push for at least a cash equivalent to previous proposals, with a $50 minimum for 90 days of active duty.
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Columbus
General Assembly
House
Senate
Schultz Re elected Commander of VFW
Keith Schultz, Logan grocer, was re elected commander of Post Hocking Veterans of Foreign Wars at a regular meeting held Tuesday night in the Maccabee Hall. Officers named included John Buchanan senior vice commander Roger Brown junior vice commander Homer Goss quartermaster Harrison Litherland post advocate Don Taylor chaplain Clinton Poling trustee three year term and Elmer Ledford sergeant. Refreshments followed.
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Keith Schultz
Logan Grocer
Post Hocking
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Maccabee Hall
John Buchanan
Roger Brown
Homer Goss
Harrison Litherland
Don Taylor
Clinton Poling
Elmer Ledford
Dumping Violations Charged Along Hocking River
Mayor W Denzil Weltner announced city police and workers will report violations of the city ordinance prohibiting garbage dumping along the Hocking River within the city. He cited numerous resident complaints and noted ordinance 71 imposes a 25 dollar fine plus costs for violators.
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W. Denzil Weltner
Hocking
Weltner
Murphy named manager of Hocking County aid office
Frank Murphy of Murray City was named manager of the Hocking County office of the state division of aid for the aged. The appointment is effective April 1, succeeding Vaughn Collins. Also in the day’s bulletins Eugene Dennis was dismissed as a witness before the House un American activities committee after refusing to give his real name. Gasoline production and inventories were reported by the American Petroleum Institute as high, with 14,440,000 barrels produced for the week ending March 22.
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Columbus, O
Frank Murphy
Murray City
Hocking County
State Division of Aid For the
Karl Babb
Murphy
Vaughn Collins
Washington
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
House un-American Activities Committee
New York
The
American Petroleum Institute
Truman aid to Greece and Turkey to be discussed at UN
Warren R. Austin will present U.S. proposals for Greece and Turkey aid to the United Nations Security Council Friday. In Frankfurt, the U.S. Army reports the capture of four former SA officers and the breakup of a new Nazi organization plot.
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Lake Success
Truman
U.S
Greece
Turkey
United Nations
Warren R. Austin
Security Council
Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. Army Today
SA Storm
Two Tidal Waves Hit New Zealand Coast
Two massive tidal waves estimated at up to 30 feet struck a 60 mile east coast stretch of New Zealand's North Island. The first hit Poverty Bay at 8 30 A M local time after a severe offshore quake was recorded. A second wave followed about an hour later. Gisborne escaped the worst but nearby areas saw saltwater flooding four feet deep with summer vacation homes and farms affected. No drownings were reported.
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Auckland
New Zealand
North Island
Poverty Bay
New Zealand Observatory
Gisborne
French Court Finds Against Ex Premier In Absentia Conviction
Paris reports Camille Chautemps former French premier now in the United States faced a potential five year prison term if he returns after being convicted in absentia by a Versailles purge court. The charges accuse him of acts harmful to national dignity connected to a Vichy mission after France fell in 1940.
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Paris
Camille Chautemps
United States
France
Chautemps
Versailles
Stassen Flies to Warsaw for Europe Fact-Finding Tour
Harold Stassen former Minnesota governor and Republican presidential hopeful leaves Berlin by plane for Warsaw to continue his European fact finding tour.
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Berlin
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Warsaw
Europe
Baseball Favored As Name for Town
Residents of Fairfield County in Baltimore and nearby Basil show a straw vote favoring the name Baseball for the consolidated community. The ballot found 345 for Baseball and 202 against, with 121 votes for Brendon and 17 for Fairmore. adoption requires approval by the common pleas court.
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Baltimore, O
Fairfield County
Baltimore
Basil
Brendon
Fairmore
Common Pleas Court
Eighth Scarlet Fever Case Reported in Two Ohio Counties
Dr. H G Southard Logan Hocking County health commissioner reported the eighth scarlet fever case in March. Victim is Harold Philip Walke son of Harold and Mrs Walke of Logan Route 2. The home is quarantined and under health regulations.
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Logan
Hocking County
H. G. Southard
Harold Philip Walke
Harold Walke
Southard
Measure Makes House Speaker Next in Line
Washington reports the Senate rules committee approved a bill placing House Speaker Joseph Martin next in line for the presidency, with a 6 to 5 party line vote. The measure, backed by Republicans, mirrors President Truman's earlier recommendation and omits a special election.
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House
Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Truman
George C. Marshall
Brooks
Rules Committee
Wherry
Martin
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Marshall
Indictments Sought In Yacht Murder Case
Orange County grand jury convened to hear Sheriff Muskick request murder indictments against George Gollum 21 and Louise Overell 17 for the yacht murder of her parents the Overells aboard a dynamite blasted vessel March 15. The couple’s daughter, USC student and sole heir of about 600000, had lived away since last September. Gollum a pre medical student at LA City College.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Orange County
James Muskick
George Gollum
Louise Overell
Gollum
Miss Overell
Walter E. Overell
University of Southern California
Los Angeles City College
Bowling Alley Burglary Reported in Logan Recreation
Police investigated a burglary at Logan Recreation bowling alley on West Main Street. Thieves shattered a rear window to enter, stole $20 from a cash register placed behind a counter and took candy.
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Logan Recreation
West Main Street
Armed Louisiana dairymen blockade milk supply strike
In New Orleans armed Louisiana dairy farmers began a price strike by blocking roads and seizing milk shipments from the Florida parishes. Thousands of gallons were spilled as a train car was dumped and trucks were stopped. Officials predicted the action would last about three weeks as guards manned entry routes.
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New Orleans
Florida
Illinois Central
Glen
Hendry
Amite
South
Russia Ignores Trustee Session At U N Council
LAKE SUCCESS March 26 Soviet Russia skipped the opening session of the United Nations trusteeship council charged with oversight of non self governing peoples. The absence of a Soviet delegate did not halt proceedings though U N officials feared bypass by major issues. No explanation was given by deputy foreign minister Andrei A. Gromyko. Some delegates suspected a delayed Russian delegation would appear later.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United Nations Trusteeship Council
U.N
Andrei A. Gromyko
Farmhand Held After Circleville Death
Circleville Ohio March 26 Charles Thompson a 31 year old farmhand from Charleston West Virginia was held without charge in the city jail while tests on the body of Edwin Gerald Rossiter of Kingston were completed. Rossiter’s body was found Monday half submerged in Harges Creek under a railroad trestle after police said Thompson had been seen drinking with him Sunday night. Thompson denied any quarrel and cops await autopsy results and lab tests. Coroner Llyod Jones said no decision yet.
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Circleville
Charles Thompson
Charleston
W. Va
Edwin Gerald Rossiter
Kingston
W. F. McCrade
Thompson
Rossiter
Harges Creek
McCrade
Llyod Jones
Minister Uses Magic To Emphasize Sermons
The Rev William Garriott a Methodist minister from Erlanger Kentucky uses sleight of hand in the pulpit to illustrate his sermons though he admits he deceives the congregation for a worthy end.
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Cincinnati
William &. Garriott
Erlanger
Herbert Refutes Ferguson Statement
Governor Thomas J. Herbert said he knew of no Democratic state employees getting two weeks paid vacation if they resigned to favor Republicans. The Columbus report dated March 26 states Herbert rejected the Ferguson claim with no evidence of such offers.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
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Allis-Chalmers
West Allis
Wis
International
Henry W. Deming
Rlicking
Schultz
VFW
Louisiana
Chicago
St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital
Nicholas Cosciato
Baby
Herbert
Ferguson
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