Soft Coal Miners Prepare to Observe Mourning Shutdown
The AFL United Mine Workers orders a six day work stoppage to honor 111 killed in the Centralia Illinois mine disaster. Interior Secretary Krug and industry leaders foresee potential fuel shortages as Coke supplies may be reduced at steel plants and mine safety investigations proceed.
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Associated Press
Centralia
Ill
AFL United Mine Workers Union
UMW
John L. Lewis
Krug
Senate
Five Persons Fined By Mayor Weltner
Five men were fined by Mayor W D Weltner over the weekend for alcohol related offenses. Paul G Truax of Route 1 Logan received 100 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated and a 30 day jail term was suspended. Paul R Voris of Logan was fined 25 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty to intoxication fighting and disorderly conduct. Three other men charged with intoxication were fined 5 dollars plus costs each.
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W. Denzil Weltner
Paul G. Truax
Logan
Weltner
West Hunter Street
Paul R. Voris
Main Street
Telephone Strike Appears Certain
NEW YORK. March 31. The contract of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company with 20 000 long lines workers in 42 states ends at midnight. Union president says it looks very much as though they will walk out at 6 A M on April 7 as planned. John J. Morgan, president of the American Union of Telephone Workers, said a meeting with company negotiators ended in a stalemate on both sides.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
John J. Morgan
American Union of Telephone Workers
Independent
Storm Victim Found In Akron Blizzard Tragedy
Spring sun melted snow to reveal the body of William Powell, 50, an employee of Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, who froze to death while trying to walk home during last Tuesday's blizzard in Akron Ohio.
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Akron
William Powell
Powell
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
Blaze Destroys Two Homes Sunday in New Straitsville
A Sunday morning fire in New Straitsville destroyed two adjacent houses owned by Fred Bailey and Virgil Collins with damage estimated in the thousands. The vacant Bailey house is believed to be the origin, spreading to Collins’s home as hundreds of volunteers assisted the local fire department. Collins’s belongings were moved to safety and the fire was contained before threatening the Beck residence nearby.
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New Straitsville
Fred Bailey
Virgil Collins
Bailey
Collins
Job Training Vets To Get Tool Kits
The War Assets Administration has turned over hand tools worth 1,000,000 for use in the Veterans Administration training program in the tri state area. Ralph H. Stone reports 70,199 veterans are under job training, including 40,091 in Ohio. Tools will be packaged into 14,600 kits for occupations such as machinists painters carpenters metal workers leather workers and watchmaking.
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Columbus
War Assets Administration
Veterans Administration
Ralph H. Stone
Ohio
Michigan - Kentucky
Stone
Tri-State
Burns Kill War Bride in Columbus Fire
A British war bride, Mrs. Carl Morris of Pickerington Fairfield County, died in St. Francis Hospital from burns suffered in an explosion and fire at her home the previous day.
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Columbus, O
Carl Morris
Pickerington
Fairfield County
Columbus
St. Francis Hospital
Milk Price Cut In Bellefontaine Dairies Announce Reduction
BELLEFONTAINE O March 31 Dairies here today announced a one cent cut in the price of milk to 17 cents a quart. The price drop becomes effective tomorrow.
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Bellefontaine, O
Marshall Breaks With Russia Over Reparations Ultimatum
U S Secretary of State Marshall bluntly denounced Soviet Russia for issuing an ultimatum to the foreign ministers council. He warned against immovable positions and urged a real meeting of minds to carry out agreed terms. He faulted France for demanding Ruhr coal and warned that Soviet proposals to cut German imports would starve Germany toward 1100 calories daily.
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Moscow
U. S
Marshall
Soviet Russia
Foreign Ministers Council
Secretary of State
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Council For the Unification
Germany
Ruhr
Traffic Toll Down in United States
The National Safety Council announced that 4,510 people were killed in traffic accidents in January and February in the United States. This marks a 17 percent drop from the first two months of 1946 and a 19 percent drop from the same period in 1941.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
United States
Legume Seed Research Project At OSU
Ohio State University announced a new Legume Seed Research Project in Columbus to improve clovers and alfalfa in a humid climate. Dean John Cunningham said a seven scientist team will study how weather, climate, soil and insects affect seed production and pollination including potential dual role bees to boost honey quality.
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Columbus
John F. Cunningham
Ohio State University College of Agriculture
Dean Cunningham
Emergency War Powers End as Act Expires
President Truman loses the broad wartime authority to ration and allocate scarce materials as the Second War Powers Act nears its sunset. Congress moves to extend some controls like sugar rationing and price control until October 31 while many postwar programs end at midnight.
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Act
Washington
Truman
White House
Congress
Flu Peak Over Reopens Schools in Logan and Hocking
As the influenza peak ends, Logan and Hocking County schools resume operations. City superintendent George E. Carr says city attendance is 4 percent below normal, far better than expected, with St. John’s Parochial School also reporting higher attendance. No county reports yet, but spot checks show improved attendance from last week. County health commissioner Dr. H. G. Southard warns to treat colds and mild influenza carefully.
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Logan
Hocking County
George E. Carr
St. John’s
Charles Foy
S. H. Dillon
New Hindu Moslem Violence Breaks Out in Bombay
Fresh outbreaks in Bombay raise casualties to 42 killed and 144 wounded in 36 hours, with Calcutta and Cawnpore adding nine deaths and 50 wounded. British troops patrol as police fire into rioting mobs and public gatherings are banned, amid arson, stabbings, and gang clashes.
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Bombay
Calcutta
Cawnpore
Additional German Miners Stage Strike
ESSEN Germany March 31 About 2000 German miners struck today at Dortmund to enforce demands for increased food for their families 4000 others returned to four pits that had been closed Some 10000 persons including railway and wagon factory workers marched through the streets of Krefeld protesting food shortages A similar demonstration was planned later today in Duisburg A protest was canceled at Cologne The coal output fell from 238000 tons on March 21 to 231000 tons on March 28 roughly the late February average Current production may be lower as Saturday figures were not compiled when the protests began
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Essen
Germany
Dortmund
Krefeld
Rhine
Duisburg
Cologne
Sugar Rationing Cuts Extended to October 23
The House approved compromise legislation to continue sugar allocation and price control until October 23 to prevent rationing expiration at midnight. Also, airline fares rise 10 percent at midnight to return to 1944 levels after CAB approval. Churchill backs Attlee amid Labor revolt over peacetime conscription. Supreme Court upholds imprisonment order for a Penfield executive. Haupt’s treason conviction stands with life sentence and $10,000 fine.
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Washington
House
Supreme Court
Hans Max Haupt
Haupt
Chicago
Missing 18,000 dollar bus vanishes across states
A 44 passenger diesel bus worth $18,000 vanished from its Bronx route Friday with driver William Cimillo 37 missing. Police across 11 states search from Hackensack New Jersey to New York. Surface Transportation Corporation president Victor McQuiston calls the incident unprecedented.
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New York
Bronx
William Cimillo
Surface Transportation Corporation
Hackensack
N. J
Victor McQuiston
Arson Suspected In Columbus Fires
Firemen began a probe into two weekend blazes in Columbus that caused an estimated 200000 dollars in damage. A man was held by police on arson suspicions as flames at Ohio Furniture Co and Fruehaut Trailer Co raged, injuring a firefighter and forcing 14 people from nearby apartments. One suspect fled when questioned as firefighters raised a ladder.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio Furniture Co
Fruehaut Trailer Co
Charles Riley
Furniture Company
Riley
Midnight Deadline for 1946 Auto Tags
Charles S. Chidhester, deputy registrar for Hocking County, said about 2,400 license plates have been sold and roughly 200 remain. Cars cannot be operated on old plates after midnight tonight, and the office stays open until 8 P M to issue new plates. Two plates were issued this year for the first time since the war.
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Charles S. Chidhester
Hocking County
Chidester
Body of Missing Woman Is Found
The body of Grace Schwegler, 49, of Euclid, missing two and a half months, was found buried in sand on a Lake Erie shore in Willoughby Township. Relatives identified the body and Dr. Paul Reading, Lake County coroner, ruled death by drowning, noting a note she left January 11 suggesting suicide.
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Cleveland
Grace Schwegler
Euclid
Lake Erie
Willoughby Township
Paul Reading
Painesville
Lake County
Schwegler
Civil War Vet Fred Pfiester Dies at 101 in Cincinnati
Fred Pfiester, 101, the last Civil War veteran in Cincinnati, died at his home. A former state commander of the GAR in 1937, he last attended a GAR national convention in 1945.
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Cincinnati
Fred Pfiester
The
GAR
Pfiester
Couple Injured in Route 33 Collision Near Logan
A Logan couple Edward Angle 44 and Kathryn Angle 39 suffered head and ear lacerations a hip laceration and shock after a collision with a truck driven by Alma Burt 41 on U S Route 33 near Logan. Burt faces a driving while intoxicated charge and will be arraigned before Judge Harley Meyer. Both cars overturned in a ditch about one and a half miles east of Logan.
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Logan
U.S
Duffy
Alma Burt
Harley Meyer
Court of Common Pleas
Angle West
Burt
Haifa Oil Fire Exacerbates Palestine Turmoil
Blasts at Haifa port ignite eight storage tanks along the Iraq Petroleum Company pipeline section. British authorities move to deport 1500 uncertified Jewish immigrants to Cyprus as Sixth Airborne Division troops escort them toward Cyprus-bound transports. Unofficial damage reaches up to 4 million pounds.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Cyprus
Iraq Petroleum Company
Sixth Airborne Division
Trains Cut Off as 15 Passenger Runs Dropped
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced that fifteen passenger trains will be dropped from schedules April 27 due to losses. All routes serve eastern Pennsylvania New Jersey and Maryland.
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Philadelphia
The
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Selective Service System Ends At Midnight With Demobilization
The Selective Service System ceases to exist as a draft agency at midnight, becoming only a record-keeping body. Since last October there have been no draft calls, and President Truman urged Congress to let the act die. The Army remains the principal beneficiary of the draft, currently at 1,161,000 troops with 117,000 non-effectives, while the coming year’s average strength is set at about 1,970,900 versus the wartime peak of 8,309,000.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Navy
State Registrar Says Deliveries Ten Days Late
State Registrar Edward T. Fogo blasted the post and claimed delays in 1947 truck license plate shipments across Ohio. Columbus postal boss Lewis W. Baker denied statewide bottlenecks while noting a rush that strained mail operations. Prison paint delays held up 10 000 dealer plates though painting finished yesterday.
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Columbus
Edward T. Fogo
Fogo
State Motor Vehicle Department
Lewis W. Baker
Bureau
Motor Vehicle Department
Ohio Penitentiary
Delegation Attends Health Conference in Columbus
A delegation from Logan and Hocking County rural groups attended the opening session of the annual state health conference at the Southern Hotel in Columbus. Led by James R. Smoot, county extension agent, attendees included Miss Enid Swarner Mrs. C. W. Skinner Relna Derr and Mrs. Neal Shaw. The conference continues through Tuesday.
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Logan
Hocking County
Southern Hotel
Columbus
James R. Smoot
Enid Swarner
C. W. Skinner
Relna Derr
Neal Shaw
Arbitration Board Seeks Strike End in Cincinnati
A 10 member citizens arbitration board will meet again tonight to settle issues behind a grade school students strike. More than 500 North College Hill junior and senior high students began the walkout March 19 in protest of the suburban school board's decision not to renew Dr William Cook as superintendent.
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Cincinnati
Citizens’ Arbitration Board
North College Hill
Board of Education
William Cook
Thee Schools
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Winston Churchill
Attlee
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