Two Mill Levy and Democratic Mayoral Primary Feature
Interest centers on a proposed two mill real estate tax levy for city schools approved as an emergency measure by the Logan board of education to raise funds for teachers and staff. The city primary nominates five Democrats for mayor. Polls open 6 30 A M to 6 30 P M.
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Logan Board of Education
Roger W. Friend
Harry Shaw
Waldo Durant
E. E Bright
Wilhelmine Deissle
J. M. Cooley
Warren R. Johnson
Ward M. Chase
Margaret Knapp
C. Wood Bowen
Harold Voris
Dean Collison
J. M. Meldrim
Falls Township
Two Drivers Fined By Mayor Weltner
Pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated, William E. Leonard of Logan Route 4 was fined 100 dollars and costs after arraignment before Mayor W. Denzil Weltner. Leonard was arrested last night by city police. Anthony Kozak of Cleveland, arrested Sunday night for speeding on Route 33 north of Logan by state patrol, was fined 10 dollars and costs after pleading guilty before Mayor Weltner.
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William E. Leonard
Logan
W. Denzil Weltner
Leonard
Anthony Kozak
Cleveland
Weltner
Lavon Goodlive Named New Manager at Sportsman Bar and Grill
Lavon Goodlive began duties today as manager of the Sportsman Bar and Grill located on West Main Street. He succeeds Alex Mowery who resigned after ten years of overseeing the venue since its opening.
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Lavon Goodlive
Third Street
Sportsman Bar and Grill
West Main Street
Alex Mowery
Boat Test Fatal Near Winchester
Melburn Roush aged 39 of Winchester drowned when a collapsible boat he was testing on a creek near his home overturned. The incident occurred near West Union Ohio on May 4.
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West Union
Melburn Roush
Winchester
Budget Slashed by House Group
The House appropriations committee recommended a 23 percent cut to the combined 1948 budgets of three government departments and federal courts, totaling 535,728,008. The plan urges restraint on spending, urging State to exit “the news business” and faulting Commerce for “nursing business” rather than aiding it.
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Washington
House’ Appropriations Committee
House
State Department
Commerce Department
Justice Department
Newburyport plan challenged as unsound in price cut
Two speakers on the Columbus Town Meeting broadcast attacked the Newburyport Mass plan for a general 10 percent cut in retail prices. Walter Morrow of the American Retail Federation called it an economic device. John C. Gebhart of the National Association of Manufacturers said a uniform 10 percent cut cannot correct unbalanced prices.
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Columbus
Newburyport
Mass
Walter Morrow
American Retail Federation of
Washington, D. C
Morrow
Newburyport Plan
John C. Gebhart
National Association of Manufacturers
Skeltons Welcome Baby Daughter in Santa Monica
Mrs. Red Skelton wife of the comedian gave birth to a baby girl weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces at St John's Hospital in Santa Monica at 1 30 this morning the announce says The infant is in good health and joins the family the baby is the Skeltons first child
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Santa Monica
Calif
Red Skelton
St. John’s Hospital
Nevius appeals to U S Court over Ohio bribery conviction
Jerome A. Nevius petitions the United States Supreme Court to overturn a Ohio Supreme Court ruling upholding his conviction for accepting large bribes. He alleges trial bias by the Clark County common pleas judge who he says held a financial interest in a gambling operation.
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Washington
Jerome A. Nevius
Supreme Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Nevius
High Court
Common Pleas Court
Clark County
Ohio
Nevins
Miss Agnes Wood Dies After Illness at 77
Agnes May Wood 77 died 10 PM Saturday at her home 30 East Front Street after several weeks illness. A native of Hocking County she lived in Logan and assisted sister Margaret Wood in dressmaking. Survived by brother Harry and many nieces and nephews. Services at Woodard Funeral Home 2 PM Tuesday with Rev A N Grueser. interment Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Agnes May Wood
East Front Street
Hocking County
Logan
Margaret Wood
Harry
Woodard
U S Seeks New Panama Canal Defense Pact
The United States proposed a new agreement with Panama for defense of the canal with continued use of U S bases on Panamanian territory. Further negotiation would determine base administration.
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U.S
Panama Canal
Washington
United States
Panama
Canal
Republic of Panama
Three Prisoners Flee Jackson County Jail
Three inmates escaped Jackson County jail in Jackson Ohio by forcing a door crawling through corridors and attic access to a ground ledge. Sheriff Stanley Lewis identified fugitives as Roscoe Deer Carl Seagraves and Perry Bennett all at large and linked to prior robberies and auto theft charges.
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Jackson, O
Jackson County
Stanley Lewis
Lewis
Roscoe Deer
Flatwoods
Greenup County
Carl Seagraves
Powellton
Fayette County
W. Va
Perry Bennett
Jackson
Seagraves
Bennett
Fred Elkins
Elkins
Deer
Hitchcock
Oak Hill
Chinese Break Open Rice Hoard in Shanghai Shop
In Shanghai on May 5, authorities seized hidden rice stocks in a shop as part of new measures to stabilize staple food supply in the inflation hit city. The move reflects government efforts to curb hoarding and ease shortages for residents.
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Shanghai
China
BIS Escapees Nabbed After City Crime Spree
Two 17 year old escapees from the Boys Industrial School at Lancaster were captured in Cincinnati after a three day spree. They committed a burglary fired on a farmer and stole two automobiles. Detective Chief Clem Merz reported.
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Cincinnati
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Clem Merz
30 Hour Week Demanded in Packing Industry
In Cleveland on May 5, Ralph Helstein president of the CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America urged a eventual shift to a 30 hour week at 40 hour pay. Speaking to 400 delegates from the United States and Canada he cited health and safety concerns and the trend toward lower employment. He outlined a 13 point program aimed at protecting workers and the nation, urging foresight in adopting measures for the industry.
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Cleveland
Cio-United Packinghouse Workers of America
United States
Canada
Ralph Helstein
Heistein
Train Wreck Kills 16 Australians
Sydney witnesses a catastrophic rail disaster as at least 16 picnickers die and about 60 are injured in what authorities call the worst Australian train wreck in three years.
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Sydney
Australia
Officer Kills Slayer of Four in West Virginia
Wayne West Virginia May 5 Prosecuting Attorney Lloyd Harrison reports Oliver Hurley hunted after killing four relatives near Fort Gay was slain today by a special investigator from his office An undertaker was sent to collect the body The killing occurred in a bedroom near the prior scene The dead include Hurley s three year old son Jay shot four times his estranged wife Susie Billups Hurley 34 shot three times his brother William Hurley 45 shot six times and his sister in law Nora Belle Skeens 32 shot twice Two other children including Hurley s nine month old daughter and 18 month old nephew were wounded
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Wayne
W. Va
Lloyd Harrison
Oliver Hurley
Fort Gay
Harrison
Boyd Napier
Robert L. Crown
Hurley
Jay Hurley
Susie Billups Hurley
William Hurley
Nora Belle Skeens
Kroger Supermarket Names New Acting Manager
Ned Tolliver of Nelsonville was named acting manager of the Kroger Supermarket on East Main Street today, taking over from Oscar Hartley who resigned to open an independent food store in Corning.
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Ned Tolliver
Nelsonville
Kroger
East Main Street
Oscar Hartley
Hartley
Corning
Rotary District Conference Attendance Noted in Dayton
Claude Chrisman president elect and Harley Meyer Logan Rotary Club secretary attended a district Rotary conference in Dayton today.
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Claude Chrisman
Harley Meyer
Logan Rotary Club
Dayton
Bell Company Hikes Cash Offer in Break Deadlock
Southwestern Bell proposes a cash wage increase if talks move to St Louis as NFTW unions seek a nationwide settlement. NFTW officials and government aides see momentum toward an agreement while A T and T reviews a weekly 5.14 package offer. Massillon Ohio reports long distance service disruption after two AT T cables were slashed.
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Bell Company
Washington
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
St. Louis
Henry Mayer
National Federation of Telephone Workers
New York
NFTW
A. T. & T. Long Lines
Southwestern Company
Bell System
John W. Gibson
D. L. MccCowen
Southwestern Telephone Workers Union
McCowen
Massillon
S. A. Brickley
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Stassen Opposes Greek Armament Policy
Harold E. Stassen argued against arming Greece in the $400 million aid plan and warned it could trigger civil war. He endorsed Senate approved aid but favored avoiding full scale military action and aimed to strengthen Greece’s stability to curb Communism.
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Senate
Greece
Load limits removed on state highways in Hocking County
Hocking County officials announced on Friday that load limits on state highways have been removed effective May 1. Murray D. Shafer, state director of highways, notified the board of commissioners. County auditor Harry Smith said Ohio Fuel Gas Co. won a bid to furnish a gas range for the county home.
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Hocking County
Pullman Plant Workers Strike in Worcester
One thousand production workers at the Pullman-Standard Car Mfg. Co. plant in Worcester went on strike today after contract negotiations failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Pullman-Standard Car Mfg. Co
20 Pennsylvania Infants Die In Gastro Enteritis Outbreak
Philadelphia report details 20 infant deaths from gastroenteritis in Allentown and Philadelphia. Temple University Hospital says danger to remaining 13 patients has lightened. 5 deaths occurred recently, with 17 infants treated after Sacred Heart maternity ward closure. Streptomycin used. condition of remaining infants reportedly improved.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Allentown
Temple University Hospital
Sacred Heart Hospital
Sacred Heart Maternity
Temple Hospital
Temple
Train Derailment Blocks Columbus Depot
A New York Central passenger train derailed at Union Depot in Columbus delaying the Ohio State Limited. Four Pullman cars and three coaches remained on the tracks with no injuries reported. passengers were moved to another engine and continued to New York. Fireman Joseph Marinello, 26, of Columbus, was thrown from the cab and treated for back injuries.
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Columbus
Union Depot
New York Central
Ohio State Limited
Cincinnati
New York
Joseph Marinello
High Street
Ohio towns added to air mail route expansion
All-American Aviation announced expansion of air mail and express pickup in the Ohio Valley to include 35 additional towns in Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia and Kentucky. The new points on the Pittsburgh Charleston Huntington Cincinnati route include Ironton Portsmouth and Georgetown Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
All-American Aviation, Inc
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Ironton
Portsmouth
Georgetown
C and O Official Dies After Fall Injuries
H. Neale Walters age 58, assistant superintendent of the Cincinnati division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co., died in Covington after sustaining injuries from a fall near his home last Thursday. He passed away last night, following the incident.
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Covington
H. Neale Walters
Cincinnati
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
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Ralph Stanley West
Sam Bright
Harry Casto
O. J. Meyer
Russell Howe
Lewis D. Harrison
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Skeltons
U.S. Court
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Paris
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Marshall
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Marshal
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Slayer of
Kroger Supermarket
Rotary
Mayer
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Long-Lines
American Union of Telephone Workers
Stassen
Harold E. Stassen
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Truman
Stalin
Mr. Smith
Pullman Workers
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