Detroit Mayor Pleads to End Ford Strike
Acting Detroit mayor George Edwards pressed Henry Ford II and Walter Reuther to end a five day strike by 65 000 Ford workers. He proposed three options including direct negotiations mediation by a city group and his own mediation plus urging arbitration of the speed up dispute. The move follows marches into Dearborn by 5 000 Ford workers and a rejection of earlier mediation.
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Detroit
George Edwards
Henry Ford II
Walter Reuther
Ford
Edwards
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Reuther
UAW
Labor-Management-Citizen Committee
Orville L. Hubbard
Dearborn
Ford Rouge
Hubbard
Markets at a Glance Mixed early gains eroded by wheat drops
Wheat led losses as selling wiped out early gains while corn held steady and hogs stayed active with rises to 18.90. Cattle finished unevenly up or down to 27.50, stocks fell with steels and metals under pressure, and bonds posted fractional losses.
Circus Day Off For Middletown Students
Middletown Ohio observed a circus day with no school as the Cole Brothers Circus visited town. Superintendent Wader E. Miller had established the off day years ago and today followed the same practice with no hockey games and only circus events filling the day.
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Middletown
Wader E. Miller
Cole Brothers Circus
Bia
Dairies Set New Payment Dates For Grade A Milk
Logan Home Dairy and Frasure and Brown shift Grade A payments from the 10th and 15th to the 30th and 25th respectively as they enter the Grade A market. Producers will get a statement and part payment on the 30th, with price test and full prior month payment on the 15th.
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Logan Dairies
Logan Home Dairy
Frasure and Brown
Sgt York Refuses Hospital Care Amid Illness
Sgt. Alvin C. York, famed World War I hero, is in serious condition at Pall Mall Tennessee, after suffering diarrhea, vomiting, and a recurrence of colitis. Doctors report a slight stroke, the second in a year, but York refuses hospital treatment despite family notes.
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Pall Mall
Tenn
Alvin C. York
York
Ragged Spinster Shoots Youth on Mothers' Day
Detroit dispatch reports 88 year old Emma Arnold shot 15 year old Donald Walsh and wounded eight other youths picking flowers in her yard. Arnold, described as ragged and unkempt, claimed to be a good shot and was jailed for felonious use of a deadly weapon. She had previously repelled war veterans from her property.
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Detroit
Emma Arnold
Donald Walsh
Walsh
Ronald la Rue
Miss Arnold
Three Men Die After Knifing In Cleveland
In Cleveland on May 9 a 26 year old laborer John Hrehov admitted fatally stabbing three men in a street fight with a trench knife. He and Joseph Pesek were jailed after the assault followed a birthday celebration and a dispute with six others outside a cafe. The victims were William Krese 21 Clarence Krese 24 and Robert Hardy 18. One other victim Joseph Wales 22 remained in critical condition.
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Cleveland
John Hrehov
David E. Kerr
Kerr
Hrehov
Air Force
Central Police Station
William J. Krese
Clarence Krese
Robert Hardy
Joseph Wales
James E. McArthur
Richard Kowalski
Elmer Tomazin
Gun Fight Victim Believed Deranged
Joe Stolzer, 61, killed in a gun fight with officers after fatally shooting real estate dealer David E. Sanford, 62, on his Stolzer farm near Tiffin Ohio. Deputies trapped Stolzer in a field near Findlay as eleven bullets struck him while he tried to fire on officers. Authorities say Stolzer was despondent after a head injury in Florida and worried over buying the farm from Sanford.
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Tiffin
Joe Stolzer
Seneca County
John Dysard
Stolzer
David E. Sanford
Findlay
Dysard
Florida
Sanford
Grand Jury Opens Session Today in Hocking County
The Hocking County grand jury convened for its April session at the courthouse. Seven cases were to be considered and deliberations were expected to finish by late afternoon as Prosecutor Fred A. Murray presented the state's evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking County
Grand Jury
Fred A. Murray
Cyclists to Meet Hocking Hills Roamers Club
Logan motorcycle club will hold a 7 P M Wednesday meeting at Virgil Linns used car lot. A short evening ride is planned and all riders are invited to attend.
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Hocking Hills
Logan Motorcycle Club
Virgil Linn
FEPC Battle Resumes Over Compulsory Or Educational Plan
In Columbus Ohio state representatives resume fight over the FEPC bill. The House approved a compulsory five man commission with police powers last March. the Senate amended to an educational three member panel. A conference could yield a compromise or derail FEPC legislation this session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Fair Employment Practices Commission
House
Senate
FEPC
Frank J. Lausche
House-Senate
Prisoner Hangs Self in City Prison
City prison authorities reported that Paul Timberlake, 32, hanged himself in his cell with a strip of mattress cover. He was in custody on a minor charge.
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Columbus, O
Paul Timberlake
West Germans Approve New Constitution Landmark West German charter gains final support
The Western zones back a democratic federal constitution for West Germany confirming a move toward parliamentary elections and a central authority. The document bans aggressive war, guarantees civil rights, and forbids censorship while outlining a high commissioner system and limited federal powers.
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Bom
Germany
Western Zone
West Germany
America
Beer Dealers Open National Meeting in Cincinnati
Nearly 1 000 wholesale beer dealers from 20 states began business sessions of region two at the annual meeting of the National Beer Wholesalers Association in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
National Beer Wholesalers Association
LHS Seniors Stage Meet Me in St Louis This Week
Logan High School seniors rehearse for their class play Meet Me in St Louis to be staged Thursday and Friday in the LHS auditorium. Directed by Miss Bartelle Hamilton with a different cast each night, tickets cost 45 cents and are sold by seniors or at the door.
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Alice Forster
Jayne Shriner
Donna Shaw
Martha Christman
Pat Rose
Margie Campbell
Mary Ann Beougher
Marilyn Green
Esther Goss
Don Kimble
Ronald Soliday
Mary Margaret Myers
Oil-from-Coal Plants Dedicated in Missouri
In Louisville Missouri two large demonstration coal to oil plants were dedicated with officials, military, Congress, and industry leaders in attendance. The U S Bureau of Mines developed them to ease gasoline shortages. One plant cost 10 million dollars and the other five million. They will produce diesel oil aviation gasoline and by products including alcohols and phenol. The facilities test two coal to oil conversion processes.
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Louisville
Congress
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Julius A. Krug
Interior
Highways Crowded With Autos Sunday
Traffic on U S Route 33 set a new record Sunday with an almost continuous stream of cars through Logan and crowded conditions on other routes. No accidents were reported in Hocking County and attendance records at Hocking state parks fell as motorists toured the district.
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Logan
Hocking County
Hocking State Parks
U.S
Groom Reveals Death of Mother After Ceremony
John Lamer 24 wed Constance Cronk 20 in Los Angeles. After the reception, he told the bride his mother Esther Lamer had died of a heart attack at their home an hour before the ceremony. George P. Cronk, city councilman, is Constance’s father.
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Los Angeles
John Lamer
Lamer
Constance Cronk
George P. Cronk
Louis, Jr
Suzanne
John
Esther Lamer
Two Drivers Fined by Mayor for Traffic Violations
Two motorists faced fines from Mayor Roger W. Friend. Herman Kaplinger of Columbus was fined 15 dollars and costs for speeding on U S Route 33 south of Logan, cited by state patrol. William L. Nelson of Milan was fined five dollars and costs for operating a vehicle with improper brakes, cited by city police on Culver Street.
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Roger W. Friend
Herman Kaplinger
Columbus
Logan
William L. Nelson
Milan
Culver Street
Truman urges quick action on executive reorganization bill
President Truman asks Congress to act swiftly on a bill granting power to reorganize the executive branches. In a special message to the House and Senate he says proposals should be submitted this session if any reorganization plan is to move forward.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Frazier Named Deputy Registrar in Hocking County
Mrs Jeannette Frazier of Logan is appointed deputy registrar of motor vehicles for Hocking County replacing Frank Judy who resigned Her office will be in Richards dry cleaning shop at 185 East Main Street Frazier previously served as deputy clerk of courts in the certificate of title office Londan May 9 radio reports the Russian zone commander issued an order restoring transport trade and communications in Berlin The order signed by Gen V I Chuikov lifts the blockade at 12 01 A M Thursday
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Jeannette Frazier
Logan
Hocking County
Frank Judy
Richard
East Main Street
Frazier
Londan
Moscow
Berlin
V. I. Chuikov
Appointment Announced for Hocking County Highway Superintendent
John Shaw of the county highway department was named state highways superintendent in Hocking County by Max Farley Division 10 engineer at Marietta. Shaw succeeds acting superintendent Ralph Larimer after Harry St Clair’s resignation. Other candidates included Jake Shively Sam Smith and Walter Voris.
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John Shaw
Hocking County
Max Farley
Marietta
Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Democratic Executive Committee
Ralph (Hicky) Larimer
Logan
Russell Bowers Dies Saturday Evening
Russell C. Bowers 56 an Ohio Fuel Gas Co. employee died at 6 30 PM Saturday at 564 North Walnut Street after a heart attack. A Logan native active in Meldrim and St Clair Co. and a former Sugar Grove pumping station worker, he is survived by Stella his widow two sons Earl and Wayne two brothers two sisters and one grandson. Funeral 2 PM Tuesday Logan Methodist Church with Knights of Pythias rites tonight at his residence. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery Heinlein Funeral Service.
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Russell C. Bowers
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
North Walnut Street
Mr. Bowers
Washington Township
Logan
Hocking County
Roy
Washington
Meldrim & St. Clair Co
Mulberry Street
Sugar Grove
Stella
Earl
Home
Wayne
Spokane
Wash
Nicholas E. Bowers
Near Logan
Walter Rohrer
Joe Funk
Logan Methodist Church
R. B. Wilson
Oak Grove
Heinlein
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Bowers
Methodist Church
K. of P. Lodge
Logan Flyers Take Breakfast Flight to Parkersburg
Two Logan flyers joined ten others on a breakfast flight from Port Lancaster to Parkersburg West Virginia. Pilots Earl Hansel and S. E. Angle participated. They landed at Stewart Airport near Parkersburg. Plans for a repeat flight to Sandusky next Sunday were announced.
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Logan
Port Lancaster
Parkersburg
W. Va
Earl Hansel
Lancaster
S. E. Angle
Stewart Airport
Sandusky
Hansel
Plucky 11 Year Old Fights Off Home Invader
Cleveland May 9 11 year old George Rittwage Jr tackled a prowler who attacked his sister Janet 18 in their living room. He chased the intruder outside but lost him in the darkness. Janet was treated for bruises and a scratched throat.
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Cleveland
George Rittwage, Jr
Janet
George
Truder
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