Change in Rail Rates Upheld
The Supreme Court upheld an Interstate Commerce Commission order raising rail freight rates 10 percent in the north and east and lowering them 10 percent in the south and west to the Rockies. Justice Douglas wrote the 7-2 decision read in his absence. Dissents by Justices Jackson and Frankfurter. Southern officials hailed the move as relief for local industry.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
North
South
Rockies
Douglas
Burton
Jackson
Frankfuler
Fitzgerald Rites Conducted Today
Funeral services for George Fitzgerald, 72, who died Friday, were held at 10 A M Monday in the Woodard Funeral Home with Rev Clinton Swengel officiating. Pallbearers were Barton Holl Sr Barton Holl Jr Richard Brandt Jack Kinser Joe Funk and W Denzil Weltner. Burial was made in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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George Fitzgerald
Woodard Funeral Home
Clinton Swengel
Barton Holl, Sr
Barton Holl, Jr
Richard Brandt
Jack Kinser
Joe Funk
W. Denzil Weltner
Oak Grove Cemetery
Jewish Agency and Russia Clash Over Palestine In UN Debate
The Jewish Agency for Palestine clashed with Russia Poland and Arab states in the UN General Assembly political committee. Moshe Shertok blamed the exiled Grand Mufti of Jerusalem for Nazi policy links and urged a Jewish Arab cooperation despite disputes over immediate independence and a UN inquiry. Lester Pearson guided the session toward a vote on instructions for the inquiry.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Russia
Poland
Grand Mufti of
Jerusalem
United Nations
Holy Land
General Assembly
Palestine
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
U.N. Palestine Inquiry Commission
Shertok
el Khoury
Cairo
Akron Man Accused In Triangle Slaying
Akron 25 year old James B. Moore faced a first degree murder charge in the triangle slaying of rubber worker Russell R. Friend 25 in a local rooming house. Moore confessed to entering the victim and his ex girlfriend’s room intending to kill them both and to stealing a revolver four days earlier. He said he would not allow anyone to have her.
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Four Seamen Missing From Sunken Tug W. H. McFadden
Four seamen remain missing from the eight man crew of the war surplus tug W. H. McFadden after it sank in the Strait of Juan de Fuca off Seattle. Coast Guard reports all aboard are believed to have perished.
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Seattle
W. H. McFadden
Strait of
Juan de Fuca
Coast Guard
Senate set to vote on labor disputes bill tomorrow
Washington reports the Senate agreed to vote tomorrow on passage of the general labor disputes bill. Acting Republican Leader Wherry and Senator Taft engineered the plan to end debate at 12 30 P M Eastern Daylight Time and proceed to all pending amendments before the measure itself.
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Washington
Senate
Wherry
Ned
Taft
Ohio
Trial Witness Ties May to Garsson War Fraud Case
Julius G. Raynes testified in the May Garsson war fraud trial that he gave Murray Garsson a $1,000 check in 1942 to gain an Army commission, a claim tied to an option on Cumberland Lumber Co. May denies receiving a commission or getting his money back. Harvey Schwam testified May arranged meetings with War Department officials and later sought a $25,000 loan from Murray Garsson.
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Army Service Forces
Brehon B. Somervell
May-Garsson
Washington
Somervell
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Garssons
International
Julius G. Raynes
New York
Raynes
May
Garsson
Murray and
Henry
Joseph F. Freeman
Garsson Washington
Cumberland Lumber Company
Prestonsburg
Harvey L. Schwam
The
Bronx
Patterson
Howard C. Petersen
Schwam
Murray Garsson
Army Builds Big Alaskan Bomber Base Near Fairbanks
The Army plans an $8.125 million heavy bomber airfield 26 miles southeast of Fairbanks Alaska, part of expanded northern defenses. A similar field is also being set up in Maine, extending the northern defense line two hours from the Bering Strait.
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Washington
Alaska
Bering Strait
U.S
Russia
War Department
Maine
Fairbanks
Two Men Arrested For Trailer Theft In Roseville
Roseville men Albert Thomas Jr and Heman Mills, both 26, were arrested on April 24 for allegedly stealing a two wheel trailer from the Hocking Hills Country Club. Sheriff Floyd Duffy said the trailer, owned by Bert Davis, was recovered in Roseville and Davis identified it. They face theft charges and bude arraigned today.
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Roseville
Hocking Hills Country Club
Floyd Duffy
Bert Davis
Albert Thomas, Jr
Heman Mills
Mr. Davis
Duffy
Davis
Flash flood hits Manitou Springs causing damage
Manitou Springs Colorado faced a costly flash flood that destroyed property and left one person dead. The May 12 report notes hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and ongoing cleanup as residents assess the aftermath.
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Manitou Springs
Colo
Colorado
Debutante Slouch and the Droop Threat to Office Pleasures
Columbus report on Dr. M C Beilke from the Chicago College of Osteopathy warns the modern droop causes midmorning lethargy and visceral tugs. He cites executives and secretaries as prone to slouching, urging erect posture, desk variation, and avoiding between meals snacking to curb fatigue.
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Pete Zurlinden
Columbus
M. C. Beilke
Chicago College of Osteopathy
Ohio Osteopathic Association of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. Beilke
Beilke
Rube Goldberg
Worker Falls at Foundry Injuring Lancaster Man
Lloyd W. Scholl 24 of Lancaster was seriously hurt Sunday afternoon when he crashed through the roof of Logan Foundry and Machine Co. and fell 25 feet to the floor. He fractured both arms a leg and his nose. After emergency care at Hocking Valley Hospital he was taken to Lancaster Hospital by ambulance while helping tear down a cupola and smoke stack on the roof.
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Lloyd W. Scholl
Lancaster
Logan Foundry & Machine Co
Hocking Valley Hospital
Lancaster Hospital
Mr. Scholl
Rites Held Sunday for Konkler Infant
Graveside services for nine month old Delbert Eugene Konkler, son of Mr and Mrs William Joseph Konkler Jr, were held at Fairview Cemetery with Rev Fr Charles P Foy officiating. Burial by Roberts Funeral Service. Pallbearers were Jackie Riddle Virgil Mack Herbert and Kenneth Konkler.
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Delbert Eugene Konkler
William Joseph Konkler, Jr
Charles P. Foy
Fairview Cemetery
Roberts Funeral Service
Jackie Riddle
Virgil Mack
Herbert
Kenneth Konkler
Husband Accused in Nude Slaying Case
Los Angeles police held a 36 year old husband in jail on suspicion of murdering his wife Mrs Dorothy Montgomery whose nude body was found strangled under a pepper tree in a vacant lot on May 3.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Montgomery
Churchill Depicted As Villain In New Soviet Film Release
A Moscow press excerpt reveals the Soviet script for The Battle of Stalingrad portrays Winston Churchill as the principal adversary of a western front in 1942. Roosevelt is shown opposing him, while Stalin describes a plan to bleed Germany through Africa and Italy to keep the front away.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Stalin
Britain
U.S
Europe
Russia
Moscow News
Soviet Union
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
W. Averell Harriman
Montgomery
North Africa
Africa
Algiers
Casablanca
Molotov
United States
Associated Press
Acheson Quits State Dept Job
Washington May 12. Dean Acheson resigned as undersecretary of state. President Truman named Robert A. Lovett to replace him effective June 30. Lovett, a New York banker and former assistant secretary, will take over July 1 and work with Acheson to transition. The White House released a letter of regret from the President praising Acheson’s public service.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Truman
Robert A. Lovett
Lovett
New York
White House
Acheson
Charles G. Ross
Senate
Mrs. Florence Ella Gaffney Dies at 84
Florence Ella Nell Gaffney 84 longtime Logan resident died Saturday in Columbus after a long illness. Widow of Will Gaffney she lived in Logan until moving to Columbus five years ago. Funeral 10:30 A.M. Tuesday at Shroyer Funeral Home Columbus burial Oak Grove Cemetery Logan. Survivors include many nieces and nephews.
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Florence Ella
Nell) Gaffney
Logan
Columbus
Will Gaffney
Gaffney
Shroyer
West Broad Street
Oak Grove
Herbert to Press Lokar Resignation
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert said he would hold a personal hearing if John E. Lokar did not resign as head of the Ohio Racing Commission. Officials said Lokar would have no recourse from findings. The governor has not heard back from Lokar about quitting due to liquor control disclosures. Lokar had earlier said he had not received the letter in Cleveland.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
John E. Lokar
Ohio Racing Commission
State House
Lokar
Frank J. Lausche
Department of Liquor Control
Cleveland
Tornadoes Strike Lenorah and Nearby Towns in Texas and Oklahoma
Texas and Oklahoma reported 18 injured as a swarm of small tornadoes hit four towns, damaging crops and property across Lenorah and surrounding areas.
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Lenorah
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Long Telephone Strike Plans in Ohio Fed Meeting
Leaders of the Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers called a mass meeting in Cleveland to lay plans for a long strike against the Ohio Bell Telephone Co after company actions prompted the action. The article notes ongoing labor dispute and potential walkout timing.
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Cleveland
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Logan Home Telephone Co says locals place long distance calls
John G. Collins, manager, states long distance calls are handled by local operators. In some areas hit by the telephone strike these calls are not accepted unless they are emergencies.
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John G. Collins
Logan Home Telephone Co
Cable-cutting disrupts Berea area. union faces backlash
Union officials condemned a new cable-cutting outburst as police and fire departments in Berea faced an hour of out telephone service. Walter Sparling of Ohio Bell Northeastern Avenue reported 23 long distance and 112 local cables cut in northeastern Ohio since the federation strike began April 7, calling the acts dangerous. Robert Pollack, federation president, backed Sparling and warned such actions could invite a company reward if the sabotage persists.
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Berea
Walter S. Sparling
Ohio Bell Northeastern
Ohio
Sparling
Royal return recalls coronation ten years on
Great Britain's royal family arrived in London from South Africa amid flag bedecked streets and cheering crowds. The homeward ceremony echoed the pomp of the king's coronation from ten years ago, marking a significant royal homecoming today.
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London
Great Britain
South Africa
Mad Murderess Flees Hospital for Third Time
Winnie Ruth Judd, the so called tiger woman, escaped from the Arizona State Hospital for the Insane a third time and was recaptured near the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix. Dr. John A. Larson called the escape a conivance as guards scrambled to locate her, with broad checks at bus stations, the airport, and rail hubs. Judd, 43, had killed two women in 1931 and dismembered their bodies, sending them to Los Angeles in a trunk. the latest escape occurred after she moved to new quarters ten days earlier and a second floor cell room escape was discovered at 12:30 a.m.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
State Hospital For the Insane
Los Angeles
John A. Larson
Larson
Mrs. Judd
State Hospital
Dr. Larson
Cancer Drive Ends Thursday May 15 in Hocking County
The 1947 cancer fund drive in Logan wraps up on Thursday May 15 with rural areas urged to finish by then. Logan groups raised about $1000 in Logan, with final totals pending reports. county chairman Russell Young asks rural workers to complete canvassing and residents to donate by mail to the Hocking County Cancer Society care of Roger Friend at 69 East Main Street Logan.
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Logan
Hocking County
Dayton Schultheis
Russell Young
Hocking County Cancer Society
Roger Friend
East Main Street
School Strike Ends in East Detroit Classes Resume
About 3,700 students in East Detroit schools returned to class as 115 teachers ended a week-long strike on May 12. The action halted schooling briefly, with impact on local education and community schedule.
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Detroit
Eminent American Type Designer Frederic W. Goudy Dies at 82
Frederic W. Goudy aged 82 died of heart disease in Marlboro New York. A prolific designer of about 100 type faces he shaped modern American printing. Born in Bloomington Illinois and raised in South Dakota he began in publishing with Cam elot Press in Chicago in 1895. He established Village Press in 1903 later moving to Marlboro in 1924 where he continued his influential work. He completed Scripps Italic for Scripps College and published A Half Century of Type Design Typography 1895 1945.
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N. Y
Frederic W. Goudy
Bloomington
Ill
South Dakota
Goudy
Camelot Press
Chicago
Village Press
Park Ridge
Bingham
Mass
New York City
Scripps
Scripps College
Claremont
Calif
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