Northern Ohio Outbreaks Prompt Epidemic Fears
Officials in Fostoria and nearby counties moved to curb possible outbreaks of smallpox and typhoid fever. A 73-year-old Mexican migrant, Emanuel Ibarra, died of smallpox. a Sandusky County boy aged 14 had typhoid, with four others listed as suspects. Vaccination drives were organized, vaccine stock flown from New York and shipped from Columbus Toledo Detroit, and a Mexican worker convoy was quarantined as health authorities traced contacts.
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Fostoria
Ohio
Emanuel Ibarra
Sandusky County
Columbus
Toledo
Detroit
Tifin
New York
Health officials warn typhoid risk from local watercress
Fremont and Erie County health authorities led by Health Commissioner F M Teeple warned of typhoid spread from watercress eaten from streams near Vickery Castalia. Five cases attributed to Blue Hole Castalia cress. danger rises as children sold the water plant amid epidemic concerns.
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Fremont
Sandusky County
F. M. Teeple
Erie County
Vickery-Castalia
Cress
Blue Hole
Castalia
Teeple
Services Friday For C B Pontious
Funeral services for Chauncey B Pontious 76 retired farmer who died Wednesday at his home near Adelphi will be held at 3 PM Friday from the residence Rev Joseph Bretz will officiate and burial will be in Green Summit Cemetery Adelphi He was born April 18 1870 Hallsville native and lived in Hallsville Adelphi communities He served as Colerain Township trustee and was active in Adelphi Masonic Lodge He belonged to Knights of Pythias and Order of Eastern Star Survivors include his widow Louella Bowsher Pontious and a son David B Pontious of nearby State Route 180.
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Chauncey B. Pontious
Adelphi
Joseph Bretz
Green Summit Cemetery
Hallsville
David
Martha Buchwalter Ponticus
Auglaize County
Colerain Township
Adelphi Masonic Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Order of Eastern Star
Louella Bowsher Pontious
David B. Pontious
Fire Sparks Bombard Waterloo Road Brewery
A London blaze at a Waterloo Road brewery destroyed 480000 bottles of beer after an explosion, causing widespread damage. Fire crews battled the flames as authorities investigated the cause of the blast.
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London
Waterloo Road
Ohio spending clash strains Herbert plan in legislature
In Columbus Ohio an open rift opened between Gov Thomas J Herbert and economy minded lawmakers over an 81 5 million capital improvements request that would push the 161 million surplus beyond 200 million. House leaders balk at the bill while senators debate replacing the public commission with a development division amid charges from Sen Mechem that chamber forces back Dana Taber.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Thomas J. Herbert
Paul L. Mce-Cormick
Logan
Herbert
House
Senate
Ohio Development and Publicity Commission
Commerce Department
Allen N. Corlett
Cuyahoga
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Grand Jury Indicts Lake Cabin Thieves
A Fairfield County grand jury indicted Charles and Margaret Criner a Fairfield Beach couple for concealing property allegedly stolen last winter from a Buckeye Lake cottage owned by Ford Hack Logan. Mrs Criner was arrested by Sheriff Harley Highley at a Buckeye Lake night club where she works as a waitress. Nearly all of the loot from the Hack cottage has been recovered according to the sheriff.
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Fairfield County
Fairfield Beach
Buckeye Lake
Ford Hack
Logan
Charles
Margaret Criner
City to Have Soft Water Within Another Month
Logan will receive soft water within about a month as the new water softening plant nears completion. City service director Leonard Tom urged residents to halt extra home water softening expenditures and to check for leaks while meters are installed. Billing under the new system starts next October for already fitted meters, and lawn sprinkling costs will rise with metered rates.
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Leonard Tom
Logan
Tom
Council Delays Free Water for Logan Pool
City Council took no final stand on Logan Board of Education’s request for free water for the municipal pool. A decision is expected in a few days as officials consider costs and potential fee increases to cover water, with Decoration Day opening planned.
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Logan Board of Education
Logan
City Hall
George E. Carr
Apartment Building Collapse Kills 3 in Elko
In Elko's business district a two story brick building collapsed into an adjacent excavation. Three people died and four were injured as the scene drew Sheriff C L Smith and Elko Free Press editor Chris Sheerin noted the new 10 foot deep trench may have undermined the foundation. Names tentatively identified include Ralph Nielsen Beatrice Nielsen and Mrs Robert Norris.
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Elko
C. L. Smith
Elko County
Ralph Nielsen
Beatrice Nielsen
Nielsen
Robert Norris
Chris Sheerin
The
Elko Free Press
Baby Richard Tomczuk Returns to Connecticut After Family Custody Twist
In Ashtabula County Ohio a baby named Richard Tomczuk travels with both parents after long cross country moves. Chester Tomczuk, the father, and Hazel Tomczuk, the mother, testify who took the child and how custody disputes shaped the journey. The trio plans to await divorce outcomes in Meriden Connecticut.
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Jefferson, O
Richard Tomczuk
Meriden
Conn
Little Richard
Ashtabula
Richard
San Diego
Calif
Chester Tomczuk
Hazel Tomcczuk
Erie
Ohio
Tomczuk
Connecticut
Greek Aid Bill Heads to Truman for Greece Turkey Funding
Congress approved a 400 million dollar program to aid Greece and Turkey against Communism. The bill moved to President Truman as conferees worked to resolve House Senate differences. A separate relief bill sought 350 million for six European and Asian nations, with a dispute over 150 million between chambers.
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Washington
Congress
Whi
House
Greece
Turke
Senate
Europe
Asia
Truman
White House
Soldier Confesses Strangulation Killing in Illinois
In Rantoul Illinois 17 year old soldier Socorro Villagran admitted stabbing beating and strangling 21 year old beauty operator Edna Lucille Kietzman after a quarrel over drinking habits Her body lay in an alley near her rooming house with a clothesline wound and signs of assault The suspect has been held on murder charges awaiting further proceedings by State's Attorney John J Bresee Edna Kietzman was described as attractive and 21 years old An Army recruit stationed near Chanute Field for six weeks Villagran served since last December
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Rantoul
Ill
Soccoro Villagran
Edna _ Lucille Kietzman
John J. Bresee
Villagran
Chanute Field
Miss Kietzman
Jewish Mines Kill 2 British Officers in Palestine
Mines planted by Jewish underground wrecked two Palestine trains, killed two British officers, injured five more, and damaged bridges disrupting railway service in the Holy Land. Unexploded mines were found near Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as officials warned of a possible large scale attack timed to the UN Palestine session ending. The two officers died near Acre as a bomb squad worked to clear a mine.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
Tel Aviv
United Nations Assembly
Acre
United Nations Forms Neutral Palestine Inquiry Commission
The United Nations Assembly created an 11 nation neutral Palestine inquiry commission and adjourned its 18 day session. Arab protests and refusals to support a temporary truce accompanied the vote 46 to 7 with Siam abstaining. The panel will investigate on the spot and report by September.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
Palestine Inquiry Commission
Assembly
Holy Land
Inquiry Commission
Palestine
Syria
Egypt
Lebanon
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Afghanistan
Siam
Movie Unit to Move Into Lancaster May 30
A preliminary group of about 60 will arrive May 30 in Lancaster to begin filming the 20th Century-Fox technicolor picture Green Grass of Wyoming. Lancaster fairgrounds will serve as the racing scene setting. Shooting is slated to start June 2 with Robert Bassler as producer and Louis King as director.
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Robert Bassler
Louis King
Wife of Artist Mysteriously Slain
The body of Mrs. Paul R. Refoule, 31, wife of a French artist, was found face-up in Peachtree Creek by police bloodhounds. Fulton County Sheriff Capt. Fred Bradford said she appeared strangled by a rope though none was left at the scene and her shoes were bound with laces.
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Atlanta
Paul R. Refoule
Peachtree Creek
Fulton County
Fred Bradford
France
Official resignations shift in U S Treasury
Washington reports Joseph D. Nunan Jr resigns as commissioner of internal revenue effective June 30. President Truman names George J Schoensman to succeed him, marking a high level personnel change in the tax agency.
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Washington
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr
Internal Revenue
Truman
George J. Schoensman
Mail Carrier Freed in West Virginia Murder Verdict
Oscar Cosner, a 36 year old mailman, was acquitted of murdering his wife Hazel, 31, and is free to start anew with his three sons in KeYser West Virginia after the verdict on May 15.
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Keyser
W. Va
Oscar Cosner
Hazel
Tornadoes carve five mile wide path in Licking County
A tornado blasted a five mile wide swath between Johnstown and Alexandria in Licking County last night. The storm damaged farm homes barns and buildings with one roof carried half a mile and an entire house lifted 150 feet. No injuries were reported.
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Newark
Johnstown
Alexandria
Licking County
Freeman Acquitted Defendant to Aid May Garssons
Joseph F. Freeman munitions agent acquitted in the May Garsson bribery trial will testify for the other three defendants. Justice Schweinhaut granted Freeman's acquittal motion while denying similar motions for former Kentucky congressman Andrew Jackson May and arms makers Henry and Murray Garsson.
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Washington
Joseph F. Freeman
German Food Crisis Grows in Gravity
German officials proposed a temporary slash in rations in the British and American zones as experts from both zones met in emergency session on western Germany’s grave food crisis. London sources said British troops would move to crush a large scale black market blamed for the critical situation.
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Frankfurt
Germany
London
Bus Line Approved in Ohio Route Extensions
The State Utilities Commission granted Blue Arrow Bus Lines permission to carry passengers from Athens to Mineral and Carbondale and to the junction of Routes 56 and 75 in Vinton County.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Blue Arrow Bus Lines
Athens
Mineral and Carbondale
Vinton County
Farmer Albert Stroh Hangs Self at Ohio Farm
Albert Stroh aged 54 hanged himself at his farm four miles west of Wapakoneta Ohio yesterday. Acting coroner Dr R C Hunter said despondency from rain delays in planting spring crops contributed to the suicide.
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Wapakoneta
Albert Stroh
Here
R. C. Hunter
Stroh
Lewis agrees to talks with 75 percent of coal operators
John L. Lewis moved to bargaining with about three quarters of the soft coal industry and a joint conference with operators and United Mine Workers is to open tomorrow. The Southern Producers oppose full industry-wide talks. Navy Captain Collisson announced the development as a path to avert a strike before private ownership resumes.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
Navy
N. H. Collisson
Federal
Collisson
UMW
U.S. Steel
Charles O'Neill
Fire in Rome Kills 26 at Minerva Film Co offices
Rome fire dept reports at least 26 killed and 25 injured when a flash fire engulfed the Minerva Film Co offices minutes before quitting time. Dozens more may be buried in the ruins as charred bodies were found in crouching positions.
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Rome
Rome Fire Department
Minerva Film Co
Ohio Tornado Loss Small Despite Twister Prevalence
Ohio faces high tornado risk but meteorologists say it would take 5 000 years to devastate one percent of the state at current rates. The Lorain Sandusky disaster of 1924 remains the deadliest, with 85 deaths and 12 million dollars in damage.
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Ohio
Columbus, CO
Columbus
George Mindling
Lorain-Sandusky
Findlay
Mindling
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Coney Island
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Colo
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Kenneth Romney
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George Bender
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Ezra van Horn
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