Death Claims Ben Wellman of Logan
Benjamin Franklin Wellman 67 of Logan died at 6 10 A M Friday at his home after four months of ill health He founded the Wellman shoe store on Market Street and later worked in the shoe department at Logan Mutual Store Survivors include his wife Bertha three sisters Emma Mary and Mrs E M Martin and two brothers John and Ed Also one sister Anna preceded him in death Funeral services Tuesday at 10 A M in Woodard Funeral Home with Rev Henry Carr officiating burial in Oak Grove Cemetery
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Benjamin Franklin Wellman
Logan
South Market Street
Mr. Wellman
John and
Rosanna Wellman
Wellman Shoe Store
Preesariand Church
Logan Mutual
Bertha
Emma
Mary Wellman
E. M. Martin
John
Ed Wellman
Anna Wellman
Woodard Funeral Home
Henry Carr
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mine Accident Kills John A. Roberts 29
John Allen Roberts a 29 year old New Straitsville coal miner died after slipping 40 feet from a Sunny Hill Coal Co tipple near New Lexington He was an overseas World War II veteran and lifelong resident of New Straitsville Surviving are his wife Wanda four sons one daughter and two sisters Funeral services were set for 2 PM Sunday at the New Straitsville Methodist Church with burial in New Straitsville Cemetery and military rites by the American Legion post 510
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John Allen Roberts
New Straitsville
Sunny Hill
Police Chief Ouster Proceedings Dropped
Safety Director William F. Smith said no move to suspend or discharge Police Chief George J. Matowitz will be made because he refused to postpone his vacation. The action was dropped in Cleveland as of Sept. 3.
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Cleveland
William F. Smith
George J. Matowitz
Fire damages shed on East Second Street property
A small blaze caused by a cigarette tossed into dry grass at the rear of a shed on Mrs. Jessie Barber's property at 153 East Second Street. Firemen reported $20 damage with the incident noted today.
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Jessie Barber
East Second Street
Russians Said Preparing to Lift Blockade
Berlin reports say the Russians are arranging technical steps to lift the 72 day blockade of Berlin. Officials note no date for reopening the rail lifeline from Helmstedt and the east west canal. German and American authorities caution joint decisions depend on talks in Moscow and Washington.
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Berlin
Soviet Zone
Merican Transport
Sai
Helmstedt
Moscow
Ruhr
Germany
Two Swift & Co Workers Plead Guilty in Hot Ham Case
In Columbus Ohio Theodore Cooper and Paul Thacker admitted grand larceny for stealing meat from the Swift & Co plant to feed their families. Judge Myron B Gessman deferred sentence as other defendants entered pleas of innocent in the case.
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Columbus
Swift & Co
Theodore Cooper
Paul Thacker
Myron B. Gessaman
Lancaster
Herell Jeffreys
Harry Jennings
David Halderman
Joseph Burke
Swift
Ralph J. Bartlett
Truman Defends Record as Campaign Slugfest Intensifies
President Truman fought back at GOP charges on communists high prices health insurance and the St. Lawrence Seaway telling reporters the charges were false and promising to prove the red scare claims before election day. He clashed with Governor Dewey and Harold Stassen over price policies and farm supports while noting a slight wholesale price drop and a 9.4 percent rise versus last year. He accused Stassen of trying to raise food prices and said Democrats would defend the farm price support program.
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Washington
Truman
St. Lawrence Seaway
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Harold E. Stassen
Dewey
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Stassen
Brannon
Congress
Albany
Agriculture Department
Tobin to Speak at CIO Rally in Chippewa Lake Park
Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin will address a CIO council rally at Chippewa Lake Park Monday night after a radio speech in Akron. The event marks Tobin's Labor Day week visit to Ohio.
Record Breaking Fair Ends With Promise of New Grounds
The 94th Ohio State fair closes with Gov. Thomas J. Herbert urging a new fairgrounds by 1950. Attendance hit 71,554 as exhibits and harness races drew crowds. Long Girl of the Gay Acres Stable won the Governor's Cup for three year olds in a day of festivities.
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Columbus
Ed Bath
Ohio State University
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Long Girl
Gay Acres
Wooster
NLRB Seeks Court Backing in Hiring Hall Ruling
The National Labor Relations Board asked the New York circuit court to enforce its order against the CIO National Maritime Union over using a union hiring hall. The board found the practice discriminatory against nonunion applicants, effectively creating a closed shop on the Great Lakes and coastwise routes.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Circuit Court of Appeals
New York City
Cio-National Maritime Union
NLRB
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
NMU
Atlantic, Gulf and Great Lakes
Obituary for John Kleinschmidt 81 Logan bricklayer
John Kleinschmidt 81 a Logan native and bricklayer died 1 30 PM Thursday at his home 504 East Main Street after a long illness He lived here most of his life except 15 years at a New Lexington tile plant He was a 50 year Elks member and St Matthew Lutheran Church survivor includes sister Mrs Arthur Schenck of Columbus and several nieces and nephews services 2 PM Saturday Roberts Funeral Home with Elks rites Friday at the funeral home burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
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John Kleinschmidt
Logan
East Main Street
Kleinschmidt
Elks
Markets At A Glance Wheat Corn Hogs Cattle Stocks
Wheat steady on short covering. Corn September down sharply with other months easing. Oats mixed with light trade. Hogs fairly active 25 to 50 cents higher top 29.50. Cattle steady to 25 cents higher with choice absent. Stocks lower as leaders drift lower.
Truman Urges Nation Adopt Health Program
President Truman backs a 10 year plan to expand medical services through compulsory insurance and increased federal, state, and local funding. The proposal, led by Oscar R. Ewing, would start with social security eligible workers and aim to cover all citizens with a tax on earnings. Critics call it political, while supporters cite broad medical access goals.
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Washington
Truman
Oscar R. Ewing
White House
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
Ewing
FSA
National Health Assembly
Struck Milk Plant Remains Closed in Logan
The Logan Home Dairy plant stayed closed with no deliveries after a Tuesday street clash that injured Adcock brothers and union rep G A Hughes. Owners Joseph and James Adcock were away, and the company agreed to close pending arbitration of the dispute.
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Logan Home Dairy
Joseph
James Adcock
East Main Street
Adcock Brothers
G. A. Hughes
Dairy, Bakery and Food Workers Union
CIO
Mr. Hughes
Manslaughter Charged After Ice-Pick Killing
Buck Allen Jester, 33, was charged with first degree manslaughter in municipal court for the ice-pick stabbing death of Hubbard Reese, 35, on a country road near Canton. Jester is hospitalized with stab wounds.
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Canton
Buck Allen Jester
Hubbard Reese
Jester
Schuman Abandons Try To Form French Cabinet
Paris Sept 3 Premier-designate Robert Schuman abandoned today his attempts to form a new French government after futile talks with party leaders. Despite Assembly support the Socialists refused to join over wage and price policy, leaving France without a government since Andre Marie resigned last Saturday.
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Schuman
Paris
Robert Schuman
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Vincent Auriol
National Assembly
France
Andre Marie
Marie
Defiance County Fair Levy Considered To Save Event
Defiance County Agricultural Society directors propose a three year half mill levy on November ballots to fund the county fair which shows a three year deficit and a current debt of 20140 dollars. They say existing funds would barely cover the 2790 dollar federal excise tax for this year’s exhibition.
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Defiance
Defiance County Agricultural Society
Electrical Workers Union Handed Defeat at Royal Typewriter Plant
In Hartford the CIO United Electrical Workers suffered a major defeat after internal row over communism. The rival CIO United Automobile Workers claims it won as the workers' bargaining agent at the Royal Typewriter Plant by an overwhelming majority.
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Hartford
Conn
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Royal Typewriter
United Automobile Workers
Royal
Benjamin Evans Sr Dies at 75 After Long Railroad Career
Benjamin F Evans Sr 75 retired railroad conductor died at midnight Thursday at his home 951 West Hunter Street after a long illness He lived in Logan many years worked 45 years for Hocking Valley Railroad and later Chesapeake and Ohio retired eight years ago His wife Dora died in 1940 Survived by three sons Lawrence Ben Jr and Cloyd a daughter Mrs John Scott a brother William and sister Mrs Pat Galvin four grandchildren and one great grandchild Burial in Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville service Monday at Roberts Funeral Home.
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Benjamin F. Evans, Sr
West
Hunter Street
Ironton
Mr. Evans
Logan
Old Hocking Valley Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio
Dora Frances Evans
Roberts Funeral Home
A. N. Grueser
Greenlawn Cemetery
Nelsonville
Lawrence
Ben, Jr
Cloyd
Akron
John Scott
Drayton Plains
Mich
William
Pat Galvin
Columbus
Trucker Held in Interstate Theft Case in Cincinnati
Frank Willis Harden, 26, a New York truck driver, is detained in Cincinnati on charges of interstate theft. The FBI said Harden stole household goods from a shipment he was transporting from New York.
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Cincinnati
Frank Willis Harden
New York
FBI
Harden
Eduard Benes Dies Founder of Czechoslovakia At 64
Prague reports the death of Eduard Benes at his Sezimovo country home at 6 10 P M He helped found Czechoslovakia in 1918 and served twice as president He resigned last June amid a communist draft constitution His death followed a stroke and a recent coup easing resignation by Prime Minister Gottwald His wife was at his side as the cabinet prepared funeral arrangements accompanied by broadcasts and hymns.
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Prague
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Sezimovo
Benes
Jan Masaryk
Thomas Masaryk
Czechoslovak Republic
Klement Gottwald
Adolf Hitler
Munich
United States
Britain
Russia
Soviet Union
Antonin Zapotocky
Hurricane Warnings Up Along Louisiana Coast
Bulletin reports hurricane warnings along the Louisiana coast from the Mississippi River to Vermilion Bay as a Gulf storm strengthens. Southeast warnings extend from Mobile to New Orleans and northwest toward Vermilion Bay and Galveston. Centered about 350 miles east of Brownsville moving north at 8 to 10 mph. Dangerous winds and tides expected in the display area Saturday morning.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Vermilion Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile
Ala
Galveston
Brownsville
Texas
Drive Head Named For 1949 March of Dimes Campaign
Richard L. Koresen of Cleveland will head Ohio’s 1949 March of Dimes campaign again. He leads the drive as the campaign resumes with local chapters supporting newborn health and polio prevention efforts.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Richard L. Koresen
Nude woman on Capitol ledge refused jump rescue
Capitol police seized a nude woman described as a 30 year old brunette on the fourth floor ledge of the Senate law library. She tossed coins from her purse before surrendering after brief resistance and identifying herself as Dorothy P. Smith of Malone New York.
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Washington
Capitol Police
Senate Law Library
William J. Broderick
Dorothy P. Smith
Malone
N. Y
Walter S. Linscott
At. Binder
The
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Juliana
Holland
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
Wilson
William O’dwyer
Ben Wellman
John A. Roberts
House un-American Activities Committee
U. S
Mr. Truman
Agriculture Brannan
Tobin
Arthur Schenck
Nation
John M. Pratt
National Physicians Committee
Chicago
Nell Murphy
Los Angeles County Fair
International Soundphoto
Electrical Workers Union
Benjamin Evans, Sr
Republic
Senate
Capitol
Linscott
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