Logan Clay Plant Welcomes New Owner Leadership
Former U.S. Senator James W. Huffman headed the new ownership at Logan Clay Products Co. and assured employees and the community the plant will operate exactly as before with local management and no job changes. He and Barton Hall, the new general manager, urged full worker support.
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U.S
James W. Huffman
Logan Clay Products Co
Gene Sheffield
Mr. Huffman
Sheffield
Huffman
Logan Clay
Barton Hall
Tailoring Classes To Start Next Week In Hocking County
Mrs. Emily Van Fossan announces a six session tailoring course for women in Hocking County beginning Tuesday September 26 at 9 30 A M in the Ohio Power Co office. No materials needed for the first meeting. Edith Berry will join for the later sessions.
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Hocking County
Ohio Power Co
Emily van Fossan
Ohio State University
Edith Berry
Red Guerrillas Take Indo China Outpost
Communist led Vietminh guerrillas captured the Dong khe French outpost about 100 miles northeast of Hanoi after a weekend assault. French losses were reported at about 50 killed and 100 wounded by the semi official French News Agency.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Dongkhe
Here
Sabotage Suspected in Bethany VOA Transmitters Blast
Cincinnati report says a Sunday blast at Bethany Ohio shortwave transmitters used for Voice of America broadcasts may be professional sabotage. James D. Shouse Crosley Broadcasting Corp. board chairman cited $5,000 damage and possible tampering with a high electric fence as investigators probe the incident. FBI agents are on the case.
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Cincinnati
Voice of America
Bethany
Ohio
James D. Shouse
Shouse
Crosley Broadcasting Corp
State Department
FBI
Army calls 9 565 more junior officers nationwide
The Army yesterday ordered 9 565 captains and lieutenants to active duty, raising total reserve company grade officers summoned since the Korean war to 17 427. An additional 205 chaplain captains and 240 Army aviation officers were also activated.
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Washington
City Postmaster Frank G Brown Dies Suddenly
Francis George Brown 52 Logan postmaster died suddenly at work in the post office from coronary thrombosis. He had led a local clothing business, served as county relief director, and was appointed Logan postmaster in 1939. Survived by wife Fayetta two daughters mother sisters and one grandchild. Funeral Thursday 9 A M at St John s Church with burial at Oak Grove.
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Francis George
Frank) Brown
Logan
Mr. Brown
Logan High School
Brown Bros
Luckoff
St. John’s Holy Names Society
Knight of Columbus
Logan Kiwanis Club
Elks Lodge
Izaak Walton League
Fayetta
Richard D
Roseann) Brown
Floyd D
Mary Alice) Rheinscheid
Newark
Lucy Brown
Sumner Martin
Mary McGuinness
Belvedere
Calif
Brown
East Front Street
St. John’s Catholic Church
Charles P. Foy
Oak Grove Cemetery
Roberts
Two Men Injured In Route 664 Car Crash
Harold Saulders and Wheeler Mann were injured when their car crashed into a tree on Route 664 after steering gear failure. Mann admitted to Hocking Valley Hospital with injuries. Saulders released after treating for a fractured nose and facial injuries. An 18 year old Pleasantville driver, Lee J. Snider, escaped serious injury when a rear wheel blew off on Route 33 and the car rolled over.
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Harold Saulders
Logan
Wheeler Mann
Pleasantville
State Highway Patrol
Lee J. Snider
Hocking-Fairfield County
Brothers Reunited After Seventy Years in United Flight
Frank Baker 73 of Frederick Maryland and Harvey Baker 88 of Dayton Ohio were reunited after seven decades. Harvey left home at thirteen for Hampshire then Springfield and Dayton. A Waynesboro post office cousin facilitated the reunion yesterday restoring a long separated family bond.
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Dayton, O
Frank Baker
Frederick
Harvey Baker
Harvey
Hagerstown
Frank
Waynesboro
Five Liquor Dept agents seize 107 slot machines in New Boston raid
In New Boston Ohio 107 slot machines punch boards tip sheets and lottery tickets were seized from American Legion Post 671 on Gallia Street. John Weaver enforcement supervisor said the equipment belonged to Robert Taylor of Portsmouth and the Legion will be cited to the State Liquor Control Board.
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Columbus
Liquor Department
American Legion
New Boston
John Weaver
Cleveland
Akron-Canton
Weaver
Gallia St
John Kocevar
Ohio
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Legion Post
Legion
Kocevar
Portsmouth
Robert Taylor
American Legion Post
State Liquor Control Board
Clarence Highfield
New Boston Legion Post
Taylor
Chillicothe Soldier Killed in Korean War
Defense Department casualty list No 99 released yesterday includes Army Pfc John E Ott son of Willard Ott Route 1 Chillicothe Ohio killed in action Ott is the lone Ohio entry in the list credited to the Korean War fight on behalf of the United States military.
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Washington
Defense Department
Ohio
Army
John E. Ott
Willard Ott
Chillicothe
Kaiser-Frazer Corpraises Car Prices Increases
Kaiser-Frazer Corp announced price hikes on select car models ranging from 0.5 percent to 6 percent. The Detroit-based auto maker disclosed the adjustments effective immediately, noting no specific models in the release beyond the range.
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Detroit
Kaiser- Frazer Corp
Reds Form Phantom Division to Counter United Nations Seoul Drive
On the road to Seoul a phantom North Korean 18th Division is seen as defenders of Seoul rally against the Marine advance. POWs identify a division likely under 4 000 men as artillery, mines, and improved Soviet radio equipment surface, signaling intensified red resistance
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Reds
United Nations
Seoul
Don Whitehead
Stone Quillian
San Antonio
Tex
Allied Troops Race Reds to Seoul in Korean Capital Push
Allied liberation forces rushed river crossing equipment to seize Seoul ahead of Red defenses. Marines led a 40 090 man offensive to span the Han River with armor and infantry, moving from Inchon toward the Han shore and threatening a ring around the capital.
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Han
Tokyo
Seoul
Eds
Han River
Inchon
George E. Stratemeyer
Far East
Kimpo
Yongdongpo
State Prison Work Camps Okayed for This Area
Ohio will add four conservation work camps for penitentiary inmates in the Hocking Zaleski Tar Hollow and South Shawnee State Forests by November 1. Each camp will house 50 to 69 prisoners, increasing the total to six camps run by the natural resources and welfare departments. Existing camps are near Marietta and Green Springs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hocking
Zaleski
Tar Hollow
South Shawnee State Forests
A. W. Marion
Natural Resources
Natural Resources and Welfare Departments
Marietta
Green Springs
Hocking State Forest
Marion
Tar Hollow State Forest
South Shawnee State Forest
CCC
Ohio Draft Delinquents Face Induction Sept 29
The Ohio Selective Service ordered the induction of 567 suspected draft delinquents for September 29 in a move to clear the state's records. Col. Chester W. Goble said about 10 percent may be inducted, with cases falling into veterans, actual delinquents, and those who will report.
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Columbus
Ohio Selective Service System
Chester W. Goble
Ohio Selective Service
Hocking County
Col. Gobie
U.S. District Attorney For
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Col. Goble
Selective Service
Shumaker Named Athens County Prosecutor
James F. Shumaker a Nelsonville attorney was appointed Athens County prosecutor to serve the remaining two years of the term after Gordon B. Gray’s resignation. A native of Allen Town Pa he has practiced law since 1948 after graduating from Ohio State University law school. The appointment was made by Common Pleas Judge Harley Meyer who is serving temporarily.
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University of Chicago
Chicago
Ohio
Vic Donahey
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Sen. Burton
Columbus
Farming
Motorists Mutual Insurance Company
Gordon B. Gray
Shumaker
Allentown
Nelsonville
Ohio State University Law School
Common Pleas
Harley Meyer
Hocking County
Meyer
Athens County
Roy D. Williams
Five Day Ohio Forecast Shows Cooler Temperatures
The extended forecast predicts temperatures one to three degrees below normal with normal highs near 68 and lows around 50. Precipitation averages 4 to 1 inch, with scattered showers expected Thursday and Saturday, followed by a warming trend Thursday and cooler Friday.
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Ohio
Wage Increase Demand Seen By Steelworkers Union
The CIO United Steelworkers Union executive board meets in Pittsburgh on Thursday and Friday with expectations of pressing for wage hikes.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers Union
Tydings Wins Renomination After Primary Victory
Senator Mil lard Tydings of Maryland, chairman of the Senate armed services committee, won renomination for a fifth term. The Associated Press notes Republican rival Alexander Wiley was counted on to win Wisconsin renomination following Tydings's primary success amid criticism of his conduct in a communist in government investigation.
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Associated Press
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
Suffocates in Silo Near Hamilton
Herman Smith 34 of West Chester a farmhand suffocated today after entering a silo to trample down feed. The accident occurred in Hamilton Ohio as lines on the farm were being worked.
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Hamilton
Herman Smith
West Chester
Lausche orders partial liquor permit relief in Ohio
Gov. Lausche issued an emergency order lifting part of a long standstill on liquor permits. The Toledo railroad terminal opened recently and will soon sell mixed beverages under the new board regulation. Nine Ohio areas including parts of Licking and Ross counties are also affected.
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Columbus
Toledo
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Control Board
Lausche
Board
Big Three End State of War With Germany
Franklin D. Roosevelt era report: The United States Britain and France moved to end their state of war with Germany and to bolster Western Germany while denying a revived Western army. They warned Soviet Russia to stay out of Western Germany and Berlin, stressing that an attack there would be treated as an attack on the occupying powers.
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Germany
West Zone
Frankfurt
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Berlin
Western
Western defense ministers to form central western army
Defense ministers of Britain and France were called to New York to organize a rapid formation of a central western army. Government officials in London and Paris said the British and French ministers are likely to fly to the United States later this week, with plans for the parley not yet finalized.
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London
New York
Paris
United States
West German policy panel weighs shifts to aid Western defense
The foreign ministers urged using all or part of the force to meet current needs and reviewed prohibitions on German industry. They called for lifting cargo ship restrictions, allowing higher steel output for defense, and creating a foreign ministry to manage relations. A German army is ruled out outside a European defense framework.
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West Germany
Germany
Europe
Warren Police Chief Asked to Resign After Guilty Plea
Warren Ohio September 19 1944 A city council committee will consider the resignation demand from Councilman John Lewis after Police Chief William E Johnson 47 pleaded guilty to intoxication in Bay City Michigan and paid a 25 dollar fine. Bay City Chief Frank W Anderson said Johnson was arrested for attaching lewd pictures to a tree near a YWCA building.
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YWCA
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Athens
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