Federal Move Aims to End Rail Strike Across Nation
The National Mediation Board will open meetings in Chicago with carriers and 16 non operating brotherhoods to settle wages and hours for about 1 000 000 rail workers. Brotherhoods seek 25 cent wage hike, 40 hour week, time and a half Saturdays and double time Sundays and holidays. Trucking, CIO oil workers, and longshoremen disputes form a wider national labor front.
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National Mediation Board
Carriers’ Committee
Chicago
Rail Brotherhoods
Brotherhoods
CIO Oil
CIO
Turkish Fleet May Get U S Destroyers
Diplomatic officials said Washington is nearing final negotiations to transfer several modern American destroyers to Turkey under the Greek Turkish military aid program. The ships would boost Turkish striking power for guarding the Dardanelles, following the prior spring transfer of four long range submarines and eight minesweepers to Ankara.
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Washington
Turkey
U. S. Navy
Town Hall Becomes Makeshift Miami Classroom
Oxford Ohio September 21 1930s community use town hall as temporary Miami University classroom due to record enrollment of 3350 students and delay in Upham Hall completion caused by labor difficulties.
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Oxford
Miami University
Unnqnity
Abor
Upham Hall
Crane Crushes Worker at Portsmouth Steel Plant
A crane fatally crushed Richard Barber, 26, an electrician, at the Portsmouth Steel Corp. plant yesterday. Police said the accident occurred during shift work in Portsmouth.
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Portsmouth
Richard Barber
Portsmouth Steel Corp
Ground Signals Hint Lost Fliers Alive
Plans accelerated to parachute rescuers into the Manitoba wilderness after ground signals revived hopes for five people missing since a September 12 Navy plane vanished between Churchill and The Pas. A search plane spotted flashing mirrors and cloth strips near Skownan indicating a location about 25 miles east. Villagers could not confirm the fliers’ safety.
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Pas
Man
Manitoba
Skownan
Here
Churchill
Girl's Sixteenth Birthday Party Ends in Tragedy
In Toledo Ohio Joanne Sutton 16 became the center of a family tragedy when her father Charles Sutton 43 shot her mother Dorothy 39 in the cheek and shoulder then killed himself Detective Captain Ralph Murphy reported Coroner Paul G Hohly ruled death by his own hand The couple had been separated and the mother said her husband fired the revolver after she refused to let him attend the party
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Toledo
Joanne Sutton
Charles Sutton
Dorothy
Ralph R. Murphy
Murphy
Supersonic Pilot Dies of Injuries in Crash
Air Force Captain James P. Fitz-Gerald aged 28 died from injuries sustained in a September 9 crash at Van Nuys airport during a test flight. He had been unconscious since the accident and died at Birmingham Veterans Hospital. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg noted his unit had penetrated the sonic barrier during XS-1 tests.
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van Nuys
Calif
Air Force
James P. Fitz-Gerald
Iron Muroc
Birmingham Veterans Hospital
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Fitz-Gerald
Schoolgirls Shun Homemaking Courses
At the Ohio PTA convention in Cleveland Mrs. John E. Hayes notes that only 12 percent of schoolgirls take homemaking courses though about 33 percent of the nation’s girls eventually marry. She cites lack of incentive rather than absence of offerings.
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Cleveland
National
Parent-Teachers Association
PTA
John E. Hayes
Twin Falls
Idaho
Western Pageantry to Greet Warren in Columbus Visit
Gov. Earl Warren, Republican vice presidential nominee, arrives in Columbus for a 4 P.M. program at the statehouse. A 50 horse Western parade, cowboy costumes, and a gav ered wagon will lead the welcome with Mayor Rhodes promising a distinct reception. The Warren party includes Mrs. Warren, Virginia Warren, and Sen. Knowland amid a delegations from county Republican groups.
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Columbus
Earl Warren
California
James A. Rhodes
Warren
Middle West
East
Statehouse
Gov. Warren
Union Station
Thomas J. Herbert
Warrens
Virginia
U. S
William F. Knowland
Warren Party
U. S. Se Taft
German Reds Oppose U N Berlin Crisis Debate
German communists in Berlin argued the United Nations General Assembly lacks authority to discuss the Berlin crisis and that only the four occupying powers the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union can settle Germany. They warned that bringing Berlin to the UN would disrupt the Big Four talks in Moscow and denounced Western leaders as war mongers.
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Berlin
United Nations General Assembly
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Neues Deutschland
Socialist Unity Party
U. N
Paris
United Nations
Germany
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Potsdam
Hitler
Taegliche Reundschau
Western
Bonn
Probe of Hospital Theft Continues
Logan police continued the investigation into the Sunday burglary of Hocking Valley Hospital. Narcotics and about 2150 dollars were stolen from two offices, with fingerprints dusted by state patrol expert Sgt. Van Allen. Dr. Owen F. Yaw and Dr. Richard C. Jones are named in the case.
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Owen F. Yaw
Richard C. Jones
Markets At a Glance Summary of Commodities and Stocks
Wheat offered easily with liberal offerings. Corn mixed with September up eight cents due to short covering. Oats easy with light demand. Hogs fairly active with 25 cent declines to a top of 30.15. Cattle unevenly strong to weak with top at 41.50. Stocks mixed with steels and rails higher. Bonus mixed as some rails show strength.
Hocking County Fair Schedule Highlights 1940s
The Hocking County Fair runs Wednesday to Saturday featuring exhibits midway rides and shows. Highlights include Union Furnace High School Band six horse hitch demonstrations Al Jones Rodeo and circus and a fireworks finale with hayride and band events.
Decapitated Skeleton of Missing Man Identified
The bones found on a hilltop near Buchtel are identified as Joseph A. Vice 43 a WWII veteran missing since May 30. Authorities believe death resulted from self harm or natural causes with no foul play. the body was found by two local hunters and identified by his stepmother.
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Buchtel
Joseph A. Vice
Floyd Duffy
Duffy
Fred A. Murray
Charles Mitchell
Mudiy Graham
Pauline Zelinski
California
Vice
Europe
Athens-Hocking County
Hocking County
George Bateman
Athens County
Elias of
Glouster
Murray
Stout Funeral
Nelsonville
New Rains Swell Streams in County
Weather observers report 80 inches of rain fell Monday night bringing total rainfall since 7 P M Sunday to 5 44 inches. State highway officials say all roads are open though creeks and streams are swollen. County and township roads were damaged by washouts as temperatures rose to 66 after a morning low of 56.
Ferry Ends Season at Port Clinton Route
Ferry service between Port Clinton and Put-In-Bay ends for the season. The motor ship Mystic Isle made its last trip yesterday marking the close of the seasonal run.
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Port Clinton
Put-In-Bay
Mystic Isle
Tractor Accident Burns Youth to Death
Warren A. Wekk, 16, died yesterday from injuries suffered when a tractor overturned and caught fire a week earlier near Xenia Ohio.
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Xenia
Warren A. Wekk
Logan Board names school lunchroom cooks for city
Logan Board of Education announces lunchroom staff for city schools. Senior High cooks are Mrs. Fanny Allen Mrs. Ethel Frazee and Mrs. Elizabeth Gribbles. East unit to operate now with Mrs Helena Kitchen and West with Frieda Warner new hires.
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Logan Board of Education
George E. Carr
Fanny Allen
Ethel Frazee
Elizabeth Gribbles
East
Helena Kitchen
Frieda Warner
Kitchen
Warner
Carr
Central School
State Department of Education
Frieda Nixon
Jack Mundy
John F Kehl 66 Dies at Hemlock Home
John F. Kehl 66 retired oilfield worker died Monday morning at his Hemlock home after a two week illness. Survived by wife Eva and fourteen children, two sisters and one brother. Services set for 2 PM Thursday at the Church of Christ Hemlock with Rev. Owen Plumley officiating burial in New Lexington Cemetery by Mills and Brown Funeral Service.
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John Frederick Kehl
Hemlock
Rachelmacher
Logan
Kehl
Eva Kehl
Edward Kehl
Shawnee
Charles
Gene
Robert
Mansfield
Harold
Belleville
Ill
John, Jr
Phillip
Danny Lee
Mildred Denny
Columbus
Dora Brock
Mary Katherine Coder
Eloise Riggs
Patricia
Dorothy
Margaret Fought
Marietta
Clara Shilling
Ellenwood
Kan
Elmer Kehl
Cleveland
Church of Christ At
Owen Plumley
New Lexington Cemetery
Mills and Brown Funeral Service
Morrow County Reports First Hunting Fatality
Mount Gilead resident John Loren, 19, was accidentally killed by a hunting companion during a squirrel hunt in Morrow County. The incident marks the county's first hunting fatality.
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Mount Gilead, O
Morrow County
John Loren
Mount Gilead
Key West Hit By Hurricane From Caribbean
A powerful hurricane reached Key West with 140 mph winds as the storm crossed from the Caribbean. The Navy reported extreme intensity, with instruments blown away and communications down. The hurricane widened to about 300 miles and threatened Miami and the Florida Everglades with evacuations under way.
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Key West
Caribbean
Miami
Fia
Navy
Weather Bureau
Florida Keys
Ed Lowe
Tavernier
Matecumbe
Red Cross
Florida
Cuba
Grady Norton
Lowe
Norton
Israeli Government Issues Ultimatum to Irgun
The Israeli government gives Irgun Zvai Leumi 24 hours to surrender arms and enlist members. Irgun spokesman Itzhak Avinoam, 29, condemns the demand and notes prior three week negotiations, linking the move to Count Folke Bernadotte's assassination.
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Jerusalem
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Irgun
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Palestine
Itzhak Avinoam
Rain Threatens Fair Opening at Hocking County Fair
Weather fears eased as forecast calls for clearing skies by Wednesday opening night. James Barker of the Hocking County Agricultural Society reports hundreds of entries with more due by 9 P M Tuesday. Exhibits expect to top prior fairs while new features include a six horse hitch, Al Jones Rodeo and circus, and Union Furnace High School band music at 7 P M.
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James Barker
Hocking County Agricultural Society
Union Furnace High School
Motorist Fined for Driving While Intoxicated
Glenford Paul Wade of Lancaster was fined $100 and costs by Mayor Roger W. Friend after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was arrested Friday night by city police following an accident on West Hunter Street.
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Glenford Paul Wade
Lancaster
Roger W. Friend
West Hunter Street
Air Force reshuffles top generals in major reorganization
The Air Force announces a broad leadership reshuffle. Gen. Curtis Le May will take over strategic air command in Europe, Gen. George Kenney moves to lead the Air University at Maxwell Field Alabama, and Lt. Gen. John Cannon will return as head of the Air Training Command.
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Washington
Air Force
George C. Kenney
Strategic Air Command
Curtis E. le May
le May
Europe
Kenney
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Ala
Air University
John Cannon
Air Training Command
Mays
United
Robert W. Harper
Douglas MacArthur
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Treredue DE Lewer
Alben Barkley
Delaware
New England
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Taegliche Rundschau
Lucius D. Clay
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al Jones
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WLW
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Lake Okeechobee
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Palestine Truce Commission
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