Ohioans lose millions to worthless Canadian oil stocks
State Securities Chief Ernest Cornell says Ohioans lose thousands yearly buying unregistered Canadian oil and mining shares. He cites 140 cease and desist orders, 47 in 1949, and reports from 30 investors showing no dividends or contact after payment. He calls the scam a racket of great magnitude and notes seven indictments without trials due to lack of extradition.
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Columbus
Ernest Cornell
Cornell
Canada
Ohio
United States
Cincinnati
National Service
Steel Output Of Per Cent Of Capacity
Cleveland AP The national steelmaking rate remains high despite coal shortages with ingot production up to 94 percent of capacity. Steel reports say only slight effects from the coal shortage so far but warn of early open hearth curtailments. Some blast furnaces are banked or reduced, slowing output. Ore prices rose 50 cents a ton, lifting ore 56.6 percent above 1939 levels. impact on pig iron uncertain.
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Cleveland
Magazine Steel
Trade Journal
Lake Superior
Christoffel Faces Trial Second Time
Harold Christoffel, former UAW-CIO local president at Milwaukee’s Allis-Chalmers plant, goes to trial for a second time on charges he lied under oath to the House Labor Committee about Communist ties. Prosecutors seek to prove he testified falsely March 1, 1947, and that 13 committee members heard him. Christoffel was previously convicted in 1948, later overturned by the Supreme Court for lack of quorum. Subpoenas target 13 former committee members, including Reps Edward McCowen and Walter Brehm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold Christoffel
Congressional
John S. Pratt
Uaw-Cio
Allis-Chalmers Company
Milwaukee
House Labor Committee
Christoffel
Federal District Court
Supreme Court
Pratt
Edward 0. McCowen
Ohio
Walter E. Brehm
Groundhog Lodge to Use Walky Talkies
Quarryville Pennsylvania AP reports members of the Quarryville Slumbering Groundhog Lodge will conduct their annual ceremony with walky talkies. Secretary William A. Hensel says lodge members will stay in touch by portable radios, the same type used by military forces in World War Two, as they await the weather omen from the groundhog.
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Guarryville, Pa
Pennsylvania
William A. Hensel, Ltd
Cold Wave Grips City and Nation
A severe cold wave shrouded the western half of the nation while eastern states saw milder weather. Temperatures dropped from 62 to 24 degrees in Middletown from 3 p.m. to 6 a.m., with readings at 9:30 a.m. around 25 degrees. Tonight and Tuesday are forecast to be cloudy with possible snow and lows near 20.
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Mississippi Valley
Oregon
Washington
MHS Booster Club To Meet Tuesday
The Middle town High School Booster Club will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Civic Association auditorium. The agenda includes electing eight new directors and a talk by Glenn Ellison head coach of the Middle football team. Movies will be shown and refreshments served.
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Middletown High School
Civic Association
Glenn Ellison
Electricity Rival to Tractor in Farming Tasks
Electricity has become a rival of the tractor in speeding farm work, offering a modern alternative that boosts efficiency and productivity for daily agricultural tasks.
U S Needs Trip To Cleaners Protestants Told
About 2000 Protestant ministers were told in Columbus that America needs a cleaner era of religion. Dr Edwin T Dahlberg urged a revival and spoke of a postwar moral renewal while Dr Russell J Humbert stressed living faith beyond token salutes. Other speakers included Dr James W Clarke and Dr E Stanley Jones as Ohio Pastors Convention opened.
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Columbus
America
Ohio
Edwin T. Dahlberg
First Baptist Church
Syracuse
N. Y
Ohio Council of Churches
Dahlberg
Russell J. Humbert
Trinity Methodist Church
Youngstown
Christ
Airman graduates from Armament Training at Lowry Base
Staff Sergeant John H. Fitzgerald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Fitzgerald, has completed the Air Force Armament Training program at Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado. Private First Class Walter Watson, 21, of 1331 Sycamore Street, is undergoing regimental combat readiness training in harsh winter conditions. Corporal Steven B. Wilson, stationed with U.S. ground forces in the Hawaiian Islands for three years, visits his sister before reporting to Columbus, Ohio for reassignment.
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Lowry Air Base
Denver
John H. Fitzgerald
Ernest W. Fitzgerald
Highland St
Air Force
Department of Armament Training
Lowry Air Force Base
Colo
U. S. Army
Japan
Walter Watson
Robert Watson
Sycamore St
Pfc
Watson
Cpl
Steven B. Wilson
Hawaiian Islands
Arthur Fisher
Curtis St
Columbus, O
CIO To Battle For Civil Rights
Pittsburgh AP reports five hundred CIO United Steelworkers officials launched a nationwide drive for civil rights. President Phillip Murray urged full support for Truman’s civil rights program, likening Truman’s stance to Lincoln and calling the campaign as vital as pension drives. A cross country conference began the push for national civil rights legislation.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworker
Phillip Murray
Murray
President Truman
Truman
Lincoln
Steel Union
New Union School Official Named Union Township Superintendent
Marion Duckwall was appointed superintendent of the Union Township School at West Chester in a special board meeting announced by C. H. Williams. Duckwall replaces D. Russell Lee who resigned to pursue a business position after eleven years as teacher and executive head. Duckwall has taught in the high school for six years and holds a master's degree from Ohio State University after Otterbein College graduation.
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Marion Duckwall
Union Township
West Chester
Board of Education
C. H. Williams
Duckwell
D. Russel Lee
Lee
Duckwall
Otterbein College
Ohio State University
Incentive System Praised At Miami University Graduation
Miami University's mid winter graduating class of 208 heard Marvin Pierce president of the McCall Corporation urge the value of the incentive system in raising living standards. Dr Grayson L Kirk provost of Columbus University and Pierce received honorary doctor of laws degrees from Miami president Dr Ernest Hahne.
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Oxford
Miami University
Marvin Pierce
McCall Corporation
New York
McCall's Magazine
Pierce
Miami
Grayson L. Kirk
Columbus University
Ernest Hahne
Police Briefs Two men arrested for DUI in local area
Ralph R. Nading 46 of Flat Rock Indiana was taken into custody on Coles Rd for operating a motor vehicle under the influence. Corsie Alexander 39 of 1919 South St was arrested on Park St on DUI and was charged with failing to have a driver license. Hubert Staton 40 of 306 East Fourth St Franklin was arrested at Central Ave and Clinton St on DUI. A break in at Stokes Dairy 2502 Atco St was reported with glass broken from the back door and ice box key taken. Glass broken from a window at the Canteen Service Building 2403 North Ave but entry not gained.
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Ralph R. Nading
Flat Rock
Ind
Coles Rd
Corsie Alexander
South St
Park St
Alexander
Hubert Staton
East Fourth St
Franklin
Central Ave
Clinton St
Stokes Dairy
Atco St
North Ave
Catholic Women Meet Tuesday In St John’s Church Basement
Catholic Women Middletown Regents and the National Council of Catholic Women will meet Tuesday January 31 at 8 p m in St John s Church Basement. A social hour will follow the meeting.
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Middletown
National Council of Catholic Women
St. John’s Church
Meeting Postponed for Jacksonburg Mothers Club
The Jacksonburg Mothers Club meeting slated for this Wednesday is rescheduled to next Wednesday February 8. It will be held at the home of Mrs Clyde Rupp.
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Jacksonburg Mothers Club
Clyde Rupp
Potash Shortage Warns of Lower Crops This Year
An AP report from Carlsbad New Mexico quotes Rufus Poole spokesman for United States Potash Potash Company of America and International Minerals and Chemical Corporation predicting a fertilizer potash shortage will cut agricultural output. He cites a strike by 1500 workers and notes plants are at 35 to 40 percent capacity with 750 employees and 300 former strikers.
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Carlsbad
N. M
South
Middlewest
Rufus Poole
United States Potash Company
Potash Company of America
International Minerals and Chemical
Poole
Department of Agriculture
CIO International Union of Mine
Mmpaniees
NLRB
Germany
Washington
International Chemical Workers Union
AFL
CIO
Man Held for Slaying of Estranged Wife in Memphis
MEMPHIS Tenn Sheriff Jim Thompson said Floyd Vinson a 24 year old former military policeman would be charged with murder after killing his estranged wife Margret Louise Vinson 20 as she held their year old son Johnny at his mother in law's home during a Christmas separation Vinson drove away with the baby and left him at his father's house about 30 minutes later The wife died of wounds from two fatal bullets in the marital dispute with police reporting Vinson could not recall the incident.
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Memphis
Tenn
Sherif
Jim Thompson
Margret Louise Vinson
Floyd Vinson
Thompson
Vinson
W. R. Lundy
Johnny
Floyd
Margaret
McKinley Junior High Honor Roll Named
McKinley Junior High School released the honor roll for the previous grading period. Principal L. J. Ragland announced seventh grade students Patsy Jo Gilley Roy Moore Carole Ferguson Janice James Jack Kuenzel Shirley Slamka Mary Wilkin Elizabeth Lige Rosa Jane Cusano Billie Gillespie Charles Vinson Eric Barnes Elaine Burger Marilyn Aldridge Judy Stalls Mary Lee Denny Patsy Brown Velma Ingram William Long Jack McLaughlin Grover Banks Bert Sheard Dale Shockey Walla Palmer Edith Chippendale Pauline Reinartz Marta South Phyllis Gilbert Franklin Hall Dollie Adams Marlene Elsner Beverly Clark and eighth grade students Janie Bigby Charlotte Fergu son Seth Howard Mae Lipscomb Carolyn Mack Wendalee South Bill Dean Martin Eggleston Betty Wilson Selma Wolfe Margie Aldridge Fern Fletcher Joanne Jeffrey Mary Moss Nancy Edwards Darlene Largent Hael Latimore Dick McIntire Kenneth Rupp Judy Sander Pauline Tibbs Norma Cox Jeanette Middleton Phoebe Morgan Shirley Wenzel Annette Pergran Patsy Fishbaugh Marilyn Nise Wonder Nancy Baird Lois Albreath and Rui Roberson.
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McKinley Junior High School
L. J. Ragland
Patsy Jo Gilley
Roy Moore
Carole Ferguson
Janice James
Jack Kuenzel
Shirley Slamka
Mary Wilkin
Elizabeth Lige
Rosa Jane Cusano
Billie Gillespie
Charles Vinson
Eric Barnes
Elaine Burger
Marilyn Aldridge
Judy Stalls
Mary Lee Denny
Patsy Brown
Velma Ingram
William Long
Jack McLaughlin
Grover Banks
Bert Sheard
Dale Shockey
Walla Palmer
Edith Chippendale
Pauline Reinartz
Marta South
Phyllis Gilbert
Franklin Hall
Dollie Adams
Marlene Elsner
Beverly Clark
Janie Bigby
Charlotte Ferguson
Seth Howard
Mae Lipscomb
Carolyn Mack
Nancy Baird
Lois Albreath
William Pollard
Rui. Roberson
Notable Names List in Local Notice Assembly
A fragmented OCR list presents names including Gerald Ragland, Marian Speer, Eleanor Frisch, Tommy Dillon, Brandon Williams, Robert Edwards, Richard Jones, Marilyn Turner, Jackie Brown, Gordon Moffitt, Philip Redding, Peter Carruthers, Donald Ingram, William Reynolds, Coralie Weikel, and Patty Nixon. The context suggests a public or organizational roster within a local notice.
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Gerald Ragland
Marian Speer
Eleanor Frisch
Tommy Dillon
Brandon Williams
Robert Edwards
Richard Jones
Marilyn Turner
Jackie Brown
Gordon Moffitt
Philip Redding
Peter Carruthers
Donald Ingram
William Reynolds
Coralie Weikel
Patty Nixon
Fire Damages Estimated at 700 Dollars on Penfield Ave Residence
Firefighters reported a blaze at 2 24 p m Saturday in a three room frame dwelling at 1406 Penfield Ave occupied by Roy Brown and owned by Robert Nolan. The fire started when a feather bed near a stove ignited causing interior damage on the first floor with total loss around 700 dollars.
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Penfield Ave
Roy Brown
Robert Nolan
Multiple Fatalities Reported Across Pennsylvania and Ohio
A Clark County truck driver in Pennsylvania was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in his parked truck. Elmer Evans, 61, died after a shale bank collapse while digging coal for home use. William Lane, 34, died from a fall off a scaffold in Port Clinton. Velma Perkins, 50, was killed when a car struck her on a Zanesville bridge. Steve Kaparek, 18, died in a head on crash on a Cleveland bridge.
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Clark
Mere County
Zanesville
S. Daw
Auchter
Elmer Evans
Jackson
Oi Hill
William Lane
Port Clinton
Velma Perkins
Zanessville
Steve Kaparek
Cleveland
Hubbell Files for Ohio Supreme Court Nomination
Charles H. Hubbell of Cleveland a Democrat filed petitions for the May primary for a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court for the term starting January 1 1951. His petitions carried 3755 signatures from four counties. Don H. Ebright filed Republican gubernatorial petitions with 5000 signatures from all counties.
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Columbus
Charles H. Hubbell
Cleveland
Ohio Supreme Court
Don H. Ebright
27 Die In Kashmir Mail Freight Collision
A spokesman for East Punjab railway said 27 persons were killed and 64 injured when a Kashmir bound mail train collided with a freight train 155 miles north of New Delhi on Sunday morning.
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New Delhi
India
East Punjab
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Christian Herald
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