Frustrated Courtship Cited in Newark Slayings
In Newark Ohio a 45 year old Cleveland teacher Jane Williams, farm hand Ernest Roley, and Ellis McLaughlin of Willamette Oregon were killed by an acquaintance. A fourth victim Jack Hodson was wounded. McLaughlin killed himself after the shootings. Authorities note a frustrated courtship as a possible motive.
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Newark
James Pollock
Licking County
Roe Francis
Jane Williams
Cleveland
Ernest Roley
Ellis Raymond McLaughlin
Willamette
Ore
Jack Hodson
Ipswich
S. C
Miss Williams
Francis
Roley
MecLaughlin
Hodson
Mary Williams
Granville
Dan Williams
Ernest Tatham
McLaughlin
Hodgson
Tatham
Hudson
Herbert Simeral
Clinton County funds balanced for 1948 end of year
Commissioners authorize transfers totaling 207 911 22 to balance the books. Alfred Osborn says the county ends with a slight general fund balance and a small auto license and gasoline tax balance. Additional appropriations include 12 540 72 to Children’s Home fund 216 04 to general engineer gas 27 233 80 to general county fund 131 139 09 to auto license and gas 378 95 to dog and kennel fund. Transfers were made within the general county funds to balance these funds. Balances moved into the unanticipated fund include stationery and supplies 100 and advertising 57 45.
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Clinton County
General County
Alfred Osborn
Children's Home Fund
General Engineer
Dog and Kennel Fund
General County Fund
Jack Carson Sustains Broken Blood Vessel at Albee Theater
Comedian Jack Carson suffered a broken blood vessel in his left arm during a rough and tumble act at the Albee Theater in Cincinnati. Dr. William Riddle said Carson refused surgery, opting for frequent compresses to reduce swelling. he is in town for a week and was injured during a routine with Robert Alda.
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Cincinnati
Jack Carson
Albee Theater
William Riddle
Carson
Robert Alda
Ha Worths Receive Royal Riviera Pears From Medford Orchards
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Haworth were surprised by a Christmas package of Royal Riviera pears from Medford Oregon. Mrs. Haworth recalled Reader's Digest stories about Rogue River Valley orchards run by Harry and David Holmes. The box contained 14 large pears not yet ripe with ripening instructions.
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Harold H. Haworth
Medford
Ore
Taft Faces GOP Liberal Challenge for Senate Leadership
Senator Taft of Ohio defends his chairmanship of the Senate GOP Policy Committee as 13 self styled liberals seek Lodge to replace him. Sen Ives says the move aims to oust Taft while Taft vows election by a substantial majority of Republican senators amid caucus pressure and party unity concerns.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Ives
New York
Lodge
Ohioan
Woman Struck by Car in New Burlington Injures Pedestrian
Mrs. Mattie Schamahorn sixty eight of New Burlington was injured with minor facial and left hand bruises when she walked into a car driven by Howard Hurley of New Burlington on Route 380. State Patrolman M E Brickles reported the incident occurred Thursday at 8 P M while she was crossing the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Schamahorn
New Burlington
Howard Hurley
M. E. Brickles
Hurley
Schamashorn
Brickles
Early Paper Saturday News-Journal Publishes Late for New Year Holiday
The Saturday edition of the News-Journal will be published around 9 A M to allow employees maximum New Year’s holiday time. To ensure publication news should be received by 8 A M Saturday.
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News-Journal
Local Pastors Plan Services At CCAFB
The Wilmington Ministerial Association and Clinton County Air Force Base officials will hold Sunday worship at 2 30 P M starting January 9. Rev H Russell Caylor will preside for the first service marking Holy Communion. Five ministers including Rev Caylor Rev John R Duffey Rev A Ward Applegate Rev Thomas Adshead and Rev Otha R Clary rotate officiating and a pastor may be called in emergencies when the chaplain is unavailable. Capt Carl R Hatfield visits Wednesday from Wright Field to coordinate arrangements.
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Wilmington
Capt
Hatfield
Wright Field
Caylor
John R. Duffey
A. Ward Applegate
Thomas Adshead
Otha R. Clary
Government Expert Predicts Fewer Jobs in 1949
Washington December 31 The government's top employment expert Robert G Godwin director of the Bureau of Employment Security forecast fewer jobs in 1949 though the total will hover near 60 000 000. He said unemployment will rise as industry and business adjust from peacetime demand but reassured that the change need not alarm.
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Washington
Robert G. Godwin
Bureau of Employment Security
American plane completes 100000th Berlin airlift flight
An American plane from a British landing base landed at a French airfield in Berlin today marking the 100000th flight of the airlift. The airlift to break the Soviet blockade began on June 26.
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Berlin
Markets At a Glance from Associated Press
Wheat shows weakness with more cash grain offerings in the southwest. Corn is weak as commission houses sell. Oats are mixed with deferred deliveries gaining. Hogs fall 50 cents to $1 lower with a practical top of $22. Cattle remain generally steady as top quality is scarce.
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Associated Press
Southwest
Ohio Consolidated Seeks Rate Hike Across Service Areas
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co. seeks higher rates for Clinton and 26 counties after reporting rising operating costs and a need to attract new capital. Wilminton Greenfield district manager B M Cline said districts including Wilmington Blanchester Clarksville Martinsville New Vienna Port William Sabina Greenfield Leesburg have not raised rates since 1927. Other carriers like Ohio Bell have filed for increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Clinton
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
B. M. Cline
Wilmington-Greenfield
Cline
Wilmington
Blanchester
Clarksville
Martinsville
New Vienna
Port William
Sabina
Greenfield
Leesburg
Tale of Big Blow Wins Liars Contest
L W Tupper of Patricia Alberta won the Burlington Liars Club world title for 1948 with a wind fueled tale of 2,000 post holes blown out by a northwester. He described how a rancher dug 2,000 holes, a windstorm blew them away two hundred miles, and they later proved useless after a long trek.
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Burlington
Wis
Alberta
Canada
Burlington Liars Club, Inc
L. W. Tupper
Patricia
Tupper
Selby to Wed Governess Doris Wingo in Portsmouth
Roger A. Selby 63, board chairman of Selby Shoe Co., announced plans to wed Doris Louise Wingo 27, governess to his children, after they took out a marriage license in Portsmouth. The wedding date was not yet set.
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Portsmouth
Roger A. Selby
The
Selby Shoe Co
Doris Louise Wingo
Selby
Spy Ring Hints Soviet Espionage Ties While Congress Reels
The House Un-American Activities Committee urged continued life for its espionage hunt as it released its final report. Whittaker Chambers testified about a Soviet spy ring active in the United States through the 1940s, detailing thefts, payments, and transmissions to Moscow from State Department sources and other agencies.
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Washington
House
House of Representatives
Un-American Activities Committee
United States
Congress
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
State Department
Moscow
Communist Party
Bykov
New York
San Francisco
Red Courier
Navy
Baby Derby Race At Midnight? Oz Be On?
A short notice describes the annual Baby Derby in Oz county with a midnight event. Details are unclear but imply a festive race and timing around midnight with local participation.
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Derby County
Births and gifts announced for 1949 in Clinton County
Awaiting the first baby born to Clinton county parents in 1949, a large group of attractive gifts is offered by Wilmington merchants. Physicians are urged to note exact birth times and report them to the News Journal as soon as possible.
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Clinton County
Wilmington
News-Journal
Train Hits Car At Midland Injures Graham
Richard Graham of Detroit Michigan suffered a deep scalp wound and minor head cuts when his southbound car was struck by a westbound B and O freight train at Midland main crossing Friday shortly after noon. He was treated at Blanchester and Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in Mariemont.
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Richard Graham
Detroit
Mich
B&o
Midland
Floyd Foote
Graham
William Mart
S. Federline
Blanchester
Our Lady of Mercy Hospital
Mariemont
Federline
Foote
Circleville Protests Liquor Hearing
Circleville mayor Thurman I. Miller defended the city against a state liquor board order to show cause why liquor permit rebates should not be withheld. He criticized the state department as aiming to make a whipping boy of Circleville amid a statewide issue and suggested the hearing may be postponed.
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Circleville
State Liquor Department
Little Circleville
Thurman I. Miller
Charles G. Schnur
Miller
State Board of Liquor Control
Columbus Milk Company Reduces Price of Milk
The Borden Company, operating two Columbus dairies, cut milk prices by one cent per quart effective immediately. Standard milk drops to 19 cents a quart, homogenized milk 4 cents, and coffee cream 20 cents a half pint, with other products reduced.
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Columbus
Borden Company
Columbus Dairies
Borden
Doctor Eckstorm Retires After Long Prison Medical Career
Dr. John B C Eckstorm, 75, longtime chief medical officer at Ohio Penitentiary, retires after transforming the prison’s healthcare including a 150 bed hospital and eye bank efforts. The Dartmouth halfback and Ohio State football coach who led an undefeated 1899 team is famed for bringing comedy, boxing exhibitions, and medical care to inmates.
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Columbus
John B.C. Eckstorm
Ohio State University
Ohio Penitentiary
Dartmouth College
Eckstorm
Doctor
The
Dr. Eckstorm
Ohio State
Truman Charts Program with 4 Top Leaders
President Truman met with four congressional leaders to map the new deal program. He planned to address the 81st Congress on Wednesday and discussed foreign policy and domestic issues including the waterfront alongside Barkley Rayburn Lucas McCormack. Barkley arrived with Smith and Symington amid questions over Smith’s resignation and MacArthur’s supposed orders were denied as baseless.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Barkley
Senate
Rep
Rayburn
Tex
House
Lucas
Ill
Rep. McCormack
Mass
Europe
National
Air Force
Moscow
Walter Bedell Smith
Air
W. Stuart Symington
Smith
Russia
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
State Department
MacArthur
Russia To Cut Trade With Tito
Moscow says Yugoslavia hostile policy leaves USSR Yugoslavia trade reduced to one eighth of 1948 levels under a new trade pact signed by the Soviet foreign trade ministry and a Yugoslav delegation.
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Moscow
Russia
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Soviet Union
Ministry of Foreign Trade
Rabies Quarantine Ordered for Dogs in Warren County
Warren county health commissioner Dr Arch D Harvey orders a 90 day dog quarantine after eight rabies cases in three weeks. The measure follows an outbreak linked to Warren county.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Arch D. Harvey
Akron workers receive monthly pay raises at University site
Maintenance staff at the University of Akron were granted raises from 10 to 20 dollars a month. The increases were awarded to members of the CIO United Public Workers Union.
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Akron
University of Akron
CIO United Republic Workers Union
Conditions Set Up May Halt Agreement
Nanking December 31 Generalissimo Chiang Kai—shek declared his government ready to discuss peace with the Chinese Communists but set stringent conditions. He warned that any negotiated peace must protect independence sovereignty constitutionalism democracy armed forces and living standards or the government would fight to a finish and hold the Nanking Shanghai area at all costs. The president said the fate of the nation and cultural continuity depend on whether the people remain free or become slaves, urging patriotic citizens not to tolerate Communist methods.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Nanking- Shanghai
Crosby Tops Box Office for Fifth Time in Herals Poll
Bing Crosby is named the top boxoffice winner for the fifth straight year in Motion Picture Herald’s poll and is also chosen as the top international draw by British exhibitors. Betty Grable is runner-up, Abbott and Costello place third, with a list of other stars including Gary Cooper and Bob Hope. Cowboys fill the lower ranks in the rankings.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Motion Picture Herald
Crosby
Betty Grable
Gorgeous Grable
Abbott and Costello
Gary Cooper
Bob Hope
Humphrey Bogart
Clark Gable
Cary Grant
Spencer Tracy
Ingrid Bergman
Roggers
Gene Autry
Bill Elliott
George ‘‘Gabby” Hayes
William
Hopalong Cassidy) Boyd
Charles Starrett
Tim Holt
Johnny Mack Brown
Andy Devine
Einstein Undergoes Abdominal Operation
Dr. Albert Einstein, 69, underwent abdominal surgery at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital for a long standing condition. Hospital bulletins state he withstood the operation well and his condition is satisfactory.
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New York
Albert Einstein
Brooklyn Jewish Hospital
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Portland
Copeland
J. C. Clinton
Senator Lodge of
Massacusetts
CCAFB
Ohio Consolidated
Columbus Milk Company
John B. C. Eckstorm
Tito
Einstein
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