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Wilmington News Journal

Location

Wilmington, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1948

Page

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Organization To Aid Food Train Drive Is Planned

Representatives from farm and church groups in five of eight area counties met at Wilmington High School to form a regional chapter aiding a state wide Ohio Food Train drive to be organized for late July after the wheat harvest. D W Gatehouse and Rev Wade Koons spoke on CROP aims and funding, noting milk must be processed before shipping and wheat can move as a raw material.

Wilmington High School Ohio D. W. Gatehouse Christian Overseas Rural Program Wade Koons Carey Ohio Christian Rural Overseas Program Europe CRO

Senate Resolution Signals US Military Pact Shift

The Senate approved a broad foreign policy measure 64 to 4, endorsing U S participation in regional defense efforts under UN aims. It includes a possible military pact and calls for a global arms reduction and a world peacekeeping force, with debate on veto reforms ongoing.

Washington Senate Sen. Vandenberg U. S United Nations Vandenberg America U. N Security Council Sen. Pepper D-Fla

Officers of DAV Auxiliary Are Installed in Clinton County

Clarence Hawk was installed as commander of Clinton County Chapter No. 58 of the Disabled American Veterans at a Friday night meeting in the Courthouse with over 50 attendees. State Senator Albert Daniel of Greenfield spoke as guest. other officers installed included Wayne Gumley and James Greenfield. Betty Faulkner led the Auxiliary as commander with Elizabeth Carroll as adjutant treasurer.

Clarence Hawk Clinton County Albert Daniel Greenfield DAV Wayne Gumley James Greenfield Herbert Powers Betty Faulkner Robert Thompson James Cloute Denny Collier Elizabeth Carroll

Clinton to appoint temporary mayor as Stephens leaves town

Mayor Robert C. Stephens departs for Wisconsin for ten days. Willard T. Carroll will serve as acting mayor and run the police court while Herbert Shorty Howard is away with the party. Clinton H Nichols and Robert Haines Jr. accompany the mayor to Mercer Wisconsin. The Mercer trip follows a local Air Force Base feature in the Air Force magazine by Herbert Shaw.

Wilmington Robert C. Stephens Wisconsin Willard T. Carroll Herbert (Shorty) Howard Mercer Wis Clinton H., Nichols Robert Haines Evan Clinton County Air Force Base Air Force Magazine Herbert Shaw Dayton News

Russia builds jet warplanes near speed of sound

The Daily Mail reported Russia developed an experimental jet with top speed near 760 mph, about three mph below sonic speed at sea level. Intelligence says Russia already has hundreds of jet propelled warplanes and is stepping up production.

London The Daily Mail the Mail Russia

OSU Speaker Warns Graduates on Civic Duty and Democracy

Ohio Supreme Court Chief Carl V. Weygandt told Ohio State University's June graduation class that democracy carries the highest responsibility for each citizen. He warned that power misused is rarely reclaimed and urged graduates to use their education to defend constitutionalism against despotism.

Columbus Carl V. Weygandt Ohio Supreme Court Justice Weygandt Ohio State University

Denver Reelected By Cemetery Board

M. R. Denver was reelected president of the Sugar Grove Cemetery board of trustees and H. H. Thorne was reelected treasurer at the organization meeting. Judge Frank M. Clevenger and Thorne were reelected for three years, Mrs. Hague for one year. Orville Ellis was sworn in to finish the late E. R. Bales term.

M. R. Denver Sugar Grove Cemetery E. R. Bales Denver

Landslide Kills Worker on Cincinnati Road Job

A landslide in Arlington Heights near Cincinnati killed Irvin Nelson 42 of Cleves yesterday. Nelson was employed on a road construction project when the slide struck, ending a day’s work.

Cincinnati Irvin Nelson Cleves Nelson Arlington Heights

Subpoena Keeps Liquor Probe in Franklin County Active

In Columbus on June 12 a new subpoena is issued in the State Liquor Department probe led by Prosecutor Ralph J. Bartlett. Daniel DiLoreto of Ravenna, an athletic director for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, is targeted after he alleged a state inspector offered $3,000. Oppenheimer seeks six months leave amid indictments. Hugh Ruel and Tracy Pack of Portsmouth joined in charges. Bond set at 5,000 for Oppenheimer, 3,000 for each Ruel and Pack. Pack denies the claims. Ruel is unavailable.

Columbus State Liquor Department Ralph J. Bartlett Franklin County Daniel DiLoreto Ravenna DiLoreto Veterans of Foreign Wars State Liquor Control Board Grand Jury A. E. Oppenheimer Dale Duniton Oppenheimer Hugh Ruel Portsmouth Taft Scioto County Tracy Pack Duniton George C. Farris Department Thomas J. Herbert Frank J. Lausche Licuor Lausche Franklin County Grand Jury John R. King Ruel Pack

Springfield Bus Drivers Reject Offer

Springfield workers of the Amalgamated Association reject a 19 1 cent hourly pay hike and arbitration. The four day Lorain bus strike ended with service resuming at 5 A M. the vote shows ongoing labor dispute in Ohio.

Ohio City Ina Lorain

Truman Calls Stalin Prisoner of the Politburo

On a train to Berkeley President Truman said Stalin is stronger than Old Joe and cannot keep pacts due to party leaders. He described Stalin as decent but controlled by the Politburo and planned to expand on hopes for U S Soviet understandings in a Berkeley speech.

Truman Berkeley Calif Joe Stalin Politburo University of California At Berkeley Russia United States Presiden Eugene Ore

Firestone Signs Companywide Pact With Union

Akron June 12 Firestone Tire and Rubber Co and the CIO United Rubber Workers signed a companywide contract granting a one cent per hour wage increase for 23 000 employees. It marks Firestone s first URW pact joining rivals Goodyear U S Rubber and Goodrich in rubber industry agreements.

Akron Firestone Tire and Rubber Co CIO United Rubber Workers Firestone URW Goodyear U. S. Rubber Goodrich

Hairgenic Inc Incorporation Reported in Columbus Dispatch

New firm Hairgenic Inc of Wilmington is incorporated with 400 shares no par common stock. Incorporators are Herbert A. Beins Mildred A. Horn and W H Robinson with Smith and Kirk as attorneys.

Hairgenic, Inc Wilmington Associated Press Columbus Herbert A. Beins Mildred A. Horn W. H. Robinson Smith & Kirk

Clinton County Arranges Hospital Tract Purchase

Clinton County Commissioners arrange with Howard Collett to buy 2.11 acres at 736 West Main for Clinton Memorial Hospital site. Collett sells land for 1700 dollars and the right to remove the barn. Barn removal three months. site staking to start early next week for maps and federal aid plans.

Clinton County Commissioners Howard Collett West Main Street Clinton Memorial Hospital Collett Frank Hunnicutt Matthew B. Fife T. S. Townsley Townsley

Drowning feared after steamer Kjoebenhayn sinks off Aalborg

About 200 believed drowned when the 1668 ton passenger steamer Kjoebenhayn struck a war mine and sank within ten minutes near Kattegatt during a Copenhagen to Aalborg voyage. 261 survivors were listed, many wounded or exposed. initial estimates ranged from 400 to 450 aboard. The full passenger list went down with the ship.

Aalborg Denmark Kjoebenhayn Kattegat Copenhagen United Steamship Co

Union charges Reds fight checkoff drive in steelworkers

Canton June 12 Union official David J McDonald CIO says Communist leaders try to block the drive to sign 928 000 checkoff cards at a CIO rally. He accused William Z Foster head of the American Communist Party of ordering members not to sign due to Boston convention vote barring Communists from holding union office.

Canton David J. McDonald United Steelworkers of America CIO William Z. Foster American Communist Party Boston

Church Leaders Challenge Strip Tease Ruling in Cincinnati

Cincinnati church leaders denounce Judge Stanley Struble's ruling freeing Oscar Lerner of obscenity charges over strip tease photographs. They question legality and urge police backing, with church officials including Dr Kemper G. McCombs and Msgr John E. Kuhn signaling potential formal challenges.

Cincinnati Midwest Common Pleas Court Stanley Struble Oscar Lerner Struble Kemper G. McCombs The Council of Churches Msgr John E. Kuhn National Catholic Organization For Decent Literature Msgr. Kuhn J. Otis Young Methodist Church

Two Generals Visit Clinton County Air Force Base

Two senior U S Air Force officers Gen Muir S Fairchild vice chief of staff and Lt Gen Howard A Craig deputy chief of staff for materiel visited Clinton County Air Force Base for an informal inspection. They arrived from Wright Patterson Air Force Base aboard a B 17 and toured the installation including radar traffic control and an automatic controlled approach landing.

U. S. Air Force Clinton County Air Force Base Muir S. Fairchild Air Forces Howard A. Craig Wright- Patterson Air Force Base

Murder Suspect Faces Extradition From Ohio

Charleston West Virginia June 12 Homer Jack Deans life sentence under the habitual criminal law has not ended his trouble An extradition hearing will be held June 29 Ohio seeks Deans extradition to face first degree murder charges Assistant Attorney General J Chandler Curd said the life sentence would not prevent extradition

Charleston W. Va Homer Jack Dean Ohio Dean J. Chandler Curd

Resumption talks after blocking of Berlin freight

June 12 Berlin dispatch reports Russians and British agreeing to resume freight traffic between western Germany and Berlin. Separately, Moscow halted rail shipments of food and coal to 2,000,000 Germans and 25,000 Allies in western Berlin, prompting Western officials to call it a political measure and fearing a prolonged embargo.

Berlin Germany Bprlin U.S

U S War Hero Col David Marcus Dies in Palestine

Col David Marcus a World War II hero and former supreme commander of Israel forces on the Jerusalem front was killed in the Holy Land during fighting. The 47 year old West Point trained officer was decorated twice by the United States and served in nearly every theater, helped draft surrender terms for Italy and Germany, and acted as legal aide at Dumbarton Oaks Yalta Tehran and Potsdam.

New York David Marcus Israel Jerusalem Holy Land West Pointe Palestine New York City United States Italy Germany U. S Dumbarton Oaks Yalta Teheran Potsdam

Stranger Steals Car With Three Children Aboard

Police hunted a stolen car last night in Columbus. A stranger entered the vehicle as the children Erlene Bosley 11 Doris Bosley 10 and Curtis Bosley 8 were eating ice cream and drove off. The incident left authorities seeking the missing trio and vehicle.

Columbus Erlene Doris Curtis Bosley

Fisher Body Plant Closes in Hamilton Over Steel Shortage

The Fisher Body plant of General Motors in Hamilton suspended operations for a week due to a steel shortage. The closure affects production at the Hamilton facility starting today.

Hamilton Fisher Body General Motors Co

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