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Wilmington News Journal

Location

Wilmington, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1949

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Wilmington Couple Hurt in Auto Accident

Two Wilmington residents were injured Saturday at 5 35 P M in Sabina when a Greyhound bus driven by Lester J Ledoux 28 Cincinnati struck the rear of a car Patrolman M E Brickles said Edward Hamilton Carle 67 and his wife Elsie 68 were hurt with serious head wounds and lacerations Mrs Carle was in serious condition at McClellan Hospital Xenia after treatment by Dr W L Wead of Sabina Carle was eastbound on the CCC Highway near Sabina and stopped to turn left when the bus rammed the car None of the 24 bus passengers were hurt Ledoux was cited to appear before Mayor A A Fisher Thursday at 2 PM to face a charge of reckless driving The bus proceeded to Columbus

Wilmington Sabina Greyhound Lester J. Ledoux Cincinnati M. E. Brickles Edward Hamilton Carle West Truesdell Street Elsie McClellan Hospital Xenia W. L. Wead Brickles Carle CCC Ledoux A. A. Fisher Columbus

Robeson’s Son Weds Cornell Coed in New York

Paul Robeson Jr., 21, married Marilyn Greenberg, 21, at a ten minute ceremony outside an apartment in New York. Several hundred gathered as the Congregationalist minister performed the wedding and some booed as the couple left. Robeson senior said the marriage would not have caused USSR scrutiny. The groom, an electrical engineer, met his bride at Cornell where he starred on football and track teams.

New York Paul Robeson Jr Marilyn Paula Greenberg Soviet Union Young Robeson Cornell University

Prince Jagatjit Singh Bahadur Dies in Bombay at 76

Prince Jagatjit Singh Bahadur Maharajah of Kapurthala and one of the world's wealthiest men died in Bombay on June 19 from pneumonia at age 76.

Bombay India Jagatjit Singh Bahadur Maharajah of

Two Wilmington Graduates Tour West in a Modified Model T

Allen Osborn and Tim Smith, members of Wilmington High School's 1949 class, spent the summer touring the west in a remodeled Model T Ford. They hit Tulsa en route to California, where they may work briefly before returning. Rev Thomas Adshead bids farewell at Wilmington Methodist Church and recommends the new pastor Dr John Danford and his wife.

Wilmington High School Allen Osborn Tim Smith West Tulsa Oklo Allen State Highway Patrol Donald L. Osborn California Thomas Adshead Wilmington

Big Four Foregn Ministers Reach Austrians Independence Pact

Paris reports the Big Four foreign ministers reached in principle agreement on an Austrian independence treaty and a work plan for east west cooperation in Berlin. They adjourned after four weeks of talks with a New York meeting planned in September and released a communique outlining the accord.

Paris Germany New York Austria Berlin Britain Ernest Bevin America Dean Acheson Russia Andrei Y. Vishinsky France Robert Schuman Pink Marble Palace

VA approves 2.8 billion dividend for National Service Life Insurance

Veterans Administrator Carl R. Gray Jr. authorized next year’s 2.8 billion dollar dividend on National Service Life Insurance policies. Checks to veterans may begin in January 1950 with most payments in the first half of the year. The move is seen as boosting purchasing power amid slowing business activity.

Washington Carl R. Gray, Jr Gray

Markets At a Glance Wheat Firm as Crop Damage Reported

Wheat firm as reports of crop damage persist. Corn firm with gains aided by wheat. Oats steady with light trading. Hogs 25 to 50 cents higher, top 21.50. Cattle steady with top 28. Stocks higher as rails and airlines in demand. Bonds steady with rally in third avenue issues.

Third Avenue

Senate Courtesy Could Lead To Early Adjournment

Ohio Senate and House rules limit bill introductions after February 14 to unanimous consent, with 216 courtesy gestures used since then. Majority Leader Miss Margaret Mahoney threatens to block a two month appropriation. finance chair Clingan Jackson plans quick passage to give time for the 646 million biennial appropriation. If no bill passes by July 1 the state risks unpaid bills and salaries.

Columbus Ohio Senate House Margaret Mahoney Finance Committee Clingan Jackson D-Mahoning Miss Mahoney Jackson

Rabies Treatment Started For Fifteen Exposed People

Fifteen persons exposed to a rabid dog in Clinton County began Pasteur treatments for prevention. The dog, owned by Lawrence Terrell near New Vienna, was destroyed and its head sent to Columbus laboratories. This is the second rabid dog killer in the county within a week.

R. W. DeCrow Lawrence Terrell Larry Richard Kenneth Guy Brooks Michael David Terrell Ben Terrell Nancy Bates Alfred Bates Harold Stewart

Husband Held in Death of Wife Celina Tragedy Ends in Shot

Coroner reports Corine Thomas Patrick Reedy 19 died after a pistol shot in a Celina home. Her estranged husband Coro Reedy surrendered to investigators. The couple had separated about a week earlier. The 10 month old daughter survived.

Celina Thomas Patrick Reedy George S. McElroy Mcellroy Reedy

Elks essay contest winner named for democracy essay

William Johnson aged 17 of McAlester Oklahoma won the $1000 first prize in a national essay contest sponsored by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. The subject was Why Democracy Works.

New York William Johnson McAlester Okla Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

Church Excommunicates Group of Czech Catholics

Vatican City reports the Roman Catholic Church excommunicated members of the Catholic Action Society in Communist dominated Czechoslovakia as schismatic and fraudulent. Archbishop Beran denounced the group amid mass heckling in Prague.

Vatican City Catholic Action Society Czechoslovakia Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office Osservatore Romano Vatican Republic Josef Beran Cathedral of St. Vitus Prague Hungary Josef Cardinal Mindszenty

Elections To Be Held Today at Boys State

Delaware reports the Buckeye Boys State opens with 868 Ohio high school boys at Ohio Wesleyan University for a 10 day government workshop. William I Goettman leads the Nationalist ticket for governor versus Jack J Feldman on the Federalist ticket. Mock government begins tomorrow after elections held this morning. Ten Clinton county boys attend including Jean Hansford Herman Cartwright Jr and Sidney Myers from Wilmington and Stuyvesant counties.

Delaware Buckeye William I. Goettman Springfield Jack J. Feldman Euclid Ohio Ohio Wesleyan University American Legion Clinton County Wilmington Jean Hansford Nationalist Party Denny City McQuigg County Herman Cartwright, Jr Federalist Party Elden County Sidney Myers Stuyvesant County

Nation may face five million jobless per surveys

Two national surveys diverge on future unemployment. The Public Affairs Institute warns of no halt to unemployment trends, while the AFL foresees gains in wages and a gradual recovery with governmental action to bolster business.

Nation Washington the Public Affairs Institute Civilian Conservation Corps Institute AFL Labor

Coplon Denies Giving Secrets to Gubitchev

Judith Coplon testifies in espionage trial that she never gave government secrets to Valentine A. Gubitchev and that he never asked for any. She says their talks with the Russian engineer were personal and focused on literature, not her Justice Department work.

Washington Judith Coplon Valentine A. Gubitchev Gubitchev Archibald Palmer Miss. Coplon

Flood Destroys Turkish City of 150,000

A wall of water from the Yesil River swept through To kat in north central Anatolia, causing extensive damage in a city of about 150 000. No casualty figures were provided but warnings suggested a high loss of life.

Istanbul Turkey Yesil Tokat Anatolia

Unemployed Seek Benefits Rise in May at Wilmington Office

Eighty two new claims were filed at the Wilmington Ohio State Employment Service during May led by manager Miss Dorothy Dixin. The May total included jobless and previously unemployed and showed gains from April. statewide benefits exceeded eight and a half million dollars, with five percent more than April, most paid under Ohio Law and GI Bill readjustment allowances.

Wilmington Ohio State Employment Service Dorothy Dixin Ohio Public Relations Department The Bureau of Unemployment Compensation

Taft to Speak at National Student Council Conference

Cincinnati June 20. High school student council members from 37 states and the canal zone open the annual conference of the National Association of Student Councils. More than 600 students and faculty sponsors attend the three day meeting. Charles P. Taft, city councilman and church leader, is scheduled to address the opening session tonight.

Cincinnati States Canal Zone National Association of Student Councils Charlies P. Taft

Hitchhiker in Euclid Robbery Trouble Split

Germain G. Grisez 19 of Euclid hitchhiked into trouble in Cleveland after two men in a car stole his suit and a wallet containing 6 dollars. He was left standing in the street in his underwear.

Cleveland Germain G. Grisez Euclid Grisez

Truman seeks 10th cabinet post Department of Welfare

President Truman asks Congress to create a new Department of Welfare as the 10th cabinet rank and to move the Commerce Department to oversee public roads. He also proposes seven reorganizations to streamline government per Hoover Commission plans. The plans take effect in 60 days unless vetoed.

Washington Truman Congress Department of Welfare Commerce Department Capitol Hill Public Roads Administration Federal Works Agency Federal Security Agency Commission On Government Organization Herbert Hoover Bureau of Employment Security Labor Departement Post Office Department Civil Service Commission Maritime Commission White House Hooveer Commission House of Congress Senate House

U S Steel and USW Resume Pension Talks Amid Deadlock

Pittsburgh June talks between U S Steel Corp and the CIO United Steelworkers reopened with no sign of movement on pensions. A possible all-out strike looms if unresolved, as the contract due next year includes a wage reopening clause. Philip Murray, leading both CIO and steelworkers, pushes for pension bargaining against Big Steel’s wage-only stance.

Pittsburgh U. S. Steel Corp Philip Murray CIO Big Steel

Police Find Stolen Grocery Truck Empty

In Lorain on June 20 a truck loaded with 3 000 dollars of groceries vanished from a warehouse. Cleveland police recovered the truck today empty. The Lee and Cady Co. wholesale grocers suffered three robberies in a year with a safe taken and later found on a vacant Cleveland lot.

Lorain Cleveland Lee and Cady Co

Former Mansfield Mayor Attorney William Voegele Dies

Attorney William F. Voegele aged 72 and a former Mansfield mayor from 1906 to 1908 died yesterday. He served as mayor a brief term early in the 20th century.

Mansfield William F. Voegele Voegele

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