Bombshell flight nears record as Reynolds in long voyage
Milton Reynolds drives the Bombshell from Adak toward Edmonton on the 5,000 mile leg to New York seeking a world record. The A-26 bomber, with Odom and Sallee aboard, faces headwinds and fuel limits as it aims to complete the journey in under 91 hours 14 minutes.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Chicago
Milton Reynolds
Edmonton
Alberta
Adak
Aleutians
Reynolds
Calgary
Great Falls
Mont
Frank Lamb
New York
Northwest Airlines
Tokyo
Howard Hughes
William Odom
Roslyn
N.Y
Carroll Sallee
Dallas
Japan
Yokota Army Airdome
Shanghai
Burma
Calcutta
Cairo
Egypt
Gander
Mld
Paris
New York City
Bobby Munn Regains Sight After Four Years of Blindness
Bobby Munn sixteen of Lancaster Ohio woke up Saturday and for the first time in four years could distinguish a license plate and then faces. A dynamite accident in May 1943 left him with near total blindness and limited vision in one eye. Doctors say the lens broke loose and absorbed, restoring vision abruptly during a trip from the Ohio School for the Blind to Athens.
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Bobby Munn
Warren Munn
Hanlin Ave
Bobby
Athens
Ohio School For the Blind
Columbus
Lancaster
Canal Winchester
Munns
Hoskins
School For the Blind
Government and unions push for quick end to telephones strike
The government seeks 5 p.m. today decision on a five member arbitration panel to end the cross country telephone strike. If accepted, shutdown could end 48 hours later. Union and Bell officials race to meet the deadline amid calls for rapid settlement.
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Washington
Schwellenbach
Bell System
National Federation of Telephone Workers
C. F. Craig
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
New York
Union
New York City
New FM Region Seeks Nationwide Service
Albany area delegates push FCC to permit expansion of FM facilities nationwide. Newly organized first region of the Frequency Modulation Association adopted the resolution at a session held yesterday.
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Albany
N. Y
First
Frequency Modulation Association
Federal Communications Commission
United States
Cable Kills Ohio Man Aboard SS Violet
John Harold McAuliff 29 of Lakewood Ohio third mate on the SS Joliet died in an accident at Great Northern No 2 docks Superior Wis as an ore carrier prepared to load A mooring cable slipped and decapitated him according to witnesses
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Superior
Wis
John Harold McAuliff
Lakewood
Ohio
Joliet
Great Northern
Democrats Blast Wallace as Greek Turkey Aid Bills Move
Democrats in the Senate denounced Henry Wallace for his criticisms of U S policy abroad calling him a merchant of confusion and saying his remarks undermine American prestige. Senate debates on the 400 million dollar aid bill for Greece and Turkey proceed as Truman remains silent ahead of a key vote.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Senate
Tydings
Lucas
Democratic Policy Committee
Wallace
England
United States
Henry Wallace
America
Senator Downey
Dcalif
Manchester
Downey
Greece
Turkey
Three OU Students Injured in Parkersburg Route 50 Crash
Three Ohio University students were injured when their car crashed through a guard rail and overturned on Route 50 east of Coolville near Parkersburg. Injured are Francis Elliott 23 Lima Ronald Ayers 20 Nelsonville and Charles Fields 25 Zanesville. driver James Dearth 20 Portsmouth and passenger William DeVoss 23 also involved. all residents of the Pi Kappa Alpha house in Parkersburg and Athens.
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Athens
Ohio University
Parkersburg City Hospital
Coolville
Francis Stewart Elliott
Lima
Ronald Keith Ayers
Nelsonville
Charles W. Fields
Zanesville
Pi Kappa Alpha
College St. Parkersburg
Too Frail for Job Not Printer Kelly
Cincinnati Times-Star veteran Charlie Kelly marks 65 years in the composing room after joining in 1882. He says he was never heavy yet stands six feet one and has never weighed more than 165 pounds. He plans to stay until sickness or a major recession forces him to retire.
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Cincinnati
Charlie Kelly
Cincinnati Times-Star
Charlie
Kelly
Natural Gas Reserves Trebled In 1946
Cleveland report shows US proved gas reserves rose to 160.6 trillion cubic feet at end 1946 from 147.8 Tcf in 1945. About 4.9 Tcf was added from wells during 1946. H Carl Wolf of the American Gas Association announced the figures.
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Cleveland
H. Carl Wolf
American Gas Association
Wolf
United States
Ohioan Admits Slaying Man in Florida Holdup
Canton Ohio resident William J. Blum 21 confessed to Miami authorities that he shot and killed 70 year old grocer John Georavin during an attempted holdup last Wednesday. Mills quoted Blum saying he was relieved the matter was over.
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Miami
Fla
William J. Blum
Canton
Ohio
I. Ray Mills
John Georavin
Mills
Blum
Broker Gets 18 Month Term In Stock Fraud Case
Edgar M. Griswold a former broker was sentenced in Cleveland to 18 months in federal prison after conviction on fraudulent transactions tied to the sale of stock in the American Distilling Co.
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Cleveland
Edgar M. Griswold
American Distilling Co
DAR Leader Dies in West Chester.
Mrs. John Logan Marshall aged 59 former first vice president of the Daughters of American Revolution died Monday night in West Chester Pennsylvania.
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DAR
West Chester
John Logan Marshall
The
Daughters of American Revolution
Lima Inmate Dies at State Hospital
Charles Bischoff aged 60 died recently at Lima State Hospital where he was committed in 1932 for the murder of six year old Marion McClean in the cellar of his home in Cincinnati.
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Lima
Cincinnati
Charles Bischoff
Lima State Hospital
Marion McClean
Ohio House Debates Condemning Wallace Remarks
Democrat Rep. Ray M. White asked the GOP legislature to condemn Henry A. Wallace for remarks made in Britain as misleading. The resolution says Wallace acted in frustration to gain international attention and does not reflect U.S. policy. Education topics dominated the session with an education inquiry and bills approving joint county homes, tax board opinions, and canal land leases.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Henry A. Wallace
Great Britain
Ray M. White
Millersburg
Wallace
Ohio
The
United States
U.S
97Th General Assembly
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Senate
State Board of Tax Appeals
Nickel Plate plans 60 million note for Wheeling Stock purchase
The Nickel Plate Road seeks a 60 million dollar note to finance part of the purchase of all outstanding Wheeling & Lake Erie stock. The deal requires Interstate Commerce Commission approval. Nickel Plate, Chesapeake & Ohio and Alleghany filed an ICC appeal claiming the two roads are complementary and unification would raise holdings from 47 to 68 percent.
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Cleveland
Nickel Plate Road
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Nickel Plate
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Alleghany Corp
NEP
Alleghany
Wheeling Road
Wheeling
SAM SIMMONS ON COST OF LIVING AND WAGE UPHEAVAL
SAM SIMMONS argues that rising living costs and wage instability threaten economic growth. He predicts wage gains will be erased by inflation before teachers return to work, harming bondholders and savers. He calls for stability to allow industry to plan and prevent reduced investment and broader poverty.
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General Motors
Soviet Disarmament Dispute Rages In Four-Power Talks
Moscow reports say Molotov’s amendments to the four power disarmament treaty offend U S officials who seek German disarmament via regular peace conferences. Marshall questions whether the Soviet changes amount to rewriting the German settlement into the Big Four pact. No Russian answer yet on appointing plenipotentiaries to negotiate a 40 year disarmament framework. The United States resists most of the Soviet revisions to Byrnes’ original plan.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Germany
U. S
Marshall
Molotov
United States
Rome
Paris
Sec
James F. Byrnes
Ruhr
Russia
Council of Foreign Ministers
Soviet Union
Byrnes
Lack of Coal Hits U.S. Steel
Coal consuming industries returned to normal after a two week stoppage by AFL UMW forces. United States Steel Corp reported about 67000 tons of pig iron production lost during the strike while miners resumed work and blast furnaces restarted across facilities. Most of the nation’s 400000 soft coal miners were back at work.
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Pittsburgh
Afl-United Mine Workers
United States Steel Corp
Youngstown 15 Year Old Hero Nominated for Carnegie Award
Juvenile court authorities recommended to the Carnegie Hero Fund Association in Pittsburgh that Eugene Mannion, 15, be awarded for saving a six year old boy from possible death by fire.
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Youngstown
Carnegie Hero Fund Association
Pittsburgh
Eugene Mannion
Chillicothe Father of 4 Fatally Injured by Car
Guy Phillips aged 44 of Chillicothe died in University Hospital from injuries after a Friday night auto strike. He leaves wife Emma Phillips and four children.
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Chillicothe
Columbus
Guy Phillips
University Hospital
Emma Phillips
Death Toll in Mine Explosion Reaches Ten
Exeter Pa. reports the Knox Coal Co explosion now claims ten lives. James Jackson of Wyoming Pa. is identified among the dead, nine others had been recovered from the surface last week.
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Exeter
James Jackson
Wyoming
Knox Coal Co
Study Sees Raise in Cost Of Pensions
Ohio Chamber of Commerce released a statistical study forecasting a rise in old age pension costs over the next decade. The total cost is put between 80 and 120 million dollars with annual aid increasing to 12 million from about eight million, driven by higher grants rather than more recipients. The number of pensioners would climb to about 123,859 by 1955 from 117,081 in 1945, as the chamber seeks legislative guidance for tax distribution without new taxes.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
C. I. Weaver
Chamber
Ohio Division of Aid For
Queen Elizabeth Stranded Eight Miles Off Southampton
The Cunard White Star liner Queen Elizabeth with 2446 passengers went aground in fog eight miles off Southampton. Twelve tugs and the ship’s engines failed to free her at high tide. Discharging passengers cargo and oil to other vessels continues as the next effort is planned at the next high tide.
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Southampton
Eng
Cunard
White Star
Elevator official dies in Cincinnati at 86
Charles J. M. Atkins chairman of the board of Warner Elevator Manufacturing Co. died yesterday in Cincinnati at age 86.
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Cincinnati
Charles J. M. Atkins
The
Warner Elevator Manufacturing Co
Illness Spreads in Tornado Hit Higgins and Glazier
Relief efforts accelerate in Higgins and Glazier after a tornado last Wednesday left 56 dead in Texas and moved into Oklahoma. Reports show illness from exposure and contaminated water spreading in the Panhandle towns as Salvation Army notes six unidentified victims in Woodward.
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Pampa
Texas
Higgins
Glazier
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Woodward
Salvation Army
Couple Rob Tavern and Get Prison Terms
Mrs. Christine Eller, 28, of Canton and Paul Kohn, 38, of Canton pleaded guilty to robbing the Mayfair Tavern of 136 dollars and three bottles of whiskey. Judge Frank S. Day sentenced Eller to the Marysville Reformatory and Kohn to the Ohio Penitentiary, each to serve 10 to 25 years.
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Cleveland
Christine Eller
Paul Kohn
Canton
Mayfair
Common Pleas
Frank S. Day
Eller
Marysville
Kohn
Ohio
Hitler Plot to Seize Italian Government in Vatican Standoff
Stenographic notes from Hitler's headquarters dated July 25 1943 reveal a plan to arrest Mussolini leaders the crown prince and the Italian government in Rome with a Vatican entrance proposed and Badoglio to be captured or killed. The dialogue shows Hitler insisting on swift action and a post hoc apology.
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Frankfurt
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Vatican
Fuehrer
Rome
Badoglio
Hitler
Marshal Badoglio
Ciano
Galeazzo Ciano
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Mary Dixon Mee
Charles Jackson
Patricia Schmidt
Toledo
Saura
Edwin L. Treon
New FM
Cable
Violet
Blast Wallace
Printer Kelly
Florida
Senate Education Committee
Sen
I. E. Baker
Montgomery
Sam Simmons
U.S. Steel
Benito
Hewel
Foreign Office
Wilhelm Keitel
Mussolini
Italy
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