Defense claims dodds arrest illegal in Follansbee holdup
Morgantown police say 26 year old Roy Mann, a Pennsylvania fugitive, was arrested at a Sabraton house and jailed in Monongalia County awaiting Pennsylvania officers and witnesses. Investigators link him to the $5000 Bank of Follansbee robbery, with no weapon on him but .32 caliber ammunition found.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Bank of Follawsbee
Don Adams
Roy Mann
Sabraton
Mann
Monongalia
Adams
Greensburg
Follansbee
Lowell H. Powell
W. B. Snodgrass
West Virginia
Endurance Fliers Set New World's Record
FULLERTON Calif Dick Riedel and Bill Barris set a new absolute endurance record as they fly toward 1000 hours six weeks aloft. They surpassed the 726 hour mark set in 1939 by Wes Carroll and Clyde Schlieper and radioed from the field that they feel wonderful and the engine is purring as smoothly as at takeoff 30 days ago.
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Fullerton
Calif
Dick Riedel
Bill Barris
Wes Carroll
Clyde Schlieper
Long Beach
Record Appropriations Peak as House Hits 24 Billion
Washington report notes the House reached a 24 billion peacetime weekly appropriations record and heads home for a 10 day recess before returning April 25 to wage the labor legislation fight. Senate will debate a long range housing bill upon return.
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Washington
Senate
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Department of Government
Congress
Omnibus Independent Offices
Maritime Commission Fund
Veterans Administration
Atomic Energy Commission
Budget Bureau
Body Found In Kanawha River Seaman Kistner Drowned
Scott Mc Dermitt James Stewart and Lester Hulbert recovered the body of Paul Kistner seaman first class from the Kanawha River near Stowets Landing He drowned Feb 4 when a boat overturned His companion also drowned but was recovered later and resuscitation efforts failed His widow Mrs Sarah Peters Kistner has not spoken since returning to Pittsburgh and the body was sent to Franklin funeral home.
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Point Pleasant
Scott McDermitt
James Stewart
Lester Hulbert
Paul Kistner
Kanawha River
Stowets Landing
Seaman Kistner
Coast
Sarah Peters Kistner
Pittsburgh
Franklin Funeral Home
Officials to discuss pilot requirements at Port Columbus
About 60 pilot lots and airport officials will meet at Port Columbus today to discuss standardization of pilot requirements, announced R. J. Vollmer, district agent of the CAA.
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Columbus
Port Columbus
R. J. Vollmer
CAA
Worm tale and wire help for Athens ball field
Homer Sowards claims Florida travelers popularize a grunting worm method that makes fishing worms emerge from soil for 50 cents a hundred. Athens East Side School players seek cheap backstop wire to speed up games and curb chaos as Cable Street youths supply three small players to cover catcher duties amid unruly crowding.
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Homer Sowards
Kanauga
Florida
Homer
Tallahassee
East Side
Athens
Cable St
Bartender Is Murdered Near Legion Post
East Liverpool police report Robert Howard a 25 year old bartender was shot in the Legion Post 583 barroom around midnight. James Leavell 36 custodian confessed admitting the shooting saying Howard was messing the books and trying to get his job. Howard died shortly after at City Hospital.
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East Liverpool
Robert Howard
American Legion Post
James Leavell
Howard
City Hospital
L. L. Wise
Leavell
Legion Post
Wise
Charter Suspended For DAV Chapter
The Robert A. Taylor chapter of the Disabled American Veterans in Youngstown had its charter suspended on Thursday by national commander Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright amid internal charges. Members allege the chapter failed to disclose the reported 158000 dollar annual income from bingo operations.
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Youngstown
Disabled American Veterans
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Robert A. Taylor
Coal Geology Lab Planned at Ohio State University
The U S Geological Survey and Ohio State University announce a coal geology laboratory to study the nation’s coal resources. The lab will be installed in Orton Hall with State Geologist Dr. John H. Melvin involved in the project.
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Washington
Ohio State University
U.S. Geological Survey
John H. Melvin
Orton Hall
Burns Fatal for Youngstown Truck Driver
Nick Platenak a 28 year old truck driver died Thursday from burns after his oil stained coveralls caught fire from a cigarette.
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Youngstown
Nick Platenak
Ohio Bell rate hike to be appealed by Columbus Akron Dayton
A nine percent rate increase proposed by the Ohio Bell Telephone Co will be appealed by the cities of Columbus Akron and Dayton. The action aims to dispute higher charges for local and long distance service and protect residents.
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Columbus
Ohio Bell Telephote Co
Akron
Dayton
Gromyko Attacks Austin On North Atlantic Pact
In the United Nations Assembly final Russian charge of hypocrisy was leveled at the Western powers as the North Atlantic Pact debate continued. Warren R. Austin defended the pact while Andrei Gromyko called Austin’s speech hypocritical and false, citing U S political leaders and press remarks as proof of pact aims.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
Warren R. Austin
United States
Assembly
Andrei A. Gromyko
Austin
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
Russia
U. S
Bricker Declines Ohio Governor Bid Amid Rumors
In Wheeling Ohio Senator John W. Bricker said he will not run for governor in 1950. He denied reports linking Taft and himself to a later presidential bid and dismissed questions about a possible return to Ohio politics. Bricker noted no talks of federal tax increases.
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Wheeling
W. Va
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Columbus
Bricker
Taft
Senate
Washington
GOP
Hudson car prices cut by 15 to 100 dollars nationwide
Hudson Motor Car Co. joined the price-cutting parade today slashing prices 15 to 100 dollars on all models. It is the seventh car maker to cut. Reductions included 15 dollars off on Super Six models and two Commodore Six models, 35 dollars off on the Super Six Convertible Brougham and 100 dollars off the Commodore Six convertible.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Co
Trial Date Set In Secrets Conspiracy Case In New York
A government worker Judith Coplon and Russian engineer Valentin A Gubtchev are ordered to stand trial May 2 on charges of conspiring to obtain U S defense secrets. Gubtchev protests diplomatic immunity after their arrest by FBI agents following a zigzag chase through Manhattan streets.
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New York
U. S
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
FBI
Manhattan
Ingle Appeal Denied. Boy Sentenced to Life
A three judge court denied Ervin Arthur Ingle's appeal for a new trial and sentenced him to life at the Ohio Penitentiary. The 15 year old Bryan schoolboy was convicted last Saturday for the slaying of Mrs. John Gabriel, 56, a Bryan housewife. Ingle wept as the verdict was announced while his lawyers cited irregularities.
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Bryan
Ervin Arthur
Bud) Ingle
Ohio
John Gabriel
Ingle
One killed During Wind Rain Storm in Ohio
A lethal wind and rain storm hit Ohio last night with at least one death and multiple injuries. Charles Shaw, 38, of Cincinnati, died when his car lost control and struck fences after the 52 mph gusts toppled a chimney onto a couple and their child in a village area north of Cincinnati. In Cincinnati the wind damaged buildings and set off burglar alarms while Dayton lost power to about 200 residents. Columbus reported downtown lights out for about an hour as trees were felled and windows shattered.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles Shaw
Cincinnati
Oe Village
John Meyers
John Richard
General Hospital
Dayton
Cities To Study State Budget
The Ohio Association of Municipalities will study how much state budget money each city may receive. Mayor Michael DiSalle of Toledo, association president, named a committee to review Governor Lausche's budget and highway fund allocations amid complaints of unequal road funding.
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Miles
Ohio Association of Municipalities
Michael di Salle
Toledo
Frank J. Lausche
di Salle
State Highway Department
State Highway Denies Coercion in Resignations
State Highway Department spokesman says workers are not being coerced into resigning and denies a blanket campaign to oust Republicans for Democratic appointees. Athens County official had urged removal of Edward Ashcraft and Otho Castle amid civil service concerns.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Paign
Republicana
Athens County
Abte
Frank J Lausche
Farli
MM. Baughman
Marietta
Baughman
Edward Ashcraft
Otho Castle
Two Ohioans Plan School Grants Bill
Washington leaders report Republicans Rep Clarence J Brown and Sen Bricker will introduce a bill routing 250 million dollars in state grants for public school construction. An additional 3 million would fund planning. The measure targets future demand from rising postwar birth rates.
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Washington
Clarence J. Brown
Senator Bricker
Lever Bros Announces Six Percent Soap Price Cut
Cambridge dispatch reports The Lever Brothers Co cuts wholesale prices on its main soap products by six percent on Thursday night.
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Cambridge
Mass
Lever Bros. Co
Search Begins For Girl and Father In Missouri County
Statewide search for three year old Sandy Robison and a hunt for her missing father William Robison, 33, were linked after the girl vanished from a farm home west of Springfield on Route 40 near Ronnelaville. The sheriff reported Sandy last seen at 2 25 p.m. playing in a swing, while her father has been missing since March 24 and the mother is hospitalized.
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Springfield
Sandy Robison
Tat
Ronnelaville
Clark County
J. Arthur Shuman
Earl Foster
William Robison
Sandy
Child Drowns in Well When Cover Gives Way
Tracy City Tennessee reports a six year old boy Haskell Meadows fell into an abandoned hand dug well after rocks covering the top gave way. He was carried by accident 18 feet into a pool of water about 12 feet deep and drowned.
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Tracy City
Tenn
Kathy Fiscus
San Marino
Calif
Haskell Meadows
Lloyd
Haskell
Circleville Youth Linked to Scattered Robberies
Deputy Sheriff Herbert Simeral said a Circleville youth confessed to two Granville robberies and others in Columbus Williamsport and Chillicothe. The suspect Melvin Hanley 19 was arrested in Circleville. A 16 year old is held in Licking County jail in connection with the robberies.
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Newark
Herbert Simeral
Circleville
Granville
Columbus
Williamsport
Chillicothe
Melvin Hanley
Licking County
Simeral
Extended Columbus Forecast Shows Cool Period Ahead
Temperatures will average 2 to 5 degrees below normal with a normal maximum of 59 and minimum of 39. Expect cooler conditions Saturday and Sunday, rising temperatures Monday and Tuesday, then turning cool again Wednesday. Showers tonight and again late Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Columbus
Defense alleges constitutional violations in Dodds arrest
The defense for Harry Z. Dodds Jr contends his arrest and subsequent interrogation violated the 14th amendment and Ohio law. They claim he was held five days without counsel, questioned without a friend present, and secret questioning occurred after formal charges.
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Harry Z. Dodda, Jr
Coune Sel
Common Pleas Court
Harry Z. Dodds, Jr
State of
Ohio
Dodds
Paul Brown
Eleanor KB. Gifford
Straitaville
Brown
Don Bumgardener
Nelsonville
Dodd
Athena
George Bateman
Gifford
Lightning Strikes Army Plane During Thunderstorm
An Army plane flying west over the municipal airport was struck by lightning last night amid a thunderstorm. The pilot reported no damage and alerted airport communications. The storm brought hail and gale force winds, and the Coast Guard issued southeast storm warnings.
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Toledo
Coast Guard
Gun Mount Explosion Kills Three Seamen Aboard Hollister
A gun mount explosion during anti aircraft practice aboard the destroyer Hollister 40 miles from Pearl Harbor killed three seamen and injured 11, two critically. The gun crew captain died in the blast and two others died later. no names released yet.
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Pearl Harbor
Thas
Hollister
Plane Catches Fire Forcing Landing Near Zanesville
ZANESVILLE Arthur Winland 23 a student pilot made a forced landing on a farm five miles north of here when his light plane caught fire Thursday. He landed the craft after the engine burst into flame and suffered minor burns on hands and face.
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Zanesville
Arthur Winland
Winland
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