Four Held In Armed Robbery In Gallipolis
Florence Balman 32 identified as ally of Velma West during the 1939 escape, held in Gallipolis with three others, including Martin Sheline 89 Ruth Mattox 36 and Charley Johnson 88, in connection with a $400 robbery after an alleged armed demand. The group was arrested by Deputies Nibert and Saunders and questioned by Sheriff Ehman.
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Gallipolis
Florence Sheline Balman
Velma West
Marysville Reformatory For
Martin B. Sheline
Ruth Mattox
Little Bullskin
Charley Johnson
First Ave
Gordon
Batman
Florence Sheline
Reformatory
West
Hammer
Sheline
Denver
Colo
Mrs. West
Virginia Brawdy
Akron
Mary Ellen Richards
Cincinnati
GSI
Ehman
Garland Nibert
Woodrow Saunders
Pilot Claims Copter Record At Cleveland Flight
Test Pilot Harold E. Thompson of Stratford Connecticut claimed a new world speed record for helicopters at 129.616 mph flying a Sikorsky S 52 1 at Cleveland airport. The run set aim on the prior 124.3 mph mark by B H Arkell in Berkshire England last June. Thompson noted turbulent air as he completed eight runs in 25 minutes awaiting review by aviation authorities.
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Cleveland
Harold E. Thompson
Stratford
Conn
National Aeronautics Association
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Thompson
B. H. Arkell
Berkshire
England
German Woman Charged With Aiding Foreign Agents
FRANKFURT. A 24 year old German woman Gertraud Mittenentz will be tried by a Military Government Court on charges of stealing official U S documents and turning them over to foreign agents. The announcement says she admitted furnishing material for foreign agents.
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Frankfurt—(P
U. S
Gertraud Mittenentz
Truman Says Russians Acting in Good Faith on Berlin Blockade
President Truman stated at a news conference that he believes Soviet moves toward lifting the Berlin blockade are made in good faith. He said U S conversations on the matter would not continue if he doubted the Russians’ sincerity, noting talks have reached a final decision stage with Russia holding the next move.
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Washington
Truman
Berlin
United States
Russia
Escape Gates From Shanghai Start Closing
Shanghai's escape gates began closing as Red troops tighten land routes while airlifts continue. The President Lincoln evacuees depart. about 1500 Americans remaining await fate. Naval craft may evacuate tonight as British ships hold position along the Yangtze and Whangpoo.
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Shanghai
President Ison
Yangtze
Whangpoo
Putung
Associated Press Bureau
Resignation Probe Sought After Sullivan Departure
Republican senators pressed for a detailed inquiry into Secretary Sullivan's resignation after he accused Defense Secretary Johnson of blocking the USS United States project. Senate Armed Services Chairman Tydings called it a closed incident, while GOP members urged deeper examination of the dispute.
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Washington
Sullivan
Johnson
United States
Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
GOP
Separate Contract Seen As Dixie Coalmen Break
Southern coal operators split from the wider industry and moved toward negotiating a separate contract with John L. Lewis if needed. The Southern Coal Producers Association voted to stay away from further operator meetings for now. President Joseph E. Moody said they aim to negotiate with Lewis via the United Mine Workers this year, while others met to study Lewis' contract strategy aimed at a settlement without a summer strike. Ezra Van Horn noted no conclusions were reached before Lewis issued a softer stance.
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Washington
Southern Gt
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Southern
Joseph E. Moody
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Moody
Ezra van Horn
Hotel Operator Testimony Supports Bribe Claim
In Columbus two witnesses backed hotel operator Gilbert Shively's claim that he was asked to pay 1500 for a nightclub liquor license. The testimony ties A. E. Oppenheimer to soliciting bribes of 2300 from Shively and 300 from Howard McCall, with further references to a co-defendant and a mysterious “boys.”
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Columbus
London
Ohio
Gilbert Shively
A. E. Oppenheimer
State Liquor Department
Oppenheimer
Shively
Howard McCall
Springfield
Louise
Tracy Pack
Portsmouth
Deshler- Wallick
Hugh H. Ruel
Scioto County
Truck Owners End Two Day Weight Law Protest in Ohio
The United Truck Owners of America halted their two day protest and resumed highway travel before dawn. President Lyle M. Rohrbach said the action achieved its aim with a promised meeting with state officials next Monday to push for a fair weight law. Vice president B B Nicholson urged that existing laws hinder use of postwar heavy equipment.
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Akron
Ohio
United Truck Owners of America, Inc
Lyle M. Rohrbach
UTOA
Parolee Charged With Kidnapping Nephew in Columbus
Charles R. Morrison, a 21 year old Mansfield reformatory parolee, was bound over to the Franklin County Grand Jury on a kidnapping charge. He allegedly abducted his nine month old nephew, William Arthur Morris, from his mother Ruth Morrison in Gahanna, with his brother Darrell present as the father spoke to the mother.
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Columbus
Mansfield Reformatory
Franklin County Grand Jury
Charles R. Morrison
William Arthur Morrison
Ruth Morrison
Gahanna
Morrison
Darrell
Ohio Farmers and Brannan to Discuss Long Range Farm Program
Twenty two Ohio farmers will meet Thursday with Secretary of Agriculture Brannan and members of Congress to discuss the long-range farm program. Each farmer represents his Congressional District as an Ohio Farm Bureau spokesman. The Farm Bureau notes Ohio farmers have not yet decided on the proposal.
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Washington
Ohio
Brannan
Congress
Ohio Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Derailed Broadway Limited Train Near Fort Wayne
The Pennsylvania Railroad says its Broadway Limited from New York to Chicago derailed at Fort Wayne Indiana today but no one was seriously injured.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Fort Wayne
Man Killed by Train At Addison
Elmer Palmer 26 was found on Chesapeake and Ohio tracks at Addison near Gallipolis. Coroner likely to rule accidental death after Palmer, who recently left Gallipolis State Institute, suffered head injuries and may have tried to board a moving freight.
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Gallipolis
Elmer Palmer
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Addison
Palmer
Carman
Logan
D. R. Warehime
GSI
Lara Fisher
David Finch
Man Admits Killing Wife and Hiding Body
Clayton Remington 39, a truck driver, pleaded to a first degree murder charge after confessing to killing his wife Marion 32 during an April 3 party. He says he hid her body in their apartment for two days and dumped it in an abandoned quarry, then re encased it and pushed it into deeper water. The body was recovered nine miles south of Toledo and coroner ruled death by head injuries.
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Toledo
Clayton Remington
Remington
State Highway Patrol
Marion
Here
Ralph Murphy
Murphy
Paul Hohly
Lucas County
Rent Control Looms For Ironton Council Session
Ironton city council faces a stormy meeting over rent controls as property owners and labor unions prepare to present arguments. Owners say postwar building reduces housing shortages and urge lifting controls, while six CIO and AFL unions back retention with Eagles Lodge backing the unions.
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Ironton
CIO
AFL
Eagles Lodge
Typhoid Outbreak Reported in Zanesville
The state health director reported a typhoid fever outbreak in Zanesville with two definite and four probable cases. A health engineer was sent to investigate and 100 doses of immunization vaccine were prepared. The outbreak appears centered near a trailer camp.
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Columbus
Zanesville
John D. Porterfield
Porterfield
Harvester and CIO Union Extend Production Contract
International Harvester Co and the CIO Farm Equipment Workers Union agreed to extend the current labor contracts until June 30, 1950. The union represents about 30,000 production, maintenance and salaried employees in 11 plants across Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and New York.
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Chicago
International Harvester Co
CIO Farm Equipment Workers Union
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
New York
Democrats Gather Support at Ohio Wesleyan
About 100 Ohio Democratic leaders campaigned on campus at Ohio Wesleyan University to promote the party to students and spread their message.
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Demos
Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
Oleo Measure Killed in Ohio House Fire Up for November Ballot
Ohio rural representatives signaled oleo measure fate as House votes 71 to 59 to table the bill. Supporters note reconsideration attempts. outcome likely to put yellow oleo on November ballot. Also reported are accompanying Senate actions on mine safety pay discrimination auto licensing and other measures.
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Columbus
Ohio
Gordon
Renner
J- Hamilton
Bishopes
D-Trumbull
Mark Mray
Cuyahoga
Paul Hinkle
Mercer
House
Congress
Senate
Mrs Quezon and family die in Sierra Madre ambush
Manila reports Mrs. Aurora Quezon nine others killed in a machine gun ambush near Banaon Gorge in the Sierra Madre. Ten killed, ten wounded as constabulary fends off attackers. among the dead are Quezon’s daughter Maria Aurora Quezon and mayor Ponciano Bernardo. several officers wounded or killed. President Quirino orders action against identified bandits.
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Mrs. Quezon
Manila
Aurora Quezon
Philippines
Elpidio Quirino
Quezon Party
Quezon
Maria Aurora
Rafael Jalandoni
Army
Quirino
Philippine Red Cross
Auto Workers Strike Threat Looms at Ford Rouge and Lincoln Mercury
The UAW executive board considers strike sanctions for about 65,000 Ford workers at Rouge and Lincoln Mercury plants amid a speed up dispute. A separate Ford council is shaping an industry wide 1949 drive for $100 monthly pensions medical care and wage increases. Packard workers face indefinite layoff due to Bendix brake shortages, halting production.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Executive Board
Ford Motor Co
Ford Rouge
UAW
National
Ford Council
Ford
Packard Motor Car Co
Packard
Bendix Corp
South Bend
Ind
Couple To Pay 7404 In Disputed Tax Claim
An Akron couple Mr and Mrs Frank D Popoff agreed in U S Tax Court to pay 7404 in disputed taxes for 1941 1945 after the government sought 12 The Popoffs said they distrusted banks and hid 10000 prior to 1942 claiming the savings increased net worth and were taxable income.
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Cleveland
Akron
Frank D. Popoff
U. S
Boy Burned In Home Made Booby Trap Explosion
A 14 year old boy suffered serious burns when a homemade booby trap built from a photographer's flash gun exploded in his face. The device, hidden in a bedroom drawer, was set to trigger on opening six inches. Rudolph Lovas, 37, a clerk, is connected to repeated break ins at his west side home.
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Cleveland
Rudolph Lovas
Wife of Pastor Dies At Church Conference
Beulah Beck, 66, collapsed Wednesday during a district conference of the Women's Society of Christian Service in Chillicothe and died shortly after at a hospital. She was the wife of Rev. George W. Beck, pastor of the Bainbridge Methodist Church in Ross County.
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Chillicothe
Beulah Beck
Women’s Society of Christian Service
George W. Beck
Bainbridge
Ross County
Ohio House Group Oks Turnpike Bill
The House Highway Committee approved the toll superhighway measure by a 15 to 7 vote to advance to passage. The plan calls for a four lane divided road across Northern Ohio funded by bonds repaid from tolls and ultimately given to the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
House Highway Committee
Sena
Ralph A. Winter
Medina
William M. Boyd
Cuyahoga
Senate
House Taxation Committee
Frank J. Lausche
Turnpike Commission
Utilities Man Agrees To Be Army Secretary
Curtis E. Calder, a utilities executive, has agreed to become secretary of the Army. Gordon Gray will be promoted to under secretary and act as secretary until Calder can assume the post within 60 days. Calder is chairman of the board of Electric Bond and Share.
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Washington
Curtis E. Calder
Utilities
Army
Gordon Gray
Calder
Kenneth Royall Calder
Electric Bond and Share
Hot Ham Customer Placed on Probation in Ohio Case
A Columbus restaurant owner received a one year probation from Common Pleas Judge Charles A. Leach in the ongoing hot ham theft cases. Andrew J. DiLoreto, owner of Twentieth Century Foods, was described by Prosecutor Ralph J. Bartlett as the biggest customer of meat stolen from the Columbus Swift plant.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Charles A. Leach
Andrew J. DiLoreto
Twentieth Century Foods
Ralph J. Bartlett
Franklin County
Swift
Shortage of Elementary Teachers Persists Says NEA Expert
Columbus report notes critical shortage in elementary field not high schools. Ray C. Maul of the National Education Association warns well trained elementary teachers will remain scarce for about ten years. Colleges underemphasize elementary teaching.
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Columbus
Ray C. Maul
National Education Association
LEW Seeks 500 Dollar Wage Boost for Members
The United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers with 600000 members proposes a 300 million dollar yearly wage hike aiming for about 500 more dollars per member annually. The plan allows locals to tailor increases via higher pay shorter work weeks or employer financed fringe benefits. James J Maties notes current average wages around 1.50 per hour as profits enable higher pay to curb unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
James J. Maties
Egyptian Is Swindled, Ohioan Sentenced to Prison
A 47 year old Columbus man was sentenced to one to three years in the Ohio Penitentiary for taking 3073 from a member of the Royal Egyptian Embassy staff in Washington. Kadri an Egyptian official said he gave Alfred S. Albinak 3673 for a new auto but the car was not delivered and Albinak later returned nothing.
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Columbus
Ohio
Washington
M. C
Man Believed Drowned After Boat Capsizes in River
In Napoleon Ohio Denver Clark, 29, of Wauseon, was believed drowned Wednesday when a boat capsized in the Maumee River. Two companions swam ashore and told rescuers they did not see Clark leave the capsized craft.
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Napoleon, O
Denver Clark
Wauseon
Maumee River
Clark
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