Ohio Faces Heat Wave With 100 Degree Readings
The Associated Press reports Ohio sweltered with temperatures near 100 as highs reached 104 in Springfield and 96 in Columbus. Forecasters predict continued heat through Thursday with scattered showers later in the week, stressing implications for corn crops and farm plans statewide.
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A. J. Patch
Ohio State University Extension Service
Patch
Columbus
George Mindling
Springfield
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Toledo
Mansfield
Chicago Weather Bureau
Dakotas
Minnesota
Ford Workers Win Labor Law Reprieve Before Ford UAW Pact
Ford Motor Co and the UAW reached an eleventh hour agreement preventing a strike with a one year protection from damage suits under Taft-Hartley. The pact keeps 107000 workers on the job and sets a joint committee to settle issues including a proposed 20 million dollar annual pension plan. If no agreement is reached in a year the union may strike on the issue.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Ford
UAW
Uaw-Cio
Ford-Uaw
Springfield Lawyer Named Legion Head
CINCINNATI Aaron J. Halloran of Springfield was elected the new commander of the Ohio American Legion during the department's 29th annual convention. He succeeds Don W. Schoeppe of Warren. Vice commanders named were J. D. Sawyer Middletown and Carl W. Smith Kenton. Tom Donald Jones Youngstown was department treasurer and Rabbi Michael Aaronson Cincinnati chaplain. Halloran is a real estate lawyer. Smith chairs the state Civil Service Commission. The auxiliary elected Mrs Arthur Green Paris president.
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Cincinnati
American Legion
Ohio
Aaron J. Halloran
Springfield
Veterans’ Organization
Don W. Schoeppe
Warren
Ohio Department of the Legion
J. D. Sawyer
Middletown
Carl W. Smith
Kenton
Tom Donald Jones
Youngstown
Michael Aaron
Lawer
Smith
State Civil Service Commission
Aaronsohn
Ohio Region
Arthur Green
Paris
Death Claims 'Gipsy Smith' Evangelist on Queen Mary
Rodney Smith known as Gipsy Smith, 87, British evangelist, died of a heart attack aboard the British liner Queen Mary. He had insisted on reaching the top deck to greet friends shortly before death. His widow Mrs. Smith said his health prompted the voyage and that his last sermon was last year.
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New York
Rodney (Gipsy) Smith
United States
Action on Jones Post Not Due for Month
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert will decide on a possible special election for Ohio fourth district after September 2 when Rep. Robert F. Jones FFC appointment takes effect. He has not spoken with district party leaders about the election.
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Jones
Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Robert F. Jones
FFC
Miners Idle As Owners Strike In Kentucky
Four hundred operators halted truck mines in Whitesburg Kentucky to press for higher coal prices, leaving about 6000 union miners out of work temporarily. Mine operator Luther Bates cites a $4 per ton charge for coal while ramp owners resell at $5.75 to $6 per ton. P and D Coal Company spokesman R W Price says ramp owners cannot afford higher costs.
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Whitesburg
Luther Bates
R. W. Price
P. and D. Coal Company
Triple Slaying Reported At Country Home
PRINCETON Ind. Sheriff James G McDonald reports the slaying of Mr and Mrs Charles Bateman and Miss Nora Turpin at a country home two miles east of Princeton on Taft Town Road All three victims were shot and Miss Turpin was decapitated with a butcher knife Roy Turpin 48 brother of Nora Turpin is held in Gibson County jail and has reportedly admitted involvement in the triple slaying.
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Princeton
Ind
James G. McDonald
Charles Bateman
Nora Turpin
Here
Taft Town Rd
Roy Turpin
Turpin
Gibson County
Rep Clements Clinches Kentucky Democratic Nomination
Final returns from Kentucky districts show Rep. Earle C. Clements Morganfield appears to have clinched the Democratic nomination with a comfortable margin over Harry Lee Waterfield Clinton and R. E. Lee Murphy Lexington.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Earle C. Clements
Morganfield
Harry Lee Waterfield
Clinton
R. E. Lee Murphy
Lexington
Air Pioneer and Inventor Frank H. Russell Dies at 69
Newtown Square Pa Frank Henry Russell a renowned aviation inventor and early aviation pioneer died at his home aged 69 He once served as vice president of Edward G Budd Manufacturing Co and as general manager of the Wright Brothers aircraft plant in Dayton He also sold the first military airplane to the U S government.
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Newtown Square
Frank Henry Russell
Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Co
Wright Brothers
Dayton
Russell
U.S
Bee sting causes truck driver death in Cleveland
A 31 year old truck driver Melvin Loe blein was stung on the forehead by a bee and lost control of his heavy truck. The vehicle overturned and crushed him to death.
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Cleveland
Melvin Loeblein
Hillsboro Police Chief Wagner resigns after council meeting
Thomas M. Wagner, chief of the Hillsboro Police Department since 1938, submitted his resignation at a village council meeting last night.
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Hillsboro
Thomas M. Wagner
What I Would Do If I Were Editor Messenger Contest
Prizes of five dollars will be awarded to every author of a letter on the subject and selected for publication. Letters must be signed with address and brief, legible, one side only. Postmark by midnight Wednesday August 13 to If I Were Editor The Athens Messenger Athens Ohio. Unreturnable.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
George Rose Dies at Home After Long GOP Service
George W. Rose 74 of Glouster died at his home after a six week illness. A longtime Athens County Republican active for over half a century, he served as Glouster village solicitor for 50 years and practiced law for about 52 years after graduating from Ohio Northern University Law School in 1895.
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Glouster
Athens County
George W. Rose
Harvey and
Elizabeth Bobo Rose
Attlee Seeks Broad Powers to Boost Britain’s Production
Prime Minister Attlee introduced surprise legislation in the House of Commons to grant broad new powers to raise agricultural and industrial output amid an impending dollar crisis. A high source said it would not grant authority to direct labor, while Deputy PM Morrison said the bill would enable full mobilization of the nation’s economic resources.
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London
Attlee
House of Commons
Britain
Herbert Morrison
Honorary Degree Set For Orphan Builder
Bowling Green State University will award Warren G. Grimes an honorary Doctor of Engineering in Aeronautics Friday. Grimes, 48, of Urbana, an orphan who founded a factory making over 90 percent of U S aircraft lights, also serves on the Ohio Aviation Board.
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Bowling Green
Bowling Green State University
Warren G. Grimes
Urbana
Grimes
Ohio Aviation Board
Liquor Law Enforced For Trumbull County Fair
Warren officials announce strict Ohio liquor sale enforcement near the 102nd Trumbull County fair. Police Chief William E. Johnson and Acting Sheriff Earl Bush say sales within two miles of the fair will be halted during the event running today through Saturday.
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Warren
Trumbull County
Ohio
William E. Johnson
Earl Bush
Dutch Plan Indonesian Law and Order Outline
The Netherlands Army and Navy announced plans to maintain law and order in Dutch-held Indonesia for the next phase of the conflict. Front lines showed both sides observing cease fire as operations would focus on stabilizing Java Sumatra and Madura under new Dutch directives.
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Java
Netherlands Army
Indonesia
Sumatra
Madoera
A. S. Pinke
Netherlands Navy
East Indies
Amir Sjarifoeddin
Pastors Raid Leads to Steubenville Gambling Arrests
The first raid by three Steubenville ministers on a dice game resulted in fines for six men. George Barber of Wheeling was fined 175 dollars plus costs by Judge Arthur Hooper, while five others paid 60 dollars and costs each. The action was led by Rev. Robert K. Russell Rev. Daniel Hoffman and Rev. Charles Moore with Sheriff Robert Bates deputies.
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Steubenville
George Barber
Wheeling
W. Va
Common Pleas
Arthur Hooper
Robert Bates
Robert K. Russell
Beach Erosion Board Faced With Criticism In Action Gap
Congressman George Behder from Ohio accused the US Army Engineers Beach Erosion Board of excessive talk and insufficient action during a Lorain dinner sponsored by the Ohio Shore and Beach Preservation Association. He urged quicker, concrete steps to address Lake Erie's shoreline damage.
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Cleveland
US. Army Engineers
Lake Erie
George Behder
R-O
Lorain
Ohio Shore and Beach Preservation Association
Army Engineers
Death sentence sought for officer slaying in Ohio
A 64-year-old former convict awaits execution in Dayton Jail after a Montgomery County jury found Charles Ames of West Carrollton guilty of first degree murder in the May 16 slaying of Patrolman Herman A. Drexler and recommended no mercy?
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Dayton City
Montgomery County Common Pleas
Charles Ames
West Carrollton
Ohio
Herman A. Drexler
Executive Sucumbs Pittsburgh Philadelphia Area
Safford Kinkead Colby 74 vice president of Aluminum Company of America died yesterday. He held leadership roles in the firm and was a prominent business figure in the Pittsburgh region.
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Pittsburgh
Safford Kinkead Colby
Aluminum Company of America
Logan Grid Hires Dwight Diller as New Coach
Logan High School appoints Dwight L. Diller of Lima Ohio to replace Tom Armstrong as head football coach. Armstrong resigns to become athletics director at Tusculum College Greenville Tenn. Diller, with prior coaching at Bluffton and Bowling Green, holds a masters from Michigan and will attend Canton clinic August 11 to 16 with Logan end David Bell.
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Dwight L. Diller
Lima
Ohio
Tom Armstrong
Logan High School
George Carr
Armstrong
Board of Education
Tusculum College
Greenville
Tenn
Diller
Bluffton
Bowling Green
Missouri State College
University of Michigan
Carr
Canton
David Bell
Mayors Arrested in British Raids Across Jewish Towns
In Jerusalem the British arrested mayors of Tel Aviv Ramat Gan Natanya and Petah Tiqva and jailed dozens of Jewish leaders in dawn raids labeled a campaign against terrorism. A blast in a prophets street labor office killed a British policeman and left two others trapped.
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Tel Aviv
Ramat Gan
Natanya
Petah Tiqva
Labor Department
Street of the Prophets
Defense Seeks Proof Physician Is Insane
Defense lawyers for Dr. Lloyd I. Ross of San Antonio seek evidence to prove insanity in his trial for four deaths claimed to be from ambush and shooting on May 25. Trial to reopen in New Braunfels on September 9 after a 43 day postponement granted July 28.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Lloyd I. Ross
San Antonio
Deltroy
Ohio
REA Grants 625000 To St. Clairsville Firm
The Rural Electrification Administration today approved a loan of 625000 to the Belmont Electric Cooperative of St. Clairsville. The loan is part of a total 3792000 in grants to 15 rural electric cooperatives for extending electrical service to farming areas.
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REA
St. Clairsville
Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Belmont Electric Cooperative of
False leads in Dr. Obrist slaying investigated in Hamilton
Police initially traced a tang led trail from the ambush killing of Dr. George Obrist to Hamilton. Hamilton Police Chief George Rippus said two Portsmouth detectives came to check a tip but the lead faded and had no bearing on the case.
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Hamilton
George Obrist
Portsmouth
George Rippus
World Flight Halted as Aileron Jam Forces Return
William Odom began a round-the-world solo speed flight but returned to Chicago after about one third of the route. He reported aileron jam near Halifax Nova Scotia in his 4,000 horsepower twin engine plane and planned to resume the attempt the next day.
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Chicago
William
Bill) Odom
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Firestone and Union Sign Conditions Pact for 12000 Produce Workers
Management and union officials at Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. have signed a continuing contract covering working conditions for about 12 000 production employees. Wages were not part of the agreement.
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Akron—(P
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Lineman Electrocuted in Akron Accident
Parker P. Haynes, a 43 year old Ohio Edison lineman, was electrocuted yesterday after contacting a 7 200 volt circuit in Akron. He leaves a wife and two children.
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Akron
Parker P. Haynes
Ohio Edison Co
Ex Farmer Escapes Hungarian Police To U S Custody
American Stephen Thuransky, 54, a naturalized citizen and former Ohio farmer, escaped three Hungarian political policemen outside Marko jail with help from a U S official and his wife. He claimed beatings and threats as guards dragged him to custody and fled to a waiting American car. He and his wife Teresa 43 and daughters Margit 26 and Mary 22 are in U S custody awaiting departure from Hungary.
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Budapest
U. S
Legation
Stephen Thuransky
Columbus
Ohio
Marko
Thuransky
Hungarian Ministry of the Interior
International Harvester Co
Hungary
National Defense Department
Teresa
Mar
Roosevelt Witness Questions Meyer On Party Girl Claims
Senator War Investigating Committee questions Howard Hughes associate John W. Meyer about paying for entertainment of Roosevelt and others during wartime contract era. Elliott Roosevelt denounces use of term procured and accuses probes of singling him out for publicity while noting gifts to other officers.
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Deluxe
Senate
Washington
Hughes
Elliott Roosevelt
John W. Meyer
Howard Hughes
Roosevelt
Senate War Investigating Committee
Meyer
Pacific Coast
Gambling Charge Against Idle Hour Club Operator
Clarence A. Kuhns who runs the Idle Hour Club in Dayton faces a hearing before the state liquor board on gambling equipment and post closing sales charges. Investigators found 13 slot machines and dice during a recent raid on the night club holding a permit.
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Columbus
Clarence A. Kuhns
Dayton
State Liquor Board
Taking Consequences in Global Power Shifts
SAM SIMMONS argues Australians should face the risks of siding against the Dutch as Britain withdraws from India and France weakens in Indo China. He warns white power may fade in the Orient and urges nations to bear the consequences of their actions rather than seek external help.
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Indo-China
Orient
Australia
New Zealand
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