Three Die as Auto Hits Two Buses in Ohio Crash
In Mount Washington near Cincinnati three men aged 21 to 22 were killed when a 1941 car sideswiped a Greyhound bus and slammed into a King Brothers Line coach on Route 125. Twenty four others were injured including a nurse and a pregnant woman. One victim had served in the Army Air Forces on missions over Romania.
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Cincinnati
Mount Washington
Roy Bell
Kenneth Jordan
Williamsburg
Norman Davis
Sidney E. Brown
Windham
Ohio
Cincinnati General Hospital
Charles Reinecker
J. Washington
Flossie Smith
Bell
Greyhound Lines
King Brothers Line
George Dahlheimer
Bethel
Ruth
Eight Mile Road
Dahlheimer
Wilhiamsville
Jordan
Brown
Ploesti
Romania
Army Air Forces
Leroy Schwartz
Portsmouth
Greyhound
Reinecker
Schwartz
Buford Clendening
VA Personnel To Be Slashed In Budget Move
The Veterans Administration ordered the discharge of 8,000 administration employees to cut costs. Up to 500 of its 877 offices nationwide may close as a result. No details on the Athens contact office at 8 President St. were provided, per acting contact representative N. K. Blosser.
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Washington — (P
The
Veterans Administration
Administration
Athens
N. K. Blosser
Investigator suspended in Columbus case
The State Civil Service Commission reported that Albert E. Haeberle, Lawrence County aid for the aged investigator, received a 30 day disciplinary suspension.
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Columbus
State Civil Service Commission
Albert E. Haeberle
Lawrence County Aid
Instalment Ban To End On Nov 1
President Truman signed legislation ending all instalment buying controls next November 1. He urged continued regulation of consumer credit to curb inflation and criticized Congress for not providing peacetime authority to regulate easy payments. He noted three months of restraints are preferable to immediate abandonment.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Council of Economic Advisers
20 on Board Navy Plane Still Missing
A Kodiak based Navy plane with 20 aboard is missing after last radio contact at 10 45 a m on its way from Dutch Harbor to Kodiak 150 miles from its destination with fuel for six hours Search efforts by air and sea continue as Navy notifies next of kin and lists withheld names until Army notification completed
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Kodiak
Alaska
Alaska Peninsula
Aleutians
Seventeenth Naval District
Dutch Harbor
Navy
Farm-Labor Co-Op Wins AFL Backing in Ohio
The Toledo Central Labor Union of the AFL backed a farm labor cooperative idea. The group adopted a resolution asking the Ohio Federation of Labor to provide funds to hire an impartial farm expert to study cooperative possibilities for a year.
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Toledo
Ohio
Dispute Shuts Plant in Youngstown
A dispute between the CIO United Steelworkers and an independent union closed the Superior Industries plant in Youngstown today.
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Youngstown
CIO
United Steelworkers
Superior Industries, Inc
Global speed plane arrives at Cairo in circumnavigation bid
Pilot William P. Odom reached Cairo at 5 44 p m aboard a converted A 26 bomber after 21 hours 51 minutes from Chicago. He aims to beat Wiley Post’s 1933 solo record of 186 hours by completing the route in about 90 hours.
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Cairo
William P. Odom
Chicago
Wiley Post
Odom
Paris
Gander
Nile
Karachi
India
Orley Field
Atlantic
B&O Freight Derailment West of Middletown
Twenty five freight cars of a Baltimore and Ohio train derailed at 8 30 this morning one mile west of Middletown tearing up about 100 feet of track. The five crew members were uninjured though the engine overturned. Many cars carried grain and oil. Oscar Higgins of West Middletown Route 1 described the wreckage as like a great airplane dropping 20 freight cars in a heap.
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Middletown
Baltimore and Ohio
Here
Oscar Higgins
West Middletown
Seven-State Jewel Swindle Suspect In Federal Custody
Vincent Serra, 52, alias Joseph Vincent, an ex convict, is jailed in Springfield awaiting action by a federal grand jury on charges tied to a seven state jewel swindle span including Ohio. Serra was arrested in Dyesburg Tennessee and brought to Springfield last week. He was arraigned last Saturday and ordered held on a 10000 dollar bond pending grand jury action.
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Springfield
III
Vincent Serra
Joseph Vincent
U. S
Ohio
Serra
Dyesburg
Tenn
Churchill
Attlee
Britain
Power service resumes after twin cable breaks in Akron
Akron power service was restored after two cables failed, halting trolley buses and stalling elevators. Ohio Edison called the event unprecedented. The first cable failed before 8 a.m., with a second press at 1 10 p.m. failing to hold.
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Akron
Ohio Edison Co
Ohio Weather Outlook From Columbus Forecast
Ohio extended forecast calls for near normal temperatures with a high near 83 and a low near 63. Expect a cool Saturday with warmer Sunday and Monday then cooler Tuesday. total precipitation about 0.10 to 0.40 inch, with scattered thundershowers possible late Monday or Tuesday.
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Columbus
Ohio
White House Budget Near Official Spending Estimate
President Truman signaled a budget effort that supports the administration’s forecast of fiscal year spending around 37.5 billion dollars. He described an exhaustive study of federal outlays and income and warned claims of big savings by the Republican Congress. Officials expect spending to stay near the January estimate despite multiple cuts.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Republican Congress
Administration
Immunity proposal rejected in auto workers strike
Union officers at Murray Corp of America, 7000 workers idle 65,000 others, rejected a modified Taft Hartley immunity formula. CIO UAW regional director Emil Mazey said the plan had strings attached and negotiations moved “a little closer to settlement” after a session with company reps.
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Detroit
Murray Corp. of America
John L. Lewis
Emil Mazey
CIO
United Auto Workers
Pottery Industry to Benefit From $40,000 Research Plan
Ohio pot tery industry will gain from a $40,000 study to improve quality and durability of American-made vitrified china. Director George A. Moore of the Department of Commerce said the Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus will conduct the research.
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Cleveland
Ohio
George A. Moore
Department of Commerce
Battelle Memorial Institute
Columbus
Two Truckers Die in West of Van Wert Collision
Two semi trailer truck drivers were killed when their vehicles collided four miles west of Van Wert. One truck caught fire. One driver was identified as Paul Edward Engle, 23, of Urbana Ohio. the other’s identity was not released.
Race News Service Shut Down by Cleveland Police Raid
Cleveland police racket squad chief Lt. Martin P. Cooney says two raids on offices in the Chester E Ninth Street building crippled the race news service in Cleveland. He claimed the operation is virtually out of business.
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Cleveland
Race News Service
Chester-E. Ninth St
Martin P. Cooney
Subpoenas in Hughes inquiry fuel wartime contract clash
Senator Ferguson pressed for documents from Hughes and John Meyer amid a heated Senate War Investigating Sub- committee session. Hughes refused Meyer’s production, complaining of a publicity grab as the committee probes $40 million airplane contracts.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Senate
John Meyer
Meyer
Perini Niece Drowned Off Falmouth Estate
Nancy Perini four year old niece of Lou Perini millionaire contractor and Boston Braves associate was found drowned off the Perini summer estate in Falmouth Massachusetts. Investigators pursued a kidnapping theory but police indicated the drowning appeared accidental as the body was recovered about 20 feet from shore near a seven foot drop.
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Falmouth
Mass
Nancy Perini
Lou Perini
Boston Braves
Frank E. Smith
Charles
Braves
Lou
Perini Summer Estate
Man Falls to Death From Stairs in Pittsburgh
A 35-year-old truck driver identified as Frank Paul fell from the top of a long stairway and died in the street about 40 feet below. Police found a smashed box of chocolate candies nearby with a card reading to his wife on their eleventh anniversary.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Paul
Murder Charge Filed In Shooting of Grocer
Cincinnati police filed murder charges against 18 year old Jesse Mc Whorter in the fatal shooting of Richard Johnstone a 38 year old grocer. Johnstone died at General Hospital from a bullet wound near the heart after a Saturday robbery at his west end grocery.
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Cincinnati
Jesse McWhorter
Richard Johnstone
Johnstone
General Hospital
West End
Kitchen Stove Explodes Killing Mother of Three
Velma Baker a 25 year old mother of three died from burns suffered in a kitchen stove explosion at her Ashland County farm home authorities said yesterday the disaster occurred in Mansfield.
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Mansfield
Velma Baker
Ashland County
Another Eviction Case In Cleveland Ends With Eviction
Deputy Clerk Aloysius Kelly indexed a municipal court eviction case and paused to comment on the shock of eviction. His brother Chief Bailiff Frank T. Kelly handed Aloysius the writ as Aloysius had just presided at his own eviction.
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Cleveland
Aloysius Kelly
Frank T. Kelly
Aloysius
Buffalo Frighten Town End Spree as Steaks Sold
Thirteen buffalo ran at large in Coldwater Michigan trampling lawns and frightening residents. The animals from the Buffalo ranch near town were captured by a posse led by Sheriff William Burns and Police Chief Harry Hutchins and are now 5 200 pounds of meat ready for sale to bidders.
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Coldwater
Mich
Edwin Butters
Here
William Burns
Harry Hutchins
Pirates Loot Shanghai Steamer on Yangtze River
A band of pirates attacked the small river steamer Shanghai on the Yangtze on August 2 and escaped with cash valuables and goods valued at 40000 dollars according to belated reports reaching Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Yangtze River
U.S
Attendant Shot to Death Near Playhouse Square
Ira Hudlin a parking lot attendant was found shot to death last night on a lot bordering downtown Playhouse Square police reported.
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Cleveland
Ira Hudlin
Playhouse Square
Heat relief hopes fade in south Ohio
The AP reports a heat wave continues across Ohio with scattered thundershowers possible in the north. Five more deaths are blamed on the heat including Albert Burkhart in Kalida and Vincent Seta in Cincinnati, with others in Toledo and Hamilton. A severe Elyria storm also disrupts power and drops trees.
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Ohio
Vincent Seta
Cincinnati
Carl Weagley
Toledo
James C. Ziegler, Jr
Lake Erie
Betty Brown
Hamilton
Four Mile Creek
New Miami
Elyria
Air Forces Preparedness Unit Formed at Aeronca Plant
Middletown reports the first Army Air Forces industrial emergency units formed in a broad preparedness program. Aeronca Aircraft Corp sponsors two units the 83rd Air Service Group with 30 officers and 291 enlisted men and the 96th Air Engineer Squadron with 16 officers and 375 enlisted men. Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Hanley Jr signed the agreement noting plans for about 300000 skilled specialists in 2500 reserve units.
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Middletown
Army Air Forces
Aeronca Aircraft Corp
Aeronca
AAF
83Rd Air Service
96Th Air Engineer Squadron
Thomas J. Hanley
11Th Air Force
FAO Warns On Food Exports Controls In Europe
The United Nations FAO urged another year of government controls on food exports and imports to avert a possible European political and social crisis. It called for extending international collaboration to allocate scarce foods, noting the current system ends December 31 unless 30 nations agree to extend.
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Washington
The
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Europe
Geneva
FAO
Forty Foursmen Receive State Liquor Inspector Badges
Thirty four new state liquor inspectors earned badges after a two week training, raising permanent officers to 95 since Floyd C. Moon became acting chief of the enforcement division. Two earlier schools produced 61 graduates replacing provisional appointments.
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Columbus
Floyd C. Moon
Nash Becomes Fourth To Hike Auto Prices
Nash-Kelvinator President George W. Mason announced price increases on Nash cars effective at midnight Thursday. The move makes Nash the fourth automaker to raise prices, following General Motors Packard Kaiser-Frazer earlier this week.
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Nash
Detroit
Nash Automobiles
Nash-Kelvinator Corp
George W. Mason
General Motors Corp
Packard Motor Car Co
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
Columbus Youth Escapes Mansfield Reformatory
A 19 year old Columbus man Israel Moss serving burglary and grand larceny terms escaped from the Ohio State Reformatory at Mansfield according to the State Highway Patrol.
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Columbus
Israel Moss
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
State Highway Patrol
Prosecutor Alleges Wife Killed Father-In-Law in Arkansas
Hot Springs Ark Prosecutor Sidney S McMath says his 26 year old wife killed his 56 year old father Hal P McMath at their upscale suburban home early last night. He seeks a special grand jury meeting and a special prosecutor to handle the case.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Sidney S. McMath
Hal P. McMath
McMath
Clyde E. Brown
Ford Pension Gesture Echoes Model T Wage Rise
SAM SIMMONS argues Ford Motor Company's near 200 million pension fund mirrors its 1914 wage increase to a minimum for window cleaners and higher for others. He notes Ford's Model T era created mass market wealth, contends the company could set an example, and questions private pensions versus a national system. He cites unequal pension access and suggests government action to abolish private plans.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
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Maine
London
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
House
Commons
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Dolly Cox
Greenville
Perini
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