Two Youths Struck By Train Near Carpenter
Two 18 year old youths from Clendenin West Virginia were injured at 8 30 a m when a New York Central freight train struck them about one mile north of Carpenter. Sheltering Arms Hospital listed Cue Chandler and James Dotson in fair condition at 11 15 a m with possible fractured hip and arms and multiple cuts and bruises.
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Carpenter
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Cue Chandler
James Dotson
Albany
Clendenin
W.va
New York Central
Gun Battle Ends Two Police Officers and Steelworker Death
In Youngstown Pennsylvania a 58 year old burgess and constable and a 58 year old justice of the peace were shot dead outside a barricaded home as William A Smith refused arrest on an assault charge. A 36 year old steel worker was killed by machine gun fire after police laid siege.
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Youngstown
Pennsylvania
Andrew J. Hadock
J. Thomas Caslin
Burgess
William A. Smith
Justice of the Peace
Eugene Murphy
Caslin
Hadock
Smith
22 Killed In Storms Across Britain and France
Weekend storms in Britain and France left at least 22 dead and caused widespread damage. Crops were flattened and floods widespread. Brest suffered over 100 million francs in damage. A fishing boat capsized at Perrs Quirec, drowning eight, while another wrecked boat claimed five crewmen. Kent and Sussex faced severe storms as high waters hit southeast coasts.
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London
Britain
France
Brest
Perrs-Quirec
Brittany
Kent
Sussex
England
Negroes Vote Expected In South Carolina Primary
In Columbia South Carolina about 35 000 Negroes are among roughly 480 000 Democrats registered for tomorrow's state primary A heavy Negro vote is expected and could influence the U S Senate contest and other races in the Deep South city and state return.
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Columbia
S.C
Deep South
United States Senate
Watchman slain after $1000 robbery shocks Canton
Clyde L. Engle 69 year old night watchman was beaten to death at Pete Pan Dry Cleaning Co. after $1000 in checks and cash were stolen. Coroner E C Reno said heavy blows crushed Engle's skull. Body found early yesterday by a company driver on the plant boiler room floor.
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Canton
Clyde L. Engle
Pete Pan Dry Cleaning Co
E. C. Reno
Engle
Price Cuts Announced For Aeronca Aircraft
John A Lawler president of Aeronca Aircraft Corp announced price reductions from 100 to 400 dollars on its planes. The Aeronca Champion price at the factory is 2475 dollars.
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Middletown
John A. Lawler
Aeronca Aircraft Corp
Aeronca
Lancaster Fire Chief Frank Heskett 67 Dies
Frank Heskett, fire chief since 1942 and longtime Lancaster Fire Department member since 1905, died of a heart attack today at age 67.
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Lancaster
Frank Heskett
Lancaster Fire Department
Univs Lens strike settlement bid blocked by status
Dayton report notes Local 768 of the United Electrical Workers backed a three point plan to end the three month strike at Univis Lens Co. The plant would reinstate non discharging workers, but 11 discharged for cause would be subject to arbitration. The company demanded that only non striking workers be reinstated into current vacancies. Federal Mediator James McNamara reported the union accepted yesterday’s settlement proposal, but the company rejected it and no talks were scheduled after the vote.
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Dayton
Univis Lens Co
United Electrical Workers
James McNamara
M. H. Stanley
McNamara
Election Tops Ohio Legion Convention
Ohio American Legion delegates focus on resolutions and officer elections at Columbus convention. The race for state commander narrows to J. B. Sawyer of Middletown and Carl W. Smith of Kenton, both vice commanders and WW II and WW I veterans respectively. More than 40 000 people lined High Street to watch the parade led by the 40 or 8 and auxiliaries with 46 bands. Governor Herbert and State Commander Halloran reviewed.
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Columbus
Ohio
American Legionnaires
Aaron J. Halloran
Springfield
J. B. Sawyer
Middletown
Ohio State University
Carl W. Smith
Kenton
High Street
Thomas J. Herbert
Halloran
Patrol Reinforcements For Polk County Ballot Count
Benton Tennessee is assured security as the State Highway Patrol adds about 15 men to aid the ballot counting after last week’s violent Polk County general election. A National Guard unit has stood by since Friday following ballot box disturbances that left three dead and several injured.
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Benton
Tenn
State Highway Patrol
Polk County
Lynn Bomar
National Guard
Government Worker Strikes Roil Japan Amid Ban
Unauthorized work stoppages across Japan challenged a cabinet ban on government employee strikes. The nationwide action appeared widespread yet produced only a minor disruption in daily operations.
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Tokyo
Japan
Armed Revolt Feared as Arias Plans Invasion of Panama
Panamas government and security officials say ex president Arnulfo Arias is organizing an armed invasion from Costa Rica with Costa Rican Army support. A force of mercenaries is allegedly ready to cross near Puerto Armuelles on the Pacific coast.
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Panama
Arnulfo Arias
Costa Rica
Arias
Puerto Armuelles
Lightning Strikes Shanghai Shirt Factory, 62 Dead
A lightning bolt hit the Yung Pei Shirt Factory in Shanghai killing 62 workers and injuring many others. The four story plant housed about 140 employees when the disaster occurred. 28 more were reported to die. Rescue teams struggled to reach the upper floors as the tragedy unfolded.
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Shanghai
Yung Pei
Spy hearings resume as witnesses face secrecy and immunity
Congress spy hearings reopen with mystery witness Alexander Koral and two men accused of feeding wartime secrets to a Red espionage network. Victor Perlo declines to say if he knows the accuser or if he has been a Communist. The panel seeks Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina, a Russian schoolteacher in New York, and Michael Samarin as possible witnesses amid diplomatic immunity questions and ongoing investigations.
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Washington
Victor Perlo
Alexander Koral
New York
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Mundt
R-Sd
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
State Department
Kosenkina
Ussr
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
Samarin
FBI
Russia
New Jersey
Un-American Activities Committee
House Committee
Koral
Lauchlin Currie
Roosevelt
Duncan Lee
Senatorial race firms in Kentucky November ballot
Kentucky's November slate nears finalization as results from party primaries shape the U S Senate contest. Virgil Chapman of Paris, a 22 year veteran of Congress, leads the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent Republican John Sherman Cooper of Somerset.
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Louisville
Kentucky
United State
Virgil Chapman
Paris
John Sherman Cooper
Somerset
CIO PAC Denies Endorsement In Ohio Governor Race
The Ohio CIO Political Action Committee did not endorse either Gov. Thomas J. Herbert or former Gov. Frank Lausche in the forthcoming gubernatorial campaign. About 1,400 CIO members heard a 19 point platform calling for tax reform including repealing the sales tax and shifting to an income tax, local tax distributions, and strict property assessments.
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Cincinnati
Thomas J. Herbert
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Cio
Herbert
Lausche
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Cio-Pac
Tight Soviet Border Controls Heighten Berlin Tension
Gov Thomas J Herbert defends use of Ohio National Guard amid Dayton labor unrest at Athens County Fairground rally. Berlin front reports say Russians dig trenches on the border with Western Germany as U R troops rush to reinforce Germany with B 29s.
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Thomas J. Herbert
National Guard
Dayton
Athens County Fairgrounds
Univisions Co
Berlin
Telegraf
Germany
United States
President Truman Seen Likely To Sign GOP Housing Bills
In Washington, Democratic allies urge Truman to sign the Republican Housing and Credit Control Bills after a 13 day special session ended. Senator Ferguson accuses Truman of blocking records on Communist investigations but says impeachment won’t be pressed. citizens may vote him out.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Capitol Hill
Hatch
New Mexico
Paign
Detroit
Western envoy talks resume at Moscow Kremlin
U S ambassador Walter Bedell Smith led a triad of envoys into the Kremlin for a third conference within a week with Molotov and Stalin. Frank Roberts and Yves Chataigneau accompanied him as they discussed the Berlin blockade and broader East–West differences.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Frank Roberts
Ernest Bevin
Yves Chataigneau
Molotov
Berlin
Stalin
Derailed Freight Cars Spill Candy Oil in Latrobe
Latrobe police reported thirty cars of a 101 car freight train derailed in the Latrobe business district spilling oil and candy onto two streets. No injuries were reported though the derailment’s immediate cause was not determined. The extra train was en route to Cincinnati.
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Latrobe
Cincinnati
Rumors of Coups in Palestine Warned by UN Mediator
Rhodes Count Folke Bernadotte reports rumors of impending coups by irregular elements in Palestine. He says these forces could be used as spearheads by regular troops and urges demilitarization of Jerusalem as the best remedy for the tense situation.
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Rhodes
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
United Nations
Jerusalem
Romania to hold plebiscite on Soviet Union membership
Refugee sources in Istanbul report Romania will decide by plebiscite on August 23 whether to join the Soviet Union. The claim is unconfirmed locally, though persistent reports suggest such a vote was considered.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Romania
Soviet Union
Ohio Industrialist Heads For Labrador Field
Samuel F. Keener of Salem Ohio, an industrialist, left Gander Airport in a DC-3 for Goose Bay Labrador on a five week business air tour of Europe. He arrived yesterday from Montreal and flies with a five man crew and an interpreter.
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Gander Airport
Newfoundland
Samuel F. Keener
Salem
Ohio
Industralist
Goose Bay
Labrador
Europe
Keener
Montreal
Washington first Stop Washington first Stop
Twenty nine Messenger carriers arrived at 7 40 a m en route to New York for an expense paid vacation as guests of The Messenger. They left Athens after 9 30 p m Sunday on a special B O National Limited train. The youngsters enjoyed bacon and egg breakfast and prepared for their first day of sightseeing. They were to reach New York early this afternoon. All were healthy and in good spirits after the air night ride in the reclining seat coach. For nine of them it was their first train ride.
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Berlin
Communist Party
Moscow
Germany
United States
England
Europe
London
Air
W. Stuart Symeington
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Washington
New York
Messenger
Athens
National Limited
Labor Chief Choice Still Uncertain
President Truman has nominated former Gov. Maurice J. Tobin of Massachusetts for secretary of labor. Tobin, seeking to regain the governorship, refused to commit to the post and said he plans to visit the president in coming days. Congress adjourned without action on Tobin or other nominations.
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Washington
Truman
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusetts
Tobin
Congress
Senate
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Gilbertville
Mass
Unknown Man Slain Near Muskingum River
Police investigated the slaying of an unidentified man found near a Muskingum River lock in Zanesville. Coroner Dr. S S Daw said the 65 to 75 year old victim was beaten to death with jaw fractures and loss of blood. The body lay along a riverbank path after likely being killed in a clapboard shack and dragged to its location. A woman and two young men were questioned.
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Zanesville
Muskingum River
S. S. Daw
Muskingum County
Columbus
Danubian Meet Halts To Await Amendments
Belgrade Yugoslavia The Danubian Conference paused for 24 hours awaiting amendments to the Soviet backed pact that would place the Danube under eastern bloc control. The U S delegation plans to propose an 11 nation commission to guarantee free and open navigation on the Danube.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Europe
U. S
Danube
Dems Choose Carter To Replace Roosevelt
California Democrats selected Oliver J. Carter of Redding as their new state chairman to replace James Roosevelt in Sacramento. Carter, an outspoken state senator who plans to retire from the upper chamber, was elected by the state central committee yesterday.
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Sacramento
California
James Roosevelt
Oliver J. Carter
Redding
State Central Committee
40 ET 8 Elects Head Columbus Leader
Columbus Ohio is announced as the new base as L Garrison of Van Wert is named Grand Chef de Gare of the Ohio 40 jet 8 group of the American Legion.
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40 ET 8
Columbus
L. Oo. Garrison
van Wert
American Legion
Rice Suspect Demanded Back for Ohio Murder Trial
Franklin County Prosecutor Ralph J. Bartlett demanded the return of Homer Jack Dean from West Virginia to stand trial for first degree murder in the December 10 slaying of Elmo C. Rice. Dean, a Huntington, West Virginia native, is already serving a life sentence in Moundsville prison on a habitual criminal conviction. the demand followed a conference with Christine Rice, widow of the victim.
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Columbus
Ralph J. Bartlett
Franklin County
West Virginia
Homer Jack Dean
Elmo C. Rice
Dean
Huntington
W. Va
Moundsville
Bartlett
Christine Rice
Inmate Slips Out With Mission Singers From Cleveland Jail
A Chicago man, Dalton S. Menzies, 25, left Cleveland city jail with a group of mission singers after Sunday services. A patrolman pursued him but he escaped a short distance. He was described as a prisoner with deep character and grand larceny charges.
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Cleveland
Dalton S. Menzies
Chicago
Menzies
Saway
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Stanley Mechem
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Charles L. Sherwood
Apple Creek
Prestwice
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