Planes Collide At Chesapeake Four Die
Four men died when a Navy Beechcraft and an Aeronca trainer collided near Chesapeake airport. Pilot J P Corkran Jr 24 Huntington was killed along with three Navy fliers Lieut Cmdr Clark Henderson 28 Staatsburg NY Lt(jg) John S Roy Jr 25 Huntington and Cecil Elbert Whitten Jr 21 Hagerstown MD. The planes crashed into a residential area near the Ohio River as they attempted landings during a flying time mission from Anacostia to Cincinnati.
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Huntington
W. Va
Navy
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Aeronca
Chesapeake, O
Ohio River
Howard Mayes
Chesapeake
J. P. Corkran, Jr
Corkran
Mayes
Washington
Anacostia Air Station
Cincinnati
Clark Lee Henderson
Staatsburg
N. X
John S. Roy, Jr
L. S
Tmo
99 Witnesses To Be Heard On Decontrol
Washington reports that the Decontrol Board opened four days of hearings with 99 witnesses to decide whether to restore price controls. Chairman Foy L. Thompson pledged an unbiased view free from other agency influence as the future of OPA grain ceilings looms. Farmers and grain traders warned of possible black markets if controls return.
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Washington
Foy L. Thompson
OPA
Tremors Rattle Island. Relief Efforts Intensify
Earthquakes shook the Caribbean island for eight days with diminishing frequency and intensity. The latest quake caused no damage while communications are being restored and government relief for about 20,000 homeless in the north and northeast areas is expanding.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
Strike of 20 Bus Workers Halts Area Service
A strike of 20 drivers and mechanics on the Jenkins Hazard Bus Lanes serving about 150000 people halted area service for the third day. Manager W. S. Gibson said no settlement prospects were in sight.
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Hazard
Jenkins-Hazard
W. S. Gibson
Maid Is Charged With Murder in Four Exhumations Planned
Jefferson County authorities announced plans to exhume four more bodies after mercury poisoning was found in Minnie McConnell, who died in 1945 under housekeeper Lottie Lockman. Lockman, charged with murder, had been free on bond. Coroner Haigh ordered exhumations for Daele Giddings, Hattie Calhoun, Frank Lockman, and Wallace Lockman.
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Madison
Ind
Jefferson County
Lottie
Tot) Lockman
Lockman
R. Ni Harger
Minnie McConnell
McConnell
Donald Bear
Harry E. Nichols
Daele
Fred” Giddings
Mys
Hattie Calhoun
Frank Lockman
Hus
Wallace Lockman
Giddings
Lockmans
Dupont
Mannie McConnell
Civilians Held in Army Jail Report Sparks Inquiry
Alvin F Brockbrader a 24 year old American civilian worker in Frankfurt writes his mother he has been held for 31 days without a hearing for using vile language. In Frankfurt reports say 13 Americans including soldiers have been held up to two months without charges or counsel. An appeal smuggled from jail led to an investigation by Maj Joseph S Robinson and Capt Earl Carroll revealing alleged army misconduct and special officer privileges in prison. Brockbrader had previously worked as a civilian technician in Frankfurt after discharge.
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Bowling Green
Alvin F. Brockbrader
Frankfurt
Germany
Brockbrader
U. S. Army
Pic
Daniel P. Walchak
Detroit
Joseph S. Robinson
New York
Lichfield
Bad Nauteim
Robinson
Earl Carroll
Army Justice
Army
Chicago
Owen Summers
Portland
Ore
Theater Headquarters Command
Hei
Summers
Harold Chase
Frigid Wave Lowers Mercury Across Region
The Associated Press reports unusually cold conditions pushed daily minima to new summer lows from the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys to the Atlantic coast. Chicago hit 52 degrees, beating the August 12 record from 1930 by four. Michigan and Wisconsin readings ranged 35 to 37, with 63 in Atlanta and 45 near Kylertown. A shower area was centered in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Missouri while moderation is expected midweek.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Missouri
Atlantic Coast
Chicago
Cadillac
Mich
St. Ignace
Land O Lakes
Wis
Columbus
Concord
N.H
Kylertown
Atlanta
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Mississsippi
North Central States
Marine Forces Are Replaced in North China Shuffles
In Tientsin Marines, regulars replace reserves as Adm. Cooke states the accelerated outward movement does not indicate a withdrawal from China. The First Marine Division announces Tangku received two naval transports with marine and naval personnel for full tours in the Far East.
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Tientsin
Ph — Marine
China
Charles M. Cooke, Jr
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Tangku
Marine Corps
Far East
Fairfield Woman Dies Of Auto Injuries
Fairfield County obituary notes Mrs Thelma Griffith 21 of Amanda died from injuries after an automobile crash. Mrs Sylvia Walkinswantz 25 of Lancaster was killed last week when the car driven by Donald Griffith collided with a tree.
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Columbus
Thelma Griffith
Amanda Fairfield County
Sylvia Walkinswantz
Lancaster
Griffith
Donald
End to Pension Ceiling Advocated by CIO
The Ohio Council urged Gov Lausche to lift the state pension ceiling and adopt a pay according to need plan in the Aug. 20 special session. William Lavelle, secretary treasurer, said some pensioners in need may require more than 50 or 60 dollars monthly for medical and hospitalization aid.
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Columbus
Ohio Council
Frank J. Lausche
Wiliam Lavelle
Solons Start Journey To Alaska Far East On Six Week Trip
Washington report says members of the House Military Affairs committee began a six week tour to Alaska the Pacific and the Far East to study surplus war property disposition demobilization military government morale and sites for permanent bases. A separate Cleveland brief notes a small bomb exploded on the front lawn of Councilman John J Prince following a passing car incident.
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Washington
House
Military Affairs Committee
Alaska
Pacific
Far East
Cleveland
John J. Prince
City Workers Start Strike Amid Victory Week
East Liverpol area workers in the street incinerator and water departments walked off at 10 am as the city opened its victory week. Street crews tidied up for the celebration then left with trucks. Water pressure stayed enough for homes and public buildings but not for industry. Garbage collection was cut to two hospitals. AFL union rejected a 15 percent offer as inadequate and refused a one week postponement for the parade honoring World War II veterans.
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Liverpool
AFL
Council
Argentina pledges cooperation with United States
Buenos Aires reports Dr. Oscar Shamshevich left for Washington to become ambassador bearing a message from President Juan Peron. The message is believed to carry the colonel's pledge that Argentina will align with the United States to bolster inter American system strength and policy support for Washington.
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Buenos Aires
Oscar Shamssevich
Washington
Truman
Juan Peron
Argentina
United States
Youth Hero Dies in Crash After Rescue
Cincinnati report states Robert Gray, 16, died after a motorcycle automobile collision near his Reading suburban home. Hours earlier he saved a boy from drowning in the Little Miami River, earning late news attention for his brave act.
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Cincinnati
CPI
Robert Gray
Isuburban
Little Miami River
Memorial Rites Planned for Blast Victims in Vinton County
Memorial services were planned today for three Vinton County men killed in the Austin Powder Co blast Saturday afternoon. Ernest Perry 62 of Union Ridge leaves a large family including his wife nine children and four brothers. Eugene E Shorty Wills 33 of McArthur survived by his wife and four children and two sons in Springfield and Columbus. John Inns 29 of Dundas employed by the Austin firm six years leaves his wife and two sons and a daughter with his father Charles Inns all of Dundas.
Strikes Slash Bread Output In Major Cities
Bread supplies were curtailed in two of the nation’s three largest cities by strikes of AFL Bakery and Confectionery Workers union locals. In Philadelphia two thirds of daily output at 13 plants of eight major firms stopped. An industry spokesman estimated the loss at a million leaves, feeding about 4,000,900 residents. In Chicago, a walkout affected 360 smaller shops, leaving large wholesale bakeries to operate.
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Associated Press
AFL Bakery
Confectionery Workers Union
Philadelphia
Eght
Chicago
Lausche and Huffman To Speak in Guernsey
A state wide Democratic meeting will feature Gov Frank Lausche and U S Sen James Huffman as top speakers at Sunrise Acre Guernsey County Thursday night announced by O J Sharpe chairman of the county Democratic Executive Committee. A separate report notes Herman L Pratter Jr 3 of Alger died after an automobile truck collision near McGuffey Saturday night.
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Eyesville
P—A
Frank J. Lausche
U. S
James Huffman
Sunrise Acre
O. J. Sharpe
Guernsey County
Democratic Executive Committee
Kenton
McGuffey
Herman. L. Pratter
Alger
Axtell Defeat Goal of GOP
Washington dispatch reports Republicans tediously plotting to reclaim President Truman by defeating Enos A. Axtell in Missouri fifth district race. Truman asserted Axtell would win after a primary win over Rep. Roger C. Slaughter. GOP officials dispute, planning intensified support for Albert L. Reeves Jr.
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Washington
Truman
Enos A. Axtell
Missouri
Axtell
Roger C. Slaughter
National
Albert L. Reeves, Jr
Guard training opens second Ohio unit session at Camp Perry
Gallia Unit of Guard trains at Camp Perry as the second field training session opens. Infantry units take part from the Second Fourth and Fifth Regiments with companies from Columbus Zanesville Lancaster Chillicothe Washington D C Delaware Marysville Marietta Gallipolis and Westerville.
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Gallia
Camp Perry
Ohio State Guard
Columbus
Zanesville
Lancaster
Chillicothe
Washington D.H
London
Delaware
Marysville
Marietta
Gallipolis
Westerville
Ohio Man Kills Wife Then Ends Own Life
Hillsboro coroner reports Harley Groens, 37, fatally wounded his 35 year old wife at their home near Hillsboro yesterday and then killed himself with a revolver.
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Ohio
Hillsboro
C. Noye
Harley Groens
War Surplus Probing Opens Heads Slaughter Panel
Congress inquiry into handling of war surpluses led by House Slaughter committee. Benjamin F Fields, once cited for a $5000 campaign boost offer, is to be questioned about buying 538 rolls of wire screening from War Assets Admin and profiting about 4500. WAA notes 30 arrests, 26 indictments from 1,200 investigations April to June.
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Washington
Senate
Slaughter Committee
House
Administration
Roger D. Slaughter
D-Mo
Benjamin,f. Fields
Senate Committee
Fields
Senator Mitchell
Dwash
Garsson
Hugh D. Wise, Jr
War Assets Administration
Wise
Slaughter
Truman
Missouri
Search for Survivors After Boat Wreck Near Middle Sister
A bottle with the note bring help Middle Sister washed ashore near the Detroit River mouth. Police search for survivors of a small boat believed wrecked on the rocky shoals of Middle Sister, a Canadian island in Lake Erie. An airplane sighted the area but poor visibility hindered the air search.
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Windsor
Ont
Middle Sister
Detroit River
Lake Ere
Blowout Causes Wreck One Killed Five Hurt
SALEM Ohio reports a fatal crash after a rear tire blowout on State Route 14 near here. Anthony Maltezos, 36, of Cambridge Pennsylvania, was killed. Five others were injured as a car driven by his wife overturned while traveling to Cleveland.
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Salem —F
Anthony Maltezos
Cambridge
Here
Cleveland
28 Cars Derail in NYC Freight Wreck Near Lacarne
Work crews rushed repairs after a New York Central freight wreck near Lacarne tore up about 2000 feet of track. Twenty eight coal laden cars derailed from a 410 car train as a car with a broken axle ran off the rails and dragged 27 others. Crewmen escaped injury.
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Port Clinton
New York Central Railroad
Lacarne
12th Death From Polio Recorded in Cleveland
Mrs. Jean Zimmer, 30, of Willoughby died yesterday of infantile paralysis at City Hospital. She is the 12th polio death in Cleveland this year. No new polio patients were admitted, total for the year remains 98. Cleveland man elected Conneaut Lake Park, Pa., president of the Erie Railroad Veterans Association yesterday.
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Cleveland
Jean ‘Zimmer
Willoughby
City Hospital
Conneaut Lake Park
L. E. Drew
The
Erie Railroad Veterans Association
Dog Missing Since 1944 Returns to Owner
Tarzan a Norwegian elkhound believed dead after the East Ohio Gas Co explosion that killed over 100 on Oct 29 1944 was found by a Geauga County farmer and traced to its owner Mrs Nola Reese of Cleveland through the 1944 dog license the animal was wearing.
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Cleveland
tPi
East Ohio Gas Co
Geauga County
Nola Reese
Dayton Richmond Hop Made in 35 Minutes
An Army jet propelled P-80 Shooting Star flew from Wright Field Dayton Ohio to Richmond Army Air Base in 35 minutes covering about 395 miles possibly setting an unofficial speed record of 677.14 miles per hour. Army officers stated yesterday.
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Richmond
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Richmond Army Air Base
Body Found on Tracks In Franklin Furnace Death Probed
Sheriff Earl Brandel said the office is investigating the death of Robert Ison, 33, whose mangled body was found on the Norfolk and Western Railway tracks at Franklin Furnace. Ohioan 18 drowned Spokane Wash Lt. Jonn Carroll 23 of Painesville Ohio drowned while swimming in Newman Lake.
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Portsmouth
Earl Brandel
Robert Ison
Norfolk and Western Railway
Franklin Furnace
Spokane, Wash
Jonn. K. Carroll
Painesville
Ohio
Newman Lake
Kod
Two Vessels Held Outside Haifa Harbor
Two immigrants ships crowded with Jewish refugees hover outside Haifa Harbor amid rising tensions over immigration certificates and a looming British blockade. Estimates say about 3,900 Jews aboard or en route may be barred from landings, raising fears of bloodshed and possible detention camps on Cyprus. A troop ship's quarters are barbed wired, signaling guard precautions as Britain prepares a Palestine program and a Stern gang trial proceeds.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Palestine
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Jewish Agency
London
Britain
Stern Gang
Small Nations Invited to Peace Talks Hearings
At the Paris Peace Conference Albania Mexico Cuba and Egypt were unanimously invited to appear for hearings on the Italian treaty. The decision followed hours of debate on which department should handle hearing rules with opposition from six nations led by Soviet delegate A V Vishinsky against sending the issue to the general commission.
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Paris
General Commission
A. V. Alexander
General Secretariat
SAM SIMMONS Says and Coleridge on Experience
A Sum day Messenger quotation prompts SAM SIMMONS to reflect on experience. He notes Coleridge’s view that experience light only reveals its own past track and adds that marriage and law demand adaptability, since no two cases or marriages unfold identically.
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Coleridge
Colegkige
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GOP
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Cal
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
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Quartermaster Corps
Paul E. Pizzo
Scranton
Richard K. Henderson
Rusheile
WAC
Cpl
Jeanette Wise
Richwood
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NEA
Nyc
Dayton-Richmond
Sam Simmons
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