Murray Calls Hughes Inquiry Smear Try and Check
Senator Murray denounced the Hughes wartime plane contract hearings as a smear and urged a Senate probe of investigations. He warned Democrats may move to end the war investigations, while Senator Brewster defended the GOP action as a political disagreement in a free country.
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Murray
Hughes
Washington
Senate
Howard Hughes
GOP
D-Mont
War Investigating
Montana
Truman
Ferguson
Rmich
Robertson
Dva
Portland
Brewster
Child Escapes Locked Ice Box In Omaha
A four year old boy named Tommy McEvoy survived two hours locked inside an unused ice box when his 11 year old brother Jimmy spotted a water pool under the box and opened the door. He appeared soaked and perspiring but unharmed. The doors were removed after the incident.
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Omaha
Tommy McEvoy
Jimmy
Tommy
Fire Threatens River Barge Near Cincinnati
Firefighters battled a blaze aboard a pumper vessel moored to an Ohio River barge carrying 250 000 gallons of gasoline. Two firemen were burned as windswept flames threatened ignition. several men jumped into the river and swam 50 feet to shore. Damage estimated at 3000 dollars.
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Cincinnati
John Hall
Hall
Purple Heart Order elects Cincinnati native as national head
Lancaster Pennsylvania reports Verne S. White of Cincinnati chosen as national commander of the Purple Heart Order. Mrs Jewell Mueller of Chicago was named national president of the auxiliary.
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Lancaster
Military Power of the Purple Heart
Verne S. White
Cincinnati
Jewell Mueller
Chicago
Army Drops Jewel Case as Family Intrigue Mounts
Investigators in Berlin label the missing royal jewels of Princess Hermine a dizzy merry go round of family intrigue and say no American involvement, handing the case to German police. Fraulein Vera Herbst remained under technical charges. Princess Caroline later yielded about 30 pieces from her apartment.
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Berlin
Hermine
Kaiser Wilhelm II
U.S
O. R. Carlucci
Army
Fraulein Vera Herbst
Prince Ferdinand
Fraulein Herbst
Ferdinand
Caroline
Wage Talks Open for Goodyear Rubber Wage Demands
Wage talks will open Thursday in Cleveland with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. as CIO United Rubber Workers prepare for a plant walkout at B. F. Goodrich Co. Union President L S Buckmaster announced no specific wage figures yet for about 35 000 Goodyear workers.
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Akron
CIO United Rubber Workers
B. F. Goodrich Co
Cleveland
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
L. S. Buckmaster
Goodyear
Daughters of America Elects Akron Leader at Columbus Convention
The Daughters of America State Council opened its Columbus convention with officer nominations. If tradition holds, Akron's Mrs. Clara Runnion will succeed Canton’s Mrs. Hilda L. Bidwell as state head.
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Columbus
State Council of the Daughters of America
Clara Runnion
Akron
Hilda L. Bidwell
Canton
Strike at Stock Yards Postponed for Week
A 450 worker strike at the Union Stock Yards and Transit Co in Chicago was postponed for one week as negotiations continue over an eight cent hourly wage increase and other benefits.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards and Transit Co
Former Official Thomas Miller Dies in Columbus
Thomas Miller, 57, a former assistant attorney general and once examiner for the Ohio State Board of Tax Appeals, died yesterday in Columbus.
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Columbus
Thomas Miller
Ohio State Board of Tax Appeals
Meat Supply in Balance as Heat Shrinks Corn Forecasts
Washington reports the midwestern heat wave trimming corn production forecasts and threatening meat output. Officials say a 2.66 billion bushel corn crop would maintain current meat production, with eastern and southern livestock hit hardest by reduced feed.
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Washington
Clark Orders Food Housing Clothing Price Probe
Attorney General Clark ordered an investigation by the Justice Department anti-trust division into possible conspiracies to maintain or raise prices in food clothing and housing. The department will seek jail terms and maximum fines for violators and oppose no contest pleas upon conviction after a three month study of current price conditions.
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Washington
Clark
Justice Department
Courts of Pleas of
Logan Native John V. Pierson Dies in Columbus Hospital
John V. Pierson 29 native of Logan and former Starr resident died early today at University Hospital Columbus after being admitted Sunday. He moved to Columbus four years ago to live with an aunt. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. in Asbury Methodist Church conducted by Rev Carroll Chesser. Friends may call Leonard funeral home any time.
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Logan
John V. Pierson
Starr
University Hospital
Columbus
American Sergeant Shot Near Manila in Latest U S Army Deaths
An American sergeant was shot and killed Saturday night 24 miles south of Manila by unknown assailants. His companion was grazed in the head as he stepped into his jeep. The incident comes amid nine U S Army deaths in six weeks.
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Manila
SAM SIMMONS on press tone and public relations influence
SAM SIMMONS argues the U S press has toned down its commentary over 50 years and editors avoid offense. He notes an army of public relations professionals linked to government unions and big business shapes coverage, with many truth-averse spokesmen thriving on controversy. He questions whether the press should push back against these forces.
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Marie Henry Watterson
Troducers
Police Seek Wife, Child Slayings Suspect in Cincinnati
Cincinnati police hunted William H. Sharp after his wife Virginia and daughter Barbara Jean were found strangled in their beds. Notes signed by Sharp referenced a planned act and his death with cremation. Authorities noted a gun Went missing. Sharp had been despondent over unemployment and debt.
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William H. Sharp
Virginia
Barbara Jean
Clem Merz
Sharp
W. H. Sharp
C. H. Patmar
Golf Manor
Merz
Mert
If I Were Editor of The Messenger Contest
The Athens Messenger invites critical letters on What I Would Do If I Were Editor. Must be signed with full name and address, written on one side. Postmarked by Wednesday midnight to compete for five dollar prizes. Winning letters printed and published as judged.
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Messenger
The
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Professor's Body Found Hanged Near State College
The body of Dr. Raymond Haber a 59 year old Penn State State College professor was found hanging from a tree limb four miles from the campus. Coroner Charles Shekler ruled it death by own action and said there will be no inquest.
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State College
Raymond Haber
Pennsylvania State College
Charles Sheckler
Naval Air Station at Akron Possible
The Ninth Naval District announced at Great Lakes Illinois that a Naval Air Station may be built at Municipal Airport in Akron to serve Cleveland and Akron if satisfactory leases can be obtained.
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Akron
Ninth Naval District
Great Lakes
Ill
Cleveland
Weekend Forecast Turns Cooler After Warm Spell
Extended forecast calls for temperatures five to ten degrees above normal with minimums around 58 to 61 and highs near 78 to 81. Expect continued warmth then a weekend cooldown with two days of scattered thunder showers and total precipitation under a quarter inch.
Tucson Dean Emeritus Samuel Fegtly Dies at 79
Samuel M. Fegtly, 79, dean emeritus of the University of Arizona Law College, died Monday. The longtime law educator was born in West Unity, Ohio.
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Tucson
Ariz
Samuel M. Fegtly
University of Arizona Law College
West Unity
Ohio
Heat Wave Predicted To Continue Across Midwest
The ongoing heat wave braces crops nationwide with moisture needed from the Appalachians to Texas. The Weather Bureau cites southern Illinois and Iowa as in poor condition and notes only a narrow cool air band may temper temperatures late tonight in Minnesota and the Great Lakes. Scattered showers are unlikely to aid crops. some Midwest locales hit 100 plus yesterday while Idaho Falls posted a 30 degree low with frost risk but minimal crop damage from rain.
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Midwest
Dakotas
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain States
Weather Bureau
Illinois
Iowa
Appalachians
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Idaho Falls
Idaho
31 Buchenwald Nazis Convicted by U S Military Court
In Dacha Germany a U S military court convicted all 31 defendants in the Buchenwald Concentration Camp trial. Sentences will be pronounced Thursday. Among the defendants was Ilse Koch the wife of the former camp commandant who denied lampshade charges based on inmate skin. The camp was captured by Americans in 1945.
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Dachau
Germany
Buchenwald
U.S
Ilse Koch
Crop Worker Shortage Hits Ashtabula County Farms
Ashtabula County faces a crop labor shortage blamed on recent federal appropriation cuts by Congress. Agricultural Agent Ross Milner says 14 of the county’s largest commercial growers requested 110 seasonal workers, with the shortage seen as general across northern Ohio.
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Ashtabula
Congress
Ohio
Ashtabula County
Ross Milner
Navy Vessel Rescues Nine From Bering Sea
Nine crewmen and passengers from a crashed Army PBY were rescued in the icy Bering Sea by a lifeboat from a Navy cargo vessel. All survived with only minor exposure reported by the 17th Naval District.
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Kodiak, Alaska
Bering Sea
17Th Naval District
Beauty Secret Bared at National Beauty Convention
At a National Beauty Culturists League convention in Baltimore a wig maker from Philadelphia cites American women buying over 100000 wigs annually. Charles R Richardson says the figure reflects demand across the country.
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Baltimore
National Beauty Culturists League
Charles R. Richardson
Philadelphia
Kiplinger Matriarch Cora Kiplinger Buried
Mrs. Cora M. Kiplinger aged 83 mother of Willard M. Kiplinger was buried here today. The Kiplinger family notes she tidied at Washington before her death.
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Bellefontaine
Cora M. Kiplinger
Willard M. Kiplinger
Columbus
Kiplinger
Washington Letter
Washington
Water Supply Assured for Malta and McConnelsville
Malta and McConnelsville residents were assured water after a 35-foot dam section collapsed at Muskingum River Dam No. 7. The breach threatened the water table feeding local wells across the two towns. A mobile Army purification system and ten soldiers were deployed for two months by Ohio health officials to safeguard supplies.
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Mcconnellville
Malta
McConnellsville
George Archer
McConnelsville Water Works Board
Muskingum River
Muskingum
Army
O. C. Carter
Ohio Department of Health
Perseid Meteor Shower Visible Tonight Across Northeast
The Naval Observatory predicts a shower of perseid meteors lighting the northeastern sky tonight. Best viewing is from midnight to morning light in the northeastern hemisphere, with the display lasting several days into tomorrow night and beyond until it fades.
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Washington
Naval Observatory
Hereford Quadruplets To Show at State Fair
The Arcady Quads four Herefords born a year ago on the Henry Iddings farm at Irondale will be exhibited at the Ohio State Fair this summer.
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Hereford
Wellsville
Henry Iddings
Irondale
Jackson Man Dies Following Fight Injuries
Pineville West Virginia Jackson Man dies from injuries after a Sunday fight. Jack son Field 29 Ohio coal miner at Red Jacket Coal Co died in his room after a confrontation at a drinking party. Franklin 36 miner faces murder charge. autopsy cites skull fracture hemorrhage and shock.
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Pineville
W. Va
Marshall F. Field
Field
Franklin
Bailey
Ward Wylie
Geese Force Emergency Landing of DC 4 Near Philadelphia
A National Airlines DC 4 with 25 aboard made an emergency landing at Southwest Airport after a flock of geese struck the aircraft on takeoff from Philadelphia. Captain Herschel Clark reported at least five geese hit the plane including a hole large enough to stick your head in the wing and a hit on the rudder during the Newark flight to New Jersey.
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Philadelphia
National Airlines
Southwest Airport
Herschel Clark
Newark
N. J
Clark
Man Admits Killing Wife and Cutting Body into Pieces
Detroit police say Harold Treaki, 50, confessed to killing his wife Ivy Jean Treaki, 20, and cutting her body into five pieces after hours of questioning. Senior Inspector Marvin Lane reported the verbal statement.
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Detroit
Marvin Lane
Detroit Police
Harold Treaki
Ivy Jean Treaki
Lane
Treaks
House of Commons Passes Labor Economic Bill Amid Debate
The House of Commons approved the Labour government economic crisis bill by 178 to 64 and sent it to the Lords before adjournment. Churchill attacked the measure, while Morrison guaranteed that wartime powers would not be used to suppress the press, and Davies’ amendment limited such actions.
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Labor
London
House of Lords
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Clement Davies
Herbert Morrison
Churchill
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