Fairgrounds Open With Harness Races At Athens County
Athens County Fair opens amid heat and crowds as three days of harness racing begin. Attendance on opening day seen close to last year’s 15 000 on Children’s Day. Gov Herbert expected Thursday with Governor’s Trophy after the 2 18 pace. Local offices close noon to attend, fire works draw families, and a lighting outage briefly disrupts events.
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Athens County
Athens State Hospital
WLW
Thomas J. Herbert
Athens Retail Merchants Association
J. S. Sherrard
North Doudna
E. C. Wyatt
Columbus and Southern and Ohio Electric Co
Labor Law By-Passed In UAW Murray Pact
Detroit reports a Taft-Hartley bypassed contract between the CIO United Auto Workers and Murray Corporation ending a 30 day strike. The deal includes a 15 cent hourly wage rise for about 7 000 workers and seeks court action avoidance per the agreement.
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Uaw-Murray
Detroit
United Auto Workers
Murray Corporation of America
Rattlesnake Worshiper Reported In West Virginia Revival
A Buffalo Putnam County man asked Sheriff Ernest Hesson to stop a Holy Roller revival near Robertsburg where seven snakes were used by the preacher Smithy Hammond. One worshiper, Bing Herdman of Bear Branch Creek, was bitten by a rattlesnake, condition described as critical, with shock and swelling reported. Sheriff said action must come from Putnam County authorities. two snakes were rattlers and five copperheads in the group.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Buffalo
Putnam County
West Virginia
Hesson
Point Clinic
Holy Roller
Robertsburg
Hammond
Putna County
Bing” Herdman
Herdman
Bear Branch Creek
Virginia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Russia to Withdraw from Balkan Border Watch Mission
Russia plans to withdraw its representative from the United Nations Balkan Border Watch Commission after vetoing multiple peace efforts. Delegates foresee Russia challenging Security Council authority over Greece Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania as the General Assembly convenes September 16 in New York. Britain and the United States consider escalating to a General Assembly session or collective action under the UN charter.
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Lake Success
Russia
United Nations Balkan Border Watch Commission
Balkans
Security Council
Greece
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Andrei A. Gromyko
Balkan
Council
Faris el Khoury
Syria
General Assembly
New York
Assembly
Britain
United States
Store Wages Check Starts
COLUMBUS Ohio William J Rogers state director of industrial relations announced a wage study to decide if a minimum wage should cover women and minors in offices and retail clerks. Thirty one investigators began statewide tours to gauge worker and employer sentiment. In January 1946 petitions seeking such an order totaled 485 signatures filed under former director J Harry Moore.
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Columbus
William J. Rogers
Rogers
J. Harry Moore
Cincinnati
Spread of Jaundice Among Dogs Reported
An Army veterinary officer told the American Veterinary Medical Association that infectious canine leptospirosis, a often fatal form of yellow jaundice in dogs, has spread rapidly in the past decade. Col. Raymond Randall of Washington, D.C., noted the disease was first identified in 1923 and diagnosed with increasing frequency since 1937.
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Cincinnati
Army
American Veterinary Medical Association
Raymond Randall
Washington, D.S
Reverend Hull to Lead Barberton Church of Christ
The Rev. O. Leslie Hull, longtime pastor of the Church of Christ in Wilmington, will become pastor of the Barberton Church of Christ on September 7.
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Wilmington
O. Leslie Hull
Church of Christ Here
Barberton, O
Church of Christ
Nazi Doctor Is Sentenced To Gallows
Adolf Hitler’s personal physician and six other Germans were sentenced by an American war crimes court in Nuremberg to die on the gallows for using concentration camp inmates in medical experiments. Five others were given life terms, four received 10 to 20 years, and Herta Oberhauser was sentenced to 20 years for Ravensbruck crimes. Seven doctors were acquitted.
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Mernberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Herta Oberhauser
Ravensbruck
Three U S Soldiers Held by Russians in Korea
Three U S Army enlisted men have been held by Russian forces in northern Korea since August 12. Army intelligence reports say Russia refused explanations and ignored two protests from Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge demanding their release. Names withheld pending kin notification.
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Seoul
Korea
John R. Hodge
U. S
South Korea
Yohyon-Ni
Pyongyang
Boy Scouts Duplicate U S Seine Crossing
Five truck loads of American Boy Scouts traveling under field orders made a surprise descent on Rolleboise France and duplicated the first crossing of the Seine River by United States Army forces three years ago today. Led by an Army jeep and three French scouts as guides the scouts were told to pile out at a dam.
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Rolleboise
France
Seine River
Brackenridge Council President Resigns Over Housing
Brackenridge, Pa. council president Thomas H. Coll resigns after selling his home and failing to find a new one. The council deferred action on the resignation until Sept. 2 amid the housing shortage in the steel town near Pittsburgh.
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Brackenridge
Thomas H. Coll
Pittsburgh
Dutch Plan To Retain Hold on Occupied Land
Acting Gov. Gen. H. J. Van Mook declared that the Netherlands would retain authority over Sumatra and Madura regions occupied by Dutch troops since July 21. He said areas that have been made safe shall remain safe in his radio address.
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Batavia, Java
H. J. van Mook
Netherlands
Sumatra
Madoera
van Mook
Bilbo Condition Remains Good According to Hospital
New Orleans officials at Foundation Hospital report Senator Theodore G Bilbo's condition continues good after his illness.
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New Orleans
Theodore G. Bilbo
Foundation Hospital
Escapees Nabbed After Robbery of Ohio Woman
Three BIS escapees aged 18, 16, and 18 from Boys Industrial School were captured after robbing Grace Broderick of Revenge, about ten miles from Lancaster. They bound her with clothesline and gagged her, cutting her clothing with a butcher knife but causing no wounds.
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Lancaster
Boys Industrial School
Harley Highley
Fairfield County
Albert Hobson
Cleveland
Mack Gordon
Akron
Keith T. Balzer
Columbus
William C. Pickering
Grace Broderick
Sheriff Highley
Miss Broderick
Highley
Dollar Crisis Deepens as Britain Faces Finite U S Credit
Washington reports Britain has committed the remaining 850 million dollars of the 3.75 billion loan for essential imports and may need to tap gold and dollar reserves of 2.8 billion if the dollar drain continues. British officials push for a plan to slow the outflow while the Anglo American conference nears its third day.
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Washington
Britain
MacArthur Frees Vast Imported Food for Japan
General MacArthur announced the release of 374000 tons of imported foods for September and 286000 tons for October to support Japan’s rationing program. The shipments, mainly from the United States, aim to ease shortages and reduce black market activity for housewives.
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Tokyo
McArthur
MacArthur
United States
84 Ordered Dismissed In County Job Fuss
Belmont County's fight over the county engineer title led to an order dismissing 84 department employees yesterday. W. S. Shriver, a Republican, says he holds the post by 54 write‑in votes, while Lawrence L. Hayes, a Democrat, asserts legal engineering appointment by the county commissioners.
River Boat Explosion Fatal to Executive
Cincinnati obituary reports Henry A. Starbuck 31 of Arnamac Products Inc died from burns after a river cruiser exploded and burned at the town yacht club. Funeral services planned in Wilmington, Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Henry A. Starbuck
Arnamac Products, Inc
Town Yacht Club
Wilmington
Ohio
Body Found in Creek in GarrettsvilleDeath ruled self inflicted
Ravenna Ohio Portage County Coroner John A Turner ruled the death of 69 year old Mary E Mills a suicide after her body was found floating in Silver Creek near Garrettsville Slashes were found on her wrists and investigated as self inflicted
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Ravenna
Portage County
John A. Turner
Mary E. Mills
Silver Creek
Garrettsville
Parents accused in case of girl kept in hot attic
Neighbors reported a nine year old girl was kept in a hot unfinished attic during a heat wave. Kirby Breese and Anna Breese face neglect charges after police found the child in distress with bedsores and no food. Warren, seven, is sent to a farm.
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Cleveland
Kirby Breese
Anna
Jacqueline
Mildred Wilcox
ITU Asked To Ban Reds From Union Offices
The AFL-International Typographical Union convention was asked to ban Communists from office. It also seeks to give President Woodruff Randolph veto power over local contracts conflicting with ITU policy. The committee on laws proposed Randolph decide if contracts conform with policy.
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Cleveland
Afl-International Typographical Union
Woodruff Randolph
ITU
Randolph
Man 70 Slays Bride Then Ends His Own Life
In Bellaire last night 70 year old William Hixenbaugh shot and killed his bride of two months, Mrs. Clarissa Rankin Hixenbaugh, 65, then committed suicide in Shadyside an hour after she returned from a two week visit with relatives in Newark Ohio. Deputy W S McLaughlin said the couple had been quarreling over property.
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Bellaire
William Hixenbaugh
W. S. McLaughlin
Shadyside
Clarissa Rankin Hixenbaugh
Newark
Ohio
McLaughlin
Hixenbaughs
Manila trip to aid son deemed unnecessary
Fremont Ohio. Sandusky County highways superintendent Guy Keller said attorneys and army officials advised his planned trip to Manila to aid his son at the manslaughter trial would be unnecessary. The son Pfc William C Keller is held in the death of a Filipino policeman. Keller said only character testimony would be allowed and that would be provided by his son's commanding officer.
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Fremont
Guy Keller
Sandusky County
Army
Manila
William C. Keller
Keller
Lake County Fair Opens Sunday for Fifth Day Run
Lake County's 34th annual fair opens for a five day run and for the first time will be open on Sunday. Organizers say it should be the best in its history. The event is hosted in Painesville, Ohio.
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Lake County
Painesville
Sunay
United States iNews publisher Daniel W. Ashley dies at 53
Daniel W. Ashley, 53, vice president and publisher of the United States iNews, died last night in Darien Connecticut. His death follows a long career in journalism and leadership at the publication.
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U.S. News
Darien
Conn
Daniel W. Ashley
United States
iNews
Temperatures In U S Head For New Highs
The Chicago Weather Bureau said a narrow slow moving cool wave was the only cheer as a heat wave looked to set new records across the northern Midwest. Daily highs and durations were expected to break existing records with 94 degrees at Chicago likely to fall, while rains remained scarce for crops and some Michigan cities faced ice shortages.
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Associated Press
Chicago Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Midwest
Michigan
Chicago
Attlee to resign after loan talks say British Daily Mail
The Daily Mail reports Prime Minister Attlee plans to resign after critical stage of the Washington loan revision talks due to deteriorating health and nervous exhaustion. Bevin is named as possible successor in Britain’s front-page speculation.
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London
Daily Mail
Attlee
Washington
Mail
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Ohio VA Offices to Close on Budget Limits
Budget limits will close three Veterans Administration offices in Van Wert Piqua and Middletown Ohio by Sept 1. Frank E August Cincinnati regional VA manager announced the move reducing staff by 65 and ending VA representation at Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati. itinerant services in Lima Portsmouth and Marietta will also be discontinued.
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Cincinnati
Veterans Administration
van Wert
Piqua
Middletown
Ohio
Frank E. August
Ohio State University
University of Cincinnati
Lima
Portsmouth
Marietta
Tri State Moose Parade Draws 25 000 Delegates
Moose from Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia join 12 000 delegates in Columbus for a two hour Tri State celebration parade. Organizers expect a total of 25 000 before the parade begins.
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Columbus
Moose
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
$50 000 Gift Initiates City Park Pool Project
Mayor Ralph E. Fisher announced a contract for a $125 000 swimming pool at city park. An anonymous $50 000 gift funded the project launch, enabling construction to begin.
Defense Pact Speed Is Seen Marshall Goal
Secretary of State George C. Marshall will tell the Inter-American conference the United States favors postponing economic questions to Bogota in January while focusing on the hemispheric defense treaty. His eight minute talk would urge work on the treaty and defer economic issues, including Cuba’s call to ban economic aggression, to a later time. Eva Duarte Peron was expected to attend in Rio de Janeiro as Marshall declined a ball invite in her honor.
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Quitandinha
Brazil
George C. Marshall
United States
Bogota
Marshall
Eva Duarte Peron
Argentina
U. S
Rio de Janeiro
Harbord Dies at 81 Former Army Chief of Staff Passes Away
Gen. James G. Harbord retired 81 honorary RCA board chairman died at his Rye home after a brief illness. He rose from private to general, led the AEF in France under Pershing, served as Army deputy chief of staff, and held Distinguished Service Medals from both services.
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Rye
N.Y
James G. Harbord
Radio Corporation of America
Harbord
U.S. Army
France
John J. Pershing
Army
Navy
Brewster Sees Martin Possible 1948 GOP Run
In Fall River Massachusetts Speaker Joseph Martin denies seeking a 1948 GOP nomination but Senator Owen Brewster hints the congressman could be in consideration. Martin says he does not expect to be a candidate yet leaves door ajar on an unexpected run.
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Fall River
Mass
Joseph Martin
Owen Brewster
Maine
Massachusetts
Martin
Cadiz Blast Death Toll Expected to Rise
In Cadiz Spain rescue teams recovered 134 bodies from a torpedo and mine factory explosion two miles from the city center. Mayor Francisco Sanchez Cossio and acting Civil Governor Antonio Fernandez Pernia said the toll may rise to about 200, roughly half of prior estimates.
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Cadiz
Spain
Francisco Sanchez Cossio
Antonio Fernandez Pernia
General Sent To Probe Army Abuse Stories
Maj. Gen. Ira T. Wyche inspector general of the U S Army arrived in Leghorn Italy to investigate charges of abuses in Lt Gen John C H Lee s Mediterranean theater command. Wyche said the inquiry would be without favor or partiality.
Canton Fair Enforces 1888 Liquor Ban
Canton law bars liquor sales within two miles of the Stark County Fair and will be enforced during the event. The 1888 rule aims to curb alcohol sales around fairgrounds.
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Canton
Stark County
McCarthy Wins In House Housing Probe Power Struggle
In Washington Rep Gamble of New York rises as truce-maker and chairman of a joint committee to probe housing shortages and costs. McCarthy fails to secure chair but gains vice chair position and aims to curb proxy ballots while Tobey returns home as the dispute unfolds.
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Washington
Gamble
Senate House Committee
New York
Toohey
McCarthy
Wis
The
New Yorker
Tobey
Harmony
Las Vegas
Nev
New Hampshire
Mel Carthy
Harry Truman
Truman
Congress
Forts Asked For Alaska Strategic Line of Defense
Rep Howell urged rapid fortification of Alaska arguing it could be the first line of defense if another war occurred. He cited Alaska’s location along the Russia United States route and said developing military installations there is essential in current world conditions.
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Washington
Alaska
America
Howell
R-I
Northern Territory
Russia
United States
Flies Invade as Summer Returns and Charms the Office
SAM SIMMONS recalls a summer surge of houseflies. A cheap spray failed to deter them until he bravely aimed directly at the pests. After barricading with screens, the flies seemed to retreat and peace was restored in his office.
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