Governor's Day At Athens County Fair With Horse Show Tonight
Governor Thomas J. Herbert attends the 96th Athens County Fair on Governor's Day as events include a 2:18 pace race worth 600 dollars. A horse show featuring 76 entrants from Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky is set to begin before 7 pm, followed by a city parade and a national radio show. Attendance neared 10,000 with paid admissions around 5,285 and cars at 1,121.
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Columbus
Order of Moose
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
W. R. Hughes
Southeastern Ohio Saddle Horse Association
WLS
Chicago
L. C. Baker
Fair Board
J. S. Sherrard
Children’s Home
Athens State Hospital
WLW
ITU group rejects formal contracts at AFI union
The AFI International Typographical Union policy committee refused to authorize new formal contracts with newspapers or printers. It warned of possible widescale shutdowns if temporary skeleton contracts are ignored while reaffirming long standing integrity and historic rights.
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Cleveland
AFI International Typographical Union
Bandits Seek Three After Downtown Barber Shop Raid
Police hunt three men who held up a Springfield barber shop. They carried pistols and a sawed off shotgun and forced customers to empty pockets into a sack. Loot estimated at $2,000.
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Springfield
Martin Donnelly
Refugees Ordered From Ships to Germany or Shore
Britain orders 4400 Jewish refugees aboard three ships off Southern France to disembark by noon tomorrow or be taken to the British zone of Germany. If they refuse to go ashore, the ships will sail to Germany and the passengers be immediately disembarked.
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London
Britain
France
Germany
Foreign Office
Heat kills plant life in reservoir prompting boil order
ZANESVILLE reports boil water orders as plant life in the reservoir dies from heat. Mark Taylor, head of light and water, notes decay of aquatic vegetation prompting the action for residents' drinking water.
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Zanesville
New Concord
Mark Taylor
Britain Moves to Stall Pound to Dollar Exchanges
Britain suspends convertibility of pounds into dollars as Treasury aims to conserve dwindling dollar reserves. Chancellor Hugh Dalton warns of new shortages and possible rationing while trade disruption and tighter imports loom after the mid night order. Sterling remains exchangeable with other currencies.
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London
Hugh Dalton
Britain
Dalton
Washington
United States
Treasury
Federal Rabies Action Urged
Dr. Ernest S. Tierkel of Montgomery Alabama urged creation of a federal rabies control commission before the American Veterinary Medical Association to curb the rising rabies cases now exceeding 10 000 annually. He proposed county or regional field projects to test control methods such as mass immunization of dogs.
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Cincinnati
Ernest S. Tierkel
Montgomery
Ala
American Veterinary Medical Association
Driver Tests Racer Prior to Record Try
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS Utah John Cobb of London brought his 24 cylinder racer from Wendover to the salt flats before dawn for an unannounced test prior to an attack on the world land speed record Saturday. Timers set up apparatus to clock the test but a brisk wind reduced the chances of a record attempt.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
John Cobb
London
Wendover
Cobb
Embezzler Surrenders in $9,000 Bank Theft Case
Roy Bruck, 27, turned himself in to the FBI in Cleveland on charges he embezzled $9,000 from the First National Bank of Lake Worth Florida. He said he had no regrets and enjoyed travel and gambling in Las Vegas as he used the funds.
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Cleveland
FBI Today
First National Bank of
Lake Worth
Fla
FBI
Roy Bruck
Las Vegas
Nev
Dutch Ready to Fight as Indonesia Hostilities Resume
A high source said there is no doubt the Dutch will resume large scale action in Indonesia if the Security Council does not order a cease-fire. The council meets tomorrow to consider halting the Indonesian Republic's violations of the cease-fire order.
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Hague
Indonesia
Security Council
Navy pilot sets 640 mph world air speed record
Commander Turner Foster Caldwell Jr. piloted the jet Sky Streak D-558 on a 3 km course in California, averaging 640.7 mph and surpassing the Army’s 625.8 mph mark by Col. Albert Boyd. The record ends Navy’s 1923 speed tenure. Caldwell noted relief from Washington paperwork.
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Turner Foster Caldwell Jr
Arlington
Washington
Navy
Army
Albert Boyd
Boyd
Caldwell
Bureau of Aeronautics
al Williams
Polio Cases Rise Sharply Yet Total Remains Low
Infantile paralysis cases jumped last week in 32 states marking the sharpest rise of the year. Despite the surge the 1947 total remains the lowest since 1942 with only 30 deaths reported in 20 states, compared to 338 a year ago. Some communities closed pools in Wilmington Delaware and banned swimming at a Long Island Sound camp in Connecticut.
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Wilmington
Del
Long Island Sound
Conn
Islands of Trash Float in Lake Erie
In Cleveland trash floats in Lake Erie near the city dump as boaters watch for debris. City Service Director Samuel F. David says waste blows into the harbor from a dyke fill for the Lakefront Airport and that cans are dumped into a lagoon from which they cannot drift into the lake.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
City Service
Samuel F. David
Vendor's Ingenuity Sends Him to Prison
Hillsboro sheriff reports William Noble, 45, placed a bottle of wine on an outside jail ledge and slid a hose through bars for inmates to drink. Noble was caught and sentenced to ten days in jail plus a $25 fine.
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Hillsboro, O
William Noble
Hillsboro
F. F. Gustin
Noble
GM Plans Auto Cuts Due to Steel Shortage
General Motors will close plants and cut schedules in late August or early September due to a reported steel shortage. CIO United Auto Workers President Walter P. Reuther called for a government inquiry into the steel situation as GM announced the production curbs.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
C. E. Wilson
Topcoat price hike eyed in New York next spring
Manufacturers predict men s top coats may cost 2 to 5 dollars more next season if current rising operating costs continue.
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New York
Reds Protest Tri Power Conference
Washington reports Russia objects to proposed Anglo American French talks to raise German industrial output. Moscow says such talks could nullify Potsdam limits. Britain and the United States plan the London conference to address Western world economic recovery amid deteriorating U. S.-Soviet relations. Marshall presses for progress on Korea and Austria. Lovett notes Dodge’s recall amid Soviet stall tactics in Vienna.
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Russia
United States
London
Korea
Austria
Library of Congress
Soviet Union
Molotov
Marshall
Joint Commission
Seoul
Four Power Treaty Commission
Vienna
Plane Crash Kills Former Athens Man
The body of 36 year old student pilot Richard Doyle was recovered after his burning light plane crashed in the Ohio River near Raven Rock Airport yesterday. Doyle, a former deputy internal revenue collector and WWII veteran, spun from 1800 feet then struck water in 10 to 15 feet of depth. Gene Hall reported Doyle flew near him. officials in Athens said the body was found this morning.
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Portsmouth
Ohio River
Richard Doyle
Internal Revenue Collector
Gene Hall
Raven Rock
Doyle
Hall
Internal Revenue
Athens
Billy Doyle
Stockyards Fire Kills 3500 Sheep at Fort Worth Pens
A fire at the Fort Worth Stockyards Co. destroyed the southern sheep pens and sheds and killed an estimated 3,500 head of sheep early today. Firefighters fought the blaze as flames swept through the complex in Fort Worth Texas.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Heatwave Persists as Temps Reach Near 100 Across Midwest
A stalled Canadian air mass keeps Midwest heat intense with forecasts of 96 to 105 degrees in several states. Heat prostration deaths occur in Ohio and Ohio area youths suffer collapses at Lima as rains bring a brief cool respite for Youngstown residents after a violent day of high temperatures.
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Midwest
Appalachians
Rockies
Chicago Weather Bureau
Mercury
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
South Dakota
North Dakota
Iowa
Illinois
New England
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Wisconsin
Newark
Ohio
Jens Axel Rasmussen
Chicago
Baltimore and Ohio
Lima South High School
Lima Central
Youngstown
Steve Kanoxz
Youngstown Hospital
David Belinky
Cleveland Primary Sees 180 Petitions For City Offices
Cleveland observers expect a fierce race in the nonpartisan municipal primary set for Sept. 30. Three mayoral hopefuls and 177 other candidates filed by midnight, with 141 seeking city council seats in the 33-member body.
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Cleveland
Probate-Juvenile Judge Pay Hike Is Defined
Atty. Gen. Hugh S. Jenkins ruled probate judges who serve as juvenile judges cannot receive the 30 percent salary increase approved earlier this year. The opinion was delivered to Prosecutor Frank W. Springer of Columbiana County.
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Columbus
Hugh S. Jenkins
Frank W. Springer
Columbiana County
Snakes At West Virginia Church Draw Eyewitness Tales
James M. Herdman, a cousin of a bitten believer Bing Herdman, described a Holiness Church service at Bear Branch Creek Putnam County where venomous snakes were handled by followers called Holy Rollers. He noted Bing was bitten. other handlers remained uninjured. The church, built on Herdman’s farm, seats about 100 and features singing and tongues, with evangelist Smithy Hammond and rudimentary worship elements. Nearby residents warn against another exhibition while defending religious liberty under the federal constitution.
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Point Pleasant
Holiness
Bear Branch Creek
Putnam County
Messenger
James M. Herdman
Bing Herdman
Herdman
Char
Holy Rollers
Bing Herman
Smithy Hammond
James Herdman
Fraziers Bottom
Kanawha
Roy Woodall
Buffalo
Hammond
Mercury
Woodall
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co
Institute Synthetic Rubber
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Mason
Putnam
Surplus Talk Triggers Tax Cut Clamor in 1948
President Truman projects a treasury surplus near 5 billion for next June, spurring Republican calls for a 1948 tax cut. Senate Appropriations Chairman Bridges says receipts this year at 41.667 billion, two billion above prior forecasts, and accuses vetoes of blocking a tax reduction. He notes Truman vetoed $4 billion in income tax cuts earlier this year and suggests the president may accept a tax reduction bill when offered.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Capital marks anniversary of Columbus founding
The 150th anniversary celebration of Ohio's capital begins today and runs through Saturday. Tomorrow the home of Lucas Sullivant opens to the public. he founded Franklinton in 1797, which became Columbus in 1870. A pre-sesquicentennial salute with whistles bells sirens and aerial bombs is planned tonight, and a Miss Franklinton of 1947 will be chosen.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lucas Sullivant
Sullivant
Franklinton
Scioto River
Two Tommies Wounded In Mine Blast Near Natanya
Two British soldiers were wounded when an electrically detonated mine blasted their truck near Natanya. In Jerusalem an Arab store was demolished by a bomb allegedly thrown by an Arab boycott patrol. Haifa reports claim a bank messenger stole about £10,000 during a funds transfer.
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Jerusalem
Natanya
Haifa
Edison Widow Mina Edison in Critical Condition
New York report on 82 year old Mina Edison widow of Thomas Alva Edison showing grave condition at Harkness Pavilion Hospital since July 16. Family spokesman says her strength has been failing progressively and she is bordering on coma.
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New York
Mina Edison
Thomas Alva Edison
Harkness Pavilion Hospital
Neighbors Search For Missing 20 Month Old Carolyn Peterson
Sheriff Le Roy Retterer and the father of Carolyn Jeannette Peterson urged belief she was kidnapped after a 24 hour search within a mile of the Waldo farm home. A large volunteer hunt with two airplanes and tractors failed to locate the girl, with a yellow car sighting noted but no evidence of an accident.
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Marion, C
Leroy Retterer
Carolyn Jeannette Peterson
Marion
Waldo
Charles Petersson
Peterson Farm
Peterson
Carolyn
Retterer
Prospect
Moose Close Convention Ends With Installations in Columbus
Thousands of delegates from the Loyal Order of Moose completed the 59th international convention in Columbus. The event closed with officer installations and memorial services for departed members. A damp parade drew 80 000 spectators who sheltered from a heavy shower. F Roy Yoke of Parkersburg West Virginia became supreme governor succeeding L W Ryan of Bedford Pennsylvania.
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Columbus
Loyal Order of Moose
F. Roy Yoke
Parkersburg
W. Va
L. W. Ryan
Bedford
Teachers Fight Parochial Aid Measure at AFL Convention
The debate over federal grants to parochial and other nonpublic schools opened at the AFL convention in Boston. Opponents pledged to battle the all inclusive aid bill throughout the day and into the night if needed.
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Boston
American Federation of Teachers
AFL
Sam Simmons on Russia and war talk
Sam Simmons comments on a writer's view of Russia and urges understanding rather than war. He questions labeling the ruling group as intellectuals and argues that the top leaders under Stalin are brutal, while the masses are the ones who suffer.
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China
Russia
Joseph Stalin
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