Record heat grips nation with 106 degree highs
The nation faced a blistering late August heat wave with temperatures reaching 106 in Wisconsin and 108 in Black River Falls. Cities from Phoenix to New York posted high readings as officials warned cooling relief could be slow while crops show resilience in the Midwest and Detroit auto plants idled. A wedding in Hillsboro ended in heat exhaustion for Lillian Machovec during the ceremony.
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Detroit Auto
Midwest
Canadian Northwest
North Atlantic
New England
Hartford
Conn
Huntington
W.va
Alpena
Mich
Black River Falls
Wis
Bureau
Phoenix
Yuma
Ariz
Toronto
Can
Louisville
Chicago
Philadelphia
la Guardia Field
New York
Boston
Hillsboro
Lillian Machovec
Elroy
St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church
Raymond Pisha
Tucson
Detroit
Columbus
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dayton
Toledo
Kasenkina recounts escape from Soviet consulate
Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina, a 52 year old Russian teacher, says she jumped from a third floor window of the Soviet consulate to escape persecution. She claims she was arrested and forced to speak what officials dictated, and that Soviet actions destroyed her life after her husband and son were harmed.
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New York
Oksana Kasenkina
United States
Zor I. Chepurnykh
Russia
Chepurnykh
Jacob M. Lomakin
Truman
Moscow
U.S
Lomakin
Kasenkina
Alexander Panyushkin
New York City
Storm Troopers
Leningrad
Four Die In Collision Of Two Small Planes Near Annapolis
Four people including Mrs Helen McGilvery president of Annapolis Flying Service died when two small planes collided four miles from Annapolis Maryland. The Cub trainer burned after impact, killing Mrs McGilvery a former Army ferry pilot. The other aircraft piloted by Philip Mihaltian disintegrated. Navy personnel Charles Hydock and George C Barnett also perished.
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Annapolis
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Helen McGilvery
Annapolis Flying Service, Inc
Philip Mihaltian
Essex
Charles Hydock
Navy
Naval Radio Unit
George C. Barnett
Hydock
Mihaltian
Barnett
Meade
Kas
Naval Academy
McGilvery
Wallace Group to Meet in Cleveland Saturday
National leaders of the Young Progressives of America will meet in Cleveland Saturday to plan a campaign for the Wallace Taylor Progressive Party ticket.
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Wallace
New York
Young Progressives of America
Cleveland
Wallace-Taylor Progressive Party
Wilderness Death Tale Checked by Officials
Kimball Nebraska reports state officials wait for Canadian word on John A. McComas 52 of Dayton Ohio presumed killed in Alaska trip. Gustav Wiegner 24 who accompanied McComas and his 13 year old daughter Louise claimed accidental shooting while firing at a squirrel. Louise corroborated parts of the account. The girl was in a Bushnell Nebraska car with Wiegner when the incident occurred. Louise was held with Wiegner, while McComas' body search continues in Canada.
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Kimball, Neb
John A. McComas
Dayton
Gustav A. Wiegner
McComas
Alaska
British Columbia
Kimball County
Kenneth C. Fritzler
Fritzler
Wiegner
Canada
Blonde
Louise
Bushnell
Neb
Jean Lincoln
Washington, D. C
Edward A. Lincoln
Lincoln
Douglas L. Farr
Washington
Montgomery County
Ohio
Me- Comas
Weigner
Dawson Creek
Base Reopens In England
The Air Force will reopen a large wartime repair base in England to support increased European air fleets. About 2,500 maintenance men depart September 1 for overseas duty to service Berlin airlift transports and 100 Superfortresses based in England. Headquarters will be at Burtonwood, Lancashire, a WWII repair hub.
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Washington
Air Force
England
Europe
Burtonwood
Lancashire
Tokyo Rose Arrested for Treason on WWII Propaganda Charge
Iwa Toguri D Aquino, an American born Japanese wife, was arrested on treasonable activities during World War II. She will be tried in San Francisco after landing from the U S Army transport General H Hodges around Sept 28. The case centers on her wartime radio broadcasts as Tokyo Rose with six women regaling service members.
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Tokyo
Iwa Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino
Pacific
San Francisco
U. S. Army
H. Frank Hodges
Alaska
Australia
Hawaii
Kunming
Nick
Toyko Rose
Gi’s
Guadalcanal
Aleutian
Tokyo Rose
Los Angeles
Bus Hits Semi Truck Heads to Rescue Hospitals
Twenty three people were injured when a west bound Greyhound bus rear ended a parked semi truck on U S 40 near Wagram Ohio. The bus carried 32 passengers. 11 went to Grant Hospital 4 to St Francis 7 to White Cross. Serious injuries included a Washington Pennsylvania man and a Fort Smith Arkansas woman.
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Columbus
Greyhound
Here
State Highway Patrol
Gerald L. Gibbs
Dresher
Licking
Wagram
Harold O. Linscott
Pittsburgh
Linscott
Gibbs
Grant Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
White Cross Hospital
Charles Anderko
Washington
J. H. Bass
Fort Smith
Ark
Ellen West
San Marino
Calif
Ohio
West Virginia
Dems Seek Truman Ohio Campaign Speeches in October
Stephen M. Young of Cleveland announced that Democrats plan to request President Truman to speak in Ohio during October. The party aims for speeches in Columbus Dayton or Toledo and in Cleveland on dates including October 30 if possible.
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Columbus
Ohio
Truman
Stephen M. Young
Cleveland
Young
Democratic State Central Committee
Dayton
Toledo
First Food Shipment Leaves Ohio for Overseas
Fifty carloads of food mainly wheat form the first section of an Ohio food train. The shipment will depart Thursday after a dedication at the State Fairgrounds. Carl Landes, state director of the Christian Rural Overseas Program, said Ohioans from 53 counties contributed the food.
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Columbus
Ohio
Carl Landes
Christian Rural Overseas Program
Spy Probe Plays Out Over 1929 Jalopy Testimony
Congress interrogated Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers on a 1929 Model A Ford amid a heated clash over prewar Communist underground activity. Hiss denied links, Chambers asserted concealment, and investigators pursued the car as possible evidence.
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Washington
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hiss
Chambers
Short
Pudgy
Time Magazine
Red
State Department
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Rep
Mundt
R-Sd
Roosevelt Grandson Stricken by Polio in California
The 18 year old Curtis Buzzy Boettiger, grandson of former President Roosevelt, is in a Los Angeles hospital with poliomyelitis described as mild but serious. In Morganton North Carolina Mrs Lucy Smith 34 died early today from bulbar poliomyelitis after giving birth to a son in an iron lung.
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Los Angeles
Roosevelt
Curtis
Buzzy) Boettiger
Anna Roosevelt Dall Boettiger
Curtis Dall
Morganton
N. C
Lucy Smith
Kerosene Fatal to Lucasville Baby
An eleven month old child, Darrell Smith, died after drinking kerosene from a tin can on a rear porch near Lucasville. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Smith.
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Portsmouth
Darrell Smith
Frank Smith
Lucasville
Tax Lien Filed Against Pharis Tire and Rubber Co
Harry F. Busey Columbus district collector of internal revenue filed a lien for unpaid taxes totaling 147,909.97 against Pharis Tire and Rubber Co in Newark Ohio as the firm enters liquidation.
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Newark
Harry F. Busey
Columbus
Internal Revenue
Pharis Tire and Rubber C
Reds Storm Berlin City Hall In Communist Rally
Demonstrators led by the Socialist Unity Party smashed police lines and flooded into Berlin city hall in the Soviet sector. Police reserves blocked the building as the crowd demanded a new Democratic administration aligned with the Soviet bloc.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
Europe
Germany
Constitutional Assembly
Franz Neumann
Ferdinand Friedenburg
Paul Markgraff
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Spaatz Chosen CAP Chief After Stone’s Death
Gen. Carl Spaatz will chair the Civil Air Patrol succeeding the late Col. George A. Stone. Col. Harold Byrd announced the appointment after memorial services in Columbus for Stone, killed near Fairfax, Virginia. Spaatz praised CAP’s value to U S security and likened the CAP to an amateur baseball club needing Air Force support.
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Columbus
Carl Spaatz
Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
George A. Stone
Harold Byrd
CAP
Texas
Spaatz
Byrd
Army
Stone
Fairfax
Washington
Frederick L. Anderson
Eighth Air Force
United States
Col. Byrd
Col. Stone
Union Rejects Bell Pay Rise in Cleveland Talks
Ohio Bell Telephone Co offered a weekly raise of $3 for plant workers and up to $6 for top-rated craftsmen in the Cleveland area, but the Ohio Federation of Telephone WorkersInd rejected the deal. The company noted no 1948 wage increase was justified, according to E H Fustafson, the VP in charge of personnel.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Ind
Ohio Bell
E. H. Fustafson
Longest Place Names Compete Across Continents
The Times notes two contenders for the world’s longest place name. Llanfairpwllgwyngygogerychwyrndrobwilli and isiliogogogoch in Wales has 58 letters, while Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatuhau in New Zealand’s Porangahuua village tops at 57. Pronunciation challenges loom for many.
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London
London Times
Robbers loot Cleveland couple and Cincinnati man in highway holdup
A Cleveland couple Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Devarco and Cincinnatier Ben Meyers were robbed by two armed men on the A and P highway near Sweetwine. The bandits fled toward New Richmond after stealing $17,000 in cash jewelry including a $13,500 ring and watches valued at $285 and $225.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Hamilton County
Anthony Devareo
Ben Meyers
Devarco
Meyers
A&p
Sweetwine
New Richmond
World Christian Unity Backing by L. S. Seen
The Rev. Dr. Samuel McCrea Cavert said a majority of American churches back worldwide Christian unity. He noted rising concern for cooperation and ecumenical fellowship among U S churches in a paper for a visitors conference with World Council of Churches assembly in Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam
Christian Unity
U.S
Samuel McCrea Cavert
New York
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Labor To Help Truman Democrats Forecast Support
Democrats forecast strong labor backing for the Truman Barkley ticket in November. Senator O Mahoney predicts CIO and AFL leaders will back the president after a board meeting next Monday. Senator Bricker argues that even with labor backing, the country may still elect Gov. Dewey.
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Washington
Truman-Barkley
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
CIO Board
AFL
Bricker
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Stinking Deal Is Claimed By Steel Chief
Kaiser-Frazer keeps bid on $28 million land blast furnace as two congressional committees conclude a 14 hour hearing. Kaiser accuses Republic Steel head Charles White of pressuring to keep the plant on onerous terms while White says the War Assets Administration made a bad deal with Kaiser-Frazer.
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Washington
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
War Assets Administration
Clark
Henry J. Kaiser
Charles M. White
Republic. Steel Corporation
Kaiser
White
Suspect Held In Bombing Targeting City Officials
Cleveland police held a possible key figure in the bombing of East Side homes of Councilman Charles V Carr and former policy game operator Buster H Mathews. Alibis checked showed flaws as investigators reviewed whereabouts last Saturday night and early Sunday.
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Cleveland
East Side
Charles V. Carr
Buster H. Mathews
World Cruise Halted by Pair
Mr and Mrs Benjamin F Carlin who started around the world in a converted army amphibious truck were picked up by a tanker after drifting in the Atlantic for 10 days. They head for Halifax Nova Scotia aboard the tanker New Jersey instead of the Azores. The Coast Guard was alerted after the tanker found them 270 miles from New York. The Carlins last communicated Aug 11 after leaving New York. a Navy destroyer had sighted their craft about 150 miles at sea.
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New York
Benjamin F. Carlin
Atlantic
Halifax
Nova Scotia
New Jersey
Azores
Coast Guard
Bond issue sought for new municipal hospital
Lancaster and Fairfield County formed a united front signing an agreement to submit a 750000 bond issue to the county electorate in November for a new municipal hospital.
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Lancaster
Fairfield County
Farm Price Cut Rumors Roil Washington Circles
Washington officials discuss possible farm price support cuts as Congress may need to authorize about 1.5 billion dollars to hold 1948 crop prices. Agriculture Department aims to reduce wartime levels for 1949 production amid likely farmer resistance and extended supports by Congress.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Truman
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