Spencer Denies Knowledge of 1946 Fatal Shooting
Sean Spencer testified in his defense denying recollection of the July 22 1946 shooting of Pauline Bailey at her mother Edith Mills home near Glouster Ohio He recalled nothing from May 1946 until about 18 months later while confined at Lima State Hospital. He described injuries from a 1931 Atlanta prison accident and noted prior liquor use and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Spencer
Pauline Bailey
Glouster
Spencer
Lima State Hospital
WG Beenee
Ineti
Ela furmMmer Cita Company
Gordon B. Gray
Hal W. Rowland
Phyllis A. LaVelle
R. E. Bushong
Lima
West Virginia State Board of Mental Hygiene
W. L. Spencer
James Spencer
Lizzie Ray
Rowland
Atlanta, Ga
Corning
Patent Medicine Boss Schrader Found Dead at Home
William M. Schrader aged 78, owner of the M I S T Co patent medicine firm, was found dead in his Toledo apartment Sunday. Once a leading figure in the nostalgia era of patent medicines he manually filled pills to service dwindling rural orders. The medicines were marketed as cures for rheumatism biliousness arthritis and other ailments.
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Toledo
William M. Schrader
M-I-S-T Co
Schrader
Steady Market Described for Burley Tobacco in Ripley Market
An average of 45.31 dollars per 100 pounds was paid for Burley tobacco in the Ripley market last week. Auctions totaled 1,088,618 pounds selling for 493,224 dollars. Growers warehouse men and buyers called the market steady and strong.
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Ripley
Burley Tobacco
Dorm Fire Survivors Get Clothes
Norman Okla Most survivors of the University of Oklahoma men's dormitory fire are able to attend classes as normal thanks to donations. The blaze at 2 45 a m razed the two story wooden structure. Red Cross provided 150 clothing allotments for 340 survivors and donations from Oklahoma City church and University agencies aided loans for books and food. Three men died Maurice Ahearn Killingsworth Conn 26 Sammy Larue 20 Clinton Okla and Price Starks 20 Oklahoma City.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Red Cross
Oklahoma City
George L. Cross
Maurice Ahearn
Killingsworth
Conn
Sammy Larue
Clinton
Price Starks
Bar Caught In Sunday Liquor Sales
Lorain Freddie's Cafe owner Michael F. Koury was charged after a state raid found liquor dispensation on Sunday. Beatrice Brown faces a Sunday sale charge while 19 slot machines were removed from clubs in Chardon Akron and Ironton.
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Cleveland
Lorain
Freddie
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Rutkowski
Chardon
Akron
Ironton
Michael F. Koury
Beatrice Brown
Koury
John Farah
Trumbull
Chardon Eagles
Akron American Legion Club
Ironton Amvets
Ironton Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ironton Eagles Club
Ironton Moose Club
States Discuss Uniform Truck Regulations
Officials from 13 states meet in Columbus to seek uniform highway and traffic rules. Delegates aim to standardize legal dimensions and weights for trucks, with Ohio Delaware Wisconsin West Virginia Pennsylvania New York New Jersey Michigan Maryland Kentucky Indiana Illinois and Connecticut represented.
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Columbus
Ohio
Delaware
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Michigan
Maryland
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Connecticut
Wooster Politician Drops Bid Against Taft in 1950 Senate Race
Representative John McSweeney of Wooster said he would stay in the House and not run for the 1950 Democratic nomination for the Senate. He previously indicated a possible bid to oppose Republican Senator Robert A Taft next fall.
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Canton
John Mcsweeney
Wooster
Robert A. Taft
Hoover to Push Campaign for Government Economy
Herbert Hoover returns to Washington to lead a non partisan push for government reorganization as a path to economy. He will address the National Reorganization Conference about cutting spending and taxes, urging a practical, savings driven program while facing GOP and Democratic debate over feasible cuts.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Republic
Hoover
New York
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Guy G. Gabrielson
GOP
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Wyoming
Senate
House Economic Committee
Beautician pleads innocent in shooting of state cosmetology chief
Cincinnati police court hears Mabel Decker 37 plead not guilty to shooting Howard L. Shearer 61 chairman of the State Board of Cosmetology. Shearer, a ex state senator, limped from two hip wounds as Decker claims she aimed only to frighten him over his policies. The case was continued to December 15.
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Cincinnati
M&d
Mabel Decker
Howard L. Shearer
State Board of Cosmetology
Frank M. Gusweiler
Shearer
Evansville Student Confesses Hammer Slaying of Girlfriend
A 22 year old law student Franklin Thomas Slay of Griffin Indiana confessed to the hammer slaying of 16 year old Mary Ellen Harmon near Hopkinsville Kentucky. He gave a written statement and provided a precise map to the body found in a sinkhole. He was extradited from Athens Alabama and held on kidnapping charges with murder charges anticipated in Hopkinsville.
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Evansville
Ind
Mary Ellen Harmon
Hopkinsville
Franklin Thomas Slay
Griffin
Florida State College
Athens
Ala
Boogie Woogie King Albert Ammons Dies at 42
Albert C. Ammons known as the Boogie Woogie King died at home after months of illness. The Chicago pianist, praised by some as originator of boogie woogie, received an honorary Doctor of Jazz from Columbia University after a performance there. One of his last public appearances was at President Truman's inauguration this year.
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Chicago
Albert C. Ammons
Ammons
Columbia University
Truman
Pastor and wife rescued from burning Zanesville home
In Zanesville firemen rescued Rev. A. Dale Sowers and his wife from a basement and first floor blaze. They escaped through an upstairs window onto a porch and were led to safety as firefighters battled flames blamed on an overheated boiler.
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Zanesville
A. Dale Sowers
Sowers
Central Presbyterian Church
Progressive Party Puts Forward 1950 Platform
The Progressive Party’s national committee framed a platform calling for a United Nations treaty to outlaw the atomic bomb and recognition of the Chinese Communist Regime. A $250,000 campaign fund drive was announced alongside the platform at a closed meeting Sunday.
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New York
United Nations
Progressive Party
Plane Crashes at Long Beach Airport Killing Five Aboard
A private aircraft crashed and burned Monday at Long Beach Municipal Airport, killing all five aboard. Witnesses reported the engines coughing and spitting after takeoff before the plane pancaked on the field and ignited in flames.
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Long Beach
Calif
Miners Return To Pits After Short Strike
Ohio miners resume three day week with about a quarter back at work. Nationally 480000 United Mine Workers return to mines at 12:01 am under John L. Lewis plan. Kentucky small operators discuss five day week and wage tweaks amid stalemate.
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Bellaire
Adolph Pacifico
United Mine Workers’ District Six
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Lewis
Kentucky
Eally
Joseph E. Moody
The
Southern Coal Producers Assn
Pair Admit Robberies In Ohio West Virginia
Harold Thompson 22 of Portsmouth and Herbert L. Poling 23 of Ona WV confessed four robberies. They admitted a Georgetown WV heist a Proctorville Ohio robbery and two West Virginia robberies. A farmer near Maysville had hired them for a ride and reported the $10 theft.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
Harold H. Thompson
Portsmouth
Ohio
Herbert L. Poling
Ona
Beryl B. Langford
Georgetown
Proctorville
Maysville
Inflation Warnings Won't Derail 1950 Prosperity Outlook
Washington reports inflation warnings by bank presidents and observers, yet most economists see 1950 as a year of high income and production. A new push for price and wage controls is unlikely and would face Congressional rejection, with the administration preparing its economic message.
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Washington
Truman
Douglas
D-Il
Congress
White House
Truman in Florida Sun Seeks State of the Union Budget Path
President Truman enjoys a Florida vacation as work looms. John R. Steelman may arrive to begin staffing the state of the union budget discussions. Truman plans to push higher taxes on corporate profits to trim a projected $5.5 billion deficit and hints at a possible $45 billion next year.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Missouri
Florida
John R. Steelman
Charles G. Ross
Congress
Chillicothe Will Name New VA Hospital Manager
Dr. Harry H. Botts, previously at Marion Indiana VA Hospital, will assume management of the Chillicothe VA Hospital effective December 11. He succeeds Dr. Cecil B. Shrout who retired November 30 after more than 32 years of government service. Botts had led the Chillicothe hospital before his 1940 transfer.
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Columbus
Harry H. Botts
Veteran's Administration
Marion
Ind
Chillicothe
Ohio
Cecil B. Shrout
Botts
Chillicothe Hospital
Mari
No Gambling Now No Gambling Now New Owners Take Over
Wheel ing West Virginia five brothers from Bridgeport Ohio purchase Zellers Steak House near city baring gambling. New owners John Joseph Louis William and Nick George say there will be no gambling. Former operator William G Lias tied to income tax evasion trial with past activity including gambling slot machines and bootlegging in the Ohio Valley.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Zeller’s
Bridgeport
Ohio
John
Joseph
Louis
William
Nick George
William G. Lias
Ohio Valley
Czech bishops renew defiance of red laws
Prague report says Czechoslovakia's Roman Catholic bishops express new defiance of Communist church control laws. They warn a religious fight may occur if the government does not modify its stance and say they cannot submit to laws they view as violating God and religious freedom kept.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Wind topples German buildings. ten killed across North Germany
A Sunday storm with winds up to 80 miles per hour killed ten people and injured sixteen as structures collapsed across North Germany. Five deaths occurred in Berlin amid widespread damage.
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Berlin
Germany
LEW Meeting Legality Question Sparks Ohio Session
Ohio officers of the United Electrical Workers faced a court injunction barring state leaders from calling or attending meetings. A statewide LEW session in Columbus drew debate over whether the order, issued Oct 20 in Cleveland by Judge Joseph A. Artl, applies to the local gathering. Union spokesmen said international officers arranged the meeting, while the judge maintained the injunction remains in effect for state officers.
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Columbus
United Electrical Workers’ Union
Ohio
Cleveland
Common Pleas
Joseph A. Artl
Art
Ohio NE
Judge Arts
Empty Gun Kills Cleveland Boy at Play
Cleveland police report a 10 year old boy, Donald Campbell, died after a gun he believed unloaded fired while he demonstrated it to seven children. His father, Edward L. Campbell, is a local policeman.
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Cleveland Boy
Cleveland
Donald Campbell
Donald
Edward L. Campbell
Firemen Overcome by Fumes At Jewelry Store Fire
Twenty seven firemen hospitalized after fumes at a jewelry store blaze have been released from Citizens Hospital. Four were sent home Sunday as authorities reported no further injuries. In Cleveland a rooming house blaze sent fourteen tenants into the street with three sustaining minor injuries from jumping from second floor windows.
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Barberton
Citizens Hospital
Cleveland
Blaze at Miami U Causes Small Loss in Upham Hall
Firefighters quickly controlled a blaze in the new Upham Hall wing at Miami University in Oxford when a portable gasoline heater ignited a flame in an unfinished classroom. Little damage was reported as work proceeds toward a February 1 completion.
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Blaze
Miami U
Oxford
Upham Hall
Miami University
Ex-Congressman May enters federal prison for bribery case
Ashland Ky AP report states 74 year old Ane Drew J May former chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee was admitted to the government correctional institution near Ashland after conviction for wartime bribery and conspiracy. He allegedly accepted over 50000 dollars in bribes for War Department favors for the Garsson brothers.
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Ashland
Ane
Drew J. May
House Military Affairs Committee
Government Correctional Institution
Here
John M. Moore
Lexington
U. S
Kentucky
May
Garsson Brothers
Henry and
Murray
War Department
Garssons
Moore
R. O. Culever
Catlettsburg
Culver
D. R. Large
Pom
Prestonsburg
Ged
Robert May
Robert
J. M. Wigginton
Housing Officials to Act On Race Religion Bars
Washington officials said federal housing guidance will bar mortgage guarantees for properties with written race or religion covenants recorded after the rule takes effect. The rule aims to stop discriminatory restrictions in housing and would apply to future deeds and loans.
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Washington
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