Groves Says Reds Got Atom Materials in Jury Trial
In an Athens County murder case closing, Prosecutor Gray described Delbert Spencer as an ex jailbird capable of killing Pauline Bailey near Glouster on July 22 1946. Defense urged insanity defense claiming inherited damage from toxins liquor and drugs.
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Groves
REDS
Delbert Spencer
Pauline Bailey
Gordon B. Gray
Athens County
Eadace Po Neee
Auay
Glouster
Leslie Johnson
Johnson
Spencer
Common Pleas
Roy D. Williams
Dwight M. Palmer
Columbus
Gray
Palmer
P R. E. Bushong
Spener
Bender Attacks Coalition Idea In GOP Debate
Cleveland officials and Cuyahoga County GOP chairman George Bender rejected Senator Bricker's proposal to form a coalition of conservative Republicans and Southern Democrats. Bender warned the move would achieve nothing for the nation or the party and would just cause harm. City council members condemned Bricker's suggestion in a Monday vote.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
George Bender
Sen
Bricker
Ohio
Bender
Uniform Highway Laws Planned by Officials
Officials from 14 states concluded a two day session in Columbus with plans to form an inter regional council on highway transportation. The group aims to enact uniform highway laws with Ohio director T. J. Kauer named chairman and Maryland Traffic Divisions Director George N. Lewis Jr named secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Council On Highway Transportation
Ohio
T. J. Kauer
George N. Lewis, Jr
Maryland
Woman Dies After Car Strikes Tree Near Ashville
Mrs. Sarah FE Walker, 43, of near Ashville, died Tuesday from a broken neck after her car left the road and struck a tree two miles south of the Franklin Pickaway County line.
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Columbus
Sarah FE. Walker
Ashville
Franklin- Pickaway County Line
Taft Calls for Improved Taft Hartley Labor Law in 1950 Platform
Senator Taft Ohio urged a perfected Taft Hartley labor law as a Republican campaign plank for 1950. He criticized excess taxation and government price and wage fixing, urged fiscal security, and favored equality in labor management while opposing socialism and special employer or employee privileges. He chairs the Senate GOP Policy Committee and will help draft party policies.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Great Britain
Senate
Six Prisoners Escape Covington Jail Breaks Out
Covington Kentucky six inmates overpowered the turnkey and three trusted officers last night and fled through a side door to freedom. Police from Covington and regional agencies hunted across Northern Kentucky and nearby states as the breakout marked the jail’s sixth escape in two years. The six prisoners were awaiting grand jury action on various charges when they seized a key and ran from the Bull Pen to the outside.
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Covington
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
William Eilers
Chester Fee
Eilers
Arthur White
Martin .Meyers
James Fox
Fox
Reynold Jobert
Manslaughter Charge Against BG Instructor
Marion Ohio reports second degree manslaughter charged against Robert Litzinger 30 language instructor at Bowling Green State University in a fatal automobile crash near Marion County on October 21 1949. Passenger Eugene Leo Kroeger 33 a turkey farmer from near Lima died in the collision.
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Marion
Tom Morgan
Marion Highway Patrol Post
Robert Litzinger
Bowling Green State University
Litzinger
Columbus
Marion County
Eugene Leo Kroeger
Lima
Guaranteed Home discussed at Ohio builders meeting
At the Ohio Home Builders Association annual convention a panel discussed a guaranteed home. Charles Klekamp of Norwood Ohio Fashion Door Manufacturing Co. proposed guarantees against leaking roofs wet cellar walls defective wiring and ill fitting doors as a standard builder promise.
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Dayton
Ohio Home Builders Association
Charles Klekamp
Norwood, Ohio
Fashion Door Manufacturing Co
First General Warning Issued for Midwest Cold Wave
The U.S. Weather Bureau issued the season's first general cold wave warning for the Midwest as polar air moved south from Manitoba. Temperatures in Minnesota could reach 15 below, while Southern Ohio may rise to 20 above, with strong winds and snow flurries across the region.
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Chicago
U.S. Weather Bureau
Midwest
Manitoba
Minnesota
Ohio
Bismarck
N.D
Gulf
Detroit
New York State
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
Decision Due On Price Supports
Government to decide whether to lower or hold price supports for dairy and poultry under the 1950 farm law. Milk butterfat eggs chickens and turkeys may be supported from zero to 90 percent of parity, with eggs likely taking the largest cut.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Brannan
Slot Wrecking Order Sought by Prosecutor
Warren Ohio case in Trumbull County pits Prosecutor William M. McLain against Jungle Inn litigants. He seeks a Court of Appeals order to destroy about 100 slot machines seized in an August 12 raid, a $35,000 haul whose destruction was stayed pending appeal, which McLain says was never pursued.
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Warren
William M. McLain
Trumbull County
Court of Appeals
Jungle Inn
Appeals Court
Youngstown
Lynn B. Griffith
Common Pleas Court
McLain
Turnpike Commission to Continue Meetings for Ohio Toll Study
The Ohio Turnpike Commission, unsure of its constitutionality, will continue meetings with the next session set for January 3. It seeks a $600,000 loan from the State Highway Department to fund a study of the toll road route across Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turnpike Commission
Columbus
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Ohio
State Highway Department
Grand Jury to Probe Lawrence County Gambling Claims
Common Pleas Judge James Collier announced a special Grand Jury session to investigate reports of gambling in Lawrence County scheduled for December 12. The session aims to examine the area for illegal gaming activity and related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Lawrence County
Grand
Common Pleas
James Collier
Investigation Promised By State Liquor Chief
Columbus report says Anthony A. Rutkowski state liquor enforcement chief had no information on Akron salesman William Victor’s claim he paid a state liquor agent $475 to obtain a liquor permit. Rutkowski pledged a full investigation into the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Akron
Wiliam Victor
John T. Bilinski
Cleveland
Rutkowski
Eight Years Since Pearl Harbor Arizona Memorial Remembers Loss
On the eighth anniversary of the attack the sunken battleship Arizona remains a solemn symbol at Pearl Harbor. Crew losses on that fateful Sunday morning are recalled as ships move around the harbor and a small group gathers for a prayer aboard the hulk.
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Pearl Harbor
Arizona
Naval Base
Oahu
Operators Unimpressed By Lewis: Coal Talks Continue
Washington AP dispatch reports John L. Lewis announcing signed smaller operators agreed to a five day week for affected pits while other coal sectors kept a three day week. The deal adds 35 cents per ton for miners through higher wages and a new welfare fund royalty.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Kentucky
UMW
New York
Nationalists Streamline for Mobility Amid Chinese Civil War
Premier Yen Hsi-Shan trimmed the government to 107 members and planned to move from Chengtu as communists closed in. Officials fled Chungking and Chengtu, many heading to Formosa via Hainan Island. Chiang Kai-Shek stayed in Chengtu guiding defense, likely to retreat to Formosa. Li Tsung-Jen arrived in San Francisco as a political exile, saying he may not return to China.
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Chengtu
Yen Hsi-Shan
Yen
Chungking
Formosa
Hainan
Sichang
Sikang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
San Francisco
Li Tsung-Jen
China
United States
Decision Uncertain On Closing Institute
In Cincinnati a final decision on closing the New York Technical Institute of Cincinnati was delayed. Cedric E. Adams, the director, hoped for a ruling by tonight as 500 students returned from Columbus, with 1600 GI students potentially affected.
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Cincinnati
New York Technical Institute of
State Department of Education
Columbus
Cedric E. Adams
Telephone Workers File Labor Complaint in Cleveland
The CIO-Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers filed an unfair labor practice complaint against Ohio Bell Telephone Co. with the NLRB. The charge alleges the company independently improved pension benefits for its employees, a move echoed by other Communications Workers of America affiliates nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cio-Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
National Labor Relations Board
Thhe Communications Workers of America
Wildcat Strike Grips Oak Ridge Construction Scene
A wildcat strike at Oak Ridge threatens to halt work on nuclear installations. About 300 carpenters and laborers were reported to walk out with total idle workers reaching around two thousand across crafts. AEC officials and NLRB representatives met to resolve the disruption linked to non union labor in the Oman Construction Co project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
National Labor Relations Board
Gordon Molesworth
Abomba
Molesworth
Oman Construction Co
Nashville
Kostov Aces Bulgar Court Opens Trial in Bulgaria
Kostov and Rostov along with ten other former officials faced a special court in Sofia on charges of plotting to overthrow the regime and align with Tito. Demonstrations swept cities as readers demanded the harshest punishment for the traitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bulgaria
Traicho Kostov
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Rostov
Ohio group to study public school needs starts work
The Ohio Citizens Commission For Public Schools forms in Columbus to study Ohio's school problems. President D. R. Stanfield of Westerville says the group will analyze issues and make recommendations for action after thorough study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Citizens Commission For Public Schools
D. R. Stanfield
Westerville
Romanians rush to buy currency after VOA devaluation fears
A Voice of America broadcast from Bucharest reports Romanian currency troubles sparking a buying spree as residents fear another devaluation of the leu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Romania
Voice of America
Reinstatement Considered for Former Allen County Prosecutor
Common Pleas Judge Chester Pendleton of Hancock County will consider a motion on December 20 to reinstate FE M Botkin once district attorney in Allen County before his 1942 disbarment.
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Lima
Common Pleas
Chester Pendleton
Hancock County
FE. M. Botkin
Allen County
Yellow Oleo Sale Near Cincinnati Here and Cedarville
Yellow oleomargarine is set to become legal in Ohio at midnight tomorrow. Charngold Corp will manufacture the yellow product at its local plant and will sell its Cedarville plant. Harry D. Semple notes uncertainty on new jobs, as major grocers plan wide handling while smaller chains cite license costs.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Charngold Corp
Cedarville
Harry D. Semple
Charngold
Frank Peter
Kraft Food& Co
Inmate Recaptured After Escape From Lima Hospital
Howard Franklin Ford aged 25 escaped from the Lima State Hospital for the Criminal Insane and was recaptured Tuesday while walking along the highway near Harrod.
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Lima
Howard Franklin Ford
Lima State Hospital
Harrod
Groves Testifies Russia Got Atomic Material During War
General Leslie Groves told the House committee that Russia obtained some atomic material during World War II and that he could not specify how many shipments due to leaks. He said espionage by Russians began within a month of his taking charge in 1942 and that the spying occurred in Washington, not Oak Ridge.
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Col
George F. O'Neill
Great Falls, Mont Air Base
G. Racey Jordan
White House
Russia
Great Falls Air Base
O'Neill
Jordan
Great Falls
Moscow
Washington
Leslie R. Groves
Groves
House Un-American Activities Committee
A. A. Wallace
Harry Iking
Roosevelt
Alsa
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Wallace
Friends of
Kins
House Group
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Air Force
Hopkins
George Racey Jordan
New York
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
McMahon
Congressional Atomic Group
Lewis
Rusela
Truman
Soviet Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Soviet Central Committee member Rogov dies in London
Col. Gen. Ivan V. Rogov a member of the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee died on Tuesday in London. The death news notes his rank and party position reflecting postwar Soviet leadership.
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RED
London
Ivan V. Rogov
Central Committee
The
Soviet Communist Party
Release Talk Flares Over Americans Held in Korea
A Pyongyang radio offer to free two ECA officials drew cautious US reaction as Ward and his staff near possible exit from Mukden. Officials expect a North Korea deal if a US representative meets the captives. Ward and 15 others were jailed more than a year, with travel plans through Tientsin to Yokohama.
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Washington
U.S
Angus Ward
Freedom
Far East
State Department
Ward
Mukden
China
Pyongyang
Korea
North Korea
The
Economic Cooperation Administration
Alfred T. Meschter
Kinderhook
N. Y
Albert E. Willis
Brooklyn
ECA
South Korea
United States
Moscow
Peiping
Tientsin
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New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Gardner
Bender Hits Coalition Idea
Kostov
Bulgar Court
Athene
Eeeeesccnc Occussonus Chauncey
Gallipolis
Logan Seer
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant
Pomeroy-Middleport
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