O'Neill Signs As Coach With Indians
Steve ONeill accepted a Cleveland Indians coaching post after approval from manager Lou Boudreau. A former Indian star and 1920 World Series winner, ONeill had recently led the Detroit Tigers and previously guided the Cleveland club and Buffalo in the International League. He said the job lets him stay with his family in Cleveland and expressed strong desire for the role.
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Minneapolis
Steve O'Neill
Cleveland Indians
Marshal Samuel
Cleveland
O'Neill
Detroit Tigers
Buffalo
Boudreau
San Diego
Padres
Marshall Plan Spending Faces Capital Scrutiny In Congress
Washington lawmakers examine proposed second year Marshall Plan spending near 4.5 billion dollars with bipartisan leaders Connally and Vandenberg guiding the review. The likely year starting July 1 would reduce the current 5.055 billion European recovery budget by about 500 million, though the total remains unsettled. Korea relief administration shift from the Army to ECA could add about 100 million annually if tied to Europe aid.
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Washington
Congress
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Economic Cooperation Administration
China
ECA
Yoshida Apologizes For Calling Japan an Empire
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida apologized to the Diet for calling Japan an empire. He said the phrase was a slip of the tongue and that the two terms are similar in Japanese.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Diet
Japan
Crash probe ends in Columbus after deadly plane crash
The State Highway Patrol closed its investigation into a Saturday plane crash west of Dayton that killed three Day ton residents.
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Columbus
State Highway Patrol
Dayton
Here
OSU Professor and Wife Under Guard After Robbery
An Ohio State University professor Dr George M Curtis and his wife are under police guard after a home robbery in Bexley. Police say two robbers threatened to kill everyone in the house and stole 200 dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Bexley
R. E. McNamee
George M.curtis
McNamee
Raymond L. Grambo
Jack D. Fleming
Curtis
Grambo
Fleming
Funeral Services Held For 550-Pound Man in Circleville
Funeral services were held today for George Fatty Thomas, 42, who weighed 550 pounds and died Monday from a heart ailment. He suffered a glandular ailment and wore a size 22 collar, measuring 71 inches around the waist. Surviving relatives include an uncle, Mark Ablin of Hocking County.
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Circleville
George
Fatty) Thomas
Thomas
Mark Ablin
Hocking County
New High Population Reaches 147 Million
Washington estimated the United States population at 147,280,000 on Oct 1, the highest figure ever recorded. The Census Bureau notes the growth rate has slowed from last year, but the 1948 expansion still will outpace previous increases.
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Washington
1000 Workers Laid Off In Greater Cleveland
Cleveland area officials report more than 1000 workers notified of layoffs due to government curbs on installment buying inventory slow year end activities and weak orders in the region.
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Greater
Cleveland
Deer Damage Crops Prompt Call to Open Deer Season
McArthur Vinton County farmers report extensive deer damage across corn buckwheat and peach orchards though deer are on the restricted hunting list. sightings include small herds near Zaleski forest and multiple farmers noting losses from 50 to 100 dollars. local soil conservationist Kenneth Mitchell observed several deer, prompting farmers to urge opening the deer season to reduce damage.
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Mcarthur
Vinton County
Zaleski State Forest
Kenneth Mitchell
John Nelson
Denver Perry
George Minton
David Perry
Prattsville
H. D. Chamberlain
Mitchell
Airlift Rules Violated in Soviet Zone Dispute
Soviet air authorities accuse American airlift planes of four power regulation violations over the Soviet zone. Russian officers list 16 alleged incidents in the past month, noting C 54s flew as low as 333 feet. Soviet official Komarov urges 3300 feet or higher in corridors and Berlin airspace, weather notwithstanding. U S safety officer Gookin says pilots have been briefed to abide by flight rules.
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Berlin
I. Komarov
Vincent H. Gookin
U. S
Ohio Teachers Pay Tops National Average
Washington report shows Ohio public school teachers earning an average of 2900 dollars annually, 150 dollars above the national average and 50 dollars higher than last year’s Ohio figure. The NEA notes teachers’ pay lags behind other professions, being 250 dollars below the national average in 1947.
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Washington
Ohio
National Education Association
NEA
Civil Service Posts For Wright Patterson Base Jobs
U S Civil Service examiners announce tests for permanent aircraft positions at Wright Patterson Air Base Dayton with some at Clinton County Air Force Base Wilmington Ohio. Openings include aircraft general mechanic engine mechanic various specialized mechanic instructor and maintenance technician with specified pay scales and yearly ranges. Full details available in the office of W H Oldfield locally.
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U. S. Civil Service
Wright-Patterson Air Base
Dayton
Clinton County Air Force Base
Wilmington
Ohio
W. H. Oldfield
Stalin Returns to Moscow After Annual Vacation
Moscow reports Prime Minister Stalin is back in the capital following his yearly holiday. He resumes duties, with government channels noting no changes to leadership.
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Moscow
Stalin
Infant Dies When Home Is Burned
Gallipolis report details a fatal fire at the Ferdie Jones home on Poplar Ridge west of Cheshire. Two month old Robert Blaine Jones died in the flames while his mother Rosie Jones suffered minor burns. four other children were apparently unharmed. The fire began in the attic, likely from a chimney or stove spark, destroying the home and outbuildings. The story also notes Athens Meigs County resident Fred Galvani lost his home and possessions, his dog perished, and his hypnotist performances made him a known figure in the region.
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Gallipolis
Ferdie Jones
Poplar Ridge
Cheshire
Robert Blaine Jones
Rosie Jones
Betty
Mary
Sue
Jane
Mr. Jones
Fred Galvani
Athens-Meigs County
Galvani
Athens
Meigs
Pomeroy
Australia
Hockingport
Coldest Wave Of Season Hits Country
A cold air mass from the Canadian Northwest chilled the Dakotas and Montana today and moved toward the Central states. Subzero readings were forecast overnight with 25 to 30 below in North Dakota and 15 to 25 below in South Dakota. Light snow fell in the cold belt while rains persisted in the Southeast and Pacific Northwest. Miami topped 80 degrees.
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Chicago
Canadian Northwest
Dakotas
Montana
Central States
Plains
Havre
Mont
Glasgow
Williston
N. D
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Florida
Georgia
Oregon
Washington
Miami
Czech Consul Resigns Asks Asylum in U S
New York report says Zdenek Smetacek, a Czechoslovak consul, resigned from his post and declared he seeks asylum in the United States as a democratic political exile. He denounced the Czech oslovak regime as dependent on foreign interests and contrary to the will of the Czechoslovak people.
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New York
Czechoslovakia
Zdenek Smetacek
British Army Sends Troops to Hong Kong
The British Army announced reinforcements to Hong Kong due to the deteriorating situation in China. The second battalion of the Sixth Ghurka Rifles will depart by year’s end for the Crown colony, with the Gurkhas previously diverted to Singapore after Red rebels attacked British forces in Malaya last summer.
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Singapore
Hong Kong
China
Sixth
Ghurka Rifles
Malaya
Three-Century-Old Frans Snyders Painting Found in Garage
In Monrovia California a dusty crate yielded a painting of a dead game identified as a three century old work by Belgian artist Franz Snyders. Art dealers value the piece at four to five thousand dollars. The find originated from a fund raised by James Moir during a garage cleanup. It was bequeathed to Moir 25 years ago by George Ward, a steamship company heir.
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Monrovia
Calif
Franz Snyders
James Moir
Moir
George Ward
Steamship Company Scion
Pollution Opinion in Columbus Rules Damages for Dumping Coal Slack
Ohio Attorney General Hugh S. Jenkins issued an opinion allowing damage suits against individuals who dump coal slack and dirt into streams, harming fish food supply. The ruling clarifies legal responsibility for pollution of waterways and related ecological impact.
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Columbus
Hugh S. Jenkins
Gallia Man Killed in 118 Foot Skid Near School
In Point Pleasant, a 1939 sedan skidded 118 feet striking two trees near Point Pleasant Senior High School at 2:45 a.m. Paul Arthur Smith 21 of Gallipolis was killed, with Junior Johnson 17 seriously injured and taken to Holzer Hospital. The car wrapped around the first tree, coroner listed skull fracture and multiple injuries. Johnson is son of Gallia County Commissioner C L Johnson.
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Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Paul Arthur Smith
Second Ave
Junior Johnson
Holzer Hospital
Point Pleasant Senior High School
Jackson Ave
Roy Eschenaur
Smith
Virgil Meadows
R. C. Dilley
Raynes
Johnson
C. L. Johnson
Gallia County
Women hard to elicit confessions says detective
In a radio interview, Detective Lt. David E. Kerr head of Cleveland homicide squad said women do talk less in criminal matters. He stated there is no trouble finding a woman in a case but it is really tough making her talk and getting a confession.
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Cleveland
David E. Kerr
Press Club
Police Question Boy's Parents In Hanging Death
Springfield police detained the mother Minnie Elix and stepfather Roger Elix overnight for questioning about seven year old John A. Smith’s hanging death. Inspector Abbott said the boy’s hands were bound and the cord cut flesh, making suicide unlikely. The parents, claiming he harmed himself, found him in a closet after a belt was used. No charges filed.
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Springfield
Lawrence Abbott
John A. Smith
Young Smith
Abbott
Minnie Elix
Roger Elix
Elix
John
Israel's UN Bid Stymied in Security Council
Paris reports Israel’s effort to join the United Nations as the 59th member this year is likely doomed, blocked in the Security Council. The General Assembly worked to clear its agenda with adjournment anticipated Saturday night as debate on Palestine issues continued. A separate East West debate in the political committee ended with 41 to 6 backing a Korean Commission resolution recognizing Korea as a legal government and urging withdrawal of occupation troops as soon as practicable.
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Paris
Israel
United Nations
Security Council
Britain
General Assembly
U.N. Korean Commission
Six Japanese officers sentenced for war prisoner ships
Yokohama reports six former Japanese lieutenant generals and a colonel were sentenced to one to 24 years in prison by an Eighth Army court. They were found guilty of packing allied prisoners into overcrowded ships, causing pain, suffering, disease, and death for many of the 17 000 prisoners aboard the vessels.
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Yokohama
Eighth Army
Health Goal Far Off Declared By Deputy Surgeon General
Deputy Surgeon General W. Palmer Dearing told the Ohio Tuberculosis Association at its semi-annual meeting that less than five percent of Americans have access to top local health facilities. He said since 1936 authorities have sought a generalized health program for every community. The goal is nearer, but still far off.
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Columbus
U. S
W. Palmer Dearing
Ohio Tuberculosis Association
U.S. Civil Service Seeks Admins And Mediator
The U S Civil Service Commission announced exams for a physical science administrator and a labor mediator. Administrator salaries run 5232 to 10305 dollars yearly while the mediator pays 5232 to 6235 dollars. Information and forms available from local secretary W H Oldfield.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
The
China Reports Heavy Casualties in Nanking Front
Government military sources say Chinese Communists inflicted heavy losses on three encircled army groups near Nanking. The 16th Army Group may have been virtually wiped out as the forces withdrew from Suchow to aid the trapped 12th Army Group. Both sides suffered heavy losses as regrouping and new attacks were planned toward the Hwai River defenses northwest of Beijing. Neutral observers note Suchow’s former garrison may have lost about one third since December.
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Nanking
Suchow
12Th
Suchsien
Suhsien
Hwai River
Strikers Guilty Of Violating Court Order
In Columbus three American Zinc Oxide Co. strikers and a CIO Smelter Workers Union international representative were found guilty of breaching a court order on pickets. Judge Charles A. Leach sentenced them to 10 days in jail, with release on $100 bonds after appeals. He cited undisputed evidence of more than five pickets at the plant gate on multiple occasions.
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Columbus
American Zinc Oxide Co
CIO Smelter Workers Union
Common Pleas
Charles A. Leach
Leach
Burley Tobacco Prices Fall in Kentucky Trade
Burley tobacco prices dropped 87 cents a hundred pounds in Kentucky yesterday the State Department of Agriculture reported a statewide average of 47.48 per hundred. The revised Tuesday average was 48.35 with sales totaling 12,032,662 pounds worth 5,712,929.34.
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Louisville
Kentucky
State Department of Agriculture
Spy Hunters Probe Pumpkin Document Theft Case
Congressional spy hunters pressed to reveal how top American secrets ended up in a pumpkin shell. Rep Mundt told reporters the mystery will be solved before 11 witnesses are heard in the next days. Isaac Don Levine testified on Russian espionage, and Nixon accused the administration of trying to silence the committee.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
Isaac Don Levine
Levine
Whittaker Chambers
Two Year Sentence Given On Stolen Car Charge
Hubert Litteral, 29, of Chillicothe pleaded guilty to transporting a stolen car across a state line. U S District Judge John E Druffel imposed a two year sentence. The court heard Litteral and a companion stole the car last June after escaping Mansfield Reformatory and drove to Pennsylvania.
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Cincinnati
Hubert
Litteral
Chillicothe
U. S
John E. Druffel
Mansfield Reformatory
Pennsylvania
Acquitted in Cleveland bombing case of Mathews home
A common pleas jury acquitted John S. Horvatin, 24, ex convict, in the August bombing of the home of Buster Mathews, a policy operator.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas
John S. Horvatin
Buster Mathews
Bank Held Up in Dunkirk. Gunman Takes $1000
A dark skinned gunman robbed the Kenton Savings Bank Dunkirk branch yesterday about 2:35 p.m., escaping with about $1000 after forcing bookkeeper Marie Messenger and Assistant Manager Frank Curran to empty cash drawers. Messenger identified the bandit as a man who had visited the bank Tuesday. He was described as 23, five feet 9 inches tall, about 160 pounds, wearing a tan overcoat and gray hat. two more men were said to be in a car nearby.
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Dunkirk
Dunskirk
Kenton Savings Bank
Marie Messenger
Home To Be Completed For Fireman's Family
Fremont residents in a 14 000 population town rally to finish the home George Kettner began before his death in a Monday night blaze. About 2077 of the 4000 dollar goal has been raised. Builders offer to donate time and labor as Kettner, 44, lies in memory of the fallen fireman. His wife and two daughters survive.
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Fremont, O.—P
George Kettner
Kettner
8000 Mile B-36 Breaks Own Flight Record From Fort Worth
Fort Worth to Honolulu non stop and return by the B-36 bomber covered more than 8000 miles in 35 hours. Piloted by a 15 man crew, the flight carried a useful bomb load to the halfway mark and returned via San Francisco. Brig. Gen. J B Montgomery called it a routine training flight within the aircrafts capabilities.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Air Force
Honolulu
Carswell Air Field
Honoluu
J. B. Montgomery
Strategic Air Command
San Diego
Calif
San Francisco
Montgomery
Pearl Harbor
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Art (the Great) Shires
W. H
Hi) Erwin
Dallas
Erwin
Shires
George Bateman
Raymond Grambo
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Bateman
Hocking
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Karl Mundt
R-S.d
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One American Activities Committee
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