Boston IRS Office Faces Possible Criminal Violations
A House appropriations subcommittee released an investigator report suggesting possible criminality in the Boston Internal Revenue office. The document cites mismanagement of trust funds, lax control over outside collections including the March of Dimes, and potential Hatch Act violations, with Denis W. Delaney named as Boston collector. The probe notes budget cuts affecting field enforcement and references a memo about employees buying dinner tickets for a Hanegan reception.
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Washington
House
Justice Department
Boston
Internal Revenue Bureau
Representative Canfield
Attorney General
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Commission
Civil Service Commission
Basil O’connor
National Foundation For Infantile
Mass
Lee
Denis W. Delaney
Internal Revenue
FBI
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
Delaney
John E. Burns
Hannegan
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Suspect Surrenders After Four-Hour Siege in Alger
Leon Stratton 48, Alger second-hand store dealer, surrendered to Sheriff Randall Clark at Alger after a four hour siege that began with a midnight disturbance at a local beer parlor. Stratton sustained superficial wounds from a shotgun exchange with Alger Village Marshal Homer Burton.
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Kenton
Leon Stratton
Randall Clark
Alger
Stratton
Clark
Homer Burton
Reams Quits Race For Ohio Governorship
Toledo report says Frazier Reams state welfare director under Gov. Lausche withdrew from the Democratic primary for governor and announced his bid for the attorney general nomination.
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Reams
Ohio
Toledo
Frazier Reams
Frank Lausche
Six of 29 Aboard Survive C-54 Crash
Westover Field mass reports indicate only six survivors among 29 American military men aboard a four engine C-54 that crashed in Labrador. Rescue teams faced stormy weather with limited radio contact while observers sighted potential survivors and flares near the wreckage.
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Westover Field
Mass
U. S. Air Transport Command
Laborador
Labrador
Wildness
Goose Bay
Paul A. Zartman
Royal Canadian Air Force
Westover
ATC
Harmon Airfield
Newfoundland
Trains Burn After Wreck Kill Two Firemen Near New Braunfels
Two Missouri-Kansas-Texas passenger trains collided ten miles south of New Braunfels Texas at 11:54 p m and exploded into flames. Fireman Jack B Coleman of Waco and George W Stainthorpe of San Antonio were killed. Engineer Roy Callaway and porter Will Maney were missing. Mickey Pattillo said orders may have been mixed.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Here
Jack B. Coleman
Waco
George W. Stainthorpe
San Antonio
Roy Callaway
Smithville
Will Maney
Mickey Pattillo
Death penalty imposed for minister's slaying
Lester A. Nichols 42 of Silver Lake Ind was convicted last night by a jury in the shotgun slaying of his father in law the Rev Louis Whitaker 76 at West Newton There was no mercy recommendation making the death sentence mandatory The jury deliberated four and a half hours Nichols remained composed throughout the trial.
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Lima
Lester A. Nichols
Silver Lake
Ind
Inlaw
Louis Whitaker
West Newton
Nichols
Body Identified in Lake Michigan Mystery Case
Warren Ohio man Lowell Shaffer identified the woman found in Lake Michigan six days earlier as his daughter Bernadine 26. The tragedy follows a six day search with authorities noting the grim discovery near Chicago.
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Chicago
Lowell Shaffer
Warren, O
Lake Michigan
Bernadine
Former Athens Woman Admits Part in Thefts
Dayton police round up other gang members while a former Athens woman Mary Frances Ross confesses involvement in two burglaries in Oakwood and a dairy store safe removal. She admits posing as lookout and reveals a dissolved marriage and remarriage in Dayton. Miami police hold Damico and Rice, alleged brains of the thefts totaling over 20000 dollars. the group includes Hansen Dowling and Jean Zug of Dayton.
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Dayton
Athens
Mary Frances Ross
Oakwood
Eugene Hansen
Murphy
Miami
Fla
Alfred J. Damico
Thomas E. Rice
New York
Damico
Rice
Hansen
James Dowling
Jean Zug
Dayston
British Block Jerusalem With Troops
British forces sealed the gates of Jerusalem's old walled city before noon as fighting surged in the ancient maze of streets. Civilians fled in army trucks, with several hundred families already out. Arabs and Jews clashed after Arabs seized a synagogue and raised a flag, later driven out by Jewish fighters.
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Jerusalem
Soldiers Safe In C-47 Crash in Western Turkey
Four American soldiers parachuted to earth after ditching a C 47 transport plane during a Rome to Baghdad flight over Western Turkey. Pilot Lt Col James F Coward of Erwin Tennessee said weather prevented landing in Athens as planned and he ordered abandonment with fuel nearly exhausted. Two cocker spaniels aboard escaped unhurt.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Rome
Baghdad
James F. Coward
Erwin
Tenn
U. S
Athens
Aviatrix Cochran Claims 469.5 MPH Air Speed Record
Palm Springs California report says aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran flew for fun and set a 100 kilometer closed course speed record of 469.5 miles per hour in a propeller driven plane. Her husband Floyd B. Odlum watched as she completed the triangular course, just 28 miles per hour behind the jet record for the same route.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Jacqueline Cochran
Floyd B. Odlum
Western Union Workers Favor Pre Yule Strike
The AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union said the nationwide strike vote among Western Union employees is running about ten to one in favor of a pre Christmas walkout for higher wages. Union leaders plan a meeting in Atlanta with heads of two other AFL unions over planned joint action if negotiations stay deadlocked.
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Washington
Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Atlanta
AFL
CTU
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ohile State Employment Service Seeks Record Placements
The Ohio State Employment Service expects to place 300 000 workers this year an all time high despite a tightening labor market. Available job seekers fell to a post war low of 92 000 on Nov 1 the service said.
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Columbus
Ohile State Employment Service
Employment Service
Methodist Pastor Clarke Gowdy Dies in Manchester
The Rev. Clarke L. Gowdy 69 pastor of the Manchester Methodist Church for the past year died of a heart attack at the parsonage yesterday.
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Blanchester
Clarke L. Gowdy
Manchester Methodist Church
Real estate salesman slain after ride with buyer
Col umbus police probe a fatal shooting of Elmo C. Rice 26 as he rode with a prospective buyer for his 1947 car. Bloodstained car found downtown. a loaded revolver recovered. Three men held for questioning. investigators pursue a possible body throw from a speeding car and a motive tied to a recent trade.
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Columbus
Elmo C. Rice
Union
Rice
Wilson Road
Hugh Leggett
Sheriff's Office
Olentangy
Leggett
Henry Keely
Fire destroys Wyandot County's largest grain elevator
Fire swept the Wyandot County grain elevator in Upper Sandusky gutting the facility and destroying about 80 000 bushels of corn soybeans and wheat worth nearly 300 000 at current prices. The elevator was operated by Ward Walton and Wayne Myers. Fire Chief Clarence Reinbrecht cited possible causes including defective wiring or spontaneous combustion.
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Upper
Sandusky
Wyandot County
Ward W. Walton
Wayne Myers
Clarence P. Reinbrech
State Representative Claude Oberlin Dies at 64
Canton report says State Representative Claude W. Oberlin, aged 64, died yesterday at his home due to a heart ailment.
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Canton
Claude W. Oberlin
Goats Sent to Miss Novak Prompt Police Probe
Lorain police investigate a mysterious note threat after goats were left on Miss Margaret Novak’s porch. A goat was tied to her porch a month ago and another this week with a note signed Julius promising more goats if she keeps him. One goat was given away and the other vanished.
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Lorain
Margaret Novak
Julius
Afton Youth 18 Held For Shooting Mother
Ernest R. Green Jr. of Afton, 18, was held on a charge of shooting his mother Nora Stevens 36 in Cincinnati. She was in serious condition at Good Samaritan Hospital with a head wound. Green faced arraignment in Batavia following the arrest by Clermont County authorities.
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Cincinnati
Ernest R. Green, Jr
Afton
Nora Stevens
Clermont County
Patrick Hayes
Good Samaritan Hospital
Hayes
Green
Batavia
Court Refuses New Trial For Boys Slayer In Ohio
Toledo. Mrs Florence Lehaney 41 denied a new trial in the deaths of two boys who boarded at her home. Common Pleas Judge John W Hackett sentenced her to life imprisonment with possible parole eligibility after 40 years for the deaths of James Gleason 5 and Gerald Gleason 2.
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Toledo
Florence Lehaney
Common Pleas
John W. Hackett
James Gleason
Gerald
Taft Bid Receives Backing From Ohio Young Republicans
Senator Robert A. Taft wins endorsement of the Ohio Young Republicans executive committee as he pursues the Republican presidential nomination. The move signals early party support in Columbus.
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Young Gop
TAFT
Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Ohio Young Republicans’ Executive Committee
Republicans Propose House Plan for Quick Inflation Curb
President Truman rejected any plan short of his 10 point anti inflation program and urged fast enactment. The GOP substitute aims to curb living costs through voluntary private agreements, possibly advancing with limited hearings. Democrats warned it may not be enough and questioned its effectiveness.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Kilgore
West Virginia
Downey
Calif
Foreign Aid Bill Seen Moving Toward Final Passage
Backers claim the emergency foreign aid bill of 590 million dollars is over the hump as the House rejects several amendments. Reps. Vorys and Jarman say the measure gains support despite opposition and may face final approval soon.
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Washington
Vorys
Ohio
Jarman
D-Ala
House
Lawrence H. Smith
Rwis
Italy
Austria
France
China
Jury Views Slaying Case of Roxie Green in Prospect
In Marion Ohio prosecutors and defense open the first degree murder trial of Ray Shappard, held handyman from Prospect, for the hammer slaying of 16 year old Roxie Ann Green. A jury of eight men and four women toured the crime area to view the Prospect school and the road where her body was found.
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Marion
Ray Shappard
Prospect
Handyman
Roxie Ann Green
Leroy Retterer
Shappard
Prospect School
Miss Green
Green
Snow Falls Across Midwest as Mercury Dives Below Zero
Snow covered eastern Great Lakes New England and New York state with cold temperatures across the Midwest. Rain spotted the Gulf Coast while the central and southern Rockies and central plains enjoyed fair weather.
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Chicago
Midwest
Great Lakes
New England
New York State
North Dakota
Minnesota
Pacific Northwest
Gulf Coast
Rockies
Central Plains
Three Killed as B and O Train Demolishes Bookmobile
Cincinnati librarians lose three staff in a bookmobile wreck when a Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed into the vehicle near Cincinnati. Assistant librarian Elizabeth S. Wuest age 50 and bookmobile driver Albert Marriam age 47 were killed outright. Clerk Irene Elsen age 24 died later at a local hospital.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Library
Baltimore and Ohio
Elizabeth S. Wuest
Albert Marriam
Irene Elsen
C&O Places Orders For 15 Locomotives
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ordered 15 heavy-duty locomotives from Lima-Hamilton Corp. in Cleveland. The engines will be built in Lima, Ohio, cost about 5.8 million dollars, and are due for delivery next July.
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Cleveland
Lima-Hamilton Corp
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Lima, O
Leftist Led General Strike Tightens Rome
A leftist directed general strike paralyzed Rome with 500000 workers idle, though many reported to work for Christmas pay. Public transport stayed idle as the Chamber of Labor of Rome Province said no violations occurred. The stoppage, first in 25 years, was called last night.
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Rome
Chamber of Labor of
77 Liquor Raids Hit State In November
The State Liquor Department reports 77 raids in November on unpermitted liquor outlets, 90 arrests, 92 court convictions, and total fines of 13 255 with 750 jail days. In Gallia County one raid occurred with no arrests.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Donald T. Geyer
Gallia County
Geyer
State Seeks Plum Brook Land for Disease Research
Ohio conservation official told reporters that the state, with the Health Department, is pursuing a 2400 acre tract at Plum Brook Ordnance Works for a medical research program. The study would focus on linking animal diseases to human health.
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Washington
Ohio
War Assets Administration
Plum Brook
Traffic Death Conviction in April Case
Beckham Ledford, 23, of Middletown, was convicted by Common Pleas Court Judge Fred B. Cramer on second degree manslaughter in the April 18 traffic death of Harry Thompson, 67, who was struck on Peast Town Road. Sentence pending.
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Hamilton, O
Beckham Ledford
Middletown
Common Pleas Court
Fred B. Cramer
Harry Thompson
Peast Town Road
Cramer
Deshler High Student Killed in Auto Tractor Collision
Yvonne Wollford a Deshler High School sophomore aged 16 died last night when the car she rode in collided with a tractor towing a wagon near New Hope Ohio. The crash occurred on a rural road and details of the driver and other passengers were not available. Authorities investigated the scene to determine fault and cause.
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New Hope
Yvonne Wollford
Deshler
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OSES
Lester Bauman
Mitchell Spyker
Spyker
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Maritime Commission
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V. M. Molotov
Roxie Green
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