Hocking Above Flood Level For Fourth Time This Year
The Hocking River rose past flood stage for the fourth time this year with upstream levels easing at Logan and Sunday Creek near stagnant. Rainfall across the Ohio Valley varied while highways in the Athens area faced closures and detours as flood risk persisted.
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Hocking
Logan
Sunday Creek
The
Red Cross
Hocking River
Ohio Valley
Cincinnati
Ohio
Portsmouth
Miami
Train Fire Fails to Deter Ohio Limited Arrival
In Columbus a large police and fire crew responded to Union Depot last night after reports of a passenger train on fire. The Red Cross deployed its mobile unit and alerted hospitals. The blaze proved to be burning meat grease in a kitchen exhaust fan. The New York Central Ohio Limited was delayed about 30 minutes on its Cincinnati to New York run.
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Columbus
Union Depot
Red Cross
New York Central
Ohio Limited
Cincinnati
New York
Ohio Grange Final Sessions Convene In Cleveland
The Ohio State Grange opened final convention sessions in Cleveland addressing farm parity voting machines and property damage. Joseph W. Fichter of Oxford was reelected state master for a fourth term amid competition from Chester B. Alspach and John Kelser. Resolutions may push for statewide voting machines by 1950 and state responsibility for motorist damages from collisions with wildlife. A key debate centered on parity policy for commodities.
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Cleveland
Ohio State Grange
Joseph W. Fichter
Oxford
Chester B. Alspach
Canal Winchester
John Kelser
Medina
Ohio
Grange
Fire at Ford Rouge Plant Delays 3800 Workers
A $500000 blaze struck Ford Motor Co Rouge plant in Detroit last night destroying materials for 200 cars. Firemen rescued three men and six women trapped by the fire while workers rolled over Mercury cars to safety. About three hundred people were at work and 3800 were laid off temporarily as officials investigate the cause and extent of the damage.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Big Rouge
Ford
Junta of Five Men Seizes El Salvador Government
A junta of five young officers toppled President Salvador Castaneda Castro in El Salvador after a brief clash with police. Castaneda is held at El Zapote fort on charges of violating the constitution for seeking a two year term extension beyond March 1 1949.
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Guatemala
el Salvador
Latin America
Salvador Castaneda Castro
el Zapote Fort
Castaneda
Engineer Graessner Freed by Guerrillas Near Mount Olympus
American engineer Carl A. Graessner, abducted by Communist guerrillas on December 8, was released today in the foothills of Mount Olympus, near Athens. The incident ends a tense period as authorities confirmed his safe release and transport plans.
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Athens
Carl A. Graessner
Mount Olympus
Government asks Supreme Court to reject Jap war crime appeals
The United States urged the Supreme Court to avoid overturning the Tokyo tribunal that sentenced Tojo and six other Japanese war criminals. Solicitor General Perlman warned that such a move would threaten international law and world peace efforts. Appeals were filed by George Furness, John Brannon, and George Yamaoka on behalf of condemned and jailed defendants challenging the tribunal’s legality under General MacArthur’s authority.
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Washington
United States
Supreme Court Today
International Tribunal
Tojo
Tokyo Tribunal
Philip B. Perlman
United Nations
Perlman
High Court
Tokyo
George A. Furness
Boston
John C. Brannon
Kansas City
George Yamaoka
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Airmen Prepare Rescue Mission For Snowbound Fliers
Air crews using ski planes and gliders will attempt to save nine U S fliers stranded on a Greenland snow bank. Seven men were left after a C 47 went down last Thursday and two more joined after a B 17 nose dived on Monday. None were injured, officials said.
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ST. John's
U. S
Greenland
1948 Air Races Show Profit After Donations
Cleveland officials reported the 1948 National Air Races made a profit of $4500 after sizable contributions to the United States Air Force and Navy Relief societies. The proceeds will go to the Air Foundation for underwriting future races. For 1949 the event will emphasize jet flying with dates set for September 3 4 and 5.
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Cleveland
United States Air Force and Navy Relief Societies
Frederick C. Crawford
Air Foundation
Crawford
Convict Admits Decapitation at Texas Prison Farm
Ernest Cleve Jones 33 confessed to killing Clarence William Redwine 38 in Retrieve Prison Farm mess hall after Redwine threatened him. Jones, a kitchen worker, reportedly took a knife from the kit chen and beheaded Redwine then returned to the kitchen and cleaned the knife.
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Angleton
Tex
Texas Prison System
O. B. Ellis
Retrieve Prison Farm
Ernest Cleve Jones
I. K. Kelley
Clarence William Redwine
Redwine
Jones
Kelley
Costa Rican invasion aid alleged by prisoners in Costa Rica
Two prisoners at La Cruz claim Gen. Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua pledges full support for Costa Rica’s invasion. They name Dr. Rafael Calderon Guardia, ex president, as organizer blocked from returning to power by a military junta.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
la Cruz
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
Rafael Calderon Guardia
Jackson County Girl Fifth Traffic Fatality
Fay Charlene Jacobs nine year old from Jackson County died after running into a moving truck in heavy rain on Route 124 four miles west of Jackson. She sustained chest injuries and a leg fracture and died en route to Holzer Hospital. The fatality follows other accidents in the county with injuries to Jane Church fifteen from Wellston Route 3, who survived after a rock strike and tree impact on Route 124.
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Amesville
Fisher Station
Athens
Glouster
Columbus
Chauncey
Cleveland
West Virginia
Maryland
Weston
W. Va
Ohio
Gallipolis
Jackson County
Fay Charlene Jacobs
James H. Schrader
Beaver
Mintha Ctata
Lilevhieeraur Datral
Winhyv
Lucetaiec ashiBhway
Mveve
Holzer Hospital
Jackson
Donald R. Douce
Pomeroy
Artesia
Calif
William Stuart Jacobs
Jane Church
Wellston
Route 124
Berlin Crossroads
May Stevens
Miss Church
Alger Hiss Indicted on Lying Charges in New York Case
Congressional investigators push ahead as Alger Hiss faces two counts of perjury in a New York grand jury indictment. The Hiss Chambers saga widens with 26 documents alleged to originate with Chambers, touching on prewar espionage and sensitive wartime topics.
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Alger Hiss
Washington
Hiss- Chambers
Capitol Bill
State Department
House Un-American Activities Committee
Russia
New York
Hiss
Whittaker
Chambers
Germany
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
United States
Maryland
Hoover Commission urges overhaul of Defense Department
A Hoover Commission task force reports the national defense system is costly and poorly coordinated. It cautions Russia may push costs up to win through bankruptcy and outlines a six point program to give the Defense Secretary direct control, improve teamwork, and overhaul the budget system.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Commission On Organization
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Defense
Supreme Court Affirms Reinstatement Refusal
The Supreme Court upheld Scioto County courts where Walter E. Sullens was denied a writ to compel reinstatement as a Portsmouth officer. Sullens accepted a World War II appointment with a specific age limit and was retired April 15, 1946.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Scioto County
Walter E. Sullens
Portsmouth
Sullens
Barkley Pledges Anti Inflation, Housing, Social Security Aims
Vice President elect Alben W. Barkley pledges the new administration will fight for anti-inflation legislation repeal of the Taft Hartley law and other party platform planks. Public housing and extension of social security benefits also will be among the administration's legislative goals the Kentucky senator said last night.
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New York
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Duncan sister of Isadora dies in Germany at 77
Elizabeth Duncan 77, sister of Isadora Duncan, died November 30 in Germany. The Duncan sisters helped pioneer free style dance and were prominent figures in the art world. Elizabeth died after a life linked to the Duncan legacy and modern dance.
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New York
Elizabeth Duncan
Isadora Duncan
Germany
Snow and Freeze To Unite Officially
TULSA Okla Albert Lewis Freeze 21 obtained a home to wed Wilme Lee Snow 1
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Snow
Freeze
Tulsa
Okla
Albert Lewis Freeze
Wilme Lee Snow
Zinc Plant To Replace 120 Striking Workers
The American Zinc Oxide Co. plans to replace about 120 CIO Smelter Workers who did not return to work by December 15. Company officials said only a few strikers came back, as the dispute centers on union officers refusing to sign non-Communist affidavits.
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Columbus
American Zinc Oxide Co
CIO Smelter Workers
Small Arms Fire Near Peiping Keeps City in Standstill
Peiping endures light to moderate fighting as Communist forces encircle the city. Small arms and occasional mortar fire echo through the walls while Communist units mass west of the gates. Rumors of peace talks surface as Fu Tso Yi weighs a full defense. Claire Chennault’s transport company reportedly withdraws staff from Tientsin to Tsingtao.
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Peiping
China
Tsingtao
Court Refuses Review Of Curnutt Conviction
Ohio Supreme Court refused to review Ova B. Curnutt’s first degree murder conviction. Curnutt 45 of Cincinnati died Jan 14 in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair after persuading his nephew Elmer Curnutt to rob and kill Thomas Wilson, a crippled cafe owner, on Dec 2, 1947. Elmer Curnutt was executed July 16 for the robbery slaying.
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Columbus
Ova B. Curnutt
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Curnutt
Elmer Curnutt
Thomas Wilson
The Terrible Turk Dies in Auto Crash
Laurence Lebelle known as Ali Alaba the Terrible Turk, 41, was killed in an auto-truck crash on Route 24 east of Napoleon Ohio. Teammates Frankie Hart, 34, Toledo, and Samuel W. Nichols, 37, Medford Massachusetts, suffered chest injuries as the party traveled to Toledo.
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Napoleon
Laurence Lebelle
Ali Alaba
Terrible Turk
Route
Frankie Hart
Toledo
Samuel W. Nichols
Medford
Mass
Salem executive elected president of national potters group
Floyd W. Mc Kee of Salem Ohio was elected president of the United States Potters Association yesterday. McKee is president of the Salem China Co.
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New York
Floyd W. McKee
Salem
Ohio
United States Potters Association
McKee
Salem China Co
French Destroy Soviet Radio Berlin Towers
French forces demolished two towers used by Radio Berlin in the Soviet sector to cut the station off the air. Brig. Gen. Jean Ganeval said the action was necessary to safeguard Allied airlift into Tegel Field. The Russians retained Deutsche Welle outlet east of the city.
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Berlin
Radio
Germany
Deutscheland
Jean Ganeval
Ganeval
Tegel
Ex Brakeman Settles Law Suit for $150000
Columbus based ex brakeman Earl D. Bartlebaugh, 24, settled his personal injury claim against the Pennsylvania Railroad for 150000. He lost both legs above the knees Jan 31, 1946, after being knocked from a box car. The Ohio Supreme Court had ordered acceptance of 150000 or start anew in lower courts.
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Columbus
Earl D. Bartlebaugh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bartlebaugh
Ohio Supreme Court
Burley Prices Drop To Season Low In Kentucky
In Louisville Kentucky burley tobacco prices fell nineteen cents a hundredweight to the season’s lowest average. A dealers’ spokesman attributed high moisture from insufficient curing of the leaf and warned against an premature reopening of sales markets.
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Burley
Louisville
Kentucky
Would-Be Escapees Get Added 3 Years
Two youths who attempted to escape from the Chillicothe Federal Reformatory received additional sentences of three years today from Federal Judge Mell G. Underwood. William Maust Jr 21 of Akron and William E Lynch 19 of Knoxville Tenn were both serving 18 month sentences for auto theft.
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Columbus
Chillicothe Federal Reformatory
Mell G. Underwood
William Maust, Jr
Akron
William E. Lynch
Knoxville
Tenn
Joy develops two tons a minute coal mining machine
A Joy Manufacturing Co continuous mining machine capable of digging coal at two tons per minute was unveiled at Mathies mine near Pittsburgh. The $50,000 unit, mounted on caterpillar treads, replaces multiple steps with a single operation and can mine around corners.
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Pittsburgh
Joy Manufacturing Co
Pittsburgh Coal Co
New
Mathies
Joy Continuous
Sunnyhill Coal Co
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