Abandoned Car and Call Deepen Newark Death Mystery
Mrs. Frank Rodamer 35 was found murdered on Pennsylvania Railroad tracks near Newark. Her husband, a Pharis Tire executive, is expected back from Chicago as coroner Sapp withholds verdict until all aspects are cleared. Police traced a battered car and a mysterious call to two women seen near the embankment by officers Wollard and Myers.
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Newark
Frank Rodamer
Here
G. W. Sapp
Licking County
OverSeas Unification Plan Okayed by Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Army and Navy approve unified command for overseas forces under single operational leadership while home merger remains unsettled. Seven overseas commands shift control from Gen. Douglas MacArthur and expand Navy reach in the Pacific. Concurrently, House panel proposes permanent National Intelligence Authority funding and control. Maj. Gen. Arnold calls the plan the closest approach to unification without full merger.
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Gle
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pearl Harbor
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Navy
Pacific
Northeast
House Military Committee
National Intelligence Authority
Army
Office of Naval Intelligence
State Department
Congress
William H. Arnold
Herbert Names Mansfield Man Highway Chief
Gov elect Thomas J. Herbert names Murray Shaffer of Mansfield as state highway director in his cabinet. Shaffer, formerly chief engineer, will replace Perry T. Ford when Herbert takes office January 13. The post pays 6500 dollars annually and Shaffer has a long record in highway planning and Mansfield safety leadership.
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Columbus
Murray PD. Shaffer
Mansfield
Thomas J. Herbert
Shaffer
Highway Department
Perry T. Ford
Herbert
Teachers Group Eyes Constitutional Change
The AFL Ohio Federation of Teachers seeks a constitutional amendment if lawmakers do not boost school funding. President Edgar H. Rueter says the group is pushing state aid from 59 million to 100 million dollars.
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Cleveland
AFL
Ohio Federation of Teachers
Edgar H. Rueter
Taylorcraft Decision Indicated On Thursday
Federal Bankruptcy Referee Carl D. Friebelin said a Thursday decision was likely on whether Taylorcraft Aviation Corp of Alliance would be reorganized or liquidated. Interested parties were allowed to inspect the plant and assets today and tomorrow.
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Cleveland
Carl D. Friebelin
Taylorcraft Aviation Corp
Alliance
Accidental Gunshot Kills Girl Aged 12 in Cleveland
Twelve year old Alice May Joyner died yesterday when a 45 calibre pistol shown to her brother by a neighbor discharged accidentally. The incident happened in Cleveland and prompted local authorities to investigate the mishap and safety concerns surrounding firearms in homes.
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Cleveland
Alice May Joyner
Vandenberg Set for Showdown Over Dual Senate Posts
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan faces a Republican conference showdown over holding two public roles as presiding officer and foreign relations chairman. Senator Robertson and allies push to bar dual offices, while Vandenberg and White are seen likely to prevail. Connally suggested quitting as foreign relations chair after succeeding Vandenberg.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Robertson
R-Wye
Congress
Wilson
Riowa
Langer
R-Nd
Senator White
R-Me
New Commerce Committee
Friends of
United Nations
Connally
D - Tex
Michigan
Price of Food Slated to Drop
Washington officials forecast a fall in food prices over the next three to six months from record highs. The Agriculture Department expects a modest decline not as large as after World War I. Meat prices look less certain with pork and lamb possibly slipping while beef may ease for higher grades.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Legionnaires Accept Invitation to France
Washington reports the American Legion will send a third pilgrimage to France next year. National Commander Paul H. Griffith announced the Legion accepted an invitation from former French President George Bidault for a sentimental journey to the Legion’s birthplace.
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Washington
France
Paul H. Griffith
American Legion
George Bidault
French Republic
Holidays Limited for U S Occupation Troops in Yokohama
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger announced that U S occupation troops in Yokohama would have holidays limited to Christmas and New Year’s plus the afternoon preceding each holiday.
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Yokohama
Robert L. Eichelberger
U. S
Lucite Repair Seen as Permanent Artery Patch
Dr Charles A Hufnagel described lucite tubes to join severed aorta ends in dogs at the American College of Surgeons meeting in Cleveland. He noted autopsies after six months showed natural fibers anchoring the tubes, offering a potential permanent patch. A separate report described a high risk procedure for venous thrombosis involving dangerous leg vein clots.
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Cleveland
American College of Surgeons
Charles A. Hufnagel
Richmond
Ind
Harvard Medical School
Hufnagel
Supreme Court to Hear UMW Appeal on Coal Strike Conviction
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a ten point appeal by John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers challenging their contempt conviction and fines totaling 3.51 million dollars from the 17 day coal strike. The Court also granted a government request for a ruling on whether Judge T Alan Goldsborough properly issued a restraining order that Lewis defied.
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Washington
Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
High Tribunal
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Two Men and Woman Held In Nylon Theft Case
Two men and a woman were arrested in Cleveland after a theft at a Lorain stocking dealer. About $16,000 worth of nylon hose were stolen from a Lorain warehouse and from a car in Norwalk.
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Cleveland
Norwalk
Beet payment mailed to Fremont beet producers
The Great Lakes Sugar Co sent first partial payments totaling 928285 dollars to beet producers in the Fremont area for the 1946 beet crop of about 80000 tons.
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Fremont
Great Lakes Sugar Co
Actual Ballots To Tip Hand In Floor Fight
Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr of Massachusetts said votes will settle the House Republican floor leadership contest. He will become speaker when the new Congress opens January 3 and will keep the steering committee chair as traditional policy maker. Rumors that Clarence J Brown of Ohio might get the steering post and rivals like Charles A Halleck of Indiana, Thomas Jenkins of Ohio, and Everett Dirksen of Illinois are involved in the contest.
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Washington
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Martin
Congress
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Brown
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
Thomas Jenkins
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Court Ruling Could Nullify Many West Virginia Divorces
Huntington West Virginia thousands of residents may see divorce decrees challenged after Circuit Judge John W Hereford ruled such decrees invalid when the filing petition did not observe the mandatory one month waiting period. The Holliday case prompted attorney Thomas West to say decrees granted without maturing rules leave parties still married.
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Huntington
W.va
Bogus Shooting Stars To Blaze in Southwest
White Sands New Mexico observers are promised a synthetic meteor shower tonight as iron dime-sized fragments from a German V-2 rocket are launched in the first night-time test in the United States. The display could be visible over a wide region if calculations hold true.
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White Sands
N. M
Young 'Thrill Slayer' Receives Life Sentence
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania Judge J I Hook imposes a life sentence on 15 year old Donald G Mullen after he pleads guilty to first degree murder for stabbing 63 year old Kathryn Fletcher the kindly farm woman who befriended him The youth says he killed for a thrill.
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Waynesburg
Donald G. Mullenaux
Kathryn Fletcher
J. I. Hook
Actress Jack La Rue Divorced from Constance Deighton Simpson La Rue
Constance Deighton Simpson La Rue was granted a divorce from actor Jack La Rue yesterday in Reno. The proceedings conclude a marriage that drew public attention to the Los Angeles–based screen pair.
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LA Rue
Reno, Nov
Constance Deighton Simpson la Rue
Jack la Rue
Senator Bilbo may testify to war contractor ties today
Senate War Investigating subcommittee sessions outline Bilbo likely to relate his ties with a dozen Mississippi contractors who loaned money bought a car dug a lake and contributed over 30000 to his 1942 bid for Senate. The hearing includes Bilbo rebuttal and statements from aides.
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Washington
Theodore G. Bilbo
D-Miss
Wall Doxey
United States Senate
Mead
Senate
Bilbo
Ferguson
R-Mich
Three Grafton Escapees Sentenced in Robbery Case
Three Grafton honor camp inmates received prison terms up to 25 years for armed robbery and auto larceny tied to a five day escape spree last month. Leland Earlenbaugh 26 Canton and Donald Bruson 22 Akron were given 10 to 25 years for armed robbery and 1 to 20 for auto larceny, to run concurrently. Robert Miller 19 Cleveland got similar sentences to Mansfield Reformatory. They pleaded guilty after holding up Joseph Stanko a Lancaster dry cleaner on November 20 and forcing him into his car. captured four hours later in Millersburg Ohio. James Vander 16 Canton was sent back to Mansfield for age. A 17 year old girl accomplice faced armed robbery and auto theft charges moved to Medina Juvenile Court.
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Grafton
Leland Earlenbaugh
Akron
Donald W. Bruson
Canton
Ohio Penitentiary
Common Pleas
Harry Kilburger
Robert L. Miller
Cleveland
Mansfield Reformatory
Joseph L. Stanko
Lancaster Dry Cleaner
Stanko
Millersburg
James L. Vander
Medina Juvenile Court
Blum forms all socialist cabinet in France
Paris reports Leon Blum names himself president premier and foreign minister while Andre Le Troquer becomes minister of national defense and Edouard Depreux takes interior minister post. The cabinet restructures control of armed forces and security services across metropolitan France colonies and occupied zones.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Andre le Troquer
Interior
Edouard Depreux
Consumer Goods Boom May Peak in 1946 Says Cleveland Trust
The Cleveland Trust Co reports that 1946 operations focused on consumer goods rather than durable goods. It indicates the peak of the consumer goods boom may have been reached or passed, per its December review.
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Cleveland — (P
Cleveland Trust Co
Gallia Lawyer Named To Conservation Post
Gallia attorney John E. Halliday of Gallipolis was appointed to the State Conservation Commission by Gov. Lausche. He succeeds L. P. Reese of Scio, who resigned, for a term ending in February 1953.
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Columbus
John E. Halliday
Gallipolis
State Conservation Commission
Frank J. Lausche
Halliday
L. P. Reese
Scio
Mother Rewards Sons in $200 Robbery Case
Columbus police link seven Dixon family members to a $200 burglary at E R Kissinger Photo Finishing Co. Detectives say Charles Dixon 8 and John Dixon 12 confessed to theft while their mother admitted paying each boy a dollar for returning the money and distributed the rest among herself and her husband and another son.
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Columbus
Charles Dixon
John
E. R. Kissinger
Stacey Hall
William
Man Seized After Gun Battle in Murfreesboro
In Murfreesboro Tennessee a Black man seized and shot at two officers and wounded two others before barricading himself in a house. After a siege lasting over an hour officers removed him from the residence yesterday afternoon following a tense confrontation at police headquarters.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Eight Guerrillas Killed in Greek War Clash Near Trifyllion
Athens dispatches report eight guerrillas killed and 10 wounded in a clash with Greek troops near Trifyllion in Western Thrace. Thirty three weapons were captured.
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Athens
Trifyllion
Thrace
Mansfield confirms 1946 traffic death toll rises to 18
Richland County records show the death toll from traffic incidents reaching 18 after Joann Alberto Fusco, a 10 year old, died from injuries sustained when struck by an auto Saturday.
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Mansfield
Richland County
Joann Alberto Fusco
Ohio Escapee Faces Return to Prison Charge Case
LANSING Mich. Gov Kelly weighs extradition of Shane a Detroit tool and die firm owner alias George Mason jailed since 1935 on explosives count after escaping Ohio prison farm. Nearly 50 friends attended the extradition hearing with about 200 urging denial. He argues debt paid but faces return to Ohio.
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Lansing
Mich
Shane
Detroit
Ohio
Harry F. Kelly
George Mason
London
Kelly
Mason
Maurice Dreifuss
Dreifuss
Uaw-Cio
Winter Blasts To Hit Here
A cold wave moved into a large section of the country with sub normal temperatures expected throughout the week. The chill crossed the Northern Plains into the Great Lakes and Ohio valleys, dropping 20 to 30 degrees on average and forecasters predicted zero readings or lower by tomorrow in northern Iowa and far northern Illinois.
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Associated Press
Plains
Great Lakes
Ohio
Mississippi
Iowa
Illinois
Schine Review Plea Dismissed by Court
The Supreme Court dismissed Schine Chain Theatres petition seeking review of a Sherman anti trust ruling. The court cited the absence of a final judgment as the reason for dismissal and did not rule on the underlying conduct.
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Schine
Washington
Supreme Court
Schine Chain Theatres, Inc
Bank thief from Ohio sentenced to six years
Ohio youth William McKinley Shope, 18, pleaded guilty before Judge Raymond W. For breaking into Peoples State Bank at Sparta on November 20. He was sentenced to six years in prison. Shope admitted the robbery netted four dollars in mutilated coins.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
William McKinley Shope
Columbus
Ohio
Raymond W
Peoples State Bank
Sparta
Shope
Gis Injured in Wreck To Get Yule Holiday
Fifteen soldiers injured in a train wreck last Friday near Mansfield will be released in time to get home for Christmas, Fort Hayes officers said yesterday. Four other servicemen injured critically in the crash that took 19 lives were reported in satisfactory condition at Mansfield General Hospital.
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Columbus
Mansfield
Fort Hayes
Mansfield General Hospital
Big Four Rubber Firms Plan Wage Talks With CIO Union
Akron reports the four major rubber companies say they will discuss wage issues with the CIO United Rubber Workers though they maintain that immediate pay boosts or other changes are not in order.
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Big Four
Akron
CIO
United Rubber Workers
State-Wide Convention Opens With Grange Leader Warns
Ohio State Grange master Joseph W. Fichter opened the 74th annual convention warning of a potential surplus of production over consumption like the 1920s. He urged group cooperation and balanced tax measures to retire debt while noting a 19,000-member gain in four years and 1,000-plus registering for the three day event in Columbus. He cited upcoming talks by Secretary Clin ton P. Anderson and Governor elect Thomas J. Herbert.
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Columbus
Joseph W. Fichter
Ohio State Grange
Fichter
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Thomas J. Herbert
UN Faces Atom Energy Question at Lake Success
The United Nations Atomic Energy Commission opens at 11 a m to decide on control of atomic energy with American delegate Bernard Baruch ready to push for an early vote on the U S plan. Baruch seeks international controls and inspections, previously rejected by Russia's Andrei Gromyko. Molotov signaled willingness to inspections outside veto but under Security Council.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations Atomic Esa Commission
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Security Council
Superintendent Resigns Over Salary Plan Dispute
Emerson H. Lane resigned as superintendent of schools in Dayton after a dispute with the AFL American Federation of Teachers and the Independent Dayton Classroom Teachers Federation over a proposed salary plan. Teachers argued the plan favored administrators and discriminated against less experienced staff, with the AFL union voting to strike if the plan took effect January 1.
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Dayton
Emerson H. Lane
AFL American Federation of Teachers
Dayton Classroom Teachers Federation
AFL
Rockefeller solution locates United Nations HQ in midtown coast area
Sam Simmons argues Rockefeller’s plan places the United Nations near midtown Manhattan within a compact coastal zone bounded by 42nd and 48th Streets First Avenue and the East River. He says the site is central, accessible to foreign representatives, and insulated from local disturbance.
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John D. Rockefeller
United Nations
United States
42Nd
48Th Sts
First Ave
East River
New York
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