Twin Airliners Scrape At 2000 Feet Over Aberdeen
Two Miami bound planes collided 2000 feet above Aberdeen Maryland in clear weather. The DC-4 carrying 56 passengers narrowly cleared the Universal C-47. both aircraft suffered damage but all 85 aboard survived with no serious injuries. Crew and passengers praised quick actions and calm handling.
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Aberdeen
Here
Eastern Airlines
Universal Airlines
Universal
Eastern
R. Brown
Miami
J. P. Kuhn
Brown
Universal Liner
Henry Norris
Cambridge
Mass
Aberdeen Proving Ground Field
Kuhn
National Airport
Washington, D.C
New York
Newark
N.J
Ben J. Slutzky
Ellenville
N.Y
Joan Cotton
East Orange
Mine Peace Hopes Fall With Revolt
A split among soft coal operators over negotiating a new contract with John L. Lewis dampens hopes for quick national peace between the industry and miners. Most producers ready to deal, but the Southern Coal Producers Association balks until court decisions on Lewis appeal. Western and Northern operators show restraint while awaiting Supreme Court action.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Southern Coal Producers Association
Far Western
High Court
Lewis
UMW
Southern Association
National
Captive
Steel Company
Suspreme
Husband Killer Faces Convent
Steubenville. Mrs. Phyllis Savage a 17 year old bride who admitted fatally shooting her Navy veteran husband Homer 19 last Oct 30 will be placed in a convent or similar institution. The action comes on the recommendation of the Ohio Bureau of Juvenile Research which had custody until yesterday when she was returned to her attorneys Bruce and William Hart of Canton.
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Steubenville
Phyllis Savage
Homer
Ohio Bureau of Juvenile Research
16 Hour Mine Walkout Ends in Ohio After Pact
About 500 workers at the Nelms Mine of Youghigheny and Ohio Coal Company walked out for 16 hours over a motorman’s new assignment. An agreement with the United Mine Workers ends the stoppage and calls for negotiations on the suspension. The mine, producing roughly 600 tons daily, resumed normal operations.
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Cadiz
Youghigheny & Ohio Coal Company
Nelms
United Mine Workers
Ex-Sheriff Bribery Conviction Upheld by Court
The second district appellate court upheld the bribery conviction and a sentence of one to ten years for former Clark County Sheriff Niles E. Young. He has been jailed in Clark County without bond since February 25 while awaiting the ruling on his appeal.
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Springfield
Ohio
Clark County
Niles E. Young
Young
One Killed as Truck Crashes School Bus
A lumber truck collided with a school bus near White Rock, 18 miles northwest of Columbia, killing one man, injuring another badly, and lightly wounding three school children.
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Columbia, S. C
White Rock
Here
Closed Shop Ban Proposed In Labor Plan
Rep. Howard W. Smith outlined a peacetime strike control program to ban the closed shop and push indirect compulsory arbitration. The plan would revise the Wagner Act, bar industry wide bargaining, restrict foremen unionization, require arbitration in essential contracts, ban intimidation and mass picketing, and demand union financial disclosures.
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Washington
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Smith
Truman
White House
Virginian
Congress
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Roosevelt
Fire destroys laundry at Erie County Home
Every available piece of fire equipment was used to extinguish a blaze of undetermined origin that leveled a two story laundry at the Erie County Home. Superintendent Jay W. Carroll estimated damages in the thousands while nearby buildings housing about 100 elderly residents were saved.
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Sandusky
Erie County
Jay W. Carroll
Former Sheriff Reports Bank Building Purchase
Huntington West Virginia Don Chafin of Huntington and Logan a former Logan County sheriff announced the purchase of the Guaranty Bank Building for more than 400000. Chafin holds extensive real estate interests in Cabell Lawrence counties and in Logan County including coal land holdings.
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Huntington
W. Va
Don Chafin
Huntington and
Logan
Logan County
Guaranty Bank
Chafin
Cabell
Lawrence
Ohio
Ohio Gs Convicted In Yokohama Hearing
In Yokohama a general court martial convicted three U S soldiers of assault with intent to commit robbery robbery and breach of arrest. Pvt Philamon Rice of Zanesville Ohio was sentenced to 15 years at hard labor.
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Yokohama
U. S
Philamon Rice
Zanesville
Ohio
Weather Observer Dies After 32 Years Service
Walter R. Burckholter 63 longtime U S Weather Bureau cooperative observer for Muskingum County died yesterday at his Philo area farm. He served as county commissioner from 1931 to 1934.
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Zanesville
U. S. Weather Bureau
Muskingum County
Walter R. Burckholter
Philo
Burckholter
Scientist Paul Langevin Dies at 74 in Paris
Paris reports the death of Professor Paul Langevin aged 74, a renowned French scientist, who passed away yesterday in the capital.
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Paris
Paul Langevin
France
GI Santa Gives Joy While Paying for Christmas
In Memphis Tennessee Bill Henson a 23 year old former Marine and Memphis State sophomore works as Santa Claus at an uptown department store. He spends his weekly 22 dollars on toys and clothes for underprivileged children and has sunk 70 dollars in the hole. He says the job comes from a desire to help needy kids, and store officials praise him as the best Santa.
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Memphis
Tenn
Santa Claus
Santa
Bill Henson
Nick
Bill
Young Henson
Memphis State College
Marines
Saipan
Tinian
Pacific
Walter Smith
Blackwell
Okla
Deer Massacre Ends in Fines to 17 Hunters
Seventeen hunters including thirteen from West Virginia were arrested and fined a total of 7385 dollars after a mass deer killing near Wellsboro Tioga County. They faced charges of illegal deer takings spotlight killing illegal venison storage and making false statements to obtain non resident licenses. The arrests followed a field report from Robert Latimer Williamsport.
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Harrisburg
West Virginia
State Game Commission
Seth Gordon
Wellsboro
Tioga County
Pennsylvania
Gordon
Commission
Robert Latimer
Williamsport
Surplus May Spur Added Grain Exports
The Agriculture Department forecast for 1947 winter wheat suggests a record crop of 946.5 million bushels, about 9.1 percent above the previous year. The surplus could prompt government efforts to boost shipments to hungry foreign nations in the coming months.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kennelly Named to Succeed Mayor Kelly in Chicago
Chicago Democrats named Martin H Kennelly a 59 year old business and civic leader to succeed Mayor Edward J Kelly, the 70 year old head of the nations second largest city. Kennelly said he had not decided if he would run but was expected to accept today.
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Chicago
Martin H. Kennelly
Edward J. Kelly
Kennelly
Collision Kills Parma Man in Cleveland Highway Crash
Nicholas Hawthorne, 62, of Parma, was killed when a car collided with a truck in Cleveland last night. Police said the crash occurred on a city street and the investigation continues.
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Cleveland
Nicholas Hawthorne
Parma
Recluse Pair Found Dead in Decayed Cleveland Mansion
In Cleveland Heights, Mr. William Madoc Roberts about 70 and Mrs. Roberts about 83 were found dead in their 20 room home after neighbors last saw them 16 days earlier. Authorities consider heart attack for Mrs. Roberts and starvation for Mr. Roberts with no sign of violence. The coroner planned to examine the bodies. A dog was shot to gain entry.
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Cleveland
William Madoc Roberts
Roberts
Samuel R. Gerber
Agents Held in Chicago Retaliation Claim
Ohio Liquor Department agents Ed Schuster and Harry Van Dine were jailed in Chicago on charges of possessing fictitious license plates and carrying concealed weapons. Chief Enforcement Agent H T Chapman called the arrest retaliation against Ohio and said efforts to secure their release failed overnight.
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Columbus
Ohio Liquor Departments
Chicago
H. T. Chapman
Ohio
Ed Schuster
Harry van Dine
South Chicago
Chapman
Runyon ashes scattered over Times Square area
The ashes of Damon Runyon, famed Broadway chronicler, were dispersed yesterday from an airplane over the Times Square area.
Chair Death Is Postponed and Two Die in Electric Chair
In Washington two inmates died in the District of Columbia electric chair. Julius Fisher, 32, known as the Washington Cathedral murderer, and William Copeland, 38, were executed for fatal shootings. Joseph D. Medley’s execution was postponed as his attorney sought a lunacy hearing after a court denied a similar appeal. Medley had been sentenced for the March 1945 shooting of Nancy Boyer, a 50 year old divorcee. He faced other alleged killings in New Orleans and Chicago pending questions.
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Washington
Joseph D. Medley
Curtis Reid
Medley
Court of Appeals
William Copeland
Julius Fisher
Washington Cathedral
District of Columbia
Nancy Boyer
New Orleans
Chicago
Troop Movements Reported Across Balkans
An informed source reports concentrations of Yugoslav troops at Skoplje along the Vardar invasion route and near the Monastir Gap at Bitolj. A confidential note cites heavy ammunition trains through Skoplje for three weeks and halted traffic toward Djevdjelija near the Greek border since December 6. The UN Security Council unanimously votes to send a Balkans commission to probe border troubles.
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Athens
Skoplje
Vardar Valley
Monastir
Bitolj
Skorpje
Djevdjelija
Vardar
United Nations Security Council
Balkans
Zanesville Coal Firm Plans New Ohio Mine
Massillon dispatch reports Earl J. Jones of Zanesville announced plans for a new Ohio coal mine with a 2,000,000 ton annual output. The mine will develop 15,000 acres of coal land bought by the Jones Coal Co. and lies about 26 miles southeast of Massillon along the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad.
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Massillon
Ohio
Earl J. Jones
Zanesville
Jones Coal Co
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Liquidation Proposed for Taylorcraft Aviation Corp
A liquidation of the debt ridden Taylorcraft Aviation Corp of Alliance Ohio was proposed yesterday as a measure to resolve its financial troubles.
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Cleveland
Taylorcraft Aviation Corp
Alliance, O
Grange seeks strip mine controls and school funding boost
At its 74th annual session the Ohio State Grange approved resolutions urging federal strip mine regulation and larger school appropriations. Delegates urged Truman and Congress toward international cooperation, opposed peacetime conscription, and backed budget balance. They also proposed tax refinements and exemptions. The group condemned resource waste from strip mining and urged remedial legislation to protect natural resources. They urged adequate school funding to address teacher shortages and equalized rural and urban pay.
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Columbus
Ohio State Grange
Truman
Congress
Soil Conservation Service
Steagal
The
Grange
BBC tests hypnotism by television not for public broadcast
The BBC announced a closed circuit experiment by Peter Casson in which twelve volunteers from BBC staff were hypnotized and five entered hypnotic sleep. The trial was not aired publicly.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Peter Casson
BBC
Lillian Mortimer Dies Ending Theater Career
Petersburg Michigan national theater star Lillian Mortimer died at her home after weeks of illness. For two decades she was a leading Keith Circuit star, having performed in major U.S. and English cities and authored and produced several melodramas including No Mother To Guide Her Bunco In Arizona and A Girl Of The Streets.
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Petersburg
Mich
Lillian Mortimer
Talmadge in Hospital Setback Reported
Governor elect Eugene Talmadge was in Piedmont Hospital Atlanta with a stomach ailment when reports yesterday said his condition had taken a definite turn for the worse though not yet critical.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Piedmont Hospital
Teacher Jobs Are Spurned in Hocking County
Dillon says only two girls in Hocking County train to be teachers as salaries remain low. The superintendent notes elementary teachers average 1400 dollars and high school 1700 dollars, with a 75 percent wartime turnover. Eager for state aid, he cites Ohio Education Association push for 23 million more in schooling funds.
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Columbus
Hocking County
S. H. Dillon
Ohio Education Association
Dillon
Barking Dog Averts Bloomingburg House Fire
A barking dog woke County Recorder Frank E. Whiteside and his family in Bloomingburg around 3 a m. They escaped unharmed with his daughter Eloise Johnson and her two children as flames engulfed part of their house. A two story building housing J Y Stitt drug store and a small residence were also destroyed.
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Washington D. H
Frank E. Whiteside
Bloomingburg
Whiteside
Eloise Johnson
J. Y. Stitt
Steelworkers' Leaders Guilty of Contempt in Strike Case
Common Pleas Judge H. Clayworth found four CIO United Steelworkers leaders guilty of contempt for violating an injunction during a strike at the International Nickel Co. in Huntington last October. The defendants are Raymond A. Gulley Nick Rusen Floyd J. Hill and A. E. Hooser.
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Huntington
W. Va
Common Pleas
H. Clayworth
CIO
United Steelworkers
International Nickel Co
Raymond A. Gulley
Steelworkers
Nick Rusen
Paul Rusen
Floyd J. Hill
A. E. Hooser
Clay Machine Starts Traps Worker at Tallmadge Plant
Peter Pulich, 55, was killed when a clay-mixing machine at the VU. S. Stoneware Co. plant in Tallmadge started suddenly as a co worker unknowingly turned it on. The incident occurred yesterday and the cause is under investigation.
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Akron
VU. S. Stoneware Co
Tallmadge
Peter Pulich
Salary Hike Granted for Ashtabula Harbor Teachers
Salary increases of 249 dollars annually, about 11 percent, will be awarded to school teachers at Ashtabula Harbor. The pay rise reflects local education funding decisions affecting the district and its staff.
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Ashtabula
Ashtabula Harbor
Man killed by auto on Highway 62 MT STIRLING
Harold Fulton, 38, died last night when struck by a vehicle on Highway 62 near Mt. Sterling. Authorities investigated the crash and identified the deceased.
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MT. Sterling
Harold Fulton
Football 'Fix' Trial Sought
Assistant District Attorney George P. Monaghan moved to bring Alvin J. Paris to trial in General Sessions Court on charges of attempting to bribe two New York Giants players. Paris was indicted by the New York County grand jury for offering bribes to Frank Filchock and Merle Hapes.
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New York
George P. Monageshan
Alvin J. Paris
New York Football Giants
Monaghan
Paris
New York County Grand Jury
Frank Filchock
Merle Hapes
Stassen’s Labor Policy Cuts and Union Autonomy
The column argues Harold Stassen favors voluntary settlement of labor disputes, limits union power by ending the closed shop, and suggests relief from dues collection by management. It notes concerns about federal wage courts and hints at a broader critique of New Deal era labor policy.
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Harold Stassen
Stassen
Washington
Felix Frankfurter
The
Supreme
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