Laurence Duggan Death Linked to Espionage Probe
Laurence Duggan a former State Department aide died by suicide from a 16th floor New York office amid a federal grand jury espionage inquiry. Duggan president of the Institute of International Relations was named as a source who passed information to Whittaker Chambers, and he testified before the Senate Naval Affairs Committee in Washington.
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Laurence Duggan
State Department
New York
Federal Grand Jury
Duggan
The
Institute of International Relations
Whittaker Chambers
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Washington
Seven Japanese War Lords Hanged at Sugamo Prison
The army announced the executions of Hideko Tojo and six other war criminals at Sugamo Prison between 0001 and 0035 Tokyo time. Names include Kenji Doihara Koki Hirota Heitaro Wamura Komura Iwane Matsui and Akira Muto. Details to follow after witness interviews.
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Tokyo
Hideko Tojo
Sugamo
Army Public Information Office
International Military Tribunal For
Far East
MacArthur
Tojo
Kenji Doihara
Koki Hirota
Heitaro Wamura
Heitaro Komura
Manchuria
Iwane Matsui
Nanking
Akira Muto
Philippines
Ohio killer Daniel’s clemency request before Christmas
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission may recommend clemency for Robert Mur Daniels, planned for Jan. 3 execution for a field slaying. Parents and sister urged life, citing mental illness. Gov Herbert may stay the sentence for further review. Daniels testified he aided partner in a two week murder spree.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pardon and Parole Commission
Robert Mur
Daniels
John Niebel
Mansfield Reformatory
Parkersburg
W. Va
West
van Wert
Parole Commission
Robert L. Daniels
Lillian Sims
Obetz
Raymond Younger
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Lifetime Driving Ban For Kentucky Man
Portsmouth report states Judge Kenneth Cranston of the municipal court imposed a lifetime driving ban on James Earl Davidson, 39, of Ashland, Kentucky, after Davidson testified to repeated fainting spells or blackouts in the last three years, finding him not physically or mentally qualified to drive.
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Portsmouth
Kenneth Cranston
James Earl Davidson
Ashland
Cranston
Davidson
Tobacco prices slip in pre Christmas sales decline
Louisville report shows Hurley tobacco sales on Kentucky markets ended with a drop of over $1 per hundred pounds. Jan 10 resumption announced. Total 15,521,231 pounds sold for an average of 45.99 dollars per hundredweight, yielding 7,138,051.03 dollars to growers.
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Louisville
Hurley Tobacco
Kentucky
State Department of Agriculture
Plane missing near Athens with 24 aboard
An official at Hassani airport said a Czechoslovak airline plane with 24 persons aboard has been missing since last night.
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Athens
Hassani
Lake Logan Construction Begins on 404 Acre Lake
Ground breaks for Lake Logan near State Route 664 marking the start of a 404 acre impoundment. The project, backed by the Hocking County Izaak Walton League and local groups since 1938, aims to flood the basin by spring thaws with Parkersburg Excavation Company racing to finish the dam and spillway.
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Walton League
Logan
H. D. Arnold
John Geiger
J. B. Rutgers
Dr. Rauch
Alex Mowery
Harry Shaw
Paul Collison
Ed Eberst
Izaak Walton League
Ohio Conservation Dept
Mr. Geiger
Jeff
Lake Logan
C. F. Rauch
Hocking County
Izaak Walton League of America
Clear Fork Creek
Ohio
Parkersburg Excavation Company
Leadership toss ups stir Senate scrambles in early session
In Washington the new Senate debates contests for president pro tempore and GOP floor leadership. Friends back Sen. Tydings for pro tempore while Sen. Wherry may resist a bid to return as assistant leader. Sen. Taft hints at supporting Wherry as policy chief faces liberal challenge.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Tydings
Maryland
Sen. McKellar
Tennessee
Congress
Sen. Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Sen. Taft
Ohio
GOP
Self-Defense Plea in Soldier Husband Shooting
Mrs Wilma Ybarbo asked a U S Military Government court to hear her self defense claim in the shooting death of her husband Sgt John Ybarbo of Goliad Texas. Lawyer Stanley H Gaines of Brookline Massachusetts said she acted to protect herself and her child. This is the first murder trial of an American woman in occupied Germany.
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Marburg
Germany
U. S
Wilma Ybarbo
Stanley H. Gaines
Brookline
Mass
Cincinnati approves payroll hike for city manager Kellogg
A city council committee endorsed W. R. Kellogg's plan to raise the payroll by 1.36 million dollars annually. Kellogg also proposed cost of living increases ranging from 6.9 to 10.1 percent.
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Cincinnati
W. R. Kellogg
Kellogg
No Chuckles With Bullet In Heart In Murder Case
Lester Lawson, 38, an auto mechanic from near Chattanooga, was shot in the Nov 11 incident that killed Buck Bowman. A .38 bullet lodged in Lawson’s heart endangers him if he laughs too hard. He breathes and blows bubbles daily to strengthen his lungs while under $3000 bond awaiting trial.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Lester Lawson
Lawson
Buck Bowman
Such Creek Mountain
Ad Ly0 Sons
Eye injuries hit five in cyclotron project at Illinois
Two University of Illinois physicists Prof. P. Gerald Kruger and Dr. Lloyd Smith and three others sustained cataracts from working with the cyclotron at Champaign in 1943. Smith now 26 plans upcoming operation at UC Berkeley while Kruger remains at Illinois.
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Gerald Kruger
Top
Lloyd Smith
Bottom
University of Illinois
Champaign
Ill
Smith
University of California, Berkeley
Calif
Kruger
Illinois
Beach Murderer Harold Beach Lose Appeal for Death
The Ohio Supreme Court rejected Harold A. Beach Jr. of Cleveland in his bid to overturn a first degree murder conviction for knifing eight year old Sheila Ann Tuley. The court set February 2 for execution at Ohio Penitentiary, affirming lower court sentences.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Harold A. Beach, Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
Sheila Ann Tuley
High Court
Beach
Sheila Ann
Baltimore
International Ruhr Police Force to Patrol Ruhr Area
A six country conference agreed to create an international industrial police force to patrol the Ruhr and curb secret arms work. An international control board will oversee the force and Germany will join to supervise Ruhr production and enforce limits.
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London
Ruhr
Germany
International Board
Christmas Tree Thefts Put Two Behind Bars
Two Sandusky men Walter Rachel 29 and Thomas Moore 26 were jailed in Ashland awaiting grand jury action on charges of stealing Christmas trees. They were arrested in Mansfield on Monday night and arraigned before Justice Harry D. Pifer who set bond at $2000 each. A third Sandusky man accompanying them was released.
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Ashland
Sandusky
Walter Rachel
Thomas Moore
Mansfield
Justice of the Peace
Harry D. Pifer
Man Treated for Burns After Mine Mishap
Clint Courtney of Athens Route 2 was admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital Wednesday morning for facial burns from a mine accident. Hospital attaches provided no further details.
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Clint Courtney
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens Woman's Sister Dies in Columbus
Flora D. Cox 76 sister of Mrs. Ed Lockard of Athens died at her Columbus home Tuesday. Funeral services are set for 11 a m Thursday at Feil Funeral Home Columbus.
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Flora D. Cox
Ed Lockard
Athens
Columbus
Feil
Fire ends tenure of Fostoria safety director
Mayor Charles A. Latshaw fired Safety Director Frank H. Kinker in Fostoria Ohio, effective January 1, after stating dissatisfaction with his performance in the office.
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Fostoria
City Service Safety
Frank H. Kinker
Charles A. Latshaw
Kinker
Poston Woman Killed in Route 50 A Crash
A Poston woman, Imogene Bobo, 28, died from a fractured skull after a 1940 coupe skidded on an S curve near the abandoned Mine 210 and struck a utility pole on Route 50 A. Her husband Edward D. Bobo, 29, and their daughter Julia were not injured. Funeral services are set for Friday in Poston.
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Poston
Route 50
Imogene Bobo
Edward D. Bobo
Julia
Bobo
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens County
Burr Oak Dam
Edward
Virginia Bradford
Mildred Adams
Lancaster
B. Goins
Clarksburg
W. Va
Herbert Harris
Poston Community Church
Jagers Funeral Home
Washington and Lee Coach Hints at Ohio University Move
Parkersburg West Virginia December report says Art Lewis head coach at Washington and Lee University hints he might return to Ohio University to take the football helm. He confirms no offer or request, notes he is under contract at W and L for two more years and that he is open to opportunities. Ohio U’s Harold Wise resigns effective January 1 with no reason given.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Art Lewis
Washington and Lee University
Ohio University
Harold E. Wise
Athens
Lewis
Washington and Lee
Wise
We&l
Navy
U S Suspends Aid To Dutch Indonesia in Crisis
The United States suspends Marshall Plan aid to the Dutch in Indonesia after Dutch forces seize the Indonesian capital and multiple Central Java cities. An ECA source confirms halt of millions in Marshall Plan funds amid Security Council discussions and calls for a ceasefire and release of Indonesian leaders.
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Sumatra
Java
The
Hague
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Indonesia
Netherlands
U. S. Treasury
Security Council
Republic
U U. S
State Department
United States
Australia
Holland
U. S
Canton Director Dies Organizing Canton Symphony
German born Richard W. Oppenheim aged 62 died last night in Canton. A former European concert violinist he led the Canton Symphony Orchestra for 12 years after graduating Brussels Conservatory and touring Europe. He came to America in 1918 and served in World War I. He is survived by a sister and a brother in England.
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Canton
Richard W. Oppenheim
Canton Symphony Orchestra
Aachen
Germany
Oppenheim
Conservatory of Music of
Brussels
Belgium
Europe
America
U.S
England
Armed robbery charge faced by mother in deli heist
Cleveland police say Sandra Collins 27 admitted waiting in a car with her two children as two robberies occurred Friday night. Three youths then fled in the vehicle after robbing a delicatessen of 50 dollars.
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Cleveland
John Roddy
Sandra Collins
Taking a Deer Out of Season In Warren Ohio
Joseph Moskal, 40, of Lockwood, was fined 50 dollars for taking a deer out of season. He said he hit the animal with his car while driving to work, stabbed it with a pocket knife, then placed it in his trunk where it escaped. Game Protector Charles Minyoung later killed the wounded deer.
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Warren, O
Joseph Moskal
Lockwood
Justice of the Peace
Sol Gifford
Charles Minyoung
State Highway Dept Opens Record $9 Million in Bids
The State Highway Department opened bids on a record breaking 9 000 000 highway contracts. Low bids and estimates include Hocking County Harley E Calvin Co Marietta 106 817 to grade pave and drain 0 411 miles of State Route 56 Benton Township and Hocking County R W Wonder Danville 58 785 to grade drain and pave 0 426 miles of State Route 327 Salt Creek Township.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Hocking County
Harley E. Calvin and Co
Marietta
Benton Township
R. W. Wonder
Danville
Salt Creek Township
Stalin 69 Birthday Observed Quietly by Soviet Press
Moscow reports Joseph Stalin, aged 69, appears healthy and vigorous after a vacation in the South. Official Soviet outlets offered no public celebration or statement marking the birthday, noting his return to the Kremlin and no signs of ill health.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Kremlin
Russia
Civil Service Lists Exams for Federal Jobs
The U S Civil Service Commission announces exams for substitute railway postal clerk student nurse and veterinarian positions. Veterinarians earn 3727 dollars yearly postal clerks start at 1 39 an hour student nurses may receive 752 for a three year training plus quarters subsistence laundry and medical care details from W H Oldfield local civil service secretary.
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U. Civil Service Commission
W. H. Oldfield
Civil Service
Dover to mail paid-in-full water bills in 1949
Dover Ohio will issue first quarter water bills totaling about 12000 dollars in 1949 with a paid in full stamp on each bill as decided by the city council.
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Dover
Furlough Ordered Hits Baltimore & Ohio Freight Staff
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad officials ordered a 10 percent furlough for their freight department workers due to a slump in freight business. The action targets classified workers this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Department
Duggan Death Mystery Deepens Over Possible Foul Play
House Un-American Activities Committee chairman Karl Mundt hinted foul play may have figured in Laurence Duggan's 16 story Manhattan office plunge. Sumner Welles urged a police probe. Mayor O Dwyer reportedly agreed. Welles said Duggan did not act to kill himself, citing a supporting letter. Whittaker Chambers denied accusing Duggan of concealing papers.
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New York
Laurence Duggan
State Department
Manhattan
Karl Mundt
R-Sd
House Un-American Activities Committee
Sumner Welles
William O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
Welles
Duggan
Mundt
Whittaker Chambers
Four Victims of Smog Hospitalized at Donora
Donora Pennsylvania reports four of the smog victims from last October were hospitalized again today. Dr. William Rongaus, Donora board of health physician, said the air is not making them sick now and that all four suffered from the initial attack but never fully recovered.
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Donora
William Rongaus
Donora Board of Health
Roosevelt Grandson Believed Among Wreckage
Hong Kong CP reports Quentin Roosevelt, grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, is thought to be among four bodies found in the ashes of a crashed Chinese air transport on Basalt Island near Hong Kong. The disaster killed 35 people, with 14 bodies recovered already. The aircraft was on the Shanghai to Hong Kong route.
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Hong Kong
Quentin Roosevelt
Basalt Island
Here
Theodore Roosevelt
Shanghai
Steel Worker Arias Confesses to Killing School Girl Roberta Rinearson
A 31-year-old steel worker Herlindo Arias told police he killed 10-year-old Roberta Rinearson. He was ordered to undergo a mental test at the Cook County behavior clinic after a lie detector interview lasting about 75 minutes conducted by Dr. William Haines.
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Chicago
Roberta Rinearson
John Boyle
Herlindo Perez Arias
Cook County
William Haines
Boyle
Arias
Dunifon to Open Law Office After Leaving Post
Columbus report says Dale Dunifon liquor department director will resume law practice when the Republican administration leaves office. He and George C. Farrigg, chief permit examiner, plan to open a law office in Columbus.
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Columbus
Dale Dunte Fon
Liquor Department
Dunifon
George C. Farrigg
State Liquor Department
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Mrs. Sims
Common Pleas Court
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