Colony Club Raid Yields Over $1600 in Chesapeake
In Chesapeake on a court order, bingo receipts and 45 slot machines at the Colony Club produced 1612.20. Deputies found 768.80 in a cash drawer and 843.40 from the slot machines as eight men arrested on gambling charges pleaded innocent. A ninth man escaped custody.
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Ironton
Colony Clu
Chesapeake
Wilbur Payne
Common Pleas
James Collier
Af A. A. Rutkowski
Colony Club
W. P. Rollison
Huntington
W. Va
Ernest McComas
Ray Bryan
Earl Erskine
Lronton
Everett Dean
E. L. Cabell
Carlton Robison
Earl Massie
Peter A.burke
Lawrence County
Burke
Charles Palmer
T. S. Kinney
Alvin Harper
Kitts Hill
Glenn Subbs
Haskins
Coal Grove
Rutkowski
Collier
Continental Club
Frank J. Lausche
Columbus
State Department of Liquor Control
Lausche
Police Hold Four In Slots Robbery Case
Newark police detained four Columbus men Marvin Huston Richard Butter Leonard Jones and Carl Andrioff for questioning after a pre-dawn chase related to a slot machine robbery in Tuscarawas County. Machines were recovered from their vehicle.
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Newark
Columbus
Tuscarawas County
Gail W. Christman
Christman
Marvin Huston
Richard Butter
Leonard Paul Jones
Carl Andrioff
Casino License Suspended Over Unpaid Winnings
Las Vegas officials suspend the Savoy Club gambling license after reports show manager Jack Durant at the Flamingo Hotel was unable to collect $47,000 of $67,000 won at a craps table during a 45 minute hot winning streak last Sunday.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Savoy Club
Jack Durant
Flamingo Hotel
Estate Gets $100000 In Conductor's Death
The Common Pleas Court jury awarded $100,000 to the estate of railroad conductor Robert P. Smith 25 who died Feb 21 1948 in an accident between two freight cars. The Pennsylvania Railroad was found liable for inadequate clearance between tracks affecting Smith’s death leaving a widow Rosells 20 and three children.
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Columbus
Common Pleas Court
Pennsylvania Railroad
Robert P. Smith
Rosells
Smith
Federal Groups Seek Break For Consumers in 1950
Washington notes a hopeful year for consumers with more money, cheaper pork and eggs, and easier installment terms. The Agriculture Department signals a record peacetime pork supply and eggs down eight to ten cents a dozen. The Federal Reserve Board foresees easier credit, a growing money supply, and tax relief on luxury items, offset by rising steel, coal, and public outlays.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
MacArthur Calls for Independent Probe Into Missing Japanese POWs
General MacArthur denounces Soviet hypocrisy and asks Washington to start negotiations for an independent investigation into the fate of 376000 missing Japanese war prisoners held by the Russians. He criticizes Soviet claims amid renewed tensions after a walkout of the Allied Council for Japan.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Washington
International Red Cross
Allied Council For Japan
United States
Kuzma Derevyanko
Navy Fighter and C-47 Collide Near Edenton
A Navy F-4U fighter and an Army C-47 transport collided in flight five miles north of Edenton North Carolina. The fighter crashed while the damaged transport made a forced landing at the Marine air base. The pilot’s fate was unknown and initial reports said the transport crew were uninjured.
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Edenton
N. C
Here
Marine Air Base
Flames Damage Rear Of Mills 77 Restaurant
Fire damaged the rear of Mills 77 Restaurant across from the statehouse in Columbus. Fire Chief Walter G. Strickfaden put damages at 10 000 to 15 000 dollars. The blaze started in a grease duct in the first floor kitchen and spread to two upper floors. Thirty employees were on site or changing clothes on the second and ground floors but no injuries were reported.
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Columbus
Mills 77
Statehouse
Walter G. Strickfaden
Strickfaden
Two Men Sentenced for Jail Breaking in Covington
Two of six men who escaped Covington jail were sentenced to one year in jail. James Plunkett aged 32 and James Sturgeon aged 21, both from Cincinnati, were recaptured in Florida. Three others previously captured received similar sentences and the sixth man got six months.
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Covington
James Plunkett
James Sturgeon
Cincinnati
Florida
Employee crushed to death at Columbus Progressive building
James Wood, 30, an employee, was crushed to death Wednesday between an elevator and the fourth floor gate at the Progressive building in Columbus. Authorities investigate the industrial accident as a workplace fatality.
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Columbus
James Wood
Wecenaiae
Five Die in Charleston Rooming-House Fire
A Charleston fire killed five people including Mrs. Katie Cora Winston and two of her children Sammy and Beatrice. Henry James and Eugene Clark also perished. Fire Capt. J. M. Sturgeon said a small gas heater near a wall caused the blaze. four others escaped. A separate note mentions Father John A O Brassard planning to travel to Moscow to assist Americans there.
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Charleston
W. Va
Katie Cora Winston
Sammy
Beatrice
Henry James
Eugene Clark
Winston
J. M. Sturgeon
Navy Plans Stronger Pacific Fleet Adds to Cruiser Shifts
The Navy weighs further strengthening of the Pacific Fleet beyond the Juneau and Rochester transfers from Atlantic to West Coast. A spokesman cited internal and external conditions, including budget and the China situation, with Nationalist and Communist naval forces influencing the regional balance.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Juneau
Rochester
Atlantic
West
Dewey Say He Will Not Run Again for President
Governor Thomas E. Dewey wrote to Oregon campaign manager John C. Higgins that he will not seek the presidency again. He stated no future nomination could arise that would lead him to be a 1952 nominee, calling his decision as final as death and the rising New Deal taxes.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
New Yorker
White House
Oregon
John C. Higgins
Dewey
Firestone Elected Sesqui Centennial Commission Chairman
Harvey Firestone Jr of Akron was chosen chairman of Ohio's Sesqui Centenary Commission to plan the 150th anniversary of statehood. The 1953 celebration will mark Ohio entering the Union, and Firestone will lead duties only "for the time being" due to other commitments at Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
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Columbus
Harvey
Firestone, Jr
Arkon
Ohio
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Attorney Claims Conspiracy Under Way in PILOT LABOR dispute
Dayton reports United Electrical Workers chief attorney David Scribner told an NLRB hearing that a conspiracy to deprive UE of its rights is underway. The case concerns whether the CIO's new International Union of Electrical Workers has bargaining rights for about 27,000 workers across five General Motors plants in the electric division.
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Dayton
United Electrical Workers
David Scribner
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
New International Union of Electrical Workers
TUE
General Motors ‘Electric
Pipeline Blast Damages Gas Line Near Tousdale
A 24 inch Texas gas pipeline to the Detroit area exploded near Tousdale Kas early today. No injuries were reported. Snow prevented a fire, with only some casing burning visible from miles away.
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Trousdale
Kas
Detroit
FBI Probes Dynamite Plot Against Auto Workers HQ
The FBI moved to investigate a dynamite plot targeting the CIO United Auto Workers union at its Detroit headquarters. Detroit police reported no sound clues to the plot’s origin as UAW guards expanded rewards to a quarter million dollars. The inquiry, ordered by Attorney General Howard McGrath, marks unprecedented federal involvement in UAW affairs.
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Detroit
FBI
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Howard McGrath
UAW. Cio
UAW
Walter Reuther
Victor
Detroiteen
Jack Pickering
International
United Auto Workers
Walter Re
Apri
1948
Holiday Schedule Notice From The Messenger
The Messenger will not publish on Monday December 26 due to the Christmas holiday. The paper will resume normal publication after the holiday.
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Messenger
Firemen Sicken From Fumes In Frankford Arsenal Blaze
Fifty Philadelphia firemen fell ill from smoke and acrid fumes while fighting a compartmented three story blaze at the Frankford Arsenal. Guards and FBI agents sealed the scene as firefighters worked through dense fog and armor plated vault like rooms. The fire was extinguished after four hours with no cause or damage details released.
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Philadelphia
Frankford Arsenal
Arsenal
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Cold Wave Presses Central and West U S States
The Western and Central United States faced renewed cold as sub zero temperatures spread from the Dakotas to Minnesota. A new mass of cold air from Northwestern Canada pushed across the region with sharp tonight temperature drops expected. Quincy Illinois suffered ice blackouts with power and telegraph lines broken. Snow totals reached 3 to 6 inches in parts of Kansas Nebraska Missouri Iowa Wisconsin and Michigan. Sleet and hazardous highway conditions were reported in several areas as rain in a Mississippi Valley band diminished with the colder air.
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Chicago
Midwestern
Dakotas
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
Indiana
Judge Postpones Trial Of Coplon and Gubitchev
New York judge delayed the spy conspiracy trial of Judith Coplon and Valentin A. Gubitschev again. The ex government employee and the Russian engineer were to go on trial December 27 but pretrial hearings prevented starting that date. a new date was not set immediately.
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New York
Judith Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitschev
Sylvester J. Ryan
Ryan
Water crisis debate pits Dewey against city officials
New York faces a water shortage as Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and city officials prepare for a conference. The governor accuses previous city administrations of neglect of the water problem for many years, with discussions centering on who is to blame and what must be done.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Son to Take Over Mother's Animal Act
In Thousand Oaks California 18 year old Michael Kovar is set to take over his mother May Kovar Shafer's animal act after she was fatally injured by a newly acquired lion named Sultan. The trainer was bitten in the neck while breaking the beast and died from the injury.
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Thousand Oaks
Calif
Michael Kovar
May Kovar Shafer
Sultan
Safest Year Seen in History for Coal Mines
Pittsburgh reports a year with record safety in coal mining as 1949 nears its end. Industry officials credit safety programs, education, and equipment with reducing major disasters, defined as five or more deaths, to near zero across the nation.
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Pittsburgh
National Coal Asa’n
United States Bureau of Mines
Steel and Farm Prices Linked in Rising Costs
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation official John W. Sims warned that steel price hikes worsen farmer burdens. He cited U S Steel's recent $4 per ton increase and noted other Big Steel firms raising prices, predicting higher farm machinery costs and ripple effects throughout agricultural inputs.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
John W. Sims
U.S. Steel Corp
Sim
Roosevelt to Speak at Jackson Day in Wooster Ohio
The Roosevelt office announced that Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. will deliver a Jackson Day speech in Wooster Ohio on January 9. The event will be hosted by the Democratic party and highlights Roosevelt's campaign activities in New York and national affairs.
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Roosevelt
New York
Rep
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Clib., NY
Wooster
Ohio
Court Refuses Review Of SE Ohioan's Appeal
The Ohio Supreme Court refused to review the appeal of Paul Weaver from an adverse Ross County Common Pleas decision. Weaver was awarded $5000 in damages from Chillicothe for injuries in a fall while installing police radio equipment, but the Appellate Court reversed the lower court ruling.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Paul Weaver
Ross County Common Pleas Court
Weaver
Chillicothe
Supreme Court
Stalin Ends Celebration With Rare Appearance
Stalin capped a 70th birthday celebration with a rare public appearance in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theater. The Moscow radio reported tremendous applause as the Soviet leader stood before a cheering crowd to close the day’s events.
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London
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Moscow Radio
Soviet Russia
Bolshoi Theater
Holiday Toll Near 435 Traffic Deaths Over Christmas
The national safety council estimates about 435 traffic deaths occurred during the three-day Christmas holiday. The figure covers immediate deaths from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, and represents the council’s largest pre-holiday projection.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Earthquake Readings Reported Near Fordham University
A Fordham University seismograph on Thursday recorded an earthquake apparently centered in Central America. Another quake, possibly in Peru, was detected on Wednesday.
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New York
Fordham University
Central America
Per
Truman Urges Readiness for Self-Defense at Arlington Ceremony
President Truman warned the nation must stand ready for self-defense as he described a world split between free and captive peoples. He spoke at Arlington Cemetery where an electric carillon was presented to the government as a memorial to World War III dead, noting Russia and Poland ambassadors were absent.
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Washington
Truman
Arlington Cemetery
Brotherhood of Men
Supreme Court
Navy
Air Force
Russia
Poland
Mother Throws Baby Into Burning Incinerator
Newark police say Louise Beauchamp a 37 year old mother of six threw her newborn into a burning apartment house incinerator. The baby was born alive and Beauchamp was placed under protective custody at City Hospital after remarks about Christmas time and not wanting another mouth to feed.
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Newark
N. J
Louise Beauchamp
William Wangner
Homicide
Worman
Wangner
Beauchamp
City Hospital
Strikers Halt Cleveland Buses and Streetcars
Strikers stalled city owned buses and streetcars in downtown Cleveland forcing thousands of commuters to hitchhike taxis or walk. Fewer than one fifth of AFL Transit Union Local 268’s 4200 members voted to strike just before midnight demanding policy of 96 hour 12 day paid vacations.
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Cleveland
AFL Transit Union
Cleveland Transit System
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