Jury Chosen For Henderson Murder Trial
A panel of eight men and four women was seated in Common Pleas Court to hear evidence in the second degree murder trial of Charles R. Henderson for the Sept. 17 Spot Restaurant shooting of John Gwinn. The thirteenth juror was selected as Frank Foster.
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Common Pleas Court
Charles R. Henderson
John Gwinn
James P. Cumley
Cora McElroy
Athens
Roy Robinson
Athens Rural
Walter Sayre
Charles Kuhns
Betty Addington
Esther Linscott
Trimble
Wesley Frost
Coolville
Wilma Swartz
Guysville
Earl Baughman
Albany
Edward Green
Albany Rural
Henderson
R. W. Finsterwald
John W. Bo
L. E. Rice
Nelsonville
T. R. Bennett
Stanley Dew
Grace Meyers
Spot
Gwinn
Deputy Marshal Pleads Innocent in Christmas Shooting
Deputy Marshal George Robertson of South Lebanon pleads innocent to charges of shooting South Lebanon police chief George Girton on Christmas. Justice of Peace J G Howell continues arraignment to Jan 3 when Girton, shot in the mouth, is expected to testify. The chief lies in a Middle town hospital.
Historians Question Westward Growth Influences
Princeton professor Dr. Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker argues historians overlook the Atlantic Seaboard’s impact on Middle West development. He cites four forces: inheritance from European forebears, local conditions and climate, ongoing contact with Europe, and the melting pot.
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Cleveland
Lantic Seaboard
Middle West
Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker
Princeton University
Princeton
American Historical Association
Europe
Navy Men Killed in Naples Helicopter Crash
Three U S Navy sailors died when a helicopter from the carrier Midway lost its motor and crashed into a scrap iron pile in the Port of Naples today.
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Naples
Italy
Midway
Fatal Traffic Crash Claims Navarre Woman in Hartsville
Mrs H E Fetters 56 of Navarre Ohio was fatally injured in a traffic accident east of Hartsville South Carolina on Saturday. Authorities said the crash occurred after the collision with another vehicle, and the woman died from her injuries. The accident prompted an investigation by local police and state officials.
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Hartsville
S. C
H. E. Fetters
Navarre, C
Here
15 Killed in New Clash at Damascus Gate
Jerusalem reports a deadly clash at Damascus Gate with Arabs and Jews killed. Arab civilians and a taxi attack sparked a pursuit that left eight more dead or wounded, including two British constables. An armed band raid near Tel Aviv killed a British soldier and stole weapons.
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Damascus Gate
Jerusalem
Damascus
Nablus
Tel Litwinsky
Tel Aviv
Anderson Faces Controversy Over Speculation List
Washington Secretary of Agriculture Anderson plans to publish about 100 names of federal state and municipal workers alleged to have speculated in commodities since 1946. Rep. August Andresen challenges the claim, demanding the government supply the 200 names he said were investigated. Hoffman criticizes the initial lists for lacking details on insiders profiting from government information.
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Washington
Agriculture Anderson
Congress
Andersen
August H. Andresen
R-Minn
House
Andresen
Commodity Exchange Authority
Chicago
Anderson
Rep
Hoffman
Michigan
Steubenville Man Dies After Head Blow
Authorities probe death of Michael Flynn 55 a church janitor found unconscious Friday night in the street. Prosecutor C J Borkowski said Flynn died yesterday from a head injury.
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Steubenville
Michael Flynn
C. J. Borkowski
Flynn
New York Clears After Storm With Heavy Snowfall
New Yorkers resume routines as snow plows move in, rail service returns near normal, but ice affects streets. City plans 20 000 workers and 2000 machines for cleanup. Sixty seven deaths attributed to the Northeast blizzard. New York taxed by costs between 3 and 7 billion dollars. Chicago notes a Western South Dakota storm moving east with sub zero forecasts for Minnesota.
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New York
Maine
District of Columbia
New York City
Chicago
South Dakota
Midwest
L. L. Means
Minnesota
Truman May Ask Speed For Marshall Aid Plan
President Truman may urge Congress in the State of the Union to accelerate the Marshall plan, aiming to prevent a spring Europe crisis. With the stop gap relief law expiring March 31, action on long term aid is uncertain, potentially leaving France Italy Austria funded only temporarily. Greek violence underscores urgency as the four year 17 billion plan seeks an April 1 start, possibly allowing the REFC to advance funds until final appropriations pass.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Capitol Hill
France
Italy
Austria
Greece
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wallace Leap Seen Tonight
Washington reports say Henry A. Wallace will decide tonight whether to form a third party. Democratic leaders expect a peace ticket speech may attack President Truman and his cabinet breakup, arguing only a new policy toward Soviet Russia can bring peace.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Wallace
Chicago
Soviet
Russia
Amishman From Ohio Happy in Kimmins Tennessee
Centerville Tennessee reports 28 year old Amishman Radolph Wickey who traveled 550 miles by wagon from Ohio to Kimmins. His wife and children later joined by train after authorities barred continued wagon travel. Wickey praised local people as more lenient toward his faith.
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Centerville
Tenn
Radolph Wickey
Kimmins
Ohio
Tennessee
Emanuele III Dies in Exile in Egypt
Vittorio Emanuele III, 78, former king of Italy, died in exile at his Alexandria villa from pneumonia. His reign saw Mussolini's rise and his later role in unseating the dictator in 1943 before abdication calls in 1944.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Vittorio Emanuele III
Benito Mussolini
House of Savoy
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele
Mussolini
Rome
Mediterranean
Vittorio
Emanuele
Third Party Favored by Townsend for Better or Worse
Francis E Townsend 80, an old age pension advocate, told the Associated Townsend Clubs of Cleveland last night that he has cast his lot with a third political party for better or for worse.
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Cleveland
Francis E. Townsend
Associated Townsend Clubs
Earthquake Shakes Several Maine Towns No Injuries Reported
A fairly strong quake rattled houses in a dozen Piscataquis and Penobscot County towns for about two minutes yesterday. No injuries or property damage were reported.
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Dover-Foxcroft
Piscataquis
Penobscot County
Nurse Louise Tooker Reappointed to Ohio Board
Governor Thomas J. Herbert reappointed Louise K. Tooker of Cincinnati to a five year term on the State Nurses Board. Tooker serves as superintendent of nurses for the Cincinnati Health Department.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Louise K. Tooker
Cincinnati
State Nurses’ Board
Workers Strike In Bombay Over Labor Dispute Machinery
About 400000 workers staged a 24 hour strike in Bombay protesting the failure of machinery to settle labor disputes. The action affected multiple industries and halted many operations across the city.
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Bombay
Milk price rise signals dairy industry broad increases
Cleveland dispatch reports Belle Vernon Co announced a one cent per quart milk price increase last night. Other dairies indicated today they would follow with similar hikes, signaling broader dairy price pressures.
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Cleveland
Telling- Belle Vernon Co
Gas Supplies Cut Off To 160 Industrial Customers
Gas supplies to about 160 industrial customers in Ohio and parts of West Virginia Pennsylvania and New York will be cut off today to conserve fuel for residential use. The Manufacturers Light and Heat Co says the 100 percent curtailment is due to a advancing cold wave and will last as long as conditions remain cold. Some plants have standby fuel for emergencies and production slows during the New Year holiday.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Manufacturers Light & Heat Co
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Canadian Astronomer Reports Meteor Shower Success
Dr. Peter M. Millman of the Dominion Observatory Ottawa reported a successful coordination of radar with photographic and visual observations of the year's most spectacular meteor shower. The first results from a project conducted last August in Canada were presented before the American Astronomical Society.
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Columbus
American Astronomical Society
Canada
Peter M. Millman
Dominion Observatory
Ottawa
Cincinnati Man Named FCC Head
Robert E. Freer of Cincinnati becomes chair of the Federal Communications Commission on January 1 He had held the post previously in 1939 and 1944 Freer was appointed to the bipartisan commission in 1935 as a Republican by President Roosevelt He will succeed Garland S Ferguson of North Carolina under the commission rotation plan.
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Washington
Robert E. Freer
Cincinnati
Federal Trades Commission
Freer
Commission
Roosevelt
Garland S. Ferguson
North Carolina
Toledo records 50th traffic fatality of year
James Liter, 90, died yesterday from injuries suffered December 19 when struck by a car. The death marks Toledo's 50th traffic fatality this year, compared with 56 last year.
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Toledo
James Liter
Secret To Protect Village Fire Truck
Hubbard officials move to guard the village fire engine by door locking from inside and restricting entry to volunteer fire company members. Allan Y. Wright, who took the truck after wrecking his car, was fined $100 and costs and given a suspended 30 day jail term.
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Youngstown, CO
Hubbard
Earl Greer
Allan Y. Wright
Planes and Ships Search for Survivors After Typhoon
Typhoon off Samar Island sinks the Danish motorship Kina on Christmas night with 33 feared dead and one passenger missing. Twenty nine rescued. engineer's body recovered. Earthquake on Luzon coast adds to toll. Mauban town reports major damage but no casualties among 15 000 residents. Five Kina survivors in Manila hospitals. rest to be flown in. Air search may end tomorrow.
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Manila
Kina
Samar
Philippines
Luzon
Mauban
San Francisco
Clark Field
U.S
Catbalogan
Farm Incomes Show Gain Across Ohio and Nation
Cash income of Ohio farmers nears 1 billion dollars this year, up over 25 percent from 1946, with nation wide farm costs rising more than 16 percent. In the first ten months, Ohio cash receipts reached 846 million, 615 million from livestock and products and 230.8 million from crops, up from the prior year.
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Washington
Ohio
Agriculture Department
Buckeye
Philadelphia Journalist To Receive 1946 Sigma Delta Chi Award
John McCullough of the Philadelphia Inquirer will receive the 1946 Sigma Delta Chi award for journalistic achievement as conventions of the American Association of Teachers of Journalism and the American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism open in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
John McCullough
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sigma Delta Chi
American Association of Teachers of Journalism
American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism
Oil Workers Election Ordered At Pure Oil Heath Refinery
The National Labor Board ordered Pure Oil Company Heath refinery near Newark Ohio to hold a collective bargaining election within 30 days of December 26 to decide if employees want representation by the CIO Oil Workers International Union Local 501.
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Washington
National Labor Board Today
Pure Oil Company
Heath
Newark
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Radar aided charting of Ohio River by Army engineers
A small government boat resumed a river navigation project in Huntington West Virginia to develop a radar technique for inland waterways. The Louisville engineers map from Addison Kentucky to Portsmouth Ohio covering 128 miles of the Monongahela and 15 miles of the Allegheny River while overlaying radarscope photos on navigation charts. The effort by Col. B. B. Talley aims to aid pilots in fog as Huntington to Portsmouth is slated as the next charted segment.
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Huntington
W. Va
U. S. Army Engineers
Louisville
Ohio River
Here
Portsmouth
Huntington District
Col
B. B. Talley
Addison
Monongahela
Fairmont
Allegheny River
Truman to sign anti inflation bill amid panic over costs
President Truman promised to sign the Republican anti inflation bill calling it pitifully inadequate to meet the grave economic peril. Republicans attacked the plan as weak while stressing voluntary measures as the backbone of the GOP program.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Senator Taft
Ohio
Ball
Minn
Senate
House Economic Committee
Taft
Dworshak
Idaho
House
Halleck
Ind
Ohio Wallace Group To Meet in February
Dr. Calvin Hall of Western Reserve University announced that the Ohio Wallace for President Committee conference moving from January 11 to February 1. The event will convene in the Central High School Auditorium in Columbus.
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Ohio Wallace
Cleveland
Calvin Hall
Western Reserve University
Ohio
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Central High School
Columbus
Hall
Death by Own Action Rules in Columbus Jail
Coroner ruled the death of 30 year old Donald L. McLaughlin of Columbus as death by own action after he was found hanging in a Franklin County jail cell. McLaughlin, held on house breaking and grand larceny charges, was in custody on a $25 000 bond.
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Columbus
Mitchell A. Sypher
Donald L. McLaughlin
Franklin County
McLaughlin
Fog and Winds Delay Rescue Of Four Survivors
Heavy fog gale winds and sub zero temperatures hampered rescue teams after a B 29 crash 95 miles north of Nome Alaska. Four survivors were being evacuated as air force crews battled adverse conditions and a series of misread reports about emergency landings.
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Nome
Alaska
Air Force
Arctic
Turkey
Greek Troops Break Guerrilla Siege at Konitsa
Government reports say a Greek relief brigade broke through siege lines and entered Konitsa near the Albanian frontier. The force, part of a new offensive, moved nine miles along the Konitsa Kalpaki road to aid the besieged city as 44 000 refugees fled earlier. Rocket Spitfires supported the operation from Ioannina.
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Athens
Konitsa
Markos Visiades
Konitsa-Kalpaki
Ioannina
Russia to Ship Grain Under Moscow Pact
Moscow radio quoted Tass News Agency saying Russia will deliver 750000 tons of coarse grain to Britain under a trade pact signed in Moscow. The shipment runs February to next September at undisclosed prices, replacing the earlier 500000 tons of animal foods promised.
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London
Moscow Radio
Moscow
Russia
Britain
Tass
Ousted Health Commissioner Calls Firing Political Trickery
Dr O Tonney the ousted city county health commissioner says his firing was sheer political trickery. James F Carrigan, Mansfield board of health chairman, cites lack of progress in the health department as the reason.
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Mansfield
O. Tonney
James F. Carrigan
Mansfield Board of Health
Tonney
Army Chief's Recall Sparks China Policy Speculation
Maj. Gen. John P. Lucas, head of the U S Army advisory group in China, ordered to return to Washington immediately. The recall stirred speculation in Nanking that Washington seeks urgent consultation with the officer best acquainted with the Chinese military situation.
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Nanking
John P. Lucas
U. S. Army
China
Washington
United States
Coca Cola Bottling to Build 2 Million Plant in Cleveland
William O. Washburn Jr president of the Coca Cola Bottling Corp announced a $2,000,000 bottling plant will be built in Cleveland. The firm operates plants in Cincinnati Springfield and Cleveland.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
William O. Washburn, Jr
Coca-Cola Bottling Corp
Springfield
Author dies New York to Paris editor Crowninshield
Frank Crowninshield, 75, noted author, raconteur and Vanity Fair editor for 21 years, died Sunday. Born in Paris, he shaped New York literary culture.
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New York
Frank Crowninshield
Vanity Fair
Paris
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