Death of Girl in School Grounds Probe Continues
Private Dale Yates 22, a Hamden soldier, gave a statement to Vinton County officials about the death of 18 year old Mrs. Guy Barnett on the Tarr Farm school grounds. Autopsy showed carbon monoxide poisoning with high saturation. no charges yet as grand jury consideration looms.
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McArthur
Guy Barnett
Tarr Farm
Hamden
Vinton County
James Darby
William Brown
Dale Yates
Yates
Barnett
Vinton
Hocking
J. W. Strong
Columbus
Yate
Grand Jury
Pvt. Yates
Bandits hoax at Hamilton Field ends in confession
Pvt. Jimmy Hill 17, Air Corps rookie from Robinson Illinois admitted to FBI that a fake gun battle at Hamilton Field finance office was to hide a broken window. The incident followed a San Francisco Presidio robbery. Hill faces disciplinary action after MPs and FBI investigated.
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Hamilton Field
Calif
Jimmy Hill
Air Corps
FBI
Presidio Army Base
San Francisco
Hill
Robinson
Harry M. Kimball
John A. Feagin
Saturday Night Guard
Rosemary Watson
Feagin
Sacred Heart Twins Age Gracefully At 90
In Sacred Heart Minnesota two oldest twins Hans and Ole Orken will celebrate their 90th birthday Wednesday on a farm near Gudbrandsen Norway origin. Hans born January 1 1857, Ole two years younger. Hans long led a team of oxen and lived in Sacred Heart since 1878.
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Sacred Heart
Minn
Nowinnesota
Ere
Hans
Ole Orken
Gudbrandssen
Norway
Ole
Former official dies in alliance building inspector role
Thomas Nichols, 81, a former deputy state building inspector, died here yesterday. The longtime public official was known for his work in state construction oversight and served in various regulatory roles.
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Dies Alliance
Thomas Hichols
Bilding
Masked Bandit Disarmed In Pomeroy Robbery Attempt
An unidentified man attempted a daytime hold up at Tom Leifheit's Idle Hour Restaurant in Pomeroy around 12 35 am. Bartender Karl Grueser and cook Theodore Custer wrestled the rifle from the attacker who fled as police chased clues.
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Pomeroy
Karl Grueser
Tom Leifheit
Grueser
Theodore Custer
Walter Wolfe
Ike Reported Ready to Run for President in 1948
The Times-Herald reported Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was ready to run for president in 1948 if the people want him. It said he told unidentified friends during a holiday fishing trip that he had given any attention to reports he was being felt out as a nominee by representatives of both major parties.
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Washington
Times-Herald
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Miami
Times Herald
New Anti Arms Law Imposed in Germany
Berlin reports the Allied Control Council issued a sweeping new German law prohibiting manufacture, import and possession of war materials from atom bombs to daggers and kites. Provisions support demilitarization previously carried out by the four occupation zones.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council
Germany
Miss Firestone to Wed William Ford June 21
Akron report states Martha Firestone daughter of Harvey S Firestone Jr will marry William Clay Ford son of Edsel Ford June 21. The couple ties two prominent American industrial families with Mrs Firestone and Mrs Ford listed as parents.
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Miss Firestone
William Ford
Akron
Martha Firestone
Harvey S. Firestone
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone
William Clay Ford
Edsel Ford
Ford, Motor Co
Ford
Portal Pay Sought From Two Firms in Cleveland Suit
The United Steel Workers filed federal suits for retroactive portal to portal pay and damages against Canton Malleable Tron Co in Canton for 300000 and Reeves Steel and Manufacturing Co in Dover for 1400000. Both actions seek portal pay and related damages.
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Cleveland
United Steel Workers
CSO
Canton Malleable Tron Co
Canton
Reeves Steel and Manufacturing Co
Dover
Two named to State Board of Cosmetology
Governor Lausche appointed Ard L. Shearer of Cincinnati and Mrs. Delia Adams of Lima to the State Board of Cosmetology in a today announcement.
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Columbus, C
Howard L. Shearer
Cincinnati
Delia Adams
Lima
State Board of Cosmetology
Frank J. Lausche
Diphtheria Blamed for Boy’s Death in Columbus
Coroner John B. Graves ruled three year old John Wise died of diphtheria in Columbus yesterday, discounting an earlier theory that he ingested sleeping tablets last Thursday.
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Columbus
John Wise
John B. Graves
Cadman Composer Charles Cadman Dies at 65
Charles Wakefield Cadman 65 renowned composer of Land of the Sky Blue Waters and At Dawning died yesterday in Los Angeles. His many works and scores marked a notable contribution to American music.
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Charles W. Cadman
Los Angeles
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Republicans Put Balanced Budget First in Congress
Three Republican leaders press budget balancing ahead of tax cuts as White House advisers say Truman would oppose broad tax slash. They urge reducing spending and paying down the debt before tax legislation, with cautious steps on tax changes to boost production or address inequalities.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
Hawkes
R-N.j
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Hoffman
R-Mich
Rep
Judd
R-Minn
Cabbie Wins Temporary Custody of Tot in Cincinnati
Edwin Nichols, a 43 year old taxicab driver, will retain custody of Gail Elizabeth for at least six months after she was left with him last November 20 by a young woman unable to pay a $1.25 fare. The county Child Welfare Board approved the arrangement as his two teenage daughters and wife supported making the child a legal member of the family.
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Cincinnati
Edwin Nichols
Gail Elizabeth
County Child Welfare Board
Nichols
Vote Buying Fine In West Virginia Election
Huntington West Virginia John P Hallanan Republican was fined 50 for vote buying in the November 5 general election by Common Pleas Judge H Clay Worth after pleading no contest to one of three misdemeanor indictments. Other indictments were dismissed. Hallanan was among nine people charged with irregularities in Cabell County elections. Eight others had pleaded nolo contendere and were fined 70 each.
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Huntington
W. Va
John P. Hallanan
Common Pleas
H. Clay Worth
Edward H. Greene
Hallanan
Cabell County
James Merkel Named State Securities Chief
James F. Merkel of Columbus will head the Ohio Division of Securities in the forthcoming Republican administration. Gov Elect Thomas J. Herbert appointed the 39 year old accountant yesterday. He will succeed Democrat Ernest Cornell. Merkel previously led the division under former Gov Bricker and served as Ohio Chamber of Commerce director.
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Columbus
James F. Merkel
Ohio Division of Securities
Thomas J. Herbert
Ernest Cornell
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Merkel
John W. Bricker
Driver killed at grade crossing in East Liverpool
A freight train struck a coal truck at a grade crossing yesterday in East Liverpool, killing the truck driver James Dorion, 18. The incident halted traffic as authorities investigated the death of Dorion.
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East Liverpool
James Dorion
Potato Surplus Dumping Predicted by Officials
Washington officials forecast 20 million bushels of frozen and rotten potatoes from the 1946 surplus would be dumped. The projected government loss reaches about 80 million dollars as the Agriculture Department under wartime law bought, stored, and loaned funds to hold supply and support parity, but prices remained low.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Job Records Expected To Rise In Three-State Area
In Cleveland, the U S Employment Service reports that barring strikes and material shortages, Ohio Michigan and Kentucky will keep a peacetime hiring surge. The 3 673 area employers last November planned to add 47 300 workers by year end a 3 5 percent rise. By March a 4 5 percent boost is forecast.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
U. S. Employment Service
J. Kimball Johnson
Budget OK'd by Mexican legislators in 1947
Mexico City reports the House of Deputies approved a national budget for 1947 totaling 320 million dollars, up 53 million from 1946 and the highest in the nation’s history. The largest item, 60 million for communications and public works, with 42 million for defense.
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Mexico City
House of Deputies
Surplus Goods Slated For 3 Ohio Colleges
The Federal Works Agency announced surplus government owned structures and equipment will go to three Ohio colleges to aid veteran enrollment. Kenyon College in Gambier Baldwin Wallace College in Berea and Wilberforce University in Wilberforce will receive the assets.
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Washington
Ohio
Federal Works Agency
Kenyon College
Gambier
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea
Wilberforce University
Wilberforce
Canton Repository Raises Paper Prices
Canton announces higher production costs led to price increases for its newspapers. Daily papers rise one cent to five, Sunday editions up one cent to eight, and weekly subscriptions gain five cents to 35.
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Canton
Canton Repository
Poison Stolen In Columbus Detected As Deadly Poison
A seven ounce bottle of 1080 Compound rat poison was reported stolen to Columbus police. The owner warned the substance could kill 700 or 800 people if misused.
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Columbus, O
Columbus
Cursing in Hollywood Ruled Non-Insulting
In Los Angeles a jury ruled that cursing in Hollywood is not automatically insulting. Director Charles Vidor failed to win a breach suit against his employer Harry Cohn over a $2,000 weekly contract after testimony described Cohn using a string of epithets including a 23 kinds of a Hungarian so and so phrase.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Charles Vidor
Harry Cohn
Radioactive Minerals Found by Japanese in Manchuria
Allied sources report Japan unearthed a deposit of radioactive minerals in Manchuria before the war end. Officials said they are studying how the ore was discovered and the level of Japanese development of the minerals.
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Tokyo
Manchuria
Tantalus Freed and River Trip Resumed on Scioto
The riverboat Tantalus was reported heading south on the Scioto River toward Minneapolis after 17 days stranded on a sandbar. A motor boat carrying reporter George Ammer of the Chillicothe Gazette capsized yesterday, throwing the newsman into the river and costing him two cameras valued at $600.
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Chillicothe
Tantalus
Scioto
Minneapolis
George Ammer
Chillicothe Gazette
Marine Found Shot Near Arlington National Cemetery
Edward Smith a 20 year old marine from Willoughby Ohio was found fatally shot near Arlington National Cemetery. A pistol was found nearby and he was pronounced dead at Bethesda Naval Hospital after a woman bus rider notified police.
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Washington
Edward Smith
Willoughby
Ohio
Arlington National Cemetery
Fort Myers
Smith
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Ohioans Prepare Riotous New Year Celebrations
Ohio officials brace for a high spirited New Year Eve as revelers pack venues from the Ohio River to Lake Erie. Police plan to mitigate risky driving as borderlines between celebration and danger rise. Large crowds report near sellouts with cover charges reaching ten dollars per head.
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Joy Joints
Ohio River
Lake Erie
Freedom and Democracy Cited by MacArthur in New Year Message
General Douglas MacArthur warned Japan that real reform requires active democracy and responsible leadership. He urged the Japanese to exercise their new political rights faithfully, saying future problems depend on the people and the leaders they choose.
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Tokyo
Mats Arthur
Japan
MacArthur
New Year Reflections on 1947 and civic progress
The piece ponders turning from 1946 to 1947 and sketches demographic hints for January 1 1948. It urges Americans to cooperate for the general welfare by honest work and community care to steer 1947 toward progress and avoid distrust and conflict.
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