Slaying Case Pauses Arraignment as Dodds Seeks Counsel
Harry Dodds Jr appeared in mayor's court without counsel for arraignment on a first degree murder charge in the Eleanor Gifford slaying. The arraignment was postponed at his request after a call from his mother. Police still pursue a third man named by Dodds and Grover Rawlins, now in common pleas court, with the case to be presented to a grand jury.
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Harry Dodds, Jr
Eleanor Gifford
Dodds
Miss Gifford
Route 56
W. P. Mickle
New Straitsville
Attoreney
Gordon Gray
Gray
Mickle
Foster Cornwell
Grover E. Rawlins
New Straittaville
George Bateman
Rawlins
Common Pleas Court
Francis White
Mayor's Court
Rawelins
Doddy
Frank Joyce
Elza Linncott
Doogee & Linscott
Progressive Stand Urged By Dewey
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey urged the GOP to embrace social progress and a middle road between paternalism and rapid New Deal opposition. He said Republicans should expand human rights within private enterprise and urged liberal opponents to leave the party as he pitched a winning 1950 1952 coalition. Dewey mocked past promises and noted that his Lincoln Day remarks drew applause and mixed reactions from Nebraska Senator Wherry and others.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Party of ‘‘Social Progress
New York
GOP
Dewey
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Two Men Die in Circleville Truck Collision
Circleville reports two men killed in a truck crash two miles west of the city. S. Brown of Columbus and Seaman Ralph F. Behrens of Lancaster died, while Virgil Brinkley of Monroe and Charles Hopper of East Liverpool were injured and taken to Berger Hospital.
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Circleville
Corp
Howard S. Brown
Columbus
Ralph F. Behrens
Lancaster
Here
Pickaway County
George Heffner
Virgil Brinkley
Monroe
Charles Hopper
East Liverpool
Berger Hospital
Local man pays fine after intoxication arrest
Justice prevailed as a convicted local man faced a $25 fine plus costs for intoxication. He suggested jail as a penalty but the mayor declined, noting city jail would be crowded. The man, now soberer, was sent to the city jail where space was scarce.
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Mickle
Pleasant Valley and Long Lane Area in Meigs County
Residents recall Pleasant Valley near Long Lane along US Route 33 in Meigs County with about six homes and side roads to Hemlock Grove and Grass Run. They discuss a city soft water system once lost after the Athens plant rehab and note potential yearly savings of $25 to $30 on soap with 85 percent soft water and no taste difference.
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Long Lane
Meigs County
Pleasant Valley
Hemlock Grove
Grass Run
Athens
Four Fined For Contempt In Fake Case
Cleveland editor Louis B. Seltzer and three editorial staffers of the Cleveland Press were fined for contempt of court in a fake divorce case publicized by the paper. Seltzer paid 500 dollars. Louis Clifford and Leonard Hammer 200 each. Make-up Editor Richard Campbell 100. Campbell’s wife Florence was dismissed.
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Cleveland
Louis B. Seltzer
Cleveland Press
Seltzer
Louis Clifford
Leonard Hammer
Richard Campbell
Campbell
Florence
Scripps-Howard
Samuel H. Silbert
Parker Fulton
Cleveland Bar Association
Reds Demand A-Bomb Data at United Nations
Russia pressed the United Nations Security Council to compel the United States by March 31 to disclose how many atomic bombs it possesses. The 900 word Soviet resolution criticized the North Atlantic pact and drew a sharp retort from U.S. delegate Warren R. Austin, who called it a “succotash” of beans and constituents. Council president Dr. T. F. Tsiang adjourned the meeting until Thursday at 3 p.m.
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U.N
Security Council
T. F. Tsiang
China
Names Injected In Divorce Mill Probe Expands
Columbus report says several other out-of-town attorneys were named in the grand jury inquiry into the divorce mill. Most witnesses testified in the ongoing probe came from Zanesville and Muskingum County attorney names were previously limited to one.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Ralph J. Bartlett
Zanesville
Musgingum County
Innocence Pleaded in Circleville Extortion Case
Leon Cohan 42 of Columbus turned himself in to Pickaway County authorities on a secret indictment over an alleged Circleville night club shakedown. He pleaded innocent to extortion charges, appeared before Judge William Radcliff, and was released on a $1000 bond.
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Circleville
Leon Cohan
Columbus
Pickaway County
Grand
Cohan
Common Pleas
William Radcliff
Mrs Agar Novelist Dies in New York at 50
Mrs Eleanor Chilton Agar a novelist and playwright died last night at Doctors Hospital New York A native of Charleston West Virginia she was former wife of Herbert Agar a writer and lecturer She authored three novels a Broadway play produced in 1940 and a volume of verse
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New York
Eleanor Chilton Agar
Doctors Hospital
Charleston
W. Va
Herbert Agar
Mindszenty Term Seen Unchanged
Budapest AP reports a foreign office spokesman suggested Mindszenty will not face a death sentence on treason. The cardinal and six co defendants were found guilty of treason plotting to overthrow the government and black market dollars. Sentences in other charges may be appealed.
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Budapest
Foreign Office
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
People's Court
Ivan Boldistar
Foreign Affairs
Vilmos Olthys
U. S
Selden Chapin
United States
Chapin
Ernest Bevin
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Bevin
Three Charged In Microphone Hiding Case
Allen County Sheriff William Dailey and Detectives J Robert Neely and Bernard Burkhart are charged with criminal contempt for concealing a microphone in the courthouse jury room. Hearings set for February 14. coroner T J Talbott to serve warrants. The device was hidden behind a steam radiator and connected to a storeroom.
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Lima
Allen County
William R. Dailey
Common Pleas
Moran B. Jenkins
J. Robert Neely
Bernard L. Burkhart
J Jenkins
T. J. Talbott
Talbott
Dailey
Richard Snyder
Commodities Prices Slip Below Ceilings
New York reports wholesale prices for top grade corn oats rye and lard fell below the June 28 1946 levels when ceilings were lifted. Coffee remains about double its June 1946 price and unchanged since January 1948.
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New York
CPA
Hospital Bill To Committee In Charleston WV
A Senate committee took up a proposal to defer action on a four year medical and dental school and a hospital. Sen. Eddy aims to submit a plan to refer the issue to a joint Senate House committee for the 1951 legislature report. A joint hearing sparked a dispute over site choice and the House approved a measure to form a joint panel to seek state ownership of the Newton D. Baker Hospital near Martinsburg now used by the Veterans Administration.
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
Eddy
Monongalia
House
State Medical Association
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Veterans Administration
Denmark weighs Atlantic Alliance entry as Norway did
Danish officials confirm Denmark is examining terms to join the Atlantic security pact. Ambassador Henrik de Kauffman is to brief the U S State Department on questions once an appointment is set, marking official interest in linking defenses with the United States.
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Washington
Denmark
Norway
Atlantic Defense Alliance
Henrik de Kauffman
State Department
Acheson
de Kauffman
Ment
Rural phone bill studied by Ohio lawmakers
Columbus legislators examined a rural phone bill to aid customers with poor service. The substitute measure by the House Commerce Committee raises prima facie evidence of inadequacy at six subscribers per line and requires companies to extend lines within 90 days upon written requests.
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Columbus
House Commerce Committee
Robert W. Reider
Ottawa
Reider
Four Ashland youths sentenced for kidnapping Eldon Gore
In Catlettsburg Kentucky four Ashland youths were given 15 year prison terms for kidnapping Eldon Gore a 41 year old man from Kitt s Hill near Ironton Ohio.
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Catlettsburg
Ashland
Eldon Gore
Kitt’s Hill
Ironton
Ohio
French Merci Car to Be Displayed on Ohio Grounds
One of 49 Thank You Cars sent by France to the United States for food relief will be displayed on the Ohio statehouse grounds Saturday morning. A ceremony at the McKinley monument will feature Gov. Frank J. Lausche, with guests including columnist Drew Pearson, A. F. Whitney of the Trainmen’s union, and Andrew Picard, noted balloonist and French representative aboard the train.
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Columbus
America
France
Ohio Statehouse
McKinley Monument
Frank J. Lausche
Drew Pearson
A. F. Whitney
Trainmen’s Union
Andrew Picard
New Drifts Block Roads As Storm Damage Mounts
Huge drifts of snow blocked highways and rail lines across the western states. More than 5000 travelers on about 40 trains were stranded as crews tried to move stalled trains. Livestock losses were forecast and Army operations reported thousands of miles of roads opened and tens of thousands of people fed in disaster zones.
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Chicago-Up
Wyoming
Utah- Idaho
Rawlins
Wyo
Omaha
Denver
Rock Springs
State Agriculture Society
Rufus M. Howard
Nebraska
Fifth Army
South Dakota
Utah
Idaho
Union Pacific
Johnson Plans Fight To Keep GOP Position
Republican State Chairman Fred H. Johnson said he will fight to retain his post as the 44 member GOP central and executive committee met in Columbus to review the November losses. Ray Bliss of Akron pressed for Johnson's resignation, claiming 29 votes behind his bid for state chairman. The meeting aimed to examine causes of the defeat including the governor’s loss and legislature control.
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Columbus
Fred H. Johnson
Atete Central and Executive Committee
Johnson
Ray Bliss
Akron
Summit County
Bliss
Zanesville
Nelsonville
Ohio Senate Repeals Public Employee Labor Act
The Ohio Senate voted to repeal the two year old public employee labor act after the House passed the measure 71 to 61. Democrats joined by three Republicans backed repeal while Gov. Lausche opposed veto risk remains if reached. Republicans warn repeal could spur disunity and cite Roosevelt on strikes by public workers.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
House
Guy C. Hiner
Canton
Ray C. Carpenter
Tiffin
Dave Moore
New Lexington
John T. Cantwell
Youngstown
Frank T. Lausche
Reis
L. P. Mooney
Ogan
Mooney
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Even Better Jet Planned For Faster Stratojet
The Air Force plans an enhanced B-47 stratojet with more powerful engines after a record flight showcased a 2289 mile cross country hop in 3.75 hours from Moses Lake to Andrews Field. The newer models will be ordered with improved propulsion, aiming for quicker transcontinental runs, though not yet a formal record.
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Washington
Air Force
Moses Lake
Wash.) Air Base
Andrews Field
Here
Los Angeles
New York
Officials Give Up Hope Of Finding Airliner
Danish police said they had given up hope of finding any of the 28 passengers and crew alive after a Scandinavian airliner crashed into the water off the Swedish coast. Patrol boats and planes searched an oil slick while divers began the wreckage search.
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Copenhagen
Councilman Madden Proposes Solicitations Ban at Public Venues
Akron councilman Charles Madden drafts an ordinance to bar charity solicitations at movie theaters and sports events unless the solicitation time is announced in advance. He says he supports worthy causes but opposes being blindsided by solicitations.
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Akron
Charles Madden
Madden
Nickalad
Dimad
Pilot Believed River Victim in Ohio River Drowning
Thomas E Morris of Wheeca Va on the Zublk-Z-Towe Ing Co boat was last seen leaving the pilot house around midnight. No witnesses. strong current hindered the search which will resume when conditions permit. Point Pleasant authorities notified. Captain Charles Lane of Pittsburgh was en route to Pittsburgh.
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Pointeea
Thomas E. Morris
Wheecae Va
Ohio
Morris
Zublk-Z-Towe Ing Co
Point Pleasant
Pittsburgh
Penna
Charles Lane
Blue-Blooded Rupert the $38,000 Hereford Bull Is Slaughtered
DES MOINES Iowa Gov Roy Turner of Oklahoma ordered the slaughter of Rupert a famous Hereford bull valued at $38 000 after five years of sterile results despite corrective treatments including a pituitary operation. Several scientists watched as the animal was dispatched in the slaughterer's chamber.
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Des Moines
Rupert
Roy Turner
Oklahoma
Dow Chemical Renews Land Option Near Hanging Rock
Dow Chemical Co renewed an option on 400 acres along Route 52 near Hanging Rock in Lawrence County for a potential new chemical plant. No official company announcement has been issued about the site.
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Ironton— (P
Route 52
Hanging Rock
Lawrence County
Dow Chemical Co
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