Peters Found Legally Sane. Lima Hospital Reports
Jewell Peters, jailed on second degree murder charges for the death of his wife Leah, was deemed legally sane by Lima State Hospital officials. Dr. R E Bushong reported normal intelligence and no psychotic trends, though Peters is introverted. The Athens County case will proceed after delays due to defense absence. Peters will be moved to Athens County Jail pending trial.
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Jewell Peters
Gordon B. Gray
Athens County
R. E. Bushong
Lima State Hospital
Peters
Lima
Gray
Leah
Athens County Fairgrounds
George G. Gaul
Nial Koehler
Arthur Hines
Canaan
J. G. Hope
Bushong
Erson “Kenny
Pothos
Underground Kidnaps Judge in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
Police report a judge in Tel Aviv was kidnapped by Jewish underground members this morning, the second abduction in 36 hours. British forces hunt for retired Major H A E Collins abducted last night in Jerusalem as two Jewish districts impose a curfew during a house to house search.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Tyndham
H. A. E. Collins
Fighter Plane To Try Hawaii New York Hop
A new North American P-82 fighter will attempt a nonstop Honolulu to New York flight to set a speed and endurance record. The aircraft combines two P-51 Mustangs with twin fuselages and engines and is to be flown by the Army Air Forces in a forthcoming test.
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Honolulu
New York
Army Air Forces
Second Victim Dies After Cleveland Fire
The Jan 18 explosion and blaze at Knickerbocker Manor on the East Side claimed a second life. Hugo Humfeldt, 52, died at Mt Sinai Hospital from injuries after he fell from a third floor ledge during the fire and collapse.
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Cleveland
Knickerbocker Manor
Hugo Humfeldt
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Independence Day Celebrations Marred in Bombay
Authorities report at least five stabbed and several scarred by acid throwers during India's Independence Day celebrations in Bombay yesterday. Police said crowds were dispersed after the attacks and no arrests were immediately announced.
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Bombay
India
Senator Sees Recession and Portal Pay Suits Spark Calls to Act
Senator Wiley warned that a recession threatens America and portal-to-portal wage suits rise, urging a bill to bar past and future portal pay suits from court jurisdiction. He said the move is essential to support reconversion and prevent industry paralysis amid chaotic uncertainty.
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Washington
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Judiciary Committee
America
Judiciary
Supreme Court
Capone Dies in Florida Funeral Planned at Palm Island Villa
The body of Al Capone lies in a Miami Beach mortuary awaiting funeral plans for later this week. Dr. Kenneth Phillips says Capone died at his Palm Island villa at 48 years old after years of illness. Teitelbaum notes Capone left no will and no money, with the government still owed.
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Miami Beach
Fla
al Capone
Chicago
Kenneth Phillips
Capone
Palm Island
Los Angeles
Abraham Teitelbaum
Teitelbaum
Republicans Seek At Least Ten Percent Cut in Truman Budget
Senate Appropriations Chairman Bridges said the joint committee will fix an arbitrary limit on expenditures, aiming for a minimum ten percent reduction from President Truman's 37.5 billion dollar budget. The panel starts work tomorrow as House votes next Wednesday on extending wartime excise taxes.
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Truman
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
House Committee
New Hampshire
Joint Committee
Senate hearings on Truman nominations shift to labor bill
Senate hearings on Mr. Truman's Atomic Commission nominees begin today and will share attention with Secretary Schwellenbach before the Labor Committee on industrial disputes legislation. A commerce subcommittee also calls Army and Navy experts to testify on commercial air safety regulations.
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Senate
Mr. Truman
Atomic Commission
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Labor Committee On
Commerce
Army
Navy
Bender Urges Constitutional Amendments on Succession
Rep. Bender of Ohio argued that amendments are needed to place presidential and gubernatorial succession beyond dispute. He warned the Georgia governor dispute serves as a warning and threat not to ignore in any state or the national capital.
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Bender
Ohio
Georgia
U S Plans To Stay In Iceland Reds Say
Moscow radio declared that the United States has no intention of withdrawing troops from Iceland and Greenland. It said Washington is strengthening bases as part of a broader Arctic military program.
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U. S
Iceland
Reds
London
Moscow Radio
United States
Greenland
Arctic
Nuxhall Status Being Probed
The Ohio High School Athletic Association opened an eligibility probe into Joe Nuxhall of Hamilton Public High School. Commissioner H. W. Emschler cited inquiries from fans and officials in Hamilton, Dayton, Lima and beyond about the 18 year old star who had signed a professional baseball contract with the Cincinnati Reds three years earlier.
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Columbus
Joe Nuxhall
Hamilton
Ohio High School Athletic Association
H. W. Emschler
Dayton
Lima
Cincinnati Reds
Strike Threat Faces Three Cincinnati Papers
Cincinnati's three daily papers face a possible printers strike after Typographical Union No. 3 voted 362 to 50 to strike over contract differences, though walkout action is delayed pending further negotiations.
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Cincinnati
Typographical Union No
American Federation of Labor
Grace Moore among 54 dead in weekend plane crashes
Air and sea disasters claimed 54 lives over the weekend including American soprano Grace Moore and Sweden's Gustaf Adolf. Crashes occurred in Europe and the United States with several notable victims and ongoing search efforts for a missing China National plane.
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Grace Moore
Sweden
Prince Gustaf Adolf
China
Chinese National Aviation Corp
Canton
Chungking
Miss Moore
Copenhagen
Denmark
Royal Dutch Airlines
United States
Hong Kong
London
Croydon
U. S. Machine Corp
Lebanon
Ind
Rensselaer
Tipton
Okla
Darlington
Wis
Taneytown
Westmoreland
Kas
Pottawatomie County
Purdue University
Rochester
India
Wales Center
N. Y
Conway
S. C
Dutch Airlines
Valentin Parera
Mougins
France
Aftonbladet
M. P. Eskildsen
Holland
Prince Bernard
Juliana
Netherlands
Boy Scout Movement
Karl Gustaf
Slabtown
del Rio
Tenn
Jellico
Mrs FDR Questions New Parties' Success
Mrs Elea nor Roosevelt questions the likelihood of new political parties succeeding. She believes the key is to make existing parties responsive to the people's wishes. She spoke at a news conference and noted her membership in Americans for Democratic Action, a liberal political group.
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Cleveland
Eleanor Roosevelt
Americans For Democratic Action
Exchange of Atom Knowledge As Means of Gaining Control
Senator McMahon warns Russia may be building an atomic fission plant in the Urals and urges an immediate exchange of atomic knowledge for control. He proposes a treaty with international inspectors and a UN Security Council backed by an international court to enforce penalties for violations.
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Senate
Washington
McMahon
D-Conn
Russia
Ural Mountains
Special Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Soviet Union
Peter Kapitza
Siberia
Kapitza
Urals
United States
Fort Knox
International Court of Justice
United Nations Security Council
Defeat of Housing Shortage in 1947 Predicted by Spokesmen for Industry
Washington notes industry spokesmen forecast an end to the housing shortage this year as Senate Republicans propose a 15 percent rent- ceiling extension through 1947. Hawkes and three colleagues argue new-builds would escape limits to spur renting, while officials warn high costs keep home ownership out of reach for many veterans.
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Washington
Senate Republicans
Hawkes
GOP
McCarthy
Wis
Cain
Wash
Malone
New
Ramond M. Foley
Frank R. Creedon
Philip B. Fleming
Office of Temporary Controls
National Association of Real Estate Boards
CIO
NAREB
Firm Agrees To 30 Million In Back Pay And Raises
Pittsburgh report says U S Steel and CIO United Steelworkers resume 1947 contract talks as the firm confirms more than 30 million dollars in back pay and 17 million in wage increases. The retroactive pay stems from a 1944 War Labor Board order to correct wage inequities. Six subsidiaries are covered Carnegie Illinois National Tube American Steel and Wire Tennessee Coal and Iron and Railroad Columbia Steel and the Uton Plant of Geneva Steel. Similar pacts are planned for other U S Steel firms amid industry wide adoptions.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers Union
U. S. Steel Corp
War Labor Board
U. S. Steel
Carnegie-Illinois
National Tube
American Steel and Wire
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Columbia Steel
Ironton
Utah
Geneval Steel
U. S
Gallipolis Man To Head Board
Gallipolis resident Harry M. Miller was reappointed to the State Utilities Commission for six years starting February 1 and named chairman, succeeding Harold L. Mason. Miller, a Republican, was first appointed in 1941, with fellow members Mason and Paul E. Weiland, both Democrats.
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Columbus
Harry M. Miller
Gallipolis
State Utilities Commission
Thomas J. Herbert
Miller
Harold L. Mason
Mason
Paul E. Weiland
First U S Seminary Planned by Catholic Order
The Society of the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus has acquired a 56 acre tract in Forestville for a seminary. It is the first such institution planned in the United States by the order whose general motherhouse is at Verona Italy.
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Cincinnati
Society of the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Forestville
Verona
Italy
C of C Proposes State Aid Reforms for Schools
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce urges tighter supervision of the $60 million state school aid. Proposals aim to save at least $2.5 million yearly and curb county boards' budgets. It calls for full ownership of school buses, predicting $1 million in annual savings.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
County Boards of Education
Chamber
East Ohio Gas Halts New Heating Use Through Fall
East Ohio Gas Co. bans new heating gas supply until fall and possibly through 1948. The rule affects new construction and conversion of heating systems. President J French Robinson announced the policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Ohio
Cleveland
East Ohio Gas Co
J. French Robinson
Kidnap Threat Stuns Cincinnati Family
Police guard the Stuart Murphy home after a weekend note threatening the kidnapping of one of the family's three young daughters. The note demanded $1,000 by Monday and was signed The X. Clifford Yockey, Hamilton County Sheriff investigator, said officers would remain at the scene.
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Cincinnati
Stuart Murphy
Clifford Yockey
Hamilton County
C. Taylor Handman
Murphy
131 Bills Face Ohio Assembly in Fourth Session Week
The Ohio General Assembly returns to the Capitol for week four of the current session with 131 bills and constitutional amendments. The Senate has a planned working session and expects new measures, while the House will hold a skeleton session and resume formal work Tuesday afternoon.
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Columbus
Capitol
Senate
House
Man Jumps From Bridge After Farewell Message
Police search Huntington for bald headed man who leaped from the Huntington Chesapeake bridge after telling friends goodbye. Three witnesses said he jumped in front of a car, tossed a package over the rail, and shouted his farewell before vanishing near the West Virginia side.
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Huntington
W. Va
Huntington-Chesapeake, Ohio
Hosea Hodges
West Virginia
Auto hits locomotive kills conductor at grade crossing
Hamilton report says James Parker 21 of Hamilton was charged with second degree manslaughter after his car struck a switch engine at a grade crossing. Conductor Jerry Foley 52 died in the crash yesterday. Butler County Coroner Edward Cook identified Parker as the driver.
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Hamilton
Jerry Foley
Butler County
Edward Cook
James Parker
Ohio grocery owner slain amid East Side holdup
Cleveland police hunt gunman who shot Nick Saluto, 51, during an attempted robbery of his East Side grocery. Mrs Saluto also struck by the revolver in the Saturday incident.
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Cleveland
Nick Saluto
East Side
Father of Eight Dies When Struck by Auto
PORTSMOUTH an automobile struck and killed Reuben Warren 67 father of eight children as he and Mrs Warren were walking yesterday. The 18 year old driver of the car was held on an open charge.
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Portsmouth
Reuben Warren
SAM SIMMONS On Readable Papers And Economic Booms
The speaker notes uncertainty about future recessions and booms citing historical cycles including the 1892 to 1896 Cleveland panic and 1907 bank panic. He attributes depressions to loss of confidence in banks and references policy shifts by Democratic Congresses and global events shaping booms and busts.
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Spartanburg
S.C
Mrs. Byrnes
J. C. Grier
Underground
Hawaii
Portal
Florida
Atomic Group
Nuxhall
THE
Associated Press
Fdr
Elizabeth Short
First
C. of C
Ohio Assembly
Man
Ogden, Utah
Everett S. Hughes
Sam Simmons
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