Escaped Convicts Seize Calapan Capital in Mindoro
Thirty two armed escapees storm Calapan the Mindoro capital overpower local authorities. Rebel leader Romero killed in a later airport battle as reinforcements arrive and restore order. Governor Morente reports 10 captured, 19 at large, 3 unaccounted. radio and communications disrupted during the siege.
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Grab Island
Manila
Calapan
Mindoro Island
Conrado Morente
Mindoro
Malacanan Palace
Morente
Filomeno Sumaco
Raul Leuterio
Philippines
Manuel Conde
Romero
Conde
Batangas
Luzon
Lubang Island
Globe Wireless
Coastal Champion
U. S
Wilbur C. Waugh Dies At 69 In Gallipolis
Wilbur C. Waugh 69 prominent Bladen farmer died at 2 am in Holzer Hospital from a heart ailment. A Mason and active in farm groups, he survived by wife three children Ralph of Gallipolis Glen of Columbus and Mrs Miriam Saum of Columbus a brother A E Waugh of Bladen a sister Mrs Annie Mooney of Crown City a granddaughter Mrs Eleanor Richards and great granddaughter Loralle Richards of Gallipolis Funeral services will be Friday at 2 pm at Mt Zion Church with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Wilbur C. Waugh
Bladen
Holzer Hospital
Waugh
Ralph
Glen
Columbus
Miriam Saum
A. E. Waugh
Annie Mooney
Crown City
Eleanor Richards
Loralle Richards
Mt. Zion Church
Mound Hill Cemetery
Ex Sailor Confesses Strangling Woman in Philadelphia
William A. Wagner, a 22-year-old ex-sailor, confessed to homicide saying he beat and strangled 50-year-old Margaret C. Dougherty after a dispute in a boarding house. He reportedly kept the body in a closet for days before discarding it in a sawdust-filled barrel. Captain James A. Kelly of the homicide squad cited the signed statement.
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Philadephia
James A. Kelly
William A. Wagner
Margaret C. Dougherty
Kelly
Wagner
Independence Day Visit Extended by President
President Truman will extend his Independence Day stay to Charlottesville Virginia to three nights beginning tomorrow night and plans to return to Washington on Sunday instead of Saturday as announced by the White House.
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Washington
Truman
Charlottesville
White House
Fire Destroys Feed Plant Warehouse in Cincinnati
A six hour fire early today struck a Cooperative Mills warehouse at North Reading Road and the Pennsylvania Railroad in Cincinnati. Plant Manager Hamilton A. Mac Cord valued the loss at 75000 dollars and Deputy State Fire Marshal Joseph A. Felmann said spontaneous combustion is the likely cause.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton A. MacCord
Cooperative Mills, Inc
North Reading Road
Pennsylvania Railroad
Joseph A. Felmann
Protestants Attend Meet at Heidelberg College
Ministers of Evangelical and Reformed Church from five synods in Ohio Michigan and Indiana attend their annual conference at Heidelberg College in Tiffin Ohio.
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Tiffin
Evangelical and Reformed Churches
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Heidelberg College
Late favorable autumn hopes for Central Ohio corn
The weekly U S Weather Bureau report says an unusually late favorable autumn offers hope to salvage the 1947 corn crop in central Ohio. Most corn is under a foot high with knee high by July 4 unlikely. silage may be the outcome for slowdeveloping fields.
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Columbus
Central Ohio
U.S. Weather Bureau
U.S
George Mindling
Ohio State University
U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Dogs fatally maul 11 year old in Bronx marsh attack
Eleven year old Stanley Balaban was killed when a pack of bull terriers mauled him in undeveloped Bronx marshlands. Patrolman Louis Rissone was severely injured confronting the animals. two dogs were killed and the rest rounded up. The dogs belonged to Svend F. Sandgren and were usually kept in a boathouse. No arrest was planned until Rissone can appear before the grand jury.
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New York
Stanley Balaban
Bronx
Louis Rissone
Rissone
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Svend F. Sandgren
Marvin Lechtman
Timken Union OK New Pact With Pay Hike
Timken Roller Bearing Co will sign a one year contract with CIO United Steelworkers for about 15 000 Ohio employees. The pact includes a wage increase of over 12 percent and a $500 000 annual surgical benefits plan. Paid vacation time scales with length of service.
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Canton
Ohio
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Cio-United Steelworkers Union
Timken
Columbus Dealers Propose Six Month New Car Hold Period
Columbus automobile dealers test a dealer customer sale agreement to curb rapid resale of new autos. The plan requires buyers not to resell their cars for at least six months after purchase except back to the original dealer.
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Columbus
Franklin County School Levy Wins 4 to 1 Approval
Franklin County voters approve a two mill school levy by a four to one margin. The measure will raise about 952000 dollars yearly for two years and trigger teacher raises of 500 dollars next September based on unofficial tallies of 31672 voters and 25446 yes votes.
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Franklin County
Columbus
Federal Machine Plant Settles 2 Month Strike
Workers at four Federal Machine and Welder plants vote today on a two year contract ending a two month strike. The settlement was announced by the company and CIO United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America officials.
Synod of Ohio Lutheran Church Holds 26th Summer School
Nearly 1,200 people attended the 26th annual summer school of the Synod of Ohio United Lutheran Church in America held at Lakeside.
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Lakeside
Synod of Ohio
United Lutheran Church In America
Akron Approves Five Year Plan to Clear Smoke
Akron votes to adopt a five year program aimed at reducing city atmospheric smoke. The measure targets cleaner air through phased reductions and stricter emission controls.
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Akron
May Garsson fraud trial nears verdict
The May Garsson war fraud trial moves toward a verdict as defense counsel completes a six hour plea for acquittal. Judge Schweinhaut indicates the jury will be told a guilty finding for the Garssons requires a similar verdict against Andrew J. May.
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Washington
May
Andrew J. May
House Military Committee
Democratic House
Kentucky
Garsson Munitions Combine
Nurse and mother stabbed in two homes near Boston
Police report two women killed in separate Brookline and Dorchester dwellings within an hour. Helen Kiminski, 33, of Brookline, and Hollis Tupper, 35, of Dorchester, mother of a 10 year old, are identified victims. A husband of one woman is in custody.
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Boston
Brookline
Dorchester
Robert Bowes
Bowes
Helen Kiminski
Hollis C. Tupper
Real estate lobby proof prompts White House clash
Republican leaders demand concrete evidence of real estate lobby influence on rent control. President Truman cites a lobby drive to weaken controls and seeks a congressional probe into alleged “brazen operations” by lobbyists. Senate rivals press for investigations and political rebuke.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Senator Wherry
Neb
Resident Rates Rise as Hotels End Rent Controls
The Associated Press reports permanent hotel residents nationwide face rent hikes after prewar controls end. Increases commonly run 15 percent, with notable spikes from 25 to 165 percent. some cases reach 300 percent in Denver and 200 percent in St. Louis. New York hotels see up to 50 percent boosts, while others announce no increases. Ohio hotels expect rises from 20 to 27.50 dollars monthly for certain room classes. tenant landlord confusion follows.
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Associated Press
Denver
St. Louis
New York City
Stevens
Chicago
Somerset
Boston
White Plaza
Dallas
Tex
Ohio
OPA
Capt. H. Mowrey
The
Ohio Hotels Association
Mowrey
New York
Flying saucers sighted by veteran West Coast pilot
Portland report adds to saucer speculation as Richard Rankin a longtime pilot with 7000 hours in the air says he saw mysterious disks over Bakersfield California moving possibly 300 to 400 miles per hour. He could not identify propellers wings or tail and described them as almost round.
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Portland
Ore
West
Richard Rankin
Bakersfield
Calif
Commodore Adolf Pickhardt Dies at 55 After Naval Career
Massapequa New York Commodore Adolf Pickhardt aged 55 died on Wednesday. He retired in 1945 after thirty two years of active naval service.
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Massapequa
N. Y
Adolf Pickhardt
Police Break Up Black Maqui Plot Against France
National security police said they smashed a conspiracy to seize France's military airports and warplanes. Capt. Roger Prat of the Air Force was arrested, with others in the service named. Claude Chauvel, son of the foreign affairs secretary general, was also arrested. a warrant was issued for Count Aurouet De Merwels as a principal member.
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Paris
National Security Police
France
Information Bureau
Roger Prat
Air Force
Claude Chauvel
Free funerals offered for war dead in Akron area
About 60 undertakers in District No. 21 of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association announced free rites for war dead being returned from overseas. The program was described as a public service.
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Akron
Ohio Funeral Directors Association
Marion teachers awarded average $600 raise
The Marion School Board approved annual salary increases for 200 teachers, boosting average pay by about $600 each year. The action was announced at a board meeting in Marion, Ohio.
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Marion, O
Marion
Marion School Board
Industrialists Pledge Wage Hike Support for UMW Leader
Industry sources say Johnny Lewis has been assured that soft coal mine workers in Northern and Western pits will receive the 35 cent an hour wage increase. A secret meeting last Thursday included Benjamin Fairless and George Humphrey. If southern mines resist, looming shut downs may follow after miners return from a 10 day vacation.
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United Mine Workers
Western
Lewis
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
George M. Humphrey
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Taft
Ohio
Rep
Hartley
Truman
New York
Federal tax refunds reach a record high this year
Federal tax refunds for the year just ended hit a record high of 3 030 000 000 dollars. The amount is more than half of the government’s receipts in any year since the 1940 defense program began. About three of four taxpayers received checks averaging just over 48 dollars.
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Washington
30 Million Cars On Nation's Highways For July Fourth
The National Safety Council estimated 30 million cars will flood highways during the three day holiday causing the largest traffic jam in history. It also projected 275 deaths from traffic accidents and noted additional fatalities would occur from injuries sustained during the period.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
London Prison Farm Trusties Are Sought
London Ohio report says two trusties from the London Prison Farm Edward Gromand 33 of Cleveland and Alfred Conti 33 of Youngstown walked away yesterday Conti left before a parole hearing Gromand was serving life for a 1936 Lorain County Bank robbery Conti had 10 to 25 years for a Warren armed robbery in 1941
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London
Edward Gromand
Cleveland
Alfred Conti
Youngstown
Conti
Gromand
Lorain County
Warren
Buckskin Valley District Names Caldwell New Superintendent
Edward M. Caldwell, long time vocational agriculture teacher at Frankfort High School, is chosen to lead Buckskin Valley District Schools in South Salem. He will succeed E. G. Shaw, who becomes superintendent of Beaver Creek Schools in Green County, per the district board’s announcement yesterday.
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South Salem
Edward M. Caldwell
Frankfort High School
Buckskin Valley
Ross County
Caldwell
E. G. Shaw
Beaver Creek
Green County
Final Climb Is Predicted For Mississippi
The Mississippi River surged to a 40.2 foot record near St. Louis after floodwaters broke four levees and forced thousands from homes. Officials expect a further rise of about a tenth of a foot before subsiding. Damage near Louisiana Missouri to Cairo Illinois estimated at 12 million dollars, mostly to farmland and buildings. Red Cross reports about 26,800 homeless.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi
Harry F. Wahlgren
U. S
U.S. Army
Louisiana
Cairo
Red Cross
Jones Denies Klan Tie Up In Fcc Nomination Hearing
Senator Brewster leads a commerce subcommittee as Rep. Robert F. Jones of Ohio testifies denying his father was in the Ku Klux Klan and that he joined the Black Legion. The sworn statement repeats earlier denials and the panel prepares to vote on Jones' Fcc nomination.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Robert F. Jones
Ohio
Federal Communications Commission
Ku Klux Klan
Black Legion
Drew Pearson
Jones
Commerce Subcommittee
Brewster
Rme
Water Agency OKs 50 Year Mosquito Creek Water Plan
Warren city council authorizes Mayor Henry C. Wagner to sign a 50 year contract with the government allowing Mosquito Creek Lake to serve as the town’s domestic water source.
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Warren —Lp)— Council
Henry C. Wagener
Mosquito Creek Lake
Rights and housing limits in free enterprise system
SAM SIMMONS argues Americans have a right to home and job under free enterprise, and a right to form their own work. He contends some prefer loafing and notes wartime and postwar controls have sapped housing, urging government to restore confidence against asset seizure to spur construction.
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Linda Prager
Pittsburgh, Pa
Jean Prager
W.C. Waugh
Bladen Rin Farmer
Mindling
Lima
Ashland
Dayton
Union OK
Federal Machine Plant
Greta Mary Gale
William Gale, Jr
Oakland
John T. Tolan
NEA
Garsson
GOP
Buck
Del
Wherry
Justice Department
Nebraska
Taylor
Idaho
Commodore
UMW
Johnny Lewis
Pittsburgh
Southern Railroad
Birmingham
Sharon Steel Co
Farrell, Pa
John Potterfield
U. S. Public Health Service
Notre Dame
Roger Heering
Sam Simmons
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