Flying saucers seen across 38 states and Canada
Reports from Washington to Ontario describe disk like flying objects seen coast to coast. Observers cite round or oval shapes, speeds up to 1200 mph, with some sightings near Idaho and Washington. The Army Navy and Atomic Energy Commission deny ties while scientists consider light reflections and airplane maneuvers as explanations.
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Washington
Mississippi
District of Columbia
Canada
Army
Navy
Atomic Energy Commission
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AAF
Republicans Press Tax Cut Push With Restrictions
Washington AP Republicans aim to attach a 4 billion tax cut to the current bill, seeking to block amendments and deter Senate changes. Knutson asks Rules Committee to bar amendments, pledges January action on a husband and wife property split to curb rapid action. Senate leaders expect rejection of further edits, while McClellan and allies press for the property provision.
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Knutson
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Ways and Means Committee
House Rules Committee
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
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Idaho
Millikin
R-Cole
Senate Finance Committee
McClellan
Dark
Arkansas
State Spending Hike Is Cited
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce cites a 47 percent rise in state expenditures from the 1945 46 to the 1947 48 biennia. Executive VP Herschel C Atkinson says a detailed report will be released soon showing major spending classifications. Operating appropriations rose to 477 203 552 versus 325 410 956 70 in the earlier biennium.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Herschel C. Atkinson
Two Hospital Escapees Nabbed in Missouri
The Missouri State Patrol reports two of four Lima State Hospital escapees captured in Kirkwood Missouri in a stolen car. Captured were Robert W. Frost twenty one of Columbus and Clarence Underburger twenty one of Dayton. The Ohio Highway Patrol was informed the car was stolen from New Lebanon Ohio.
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Columbus
Missouri State Patrol
Lima State Hospital
Kirkwood
Robert W. Frost
Clarence Underburger
Dayton
Ohio State Highway Patrol
New Lebanon
Ohio
Boy Found After 58 Hour Mountain Search
Three year old Wayne Butchie Bowers was found by a large search party after 58 hours lost in the Big Bear mountains. He was located late yesterday afternoon half asleep against a log in a canyon four miles from his parents cabin. His father is Marine Master Sgt. Claude W. Bowers and his mother.
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Calif
Wayne
Butchie) Bowers
Little Butch
Claude W. Bowers
Chinese Mark Tenth Anniversary of War
Shanghai observes the tenth anniversary of the war with Japan and notes Chiang Kai-Shek's call to fight or die as China faces a widening civil war with the Communist forces.
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China
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Grass Blaze Fatal for Ashtabula Woman
Mrs. Eino Peaspanen, 36, died after her clothing caught fire while she tried to extinguish a grass blaze in Ashtabula. Authorities report the accident occurred at her residence as flames spread quickly.
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Ashtabula
Eino Peaspanen
Ford Foremen End 47 Day Strike in Detroit Area
About 3,000 Ford Motor Co foremen returned to work after the FAA vote to end a 47 day walkout over exclusive bargaining rights. The union's bargaining authority was lost under Taft Hartley and FAA recognition was withdrawn by Ford. FAA president and local Ford chapter leaders urged termination after a mass meeting of 3,200 members with a 10 to 1 vote.
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Ford Motor Co
Foreman's Association of America
Ind
Ford
Lincoln, Rouge
Highland Park
FAA
CIO
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Uawcio
Auto Workers’ Executive Board
Robert H. Keys
Pat Mullin
Gallipolis Man Named by VFW As Chaplain
John M. Emde of Akron was chosen junior vice commander of the Ohio VFW at the 27th annual encampment, advancing toward state command. The 55-year-old public school principal and World War II veteran won a four‑way race as Spirited balloting closed the event. Other officers elected included Thomas F. Gallagher judge advocate and Robert Howard department commander.
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John M
Jack) Emde
Akron
Ohio Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Thomas F. Gallagher
Lima
Walter A. Kelley
Cincinnati
George Kistner
Louis H. Brooks
Cleveland
Nyle Borden
Gallipolis
Robert Howard
Willard
$80 Theft Reported At Meigs Filling Station
An unidentified person broke into the Tucker Filling Station and store at Cook's Gap Route 124 between 8 a m and noon Sunday and stole $80 in cash and several checks of unknown amounts. Entrance was gained via a pried rear window. Sheriff Ralph Welker is investigating.
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Tucker
Cook's Gap
Route 124
Ralph Welker
Army says 97 aboard C-47 in record flight
The Army Air Force announced a new record carrying 97 persons in a C-47 aircraft. The flight was required by flood conditions near Trinidad Bolivia last May, forcing RAF passengers to board the plane.
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Army Air Force
RAF
Trinidad
Bolivia
Printer Cox Dies at 79 in Los Angeles
Paul F. Cox 79 longtime printer innovator died Saturday in Los Angeles. He helped develop numerous printing presses including an early flat bed web model and earned recognition for his technical advancements in the field. He was regarded as a pioneer in printing press design and manufacturing.
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Los Angeles
Paul F. Cox
Dewey Weighs GOP Support From Midwestern Leaders
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey gained strong delegate backing from midwestern and southwestern GOP leaders. Oklahoma’s 20 votes are expected to go to Dewey at the 1948 convention, with Lew Wentz predicting all 20. Missouri committeeman Barak T. Mattingly said Dewey would receive Missouri’s 33 delegates.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Thomas E. Dewey
Oklahoma
New York
Lew Wentz
St. Louis
Barak T. Mattingly
Missouri
Navy Plane Crashes Into Homes Killing Pilot in Mass
A two passenger Navy Helldiver bomber crashed into three homes in Quincy Massachusetts killing its pilot and injuring an enlisted crewman and a civilian. The dive also caused burns to Mary Betchelder a 60 year old woman fleeing her home as the plane set it afire.
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Mass
Wollaston Beach
Mary Betchelder
Toll of 20 Lives Taken In Ohio Holiday Weekend
The Ohio holiday toll reached at least 20 deaths over the long July Fourth weekend. Among them were 11 in traffic accidents and seven by drowning, with additional fatalities from a picnic scuffle and a private plane crash. Notable deaths include Kent-Ray Pettingill and Michael Mueller at Stewart Lake, Clara Minsky in Garfield Heights, and Robert Thompson in a streetcar collision.
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Kent
Ray Pettingill
Michael Mueller
Hudson
Stewart Lake
Pettingill
Cleveland
Clara Minsky
Garfield Heights
Willoughby
Robert Lee Barnes
Bellaire
Cincinnati
Robert Thompson
West Milton
South Amherst
Howard Russell
Akron
Richard Emery
National Small Businessmen’s Association
Summit County
Ashtabula
Leo Caruse, Jr
Indian Creek
Saybrook
Middletown
Edwin Blustrode
South Bend
Ind
Death claims Mrs. Boswell in Peekskill New York
Mrs. Meldania Boswell aged 75 mother of Connie Martha and Vet Boswell renowned radio singers died last night in Peekskill New York.
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Peekskill
N.Y
Meldania Boswell
Connie
Martha
Vet Boswell
Allied Disunity Is Held Costly
German Reichstag member F Wilhelm Sollmann told the Antioch Institute that the United States and Great Britain are paying hundreds of millions in reparations to Germany due to allies failing to agree on a plan to fix Germany's wrecked economy. He urged a working agreement to end Allied domination attempts.
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Reichstag
Antioch Institute of International Relations
United States
Great Britain
Germany
F. Wilhelm Sollmann
Hitler
Lupescu's Condition Still Termed Critical
Elena Lupescu, 23 year companion seeking marriage legalization with former King Carol of Romania, remains gravely ill in Rio de Janeiro. Attendants report a slight improvement but she is still very weak and in critical condition.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Elena Lupescu
Carol of Romania
Elyria Chamber Secretary Harry Luethi Dies at 66
Services set for Harry W. Luethi 66 longtime secretary of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce who died Saturday in Boston. Luethi served the chamber for twelve years and will be laid to rest Wednesday with funeral rites.
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Elyria
Harry W. Luethi
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Strike Seems Inevitable For Nation's Soft Coal Mines
Washington reports a likely strike involving at least 60 percent of the nation’s 400000 soft coal miners as a stalled wage pact and legal tangles threaten industry peace. A tentative general terms deal awaits completion before the Taft Hartley act prompts new disputes and potential halted talks at the northern steel company captive mines.
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Northern and Steel Company
South
Midwest
Far West
Lewis
Northern Steel Company
United Mine Workers
WCTU Plans Training for Ohio Ballot Campaign
Mary B. Ervin of Columbus, Ohio WCTU president, announced a three day July workshop at Lakeside Ottawa County to train county leaders in campaigning for local option. She criticized the General Assembly for inaction and said the group will pursue a petition drive to force legislative action.
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Ohio Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Mary B. Ervin
WCTU
Lakeside
Ottawa County
General Assembly
Herbert
Fair Hay Crop Seen In Trumbull County
Warren Ohio farmers expect a good hay crop this year despite late plantings and spring rains. Victor Logan county agricultural conservation chairman says yields average about two tons per acre. Other crops are running about normal or slightly below.
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Trumbull County
Victor Logan
County Agricultural Conservation
Spaniards Ratify Franco as Chief of State by Wide Margin
Unofficial returns reported in Madrid show Spanish voters supported a law that names Generalissimo Francisco Franco as chief of state and allows him to propose a successor who would become king or regent by about ten to one.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Trade Unionist Group Seeks Taft Hartley Act Repeal
The Association of Catholic Trade Unionists at its third national convention urged repeal of the Taft Hartley Act and called on fair minded employers to handle labor relations without government intervention. It also advised workers to refrain from general strikes and violence urged by Marxists.
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Cleveland
Association of Catholic Trade Unionists
9 Year Old Boy Kills Sister in Front Yard Firearm Tragedy
Coroner J C Henshaw reports George Radcliffe Jr. nine shot and killed his three year old sister Cathy as she played in the front yard of their Niles home on Saturday night. The father says the rifle was on a wall out of reach.
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J. C. Henshaw
George Radcliffe, Jr
Cathy
Geauga County Republican Record Chief Editor Retires
H C Parsons 70 longtime managing editor of the Geauga County Republican Record announces retirement from the weekly Chardon Ohio paper after decades in charge.
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Geauga Newsman
Chardon
H. C. Parsons
Geauga County Republican Record
Special Law Needed for Displaced Europeans Immigration
President Truman urged Congress to pass special legislation admitting a substantial number of Europe’s displaced persons as immigrants. He argued the measure should be limited to this emergency and aimed at offering a new life to war victims under occupation. He noted millions have returned home, but about a million remain unwilling to return, mainly from Poland, the Baltics, Ukraine, and Yugoslavia. He called for joint action with Western nations and criticized existing eastern quota laws as inadequate.
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Truman
Congress
Europe
United States
Germany
Austria
Italy
Poland
Ukraine
Yugveslavia
Latin America
NEA Assembly Opens in Cincinnati to Air Education Issues
About 3,000 delegates gather for the National Education Association’s 26th annual Representative Assembly in Cincinnati. Topics include universal military training teachers salaries and tax aid for sectarian schools. NEA president Pearl Wanamaker of Olympia Washington will speak and a strike issue affecting teachers is discussed alongside the North College Hill Board of Education dispute.
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National Education Association
Pearl S. Wanamaker
Olympia
Wash
NEA
NEA Committee For the Advancement of Democracy Through Education
North College Hill
Plane Crashes Injure Two Private Pilots
Richard FE Maninger of East Liverpool is in fair condition at Mt. Carmel Hospital after his plane hit a utility pole near Sullivant Ave airport. Kenneth O Seaman of Columbus, manager of Sea-Mar Press, was treated at Grant Hospital following a light plane crash during an emergency landing at Snook Field near Reynoldsburg.
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Richard FE
Maninger
East Liverpool
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Sullivant Ave
Kenneth O. Seaman
Sea-Mar Press
Grant Hospital
Snook Field
Reynoldsburg
Petrillo Denounced as Dictator by House Subcommittee
Rep. Kearns accuses James G Petrillo of wielding dictatorial powers over musicians and stifling free speech and economic security during a House labor subcommittee inquiry. The AFL head testified under subpoena into union activities.
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Washington
James G Petrillo
Rep. Kearns
R-Pa
House Labor
AFL American Federation of Musicians
Vorys Sees Benefits In Plan for Europe
Rep. John M. Vorys of Ohio says the Marshe all plan for rebuilding Europe may be sound business for the United States and not a one-way street. He notes the U S needs strategic materials from European countries. He warns Russia could trigger an emergency in Europe to drain U S dollars.
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John M. Vorys
Ohio
Europe
United States
Gressman
Russia
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