Dodds Murder Trial Heads Toward Jury
Federal government acts to avert a potential nationwide steel strike. Cyrus S. Ching summons United Steel Workers president Philip Murray and U S Steel vice president John A. Stephens for talks in Washington. Murray warns U S Steel over wage demands as USW weighs affidavits and possible NLRB action.
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Pittsburgh
Cyruss. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Philip Murray
United Steel Workers
John A. Stephens
U.S. Steel Corp
Washington
Murray
Stephens
Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel-Usw
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel
USW
Steelworkers
National Labor Relations Board
Farm Wife Is Slain in Ohio. Two Boys Sought
Mrs Alma Arledge 22 was shot 10 times in her Groveport Pike home. Sheriff deputies search 105 acre farm for Dorset 14 and Samuel 8 Arledge as husband Earl 23 is questioned. Coroner places shooting around 3 PM yesterday. A .25-20 rifle and shotgun stolen from Howard Evans’ farm are missing.
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Columbus
Sheriff's
Alma Arledge
Groveport Pike
Earl
Arledge
Hugh Leggett
Sheriff's Office
Dorset Arledge
Samuel
Howard A. Evans
Robert A. Evans
Warren Buskirk
Canal Winchester
Arledges
Dulles Named to Senate Seat by Dewey
Governor Dewey appoints John Foster Dulles to the U S Senate to fill the Wagner vacancy. Dulles will serve an interim term to Dec 1 with a special election set for Nov 8 to complete Wagner’s term through Dec 31, 1950. Dewey said Dulles is unlikely to run in the special election.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
United States Senate
Robert F. Wagner
Dulles
Wagner
Dewey
Coplon Espionage Trial Postponed to Oct 15
The espionage trial of Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev is postponed to October 15. The July 11 start date was moved due to the unavailability of a judge in the southern district of New York to preside.
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Coplon
New York
Judith Coplon
Valentin Gubitchev
Federal District of
Bond Sales Rise as Public Buys E Bonds in First Half
The American people purchased 2.25 billion dollars worth of Government Series E bonds in the six months ending June 30, the highest for a similar wartime period. While savers bought more, consumer spending in department stores declined.
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Washington
Four Girls Escaped from Industrial School Recaptured Near Columbus
Four inmates from the Girls' Industrial School who fled during a Columbus Zoo visit were recaptured five hours later on a nearby farm. The incident involved the school, the city of Columbus, and local authorities coordinating the search.
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Columbus
Girls’ Industrial School
Columbus Zoo
Horse bite at Ascot Park spurs injury report
Herbert Fazenbacker 53 of Frostburg Maryland says a horse at Ascot Park racetrack bit him while he passed a stable. He sustained bites on his head and ears and could not obtain the horse’s license number.
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Akron
Maryland
Ascot Park Racetrack
Herbert Fazenbacker
Frostburg
Area glimpses of coal storage and highway development near Athens
The Athens State Hospital stores coal behind the administration building and along a water pumping road. Ohio maintains year round coal purchases to aid mines. A large Big Four Store sign decorates a farm east of Clarks Chapel once owned by Henry Nelson. The Poston Plant site near Hamley Run shows vast strip mining. Local residents note Hanning family connections and farm sites along Route 692 between Downington and Harrisville.
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Athens State Hospital
Ohio
Dick Phillips
Clarks Chapel
Big Four
Henry Nelson
Athens
S. Court St
Robert Dunlap
Poston
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Hamley Run
Harl Hanning
Scipio Township
Meigs County
Downington
Harl H. Hanning
Hix
Hanning
Harrisonville
Jury Deliberations Extend Seven Hours In Hiss Perjury Trial
Federal jury hearing Alger Hiss perjury case returns to court seeking restatement of the corroborative and circumstantial evidence charge. Jurors deliberated six hours prior to a noon recess and resumed after court noted all must agree on the charge wording. Hiss, a former State Department adviser, faces accusations of feeding secrets to a Soviet spy ring.
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NEW York
Alger Hiss
Samuel H. Kaufman
State Department
Kaufman
Hiss
Priscilla
Iss
U. S
Judas Iscariot
Benedict Arnold
Heat Relief Reaches Ohio as Scorcher Eases
Ohio residents faced a heat wave with Dayton recording a two inch downpour that cooled temperatures by about ten degrees in an hour. Downtown streets flooded while Springfield and Cincinnati saw continued highs near or above 100. The southwest was forecast to receive showers and relief was promised by the weatherman.
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Columbus
Gallia Man Drugged and Robbed by Woman
Albert R. Canterbury, 44, of Gallia Ohio, told Cincinnati police he was drugged and robbed of 580 dollars by a woman in a hotel room. He met the woman earlier after leaving a parking lot and recalls nothing after one drink until hours later. Canterbury is a cattle raiser by occupation.
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Cincinnati
Albert R. Canterbury
Gallia
Ohio
Bernard Olson
Canterbury
Mine Whistles Blow Nobody Shows Up
Mine workers at western Pennsylvania soft coal pits began three day work weeks as John L. Lewis ordered a pause in full shift mining. Workers stayed home while negotiations continued.
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Pittsburgh
Western
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
Superintendent Resigns to Take Bluffton Post
A. B. Murray, who has led the Washington Court House schools for six years, resigned today to accept a similar superintendent role in Bluffton, his former home, effective July 31.
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Washington Court House
A. B. Murray
Bluffton
Cincinnati rector named Bishop Coadjutor for Ohio
Dr. Nelson M. Burroughs, a 49 year old Cincinnati rector, will be consecrated Bishop Coadjutor of the Ohio Episcopal Diocese next November. The appointment strengthens succession plans for the diocese.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Ohio Episcopal Diocese
Nelson M. Burroughs
Elks Convention to Draw 30000 in Cleveland
More than 30 000 people are expected next week in Cleveland for a six day national convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
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ELKS
Cleveland
of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks
Lorain Reports its First Polio Case
Lorain County records its first polio case today marking a milestone in local health reporting. The case prompts public health alerts and guidance for families in the area.
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Lorain
Lorain County
Funeral services for Geo L. Rodgers set Saturday
Funeral services will be held Saturday for Geo L. Rodgers 72 retired banker and former Perry County treasurer who died at his home in Columbus yesterday. Burial will be at New Lexington. Rodgers native of Corning served Perry County treasurer 1909 to 1913 later cashier of Citizen's State Bank Somerset vice president of Peoples' National Bank New Lexington joined Federal Land Bank Louisville 1932 became FDIC examiner 1935 retired 1942. Survivors include wife Margaret Travis Rodgers four sons and a daughter.
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Columbus
Geo. L. Rodgers
Perry County
New Lexington
Corning
Rodgers
Citizen's State Bank
Somerset
Peoples’ National Bank
Federal Land Bank
Louisville
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Margaret Travis Rodgers
Outlook for City State Aid Brightens in Ohio
Prospects for more state aid to hard pressed Ohio cities appear brighter as the Senate nears adjournment. But pay raises for teachers and state employees remain doubtful amid battles over local funding and a proposed Youngstown Plan.
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Ohio
Columbus
Senate
98Th General Assembly
House
Sens
Clingan Jackson
Nicholas P. Bernard
Youngstown
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Senators
House Rules Committee
Frank J. Lausche
Albert L. Daniels
Highland
Daniels
Lausche
Plains Boy First to Complete Entry for Schwinn Scholarship Race
Billy Horn twelve of The Plains completes his Messenger entry with his parents signatures for the Athens elimination race at the Athens County fairgrounds on August 7. Winning the Athens eliminator advances him to the Athens Messenger Bicycle Championship on August 22 with prize cash and a Schwinn prize, and if victorious at nationals August 28 at Ohio State fairgrounds, scholarships total 2500 2000 and 1500 to U S colleges.
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Plains Boy
Messenger
Ignaz Schwinn
Billy Horn
Mack Horn
The
Plains
Meshbientééion bin Antece Lanl
Suvimilline
Cule Y Vian
Billy
Athens
Messenger Newspaper
Athens County Fairgrounds
Athens Messenger
Messenger Newspaper Boys
Schwinn
Ohio State Fairgrounds
United States
Gallia Youth Dies in Route 160 Crash Near Gallipolis
An 18 year old Ewington area resident Glen Unroe was killed when a 1937 sedan driven by Ralph White 19 left the road on Route 160 seven miles north of Gallipolis hit a tree. White was injured and hospitalized in Holzer. Unroe was a June 1949 Wilkesville High School graduate.
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Gallipolis
Ewington
Evergreen
Glen Unree
Ralph White
State Highway Patrol
White
Holzer Hospital
Unroe
D. R. Warehime
Robin White
Wilkesville
Clifford Unroe
Wilkesville High School
Army to buy rights from Morgan County Farm Bureau
Washington The House Public Works Committee approved a bill allowing the army to acquire water and occupancy rights held by the Morgan County Ohio Farm Bureau Cooperative Association on government land. Rep. Secrest said the purchase price is about 25000 dollars and no new appropriation is needed. The rights trace to 1839, require the canal water feed mill operation, and mandate government bridge maintenance across the canal from the Muskingum River.
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Washington
House Public Works Committee
Army
Morgan County
Ohio
Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Rep. Secrest
Association
Army Engineers
Muskingum River
Elyria Liquor Ordinance Declared Illegal by Judge
Common Pleas Judge W. S. Slocum ruled Elyria's liquor control ordinance illegal. The measure required City Council approval for all new liquor establishments and was challenged by tavern owner John F. Barton.
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Elyria
Common Pleas
W. S. Slocum
Painesville
John F. Barton
Five day Ohio forecast shows warmer than normal temps
Extended forecast for Columbus covers five days with temperatures 3 to 5 degrees above normal. Normal high 83 and low 62. Warm trend through weekend, cooler by Wednesday. Scattered showers or thundershowers likely Monday and Tuesday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Warships Stop At Inchon In Korea Harbor
The U S light cruiser Manchester and destroyers Rowan and Henderson anchored at Inchon near Seoul Korea today.
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Inchon
Seoul
Korea
U. S
Manchester
Rowan and Henderson
Emperor Hirohito Visits General MacArthur in Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito paid a courtesy call on General Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo presenting a gesture of postwar diplomacy. The meeting underscores allied leadership coordination during Japan's Occupation era.
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Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito
General MacArthur
Police Hold U S Envoy In Shanghai
Vice Consul William Olive of Tren ton Missouri, 32, remained incommunicado in Shanghai after a traffic arrest. Shanghai police allege he smashed objects and damaged officers equipment, while the American consulate reports no word on his condition or charges and says he was beaten after detention.
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Olive
Press accuses church leaders of anti state chaos in Slovakia
Prague reports the official Communist press denounces Czechoslovakia's Roman Catholic Church leaders for fueling an anti state movement. An editorial claims criminals and violence hide under the cloak of religious freedom in Slovakia.
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Prague
Communist
Czechoslovakia
Rude Pravo
Slovakia
37th Division veterans seek next of kin names
The 37th Division veterans association in Columbus appealed for names of families or next of kin of 37th Division veterans who died in World War II. The group is distributing free histories of the division to members and survivors.
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Columbus
37Th Division
37Th Division Veterans Association
Testimony On Sanity Heard In Dodds Murder Trial
The case of Harry Z. Dodda Jr. toward jury as noon recess ended, defense and state near closing. Doctors testified Dodds may lack impulse control due to psychopathic traits while rebuttal experts argued he is legally sane. Witnesses described beatings and odd conduct from childhood, with testimony continuing as proceedings paused.
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Harry Z. Dodda, Jr
Roy D. Williams
Samuel B. Erskine
Columbus
Dodda
Athens
Jacob J. Alpers
Dodds
Alpers
Roy Arnold
Button
Arnold
Erskine
Martin
Harry Dod Sr
Mansfield Reformatory
Nora Arnold
Messenger News Locations Readers See Local Happenings
The Messenger News lists locations in Ohio including Gallipolis Glouster Nelsonville Point Pleasant and Pomeroy Middleport area markets and sports notes. Readership is invited to follow local events in Chauncey and nearby communities.
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Alnene
Chauncey
Gallipolis
Glouster
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant
Pomeroy-Middleport Evades
Cahobiida Bensieshianeeieae i Women's
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Harry Dodds
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Morgan
Shanghai
Red Press
Army Division
T. Vincent Martin
R. W. Pedigo
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