Woman slain near ditched car shocks Salem region
Police investigate the slaying of 26 year old Mrs. Geraldine Elizabeth Bock of Pittsburgh found almost nude beside her ditched automobile six miles southeast of Alliance. She was shot twice and dragged, with her husband Harold Bock of Grafton Beach awaiting leads. Robbery ruled out as suitcase remained, while a hitchhiker theory and a man’s possible involvement are considered. The victim’s family includes two young children and her mother.
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Salem
Columbiana
Stark County
Geraldine Elizabeth Bock
Pittsburgh
Alliance
G .E. Hayes
Alliance Police
H. L. Stark
Afp. Faulkenstein
Salem Hospital
Harold Bock
Grafton Beach
Columbiana County
Frank Springer
Back
Oo Sarshe
Hayes
Mrs Back
Benton
Here
al Parannti
Box car shortage delays Midwest grain shipments
Chicago reports grain traders say limited rail box cars curb Midwest exports. Buyers seek immediate wheat and corn shipments amid price expectations, while cars moved to the Southwest for winter wheat reduce Midwest availability.
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Chicago
Mid- West
Central States
Gra
CPA
Midwest
City Council Moves To Repeal Columbus Utility Tax
In response to an Ohio Supreme Court ruling, Columbus City Council prepared tonight to repeal the five percent utility consumers tax which accounted for 27 percent of the general fund revenue. Mayor James Rhodes and City Attorney Richard W. Gordon led a late session to draft repeal legislation after court decisions in Youngstown and an emergency conference.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Youngstown
James Rhodes
Richard W. Gordon
Gordon
Gas Producers Hear Pennsylvania Governor Speech on Oil's Role
Pennsylvania Governor Ed ward Martin addressed the Independent Gas Producers Association of Ohio urging defense links to oil and gas. He warned against socialist and Communist government patterns and praised rugged American individualism in energy development. A separate Egypt report notes a bombing at a club injuring women and British soldiers.
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Seanville
Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
Independent Gas Producers’ Association of Ohio
America
Martin
Alexandria
Egypt
Tuehke
Silver Fight and Women Rights Sidetrack Price Bill
Washington reports the OPA price control bill moved aside as fights over women’s rights and the price of silver dominated. Senator Barkley said a Truman signing is unlikely before tomorrow. A Senate House conference broke up for lack of a quorum amid talks of constitutional equal rights and continued deadlock on silver pricing.
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Washington
Barkley By
Truman
Senate House Conference Committee
Senate House
Senate
Degnan Case Climax Seen in Chicago
After seven months investigating the Suzanne Degnan kidnapping and murder, reports say William Tiekens will give a written confession soon. State and defense attorneys dispute that any confession has been made, despite newspaper reports of an agreement.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
William Tiekens
William J. Tuohy
Heirens
Warren City approves mixed swimming pool plan for 1946 47
City Council approves leasing Warren's municipal pool to highest bidders for the 1946 and 1947 seasons. Mayor Henry C. Wagner says the pool was funded under a mixed swimming plan despite opposition from an inter racial committee which frowned on days reserved for negro swimmers.
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Warren
Henry C. Wagner
Sceek
Official Laughs at Gestapo Claim in Slot Raids
Columbus Chief enforcement agent Frank Kreinfelder dismissed claims of Gestapo-like tactics as laughable amid Trumbull County raids that seized 43 slot machines in 15 bars. Akron liquor enforcement chief Ralph Kittle accused Kreinfelder of unnecessarily delaying cooperation and demanded more agents for such operations. Governor Lausche backed efforts to eradicate one armed bandits, insisting counties with slot machines must comply.
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Columbus
Frank W. Kleinfelder
State Liquor Department
Akron
Trumbull County
Ralph Kittle
Kreinfelder
Kittle
Trumpull County
Kileinfelder
Wittle
Frank J. Lausche
Legal Experts Of UN Study Veto Problem
United Nations atomic commission legal experts examine veto and treaty questions as the assembly prepared for a public session. Captain Alvaro Alberto becomes chairman for a month, succeeding Herbert V. Evatt who delays departure for the Paris peace conference. Drafting of a summary of atomic control proposals stalls at the request of the United States and Russia which have offered plan and counterplan.
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New York
United Nations Atomic Commission
Commission
Alvaro Alberto
Herbert V. Evatt
United States
Russia
Vet Says Bride Refuses To Leave British Isles
Youngstown reports a WWII veteran filed for divorce from Dorothy Allen Summers of Lancashire England claiming she refuses to leave Britain. Viral Summers Jr. an aerial gunner and former POW alleges gross neglect and extreme cruelty.
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Bride
British Isles
Youngstown
Yiel
Viral Summers
Dorothy Allen Summers
Lancashire
England
WAAF
Bread Rationing Stated Despite Bakers Threat
London report says the government will implement bread rationing despite bakers threatened revolt. A cabinet meeting chaired by John Strachey, the food minister, announced the plan as the Master Bakers Association refuses to collect bread tickets under the scheme effective today.
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John Strachey
Master Bakere’ Association
Paper Workers Strike Beside Offer Rejected at Hinde & Dauch Plant
In Sandusky the Hinde Dauch Paper Co plant closed as 315 United Paper Workers of America workers entered day two of a strike. Spokesmen said the union rejected a company proposal of 13 1/2 cents per hour while seeking an 18 1/2 cent raise. management noted a five cent increase was granted last January.
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Sandusky
Hinde & Dauch Paper Co
United Paper Workers of America
CTO
Tnian
Kidnap Guilt Denied By Steubenville Pair
ELKINS West Virginia James Blan 38 and Carl Richard Duralia 32 of Steubenville Ohio pleaded innocent in federal court to kidnaping Rosales Wricht and transporting her from Parkerstown to Delaware. One trial date was set.
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Elkins
Vast — Griev
James Blan
Carl Richard Duralia
Steubenville
Rosales Wricht
Parkersboro
Delore
Gene Talmadge Leads in Vote For Governor
Georgia race shows Eugene Talmadge with a growing lead in unit votes for governor amid incomplete returns from the Democratic primary. James V. Carmichael leads in the popular vote, backed by Governor Ellis Arnall, with virtually all the black vote favoring Carmichael.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
James V. Carmichael
Carmichael
Ellis Arnall
Talmadege
Pet Poisoning Mystery Grows in Circleville
Circleville officials remain puzzled after a dog killed during the anti rat drive showed no poison in its stomach. Chemist Lloyd Shops of Columbus Police Department conducted the analysis. City records reportedly list 13 dogs and cats killed, not the higher unofficial figure.
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Circleville
Lloyd Shops
Columbus Police Department
State Delays Minimum Wage Increases Amid Rising Living Costs
Columbus reports the cost-of-living crisis delays 35 cent per hour minimum wage raises for women in restaurants dry cleaning laundry beauty parlors and hotels. Industrial Relations chief J Karry Moore says surveys of five industries are complete but wage boards have not been appointed.
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Columbus
J. Karry Moore
Department of Industrial Relations
Hog Bidding Off 52 At Market's Opening
Chicago traders saw another decline in hog and cattle bids as opening bids fell sharply. No sales completed as analysts cite buyer resistance high pork prices and potential QPA price control changes shaping the downbeat market tone.
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Chicago
Washington
Lausche Seeks Rent Control by August
Gov Frank Lausche said he would decide by Friday whether to call a special session to pass a rent control law. He stated Ohio must have a rent control measure in effect by August 1, either federal or state, since federal control expired with the OPA.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Congress
Ile
Thief Takes Two Heirloom Bedspreads In Mentor Home
An intruder ransacked the home of antique dealer Gertrude Gray in Mentor, Ohio, opening cupboards and a cow freezer unit but only stealing two heirloom bedspreads. Local police report no other items taken.
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Painesville 6
Gertrude Gray
Mentor
Women Secretaries Talk In Combine Investigation
Senate War Investigating Committee probes midwestern munitions deals with Rep May D Ky while hearing testimonies from ex secretaries Eleanor Hall and Jean Bates. Witnesses allege payments and tapped wires as Garsson and Freeman push for licenses and contracts involving Erie Basin and Batavia Metal products. Capehart reports a garsson meeting referral but no government business handled.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
May
D-Ky
Mead
D-Ny
Combine
Mean
Murray Garsson
Garsson
Erie Basin Metal Products Co
Elgin, IL
Baxtavia Metal Products Co
Bactavia
Ill
Havana
George Meader
Eleanor Hall
Congress
Jean Bates
Savelas
Freeman
Bates
Senator Capehart
Ind
Capehart
New York
Mead Committee
Civil Strife Threats Rise Across China War Rages Along Yangtze
Rival government and Communist armies move toward the Yangtze as Chou En Lai accuses government forces of aggression and warns local clashes are turning into civil war. Peng Hsueh Pei counters, while Marshall and Stuart meet Chiang Kai-shek at Kuling.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
China
Chou En-Lai
Peng Hsueh-Pei
Yangtze
Shanghai
Marshall
Kuling
Chiang Kai-Shek
John Leighton Stuart
United States
Generosissimo
Chou
Shangha
Kiangsu
Aid to Aged Payments Rise in Ohio Total
Ohio will see an increase in aid to the aged payments with a July total about 245,000 dollars higher than last year, despite fewer recipients. State Welfare Director Finner Feams reports the higher average payments drive the rise.
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Ohio
Columbus
Finner Feams
Jury Action Hinted In Probe of Election Violations
Secretar y of State Edward Hummel said findings from an investigation into alleged election law violations in Lawrence County were turned over to the Lawrence County prosecutor for possible grand jury action. The announcement followed a 90 minute meeting with the Lawrence County Board of Elections.
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Columbus
Edward
Hummel
Lawrence
Bis
Lawrence County Board of Elections
Divinity Student Drowns Swimming in Ohio River
Wallar Lester Hupp a 21 year old divinity student and Army veteran drowned in the Ohio River at Buena Vista four miles above Parkersburg. His half brother Robert J Sams 15 said they swam from Xeals Island and were returning when Hupp disappeared. Officers recovered the body.
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Parkersburg
Wallar Lester Hupp
Army
Ohio
Buena Vista
Parkershir
Robert J. Sams
Xeals Island
Hupp
Postwar VEW Conclave Opens in Cleveland
The first postwar encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Ohio, opens a five day session in the public auditorium with over 40,000 expected attendees including Admiral of the Fleet Ernest J. King. Dignitaries will speak as delegates address housing atomic threat and world peace.
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Cleveland
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department of Ovo
Army
Wage Increase Signed by Phone Firm in Bellevue
The Northern Ohio Telephone Co. operator of 50 exchanges has signed a new contract with plant and traffic department employees calling for a one cent per hour wage increase. President William C. Henry announced the agreement which runs to June 1947 and adds about 29 dollars per month for each worker. Russia drops hooliganism charges against Waldo Ruess, a 36 year old embassy clerk in Moscow, State Department says.
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Bellevue—T
Northern Ohio Telephone Co
William C. Henry
Washington
Russia
Waldo Ruess
Moscow
State Department
SAM SIMMONS Says on Mihailovic and Tito in Yugoslav Civil Struggles
The speaker muses on Mihailovic as a resistance leader misjudged by Washington and London. He asserts Tito dominates the civil conflict, accuses Moscow, and expresses mixed respect for Mihailovic while doubting Western record-keeping and celebrating posthumous heroism.
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Mihailovic
Yugoslavia
Deat
Marshal Tito
Hanlovic
Tito
Mihailowic
Washington
London
Tiffin Fund Excludes Religious Education for Next Year
Directors of the Tiffin Community Fund vote to exclude religious education activities from the fund for the coming year. A separate campaign will finance religious education work.
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Tiffin
Tiffin Community Fund
Fremont Wins Grant for Planning of New School Building
The federal government approved 6 120 for Fremont to plan construction of a supplementary school building. A bond issue will be voted next year to obtain funds for the project. Franco ouster asked in London declaration signed by 195 members of Parliament. Elks Treasurer dies in Cincinnati after 16 years with the Ohio State Elks Association.
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London
Partliament
ELKS
Cincinnati
William Petri
The
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