Massillon boy’s hospital death story questioned by mother
In Massillon the mother of six year old Roger Gue doubts his claim that he dropped two infant girls at City Hospital. Police chief Switter accepts the tale as solving the June 6 deaths, while Stark County Prosecutor McLaughlin keeps investigating, saying the case remains unresolved. The infants Diana Brand and Rosemary Morton died from skull fractures. a civil suit totaling 200000 dollars against hospital staff proceeds. Roger, then a patient with a broken arm, testified he dropped the babies while playing in a ward.
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Roger Gue
Navarre
Stanley W. Switter
City Hospital
Little Roger Gue
Massillon — LP
Massillon City Hospital
Leo Brand
Harry E. Morton
Roger
Switter
Stark County
D. Dean McLaughlin
Roger) Gue
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Ron Vean
Ellis
Willard Schaurer
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Chief Switter
Messenger carriers to tour Washington on all expenses paid trip
Twenty nine Messenger magazine contest winners from Athens Logan and nearby towns will depart July 28 aboard the B and O National Limited for a five day educational tour of Washington DC. Highlights include breakfast in the diners and visits to the Capitol White House Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery with stays at the Plaza Hotel.
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The
Fred W. Weber
Messenger Magazine
Athens
B&o National Limited
Washington
Limited
Mr. Weber
James M. Vercoe
Woodrow Reynolds
Logan
Plaza Hotel
Capitol
White House
Congressional Library
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
Department of Justice
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Washington National
Ohio
West Virginia
Charges of Communism On Antioch Staff Denied
Jessie Treichler, assistant to Antioch College president, defended professors Arthur Steinberg and Lewis Corey against House committee accusations. Steele linked Steinberg to a Canadian spy ring and claimed Corey is a Communist Party member. Both professors deny ties and say their pasts and roles as scholars stand without Communist associations.
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Antioch
Yellow Springs
House Committee of UN American Activities
Antioch College
Jessie Treichler
National Security Committee
American Coalition of Patriotic
Arthur S. Steinberg
Lewis Corey
Steele
Steinberg
Berger
Corey
Lewis Corey Fraini
Communist Party
Fels Research Institute
U. S. Navy
State Liquor Overstocking Probe Called
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert directs Atty. Gen. Hugh S. Jenkins to lead a probe into overstocking of state liquor warehouses with slow moving spirits. Jenkins plans to hire two investigators and begin work next week as the inquiry expands.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Hugh S. Jenkins
Jenkins
Frank J. Lausche
Gasoline Station Blaze Claims Three Lives in Minot
Firemen fought oil fed flames after a blast at a bulk gasoline station touched off a blaze that swept four blocks in Minot business district. The fire destroyed nine businesses and killed three people, with damage estimates not yet available.
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Minot
N.D
Nurserymen Elect Die Vice President Siebenthaler
George C. Siebenthaler of Dayton is elected vice president of the National Landscape Nurserymen's Association.
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Boston
George C. Siebenthaler
Dayton
The
National Landscape Nurserymen’s Association
Red Officials Labeled Spies
Victor Kravchenko told Congress that every Soviet government representative in the United States may be seen as a spy. He testified before HUAC as a former official of the Soviet Purchasing Commission in New York. He noted Sedov, deputy chairman of the commission, was superior to the Russian ambassador from the Communist party view.
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Washington
Victor Kravchenko
Congress Today
United States
Pay Increase Granted, City Strike Called Off
Canton officials announce an eight cent hourly raise for 250 municipal workers in the street, water, garbage and paint departments. The plan runs from August 1 to December 31 and ends a scheduled city strike after CIO United Public Workers of America locals accepted the offer.
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Canton
CIO United Public Workers of America
Ohio patrol finds one in five cars defective in lights brakes or horn
Ohio state patrol and city police report a statewide check found 19 123 warning tickets among 108 622 vehicles. Lt M A Mock released figures showing 18 999 drivers cited for defects in lights brakes or horn.
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Columbus
State Highway Patrol
Ohio
M. A. Mock
Ohio Weather Forecast Sees Cold Start to Week
Columbus forecast shows temperatures four to six degrees below normal with a chilly tonight. A gradual warming trend begins Thursday and continues through Saturday with about half an inch of precipitation expected around the weekend.
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Columbus
Ohio
Fugitives Captured Near Elyria Returned to Prison
Three inmates from the Grafton Prison honor camp near Elyria were captured yesterday and brought back to Grafton. The pursuit followed their escape from the facility, ending in their apprehension and return to custody.
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New Philadelphia
Grafton
Elyria
U S Envoy Studies China Civil War Developments
American Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer, on a Truman administration fact finding mission, meets with Chiang Kai-Shek and top generals Hu Tsung Nan Fu Tso Yi Li Tsung Jen to assess a three front civil war. They warn that mobile forces may replace the garrison system as the fighting shifts across Manchuria, Shantung and northern provinces. Government leaders hope for a tide turn within 12 months aided by mobilization and training reforms.
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China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Albert G. Wedemeyer
Truman
U. S
Chiang
Hu Tsung-Nan
Yenan
Fu Tso-Yi
Kalgan
Li Tsung-Jen
Peiping
North China
Shensi
Shantung Peninsula
Yellow Sea
Manchuria
Shantung Province
Hopeh
Shansi
Jehol
Tientsin
Paoting
United States
Unseasonably Cool Spread Across Midwest and Southwest
Unseasonably cool air from Canada lowers July temps across a wide swath of the Midwest and Southwest. The Weather Bureau reports readings from Minnesota to Indiana and Missouri to Arkansas between 40 and 50 degrees above in some spots, with Harrison Arkansas at 49 and Advance Missouri at 50. La Crosse Wisconsin logged 41 while Chicago reached 49.4 tying the all time July low after a day with no high above 68.2 degrees for the first time in 51 years.
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Southwest
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Indiana
Missouri
Arkansas
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Ark
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Argentine Plane Crash Kills 17 Injures 12
The Argentine Air Force opened an inquiry into its costliest accident as a brand-new Douglas transport failed to lift off at El Palomar Air Base near Buenos Aires. It crashed across a railroad and burned near the military academy, killing 17 and injuring 12, with three fatalities among spectators.
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el Palomar
Argentina
Military Academy
U S Protests Cloud Russia Aid Hopes
Washington protests Moscow over missing oil machinery in Romania stalling Russia’s hope for lend lease refinery equipment. Congress halted $18 million in post lend-lease oil supplies amid delays in settling wartime Soviet accounts.
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Moscow
Romania
Russia
United States
Congress
Soviet Union
Memorial Dedication Set for Fall of 48
A 400 acre park and 161 acre lake near Circleville are planned as a memorial to Pickaway County war dead and should be ready by fall 1948. Land agent B S Miller said bids for a 60 foot dam with about 1000 feet of fill would likely be sought this fall and work would start next spring.
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Columbus
Circleville
Pickaway County
B. S. Miller
State Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
Miller
Art Educator Glendinning Keeble Dies at 60
New York mourns Prof. Glendinning Keeble 60 former director of the College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology who died last night in New York.
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New York
Glendinning Keeble
College of Fine Arts
Carnegie Institute of Technollogy
Dutch Amphibious Action Reported as Indonesian Strife Spreads
AP dispatch from Batavia reports Dutch amphibious landings in east Java and initial actions on Sumatra as the Indonesia conflict widens. Netherlands claims objectives met with 150 casualties. Republicans say Dutch resistance is stiff in drives from Soerabaja and Buitenzorg.
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Netherlands
The
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Probolinggo
Sitoebondo
Medan
Palembang
Padang
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Soerabaja
Buitenzorg
Jogjakarta
Soerakarta
Semarang
Bandoeng
Taft Plans Western Swing Ahead of 1948 Bid
Senator Taft outlined a western speaking tour to gauge reaction to a Republican Congress before deciding on a 1948 GOP presidential run. He will address Ohio Republicans at Columbus July 31 and may visit Idaho Wyoming Nebraska and other western states. He also plans appearances in Santa Cruz San Francisco Gearhart Ore and a panel with the American Bar Association.
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Taft
Congress
Ohio
Senate
House
Columbus
State Committee
Bricker
Pacific Coast
American Bar Association
Santa Cruz
Calif
San Francisco
Commonwealth Club
Wendell L. Willkie
Gearhart
Ore
Idaho
Wyoming
Nebraska
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Senators OK 6 Ohio Flood Control Projects
A Senate appropriations subcommittee endorsed a 343 million dollar budget for flood control and navigation in Ohio. Projects include Cincinnati one million, Delaware Reservoir three point two million, Dillon Reservoir three point four million, Portsmouth New Boston one point four million, West Fork Mill Creek Reservoir five hundred thousand, and Ohio River open channel two hundred thousand.
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Washington
Ohio
Senate Appropriations
House
Cincinnati
Delaware
Dillon
Portsmouth- New Boston
West Fork Mill Creek
Ohio River
Restaurateurs Seek Dissolution of Ohio Wage Board
The Ohio State Restaurant Association urged W. J. Rogers, head of the department of industrial relations, to dissolve the new minimum wage board or ensure proper representation under the law. The nine member board met to discuss the hotel and restaurant industries.
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Columbus
Ohio State Restaurant Association
W. J. Rogers
Department of Industrial Relations
Six Boys Captured After Columbus Break
Six boys who fled the Bureau of Juvenile Research in Columbus on Sunday were recaptured. Three were caught by Chillicothe police in a stolen car. another boy is still at large after escaping from the hospital.
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Columbus
Bureau of Juvenile Research
Chillicothe
Bureau
Wagon Struck by Car Fatally Injures Worker
Eli Augsburger 72 of Bluffton died in Community Hospital Bluffton after a wagon he worked on was struck by a passing car and run over him. He suffered chest injuries a few hours earlier and died late last night.
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Beaverdam
Eli Augsburger
Bluffton
Nine Girl Guides Drown in France Tide Tragedy
In Bordeaux France nine girls aged 13 to 17 drowned during a bathing incident on a sandbar as a rising tide swept them away. Local authorities are investigating the disaster and recovering bodies.
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Bordeaux
France
House Aid May Be Asked In Vote Fraud
Senate stalled on a congressional inquiry into Attorney General Clark handling of Kansas City vote fraud charges. Senator Kem hopes for Senate action but Democrats resist an early vote. A House Republican indicated several representatives want an inquiry and may push it before the Administration Committee.
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Washington
Senate
Clark
Kansas City
House
Kem
R-Mo
House Administration Committee
Muskingum Conservancy Project Outcomes Publicized
The Muskingum Conservancy District and the Ohio Division of Conservation and Natural Resources report improved conditions across a chain of ten lakes in the Muskingum Valley. The results are described in Outdoor Magazine's September issue.
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New Philadelphia
Muskingum
Banks to cash veterans terminal leave bonds after Sept
The Treasury plans regulations to let banks cash terminal leave bonds for veterans once President Truman signs the bill. About 15 000 banks would process bonds like government savings bonds. The measure allows cashing of more than 1.8 billion dollars after September 1 and cleared Congress Saturday night.
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Washington
Treasury
Truman
Congress
Child Run to Mother Ends in Tragedy near Johnstown
Three year old Helen Greer was struck and killed by a truck as she ran to greet her mother Mrs Cecil Greer returning from a shopping trip. The accident happened in front of the Greer farm home about two miles southwest of Johnstown near Route 60.
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Columbus
Helen Greer
Cecil Greer
Johnstown
Leap From Moving Car Proves Fatal for Ironton Man
Ironton police report Henry Kirk 25 of Pedro Route 1 died after leaping from a car moving about 35 mph. The incident occurred yesterday. authorities described the act as a fatal leap with injuries sustained en route to the hospital.
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Ironton
Henry Kirk
Pedro
Publisher Sued By Newscaster Over Alleged Injury
John M. Peart, 28, a radio newscaster, sues Earl Jones, publisher and coal mine operator, in Muskingum County Common Pleas Court for 100 463 dollars alleging an April incident in a Jones drug store knocked him down stairs and aggravated prior wounds from the South Pacific, hospitalizing him 13 days. Jones says the petition contains false statements and denies mishandling.
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Zanesville
John M. Peart
Muskingum County
Jones
Peart
Portsmouth Opens War On Reckless Motorists
The Municipal Court will levy a $50 fine and 60 day driving suspension for reckless driving. Judge Kenneth Cranston announced the move aims to curb traffic accidents that have caused 21 fatalities in Portsmouth this year.
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Portsmouth
Kenneth Cranston
Cranston
Akron teachers assured of $150 wage hike
Akron's 1,700 public school employees were assured of a $150 raise for last year after the school board voted to borrow $620,000 in anticipation of June tax collections. The increase had been agreed last May to avert a looming teachers strike over pay.
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Akron
Southern Pacific Strike Ends After 7 Hours
SAN FRANCISCO A strike by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers halted Southern Pacific western lines for six hours and 45 minutes. The action ended early and hundreds of locomotives resumed service minutes later.
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San Francisco
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Western
Southern Pacific Railroad
Behnken Re-Elected President of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod
In Chicago the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri Ohio and other states re elected its president Rev John W Behnken to a fifth three year term yesterday reinforcing leadership of the church body.
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Chicago
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri
Ohio
John W. Behnken
Interior funds OK for western reclamation projects
Senate expected to approve a compromise Interior Department appropriations bill allocating 89,528,038 for western reclamation projects. The final bill provides 194,587,859 for Interior programs for the year ending June 30, 1, which is 101,500,000 less than the budget estimate but 33,174,000 more than originally voted by the House.
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Washington
Senate
Interior Department
House
Auto Crash Fatality Reported in Lisbon
Thomas A. Clems was fatally injured in an auto crash in Lisbon yesterday. The incident prompted local authorities to investigate the collision and determine cause and circumstances surrounding the tragedy.
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Lisbon, O
Thomas A. Clems
Sam Simmons On Wallace Threat To Truman In 1940s Politics
Sam Simmons argues Henry Wallace could unsettle President Truman and split the Democratic Party. He says California backing Wallace shows earnest radicals, while Truman may have misstepped with wartime conscription proposals. The piece reflects GOP leanings and warns against unpredictable political shifts.
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Henry Wallace
Truman
California
Wallace
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