Girl Found Beaten Girl in Field Near Newark
Police report a 22 year old man held without charge in the slaying of 17 year old Thelma Anderson whose battered body was found along the Baltimore and Ohio tracks near Newark. A second man questioned was released and the suspect signed a statement admitting to beating the girl after visiting beer parlors Saturday night. The victim had eloped to Greenup Kentucky last March but annulment proceedings were filed by her parents. Charles Anderson, the girl's husband, works downtown.
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Baltimore & Ohio
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William Harger
Nazi Hunted Inside Munich
World War II era brief reports Martin Bormann, Hitler’s aide, spotted in Munich a week ago as authorities conduct a house to house search. He had been missing and is tried in absentia by the International Military Tribunal. A former chauffeur’s tip sparked the renewed hunt amid postwar uncertainty.
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Probe Hearings Continue Despite Congress Aecess
The Senate War Investigating Committee pressed on with a crowded agenda including a study of "loopholes" in antimonopoly laws and questioned Lindsay C. Warren about the General Accounting Office powers over war contracts. The panel aims to draft anti profits legislation while reviewing war department transactions.
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Urban Speaks
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Charles Newman, Jr
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Gus Omnitz
Warren criticizes war years as government targets
Senate investigators heard Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren say it seemed like everybody was out to get the government during the lush war years. Additional War Department reports discuss malfunctions of 4.2 inch chemical mortar shells. Chairman Mead urged withholding condemnation of individuals or companies, including Erie Basin Metal Products of Elgin Illinois, as the committee proceeds with inquiries into munitions profits and losses.
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2000 Guards Militia Train at Camp Perry
About 2000 Ohio State Guards and Naval Militia officers and men from 21 jorities trained today at Camp Perry. The drill matches U S armed forces field training level, with Perry housing the first half of the sixth period. the second period starts August 10.
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Price Decontrol Board Near Auto Price Boosts Slated
President Truman's nominees for a new price decontrol board move toward Senate confirmation as Roy L. Thompson announces plans to meet with the other appointees. The board will decide by August 20 which meats dairy grains cotton products should return to controls, with hearings required. Auto and farm machinery prices likely rise first, followed by textiles and clothing.
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D Chambers 85 Dies in Meigs County
D W Chambers 85 died this morning at his Long Bottom home in Meigs County. Survived by daughters Hazel Curtis and Glennia Milhoan of Long Bottom. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM with Rev Riggs, Arbaugh funeral home, calling until Tuesday afternoon, burial in Sand Hill Cemetery.
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Jap invaders blamed for surge of opium in China
In Tokyo a wartime crimes tribunal heard from American professor Bates and British official Lawless that Japanese forces used guns and bayonets to back drug networks in China. Bates testified Nanking’s opium trade exploded after occupation with about 6,000 ounces daily and heroin profits near 3 million dollars each month.
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Plans Started For Deep Sea A-Bomb Test
Vice Admiral Blandy announced plans for a deep-sea atomic burst labeled Test Charlie to be conducted next spring after a shallow harbor blast left four ships in the lagoon radio active. Seabees prepare mooring lines and damage toll rises to 16 as investigators report live animals aboard outer-circle ships.
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Britain UKs German Plan Moves Toward Unified Zones
State Department said Britain has accepted in principle the plan to unify occupation zones in Germany. It added hope that Russia and France will also accept. US and Britain are expected to set economic details first, with France likely to join and Russia possibly refusing. The statement followed Byrnes meeting with Atlee and Molotov and Bidault at the Paris peace conference.
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Chauncey Man Tops State Bar Examiners
Erle H. Bridgewater Jr of Chauncey led 125 applicants passing the June state bar exam with a 90.4 grade. Ohio Supreme Court announced the results and Chief Justice Carl Weygandt will induct the top admittees in Columbus Cincinnati and Cleveland on August 1 2 and 3.
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Cincinnati
Cleveland
Man Gets Life Sentence On 3 Morals Charges
Dewey Parker 26 father of two was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to three morals charges including an attack on a nine year old girl. He was in Lima State Hospital for observation before commitment to Ohio Penitentiary.
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Dewey Parker
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Vet Housing Expediter Blamed for Bog Down
Washington Representative Mason blamed Wilson Wyatt for failure to expedite housing projects. He cited a midwest bogging down hindering pre construction and delaying material supply, causing an adverse impact on the housing program amidst market volatility and futures pressure.
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Wilson Wyatt
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Opening of Peace Conference To Press Of World Is Urged As Diplomats Meet In Paris
In Paris 1500 delegates face a push for open press access as Byrnes and Attlee seek publication of treaty drafts on Italy Romania Hungary Bulgaria and Finland. Debates center on what to release and how, with Russia demanding full publication and the Danube navigation issue looming large amid postwar reparations talks.
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Inmate Confesses to Slaying Fellow Juvenile Prisoner
15 year old Watten Rose of the Ohio State Bureau of Juvenile Research confessed to killing 16 year old Daniel Enslow after escaping with two companions from the bureau grounds. Rose allegedly poisoned Enslow with a candy bar and dragged the body into a water filled quarry to get even. Rose was arrested in Athens.
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Heirens Ready to Confess Slayings in Chicago Case
State officials prepared for William Heirens to confess to killing Suzanne Degnan, Frances Brown, and Mrs. Josephine Ross. Attorneys planned a meeting with State's Attorney Tuohy to set procedures for arraignment and forthcoming confession. Mrs Heirens urged study of her son's mental pathology.
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William Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
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Degnan
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Chicago Tribune
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Bill
Gas Steel Works Fades Out After Four Wars
The Gas Steel Works at Lakeside unit of Jones & Laughlin Steel in Cleveland is being torn down as obsolete. The 342 foot open hearth plant housed five furnaces and operations were halted at V J Day when chairman H. E. Lewis announced permanent cessation of Otisworks steelmaking.
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Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin
H. E. Lewis
Otisworks
38 Building Projects Approved by CPA in Cleveland
Civilian Production Administration Cleveland office approved thirty eight commercial and industrial construction projects totaling $594,967 last week. District Manager Glenn W Thompson said the largest project was a $150,000 addition and alterations for Central Clinic and Hospital at Salem.
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Salem
Bomb Threat Forces Bomb Squad To 25 Broadway Consulate
Police and detectives responded to 25 Broadway where the British Consulate houses offices after a morning telephone warning said the building would be bombed in 17 minutes. Radio cars and the bomb squad evacuated portions of the area as the threat was investigated.
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Amphibious Training Planned for Middies and Cadets
Washington reports that Annapolis midshipmen and West Point cadets will study amphibious warfare in Chesapeake Bay area exercises beginning August 10. About 315 cadets and 440 midshipmen will observe and participate in all landings and assaults on Virginia beaches during a 13 day operation led by Vice Admiral Daniel E Barkey who previously organized trained and commanded amphibious forces in the Southwest Pacific.
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NHA Appoints Filey to Cleveland Region
Ward A. Filey, manager of the U.S. Employment Service at Lorain, was named representative for the National Housing Authority in the Cleveland area, expanding federal housing oversight.
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Spurns Plans League For Free India
In Bombay the Moslem League council on action withdrew acceptance of the British Cabinet mission’s proposals for Indian independence. It urged direct action to establish a separate Moslem state, Parkistan, claiming peaceful avenues failed, and accused Britain and Congress of a breach of faith. The resolution also called Moslems to surrender titles from Britain.
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Atrocity Death Toll Estimates Rise in War Crimes
Washington reports 1142,000 Americans and Filipinos died from enemy war crimes with ongoing tallies. Assistant Secretary Howard Peterson promised swift trials for suspects as more information comes in. Victims died by murder, starvation, neglect, and mistreatment. The list includes 23,029 U.S. armed forces, 27,258 Philippine forces, 595 U.S. civilians, and 91,184 Filipino civilians.
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War Department
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Peterson
U. S
Industry Hit by Box Car Shortage Delays Warren Plants
Mitch ell, traffic manager of the Ohio Corrugating Co., said operations were curtailed over the weekend due to a lack of box cars to ship finished products. Production will resume this week with schedules pending shipping facilities. Other Warren plants face production layoffs from the acute boxcar shortage per a survey.
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L. C. Mitchell
Ohio Corrugating Co
Strike vote set among 15000 at Goodrich Akron plants
AKRON U F A strike vote will be held tomorrow among about 15 000 production workers at B F Goodrich Co Akron plants. George Bass local president of the CIO United Rubber Workers cites disputes over hours of work liberal insurance union security and pay adjustments for temporary assignments.
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George Bass
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Twin Girls in Ohio Pond Tragedy Claims One Life
Seven year old Joan Majjor drowned in a pond at an abandoned brickyard near Cincinnati while her twin sister June Majjor was rescued by 30 year old Roy Chapman. The sisters were playing at the site when Joan cried for air and failed to surface.
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Joan
June
Roy Chapman
Pilot Calls to Friend Dies When Plane Stalls
Frederick Garland, 26, of Hamilton died yesterday when a trainer aircraft stalled near Overpeck. He had shouted to a ground relative as the engine was shut off and the plane plunged about 200 feet, sustaining fatal injuries.
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Frederick
Garland
Unlucky Uncle Bill and a Farmhouse Vitamin Tale
A narrator recalls Uncle Bill, lazy and energy durable only by meals by the fire on the hillside farm. Attempts to move him by heat fail. The writer suspects Uncle Bill's lethargy influenced them and credits a later vitamin prescription for renewed energy.
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