Open sessions urged for Paris peace talks by rules committee
The Paris peace conference rules committee recommended opening all committee and general sessions to world newspaper correspondents. A general assembly vote, expected later today, would implement open meetings, backed by Byrnes and supported by Molotov and Evatt. Spaak chaired committee 13 amid Tito ally Kardelj as vice chair. The panel also eyed Evatt's plan to give all nations equal voice in drafting treaties for Nazi satellite states.
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Paris
General Assembly
U. S
Byrnes
Vyacheslav M. Moloitov
Nr. H. V. Evatt
United States
Molotov
Paul Henri Spaak
Belgium
Edward Kardelj
Yugeslavia
Spaak
Jap War Criminals Hanged for Atrocities
Nine Japanese war criminals were hanged today at Changi Jail Singapore as Allied prisoners who testified watched. Executed were Lt. Takasaki Shinji and Lt. Kaneshiro Takeshi nicknamed the Frog and the Undertaker for brutal acts in Burma Siam. The remaining seven were convicted over atrocities in the Andaman Islands.
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Singapore
Changi
Takasaki Shinji
Kaneshiro Takeshi
Burma
Siam
Andaman Islands
Golden Rule Still Exists Golden Rule Still Exists
Carl J. Gundling, a Cleveland gas station operator, misplaced a 2400 dollar tin box with cash on a bank run. Hours later Herbert Newport and a companion found the box in the street by their bakery route, identifying it by a gas bill inside. Gundling rewarded them with 250 dollars.
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Cleveland
Carl J. Gundling
Gundling
Herbert Newport
Dynamite Blast Destroys Home of 70 Year Old Ohio Man
Highland County Sheriff reports a dynamite blast wrecked Shad Robinson age 70 home at Gell four miles southwest of Leesburg early Sunday. Robinson was in bed and not seriously hurt. A second black man is held for investigation.
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Hillsboro
Highland County
J. E. Gustin
Shad Robinson
Gell
Leesburg
Robinson
Gustin
Yet Charged With Slaying Of Ohio Girl
Newark police charge Ralph David Hoffer a 22 year old war veteran with first degree murder in the fatal beating of 17 year old Thelma Anderson. Police say he admitted arguing over a stolen wallet after a beer parlor incident before the body was found.
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Newark
Ralph David Hoffer
Thelma Anderson
Gail Christman
Annival
Hoffer
Christman
McKnight Sentenced to Life for Second Degree Murder
NEW LEXINGTON Ohio Ed ward McKnight 32 pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the slaying of Luther Browning 18 and was sentenced to life in the Ohio Penitentiary. He had earlier pled not guilty by reason of insanity and was sent to Lima State Hospital for observation. He was later declared sane and allowed to plead to the lesser charge.
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New Lexington
Edward McKnight
Luther Browning
Ohio
McKnight
Lima State Hospital
Common Pleas
AL. & McGonagle
Salem Clinic Annex Contracts To Be Let
Contracts will be let soon for a 150000 annex to the Salem Central Clinic Hospital after Civilian Production Administration approval. Superintendent Albert Hanna said the addition will raise the hospital bed capacity by 35 percent in Salem.
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Salem
Salem Central Clinic Hospital
Civilian Production Administration
Albert Hanna
Farm output soars as war years yield record values
Census figures show the nation's 5.9 million farms averaged 3100 in products sold or used at home in 1944, up from 1939. Total farm product value reached over 18.3 billion, with larger farms, more owner-operated operations, and widespread electrification and telephones across the countryside.
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Census Bureau
Ome
South
Huron County Farmer Reports Record Wheat Yield
A. B. Cook and sons farm near Norwalk reported the highest wheat yield in Huron County this year, with 55 1/2 bushels per acre from a 1 acre field. Elevator managers in Norwalk and Monroeville said the county crop overall greatly exceeds expectations.
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A. B. Cook and Sons
Huron County
Monroeville
Manslaughter Charge Weighed in Wet Death
Columbus police investigated the death of Louis R. Shipman 21 a Navy veteran found unconscious downtown Saturday Detective Sgt. Carl Clifton said another man involved in a reported fight likely would be charged with manslaughter Retired official dies Lorain D W Lawrence 74 longtime National Tobe Co official and Lorain school board veteran dies after two year illness
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Louis, R. Shipman
Carl Clifton
Shipman
Lorain
D. W. Lawrence
National Tobe Co
Patrolman Assigned to Greenfield by State Patrol
Mayor W F Woodmansee announced the State Highway Patrol has complied with his request and will station a patrolman in Greenfield.
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Greenfield
W. F. Woodmansee
State Highway Patrol
Four Marines Killed as Ambush Near Peiping
AP reports 4 U.S. Marines killed and 19 wounded in a four hour ambush near Peiping by Chinese forces. Marines fought from trucks and fields, with attackers in bluish green Communist garb and various attire.
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Jay
Fred J. Frees
Sioux Falls
S. D
Tientsin
James West
Cincinnati
Frees
West
Headquarters
Associated Press
Iere
Hohsiwe
Filibuster Threatens Key House Bills Amid Attendance Drop
A filibuster and dwindling attendance endanger major action in Congress as the House nears year end Friday. Key items at risk include GI terminal pay, OPA funds, and AEC, with Rankin and Marcantonio leading the dispute over contempt procedures. Additional items targeted are VA auto aid for legless veterans, railroad reorganization, a large federal hospital program, and a social security tax freeze.
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Congress
Senate
House
Atomic Energy Control Commission
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British Hunt For Bombers In Tel Aviv
British troops sealed Tel Aviv with a 22 hour curfew as a manhunt for the King David Hotel attackers began. General Cunningham said evidence links terrorists to Tel Aviv amid the Jerusalem bombing aftermath. Eighty seven bodies recovered and twenty four missing.
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Tel Aviv
King David
Alan Cunningham
Holy Land
Boy 13 Kills Foster Mother in Indiana Farm Area
County prosecutor says Robert Houchen a 13 year old ward, signed a statement admitting he shot and killed Mrs Everett Louderback, 27, a farmer's wife who cared for him. Her body was found in a bean field near the farm home twelve miles northeast of Monticello. He claimed she had reprimanded him for laziness and ordered him to weed the garden.
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Monticello
Ind
Charles D. Boomershine
Robert Houchen
White County
Boomershine
Everett Louder
Here
Cannery Labor Shortage Threatens Crop Waste
Fremont area cannery officials warn that a labor shortage could waste vegetables. Henry Smith of the U S Employment Service cites more manufacturing in Tiffin Fostoria and Sandusky drawing workers away from canneries.
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Fremont
Sandusky County
Henry Smith
U. S Employment Service
Tiffin
Fostoria
Sandusky
SAM SIMMONS Advocates Age-Based Labor Reforms
SAM SIMMONS argues the law limiting child labor is flawed and advocates reassigning jobs to younger workers while pensioning mature workers. He contends formative years shape human value and warns current rules create idle youth and rise in juvenile delinquency.
Green Blasts Congress CIO At AFL Meet
At the Ohio Federation of Labor Convention delegates focused on wage stabilization collective bargaining and price control. AFL president William Green denounced Congress and the CIO accusing the dual union movement of trying to destroy the AFL and cited a raid on an AFL plant in Meadville Pennsylvania.
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Cleveland
Ohio Federation of Labor
Larlier
Congress
CIO
William Green
AFL
79Th Congress
Automobile Workers Union
Meadville
Memorial Funds $2,500 Endow Wagnalls Memorial
In Lithopolis Fairfield County Ohio the will of Mrs Ma bel Wagnalls Jones directs 2500 to the Wagnalls Memorial for its upkeep and operation for educational scientific musical and literary purposes Scholarships for undergraduates in learning music and art may be paid from the endowment Mrs Jones died March 22 and was the daughter of Adam Wagnalls a Lithopolis native publisher.
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New York
Mabel Wagnalls Jones
Wagnalls
Lithopolis
Fairfield County
Adam Wagnalls
Weed Poison Blamed After 29 Cattle Die
CHILLICOTHE Pi Twenty nine head of cattle died at three farms near Bainbridge during the weekend and Dr. Kenneth Renner a veterinarian said today death was caused by a poison apparently contained in a compound spread by a weed killing train. Dr. Renner said he reached his decision after conducting a post mortem on some of the cattle.
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Chillicothe
Bainbridge
Kenneth Renner
Renner
Air Forces Day in Ohio Set for August 1
Columbus announces August 1 as Air Forces Day in Ohio in honor of Army Air Force members who died in the war. Gov. Frank J. Lausche designated the day to commemorate those fallen servicemen.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Army Air Force
Former Canaan Man Is Ordained as Priest
The Rev. Fr. Nichol as Lesko son of Mr and Mrs John Lesko was ordained priest June 16 and conducted his first Solemn High Mass June 23 at East Vandergrift Pa He was born in Canaanville in 1919 and has brothers Mike Lesko of Washington and John of Pennsylvania and a sister Mrs Mary Brozak of New England He recently visited Mr and Mrs Brozak
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Nicholas Lesko
John Lesko
East Vandergrift
Lesko
Canaanville
Mike Lesko
Washington
John
Pennsylvania
Mary Brozak
New England
Brozak
Income Tax Refunds Reported Complete
Persons who have not yet received their 1945 income tax refund should consult the Bureau of Internal Revenue, H. J. Kelley said today. All refunds that have apparently been made are those not returned. perhaps they filed erroneously and should be checked, the local revenue official stated.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
H. J. Kelley
Tleday
One Dead Three Missing In Frisco Hotel Blaze
A downtown hotel fire at the Herbert Hotel in San Francisco killed fireman Charles Lynch and left three others missing. About 240 guests evacuated as flames reached the basement backstage bar, with 20 firefighters overcome by smoke and hospital treatments reported. Property valued at 400000 dollars.
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Herbert Hotel
Wkas
Martin
Jack Marshall
Execution Stay Granted By U S Supreme Court
Justice Hugo Black granted a stay of execution for Joseph D. Medley who was to die in the electric chair for the murder of Mrs. Nancy Boyer in her apartment. Medley escaped the death house last April 3 and was recaptured after hiding in a sewer pipe.
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Hugo Black
The
Supreme Court
Joseph D. Medley
Medley
Nancy Boyer
Gulf Refining Hikes Gas Price in Ohio One Cent
Gulf Refining Co. announced a price increase of one cent per gallon for gasoline across Ohio and a half cent per gallon for kerosene heating oil and diesel oil. The adjustment was disclosed yesterday.
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Ohio
Gulf Co
Pittsburgh
Gulf Refining Co
Nagato Added To Bomb Toll In Bikini Lagoon
The Nagato, one of Japan's two pre war battleships, sank in Bikini Atoll after the atomic test. The 32 720 ton ship joins the battleship New York as capital ships lost in Thursday’s underwater blast. Salvage teams faced radiation delays in assessing damage.
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Nagato
Bikini
Milij
Adm
W. H. P. Blandy
New York
Membership in the KKK outlawed in New York
New York state officials announced the Ku Klux Klan is outlawed after it obtained a charter in 1923 as Alpha Pi Sigma to skirt civil rights laws. Attorney General Nathaniel Goldstein cited the organization’s officers and members as illegal under state statute.
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New York
New York State
Nathaniell L. Goldstein
Alpha Pi Sigma
Ohio Youth Sentenced in Auto Theft Plea
Bedford Indiana judge sentenced 18 year old Russell Van Cleave of Middletown Ohio to one to ten years in the Indiana reformatory after he pleaded guilty to auto theft.
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Bedford
Ind
Russell van Cleave
Middletown
Ohio
Indiana Reformatory Today
Chester A. David
Townsend Plan Returns to Congress With Tax Idea
Debates over the Townsend Plan resume in Congress as Senators Pepper Downey and Taylor propose a 3 percent gross income tax to fund old age pensions. The plan would extend survivor benefits, broaden unemployment, and raise federal aid to the aged blind and dependent children, while a payroll tax freeze limits other changes.
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Townsend
Congress
Pepper
Fla
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Taylor
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Senate Finance Committee
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