Four escaped WV penitentiary convicts recaptured
In a dramatic pre-dawn breakout from the Wet Virginia State Penitentiary 14 inmates escaped. By Saturday 11 were recaptured and three life-term prisoners were found in Ohio. Otto Neff was wounded in a pursuit near Cadiz and is reported in good condition.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Gerald Nolan
Eddie Starcher
Denver Vannest
All Life Terriers
James Bailey
Chalmers E. Tate
Cadiz
Marshall Bailey
Tate
Bailey
Otto Neff
Stanley Sheftie
John Valykeo
Neff
Ohio Valley General Hospital
Wheeling
Sheftie
Valykeo
Cadiz 1
Orel J. Sheen
Moundsville Penitentiary
Jackson County Search For Convict Fails
Denver Vannest, 35, one of 14 WV state penitentiary escapees, eluded Jackson County officers last night after a wooded area standoff. Vannest, serving 25 years for armed robbery, wounded Ravenswood Mayor Ray E. Ritchie in a past holdup, leaving him crippled for years.
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Point Pleasant
Denver Vannest
West Virginia
D. G. Wilfong
R. C. Dilley
T. L. Morrison
Roane
Jackson
Kanawha
Jackson County
Vannest
Ray E. Ritchie
Ravenswood
Ritchie
Police Seek Two Escaped Patients in Columbus
Police search Central Ohio for two escaped Columbus State Hospital patients. Bud Rice 38 overpowered an elevator operator and took keys to flee with 26 year old HarryMontague. Rice is 5'7" 178 pounds with gray eyes in a blue work shirt. Montague is 5'5" 115 pounds with blue eyes in khaki clothing.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus State Hospital
Bud Rice
Harry Montague
Bice
Churches Damaged By Weekend Vandals in Columbus
Police estimate damage in the thousands of dollars after weekend vandalism targeted two downtown Columbus churches. Central Community Church suffered cut cables and wires, broken doors, and scattered contents, while St. John’s Evangelical Protestant Church had literature overturned and a hall clock torn down.
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Columbus
Rudy H. Thomas
Central Community Church
St. John’s Evangelical Protestant Church
Batory to Sail As Captain and Crew Questioned
The Polish liner Batory faced questioning of Captain Jan Cwiklinski and four crewmen by U S officials after a life raft flare ignited at its Hudson River pier. Nineteen passengers remained at Ellis Island for further checks as ship personnel were cleared to depart.
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U. S. Immigration Department
S. S. Batory
New York
Gerhart Eigler
Europe
Gerhart Eisler
America
U. S
Ellis Island
Hudson River
Jan Cwiklinski
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Truman and Marshall Vow U S Strength for Global Freedom
In a Carlton Hotel dinner honoring General George C. Marshall, President Truman pledged the United States will devote its entire strength and resources to maintaining world freedom, peace, and democracy. Marshall urged prompt approval of the North Atlantic Pact, while officials from Marshall Plan nations offered thanks for American aid in their time of need.
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Washington
United States
Western Europe
Truman
George C. Marshall
Carlton Hotel
Marshall
Harvard University
Farmer's Son Dies Of 70 Per Cent Burns
Vernon Texas. Donnie Woodward ten year old son of a tenant farmer died after enduring burns covering about seventy percent of his body. He was burned when gasoline ignited during weed burning. he had clung to life since May 10 and repeatedly expressed a desire to live despite doctors' pessimism.
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Vernon
Tex
Donnie Woodward
Donnie
Fire in Hazleton Leaves Family of Eleven Homeless
More than $1000 was donated today to a relief fund for a West Hazleton family of eleven after a devastating blaze killed five of their sons and left the parents and remaining children homeless.
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Hazleton
West Hazleton
Louisville Strikers End Bus Service Sixth Day
Louisville workers faced commuting chaos as the city entered its sixth day without bus service. Strikes and walkouts disrupted transit, forcing many to walk or thumb rides to reach work.
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Louisville
Intruder Snoozed After Looting 82-Year-Old’s Home
An overnight Detroit intruder ransacked jewelry from 82-year-old Mrs. Atilda Besman then slept in her bed. Neighbors and a roomer named William Petcoff helped awaken him but failed to rouse him. Ernest Lilly of Detroit was arrested for investigation after diamonds and a watch were found on him.
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Cleveland
Detroit
Atilda Besman
William Petcoff
Steve Kostrubanics
Ernest Lilly
Lawmaker Reveals Suspended AEC Employee Lacked Loyalty
Senator Hickenlooper said an AEC employee who drafted secret atomic reports for Congress was suspended after an FBI check found derogatory information. He urged separate FBI leadership for atomic security and questioned the emergency clearance process used since 1947.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
FBI
Lilienthal
AEC
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Congress
J. Fagar Hoover
Justice Department
J. Edgar Hoover
Bliss GOP to Confer on Ohio Campaign Strategy
Ray Bliss Ohio GOP state chairman is due in Washington for talks with the Ohio Congressional delegation and Republican leaders. They plan new campaign strategy after eight-seat loss to Democrats. A public relations bureau is being set up to publicize GOP work and efforts to tailor this program locally.
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Washington
Ray Bliss
Ohio
House
Bliss
Man Aims at Grand Jury in Auto Theft Ring
Cleveland reports a 34 year old man identified by FBI Cincinnati agent as Harry Friedman alias Harry Rogers, alleged leader of a six state auto theft ring headquartered in Cleveland and operating across Ohio Tennessee West Virginia Michigan Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
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Cleveland
A. E. Ostholthoff
FBI
Cincinnati
Harry Friedman
Harry Rogers
Ohio
Tennessee
West Virginia
Michigan
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Meat Packer Dies In Leap From Roof
Lima Ohio reporting Robert G. Thomas 41 vice president and general manager of the Lima Packing Co. fell from the plant roof Sunday in an apparent self inflicted death. A note was left but not released by police. He leaves a widow two sons and a daughter as survivors.
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Lima
Robert G. Thomas
Lima Packing Co
R. G. Hendershot
Death ruled self inflicted by Fred Minor
Coshocton County coroner William Pfadt ruled the death of 28 year old Fred Minor of Conesville as death by own action. Minor shot himself in the head Saturday night according to the coroner.
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Coshocton
William Pfadt
Coshocton County
Fred Minor
Conesville
Pfadt
Mino
Right Killed In Weekend Accidents
Ohio weekend traffic deaths total five with an air plane crash killing two. Names include Ames Johnson Jr. 20 of Rockhaven Toboso and Thomas Potts 35 co owner of Torch speed way. Others are Harry Hull 18 drowned and Logan Tallentine 37 and Jack Hemmerly 28 in a Vermilion plane crash near a family cottage at Miradora Beach.
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Columbus
Ohio
Reed
Ames Johnson, Jr
Rockhaven Toboso
Newark
Thomas Potts
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Harry Hull
Bellefontaine High School
Indian Labs
Logan and Russells
Tallentine
Mansfield
Jack W. Hemmerly
Shelby
Vermilion
A& A
Tallentire
Miradora Beach
Retired Farmer Havecotte Leaves $294000 Estate
The will filed for probate in Portsmouth shows George Havecotte leaving an estate valued at $294,000. After taxes and debts, the net stands at $220,488 to be shared among relatives. Cousins John Landwehr and Anna Meyer of Bowling Green each receive $29,849, with George Landwehr of Luckey also $29,849. Other beneficiaries include Stanton Davis Ironton, Anna M. Miller Waterloo, Clara Wolfe Lorain, Elbert Widding Leavittsburg Route 1, William Widdig Dayton, and Charlotte Moore Columbus each at $1,989.
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Portsmouth
George Havecotte
Ralph Stevens
John Landwehr
Anna Meyer
Bowling Green
Ohio
George Landwehr
Luckey
Wood County
Stanton Davis
Ironton
Anna M. Miller
Waterloo
Clara Wolfe
Lorain
Elbert Widding
Leavittsburg
William Widdig
Dayton
Charlotte Moore
Columbus
Woman Nominated Treasurer of the United States
President Truman nominated Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark of Richland Kansas banker as the first woman treasurer of the United States. The 49 year old divorcee had backing from Mrs. India Edwards head of the women's vision of the Socratic national committee and arrived in Washington after a hurried call.
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Washington
Truman
Georgia Neese Clark
Richland
Kas
United States
Clark
India Edwards
Socratic National Committee
Edwards
Point Pleasant Boy Wins Essay Contest
Ronald W. Butler, 14, of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, won first prize in a national high school essay contest conducted by the National Father’s Day committee and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. The topic was How Can Fathers Help Make Us Better Citizens. The winner and his father receive a seven day free trip to historic sites in the Shenandoah Valley and Washington, D C.
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New York
Ronald W. Butler
Point Pleasant
W. Va
National Father's Day Committee
The
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Shenandoah Valley
Washington, D. C
Tuppers Plains Man Injured in Mishap
Carl Matlack 24 of Tuppers Plains was seriously injured Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle failed to make a curve on Route 50 near Coolville. State Police said his cycle was heavily damaged and he was taken to Camden Clark Hospital in Parkersburg West Virginia with a broken nose facial lacerations and possible skull fracture.
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Carl Matlack
Tuppers Plains
Coolville
Matlack
Camden Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Woman tells how agent asked for jet secrets
Mrs. Joseph J. Franey of Buffalo testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee that a Soviet purchasing agent named Andrei Scevchenko sought wartime jet engine and swept back wing reports. She says the FBI supervised their plan to trap the spy by supplying controlled microfilm copies from Bell Aircraft and a Buffalo plant.
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Washington
Bell Aircraft Co
FBI
Joseph J. Franey
Buffalo
N. Y
House
Andrei Scevchenko
Natonal Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Buffalo War Plant
Franey
N. J
House: Un-American Activities Committee
Niagara Falls
Hooker Electro Chemical Co
Franeys
West Awaits Soviet Move On Germany
An East European diplomat says Molotov was assigned to oversee China and Orient policy and may signal a shift in Moscow’s stance toward Chinese Communists. In Paris, Western powers await Moscow’s response to Dean Acheson’s bid for a Berlin compromise. Acheson met Vishinsky and emphasized firm positions on Berlin and Germany.
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Paris
Lyachesilav M. Molotov
China
Orient
Russia
Moscow
Dean Acheson
Berlin
Acheson
U. S
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Germany
Big Four Council
Vishinsky
Kremlin
Robert Schuman
Johnson Defends Marshall Plan and Pact as Calculated Risks
Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson told Marietta College graduates that the Marshall Plan and Atlantic Pact are calculated risks and that progress justifies U S actions. He urged strength as the reason war has not begun, noting an aggressor would lose. He received an honorary doctor of laws at commencement.
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Marietta
Louis A. Johnson
Johnson
Marietta College
America
Cross County Cyclist Heads Toward Pasadena to Ohio
George French a Princeton University student en route by bicycle to his Pasadena California home headed for Ohio after reaching Washington Pennsylvania last night. He had logged 414 miles in two days as part of his cross country trek.
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Washington
George French
Princeton University
Pasadena
Calif
Ohio
Gallia Highways Chief Appeals Removal Order
Roscoe Allen of Gallia County appeals a state civil service commission removal from the county highway superintendent post effective June 1. No hearing date has been set.
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Columbus
Roscoe Allen
Gallia County
State Civil Service Commission
Deaths Investigated In Arkansas Icebox Tragedy
Walton County officers probe the deaths of three children found jammed inside a small unused icebox at a rural Walnut Ridge area home. The investigation continues as authorities seek to determine the cause and circumstances surrounding the deaths.
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Walnut Ridge
Ark
Here
Times Reports Soviet Purge Shrinking Communist Ranks
The New York Times cites a Paris dispatch by C L Sulzberger claiming a political purge in Russia, with evidence of at least 300000 expelled from the Communist Party and declines in Komsomol membership. It notes disappearances among leaders tied to Andrei Zhdanov, once Stalin’s favored successor, and mentions rivals Malenkov.
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New York
New York Times
Russia
Paris
C. L. Sulzberger
Communist Party
Komsomol Communist Youth League
the Times
Sulzberger
Firemen Credit Man For Averting Drowning
Newark firemen credited Link Young, 25, of Central City with saving 14 year old Gerald Graft Jr. from drowning in a sand and gravel pit. The boy was placed in an oxygen tent at Newark Hospital.
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Newark
Link Young
Central City
Gerald Graft, Jr
Newark Hospital
UMW Chief and Union Fined Over Pension Strike
Washington AP reports the U.S. appeals court upheld contempt convictions of John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers for failing to call off a strike over miners pensions. Fines total $1.49 million, with Lewis at $2,000 and the union at $1.49 million. The ruling centers on obeying a court order while the Taft-Hartley act applicability remains contested.
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Washington
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeala
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Goldsborough
Union
Supreme Court
Greene Lewis
Ihs
Itte
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Bluefield
W. Va
Detroit
Ford-Uaw
Une
CLO
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Alberni Sinks Off Vancouver Island in Storm Rescue Underway
The Canadian government ship Alberni sent word she was sinking rapidly off Canoe Rocks at the north tip of Vancouver Island in Queen Charlotte Sound. The Royal Canadian Air Force later said attempts to contact the vessel had failed, while salvage vessel Salvage King headed to the stricken ship to aid.
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Vancouver
B. C
Alberni
Canoe Rocks
Queen Charlotte Sound
Vancouver Island
Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAF
Salvage King
Girl Unconscious 177 Days In Salem Pink Ribbon
Dorma Marie Saunders, seven, unconscious since February after being hit by a coal truck near Lisbon, remains alive in Salem hospital wearing a pink ribbon. Her father Jim Saunders reports possible skin grafts and brain recovery. mortgage payments and nursing care continuing as community groups raise funds.
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Salem
Dorma Marie Saunders
Donna
Lisbon
Jim Saunders
Saunders
Ohio Tar & Asphalt Co
Chamber of Commerce
Salem Amvets
The
Salem News
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