Report To FBI Names Actors As Communists
Washington AP report to the FBI names Fredric March and other Hollywood figures as Communists. The document notes March and Canada Lee as fellow travelers tied to the Institute for Democratic Education. Coplon trial links the papers to her alleged theft of Justice Department secrets for Russia.
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FBI
Washington
Fredric March
Hollywood
Judith Coplon
March
Frederic March
Communist Party
William J. McCarthy
Daniel F. Garde
Lionel Berman
Edward G. Robinson
Paul Robeson
Dorothy Parker
Donald Ogden Stuart
Ruth McKinney
Alfred Maltz
Alvah Bessie
Dalton Trumbo
Millen Brand
Michael Blankfort
T-6
Canada Lee
Institute For Democratic Education, Inc
Daniel L. Marsh
Boston University
Clyde R. Miller
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Norman Corwin
Columbia Broadcasting System
Florence Eldridge March
Communist Front
Moscow
Justice Department
Barto
Tam
Marsh
Teachers College
Miller
Miss Coplon
Russia
John M. Kelley, Jr
Raymond P. Whearty
Albert L. Reeves
Careful Check Urged on Presidential Appointee
Senator Bricker urged a careful check of Harlan T. Chapman's record as Ohio liquor department chief before Senate action on his appointment as assistant register of the treasury. Bricker cited permit and enforcement actions during a freeze, Chapman defers comment, and the nomination by Truman amid bipartisan support.
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Cleveland
John W. Bricker
Harlan T. Chapman
Ohio Liquor Department
Senate
Register of the Treasury
Chapman
Fragmented OCR notice from The Messenger News page
Damaged readable text shows page sections with column codes and partial headings for a local paper. Names, places, or events are unclear due to heavy OCR errors and missing context.
House Debates Time Zone Referendum in Ohio
Ohio House proposes amending the state constitution to require standard time and refer the question to voters next November. The Senate may adopt the plan, while cities currently shift to daylight saving time each spring. A FEPC dispute and wage bills also move through the legislature as committees clash over civil rights, county engineer pay, jail matron salaries, and school construction tax levy proposals.
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Columbus
Ohio
House of Representatives
Senate
House
FEPC
Oreville Man Indicted in Highway Death
Muskingum County grand jury indicted Harry Bey, 36, near Oreville on manslaughter in a traffic death. Bey allegedly struck Daniel Snyder, 70, who rode a wheelchair on April 23. Bey fled but was arrested hiding in a clothes closet at his home.
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Zanesville
Muskingum County
Harry Bay
Oreville
Harry Bealmear
Bey
Daniel Snyder
Oroville
Snyder
Bealmear
Ray
Paroled Inmate Fatally Attacks Restaurant Owner
A 62 year old Michigan man died from knife wounds inflicted by a paroled inmate of Eloise Hospital. Angelo Christon, a restaurant owner, was attacked in his parked car last Sunday. Angelo Carger, 62, was identified by Detective Capt. Ralph Murphy as the assailant and was captured and returned to the hospital.
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Toledo
Michigan
Ralph Murphy
Angelo Christon
Murphy
Angelo Carger
Eloise Hospital
Wayne County
Mich
Carger
Tornado Hits Village in Nebraska Killing Three
BELVIDERE NEB A tornado struck a southeastern Nebraska village today killing three and injuring seven. The main part of town lost power and lights, only one telephone worked, water supply was threatened, one building was demolished and several others were left in ruins.
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Belvidere
Man Commits Death by Own Action in Drink Fight
Walter Ambot, 34, a machinist, shot himself to death in Toledo yesterday after failing to conquer his desire for alcohol. Coroner Paul G. Hohly said this was his second suicide attempt within 24 hours, noting the pattern of self harm related to drinking.
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Toledo
Walter Ambot
Paul G. Hohly
Ambot
Hohly
Poor Relief Costs Tripled In 7 Years
Columbus report shows Ohio poor relief bills rising from 10 500 cases a month in 1945 to about 25 000 today. Chief Robert Canary cites housing and higher living costs as main drivers, with a $24 million relief bill expected this year and 1949 levels likely the highest since World War II.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert B. Canary
State Welfare Department
Canary
U. S
Welfare Department
Bill Urged for Study of Chronic Drunkenness
In Columbus a nine member commission to study redeeming alcoholics won approval by a 115 to 1 vote. The commission would advise on the feasibility of state institutions for treatment and would study chronic drunkenness with a goal of aiding those seeking to stay sober.
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Bill
Columbus
Senate
Soviet Officers Beat Back Looting Mob in Berlin Rail HQ
Four Russian officers defended the Soviet controlled Berlin rail headquarters as about 200 railway strikers invaded the American sector site on the Spree Canal. Western police guarded the entrance after Soviet Commandant Alexander Kotikov filed a complaint. The mob retreated when the Russians fought back. later 100 American sector police arrived to reinforce.
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Berlin
U. S
Alexander Kotikov
Spree Canal
Stalin
Lenin
Frank Howley
Trailer Rent Hike Opposed by ONU Veterans
About 70 veteran students and spouses at Ohio Northern University protested a $5 monthly rent increase on college owned trailer homes. They said the hike was unfair and happened without notice, and they circulated a petition opposing the measure. Only three families in the trailer villages are non veterans.
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ADA
Ohio Northern University
Sleeping Convict Captured After Escape
Denver Vannest described as the most dangerous escapee was found asleep under trees at New Martinsville. Police flushed Gerald Noland in Parkersburg, while hunger and cold forced two federal reformatory escapees to surrender in Chillicothe.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Denver Vannest
West Virginia
New Martinaville
Vannest
Parkersburg
Gerald Noland
J. Norman Mehl
Noland
Mehl
W. M. Humphrey
Humphrey
Chillicother
Federal Reformatory
James Watkins
Helfin
Ala
Ellis Cook
Milestone
Edgar Bowker
Bristol
Mayor Hines of Chauncey Dies at 66
Chauncey mayor William D. Hines, 66, died in Athens after a 12 week illness. A New York Central Telegraph operator, he lived in Chauncey about 30 years and remained mayor in title though inactive. Born in Burr Oak, he is survived by sisters Mary Samson, Mrs. Nell Hillyer, Leta Westfall, and brothers Ozro, Andrew, Envy, and Joe Hines. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at Glouster Methodist Church.
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Chauncey
William D. Hines
Athens
Hines
New York Central Railroad
Burr Oak
Converse St
Mary Samson
Nell Hillyer
Leta Westfall
Hollister
Ozro Hines
Bucyrus
Andrew
Envy
Joe Hines
Glouster Methodist Church
Gilbert Courtney
Blower
Glouster
24 Shoats Die In Tractor Trailer Crash
In Cincinnati a double decker trailer overturned in the early hours killing 24 shoats and injuring several other animals. The vehicle carried 119 young pigs and 11 cows. Deputy Ralph J. Weber Jr. and four deputies spent five hours clearing the wreck and its contents.
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Cincinnati
Ralph J. Weber, Jr
Isotopes Could Be Used For Germ Warfare Study
Witness Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission testified that radioactive isotopes sent to foreign countries could be used in germ warfare research. He noted Russian scientists might visit labs where American isotopes are used, despite shipments to the Soviets. The Senate House Atomic Energy Committee pursued charges of mismanagement amid calls to fire AEC chair David Lilienthal.
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Washington
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Senator Hickenlooper
Iowa
David E. Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Lilienthal
AEC
Truman
State Department
West Demands Blockade End
Paris reports Secretary of State Acheson urged lifting the Berlin blockade by Monday while Western powers press Russia to end the Berlin rail strike to allow a near complete East West trade agreement to take effect.
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Paris
Russia
Dean Acheson
Berlin
Acheson
Two Akron Men Die In Crane Electrical Shock
Two Akron men, Jack R. Boston 23 and T. D. Manthe 33, were killed at the Babcock and Wilcox plant in Barberton when a steel tape measure between two cranes touched a 23 000 volt line. The accident halted work as investigators examined the scene.
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Barberton
Akron
Jack R. Boston
T. D. Manthe
Babcock and Wilcox Co
Toledo judge limits barking dogs to one per household
Common Pleas Judge John M. McCabe ruled a court order cannot silence barking but reduced the volume. He issued a permanent injunction barring Mrs. Leilah N. Nash of Toledo from keeping more than one dog after a neighbor complained that ten German Shepherds at her home caused sleep loss. Nash testified she kept five dogs for protection.
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Toledo
Common Pleas
John M. McCabe
Leilah N. Nash
Nash
Five Named By Chambers At Hiss Trial
Whittaker Chambers testified that five men supplied him with government documents during his Soviet spy ring work. He named Alger Hiss, William Ward Pigman, Harry Dexter White, Vincent Reno, and Julian Wadleigh as associates.
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New York
Whittaker
Alger Hiss
Wane Eres
Chambers
William Ward Pigman
Harry Dexter White
Vincent Reno
Julian Wadleigh
Wadleigh
Hiss
State Department
Pigman
Appleton
Wis
U.S. Bureau of Standards
Whittaker Chambers
Hoover To Address Wesleyan Ceremony
Herbert Hoover tops dignitaries attending Ohio Wesleyan installation of its ninth president. Hoover will speak at 3 p m Saturday as Arthur Flemming is installed president.
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Delaware
Herbert Hoover
Ohio Wesleyan
Commission
Federal Vernment
Arthur
Flemming
Jet Plane Crashes at Base. Officers Uninjured
An F-80 jet crashed during takeoff at Clinton County Air Force Base. Pilot Captain Lou Kappil and passenger Major Loren E. Weaver escaped injuries. Cause of the crash was not determined.
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Wilmington
Clinton County Air Force Base
Lou Kappil
Loren E. Weaver
President Re-Elected By American Gold Star Mothers
Mrs. Eleanor D. Boyd of Long Beach California was re elected president of the American Gold Star Mothers at a meeting last night in Chicago.
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Chicago
Eleanor D. Boyd
Long Beach Cal
Reduced Stockpiles Is Goal
The 450000 United Mine Workers begin a week long strike to push John L. Lewis's demand for stabilizing action in the coal industry. He says overproduction and a large above ground stockpile justify a shutdown to pressure new terms before contract expiry.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Alan
Cleveland
Charleston
W. Va
Walter KR. Thurmond
Southern Producers Ass'n
UMW
John L
Philip Murray
CLO
William Green
AFL
Murray
Green
Ward Lewis
Capitol
Senate
Ohio to cut $2 from monthly old age pensions
Pension Chief Marion McIntyre announced a $2 reduction in the June payments for 90 000 aged Ohioans. The cut does not affect the 443 pensioners whose balances remain intact. Welfare Director John H Lame neck cited lack of funds as the reason.
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Columbus
Fire Chief and Two Aides Die in Wall Collapse
In St Paul Minnesota a wall collapsed during a small fire at Waldorf Paper Products Co in the Midway district trapping the fire chief and two aides. The blaze began near midnight in a waste paper stockpile just after being nearly extinguished.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St Paul
Midway
Waldorf Paper Products Co
Mineneapolis
Reading offer for two years of magazines and daily newspaper
Messenger subscribers can get two years of magazine subscriptions plus the daily newspaper at savings. Mail selections or give to a carrier salesman. Call the circulation department at 0243 if missing. All mail by July midnight to close offer.
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Messenger
Midight
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