Vandenberg Consents to Name for Republican Nomination
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg gave consent for his name to be placed in nomination at the Republican convention. Taft Stassen supporters push to block Dewey on an early ballot while Missouri and Michigan backers press Dewey, with vote projections showing Dewey short of the 548 needed.
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Philadelphia
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
Vandenberg
Dewey
Kim Sigler
Michigan
Missouri
James P. Kem
United States
Kenn
Associated Press
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Winening
Taft and Stassen
Gov. Duff
Pennsylvania
Duff
Edward Martin
Alabama
Martin
New Yorker
Taft
Stassen
Warren
California
Taft Seeks Four Way Coalition for GOP Nomination
Senator Robert A. Taft works to unite a four man bloc including Harold Stassen Earl Warren and James Duff to control delegates for the Republican nomination. With 1094 delegates, 548 needed, Taft and allies push for a first ballot victory while weighing possible shifts by Dewey supporters.
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Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Pennsylvania
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Earl Warren
California
James H. Duff
Stassen
Duff
Warren
Robbery Slavers Sentenced to Die in Ohio
In Cincinnati two young men, Asbell Adams aged 19 and Charles Sparks aged 22, were sentenced to die in the electric chair on October 1 at the Ohio Penitentiary for the $6 robbery slaving of taxicab driver James Case, 31. They were convicted by a jury on May 5.
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Cincinnati
Asbell
Buster) Adams
Charles Sparks
Ohio Penitentiary
James Case
Can't Resist Temptation Ex-Policeman Sentenced for Burglary
John W. Forbes a 43 year old former Cincinnati police officer who testified he couldn't resist the temptation to steal was sentenced to life imprisonment for burglary of an inhabited dwelling. Forbes has spent 18 of the last 20 years in prison.
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Cincinnati
John W. Forbes
VA to Spend $1,000,000 Year on Artificial Limbs
President Truman has signed a bill authorizing the Veterans Administration to spend one million dollars annually on research to improve artificial limbs.
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Washington
Truman
Veterans Administration
Presidential nominating speeches schedule on major nets
For Tonight's Broadcasting reports NBC CBS and MBS set 9 30 p m for speeches from Philadelphia convention with ABC skipping Joe Louis Joe Walcott fight. Thursday ballots at 11 a m daylight or 1 a m standard with NBC stations connected for instant relay and programming subject to last minute cancellation.
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Philadelphia
MBS
NBC
CBS
ABC
Joe Louis
Joe Walcott
Rain Breaks Warm Weather Across Midwest
Rain eased the heat across the central states with cooler air approaching from the Mississippi Valley to the Appalachians. Showers drenched the warm belt, heavy rains hit the Dakotas through Oklahoma, and a tornado in southeastern Nebraska and southwestern Iowa killed one and damaged numerous farm buildings.
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Plains States
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Iowa
Ohio Warm Spell Persists Into Weekend
Heat waves move northeast from the Gulf keeping Ohioans in sweltering conditions. Columbus reached 94 degrees yesterday, three below the June 22 all time high from 1888.
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Columbus
Gulf of Mexico
Italian veterans march in Naples protest for bread and jobs
In Naples, Italy, more than 15,000 unemployed veterans demonstrated for relief, demanding bread and work as a public protest.
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Naples
Italy
Civil Strife Shakes Israel Blasted Ship Beached by Irgun
Tel Aviv residents fled the water front as an ammo laden LST burning offshore sparked a four hour clash between Irgun and the army. The ship carried 600 tons of munitions in violation of a UN truce banning arms imports. An Irgun loudspeaker claimed Mena chen Beigin narrowly escaped the fire. No further fighting was reported after both sides fled.
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Irgun
Zvai Leumi
Israel
LST
United Nations
Menachen Beigin
Plea Entered In Baby Case In Meigs County
A Racine woman, name withheld, pleaded innocent to mutilation and destruction of a body. She waived examination, bound over to the grand jury, and posted 2000 dollars bond. The mother of a infant found dead at Racine Grade School last week appeared before Justice P L Peoples. Lungs of the child were sent to Columbus for pathological exam to determine if born dead or alive.
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Pomeroy
Racine
Meigs County
Justice of the Peace P. L. Peoples
Columbus
Secretary Named Columbus Executive Secretary Ohio Forestry
William Laybourne of Canal Winchester has been named executive secretary of the Ohio Forestry Association. He will serve as the group’s public relations man.
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Columbus—(P
William Laybourne
Canal Winchester
The
Ohio Forestry Association
Coal Strike Court Ban Dismissed
Judge T Alan Goldsborough dismissed his court order banning UMW from striking as the Justice Department moved to end the action. The ruling follows upholding John L Lewis plan to pay retired miners a $100 monthly pension and affects ongoing wage talks for a new contract. The case centers on pension fund disputes and potential impact on a summer strike in the soft coal pits.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers
Justice Department
H. Graham Morison
Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Lewis
UMW
Matthew F. McGuire
Goldshborough
Truman
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Philadelphia
Bridges
Material Broker Guilty In Non-Delivery Case
New York jury convicts Isidore Ginsberg a 53 year old materials broker known as the worst of the gray marketeers for taking 1575 dollars for scarce rock lath he failed to deliver. He faces sentencing on July 14.
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New York
Isidore Ginsberg
Wallace Party Plans Post Election Activity
NEW YORK The New Party plans to stay on the political scene after the November elections regardless of the outcome. Henry A. Wallace said in his presidential bid he now hopes for many times the four million votes he once set as a goal.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Year’s First Heat Death Reported in Cincinnati
Cincinnati recorded its first heat fatality yesterday. Clifford Gardner aged 58 died of heat and overexertion while putting coal into his basement per coroner Herbert P. Lyle. Temperature reached 94, the year's high.
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Cincinnati
Clifford Gardner
Herbert P. Lyle
Troops Unload Food in London Amid Dock Strike
The Labor Government sent troops to London wharves to unload food cargoes tied up for ten days due to a wildcat dockers strike.
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London
Baby Girls Found Abandoned in Cleveland Housing Hallway
Two infant girls were discovered today in a hallway at the Cedar apartment housing project in Cleveland. Police and medical responders were notified and transported the babies to a city hospital for evaluation and care.
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Cleveland
Cedar Apartment
Hoover Attacks Red Tyrants at GOP Convention
Former president Herbert Hoover delivered a fiery denunciation of Soviet leaders and urged the party to lead a battle against communism while warning against overburdening the American economy. Speaker Martin defended the 80th Congress as he accepted chairmanship for a third time, praising Capitol Hill's record amid world crisis concerns.
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Herbert Hoover
Martin
Hoover
House of Representatives
Congress
Truman
Massachusetts
Capitol Hill
Stalin
Russians Call Surprise Meet
Soviet Union summoned a surprise conference in Warsaw with Eastern European satellites to discuss a potential challenge to the Western Allies plan for a West German state. Attendees listed Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Romania, and Hungary with possible Molotov leadership.
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Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Romania
Hungary
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Largest Gas Deposit Decrease Noted In Canton Field
The Canton natural gas field once produced 80,000,000 cu ft daily in April 1947 now yields 30,000,000 cu ft with similar effort. Experts forecast the decline will persist, likely rendering the wells unprofitable by spring 1950.
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Canton
Ohio
East Ohio Gas Co
United States and Israel Exchange Diplomats
The United States and Israel agreed to exchange diplomatic missions. State Department officials stressed the move signals no American commitment regarding Arab Jewish hostilities halted by a truce.
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Washington
United States
Israel
State Department
Trial Date Set in Bribery Indictment Against Ex-Lt Molnar
Former police lieutenant Ernest L. Molnar pleaded innocent to an 11 count bribery indictment alleging he accepted about $82 000 in bribes from policy operators. Common Pleas Judge Frank J Merrick scheduled July 6 as the trial date.
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Cleveland
Ernest L. Molnar
Common Pleas
Frank J. Merrick
Churchmen compromise Oberlin merger proposal
Two thousand delegates to the general council of the Congregational Christian Churches compromised their differences on a merger proposal. reports and resolutions followed the decision today at Oberlin.
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Oberlin
General Council
The
Congregational Christian Churches
OSU Granted $25,000 Cancer Courses Grant
Ohio State University received a $25,000 grant for cancer courses. the award was announced by Oscar Ewing, Federal Security Administrator, yesterday in Washington.
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OSU
Washington
Ohio State University
Oscar Ewing
Federal Security Administrator
Allies Void Soviet Money In Berlin
The Western Allies announced a separate currency for Berlin's three western sectors, defying Soviet control. Banks and nonessential stores were closed and debt moratoriums ordered, with the changeover due to start tomorrow. The proclamation marks the first direct countermand between Allies in Berlin's three-year occupation.
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Berlin
Gallipolis Nurses Pass State Exams
The State Nurses Board announced 601 successful candidates for the April 9 examinations. Three Cleveland women had the top scores. Read among the Gallipolis names are Helen Lorraine Allensworth, Jean Elizabeth Bates Clark, Elinor Lucille Doepping, Deetta Yvonne Gettings, Mary Ellen Jewell, Betty Lou Lutton, and Mary I. Rothlisberger Lutton from Holzer Hospital.
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Columbus
State Nurses Board Today
State Nurses’ Board
Cleveland
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Helen Lorraine Allensworth
Jean Elizabeth Bates Clark
Elinor Lucille Doepping
Deetta Yvonne Gettings
Mary Ellen Jewell
Betty Lou Lutton
Mary I. Rothlisberger Lutton
Atom Dispute Predicted For UN Fall Session
In a major UN clash over atomic energy control, Russia and Western powers are set for a fall session battle. Soviet deputy minister Andrei A. Gromyko used Russia’s 26th veto to overturn a Security Council majority, signaling a heated dispute ahead.
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Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Security Council
Lightning strike kills man in Troy
Parker A. Smallenberger, 43, was killed last night when struck by a lightning bolt in Troy. Police said the incident occurred outdoors during a storm and the victim was found at the scene.
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Troy
Parker A. Smallenberger
Greek Troops Break Through Guerrilla Pocket in Grammos
Greek Second and Tenth Divisions drove into the Grammos Mountains near Albania. Ninth Division pressed along the Albanian border toward a junction with the 15th Division, capturing Vourbiani. Some guerrillas reportedly flee toward Albania to avert encirclement as rebels, about 7,000 strong, come under attack.
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Athens
Grammos
Albania
Vourbiani
Nestorion
Jury to hear case of Ohio Penitentiary stabbing
In Columbus a jury of 10 women and two men prepares to hear Paul R. Skarpusis 25 Canton charged with first degree murder for stabbing his cellmate Andy Nahakla 27 Pike County to death at the Ohio Penitentiary. He testified he did not intend to kill only to injure. He said stabbings were common in the overcrowded prison as fights over a water bucket erupted April 24.
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Columbus
Ohio
Paul R. Skarpusis
Canton
Andy Nahakla
Pike County
Skarpusis
Mississippi Delegates Pledge Walkout Over Truman Nomination
Mississippi's 30 delegates to the national Democratic convention pledged to walk out if President Truman is nominated. They were elected in Jackson yesterday at a smooth convention with no opposition from states rights supporters.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Truman
Ratification of 1948 GOP Platform Nears Convention Approval
The 1948 Republican platform goes before the Republican National Convention for ratification in Philadelphia. It pledges global cooperation for peace and major domestic legislation, with veterans and civil rights measures praised by Taft and Dewey allies. President Truman may call Congress back for a special session to push GOP promises.
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America
Congress
White House
Vandenberg
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Columbus Girl Named Girls State Governor
Marilyn Tarshish a 16 year old Columbus brunette was elected governor of the Second Annual Buckeye Girls State yesterday. She defeated Margaret Whitaker of Springfield candidate of the Idealist party. Miss Tarshish a senior at the Columbus School for Girls was backed by the Realists.
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Marilyn Tarshish
Columbus
Margaret Whitaker
Springfield
Idealist Party
Miss Tarshish
Columbus School For Girls
Realists
Two Children Drown In Newark District
In Newark district two boys died in separate water incidents. Lanny Abe Bott, 8, of Lancaster, drowned yesterday in Buckeye Lake Park's Crystal pool. Fred Paul Riehl, 9, son of Mr and Mrs Paul Riehl, drowned yesterday in the city waterworks lake.
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Lanny Abebott
Lancaster
Buckeye Lake Park
Crystal Pool
Newark, CO
Fred Paul Riehl
Paul Riehl
City
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