Dynamite Blast Wrecks Tipple at Bergholz Mine
A dynamite blast wrecked the Rebel Coal Co tipple at a Bergholz Ohio mine injuring no one and causing about 300 dollars in damage. The non union mine normally employs 22 men and had been closed for bad weather with no watchman on duty.
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Rebel Coal Co
Bergholz
Ohio
Fual Lawn Ohian Furnaroe
Bute Ave
Eosee
Lake Erie
Jefferson County
United Mine Workers
American Steel and Wire Co
Cleveland
United States Steel Co
Moral-Hold Your Temper Canto n Woman Confined After Court Outburst
A Massillon mother raged at Stark County court and kicked the courthouse elevator out of service. She faces a charge of contributing to the neglect of her three children after a judge jailed her for contempt for five days. In Chillicothe firefighters battled a two story blaze next to the central fire station for three hours. Three firefighters were overcome by smoke as they fought the $12,000 fire.
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Canton
Massillon
Stark County
Paul D. van Nostran
Chillicothe
Central Fire Station
Alliance Voters Approve $150,000 Hospital Bond
Alliance residents voted to issue a $150,000 bond to fund expansion of the city hospital, expanding facilities and services for the community. The measure passed amid local support for improved health care access.
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Alliance
Coal Strike Drags On As Jobless Near 600000
Soaring unemployment from the soft coal strike neared six hundred thousand with 200,000 furloughed in coal using industries joining 372,000 on strike. Soft coal stocks shrink to 5.6 days while hard coal faces a shortage threat as anthracite diggers work a three day week amid stalled talks.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
UMW
Pennsylvania
Ralph Taggart
New York State
Washington
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
UMW District 17
Charleston
W. Va
Child Dies From Burns After Bucket Incident
Cambridge family reports 2 year old Sandra Kay Lucas died at Swan Hospital from burns after falling into a bucket of boiling water. Parents are Everett and [Mrs.] Lucas of Cambridge Route 3.
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Cambrdge
Sandra Kay Lucas
Everett Lucas
Cambridge
Swan Hospital
Escaped leopard dies after return to Oklahoma City zoo
A 175 pound leopard that escaped from Lincoln Park ZooLast Saturday and roamed northeastern Oklahoma County for 61 hours died after being recaptured. He fed on horsemeat laced with chloral hydrate, then collapsed in his cage despite veterinary efforts. Autopsy planned to determine cause of death.
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Oklahoma City
Freedom
Lincoln Park Zoo
India
Oklahoma
Zoo
W. O. Bowerman
Julian Frazier
Government Ends Case in UMW Contempt Trial
The government completes its case in the contempt-of-court trial of John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. Judge Keech denies a motion to dismiss and allows defense, as new contract talks begin amid rising coal shortages and potential government seizure of mines if talks fail.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Welly K. Hopkins
Hopkins
Keech
Lewis
John Owens
Owens
Reech
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
White House
Congress
Canton Voters Reject College Levy Plans
Canton citizens soundly vote down three tax levies to fund a new Canton University. The Canton Branch of Kent State University will close at year end due to insufficient funds.
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Canton
Canton University
Kent State University
Kiisley backs $60 retirement plan for Ohio seniors
In Columbus Clarence H Kiisley proposes $60 a month retirement for Ohioans age 65, says current pensioners should keep homes under value claims and that state property should revert to owners. He dodges financing details but pledges outlines during the campaign. Rhodes calls welfare dept a political football needing stability. Hummel pledges to sponsor pro school legislation. Ferguson says he would repeal Taft Hartley if elected to Senate.
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Columbus
Clarence H. Kiisley
Kinsley
Youngstown
James A. Rhodes
State Welfare Department
Ohio
Marion
Joseph T. Ferguson
U.S. Senate
Attlee reshuffles Labour Cabinet to meet Conservative threat
Prime Minister Attlee reshapes the cabinet to strengthen Labour ahead of possible elections. He keeps Morrison Bevin and Cripps while elevating 15 ministers, creating a new post for town and country planning with Hugh Dalton as minister. The Commons party is reduced to a seven seat margin.
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London
Attlee
House of Commons
Herbert Morrison
Ernest Bevin
Stafford Cripps
Commons
Douglas Clifton Brown
Labor Party
Winston Churchill
George VI
Hugh Dalton
Two Men and Three Children Found Murdered in Cairo
In Cairo Georgia two men and three children were found slain in adjoining houses early today. The victims included Jim Turner 76 a Baptist preacher and three Turner children. Turner was stabbed eight times and bludgeoned with an ax. The children were killed by throat slitting and head beating. John Harvey Arline 50 a Baptist preacher was found shot in the neighboring house with a shotgun under a bed.
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Cairo
Jim Turner
Turner
John Harvey Arline
Flu Closes Five Schools in Ross County
Five Ross County schools shut down Tuesday due to influenza among pupils. Local district officials reported affected buildings in Chillicothe area and advised families to monitor symptoms and follow health guidelines.
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Chillicothe
Ross County
Ford Pension Plan Lets Old Workers Collect $100 Monthly
Detroit news reports Ford Motor Co begins its historic pension plan. Hundreds of aging workers, who once built Model T's for low wages, clocked in for the last time today and will now receive $100 a month plus social security, though the value has changed over 30 years.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Petition Name Mixup Blocks Local Senate Candidacy
Hubert Cardington is identified as Hubert Phillips in a contested May primary bid for State Senator. Judge Fred W. Everett told the Scioto County Election Board not to certify the petition because it used only one of the two names. Cardington's mother later used the Phillips name but he never legally adopted it. A resident protested claiming the incorrect name invalidated the candidacy.
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Jackson
Hubert Cardington
Hubert Phillips
Common Pleas
Fred W. Everett
Scioto County
Phillips
Gussie Moran Engagment Off By Mutual Consent
California tennis star Gertrude Moran known as Gorgeous Gussie confirms her engagement to British businessman Anthony Davenport is definitively off by mutual consent. She says she still regards him highly but accepts the breakup as one of those things.
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Calcutta
Gertrude
Gussie
Moran
Anthony Davenport
California
Secrets Fuchs Sentenced for Betraying Atomic Secrets
Dr. Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to betraying top atomic bomb secrets to Communist Russia. The trial at the Old Bailey lasted 90 minutes with one witness, British Security Officer William J. Skardon, and noted the plea for mercy amid stated contrition.
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London
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Old Bailey Court
Baron Goddard
United States of America
William J. Skardon
Fuchs
Britain
Derek Curtis-Bennett
Lord Goddard
Birmingham
England
New York
Boston
Hartley Shawcross
U.S
Federal Bureau
U.S.A
Brixton
Lambeth
Armstrong pleads guilty in Gifford murder case
James B. Armstrong 26 pleads guilty to first degree murder in the Gifford case. Captured Feb 16 in Columbus after a year-long hunt, he faces a three-judge panel to decide between electric chair or life imprisonment. Trial set for March 27 pending Weygandt appointments.
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James B. Armstrong
Gifford
Columbus
Armstrong
Common Pleas
Roy D. Williams
Lawrence G. Worstell
Williams
Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
W. Parker Walker
Athens
Worstell
George Bateman
Jimmy Stewart
Harry Z. Dodds, Jr
Grover E. Rawlins
Eleanor E. Gifford
Dodds
Rawlins
Ohio
John W. Bolin
T. Vincent Martin
Trailer Fire Kills Three Near Farm
A trailer near a Hillsboro farm house killed three residents, John Albert Rank 70 and sisters Fannie Runk 77 Otto Mae Runk 65, in a 2:30 a.m. blaze. The cause remains undetermined though neighbor Lawrence Chaney reported checking stove flames and noting a possible accidental stove overturn.
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Hillsboro
Here
Highland County
A. M. Brenner
Brenner
John Albert Rank
Fannie Runk
Otto Mae Runk
Otto Mae
Lawrence Chaney
Runk
Chaney
Case Against Journal Goes to Court Today
The U S Attorney General opens its first court case against the Lorain Ohio Journal in an antitrust suit. The government accuses the newspaper of refusing to accept ads from firms that advertise through WEOL Elyria Ohio. The Journal denies the charges.
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Cleveland
U.S
Lorain, Ohio
WEOL
Elyria
Ohio
County Doctor To Take Stand In Mercy Case
Manchester New Hampshire report on the mercy death trial where Dr. Hermann Sander faces questions about injecting air into a patient’s veins. Witnesses describe the incident and the doctor’s reaction. The husband of the deceased testifies to his feelings toward the physician.
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Manchester
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Robert E. Biron
Hillsboro County
Sander
Anita Ducharme
Abbie C. Borreto
Miss Ducharme
Hillsboro County General Hospital
Biron
Mother Not Cancer Victim
RENSSELAER N Y police in 14 states sought a 30 year old mother who vanished after telling her children she would never return and believed she had cancer. Her husband said a physician found no serious illness and she had been treated for an internal disorder.
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Rensselaer
N. Y
Helen B. Overlander
Overlander
Hudson River
Albany
New Union Wins Rights at Dayton GM Plants
The CIO International Electrical Workers Union won bargaining elections at two General Motors plants in Dayton. Workers will join the union as part of the drive to organize blue collar labor at GM facilities.
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Dayton
CIO International Electrical Workers Union
General Motors
Annual Ohio Air Tour Plans Stop in Kentucky
The Cleveland Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the annual Ohio air tour which will invade Kentucky for the first time. Overnight stops include Louisville and New papome Ohio with other stops at bus Lexington Huntington W Va and Akron Canton Ohio airport. Possible alternative stops are Lancaster Zanesville Youngstown and Sandusky Ohio.
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Cleveland
Kentucky
Cleveland Junior Chamber of Commerce
Louisville
New Papome
Ohio
Lexington
Huntington
W. Va
Akron-Canton
Lancaster
Zanesville
Youngstown
Sandusky
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Kenneth McDougald
L. K. McDougal
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Misco
Muskingum County
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Barrett
Allied Chemical and Dye Corp
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Hal Boyle
Richmond B. Keech
Donald R. Heath
Bulgaria
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State Department
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Europe
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Edward J. Hummel
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Harry Vaughan
Saints and Sinners
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