Beachs Death Sentence for Child Slaying Confirmed
A common pleas court jury in Cleveland sentenced Harold A. Beach to death for the New Year’s night killing of eight year old Sheila Ann Tuley. Judge Silbert deferred execution to allow a motion for a new trial. Beach will be 23 tomorrow. Execution cannot occur before June 19.
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Cleveland
Harold A. Beach
Sheila Ann Tuley
Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas
Samuel H. Silbert
Beach
OU Building Program To Start in Summer
Ohio University will begin erection of two more dorm units to complete the Men’s Dorm, estimated at about 350000 dollars. The Evans Dana units lead the project with earlier buildings, while Bryan Hall will become a girls dormitory. The program also includes a 250000 dollar engineering building, Memorial Auditorium renovation, a new infirmary, and campus landscaping to connect Lower Campus with College Green.
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John C. Baker
Ohio University
Bryan Hall
Ewing Hall
Memorial Auditorium
University
College Green
William J. Davis
Athens
Baker
University Terrace
Five-Point Program Is Outlined
President Truman and Secretary Marshall outline a five point plan to meet a world crisis. They urge prompt European Recovery Program action, Western European political unity, blocking spread of Communism including China, renewed efforts for world peace, and domestic restraint from fevered election year passions.
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Washington
Truman
China
Marshall
Russia
Federal Council of Churches
Senate
House
United States
Europe
Cold Wave Sets March Records Across Ohio
A sharp sub zero front hit Ohio driving record cold for March in Cincinnati Cleveland and other cities. Temperatures ranged from 14 below to 20 above with several sites setting daily or monthly lows. Ohio Fuel Gas curbed gas use by 50 percent for industrial users through Friday. ice caused 15 traffic accidents in Cincinnati.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Canton
East Liverpool
Toledo
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Company Sets Prices Claim in FTC Hearing
Norman W. Foy, sales manager for Republic Steel Co, testified at an FTC price fixing hearing stating the company and no one else prepared its price lists. He produced 17 volumes of lists and said they exclude pig iron chemical by products and many fabricated items.
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Washington
The_ Republic Steel Co
Norman W. Foy
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Foy
Russian Sentry Fires Dum Dum Bullet in Vienna Clash
U S commander reports a Russian sentry fired an outlawed dum dum bullet wounding an American soldier in Vienna on Sunday. The incident follows ongoing tensions as U S forces monitor the area and seek safety assurances from allied authorities.
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Washington
Vienna
U. S
Court Denies Prohibitionists Ballot Place
The Ohio Second District Court of Appeals ruled only national party convention nominees may be listed on the presidential ballot. Judge Fred J. Miller said the law is reasonable and not arbitrary, denying Frank M. McCartney’s bid to place Prohibition Party candidates on the ballot via nominating petitions.
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Columbus
Prohibition Party
Ohio
Second District Court of Appeals
National Party Convention
Fred J. Miller
Frank M. McCartney
U. S. Senate
McCartney
Secretary of State
Senate
Edward J. Hummel
Miller
Doctors To Give Courses At Medical Meeting
In Cincinnati at the Ohio Medical Association annual event from March 30 to April 1 more than 200 Ohio doctors will act as instructors or speakers for 18 courses. About 2,000 of the 7,000 members are expected with topics including surgical emergencies burns virus infections high blood pressure and heart disease.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio Medical Association
Army Seeks Escaped Trio From Fort Hayes Transfer
Three dangerous army prisoners escaped yesterday in Warsaw Kentucky from a patrol wagon en route from Ft. Hayes to Ft. Knox. Identified as Ohio men Pvt Howard S Kent 24 East Liverpool Pvt William Shildmeyer 26 Toledo and Pvt John R Gfrover 18 Hamilton authorities issued the search and warned of armed danger.
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Columbus
Kentucky
Lee H. Kostora
Ft. Hayes
Warsaw
Ft. Knox
State Highway Patrol
Toledo
John R. Gfroever
Hamilton
Chillicothe Man Keeps 27 Year Promise to bury ashes
Chillicothe man A. Hicks, retired hotel operator, honors a 27 year pledge by arranging burial of Mrs. Belle Brewer in Grandview Cemetery. Brewer, 94, died in Los Angeles March 4. Hicks once served as clerk at the Carson hotel when the Brewers bought it in the 1890s.
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Chillicothe
A. Hicks
Grandview Cemetery
Belle Brewer
Los Angeles
Hicks
Carson
Cleveland Youth Faces Death in Chair Tonight
Floyd Dace 22 of Cleveland is to die tonight in Ohio Penitentiary’s electric chair for a dice game killing of Henry Lee Webb during an August 1946 argument. He is the third Clevelander executed in the case after James Griffin 26 and Robert Britton 22 were electrocuted last November.
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Columbus
Ohio
Floyd Dace
Cleveland
Henry Lee Webb
James Griffin
Robert Britton
Rubber Workers Walk Out At Sun Rubber Co
Seventy CIO United Rubber Workers quit the Sun Rubber Co press room idling 1 100 unionists. Local President Garfield Ries said the walkout was unauthorized.
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Rubber Workers
Barberton, CO
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Sun Rubber Co
Garfield Ries
Line of mourners files past Masaryk bier in Prague
A two mile line of mourners filed through Czernin Palace to place flowers on Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk’s bier. Masaryk lay in state 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., as Parliament moves to assert Communist control with reorganization and new posts.
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Bier
Jan Masaryk
Prague
Czernin Palace
Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Josef Herot
Rudolf Slansky
Communist International Information Bureau
Cominform
Klement Gottwald
Foreign Office
Ohio tax revenue exceeds estimates by large margin
Ohio's general revenue tax collections for 1947 rose 17 percent above estimates, totaling 268,477,432 versus 229,370,473 planned. Tax Commissioner C Emory Glander warned 1948 could face difficulty keeping the general fund solvent, though early 1948 receipts exceed the prior year and may improve if trends continue.
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Columbus
Ohio
C. Emory Glander
U S Russian Debate Threatens Palestine Partition
U S Russia tensions threaten to derail the UN plan to divide Palestine. Delegates warn the partition may be buried amid bigger issues if talks do not improve. Reinstated big power consultations on Palestine set for today as Andrei Gromyko threatens to walk out if Arabs and Jews join talks.
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New York
United States
Russia
Palestine
U. S
Holy Land
Andrei A. Gromyko
Man Acquitted of Fraud In Sale of Home Sites
Columbus report says Harrison M. Boyd, 59, was acquitted yesterday of fraud charges in selling home sites to war veterans. He faced accusations of taking five $150 down payments under false pretense and misrepresenting financing arrangements.
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Columbus
Harrison M. Boyd
Canaday Remains Mayor of Pomeroy After Silence on Resignation
D A Canaday continues as mayor of Pomeroy as he has not submitted a written resignation. Legal authorities say an oral Tuesday resignation accepted by all but President Karr is not valid. Police say Canaday will resume duties Thursday and hold them at least until council meets Monday evening.
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Pomeroy
D. A. Canaday
Karr
Canaday
Dixie Solons Seek Harmony in Civil Rights Rift
Two Dixie senators urged unity on the eve of a meeting of Southern governors over the civil rights clash. Alabama senators Hill and Sparkman pressed for harmony as President Truman offered a mild peace gesture, but spoke that he would not forward his 10 point civil rights program unless asked, leaving Congress to act.
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Washington
Alabama
Hill
Sparkman
Truman
Capitol Hill
Congress
Inquest Held Over Chicago Airliner Crash
A coroner's jury of aeronautics experts convened in Chicago to hear testimony about a Wednesday night airliner crash that killed 12 of 13 aboard. Investigations by the CAB and Delta Airlines are underway. Survivor Mrs. Tripolino Meo, 33, of Oak Lawn, remains in critical condition.
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Chicago
CAB
Delta Airlines
Tripolino Meo
Oak Lawn
WCTU Renews Efforts To Dry Up State
The Ohio Women’s Christian Temperance Union led by president Miss Mary B. Ervin announced renewed county by county campaigns. An executive meeting in Columbus set for March 16 to 18 to organize support for a county option bill for the next legislature.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Mary B. Ervin
Research Director Named Pittsburgh Leader at Westinghouse
Dr. John A. Hutcheson succeeds Dr. L Warrington Chubb as director of research laboratories for Westinghouse Electric Corp in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
John A. Hutcheson
L. Warrington Chubb
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Five Countries Adopt Treaty Against Reds
In Brussels Belgium Britain France and the Benelux nations agreed to a 50 year union to check Soviet expansion. The accord will be signed next Wednesday by foreign ministers of Belgium Britain France Luxembourg and The Netherlands. Delegates said the text will not be released until the ceremony to allow full review.
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Brussels
Belgium
Britain
France
Benelux
Europe
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Ernest Bevin
George Rendel
Second Accident Fatal to Ohio Man
Canton story states John Strutz, 31, of near Carrollton died from a skull fracture after a motorcycle fall following a prior collision that damaged his car. The double accident occurred within 24 hours, leading to his fatal injuries.
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Ohio
Canton
John Strutz
Carrollton
Officials puzzled by Muskingum County holdup loot
In Zanesville authorities investigated a mass holdup at the Four Star Inn basement described as squirrel cage gambling. Loot estimates ranged from 5 000 to 6 000 dollars to unofficial reports of up to 20 000, with 12 to 15 patrons stripped of valuables and the escape by two automobiles. Sheriff Bealmear noted the owner lost about 4 000 dollars and that the thieves fled before official cars arrived.
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Zanesville
Muskingum County
Harry J. Bealmear
Four Star Inn
Bealmear
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