Lancaster Police Chief Charged With Extortion
Lancaster Police Chief Sam H. Hutsler faces extortion charges after three officers accused him of allowing a subordinate to be involved in kickbacks. Lt Everett Brown is sought for taking $87.25 in kickbacks tied to equipment sales to the department. Hutsler posted a $500 bond and a May 31 hearing date was set.
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Lancaster
Sam H. Hutsler
Fairfield County Sheriff's Deputies
Everett Brown
Hustler
Laurence Bauer
Merrill H. Martin
Lester Crook
Bauer
Hutsler
Brown
Martin
Crook
D. L. Grove
Dudley Crider
400 Mine Workers Face Loss of Jobs
CADIZ. The Wheeling Township Coal Mining Co. faces permanent layoff for 400 employees on June 24 due to depleted coal deposits worn equipment and inability to compete cost wise. The mine owned by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Akron has operated 30 years with an annual payroll over a million dollars.
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CADIZ
Wheeling Township Coal Mining Co
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Paternity Suit Dropped Against Wallace Beery
A paternity suit against actor Wallace Beery is dismissed as it cannot proceed after the actor's death on April 15.
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Los Angeles
Wallace Beery
Kilvert Area Tells Of Rail Depot And Historic Sites
Kilvert near Route 329 recalls the old Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad depot from 1857 to 1876, a wagon shop and stores, the Rew Tunnel to the east, and nearby Wakeup post office north of Kilvert. The first wheat and corn mill in Athens County stood on Federal Creek in 1802 south of Kilvert. Route 555 from Bartlett to Cutler passes Quaker sites, with a planned blacktop to Little Hocking along Route 50 highlighting orchard and farming country in Washington County.
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Kilvert
Stewart
Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad
Wakeup
Marietta Run
Federal Creek
Sims
Athens County
Bartlett
Cutler
Little Hocking
Washington County
CIO Official Loses Eye In Ambush
Detroit police search for clues after CIO unionist Victor Reuther, 37, was shot through a living room window. Surgeons removed his right eye at Henry Ford Hospital. he remains in satisfactory condition. Reuther’s brother Walter, president of the UAW CIO, suspects a Communist or subversive plot. FBI mulls stepping in amid requests from Congress CIO and Michigan officials.
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Detroit
Victor G. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Hank Mickiewicz
CIO
Victor Ruether
FBI
Congress
Michigan
Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Henry Ford Hospital
Walter
Uaw-Cio
Lewis Warns Firms On Possible Shutdown
John L. Lewis warned coal firms that withdrew from bargaining talks with the United Mine Workers face a shutdown on July 1. The warning came as negotiations opened with the Southern Coal Producers Association, with Virginia and Winding Gulf Associations pulling out.
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Bluefield
W. Va
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Southern
Assa
Virginia and
Winding Gulf Associations
SCPA
Charges Dismissed In Death Of Three Youths
Cleveland reports a municipal judge dismissed manslaughter charges against John Hrehov after prosecutors cited insufficient evidence. Hrehov, 26, claimed he used the knife to defend himself and a friend from a beer bottle attack in front of a hamburger stand, where three youths were killed May 8.
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Cleveland
John Hrehov
Hrehov
Goodwill Planes Shelter at Youngstown Airport
Fifty five light planes on a goodwill tour from Portland Oregon to Portland Maine sought refuge from bad weather at Youngstown Municipal Airport after taking off from Akron. Officials said the airport area was filled with planes for a period while awaiting weather improvement.
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Youngstown
Portland
Ore
Youngstown Municipal
Akron
Middleport Man Reaches Annapolis Honors List of Graduates
Peter F. Klein of Middleport is among 37 Ohio men named as candidates for graduation at the June 3 commencement at the U S Naval Academy. The academy lists candidates but final graduation numbers will be determined shortly before commencement.
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Annapolis
Peter F. Klein
Middleport
Ohio
U. S. Naval Seemonn
Academy
11 Persons Arrested On Narcotics Charges
New York District Attorney Frank S Hogan announced 11 members of an alleged narcotics ring were arrested in a city wide round up yesterday bringing total captures to 19. The organization allegedly did a yearly business in millions of dollars of illegal narcotics in midtown and lower Manhattan and nearby states.
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New York
Frank S. Hogan
Hogan
Midtown
Lower Manhattan
Self Defense Claimed In Stabbing Of Veteran
Cleveland police report a 428 year old woman claimed self defense after fatally stabbing Salvatore La Porta, a 25 year old disabled Air Force veteran. Officers say she said La Porta threatened her with a shotgun, amid his recent hospitalization for war‑related mental shock from an Army training collision.
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Cleveland
Salvatore la Porta
David E. Kerr
Kerr
la Porta
Air Force
Chillicothe Veterans Hospital
Gambling Evidence Promised in Letter
Common Pleas Judge James Collier said an anonymous letter writer promised to present gambling evidence to the County Grand Jury if it was in session. The judge dismissed the panel after it investigated reported gambling in Lawrence County with no indictments returned.
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Ironton
Common Pleas
James Collier
Lawrence County
Aid to coroners seen in making autopsies
A pathologist from the University of Cincinnati told the Ohio State Coroners Association that a statewide autopsy assistance system is being planned. The effort aims to aid county coroners in performing autopsies.
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Toledo
Frank Dutra
University of Cincinnati
Ohio State Coroners’ Association
Ohio Bound Refugees Among 897 European Arrivals
Fifty six displaced persons heading for Ohio are among nine hundred ninety seven refugees slated to arrive in New York Friday and Saturday.
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Washington
Ohio
New York
Doctor Keil pleads innocent on dispensing charge
Dr. George W. Keil, former assistant physician at Ohio Penitentiary, enters a not guilty plea on a charge of illegally dispensing narcotics today in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
George W. Keil
Ohio Penitentiary
Western powers press Russia to loosen grip on German industry
Diplomatic informants say the West demands Russia relax control of major industries in the Soviet zone of Germany as a condition for German economic unity. Acheson cites Russian ownership of about a third of industries and 90 percent of key sectors under Soviet control.
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Paris
Russia
Germany
Dean Acheson
United States
Conference of Foreign Ministers
Acheson
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Potsdam
Vishinsky
Allied Control Council
Tax Receipts Drop Noted
Columbus state treasurer Don H. Ebright reported a substantial decline in prepaid tax receipt collections for the first four and a half months of 1949. Through May 14 total receipts were 39,22,720.27, versus 42,408,806.93 the prior year, with a weekly drop to 2,334,696.24 from 2,405,700.76.
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Columbus
Don H. Ebright
Nebraska Legislature Drops Rent Controls
Nebraska became the first state to authorize rent decontrols under new federal law. The unicameral legislature overrode Gov. Peterson's veto in a 30 to nine vote, effective November 1.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Val Peterson
Boat accident claims life of George Perdue
George Perdue, 64, drowned when an outboard boat overturned on the Muskingum River in Zanesville Wednesday night. Three companions swam to safety, authorities said.
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Zanesville
George Perdue
Muskingum River
Legislature Studies Plan To Spend 60 Million Surplus in Construction
Ohio lawmakers review a two year 60 358 107 state building program drawn from the surplus The measure allocates funds to the Welfare and Highway departments schools universities and the National Guard with a reserve to cover future contingencies The bill advances to the House Finance Committee as Lausche seeks to trim the broader biennial budget The plan funds Ohio State Bowling Green Kent State Miami Ohio University and Wilberforce and adds enhancements to hospitals and parks balanced by a tax on house trailers to local governments
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Columbus
Ohio
Anna F. O'Neil
D-Summit
House Finance Committee
Lausche
State Welfare Department
Highway Department
Ohio National Guard
Ohio State
Bowling Green
Kent State
Miami
Ohio University
Wilberforce
Senate
Welfare Department
Athens State Hospital
Gallipolis Hospital
Burr Oak Park
Nationalist Troops Hoist White Flag in Shanghai Clash
Nationalist forces raise a white flag at the Shanghai post office as Communist troops cross the Szechuwan bridge and advance on North Shanghai. Americans and other foreigners trapped in the Garden Bridge area seek ceasefire talks with U S and British consulates amid fighting along Soochow Creek.
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Shanghai
Soochow Creek
Szechuwan Bridge
Garden Bridge
Broadway Mansion
United States
Peking Road
Bund
U. S
Anti-Gambling War Opened in Logan County
Logan County prosecutor Glen Shellhaas and Sheriff E K Sargent launched a campaign against gambling. They will confiscate slot machines and related devices, targeting the Indian Lake area and extending to lodges country stores and filling stations with devices on display. The effort is described as ongoing and wide in scope.
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Bellefontaine
Logan County
Glen Shelihaas
E. K. Sargent
Indian Lake
Shellhaas
Holdup Slayer Dies In Electric Chair
Columbus report states Frank Millhouse a 23 year old Cleveland man died in the electric chair for taking part in a $200 holdup slaying. The Dec 29 1947 crime left Yordan Randoff of Cleveland dead and Tony Wilson given a life sentence. Another suspect George Hightower is at large.
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Columbus
Frank Millhouse
Labor Leader Ouster Probe Is Suggested
A move was reported to seek a Congressional investigation into the firing of L. S. Buckmaster as president of the CIO United Rubber Workers. Buckmaster was removed by the union executive board on charges of malfeasance. he plans to contest the action at the union’s annual convention in Toronto next September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
L. S. Buckmaster
CIO
United Rubber Workers
H. R. Lloyd
Buckmaster
Toronto
Soldier Receives Death Sentence in Guam Murder Case
A 20th Air Force court martial condemned Pvt Calvin Dennis of Frederick Maryland to death for the criminal assault and murder of Miss Ruth Farnsworth in Guam. The sentence mirrors that given to his half brother Pvt Herman Dennis of Calvert and Seguin Texas, who was to die last week.
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Guam
Calvin Dennis
Frederick
Ruth Farnsworth
Air Force
Dennis
Herman Dennis
Calvert and Seguin
Texas
West Maps New Action In Rail Crisis
Berlin faces a widening rail crisis as Allied airlifts and truck routes supplement blocked Soviet rail lines. Strikes demand higher pay in West marks and union recognition while the Kommandatura replaces East sector police with Allied staff amid rioting that left two dead. Shipping stalls, cargo piles up, and perishable goods rot as Western Berlin relies on airlift for 8000 tons daily.
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Berlin
Berelin
Germany
Onlghi
Kommandatura
West Meetor
West Berlin
Soviet Zone
Western
Hoover Urges Expanded Presidential Power for Reorganization
The Hoover Commission ends two years of work with a push for Congress to grant Truman broader authority to reorganize the federal government. It seeks immediate plans with no agency exemptions, allows presidential action to stand unless Congress disapproves in 60 days, and removes Congress from administrative control. The panel cites 277 recommendations and potential savings of 3 billion annually, with one third implementable by order, the rest requiring legislation.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Congress
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Senate
House
Come
Hoover
Budget Bureau
Louis Bromfield Named Commencement Speaker
Louis Bromfield author and Malabar Farm owner will give the commencement address on June 12 at Ohio University to about 750 graduates on College Green under the McGuffey Elms with a possible move to Memorial Auditorium if rain. Dr Julian Price Love will deliver the baccalaureate on the same day at 10 a.m. in Memorial Auditorium.
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Louis Bromfield
Malabar Farm
Mansfield
Ohio University
College Green
McGuffey Elms
Memorial Auditorium
Julian Price Love
Louisville
Presbyterian Seminary
Bromfield
Lucas
Dr. Love
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Frank J. Lauseche
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Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
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Joseph O’mahoney
D-Wyo
AEC
Carroll L. Wilson
Holdup Slayer
West
Ree Hand
Miami Uniersity
Lane Seminary
Dayton
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