Amish Boycott Trial Nears Jury In Ohio Damage Suit
A 33 year old Amish farmer seeks 40000 dollars in a suit against four church officials over a social boycott tied to the Dortrecht confession. Yoder testified he felt like a whipped dog and said the boycott barred dealings, helped his health and cost medical fees. The defendants, Helmuth Miller Nisley and Wengerd, appeared in broad hats as their own counsel.
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Wooster
Ondrew
J. Yoder
Dortrecht
Yoder
Wayne
Holmes Counties
John W. Helmuth
Beach City
Isaac I. Miller
Apple
Ohio faces special session over gas tax earmark shift
Ohio lawmakers consider a special session after voters constitutionally earmarked gasoline, liquid fuel and auto licenses for highways. The $15 million shift from the general fund to the highway department may disrupt 1947 48 appropriations and prompt legal action to determine if the liquid fuel tax statute was repealed. Finance officials note the change could alter allocations to municipalities counties and townships and require re enacted funding rules.
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Columbus
Ohio
General Fund
Highway Department
Theiubway Department
H. B. Defenbacher
Paul H. Ballard
R-Jackson
Wagen Finance Committee
Thomas J. Herbert
Defenbacher
School Foundation
Supreme Court
Rescuers Seek Victims In Finnish Factory Explosion
Rescue workers with gas masks searched for additional victims in the Raumo wood pulp factory wreckage after an explosion last night that is believed to have killed 20 persons and wounded or poisoned more than 100.
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Helsinki
Finland
Raumo
26 Year Old Elected New Philadelphia Mayor
Robert D. Lukens, 26, will become Philadelphia's youngest mayor when he takes office January 1. The Republican defeated Democrat Dorian B. Smith in all but one precinct, succeeding mayor Paul E. Wenger who did not run.
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New Philadelphia
Robert D. Lukens
Lukens
Dorian B. Smith
Paul E. Wenger
Waiters Strike At Three London Hotels
Waiters at the Savoy Claridge's and Simpson's walk out at 6 am after a seven month dispute over the dismissal of a waiter at the Savoy. The strike affects London's top hotels as staff seek resolution.
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London
Savoy
Claridge’s
Simpson's
Trip to Second State All Wrong, He Says
82 year old Frank Mara Sr seeks to have marriage to Hazel Rutherford annulled contending he cannot recall the Georgia wedding at Lawrenceville on Sept 19. He filed suit before County Judge W F Blanton to be declared incompetent as a preliminary step to annulling the nuptials.
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Second State
Miami, Fla
Frank Mara, Sr
Georgia
W. F. Blanton
Mara
Hazel Rutherford
Aberdeen
Maryland
Lawrenceville
Solicitor Urges State Aid to Cover City Deficit
Springfield city solicitor Thomas D. Hodge pressed for a special General Assembly session to reallocate state sales tax revenues to cover Springfield 1947 deficit of 394825 after voters rejected a two mill operating levy. He said Gov Herbert must act to free 30 million more from the tax, enabling city funds before year end.
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Springfield
Thomas D. Hodge
General Assembly
Hodge
Thomas J. Herbert
Poultry Gluts Food Markets Across Nation
The Agriculture Department reports markets are glut ted with poultry on the fifth poultryless Thursday of the Food Conservation program. Prices are easing and city dealers urge country shippers to withhold chickens. Cold storage poultry stocks remain at record levels for Oct 1 and continue to rise, with storage space tightening.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Incentive Quota Basis For Aid Is Proposed
Senator Ball of Minnesota proposed a plan to base most American aid on how hard European countries work to help themselves. Countries showing increased home production in semi yearly surveys would keep full aid, while those slow to help themselves would be penalized.
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Washington
Senator Ball
Rminn
Ball
Train Drags Car 180 Feet in Cleveland Crash
Edgar Nelson, 73, suffered only minor injuries after his car was struck by a slowly moving freight train and dragged 180 feet at a crossing. Engineer Abraham G. Lewis said he blew the whistle and rang the bell as the train approached at about 10 miles an hour.
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Cleveland
Edgar Nelson
Abraham G. Lewis
Patrol Corporal Elected Mayor by Write-Ins
Cpl. Robert Shaw of the State Highway Patrol won the Ashley mayoral race as a write-in with 206 votes, defeating Merritt J. Nash who received 78 votes. The result moves Shaw from patrol duty to local executive office.
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Delaware
Cpl
Robert Shaw
State Highway Patrol
Ashley
Merritt J. Nash
Nash
Truman Signals Tax Message Will Focus on Reform
President Truman said his November 17 tax message to Congress will not propose tax revisions. The administration plans its own tax program next year emphasizing revision and reform rather than broad cuts. Officials ruled out a revival of the vetoed 4 billion plan. details remain undecided.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Coldest Weather Spread Across Rockies and Plains
The Associated Press reports near zero temperatures in Montana Idaho and Wyoming with colder air moving into the Midwest. Snowfalls range from one to eight inches from Salt Lake City to central South Dakota while freezing temperatures extend from the Rockies to the upper Mississippi Valley.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountain
Plains States
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Midwest
Salt Lake City
South Dakota
Rockies
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Girl of Golden West Star Mabel Van Buren Dies at 69
Los Angeles reports actress Mabel Van Buren once known as the Girl of the Golden West died after a brief illness. The stage actress rose to fame with Cecil B. De Mille in the 1910s and appeared in films such as The Warrens of Virginia The Man From Home Bluebeard's Seven Wives and The Crusades.
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Los Angeles
Mabel van Buren
Golden West
Cecil B. de Mille
de Mille
Warrens
Virginia
Bluebeard
Red Blacksmith Seizes Power in Czech Crisis
In Prague a Communist engineered government crisis elevates Premier Klement Gottwald, a former blacksmith, to dominate Czechoslovakia. He takes full authority to rebuild the government of Slovakia, where conservative Anti-Communist Slovak Democrats hold the majority.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Slovakia
Lumbermen Seek repeal of Wage-Hour Act
Lumber manufacturers urged a House labor subcommittee to repeal the Wage-Hour Act describing it as unsound in principle and unworkable in application. The act created a forty hour workweek and a forty cent minimum hourly wage.
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Washington
House
Celina Man Fatally Struck by Automobile
August Dienges, 80, of Celina Ohio, was fatally injured last night when struck by an automobile. Authorities investigated the accident and identified the vehicle involved, with no further details available.
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Celina
August Dienges
Big Four Map German Peace Treaty Open Meeting
London delegates from the Big Four meet to outline agendas for German and Austrian peace treaties amid pessimism and deep divisions. Molotov claimed the atom bomb secret no longer exists as major powers debate reparations and Ruhr internationalization.
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Big 4
Germany
Russia
Moscow
Ruhr
U S Russian showdown in London seen this month
Washington foresees a U S Russian clash at the London Big Four foreign ministers meeting as Europe seeks an early peace. Byrnes proposes ending Russian veto to back an early formal peace conference next year. Marshall plans to attend London November 20 aboard the Independence. Manila reports arrests and shootings ahead of elections.
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London
Germany
Austria
Council of Foreign Ministers
Navy
Britain
France
Russia
United States
Washington
Europe
Marshall
James F. Byrnes
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Byrnes
Winston- Salem
N.C
Molotov
Truman
Romanians Quit Cabinet Amid Treason Trial Pressure
Bucharest reports Georghe Tatarescu vice premier and foreign minister resigns along with three National Liberal Party cabinet colleagues. Parliament passes no confidence 187 to five after testimony in the Iuliu Maniu treason trial. ministers Alexandru Alexandrini George Vantu and Radu Rosculet also step down.
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Bucharest
Romania
Georghe Tatarescu
National Liberal Party
Tatarescu
Iuliu Maniu
Alexandru Alexandrini
George Vantu
Radu Rosculet
Little Assembly Plan Illegal Says Russia
Russia rejects creation of a year around Little Assembly of 57 nations as illegal. The Soviet bloc blocks US proposals in the UN by non cooperation, with Russia and Poland declining to join the Balkans watch group and Ukraine skipping a Korea commission. Deputy Foreign Minister Vishinsky calls the plan illegal and says Russia will not participate.
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Lake
Russia
United Nations Assembly
Marshall
Balkans
Poland
Ukraine
Korea
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Tax deduction plan for farmers proposed in Senate
Senator Wherry of Nebraska plans to introduce a bill in Congress next January allowing farmers income tax deductions for fertilizing and land improvements. The measure, drafted by Raymond R. Dickey, lets farmers classify improvements as current expenses or capital investments and would amend the first House revenue bill reaching the Senate.
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Washington
Wherry
Congress
Raymond R. Dickey
Senate Small Business Committee
Senate
Mayor closes Tijuana proxy divorce mills
Tijuana officials led by Mayor Salvador Sierra Vera shut down at least 10 agencies that facilitated marriages and divorces for Americans by proxy. The authorities cited illegality and moral opposition, ending a booming local business.
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Tijuana
Mex
Salvador Sierra Vera
Sierra Vera
Thief Cleared in Death Of Wife of Gambler
Cleveland police said a lie detector test showed Michael Zampino not connected to the murder of Dorothy Dolin, wife of gambler Louis Dolin. Dorothy was found dead November 6 1945 in their Cleveland Heights home after a recent armed robbery term for Zampino.
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Cleveland
Michael Zampino
Dorothy Dolin
Louis (Yockey) Dolin
Cleveland Heights
Tokyo Rose seeks U S entry after homesick plea
Tokyo Rose, the wartime Tokyo broadcaster known for propaganda broadcasts, has applied for entry to the United States from Yokohama. The U S consulate in Yokohama said her case is being processed like thousands of others and the final decision will be made in Washington.
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Yokohama
Tokyo
Rose
Radio
America
United States
U. S
Los Angeles
Henry Wallace to Speak in Ohio Cities This Month
Henry Wallace former vice president and secretary of commerce is set to speak in Cleveland Akron and Dayton before arriving in Cincinnati on November 13 under the Progressive Citizens of America Ohio Chapter. PCA field representative Gene Sagan reported the tour.
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Cincinnati
Henry Wallace
Progressive Citizens of America
Ohio
Cleveland
Akron
Dayton
Gene Sagan
PCA
Air Contract Politics Sparks Senate Inquiry
Brig. Gen. J. F. Phillips could testify on the political background of wartime aircraft contracts as the Howard Hughes investigation resumes. Noah Dietrich vows to reveal Hughes losses on war contracts while Sen Williams accusations of tax deficiencies are disputed by Chairman Ferguson and Hughes attorney Thomas Slack.
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Washington
Air Force
Senate
J. F. Phillips
Hughes
Hollywood
Noah Dietrich
Hughes Tool Co
Dietrich
Williams
R-Del
Ferguson
R-Mich
Thomas A. Slack
Dewey Backs U.S.-European Aid Plan
New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey expressed full support for an aid to Europe program urging prompt, effective help for free nations. He called for bipartisan administration under a Congress-defined policy to avoid past errors and ensure clear aims, as he publicized his stance at Forbes magazine’s dinner honoring 500 top business leaders.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican Party
Congress
Kremlin
Dewey
Forbes Magazine
Two Women Die in Plunges
CHICAGO Mrs Elizabeth Hyde 38 wife of a Pittsburgh steel executive died after falling from the 16th floor of St Luke s Hospital on the near South side She had been admitted October 24 for a psychosis Washington Miss Ruth A Reed daughter of Rep Daniel A Reed plunged from the roof of the Meridian Hill Hotel where she stayed F C Minnick manager said the hotel is for women government workers
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Chicago
Elizabeth Hyde
Pittsburgh Steel
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hyde
Washington
Ruth A. Reed
Daniel A. Reed
F. C. Minnick
Meridian Hill
Reed
Columbus Mayor Tipped As Auditor Candidate
In Columbus, James A. Rhodes mayor, reelected to a second term, is said to seek the Republican nomination for state auditor. Former city auditor Rhodes would run alongside Roger W. Tracy who also announced his bid for the auditor nomination.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Roger W. Tracy
Close Races Seen as Board Begins Count
Unofficial totals show tight contests for Athens Township Trustee and Chauncey Dover School Board seats as the County Board of Elections starts certifying results. Roy Noland leads Robert Sheridan 1361 to 1340 with Lewis Carsey at 352. Bern Township approves beer ban and Alexander Township bans liquor and all intoxicants.
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Athens Township
Chauncey-Dover
County Board of Elections
Roy Noland
Robert C. Sheridan
Noland
Messenger
Lewis W. Carsey
Bern Township
Alexander Towne Ship
Lee Towne
Three Hurt In Car Collision With Stray Horse
Three people were injured last night when a stray horse collided with an automobile in Cleveland. The horse, unharmed, trotted away while the three occupants of the car Louis E. Stough his wife and their three year old daughter received hospital treatment for facial bruises.
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Cleveland
Louis E. Stough
Death of Dr Frank R Lillie Noted Zoologist
Dr Frank R Lillie aged 76 eminent zoologist and University of Chicago biology dean emeritus died yesterday.
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Chicago
Frank R. Lillie
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Chicago
Judge urges focus on child help over punishing parents
Judge Paul W. Alexander told 3,000 welfare workers at the Ohio Welfare Conference that punishing parents is not a panacea for juvenile delinquency. He cited a seven year study of 1,027 cases finding no evidence that penalizing parents curbs delinquency and that such punishment rarely protects society.
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Columbus
Paul W. Alexander
Toledo
Ohio Welfare Conference
Paul Cherney
Federal Security Agency
Cherney
Alexander
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