Bond action disclosed in Meyers testimony at hearing
Maj. General Bennett E. Meyers testified before the Senate War Investigating Committee that he discussed a multi million dollar bond deal with former Treasury Secretary Morgenthau who urged him not to worry. Meyers said Hughes offered loans and a postwar job and a Los Angeles house, which he rejected while on active duty to win the war.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Meyers
Air Force
Senate
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
Senate War Invesgating Committee
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Meyrs
Aghes
Los Angeles
Ferguson
Senate War Investigating Subcommittee
United States
Police Claim Death by Own Action Out
Cincinnati report states Willis C Murphy 38 a greenhouse operator is held on two murder charges after coroner ruled it impossible that Harry Reisiger 53 shot himself as initially believed Sehlhorst 44 a real estate salesman died from a gunshot wound Murphy is charged in Sehlhorst death while Reisiger’s death is ruled homicide by coroner Herbert P Lyle logical sequence of events and charges follow the autopsy ruling
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Cincinnati
Harry Reisiger
Willis C. Murphy
Joseph Sehlhorst
Sehlhorst
Reisiger
Herbert P. Lyle
Singer Dies in Hamburg Former Opera Star Passes at 69
Mrs. James Veglianette aged 69 and once an opera singer died Tuesday in Hamburg Indiana. Her passing closes a long career on the stage and the community mourns the loss of a former performer.
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Hamburg
James Veglianette
Meigs Lake Construction Promised for Next Year
O A Alderman state forest commissioner told Pomeroy Chamber members that Shade River Lake in Meigs County will begin in 1948. He said 1200 acres have been optioned and 750 more may be available soon as options are approved and construction plans move forward.
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United States
Europe
Chambers of Commerce
Young Jews Die in Battle With Troops
Three Jewish girls and a youth were killed in a gun battle with British troops near a coastal plain house believed to be an Irgun Zvai Leumi hideout. Two others were wounded. four Jews captured. A British sergeant died and three police were wounded in Haifa when gunfire struck as they sat outside a cafe.
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Jerusalem
Irgun
Zvai Leumi
Raanana
Hezliya
Tel Aviv
Kingsway
Haifa
Snake Handler Trial Opens in Tennessee Circuit Court
In Chattanooga twelve members of the Dolly Pond Church of God faced charges under the anti snake handling law. Deputies arrested them August 9 near here, confiscating two snakes used in worship as defense argues the law violates state and federal constitutions and freedom of worship.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Dolly Pond Church of God
Georgia
Kentucky
Hugh Baker
G. W. Chamlee
Two Ky Men Waive Arraignment On Auto Theft Charges
Ralph D. Benson 25 of Portsmouth and Elmer D. Holland 22 of Maysville Kentucky waived arraignment before U S Commissioner Orie S Ware in Covington on federal auto theft law violations. Both held on 500 dollar bonds for federal court action Benson pleaded not guilty Holland pleaded guilty
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Cincinnati
Ralph D. Benson
Portsmouth
Elmer D. Holland
Maysville
U. S
Orie S. Ware
Covington
Benson
Holland
Government plan to plant 6.5 percent more feed grains next year
The Agriculture Department will ask farmers to expand corn and feed grain plantings in 1948 to rebuild supplies strained by this year's poor corn crop. A 1948 corn crop projection and acreage goals are outlined to meet overseas demand and stock reserves, despite rotation and soil concerns.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Michigan Prison Inmate Tied to Cleveland Club Heist
Detroit police sought to connect Sam Borri, 31, a former Southern Michigan prisoner arrested after a Detroit residence burglary, to the $500000 Mounds Club robbery near Cleveland on Sept 29. Evidence cited includes a mask with the numeral 2 and three numbered canvas bags found in Borri’s car.
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Detroit
Swank Mounds Club
Cleveland
Archie Richardson
Sam Borri
Recorder’s
Paul E. Krause
Borri
Ohio Club
Southern Michigan
Blood Donors Sought for Athens Area Man
Blood donors with type A RH negative blood are sought at Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus for Emerson Ball 35 of Athens Route 1. Ball an Albany Road farmer and instructor in charge of veterans training at Albany High School became ill Monday with a throat infection affecting his blood cells.
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Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Emerson Ball
Athens
Associated Press
Ball
Albany
Albany High School
West Virginia Court Drops Incompatability Divorce Grounds
The West Virginia Supreme Court rules incompatability cannot be used for divorce. In a unanimous decision it reverses a Harrison County Circuit Court decree granting Hallie L. Harbert a divorce from Lulu Harbert on cruel and inhuman treatment charges.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Harrison County
Hallie L. Harbert
Lulu
Hitler's Mother-in-Law Cleared of Charges
In Munich a denazification court absolved Frau Franziska Braun of charges she was a Nazi. The court will soon rule on her husband Wilhelm Braun as Eva Braun's parents.
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Munich
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Frau Franziska Braun
Wilhelm Braun
Eva Braun
Hitler
De Gaulle Urges Western Alliance Against Communism
Gen Charles De Gaulle called for France to lead alliances with the United States Britain and others facing communism. He argued treaties with US and UK should be equal partnerships with specific aims and warned against a strong centralized Germany while pressing Western Europe defense and closer ties with Italy.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States
Great Britain
Rally of the French People
RPF
de Gaulle
Britain
America
Europe
Italy
Reich
Germany
London
Herbert Urges Winter Check By Motorists In Ohio
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert asked motorists to winterize autos focusing on brakes wipers defrosters electrical system headlights and tires. He called on city and county officers to aid the State Highway Patrol after Col. George Mingle reported a 22.6 percent rise in investigated accidents in the first ten months of 1947 versus 1946 despite a 92 percent increase in patrol enforcement.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
State Highway Patrol
Ohio
George Mingle
Highway Patrol
Col. Mingle
Cleveland Police Seek Hit and Run Driver
Police today sought a hit and run driver after a car fatally struck 78 year old Mrs. Anna Covington in Cleveland last night.
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Cleveland
Anna Covington
Slave back home in NY after years as Russian laborer
Irma Mohaupt, 22, repatriated U.S. citizen, spent two and a half years as a Russian slave laborer. She walked the SS Marine Flasher gangplank in New York in tears of relief. Taken by Russians in Yugoslavia at age six, she now is in custody of cousin Miss Helen Hoffman of Cincinnati through Rep. William E. Hess and the State Department.
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Irma Mohaupt
U.S
Marine Flasher
New York
Yugoslavia
Helen Hoffman
Cincinnati
William E. Hess
Ohio
State Department
Truman to Address Congress on Stopgap Aid and Inflation Curbs
President Truman will speak in person to a joint session Monday at 1:30 p.m. urging stopgap European relief and domestic inflation controls as White House officials push a broad aid package. Secretary Marshall outlined Europe China aid plans, while Taft challenges the cost of the European and Chinese relief program ahead of the special session.
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Truman
Congress
Washington
White House
Trueman
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Charles G. Ross
Europe
Ross
Marshall
China
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rep
Kee
D-W.va
Commerce Harriman
Senate Foreign Committee
France
Italy
Austria
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Australia
Dworshak
Idaho
United
Lewis Douglas
Britain
Robert A. Lovett
European A B Bomb Stories Tied to Russian Propaganda
Washington officials view European atom bomb dispatches as largely Russian inspired fishing expeditions for military intelligence and propaganda. The plan aims to measure US knowledge and detectability of tests via denials or confirmations in media. A Paris L Intransigeant report from Prague cites a Moscow source about a 12 pound test near Irkutsk. The July crater story in New Mexico was denied by the AEC, while yesterday’s report drew no comment.
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Washington
Europe
Russia
United States
Paris
Irkutsk
Prague
First Cold Snap Grips Nation Across Regions
The Associated Press reports autumn chill spreading nationwide. Temperatures ranged from zero in North Dakota to near freezing in the South, with most areas from the Rockies to central Pennsylvania below 32. Forecasters expect cold to advance to the Atlantic Seaboard and New England, with Midwest staying cool. Grand Forks, North Dakota hit zero.
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North Dakota
South
Rockies
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Seaboard
New England
Midwest
Grand Forks
N.D
Fire Devastates Pioneer Paper Stock Plant in Philadelphia
A three story Pioneer Paper Stock Co plant in Philadelphia was destroyed by a fire causing about $500,000 in damage. Strong winds and large piles of stock hampered crews as flames spread toward nearby homes and factories. three firefighters were injured.
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Philadelphia
Pioneer Paper Stock Co
Airlines Grounded DC-6 Planes Amid Fire Inquiry
Five airlines grounded their DC-6 aircraft after a fire forced an American Airlines jet to emergency land at Gallup New Mexico. Douglas Aircraft urged all operators of the four engined planes to suspend flights until the cause is found and eliminated.
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Gallup
N. M
American Airlines
Douglas Aircraft Corp
Tavern Owner Faces Sentence for Murder
Youngstown reports tavern owner Michael P. Acki, 33, faces a life sentence after a jury convicted him of second degree murder in the February fatal shooting of 31 year old John Cravee. The verdict was delivered last night by a common pleas jury.
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Youngstown
Michael P. Acki
John Cravee
Common Pleas
Teacher Cites Disease Cause For Killings
Ravenna Ohio Sunday school teacher Barbara Mc Veigh, 29, arraigned on a first degree murder charge for drowning her two children claiming an incurable blood disease. Prosecutor Seabury H. Ford said a preliminary hearing would occur. Judge Blake Cook ordered sanity evaluation at Lima State Hospital after the bodies were found. Doctors later said she was not diseased.
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Ravenna
Seabury H. Ford
Barbara McVeigh
Common Pleas
Blake Cook
Cook
Lima State Hospital
Ford
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berlin Polio Epidemic Rules Will Be Lifted
Berlin health authorities announced the infantile paralysis epidemic that began in summer has ended and emergency restrictions will be lifted. The outbreak sickened 2,298 people and killed 213. a six week delay to the new American school term in the city ends as students return.
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Berlin
Eglin Field Tornado Injures Soldiers and Wrecks Barracks
Thirteen soldiers at the Eglin Field proving ground were injured and eight others hurt when two tornadoes struck northwest Florida. Two temporary barracks collapsed at Eglin and a dozen houses were leveled in the village of Ebro, about 40 miles east.
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Eglin Field
Fla
Army
Florida
Ebro
FBI Arrests Hoosier In $20000 Swindle
CINCINNATI Hobart M. Prosser 63 of Mitchell Indiana was held by the FBI on a charge of obtaining $20000 in a mining stock swindle. Agents said Prosser had been sought for over a year and is accused of obtaining 32000 shares of Canadian stock from Dr T S Campbell of Lebanon Kentucky by falsely claiming he could sell it at double its cost.
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Cincinnati
Hobart M. Prosser
Mitchell, Ind
FBI
Prosser
T. S. Campbell
Lebanon
Death Claims Judge Tipton Moffit
Ia district judge for 28 years died last night at 85. John T. Moffit was named by the Michigan Alumni Association as all American class secretary and served on the bench in Tipton. The obituary notes his long service and notable affiliations.
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Tipton
John T. Moffit
Michigan Alumni Association
Jail Escape Attempt Halted in West Virginia
In Ripley West Virginia Clarence B Hughes 31 brandished a small 25 caliber Belgian pistol during a jail escape attempt at the Jackson County jail Tuesday morning Jailor Pete Rhodes and state police officers C C Stewart and A V Clay removed the pistol Hughes is held in connection with the shotgun death of Theron Workman on September 6 at a Cottageville tavern porch His trial is slated for this week sources say
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Ripley
W. Va
Clarence B. Hughes
Jackson County
Pete Rhodes
Hughes
Rhodes
Cpl
C. C.stewart
A. V. Clay
Theron Workman
Cottageville
Editor Myron Henkel Dies in Springfield
Myron F. Henkel, 63, longtime associate editor of the Illinois State Register for 20 years, died Tuesday in Springfield Illinois.
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Springfield
Ill
Myron F. Henkel
Illinois State Register
Democratic and Republican Conventions Dates Set
The 1948 Democratic National Convention will begin the week of July 11 in Philadelphia. The Republican National Convention in the same city starts three weeks earlier on June 21.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Anderson Declares U. S. Supplies Vital for Peace
Secretary Clinton P. Anderson told the Ohio State Grange convention that world peace hinges on the United States supplying grain to hungry nations. He framed grain as the hair that keeps the Damocles sword of hunger over peace, urging farmers to conserve and adjust production to aid hunger relief and European recovery.
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Columbus
United States
Clinton P. Anderson
National Grange
Anderson
Ohio State Grange
Damocles
Albert S. Goss
Goss
Thomas J. Herbert
Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
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Meigs Lake Construction
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Eglin
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