Birth of a Baby Prince Brings Royal Cheers in London
A son born to Princess Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace weighs seven pounds six ounces and is expected to be Prince of Edinburgh. Crowds gather amid 41 gun salutes as the palace announces the birth and the King hints at possible names while royal plans unfold for Christmas at Sandringham.
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London
British Empire
Elizabeth
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Prince Philip
Westminster Abbey
Commonwealth
George
Prince of Edinburgh
Sandringham
Philip
Albert
Palace
Victoria Monument
Bobby
Taxi Passenger Killed In Coal Grove Mishap
John Banker 65 of Coal Grove Ohio died yesterday when the taxicab he rode in struck a building in Coal Grove. Police say heavy fog caused the accident. Taxi driver Forrest Kinney was uninjured.
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Ironton
John Banker
Coal Grove
Ohio
Forrest Kinney
Kinney
Jackie Coogan Reports Toupee Theft
Hollywood story notes Jackie Coogan aged 34 reported to police that his toupee was stolen from his ear yesterday. The former silent film star known as The Kid last seen wearing the hairpiece during a routine in Hollywood.
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Jackie
Kid’ Coogan
Toupee
Hollywood
Jackie Coogan
Margaret Ousted From Succession By Birth Of Royal Baby
Britain's new prince shifts Princess Margaret to third in line to the throne while Princess Elizabeth remains heir. Elizabeth receives 40,000 pounds yearly and Philip 10,000 from state funds. The birth dominates morning papers and the christening is planned at St Mary Magdalene Sandringham with divines from Canterbury and York assisting.
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London
Britain
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Princess Margaret
Duke of Gloucester
Princess Elizabeth
St. Mary Magdalene
Sandringham
Probaaly
Philip
Archbishop of Canterbury
York
Volunteer Groups Seen First Line of Defense
Civil defense planners advise air raid shelters offer partial protection and urge ready systems to save the injured fight fires and prevent panic. A 43 expert report to Secretary Forrestal favors local control with a federal advisory office and recommends state run volunteer mobile reserve battalions to aid cities after an attack.
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Washington
Office of Civil Defense Planning
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Federal
Office of Defense
Tiger Killed After Escape From Cage at Fells Zoo
In Stoneham Massachusetts a full grown male tiger escaped its cage at Middlesex Fells Zoo. James McCarthy assistant curator suffered a compound arm fracture and deep cuts while trying to close the door. Police and staff used hoses before shooting the animal after four hours.
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Stoneham
Mass
Middlesex Fells Zoo
James McCarthy
Long House
Animal House
Metropolitan District
Michael Waters
Louis Gilman
West Medford
Sculptor and Wife Slain in Boca Raton Home
Nationally known sculptor Leno Lazzari, 48, and his wife Louise Delea, 42, were shot to death in their modernistic studio home in Boca Raton. Police say robbery appears to be the motive and a statewide dragnet was issued for the slayer.
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Boca Raton
Fla
Leno Lazzari
Louise. Lazzari
Louise Delea
Brooklyn
N. Y
W. H. Brown
Athens Woman Louise Cullums Dies at 100 in Home
Louise Ashton Cullums eighty three years a resident of Athens, died Saturday evening at 9 Franklin Avenue after years of illness. She was long considered the county's oldest resident and left three sons Edward N Cullums Sr Orland E Cullums and Earle S Cullums, plus four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Dowler and Ferguson with burial in Clark's Chapel Cemetery.
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Louise Ashton Cullums
Franklin Ave
Athens County
Athens
Cullums
James Harvey Cullums
First Methodist Church
Earle S. Cullums
Norman, Ark
Edward N. Cullums
McArthur
Orland E. Cullums
Doris Graves
Harold Kellogg
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral
Clark's Chapel
Appeal Planned in War Crimes Case for Japanese Leaders
Alfred W. Brooks, attorney for two Japanese convicts, said he will appeal the Tokyo tribunal verdict to the United Nations and the World Court. He noted yen funds allow him to stay in Japan while pursuing the appeal and suggested Security Council involvement may occur. Dr. Ichiro Kiyose said he would seek to test Tojo's case with General MacArthur but not request clemency, filing abstracts claiming self defense.
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Tokyo
Alfred W. Brooks
Kansas City
International Tribunal
United Nations
World Court
Brooks
Japan
Toyko
Security Council
Ichiro Kiyose
Tojo
MacArthur
Kiyose
VFW Seeks Pensions for All World War I and II Vets
Akron report says Lyall T. Beggs of Madison Wisconsin National Commander of the VFW urged Congress to grant pensions to all World War I and II veterans. One proposal would provide ex servicemen from both wars fifty dollars monthly starting at age fifty five.
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Akron
Lyall T. Beggs
Madison, Wis
VFW
Congress
Final trial given to powerful cruiser Des Moines
The U S Des Moines, billed as the world's most powerful cruiser, sets to sea for a builder’s trial ahead of its commissioning. The voyage tests automatic rapid fire operation for the ship’s heaviest guns as part of the Navy’s latest warship program.
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Quincy
Mass
U. S. Des Moines
United States Navy
Mirrors and police nab youth stealing church collection
In Cincinnati the mirrors inside the Im maculate Conception Church witnessed a 20 year old youth attempting to open the poor box and steal the money. Patrolmen Edwin Noll and Embry Grimes observed unseen and arrested him in the act.
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Cincinnati
Immaculate Conception
Edwin Noll
Embry Grimes
Marshall to reply to Berlin peace appeal under four power talks
An informed source says Secretary of State Marshall will answer for President Truman to a United Nations leaders appeal seeking four power talks to resolve the Berlin crisis. U N Secretary General Lie and Evatt sent letters to Truman Stalin Attlee and Queuille requesting the high level talks.
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Paris
Marshall
Truman
United Nations
Berlin
U.N
Trygve Lie
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
General Assembly
Stalin
Clement Attlee
Britain
Henri Queuille
France
Forrestal says he cannot serve entire Truman administration
U S Secretary of Defense James V Forrestal told reporters at Templehof Airfield that he had informed President Truman he could not serve through the next four years. The White House offered no comment as he prepared to depart for Frankfurt and Paris on a quick European tour to discuss western Europe’s military defense with government heads.
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Berlin
U. S
James V. Forrestal
Truman
White House
Forrestal
Templehof Airfield
Frankfurt
Paris
Europe
British Moves Threaten Guatemala Min ister
Guatemalan Foreign Minister Enrique Munoz Meany charged that Britain is landing important forces in British Honduras as a provocation to Guatemalan sovereignty. He said such displays of force disturb peace and aim to force Guatemala to drop its territorial claims in Belize.
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Paris
Enrique Munoz Meany
Britain
British Honduras
Munoz Meany
Guatemala
Belize
Red Desertions Stop Mystify U S Army
Berlin U S Army sources said they were mystified by a sudden halt in desertions of Russian soldiers to the West zone of Germany. British officials estimated about 12 000 desertions since 1945. An Allied officer suggested new troops or tighter restrictions as possible reasons for the pause.
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Berlin
U. S
Germany
Russia
Chinese Fight Red Trap Near Suchow In Central China
Government troops with a new mechanized army battled to break a Communist trap around Suchow, 200 miles from Nanking, as pro government dispatches claimed a breakthrough but with limited confirmation. The central news agency said General Chiu Ching Chuan's unit broke Red lines and linked with the Seventh Corps.
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Nanking
Central China
Shanghai
Suchow
Chinese Central News Agency
Chiu Ching-Chuan
China
Seventh Corps
Prime Minister Resigns After Record Tenure
Ottawa reports William Lyon Mackenzie King will resign today after 21 years, five months in office. He leaves a record tenure as the longest serving Commonwealth prime minister, surpassed by no one. Louis St Laurent is named his successor as external affairs minister in the King Cabinet.
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Ottawa
Canada
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Britain
Robert Walpole
King
Louis St. Laurent
John Lincoln Graham dies after long bank presidency
John Lincoln Graham 82 longtime president of Lancaster National Bank since 1936 died yesterday at his home. He led the bank through many decades and contributed to local business and civic life. He is survived by his wife and several grandchildren.
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Lancaster
John Lincoln Graham
Lancaster National Bank
AFL Heads Urge Swift Repeal of Taft Hartley Act
In Cincinnati the AFL opens its 67th convention pressing for immediate repeal of Taft Hartley and a rebuilt Labor Department. President Green and Secretary Tobin set to speak as the league pivots to back Democratic gains and push a Wagner Act based framework.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Labor Department
William Green
Maurice J. Tobin
AFL
Congress
Green
Federation
Truman
League
AFL Council
Truman Vote Cut 10 518 In Cleveland
In Cleveland the Board of Elections found counting errors inflated Truman votes by 10 518 in Cuyahoga County. Official local totals were Truman 257 958 and Dewey 214 889, with a revised national outlook still favoring Truman and not dependent on Ohio's 25 electoral votes.
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Cleveland
Board of Elections In
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Cuyahoga County
Dewey
Dan Duffy
Ohio
Watts Trial Resumes After Three Day Recess
In Cincinnati the trial of Mrs. Mary Clay Watts on a first degree murder charge will restart Tuesday. Attorneys paused proceedings on Saturday and Monday due to prior engagements by Prosecutor Carson Hoy and defense attorney Loyal S. Martin. Watts is accused of poisoning her 11 year old daughter and is expected to testify this week.
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Cincinnati
Mary Clay Watts
Carson Hoy
Loyal S. Martin
Mock Battle Pictures Studied by Air Guard
Air National Guard officers examined gun camera film to determine the outcome of a mock air battle over Pennsylvania involving 140 planes. Bolling Field in Washington DC served as the target, with eight state bases contributing aircraft. The 55th Fighter Wing from Columbus Ohio deployed about 90 planes including B-26 bombers and F-51 escorts.
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Harrisburg
Air National Guard
Pennsylvania
Bolling Field
Washington
D. C
Columbus
Ohio
Double shooting leaves seven children orphaned in Goodland
In Goodland Kentland region, 45 year old Mrs Ethel Bobbitt was killed by two shotgun blasts as she and her 11 year old son Donald prepared to leave for evening services. George Martin 48 was found dead in his home from a gunshot wound, suspected to be connected to the same incident and he was a widower and father of a daughter living with an uncle in Brook Indiana.
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Kentland
Ind
Goodland
Here
Ethel Bobbitt
Donald
Leon Apple
George Martin
Martin
Brook
Maumee Valley Eltion Maumee Valley Conservancy Court Hears Debate
In Defiance Ohio a 15 judge conservancy court began a three day session to decide whether soil erosion and fish killing bear on a proposal to form a Maumee watershed conservancy district. The panel comprises common pleas judges from 15 Ohio counties and reconvened after a recess.
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Defiance
Maumee Watershed
Life term prisoner escapes from Ohio penitentiary plant
Ohio Penitentiary officials report Frank Starks a 54 year old lifer for a Lucas County murder escaped from the Junction City brick plant division of the state system. Starks was admitted August 3 1934.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank
Starks
Lucas County
Junction City
Boy Triplets Born To Cleveland Woman at St. Ann's
Cleveland residents celebrate as Mrs. John Stakes gives birth to boy triplets at St. Ann's Hospital. It is her first children and the second triplet birth at the hospital this year. All four are reported in good condition and Mrs. Stakes hails from New Zealand.
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Cleveland
John Stakes
St. Ann’s Hospital
Women Robbed in Pomeroy Theater Receipts Heist
Two businesswomen, Mrs. Helen Lyons and Mrs. Earl Jenkins, owners and managers of three theaters in Pomeroy and Middleport, were robbed at home early Sunday. masked men seized them, bound their hands and feet, and stole Saturday and midnight show receipts plus theater sales, leaving the pair shaken but the sisters planning to reopen for Sunday shows.
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Pomeroy
Helen Lyons
Meigs
Bendvue
Temple Theatre
Middleport
Earl Jenkins
Spring Ave
Mrs. Jenkins
Mrs. Lyons
State Highway
Albert Scholl
Ralph Welker
Walter Wolfe
Welker
Wolfe
Lyons
Four Trusties Break Jail In Perry County
Four inmates escaped from the Perry County jail as the State Highway Patrol named Robert Romaine 23 Clyde Kelly 26 Hugh Dobbins 39 and William Goodfellow 19 as the men. Romaine is from Zanesville Kelly from Vincent Ohio authorities had no details on the breakout while Sheriff Clair Butts was away from the city.
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New Lexington
Perry County
State Highway Patrol
Robert Romaine
William Goodfellow
Clyde Kelly
Hugh Dobbins
Romaine
Zanesville
Kelly
Vincent
Ohio
Clair Butts
Arson Suspected In Gallia County Store Fire
Gallia County sheriff's office says arson is suspected in a fire at the Ellis Slagle general store and filling station in Cadmus near Gallipolis. Neighbors found the blaze around 8 pm. damage was slight and the proprietor was away. The state fire marshal was asked to investigate.
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Gallipolis
Cadmus
Gallia County
Ellis Slagle
Higher Prices Sought by Sugar Industry
Washington report says the domestic sugar industry urged higher 1949 prices and asked the Agriculture Department to set a low import quota for next year to achieve the rise.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Inebriate Not Kidding Turns Self In
In Zanesville, Officer Louis Lacey received a call from a drunken man asking to be jailed. After a banter about buses, the man suggested taking a taxi. A taxi then delivered a visibly intoxicated rider to the police station seeking food.
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Zanesville
Louis Lacey
Lacey
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