Kerr Favored as Democratic National Chair Amid Leadership Shakeup
Oklahoma Governor Robert S. Kerr emerged as the preferred choice of party leaders to succeed Robert E. Hannegan as Democratic national chairman if he resigns in January. President Truman reportedly backs Kerr, who keynoted the 1944 convention and supported Truman on the ticket. Hannegan plans to step down after the new year, though he may stay as postmaster general.
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Washington
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Robert E. Hannegan
Truman
Kerr
Hannegan
Walter Reed Hospital
Democratic Committee
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Senator White
Maine
House
Rep
Dirksen
Illinois
Halleck
Indiana
Jenkins
Clarence Brown
Martin
Massachusetts
Rankin
Mississippi
McCormack
UN- American Activities Committee
Patrick J. Hurley
Dennis Chavez
N. M
Hurley
Chavez
Maryland
West Virginia
Edgar G. Brown
National Negro Council
Ellender
Plane search ends in rugged White Mountain rescue
A 35 member search party using snowshoes climbed to 4,500 feet then found a wrecked Western Air Lines plane at 5,800 feet in a saddle below a 6233 foot peak. The craft reportedly carried 11 people. Deputies with walkie talkies led the effort from early Saturday dawn until near noon.
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Burbank
Calif
White Mountain
Western Air Lines
Steubenville Juvenile Officer Retires to State Post
Arthur E. Emlett, longtime juvenile officer for the Steubenville Police Department, retires after 20 years and moves to a probation officer role with the state welfare department.
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Steubenville — (P
Arthur E. Emlett
Steubenville
State Welfare Department
Attlee Prepares Vote to Stamp Out Rebel Labor Group
Prime Minister Attlee weighs a Monday vote of confidence to quell a rebel Labor Party faction over foreign policy. Bevin’s stance earns support from Anthony Eden as the party splits over a Socialist review of policy linked to the King’s Address. The debate hinges on rebels pushing a policy amendment signed by 58 MPs.
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London
Attlee
House of Commons
Labor Party
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Anthony Eden
Newcastle-on-Tyne
United Nations
Ohio Hunting Toll Mounts With 2 Killed
The second day of Ohio's 1946 rabbit and pheasant season saw more hunting accidents. Two high school-age hunters died on opening day and eight others were injured by discharges or stray bullets. Individuals injured included Stanley Lenhoff and Louis Kaiser in Cincinnati, Paul Collard in East Fultonham, and Edward Seymour in Columbus after a discharge from his brother's gun. Seymour was rushed to Mount Carmel Hospital after a roadside fire alarm.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Stanley Lenhoff
Louis Kaiser
Zanesville
Paul Collard
East Fultonham
Columbus
Edward Seymour
Seymour
Mount Carmel Hospital
Webb Miners Return After Protest Ends
About 450 workers at the Webb Mine of Cambria Coal Co near Bellaire return to work after a protest over suspensions. Adolph Pacifico, acting president of United Mine Workers District 6, said the men were suspended for absenteeism and were ordered back to their jobs.
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Bellaire
Webb
Cambria Coal Co
Adolph Pacifico
Pacifico
United Mine Workers District 6
Riverboat Challenge Eyes St Louis Cairo Race
Capt. Tom Greene announces a proposed June 21 race between the Gordon C. Greene and the Eagle Packet along the 100 mile St. Louis to Cairo corridor. The Gordon aims to prove last Greenville Arkansas City win was no fluke and plans to open the 1947 season in February for Mardi Gras in New Orleans with about 8,000 passengers carried last season.
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Cincinnati
Bill
Robert E. Lee
Gordon C. Greene
Golden Eagle
Gordon
Eagle
St. Louis
Greenville
Miss
Arkansas City
Ark
J. Winters
Eagle Packet Co
Gordon Greene
Tom Greene
Greene Line
Eagle Packet
Cairo
Ill
Cap
Tom
Greene
Mardi Gras
New Orleans
Capt
Father Shoots Son at Party in Cincinnati Suburb
In St Bernard, Alva Carter 33 was fatally shot during a family quarrel early Saturday. Wilbur Carter 62 is jailed on murder charges after allegedly firing four times when his son advanced. Witnesses describe a party with Malinda Carter and four sons were present and beer was consumed before the shooting.
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Cincinnati
Alva Carter
St. Bernard
John Donnelly
Wilbur Carter
Donnelly
Malinda Carter
Gentry
Carter
Sale of Rat Poison Prohibited to Minors
Ohio Attorney General Hugh S. Jenkins ruled that rat poison may not be sold to minors unless the purchaser presents a written order signed by an adult. The ruling requires poison labels, two antidotes on packages, and five years of sales record retention.
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Columbus
Hugh S. Jenkins
Ohio
M. M. Ford
State Board of Pharmacy
Jenkins
Wellston Residents Seek Recount on Bond Issue
Defeat of the coal township school bond issue is challenged by Wellston residents who request a recount in three precincts. The bond failed by 14 votes short of the 65 percent needed for passage.
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Wellston
Coal Township
Grid Scores Across Colleges and Teams
Dayton 14 Ohio U 7. Ohio State 7 Illinois 16. Xavier 6 Bowling Green 33. Toledo 14 Baldwin Wallace 7. Western Reserve 7 Cincinnati Army 34 Penn 7 Penn State 12 Navy 7. Northwestern 0 Notre Dame 27. Iowa 6 Minnesota 16. Brown 0 Harvard 28. Duke 39 S Carolina 0 Texas 0 TCU 14. Wisconsin 6 Michigan 28. Additional scores on Sports Page.
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Dayton
Ohio U
Ohio State
Illinois
Xavier
Bowling Green
Toledo
Baldwin Wallace
Western Reserve
Cincinnati
Army
Penn
Penn State
Navy
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Iowa
Minnesota
Brown
Harvard
Duke
S. Carolina
Texas
TCU
Wisconsin
Michigan
Protests Routed to Romania Over Elections
The United States and Britain filed notes with Romania on the eve of elections. Teohari Tatarescu warned there would be broken heads but no major incidents. Posters lined Bucharest walls as supporters of the government bloc campaigned, loudspeakers roared, and women voted for the first time.
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Bucharest
Teohari Tatarescu
Romania
Death of Charles R. Howell in Paintersville Cabin Fire
Charles R. Howell aged 66, a semi invalid, died Saturday from burns after a cabin fire at Paintersville. The blaze started while rekindling a stove in the cabin.
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Xenia
Charles R. Howell
Paintersville
SAM SIMMONS Urges Broad Land Access and Estate Tax Policy
Sam Simmons argues land should be available to all Americans who want small tracts and opposes land monopolies even in the name of free enterprise. He supports policies to limit fortunes and uphold home or farm ownership for ambitious individuals, noting wartime millionaire growth and the need for broader opportunity.
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Sam
Senate votes for full inquiry into Bilbo anti Negro stand
The Senate Campaign Investigating Committee unanimously votes a full scale inquiry into Senator Bilbo's anti Negro remarks. The panel will examine whether Bilbo violated the Constitution by hindering Black voters in the Mississippi race and related actions.
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Bilbo Antinegro
Washington
Bilbo
Miss
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Republican Committee
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Special
Soviet Concessions Fuel Trieste Parley Breakthrough
The four power foreign ministers reported a major Soviet concession on Trieste with Molotov agreeing the governor can approve the police chief and police control in emergencies, easing deadlock and boosting Western hopes for an Italy peace pact. Britain and the United States urged a UN approved troop withdrawal date, while Russia pressed for a definite timetable.
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New York
Russia
Council of Foreign Ministers
Trieste
Britain
France
United States
Adriatic
Italy
Molotov
Byrnes
United Nations
Council
Bevin
Security Council
Parkersburg Transit Walkout Shuts City Service
About 100 transit operators in Parkersburg West Virginia struck in protest of several veteran employees being discharged. The walkout affected street car service to Marietta as Local 815 of the AFL Amalgamated Association ordered the halt. Officials cited refusals to take new assignments ahead of bus substitutions for street car runs.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
City Lines of
West Virginia
Marietta
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and
C. C. Emrick
B. J. Zewski
City Lines
New Protestant Church Merger Formed in Pennsylvania
In Johnstown Pennsylvania the Evangelical and United Brethren in Christ denominations united to form the Evangelical United Brethren Church. At 9 a.m. Saturday four evangelical bishops and five United Brethren bishops wearing scarlet gold and purple robes joined hands on the rostrum at Christ Church to seal the merger.
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Johnstown
Evangelical
United Brethren In Christ
Evangelical United Brethren Church
United Brethren
Christ Church
Painesville Man Killed In Leap From Auto
John I. Johnson, 19, of Painesville, leaped from a car swerving to avoid another crash and was killed. Jack C. Snell, 20, of Painesville, the driver, escaped with minor injuries when the vehicle struck a telephone pole.
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John I. Johnson
Painesville
Jack C. Snell
Johnson
Six B 29 Superfortresses begin Europe mission
Six B 29 Superfortresses droned toward Europe on a routine mission to familiarize ground crews in Europe with the bombers and to give Germans their first glimpse of what struck Japan. Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker said the flight aimed to train crews and test the aircraft's performance in an overseas context.
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Washington
Europe
Japan
Ira C. Eaker
AAF
Truck Driver Dies In Delaware Bakery Truck Crash
Edgar A. Monfort, 33, of Columbus died after a bakery truck he drove overturned or crashed. The accident occurred yesterday, details indicate the driver suffered fatal injuries at the scene or shortly after. Local authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.
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Delaware
Edgar A. Monfort
Columbus
Fatal collision claims life of Robert L. Magee
Cincinnati man Robert L. Magee aged 28 was killed Friday night when his automobile struck a street car. The crash occurred in the city and authorities investigated the collision as a fatal traffic accident.
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Cincinnati
Robert L. Magee
Fed ends most consumer credit controls before Christmas
The Federal Reserve Board will lift most consumer credit controls by December 1, excluding auto radio and furniture installments and nine other durable goods. It removes 70 day settlement for charge accounts and 90 day limits for single repayment loans, allowing parties to set their own terms. Restrictions on durable goods time payments under $50 or over $2,000 are also removed.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Two Fleet Battlewagons Enough Navy Decides
The Navy says two active battle ships suffice for peacetime needs. The Missouri goes to the Atlantic Fleet and the Iowa to the Pacific, forming a two-ship capital fleet.
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Navy
Washington
Missouri
Atlantic
Iowa
Pacific
Denison University Receives Surplus Aviation Buildings
The Federal Works Agency approved the transfer of surplus aviation and storage buildings to Denison University in Granville. This move supports campus facilities through federal assets.
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Granville
Federal Works Agency
Denison University
Perry County Bank Robbers Strike in Broad Daylight
Two young, unmasked men robbed the Peoples Bank in Thornville at noon, taking an estimated 18 000 to 20 000 dollars. They forced two employees and a customer into the vault, but assistant cashier Estella Witmer grabbed the vault key and blocked the thieves from locking it. Cashier F. H. Crist described the bandits as about 22 to 24 years old, wearing sloppy joe outfits, one wielding a revolver, who ordered the others to lie on the floor with customer Harvey Long.
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Thornville
Peoples Bank
Perry County
Estella Witmer
F. H. Crist
Harvey Long
Crist
River Work Force Is Cut
Cincinnati reports Ohio River Engineers cut staff from 6984 to 6332 by Oct 31 in line with Truman flood expense limits and reduced military activity. Further retrenchment will cover all levels. contracts exceed 72 million dollars in flood control work across the Ohio watershed. Arthur M. Rusk, 77, longtime Paint Street restaurant operator in Chillicothe, died after announcing retirement. In Canton an automobile rollover killed 18 year old Wanda Jean Roshong and injured three others.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River Engineers
Truman
Ohio Division
Ohio River
Chillicothe
Arthur M. Rusk
Paint Street
Lewis Mum On Slated Pit Walkout
Government freezes soft coal supplies and imposes rationing as John L. Lewis resists a wartime truce. Orders cover coal in transit, future production, and retail yards with limited releases to essential services. Anthracite remains unrestricted while miners fear Christmas pay losses unless a settlement is reached.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Krug
Lewis
Great Lakes
Solid Fuels Administration
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati Times-Star Announces Price Increase
The Cincinnati Times-Star said Saturday that starting Monday the price will rise to five cents per copy due to higher costs for producing a newspaper. Advertising rates will also go up.
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Cincinnati
Cincinenati Times-Star
Satuday
Hitler Escape Seen as Absurd Says Fraulein Witness
Hanna Reitsch, a German test pilot, described Hitler’s final days in the Berlin air raid shelter as his personality collapsed. She said Hitler clung to false hopes of rescue, blamed Goebbels and Himmler, and doubted any escape was feasible. Reitsch accompanied by Ritter von Greim left the shelter with poison but was ordered to stay to rally remaining Nazi air forces.
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Washington
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Justice Jackson
War Crimes Prosecution
Hanna Reitsch
Hitler
Reichs Chancellery
Nuernberg
Goebbels
Goering
Himmler
Nazi Party
Martin Bormann
Eva Braun
Fuehrer
Fraulein
Reitsch
Freesdom
Fraulein Reitsch
Ritter von Greim
Luftwaffe
Munich
Jent
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Emory Burke
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Hattiesburg
Bridges
N. H
Hickenlooper
United Nations Security Council
Denison
Canton
Wanda Jean Roshong
Charles G. Ross
White House
Mr. Truman
Annapolis
SFA
Cincinnati Times-Star
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