Seven Dead in Superforts Collision Over Stockton
Two Air Force B-29s collided at 26 000 feet near Stockton California during a round robin flight from Sacramento to Salt Lake City. Seven crewmen were killed and eleven remain missing while four survivors were treated for minor injuries at the Stockton Navy annex. Local searchers recovered bodies from a mud field along the San Joaquin River and a burning craft.
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Stockton
Calif
Air Force
Navy
Warren F. Sharrock
Sierra Foothills
Keith R. Burns
Boise
Ida
B. Schmidt
Negley
Ohio
Robert S. Kluge
Spokane
Sheriff's Office
McDonald Island
San Joaquin River
Delta
Here
Bill Alott
San Joaquin
Hamilton Field
San Francisco
326Th
325Th
92Nd
Wash
Air Force Base
Sharrock
Edward Kenyon
King Island
326Th Squadron
Sacramento
Salt Lake City
Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base
Delta Country
K. D. McFarland
Hill Field
Ogden
Utah
McClellan Air Force Base
McFarland
Time Clock Mechanism Cuts Lights at Ohio Prison Farm
William E B Larkins 30 and Richard B Mauch 17 escaped from the London prison farm by rigging an alarm clock to a time clock that plunged parts of the institution into darkness. Larkins was serving life for first degree murder of Mrs Sarah Lawrence in 1936 near Long Bottom.
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Pomeroy
Meiga County
London
William EB. Larkins
Sarah Lawrence
Larkins
Richard B. Mauch
Allen County
Lawrence
Dewitts Run
Long Bottom
Larking
Boys Industrial School
Utah
Ohio Penitentiary
William F. Amrine
Mauch
Amrine
Ohio State Students To View Michigan Game by TV
About 100 students will gather in University Hall to watch the Ohio State Michigan football game on a life size screen on the chapel stage. Telecast comes from Ann Arbor with additional sets in the Ohio Union Student Recreation and the Faculty Club.
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Columbus
University Hall
Ohio State
Missing Girl Dorothy Jennings Located in Chattanooga
Dorothy Jennings, 16, daughter of Cincinnati executive Ralph H. Jennings, appeared in a Chattanooga hotel seeking an aunt. The aunt had moved to Cincinnati after learning of the disappearance. Police believe she slipped from town. parents express relief though she has been ill recently and had left a college preparatory school in Tennessee.
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Cincinnati
Dorothy Jennings
Chattanooga, Tenn
Chester Leeper
Fred Gillespie
Leeper
Gilles
Chattanooga
Dorothy
Ralph H. Jennings
Car in chase hits tree after police pursuit in Logan
A car fleeing Nelsonville police at 3 am crashed into a tree in Logan injuring passenger Charles Daniels 24 from Columbus who suffered severe head lacerations and is at Hocking Valley Hospital. Driver William Bollinger Jr 23 Columbus and passenger Robert Santimire 23 Columbus were treated.
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Searles
Columbus St
Nelsonville
Logan Police
Homer
Walnut
Front
William R. Bollinger, Sr
Columbus
Newark Native Charles R. Hamilton Dies at 77
Charles R. Hamilton a Newark Ohio native and longtime broker and teacher died in New York Wednesday at age 77. He was born in Newark Ohio and built a career in finance and education before retiring.
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Newark
New York
Charles R. Hamilton
Ohio
Officers Fear Girl Kidnapped In Idaho Seach Mobilized
Burley Idaho police report seven year old Glenda Joyce Brisbaugh missing since yesterday after reportedly entering a man s car at 530 pm A posse of 200 searches blocks alleys parks canal banks and known hiding places Sheriff Clark says a six year old playmate saw a dark blue black car take the girl away.
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Burley
Idaho
Glenda Joyce Brisbaugh
Bill Williams
Saul H. Clark
Marion dealer in titles case enters second day of trial
The trial of Ron ald E. Agnew a Marion used car dealer resumes on its second day. He is accused of signing false affidavits to obtain auto titles.
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Marion
Ronald E. Agnew
Washington considers closing two military air fields
Washington officials discuss steps to close Anacostia Naval Air Station and Bolling Air Force Base after a series of near crashes and a deadly November collision at National Airport. The Civil Aeronautics Administration orders combat type aircraft away from National, affecting military use and corporate operations.
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Washington
Washington National Airport
Armed Forces
Civil Aeronautics Administration
National
Congress
Anacostia Naval Air Station
Bolling Air Force Base
Anacostia
Bolling Field
Potomac River
CAA
Eastern Airlines
Eastern
Lost B-29 Bomber Sought Near Bermuda After Fuel Run Dry
A massive search for a lost B-29 bomber and its 20 crew continues near Bermuda after the craft ran out of fuel and ditched at sea. Air Force Navy and Coast Guard planes from nine bases scour the Atlantic while distress signals and radio failures hindered early locating efforts. The bomber from the 22nd Bombardment Group was en route from March Air Base California to England and carried five officers and 15 enlisted men led by Lieut. Col. John Grable Jr.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
U.S
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Atlantic Seaboard
England
U.S. Coast Guard
March Air Base
California
Kindley Air Base
U.S. Air Force
Navy and
Royal Navy
22Nd Bombardment Group
Kindley
Kindley Base
John Grable, Jr
Truck Strike Set Tonight Shifts Statewide Labor Tension
The AFL Teamsters Union sets a 6 o'clock strike deadline for more than 7000 Ohio long distance truck drivers. They demand a 25 cent hourly raise and a company health and welfare plan. Local 407 Vice-President William J. Welch says no offer has been made and talks will end by 2 p.m. if none arrives. a strike at 6 p.m. remains possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
AFL Teamsters Union
Ohio
William J. Welch
Local 407
Gas Rate Increase Attacked by Lawyer
Washington A Ohio Fuel Gas Company asks the Federal Power Commission to raise wholesale gas rates in Ohio by 2.9 cents per thousand cubic feet to 27 cents. Lawyer Howell Purdue presented figures at a rate hearing arguing the increase is not justifiable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Ohio
Federal Power Commission
Howell Purdue
Ohio Fuel Gas
Commission
Principals OK Pupil Paddling Policy Decision
The Lawrence County Elementary Principals Association decided to continue permitting corporal punishment by teachers if a witness is present and if paddling is absolutely necessary. Some parental complaints had been received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Lawrence County Elementary Principals’ Association
Jailed farmer dies after fall in Perry County jail
Jack Dittoe, 40, a farmer from near Somerset, climbed cell bars in the Perry County jail on Wednesday, fell and sustained a skull fracture. He died in a Zanesville hospital. Sheriff Clair Butts said Dittoe had been drinking and was jailed for safe-keeping.
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New Lexington
Jack Dittoe
Perry County
Zanesville 1
Clair Butts
Dittoe
Somerset
Truman Seen Toict Urging Coal ract Board
President Truman prepared to push a special fact finding board to settle the six month old coal dispute with John L. Lewis and coal operators. If rejected he may invoke Taft Hartley emergency provisions by Monday. Lewis seeks higher wages shorter hours and a welfare fund boost while operators demand welfare fund safeguards and a contract pledge.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
Special Fact Board
Lewis
Cyrus
Ching
White House
Iran Visitor Asks Aid During Shah Pahlavi US Tour
The Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, urged stronger U.S. friendship and closer cooperation during a month long goodwill visit. He spoke at a state dinner after arriving from Tehran aboard President Truman’s plane The Independence. Iran is part of a $1.314 billion arms aid program with American advisers guiding its 115000 man army.
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Washington
Iran
United States
Truman
Tehran
Tran
Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi
Soviet Russia
U. S
Curb Labor by Law Asks From Steel President
New York report says Republic Steel president Charles M. White urged federal laws to limit labor union power citing monopoly control and hindering management planning. General Motors consultant Charles F. Kettering dismissed socialism as arterial stupidity.
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New York
Charles M. White
Republic Steel Corp
White
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors Corporation
Typhoon Strikes Guam With 115 MPH Winds
Typhoon fury levels several buildings on Guam as 115 mph winds threaten the American base. Direct communications with the island were lost, though the control tower remained standing at last report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Guam
U. S.air Force
Boston industrialist jailed after illegal game bird haul
A Boston industrialist, H. Warren Beard, 48, was jailed in Circleville after officers found 15 hen pheasants, six quail, and a Hungarian partridge in his hunting bag. Magistrate Oscar Root fined Beard the maximum 200 per illegal bird plus costs totaling 4584.01, with additional jail costs of 56.41. Beard, president of Mayflower Wayside Furniture Co., claimed the rap for the party.
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Circleville
Boston
Ohio
H. Warren Beard
Irvin Patrick
Mayflower Wayside Furniture Co., Inc
West Newton
Mass
Patrick
Beard
New Holland
Pickaway County
Oscar Root
Root
W. T. Beard
Huntington
W. Va
Arthur
Taft Praised As Ablest By Ex Enemy
Senator Flanders of Vermont called Taft the ablest Republican leader and said his political leadership exceeds that of any other Republican. He stressed he is not promoting a Taft 1952 presidential bid and cited Taft’s ongoing Senate re election campaign.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Flanders
R-Vt
Senate
Portsmouth Steel Joins Detroit in $10 Million Expansion
Portsmouth stockholders ratified the consolidation with Detroit Steel to form a combined company. Detroit will build a hot roll strip mill and a pipe mill in Portsmouth at an estimated cost of about $10 million. The deal calls for Detroit to acquire Portsmouth Steel assets for 6,220,000 dollars in cash and 290,000 shares of Detroit Steel stock valued at roughly 6,380,000 dollars.
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Portsmouth, CO
Portsmouth Steel Corporation
Detroit Steel Corporation
Portsmouth
Detroit Steel
Portamouth
Portamouth Steel
Canton Man Admits Slugging Death in Self Defense
Stark County authorities jailed 55 year old Earl O Blackledge of Canton after he admitted slugging George L Neidig to death during an argument and dumping the body in Senacaville Lake bound with an old chair and tied to a mine car wheel in about 10 feet of water.
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Canton
George L. Neidig
Senacaville Lake
Earl O. Blackledge
Neidig
Stark
Harry W. Grossglaus
Girl Dies of Burns from Explosion in Portsmouth
Eleanor Jane Hall, 15, daughter of Freeland Hall of Wheelersburg, died in Portsmouth Hospital after sustaining burns when kerosene ignited on a coal fire the previous Friday.
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Portsmouth
Eleanor Jane Hall
Freeland Hall
Wheelersburg
Portsmouth Hospital
Pair Trapped In Columbus Firefight Ends With Man's Death
Police trapped two burglars in Buddy's Confectionery in Columbus. Gene Finney, 25, was shot and killed after a dash for the rear door. John Pace, 24, was captured. Officers said both men were ex convicts and had burglarized Sunridge Grill earlier. They had $57 in change.
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Columbus
Gene Finney
John Pace
Louis Capretta
Capretta
Buddy
John Jordan
Jordan
Finney
Pace
Sunridge
Mansfield Reformatory
Ohio Penitentiary
Margret Mitchell Cabbie Convicted In Fatal Accident
A jury convicts 29 year old ex cab driver Hugh D Gravitt of involuntary manslaughter in the traffic death of world famed author Margaret Mitchell. The verdict came in quickly with a recommended jail term of 12 to 18 months and a pending appeal.
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Atlanta
Hugh D. Gravitt
Margaret Mitchell
Turks uncover plot to kill leaders in Ankara
Turkish government said three opposition politicians were jailed on charges of plotting to assassinate President Ismet Inonu. Informants said the plan also included killing Celal Bayar, leader of the pro government Democratic Party.
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Ankara
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Democratic Party
Celal Bayar
Rent Control Ends in Clinton County and Lancaster
Rent control ended Thursday in Clinton County Ohio and in the city of Lancaster Ohio. Local officials announced the repeal amid state and municipal actions affecting housing price limits and rental regulations.
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Washington
Clinton County
Ohio
City of
Lancaster
Three Men Seek Nominations in State Race
McConnellville announces Kenneth C. Ray former state superintendent as Republican candidate for state treasurer. Marietta lists Dr. Harold W. Oyster former optometry head as Republican candidate for Representative. Cincinnati notes Walter A. Kelley entering Democratic race for U.S. Senator with State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson and William L. White already in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Harold W. Oyster
Ohio State Optometry Association
General Assembly
Cincinnati
Walter A. Kelley
Jerday
U.S
Joseph T. Fergueson
William L. White
News Ark
Kelley
Contract Signed For Ohio Workers
Pittsburgh report says CIO United Steelworkers and ALCOA officials reached a framework for a contract covering 16 000 to 20 000 workers. ALCOA earlier signed agreements with the International Council of Aluminum Workers covering 10 000 employees in five states including Chillicothe Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers
Aluminum Company of America
ALCOA
International Council of Aluminum Workers
Chillicothe
Ohio
Two Men Drown Near Perry Sound Ontario
Robert Crawford of Rocky Ridge Ohio and Oly Myers a Moon River Ontario hunting guide drowned near Perry Sound Ontario Tuesday night in a tragic boating incident reported from the area.
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Perry Sound
Ont
Robert Crawford
Rocky Ridge
Ohio
Oly Myers
Moon River
Here
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