Royal Wedding Opens With Abbey Ceremony At Westminster
London graced the Abbey as Princess Elizabeth wed the Duke of Edinburgh in a service led by the archbishop of Canterbury. Nearly 3,000 dignitaries and spectators heard vows of love and fidelity as bells rang and crowds cheered outside.
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All England
Westminster Abbey
Church of England
Elizabeth
Attlee
Winston Churchill
St. Edward the Confessor
Royal wedding of Elizabeth and Philip dazzles Britain with pageantry
Crowds of about a million line the royal wedding route as Princess Elizabeth, a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria, marries Philip of the royal navy in Westminster Abbey. The ceremony, led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, unites two distant cousins in a union steeped in centuries of English symbolism.
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Elizabeth
Philip
Europe
Hitler
Britain
Scotland Yard
Buckingham Palace
Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip in Westminster
Crowds cheered as Princess Elizabeth married Philip at Westminster Abbey with King George VI and five monarchs present. The procession moved from Kensington Palace to the abbey amid fanfares and a royal chapel ceremony ending with Mendelssohn’s wedding march.
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Prince William of Gloucester
Prince Michael of Kent
Palace
George VI
Kensington Palace
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Greece
Haakon
Norway
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Denmark
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Mihai
Romania
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Yugoslavia
Windsor Greys
Princess Margaret
Marquess
Milford Haven
Elizabeth
God Save the King
King George VI
Heaven
Philip
George
Edward the Confessor
Mendelssohn
Cleveland Man Dies in Auto Crash
Harry E. Heberlein, 52, was killed last night when his car struck a tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and authorities indicated the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Cleveland
Harry E. Heberlein
Special Session Called to Fix Gas Tax and License Laws
Ohio Governor Thomas J. Herbert announced a special session in early December to clarify the gas tax law and address other issues. Key leaders met to plan the session which will decide auto license timing and fund allocations for welfare, fuel tax, and licenses amid constitutional changes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
State Supreme Court
Highway Department
House
William O'Neill
R.marietta
Senate
Frank E. Whittemore
Akron
Herbert
State Welfare Department
Ohio Association of Cities
Rail unions push pay hikes as talks collapse
Three railroad unions began strike ballots after negotiations with 132 Class One carriers broke down in Cleveland. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Firemen and Enginemen, and Switchmen's Union asked for 30 percent wage hikes, while seeking rule changes, with mediation requested if ballots approve. Last week another union group settled for 15 percent and rule changes.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
National Mediation Board
Western Railways Association
Chicago
Brotherhood of
Alvanley Johnston
Locomotive Engineers
Carrier Association
Bandits Flee In Gun Battle With Officers
Three heavily armed bandits robbed a tavern in Hamilton County and fled as patrolmen Walter Julien and Ray Scroggins pursued them in a running gun battle. The deputies exchanged fire but the trio escaped while the officers reloaded their revolvers. An escaped getaway car was found nearby.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Walter Julien
Ray Scroggins
Julien
Steel Concern Expands At Cost of 30 Million
Wheeling Steel Corporation announced yesterday the award of a contract for a new short line railroad as part of an expansion program estimated at 30 million dollars. The standard gauge line will connect a reactivated plant at Mingo Ohio with the Steubenville Ohio works, about four miles apart.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Mingo
Steubenville, O
Lancaster Wife Dies in Gas Stove Blast
Mrs. R. B. Binkley a 47 year old Lancaster woman died in Lancaster Hospital from burns after a gasoline stove exploded in the garage of her home near Amanda. Her husband a 50 year old man and 68 year old Guy Drumm were injured while cleaning poultry yesterday when the explosion occurred.
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Lancaster
R. B. Binkley
Lancaster Hospital
Amanda
Guy Drumm
Newspaperman Harvey Young Dies in Columbus
Funeral services scheduled Friday for Harvey R. Young advertising director and vice president of the Columbus Dispatch who died yesterday from a heart ailment. He served as director and held leadership roles at the newspaper.
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Columbus
Harvey R. Young
Columbus Dispatch
C P Kircher Contractor Dies at 77 in Athens
Charles P. Kircher aged 77, prominent Athens contractor, died Thursday in Sheltering Arms Hospital after a year of ill health. He built many local structures including Ellis Hall and Carnegie Hall at Ohio University and the Athens Home Telephone Co. office. He retired in 1929 and helped found the Mutual Home and Savings Association. He was active in St Paul’s Parish Knights of Columbus and the BPOE lodge.
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Charles P. Kircher
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens State Hospital
Athens County
Chauncey
Athens Country Club
City
Athens Home Telephone Co
Security Savings Bank
the Messenger
C. D. Kenny Co
F. J. Beasley Co
Schine’s
Athena Theater
Spot
Kircher
Marshall Off For Conclave
Washington secretary of state Marshall departs for London to present U S policy toward Russia at the Big Four foreign ministers conference aboard President Truman’s Sacred Cow. His goals mirror prior talks: a peace treaty with Austria and main outlines of a German settlement with Molotov.
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Washington
Marshall
London
Russia
Truman
Molotov
Austria
State Tax Revenue Surges Past 100 Million Mark
Ohio sales and use tax receipts exceeded 100 million this month as of Nov 15. The State Treasurer's Office projects about 125 million for the year, with 102.88 million collected to date versus 86.69 million a year ago.
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Columbus
Ohio
Three Gunmen Rob City Exchange Coin Machine
Three gunmen robbed the Columbus Exchange Coin Machine Co yesterday. They forced five male employees to disrobe and fled with $1700 from Delbert E Hell yer of Lancaster reports. They also took a $1000 diamond ring and an undetermined amount of cash from the strongbox.
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Columbus
Exchange Coin Machine Co
Delbert E. Hellyer
Lancaster
Elyria Names Dan W. Kothe Safety Director
Elyria mayor-elect Henry W. Ault announced Dan W. Kothe, 42, will become safety director, succeeding I. Faxon who resigned.
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Elyria
Dan W. Kothe
I. Faxon
Henry W. Ault
Store Executive Dies Dayton Leader of Rike Kumler Passes
Frederick E. Rike 80 a nationally known department store executive and president of Dayton s largest store Rike Kumler died yesterday in Dayton Ohio He led the firm during a period of growth and consolidation and was associated with the retailer for decades through its expansion and service to the community.
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Dayton
Frederick E. Rike
Rike Kumler
France recalls 1947 troops as strike crisis widens
President Auriol orders recall of about 140000 troops to restore army strength amid a nationwide strike wave led by unionists aligned with the Communist CGT. Premier Ramadier resigns, Leon Blum is tapped to form a broad government. security guards deployed in major cities.
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Paris
France
Vincent Auriol
Leon Blum
Auriol
Elysees Palace
Paul Ramadier
Blum
Ramadier
General Confederation of Labor
General Confederation
Two Labor Bills Promised for Next Congress
Rep. Fred J. Hartley said two new labor bills will be introduced in January. One would make infringing a worker's right to work a federal offense while preserving the right to strike. The other targets restraint of trade by unions and could affect Petrillo's record ban and any future coal mine work stoppages.
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Columbus
Congress
Fred J. Hartley
Hartley
State Chamber of Commerce
James C. Petrillo
John L. Lewis
7th Congress District Leaders Endorse Taft
GOP county chairmen of the Seventh District endorsed Senator Robert A. Taft for the Republican presidential nomination. The meeting also backed Governor Thomas J. Herbert and Representative Clarence J. Brown.
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Taft
Springfield
Robert A. Taft
GOP
Thomas J. Herbert
Clarence J. Brown
Food For Spain Meal Sparks Budget Debate In Congress
Rep Weichel of Ohio cites a lavish Alba wedding feast in Spain to question aid cuts. He cites a 70000 meal for 3000 guests including seafood ham beef poultry fruit pies and thousands of bottles of alcohol and asks why the US should send aid to Europe in emergencies.
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Washington
Duke of Alba
Spain
Weichel
Ohio
Europe
Meyers Faces Charges On Income Tax Next
Justice crackdown on income tax charges looms over Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers as Senate investigators probe a $150,000 profit from a Dayton war contracting plant. Attorney General Clark intends to seek Meyers’ indictment after Ferguson subcommittee hearings.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Bennett E. Meyers
Senate
Stooges
Tom Clark
Meyers
Couple Facing Life Sentences In Child Deaths
Mr and Mrs Harold Lehaney both 41 faced mandatory life terms after a nine woman three man jury found them guilty of first degree murder in the deaths of James Gleason age 5 and Gerald Gleason age 2 who stayed at the Lehaney home The couple fled Toledo last April and were captured in Waterloo Iowa weeks later The younger boy died a month before his brother
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Toledo
Harold Lehaney
James Gleason
Gerald
Lehaney
Florence Lehaney
James
Waterloo
Iowa
Union Talks Continue in Cincinnati Over Truckers Strike
A conference of AFL union officials and company representatives remained in progress in Cincinnati early today to end a strike of 3,000 truckers. James McNamara of the U S Mediation Service chaired as negotiations continued after beginning at 3 p m yesterday between Local 100 truckers and intercity drivers employers.
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Cincinnati
AFL
James McNamara
U. S. Mediation Service
Truckers
Truman Plans To View Army-Navy Grid Game
President Truman will attend the Army Navy football game in Philadelphia on Saturday November 29. Mrs Truman and White House aides will accompany him according to Presidential Secretary Charles G Ross.
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Truman
Washington
Philadelphia
Charles G. Ross
Mrs. Truman
White House
Tallow Tank Blast Fatal To Chillicothe Worker
Injuries from a Columbus rendering plant explosion Monday proved fatal yesterday for Charles R. Good age 34 of Chillicothe. He was blown through the roof when a tank containing 100 pounds of tallow exploded.
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Columbus
Charles R. Good
Chillicothe
Curtis E. Schaufelberger Dies After Traffic Accident
SANDUSKY Ohio Curtis E Schaufelberger 84 died last night from injuries suffered in a traffic accident Sunday. Funeral plans and further details are pending with local authorities and his family.
Death Claims Ad Man Lawrence H. Jamieson in Montreal
Lawrence H. Jamieson aged 52 a prominent figure in the advertising field died last night in Montreal. He was widely known in the local business community and leaves behind fellow colleagues and connections in the industry.
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Montreal
Lawrence H. Jamieson
Lima Hospital Official Rebuttal Witness Testimony
Dr. R. E. Bushong superintendent of the Lima State Hospital was set to testify as a rebuttal witness in the Clifford Gayles murder trial. Prosecutor Paul Aden planned to recall Bushong after the defense rested their case following an insanity plea.
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Hamilton
R. E. Bushong
Lima State Hospital
Clifford Gayles
Xenia
Ohio
Paul A. Aden
Dr. Bushong
Bushong
Gayles
Fifth Polio Victim Reported at Akron
The district records a fifth polio death as two new cases are treated in Akron hospitals. Robert Ligon, 20, died yesterday in an iron lung of bulbar polio. More than 400 patients have been treated in the area this year.
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Akron
Robert Ligon
Congress Debates Truman Inflation Plan Delay
Senate officials clash over delaying action on standby rationing and price control as Taft leads a push to review other parts of the 10 point program. Factions from both parties urge debate during the current session while committees weigh related measures and a $597 million Europe aid bid.
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Truman
Taft
Ohio
Senate
House Economic Committee
Flander
R-Vt
Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Congressional
Wolcott
House Banking Committee
Worker Slain in Robbery By Two Masked Men
Dover reports a 56 year old Wheel ing & Lake Erie Railroad worker John R. Myers was beaten to death during a robbery outside a Bolivar cafe. His body dumped near a Zoar tavern as deputies search for two masked assailants who fled in a car after the attack.
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Dover
Tuscarawas County
John R. Myers
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Zoar
Myers
Bolivar
Bolivar Cafe
Bolivar Tavern
Too Poor To Retire, Man Leaves $50,000 Estate
Dallas worker Edward M. Harris 71 an armature winder for the street car and bus system died November 7 saying he was too poor to retire. His temporary administrator C. W. Hudson reports Harris left a $50,000 estate with $25,125 hidden in his East Dallas quarters.
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Dallas
Edward M. Harris
C. W. Hudson
Harris
Meters to Get Six Month Tryout in East Liverpool
Parking meters will be placed for a six month trial in East Liverpool with a monthly rent of 1622.50 dollars authorized.
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East Liverpool
Roulette system users claim Chicago study group wins big
Reno bettors report two former University of Chicago graduates Roy Walford and Albert Hibbs winning with a roulette system based on number nine. They turned $300 into thousands, totaling up to $11,000 before a long losing streak. they plan to continue until hitting about $50,000, drawing curiosity from Ray Smith at Harold's Club.
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Reno, Nev
Reno
University of Chicago
Roy Walford
San Diego
Albert Hibbs
Chillicothe
Walford
Hibbs
Chicago
Ray Smith
Harold
Smith
Palace Club
Jean Walford
San Diego High
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