Record: Vast Japanese Diamond Hoard Hidden During War
Washington reports hundreds of thousands of cut diamonds uncovered in Japan. Officials value the trove at 20 to 25 million dollars, with experts estimating far higher value if set or owned by individuals. Diamonds now rest in Bank of Japan vaults, awaiting disposition for Allied reparations.
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Meeuw York Bfr
Epewes
War Department
New York
Edward Henderson
Smithsonian Institution
Bank of Japan
Tokyo
Henderson
William H. Foshag
Smithsonian
Dr. Foshag
Japan
Orly Field
Frankfurt
508Th Parachute Infantry Regiment
U. S
Contempt Writ Served On Mine Worker Chief
Federal marshals served John L Lewis with a contempt summons in Washington asking him to appear in court Monday to answer for the coal strike disruption. Lewis declined comment and left for UMW headquarters after a brief meeting with deputies. The case could lead to fines or jail if he does not comply or if the court finds him in contempt.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Alexandria
Union
Fugitives and girl to face hearing in Lancaster
Four reformatory fugitives and a 17 year old girl companion face charges in Mayor Von Stein's court today over a hold up and kidnapping of Joseph Stanko at his dry cleaning shop. The group, captured in Holmes County, fled from Grafton Prison Camp and used Stanko as a shield during the escape.
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Lancaster
Fred von Stein
Reformatory
Joseph Stanko
Millersburg
Sam H. Hutsler
Hutsler
Grafton
Mansfield Reformatory
Wayne D. Starner
Holmes County
Stanko
Sandusky
Mansfield
William Bell
Merle Leddy
Belleville
Columbus
Vote Error Is Found In Ohio House Ballot.
Cleveland reports that Democratic incumbent William C. Hart retained his seat after an official tally corrected a 2,000 vote error that had previously shown Republican William R. Chapman winning. The adjustment narrows the GOP edge to 124-15 in the Ohio House.
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Cleveland
William C. Hart
Ohio
House of Representatives
William R. Chapman
Cuyahoga County
Explosion damages Standard Oil No 2 refinery in Cleveland
A short circuit detonated the main electric switch at Standard Oil Co. of Ohio No 2 refinery in Cleveland causing about 15000 dollars in damage.
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Cleveland
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Suspect Acquitted in Cleveland Café Shooting Case
A Common Pleas Jury acquitted 34 year old Thomas C. Sanfilippo yesterday of first degree murder in the March 4 ambush shooting of cafe operator Robert L. Firestone.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas
Thomas C. Sanfilippo
Robert L. Firestone
Davis Release Questioned by Ohio Board
The State Sundry Claims Board asked the Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission to explain the release of dangerous convict Thomas Davis to prey upon society. No date set. hearing tied to Arthur F. Hillis claim for 13092 dollars after Hillis was shot by a game warden who mistook him for Davis during a posse追追追 hunt for a deputy sheriff's murder.
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Columbus
State Sundry Claims Board
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Arthur F. Hillis
Corning
Perry County
Hillis
Thomas Davis
New Autos May Include Spare Tire and Tube
The Civilian Production Administration announced that after December 16 new automobiles may be sold with a spare tire and tube for the first time since 1942 wartime restrictions.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
Farm Bureau reelects Columbus Ohio chiefs at 28th convention
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation ended its 28th annual convention with Perry L. Green of Mantua reelected as president along with all incumbent officers.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Perry L. Green
Mantua
Wreckage spotted as survivors plead for aid in Alps search
The United States Air Force reports likely wreckage of a missing Army transport plane 13 miles southeast of Interlaken Switzerland. Supplies dropped and search aircraft circle the area while hourly distress signals keep hopes alive for seven passengers and four crew. The operation includes U S, Italian and French personnel with clouds hampering efforts.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States Air Force
Interlaken
Switzerland
Airforce
Wiesbaden
Italy
U. S
Aeronca Chief Named Aircraft Council Head
John Friedlander president of Aeronca Aircraft Corp Middletown Ohio was named chairman of the Personal Aircraft Council of the Aircraft Industries Association sponsor of the National Aircraft Show in Cleveland Friedlander took the chair at a council meeting yesterday
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Cleveland
John Friedlander
Aeronca Aircraft Corp
Middletown
Personal Aircraft Council
The
Aircraft Industries Association
Friedlander
Ohio Man Unconscious For Six Weeks
Marion officials say William Ernest Wittred, 43, has been unconscious for six weeks at City Hospital after he and his wife were found in their auto trailer in October. Mrs. Wittred died from fumes from a faulty gas refrigerator burner.
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Marion
William Ernest Wittred
City Hospital
Geraldine Wittred
Regional OPA Workers Get Dismissal Notices
OPA regional administrator John F. Kessel said 30 day dismissal notices would be handed out to 218 employees in the regional and district offices. The dismissals stem from the liquidation order effective November 12 reducing staff to about 250 at the regional office and 330 at the district office.
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Cleveland
John F. Kessel
OPA
Funeral rites set for Rev Oliver K Stone in Medina
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow for the Rev. Oliver K. Stone a 79 year old retired minister of the Evangelical and United Brethren Church in Medina Ohio.
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Medina
Oliver K. Stone
Evangelical and United Brethren Church
Chest Drive Ends Cincinnati Campaign With Record Total
A victory dinner marked the end of Cincinnati's 1946 Community Chest drive. Volunteers raised 2,297,305 dollars, surpassing the goal of 2,151,134 dollars. The campaign supported local welfare agencies and community services.
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Cincinnati
Cold Wave Sweeps Large U S With Snow Flurries
A Canadian cold front drives a broad cold wave across the Midwest and plains with lows around 15 in parts of Ohio and snow flurries in the east and north. Glasgow Montana records 17 below zero officially as air mass shifts toward Texas and the Ohio Valley.
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Canada
Ohio
Glasgow
Mont
Plain
Mississippi Valley
Upper
Great Lakes
Texas
Mississippi
Ohio Valleys
Eastern
Seaboard
Bryan suspect selects three-judge court for murder trial
James R. Engle 21 who pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the first degree murder of librarian Emily Abernathy 30 on September 19 was chosen to be tried by a three judge court in Bryan Ohio. The trial set for December 9.
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Bryan
James R. Engle
Emily Abernathy
Enquirer Omits Ads Due to Paper Shortage
Cincinnati Enquirer drops local display advertising in today's edition because of acute shortage and late delivery of news print. The paper notes the absence in a page one box explaining the shortage affecting all sections.
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Enquirer
Cincinnati
The_ Cincinnati Enquirer
Liquor Permit Substitutions Being Probed
In Columbus the State Liquor Department reports vigorous investigation into improper substitutions of liquor permits amid ownership changes. Gov Lausche notes rising permit sales and prices exceeding asset values and seeks talks with the Internal Revenue Service on reported income sources.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
H. T. Chapman
Frank J. Lausche
Liquor Department
Collector of Internal Revenue
Catholic Retreat House To Be Established In Cleveland
Priests of the Cleveland Diocese subscribe 233790 for a retreat house for clergy and laity. The gift honors Bishop Edward F Hoban on his 25th anniversary as a bishop, announced by Msgr James M McDonough, Diocesan Vicar General.
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Cleveland—4
Cleveland
Edward F. Hoban
James M. McDonough
Special Jury Called In Perry Bank Case
A special grand jury was convened to meet Monday to review charges against Bernard R. Howell and Glenn E. Neff for armed robbery in the $170,000 Peoples Bank of Thornville holdup in Perry County.
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Columbus
Bernard R. Howell
Glenn E. Neff
Peoples Bank
Thornville
Perry County
Construction to Start on Betheseda Nurses Building
Construction of an 800000 dollar nurses educational building and home at Bethesda Hospital will start soon, officials announced.
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Cincinnati
Bethesda Hospital
Train Schedules Cut in Ohio Amid Coal Saving Order
Railroads in southeastern Ohio reduce passenger service by 25 percent starting Monday to conserve coal. Chesapeake and Ohio will run trains 30 and 387 Columbus to Athens and 130 and 137 Logan to Pomeroy on Mon Wed Fri only. New York Central removed trains 4 and 9 on Columbus to Charleston. Baltimore and Ohio made no southeastern Ohio suspensions.
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Southeastern Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Columbus
Athens
Logan
Pomeroy
NEW York Central
Columbus-Charleston
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Bituminous coal curtailment hits Ohio and West Virginia mines
Ohio steel mills plan extensive curtailment as bituminous coal stockpiles dwindle. About 20,000 Ohio miners quit work with no reported violence. In West Virginia 102,000 UMW members walk out, closing some 605 mines and halting monthly output near 14 million tons. Local officials institute rationing and committees to manage coal distribution.
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Congress
Ohio Steel Mills
Ohio
Cleveland
Youngstown
Portsmouth
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Hubbard
Republic Steel
Cleveland Electric Iluminating Co
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co
Cincinnati
Ralph W. O'Neill
West Virginia
UMW
District 17
William Blizzard
Charleston
John L. Lewis
Joe Louis
St. Louis Ball Club
Blizzard
Three Still at Large After Break From BIS
Lancaster police report 17 boys escaped from the Boys' Industrial School Wednesday night. Ralph Kelly 16 Dayton Carl Byrd 15 Cincinnati and Donald Sayles 17 Cleveland remain at large. Sept. Harold L. Hayes filed the report.
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Lancaster
Industrial School
Ralph Kelly
Dayton
Carl Byrd
Cincinnati
Donald Sayles
Cleveland
Harold L. Hayes
Wartime Navy Used Missionary Journal in Pacific Mapping
Oberlin retires missionary Miss Alice Cowles Little near 80 aided Navy in Pacific war effort through a personal journal. The log described Caroline Marshall Gilbert Islands routes, tides, reefs, and landforms aiding attacks on Truk Tarawa Kwajalein. Navy shared a 19th century chart with her notes and preserved foliage samples.
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Oberlin
Alice Cowles Little
Navy
Caroline
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
Pacific
Miss Little
Oberlin College
Kusaie
Caroline-Marshall- Gilbert Archipelago
Missionary School
Morning Star
George F. Garland
Capt
Garland
Makin
Tarawa
Truk
Kwajalein
London
Beulah Tuthill
Two Are Slain In Mine Fight Foreman Held
Mc Dowell County West Virginia prosecutors prepared to charge Sam Curry aged 49 with murder after two United Mine Workers members were shot at the Little Bobbie Pocahontas Coal Company's truck mine near Welch. Roosevelt Thomas 45 and Will Hunt 65 were killed amid a confrontation as they urged mine stoppage. Curry was detained for protection. Union officials condemned violence while investigators review the case.
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United Mine Workers
Washington
Lewis
Virginia
UMW
Goldsborough
West Virginia
Capitol Dome
Congress
Trueman
Judge Goldsborough
Truman
Key West
Fla
Charles G. Ross
Steel
General Motors
New York
Pennsylvania
Welch
W. Va
McDowell County
Richard Parsons
Sam Curry
United Mine Workers Union
Curry
Little Bobbie Pocahontas Coal Company
Eureka Hollow
Parsons
Roosevelt Thomas
Bottom Creek
Will Hunt
Eckman
Hunt
Thomas
Ray Thomason
Union
International Board
Ohio builders seek end to all government construction controls
The Ohio Home Builders Association at its annual convention urged abolition of the NHA CPA and OPA to restore a complete free enterprise in the construction industry. Builders said veterans housing has been hampered by months of government controls.
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Columbus
Ohio Home Builders Association
NHA
CPA
OPA
Home Builders
Overdue Airplanes Reported Safe by Cleveland Center
A Cub Cruiser from Hamilton Ontario and a Navy trainer from Johnstown Pennsylvania were reported accounted for by Cleveland Airport air traffic control. The cruiser landed at Leamington Ontario without notice of its destination change and the Navy trainer landed at another field without advising the control tower.
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Cleveland
Hamilton
Ont
Navy
Johnstown
Leamington
Watch union chief warns of Swiss control of U S watch industry
The president of a watch-makers union laments New Deal tariffs boosting Swiss dominance in U S watchmaking. He argues Swiss wages and tariff policy push American firms out, risking jobs as other nations raid U S markets. He also cites Hull's reciprocal treaties as prolonging economic weakness before the war.
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Watch-Makers’ Union
Hull
OPA Seeks Rent Cap Action Against Ironton Woman
The Office of Price Administration filed a federal suit in Cincinnati against Mrs. Laura B. Jones of Ironton Ohio seeking an injunction to restrain her from collecting more than the maximum rent for property there.
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Cincinnati
Office of Price Administration
Laura B. Jones
Ironton, C
Ironton
Car Hits Pedestrians In Columbus Fatal and Injuring
In Columbus last night a car struck two pedestrians. Cecilia Ellen Shannon 55 was killed and Bridgie Cunningham 70 was critically injured as they crossed the street.
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Columbus
Cecelia Ellen Shannon
Bridgie Cunningham
Pastor Tevis to retire after 26 years at Foster Memorial
The Rev. Charles Tevis, longtime pastor of Foster Memorial Presbyterian Church in Youngstown, announced plans to retire after 26 years of service.
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Youngstown
Charles Tevis
Foster Memorial Presbyterian Church
College Buys 231 Acre Farm Adjacent to Wilmington Campus
Wilmington College announced the purchase of the 231 acre Fred Docter farm adjoining the campus. The acquisition expands the college’s land holdings and campus expansion plans.
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College Buys Farm
Wilmington
Fred Docter
Wilmington Coilege
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