Man Admits Killing Boy In St. Louis
William Norris Pollard a 26 year old former mental patient was held for removal to St Louis on murder charges involving a two year old. FBI reports he admitted fatally beating the child at the American Hotel in St Louis and disposing of the body in a drawer. The victim was Joseph Nichols Jr son of a friend Pollard had met at a veterans hospital in Chillicothe Ohio. Pollard waived extradition after seizure at Red Cross HQ and faced a $10 000 bond with continued proceedings. The coroner ruled death from internal hemorrhage linked to a sex attack. Pollard provided a different account of travel with the child and the st Louis killing.
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Chicago
William Norris Pollard
St. Louis
FBI
Pollard
Red Cross
American
Joseph Nichols, Jr
Pollard’s
Chillicothe
Ohio
Nichols
Pollard George B. McSwain
McSwain
Huntington
W. Va
Betty
Chillcothe Hospital
MIT Students Arrested Over Harvard Stadium Prank
Cambridge police suspended eight MIT students over a planned prank at the Harvard Yale game. They allegedly buried a detonation device under the stadium turf to reveal 15 foot M L T letters. One student was seized before ignition. a ninth was put on probation and turf repair costs were assigned.
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Cambridge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard
MIT
Everett M. Baker
Oil Firm Official Dies in Newark
Harry H. Whitehill, an official of M. H. Whitehill & Sons, a Washington Pennsylvania oil company, died yesterday in Newark Ohio.
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Newark, O
Harry H. Whitehill
Washington, Pa
M. H. Whitehill & Sons
U.N. aims to break Berlin deadlock resuming Security Council
The six neutral members of the U.N. Security Council resumed efforts to resolve the West East Berlin deadlock. They reviewed questions answered by the United States Soviet Union Britain and France over the June blockade and sought a clue to end the cold war. Soviet guards at Berlin City Hall blocked elected officials from taking records, signaling possible steps toward a hand picked Communist regime after city elections on December 5. A Soviet bloc delegate blamed American and British oil and military interests for wrecking the UN partition plan for Palestine, while the Soviet Ukraine delegate urged Arab troops to leave Palestine. In Venezuela, an Army officer described a cabinet shakeup under President Romulo Gallegos, while officials denied the Army was holding him prisoner.
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Associated Press
U.N. Security Council
Berlin
U.S
Russia
Britain
France
U.N
Palestine
Ukraine
Venezuela
Romulo Gallegos
Thomas Rates Wages First In Next Congress
Senator Albert Thomas of Utah outlined priorities for the new Senate in Washington. He would push repeal of the Taft Hartley act third, with emphasis on increasing the federal minimum wage and possibly accelerating aid to education as he prepares to chair the Education and Labor Committee when Democrats take control in January.
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Washington
Albert Thomas
Utah
Congress
Thomas
Senate
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Southeast Ohioans Named to Legion National Guests Committee
National Commander Perry Brown announced two Southeast Ohioans joined the American Legion national guests committee for 1949. Dave Brennan of Marietta and Dudley P. Whipple of Portsmouth were named, with Kenneth Kerr of Lancaster also named to the group.
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Indianapolis
Collapse of a legend about post war prosperity
Pravda描绘美现状致失业扩张军国化与通胀上升。编辑部以题为 Collapse 的长篇社论描述美经济崩塌与社会动荡并列出大量工人失业、军事化和物价飞涨的情景。
Living Cost Dip Hints At Less Price Control
Washington reports a small fall in the October cost of living, the first drop in seven months, prompting speculation President Truman may ease standby price control and rationing powers when Congress convenes. Edwin Nourse praises the dip as “swell” but offers no firm forecast. Officials weigh inflation and foreign aid spending as they eye next year’s military outlays.
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Truman
Congress
Edwin Nourse
President
Chester Bowles
OPA
Connecticut
White House
Nourse
Mother Held Insane After Attempted Family Tragedy
In Jackson Ohio, 27 year old Mrs. Marcella Hudson was adjudged insane and committed to Athens State Hospital after an attempted attack on her two daughters Judy age three and Bonnie Joan five months and self inflicted wounds. Her husband described normal behavior prior to a house fire and subsequent events with a neighbor present. The baby remained in critical condition with the older child out of danger. a razor was found in the room and police reported the incident.
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Jackson
Marcella Hudson
Athens State Hospital
Robert
Dorace Barber
Hudson
Chillicothe Veterans Hospital
Barber
Judy
Bonnie Joan
Bobby Breen Apologizes For Plane Disappearance
Hayward Wis Public apology and about 300 dollars cover the cost of 36 hours of searching through snow for singer Bobby Breen 21 while he rested at a hotel under an assumed name. Dist Atty Winslow Davis says the bill is payable now. Breen explains to Ashland and Sawyer County authorities why he did not report his whereabouts after the chartered plane was forced down. Officials say no charges will be filed. Dist Atty Clarence Olson reprimands Breen and the pilot for failing to notify safety after landing. Breen denies the disappearance was a hoax.
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Bobby Breen
Hayward
Wis
Breen
Sawyer County
Winslow Davis
Bill
Ashland
Clarence Olson
Ashland County
State Senator Robbed of $230 by Youths
Cincinnati police report two youths blocked a road with logs last night and confronted State Senator Kyle Brooks with rifles demanding $230. Brooks handed over his wallet after a gun fired from one youth. His wife moved the car. the assailants fled and a bullet hole was found in the door.
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Cincinnati
Kyle Brooks
Brooks
Missing Man Henry Hillis Found Near Skull in Perry County
John Hillis identified clothing a watch and two pairs of glasses found near a skull in Perry County as belonging to his father Henry Hillis age 65 missing since January 4. Coroner H F Minshull suspects natural death and believes animals scattered the remains.
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Zanesville
John Hillis
Perry County
Henry Hillis
H. F. Minshull
Hillis
Lung purchase set to honor fallen Fremont patrolman
The local Marine Corps detachment will buy an iron lung and dedicate it to Patrolman George Biggs, who was killed November 3 while attempting to stop a stolen car, in Fremont, Ohio.
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Fremont, O
Marine Corps
George Biggs
China Situation May Increase Foreign Aid
Washington reports say the Communist advance in China will push U S foreign aid up by hundreds of millions in coming years regardless of aid to Chiang Kai-Shek If China remains savable Truman and Marshall may request substantial new funds If China falls the cost to rebuild Japan rises Marshall held a second policy talk with the President but no decisions were announced Nanking Suchow battle progress described as favorable on paper for the government but neutral observers see real losses to Communist pressure
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Washington
China
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek
Truman
Marshall
Congress
Japan
Nanking
Suchow
Murder suspect admits disposing of body in Boulder case
Police quoted a 31 year old metal worker Joseph Walker saying he disposed of Theresa Foster body after she was bludgeoned and strangled on the night of November 9. He claimed Foster was murdered by a blonde, chubby boyfriend. Foster, 18, a University of Colorado freshman, was attacked in Boulder. Walker was detained Sunday following his wife’s report of suspicion.
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Boulder
Colo
Theresa Foster
Miss Foster
Colorado University
Joseph Walker
Employees in Gambling Denied Compensation
Columbus Ohio Supreme Court rules workers in gambling establishments are not eligible for workers compensation if injured or killed on the job. Rejecting Catherine Lowe's appeal, the court left intact a decision denying compensation for her son John’s death while he served as clerk in a Canton club’s horse race room and as attendant at keno games.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Catherine Lowe
John
Canton
Draft registration case faces bond for Antioch student
Chicago report says Robert Somers nineteen year old pre medical student at Antioch College Yellow Springs Ohio was released on one thousand dollar bond after being charged with failure to register for the draft.
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Chicago
Robert Somers
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Accident Kills Son and Father on Farm
WAUSEON. Clair Wyant, 36, a farmer, was crushed when a dump trailer bed fell on him after a load of corn was dumped. His father William R. Wyant, 60, rushed for help, returned with neighbor Lyle Salsberry, and helped lift the bed. A Morenci doctor arrived. Wyant died shortly after, reportedly of shock or heart failure.
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Wauseon
Clair Wyant
William R. Wyant
Lyle Salsberry
Morenci
Wyant
Salsberry
MacArthur confirms Tojo and six leaders face execution
In Tokyo General MacArthur denied clemency for Japan’s top war criminals, ordering Hangings for Tojo and six others. He affirmed the tribunal’s seven death sentences and 16 life terms, urging peace prayers as the executions approach. The court also involved potential US Supreme Court appeals.
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MacArthur
Tojo
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Hideki Tojo
International Military Tribunal
Pearl Harbor
Political Action Gains Attention Of CIO Delegates
Portland Oregon Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas told CIO delegates labor leaders can better defeat Communist propaganda and bridge America and Europe. The 600 delegates debated CIO political action amid left wing squabbles and a push for Marshall Plan support. Reported plans emerged to form organizing committees targeting government workers clerks and white collar staff to swell membership.
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Portland
Ore
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
CIO
America
Europe
Henry Wallace
AFL Seeks Unified Labor Pact With CIO Machinists and M U
The American Federation of Labor signals readiness to talk peace with the CIO International Association of Machinists and John L. Lewis units. President William Green announced after AFL's 67th convention that the peace move follows a resolution urging a unified labor movement. Machinists left in 1946 over plant machinery disputes. Miners withdrew last year. Unions creating the CIO were suspended in 1936.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
International Association of Machinists
CIO
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William Green
AFL
Rain or Cloudy Weather Seen for Thanksgiving Day
Weather officials forecast rain or cloud cover for many areas on Thanksgiving with snow possible in parts of the Midwest and Northern Rockies. Mild sunshine is expected in Florida, the Gulf States and California while the Northern Plains may see colder air move in during the day.
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Washington
Midwest
Rockies
Florida
Gulf States
California
Weather Bureau
United States
Coroner Frees Teen in Slaying of Father
A 16 year old grocery clerk Charles Anthony Setlech was absolved by a coroner's jury of justifiable homicide in the shotgun killing of his father. He testified he used the gun to protect his mother from a beating and only intended to scare his father after witnessing the abuse.
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Peoria, II
Charles Anthony Setlech
Burns Fatal to Driver In Gas Truck Explosion
Harvey Pierce, 31, of Wilmington, died at St. Elizabeth Hospital from burns after a highway crash on Route 22 near Wilmington. His gas truck collided with a haulaway, he was thrown clear, and the vehicle exploded, covering him with flaming gasoline per highway patrol.
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Wilmington
Harvey Pierce
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Pierce
Route 22
Highway Patrol
Heavy Frost Reported As Mercury Sinks to 24
Athens woke to a heavy frost as temperatures fell to 24 degrees, eight below freezing. By 10 a.m. the day warmed to 30 as Mrs. C. N. France, weather observer, reported, with yesterday’s high at 48, two degrees under the prior day. The Hocking River read 3.63 feet this morning.
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Athens
Ammonia Tank Breaks, Fumes Blot Lebanon City
Ammonia fumes from a broken pipe at Consumers Ice Co. plant blanketed Lebanon as a tank was struck by a backing truck. Police urged residents to close windows while scores suffered eye irritation. A brisk wind dispersed the fumes and ended the threat.
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Lebanon
Consumers Ice Co
Pickett Found Guilty In Manslaughter Trial
Newark resident Lee F Pickett was convicted of second degree manslaughter by a common pleas court jury for the traffic death of Shirley Holler a Newark 20 year old in April Judge Charles C Hobtsberry sentenced Pickett to one to twenty years in the Mansfield Reformatory
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Newark, CO
Lee F. Pickett
Newark
Common Pleas Court
Shirley Holler
Charles C. Hobtsberry
Pickett
Mansfield Reformatory
Secrecy Verdict on Top Japanese War Lords Shocks Tokyo
General MacArthur announced that seven top defendants would be executed in secret with no photographs of their bodies. The move aims to spare further humiliation and follows similar actions in the Philippines. Many Japanese fear Tojo’s fate remains alive in belief, while MacArthur defends a fair trial and seeks to avoid vengeance in the occupation.
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Tokyo
Douglas’ MacArthur
Japan
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Masaharu Homma
Philippines
Pacific
Hideki Tojo
U. S. Eighth Army
Tojo
MacArthur
MaceArthur
Architect Vows Fight to Keep Apple Creek Job
Cleveland Heights architect Joseph A. Vattozzi declares a fight to the finish to retain his post as architect for the Apple Creek State Hospital. He says he was ousted for insisting the contractor meet specifications and deliver full value, while Ohio public works director George B. Sowers reportedly favored easier terms.
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Cleveland
Joseph A. Vattozzi
Cleveland Heights
Apple Creek State Hospital
George B. Sowers
Ohio Public Works
Navy
Gattozzi
Sowers
Army to issue ID cards for enlisted personnel next month
The Army will issue identification cards to enlisted personnel next month, providing soldiers with a tool to prove their age for the first time.
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Washington
Army
Draftee Rejection Rate Doubles Wartime Quota
Washington reports the Army is tightening its draft by selecting draftees more strictly. Of 44,000 examined in 43 states since November, about 32,000 were rejected, a 70 percent rate double the wartime 35.8 percent. Physical standards and age groups driven by doctors reduce eligibility, with plans to induct 15,000 in December and 20,000 in January.
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Washington
Army
Selective Service
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