Moscow bans senators from visiting Soviet Union
Washington AP reports Russia refused visas to 12 senators including Senate Appropriations Committee members and John Peurifoy assistant secretary of state. The embassy inspection trip was deemed unsuitable by the Soviet foreign ministry and prompted calls in Congress for tighter controls on Soviet admissions to the United States.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
John Peurifoy
Walter Bedell Smith
Ussr
Bridges
United States
Dworshak
Idaho
Peurifoy
State Department
Prices for some foods ease after peak wartime highs
A three month AP survey shows mixed signs in major prices with butter eggs and some staples down from peaks while meat corn hogs stay high and cocoa remains at record levels. Wholesale indices slip slightly from the year’s high as New York retailers brace for higher prices and a possible recession in early 1948.
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Associated Press
New York
Lew Hahn
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Oil Lease Challenged In Taxpayer's Suit
Canton Ohio district news reports Mrs Lucille T Himebaugh filed a taxpayer suit to cancel a year old lease granting Park Oil and Gas Co Inc right to drill on city park lands. She contends the lease ordinance was not advertised in two newspapers of opposite political parties in the city.
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Canton
Lucille T. Himebaugh
Park Oil and Gas Co., Inc
Himebaugh
Peaceful Picketing Sought at North Electric Plant
Officials of the strike bound North Electric Co asked a common pleas court yesterday to issue an injunction requiring peaceful picketing at the Galion plant. The firm tried to reopen last week but abandoned plans after police advised it when hostile pickets gathered at the gates.
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Galion
North Electric Co
Common Pleas Court
Five Railroad Brotherhoods Demand 30 Percent Pay Hike
Five operating railroad brotherhoods call for a 30 per cent wage increase for over 350 000 members with a minimum 83 a day boost. The move triggers the National Railway Labor Act dispute process and could raise annual rail costs by about 400 million dollars. The groups also seek 44 rule changes that could lift operating costs by 1 billion annually, with talks set to begin next Tuesday.
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Chicago (P
National Railway Labor Act
Brotherhoods
Soviet Power Display at UN Confuses Vote
At the United Nations a dramatic contest for a Security Council seat pits the Soviet Ukraine against India as Russia backs the Soviet Ukraine while the United States and Britain back India. Delegates returned to vote after a deadlock from seven ballots, with two of three vacancies filled but the outcome uncertain as the session resumes.
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New York
General Assembly
United Nations
Poland
Security Council
Russia
Ukraine
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
India
Assembly
Flushing Meadows
Truman Urges Newspapers To Extend Freedom Worldwide
President Truman, in a message to the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association during National Newspaper Week, urges newspapers to extend the blessings of freedom worldwide and warns against taking freedom for granted. He says newspapers have played a splendid part and can be counted on in the future.
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Harrisburg
Newspapers of America
Truman
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio State University Enrollments Open Blocks
Registration at Ohio State University began with 23,907 students enrolled on the first day. Last year’s record of 24,867 had not yet been reached by opening day, with growth expected over the following days.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Taft predicts GOP victory in 1948 on anti totalitarian line
En route to Cheyenne Taft blasted the Truman administration as totalitarian and said Republicans will win full control in 1948 due to rising taxes spending and regulation. The Ohio senator spoke in Boise Idaho arguing the party will regain power as voters tire of government overreach.
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Taft
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ohio
Wyoming
Truman
Boise
Idaho
Republican Party
United States
Ohio Placed As Oil Source
Washington reports a Bureau of Mines long range program places Ohio among regions with coal and shale deposits that could yield oil. Demonstration plants authorized by Congress draft a blueprint for private industry to tap these resources to supplement petroleum reserves. Rep. Jenkins of Ohio urges federal aid to develop such an industry in the state.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Ohio
Congress
Rep. Jenkins
Bureau
United States
Lawyer seeks dismissal of life sentence for 13-year-old robber
Pikeville Kentucky attorney John Young Brown asks Circuit Judge R Monroe Fields to set aside the conviction and life term of Crawford Casebolt a 13 year old found guilty of armed robbery Brown cites personal stake as he has a 13 year old son and contends justice was not done for Casebolt
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Pikeville
R. Monroe Fields
John Young Brown
Lexington
Crawford Caseholt
Construction Worker Killed by Car Near Upper Sandusky
Howard Omler, 41, was fatally struck by a vehicle while on a construction site near Upper Sandusky last night. Police are investigating the incident and no further details were released.
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Upper
Sandusky
Howard Omler
Here
Huge Outdoor Laboratory Opens to Study High Voltage Transmission
A new outdoor laboratory near Steubenville studies 500 000 volt transmission lines. Philip Sporn of American Gas & Electric oversees the test raising voltage from 69 000 to 500 000. Westinghouse and other firms collaborate on corona loss, lightning arrestors, and equipment for three line test fields.
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Brilliant
America
Philip Sporn
American Gas & Electric Service Corporation
Steubenville
Sporn
A. C. Montieth
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Boulder Dam
Los Angeles
Long
American Gas & Electric Corporation
Westinghouse Corporation
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Ohio Power Co
American Bridge Co
Ohio Brass Co
Locke Insulator Corp
Aluminum Company of America
FBI Nabs Couple Tied to Ohio Crimes
New Orleans agents arrested a 35 year old Black man and his 17 year old companion who were sought in Ohio for a criminal assault two killings the wounding of two and three automobile thefts. Clifford William Gayles is wanted for the fatal shooting of Ollie Davidson Guy in Xen ia Ohio. The pair allegedly abducted the victim’s sister Ada Davidson and stole a car near Germantown. They are also charged in Franklin Ohio with the assault of Edna Adkins and her son Paul leading to her death in Middletown.
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New Orleans
FBI
Ohio
Percy Wyly
Clifford William Gayles
Ollie Davidson Guy
Xenia
Gayles
Ada Davidson
Dayton
Wyly
Germantown
Franklin
Edna Adkins
Paul
Adkins
Middletown
Prison Camp Abuse Is Told
A seven man court martial board in Carlsbad New Mexico recessed after Robert L. Dunlap testified that Lt (JG) Richard F. Gascoigne struck him twice in a Japanese prison camp. The hearing will resume Friday in San Diego California. Dunlap 27 said Gascoigne hit him after a card game dispute and again over food.
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Carlsbad
N.M
Richard F. Gascoigne
Lorain
Robert L. Dunlap
Gascoigne
San Diego
Calif
Dunlap
California
Airplanes Grounded as Wage Talks Halt Flights
American overseas airlines grounded across the Atlantic as wage negotiations stalled. The AFL Air Line Pilots Association had called a strike, and the company said its pilots’ pay offers were the highest in the history of international commercial transport flying, bringing operations to a complete standstill.
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New York
American Overseas Airlines
Atlantic
American Airlines
AFL Air Line Pilots Association
Valley City Paper Sold to Corporation
Valley City Times-Record is now published by a Minneapolis based corporation led by Jerome O. Berke after Don Matchan sold the paper following local business pressure on editorial policy.
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Valley City Paper
Corporation
Valley City
N.D
Jerome O. Berke
Minneapolis
Valley City Times- Record Today
Don Matchan
Portsmouth City Manager Resigns. Stevenson Acting
City Engineer Charles S. Stevenson became acting city manager today as Ernest G. Littleton, Portsmouth's manager since December 1, 1945, left the post. The move shifts leadership during a transitional period for the city administration.
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Portsmouth
Charles S. Stevenson
Ernest G. Littleton
President Truman Urges Bread Reduction for Aid
President Truman asked Americans to eat less bread to save 100 million bushels of grain for European aid and to curb livestock feeding. He spoke at the Citizens' Food Committee at the White House, urging quick congressional action for a stopgap $580 million aid package to France and Italy, with long range plans tied to the Marshall Plan.
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Truman
Citizens’ Food Committee
White House
Charles Luckman
People of
Europe
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs
Senate
House Ap
France
Italy
CIO
Congressional
Taft
Ohio
Export-Import Bank
Commodity Credit Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Burke Wins Cleveland Mayoral Primary for Reelection
Mayor Thomas A. Burke led the non partisan primary with 72 411 votes to Eliot Ness 47 080 and Edward L Pucel 35 389 Burke now faces Ness in the November election as the likely favorite after the strongest showing of his political career to date.
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Cleveland
Thomas A. Burke
Eliot Ness
Burke
Edward L. Pucel
Frank J. Lausche
Lightning Strike Kills DU Freshman Player in Practice
A bolt struck a Denver University freshman football drill, killing 17 year old Ken Mc Cauley Jr and stunning four teammates. Coaches Paul McClung and Mike Jurich were knocked unconscious as the field was hit by a bolt from a cloudy sky near the stadium.
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Denver
Denver University
Ken McCauley
la Junta
Colo
Paul McClung
Mike Jurich
McClung
McCauley
Fireman Pleads Guilty To Abortion Charge
Charles H. Fleenor a 43 year old Kingsport Tennessee fireman pleaded guilty to performing an abortion on a 23 year old East Side wife. He entered the plea yesterday before Common Pleas Judge Burt W Griffin and faces sentencing Friday.
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Cleveland
Charles H. Fleenor
Kingsport
Tenn
East Side
Common Pleas
Burt W. Griffin
Woman Admits Shooting Man in Apartment
Louise Sharpe a 21 year old fiancée admitted shooting Paul J Streicher a 35 year old druggist at his apartment and then attempted suicide. Streicher was listed in serious condition at General Hospital with chest and back wounds. Police learned of the shooting after Streicher telephoned HQ and named Sharpe who was taken into custody at her mother's home.
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Louise Sharpe
Paul J. Streicher
Cincinnati
Clem Merz
Miss Sharpe
Streicher
General
Freight Train Collision Injures Ten Near Dennison
A freight train and the Iron City Express collided ten miles east of Dennison Ohio. Engineer C P Eckhardt, 64 of Tuscarawas County, was in critical condition with crushed arm and leg. Two woman passengers and seven railroad employees were injured but treated and released. A tender from the freight rammed the express end car, trapping Eckhardt for over an hour before rescue. The crash delayed the passenger train about two and a half hours.
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Fickhardt
Esther Booker
Bluefield
W. Va
Theresa Rionda
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
New Glider Tow Bar Tested By Air Command
Dayton reports the Wright Field Air Materiel Command tested towing gliders with a four foot metal tow bar replacing the rope. Maj. F J Sweet said the 48 inch tow bar principle came from RAF captured German air force documents and requires further modification and perfection.
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Dayton
Wright Field Air Materiel Command
F. J. Sweet
AMC
RAF
Youth Pleads Guilty In Robbery Case
Youngstown report states Arthur McCann, 20, pleaded guilty to armed robbery and faces an undefined sentence after a judge imposed a sentence yesterday. Police say McCann previously engineered two escapes from Mahoning County Jail.
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Youngstown
Arthur McCann
Mansfield Reformatory
Common Pleas
John W. Ford
McCann
Mahoning
Veterans of World War II Convention Opens Tomorrow
Columbus reports the third annual American Veterans of World War II convention will begin tomorrow. National Commander Ray Sawyer announced the four day event with the theme Work for world peace secure the American way of life and help veterans to help themselves.
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Columbus
Ray Sawyer
Cincinnati Woman Killed by Truck
Mrs Lot tie Campbell 35 of Cincinnati was struck and killed by a truck on Middletown Pike. Coroner Edward Coox reported Dan Mc Combs 39 of Hamilton was arrested two miles from the scene and charged with manslaughter.
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Hamilton
Lottie Campbell
Cincinnati
Middletown Pike
Edward Coox
Dan McCombs
Wilberforce Plea Heard Over Use Of Hall
Common Pleas Judge Frank L. Johnson heard a motion by trustees of Wilberforce University seeking a contempt ruling against the State of Ohio for using O Neill Hall. Trustees claim the hall was built with church funds, while the state says it was financed with state funds on church land.
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Xenia
Common Pleas
Frank L. Johnson
Wilberforce University
Widow Found Dead in Park in Davenport Slaying
Police hunt for male friends of Margaret Treese 36 war widow after her nude tattooed body was found in a park near the Mississippi River. She was stabbed ten times and run over by a car. Clarence Saunders 42 identified her and led officers to search other men she had reportedly dated.
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Davenport
Margaret Treese
Mississippi River
Reed Phillips
Treese
Clarence Saunders
Phillips
Saunders
New Cumberland
W. Va
Woman Killed by Freight Train Identified
Columbus reports Annie Hoyle Topping, 48, a patient at Columbus State Hospital, was struck and killed by a freight train yesterday.
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Columbus
Annie Hoyle Topping
Columbus State Hospital
Mystery blast rocks Ohio Foundry in Cleveland
Battalion Fire Chief Edward E. Partridge said spontaneous combustion was likely cause of a mystery blast at the Ohio Foundry Co. in Cleveland. About 200 windows shattered. one employee was slightly injured among 100 workers.
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Cleveland
Edward E. Parteridge
Ohio Foundry Co
Howard O'Brien Chicago Daily News columnist dies at 59
Howard Vine cent O'Brien a longtime author and columnist for the Chicago Daily News died Tuesday night at age 59. He wrote essays and commentaries shaping postwar Chicago journalism. The paper noted his sharp observations on city life and public affairs.
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Chicago
Howard Vinecent O’brien
Chicago Daily News
WCTU Leader Sees Drys Gain In Legislature
Ohio WCTU president Mary Ervin told the 21st Annual Conference that last year’s general assembly enacted laws favoring restrictive liquor measures. She cited the church school law and a repeal of the old ban near fair grounds as gains, and urged local option as the immediate weapon for broader prohibition. She noted towns and counties voting on local option and outlined plans for a county local option campaign and possible next-year referendum if needed.
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Mary FE
Ervin
Ohio Wctu
Church Women
General Assembly
United Front
United Action
United City Forces
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