Solon Sees Few Trials For Espionage Suspects
Washington Congressman McDowell warns many espionage suspects may evade trial to protect still secret information. He cites potential large thefts to Russia and argues courts may need to change to avoid exposing secrets. The remarks link to broader debate on handling classified evidence.
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Solon
Washington
Rep. McDowell
R-Pa
House Un-American Activities Committee
America
McDowell
Russia
Prisoners Riot In Warrensville Workhouse
Rioting inmates at the Warrensville workhouse prompted Mayor Thomas A. Burke to seek emergency funding. Welfare Director Edward L. Worthington toured the facility after about 250 prisoners demonstrated for the third time in two weeks. Worthington urged immediate fixes including rationed showers, crowding concerns, limited mail, and skimpy recreational facilities while deeming the diet adequate.
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Cleveland
Warrensville
Thomas A. Burke
Burke
Edward L. Worthington
Worthington
Army Names Final WWII Medal of Honor Recipient
The Army announced Staff Sergeant John W. Minick as the last World War II Medal of Honor winner. He led his platoon through an enemy minefield near Hurtgen Germany on November 21 1944 and personally killed more than 20 enemy soldiers before his death. The Navy has awarded 137 medals including 79 Marines and one Coast Guardsman.
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Washington
Army
John W. Minick
Hurtgen
Germany
Navy
Pollution damages sought from railroad in Newark Ohio
The State Conservation Division asked the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to pay 17669.28 dollars for pollution of the Licking River at Newark Ohio due to pipe cleaning acid.
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Columbus
State Conservation Division
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Licking River
Newark
Ohio
Girl Saves Trapped Boy From Tar Pool in Los Angeles
Ruth Vivian Oriani, 17, rescued a two year old buried to his eyes in tar. She laid planks, crawled ten feet, lifted the boy, cleared tar from his mouth and nostrils, and performed artificial respiration until firefighters arrived. The boy was later reported recovering.
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Los Angeles
Ruth Vivian Oriani
Ruth
Larry Stansbury
October strike offensive by French unions begins
The long feared October strike offensive led by Communist influenced French labor unions started today, signaling broad industrial action across multiple sectors.
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Paris
Truman Gains CIO United Shoe Workers Backing
President Truman wins backing from the CIO United Shoe Workers of America boosting his labor support in the 1948 campaign. The union delegates pledged solidarity amid national economic debates and labor policy proposals.
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Boston
Truman
CIO
United Shoe Workers of America
Satira Pardoned By Cuban President In Yacht Killing Case
Patricia Schmidt known as Satira, 23, of Toledo Ohio, exotic dancer who killed her married lover John Lester Mee on his Havana Harbor yacht on April 8 1947, was pardoned by Cuban President Grau San Martin. The pardon awaits final formalities before release.
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Havana
Cuba
Patricia
Satira) Schmidt
Grau San Martin
Toledo
Ohio
Satira
John Lester Mee
Chicago
Laura
Mee
Trinidad
Ha- Waha
Five Ohioans killed as train hits car
A Pennsylvania to Dayton passenger train struck a stalled automobile on Gettysburg Avenue in the Western City Line, killing five members of a Dayton family. Ollie Patrick 51 and wife Carrie May 16 died. Shirley Belle 10, Michael 4 died. Roma Jean 2 injured. three other children survived.
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Dayton
Pennsylvania
R. C. Essert
Columbus
Ollie Patrick
Miami-Oxford Paper Company
West Carrollton
Carrie
May
Shirley Belle
Roma Jean
Patrick
Gettysburg Avenue
Essert
State auditor seeks federal probe of highway project
Ohio State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson asked the federal government to investigate a large highway construction job after auditors found 9640 in overpayments knowingly approved by the State Highway Department. The New Concord Muskingum Guernsey project, run by Hollinger Davidson Co. of Akron, cost 946099 with 546025 funded by federal funds.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
State Highway Department
Corps of Engineers
CIO Workers Slow Down At Sanatorium Akron
Workers at Edwin Shaw Tuberculosis Sanatorium halted full duties in a 20 firings dispute. The CIO United Public Workers Union carried a minimum service slow down affecting care for 120 patients. A planned full walkout was deferred amid opposition from county officials and a picket line formed at Summit County Courthouse.
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Akron— (P
Edwin Shaw
CIO United Public Workers Union
Herbert S. Siens
International Union
Summit County
CIO
Siens
Warren Says Democrats Disintegrating in Campaign Blast
New York report quotes Gov. Earl Warren as saying the Democratic party is disintegrating and incapable of leadership. Warren calls the Truman administration a prisoner of its own mistakes and a splinter party jeopardizing the two party system.
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New York
Earl Warren
Truman
United States
Five Southern Talks Planned by Taft
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio will travel the South this month for five major Republican campaign talks, announced by Senator William E. Jenner, GOP speakers bureau director. Taft, who lost the presidential nomination to Governor Thomas E. Dewey, will address a Republican rally here next Tuesday night.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
William E. Jenner
Indiana
GOP
Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Finland Russia zone Germany trade pact announced
A one year trade agreement between Finland and the Russian zone of Germany covers goods valued at 6 500 000 dollars. The pact was announced today in Berlin.
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Berlin
Finland
Germany
Ford Cuts and Raises Prices on Car Lines
Detroit Ford Motor Company announced a $15 price decrease for Ford club coupes and a $15 price increase for tudor sedans in a single-day adjustment.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Building Planned for Cleveland State Hospital Employees
Contracts are being drawn for construction of an employees' building at the Cleveland State Hospital. The project marks a planned expansion on the campus to house staff and services, with oversight by hospital administrators and city officials.
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Columbus
Cleveland State Hospital
Group Studies Conservation Setup Idea
The Ohio Postwar Program Commission weighs a conservation bill to unify agencies while preserving the Wildlife Division as a state appointed unit. The plan keeps hunting and fishing license funds with the current division and assigns other divisions to a department, creating a broader State Department of Conservation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
Agriculture Department
Military Choice Said Blunder
The Daily Express criticized the five nation Western European union selection of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery as head of the military forces. The paper urged the United States to join on clear terms to ensure trust and continued cooperation in war.
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London
The
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
Eisenhower
France
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Express
Montgomery
United States
Washington
Polio Cause Sought In River Valley
Fort Wayne area report on a 120 mile Maumee River Valley survey to trace infantile paralysis in Defiance Ohio. Dr Floyd J Brindley of the University of Toledo will direct the test points noting only three of 18 cities have adequate sewage disposal plants.
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Fort Layne
Ind
Maumee River
Here
Toledo
Ohio
Defiance
Floyd J. Brindley
University of Toledo
Army Chief Sees Health Rise Amid Peace Time
Secretary Kenneth C. Royall says the Army enjoys the lowest peacetime sickness and death rates in memory. He credits preventive medicine and vaccines from the military medical program for reducing disease and improving overall health.
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Washington
Kenneth C. Royall
President Truman's 99-year-old aunt dies in Independence
Mrs. Joseph T. Noland, 99, aunt to President Truman, died today in Independence Missouri. She had been confined to her home since a June 1946 back injury and was a longtime favorite relative who received visits from the President on trips to Independence.
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Independence
Truman
Joseph T. Noland
Dewey and Truman Face Key Senate Battlegrounds
President Truman and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey campaign in West Virginia and Wyoming where Senate control hinges on November results. Truman pushes for a Democratic Congress to advance housing medical care and education while blaming GOP price policies. Dewey stresses a hard line on Russia and a strong UN backed by Marshall Plan aid and a United Europe for lasting peace. Dewey heads to Cheyenne for a final stop before returning to Albany Sunday.
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Associated Press
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
West Virginia
Wyoming
Senate
Dewey
Gas Shortage Seen Again in Central Ohio
Ohio gas utilities split on adding new heating customers as winter nears. East Ohio Gas Co and Cincinnati Gas & Electric say they can take a few new heating customers in their regions, while Ohio Fuel & Gas Co Toledo Edison Co and Dayton Power & Light Co urge continuation of restrictions from last April. A PUCO hearing reviewed the order limiting new gas space heating connections pending existing reserves.
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Columbus
Ohio
East Ohio Gas Co
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel & Gas Co
Toledo Edison Co
Dayton Power & Light Co
PUCO
Doctors Claim Colds Cured by Penicillin
In Chicago three physicians report penicillin dust inhaled into the nose throat and lungs cured cold symptoms in one to three days. Their Journal of the American Medical Association study of 169 patients found 42 percent cured and 38 percent showed marked improvement.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
92 Year Old Man Dies in Newark Rites
Cary W. Montgomery, 92, honorary life member of the Ohio State Horticultural Society and former farm manager at the Ohio State Experimental Station in Wooster, died yesterday in Newark.
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Newark
Cary W. Montgomery
Ohio State Horticultural Society
Ohio State Experimental Station
Wooster
Mount Vernon mayor enforces 500 Club for drunk driving
Mount Vernon Ohio Mayor Walter Rohler, a former Seabee chief petty officer, imposed a $500 maximum fine on drunken driving and applied it to all convicted drivers. In 72 days there have been no arrests for drunken driving, with 22 total convictions since he took office last January, versus 50 the prior year. The move, dubbed the 500 Club, may spread to other Ohio cities.
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Mount Vernon
Walter W. Rohler
Seabee
Rohler
Ohio
Warren to Speak at Point Pleasant
Gov Earl Warren the GOP vice presidential nominee will address Union Station Point Pleasant for about 15 minutes next Tuesday on a 14 car campaign train due at 3 40 p m He travels with Republican officials state leaders and reporters and photographers Bardin the campaign chairman expects several hundred to attend.
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Point Pleasant
Earl Warren
California
Union Station
William H. Bardin
Trapped Miner Dies In Timber Fall at Donal dson Operation
Leonard Schaeffer, 32, was found dead after an 18 hour underground rescue in an independent coal operation at Donaldson Pennsylvania. Fellow miner William Unger was knocked unconscious but escaped after the timber collapse trapped Schaeffer 100 feet below ground.
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Donaldson
Leonard Schaeffer
William Unger
Schaeffer
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Rites Are Scheduled
Private funeral services for Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt widow of the 26th president will be held tomorrow at Christ Episcopal Church Oyster Bay N Y The 87 year old died yesterday at Sagamore Hill and will be buried beside her husband in Youngs Memorial Cemetery near Sagamore Hill
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Christ Episcopal Church
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Young's Memorial Cemetery
GOP caravan planned by Herbert and Bender in Ohio
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert and Congressmen-at-Large George H. Bender head a Republican state ticket caravan through Ohio 15th District on Oct. 9. The trip, organized in Zanesville, will reach McConnville at 8 p.m., announced by Fred H. Johnson, state party chairman.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
George H. Bender
15Th
Zanesville
McConnellville
Fred H. Johnson
Gas fumes kill man in Parkersburg apartment
Everett Gerald Morehead 22 and his wife Bertha 20 of Parkersburg West Virginia were exposed to gas in their one room apartment. Morehead died and Bertha was taken to White Cross Hospital in critical condition. Coroner said death appears accidental with police blaming a defective hot water heater.
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Columbus
Everett Gerald Morehead
Parkersburg
W.va
Bertha
White Cross Hospital
Robert A. Evans
Man Invades Central Police Station Shot by Patrolmen
Lawrence Haggard aged 48 died after he invaded Chicago central police station and opened fire. Patrolman Daniel Marsh said Hag gard walked in and fired without a word. Three officers retreated and fired two shots at Hag gard.
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Chicago
Lawrence Haggard
Central Police Station
Daniel Marsh
Haggard
Parole Granted for Two Hocking County Inmates
Paroles approved at Mansfield Reformatory for Samuel Miller and James Roach of Hocking County both for burglary with effect date November 2. The action was reported from the Mansfield facility yesterday.
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Hocking
Columbus
Mansfield Reformatory
Hocking County
Samuel Miller
James Roach
Soviet attacks US atom policy at U N session
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky accused the United States of seeking war and monopolizing atomic energy. He warned that America’s “illusion” of a monopoly undermines international control and hinted that Russia may possess an atom bomb. He urged US goodwill and a ban on the weapon as a new Middle Eastern bloc forms for a shift in UN voting.
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New York
CIO
United Electrical Workers
David Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
General Electric Company
New Knolls 2
Schenectady
N.Y
Albert Fitzgerald
Lil
Paris
Russia
United States
U.S
Andrei Y. Vieshinsky
United Nations
Vishinsky
America
Thomas E. Dewey
Warren R. Austin
U.N
Austin
China
T. F. Tsiang
Faris E. Khouri
Syria
Security Council
General Assembly
Greece
Turkey
Afghanistan
Egypt
Ethiopia
Iraq
Iran
Lebanon
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Arab League
Berlin Airlift Surplus Food to Last Through Winter
Col. Frank L. Howley reports the American British airlift is defeating the Soviet blockade with food and fuel surpluses increasing daily for Western Berlin. He cautions a cold winter ahead as blockade reaches its 100th day.
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Berlin
Frank L. Howley
U. S
Howley
German Soldier Wounded by Soviet Lieutenant in Berlin Incident
A Russian lieutenant, after visiting a German girlfriend, fired while fleeing likely pursuers in Berlin and wounded a civilian. He apologized and was not detained. A U S officer said a protest would be made because the soldier crossed into the American sector armed.
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Berlin
U. S
Extended Forecast for Columbus Weather Update
Temperatures in Columbus will average near normal with highs around 64 and lows near 44. Expect cooler conditions Saturday and Sunday then a warming trend Monday and Tuesday followed by a cooler balance midweek. Scattered showers Saturday and Saturday night with light rain possible on Wednesday.
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Columbus
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