Taft Ends Western Trip Undecided On Presidential Run
Senator Robert A. Taft returned toward Ohio after a 12 000 mile West swing that spotlighted Republican Congress record and set groundwork for a possible 1948 presidential bid. He criticized the Truman administration while planning talks with Rep. Clarence Brown and outlining a personal program.
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Robert A. Taft
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Republican Congress
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Wyo
Truman
Cincinnati
Clarence Brown
Brown
Wyoming
Idaho
Nevada
Washington
Oregon
California
State Department
Ohioan
West
Russia
Europe
Congress
Democratic Party
Bread and Meat Prices Rise Across Markets
The nation faces tighter budgets as bread prices climb with reports of higher flour and lard costs. Hog prices rose in Chicago and other markets, with top quotes reaching 30.25 per hundred pounds and average around 29, up from recent highs.
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Chicago
Robbery at Wehrle Co. Safe Looted in September Theft
Mrs. Carl G. Wahl reported 15325 dollars in jewels stolen from the Wehrle Co. on September 1. Police Chief Gail W. Christman said Mrs. Wahl, wife of the office manager, placed the jewels in the safe before leaving on vacation and learned of the robbery upon return.
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Newark
Carl G. Wahl
Wehrle Co
Gail W. Christman
Wahl
Army Reports Find Isolated Errors In Italian Command
Army release details a 12000 word inspector general report by Maj. Gen. Ira Wyche finding only minor discrepancies and irregularities in the Italian theater under Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee. Eisenhower and Royall corroborate Wyche while Robert Ruark plans a formal reply to the findings. Wyche says Ruark used partial facts to imply broad mismanagement. Eisenhower notes undue pressure for fraternals, rough disciplinary conditions, and chauffeurs kept long hours for officers social needs.
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Army High Command
Scripps-Howard
John C. H. Lee
Robert C. Ruark
Army
Ira T. Wyche
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The
Kenneth C. Royall
Wyche
Ruark
New York
J. C. H. Lee
Lee
Eisenhower
Rationing and Pay Controls Back If Price Limits Return
Republican chairman Carroll Reece warned that reestablished price controls would force rationing and wage controls. Speaking at a conference of Republican women leaders from 19 Midwestern states, he called the cost of living a major issue and attacked New Deal policies for inflation.
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Detroit
Carroll Reece
Reece
America
Doctor Landsborough Sentenced for Morphine Possession
Dr Arnold Landsborough 49 of Garrettsville Ohio was sentenced to a federal hospital for narcotic addicts at Lexington Kentucky for 15 months after a federal court jury found him guilty of possessing 40 quarter grain tablets of unstamped morphine. He claimed legitimate possession and removal from the original container.
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Cleveland
Arnold Landsborough
Garrettsville
Ohio
Lexington
Rumors Haunt Election Moves at Amvet Meeting
At the Amvets national convention in Columbus delegates buzz about the national commander race. Leading contenders include Crespi Burkett and Marks with Corry Lee and Shattuck also campaigning while Wright plays mystery man. Gov Thurmond warns against delaying national security and urges action.
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Columbus
The
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Amvets
Joseph C. Crespi
East Point
William A. Burkett
San Francisco
Richard D. Marks
Clarksburg
W. Va
Ed Corry
Des Moines
Thirty veterans to receive Crestline building lots
Michael Bobich a meat dealer author and playwright will award free building lots to thirty veterans from Crawford Marion Morrow and Richland counties. A drawing on October 12 will determine the winners. Each lot valued at 500 with gas water and electricity planned.
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Bucyrus
Crestline
Michael Bobich
Bobich
Crawford
Marion
Morrow
Richland County
Girl in Phone Booth Locked in Drug Store
Anne Whelan, 22, was locked inside a drug store phone booth after closing time. Police were summoned when the manager realized she was inside. she was released after about an hour.
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Cleveland
Anne Whelan
Record enrollment at Kent State reaches 6157 students
Kent State University officials reported a fall term record enrollment of 6157 students including about 4000 veterans. The figure breaks down to 5291 at the local campus and 866 at the university's Canton two year division.
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KENT
Kent State University
Canton
Building Boom Starts in Hamilton Says Official
Hamilton reports the city’s largest building boom in history with $3,125,949 in new construction permits issued in the first nine months of 1947 per Building Commissioner Arthur Smalley.
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Hamilton
Arthur Smalley
Retired minister dies in Rochester after 50 years service
The Rev. George Nussmann aged 72 died Thursday in Rochester. He retired in July after half a century of service as an Evangelical and Reformer minister.
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Rochester
George Nussmann
Hope for an answer on Jews grows dim
Diplomatic officials said the United Nations has a slim chance to craft a Palestine settlement acceptable to both Jews and Arabs and avert a shooting conflict. The Jewish Agency signaled it could accept partition if needed to establish a Jewish national home, while Arab leaders oppose it and demand an independent Arab Palestine.
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Holy Land
Jewish Agency For Palestine
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Security Council
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Jewish Agency
Special Palestine Committee
United Nations Authority
Farm Show Spurs Land Productivity On 208 Acres
In Browns ville Ohio Bob Latham and John Rodman review 208 acres slated for a new farming approach after a five year plan. Ohio Soil Conservation Service chief T C Kennard says the reworked farms should double food output next year with continued practices. Six hundred volunteers from nearby counties used 75 tractors and other equipment to contour plow for strip cropping, build a pond, fencing and drainage.
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Brownsville
Bob Latham
John Rodman
Licking County
T. C. Kennard
Ohio
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Perry
Muskingum
Fairfield
Arabs Protest Partition Act For Palestine
A general strike by Palestine Arabs began at dawn and halted Arab sections, driving hundreds of thousands to mosques for prayer. Buses were idle as pickets blocked Jewish transport. Falastin in Jaffa declared Palestine day a funeral of enemies of the Arab world. Police were on alert with tommy gunners and barbed wire prepared at Jerusalem gates.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Falastin
Jaffa
Palestine
Deportation Ordered for Eisler and Wife
Hollywood songwriter Hanns Eisler and his wife were ordered arrested for deportation after testimony before the House Committee on Un American Activities. The committee said warrants were issued by the Justice Department immigration service and recommended charges of perjury and passport fraud.
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Hanns Eisler
House Committee On Unamerican Activities
J. Parnell Thomas
RNJ
Washington
Justice Department
Immigration Service
U. S. Marshal’s Office
Eislers
Malibu
House
Eisler
Germany
Weather outlook shows above normal temperatures and light showers
The extended forecast calls for temperatures 3 to 5 degrees above normal with a normal high of 63 and low of 44. Warmer conditions peak Saturday with mild weather afterward, then cooling by Wednesday. Precipitation stays under 0.4 inches with scattered showers Sunday and midweek.
Meatless Days Proposed In Cincinnati To Curb Costs
Cincinnati housewives may observe two meatless days weekly as urged by the Cincinnati Consumers Conference to reduce food costs. The plan, urged as a public opinion measure, lists Tuesday and Friday as targets though not a law. Economists say U S can aid Europe without inflation via voluntary measures and prudent planning.
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Cincinnati Housewives
Carl Rich
Cincinnati Consumers Conference
Washington
Edwin G. Nourse
Europe
Truman
Nourse
Mr. Truman
Citizens’ Food Committee
Anderson
Charles Luckman
Distilled Spirits Institute
Taft Hartley Court Order Halts Walkout in Albany
Striking longshoremen at Albany port called off a 10 day walkout under a Taft Hartley Act court order. Local 1294 and Local 1643 members were directed to return to work by 1 p m. Joseph T Ryan, ILSA president, cited primary issues and the NLRB noted secondary boycott violations.
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Albany
N. Y
C. Test
International Longshoremens Association
AFL
Joseph T. Ryan
Testa
Charles T. Douds
National Labor Relations Board
ILA
Douds
Airliner Lands Safely After SOS Distress Message
A Trans World Airliner flying from Shannon to Gander issued a precautionary SOS at 1 37 a m after finding an air bubble in fuel lines. The crew landed safely six hours later at a Newfoundland airport.
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Transworld
Shannon
Eiie
Gander
Newfoundland
No Takers For Moving Fund Offer By Chicago Landlady
On Chicago's South Side landlady Vera Martin posted a sign offering $100 toward moving expenses to any of her 60 tenants who would vacate within 30 days. None accepted the incentive, saying the sign followed complaints about service.
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Chicago
South Side
Vera Martin
Man Fatally Wounded Fleeing From House
Cleveland police fatally wounded 21 year old Eula Maddox as he fled a house where officers were investigating a burglary report. Patrolman George Kasper fired from a police car after the suspect ran away.
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Cleveland
George Kasper
Eula Maddox
Son of Marion Couple Named Executive VP in Cal Chamber
George Q. McNamara of Sunland California was appointed executive vice president of the San Fernando Chamber of Commerce yesterday. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John T McNamara of Marion Ohio and works as a business analyst.
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Calif
George Q. McNamara
Sunland
John T. McNamara
Marion
Ohio
Government wheat purchases spark White House dispute
A dispute grows among top officials over whether to boost export wheat sales to shortage areas. The Agriculture Department prefers a slow approach, while state, commerce, and war departments urge immediate action. President Truman may decide, with Anderson aiming to limit buys to 470 million bushels this crop year.
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Anderson
Cabinet Food Committee
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Club Robbery Suspects Held After Gun Battle
Canton police say two men captured after a street gun battle are being questioned in connection with a $500 000 Mounds Club robbery. Detectives Fitzgerald and Rhodes traced the suspects to a car stolen in Cleveland. They name Tony Maxim 32 and Edward Ponset of Cleveland as the gunmen, Maxim said to be an ex convict wanted for parole violation. The exchange of shots wounded Maxim slightly in the head.
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Ray Fitzgerald
Clarence Rhodes
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Cleveland
Tony Maxim
Edward Ponset
Maxim
Mercury Temperatures Rise Across Wide Region
Mild weather spreads from the Southern Rockies to Lake Michigan as a cooler air mass retreats. Midwest highs reach up to 95 while early readings dip to the upper 20s and 30s in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Maine with a return to normal and above temperatures forecast.
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H. S. Kenny
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Ellis
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Phillipseburg
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Bangor
Circus Troupe Loses Thirty Foot Cannon
The Hamid-Morton circus troupe reported a 30 foot cannon traveling from Pennsylvania separated from the group near Cleveland. They asked police to help locate the weapon, which is used in a human cane nonball act.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Hamid-Morton
Tro
Church Editor John M. Wilbur Dies in Nashville
John M. Wilbur, 37, editorial staff member for the Board of Education of the Methodist Church, died Thursday in Nashville Tennessee.
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Nashville
Tenn
John M. Wilbur
Board of Education of
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Methodist Church
Economic Ills Endanger Democracy Says Banker
Beverly Hills banker Wallace Moir told the Mortgage Bankers Association convention that persistent economic ills threaten democracy. He urged profit sharing with employees as a key incentive, citing plans including fixed profit percentages, additional compensation tied to dividends, employee stock at favorable terms, and bonuses pensions and annuities. Aksel Nielsen of Denver supported the view, noting a trend toward incentive pay and urging lenders to adopt similar practices.
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Calif
Wallace Moir
Belmont Co
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Moir
Aksel Nielsen
Title Guaranty Co
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