Meigs County Venue Change Pleadings Aired
In Meigs County common pleas court Judge Earl D. Parker set November 15 as the trial date for conspirators charged with defrauding. Defendants include Dan Harting er and J. E. D. Hartinger along with E. E. Foll rod and Mrs Veatrice McClintock. The hearing featured a county commissioners motion to delay further trials due to expense.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Common Pleas Court
Veaterday
Orewe Eee
Earl D. Parker
Waverly
Dan Hartinger
J. E. D. Hartinger
E. E. Follrod
Veatrice McClintock
Parker
Charles D. Fogle
Marietta
Dana Peoples
Craig Davis
Davis
Peoples
W. E. Eisselstein
H. W. Craig
Eisselstein
Craig
State Auditor’s
Don Hartinger
Common Pleas
Chalmers Parker
Fred W. Crow, Sr
Henry Cherrington
Crarg Davis
Lewis Blast At Truman Is Expected
Delegates at the 40th Constitutional Convention of the United Mine Workers anticipate John L. Lewis opening with an attack on President Truman. The talk centers on court orders halting coal strikes, crippling fines, and a welfare fund that supports a $100 monthly pension for eligible miners. Lewis declines retirement chatter and is linked to Dewey and Truman as potential targets for support. The convention will also consider officer salaries, higher dues, safety demands, and federal mine inspectors’ power.
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Cincinnati
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lewis
Welfare Fund
UMW
Thomas E. Dewey
Union
Dewey
U. S
Chamber Names 15 Member Education Committee
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce named a 15 member committee on education to study public school problems. President C S Weaver said the panel will make recommendations on immediate and long range educational issues to the chamber board. Member Harry L Wolf of Chillicothe joins the group. It will assess proposed state aid and seek to improve understanding between educators and the public about business interest in sound education.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce Today
C. S. Weaver
Harry L. Wolf
Chillicothe
Weaver
Ohio
Peru Outlaws Leftists After Callao Bloodshed
Peru forces outlaw the Apra Party accusing it of involvement in the bloody Sunday revolt at Callao. The crackdown targets a leading leftist group as authorities seek control and public order.
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Peru
Lima
Apra Party
Callao
Cuban Hurricane Strikes Havana Injuring Hundreds
A severe small hurricane crossed Cuba into the Florida Straits injuring hundreds in Havana and flattening more than a dozen houses. The storm, the second in a month, aimed for the Florida Peninsula threatening Key West and Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Florida Straits
Havana
Florida Peninsula
Key West
Meat Prices Expected to Fall as Hog Rates Slip
Livestock experts forecast lower meat costs for families with hog prices in corn belt markets tumbling by 1 to 2 dollars per hundred pounds. The American Meat Institute cautions retail declines may lag wholesale signals while predicting more meat supplies. Chauncey Watson and Mark Pickell of livestock groups project cattle prices dropping from about 40 to near 25 per hundred pounds next year and ample market cattle in November and December at lower prices.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
the Institute
Chauncey Watson
Illinois Livestock Feeders Association
Chicago Farmers Club
Mark Pickell
Corn Belt Livestock Feeders Association
Unions Win 10 Cents Hourly Rail Wage Boost
Two railroad unions representing 175000 workers secure a 10 cent hourly increase effective Oct 16. The raise adds about 55.7 million dollars annually in labor costs for carriers, covering trainmen conductors yard crews yardmasters dining car staff and 93 percent of switchmen. Negotiations with other unions continue.
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Chicago
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railroad
Daniel P. Loomis
Western Railroads
Former Governor Wilbur Cross Dies at 86 in New Haven
Former Connecticut governor Wilbur L. Cross, 86, died today at his New Haven home. An educator and political leader, he earlier retired as Yale University Dean of the Graduate School and had led the state Democrats to victory after years of Republican control, serving four consecutive terms as governor.
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New Haven
Conn
Wilbur L. Cross
Yale
Connecticut
Ohio Veterans Bonus Total Surpasses 175 Million
The Ohio State Bonus Commission announced that by Friday total payments would reach 175,994,700. Authorized payments by week end totaled 6,283,579 with 720,588 claims filed and 547,562 paid to ex servicemen.
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Columbus
State Bonus Commission
Ohio
Master Named New York General Grand Master
John M. Littlefiel of Auburn Maine was elected general grand master yesterday by the General Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters in New York. The Masonic order announced the leadership change at its national gathering.
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New York
John M. Littlefiel
Auburn
General Grand Council of
Royal and Select Masters
The
United States
Stassen to Lead 1949 American Heart Campaign
Harold E. Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania, accepts chairmanship of the American Heart Association's 1949 national drive to fight heart disease.
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New York
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
American Heart Association
Pilot lands plane on beach saves twenty two on Bahama island
A DC-3 equipped pilot guided his transport plane to a skillful crash landing on a lonely Bahaman island beach in darkness. Twenty two passengers including nineteen Puerto Ricans were rescued. the craft ran low on gas and drifted off course before continuing to San Juan. Richard Roy Olivere, 28, of Port Chester New York, president of New England Air Express Co., said the course was blown by winds.
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Miami
Fla
Bahaman Island
Atlantic Ocean
San Juan
Haines Day
Berry Island
Nassau
Richard Roy Olivere
Port Chester
N. Y
New England Air Express Co
Uranium Source Found by Prospector Near Nome Alaska
A veteran prospector reports finding pitchblende deposits near Nome across the Bering Sea from Siberia. The mineral is a uranium source used in atomic energy. Louis C. Stringer of Newark New Jersey says he also found tungsten and cobalt in Nome during the summer.
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Nome
Alaska
Bering Sea
Siberia
Louis C. Stringer
Newark
N. J
Martin To Address Mansfield GOP Rally
Rep. Joseph Martin of Massachusetts will address a Mansfield rally on October 8. Other speakers include Fred Johnson of Zanesville and Rep. J Harry McGregor, Ohio Republican chairman. The GOP headquarters in Columbus announced the event.
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Columbus
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
House
Mansfield
GOP
Fred Johnson
Zanesville
J. Harry McGregor
Ohio
Tragic bicycle collision claims two Lucasville youths
PORTSMOUTH reports Henry Lee Pennington 13 and Frank H. Conley 11 both of Lucasville were struck and killed by a motor vehicle while riding double on a bicycle yesterday.
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Portsmouth
Henry Lee Pennington
Frank H. Conley
Lucasville
Thieves Take Safe and Truck From Local Wire House
Akron police report a two part theft from Peri's Wire House. A 500 pound safe containing $1400 was stolen, then a truck owned by Peri's was used to haul the loot away. Detectives pursue leads.
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Akron
Peri
Violence At Mine Is Denied Near Lathrop
Sheriff George Bateman denied violence at the Benchley Marsh strip mine near Lathrop after reports of two smashed windshields and a peaceful 150-person gathering. The mine has been idle since Aug 23 amid a pending temporary injunction against United Mine Workers.
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Benchley-Marsh
Lathrop
George Bateman
Bateman
Common Pleas Court
UMW
Oliver F. Rowland
H. T. Rainey
Wiegner Trial Is Scheduled In Alaska Highway Slaying
Gustav Wiegner, 24, faces murder charges in the Alaska Highway killing of John McComas, 52, near Dayton Ohio. He claims the death Aug 9 was an accident while rabbit hunting. McComas daughter Louise, 13, testified at the hearing of alleged coercive conduct after the shooting.
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Prince George
B. C
Gustav Wiegner
Alaska
Dayton
McComas
Louise McComas
Wiegner
Kimball
Nebr
United States
Tip of Japan Hit By Okinawa Typhoon
Typhoon lash hits Okinawa with winds over 100 miles an hour. Army reports no American casualties. Relief ships and planes ready to evacuate and supply Okinawa as communications are restored.
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Tip of Japan
Okinawa
Tokyo
Japan
Man Dies in Fire After Refusal to Jump
Raymond H. Carruthers aged 55 died after refusing to jump ten feet to a porch roof and becoming trapped in an eleven family apartment building fire. Other occupants escaped. cause of the blaze is not known.
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Canton
Raymond H. Carruthers
Airlift to Berlin could last two years if needed
Gen. Lucius D. Clay said the United States and Britain can sustain the airlift into Berlin for up to two years if necessary to restore European economic stability. Berlin officials postponed municipal elections due to Soviet printing restrictions, while Soviet paracushut drills were announced in the air corridor used by Allied planes.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
United States
Britain
Europe
Bueckenburg-Berlin
Germany
U.S. Studies Idea of Cutting Soviet Travel
Washington reports the United States weighs retaliatory steps in response to Soviet limits on American diplomats in Russia. The plan would curb travel for Soviet officials in the United States and could escalate to broader diplomatic measures including a possible cut in ties or embassy closure in Moscow.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
Russia
State Department
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Kremlin
Navy Fighters Begin First Carrier Refueling Flight
Twelve short range Navy planes started a long range overwater flight from Moffett Field California using carriers as refueling bases. They will land on the Tarawa carrier 800 miles out after a five hour hop and then complete a 2400 mile final leg to Hawaii.
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Moffett Field
Calif
Tarawa
Naval Air Base
San Francisco
Hawaii
Cities Face Paganism and Disaster Warned by Church Leaders
Dr Leonard Oewisli of South Pasadena Calif warned 571 district superintendents that cities expanding without spiritual leadership risk paganism and disaster as migrants settle into secular lives if not drawn to Christianity.
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Columbus
Methodist Church
Leonard Oewisli
South Pasadena
Calif
Navy Sub and Transport Targeted in Largest Peace Time Exercise
SAN DIEGO Calif. Navy forces plan to bombard two vessels the submarine Skate and the transport Crittenden as targets in amphibious exercises described as the largest peace time effort. Sixty ships 275 aircraft and 80 000 men participate in the operation.
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San Diego
Calif
Bikini
Skate
Crittenden
Dewey and Dulles Meet Over Red Crisis in Albany
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles planned talks in Albany on reducing tensions with the Soviet Union. They would consult at the executive mansion after Dulles’ arrival and stay in touch with UN Security Council developments in Paris.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Executive Mansion
Dulles
New York
United Nations Seciety Council
Paris
United States
U. N. General Assembly
Soviet Union
Citizens oppose repair of Brush Beryllium plant
Residents rally against rebuilding the Brush Beryllium Co plant after a $350000 fire. Petitions with 600 signatures claim noxious fumes and ongoing irreparable damage if operations resume. The government facility refines beryllium used in atomic weapons and other products.
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Lorain
Brush Berylium Co
Security Council backs Berlin case vote amid Soviet abstention
The United Nations Security Council approved a September 9 vote on placing the Western powers Berlin blockade issue on the agenda while the Soviet Union announced it would not participate. France Canada and other members pressed for a path to draft a treaty to control atomic energy and proceed with Western proposals.
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Paris
United Nations Security Council
Berlin
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Security Council
United Nations
Juan Atilio Bramuglia
Argentina
Vishinsky
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Parodi
France
Britain
United States
Germany
Philip C. Jessup
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Canada
A. G. L. McNaughton
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Auditor asks jury probe into Noble County official
Columbus AP report states State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson asked the attorney general for a special grand jury after auditors found county official Homer Weeden con ducted a private retail slag business using county credit. The audit shows 2161 tons sold to private buyers for 5245 dollars and 211 tons loaned to others with no collection, totaling a potential recovery of 2367 dollars, including 1733 dollars for illegal handling and loading at county expense.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Hugh S. Jenkins
Noble County
Ferguson Ald
Homer Weeden
Ferguson
Weeden
Army Probes Flying Discs Amid Ongoing Sightings
Wright Field officers report the Army is investigating flying disc sightings across the nation. Col. C H Welch says routine intelligence checks follow each claim, with Fargo North Dakota cited as a case of a lighted disc outrunning a guard officer.
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Dayton
Wright-Patterson
C. H. Welch
Air Materiel Command
Army
Wright Field
Fargo
N.D
National Guard
Investi
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Robert Mitchum
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Alexandre Parodi
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