Truman Calls for Meatless Tuesdays and United Communist Bloc
Moscow reports a nine-nation communist mobilization against US policy. A new international, tied to the old Comintern, vows no concessions to the Marshall Plan and US imperialism. Leaders from Russia France Italy Poland Romania Bulgaria Yugoslavia Hungary and Czechoslovakia plan an information bureau in Belgrade to coordinate actions.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Comintern
Communist International
Nine Nations
France
Ialy
U. S
Pravda
International Organization
Poland
Russia
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Belgrade
Warsaw
Andrey Zhadanov
Georegi M. Malenkov
Free of Murder Charge Heiress Not To Wed Bud
Louise Overell and George Bud Gollum were acquitted of murdering her parents Walter and Mrs Overell aboard the yacht Mary. Louise announced there will be no marriage, despite their earlier plans, as Bud prepared a long auto trip.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Louise Overell
George
Bud) Gollum
Walter E. Overell
Pasadena
Louise
Bud
Sheaid
Veterans Surplus Sale Opens Today in Cleveland and Toledo
War Assets Administration sales for World War II veterans open today in Cleveland and Toledo with Warren session tomorrow offering unused tools hardware and other government surplus on a cash and carry basis Sales run daily 9 am to 3 pm except weekends Veterans must show discharge papers or photo copies for personal purchases.
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Cleveland
War Assets Administration
Toledo
Warren
Saaruming Saar leaders vote for autonomy with France
Official returns show Saarlanders who voted to join Nazi Germany 12 years ago chose a parliament pledged to make the coal rich Saar Basin west of the Rhine an autonomous part of France. German speaking residents backed three parties advocating merging Saar’s economy with France by a wide margin.
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Saarbruecken
Saar
Rhine
France
Vincennes Team Wins Horse-Pulling Contest
At Troy Ohio Bill and Fred, a 4300-pound Vincennes team owned by C Montgomery, pulled three and a half tons for 27 feet six inches to win the 13th annual horse pulling contest before 10000 spectators. Lightweight winners were Bob and Jake pulling three tons for 23 feet one inch, owned by McDowell and Penn of Georgetown Kentucky and driven by Charles Penn.
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Troy
Bill
Fred
C. Montgomery
Vincennes
Bob
Jake
McDowell
Penn
Georgetown
Charles Penn
Ohio Weekend Traffic Toll Tops Sixteen Deaths
The Ohio highway toll over a sunny weekend reached at least 16 with eight deaths Sunday and five Saturday. The fatalities included college student Paul T. Smith 18 of Cincinnati and two burn deaths from a gas explosion. Police reported multiple crashes across Cleveland New Philadelphia Portsmouth Willard Columbus and Akron with several other injuries and incidents.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Paul T. Smith
Cincinnati
Miami University
Belle Morris
Lincoln Heights
Cleveland
Newell H. Sitts
L. S. Conelly
Ohio National Guard
John Lubobanski
Peter Rusnow
New Philadelphia
Cletus Shaffer
Mineral City
Portsmouth
Robert E. Love
Ashland
Vanceburg
Willard
Edward Kennard
Bruce Lee Coon
Perry Coon
Henry Gilmore
Minnie
Columbus
Edward Payton
John Price
South Boyleston
Mass
Bowling Green
Ernest Cantrell
Charles Jeffries
Springfield
Akron
Harry H. Arnold
Cuyahoga River
Printer Balks At ITU Policy In Ohio Conference
Carl Perry of Dayton won the Ohio Typographical Conference presidency after a two day meeting. Rece Highfield of Akron warned Akron printers would not follow the AFL ITU no contract stance and said they would negotiate contracts. Highfield questioned use of the word damnable in a Taft Hartley law resolution.
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Toledo
Carl Perry
Dayton
Ohio Typographical Conference
Rece Highfield
Akron
AFL International Typographical Union
Highfield
Wife Found Dead in Toledo Home After Strangling
Authorities investigate the slaying of 25 year old wife in Toledo. The husband, 30 year old Robert Kelble, was found unconscious in an adjacent room with wrist cuts and is in critical condition. Investigators await his recovery to question him about the death.
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Toledo
Robert Kelble
Kelble
Dale Beals
Smear File Reports Studied by Committee
The House Expenditures Committee summoned three U.S. Civil Service commissioners to reveal if a smear file on congressmen exists. Chairman Hoffman cited subpoenas issued to Harry B. Mitchell and other commissioners Frances Perkins and Arthur S. Flemming.
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Washington
House Expenditures Committee
U.S. Civil Service Commissioners
Hoffman
R-Mich
Harry B. Mitchell
Frances Perkins
Arthur S. Flemming
Gunmen Steal $4,000 In Country Club Theft
Four masked gunmen robbed ten residents at Oak Terrace Country Club Amble r Pa and fled with at least $4,000. They trussed seven men and three women using telephone wires neckties and bathrobe cords during a room to room tour of the mansion clubhouse.
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Ambler
Oak Terrace Country Club
URW Continues Strike Despite Officials Pleas
About 200 Seiberling Rubber Co. workers held a sitdown strike in Barberton Ohio continuing despite CIO United Rubber Workers pleas to return to work. W S Hackenberg, president of Seiberling Local 18, cites an accumulation of grievances as the cause.
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Barberton
Seiberling Rubber Co
Cio-United Rubber Workers
W. S. Hackenberg
Seiberling Local 18
Two electrocuted at Rockview Penitentiary
Bellefonte Pa two men William Byron and Charles Moyer both 25 were electrocuted at Rockview Penitentiary today after the gas station attendant stay.
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Bellefonte
William Byron
Charles Moyer
Rockview Penitentiary
Man Hunted After Deputy Wounded In Ohio-WV Case
In Washington County near Little Hocking Ohio, Deputy Sheriff Charles Ross was critically wounded by a shotgun blast while deputies chased Ott Gilland. Gilland remained at large as Ohio and West Virginia authorities hunted the area. Gilland was connected to a disturbance and an alleged knife threat. Athens County Sheriff George Bateman aided the search but noted lack of radio in the Washington deputy’s car hampered timely communication.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Little Hocking
Ohio
Washington County
Lorenz Oliver
West Virginia
Ott Gilland
Charles Ross
Oliver
Ross
Gilland
Athens County
George Bateman
Frank Joyce
Bateman
Washington
FCC Member Named Ohio Northern Trustee
Robert F. Jones of Lima named seventh trustee at large for Ohio University by President Robert O. McClure. John V. Mellick of Toledo joins executive committee. Rev. Warren W. Wiant of Springfield and Rev. George W. Herd of Lancaster named to the Board of Trustees.
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Ada
Robert F. Jones
Lima
Federal Communications Commission
Ohio University
Robert O. McClure
John V. Mellick
Toledo
Warren W. Wiant
Springfield
George W. Herd
Lancaster
McClure
Mighty Typhoon Hits North Luzon In 1947 Season
A powerful typhoon raged across the northern tip of Luzon and moved toward the South China coast. It disrupted shipping within 300 miles of its center and damaged crops and dwellings. The Gen. W. H. Gordon halted offshore with hundreds of passengers aboard to ride out the storm.
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Manila
Luzon
China
W. H. Gordon
Mine Walkout Threat Looms Over AFL Convention
SAN FRANCISCO start of the AFLs 66th convention was tense as John L. Lewis and William L. Hutcheson threatened to lead more than 1,200,000 miners and carpenters in a walkout. President William Green worked to ease differences among 750 delegates amid a rift in the federation with 7,600,000 members. Lewis blocked AFL union use of National Labor Relations Board facilities and refused a Taft Hartley affidavit disavowing communism.
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San Francisco
AFL
John L. Lewis
William L. Hutcheson
William Green
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Executive Council
Taft-Hartley
Robot Trip Planned Return from Atlantic Flight
Colonel James M. Gillespie announced that the Robert E. Lee will attempt a return flight controlled entirely by its automatic systems. The crossing may head via the Azores or Stephensville with an estimated 12 to 14 hours to Stephensville and about eight more to Wilmington Ohio from the home port, time depending on head winds.
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Martelsham Heath
Eng
James M. Gillespie
Robert E. Lee
Atlantic
Gillespie
Azores
Stephensville
Newfoundland
Wilmington
Ohio
Corry of Des Moines To Lead Amvets
Edgar C. Corry of Des Moines Iowa headed Amvets as delegates to the third national convention began the trek home. The convention adjourned without selecting a 1948 convention city. The executive committee will rule on two controversial resolutions one opposing socialized medicine and the other urging restoration of rent controls.
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Columbus
Edgar C. Corry
Des Moines
Iowa
American Veterans of World War II
Amvets
Minister Gets 14 1 As Plan Pays Off
Rev. D L Stringer distributed $106 to church members in Randolph and asked them to invest it. The funds were returned with $1 453 extra to his Methodist congregation in Kent Ohio. He cited the Parable of Talents and reported the outcome yesterday.
Legion Chief Backs UNIT and Bonus Drive in Ohio
Aaron J. Halloran, new Ohio Legion state commander, pledged support for universal military training and a veterans bonus. The Legion executive committee urged voters to reject Sen. Taft’s view on training. Halloran named Don W. Schoeppe state chairman of a drive to mobilize veterans for the November 4 polls.
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Columbus
Ohio
Aaron J. Halloran
American Legion
Legion
Robert A. Taft
Martin V. Coffey
Middletown
Caspar
Wyo
Taft
Halloran
Son To Get Reward For FBI's Capture
Middletown officials said the $300 reward posted by the Moose Lodge and Veterans of Foreign Wars for the capture of Clifford Gayles would likely go to the victim Edna Adkins's 10-year-old son Paul, who was also beaten. The FBI captured Gayles in New Orleans last week.
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Middletown
Black man linked to 'lovers lane' slaying in Chester
Sheriff reports 32 year old Black man Dave Dunham questioned in the lovers lane case near Chester blew his head with a public safety item as 200 officers and hundreds gathered. He is identified as the person who defeated 22 year old veteran Clarence Wallis last night.
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Chester
S.C
Lovers Lane
William H. Peden
Peden
Dave Dunham
Clarence Wallis
Vandals Strip Woman Then Forcibly Slap Ring into Mouth
In Miami an attack on 32 year old Helen Gill ends with her swallowing a diamond ring after a gang of five men abducted her and removed her wrist watch and clothing. Gill, an insurance clerk, reported the assault and theft to police.
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Miami
Fla
Helen Gill
Ohio Templars Open 105th Annual Conclave
The Grand Commandery Knights of Templar of Ohio opened its 105th annual conclave in Cincinnati with delegates from 81 commanderies and a parade of about 3,000 uniformed members planned for downtown streets this afternoon.
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Cincinnati
Knights of Templar of Ohio
VFW District Leader Dies During Salem Convention
Fred G. Bucklew 57 of War Saw died yesterday in Salem during the district VFW convention. Bucklew was the sixth district commander and longtime veteran affairs figure in Coshocton County.
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VFW
Coshocton
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fred G. Bucklew
Warsaw
Salem
Truman calls self denial food campaign to aid Western Europe
President Truman urged Americans to conserve food as a peace effort, banning meat on Tuesdays and eggs and poultry on Thursdays, and saving a slice of bread daily. He also pressed grain exchanges to raise down payments to 33 percent and threatened controls if trading continues inflationary.
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Washington
Europe
Truman
White House
Citizens’ Food Committee
Charles Luckman
Luckman
Uis
Rep. Hope
Kan
House Agriculture Committee
Bridges
N. H
Senate Appropriations Committee
France
Italy
Army
Navy
United States
Marshall
Anderson
Commerce Harriman
Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
National Meat Industry Council
Jack Kranis
Cleveland Union Stockyards
Truman urges food conservation to aid Europe and curb inflation
President Truman appeals for shared food from the United States and allies to prevent a European winter famine and to curb inflation. He orders the Commodity Exchange Commission to raise margin requirements to 33 percent and warns of limits on trading if necessary. Farmers should reduce grain used for feed, and distillers may pause operations for 60 days to free more food.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
United States
Commodity Exchange Commission
Two Year Delay Seen In Steel Output Gain
President C. M. White of Republic Steel Corp said at the American Gas Association convention that any sizable rise in steel production would take at least two years to show results. He stressed the urgent need for steel today and warned that promises of gains two years hence offer little comfort.
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Cleveland
C. M. White
Republic Steel Corp
American Gas Association
House of David Leader Dies in Michigan at 66
Harry T. Dewhirst, 66, longtime head of the House of David religious colony, died in Benton Harbor Michigan from a heart ailment and chronic diabetes. A former California Superior Court justice, he led the group since Benjamin Purnell's death in 1927, turning the colony into a sizable business.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Harry T. Dewhirst
House of David
Dewhirst
California Superior Court
King
Benjamin Purnell
Body Found in Scioto River Withheld Verdict
Coroner Mitchell A. Spyker withheld a verdict today in the death of James C. Edwards aged 65 found floating in the Scioto River yesterday. Edwards had been missing from his home since September 28.
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Columbus
Mitchel A. Spyker
James C. Edwards
Scioto River
Edwards
Taft Home Grown Campaign Planned For Nomination
Ohio Republicans plan a 750000 drive to back Taft for the Republican presidential nomination with a state favorite son bid at the Columbus GOP meeting on October 24. Taft restricts outside money to 500 per donor and signals a nationwide campaign once he approves favorite son status. He was wrapping a six state western tour in Cincinnati when he returns and debates O Mahoney on radio about high prices.
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Washington
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
GOP Central Committee
Columbus
Taft
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Denver
California
Nevada
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Truman
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Office of Economic Stabilization
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