Atomic clash colors 1948 campaign charges
President Truman and Governor Dewey intensified the race with new charges on atomic policy. Truman faulted Dewey for private profit aims and warned against Teapot Dome risks while Dewey attacked the administration as chaotic and urged a united, principled national government. Wallace echoed weapon talks and blamed policy pauses on the “big brass and big gold.”
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Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Indiana
Milwaukee
New York
Hunt
Minnesota
Kansas City
Dewey
Phoenix
Ariz
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Fred M. Vinson
Moscow
Wallace
Russia
Vinson
War criminals executed near Munich by U.S. Army
Ten Germans convicted of war crimes were hanged today at Landsberg Prison near Munich, the U S Army announced.
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Frankfurt
Landsberg
Munich
U. S
Convict to Appear for Prison Murder in Columbus
John Thomas, a 34 year old Dayton burglar, stands trial for first degree murder in the stabbing deaths of guards Walter W. Zimmer and Samuel P. Chesshir at Ohio Penitentiary. He pleads innocent by reason of insanity and faces possible death or life confinement depending on verdict.
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Columbus
John Thomas
Thomas
Dayton
Ohio Penitentiary
Walter W. Zimmer
Samuel P. Chesshir
Lima State Hospital
Death Row
R. G. Fogle
Penitentiary
Fogle
Priest slain as police hunt suspect in California
A 23-year-old man Winifred Nelson Garvin is sought on a murder warrant in the slaying of Rev Francis J Parolin. The priest was found battered in his Yreka hotel room after a reported violent struggle in a robbery slaying linked to his new California parish.
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Weed
Calif
Winifred Nelson Garvin
Yreka
Francis J. Parolin
Galt
Court Frees Gang Fugitive
Frederick M. Fox, who escaped a Florida Road gang, is released by Municipal Court for now as the 30 day limit was exceeded. The case was sent to Governor Herbert, who could issue an extradition warrant to Florida where he fled prison camp June 20 after a $150 armed robbery.
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Cleveland
Frederick M. Fox
Florida
Fox
John E. Sweeney
Live Oaks
Robert L. Ratchford
Herbert
B&O Employee Killed Before Planned Retirement
J R Braden aged 63 a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad worker was killed when a one car Zanesville Marietta train trapped him on a trestle over the Muskingum River just days before his 41 year retirement.
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Zanesville
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
J. R. Braden
Zanesville-Marietta
Muskingum River
Fists Trigger Shakeup At CIO Hearing In New York
A brawl broke out at CIO headquarters during a hearing on New York CIO Council activities. Right and left factions clashed, noses were poked, and the session adjourned amid chaos. Ruth Young denounced the opposing camp as the meeting aimed to probe policy deviations and contract interferences.
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Washington
CIO
Greater
New York
CIO Council
L. S. Buckmaster
CIO Rubber Workers
New York City
Ruth Young
New York Council
Truman
New York Cio
Mr. Truman
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Philip Murray
Buckmaster
Sam Burt
Burt
James Durkin
Saul Mills
New York Cio Council
Durkin
Pittsburgh
Candidates Clash Over Ohio Mental Health and Tax Policy
Democrat Franks Lausche and Republican Governor Thomas Herbert argued over mental health treatment expansions and tax cuts. Lausche claimed prior efforts expanded beds and facilities, while Herbert touted savings of 86 million and criticized Lausche for opposing tax reductions.
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Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Lausche
Columbus
Kenton
Delphos
Lima
Summit County
Akron
Tiffin State Hospital
Youngstown Receiving Hospital
Hoover Pavilion
Cleveland
Cambridge State Hospital
Air Defense Plan Listed for Alaska and Canal Zone
The plan calls for five B-50 bombers and about 75 fighters in Alaska this winter with 12 F-61S fighters in the Panama Canal Zone. Three two plane B-50 missions rotate on training from November 1 to March 15, keeping five bombers in theater at any time. The polar frontier also hosts a regular fighter group as the sole other combat unit.
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Washington
United States
Alaska
Panama Canal Zone
Air Force
Polar Frontier
Air Force Defense
Fire Leaves 32 Families Homeless in Coney Island
Flames swept 13 two family frame houses near the amusement area in Coney Island early today. Thirty fire units fought the blaze on four alarms. Five residents, including a three year old and a four year old, were burned and hospitalized. Two firemen and a policeman were injured.
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New York
Coney Island
Rita Johnson Released From Hospital After Brain Injury
Hollywood actress Rita Johnson left St. Vincent's Hospital after five weeks due to a brain injury from an accident in her apartment on September 6. Dr. Lee Siegel said she is in a quiet place and not ready to discuss details. Police say a 40 pound hair dryer may have caused the injury.
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Hollywood
Rita Johnson
St. Vincent's Hospital
Lee Siegel
Argentinians Sail Ohio River Observation Tour
Nine Argentinians completed an 80 mile tour of the Ohio River to observe the push towing method of handling cargoes.
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Ohio East
Liverpool
Ohio River
Ex Air Force Officer Monti Charged with Treason
Former Lieut Martin J Monti 27 is indicted on treason charges for giving himself to the German forces in Italy and broadcasting for the Nazis under the alias Martin Weithaupt. He AWOL from Karachi India then served with the S S Elite Guard and later rejoined the U S Army.
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New York
Martin J. Monti
Monti
Air Force
Florissant
Mitchel Field
Victor Woerheide
Italy
Karachi
India
Berlin
Martin Weithaupt
Clay sees allied stand halt Soviet expansion in Berlin
Gen. Lucius D. Clay warned that Soviet expansion would recede if the Western powers maintain a firm Berlin stance. He argued Western democracy and economic recovery would pressure satellite regimes and tied Berlin defense to long term European peace. He cited the Soviet blockade as a starvation tactic aimed at forcing Allies out.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Clay
Europe
Western
Western Europe
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Russia
VA Employees Killed. Police Hold Suspect in Buffalo
Bernard V. Lembits, 47, a World War II veteran, was arrested without resistance and charged with first degree murder after police say he admitted to shooting two Veterans Administration employees in Buffalo. The victims were Milton A. Jacobs, 41, chairman of the VA unemployment service rating board, and Emmett S. Crowe, 61, a guard.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Bernard V. Lembits
Veterans Administration
Lembits
Milton A. Jacobs
VA Unemployment Service Rating Board
Emmett S. Crowe
Services for Educator Will Be Held Sunday
Funeral rites for Clark Wells Chamberlain, 77, former president of Denison University, will be held at the First Baptist Church at 3 p m Sunday. Burial in University Cemetery. He died Wednesday in Lansing, Michigan. Chamberlain led Denison from 1913 to 1925 and retired in 1944 as a physics professor at Michigan State College.
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Granville
Clark Wells Chamberlain
Denison University
First Baptist Church
University
Chamberlain
Lansing
Mich
Denison
Michigan State College
Atomic Energy Chief Bemoans Secrecy Tendency
Columbus report says Atomic Energy Commissioner W. W. Waymack warned against a creeping secrecy in government. He urged a balance between secrecy and atomic progress to safeguard national security during Ohio State University's 75th anniversary events.
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Columbus
Atomic Energy
W. W. Waymack
Ohio State University
Common Pleas Judge P H Tannehill Dies at 83
ZANESVILLE Ohio The Common Pleas Judge P H Tannehill aged 83 died yesterday from leukemia. A native of McConnelsville he served on the Muskingum County bench for 15 years.
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Zanesville
Common Pleas
P. H. Tannehill
McConnelsville
Muskingum
Crooner Jack Carroll Hurt After Fans Mob Him
Newark New Jersey Jack Carroll a 24 year old crooner and winner of seven consecutive Talent Jackpot shows was taken to a hospital last night with internal injuries after fans mobbed him leaving a New York broadcast He collapsed in a taxi on the way home and his condition was listed as serious Ed Lee associate producer of Mutual Broadcasting System said Carroll won seven weeks in a row and returned last night for a guest appearance.
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Newark
N. J
Jack Carroll
New York
Ed Lee
Mutual Broadcasting System
Carroll
Secret Spy Testimony Reveals 1930s State Dept Rings
Whittaker Chambers testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee that two Communist underground rings operated in the State Department in the 1930s. He told reps Mundt and Nixon that Alger Hiss discussed advisers including Noel Field and that Field was linked to another apparatus. Chambers described himself as a liaison between the party and the government group Hiss belonged to.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
State Department
Mundt
R-Sd
Nixon
Red
Hiss
Chambers
Noel Field
Department
Field
Communist Party
Boys Targeted Dewey inTomato Toss
MT VERNON Ill Four teenaged youths threw tomatoes at Gov Thomas E Dewey for fun and apologized. Police reported they were lectured on Americanism and released on pledges not to repeat the act or permit others to do so.
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MT. Vernon
Ill
Thomas E. Dewey
Teachers Wield Brush and Hammer After School
PORT CLINTON Ohio teachers stay after hours to paint and repair two war surplus buildings as temporary classrooms for 90 fourth graders. The Plum Brook Ordinance plant at Sandusky supplied the structures, due for use this week. A $375,000 bond issue for extra buildings goes to a vote on November 2.
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Port Clinton
Plum Brook
Sandusky
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures Fall Coldest Yet
Temperatures will run 3 to 6 degrees below normal with highs from 57 to 63 and lows 40 to 44. Warmer Saturday then much colder Sunday through Tuesday, ending the growing season. Precipitation expected as rain Sunday and light showers or snow flurries Monday and probably Tuesday.
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Columbus
Phone Union Wage Talks Are Continued
Washington and Detroit report ongoing wage bargaining for about 225000 telephone workers after the deadline passed with no strike action. Independent Communications Workers of America and CIO American Union of Telephone Workers push to extend talks with Bell system concerns as Gov. Kim Sigler mediates in Michigan.
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Washington
Bell System
Independent Communications Workers of America
CIO American Union of Telephone Workers
CIO
Detroit
Michigan
Kim Sigler
Five Men Set for Georgia Electric Chair Executions
REIDSVILLE Ga Five men are scheduled to die today in Georgia s electric chair in the largest mass execution in a decade. Appeals for all five were denied by the state pardon and parole board. The condemned include Wayne Woodruff 27 of Jacksonville Fla and formerly of Bedford Ind for a hunting trip killing. Charlie Garrett and Jewell Eller for killing a store owner. J B Beetles and William Davis two Negroes for killing a store keeper.
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Reidsville
Georgia
State Pardon and Parole Board
Wayne Woodruff
Jacksonville
Fla
Bedford
Ind
Charlie Garrett
Jewell Eller
J. B. Beetles
William Davis
Berlin crisis lingers as six neutrals push direct talks
In Paris the Soviet Union pressed Berlin accusations as Vishinsky charged Western powers with violating a wartime agreement. Six neutral states appealed to the Big Four for direct negotiations while Western delegates pledged future answers on the Aug 30 pact. In Berlin, German Communists in the Russian zone denounced anti Soviet elements and called for a purge, even at high levels.
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Paris
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Kremlin
Security Council
Berlin
Russia
Juan A. Bramuglia
Argentina
Council
Stalin
Germany
Bramuglia
Vishinsky
Argentin Na
Belgium
Canada
Colombia
Syria
China
United States
Britain
France
A. G. L. McNaughton
Faris el Khouri
Foreign Ministers’ Council
National American Legion convention opens in Miami
Thousands of former servicemen and their families swarm Miami for the opening of the 30th annual national American Legion convention.
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Miami
Fla
National American Legion
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Gen. Clay
Bernt Balchen
Alaskan Air Command
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P. M
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