Talks Slated By Stassen Taft Tonight
In Columbus Ohio Sen Robert A Taft and former Gov Harold E Stassen plan talks before about 1000 Ohio Republican women leaders Taft in Cincinnati said he would announce next week if he seeks the GOP nomination Stassen travels as an ambassador of friendship and goodwill to the Ohio event.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Ohio
Stassen
Taft
Cincinnati
Clarence J. Brown
Rohio
Taft to Discuss Federal School Aid at Ohio Principals Meeting
Senator Robert A Taft will talk on federal aid to schools during the Ohio High School Principals Association opening session. He backs a plan for congressional development of a ration school support program. President candidate rumors swirl as a Chicago firm promotes Taft and Walter Reuther ticket. Brown leads Republican Women dinner with Stassen and Taft to follow. Martha Taft and Katherine Kennedy Brown participate in sessions.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio High School Principals Association
Taft
Stassen
Senator Taft
Martha Taft
Katherine Kennedy Brown
Dayton
Ohio
National Committee
Paris Subway Strike Near End as Seamen Stand Firm
Paris faces continued disruption as 40 000 merchant seamen press for 15 percent wage hikes while motormen vote to return to work. Government sources say cabinet director Pierre Montti will study demands once the walkout ends, with port ties affecting Bordeaux and Le Havre.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
Independent
Subway Workers Union
Pierre Montti
Ramadier
Bordeaux
le Havre
Farm Company Official Quits After 33 Years
GENEVA Ohio Mayor C. H. Gleason aged 65 retired yesterday as stock room head at the American Fork and Hoe Co after 33 years of service. He served four years as mayor and plans to continue in public life.
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Geneva
C. H. Gleason
American Fork & Hoe Co
Meany Tobin Take AFL Leadership Convincing Victory
A Bronx plumber and a Boston coal wagon driver won control of the AFL convention and its 15 member executive council. Meany and Tobin's rise edges out John L. Lewis and Hutcheson, paving Meany as the likely successor to President Green.
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Tobin
AFL
San Francisco
Bronx
Boston
American Federation of Labor Convention
George Meany
Daniel J. Tobin
Teamsters
Ine
John L. Lewis
William L. Hutcheson
Lewis
Executive Council
Hutcheson
United Mine Workers
National Labor Relations Board
William Green
Rescue Boat Adds Ill Sailor To Mercy List
The Coast Guard cutter Bibb speeding toward Boston with 69 rescued from a ditched flying boat in mid Atlantic carries out a mercy mission at dawn by taking aboard an ill seaman from the cutter Duane. The Bibb reports appendicitis case amid heavy seas. arrival time uncertain.
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Coast Guard
Bibb
Boston
mid-Atlantic
Duane
Bible
Paul B. Cronk
Toledo Dancer Faces Postponed Murder Trial
Patricia Schmidt a 22 year old Toledo dancer sees her murder trial postponed again as an attorney falls ill. She will resume testimony tomorrow under defense counsel Rene Castellanos. The case involves a fatal pistol shot to John Lester Mee of Chicago aboard his yacht in Havana Harbor.
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Cuba
Patricia
Laura) Schmidt
Toledo
Rene Castellanos
John Lester Mee
Chicago
Lindbergh Law Violation Charged to Youth
Chester L. Gasunas, 22, of Hanover Massachusetts, awaits federal arraignment for allegedly violating the Lindbergh law in the Mansfield Ohio taxi driver kidnapping case in July. He was brought to Rochester from the Steuben County jail at Bath, where he had been held since July 10 on a robbery charge.
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N. Y
Chester L. Gasunas
Hanover
Mass
Mansfield
Ohio
Gasunas
Steuben County
Bath
Ohio approves $6 million welfare repair and equipment fund
Ohio allocates 5.8 million dollars for 436 welfare projects at 27 institutions including Athens State Hospital and Gallipolis State Institute. State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood said bids will be sought next week and the program aims to speed improvements and beds for mental patients amid postwar costs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles L. Sherwood
Welfare Department
Control Board
Sherwood
Athens State Hospital
Gallipolis State Institute
Lancaster Bay’s
Ohio Penitentiary
Snake Sect Plans Service On Courthouse Lawn
In Harlan Kentucky the Faith Healers sect announced plans for another snake-handling service on the courthouse lawn Sunday following two Kentucky court rulings on the 1941 anti-snake handling law. Circuit Judge James S. Forester dismissed charges against four sect members who had been fined for the violation.
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Harlan
Kentucky
James S. Forester
Odie Shupe
Cindy Mays
Raymond Hays
Gladys Sturgill
Pilot and Aunt Injured In Plane Crash in Ohio Field
A 30-year-old Indianapolis pilot James T. Parker and his 54-year-old Toledo aunt Mrs Helen Osborne were injured when their small plane overshot Brooklyn Airport and crashed into a field. Parker is in serious condition while Osborne is in fair condition.
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Cleveland
Indianapolis
Toledo
Brooklyn
James T. Parker
Helen Osborne
Cleveland Man Ordered to Remove 200 Floor Nails
Thomas Callahan faced a judge ordered to remove 200 nails from his living room floor after the nails were put there to stop squeaking. Municipal Judge Andrew M. Kovachy issued the order on the complaint of apartment owner Helyn Bresin.
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Cleveland
Thomas Callahan
Andrew M. Kovachy
Helyn Bresin
Electric Bed Sheet Announced by Corp for Double Beds
The newest electrical bedroom appliance, an electric sheet 70 inches by 84 inches, provides a heated area capable of covering a standard double bed. The firm announced the invention yesterday in Mansfield.
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Mansfield
Five Vehicle Crash Injures Coshocton Men
Newark police report a five vehicle crash involving a car driven by David R. McCullough of Coshocton, a truck and a motorcycle. E. D. Moss and Kenneth Gongdon, both Coshocton residents, were treated for minor injuries.
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Newark
E. D. Mossman
Kenneth Gongdon
Coshocton
David R. McCullough
Girl Is Called For Testimony In Texas Trial
In La Grange Texas a 13 year old schoolgirl Ann York survivor of a rifle ambush testifies in the murder trial of Dr. Lloyd I. Ross a Harvard trained San Antonio surgeon accused of killing four relatives during a drive to church. The defense cites insanity as its plea. Mrs Gladys Ross sits nearby as the defendant's wife with relatives from Alliance Ohio and Los Angeles in attendance.
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LA Grange
Tex
Lloyd I. Ross
San Antonio
Ann York
Comal County
Ross
York
Gladys Ross
Renna Ross
Alliance
Ohio
Earl Miller
Los Angeles
New Boosts In Food Cost Foreseeable Increases Ahead
The Associated Press notes rising retail prices as wholesale markets hit new highs. The 35 commodity index climbed to a record 195.66 with key gains in wheat at Chicago 3.06 a bushel and Kansas City No 2 hard wheat 3.25. Corn rye flour cotton cattle hogs cocoa and rubber advanced while lard butter lamb and oats fell.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kansas City
Bakers Cite Costs in Fremont Bread Rise
Fremont bakers blamed production costs for a one cent increase in bread price, raising loaf cost by 16 cents. The move reflects wider pressure on bakeries from rising materials and labor expenses.
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Fremont
Fremont, O
Truman Keeps Door Open For Special Congress Session
President Truman indicated a possible extra session to address Europe’s financial crisis. He noted progress on stop gap aid including a $50 million French francs purchase by the Army and transfers of construction loans by the Export-Import Bank for France to fund food and fuel. Senator Hatch urged Congress to act as Europe’s need grows.
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Truman
Congress
Europe
France
Capitol Hill
Hatch
D-Nm
Britain Plans Early Palestine Withdrawal Policy Shift
Britain prepared to reaffirm withdrawal from Palestine and leave solution to the United Nations. Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones to present the policy as the Palestine committee meets to speed debate toward a closing round by Saturday.
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Palestine
Holy Land
United Nations
Arthur Creech - Jones
London
Palestine Committee
U.S
Marshall
Joseph Beck
Luxembourg
Assembly
Mercury Hits Season High Across the Nation
The weather bureau extended summer conditions across most of the country with unseasonably warm weather and clear skies. Readings near 90 degrees were reported in parts of the Midwest, setting date and October records in multiple communities including Springfield Illinois Chicago Chicago reached 88 while Yuma Arizona recorded 88 and Phoenix 84. Gladwin Michigan logged 87 as Chicago posted a new all time October high.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Midwest
Springfield
Ill
Yuma
Ariz
Phoenix
Chicago
Gladwin
Lower
Michigan
Margaret Truman Opens Concert Tour Tomorrow
Margaret Truman daughter of the President arrived in Pittsburgh from Kansas City to start her first concert tour tomorrow night. The recital will be the first time either parent hears her perform. Her mother and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder and his wife will fly in from Washington for the event.
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Pittsburgh
Margaret Truman
Kansas City
Miss Truman
Secretary of the Treasury
John Snyder
Washington
Letart Falls Engineer Dies After Explosion
William L. Green of Letart Falls died at Wetzel County Hospital New Martinsville West Virginia from injuries in a boiler explosion aboard the steamer Titan. Green was the boat’s engineer and his body rests at Ewing Funeral Home as arrangements are made.
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Pomeroy
William L. Green
Letart Falls
Wetzel County Hospital
New Martinsville
W. Va
Titan
Green
Ewing
Clarence Young Quits Civil Aeronautics Board
Clarence M. Young of San Francisco resigned yesterday as a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board. A Republican, he previously served as assistant secretary of commerce in President Hoover's administration.
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Washington
Clarence M. Young
San Francisco
Civil Aeronautics Board
Young
Commerce
Hoover
Newspaper man dies at 79 in London
Sir Pomeroy Burton former World executive and London Daily Mail general manager died Wednesday at age 79.
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London
Pomeroy Burton
New York World
CIO backs Marshall Plan at convention clashes over policy
The CIO convention in Boston endorsed Secretary of State Marshall and American foreign policy, amid a hot debate that exposed leftist criticism and strong support for aid to Europe. President Murray praised Marshall as a champion of peace as the body adopted a resolution backing economic aid and peace.
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Boston
Marshall
Philip Murray
George Baldanzi
Russia
Truman
Hitler
Murray
Dismantling 682 German War Plants Planned in Zones
Berlin reports British and American military governments will dismantle 682 German industrial and war plants as reparations. Of these, 380 factories cover metal chemical and electric engineering shipbuilding and power plants to speed European economic recovery.
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Berlin
Bennett Wilson Joins State Library Board
Elcie Bennett Wilson of Medina succeeds Katharine D. Blosser of Chillicothe as a member of the State Library Board. The change takes effect today.
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Columbus
Elcie Bennett Wilson
Medina
Katherine D. Blosser
Chillicothe
State Library Board
Ohio's Dead Come Home From Pacific
The first of 321 World War II dead arrived today by a special train at the Columbus General Distribution Depot from the Pacific theater. A second train will bring the remaining 320 Friday. Brig Gen Frank O Bowman urged next of kin not to come to the depot as admission to the warehouse is not allowed. Dr John D Porterfield proposed a health regulation to bar reopening of war dead caskets due to non specified communicable disease in death certificates.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank O. Bowman
Bowman
John D. Porterfield
Ohio Public Health Council
Porterfield
Court Rejects Appeal in Portsmouth Man Case
The Ohio Supreme Court dismissed William Benders appeal from his conviction for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The court also dismissed an action tied to Jerome A Nevius former Clark County prosecutor and bribery charges. His conviction was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
William Bender
Portsmouth
Jerome A. Nevius
Clark County
United States Supreme Court
Truman cites gambling on grains and fibers exchanges
President Truman said Attorney General Clark is probing betting on commodity exchanges including grain trades. He urged restraint on food-price speculation and noted signs of progress in conservation while opposing immediate rationing. He disclosed large wheat trading on the Chicago Board of Trade and discussed foreign relief purchases' role.
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Washington
Truman
Clark
Chicago Board of Trade
United States
Citizens’ Food Committee
Charles Luckman
Agriculture Department
Presbyterian Convention Elects New Moderator
The Rev. John C. Williams of Princeton Indiana was elected moderator of the Second Synod of the United Presbyterian Church at the 90th annual convention in Bellefontaine Ohio He succeeds the Rev H Glenn Stephens of Reynoldsburg Ohio Herman Bodey of Dayton was named treasurer.
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Bellefontaine
John C. Williams
Princeton
Ind
H. Glenn Stephens
Reynoldsburg
Ohio
United Presbyterian Church
Herman Bodey
Dayton
Power shortage survey flags brown-outs in several regions
An Associated Press regional survey warns of possible winter brown-outs as demand rises. Western Pennsylvania, Northern California, Central Arizona and parts of Florida are already strained, with other risk areas including the Pacific Northwest and upper Michigan. Indiana and Ohio utilities expect no shortages barring emergencies, while Michigan and Minnesota projects anticipate manageable peaks.
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Illinois
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