UN Votes Cease Fire In Negev Desert Conflict
The United Nations Security Council unanimously orders an immediate cease fire between Jews and Arabs in the Negev area. Dr. Ralph Bunche is tasked to negotiate a settlement while a British-Chinese resolution calls Israel to report on Bernadotte’s assassination and improve truce observer cooperation. The session included exchanges between Israel and Bunche over the fighting causes.
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Paris
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Council
Ralph J. Bunche
Bunche
Syria
Russia
Ukraine
Israel
Folke Bernadotte
Berlin
Security Council
Negev
Israeli Planes In Fourth Day Of Gaza Raid
Israeli air force bombs Gaza for a fourth straight day as Arab civilians flee from Gaza City once the seat of the Arab government. United Nations observers have left the port city and Egyptian forces hold it. Israel says it will not capture Gaza and presses the Negev advance with a land and air assault.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Gaza
Palestine
United Nations
Negev
Irvine Named Marietta Head
Dr. W. Ray Irvine, 55, was appointed president of Marietta College by the board of trustees. He has been dean since 1942 and chaired an administrative committee since 1947. Irvine, born on a Washington County farm, worked through Marietta College to graduate in 1917. He served in World War I and later held principal and admissions director roles before his appointment. He is married with no children. No inauguration date set.
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Marietta
W. Ray Irvine
Marietta College
Irvine
William A. Shimer
Washington County
Sharon
Kittanning
Extended Forecast for Columbus Cleveland Area
Temperatures average four degrees below normal with normal highs 58 and lows 42. The forecast calls for below normal conditions Wednesday and Thursday, warmer Friday and Saturday, and cooler Sunday. Precipitation averages about a half inch with scattered light rain tonight in eastern sections. Rain expected Sunday.
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Columbus
War Crimes Charges Filed Against Japanese Leaders
General MacArthur's headquarters announced charges against Admiral Soemu Toyoda and Lt. Gen. Hiroshi Tamura for wartime roles. Each will face trials before November 1 before seven officer commissions. The cases mark GHQ level proceedings, part of initial Class A war crimes indictments slated for 20 Japanese officials.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Soemu Toyoda
Hiroshi Tamura
Eighth Army
Yokohama
Hideki Tojo
Toyoda
Tamura
Lausche Attacks Ohio Strip Mining Law in Speech
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank J. Lausche denounces Ohio strip mining control law as ineffective and vows to fight for a stronger statute if elected. He criticized its passage under Gov. Herbert and urged enforcement against land desecration.
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New Lexington
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert Links Ohio Issue to State Rule in Campaign
Governor Thomas J. Herbert, seeking reelection in Toledo, framed the Ohio race as choosing between a New Deal approach and home rule. He warned that electing Democrat Frank Lausche would mean the New Deal path, accusing Lausche of backing Truman and opposing GOP tax cuts.
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Toledo
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
State House
Lausche
Herbert
Truman
Congress
Murderer To Get Chair In Stark County Trial
John R. Burson, with four brothers in Ohio prisons and a fifth in a state school, was found guilty of First Degree murder for the July 8 slaying of Ellsworth Ruch. The Stark County Common Pleas Court jury imposed the electric chair with no mercy recommendations. Burson had earlier wounded his wife and two bystanders in Genoa according to the state.
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Canton
John R. Burson
Ohio
Ellsworth Ruch
Stark County
Ruch
Genoa
Two Escaped Trusties Return to Osborne
Two escaped trusties from the Os borne State Farm at Huron were back in custody after surrendering. Identified as Robert Ward 26 of Germantown and Richard Elkins 23 of Wellston Elkins had prior Jackson County auto theft sentence from 1945.
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Lorain
Osborne State Farm
Huron
Robert Ward
Germantown
Richard Elkins
Wellston
Elkins
Jackson County
Father of Four Gets Life for Man's Murder
In Cincinnati Charles H Pfennig 24 pleaded guilty to second degree murder and received life imprisonment from Judge Dennis J Ryan. Pfennig, a father of four, was charged with killing Rubin Schaim 62 a junk dealer on May 24.
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Cincinnati
Charles H. Pfennig
Dennis J. Ryan
Pfennig
Rubin Schaim
Bandits Loot Jewelry Store for Cash and Watches
Columbus police report three men bound and gagged Frank Tschappat, North End jewelry store owner, during a robbery yesterday. Thieves looted about $300 in cash and up to $8000 in expensive watches before a passerby freed the owner and alerted authorities.
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Columbus
Frank Tschappat
North End
Jand
Texas City Blast Kills Cab Driver. 25 Injured in Gas Explosions
Three gas explosions in Texas City killed a cab driver Clarence Stewart, 24, of Galveston, and injured 25 others, with a propane leak igniting near a railroad crossing and a refinery processing unit blast following.
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Texas City
Tex
W. L. Ladish
Clarence Stewart
Galveston
Ladish
Stone Oil
U. S
Fair Weather Foreseen Across Ohio
Ohio residents enjoy fair and cool conditions with milder forecast for tomorrow. Cincinnati logged a 34 degree low, 13 below normal, while Cleveland saw 32 degrees under sunny skies. Columbus and Springfield had bright sun, with a 30 degree Columbus low last night. South Ohio forecast fair, north partly cloudy and warmer, Southeast warmer tonight.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Springfield
Grand Jury Indicts Former Police Clerk in Ohio
Franklin County grand jury indicts Lillian Weaver 30 for harboring a felon. Her fiancé Dwight David Tudor faces first degree murder in Clark County case involving 14 year old Mary Ann Paige of Springfield. Weaver says Tudor confessed but she doubted him.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Lillian Weaver
Dwight David Tudor
Clark County
Mary Ann Paige
Springfield
Jenkins Asks Dismissal In Vote Machine Case
Attorney General Hugh S. Jenkins asked the Ohio Supreme Court to dismiss a petition seeking revision of presidential ballot arrangements on voting machines. The court had ordered the Secretary of State Edward J. Hummel to give more prominence to Henry Wallace electors or show cause why not.
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Columbus
Hugh S. Jenkins
Supreme Court
Edward J. Hummel
Henry Wallace
Jap Captain Given Life For Americans Deaths
In Yokohama three naval officers and a civilian were sentenced to hard labor for deaths of four American prisoners. Captain Minoru Nomi received a life term for causing the deaths and allowing subordinates to kill and decapitate the prisoners.
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Yokohama
Japan
Minoru Nomi
Soviet Tightens Berlin Blockade With Citywide Checks
The Soviet Union ordered all Berlin highway traffic to pass through the Soviet sector for searches of foodstuffs and contraband destined for Western sectors. Brandenburg police closed 40 Western-outskirts stations and limited passenger foods to eleven pounds to curb smuggling. A police spokesman warned Western Berlin would struggle without the Allied airlift if smuggled supplies are halted.
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Berlin
Potsdam
Brandenburg
Truman Appeals South to Vote Calmly in Raleigh
President Truman urged Southern voters in Raleigh North Carolina to shun passion and prejudice when voting in November addressing a memorial dedication. He aimed to blunt inroads by the States Rights ticket led by Gov J Strom Thurmond of South Carolina without mentioning civil rights proposals. Dewey resumes tours in New York while Henry Wallace pushes Progressive drive in Pennsylvania targeting union members and attacking labor leaders allied with corporations.
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Associated Press
Truman
Raleigh
N.C
South
States’ Rights
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Andrew Jackson
James K. Polk
Andrew Johnson
American Legion
Miami
Dewey
New York Herald Tribune
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Mr. Truman
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Pennsylvania
Yes
Exhaust Pipe Brought Into Car Hop Murder
Medina jury hears Clark Hill 19 on murder trial over Jean ette Weimer 17 after alleged plan to use a sex stimulant and exhaust fumes. Witnesses describe Hill driving to the State Highway Patrol barracks and claiming fumes overwhelmed them. Coroner reports 70 percent carbon monoxide in the victim. defense cites faulty exhaust pipe.
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Medina
Clark Hill
Hill
Jeanette Weimer
R. B. Bennett
Cuyahoga County
Samuel R. Gerber
William G. Batchelder, Jr
Supreme Court To Rule On Nevada Divorces
The Supreme Court agreed to rule on whether courts in other states may overturn Nevada quickie divorces. The request came from Herman P. Rice of Connecticut alleging a Reno divorce for Herbert N. Rice was improperly overturned by Connecticut courts. He and Lillian P. Rice had been married in Reno in 1944.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Nevada
Hermaine P. Rice
Connecticut
Reno
Herbert N. Rice
Rice
Lillian P. Rice
Woodbridge
Conn
Chillicothe Man Elected As Kiwanis Governor
Dayton report notes the Ohio Kiwanis International district to certify 15 division lieutenant governors tomorrow. Nominations from division caucuses at the district conference include Samuel Walden of Chillicothe and James W. Kennedy of Marietta.
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Dayton
Ohio
Kiwanis International
Samuel Walden
Chillicothe
James W. Kennedy
Marietta
Trusty Jumps the Gun Escapes From Pen
William Gordon, 30, of Canton, who was a trusted inmate working at a welfare department warehouse, escaped from the Ohio Penitentiary where he was to be paroled December 8. He began serving a one to 20 year term for forgery in Stark County after his Oct. 30, 1947, admission.
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Columbus
Ohio
William Gordon
Canton
Stark County
Lamay Assumes Command of Strategic Air Command
Lt. Gen Curtis E Lamay took over as the new head of the Strategic Air Command today in Washington. The change of command places Lamay at the helm of SAC overseeing strategic air operations.
Former Lausche Trusty Sentenced in Auto Theft Across State Line
Breck C. Lutes, 48, once chauffeur for former Ohio Governor Frank Lausche, received a federal sentence of one year and one day for taking a stolen car across state lines. He was already serving a life term for murder in Ohio when pardoned by Lausche before leaving office.
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Covington
Breck C. Lutes
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lutes
Lausche
Two Injured at Mesker Park Zoo by Runaway Chimps
Two unarmed men fought two escaped chimpanzees at Mesker Park Zoo Evansville Indiana. Deputies police and zoo staff killed one chimp and recaptured the other after serious injuries to the men.
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Evansville
Ind
Mesker Park Zoo
Former Broadwell Woman Adeline Cole Dies in Pittsburgh
Adeline E. Cole 42 widow of Dr. Dean W. Cole and formerly of Broadwell died Sunday at her Pittsburgh home. Survived by brother Charles Wagner of Pittsburgh and mother-in-law Hattie Hendershot of Broadwell. Funeral Thursday 1 p.m. at Broadwell EUB Church with Rev. Guy White. Burial in Haga Cemetery. friends may call at Hendershot home after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
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Adeline E. Cole
Dean W. Cole
Broadwell
Pittsburgh
Charles Wagner
Hattie Hendershot
Broadwell Eub Church
Guy White
Haga Cemetery
Hendershot
Forty Die in Villarrica Volcano Eruption
Forty persons are reported dead and 200 missing after a violent eight hour eruption of the Villarrica Volcano, located about 400 miles south of Santiago Chile.
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Santiago
Chile
Villarrica
Here
Death of Walther von Brauchitsch at British hospital
Former German Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch died in a British military hospital in Hamburg after coronary thrombosis. He had been in custody with Gerd von Rundstedt Erich von Manstein and Adolf Strauss awaiting war crimes trial. His wife Charlotte von Brauchitsch is gravely ill. The four generals faced a prima facie case, with a Hamburg trial planned for January.
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Hamburg
Germany
Walther von Brauchitsch
von Brauchitsch
Gerd von Rundstedt
Erich von Mannstein
Adolf Strauss
Charlotte von Brauchitsch
von Rundstedt
von Mannstein
Strauss
Ernest Bevin
Hitler
Legion Starts Big Parade in Miami for National Convention
The American Legion launches a four mile parade in downtown Miami and along Biscayne Boulevard as part of the 30th annual national convention proceedings. An estimated 300,000 spectators are expected to view the eight hour event featuring Legion departments from all states, massed colors, bands, and floats.
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Miami
Fla
American Legion
Biscayne Boulevard
Legion
Army
Navy
WCTU Convention Opens in Cincinnati with 500 Delegates
The Women's Christian Temperance Union of Ohio opened its 75th annual convention in Cincinnati with nearly 500 delegates attending the five day session.
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WCTU
Cincinnati
Women's Christian Temperance Union of Ohio
Actress Elissa Landi in serious condition at Kingston
The condition of Screen Actress Elissa Landi at Kingston Hospital in Kingston New York was reported worse today. She has been on the serious list for ten days.
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Kingston
N. Y
Elissa Landi
Kingston Hospital
Britain Says Berlin Blockade Makes Settlement Impossible
At the UN Security Council Britain's Sir Alexander Cadogan led a Western attack against the Soviet blockade of Berlin. He argued the blockade prevents four power talks and undermines the Aug. 30 agreement while calling on Moscow to lift restrictions to resume negotiations.
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Paris
Britain
United Nations Security Council
Berlin
Juan Atilio Bramuglia
Alexander Cadogan
France
United States
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Alexander
Stalin
Cadogan
Bramuglia
Germany
Vishinsky
United Nations
Witness testifies Bolton offered 15000 to kill Walter Reuther
Detroit witness John Miller testified Carl Bolton offered $15000 to murder Walter P. Reuther head of the CIO United Auto Workers. Miller also said Kenneth Banyon, Ford department director, was slated for assassination. Reuther was shot at home last April 20 and is recovering.
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Detroit
Carl Bolton
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
John Miller
Bolton
Kenneth Banyon
Ford Department
Reuther
Life Sentence for 24 Year Old Mother in Husbands Slaying
Mrs. Marjorie Alston, 24, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the July 18 killing of her husband. Sentenced to life at Marysville Reformatory, a relative agreed to care for her two children during imprisonment.
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Columbus
Marjorie Alston
Marysville Reformatory
Gypsy Violinist Margitza Leaves Final Wish For Music
Andrew Margitza, a renowned gypsy violinist born in Austria Hungary, asked for a grand farewell when he dies. His son William will assemble musicians of all ages to play at his burial near St Michael Church in Braddock. Margitza's grandchildren and six children continue his musical legacy across Detroit Chicago and Omaha.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew Margitza
Margitza
William
St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church
Jinence
Braddock Catholic Cemetery
Margitta
Austria-Hungary
Omaha
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Julius
Louis
Alex
Mildred
Martha
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