Ohio Campaign Sparks Industrial Debate In Key Counties
Republican Gov. Thomas J. Herbert campaigned in Middletown and Portsmouth touting a pro industry record and tax cuts. Democrat Frank Lausche urged stronger strip mine laws and attacked the July special session, speaking in Cambridge St Clairsville and Steubenville as Franklin County Democrats backed Lausche. Railroad unions endorsed Herbert, while locomotive unions backed no clear candidate.
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Frank J. Lausene
Herbert
Ohio
Steubenville
Lausche
Cambridge
St. Clairsville
Statehouse
Portsmouth
Scioto County
Werbert
Columbus
Franklin County
Democratic Executive Committee
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Slayer Sentenced to Life in Prison for Farmhouse Slaying
Cyril Scotty Gordon, 27, convicted of killing Morris Abbott, was taken to Ohio Penitentiary to begin a life term. Wife Marie Conn Abbott, 40, also life sentence, to be moved to Marysville Reformatory later this week.
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Hamilton
Cyril (Scotty) Gordon
Morris R. Abbott
Reily
Ohio
Marie Conn Abbott
Marysville Reformatory
Landi Condition Critical In Kingston Hospital
Elissa Landi the 43 year old screen actress remained in very critical condition at Kingston Hospital with her status reported as growing steadily worse by officials today.
End Near In Car Hop Murder Trial
Prosecutors near closing stage in the Clark Hill case as two physicians testify. Hill, 19, accused of giving a 17 year old carhop a sex stimulant and then murdering her by piping exhaust fumes into his car. Coroner tests show 70 percent carbon monoxide in the girl and normal levels in Hill. He led police to the girl’s body and later signed a 23 page confession later admitted into the record. The defense objected to the confession.
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Medina
Clark Hill
Hill
Ohio State University
Jeanette Weimer
Samuel R. Gerber
Cuyahoga County
Theodore V. Gross
Medina County
Wilberforce Group Urges Herbert Defeat
Wilberforce University leaders pressed voters to defeat Gov. Thomas J. Herbert in the November election after a campus protest march at the state capitol. Dr. Charles Leander Hill said the state took church property amid a two-school split in Greene County. He urged AME Church members to back his call for a joint committee to heal the rift between the AME supported university and the Wilberforce State College diploma issue.
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Columbus
Wilberforce University
Negro University
Charles Leander Hill
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas J. Herbert
Hill
Greene County
Wilberforce
Xenia
University
AME
State College of Education and Industrial Arts
Ohio
Wilberforce State College
John Robert Jones
Herbert
Pre-Halloween Prank Ends in Youths' Electrocution
In Lima Dale Melvin 12 died in hospital after a pre-Halloween prank. His brother Larry 7 was electrocuted while climbing an alley transformer. Dale suffered loss of a leg in the incident.
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Lima
Dale Melvin
Larry
Dale
Soviet Deserters Land At American Air Base
A twin engined Soviet bomber with two air force officers and a sergeant landed at Hoersching air base in the U S occupation zone near Linz Austria on Oct 9. The plane and one crew member were returned to Soviet custody while the two officers received refuge in Austria. The pilots said they fled for political reasons and that the maps did not extend beyond Linz. The United States declined to force the crew to return while offering to return the aircraft.
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Vienna
Linz
Soviet Union
U. S
Austria
U.S
Ukraine
Hoersching
Camp McCauley
Geoffrey Keyes
Prohibitionists Claim Success At Ohio Union Convention
Bishop Wilber E. Hammaker of Washington told the 75th annual Ohio WCTU convention that prohibition efforts show amazing success though greater vitality is needed. Miss Mary B. Ervin of Columbus said Americans spent 450 percent more on alcohol in 1947 than 1934, and local option has outlawed beer in half of Ohio and hard liquor in over 70 percent.
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Cincinnati
Wilber E. Hammaker
Washington
National Temperance and Prohibition Council
Ohio Women's Christian Temperance Union
Hammaker
Methodist Board of Temperance
Mary B. Ervin
Columbus
Ohio Group
Ohio
Man Sentenced Five Years For Immorality Charge
Covington Kentucky P U S District Judge Mac Swinford yesterday sentenced Duane C Shouten 22 of Tiffin Ohio to five years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to bringing a 12 year old Tiffin girl here for immoral purposes George W Mc Gee and March H Taylor of Portsmouth Ohio received a year and a day each on charges of thefts from interstate shipments
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Covington
U. S
Mac Swinford
Duane C. Shouten
Tiffin
George W. McGee
March H. Taylor
Portsmouth
Beverly Hills Chief Invited to Name Siegel Slayer
Police Chief C. H. Anderson of Beverly Hills told the county grand jury Criminal Complaints Committee he will reveal the slayer of gangster Benjamin Siegel next Tuesday. He said he has received threatening letters and calls after naming a suspect.
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Los Angeles
C. H. Anderson
Beverly Hills
County Grand Jury Criminal Complaints Committee
Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel
Anderson
Pomeroy Man Sentenced for Interstate Auto Theft
Covington Kentucky U S district court yesterday sentenced Lawrence E Clooncy of Pomeroy to a year and a day in prison for Interstate auto theft.
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Covington, KY
U. S
Mac Swinford
Lawrence E., Clooncy, Pomeroy
Cannot hold back on defense Snyder says at Legion
Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder warned the US must not lessen national defense amid a grim international outlook and urged maintaining foreign aid. He stated the public debt could not be reduced in fiscal year 1949.
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Miami
Fla
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
American Legion
Snyder
Rebels Raid Shocks Korea as Loyalist Forces Clash
Seoul reports a rebel band overran two towns killing or capturing about 100 police. Martial law declared in the American zone after President Rhee returned from Japan. Rebels led by Communist soldiers provoked battle near Suchon and Yasu as U S General Ward said Americans likely not involved. Moscow radio said Soviet troops began evacuating parts of the north, while Rhee welcomed withdrawal as prudent.
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Seoul
Korea
South Korea
T. Y. Yoon
Syngman Rhee
Japan
Yasu
Suchon
Yoon
Orlando Ward
U. S
Pusan
Associated Press
Moscow Radio
Rhee
ICC rejects freight rate hike request
The Interstate Commerce Commission on the East rejected a plea for higher freight rates for small quantity shipments. The proposed increases ranged from 95 percent on short hauls to 2 percent on long distance business across states east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, including West Virginia and northern Virginia.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi River
Ohio and Potomac Rivers
West Virginia
Virginia
Meyers Faces Second Tax Evasion Charge
Bennett E. Meyers former major general and wartime procurement officer for the Air Forces was indicted by a Baltimore federal grand jury on tax evasion for 1942 to 1946 totaling 45 731 37. He is already serving a federal term for inducing a former associate to lie to a Senate committee.
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Baltimore
C?p
Bennett E. Meyers
Air Forces
Meyers
Senate
Democratic Ledger Endorses Dewey Warren Ticket
The Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, a long standing Democratic paper, runs an editorial endorsing the Republican slate of Governor Thomas E. Dewey and Governor Earl Warren. The piece notes a prior 1940 stance against a third Roosevelt term in favor of Wendell Wilkie.
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Lancaster
Lancaster Intelligencer Journal
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wendell Wilkie
Parade Draws Record Crowd in Miami For Legion Convention
In Miami 15 000 Legionnaires parade drew an estimated 350 000 to 400 000 watchers despite a late rain. Earl Warren plans to address delegates as the 30th annual conclave continues. Warren led California and was soaked at the head of his delegation.
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Earl Warren
California
Florida
Miami
American Legion
Fla
Legion
Tobe Bass
Warren
Reuther Case May Be Tried
Detroit police linked 39-year-old Carl Bolton to the April 20 shooting of Walter P. Reuther president of the CIO United Auto Workers. Defense counsel said he would seek a jury trial, challenge assault with intent to murder charges, and argued the state’s case is weak. Bolton is held on $75,000 bond. next court term begins late November.
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Detroit
Carl Bolton
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Joseph W. Louisell
Bolton
Reuther
Christopher E. Stein
Vast Earth From Space Photos Released by Navy
Navy releases photographs taken from rockets showing the Western United States and northern Mexico from 70 miles up. Automatic cameras in two rockets captured about 800000 square miles, with a 2700 mile horizon circle and a 1400 mile strip from Wyoming to southern Mexico.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Mexico
Navy Aerobee
Upper
Wyoming
Final Campaign Push Clouded by Party Attacks
Dewey kicks off final vote drive with New York forum and memorial dinner as Truman halts travel. Truman gains Democratic backing from Mrs. Roosevelt and blasts Republican opposition while Wallace targets Truman and Dewey over foreign policy and labor rulings.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Big City
New York
Truman
New York Herald Tribune Forum
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Paris
United Nations Assembly
Pittsburgh
Rabeigh
N.C
South
North
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Reading
Harry S& Truman
Wallace
Mr. Truman
Marshall
Vinson
Moscow
Alben W. Barkley
Dewey
Philadelphia
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Date of Execution Set For Convicted Slayer
The Ohio First District Court of Appeals set December 15 as the execution date for Ova Cornett, 46, on death row for first degree murder in the robbery slaying of Thomas Wilson, 80, cafe owner. His nephew Elmer Curnutt, 21, of Otis Kentucky, died in the electric chair July 16 for the same crime.
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Cincinnati
Ohio First District Court of Appeals
Ova Cornett
Ohio Penitentiary
Cornett
Thomas Wilson
Elmer Curnutt
Otis
Ohio Electric Chair
Ohio Governor Protest over Gas Diversion Plan
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert protested a Federal Power Commission plan to divert 57,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas daily from Ohio cities to other states. The proposal involves Texas Eastern Transmission Corp directing gas away from Ohio communities.
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Columbus
Thomas Jd. Herbert
Federal Power Commission
Ohio
Commission
Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation
More Miners Idle as Kentucky Coal Walkout Expands
In Madisonville Kentucky Ed J Morgan head of District 23 United Mine Workers estimated about 4500 miners were idle in West Kentucky coal fields. The walkout began over operators not deducting a $5 monthly UMW assessment.
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Madisonville
West Kentucky
Ed J. Morgan
District 23
United Mine Workers
UMW
Strike Snarls Traffic on Riviera Railways
A 24 hour strike snarled railway traffic along the Riviera causing delays and disruption to services. Train crews and labor groups were involved, with passengers urged to seek alternatives as lines faced stoppages.
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Paris
Riviera
Israel Egypt Cease Fire Order Amid Gaza Fighting
Israel and Egypt received UN cease fire orders as fighting in the Negev dwindled. Premier Nekrashi in Cairo claimed continuing Jewish aggression while Bunche to set a deadline. Israeli air strikes hit Gaza and troops consolidate positions on captured heights near two key Palestine roads.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
United Nations
Egypt
Mahmoud Nekrashi Pasha
Cairo
U.N
Ralph Bunche
Gaza
Palestine
Seven Feared Lost In Tug Sinking Near Baltimore
A tug and sand barge sank after a collision outside Baltimore harbor. Seven crewmen were missing, with two bodies recovered from the tug Columbia. The bargemaster his wife and their three month old son were rescued, while Coast Guard searches continued. The tug and barge were owned by Eastern Transportation Company and were en route from Baltimore to Claymont, Delaware.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Harbor
Coast Guard
Columbia
Claymont
Del
Bowgran
Chesapeake Bay
Rig contact with power line kills driller in Donnelsville
In Donnelsville a well drilling rig contacted a 12 000 volt high tension line yesterday causing the electrocution of Cecil Glaser 44 of Dayton the rig operator.
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Springfield
Donnelsville
Cecil Glaser
Dayton
United Nations Debates Atomic Control Split
The 58 nation political committee rejected a Soviet plan to outlaw the bomb and backed a Canadian proposal to consult Big Five and Canada on international atomic energy control. It votes 39 to 6 with seven abstentions on the Soviet plan and 41 to six on turning the dispute to the five powers and Canada.
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Paris
United Nations
Canada
Atomic Energy Control Organization
U.N. Atomic Commission
Russia
United States
Britain
France
China
General Assembly
Poland
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
U. N
Big Five
Security Council
Berlin
Germany
Ralph Bunche
Bunche
Widow of Heydrich sentenced to life in absentia
Margreta Heydrich, 37, widow of Reinhard Heydrich, was sentenced in absentia to life in prison. ADN reports she lives in the British Zone of Germany and is charged with torturing Jews who served as slave laborers for her husband.
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Prague
Margreta Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
Immn
Hol Hitler
Bohemia and Moravia
ADN
Germany
Heydrich
Perry County Declared Free of Cattle Ailments
Columbus Ohio officials announced seventeen counties in the state are free of bovine tuberculosis with Perry County included. Three others Athens Morrow and Shelby await accreditation while ten counties remain under retest by the Department of Agriculture ahead of 1948 status.
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Columbus
Ohio
Perry County
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Athens
Morrow
Shelby
Woman beaten and stabbed in Angola home death
Mrs. John Henry Spillman, 48, wife of a camp captain at the State Penitentiary, was found beaten and stabbed to death in her Angola home early today. The case prompted police to investigate suspected foul play.
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Angola
John Henry Spillman
State Penitentiary
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