Scotland Air Crash Kills 37 on KLM Constellation
A KLM Constellation crashed near Prestwick Scotland killing 37 of 40 aboard. Nine Americans perished. three survivors were Dutch. The Nijmegen struck a high tension wire and fire engulfed the wreckage, with many victims in or near the aircraft. Prince Alfred Hohenlohe of Austria among the dead. Toledo wedding plans disrupted.
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Prestwick
Scotland
Royal Dutch Airlines
KLM
Matilda Katherine Rohrs
New Jersey
Amsterdam
Tarbolton
Nijmegen
Keene D. Parmentier
Holland
Toledo
Prince Alfred Hohenlohe
Austria
Two Burned By Fire Blast At Warehouse
In Columbus a spectacular fire and blast at the Sun Oil bulk gasoline plant burned two men. William Love of Columbus and Layton Royse of Cincinnati suffered minor head burns. Fire crews contained the blaze to a warehouse and three trucks, with batteries being unloaded when the first explosion occurred.
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Columbus
Sun Oil Company
William Love
Sun Company
Layton Royse
Cincinnati
Mount Carmel Hospital
Love
Royse
Korean Revolt Seen at End
Seoul source says Korean army closes on insurgents in southern mountains with a 48 hour forecast of 1300 rebels captured. Government to retake Yasu and Sunchon within four days. martial law lifted except in Cholla provinces. United States material offer rejected as control is claimed.
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Seoul
Yasu
Sunchon
Syngman Rhee
Cholla
U. S
Self-Made Fire Chief Plays Stunt In Cleveland
A local prankster in Cleveland stole the bright red auto of the Second Assistant Fire Chief Elmer Cain and used the chief’s radio to announce fake positions. He donned the chief’s hat and used the siren before cops located the empty car.
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Cleveland
Elmer Cain
Legion Urges Strong Military Preparedness at National Meet
The American Legion, in its final business session of the 30th national convention in Miami Florida, urged a policy of strong military preparedness. An 11 point National Security Commission report led with Universal Military Training and called for armed services unification stockpiles of strategic war materials atomic energy research Merchant Marine world intelligence service and bases maintenance.
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Miami
Fla
American Legion Today
National Security Commission
Hill Testifies In Defense Of Self Today
Medina Ohio defense attorneys plan to call Clark Hill to the witness stand to explain why he believes he is innocent of murdering Jeanette Weimer a 17 year old car hop. Hill says the Megadore girl died in his father's parked car on a lonely road and this followed a 23 page confession he later repudiated. An Akron physician noted no mental illness in Hill.
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Medina
Clark Hill
Jeanette Weimer
Hill
Ohio
Erhardt J. Kunde
Cleveland
S. R. Gerber
Akron
Roger E. Pinkerton
Herman
Eight Groups Stripped Of Tax Free Status
The Internal Revenue Bureau announced that eight organizations listed by Attorney General Clark as subversive have lost tax free status. They were among 40 groups removed from the tax privileges roll, including an atomic study group. the Ohio School of Social Sciences in Cleveland was named.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Clark
Ohio School of Social Sciences
Cleveland
Unity Plea Renewed By Dewey And Truman Speeches
The 1948 campaign features both President Truman and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey delivering major addresses. Dewey renews a unity plea at a New York memorial dinner for Alfred E. Smith, while Truman speaks from the White House in a nationwide ILGWU broadcast.
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Associated Press
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Mr. Truman
White House
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Tallulah Bankhead
Dewey
Alfred E. Smith
New York Herald Tribune
America
J. Howard McGrath
U.S
Scott
Pennsylvania
Robert A. Taft
Warren
Ilse Koch Life Sentence Cut to Four Years
General Lucius Clay announced the life sentence of Ilse Koch was reduced to four years in prison. He said the trial record did not justify a life term and the charges were based on hearsay rather than concrete evidence.
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Washington
Lucius Clay
Ilse Koch
Clay
Germany
Mrs Herbert III Columbus Recovers After Operation
Mrs. Thomas J. Herbert rests in the governor's mansion today after an operation at Mount Carmel Hospital last Tuesday. Her condition is described as good.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Governor's Mansion
Mount Carmel Hospital
Agriculture Economists See Six Years Of Prosperity Ahead
Washington forecast from Agriculture Department economists predicts six years of good times with living standards staying above the 1935-39 prewar level even in a moderate recession. The report, based on a relatively stable peace, warns of mild price adjustments but possible full employment near 1948 levels and higher per capita buying power than current years.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Herbert Lausche Clash Over Spending and Conservation
Republican Governor Thomas J. Herbert and challenger former Governor Frank J. Lausche spar over state spending and a unified conservation department. Lausche urged funding for conservation programs addressing pollution water table and erosion while Herbert cited a large state surplus and tax outcomes. Herbert planned rallies in Chillicothe and Springfield this afternoon.
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Thomas J. Herbert
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Warren
Herbert
State Department
Ohio
Conservation Commission
Division of
Conservation
Ross County
Chillicothe
Springfield
Israelis Seize Beersheba In Southern Palestine Battle
Beersheba, capital of the Arab zone in southern Palestine, fell to Israeli forces after a bitter battle. The cabinet announced a UN backed ceasefire in the Negev while Israeli planes bombed Tel Aviv. Gaza was named a target of the southern offensive amid continued fighting.
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Tel Aviv
Beersheba
United Nations
Negev Desert
Palestine
Gaza
Israel
Holy Land
Abraham
Isaac
Dewey Barkley Duo Seen As Possible Ticket
Princeton professor Dr. Edward S. Corwin argued that Thomas E. Dewey could win the presidency with Sen. Alben Barkley as vice president if neither major party gains a majority in the electoral college after the November 2 election.
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Princeton
N. J
Thomas E. Dewey
Sen
Alben Barkley
Edward S. Corwin
Princeton University
Corwin
Nazi-Hunting Farmer Jailed After Attack
Afton Iowa: J B White 25, a former mental patient, believed neighbors were Nazis and threatened two farm homes. After a 20 hour search he surrendered in Creston jail. Residents armed during the manhunt. one farm house burned. he fired at officers. Sheriff J R Ewing reported the arrest.
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Afton
Iowa
Creston
J. R. Ewing
J. B. White
WCTU Convention Opens Last Session
Cincinnati reports Fred W. Smith vice president of the North American Christian Convention spoke in the morning as the Ohio Women's Christian Temperance Union neared its end. The convention would close tonight after Dr. Orval M. Morgan of Lexington Kentucky addressed the gathering.
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Cincinnati
Fred W. Smith
North American Christian Convention
Ohio Women’s Christian Temperance Union Convention
Orval M. Morgan
Lexington
Barkley to Run for State Rep in Ohio Seat
Attorney John W. Barkley replaces his wife as a candidate after her death in a Sunday automobile accident. He accepted an invitation from the Cuyahoga County Republican Executive Committee to seek the state representative seat she was pursuing a second term for.
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Barkley
Cleveland
John W. Barkley
Cuyahoga County
Republican Executive Committee
Mate Freed Of Murder In Lima Case
A Lima grand jury declined to indict Richard E. Snyder on a first degree murder charge for the Aug. 29 death of his wife Eloise Snyder. She was found stabbed in his car near a gasoline plant. Snyder claimed they argued over a movie and went to separate shows. Police had urged a delay for more evidence.
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Lima
Allen County
Richard E. Snyder
Eloise
Snyder
Kermit Westbay
Five Men Still Missing In Tug Barge Sinking
Wrecking crews fought to locate five men missing after the tug and barge sank following a collision with a Norwegian freighter just outside Baltimore harbor. Two bodies have been recovered and three survivors were picked up by a lifeboat.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Harbor
British writer dies at 96 in Sussex home
Wildrid Mey nell, a British poet essayist and biographer of Disraeli, died last night at his Sussex residence. The lifelong writer aged 96 had published works across poetry and biography and was renowned for his Disraeli study.
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London
Wildrid Meynell
Disraeli
Sussex
There Is No Honor Among Thieves
Columbus police report no honor among thieves as they solve 10 burglaries and arrest three youths who raided loot from each other. They recovered nearly $3000 in government bonds from Alum Creek and seek diamonds rings pistols rifles watches and clothing discarded since last March.
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Columbus
Imoney
Tho Steals Bank Funds In Columbus
Three men robbed the First Federal Savings and Loan on West Broad Street soon after opening hours. They armed with pistols and forced workers into a back room then fled with all the cash. Police report this was the third similar holdup since 1939 and are investigating a possible link to a Home Savings & Loan robbery in Wapakoneta where $2300 was taken.
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Columbus
Federal Savings & Loan Co
West Broad St
Thomas A. Scully
Scully
First Federal
Home Savings & Loan Association
Wapakoneta
Air Force Expands Training to Africa in World War II
The United States Air Force overseas training adds Africa to its routes. B 29 Superfortresses depart from bases in England and Germany to Accra on the Gold Coast, a former British colony. The Accra airfield, built for commercial use, becomes a training hub as the Air Transport Command develops a ferry route to the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The new operation began about a week ago to prepare crews for Africa’s strategic role in the war.
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Washington
United States’ Global Air Force
Europe
Far East
Africa
England
Germany
Accra
Gold Coast
America
Air Transport Command
Middle East
Southeast Asia
United States
Woman Refused Appeal Holds Life Sentence in Murder
Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer yesterday refused to set aside a life sentence for Mrs. Marie Conn Abbott, 40, convicted of second degree murder in the slaying of her husband Morris Abbott, 44. Cyril Gordon, 27, received a life term on a first degree murder conviction and admitted being her lover.
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Hamilton
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Marie Conn Abbott
Morris
Cyril Gordon
Experts Plan Program For Mentally Deficient
Columbus Ohio mental health officials open a three day meeting at Ohio State University to speed development of a statewide program for care of the mentally deficient. Edward J. Humphreys head of the state mental hygiene division said the symposium will focus on accelerating plans for mental health care.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Edward J. Humphreys
Governor-elect Palmer Named For 1949 In Ohio Kiwanis
The Ohio District of Kiwanis International elected Dr. Clifford S. Palmer of Massillon as Governor for 1949 during the closing sessions of the group’s annual meeting yesterday.
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Dayton
Ohio
Kiwanis International
Clifford S. Palmer
Massillon
Missing prison captain's wife sparks mass search near Angola
Searchers on foot and horseback scoured an 18000 acre prison farm in Angola Louisiana aiming to find a missing person after the slaying of a prison captain's wife.
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Angola
Elissa Landi Dies at Age 43 in Kingston Hospital
Italian born actress and novelist Elissa Landi died of cancer at 43 in Kingston Hospital after a 10 day stay. She came to the United States in 1931 and is survived by her husband Curtis Thomas, daughter Caroline Maude Landi Thomas, father Count Charles Zanardi Landi of Kingston, and brother Anthony of Hollywood.
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Kingston
N. Y
Elissa Landi
Miss Landi
Empress Elizabeth of Austria
Kingston Hospital
Kenneth Lefever
Elizabeth of
Austria
United States
Curtis Thomas
Caroline Maude Landi Thomas
Quadruplets Born to British Mother in Edmonton
A 28 year old Mrs. Bessie Taylor gave birth today to one girl and three boys in Edmonton England. Doctors reported the mother’s condition satisfactory and the quads have a good chance to live.
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Edmonton
England
Bessie Taylor
Radio Writers Threaten Strike On Independent Programs
Radio writers authorize a strike against all radio programs from advertising agencies and independent producers who refuse to sign contracts with the Radio Writers Guild. Affected shows include Jack Benny Fred Allen Bing Crosby Jimmy Durante and Red Skelton programs Duffy's Tavern Ford Theater Theater Guild of the Air and Cavalcade of America.
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New York
Radio Writers Guild
Jack Benny
Fred Allen
Bing Crosby
Jimmy Durante
Red Skelton
Duffy's Tavern
Ford Theater
Theater Guild of the Air
Cavalcade of America
Second degree murder charge filed in tenant shooting
A second degree murder charge was filed yesterday against Jacob A. McDonald in the death of his tenant Jackson Bailey, 68, who was shot during an argument over radio programs in Ravenna Ohio.
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Ravenna
Jacob A. McDonald
Jackson Bailey
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