Taft Entry in 1948 Race Seen Before Friday
Political experts expect Robert A. Taft to announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination by Friday. Taft, speaking in Dayton and introduced to 600 Montgomery County Republicans, declined to comment on a Friday formal reveal while supporters predict a campaign launch to rival Harold Stassen. Taft urged repealing laws aiding communism and advocated cutting credit-financed exports and national expenditures to ease prices.
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Dayton
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Montgomery County
United States
Republican National
Katherine Ken
Nedy Brown
GOP
Distaff
Taft
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Washington
Clarence J. Brown
Brown
CIO Union
Miami
America
Taft skips Wisconsin primary shaping GOP battle
Taft reportedly will not enter Wisconsin's presidential preference vote, leaving a four man contest for delegates to the Philadelphia convention. MacArthur led Wisconsin in 1944 on write ins, with Dewey strong enough to seize 15 of 24 delegates despite not campaigning.
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Washington
Taft
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harold E. Stassen
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
MacArthur
Philadelphia
Japan
Wendell L. Willkie
Dewey
Stassen
Willkie
New Yorker
Pomeroy Man Injured in Argentia Air Crash
A naval plane crash at Argentia Newfoundland last night killed seven aboard and injured four including Lt Donal d Arthur Miller of Pomeroy. Miller suffered a fractured left forearm and shock after the crash into a fog bound harbor during a rainstorm at the U S defense base.
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Pomeroy
Argentia
Newfoundland
Donald Arthur Miller
Mill
Walter Miller
Peacock Ave
Navy
U. S. Defense
Associated Press
Miller
Annapolis
Oen
Train Wreck Injures 21 Near St. Paul
A head on collision between a Soo Line passenger train and a freight near Gladstone outside St. Paul injured 21 people. Several passengers were trapped and had to be dug out. the injured were taken to Ancker Hospital as fire and ambulance crews responded.
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ST. Paul
Soo Line
Gladstone
Chicago
Ancker Hospital
Splitting of Overloads On Trucks Threatened
Col. George Mingle of the State Highway Patrol said overloaded trucks would be forced to split loads on the spot to prevent road and bridge damage. Violators face maximum fines up to 500 dollars.
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Columbus
George Mingle
State Highway Patrol
Mingle
Navy Hazes Lorain Armory Unless Lease Is Reinstated
The U S Navy will cancel plans to build a naval armory in Lorain and move its training program to Sandusky if a city Navy lease of land in Longfellow Park is not reinstated. Lt Commander F F Ongley said the lease was invalid after an East Side resident filed an injunction claiming the city did not advertise the lease legally. East Siders oppose park land use for the armory.
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Lorain
U.S. Navy
Sandusky
Longfellow Park
F. F. Ongley
Food Retailers Endorse Truman Conservation Program
The Ohio Retail Food Dealers at a three day convention voted strong endorsement of President Truman s food conservation program. All 1946 officers were reelected.
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Toledo
Ohio
Truman
Cool Weather Moves East From Rockies
The Associated Press reports a cold air mass from the Rocky Mountains spreading eastward. Temperatures fell below freezing with light snow in parts of the Rockies and northern Maine, while Denver saw a drop from 60 to the upper 30s. The cold spine is forecast to reach the Dakotas and Minnesota tonight with below freezing temperatures expected tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountain
New England
Maine
Denver
Dakotas
Minnesota
Widow and grandson die in rural Indiana house fire
Lawrenceburg Indiana Mrs Addie Hicks a 50 year old widow and her five year old grandson Leroy Byrd were fatally burned in a rural home fire near Harrison both dying of burns after reaching a Hamilton hospital Coroner Dr Edward Cox reported.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Addie Hicks
Leroy Byrd
Harrison
Hamilton
Edward Cox
Butler County
Widow seeks half of W C Fields estate gifts
Mrs Harriet V. Fields asks a court to award her one half of 482450 dollars she says comedian W C Fields gave away to friends and relatives before his death.
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Los Angeles
Harriett V. Fields
W.C. Fields
Parolee Faces Two Murder Indictments in Ohio
Clifford Gayles 34 of Xenia, released on parole in 1945 after a life sentence for second degree murder, faces two first degree murder indictments. One in Greene County for the fatal shooting of Ellie Davidson Guy and another in Butler County for the beating of Edna Adkins. Both incidents occurred the afternoon and evening of August 31.
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John Frye
Columbus
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Clifford Gayles
Xenia
Cincinnati
Greene County
Ellie Davidson Guy
Butler County
Edna Adkins
Franklin
Butler County Grand Jury Warns Parole Board on Recurring Violent Crime
The Butler County Grand Jury urges parole authorities to note repeat violent crimes by offenders released on parole. The report cites the 1934 case of Gayles and comments by former chairman Charles L. Sherwood on parole policy and risk.
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Butler County Grand Jury
Parole Board
Gayles
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Charles L. Sherwood
State Welfare
Commission
Chile Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Russia
Chile declares severance of diplomatic and consular relations with the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia over alleged communist instigations amid a coal strike. Brazil also cuts ties citing Soviet press criticism. Yugoslavia had previously broken relations. Brazil’s Congress shows support for the government after the move.
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Santiago
Chile
Brazil
Soviet Union
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Rio de Janeiro
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Europe
Yugoslavia
United States
Texas
West Virginia
Commu
of . Cog
Congress
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Underground Coal Burning For Gas Power Potential
Dr Fieldner describes an underground coal burning method tested at Gorgas Alabama by Alabama Power Co and the Bureau of Mines Explosives branch. The process aims to produce combustible gas, cut fuel costs 20 to 30 percent, reduce hazardous underground labor, and conserve coal resources by channeling gas to a power plant via a long tunnel system.
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Cincinnati
Oe Filer Nee Ty de Roner
D Bureau of Mines
Cee Explosives Branch
Gorgas
Ala
Alabama Power Co
Bureau of Mines
Poultry Plan Decision Due by City Committee
The Citizens Food Committee will decide today whether to call off poultryless Thursday. Chairman Charles Luckman leads a seven member executive group as they weigh a final offer from poultry and feed industries to save grain for Europe. Luckman leans toward the plan though final choice rests with the committee. The proposal promises 16,800,000 bushels saved from November to January by culling flocks and reducing hatchings.
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Washington
Citizens Food Committee
Charles Luckman
Europe
Luckman
New Cache of Jewels Found on Hesse Estate
FRANKFURT Germany a new cache of jewels and valuables of the former Hesse family was found last night in a cottage on Kronberg Castle grounds. Army officials said the value of the rediscovered hoard had not yet been determined.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Kronberg Castle
U.S. Army
City Workers Reject Third Pay Offer in Nego Goal
EAST LIVERPOOL OHIO Workers from water street and incinerator departments rejected for a third time a City Council offer of a six percent hourly raise and a liberalized vacation plan. The AFL union has pressed for a 15 cent raise and other concessions after four months of negotiations.
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East Liverpool
AFL
Window Escape Used As Fire Blocks Exits
Four truck service garage employees escaped through windows yesterday after gasoline exploded as two men removed a battery from a truck. Flames blocked exits during a two alarm fire. John Freesner of Lancaster suffered minor burns.
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Columbus
John Freesner
Lanjcaster
Subversive Records Offered in Hollywood Hearings
House Un American Activities Committee chairman Thomas said a complete record exists on at least 79 Hollywood personalities involved in subversive activities. The hearings featured Adolphe Menjou and John C. Moffitt with FBI involvement noted and Senator Pepper urging witness immunity claims.
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Hollywood
Washington
Thomas
R-Nj
House Committee On UN
Fuuuel Piclule
Robert Taylor
Adolphe Menjou
Menjou
John C. Moffitt
Rupert Hughes
Moffitt
Chalmers
Slick” Goodlin
Air Force
New York
John Weber
William Morris Theatrical Agency
FBI
Weber
Pepper
Dfla
Jack L. Warner
Arrow
Warner Bros
House Un-American Activities Committee
Moscow
White House
Warner
Paul V. McNutt
J. Parenell Thomas
New Jersey
NEA
Man Confesses Slaying Three In Robberies
Pikeville Kentucky AP Paul John Schneider 24 confessed to police the robbery slayings of three filling station attendants between Sept 21 and Oct 8 in Denver and suburbs Detroit. He provided details of two killings and a third robbery homicide with a blunt instrument. Authorities linked a Denver missing man to the case and noted prior Los Angeles robberies and kidnapping claims.
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Pikeville
Paul John Schneider
San Francisco
Denver
Detroit
Robert B. Doak
Doak
FBI
Kentucky
Michigan
Schneider
Frank J.ford
Ane
Vernon Sanders
Ford
D. T. Moore
Moore
Los Angeles
WCTU Hears Prohibition Party Plea
The Ohio WCTU outlines plans for 1948 after hearing Missael B. Ervin of Columbus press for an independent party to push prohibition. She cites youth concerns and a rising annual alcohol bill, arguing for total abstinence over moderation.
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Cleveland
Ohio Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Missael B. Ervin
Columbus
America
WCTU
Hartley urges anti trust action against Petrillo over ban
Representative Fred A. Hartley Jr. told the Princeton University Republican Club that the antitrust act should be used against James C. Petrillo for the union musicians recording ban after December 31. He proposed applying the Clayton Sherman act to labor unions as to business monopolies.
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Princeton
N. J
Fred A. Hartley, Jr
R-Nj
Princeton University Republican Club
James C. Petrillo
Hartley
Coal Leaders to Confer With Krug on Winter Supplies
Coal producers shippers dealers and miners representatives will meet with Secretary Krug to size up next winter fuel stocks. The session comes amid rising overseas demand and reports of very low coal stocks for households in Chicago Cleveland Detroit and other Midwest cities.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior Krug
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Midwest
Gilliland Faces Trial Dec 1 for Manslaughter
Clyde Gilliland a 56 year old farmer from Little Hocking will be tried December 1 on a first degree manslaughter charge in the October 5 shotgun killing of Deputy Sheriff Charles Ross. Gilliland pleaded innocent in Common Pleas Court.
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Marietta
Clyde Ottmar Gilliland
Little Hocking
Charles Ross
Gilliland
Common Pleas Court
Four Prisoners Escape Berks County Jail Break
Four prisoners escaped from the Berks County jail in Reading Pennsylvania after forcing a heavy door and scaling a 30 foot wall. The breakout occurred late at night prompting a manhunt and security review by jail officials. Authorities investigated potential accomplices and reinforced perimeter security.
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Reading
Berks County
Million Dollar Fire Hits Maine Forests
A massive forest fire swept almost 200 buildings along a five mile Maine coastline before dawn, destroying many summer cottages in Goose Rocks Cape Porpoise and Wildes districts of Kennebunkport. The loss tops 1 million dollars, with Bar Harbor East Livermore and Sterling forest fires also burning across the region.
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Goose Rocks Beach
Maine
Goose Rocks
Cape Porpoise
Wildes
Kennebunkport
Raymond Rendall
Eliot O'Hara
Rendall
New York
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
Mount Desert Island
Bar Harbor
Seal Harbor
Waterboro
East Livermore
East Livermore Methodist Camp
Sterling Forest
Commerce
Averell Harriman
E. Roland Harriman
Convict Stomach Yields Hidden Hardware Cache
In Lansing Kansas a prison warder reported three and a half pounds of metal recovered from an inmate. The haul included two complete safety razors without blades 401 nails various screws nuts bolts washers tacks paper clips and pins.
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Lansing
Kas
Kansas State
Robert H. Hudspeth
Ramadier Cabinet Quits Amid Economic Woes in France
Paris reports that Socialist Premier Ramadier's cabinet resigned suddenly. Ramadier summons the National Assembly for a special session to address France's grave economic crisis, including calls for wage hikes and rising prices, with ministers citing social and economic turmoil.
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Paris
Ramadier
Assembly
Paul Ramadier
National Assembly
France
Andre Philip
General Confederation of Labor
Motorcyclist Dies in Wood County Crash
Joseph E. Copus, 19, of Jackson Township, Wood County, died from a fractured skull after his motorcycle collided with a car on State Route 113 last night.
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Findlay
Joseph E. Copus
Jackson Township
Wood County
War-Monger Blasts Loom In UN Debate
The UN opens debate on Russia’s charge to ban “war-mongering” as Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky prepares the first salvo. A plenary vote created a Balkans watchdog to address Greek border unrest with Greece, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Albania linked to guerrilla support. the commission will operate by November 21 with limited bloc participation.
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Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Russia
Balkans
United States
Salonika
Greece
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Poland
France
Britain
China
Brazil
Pakistan
Netherlands
Mexico
Australia
Ross murder case heads to jury as defense rests
In La Grange Texas the Ross murder case nears a jury verdict with the defense resting after calling medical experts and the state’s rebuttal witnesses. The case centers on Dr Lloyd I Ross accused in the May 25 ambush killings in Comal County with insanity as the defense plea. eleven rebuttal witnesses testified to sanity.
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LA Grange
Tex
Ross
Lloyd I. Ross
Comal
Harvard
Moonshiner Located On Presidents Retreat Grounds
Federal alcohol tax unit officials say they want to meet the moonshiner who set up a still at Shangri La Maryland on the Catoctin Reservation. Agents disclosed they found and destroyed the elaborate still last month in deep woods near the Roosevelt cabin and Churchill conference site.
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Baltimore
Shangri- la
Maryland
Truman
Roosevelt
Tax Unit
Catoctin
Winston Churchill
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