Oregon Governor Feared Dead In Plane Crash
Klamath Falls reports say a private four place sport plane carrying Governor Earl Wilcox Snell State Senate President Marshall Cornett Secretary of State Robert Farrell Jr and pilot Cliff Hogue crashed near Warner Valley Oregon. Wreckage sighted by civilian pilots and believed to be fatal for all aboard. The crash triggers Oregon line of succession with Speaker John Hall next in line if confirmed.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Oregon
State Senate
Lake County
Warner Valley
Earl Wilcox Snell
Senate
Marshall Cornett
Robert S. Farrell, Jr
Cliff Hogue
House of Representatives
John H. Hall
Portland
Oscar Kittredge
Cornett
Kittredge
Coleman Lake
Snell
Ring Lardner Jr Refuses to Confirm Communist Ties in Hollywood Inquiry
In Washington the House Un-American Activities Subcommittee presses Ring Lardner Jr to reveal party membership as hearings on Hollywood's communist ties continue. Lardner declines, following a pattern that could cite eight prior witnesses for contempt, with a mystery witness promised on atom bomb espionage.
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Washington
Ring Lardner, Jr
House On American Activities
Communist Party
Lardner
Amber
Hollywood
Thomas
R-Nj
Capitol
Louis J. Russell
FBI
J. Parnell Thomas
Robert E. Stripling
Charlie Chaplin
Robert W. Kenny
Bartley C. Crum
Screen Writers Guild
John Howard Lawson
Dalton Trumbo
Alvah Bessie
Albert Maltz
Samuel Or
Committee Probes North Electric Strike in Galion
A two member labor subcommittee led by Reps. Clare Hoffman and Walter Brehm questions CIO United Auto Workers efforts at North Electric in Galion. Subpoenaed UAW figures Edward Duck and Cyrus Martin may testify, with management and other workers from plants in Galion Kenton and Mt. Gilead also to be questioned.
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Galion
Clare Hoffman
Michigan
Walter Brehm
Ohio
CIO
United Auto
North Electric Company
UAW International
Edward Duck
Cyrus
Toots) Martin
Hoffman
North Electric
Kenton
Mt. Gilead, O
Man Gets Five More Years In Federal Prison
William Sale Mitchell 33 of Wilmerding received an extra five year federal sentence after already serving 30 to 60 years for sex charges. He pled guilty to holding against will and white slavery involving a 14 year old Connellsville girl before Judge R M Gibson.
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Pittsburgh
William Sale Mitchell
Mitchell
Wilmerding
R. M. Gibson
Connellsville
Suspect Rejects Jury In Murder Trial
Roger Williams, 33, will face a three judge court on November 5 for first degree murder in the slaying of Minta Webb Rothwell of Kenton. Williams waived a jury trial as the state tentatively accepted a jury. The trial opened Monday.
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Bellefontaine
Roger Williams
Minta Webb Rothwell
Kenton
Williams
Highway Death Rate Reported at 154 Minutes
Cleveland says US highway accidents claim a life every 154 minutes. M. R. Darlington Safety Committee told the Naval Association of Independent Fire Dealers yesterday.
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Cleveland
United States
M. R. Darlington Safety Committee
Naval Association of Independent Fire Dealers
Labor Party Narrowly Survives Key House Votes
In London the Labour government averted defeat by 24 to 25 votes on two motions. The Commons approved ending debate on abolishing the basic gasoline ration 184 to 160 and defeated an opposition bid to annul the order 187 to 160. Churchill’s bid to oust Labour failed 83 to 201. Hugh Gaitskell said removing the ration would save 7.5 million pounds in dollars as part of balance of payments measures.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
House
Labor Party
Winston
Churchill
Hugh Gaitskell
Fuel and Power
Island Queen Explosure Blame Placed on Chief Engineer
Investigators fault Chief Engineer Fred Dickow in the Island Queen disaster near Pittsburgh on Sept 9. The 27 000 gallons of fuel oil in bunkers were cited as a risk factor as the excursion steamer prepared for a nightly trip. No passengers were aboard during the explosion and fire.
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ST. Louis
Pittsburgh
Ross Willoh
St. Louis Coast Guard Office
Coast Guard
Willoh
Fred Dickow
Cincinnati
Coney Island, Inc
Boys Slaying Trial Opens in Lucas County
The trial of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lehaney begins with testimony from the mother of two slain boys, Virginia Gleason Zollweg, and Lucas County Coroner Paul Hohly. Police say Jimmy Gleason, five, and Gerald, two, died from head beatings after their mother and the Lehaneys stayed in Waterloo Iowa. Gerald’s death was initially listed as natural causes until Gerald’s corpse prompted inquiry.
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Toledo
Lucas County
Harold Lehaney
Joel S. Rhinefort
Virginia Gleason Zollweg
Paul Hohly
Lehaneys
Waterloo
Iowa
Jimmy Gleason
Gerald
Hohly
GM Sees Car Backlog Grow in Third Quarter
General Motors reported higher orders for passenger cars in the third quarter and said the sole remedy is improvement in the material supply situation. The backlog increased rather than diminished, signaling ongoing supply constraints.
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NEW York-Cp
General Motors Corp
Restaurant Wage Scale Is Debated in Ohio Hearings
In Columbus the first of two hearings on proposed new wage floors for women and minors in hotels and restaurants began. The plan, set by a nine member board, would raise minima to 31 to 50 cents based on job type and city size, vs 1937's 13.2 to 35 cents. Stakeholders including Amanda Thomas of the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants and leaders from the Ohio Hotels and Ohio Restaurant Associations testified, with changes sought to exclude student servers and to reflect differing state work weeks from 40 to 48 hours.
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Columbus
Amanda Thomas
Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
Ohio
Hershie Mowrey
Ohio Hotels Association
Robert Williams
Ohio Restaurant Association
Clevelander Named Head of Ohio PTA
Mrs. Keith Weigel of Cleveland is elected president of the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers succeeding Mrs. Stanley Emmitt of Talmadge. The vote occurred at the convention with Mrs. George P. Webster of Euclid running as an independent candidate. Weigel had served as first vice president and was the sole official nominee.
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Cincinnati
Keith Weigel
Cleveland
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
Stanley Emmitt
Talmadge
George P. Webster
Euclid
Weigel
Webster
Safe Landing After Engine Fire on DC3 Flight
A DC3 airliner carrying 17 passengers and 3 crew, on a Newark to Puerto Rico trip, landed safely in Philadelphia at Southwest Airport with one engine in flames. The pilot notified air traffic control and completed the approach without incident.
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Philadelphia
Newark
Puerto Rico
Southwest Airport
Eviction After Interracial Dating At Wisconsin House
Iris Alexander, a New York City student, was asked to leave a private women’s rooming house after returning from an interracial party at the University Memorial Union. Two coeds were evicted. one for dating a Negro student and the other for associates with Alexander.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Arthur H. Rupe
Iris Alexander
New York City
University Memorial Union
Rupes
Alexaner
Admiral Taussig Dies Retired Admiral and DSM Recipient
Vice Admiral Joseph K Taussig retired at 70 died yesterday He won the Distinguished Service Medal in World War I for commanding destroyers Wadsworth and Little He was the son of the late Rear Admiral Edward David Taussig and part of a noted naval family.
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Washington
Joseph K. Taussig
Wadsworth
Little
Edward David Taussig
Boston payroll robbery by six gunmen nets $110000
Six gunmen robbed the B F Sturtevant Company in Hyde Park Boston taking about $110,000 in payroll. The plan split duties with two entering the paymaster’s office and two others in an adjoining room while another guarded a door and a sixth waited at the getaway car. Police traced a registration number, but later suggested the plate was stolen for a different vehicle.
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Boston
B. F. Sturtevant Company
Hyde Park
R. W. Marshall
Marshall
Gardner Derry
Derry
Widow Adopts 57 Year Old Army General in Newport
In Newport Rhode Island an 80 year old widow social leader Mrs Hamilton Fish Webster adopted Brig Gen Ralph C Tobin a 57 year old retired Army commander. Adoption papers wereFiled by Newport attorney William A Peckham and completed over a week ago as disclosed by John M Dring clerk of the Newport Probate Court. The widow inherited 1.25 million dollars in estate assets and life use of Pen Craig estate valued at 120 thousand dollars.
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Newport
R. I
Ralph C. Tobin
Hamilton Fish Webster
John M. Dring
William A. Peckham
Tobin
Ohio Eastern Star elects new grand officers at Columbus
Elections at the 58th annual Ohio Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star named Zetta Watkins of Cleveland as Grand Worthy Matron succeeding Lucille Milner of Tipp City. Eugene D. Bacher of Dayton became Worthy Grand Patron, replacing the late Ural V. Westfall of Athens, with Della Dolby of Groveport and William R. Owen of Bethel as Associate Grand Matron and Associate Grand Patron.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio Grand Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Zetta Watkins
Cleveland
Lucille Milner
Tipp City
Eugene D. Bacher
Dayton
Ural V. Westfall
Athens
Della Dolby
Groveport
William R. Owen
Bethel
Russia Declines World Trade Parley Attendance
In Geneva Max Suetens of Belgium stated that Soviet Russia will not attend the world trade parley set for Havana on November 21. Refusals also came from Soviet Ukraine White Russia Yugoslavia Bulgaria Siam Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Max Suetens
Belgium
Soviet Russia
Havana
Ukraine
Russia
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Siam
Saudi Arabia
Ethiopia
Suetens
Typhoon Halts Ship Rescue Off Mindanao Coast
A typhoon off Butuan Bay in the Mindanao Sea hinders efforts to rescue 26 crewmen and passengers from the stricken motor ship FS277. The FS362 reported the freighter in sinking condition near Mount Tubay as violent seas force abandonment of rescue attempts and seeking shelter.
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Manila
Butuan Bay
Mindanao
Mount Tubay
Globe Wireless
222 Boy Scout Units Run Mobilization Test
About 3,000 Cuyahoga County Boy Scouts reported they were ready for action within 30 minutes after a test mobilization order. Some 222 units participated in the demonstration to show how quickly they could be alerted in case of disaster.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Candy maker Emil J. Brach dies in Chicago
Emil J. Brach 89 president of E. J. Brach and Sons Candy Co. Chicago, died in Hendersonville North Carolina where he had lived. He was a longtime figure in the candy industry and led the Chicago firm renowned for its confections.
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Chicago
Emil J. Brach
Hendersonville, N C
E. J. Brach and Sons Candy Co
Democrats Pick Philadelphia for 1948 Convention
The Democratic National Committee chose Philadelphia as the site for the 1948 nominating convention and elected Senator J. Howard McGrath of Rhode Island as national chairman. Truman is expected to be the likely nominee with vice president picks still unsettled among Forrestal Douglas Wallgren Lane and others. McGrath plans a date after July 4, and the committee withdrew a resolution condemning the Republican Congress.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Philadelphia
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Robert E. Hannegan
Truman
Defense James V. Forrestal
New Yorker
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Washington State
Connecticut
Mon C. Wallgren
William Preston Lane, Jr
Maryland
McGrath
Congress
Marshall Maps Aid Proposals
Secretary Marshall returns to the state department to shape final recommendations to Congress for a four year European recovery program potentially costing up to 20 billion dollars. The plan, due before congressional committees on November 10, is aimed at saving Europe from economic collapse and preventing a broad westward spread of Russian Communism.
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Washington
Marshall
State Department
Congress
Europe
Confidence Vote Demanded by Premier Ramadier in France
Paris report says Socialist Premier Paul Ramadier sought a confidence vote in the National Assembly. Observers expect a narrow victory with backing from his followers the Radical Socialists and the Popular Republican movement, shaping a centrist government.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
French National Assembly
Popular Republican Movement
Iron and Steel Shortage Triggers Labor Layoffs
Warren Ohio area plants cut 468 workers from July to September due to material shortages. Louis S. Brink of the Ohio State Employment Service reported most layoffs hit iron and steel mills amid production curtailment.
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Warren
Warren-Niles
Louis S. Brink
Ohio State Employment Service
Charges Dropped Prompt Resignation of Columbus Inspector
John W. Bare low acting inspector in charge of the Columbus Enforcement District resigned yesterday. Removal charges filed ten days earlier were withdrawn Saturday. Liquor Director Dale Duniton said Corwin Matthews would be temporarily in charge of the Columbus district.
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Columbus
John W. Barelow
Dale Duniton
Corwin Matthews
Dayton
Toledo
Hybrid Seed Grower and Bank Director Dies at 65
Pi-John C. Cannon of Washington Court House Ohio a hybrid seed corn grower and director of the First National Bank here died at his home last night. He was active for many years in the Ohio Seed Improvement Association.
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Washington Court House
John C. Cannon
First National Bank
Cannon
Ohio Seed Improvement
GM Purchaser Dies in Route 422 Crash
Edward Debolt 52 a purchasing agent for GM Packard Electric Division died in a car crash when his vehicle struck a pole on Route 422 near Deerfield. The death was reported from Warren Ohio.
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Warren
Edward Br, Debolt
Packard Electric
General Motors
Route 422
Dee Lightful
West Virginia Readies Giant Industrial Expansion Program
Industry commits to up to 200 million dollars in expansion with potential doubling in four years. Utilities steel and coal firms announce major projects across Mason Pleasants counties and more. Banked by lines from Ohio Power Monongahela Power and Wheeling Steel alongside rail and chemical plant builds.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Upper Monongahela Valley Association
Ohio Power Co
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Mason County
Monongahela
Pleasants County
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
United Fuel Gas Co
Hope Natural Gas
Wheeling Steel
Maine
Monongalia
Pittsargh
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Admiral Taussig
DSM
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Minnie Attardo
Adeline
Irene
Nea Telephoto
Ural Westfall
Eastern Star
Boy Scout
Dem
Ramadier
Man
E. I. DuPont de Nemours Co
Kanawha Valley Chemical Industries
Structural Steel
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
South Charleston
Heyden Chemical Co
Ordnance Works
Morganetown
Morgantown
Ohio River
Moundsville
Senega Co
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