Spy probes pursue new lead in wartime espionage rings
Congressional investigators traced a new lead linking Whittaker Chambers to a possible prewar underground and wartime espionage networks in Washington. Rep. Nixon says a man with Chamber’s reputed superior name has a long Communist record and government work under Nathan Gregory Silvermaster, raising links to the Bentley Perlo rings.
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Washington
Congressional
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
Whittaker Chambers
Communist Party
Chambers
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
Chambers Underground
Bentley
Time Magazine
Reds
George Silverman
Irving Kaplan
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Moscow
Silvermster
Victor Perlo
Miss Bentley
Silvermaster Group
Kaplan
Perlo Group
Silvermaster
House UN- American Activities Committee
Silverman
Perlo
Subpena
Historian Charles A. Beard Dies at 73 in New Haven
Charles A. Beard, renowned American history author and critic of Roosevelt era policies, died at Grace-New Haven Community Hospital at age 73 from aplastic anemia. He published about 30 books, including Rise of American Civilization, often provocative in tone. His last work, issued last April, sparked controversy.
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New Haven
Charles A. Er
Grace-New Haven
Marion Howard
Ashley W. Oughterson
Beard
Roosevelt
United States
Japan
Germany
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Mary
Ohioan's Death Puzzles Police In California
In Long Beach Howell G. Thomas 43 a retired Youngstown Ohio manufacturer died after injections and capsules allegedly given by a self styled doctor and a nurse named Agnes Gray. Police say Thomas carried about $10 000 and traveled seeking health treatments before his death.
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Long Beach
Calif
IUP
Howell G. Thomas
Youngstown
Ohio
Alvin S. Slaight
Thomas
Agnes Gray
Slaight
United States
Island Queen Claimants Split $5000 in Damages
In Pittsburgh federal court Judge Robert Gibson ordered $5000 paid to cover about 13 percent of $36,320 in claims from the Island Queen explosion and fire on Sept. 9 at a wharf. Nineteen died and 17 were injured. salvage and owner settlements are noted.
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Pittsburgh —.Pi
Federal District Court
Robert MM. Gibson
Pittsburgh
John V. Snee
Anti-Red labor leader Arevalo shot dead in Havana
In Havana suburb Lawton, anti Communist labor leader Juan Arevalo was shot to death as he left his home by unidentified men who fled the scene. Police reported the attack occurred this morning from an automobile.
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Logan
Logan Home
Joe Adcock
James
G. A. Hughes
Columbus
Ohio
E. Main St
Hughes
Hocking Valley Hospital
Sol Ellinger
James Adcock
Adcock
Dairy, Bakery and Food Workers Union
Roger Friend
Havana
Cuba
Juan Arevalo
Lawton
Arevalo
Ohio State Fair Attendance Sets Record on Fifth Day
Columbus Ohio State Fair officials aimed for a new attendance record as 65 166 people filled the fairgrounds, surpassing last year by over 14 000. Director of Agriculture Day events, guests from past directors, and Ruth Anne Hixon the 17 year old festival queen highlighted the day with racing, shows, and veteran attendance milestones.
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Columbus
Fargrounds
Farm Press
Farm Industry
Ohio Farm Producers Day
Frank N. Farnsworth
Schuman Wins Narrow Vote to Form New French Cabinet
Premier Robert Schuman began forming a new French cabinet after the National Assembly approved him 322 to 185, the weakest initial support yet for a premier. He secured the post with only 11 extra votes beyond the required 311, and is expected to keep many ministers from his eight month previous government.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
National Assembly
Assembly
Schuman
Andre Marie
Licenses go on sale September 7 via registrar offices
Registrars announce a sale of drivers licenses for September 7 at offices listed by Edward T. Fogo. Old licenses issued in 1948 expire midnight September 30. Deputy registrars in numerous towns will issue both operator and chauffeur licenses, with names and addresses given for each location.
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Edward T
Fogo
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Movie Hero Mitchum Arrested in Drug Raid
Hollywood dets reported Robert Mitchum was arrested with Robin Ford Lila Leeds and Vickie Evans in a narcotics raid on a Hollywood home. Officers said reefers were found and Leeds surrendered several more cigarettes. Mitchum said he visited with Ford after house hunting. his wife and two sons were en route.
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Hollywood
Robert Mitchum
Mitchum
Robin Ford
Lila Leeds
Vickie Evans
A. M. Barr
J. B. McKinnon
Los Angeles
Sgt. Barr
Miss Leeds
Ford
Dorothy
U S Senator Bricker Declares Invasion By Propaganda
Ohio Senator John W. Bricker said in Columbus that the United States is already invaded by propaganda. He charged communists have infiltrated government and schools and urged removing teachers who do not support the free way of life.
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Columbus
U. S
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Steeplejack Awarded 5000 Damages in Chillicothe Fall
Paul Weaver, 56, received 5000 damages from the city of Chillicothe after an injury from a September 8, 1935 fall while installing a police radio antenna. Judge Fred W. Everett awarded the verdict in a retrial after Weaver claimed 40 percent disability.
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Chillicothe
Paul Weaver
Fred W. Everett
Jackson
Weaver
Wallace Appears in Alabama Amid Peaceful Reception
Henry A. Wallace spoke in Decatur Alabama addressing about 600 people. He urged unity and avoided segregation while facing light tomato and egg thrown by a few hecklers.
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Alabama
Wallace
Decatur
Ala
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
North Carolina
Sino-Russ Air Pact Revealed
A 1939 Sino-Russian air pact gave Moscow exclusive rights to fly over China's western provinces for 10 years. China bars all foreign planes except Russian from the border. U S envoy planes were grounded at Lanchow and forced to return. China may not renew the agreement and awaits Russia's reply.
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Nanking
China
U.S
Lewis Clark
Lanchon
Hollington Tong
Moscow
Russia
Chinese
Foreign Office
Defense Ministry
Chiang Kai-Shek
Almaata
U.S.S.R
Hami an _ Sinkiang
Sinkiang
Clark
A. T. House, Jr
Long Beach
Calif
Kearie Berry
Austin
Tex
Landon
Tihwa
Washington
Court frees former Nazi official Hjalmar Schacht
A German appeals court acquitted Hjalmar Schacht, former financial chief, of major Nazi offender charges and ordered his release after an eight year term from a Stuttgart denazification court. Spectators cheered as American officials expressed shock at the decision.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Hjalmar Schacht
Schacht
Nuernberg
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Explosion Kills Three Soldiers at Fort Jackson
At Fort Jackson South Carolina an explosion during a machine gun demonstration killed three recruits and injured 23 others. Captain Anderson P. Neely said the cause remains a mystery. The dead are Martin Mainer Edison Georgia James H McLemore Dice Kentucky and Joe A Morris Pass Arkansas. Jerome H Hiney Wellsville Ohio among the injured.
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Fort Jackson
S. C
Anderson P. Neely
Anderson
Martin
Mainer
Edison
James H. McLemore
Dice, Ky
Joe A. Morris
Pass
Ark
Jerome H. Hiney
Wellsville
National Guard cuts M-Day prep time under new plan
Ohio's National Guard will halve training time for M-Day missions under a new master plan by Adj. Gen. Chester W. Goble. The plan, effective October 1, moves to a three-year training cycle replacing six years.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
National Guard
Adj
Chester W. Goble
ONG
Men Fined by Judge After Bout With Sign
In Warren Ohio three men were fined five dollars and costs each by Municipal Judge Ralph R. Speak after an incident over a parking sign. Police report the men tore the sign from its post, threw it into the street, and ran over it with a car.
Red Public Mourning For Zhdanov In Moscow
Moscow hung mourning flags for An drei A. Zhdanov a Politburo member and Cominform founder who died at 52. The city observed the first black edged flags since Kalinin’s 1946 death as Stalin’s close associate and a leading candidate for his post was mourned. a medical bulletin was read on Moscow radio.
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Moscow
Andrei A. Zhdanov
Politburo
Cominform
Mikhail I. Kalinin
Zhdanov
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Molotov
L. P. Beria
Heat Wave Ices Out Across Northeast and Midwest
The hot spots in the recent heat wave cooled rapidly this morning as readings fell near freezing in central Pennsylvania. Cooler air spread over the north and middle Atlantic states, Ohio River Valley and upper Great Lakes with Philipsburg reporting 34 and Flint and Zanesville at 44. Temperatures mostly in the 40s and 50s across the cool belt.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania
Middle Atlantic
Ohio River Valley
Upper Great Lakes
Philipsburg
Flint
Mich
Zanesville
Ohio
Churchman Declares Education Neglected at Ohio Convention
Dr John Heuss associate director of the Episcopal Church Department of Christian Education told the Brotherhood of St Andrew annual convention in Oxford Ohio that the Episcopal Church has neglected Christian education for the past 100 years. He cited that about 25 percent of church members donate to parish support and only 30 percent attend Sunday services regularly.
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Oxford
Ohio
Episcopal Church
The
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
John Heuss
New York
Episcopal Church Department of Christian Education
ONG Will Select Four To Attend West Point
Ohio National Guard will choose four enlisted men this fall by competitive exam to seek appointment to West Point. Preliminary mental and physical tests are set for Fort Hayes in Columbus on November 11 12 and 13. Applications must be filed through ONG channels by November 1.
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Columbus
Ohio National Guard
United States Military Academy
West Point
Adj
C. W. Goble
Fort Hayes
Wallace Speeches Set Toledo Cleveland and Youngstown
Henry A. Wallace will speak in Toledo on September 23, in Cleveland the next day, and in Youngstown that night, an announcement said.
Canaday Seeks Ouster of Two Pomeroy Councilmen
POMEROY May or D A Canaday asked Gov Thomas J Herbert to remove Councilmen Herbert Boney and Richard Vaughan from office. In a letter he charged obstruction of progress negligence of duty inciting a riot and unfit to handle village affairs. The governor ordered an AG investigation. Canaday is a Democratic candidate for Congress in the Tenth District.
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Pomeroy
D. A. Canaday
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert Boney
Richard Vaughan
Canaday
Herbert
Hugh S. Jenkins
Ohio To Get Road Money
Federal Work Administration announced Ohio will receive 17 million dollars of a 450 million dollar federal road aid package for the year starting July 1 1949. The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1948 authorizes 450 million for each of fiscal years 1950 and 1951 with Ohio’s shares listed for primary feeder and urban roads.
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Washington
Ohio
Congress
Federal Work Administration
Qohio
Berlin Crisis Technicalities Discussed By Experts
Three groups of four power experts on transport finance and economics met to solve Berlin crisis technicalities. Lifting the 70 day Soviet land blockade was under discussion as currency control emerged as the main hurdle. Governors report findings to the four military governors of Germany after meetings since the Russian departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Allied Control Council
Moscow
Pope asks prayers for UN success at Paris Assembly
Pope Pius XII at Castel Gandolfo urged universal prayers for the United Nations Assembly opening Sept 21 in Paris. He told more than 500 American Catholic pilgrims that the UN is the world’s chief hope to tackle peace problems amid a critical crossroad of history.
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Castel Gandolfo
Pius XII
United Nations Assembly
Paris
U.N. Assembly
Harris Rejoins Messenger as District Editor in Athens
Charles H. Harris returns to The Messenger in Athens as District Editor after a two year Indiana sojourn. He began with The Messenger in 1905 and helped grow the paper to multi county coverage. He and family reside at 54 Morris Avenue and own Lake Papakeechie property in Indiana.
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Charles H. Harris
The
Messenger
Athens
Indiana
Harris
Esther Harris Rock
Caroline Rock
Morris Avenue
East State Street
Rock
Syracuse
Lake Papakeechie
Lake Wawasee
Four Held in Shakedown Probe T: Four Held in Shakedown Probe
A Columbus AP report says four people including the London Prison Farm prisoner’s wife were jailed for investigation of receiving and concealing $14,000 in bonds stolen from Mayor William J. Van Aitken of Shaker Heights in 1945. Gov. Thomas J. Herbert linked the case to a prior parole hoax and said more arrests may follow.
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Columbus
London
William J. van Aitken
Shaker Heights
Tom West
Clarence Jones
Mary Toone
Ero Rector
Cleveland
Thomas J. Herbert
West
Mrs. Rector
Gaylord Rector
Jones
Miss Toone
Welfare Departments
Herbert
Reester
Rector
State Welfare Department
Bureau of Probation and Parole
Embargo Planned by Railroads on West Coast Freight
Washington reports railroads prepare to embargo virtually all freight bound for shipment from west coast ports if a maritime work stoppage occurs tomorrow. Association official Arthur H. Gass said the move protects cars from being tied up at ports. embargo to be withdrawn if the stoppage does not occur.
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Washington
Arthur H. Gass
Association of American Railroads
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Morgan County
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Stockport
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