Berserk gunman slays 12 on city street in minutes
Harold Unruh, 26, opened fire from 3200 River Road in Camden New Jersey killing 12 and wounding five. Police battled the shooter for about 45 minutes firing tear gas and using machine guns before he surrendered. a brutal scene left bodies strewn on the busy street and a crowd demanding justice.
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Marshall Thompson
Thompson
Harold Unruh
River Road
Unruh
New Jersey
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Morris Cohen
Cooper Hospital
Labor Day tolls rise in Ohio Valley crash tolls
The Labor Day holiday end brought multiple fatalities in Ohio and nearby areas. Harold Collier 24 of Middleport and Mrs Alta Tipton 59 of Mt. Sterling died in crashes. Mrs Emily Riley 84 of Gallipolis Ferry died after a two car collision near Point Pleasant. Nationwide deaths reached 505 in traffic and other causes. Funeral plans were announced for Riley and Tipton with local arrangements pending.
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Ohio Valley
Gallia County
Mason County
Alta Tipton
Mt. Sterling
Ohio
Gallipolis
Emily Riley
Gallipolis Ferry
United States
National Safety Council
Mra
Tipton
State Highway Patrol
H H. Tipton
S. Front & Middleport
Jack FE. Hanley
St. Albans
Leonard Tipton
Holzer Hospital
Clara Tipton
Middleport
Beatrice
Hanley
Patricia Ellen
Mary Elizabeth
Riley
Point Clinic
Point Pleasant
Set
D. G. Wilfong
James M. Stewart
Henderson
Hocking Valley
Athens
Hocking
Chapman Funeral Home
Rig
Walnut Township
The
Miller Funeral Home
Taft Continues Speech Tour Through Ohio Cleveland Stop
Senator Robert A. Taft pushes a 100 day hand shake and speech tour through Ohio starting in Cleveland with planned stops in Geauga and Lake counties. AFL Labor group leader Joseph D. Keenan predicts Taft’s defeat next year citing his record as the campaign argument. Taft’s aides say the trip is a report to constituents and not a campaign push until petitions are filed. A second item notes a powerful Atlantic hurricane with 120 mph winds bearing down toward Bermuda.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Joseph D. Keenan
Labor
League For Political Action
AFL
Taft
Cleveland Federation of Labor and Labor
League
Geauga Lake Park
Kennan
Geauga and
Lake County
Washington
Warren
Paul W. Walter
Four Chosen For LaCorte Trial Jury
Four jurors seated as the first degree murder trial of John La Corte opened in Athens County Common Pleas Court. La Corte, 50, is charged with the fatal June shooting of Mrs Anna Lewis in a Glouster restaurant. Prosecution led by Gordon B. Gray. defense by John W. Bolin.
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John LaCorte
Athens County
Grover E. Rawlins
Harry Z. Dodds, Jr
Eleanor E. Gifford
Gray
Bolin
Common Pleas
Roy D. Williams
Freda Davis
Athens
C. B. Vorhes
Earl Parmiter
Coolville Ridge
Mayme Ashcraft
Guysville
Hazel Parrish
Cool
Bertha Ashby
Nelsonville
Frank Bellows
Ray Snackenberg
Lucille Linscott
Amesville
Dwight Junod
W. H. Reefer
R. B. Justin
Stewart
Roger Biddle
Fred Wheaton
Thomas Clark
Fred Dorr
LaCorte
Mars Engine Downed 400 Miles From Hawaii
The Hawaii Mars flying boat carrying 54 aboard lost its No 1 engine 400 miles from Honolulu while en route from Alameda Naval Air Station California. The skipper sent an urgent radio message reporting the failure as the craft headed toward the islands.
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Oakland
Calif
Hawaii
Mars
Honolulu
Alameda Naval Air Station
Islands
Truman to lead campaign with personal appearances next year
Independence Missouri report states UP top advisers say President Truman will spearhead the democratic campaign for Congress in 1946 with personal appearances in key states.
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Independence
Truman
Death in Thompson Trophy crash shocks Cleveland crowd
Bill Odom was killed when his F-51 Mustang plowed into a Berea home during the Thompson Trophy race as spectators faced noise and danger concerns. Two suburban residents, Mrs. Jeanne Laird and her 1-year-old son Craig, also died in the crash, fueling protests and calls for safer air races. The three day event highlighted record speeds across multiple divisions and drew more than 170,000 spectators.
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Bill
Brennand
Oshkosh
Wis
Buster
Cleveland
Ohio
Bill Odom
Odom
Jeanne Laird
Craig
Aviatrix
Jacqueline Cochran
Cook Cleland
Navy
Cleland
Berea
Les
Ben Franklin
Air Races
Thompson
Ron Puckett
Lansdowne
Ben McKillen
Willoughby
Bill Brennand
Walter C. Rew
California Air National Guard
Air Force
Indianapolis
Bruce Cunningham
334Th
Andrews Airbase
Two Atlanta Youths Held In Robbery
Two Atlanta youths Bradford and Atkinson were arrested in Wheeling West Virginia in connection with a 24000 dollar robbery in Bremen Georgia. Bradford is identified as a principal in the Sewell Manufacturing Co. payroll theft and Atkinson as an accessory in the escape. A package Bradford mailed from Atlanta containing about 4000 in new bills was seized and later recovered. The case shows the men met a local friend here two weeks ago claiming they sought work.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Atlanta
Bremen
W. Robert Kennedy
Boyce I. Bradford
Bobby Atkinson
Georgia
Bradford
Sewell Manufacturing Co
Atkinson
Kennedy
John Murphy
Murphy
Harold Russell Elected Amvets Commander
Harold Russell the handless war veteran and Oscar winner for Best Years of Our Lives was elected commander of Amvets at the national convention in Des Moines He is 32 and from Watertown Massachusetts The selection highlights his overcoming the loss of both hands and his notable film achievement
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Des Moines
Harold Russell
Amvets
The
Russell
Watertown
Mass
Greater Effort Urged To Repeal The Taft Hartley Act
Boston Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin calls for redoubling efforts to repeal the Taft Hartley Act. He says the law must be repealed because it repudiates the vital needs of our economic life.
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Boston
Maurice J. Tobin
Strathaven Actor Sir Harry Lauder Stricken
The family of 79 year old Scottish comedian Sir Harry Lauder announces he is suffering from cerebral thrombosis in Strathaven Scotland. His health status and prognosis remain unreported.
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Strathaven
Scotland
Harry Lauder
Lauder
Shirley May Quits Channel Attempt With Six Miles Left
Shirley May France a 17 year old from Somerset Massachusetts ended her attempt to swim the English Channel. She quit at 4 05 p m still under six miles from Dover after about 100 hours in icy water having covered more than 30 miles.
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Shirley May
English Channel
France
Somerset
Mass
England
Cap Gris Nez
Dover
Harry Boudakian
Boudakian
Black Magic
Odom In First Try At Thompson Trophy Flight
William P. Odom 30 known as Bill, who flew The Hump and set world records, died in a crash during the Thompson Trophy race as a mother and her son perished in a suburban fire. Jacqueline Cochran had chosen Odom for his skill despite this being his first closed course race.
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Cleveland
William P. Odom
Atlantic
Odom
Bill
Jesmine Laird
Craig
Odorm
Jacqueline Cochran
Floyd B. Odlum
Miss Cochran
Honolulu
Teterboro
N. J
Survey Reveals Need For New Highways
Washington report shows the United States requires at least 20.9 billion dollars for highway construction and repairs. Senator O Mahoney cites state totals with Illinois, Ohio and California among the top needs.
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Washington
United States
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Ilinois
Ohio
California
New York
Georgia
Massachusetts
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures and Showers
Temperatures will average 4-6 degrees below normal with a high near 77 and a low around 57. A cooler midweek, warmer Friday, and cooler weekend are expected. Precipitation averages about one tenth inch as showers Saturday.
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Columbus
Norman
Farm Bureau Leader Peele Dies in Ambulance
Robert S. Peele, 50, president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, from Sabina, died Saturday night of a heart attack while being transported by ambulance to a Columbus hospital.
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Wilmington
Robert S. Peele
Sabina
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Columbus
Italian pilot aims for solo Atlantic flight in American plane
Lisbon reports Capt John Brondello aged 36 plans to begin his bid to cross the Atlantic solo in a single engine American aircraft starting tomorrow.
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Lisbon
Portugal
John Brondello
Atlantic
Rutledge Emerges From Coma Shows Improvement
York hospital officials report Supreme Court Justice Wiley P. Rutledge has stirred from a coma and interacted with family and nurses. A spokesman says he shows slight improvement and began taking nourishment for the first time since Friday when he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
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York
Supreme Court
Wiley P. Rutledge
Elmer Tower
Rutledge
House Committee Staff Faces Shake Up
Washington reports say the largely idle House Un American Activities Committee may overhaul staff. Investigators and clerks could be fired as morale runs low and workload shrinks, with critics joking the panel is the Un American Inactivities Committee.
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House Committee
Washington
House UN- American Activities Committee
Bullet Wound Fatal for Woman in Newark
Mrs. Ruth Heatter, 27, of Etna, died in Newark City Hospital from a chest wound. Sheriff reports she was found critically wounded at her home in Licking County. a .32 caliber revolver lay near the body.
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Newark
Ruth Heatter
Etna
Newark City Hospital
Licking County
William McElroy
Pearl Harbor General Dies at 69 in Texas
Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short retired at 69 and died Saturday in Texas. He commanded at Pearl Harbor during the December 7 1941 attack and was later stripped of his command. He was born in Fillmore Illinois.
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Pearl Harbor
Texas
Dallas
Walter C. Short
Fillmore
Rt 33 Acid Bath After Freight Train Derails
A 3000 gallon acetic acid tank car spilled onto Route 33 when seven cars of a New York Central freight train derailed near Columbus. Fire crews removed acid from the highway and traffic was halted until the scene was cleared.
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Columbus
Y ¥ Central
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