New Commodity Advance Sets All-Time Price High
The AP reports a broad rise in staple commodity prices led by meat coffee butter eggs and corn with the AP index at 192.26 on the 35 wholesale commodities. Butter and shelf prices soared while dairy outlook remained tight and milk cows fell. In Chicago and New York retail prices climbed with eggs at 60 cents a dozen and porterhouse steak at $1 a pound. The Toledo Housewives plan a price boycott using a chain-telephone campaign to urge substitutes and reduce butter eggs milk and meat purchases.
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Associated Press
Russell Fifer
The
American Butter Institute
Fifer
New York
Chicago
Eugene C. Schultz
New York City
Schultz
Toledo
Toledo Housewives, Inc
L. J. Senn
Toledo Federation of Women's Clubs
Taft campaign aides cite encouraging reports from Ohio to West
Senator Robert A. Taft plans a 25 day West tour with no public appearances in Chicago pause. Ohio leaders report very encouraging signs for a possible presidential run and Brown says Taft will announce decision in October. Taft to visit California Nevada Washington Oregon Idaho Wyoming Colorado starting with a Santa Cruz panel on state rights and labor. Harold Stassen to enter Wisconsin primary April 6 and deliver opening address in Milwaukee November 24.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Columbus
Illinois
Taft
San Francisco
Clarence J. Brown
Sen. Taft
Brown
Senator Taft
West
California
Congress
Nevada
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
Santa Cruz
Calif
California State Bar Association
Harold F. Stassen
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Weather Outlook for Columbus Ohio Ahead
Extended forecast shows temperatures averaging eight degrees above normal with a normal high of 71 and low of 53. Unseasonably warm through Friday, then cooler on Saturday and Sunday. Expected precipitation about 1.3 inches as scattered showers or thunderstorms late Friday or Saturday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Civil Aeronautics Board Approves First Helicopter Service
The Civil Aeronautics Board authorized helicopter passenger service for the first time. It approved experimental operation by Yellow Cab Co. of Cleveland between downtown Cleveland and Cleveland Municipal Airport. The board awarded temporary routes to two feeder lines Parks Air Transport and Roscoe Turner Aeronautical Corp and allowed new stops for four trunk lines.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Yellow Cab Co
Cleveland, Inc
Cleveland
Parks Air Transport, Inc
East St. Louis
Ill
Roscoe Turner Aeronautical Corp
Indianapolis
Ind
12 Divisions Proposed By Reds for UN Force
Soviet Russia proposed a UN police force of 12 divisions of troops 1 200 planes and five or six cruisers. No battleships or carriers were suggested. The figures were offered as Russia's estimate of UN member forces to be placed at the Security Council's disposal.
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Lake Success
Soviet
Russia
United Nations
Security Council
Livestock Public Land Question To Be Studied
At the 37th annual convention of the International Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners in Denver the livestock public land issue is set for discussion today. Rep. Raymond H. Burrke of Ohio, subcommittee chair on wildlife resources, argued wildlife has been dispossessed during the opening program of the three day event.
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Denver
International Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners
Raymond H. Burrke
Ohio
House
V-2 Rocket Fired From Carrier Midway Navy Tests New Weapon
The navy announced the first shipboard firing of a 15 ton V-2 rocket from the carrier Midway in the Atlantic. The test exploded after six miles but signaled potential land targets pounded from offshore ships. Officials noted a demonstration of rocket aircraft warfare follow up.
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Washington
Midway
Atlantic Ocean
Navy
D. V. Gallery
Trial Set for Oct 20 in Housekeeper Slaying
Roger Williams a 33 year old New Hampshire born Ohio based house painter faces first degree murder charges in the slaying of his former housekeeper Minta Webb Rothwell 25 of Kenton Ohio. Common Pleas Judge Elmer L. Godwin ordered the trial to begin Oct 20.
Sugar Grand Jury Discharged by Judge
A federal grand jury formed in February to probe a nationwide sugar black market was discharged by Judge John P. Barnes after seven months. It returned 74 indictments, 40 convictions, one acquittal, and 33 pending.
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Chicago
John P. Barnes
Farm Machines Ruined By Cemetery Barn Fire
Fire swept through a large barn at Oak Hill Cemetery in Glendale destroying farm equipment. Glendale Fire Chief Edward Boehner estimated damage at 25000 dollars.
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Cincinnati
Oak Hill Cemetery
Glendale
Edward Boehner
Band of youngsters avert derailment of Cincinnatian
Prompt action by local youths near Coraddale Warren County saved the Baltimore and Ohio Cincinnatian from a likely derailment. Engineer Fred L Dean of Chillicothe said he slowed the train after Fireman George Myers shouted a warning. A band of children waved arms signaling emergency brakes and the train stopped within about 50 feet of a coal truck stalled on the tracks. The Cincinnatian runs daily between Baltimore and Cincinnati and carries five passenger coaches and several baggage cars.
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Cincinnati
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Cincinnatian
Coraddale
Warren County
Fred L. Dean
Chillicothe
Ohio
Dean
George Myers
Baltimore
American flyer under guard after thwarting 10000 pamphlets raid
Reginald Gilbert a 24 year old Birmingham Alabama native credited with halting a planned pamphlet bombing of London by the Stern Gang is hidden in England under RAF escort for protection. Police fear for his life if captured. Scotland Yard guards him until return to America.
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Paris
London
England
RAF
Reginald Gilbert
Birmingham
Ala
Freedom of
Israel
Stern Gang
Britain
Scotland Yard
America
Overpay Set At 500 Million
Rep. Ben Bender of Ohio said overpayments on cancelled war contracts approach 500 million dollars and demanded a public explanation from firms returning funds. GAO official E. L. Fisher testified, listing overpayments up to 650 thousand and a top sum paid to an unnamed aircraft firm.
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Washington
Bender
Ohio
House
E. L. Fisher
General Accounting Office
Fisher
Ohio Methodist Leader Dies in Bellefontaine
The Rev. John Clark Williams aged 70, a retired Methodist minister, died yesterday in Bellefontaine of coronary thrombosis. He was twice a Prohibition Party gubernatorial candidate in Ohio and held senior posts at Westminster College Tehuacana Texas Kansas City University and the Ohio Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Churches.
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Bellefontaine
John Clark Williams
Prohibition Party
Ohio
Westminster College
Tehuacana
Tex
Kansas City University
Ohio Annual Conference
The
Methodist Protestant Churches
Hospital Commitment Reversed After Habeas Hearing
William Wrobbel of Newark, former Bloomingburg mayor, was found not mentally ill after a habeas corpus hearing before Judge John R. King. Two psychiatrists testified he was committed to Columbus State Hospital due to a family quarrel, not mental illness. The commitment dated August 30 followed his wife’s complaint about broken furniture.
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Columbus
William Wrobbel
Newark
Ohio
Bloomingburg
Fayette County
Common Pleas
John R. King
Wrobbel
Columbus State Hospital
Licking County
Brotherhoods To Meet For Wage Boost Study
Wage committees of five operating railroad brotherhoods will meet in Cleveland on September 19 to consider adding a pay boost request to earlier demands for changes in 44 working rules. Two unions the firemen and enginemen and the trainmen have already pursued the wage question.
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Cleveland
Special vote called on Jones successor in Fourth Ohio
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert issued orders for a special primary on October 7 and a special election on November 4 in Ohio's Fourth Congressional District to fill the vacancy left by Representative Robert F. Jones of Lima, who resigned September 2 to join the Federal Communications Commission.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Robert F. Jones
Lima
Federal Communications Commission
Cleveland Records 55th Fatal Traffic Accident
Police reported the city’s 55th fatal traffic crash of the year in Cleveland today.
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Cleveland
British Troops Use Force on Exodus Refugees at Runnymeade
In Hamburg and Fort Worth reports, British soldiers forcibly disembarked Exodus 1947 refugees at Runnymeade Park. 300 troops clashed with about 1,412 passengers after ultimatums failed. Earlier landings on Ocean Vigor and Empire Rival saw violence and injuries.
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Hamburg
Germany
Runnymeade Park
Colorado Man Predicted To Head VEW In Cleveland
Colorado delegates at the 48th VEW encampment in Cleveland expect Ray H. Brannaman of Denver to win on the first ballot for commander in chief. Officials say the key issue is a resolution favoring admission of displaced persons to the United States as about 2,000 delegates, after a parade lasting nearly three hours, focus on committee reports and officer elections while noting a deficit of $432 501.
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Cleveland
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ray H. Brannaman
Denver
United States
Women Seek Change in Wartime Styles Long Skirts Rise
Cincinnati report notes George K. Creighton of the National Retail Dry Goods Association telling the National Industrial Stores Association that wartime fashion drove longer hems. He calls the hemline shift a deliberate change sought by women rather than a reckless trend.
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Cincinnati
George K. Creighton
National Retail Dry Goods Association
National Industrial Stores Association
Creighton
Mercury Hits Near 100 Across Midwest and Midwest
The mercury rose toward the 100 degree mark again across the Midwest and Southwest after a day of hot, humid conditions. Clinton Missouri reported 105 degrees, with 104 at Vichy, 102 in Kansas City, 101 in Sioux City and St. Louis, and 100 in Omaha and Quincy Illinois.
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Associated Press
Southwest
Midwest
Mercury
Clinton
Vichy
Kansas City
Sioux City
Iowa
St. Louis
Omaha
Nebr
Quincy
Mechanic Bitten in Dispute Over Payment
A common pleas jury found William Lallathin guilty of assault and battery for biting the garage mechanic Elmer Marlett after a dispute over a $2.50 bill. He was fined $200 plus costs and sentenced to 60 days in jail.
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Elyria
Common Pleas
William Lallathin
Lallathin
Elmer Marlett
UN Atom Majority Ready to OK Report
A majority of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission was ready to approve the second commission report to the UN Security Council. Delegates expect Russia and Poland to vote against or abstain on the final ballot.
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Lake Success
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Bandits steal $200 in cafe hold-up
Hamilton police report two youthful bandits held up the Chatterbox Cafe yesterday. They feigned a threat, restrained the bartender and four patrons, and escaped with more than $200. The incident marks a bold daytime robbery at a busy local cafe.
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Hamilton
Chatterbox Cafe
Fight at Polls Sparks AFL Leaders Debate in Chicago
AFL executives weighing a shift from a limited political stance to a full scale action campaign. The 15 member council discussed mobilizing unions at the polls in response to the Taft Hartley Act, dubbed a slave labor measure by leaders.
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Oil Workers International Union
CIO
OWIU
NLRB
Edwin A. Elliott
Deep Oil Development Co
Wichita Falls
Tex
Davidson
Executive Council
Green
Robert N. Denham
AFL Council
Boston
Chicago
AFL
Two Counties Seek Permits for Taverns and Night Clubs
Columbus reports show Athens County requesting three tavern and five night club whiskey permits in the past week, with Hocking County listing one tavern and one night club permit. The liquor department resumes permits after a war time freeze from 1942, with quotas of 680 tavern and 1,656 night club permits after Sept. 15. to date 189 tavern and 521 night club applications have been received.
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Columbus
Athens County
State Liquor Department
Hocking County
Dress shop manager robbed and shoved into trapdoor
In Cincinnati two men robbed 46 year old Mrs. Fannie Tavel the downtown dress shop manager of 210 dollars a wrist watch and a diamond ring then shoved her through a trap door into an unused cellar area. She was hospitalized with a possible leg fracture.
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Cincinnati
Howard McMiller
Fannie Tavel
General Hospital
Seminole Leader Jimmie Osceola Dies at 95
Fort Myers, Fla. Jimmie Osceola a descendant of Chief Osceola and a participant in Seminole Indians last organized stand against white settlers in Florida died at 95.
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Fort Myers, Fla
Jimmie Osceola
Osceola
Florida
Mental Chief And Assistant Resign Posts
Columbus reports the Welfare Department announced the resignations of Dr. Frank F. Tallman state commissioner of mental hygiene and his assistant Attilio LaGuardia effective October 1. Tallman will enter private medical practice and LaGuardia will direct a Veterans Administration mental hygiene clinic.
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Columbus
Welfare Department
Frank F. Tallman
Attilio LaGuardia
Tallman
Charles L. Sherwood
Dr. LaGuardia
Veterans Administration
Akron Plans DDT Spraying to Fight Polio Outbreak
Akron will spray garbage cans with DDT after a city committee led by Mayor Charles E Slusser approved the plan. Forty workers were chosen to apply the insecticide as polio cases rose to 216 with one death. City Service Director Marvin L Davis noted the spray is a precaution, and an education drive to urge housewives to spray cans was also proposed.
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Akron
City Service
Marvin L. Davis
Charles E. Slusser
13 Pound 10 Ounce Son Born to Ohioans
Mrs Albert Badery of Cleveland gave birth yesterday at Deaconess Hospital to a boy weighing 13 pounds 10 ounces. Both mother and child were reported doing well by hospital attendants.
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Cleveland
Albert Badery
Deaconess Hospital
Talks Deadlocked in Carnegie-Illinois Steel Strike
Pittsburgh reports continued deadlock in negotiations to end a five day strike by 1,800 operating employees of Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation inter plant railroad teams. A 50 cent per hour wage package is at issue as 17,000 workers were laid off and production losses reach 20,000 tons daily.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie - Illinois Steel Coreporation
U. S. Steel Corp
Ohioan Appointed Assistant Dean at Carnegie Institute
Ben E. and David of Delaware, Ohio, were named as assistant deans of men at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh in an announcement made today.
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Ohioan
Pittsburgh
Ben E
David
Delaware
Ohio
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Iwas
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