Overloaded Circus Ship Sinks Off Caribbean Sighting Survivors
A 140 foot Honduran vessel Euzkera carrying 56 aboard including 46 circus workers sank after a great wave 130 miles off Colombia. The Caribe radioed 12 survivors found in a lifeboat 770 miles south of Miami with 44 missing.
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Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Caribe
Miami
Caribbean Sea Frontier
Panama
Euzkera
Razzore
Cartagena
Colombia
Soviet Order for Tools Tests Western Aid Policy
Washington reports a Soviet order worth 48 million dollars for machine tools from a British firm. The move raises a dilemma for Paul Hoffman as he weighs Western aid policy and possible cuts to Britain. Officials wonder what tools were purchased and await clarification.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
United States
Hoffman
Congress
Soviet Union
Russia
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
Private Burial Rites Planned for Eduard Benes
Prague reports private funeral rites will be held tomorrow at Benes's country home for former President Eduard Benes. The ceremony follows his death and is limited to immediate family. Eduard Benes served as leader and statesman in Czechoslovakia.
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Prague
Eduard Benes
Canaday Seeks Herbert to Halt Pomeroy Probe
Mayor Delmar A. Canaday of Pomeroy telegrammed Gov. Thomas J. Herbert demanding withdrawal from a probe into councilmen’s movement to oust him. Canaday cites resignation of council president Claire Karr and warns of dirty politics if investigation continues without majority support. Canaday, a Democrat, is a 10th District congressional candidate.
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Pomeroy
Herbert
10Th Congressional District
Ohio
Attorney General's Office
Governor's Office
Canaday
Congress
Investigator Checks Vet Housing Complaints in Cincinnati
Special investigator probes vet housing built under veterans priorities. Ralph Janney area rent director says nearly 50 complaints received. Inspecting houses from January 1946 to July 1947, with builders possibly ordered to issue refunds.
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Cincinnati
Ralph Janney
Janney
Jury Selection Progress Delays Hartinger Trial
Nineteen of twenty jurors were summoned for the Dan Hartinger embezzlement case in Meigs County while the panel remained incomplete at noon. Judge Parker excused many due to preformed opinions as efforts to assemble an impartial jury continued, with 11 jurors seated by evening and more questioned.
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Pomeroy
Dan Hartinger
Meigs County
Earl D. Parker
Waverly
Strike Idles 50 000 Auto Plant Workers
In Detroit a strike by 170 independent union guards led to plant shutdowns and 25 000 layoffs. The nationwide action idled about 50 000 auto workers and pushed total idle workers past 115 000 as other rail, oil, and shipping strikes continue.
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New York
Detroit
New Jersey
Briggs Manufacturing Company
CIO United Auto
Portsmouth To Vote On Real Estate Tax
The Portsmouth city council approved a two-year two-mill real estate tax to cover an $85,000 deficit and a 20 percent water tax. The real estate levy is expected to raise $108,000 annually and will go to voters on November 2. A one half percent income payroll tax was advanced to a second reading.
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Portsmouth
Grand Jury Indicts Man in Smothering Death
Verlin E Adkins 26 formerly of Huntington West Virginia indicted by Wayne County grand jury on a manslaughter charge in the death by smothering of Birdie Gillette 34 in her Rittman apartment The jury refused to indict Miss Ethel Martin over a $13000 shortage at the Ohio Experimental Station after she offered restitution
American missionary four missing in China declared safe
Gladys Moot Williams of Oberlin Ohio and three other American women missionaries reported safe and well after being missing in Chinese Communist territory since July 10.
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Taiyuan
China
Gladys Moot Williams
Oberlin
Ohio
Gusik Fight Continues In Columbus Hearing
Thomas A. Gusik 19 remains in legal limbo as his bid to escape a prison term for murder proceeds. Attorneys clash over Army documents while Urdinarian denies coercion and cites Article of War protections read to Gusik during questioning. Judge Mell G. Underwood pauses proceedings after wrangling delays evidence. Gusik was once given life, reduced to 16 years at Chillicothe Federal Reformatory.
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Columbus
Thomas A. Gusik
U. S
Mell G. Underwood
Cleveland
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Army
Robert M. Urdinarian
Leghorn
Italy
Gusik
Timken Officials Check Machinery After Fire
Timken Roller Bearing Co. officials inspected soot covered machinery and electrical equipment today to assess fire damage after a fast blaze in the heat treating department. Three alarms were rung last night but flames were controlled in 20 minutes. Oil on a furnace was blamed tentatively. No worker was injured.
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Columbus
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Government Licenses 586 Slot Machines
The Internal Revenue Department reported the government licensed 586 slot machines in 13 counties of the First Ohio Internal Revenue District during the fiscal year ended June 30. The government collects a 100 dollar fee for each machine.
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Cincinnati
Internal Revenue Department
Ohio Internal Revenue District
Tri County Civic Group Targets 45 Million Industrial Plant
The Tri County Industrial Foundation plans a 45 million dollar plant at Point Pleasant with a total land package near 960 acres. The project would employ 2000 to 2200 workers year round, with options on additional acreage and possible equipment sales yielding funds toward purchase.
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Gallipolis
Tri-County Industrial Foundation Inc
Point Pleasant
Pomeroy
Middleport
Foundation
Ohio
Virginia
J.F.G. Johnson
Wire Services
War Assets Administration
West Virginia Ordinance Works
Mason County
Chambers of Commerce
Meigs
Gallia
West Virginia
C of C
Talmadge Wins Big Margin in Georgia Primary
New York reports Herman Talmadge, son of the late Eugene Talmadge, leads M. E. Thompson by about three to one in the Georgia gubernatorial primary. Thompson concedes, while incumbents Cox Wheeler and Davis reportedly win reelection. Russell and seven other Georgia congressmen run unopposed.
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New York
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Talmadge
Thompson
Eugene Cox
W. M. Wheeler
James Davis
Washington
Richard B. Russell
Italy Colony Talks Are Set
Paris reports the Big Four foreign ministers will meet to discuss the fate of former Italian colonies. The United States Britain and France have accepted the call and a start time may be announced tomorrow. France is without a government though Robert Schuman may act as foreign minister. The U S State Department called the Russian proposal propaganda but the acceptance stood.
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Paris
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Robert Schuman
U.S. State Department
U.S
Herbert to Dedicate New Mount Vernon Hospital
Governor Thomas J. Herbert arrives in Mount Vernon to dedicate a $2,000,000 expansion of the Mount Vernon State Tuberculosis Sanitorium. The project will provide care for more than 500 tuberculous patients, with about 160 currently under treatment.
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Mount Vernon
Thomas J. Herbert
Court Hearing Short For Actor Defendant
In Los Angeles actor Robert Mitchum and three co defendants had a brief first court appearance on narcotics charges. They signed autographs and collected fan mail before being released pending trial after a habeas corpus hearing. Indicted for possessing and conspiring to possess marijuana by a county grand jury.
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Los Angeles
Robert Mitchum
Roosevelt Granddaughter Marries Former Russian General
Edith Kermit Roosevelt the 20 year old granddaughter of President Theodore Roosevelt wed Alexander Barmine a 49 year old former Russian Army general yesterday in Northport New York.
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Northport
N. Y
Edith Kermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Alexander Barmine
Philip Sporn Plant to Add Fourth Generating Unit
Ohio Power Co official Harold Turner says the Philip Sporn plant at Graham Station West Virginia will gain a fourth generating unit costing 18 million dollars. Total project cost about 70 million with capacity 550000 kilowatts. Construction progresses toward a July next year start for Unit 1 with Units 3 and 4 planned for 1951.
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Turner
H. B. Kress
Pomeroy
One Engine Burns as DC-4 Lands Safely in Tampa
National Airlines pilot Capt. Mike Morse landed a DC-4 with one engine afire and guided 13 passengers to exit calmly. Morse reported visible fire on approach but said the aircraft posed no immediate danger and passengers evacuated in orderly fashion.
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Tampa
Fla
National Airlines
Mike Morse
Tidal Wave Danger Fades After South Pacific Quake
In Honolulu officials said the threat from a potential tsunami after yesterday's South Pacific earthquake has ended. No damage or injuries were reported locally, and warnings were lifted as authorities monitor the coast.
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Honolulu
Northern Ohio Urged as Key Battleground in Election
Columbus reports both parties target Northern Ohio for crucial labor votes shaping Ohio’s 25 electoral votes. Democrats note Truman's Toledo visit and plans to return, while Republicans line up Dewey to campaign late October. Warren and Taft are set to address the state platform convention September 23 with other speakers.
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Ohio
Truman
Toledo
Fred H. Johnson
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
State Committee
State Central Committee
Dewey
Earl Warren
California
Robert A. Taft
Joseph Martin
R-Mass
House
New Eruption Triggers Crisis On Camiguin Island
An urgent radio appeal was broadcast to ships to evacuate the remaining 15,000 residents of Camiguin Island as Mt Hibok Hibok erupts spewing deadly acidic ash. The eruption since Sept 1 forced 36,000 to flee. it quieted briefly before a new acute emergency arose, voiced by volcanologist Arturo Alcaraz aboard a Philippine Navy patrol boat.
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Manila
Camiguin Island
Mt. Hibokhibok
Arturo Alcaraz
Philippines Weather Bureau
Philippines Navy
De Gaullists Demand Constitution Revision
Paris reports that followers of Gen. Charles de Gaulle urged a constitutional revision as their price for backing a Queuille cabinet. No specific changes were disclosed.
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de Gaullists
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Queuille
Air Forces Day flights planned over Ohio by bombers
Two B 29 Superfortresses will fly from the Azores and Hawaii to Ohio as part of Air Forces Day on Sept 18. Giant B 36 bombers will also traverse six major Ohio cities in a non stop display, with routes to Cleveland and Covington Kentucky.
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Ohio
Azores
Hawaii
Cleveland
Greater Cincinnati
Covington
United States
Lagens Air Force Base
Tallaha
Oahu
Cincinnati
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Akron
Youngstown
Columbus
Atlantic
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Toledo
Mind Your Business Clash Intensifies Berlin Rift
Soviet commander Kotikov rejected American protests over Soviet sector police raiding City Hall in Berlin and kidnapping 19 Western police. He accused US personnel of disorder and warned they must not interfere. The flare followed similar French protests over 19 police seized in a French convoy.
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Berlin
Frank Howley
Alexander Kotikov
Howley
Taegliche Rundschau
Kotikov
Kofikov
Russian Yak Fighters Soar Over Berlin in War Era Maneuvers
About 12 Yak fighter planes swept over Berlin leaving vapor trails as American officials said the flight formed part of the air maneuvers Russia had announced for coordinating with the occupation zones.
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Copenhagen
Bornholm Island
Denmark
Bornholm
Berlin
Committees Named To Promote Ohio Sandusky Ironton Highway
Representatives from 10 cities including Logan Wellston Jackson Ironton McArthur Newark Mansfield Utica Vermilion and Huntington West Virginia met at a Southeastern Ohio Regional Council conference to promote a proposed high speed link between Sandusky and the Ohio River.
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Logan
Sandusky
Lake Erie
Ironton
Ohio River
Southeastern
Ohioan Awaits Trial In Slaying of Friend
Gustav A Wiegner, 24, of Dayton Ohio, is held in Vancouver awaiting murder trial for shooting 52 year old John A McComas on the Alaska Highway. Wiegner claims the shooting was accidental after a preliminary hearing.
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B.C
Gustav A Wiegner
Dayton
John A. McComas
Alaska
Wiegner
Coupe
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