Slain Niebel family case tied to Daniels trial
Mansfield AP report details defense attorney L H Beams blaming slain companion John West for the killing of John E Niebel 50 his wife Noranda 52 and daughter Phyllis 21. Prosecutor Lutz pressed premeditated malice as defense cites Daniels memory loss and West’s dominance. The trial drew hundreds as court weighs first degree murder charges.
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Mansfield
Robert Murl Daniels
John West
L. H. Beams
Daniels
John E. Niebel
Mansfield Reformatory
Noranda
Phyllis
Beam
Niebel
Theodore Lutz
Niebels
West
van Wert
Red Harris
Reformatory
Richland County
Frank Robinson
L. D. Conn
Ohio
Conn
Congress Blamed for Irregularities in Export Controls
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer told lawmakers that irregularities under investigation in Capitol Hill dated to 1946 and 1947 before his tenure. He charged Congress with starving the export control appropriation, making it impossible to employ staff or equipment to enforce controls fully.
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Washington
Congress
Commerce Sawyer
Capitol Hill
Hartinger Embezzlement Trial Resumes in Meigs
Dan Hartinger county commissioner faces embezzlement charges over about 65 dollars in oak lumber owned by Meigs County. The court will hear defense character witnesses at 9 30 a m Wednesday as state witnesses proceed.
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Hartinger
Jack Follrod
Perry Riggs
Dan Hartinger
Earl D. Parker
Waverly
Bermuda Brace For Hurricane Lashing Expected Near Noon
A hurricane packing 140 mph winds was forecast to pass Bermuda near noon. At 5:45 a.m. the storm was about 120 miles south of Bermuda moving northwest at 18 mph, with hurricane winds within a 60 mile radius and gales reaching 200 miles outward northward.
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Miami
Fla
Bermuda
Weather Bureau
Antigua
British West Indies
U. S
Florida
Rites Held For Jinnah Founder of Pakistan Buried With Military Honors
Mohamed Ali Jinnah founder and first governor general of Pakistan was buried with full military honors. He died at 71 from heart disease after leading the movement for a Muslim homeland. Government sources expected a London announcement naming a new governor general, King George VI’s representative in British India.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Mohamed Ali Jinnah
Jinnah
India
London
George VI
British India
Graf Reappointed to State Engineer Board in Lancaster
Gov Thomas J Herbert announces Walter W Graf Democrat of Lancaster is reappointed to the state engineer and surveyor board. The announcement confirms Graf will continue as a member of the regulatory panel overseeing engineering and surveying standards.
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Columbus
Thomas J.herbert
Walter W. Graf
Lancaster
State Engineer’s and Surveyor’s Board
Minnesota teen Beatrice Shopp crowned Miss America 1948
Beatrice Shopp an 18 year old from Hopkins Minnesota wins the Miss America title in Atlantic City earning 16000 in contracts and scholarships. The new queen plans to return to her farm and use funds for music studies while pursuing a career in New York and possibly Hollywood if vibra harp allowed.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Beatrice Shopp
Minnesota
New York
Hopkins, Minn
Beatrice
Bebe
Miss Shopp
Mollywood
Fire Destroys Bottling Works in Columbus Three-Alarm Blaze
A South Side factory building housing Brooks Bottling Co and Cemco Manufacturing Co burned in a three alarm fire. Losses include 120000 by the bottling firm president and 50000 for Cemco equipment. FE Spillman, owner, cites 40000. Exploding bottles hampered fire crews. two homes also caught fire but no injuries reported. Nearby Timken plant heat department suffered a three alarm blaze last week. another suburban fire left seven people homeless.
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Columbus
South Side
Brooks Bottling Co
Cemco Manufacturing Co
FE. T. Spillman
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Grandview
Hard Coal Demand Up Six Day Week Planned
Philadelphia report says the hard coal industry will run a six day week to meet rising demand for anthracite. Robert V. White of Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. notes demand this year will beat 1947 levels, with expected industry production about 56 million tons versus 54.02 million last year and 57.18 million in 1946.
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Philadelphia
Robert V. White
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co
White
Twelve B-29s Start Long Range Training Flight to Europe
Twelve B-29 Superforts from Westover Air Base Mass on a long range navigational training flight headed for England and Germany. The group includes 11 newspaper and radio reporters and will return to the United States on Air Force Day next Saturday after the first leg of the journey.
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Westover Air Base
Mass
England
Germany
U. S
Air Force
Blond 21 Year Old Declared Mrs. America 1948
Maria Monez Strohmeier, a 21 year old blond of Spanish extraction from Philadelphia, was crowned Mrs. America of 1948 in Asbury Park. The model quit Miss America to marry her ex GI sweetheart and will begin contract tours with no home beyond her in laws. She plans a family later.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Maria Monez Strohmeier
America
Philadelphia
India Army Moves to Restore Order in Hyderabad
Indian troops launched a multi frontier assault on Hyderabad from four sides with tanks and air cover, facing little resistance. Government statements say the action aims to reestablish law and may set the stage for a plebiscite on Hyderabad’s future.
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New Delhi
Hyderabad
Dominion
Madras
Hyderabad City
India
Razakars
V. P. Menon
Mi Laik Ali
White Man Charged With Slaying Negro
MT Vernon Ga sheriff says J A Johnson jailed on murder charge after Isaiah Nixon 28 of Alston died from three gunshot wounds in hospital. Nixon reportedly insisted on voting the night before.
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Mt, Vernon
Montgomery County
R. M. McCrimmon
J. A. Johnson
Isaiah Nixon
Alston
Justice Minister Says Gottwald Is Target
Justice Minister Alexej Cepicka, Gottwald’s son in law, told a crowd at Inductov that foreign agents have been ordered to kill President Klement Gottwald in revenge for the death of former President Eduard Benes.
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Prague
Alexej Cepicka
Klement Gottwald
Cepicka
Gottwald
Inductov
Eduard Benes
Newark Man Injured In Indiana Collision
James O Shutt 19 of Columbus Ohio was killed in a two car crash on U S Route 40 near Centerville George An kele 20 of Newark Ohio riding with Shutt suffered facial cuts and leg injuries and was taken to Reid Hospital with others all of Richmond Indiana responders reported the collision occurred yesterday near Centerville
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Richmond
Ind
James O'Shutt
Columbus
Ohio
Centerville
George Ankele
Newark
Shutt
Reid Hospital
X-Day plan reported fixed for Berlin seizure by Soviets
A Berlin newspaper says Moscow set X-Day for Communist seizure after the U S presidential election. The claim notes orders to German Communists to intensify riots to seize control, amid Berlin blockade tensions and a looming four power settlement rupture.
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Berlin
U. S
United States
Montagsecho
Moscow
Maine Casts First State Ballots in 1954 GOP Contest
Portland reports the nation’s first state ballots as Rep. Margaret Chase Smith seeks a Senate seat. Democratic challenger Dr. Adrian H. Scolten faces a race also featuring Governor Horace Hildreth’s successor and three House seats amidst expectations of a GOP sweep and labor referendum battles.
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Portland
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Senate
Adrian H. Scolten
Prairie View
Kan
Smith
Scolten
Brewster
Horace Hildreth
Numbers Man In Solitary In Cleveland Bombings Probe
Detectives held Richard Maxwell a 33 year old ex convict and numbers man in solitary confinement in Cleveland as part of the probe into recent house bombings tied to the numbers racket. He has not provided actionable leads and a remark reportedly from Maxwell to ex Councilman Davis preceded further violence when Davis’ car and home were bombed.
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Cleveland
Richard
Moose) Maxwell
Maxwell
James E. McArthur
Thomas J. Davis
Davis
McArthur
Volcano erupts again on Camiguin after two day lull
The Camiguin Island volcano renewed activity late today after a two day quiet. The eruption follows nearly two weeks of earlier eruptions that killed five people and forced about 45 000 residents to flee.
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Manila
Hibokhibok
Camiguin Island
Social Welfare Commission
Camiguin
Death by own action explosion claims three lives
A gas explosion in a Manhattan apartment house killed three people and injured ten before dawn. Police traced the blast to Eugene Hurley, 35, who reportedly threatened self harm after a marital estrangement. Four gas jets were found on in his destroyed apartment with Hurley dead from gas asphyxiation.
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New York
Manhattan
Eugene Hurley
Death toll from Brac Candy explosion rises to 13 in Chicago
The Chicago death toll from last week's E. J. Brac Candy Company explosion reached 13 with the death of 32 year old Sam Spina.
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Chicago
E. J. Brac Candy Company
Sam Spina
Gallipolis Girl 2 Struck, Killed by Car
A two year old Nancy Lynn Shaffer died after being struck by a 15 mile per hour car driven by John Wheeler Sommer near 47 Winton Avenue. She died at Holzer Hospital from a likely skull fracture. Funeral at Baptist Church with burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Nancy Lynn Shaffer
Winton Avenue
John Wheeler Sommer
South Side
W. Va
Tom Shaffer
Ruby Cremeens
Holzer Hospital
Shaffer
Clinton County Air Base
Wilmington
David
The
Baptist Church
J. Edward Hakes
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Big Four End Dormant Talks on Italian Colonies
Paris reports say delegates from Britain France Russia and the United States meet for a final push on Italy's Eritrea Libya and Somaliland ahead of a September 15 deadline. If no accord is reached within three days the issue goes to the United Nations Assembly opening September 21.
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Palais de Chaillot
United Nations General Assembly
Paris
Itaq
United Nations
Britain
France
Russia
United States
Robert Schuman
Hector McNeil
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Lewis W. Douglas
London
Eritera
Libia
Somaliland
United Nations Assembly
Assebly
Italy
Akron Street Paving To Include Rubber
City officials announce rubber will be added to Exchange Street resurfacing mix. Rubber asphalt is expected to improve waterproofing and longevity of the street surface.
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Akron
Exchange St
IsraelOrdered To Readmit Arab Refugees Amid Refugee Crisis
Count Folke Bernadotte demands Israel readmit Arab refugees to three villages and rebuild their destroyed homes. He states about 8000 Arabs were driven out and their houses smashed, violating the truce.
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Rhodes
Folke Bernadotte
Israel
Cats will have happy old age in Michigan will
Minnie Elizabeth Barron left $5867 in her will to fund care for her two cats Ma-Cat and Yellow Boy. Probate Judge Malcolm Hatfield ordered the money to go to her sister Mabel Barron Fischer of Columbus, Ohio, to ensure the cats a happy prosperous old age. The Niles spinster died February 16.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Minnie Elizabeth Barron
Malcolm Hatfield
Mabel Barron Fischer
Columbus
Ohio
Ma-Cat
Niles
Jets Crash Claim Two U S F-80 Pilots
Two U S F-80 jets crashed near Kaufbeuren Germany while en route to England for Battle of Britain Day. A third F-80 is missing as U S Air Force reports. All three took off from Fuerstenfeldbruck in Bavaria with eight jets. five landed safely at Manston England.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Kaufbeuren
England
Britain
U. S. Air Force
Fuerstenfeldbruck
Bavaria
Manston, Eng
Musicians Face Drug Charges in Akron Band
Akron police scheduled a hearing for two saxophonists from Alvino Rey's dance band Joseph Maini 18 and Sidney S Greenwell 24 charged with illegal possession of narcotics. Officers found eight marijuana cigarettes and four hypodermic needles in a hotel room where they were with a blond girl who was released.
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Akron
Alvino Rey
Joseph Maini
Sidney S. Greenwell
Stephen J. McGowan
Maini
Greenwell
Six Die in Army Plane Crash Near New Orleans Airport
Six men were killed when a crippled Army training plane crashed and burned a half mile from the airport as it attempted to land. The incident occurred yesterday near New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Snake Handling Exhibit Draws Officials in Kentucky
In Harlan Kentucky a law officer watched as a religious sect held another snake handling exhibition on the Cumberland mountain near the Kentucky Virginia line. Leaders wrapped black rattlers yellow snakes and copperheads around their necks during hymns. State law bans snake handling in religious services.
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Harlan
Cumberland
Virginia
Here
Pershing Park Dedicated in Missouri Memory
Laclede Missouri dedicated a 1850 acre park in memory of General John J. Pershing yesterday. The ceremony honored the World War I general with the new public space named for him and located in the state.
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Pershing Park
Laclede
John J. Pershing
Truman Supporters Eye Texas Bloc of 23 Votes
The Truman camp seeks Texas 23 electoral votes to blunt a Dixie revolt and keep his ticket on ballots. States Rights backers push to seize party machinery at Texas convention while Louisiana threats loom and legal action is threatened by the Democratic national committee.
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Truman
Texas
Washington
Dixie State
States Rights
States Rights Party
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Truman- Barkley
Louisiana
Democratic National Committee
William Primm Jr
National
J. Howard McGrath
Louisiana Action
National Committee
Mr. Truman
McGrath
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
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