U S Air Force Chief Sounds Alarm On Global Threats
Gen George C Kenney warns potential enemies have mass destruction weapons and cheap air power. He urges rapid tech gains and a strong aviation industry to keep the United States first in air power and national security. Eisenhower stresses choosing progress over destruction. Spaatz reiterates duty to spread air power faith.
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Columbus
George C. Kenney
United States
Strategic Air Command
The
Air Force Association
Kenney
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Eisenhower
Carl Spaatz
Army Air Forces
AFA
UN Assembly Opens Amid Balkan Dispute and US Soviet Rift
The 1947 United Nations Assembly begins with warnings over the Russia western powers split. Oswaldo Aranha opens the session as tensions flare over the Balkan question and Greek case vetoes. George C Marshall attends. Molotov Bevin absent.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
Russia
George C. Marshall
Oswaldo Aranha
Brazil
Palestine
United States
Balkan
Security Council
Fadhil Jamall
Iraq
United Nations
Aranha
UN Council
Flushing Meadows
Paul Henri Spaak
Belgium
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Georges Bidault
Ernest Bevin
Britain
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Bevin
London
UN Security Council
Council
Greece
Assault Fatal To Woman 34 in Middletown Case
Mrs Edna Adkins 34 of Franklin died at Middletown hospital after injuries from an assault two weeks earlier by paroled slayer Clifford Gayles 34 of Xenia Ohio. Her son Paul 10 remains under treatment. A warrant naming Gayles for assault to kill was signed by her father Howard Minges. Another alleged victim Mrs Guy Davidson of Cleveland died last week after a shooting at Xenia on Labor Day eve.
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Middletown
Edna Adkins
Franklin
Adkins
Middletown Hospital
Paul
Clifford Gayles
Xenia
Ohio
Howard Minges
Gayles
Guy Davidson
Cleveland
Nine Aboard Fortress Die in Blast and Crash
A Flying Fortress exploded over Bush River near Aberdeen Maryland killing nine of ten passengers. The lone survivor was the co pilot who parachuted to safety at Aberdeen Proving Ground after the bomber failed crash into the river during a test flight.
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Fortress
Aberdeen
Bush River
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Hurricane Alert Along Florida East Coast
The weather bureau warned the Florida East Coast from Miami northward to begin preliminary hurricane preparations. A stationary storm near the northern Bahamas lashed Abaco with 95 mph winds and flooded Green Turtle Key. The Everglades region near Lake Okeechobee was urged to prepare as the hurricane menace grows.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Florida
Palm Beach
Cape Hatteras
Grady Norton
Bahamas
Abaco Island
Green Turtle Key
Norton
Everglades
Lake Okeechobee
2280 Feared Dead Missing In Jap Flood Near Tokyo
Thousands of Japanese work to erect temporary dikes 20 miles north of Tokyo as floodwaters from a typhoon threaten Kasukabe and the eastern Tokyo plain. Unofficial counts place dead or missing at 2,280, with about 100,000 houses damaged and earlier reports citing 1,700 dead or missing.
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Tokyo
Kasukabe
Former Marshal Calls for Village Clean-Up in Darke County
Herbert S. Garey former night marshal of Union City asks Gov Herbert to clean up a Darke County village. He alleges gambling thriving and drunken driving not prosecuted. He says taverns sell liquor to minors and cites Dale Duniton state liquor commissioner who promised an investigation.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Garey
Union City
Thomas Herbert
Darke County
Garey
Dale Duniton
Body Found in Mahoning River Drowning
Firemen recovered the body of 12 year old Charles Davis who drowned Saturday in the Mahoning River near Niles confirming a fatal accident.
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Niles
Charles Davis
Mahoning River
Seven Die in Arkansas Farmhouse Fire
In Benton Arkansas seven people perished when a blaze destroyed a three room frame dwelling four miles west in the Ouachita foothills. The dead are John Whalen Wallace 45 his wife Lorene 40 and five of their six children with only Roland 11 escaping after an explosion woke him in a back room. A small liquor still ruins were found in the room where the fire started coroner J P Sims said.
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Benton
Ark
Here
Ouachita
John Whalen Wallace
Lorene
Wallace
J. P. Sims
Rolce
Sims
Sugar Stamp Suspect Seeks To Gain Freedom
Arthur Keresty of Youngstown requests release from Milan federal prison where he serves a two year term for illegal trafficking in sugar stamps. His attorney filed a motion for mitigation of the sentence in federal court yesterday.
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Cleveland
Arthur Keresty
Youngstown
Milan
Mich
Pepper and Brewster Clash Over Prices and Aid
Florida Senator Pepper claims there is little hope to curb rising living costs and predicts a new recession, blaming Congress Republicans. Maine Senator Brewster accuses the Truman food export program of inflating prices, urging production boosts and wartime controls but opposing rationing. Indiana Senator Capehart links prices to foreign aid while favoring longer workweeks.
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Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
Florida
Congress
Brewster
R-Me
Europe
Capehart
R-Ind
Indiana
GOP
Maine
Yanks Fire As Warning To Slavs
Allied military government reports American troops at a Trieste frontier outpost fired a warning burst to deter a Yugoslav crossing attempt. The incident followed Yugoslav moves to occupy treaty lands as rioting erupted around Trieste’s birth into a free territory. Lt. John C. Dwyer and T-5 Willie Smith, held since August 9 after being seized while fishing on the Isonzo, were returned to U.S. custody after the guardhouse stay.
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Trieste
Yugoslavia
New Free State of
Adriatic
Italy
Paris
Free Territory
United Nations
U.S
John C. Dwyer
Chicago
Willie Smith
Waycross
Isonzo
Morgan Line
Tolmino
Rockbridge Man Killed In Collision
Chester L. Morris 47 of Rockbridge Route 1 died at 2 15 p m Monday when his car sideswiped a truck on a curve 1 6 miles southwest of Route 33 on Route 180 State Highway Patrol Lancaster said Kenneth Crosby 26 Laurelville Route 1 was driving the opposing vehicle and was uninjured Crosby’s truck bed was damaged slightly Morris body was taken to Defenbaugh funeral home at Circleville
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Rockbridge
Chester L. Morris
State Highway Patrol
Lancaster
Morris
Kenneth Crosby
Laurelville
Crosby
Defenbaugh
Circleville
Polio Deaths Reported In Akron And Cincinnati
Akron reports its second infantile paralysis death this season a nine year old John Brock and polio cases total 272 nationwide. Cincinnati also reports polio fatalities as health officials track the outbreak.
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Akron
Cincinnati
John Brock
Polio Toll Rises in Cincinnati With 93 Cases this Year
Paul Anderson, 23, of Elmwood, died from polio as Cincinnati records seven new cases, bringing the year’s total to 93, compared with 53 by this time in 1946.
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Cincinnati
Paul Anderson
Elmwood
London Pastor Moderates Columbus Presbytery
Elder D. H. Jackson of London today led the Columbus Presbytery of 57 churches succeeding Rev. Gavin Reilly of Columbus who left to become pastor at Markham Memorial Church in St. Louis.
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Chillicothe
D. H. Jackson
London
Columbus Presbytery
Gavin Reilly
Columbus
Markham Memorial Church
St. Louis
Ohio Safety Conclave Opens in Cleveland
The ninth annual Ohio Safety Conference opens a three day meeting in Cleveland focusing on community fire prevention safety legislation traffic and highway safety and aviation safety Gov Thomas J Herbert is scheduled to speak tomorrow
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Cleveland
Thomas J. Herbert
Child Fatally Struck by Automobile in Cincinnati
Four year old Shannah Rae Davis died yesterday from injuries suffered when she was struck by an automobile on Sunday in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Shannah Rae Davis
Taft Battles Within Party Over 1948 Defeat Predictions
In Cincinnati the Ohio State Federation of Labor hears prediction that Robert Taft will be defeated when next elected. AFL President William Green labels a “holy war” to protect labor rights and urges votes against the Taft-Hartley era as he unveils soon plans. In Los Angeles Taft calls for a pure Republican fight against Truman. He argues for a two party system and outlines GOP contrasts with Democrats as Congress nears a new session.
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Cincinnati
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Ohio State Federation of Labor
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Congress
AFL
Green
San Francisco
Phil Hannah
The
State Federation
Labor
Los Angeles
Taft
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Republican Congress
Murder Charge Filed In Assault on Woman
Somerset police report Luther Williams 27 of Somerset held in Lexington on murder criminal assault armed robbery and wounding with intent to kill after Mrs Ada Hughes 51 died in a hospital. Williams signed a statement admitting he beat and robbed Hughes of $8 in her yard Sunday night.
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Somerset
Herbert Norfleet
Luther Williams
Lexington
Ada Hughes
Norfleet
Dayton Recovers Municipal Airport From War Lease
Dayton today again owns its municipal airport after five years of Army Air Forces operation. A deed ending the government lease and restoring the facility to Dayton was signed in the War Assets Administration regional office, valuing the airport at about 10 million dollars.
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Cincinnati
Dayton
Army Air Forces
The
War Assets Administration
Ohio couple killed in train collision near El Dorado
Willard Saylor and his bride Shirley Thompson Saylor both aged 26 of West Manchester Ohio died when their car stalled at a grade crossing and was struck by the Pennsylvania Railroad Spirit of St Louis eastbound train near Eldorado Preble County.
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Dayton
Willard Saylor
Shirley Thompson Saylor
West Manchester
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Spirit of St. Louis
Eldorado
Preble County
Ohio extended forecast details for Columbus
In Columbus the extended forecast calls for temperatures averaging three to six degrees below normal with a normal high of 73 and low of 53. A warming trend is expected for Wednesday and Sunday as rainfall totals reach about half to three quarters of an inch with showers forecast for Friday and Saturday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cool Weather Brings First Chill Across Large Area
Temperatures dropped into the 30s and 40s over a wide stretch from the Dakotas to the Appalachians, with Northern Minnesota, upper Michigan, and the North Dakota border among the coolest spots. Pembina North Dakota neared freezing as rain fell in the Appalachian region and northern Rockies.
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Associated Press
Dakotas
Appalachians
Louisiana
Tennessee
Georgia
Minnesota
Upper
Michigan
North Dakota
Pembina
N. D
Appalachian
Atlantic States
Rocky Mountains
Tobin Signs Red Affidavit and Seeks Board Ruling
AFL Teamsters President Daniel J. Tobin announced he signed the non-communist affidavit and argues the union is eligible to use the National Labor Relations Board services despite a contrary view by General Counsel Robert L. Denham. Denham requires affidavits from all members of the general executive council, a move blocked by John L. Lewis. Tobin is the first top CIO or AFL official to sign.
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Washington
AFL Teamsters
National Labor Relations Board
Daniel J. Tobin
The
Teamsters
Robert L. Denham
Denham
AFL
General Executive Council
John L. Lewis
Tobin
CIO
Hocking County Convict Granted Parole
Everet Ansel, sentenced from Hocking County on burglary, granted parole from London Prison Farm effective Oct 24, as reported by the Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission.
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Hocking County
Columbus
Everet Ansel
London
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Granges Set Member Peak in Ohio Statewide Membership
Ohio grange membership reached an all time high of 113,619 with a 6,356 increase in six months. State master Joseph W. Fichter named counties logging 100 plus new members since January 1 including Licking Knox Summit Stark Marion Montgomery Richland Preble Drake Miami Lawrence Huron Columbiana Coshocton Muskingum Trumbull Clark Ashtabula Greene Williams Highland Carroll and Morrow with double digit gains in each.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph W. Fichter
State Grange
Licking
Knox
Summit
Stark
Marion
Montgomery
Richland
Preble
Drake
Miami
Lawrence
Huron
Columbiana
Coshocton
Muskingum
Trumbull
Clark
Ashtabula
Greene
Williams
Highland
Carroll
Morrow
Rabbi Rabinowitz, Chicago Rabbi, Dies at 80
Rabbi Joseph Elihu Rabinowitz, an 80 year old scion of a respected rabbinic lineage, died today in Chicago from a heart ailment.
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Chicago
Joseph Elihu Rabinowitz
Gas Service Extension Banned by Ohio PUC
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission ordered an emergency ban on extending natural gas service in Ohio to conserve fuel during a likely severe winter. The rule, effective 12:01 a.m., lasts until midnight March 31, 1948, with exceptions for existing contracts and buildings near completion. A Sept. 29 hearing will consider modifications.
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Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio
Commission
Ex Gridder Marvin Larcombe Dead in Ill Health
Coroner's jury blames temporary insanity due to ill health for the death of Marvin K. Larcombe 41 formerly of Coshocton Ohio found hanged in his Chicago home. His widow Bessie Larcombe 41 testified he suffered severe headaches since head injuries in Coshocton High School football 20 years ago.
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Chicago
Marvin K. Larcombe
Coshocton
Ohio
Bessie Larcombe
Coshocton High School
Mrs Durant to Sign Bond for Release in Jewel Theft Case
Mrs Kathleen Nash Durant was to be brought from Alderson Federal Reformatory to Charleston to sign a $5,000 bond for her release from a five year Army court martial sentence for complicity in the Hesse crown jewel theft. Federal Judge Ben Moore voided the sentence, upholding Durant as a civilian at the time of arrest.
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Charleston
W.va
Kathleen Nash Durant
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
Ben Moore
WAC
Isolation of Curium Element 96 Reported
New York reports the isolation of curium, element 96, a man-made metal described as seething and glowing with radioactive intensity. It is the heaviest known element and the most violently radioactive solid ever isolated.
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New York
American Chemical Society
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