Democrats Gather in Columbus for State Convention
Democratic delegates from across Ohio gather in Columbus to open the state platform convention. 25 Truman elector candidates are chosen, with Mayor Thomas Burke to deliver the keynote. Friday features former Gov. Lausche and others. preparations led by Michael Disalle.
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Columbus
Truman
Neil House
Thomas A. Burke
Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Michael V. Disalle
Toledo
Frank J. Lausche
Michael J. Kirwan
Youngstown
National Congressional Campaign Committee
Kirwan
James W. Shacknessy
Eugene H. Hanhart
Albert A. Horstman
Dayton
Daniels Trial Witnesses Recall Family Statements
Pearl Loper and other Daniels relatives testified about his mental state after accidents and described his behavior around the time of the Niebel family murders. Robert Murl Daniels, on trial in Mansfield, denied planning the killings though admitting involvement in kidnappings with John West and revealing memories under cross examination.
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Pearl Loper
Chauncey
Robert Muir Daniels
Mansfield
Associated Press
Lillian Simms
Daniels
Joseph M. Daniels
Columbus
Helen Fisk
Bellaire
Loper
John West
West
Murl
Beam
Robert Murl Daniels
Niebel
L. H. Beam
Theodore Lutz
Mansfield Reformatory
John E. Niebel
Reformatory Farm
Noranda
Phyllis
Dane Iels
van Wert
Harris
Red Harris
Mr. Niebel
Roy Shaffer
van Wert County
Lutz
Flora
Ill
St. Louis
John C. West
Parkersburg
W. Va
Strike Wave Strikes France Industries Across Nation
A wave of strikes hits France touching aviation, automobile and steel sectors after demonstrations that injured more than 100 police and 30 workers. Air France ground crews disable flights at Le Bourget and Orly, with Renault and Peugeot plants idled. Communist led actions heighten tension as non Communist leaders face Reds pressure. Production halted at Renault affecting about 35,000 workers and 12,000 idle at Peugeot, with Citroen potential spread feared.
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Paris
France
le Bourget
Orly
Air France
Renault Auto
Peugeot Auto Factory
Citroen Auto
Locker Room Fire at Kirtland Country Club
Fire erupted early today in the three story locker room guest house of the Kirtland Country Club in Willoughby area. Fire crews from Kirtland and Willoughby kept flames from reaching the main clubhouse 300 feet away. Club officials estimated the damage at about $100 000 for structure and contents.
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Willoughby
Kirtland Country Club
Kirtland Township
Kirtland
Polio Wave Sees 20th Patient Hospitalized in De Fianc e County
Marlene Rockleman a six year old girl marked for hospital admission as De Fi ance County endures a new surge in polio cases the 20th patient hospitalized today amid ongoing health concerns in the region.
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Defiance
Marlene Rockleman
Defiance County
Three Policemen Stoned By 150 German Youths
Berlin report says about 150 German youths stoned three police in the Russian sector. It is the third such attack in weeks with one Berliner killed and over 20 wounded in prior incidents. Authorities say the youths were incited by older people and that a drunken man was arrested with 15 youths. A former Berlin official, Curt Mueckenberger, faced a secret Soviet court amid four power disputes.
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Berlin
Curt Mueckenberger
Mueckenberger
Ohio GOP Reception Set For Warren
Ohio Republicans announce plans for a state convention events with Gov Earl Warren of California as principal speaker at the Union Depot. Warren will arrive by train between 3 30 and 4 pm and share the platform with Gov Thomas J Herbert. Taft will be the afternoon speaker and a parade is planned from the station to Broad and High Streets. Warren heads to Warren with his wife daughter Virginia and Sen Knowland among attendees.
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Columbus
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Union Depot
Fred Johnson
Warren
Thomas J. Herbert
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Virginia
William A. Knowland
Seven Die in Inglewood Camp Fire After Tank Farm Blast
Inglewood California seven residents died from burns after a Basin Oil Company tank farm explosion sent flames over a trailer camp. Twelve of sixteen tanks exploded. seven trailers were destroyed and seven more residents were burned but survived with lesser injuries.
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Inglewood
Calif
Basin Oil Company
Ohio University anticipates near record freshman class
Enrollment forecasts point to about 5400 students on campus with roughly 1350 freshmen during Freshman Week. Transfers from branch schools total over 100, and branch enrollment may reach around 850. Final figures hinge on late registrations and Saturday deadlines.
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Ohio University
Robert E. Mahn
Frank B. Dilley
Dilley
Chillicothe
Portsmouth
Zanesville
George W. Starcher
University College For
Mahn
A. C. Gubitz
Phone Strike Negotiator Sees Accord
In New York a federal mediator and negotiators from the CIO Association of Communication Equipment Workers and Western Electric planned to resume talks as hopes rose for averting a nationwide strike by about 25 000 workers. Other labor actions included a two-week longshoremen strike on the West Coast and ongoing talks in San Francisco and New York City.
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New York
CIO
CIO Association of Communication Equipment Workers
Western Electric Company
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Hugh E. Sheridan
New York City
AFL
Sheridan
Actress Rita Johnson in Coma After Brain Injury
Hollywood reports actress Rita Johnson remains in a coma on day ten at St. Vincent's Hospital. Her physician Dr. Lee Siegel declined to comment on recovery chances after an operation removed a brain clot. Police believe the injury occurred when a hair dryer fell during preparations for a cocktail party.
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Hollywood
Rita Johnson
St. Vincent's Hospital
Lee Siegel
Miss Johnson
Archaeologists Probe Gravel Knoll Skeletons Near West Jefferson
Ohio researchers study nine skeletons unearthed in a Madison County gravel pit along G. W. Putnam’s farm ten miles northwest of West Jefferson. The Gravel Knoll Indians inhabited parts of Ohio Michigan and Indiana between 500 and 900 A.D. Two pipes and a bone awl were found with the remains.
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Columbus
Madison County
State Archaeological and Historical Society
G. W. Putnam
West
Jefferson
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio Ballon Ascension Reported as Second Highest Altitude
A weather balloon launched from Clinton County Air Force Base in Wilmington Ohio rose about 21 miles, described by the Air Force as the second highest ascent. A White Sands New Mexico balloon reached nearly 23 miles in altitude.
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Washington
Clinton County Air Force Base
Wilmington
Ohio
Air Force
White Sands
N.M
Weather Pattern Persists in Athens With Warm Days
Warm afternoons and cool nights continued in Athens as the temperature reached 82 degrees yesterday per weather observer Mrs. C. N. France. Last night’s low was 50 degrees, and the Hocking River reportedly stood at 2.73 feet.
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Athens
C. N. France
Hocking River
Stops Added Stadium Plans Are Swageed
President Truman and Gov. Dewey set new stop dates as they finalize cross country campaign plans. Truman tours Texas on the way back from the Pacific Coast, then Missouri Illinois Kentucky and West Virginia. Dewey plans Montana Idaho and Wyoming en route to Albany. Both to speak in Los Angeles a day apart with a dispute over venue at Gilmore Stadium.
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New York
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Texas
Pacific Coast
Washington
Missouri
Illinois
Kentucky
West Virginia
Dewey
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Albany
Los Angeles
George Luckey
Truman-Barkley
Gilmore Stadium
J. Howard McGrath
GOP
unAmerican
McGrath
Twelve Crewmen Rescued From Stricken Leicester
Coast Guard reports twelve crewmen rescued from the British steamer Leicester, a 7,266 ton vessel abandoned in mid Atlantic about 400 miles southwest of Cape Race. The Leicester had a 42 man crew. fate of the rest uncertain as a mid Atlantic hurricane path looms. An unconfirmed report says the Portuguese schooner Gaspar remains afloat about 300 miles off Newfoundland.
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New York
mid-Atlantic
Coast Guard
Weather Bureau
Washington
Gaspar
Newfoundland
L A Official Charged With Neglect of Duty
Robert C. Alexander assistant chief of the visa division is charged with misconduct and neglect of duty for disagreeing with Secretary of State Marshall over admitting Communists via the United Nations. Officials say this is the first step in possible disciplinary action including dismissal.
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Washington
Robert C. Alexander
Visa
Marshall
United Nations
Rubinoff Son-in-Law Dies in Apartment Fire
Robert R. Klaman aged 34, son-in-law of violinist Dave Rubinoff, died in an early morning Beechwood apartment fire in Pittsburgh. His wife Ruby Rubinoff, 29, escaped with minor burns and was reported near collapse from shock. neighbors say Klaman was trapped while trying to combat the flames in the living room.
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Pittsburgh
Robert R. Klaman
Dave Rubinoff
Beechwood
Ruby Rubinoff
Klaman
Added Thrill At Reading Fair Ferris Wheel Breaks Down
Twenty four ferris wheel riders at the Reading Fair were stranded for two hours when a drive belt tore. Firefighters used a hook and ladder to remove all passengers, as operators chose not to tamper with the wheel while people were aboard.
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Reading
Reading Fire Company
Defense Seen Starting In Dan Hartinger Trial
Dana Peoples, prosecuting attorney, said the state will rest today and the defense will begin testimony this afternoon in the Dan C. Hartinger Meigs commissioner trial. Three witnesses testified about 1942 county equipment and lumber used for a hotbed, with Manuel a carpenter recounting details of the project and removal of the planks.
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Heaton
Manuel
Norris
Hartinger
C. A. Tilton
Youth Killed While Hunting in Ohio Scarce Squirrels Claim Victims
Ohio reports multiple hunting accidents with Norman Brown 19 of Frankfort killed when a gun discharged during a raccoon chase. Wilbur Drumm 16 wounded. nearby incidents include Lawrence Garrett 36 hit in Lorain by a friend and Eugene Firment 15 struck by a stray rifle shot. Associate state forester Wells warns of damaging fires as squirrel season begins amid dry woods.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ross County
Norman Brown
Frankfort
Corone R. E. Oliver
Brown
Wilbur Drumm
Drumm
Medina
Lawrence N. Garrett
Cleveland
Garrett
Lorain County
Eugene Firment
James D. Wells
Akron
Ohio Forestry Association
Typhoon Hits Near Tokyo Strikes 10 Prefectures
Typhoon lashed ten central Honshu prefectures with winds to 60 mph east of Tokyo. At least two dead three injured and 23 missing as torrential rains flooded areas north and west of the capital. Rivers rose threatening homes and rice crops while residents fled. vessels flung about the harbor were pictured near Shimizu as the freighter Governor Bibbs loaded explosive cargo.
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Tokyo
Honshu
Shimizu
Here
Legal barrier removed elopement wedding in Georgia
Polo player Francis Hitchcock 39 and Stephany Saja 23 from Pennsylvania wed in a surprise elopement at Folkston Georgia. They honeymooned after a Gretna Green ceremony. a divorce decree for Hitchcock's second wife Marie Grammer Hitchcock was granted Tuesday in West Palm Beach Florida.
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Folkston
Francis Hitchcock
Stephany Saja
Pennsylvania
South
Georgia
Gretna Green
West Palm Beach
Fla
Marie Grammer Hitchcock
Ex-Candidate Dies After Half-Mile Walk
Willis Woehrle Metcalf 50 prominent Ohio Democrat and former candidate for Ohio Supreme Court judge died of a heart attack last night after walking a half mile when his car ran out of gas. He collapsed at a filling station after asking the attendant to carry a can of gasoline back to his car. Metcalf was a former assistant attorney general assigned to the State Utilities Commission.
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Columbus
Willis Woehrle
Metcalf
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
State Utilities Commission
Russian spokesman denies MacArthur HQ used as slave labor
In Tokyo a Russian spokesman today rejected claims that General MacArthur's headquarters used POWs as slave labor and that Japanese prisoners of war were conscripted by Soviets.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Liquor Chief Plans Renewed Drive on Slots
State Liquor Director Dale Dunifon announced a renewed statewide campaign against slot machines at liquor permit locations. He asked Internal Revenue to supply lists of U S permit holders and other payoffs devices operators. In Columbus 1151 licensed slots exist across 28 counties with notable clusters in Muskingum Scioto Lawrence Perry and Ross counties.
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Columbus
Dale Dunifon
Dunifon
Internal Revenue
U. S
Harry F. Busey
Muskingum
Scioto
Lawrence
Perry
Ross
Athens
Vinton
Gallia
Pickaway
Jackson
Meigs
Indian troops set to govern Hyderabad as advance nears
New Delhi announced two provincial officials will act as joint civil administrators of Hyderabad as Indian forces, already deep inside the state, push toward the capital. Military communiques say spearheads from east and west are within about 125 miles of Hyderabad.
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New Delhi
India
Hyderabad
Meat Firms Face Suit by Justice Department
The Justice Department filed a civil anti trust suit in Chicago against the Big Four meat packers Swift and Armour Cudahy and Wilson charging suppression of competition in meat sales. The suit aims to divide the defendants into 14 separate competing companies with Swift and Armour into five each and Cudahy and Wilson into two each.
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Washington
Justice Department
Chicago
Swift and Company
Armour and Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Wilson and Company, Inc
Clark
Swift and Armour
Cudahy and
Wilson
Department of Justice
Meigs Permit Rejected by State Liquor Division
Applications rejected today by the permit division of the Ohio Department of Liquor Control include Hollie E. Green at 102 East Main Street Pomeroy for beer and wine. Objection by police cited not bona fide restaurant and examiner did not recommend.
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Columbts
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Hollie E. Green
Main St
Pomeroy
Foundation Establishes State Polio Fund Group
Nationwide polio relief moves to a state pool in Ohio. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announces a statewide emergency fund committee to gather surplus chapter money from Ohio chapters to support the present financial emergency.
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Columbus
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
National Foundation
Lewis Unopposed for Re election in United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis has been nominated without opposition for re election to the presidency of the United Mine Workers, according to the union. The report notes Lewis faces no challenger as ballots are prepared for the upcoming vote.
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CIO Oil
Standard Oil
Richmond
Chaunceyv
Johnny
Nicbels
Dansiels
Ringside
Seneca County
James C. Smith
Tiffin
Orville Taylor
Franklin County
Earl Ambrose
L.A
Rubinoff
Dan Hartinger
Liquor Chief
HOUSE
Steve Nelson
Nelson
Pennsyl
Vania
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