Lausche Emerges Center of Ohio Democrats Victory Plan
Ohio Democrats at the state convention pinned hopes on former Gov. Frank Lausche. Cleveland Mayor Thomas A. Burke touted Lausche as their main guberatorial driver, faulting Republicans and signaling a platform built around taxation reform, farmers’ aid, labor gains, school funding, and state government economy.
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Columbus
Ohio
Democrats
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Thomas A. Burke
Lausche
Truman
Burke
U.S. Senate
Thomas J. Herbert
Corrigan
Frank Lausche
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Michael V. Disalle
Toledo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert
Michael J. Kirwan
Youngstown
National Congressional Committee
Warren Begins Campaign Pleads for National Unity
Gov Earl Warren, Republican VP candidate, outlined a unity focused 1948 campaign in Salt Lake City. He argued both parties hold good Americans and urged a two party system free of prejudice to meet a world of fear and preserve national leadership.
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Pueblo
Colo
Earl Warren
Salt Lake City
South High School
Warren
America
Jury Probe Extends in Fairfield County Gambling Inquiry
The Fairfield County Grand Jury in Lancaster continues hearing witnesses in a probe linked to stolen meat purchases and gambling rumors. Six witnesses testified yesterday including Les Ealy of Columbus and Lancaster Police Capt. Lawrence F. Bauer. Eight more are expected to be questioned as the nine day inquiry expands beyond the original meat theft indictments.
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Lancaster
Fairfield County Grand Jury
Les Ealy
Columbus
Lawrence F. Bauer
Grand Jury
Fairfield County
Newspaper Executives Deny Countess Charge in Will Case
Washington events unfold as Countess Felicia Gizyecka seeks court appointment for estate of Charles B. Porter, ex Washington Times-Herald official who died by hotel fall. The countess contests the will of Eleanor Medill Patterson, publisher, while three executives deny she was of sound mind.
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Washington
Felicia Gizyecka
Charles B. Porter
Washington Times-Herald
Eleanor Medill Patterson
Times- Herald
Storm blows out of New York area hurricane loses strength
North Atlantic hurricane that troubled shipping and buffeted Bermuda has weakened and is now a normal severe storm located south of Iceland.
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New York
Bermuda
Iceland
Buchenwald Commandant’s Widow Sentencing Trimmed
In Frankfurt U S officials said Herta Koch widow of the Buchenwald camp commandant had her life sentence cut to four years. Gen Lucius D Clay American commander in Germany commuted the penalty citing insufficient evidence on all charges.
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Frankfurt
U. S
Hse Koch
Buchenwald
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
FBI Chief Hoover Ill in Washington
J Edgar Hoover head of the FBI has been ill for the past few days in Washington.
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FBI
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Truman Starts Second Swing Of Campaign
President Truman launches the second phase of a broad campaign tour covering 18 of 21 states on a 9500 mile presidential train route. He plans more than 100 speeches before returning to Washington on October 2 as Dewey prepares a Des Moines address and farm editor discussions on agricultural issues.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Florida
Pacific Coast
Dexter
Nizam Orders Cease Fire After Delhi Invasion
The Nizam of Hyderabad ordered a cease fire four days after Indian troops crossed into his princely state. Indian forces invaded at 4 a.m. Monday to restore order and the cease fire took effect at 5 p.m. Indian time. The Moslem ruler Gen. Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan governs a Hindu state of 16 million. The troops neared central Hyderabad when the cease fire was announced.
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New Delhi
Hyderabad
Mir Osman Ali Khan
Brazen Play Says Ferguson Brazen Play Says Ferguson
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson accuses Governor Thomas J. Herbert of using soldiers bonus payments for political publicity. He cites a ceremony in Columbus where Herbert presented the 500000th bonus check to veteran Vaughn F. Mushrush and vows to seek a motion to bar officials from personally presenting checks. Ferguson and Herbert, both seeking reelection, trade charges.
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Columbus
Thomas J.herbert
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Herbert
Vaughn F. Mushrush
Sinking Fund Commission
Commission
79 Men Rescued From Crippled Ships By Coast Guard Bible
Portuguese sailors kissed the deck after being rescued by the Coast Guard cutter Bible in a hurricane swept North Atlantic. The Bible saved 40 from the Gaspar and planes aided the operation. Separately, 39 from the British freighter Leicester were saved by the American freighter Cecil N Bean and the Argentine Tropero. Six of the Leicester crew are believed lost.
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New York
North Atlantic
Coast Guard
Bible
Leicester
Donald G. Jacobs
Bibb
Navy
Bermuda
State Demands Death Penalty in Daniels Triple Slaying Case
Mansfield Ohio AP report on the death penalty request for Robert Murl Daniels in the Niebel family killings. Defense attorney L H Beam claims facts are distorted and urges sanity defense and life in asylum. Trial hinges on premeditation and sanity standards.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Robert Daniels
John Niebel
Beam
Daniels
Robert Ross
Niebel
Ross
Lydon Beam
Six on a Bike Triggered St. Boniface Police Blitz
In St. Boniface police launched a crackdown on bicycle violations after discovering six cyclists riding on a single bicycle. The unusual incident spurred the enforcement action and warnings to riders to obey traffic rules.
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ST. Boniface
Man
Hartinger Testifies Lumber Embezzlement Charge Defense
POMEROY Dan Hartinger county commissioner testified he took county lumber for use at his Letart Falls home and later returned it in good condition. He said he paid for planing and labor and was cross examined by state lawyers as character witnesses followed before noon.
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Pomeroy
Dan _ Hartinger
Hartinger
Pomeroy Cement Block Co
Letart Falls
Charles Fogle
Marietta
Fogle
Portland Community Club
Boys Blamed For Blaze In Columbus Bottling Plant Fire
In Columbus a $200000 three alarm blaze leveled a bottling plant housing Brooks Bottling Co and Cemco Manufacturing Co. Three boys aged six seven and 15 faced burglary and arson charges after a taxi driver reported seeing them flee. The arson chief said the eldest admitted lighting a cigarette in the boiler room and tossing a match.
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Columbus
Brooks Bottling Co
Cemco Manufacturing Co
Samuel T. Sides
Cecil W. Stevenson
Juvenile Bureau
Ohioan Among four Recalled
The State Department said four members of the American legation staff in Bucharest were recalled at Romania's demand over alleged photographs in a forbidden zone. The United States rejected the charge and named Wayne Fisher of Glidden Iowa Paul Green of Newark Ohio Ruth Garr of San Francisco and Peggy Maggard of Kansas City Missouri as the recalled staffers.
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Washington
State Department
Legation
Bucharest
Romania
United States
Wayne Fisher
Glidden
Iowa
Paul Green
Newark
French Auto Workers Return After Communist-led Strikes
About 90 percent of Renault factory workers returned to their jobs after a two day strike wave led by communists. In metal industries 300 000 to 400 000 workers demonstrated yesterday but shops opened today. Dock workers in Brest and Sete quit last night and today.
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Paris
Renault Automobile
Brest
Sete
Marseille
Anti-Freeze Explosion Fatal to Canton Boy 12
Richard Lee Alspaugh, 12, son of Mr and Mrs Lee Alspaugh, died from burns suffered in an explosion on September 1 while playing in his father’s garage. It is believed he struck a match near an open can of antifreeze solution in Canton.
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Canton
Richard Lee Alspaugh
Lee Alspaugh
Tragedy Strikes Switchman James Kincaid
Cincinnati reports 55 year old James Kincaid a railroad switchman was struck by a freight train yesterday and killed. The incident occurred near the yard where the worker was employed. Police and railroad officials are investigating the fatal accident.
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Cincinnati
James Kincaid
Floods Kill and Displace Hundreds in Ichinoseki City
Kyodo News lists 800 to 2000 dead or missing after a typhoon flooded Ichinoseki 60 miles north of Sendai. Allied HQ cites 800. rains deluged the city with two feet of water. 500 homes washed away 1,600 flooded. eight more dead and 24 missing across 10 prefectures. Rice crop reportedly largely undamaged.
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Tokyo
Ichinoseki
Sendai
Kyodo
Morioka
Iwate Prefecture
Army Hired. Workers Load Two Transports
San Francisco reports workers hired by the Army were loading two Army transports despite union pickets. A private firm considered taking over the military cargo job with union labor in struck Pacific Coast ports and would handle cargoes from Seattle, but was undecided about San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Los Angeles
Injured Screen Star Rita Johnson Shows Recovery Signs
Hollywood report says actress Rita Johnson after ten days shows signs of waking from a coma. Dr Lee Siegel notes she heard words yesterday and tried to respond when asked to raise her hand though speaking remained impossible and her condition stayed critical. Johnson suffered severe brain injuries after an incident in her apartment on September 6 involving a hair dryer.
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Hollywood
Rita Johnson
Lee Siegel
Miss Johnson
Extended Forecast for Columbus Area Ups and Downs
Temperatures will run 6 to 10 degrees above normal with highs near 69 to 73 and lows around 51 to 53. Expect a warm weekend into Monday with a cooler turn by Tuesday or Wednesday. Precipitation remains light, generally 4 inches or less, as scattered showers and thunderstorms occur early in the week.
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Columbus
Allied Block of Red Zone Is Tightened
Western Allies tighten counter-blockade to halt east bound freight from Western Germany. Police at Helmstedt raised to 100 officers and highway points from eight to 24 as patrols reinforced at border crossings. Soviet jeeps entered American sector and SED leaders attacked Bonn constitutional plans.
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Berlin
Germany
Bstonia
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Bonn
Ruhr
Helmstedt
Bizonia
Phone Strike Averted After Wage Settlement Reached
About 25 000 telephone workers were told to stay on the job after a settlement ended a looming strike. The agreement with Western Electric, a subsidiary of AT&T, provides an average 11 cents an hour raise, or roughly $4.40 weekly, following four months of talks. Union president Ernest Weaver said previous wages averaged $1.15 an hour and $46 a week.
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New York
CIO American Communication Equipment Workers
Western Electric Company
Western Electric
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Ernest Weaver
Wage Rise for 18000 AFL Potters Across States
Joseph M. Wells of the United States Potters Association announced a 10 percent wage increase for about 18,000 AFL potters in 12 states. The raise averages roughly 13 cents per hour for members of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters.
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East Liverpool
AFL
Joseph M. Wells
United States Potters Association
AFL National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Negotiations Stall At Five Sohio Plants
Negotiations failed to progress today at five of Standard Oil Co of Ohio six strike closed plants. Only the Eastern division plant in Cleveland remained settled. Strike, begun July 8, centered on wages. Affected sites include four in Cleveland, one in Toledo and the Indianapolis plant.
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Cleveland
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Sohio
Toledo
Indianapolis
Pistol-Toting Dog Sighting Spurs Police Probe
Springfield police sought Alfred La Tourneau after he turned in a 45 calibre Army pistol said to be taken from a canine. Witnesses reported the dog carried the revolver in a small bag between its teeth, prompting several calls to authorities.
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Springfield
Mass
Alfred la Tourneau
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