Eisler case widens as Messer smith to testify on pressure claim
House Un American Activities panel shifts focus from Roosevelt-Welles letters to new evidence about pressure behind Hans Eisler's stay in the United States. George S. Messer smith, former ambassador, to testify on visa immunity and alleged high level influence. Eisler, 54, a German born songwriter, had entered in 1940 and later earned citizenship papers. Mrs. Roosevelt's 1939-40 correspondence noted Eisler's non communist stance and routine referrals.
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Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Eleanor Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
Hans Eisler
United States
George S. Messersmith
Argentina
Eisler
Hollywood
Robert E. Stripling
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
State Department
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Mexico
Communist Party
Comintern
Stalin
Russia
Roosevelt
Sumner
Lake Success
N. Y
Truman urges food saving as Europe seeks aid
President Truman asked Americans to save food for Europe and outlined plans for possible emergency Congress action. He announced a citizen food committee led by Charles Lucke man and said study and cautious action will guide the Marshall plan efforts while Congress may be recalled for an aid vote.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Congress
Paris
Whbch
Agriculture Anderson
Marshall
Commerce Harriman
Cabinet
Special Citizens Food Committee
Charles Luckeman
Lever Brothers
Cambridge
Mass
Radio DJ Nicholson Weds Heiress While Probers Probe Ex Wife
In San Francisco Frank Nicholson the KSFO DJ known as Ro deo Roy honeymooned with heiress Ann Cooper Hewitt as investigators press on over the death of his former wife Gertrude Nicholson. An autopsy could not determine the cause while a preliminary coroner report cited an overdose of headache tablets.
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Ann Cooper Hewitt
Frank Nicholson
San Francisco
Roy
Sacramento
Calif
Nicholson
Miss Hewitt
NEA
Frank
Rodeo Roy) Nicholson
KSFO
Buck’ Smith
Gertrude Nicholson
CIO Unions Charged With Law Violation In NLRB Petitions
Two Cleveland area workers filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board alleging the Brew ery Workers Union and The Brewing Corp. of America violated job protection rights under Taft Hartley. Charles Doehring, 30, was rehired after claiming layoff tied to union activity, while Marion Symington of Swanton challenged a union suspension affecting future employment. NLRB regional director M S Ryder said an investigation is underway.
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Cleveland
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Charles Doehring
The
Brewing Corp. of America
CIO Brewery Workers Union
Doehring
AFL Teamsters Union
Marion A. Symington
Swanton
Clio-United Auto Workers
Toledo
Brewery Workers Union
Melvin Schultz
Symington
Mechanics Educational Society of America
UAW
NLRB
M. S. Ryder
Better Military Justice Heard At Bar Session
The American Bar Association debated proposals to improve military justice and urged the Veterans Administration to employ lawyers for all its legal work at a full ABA assembly. Bar committees reported practices undermining public trust in courts martial and called for reforms. Associate Justice Harold H. Burton stressed the independence of the judiciary. J. C. McRuer urged Canada and the United States bars to unite for a temple of justice in international disputes.
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Cleveland
American Bar Association
Veterans Administration
ABA
Bar Association
United States
Harold H. Burton
Supreme Court
J. C. McRuer
Ontario
Part of Arsenal Area Leased to Farmers
In Ravenna Ohio five plots totaling 560 acres have been leased to farmers under a government land usage program, announced today by Lt. Col. Anthony Fleming, arsenal engineer.
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Ravenna
Ravenna Arsenal
Anthony Fleming
Arsenal
Highest Mason Honor Goes to Gov. Herbert
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert, named a 33rd degree Mason, received the honor at the Northern Jurisdiction ceremony, with the one year waiting period waived. Other honorees included Harry W. de Bruin and son Walter E. de Bruin, plus Ohio figures James Garfield Stewart, Raymond Younger, and Robert A. Stranahan. Donal Crist of Canton was elected active representative for Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Supreme Council
Herbert
Council
Harry W. de Bruin
Columbus
Walter E. de Bruin
Akron
Ohio Supreme Court
James Garfield Stewart
Raymond Younger
Celina
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Robert A. Stranahan
Toledo
Donal Crist
Canton
Grand Lodge of
Knife Found Near Stabbing in Chicago Parking Lot
A blood-stained hunting knife with a six and a quarter inch blade was found nine blocks from the site where Mrs. Gracelyn A. Bush, 32, was fatally stabbed in the heart in a South Side parking lot. Police examined the weapon for fingerprints as detectives search for the slayer.
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Chicago
South Side
Crime Detection Laboratory
Gracelyn A. Bush
Hiker Slugs Driver Then Flees in Car Near Coshocton
New Philadelphia district reports a hitchhiker slugged Clarence P. Conner 39 of Columbus and fled in his car on Route 21. State patrol later found the vehicle abandoned near Coshocton.
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New Philadelphia
Clarence P. Conner
Columbus
Route 21
State Highway Patrol
Coshocton
Marion Duane Herron 15 Dies In Saturday Night Crash
Duane Herron of Marion died today raising the traffic accident death toll to four from Saturday night. The boy, aged 15, was among those injured in the same crash.
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Marion
Duane
Herron
Ship Collision Claims Two Lives in St. Lawrence River
In MASSENA New York two crewmen died and ten were injured when a coal ship the Milverton collided with the oil tanker Translake off Iroquois Ontario. The Milverton burned after oil spilled over its bow and ten crewmen remained unaccounted for. The Translake reported all its 22 aboard safe.
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Massena
N.Y
St. Lawrence River
Milverton
Translake
William Goldworthy
Verdun
Que
William Robertson
Toronto
Ogdensburg
N. Y
F. Dobson
Montreal
Iroquois
Ont
L. E. Pain
Businessmen Testify On Price Rise At Midcontinent Hearing
Cleveland witnesses at a midcontinent congressional subcommittee hearing urged action on soaring prices. Co G Frantz Apex Electric Co F C Lewman Richman Brothers Co Louis Bing Bing Co and Jay D Runkle Crowley Milner addressed consumer and labor arguments alongside earlier testimony from unions and officials. Senator Sparkman warned price rollback to prewar levels is unlikely.
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Cleveland
Co. G. Frantz
Apex Electric Co
F. C. Lewman
Richman Brothers Co
Louis S. Bing
Bing Co
Jay D. Runkle
Crowley, Milner and Co
Detroit
U. S
John J. Sparkman
Ala
Jury To Visit Death Yacht On Balboa Beach
In Santa Ana California Louise Overell and George Gollum face murder charges for the deaths of her parents Walter and Mary Overell aboard a yacht. The jury plans a visit to the yacht at Balboa to inspect the vessel. The defense sought to show a calf carcass explosion but was blocked by prosecutor Eugene Williams. A separate notice states Sandusky has let a contract to build WLEC radio station, 1450 kilocycles, with broadcasts set around November 15.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Louise Overell
George Gollum
Balboa
Walter E. Overell
Eugene Williams
WLEC
Sandusky
U S Balkans Proposal Aims to Back Truman Doctrine in Greece
The United States shapes a UN draft to create a large border-monitoring commission for Greece with Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria to deter alleged communist aggression while Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt assists American member Warren Austin against Russian opposition. Britain Palestine Pakistan and Trieste developments also loom as UN activity presses on.
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United States
Balkans
United Nations
Greece
Marshall
UN Assembly
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
Poli
Assembly
E.S.T
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren Austin
Lake Success
Britain
UN Committee On
Palestine
Pakistan
India
Russia
Security Council
Trieste
NLRB Sets Union Reports Due October 31
The NLRB grants unions until October 31 to certify they have provided members with Taft Hartley financial statements. Unions failing to file may lose standing and face dismissal of pending cases or bar new filings. The Machinists Union must publish its financial report in its October magazine.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Machinists’ Union
AFL
CIO
Machinists
Parking Meter Action Ends 16 Month Battle
Between 300 and 475 parking meters will be installed in EAST LIVERPOOL within 30 days. Mayor O Earl Greenwalt announced after signing legislation fixing meter locations ending a 16 month battle over their installation.
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East Liverpool
O. Earl Greenwalt
Gambler Receives Suspended Sentences in Bucyrus Case
Common Pleas Judge Ralph Sugrue suspended three 30 day workhouse terms for Augustus P Topper of Bucyrus after guilty pleas to gambling charges. Fines totaling 1500 dollars were levied for exhibiting a craps table and a slot machine.
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Tiffin
Common Pleas
Ralph Sugrue
Augustus P. Topper
Bucyrus
Polio cases in Cincinnati rise to 115 this year
The Cincinnati health department reports 115 polio cases so far this year, nearly double the 62 recorded by the same time last year. Four new cases yesterday increased the total from 111 to 115.
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Cincy Health Dept
Cincinnati
Poland bids UN membership for five former enemies
Poland formally proposed in Lake Success that the Security Council grant blanket approval to Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland for United Nations membership. The move followed urging from the US and Britain to admit Italy while opposition persisted toward the other four. Argentina also proposed General Assembly admission for Ireland Portugal and Transjordan wartime neutrals despite Soviet vetoes.
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Lake Success
Poland
Security Council
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
United Nations
Zygmunt Modzelewski
Herschell Y. Johnson
U. S
Alexander Cadogan
Brition
Argentina
General Assembly
Ireland
Portugal
Transjordan
Gromyko
Council
Student Pilot Probed On Low Flying Charge
Franklin County Probation Department investigates 21 year old Columbus student pilot Lee E Gilbert after he pleaded guilty to violating a Civil Aeronautics Board ruling by flying too low His light plane crashed in Upper Arlington on August 20 He is the first person prosecuted under Ohio new air traffic code.
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Columbus
Franklin County Probation Department
Lee E. Gilbert
Civilian Aeronautics Board
Upper Arlington
Gilbert
Ohio
Wife of college head dies at East Lansing
Mrs Mary Travis Shaw 82 wife of President Emeritus Robert S Shaw of Michigan State College died last night in East Lansing.
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East Lansing
Mich
Mary Travis Shaw
Robert S. Shaw
Michigan State College
Heavy Rains Hit Southeast As Storm Diminishes
The tropical storm moved northeast across the Carolinas as frost appeared in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Heavy rainfall flooded parts of the Carolinas and Virginia with Greensboro North Carolina recording over seven inches, while lighter rain extended to Southern New England. Cool air spread to Northern Illinois and Northern Indiana, with lows around 25 in Duluth.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Midwest
Carolina
Virginia
Greensboro
N.C
New England
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio River Valley
Duluth
Minn
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Ex Personnel Head Dies Canton
Samuel W Holiday aged 60, former personnel director of Republic Steel Corp south division plant, died yesterday of a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Samuel W. Holliday
Republic Steel Corp
South Division
Life Sentences for Two American Soldiers in Japan
Two U S soldiers Sgt Archie L Tackett of Corsicana Texas and Pvt James Barber of New Marshfield were retried and sentenced to life imprisonment for criminal assault in Sendai Japan The verdict was reviewed after Maj Gen Joseph M Swing commander of the 11th Airborne Division dissented from the first trial verdict awaiting further review.
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Sendai
Japan
Archie L. Tackett
Corsicana
Texas
James Barber
New Marshfield
674Th Parachute Field Artillery
Joseph M. Swing
11Th Airborne Division
Taft Seeks Middle Ground On Foreign Policy
Senator Taft told Washington state Republicans he sits in the middle on foreign policy, opposing both isolationist and internationalist extremes. He hinted at continued aid to Europe for possibly three years. Meanwhile wife Martha Taft delivered a sharp speech at a Republican women’s meeting urging efforts against her husband’s opponents in 1948.
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Seattle
Taft
Ohio
Tacoma
Martha Taft
Vandenberg
Rmich
Washington State
Seattle Bar Association
Europe
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