France Asks UN to End Berlin Blockade in Appeal
France urged the United Nations to end the Soviet blockade of Berlin after saying Western powers had exhausted direct talks. French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman spoke to the General Assembly as the three Western nations prepared identical notes to the UN secretary general requesting urgent action. Berlin debate in the Security Council looms this week with four power control questioned.
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France
United Nations
Berlin
Big Three
PART
Robert Schuman
General Assembly
United States
Britain
Schuman
Security Council
U.N
Trygve Lie
U. S
Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Alexander Cadogan
Cadogan
Russians Hear UN Split Possible Amid Bevin Push
Soviet press says two camps may split in the United Nations as British Secretary Bevin is seen steering toward a UN schism. Report notes Western powers appealed the Berlin crisis to the U N Security Council and that Russians have not been told of the threat of breakup.
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Moscow
United Nations
Ernest Bevin
U.N
General Assembly
Paris
U. N
Americans Claim Statements Forced in Hungary Sabotage Case
Two American oil executives expelled from Hungary said they were forced to sign statements accusing them of sabotage at a Standard Oil plant. Paul Ruedemann of Hartsdale New York and George Balmantine of St. Louis denied the charges and called the statements coercive.
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Vienna
Hungary
Standard Oil Company
N.J
Ora Lse
Paul Ruedemann
Hartsdale
N.Y
George Balnantine
St. Louis
Falling Tree Damages Chimney and Stove in Ohio Home
A tree toppled from a rock ledge during a storm and crashed through the roof of John Chevalier’s home in Long Bottom. The fallen tree knocked down a chimney which then fell onto a stove, causing damage.
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John Chevalier
NAM President Predicts Price Drop if Rearmament Surges
President Morris Ayre of the National Association of Manufacturers warns prices will fall next year unless there is terrific spending for rearmament. He cites demand and defense spending as key factors shaping inflation and industry profits.
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Cleveland
Morris Ayre
National Association of Manufacturers
Berliners Lose Faith in East Marks Amid Blockade Turmoil
Berliners report a slide in value for Soviet ostmarks as four power talks stall on lifting the Berlin blockade. Black market rates show ostmark at about 2.9 to one deutsche mark, well below the official parity. The dual currency system remains in effect since last June.
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Berlin
$2000 Theft Reported At Wallace Jewelry Store
Middleport police report jewelry valued around $2000 was stolen from Wallace Jewelry Store on N. Second Ave. Thieves forced a front door and fled between 2 and 4 am. Owner F J Wallace noted two young strangers in the store yesterday evening and others saw two strangers nearby yesterday afternoon.
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Middleport
Wallace
N. Second Ave
F. J. Wallace
I. Neal
Eleven Arrested At Lancaster In Meat and Gambling Probe
Lancaster report says six suspects await arrest on last week grand jury indictments into stolen meat disposal and gambling. The panel indicted 27 people. 21 already arrested, 11 more taken yesterday. Oscar Weidner, 47, Thursto, Fairfield County Fish and Game Association president, charged with exhibiting slot machines. Anna Bauer, restaurant operator and wife of Police Capt. Bauer, charged with displaying punch boards. All posted $500 bonds.
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Lancaster
Oscar Weidner
Thursto
Fairfield County Fish and Game Association
Anna Bauer
Lawrence Bauer
Marietta College Buys Chair Firm Buildings
Marietta College announced the purchase of the Mariotta Chair Co. buildings, the city’s oldest industry. The plant adjoins the college property and will be converted to dormitory classrooms and offices. Purchase price not announced and takeover expected by January 1.
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Marietta
Marietta College
Marietta Chair Co
Bus Driver Charged In Fatal Collision
Municipal Judge E A Moats bound Phil Hickey of Columbus over to the grand jury on a $1000 bond for second degree manslaughter in the death of Elsie Rhodes, 6, in a bus truck crash near Chillicothe on September 3. Valley Greyhound Co. sues truck driver Stanley F Davis for $6500 damages.
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Chillicothe
E. A. Moats
Phil Hickey
Columbus
Greyhound
Grand
Hickey
Elsie Rhodes
Here
The
Valley Greyhound Co
Stanley F. Davis
Train Kills 2-Year-Old In Zanesville
Diane Beagle two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Owen Beagle was killed yesterday after being struck by a Wheeling and Lake Erie freight train. The child was playing along the tracks near her home.
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Zanesville
Diane Beagle
Owen Beagle
Wheeling and Lake Erie
TB Fatalities Drop in Ohio
In Columbus Dr A B Kurlander head of the state's tuberculosis division reports an 11 percent decline in TB deaths in Ohio. Improved public knowledge earlier care and treatment mass case finding and more surgery and new techniques reduced fatalities. Rising economic status aids affordability of care and a new factor stremptomycin antibiotic is recently available.
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Columbus
Ohio
A. B. Kurlander
Kurlander
Plans To Revive Inactive National Guard
Maj. Gen. Kenneth F. Kramer chief of the National Guard Bureau said the inactive National Guard will be revived soon. The reactivated force would allow men unavailable for active service due to work hours to enter active duty without delay if mobilization occurs.
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Curtis E. LeMay
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Lauris Norstad
Elwood R. Quesada
Laurence S. Kuter
Air Transport Service
Emmett O'Donnell
15Th Strategic Air Force
Roger Ramey
8Th Strategic Air Force
15Th
ST. Louis
Kenneth F. Kramer
National Guard Bureau
National Guard
Two London Inmates In Walking Exhibition
London Prison Farm officials report Russell W. Howell 28 Mansfield has walked away from the farm. He was admitted to Ohio Penitentiary in 1946 to serve one to 15 years on a burglary charge. James Carr 40 Springfield returned 48 hours after walking away and will have a year added to his term for a cutting to kill charge.
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London
Russell W. Howell
Mansfield
Ohio
James Carr
Springfield
First U. S. War Dead Returning From Japan
The bodies of 1271 American war dead, the first to leave Japan, will begin the journey home aboard the U S Transport Dalton Victory Oct. 1. The men died in Japanese prison camps. The funeral ship will dock at San Francisco.
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Yokohama
Japan
U. S
Dalton Victory
San Francisco
Fire safety conference to boost protection at OSU
Fire protection measures will be discussed at the second annual fire safety conference to be held September 30 at Ohio State University.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Army seeks CATs for troop shows in Asia
The Army hires Civilian Actress Technicians to entertain troops in Japan and the Marianas. Auditions for 4246 a year positions in Greenwich Village seek singers dancers actresses and pianists.
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New York
Army
Japan
Marianas Command
Greenwich Village
More Arrests In Alleged Plot Targeting Peron
LA PLATA Argentina five more people were arrested in the alleged plot to kill President Juan D Peron and his wife raising custody to 22. John Griffith former U S cultural attache in Buenos Aires named leader of the plot calls the charges a detective story. Three suspects released include Reyes wife a plot leader a Reyes partner's brother and a servant. Radical party leaders demand a government inquiry into prior knowledge of the alleged plot.
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LA Plata
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Peron
John Griffith
U. S
Griffith
Montevideo
Uruguay
Cipriano Reyes
Reyes
Congress
Radical Party
Four American Constabulary Men Released by Russians
Soviet troops captured four American constabulary men near Torgen after they crossed the Soviet zonal boundary. U S Army officials report the men were unharmed and the two jeeps they rode in were returned.
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Hof
Germany
Torgen
U. S. Army
Communism debate surfaces as Truman campaigns in Oklahoma
President Truman heads to Oklahoma for a major campaign speech on Communism amid scrutiny from House Un American Activities Committee. Dewey pushes a nine point plan to boost resources and power, while Wallace accuses both parties of manufacturing crises to justify defense spending.
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Truman
Oklahoma
Congressional
Thomas E. Dewey
Northwest
House Un-American Activities Committee
Earl Warren
Syracuse
N.Y
Tennessee Valley Authority
America
Dewey
United Nations
Dallas
Henry A. Wallace
Berlin
Wallace
Texas City
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
Washington
Kremlin
Texas
Alben Barkley
Asheville
N. C
Legion Head Advocates Firm Russian Stand
Carl W. Smith of Kenton urged in Cleveland that the United States must be ready for war so that Russia would face an immediate overwhelming victory. He warned appeasement could let Europe and Asia fall to Russia and that firmness carries war risk.
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Cleveland
Ohio Department of the American Legion
United States
Russia
Carl W. Smith
Kenton
Cleveland Post No. 2
Europe
Asia
Chemists Promise Aid Against Starvation Says Boehm
Dr. L. S. Boehm of Cleveland declares chemists, through their discoveries, will save mankind from starvation or undernourishment.
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Cincinnati
L. S. Boehm
Cleveland
Spy Group Hears Dispute Of Government Employes
Senate Investigating Committee heard two government workers recount a conflict over censorship of anti-Communist writings. Dr. John W. Studebaker accused Oscar R. Ewing of centralizing control hindering anti- Communism in schools. Ewing denied the charges as false and ridiculous. Witnesses Earl Hutchinson and John Thurston presented the rival views.
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Washington
Senate
John W. Studebaker
Education
Oscar R. Ewing
Catch
Federal Security Agency
Studebaker
Ewing
Earl Hutchinson
Office of Education
John Thurston
Federal Security Administrator
Thurston
Hutchinson
Fire destroys truck and trailers near Youngstown
A tractor truck and two steel trailers were destroyed by fire and explosion after leaking gasoline ignited. Driver Rowlie Cook of Cleveland escaped injury and reported he could not make a sharp turn. Gas tanks spilled gasoline on the road, triggering flare ignition and subsequent explosions.
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Youngstown
Here
Rowlie Cook
Cleveland
Gurard
Nathan Walker
Cook
Two Ohio Cities Get New Liquor Agents
Columbus reports the state liquor department appoints agents in charge for Cincinnati and Portsmouth. Scott K. Woods becomes Cincinnati chief replacing Pearley E. Rublake, who moves to Portsmouth to succeed George Hinklin.
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Ohio Cities
Columbus
Donald T. Geyer
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Scott K. Woods
George Hinklin
Cleveland
Pearley E. Rublake
Hinklin
Worker Rescued From Coal Avalanche In Cleveland
Chester Martin aged 48 escaped alive after a coal car jam caused an avalanche of coal. His foot slipped and he slid headfirst through a dump hatch, suspended under two tons of coal. Fellow workers and 11 firefighters held back another 20 tons until he was freed. He expects to return to work in a few days.
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Cleveland
Chester Martin
Innocent Plea Entered In Manslaughter Case
Ned Moran, 43, of Newark, entering an innocent plea at a preliminary hearing, was bound to the grand jury under $1000 bond after his car struck and killed six year old Judith Black ford in Newark.
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Newark
Ned Moran
Moran
Judith Blackford
Parole Granted for Athens County Forger Walter Hook
The State Pardon and Parole Commission granted parole today effective Oct. 28 for Walter Hook an inmate of London Prison Farm in Athens County serving a forgery term.
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Columbus
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Walter Hook
Athens County
London
Tractor Kills Farmer in Akron Peninsula Accident
A tractor overturned fatally injuring Joseph Konke 55 a Peninsula farmer yesterday. He died at the scene with no other persons injured.
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Akron
Joseph Konke
Peninsula
Music Season Is Cancelled by Philadelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra cancels its 1948 49 season due to a deadlock over Local 77 AFL Musicians pay demands. Manager Harl McDonald says $225,000 will be refunded to subscribers and single ticket holders. An increased pay would have added about $50,000 to the deficit projected at $226,000, ending the season before it began.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Orchestra
Harl McDonald
McDonald
Philadelphia Orchestra Association
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Orchestra
City Councils Oppose Move To Divert Gas
Cleveland and Canton city councils adopted protests against the Federal Power Commission plan to divert 75 million cubic feet of gas daily from the Northeast. Legislators in both cities backed resolutions opposing the move amid a contract held by East Ohio Gas Co. with Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.
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Cleveland
Canton
Federal Power Commission
Ohio
FPC
East Ohio Gas Co
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Columbus Railmen Promise to Improve Conduct
Columbus city council heard W. H. Mapp pledge from five major railroads to curb crossing blocking reduce whistle and bell noise and stop railroaders cursing over yard loudspeakers.
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Columbus
W. H. Mapp
Detroit Man Drowns Near Port Clinton In Lake Erie
Searchers recovered the body of Claude Morris 59 Detroit from Lake Erie yesterday. He drowned Saturday when an outboard motor boat was swamped by rough seas off Port Clinton Ohio.
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Port Clinton
Claude Morris
Detroit
Lake Erie
Probers Demand Immediate Trials in Atomic Spy Case
House Un American Activities Committee pressed for trials of four suspects in atomic secrets theft. Steve Nelson linked to Scientist X as wartime spy. Dr. Clarence F Hiskey and Dr. John H Chapin face conspiracy charges. Death or 30 years on conviction. Committee vows continued hearings, noting only part of the story is told. No immediate Justice Department comment.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Steve Nelson
Nelson
Pennsylvania
House
Clarence F. Hiskey
Marcia Sand Hiskey
Hiskey
Chapin
New York
Miriam Hiskey
Marcia Sand
Truman
J. Parnell Thomas
RNJ
United States
Justice Department
Ban Delays Applications for Flight Training and Photography
The Veterans Administration has delayed three fifths of flight training and one third of photography applications from a list of 15 016 courses labeled questionable. Of those, 6237 were granted, 262 rejected, and 8517 delayed for lack of information. The July 1 rule requires veterans to prove a course will apply to their occupation. Flight schools in Michigan and California oppose the ban.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Michigan
California
Arctic Expedition Finds Original Peary Papers
New York report says a Navy and Coast Guard expedition returned from the Arctic with hand written records left by Comdr. Robert B Peary over 40 years ago. It also recovered copies of documents cached by a British expedition of 1875-76. Peary took the originals in 1905 and copies were found about 450 miles from the Pole.
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New York
The
New York Times
Navy
Coast Guard
Arctic
Robert B Peary
Peary
Pole
Cowboy Roy Rogers Visits Boyhood Home Near Portsmouth
Cowboy star Roy Rogers and wife Dale Evans surprised friends near Duck Run visiting Rogers childhood home. The couple stayed overnight with Mr and Mrs Cleil Hiles before departing this morning for Indianapolis.
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Portsmouth
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Duck Run
Cleil Hiles
Rogers
Leonard Slye
Miss Evans
Indianapolis
Weather Outlook for Columbus Warmth with Light Showers
Extended forecast for Columbus shows temperatures 2 to 4 degrees above normal with highs near 64 to 67 and lows around 44 to 47. Periodic minor fluctuations, a slight warming trend, and light precipitation from showers expected mainly on Sunday.
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Columbus
Goodyear Plants Set to Resume Full Operations Today
Akron Ohio Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co two plants were scheduled to resume full operations today after a settlement ended a strike that idled about four thousand employees.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
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