Prosecutor to file first degree murder charge in Roxie Green slaying
Prosecutor James Reed said a first degree murder charge would be filed today against Ray Shappard for the hammer slaying of 16 year old Roxie Ann Green of Prospect Ohio. Shappard, a 32 year old construction worker, allegedly hid the body beside a country road after the Sept 19 killing.
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Marion
James FE. Reed
Ray Shappard
Roxie Ann Green
Prospect
Ohio
Shappard
Leroy Retterer
Retterer
Marion County
Reed
Delaware County
Green
Route 47
Joe Lee
Bobbie
Roxie Ann
Sheppard
Lillian
Carl Green
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Toledo
Police Chief Kidnapped By Gunman In Allentown
Allentown Police Chief Wayne Elliott was abducted by a robbery suspect Elber Julius Worseck who forced him to drive for two hours to Bethlehem before Elliott escaped by leaping from the car. Worseck, 23, was later captured in Allentown as police cordons surrounded an residence. Elliott reported threats of being shot and the capture of his hat wallet and coat.
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Allentown
Wayne Elliott
Bethlehem
Elliott
Elber Julius Worseck
Worseck
Moravian Seminary
Bethlehem State
Taft Opposes Large European Aid Outlay
Senator Taft urged restraint on a proposed 16 billion dollar European aid plan saying the amount is too large and that aid should focus on supplying American goods to help nations stand on their own. He doubted rapid congressional action before January and criticized Washington State College President for politics. Vandenberg called the aid issue one of human survival in a free society and assembled the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for November 10 to study urgent winter needs for food and fuel in Western Europe.
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Boise
Idaho
Taft
Ohio
Europe
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Congress
Washington
Truman
University of Idaho
Moscow
United States
Wilson S. Compton
Washington State College
Harlan Peyton
Compton
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
State Department
Harriman
Rep. Taber
RNY
Brazil
Charles Luckman
Citizens Food Committee
Foreign Affairs and Appropriations
Martin
R-Mass
Topeka
Kan
Republican Congress
Capitol Hill
Airline Pilots Stage Strike Across Transatlantic Route
American overseas airline crews failed to report for a 4:30 a m departure from New York to Washington and a mass walkout was announced by AFL Air Line Pilots Association president David L Behncke. He cited strong arm negotiating tactics as the reason for the strike.
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New York
Washington, D. C
Chicago
David L. Behncke
AFL Air Line Pilots Association
Behncke
Ohio AFL endorses revenue bill for road funding
Ohio's Federation of Labor endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment directing that state gas and auto license fee revenue be used solely for roads and streets. The proposal gains support as it heads to a vote in the November 4 election, with AFL noting it is the 29th statewide group to approve.
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Columbus
Ohio
Federation of Labor Today
M. J. Lyden
AFL
Get a Man Is Watery
Cleveland audience hears Rev. Gilbert H. Appelhof discuss marriage trends at the Methodist School of Religion session. He notes more than twice as many women aged 20 to 34 remain unmarried as men, urging women over 22 to seek the right partner by becoming a right person themselves.
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Cleveland
Gilbert H. Appelhof
Episcopal
Methodist School of Religion
Appelhof
Frost damages estimated at 1 million in corn losses
Wayne County Agent George A Dustman reports a two day survey shows the nations 50 000 acre corn crop damaged by last weeks frost totaling 1 000 000 dollars. The survey covers the impact across the county and notes significant losses in major fields.
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Wooster
Wayne County
George A. Dustman
Soviet anti US drive outlined by U S officials
U S officials warned of a coordinated Soviet propaganda campaign aimed at President Truman after a Russian magazine drew a Hitler parallel. They said Moscow seeks to discredit the United States abroad and at home while diverting attention from Soviet economic woes.
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Washington
U. S
Moscow
Truman
Hitler
United States
Soviet Union
Andrei Vishinsky
United Nations Assembly
State Department
Molotov
Smith
Kremlin
Squeeze plays in UN vote pit Czechoslovakia against Russia
Czechoslovakia faces a UN Security Council squeeze as three new members sit for election amid a Western bloc push. If denied a seat, Russia risks losing a friend on the council, aggravating a split among major powers. Elections also target six seats on the Economic and Social Council as Yemen and Pakistan seek membership.
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New York
cCzechoslovakia
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Czechoslovakia
Poland
United Nations
Economic and Social Council
General Assembly
Flushing Meadows Hall
Yemen
Pakistan
Security Council
Australia
Pire
Brazil
Canada
Argentina
Club Holdup Still Mystery
Lake County Sheriff James Maloney said the Mounds Club robbery near Painesville remains unsolved with an estimated loot up to 500000. He suggested possible ties to gangs active in Akron Marion Kansas City and St Louis as Cleveland police theorize the bandits used military tactic knowledge. Patrons reported losses of cash jewelry and fur worth several thousand dollars and average per-person losses of 1500 to 2000.
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Painesville
Lake County
James Maloney
Swanky Mounds Club
Here
Akron
Marion
Ohio
Kansas City
St. Louis
Sheriff's
Cleveland
Island Queen Survivor Recovers Wallet and Glasses
James G. Butler of Cincinnati, deputy captain on the steamer Island Queen, recovered his wallet and glasses after the Sept. 9 explosion and fire killed 19. A salvage crew found the charred wallet with $400 and papers while raising the hull in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
James G. Butler
Cincinnati
Butler
Ohio Man Father of 10 Found Decapitated
The decapitated body found along railroad tracks in downtown Hamilton was identified as William Bowling 56 a paper worker and father of 10 by Butler County coroner Dr Edward Cook.
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Hamilton
William Bowling
Edward Cook
Butler County
Auto Workers Strike Closes Elyria Plant
The Manufacturers and Fabricators plant remained closed today after a strike by 50 workers seeking CIO United Auto Workers recognition as their collective bargaining agent.
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Elyria, O
Cio-United Auto Workers
Accident proves fatal for Nissan executive in Ashland
A traffic accident in Ashland claimed the life of Homer W. Botdorf 35 a field executive for the National Automobile Parts Association.
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Ashland
Homer W. Botdorf
National Automobile Parts Association
Lecturer Rockwood Dies At 77 In Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo Michigan reports the death of Guy H. Rockwood 77 a lecturer editor poet novelist and artist who founded the nation s first commercial art correspondence school. He passed away Monday.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Guy H. Rockwood
First General Frost Killing Slated in Ohio
The weather bureau warns Ohio will undergo its first general killing frost tonight or tomorrow morning after unharvested corn soybeans tomatoes and pumpkins suffered heavy damage from last Saturday's frost. Northern Ohio near Toledo reports a frost and a 33 degree low marking the coldest of the season.
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Ohio
Weather Bureau
George S. Mindling
U. S
Columbus
Toledo
Mindling
Congress says Europe must work before aid vote
U. S. Senator John W. Bricker told the Columbus Rotary Club that Congress believes Europeans must go to work before any American aid is voted for European countries. He spoke during a review of the past session.
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Columbus
U. S
John W. Bricker
Europe
Columbus Rotary Club
Congress
Polio Claims Ohio Victim Louis Monda
Ashtabula records its first polio death of the year Louis Monda aged 9 died yesterday from the disease in Ashtabula Ohio authorities report this fatal case.
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Ohio
Ashtabula
Louis Monda
Ford Names Global Setup Nub of Peace
Ford Motor Co president Henry Ford II addressed 600 executives at the Automotive and Aviation Parts Manufacturers Association meeting in Cleveland. He warned that the world faces a deficit in production and called on American businessmen to lead by expanding productive capacity and assisting other nations to increase theirs through exports and know-how. He framed free enterprise as essential to efficient production and peaceful global cooperation.
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Cleveland
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Automotive and Aviation Parts Manufacturers Association
America
Pier Fire at Grace Lines Pier 57 Injures 144
Firefighters battled a stubborn harbor blaze at Grace Lines Pier 57 in New York. The Sunday night inferno injured 144 firemen, none seriously, while no ships were damaged and crews continued fighting the flames.
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New York
Grace Lines
Britain to discuss Italy with Big Four ministers
Britain says Soviet Union has accepted invitation to join a Big Four conference of foreign ministers' deputies to discuss Italy's prewar colonies. A spokesman said talks may begin in London on Friday as part of the British effort.
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London
Russia
Italy
Foreign Office
Britain
Cripps Takes Economic Post For British
Sir Stafford Cripps became Britain's economic czar to lead the dollar short nation’s recovery effort. The government also named 31-year-old James Harold Wilson to head the Board of Trade and moved veteran Arthur Greenwood aside, signaling a push for younger leadership. Cripps planned talks with union leaders on a renewed export drive.
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London
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Cripps
James Harold Wilson
Board of Trade
Ohio Liquor Department Restores Cash to Pay Bills
The Ohio Department of Liquor Control, $10.77 million in the red on July 8, now has a cash balance of $855,846, Gov. Herbert reports. A month end profit and loss may still show a deficit as vouchers fluctuate daily.
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Columbus
Ohio
Department of Liquor Control
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Two Premature Quadruplets Die in English Hospital
In Bradford England Mrs. Eileen Horner welcomed twins among quadruplets born Sunday at about 10 weeks early. Joyce died hours after sister Patricia as doctors at St Luke's Hospital report the infants fed with glucose and water.
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Bradford
Eng
Eileen Horner
Joyce
Patricia
St. Luke's Hospital
Riderless pony killed by truck on Route 50 near Hebbardsville
A riderless Shetland pony owned by Nate Carpenter of Carpenter died Monday night after being struck by a truck driven by Howard T. Allen, 36, Salem, West Virginia, near Hebbardsville. Allen’s vehicle was not badly damaged per state highway patrol.
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Nate Carpenter
Carpenter
Hebbardsville
Howard TD. Allen
Salem
W. Va
Allen
State Highway Patrol
Premature Baby Dies After 77 Hours Lived
In Owatonna Minnesota Sara Jane Gray born 90 days premature to Mrs Warren Gray wife of Waseca athletic coach died before midnight Monday after living 77 hours.
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Owatonna
Minn
Sara Jane Gray
Warren Gray
Poe kin and Washington artist Elizabeth Ellicott Poe dies
Elizabeth Ellicott Poe 59 longtime art editor of the Washington Times-Herald and descendant of Edgar Allan Poe died Monday. She was a noted artist and relative of the famed author, shaping coverage and visual art in Washington over decades.
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Poe
Washington
Elizabeth Ellicott Poe
The
Washington Times-Herald
Edgar Allen Poe
New Manager Appointed Columbus Ohio Unemployment Bureau
George Bradley of Toledo has been promoted to business manager of the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Bureau in Columbus.
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Columbus
George Bradley
Toledo
Ohio Unemployment Compensation Bureau
Youths Injured By Gun Blast In Huntington Street Incident
In Huntington last night two boys were wounded by gunfire while playing in the street. Herman Campbell, 14, was struck multiple times in the leg and neck, while Norman Armstrong, 18, suffered a leg wound. Police arrested J. L. Brunson, 41, on shooting with intent to kill charges after Brunson allegedly fired a shotgun to quiet the youths.
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Huntington
Herman Campbell
Norman Armstrong
Hosea Hodges
J. L. Brunson
Hodges
Brunson
Plants To Hunt Labor In Bridgeport Pomeroy
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co and Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp announced that employment agents will recruit labor from Bridgeport and Pomeroy areas. Ohio State Employment Service reports 5,000 jobs available in Youngstown mills.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Bridgeport
Pomeroy
A. E. McCully
Ohio State Employment Service
Youngstown Mills
Cave-In Kills Inspector in Cincinnati Sewer Work
William Eberhardt, 54, a Cincinnati Public Works inspector, died yesterday when a cave-in at a sewer excavation trapped him.
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Cincinnati
William Eberhardt
Public Works Department
Palestine-Bound Ships Try Blockade Run
Three ships carrying more than 4,500 Jewish immigrants neared the Palestine coast in a bid to run the British blockade. Unofficial sources expect vessels to enter Palestine waters within the next 24 hours.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Consumers Watch Price Hikes as Grains Rise
U.S. shoppers monitor commodity markets after yesterday’s large gains in grains and meat prices. Wheat, corn, oats and soybeans hit daily price limits on major exchanges, with Chicago futures closing at high levels and Winnipeg futures also rising. Butter prices edged up, while cattle and hogs in Chicago surged on strong demand.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Winnipeg
Kansas City
Minneapolis
New York
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