OhioMayor in Wooster Fatally Shoots Self in Office
Wooster Ohio mayor Francis H Hillen 46 a Republican who served since 1947 died after firing a single handgun shot in his city hall office The coroner ruled it a self inflicted death Prosecutor Jack Critchfield said Hillen faced charges alleging misuse of polio and hospital funds with an estimated shortage around 3600 dollars and no audit completed yet Police reported the incident and recovered the revolver from Police Chief Walter Yost's office next to Hillen's
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Wooster
Francis H. Hillen
Hillen
Walter Yost
Jack Critchfield
Critchfield
Kindness Rewarded by Millionaire’s Will
Twelve year old Sammy Yam potsky received 1000 from the estate of Herman Bush a 62 year old Russian immigrant who died Monday. Bush left a note stating no relatives be notified and no funeral services and that the boy had shown kindness to him. Sammy plans to give the money to his ailing unemployed father Joseph.
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Miami
Fla
Sammy Yampotsky
Herman Bush
Sammy
Bush
Joseph
Russian Threats Vie With U S Promises
The United Nations Security Council debates Chinese Communist intervention in Korea as Russia and the U S jockey for position. Malik accuses the U S of aggression while Gross defends Washington stating no intent to invade China. Delegates adopt a cautious watchful waiting stance amid the risk of a Soviet veto and a possible broader war. A Chinese Communist delegation is enroute from Peiping.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
U. S
China
Soviet Union
Security Council
Red China
Korea
Malik
Peiping
Ernest A. Gross
Truman
U.S
Ecuador
Antonio Auevedo
Sim
Body of Mrs Ecker Found on Edisto Island Beach
Search planes located the body of Mrs Frederick H Ecker 48 wife of Metropolitan Life Insurance board chairman partly buried in Edisto Island beach sands near Seabrook Island. Her companion James Merrill Herd Jr 39 a New York theatrical producer remains missing. A coast guard crew recovered a rowboat overturned in heavy seas as the hunt for the two survivors continues.
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Frederick H. Ecker
South Carolina
Charleston
James Herd
Shelbyville, Tenn
Ecker
S. C
Edisto Island
Here
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Ames Merrill Herd, Jr
New York
Mild Spell Nears End In The East
Weather across the Midwest to the East shows a fading mild spell with no severe cold. Cooler air will push into the Carolinas with showers along the Atlantic coast while central states see fair skies. The Rockies stay cloudy with mild temps and a few snow flurries, and a Yukon cold front looms in Canada.
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Carolines
Atlantic Coast
Central States
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Central Rockies
Northwest Pacific Coast
Canada
Montana
Dakotas
Yukon Territory
Mayo
Y. T
Capt Locke Arrives In High Point at Greensboro Airport
Captain William Locke veteran of Korea returned home to High Point with his wife Mrs Ronda Sebastian and family awaiting. He survived a death march from Seoul to Pyongyang and was shot down in Korea as an F-51 pilot with the 39th squadron. He arrived at 2 04 pm greeted by relatives.
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William Locke
Korea
Greensboro
High Point
Ronda Sebastian
Hattie Locke
Enfield
Captain Locke
Locke
Seoul
Pyongyang
Mark Combs
WHPE
Associated Press
Karen
Japan
Bradley calls for strong world order and German rearmament
General Omar Bradley urged tradeoffs for lasting peace and called for a rapid buildup of US and allied forces. He supported German rearmament within a Western European defense, a system of ever ready reserves, and resolving the German participation issue with France. He framed cold war victory as essential alongside hot war success.
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Atlanta
America
Omar Bradley
Associated Press
Associaea
Bradley
U. S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
France
Germany
Europe
Secretary of Defense
Western
Giant U S planes collide during refueling killing 13
Two four motor aircraft engaged in a U S air forces refueling operation collide west of Tucson over the desert. Thirteen airmen are killed with ten surviving or missing. Debris and flaming fuel cover the crash area near Simakya on the Sells reservation as search teams reach the scene.
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Tucson
U. S. Air Forces
Arizona
Papago
Simakya
Sells Reservation
Air Force
Robert Moore
Tucson Arizona Daily Star
Steven Ramon
Moore
Davis-Monthan
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Rep Chatham Weds Patricia Conyer in New York ceremony
Rep Thurmond Chatham of North Carolina married Patricia Firestone Coyner at the Ritz Carlton in New York. Attendants included his sister Mrs Ralph Hanes and his two sons Hugh Gwyn Chatham and Richard Thurmond Chatham Jr. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Eugene McKinley Pierce.
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New York
Thurmond Chatham
D.-Nc
Patricia Firestone Coyner
Walter A. Firestone
Cap Hill
Chatham
Lucy Hanes Chatham
Ralph Philip Hanes
Winston-Salem
N. C
Hugh Gwyn Chatham
Richard Thurmond Chatham
Eugene McKinley Pierce
Ritz, Carlton
Labor Urges Higher Excess Profits Levy
The AFL and CIO called for a tougher excess profits tax than President Truman proposed. They urged benchmarks to raise annual revenue to 5 to 7 billion dollars, endorsing 75 percent base rates with broadened capital base and retroactivity to last July 1. Both groups urged use of 1946–1949 earning bases and sought special treatment for small business.
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Washington
AFL
Truman
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Groupe
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Arthur A. Elder
Stanley Ruttenberg
Stock Market Edges Ahead With Steady Gains
New York traders saw a steady session as prices moved 50 cents a share or less. Notable advances included Union Pacific Missouri Pacific preferred Northern Pacific Southern Pacific U S Steel Montgomery Ward Douglas Aircraft Consolidated Vultee Zenith Comsol Solvents and General Electric. Lagging were Bethlehem Steel General Motors American Telephone Consolidated Edison Kennecott Copper Nickel Plate Texas Co and Celotex.
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Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific Preferred
Northern Pacific
Southern Pacific
U. S. Steel
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
Consolidated Vultee
Zenith Radio
Commercial Solvents
General Electric
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
American Telephone
Consolidated Edison
Kennecott Copper
Nickel Plate, Texas Co
Celotex
Injunctions Hinder Bell Phone Strike Across States
Bell System seeks to broaden anti-picketing injunctions as Alabama seeks to extend a ban on picketing Southern Bell exchanges. Nine days into the strike, service continues with few delays and isolated scuffles. Eight states already under injunctions include Alabama Louisiana Virginia Kentucky Wisconsin Georgia Mississippi and North Carolina.
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Bell System
Bell Telephone Company of
Pennsylvania
Estern Elec Company
Bell
Western Electric
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Cio-Communications Workers of America
Western Electric Company
Haverhill
Mass
Alabama Supreme Court
Southern Bell
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Louisiana
Virginia
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Georgia
Mississippi
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Nebraska
Red Guerrillas Fire Kapyong Forcing Civilians to Flee
Thirty Red guerrillas set fire to Kapyong, 32 miles northeast of Seoul, burning much of the town and sending thousands of civilians fleeing. The action occurred as U S Army units held nearby positions in Korea.
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U. S. 8Th Army
Korea
Kapyong
Kapv Ge
Seoul
Republic
Tiny gray haired mother may inherit $2 million
In Chicago a modest third floor North Side resident, Mrs. Constance Kretschmar Mock, may inherit about $2,000,000 from the contested Garrett estate, part of a 17 million dollar inheritance battle with 26,000 claimants. She says she lives quietly with her son, daughter, and two cats, and plans to avoid speculation about the money. The case could go to the Orphans Court and appeals to Pennsylvania and U.S. supreme courts.
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Chicago
North Side
Constance Kretschmar Mock
Orphans’ Court View
Garrett
Mock
Howard Sigismund Kretchmar
Henrietta A. Garrett
Philadelphia
Mack
Pennsylvania
U.S. Supreme Courts
Orphans Court
Vassar
D. Mack
Constance
Howard
UN Forces Push Toward Manchurian Border in Korean Front
American tanks broke through a North Korean trap in a mountain ravine and pressed north toward the Manchurian frontier in a bid to reach it within days. Communists attacked the 17th infantry regiment as tanks rolled along a narrow road in northeast Korea.
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Seoul
17Th
Korea
Marine Corsairs
Manchuria
Meee S
Ou Lund Changjin
Pakehon
Chiang Kai-shek
Nes
Kaplan
U. S
Col. Harbert B. Powell
17Th Rege Hanes
Manchiwen
Tenth Corps
Associated Press
Tom Stone
Yalu
Powell
Stone
U. N
Manchurien
Piedmont Gas May Win Federal License to Serve Carolinas
Examiner Edward Marsh expected to urge the Federal Power Commission to license Piedmont Natural Gas Co of Spartanburg to supply natural gas in eight Carolina cities including Winston-Salem Charlotte Greensboro Salisbury High Point Burlington and Spartanburg and Greenville South Carolina. Three firms asked to serve the Carolinas with about 50 cities under consolidated cases. All would source gas from Transcontinental Pipe Line Corp building a line to New York through the Carolinas.
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Washington
Edward Marsh
Federal Power Commission
Piedmont Natural Gas Co
Spartanburg
D. C
Carolina Cities
Piedmont
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Greensboro
Salisbury
High Point
Burlington
N. C
Greenville
S. C
Carolinas
Carolina Natural Gas Corp
Public Service Company of
North Carolina
Gastonia
Transcontinental Pipe Line Corp
Houston
Tex
New York
Bonner Says Schools Reselling Surplus
North Carolina congressman Herbert C. Bonner says many educational institutions are receiving federal surplus property and reselling it. He plans to reveal how army vehicles and related items may reach junk dealers. Hearings in September showed agencies including the armed forces gifting supplies for the defense program to schools.
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Raleigh
The
News and Observer
Herbert C. Bonner
North Carolina
Bonner
House
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