Three Robbery Suspects Held in Logan Case
Three suspects in the assault and robbery of William H. Miller in South Logan on Saturday night remain jailed in Hocking County. Miller visited the suspects at the jail to identify them as Lancaster police held them after a car crash near the Hocking River bridge. Miller was robbed of 67 dollars and left unconscious on Mulberry Street.
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William H. Miller
South Logan
Hocking County
Miller
Nelsonville
Columbus
Lancaster
Hocking River Bridge
Columbus Street
Sol Ellinger
Roy Kelch
Logan
Mulberry Street
Convicted Physician Starts Prison Term
Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr. began a 70 year sentence at the State Penitentiary in Fort Madison Iowa as inmate 21770 after sentencing in Cedar Rapids for second degree murder in the stabbing of Byron Hartman 29. Hartman was alleged by the defense to have seduced Rutledge’s wife Sydney 22.
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Fort Madison
Robert C. Rutledge Jr
State Penitentiary
St. Louis
Cedar Rapids
J. E. Heiserman
Rutledge
Byron C. Hartman
Sydney
Drinking Glass Fragment Fatal to Man in Newark
Morris Corprew, in his Newark home, knocked a glass from his wife’s hand. He stumbled, fell on broken glass, and cut an artery in his chest. He died at Beth Israel Hospital yesterday.
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Newark
N. J
Morris Corprew
Corprew
Beth Israel Hospital
Ecuador Faces Urgent Aid as Earthquake Slams Cities
Nearly 100000 Ecuadorians lose homes after Friday quake that gutted 50 communities and killed thousands. President Plaza estimates 2000 to 4000 dead, with Pelileo city most devastated where 3200 perished. Emergency airlift and US aid planned to deliver tents, food, and medical supplies.
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Panama
Quito
Ecuador
Map
Ambato
Pelileo
Patate
Guano
Pillaro
Galo Plaza Lasso
Plaza
Organizations Ask Excise Taxes Repeal
Twenty four national business organizations urged repeal of wartime excise taxes in full page ads in Washington and New York newspapers addressed to Mr President. The appeal seeks repeal now for the benefit of businesses facing losses and people facing unemployment.
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Washington
New York
Markets at a Glance Stocks Slide Bonds Mixed Commodities Steady
Stocks are lower amid a mid summer rally pause. Bonds show mixed gains as governments improve. Cotton falls on liquidation and hedging. Wheat closes higher after early selling. Corn and oats mix with grains. Hogs steady to 25 cents higher with a top of 23.35. Cattle steady to 25 cents higher with a top of 28.50.
U N Secretary General outlines six point peace program
U N Secretary General Trygve Lie presents a six point plan to strengthen the world organization and ease war dangers in his fourth annual report. He cites progress, credits the Berlin blockade lift for improved mood and urges continued big power consultation and conciliation. The plan includes trusteeship ideas for former colonies and admission of fourteen applicants, plus a 300 man UN guard force and Middle East economic aid.
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Lake Success
U. N
Trygve Lie
World Peace Organization
Lie
Berlin
Italy
U.N
General Assembly
Security Council
United States
Middle East
Darke County bans meetings over polio threat
Darke County health commissioner Dr. Maurice M. Kane ordered public gatherings banned after the county recorded its 24th infantile paralysis case over the weekend. The order halts church services funerals club and lodge meetings and indoor and outdoor movie showings and reopens schools. Restaurants may stay open but patrons should depart after meals. Six county deaths are attributed to polio with state cases rising to 286.
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Greenville
Darke County
Maurice M. Kane
Health Department
Ohio
Darke
Kane
Bandleader Jimmy Dorsey’s wife sues for divorce in LA
Jane Dorsey files divorce suit against bandleader Jimmy Dorsey after 21 years. She cites cruelty and seeks a monthly $850 allowance plus 25 percent of income over $20,000 annually. They have a daughter Julia.
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Los Angeles
Jimmy Dorsey
Jane
Julia
Social Security Tax Hike Planned by House Committee
Washington August 9 The House Ways and Means Committee approved raising the social security payroll tax from 1 800 000 000 to 2 700 000 000 for next year and to about 3 600 000 000 in 1951 with further increases planned in 1960 1956 and 1970. It also voted to boost old age and survivors benefits for current beneficiaries by about 70 percent. New York August 9 The temperature hit 96 at 1 PM EST the hottest August 9 reading in the nation’s weather history surpassing the previous 95 set in 1900.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
New York
New York Weather Bureau
House Starts Final Action On ECA Bill
The Senate approved its version 63 to 7 as final action looms in Washington. Key differences include funding totals and provisions on German plants watchdog, Chinese student aid, publicity, and postwar relief measures, with compromise needed on seven points before enactment.
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House
Senate House Committee
Senate
Congressional Committee
ECA
Paul Hoffman
Europe
Greece-Turkey
Germany
Austria
Japan
Ryuku Islands
Mayor Dies After Court Session Closure
Grovetown Georgia mayor J N Fields 55 collapsed and died after dismissing a municipal court session. A physician cited a heart ailment as the cause.
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Grovetown
J. N. Fields
World War II Veteran Heads Ohio Legionnaires
Bruce P. Henderson a Warren attorney and 44 year old veteran led the Ohio Department of the American Legion as commander by unanimous vote at the 31st annual state convention. The new officers include Ligouri A. Dusseau and C. W. Whitemyer with Herman J. Laut and Rev. R. Homer Gleason among others.
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Columbus
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Bruce P. Henderson
Warren
Roy A. Cox
Byesville
Henderson
Legionnaires
Legion
Ligouri A. Dusseau
Toledo
C. W. Whitemyer
Louisville
Stark County
Herman J. Laut
New Bremen
R. Homer Gleason
Woodstock
Altar-Bound Baby Sitter Held for Theft
In Columbus Ohio a 19 year old babysitter and her 24 year old fiance held for grand larceny after leaving a rooming house to obtain a marriage license. Louise Barnett admitted taking clothing and jewelry worth 230 dollars from Alfred Ford's home. items recovered in James McCreery's room.
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Columbus
Herman Beck
James Robert McCreery
Louise Barnett
Beck
Miss Barnett
Alfred Ford
Ford
McCreery
Trousseau
Eighteen German Children Die in Express Train Crash
In Hamburg an express train struck a holiday bus carrying German children, killing eighteen and injuring fourteen others who were rushed to hospitals. Police reported the tragedy occurred minutes before the group was to reach home.
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Hamburg
Germany
Jimmy Stewart Weds Gloria McLean In Hollywood Ceremony
Lanky Jimmy Stewart marries Gloria Hatrick McLean in Brentwood Presbyterian Church. Attendants include Mrs. Gregg Draddy and Billy Grady. The couple plans an extended Hawaii honeymoon and attends events in Akron and Cleveland before travel. Gloria, a socialite and divorcee with two children, says she has long admired Stewart.
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Hollywood
Jimmy Stewart
Gloria Hatrick McLean
Brentwood Presbyterian Church
Gregg Draddy
Billy Grady
Grady
Stewart
James Stewart
Jack Bolton
Akron
Cleveland
Joe de Bona
Hawaii
McLean
Gloria
Edward McLean, Jr
Evelyn Walsh McLean
Hope Diamond
Valley Wright Dies in Columbus After Ill Health
Valley Wright 72 former Logan resident died Monday evening at White Cross Hospital Columbus after a several month illness. He was a salesman for a wholesale grocery company and survived by his wife two daughters Mrs Anna Golden Phillips and Mrs Marion Myrie both of Columbus and a son Kenneth of New Jersey. The body was taken to Woodard Funeral Home for final arrangements.
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Valley Wright
Columbus
Logan
White Cross Hospital
Wright
Mary Sunderland
Tom Sunderland
Sunderland
West
Hunter Street
Roberts Funeral Home
Kenneth
New Jersey
Anna Golden Phillips
Marion Myrie
Woodard Funeral Home
Centenarian Rose Dandelmo Dies in Warren Ohio
Mrs. Rose Dandelmo, aged 100, died in Warren Ohio yesterday. She would have turned 101 next December.
Senator Vandenberg presses 50 percent cut in Western Europe arms aid
Senator Vandenberg urged Congress to provide about 580 million dollars in cash for the first year of Western Europe arms aid with the rest in contract authorizations. Secretary Johnson argued that 1.45 billion dollars total is needed to safeguard U S security and deter Soviet expansion.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Mich
Michigan
Defense
Louis Johnson
Congress
Truman
Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committee
United States
Europe
Soviet Union
Gurney
R-Sd
Russell
D-Ga
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
George
Stump Announces Run For Ohio Attorney General
Dale Stump a Columbus attorney declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Ohio attorney general at the upcoming May primary. He announced last night naming his plans to seek the office.
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Delphos
Dale Stump
Columbus
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