Ohio Electors to Cast Votes for Truman Today
Ohio voters learn their ballots select 25 electors who will cast the state’s electoral votes for Truman and Barkley. The 25, all Democrats, will meet in Columbus around 2 30 P M EST to formalize the victory and receive payment of ten dollars plus mileage. Wayfl Armstrong of Laurelville is among the electors.
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Ohio
Truman
Hocking County
Columbus
Hocking
Wayfl
Armstrong
Laurelville
Sen
Alben W. Barkley
Mr. Truman
Barkley
Victim Identified After Fatal Norwalk Crash
Norwalk police released the name of the truck driver who died in a late Saturday crash. Identified as John J. Ewasken of Berkeley Michigan, the burned body was recovered at the scene. The investigation into the traffic accident continues.
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Norwalk
John J. Ewasken
Berkeley
Mich
Zanesville Youth Finalist in Horace Heidt Contest
Stanley Morse of Zanesville Ohio was one of four finalists in the Horace Heidt amateur talent competition. Morse, a trombonist, won 1000 dollars. Dick Contino of Fresno California won 5000 dollars and a gold belt. Judges included Brannan and Donaldson. Other winners were Pierce Knox, a blind xylophonist from Oakland, and Johnny Mungal, an Irish tenor from Flint Michigan.
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Washington
Stanley Morse
Zanesville
Horace Heidt
Morse
Dick Contino
Fresno
Calif
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Donaldson
Pierce Knox
Oakland
Johnny Mungal
Flint
Mich
Second Columbus Robber Surrenders
Jack D. Fleming, 24, of Columbus, surrendered to armed robbery and kidnapping charges at Union Station after vowing to turn himself in. His companion, Raymond Grambo, 30, was arrested last week. The victims describe a home invasion with threats and a call to report the crimes.
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Columbus
Jack D. Fleming
Raymond Grambo
Fleming
Union Station
George M. Curtis
Anna Garrison
Dayton
Cincinnati
Vishinsky Attacks West as UN Session Ends in Paris
In Paris the Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Vishinsky launched a bitter tirade against Britain and the United States ending a bitter U.N. General Assembly session. Western powers and Russia drifted further apart yet delegates left with guarded optimism for peace.
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Paris
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Britain
United States
John Foster Dulles
U.S
U.N
Korea
U.N. Commission
Vishinsky
Paris Assembly
Today’s Markets At a Glance
Wheat ranges to recover after early losses. Corn shows firm demand with cash activity. Oats trade light and mixed. Hogs moderately active with gains up to 25 cents to a top of 22.50. Cattle uneven and steady to 1.00 lower, top 35.00. Stocks mix with narrow changes. Bonds steady as rails improve.
Cancer Kills Newsman In Cleveland Press Chief
Carlton K. Matson, 58, longtime Scripps-Howard executive and chief editorial writer for the Cleveland Press, died today of cancer. His career spanned decades with major papers and he was respected for editorial leadership.
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Cleveland
Carlton K. Matson
Cleveland Press
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
Beauty Ruth Farnsworth Assaulted on Guam
Ruth Farnsworth, 27, a Navy civil service worker from San Francisco, was found unconscious and beaten in jungle near a Guam curio shop after being abducted Saturday night. Police report a planned attack by several individuals. a $1,000 reward was posted. Her sister Aline plans to travel to Guam pending Navy approval.
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Ruth Farnsworth
San Francisco
Auty
Miss Farnsworth
Aline
Ruth
Navy
Associated Press
Lawrence
Mexico
Farnsworths
Farnsworth
Twinsburg School Fuss Forces Pupils Holiday
In Summit County the 458 grade and high school pupils here were sent home for a holiday as a dispute over school administration escalated. The controversy followed the resignation of Principal Glen Powell and 17 faculty members amid recall petitions against five school board members.
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Twinsburg
Summit County
Glen Powell
Real Estate Owners’ Association
Shupe
Powell
Justice of the Peace Court
Summit County Common Pleas Court
John Hegedish
Five Die in Victoria Hotel Fire in Chicago
Five people perished and twelve were injured as a flash blaze swept the fifth floor of the Victoria Hotel in the Loop. Bell boys Sanders Davis and Rudolph Taylor sounded alarms and helped guests escape as renovations and stairway enclosures aided containment.
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Chicago
Victoria
Loop District
Otto Daul
Bellboys
Sanders Davis
Rudolph Taylor
William James Keane
Eugene Oyler
Allan McCullough
Richard W. Kline
Xenia
Richard I. Alven
Austin
Minn
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Keane
Hubbard
North Side
South Clark Street
Merger Planned Between Pan American and American Overseas
New York December 13 Pan American World Airways and American Overseas Airlines announce a merger the largest in American aviation history American Overseas routes to eleven European countries and Pan Americas trans Atlantic services will consolidate assets and routes American Overseas will be dissolved once Pan American stock is distributed leaving Trans World Airlines as the remaining U S flag trans Atlantic carrier
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Pan American World Airways
American Overseas Airlines
American Overseas
Europe
Pan America
trans-Atlantic
American Airlines
Pan American
U.S
Howard Hughes
Trans World Airline
German workers steal airlift goods at Allied bases
Berlin officials admit workers at Allied airlift bases pilfer three to ten percent of small packaged consumer goods flown to Berlin. Heavy sacks of coal and flour, which make up most airlift tonnage, are rarely touched.
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Berlin
Flames Kill Man in East Liverpool Fire
Taylor Smith, 46, died after his home burned yesterday following a fire that destroyed the residence in East Liverpool Ohio.
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East Liverpool
Taylor Smith
Injuries Fatal in Cincinnati Traffic Crash
In Cincinnati on Friday Herman Bumiller, 79, died yesterday from injuries sustained in a traffic accident.
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Cincinnati
Herman Bumiller
Floodwaters Threaten Rich Oregon Farmland
A Willamette Valley flood crest moves toward Albany Corvallis Salem and Oregon City as four people die and 500 flee lowlands. Highway blocks form while Red Cross aids evacuate 500 trailer residents to the University of Oregon and Lane County fairgrounds.
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Ore
Oregon
Willamette Valley
Albany
Corvallis
Salem
Oregon City
Willamette
Harrisburg
Jefferson
Santiam River
Red Cross
Glenwood
University of Oregon
Lane County Fairgrounds
Joseph L Lehman Dies After Heart Attack at Home
Joseph Leslie Lehman 76 of South Bloomingville died at 1 A M in Hocking Valley Hospital after several days of treatment for a heart attack. A lifelong Hocking County resident, he farmed in South Bloomingville and is survived by four sons Lawrence Carl Edgar and Flavius and a daughter Daisy Johns. Henry C. Smith Funeral Home of Vinton County to announce funeral arrangements.
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Joseph Leslie Lehman
South Bloomingville
Hocking Valley Hospital
Hocking County
Lehman
Lawrence
Missouri
Carl
Edgar
New Jersey
Flavius
Daisy Johns
Columbus
Henry C. Smith
Vinton County
Airlines May Set New Safety Record
Barring a bad crash in the next three weeks American aviation is on track for one of its safest years on record. The projected fatality rate is 1.4 deaths per 100 million passenger miles, down from 3.2 in 1947 and near the all time low of 1.2 in 1939 and 1946.
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Washington
Mrs. Roosevelt Rejects Cabinet Proposal
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt dismisses a plan for President Truman to name her secretary of state if George C. Marshall retires. She calls it too silly to comment on yet expresses hope Marshall will not retire for the country and world’s good.
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New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Truman
George C. Marshall
Secretary Marshall
Actress Wins Fight to Void Film Contract
Joan Leslie, 23, wins release from Warner Brothers contract after legal battles reaching the Supreme Court. She voided the deal by claiming it was signed when she was a minor and disavowed roles she disliked. She plans to film first picture through Culver Productions.
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Hollywood
Joan Leslie
Warner Brothers
U.S. Supreme Court
Warners
Miss Leslie
Culver Productions
Mrs. Dora Anthony Dies at 74 in Logan
Dora Belle Anthony 74 widow of Charles D. Anthony died at 8 45 PM Sunday at her home 275 Hocking Avenue after a period of ill health. Native of Hocking County she lived most of her life in the area with a 16 year stay in West Virginia. Funeral services set for 2 PM Wednesday at Leonard Funeral Home with Rev. G E Fisher officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survivors: six sons John Jacksonville Florida Robert L Logan Fred Coolville Elmer Union Furnace Earl Columbus Floyd Chelsea Michigan and one sister Stella Cable McCunesville.
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Charles D. Anthony
Hocking Avenue
Hocking County
Anthony
West Virginia
Logan
Union Furnace
Haydenville Methodist Church
Leonard Funeral Home
G. E. Fisher
Oak Grove Cemetery
John
Jacksonville, Fla
Robert L
Fred
Coolville
Elmer
Earl
Columbus
Floyd
Chelsea, Mich
Stella Cable
McCunesville
Hunting Accident Claims Life of Kent State Student
Richard G. Blacklund, 22, died from wounds after a hunting accident near Akron. He was a Navy veteran and Kent State University student who was wounded when he stepped into a companion's rabbit hunt line of fire Saturday.
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Akron
Richard G. Blacklund
Blacklund
Kent State University
Here
Government Rout Greek Guerrillas In Karditsa Action
Unconfirmed press reports from Larisa say 2,500 to 3,000 rebels were hurled back in a violent attempt to seize Karditsa Greece. The guerrillas were driven toward Mount Agras after being routed from Karditsa this morning.
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Athens
Larisa
Karditsa
Greece
Mount Agras
Costa Rica Seeks Rio Pact Aid Over Invasion
Costa Rica appeals to Inter-American help under the Rio Pact to repel an armed invasion linked to Nicaragua. Invaders, described as communists and Nicaraguan guardsmen, overpowered a 20 man garrison in La Cruz and prompted suspension of civil guarantees. Rafael Calderón Guardia is named as leader by the San Jose junta.
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Washington
Nec
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Bay of Silinas
Pacific
la Cruz
Central American Republic
Panama Canal
Daniel Oduber
San Jose
Communist Party
Rafael Calderon Guardia
Violence Flares in Columbus Strike at Zinc Oxide Plant
Five workers including assistant plant superintendent H. H. Black were injured when eight men in an auto attacked them near the American Zinc Oxide Co. plant. Victims Silas Williamson Bob Chaudoin Lucien Girard Earl Fink suffered head lacerations and cuts. Black and Williamson treated at University Hospital.
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Columbus
American Zinc .Oxide Co
H. H. Black
Silas Williamson
Bob Chaudoin
Lucien Girard
Earl Fink
Black
Kommandatura revival urged with three powers in Berlin
Mayor Ernst Reuter urged the Western powers to reorganize the Allied Kommandatura without the Russians and abolish zone borders to place Western Berlin on par with western Germany. A three power session was planned as U.S. Britain and France prepare talks.
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Berlin
Ernst Reuter
Kommandatura
Reuter
Germany
U. S
Britain
France
Lausche Names Moulton as State Commerce Director
Governor elect Frank J. Lausche announced that Robert L. Moulton of Galion will resume the post of state commerce director when the new administration takes office next month. Moulton previously held the role from October 1945 until the Herbert administration began.
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Cleveland
Robert L. Moulton
Galion
Frank J. Lausche
Moulton
Commerce
Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Minister Overruled in Decree Barring Flag from Church
Hopewell Virginia church session overruled pastor Rev. William E. Hill Jr on flag draping a coffin during a Spanish American War veteran service. The ruling body decided future flag placement on caskets inside worship space would not be treated as flag display.
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Hopewell
West End Presbyterian Church
William E. Hill, Jr
House of Worship
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