Plane crash kills 14 American newsmen near Bombay
Royal Dutch Airlines Constellation carrying 14 American journalists and 31 others crashed on a hilltop north of Bombay in rain. All aboard were killed. The victims included Charles Grathe and Vincent Mahoney among 14 named reporters. two additional officials were later confirmed not aboard. The plane departed Batavia July 10 en route to Holland.
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Bombay
India
Royal Dutch Airlines
Santa Cruz
Ghatkopar
Batavia
Java
New Delhi
Lou Henderson
Holland
Mauritius
KLM
Charles Grathe
The
Christian Science Monitor
Vincent Mahoney
San Francisco Chronicle
James Branyon
Houston Post
Nat A. Barrows
Chicago Daily News
H. R. Knickerbocker
WOR
New York
John Werkley
Time Magazine
Miss Elsie Dick
Mutual Broadcasting System
Tom Falco
Business Week
S. Burton Heath
Newspaper Enterprise Association
George Moorad
Portland Oregonian
KGW
Fred Colvig
Denver Post
William H. Newton
Scripps Howard Newspaper Alliance
Bertram D. Hulen
New York Times
Lyn Mahan
Swanson Public Relations Company
Netherlands
Dorothy Brandon
New York Herald Tribune
William R. Matthews
Arizona Star
Today's Markets At a Glance
WHEAT finished lower on a cautious crop report. CORN mixed with nearby contracts higher. HOGS unevenly steady to 50 cents lower, top 22.00. CATTLE unevenly higher to lower, top 28.25. STOCKS steady with selective buying. BONDS higher, rails in demand.
Train Hearing on C&O Abandonment Set for July 21
A hearing on whether the Chesapeake and Ohio railway may abandon trains 30 and 37 between Logan and Pomeroy will resume July 21. Attorney examiner Eugene Nolan recessed after the railroad presented witnesses and oppositions including Gallipolis Postmaster Elmer Caldwell. Opponents warn abandonment would harm local business and mail service. C&O says the trains run at a loss.
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Columbus
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Logan
Pomeroy
Eugene Nolan
Elmer Caldwell
Gallipolis
New York Central Railroad
Smith
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Caldwell
Railroad hearing extended to allow shipper testimony
Lewis Price of Logan service director testified for a half hour opposing railroad train removal. He said the extension in the hearing was won to let shippers along the line gather facts showing retention of the trains is necessary for their businesses. Witnesses included Vinton County state representative and others from McArthur Pomeroy and local business groups.
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Lewis Price
Logan
Vinton County
H. E. Abele
McArthur
O. F. Sharp
W. A. Smith
Pomeroy
Lewis E. Price
Blood Donor Drive for Hocking County Arm strong Patient
Logan residents donate blood to repay Columbus blood bank for transfusions to Marion Armstrong at West Street. Armstrong, in a Columbus hospital with a blood disease, has had three transfusions in four days. Donors Richard Gerken Jack Kinter Fred Shively Jr Sylvia Foltz Frances Voris planned to travel to Columbus at 11 A M and 5 30 P M to aid in the effort with two more volunteers sought for 5 30 P M departure.
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Logan
Columbus Blood Bank
Hocking County
American Red Cross
Marion Armstrong
West Street
Armstrong
Columbus
Richard Gerken
Gerken
Jack Kinter
Fred Shively, Jr
Sylvia Foltz
Frances Voris
Harry Armstrong
Charles Kleinschmidt
Walter Bowen
Mr. Armstrong
Solly Hart Loses Bid For Freedom
Solly Hart of Cleveland, linked to the Roy Marine killing, failed in a bid for freedom from a life term at Ohio Penitentiary. The state pardon and parole commission delayed the case to August 1958, saying no convincing proof of innocence was found, while stopping short of naming another equally guilty party.
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Columbus
Solly Hart
Cleveland
Youngstown
Roy
Happy) Marine
Ohio
State
Hart
Physician 84 Dies in Ravenna
Dr. Lucius W. Prichard aged 84 longtime Portage County physician died in Ravenna yesterday. He was the county’s oldest practicing doctor. Funeral arrangements pending local authorities said.
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Ravenna
Lucius W. Prichard
Portage County
Brehm opposes federal mine inspection legislation
Rep. Brehm of Ohio pledges to block a bill granting federal inspectors power to close mines for imminent danger. He proposes a compromise allowing federal orders to remove workers temporarily while state inspectors respond, arguing it preserves state rights and safety. Stephen Williams of Ohio disputes the proposal, defending state authority and code.
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Washington
Brehm
Ohio
Stephen Williams
Ohio Division of Mines
Williams
Curtiss-Wright Unveils Supersonic Jet for Tests
Curtiss-Wright engineers at the Columbus division created a supersonic air jet reaching 1200 mph to test airplane contours for speeds beyond sound. The jet’s roar requires ear protection, and visible shock waves result from the blast. A three inch nozzle compresses air to 6500 cubic feet per minute.
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Columbus
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Columbus Airplane Division
Ohioan sworn in as assistant register of the treasury
Harlan T. Chapman of Elyria Ohio was sworn in today as an assistant register of the treasury. He overcame Republican opposition led by Senator Bricker after the Senate Finance Committee investigated and found him well qualified for the post. Treasury officials and the Chapman family attended the ceremony.
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Washington
Harlan T. Chapman
Elyria
Ohio
the Treasury
Treasury
Chapman
Harlan P. Chapman
Senate
Truman
John W. Bricker
Senate Finance Committee
Democrats Call Farm Bill Talk
All House Democrats were summoned to a caucus to back a farm bill from the House Agriculture Committee. The measure would repeal the Aiken law and allow a three crop trial next year for Brannan’s subsidy plan, while Republicans push to preserve the Aiken framework for 1950. Pace and Cooley argue the Brannan plan risks farm bankruptcy and require cost estimates and practicality checks before full adoption.
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Washington
House Democrats
House Agriculture Committee
House Republicans
Cooley
D-Nc
Rep
Pace
D-Ga
House Rules Committee
Brannan
Congress Promises Excise Tax Cuts to Aid Economy
Congress signals potential excise tax relief as President Truman pursues a 11 point program to avert a recession. Doughton and George forecast repeal of some levies next year, despite revenue costs, while Johnson pushes broader cuts amid administration support and CIO backing for public works planning.
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Congress
Truman
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Johnson
D-Cole
McGrath
Rhode Island
Sawyer
Cavern kills worker at railroad yard excavation
Henry Barton a 55 year old mason was buried under brick and dirt during a sewer project at the New York Central Railroad yards in Campbell Youngstown yesterday.
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Youngstown
Henry Barton
New York Central Railroad
Campbell
Idleness Above Hundred Year Average in Unemployment
New York reports unemployment slightly above long term averages amid a transition to a normal buyers market. About 3.778 million job seekers face a paralyzed economy as major industries shut down.
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New York
All Stars Take Three-Run Lead In Rain-Halted Exhibition
In Brooklyn today the American League team built an 8-5 edge in the sixth after trailing from the fourth. The National Leaguers, committing five errors in six innings, set a record for fielding lapses before rain halted play in the last of the sixth.
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Brooklyn
Truman asks CIO steelworkers to pause strike 60 days
President Truman urged the CIO steelworkers to suspend the threatened strike for 60 days while a presidential fact finding board investigates the wage pensions dispute. The move aims to avert a shutdown as negotiations continue.
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Washington
Truman
CIO
Cities Win Two Rounds In Financial Aid Fight
In Columbus Ohio on July 12 cities won gains in state aid. Senate approved a five percent liquor price increase expected to raise 5 to 7 million dollars for local governments. If House agrees the plan will boost liquor monopoly profit margins and fund 18 million annually in grants to cities. The Youngstown plan targets intangibles taxes to reallocate funds away from Cleveland and Cincinnati toward broader city needs.
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Columbus
Senate
House
Youngstown
Clingan Jackson
Nicholas P. Bernard
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Jackson
Bernard
U S Plane Crashes in Russian Zone
FRANKFURT Germany July 12 The smoldering wreckage of a U S C 54 transport plane crashed last night in the Russian zone. There was no sign of life near the aircraft and all three crew members may have perished.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Sheriff Orders Shutdown of Gambling Devices in Jefferson County
Sheriff Clarence A. Eberts ordered all deputies in Jefferson County to shut down every gambling device in the county a crackdown reported from Steubenville Ohio dated July 12.
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Steubenville, O
Clarence A. Eberts
Jefferson County
Sheriff Promises Search for Stewart in Gifford Slaying
Athens County Sheriff George Bateman said every effort will be exerted to capture James Stewart, one of three youths charged in the Eleanor Gifford slaying. Gifford, 52, a church worker, was beaten to death January 3 in her home. Stewart is at large. co-defendants Harry Dodds Jr and Grover Rawlins are convicted. Dodds faces the electric chair. Rawlins serves a life term.
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Athens
George Bateman
James Stewart
Eleanor Gifford
Miss Gifford
Stewart
Columbus
Harry Dodds, Jr
Grover Rawlins
New Straitsville
Dodds
Rawlins
Ohio
Telephone Company Granted Rate Hike
The Cincinnati & Suburban Telephone Co. received state utilities commission approval to raise rates immediately. The new tariffs will generate about 2.835 million dollars in additional annual revenue and are described as just and reasonable by the commission.
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Columbus, C
Cincinnati & Suburban Telephone Co
State Utilities Commission
Mercury Registers In Mid-Eighties
Temperatures stayed mild with 86 at 1 PM and 65 last night. The day matched yesterday's high of 86 while the low compared with 56 earlier in the week, and reports of heat trouble were rare.
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State Highway
Crash kills 11 as airliner hallmarks fight aboard
A Standard Airlines converted C-46 on a New York to Long Beach flight crashes near Santa Suzana pass after a passenger fight. Eleven dead and 30 injured, 48 aboard. Injured taken to Birmingham Veterans' Hospital Van Nuys. Pilot Roy White sought police aid at Burbank.
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Los Angeles
Standard Airlines
Santa Suzana Pass
New York-to
Burbank
Roy White
Riverside
Long Beach
Stanley Weiss
Birmingham Veterans’ Hospital
van Nuys
Harold Tucker
Mary Ann Rose
Charlotte Grenadier
Chatsworth Reservoir
North Hollywood
Albuquerque
N. M
Santa Suzana Mountains
San Fernando Valley
Chatsworth
Ventura-Santa Paula
Plains
Dead Tree Removed At Worthington Park
A dead tree at the corner of Main and Market streets in Worthington City Park was removed by city workers today according to Lewis Price city service and safety director. A new tree will probably be planted. Tree trimming and cutting in other parts of Logan are being done by a commercial firm paid by property owners with cuttings hauled away by city trucks.
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Main
Market Streets
City Park
Lewis Price
City Service
Logan
Fichter Faces Challenge in Ohio Grange Dispute
Joseph W. Fichter, Ohio Orange master, says a Licking County group plans to oust him amid Grange dissension. Dissidents aimed to disrupt Utica High School installation, then moved to Bennington Grange hall as police cleared the crowd. Warner says the dispute began after Fichter dismissed the Utica deputy master and dissidents elected new officers.
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Columbus
Joseph W. Fichter
Ohio
Licking County
Pomona Grange
Fichter
State Grange
Grange
Utica High School
Fitcher
T. G. Warner
Albert Goff
National Grange
Warner
Clyde Bone
Utica
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Joe Martin
Massachusetts
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Coughton
Twentieth Century Fund
Duala
Africa
Phil Carroll
Idlewild International Airport
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Worthington Park
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