Investigators Dither On Cause Of California Airliner Crash
Investigators differed whether a fight aboard a Standard Airlines C 46 caused the crash 30 miles north of Los Angeles that killed 35 and injured 14. CAB and airline officials offered competing views as survivors described the altercation and a stewardess credited with protecting her unborn child.
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Los Angeles
Here
Standard Airlines
Santa Susana Mountains
Civil Aeronautics Board
James N. Peyton
Peyton
L. R. Powell
Standard
Roy G. White
White
H. R. Knickerbocker
Royal Dutch
Bombay
India
Asia
Wellston Man Killed In Route 75 Crash
George Perkins aged 45 of Wellston was killed early today when his car ran off Route 75 and overturned after going over a bank.
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Wellston
George Perkins
Route 75
Vatican Excommunicates Reds in Major Decree
The Vatican announced a major excommunication against communists, issued by the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office. The decree bars Catholics from sacraments and the society of the faithful. In Nuernberg a Nazi offender, Friedrich Geyer, declared his appeal then collapsed and died from a stroke in the courtroom.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office
Society of the Faithful
Nuernberg
Germany
Friedrich Geyer
Denazification Court
Jennifer Jones Weds Producer Aboard Yacht
Portofino Italy July 13 The mayor announced actress Jennifer Jones and movie producer David Selznick were married aboard the yacht Manona at 2 30 AM EST the motor yacht lay anchored off the Italian Riviera Miss Jones wore a white frock and sunglasses. The couple later boarded the yacht Facey owned by Prince Pignatelli of Naples and sailed toward Rapallo near Genoa.
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Portofino
Italy
Jennifer Jones
David Selznick
Manona
Riviera
Miss Jones
Selznick
Prince Pignatelli
Naples
Rapallo
Genoa
Congressmen Ailing In Bethesda Hospital
Reps. McGregor and Vorys both Ohio Republicans were hospitalized in Bethesda Naval Hospital with minor infections. McGregor is treated for an eye and ear infection while Vorys faces an intestinal ailment.
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Washington
McGregor
Vorys
Ohio
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Congress oratory unhindered by crowded temporary quarters
Washington July 13 Congressmen spoke freely in temporary chambers as spectators were barred due to repairs. The House appeared lively discussing Dewey’s mustache and the “Eighty worst” Congress. Rep. Huber joked about being mistaken for Tom Dewey and for Rep. Scott.
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Washington
Senate
House
Tom Dewey
Congress. Rep
Huber
Ohio
Wursell
R-I
Jackson
Calif
Hugh D. Scott
Pennsylvania
National Republican Committee
Dewey
Scott’s
Three Months Phone Strike Ends at Marion
Marion Ohio reports the Ohio Associated Telephone Company strike ended after three months. About 80 operators and workers returned to work. OFTW announced negotiations to continue, with no pay increase granted. Violent incidents included vandalism and an attempted shooting of Thomas S. Mitchell. cable cuts affected hundreds of subscribers.
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Marion
Ohio Associated Telephone Company
Clare E. Williams
Williams
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Thomas C. Ryan
OFTW
Thomas S. Mitchell
Cleveland
Mitchell
Martin J. Hughes
Despondent German War Bride Falls to Death in Pittsburgh
A German war bride identified as Eva Renkes 23 formerly of Oberlin near Munich Germany leaped from the eighth floor of a downtown Pittsburgh office building. The tragedy followed a wartime marriage breakup with Charles Renkes of St. Clairsville Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
Eva Renkes
Oberlin
Munich
Germany
Charles Renkes
St. Clairsville
Renkes
Wheeling
Highway Department Offers Summer Jobs for Students
The Ohio Highway Department announced a 450000 program to hire about 800 high school and college students. They will earn 500 to 600 dollars for the summer painting guard rails and mowing weeds under Director T. J. Kauer.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
T. J. Kauer
Live Wire Kills American Soldier in Germany
Pvt. Gayle H. Ellsworth of Shelby Ohio was electrocuted on a Munich Augsburg railway near Augsburg on July 10. The Army announced he apparently tried to ride on the roof of a crowded train and touched a live wire.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Gayle H. Ellsworth
Shelby
Ohio
Munich
Augsberg
Augsburg
U.S. Army
Ellsworth
Truman to Broadcast Fire Side Chat on Economic Policy
President Truman will address the nation tonight in a radio and television broadcast from the White House. He plans to reassure the public about the economic decline, defend his fiscal policy, and outline an 11 point program to boost production employment and purchasing power.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
White House
State Starts Move To Acquire Land In Lake Logan Area
Certificates of appropriation were served on three Lake Logan area farms owned by Elza Ringhiser, Jerry Blosser, and Homer Evans. Owners must accept or reject within ten days. rejection leads to filing and condemnation suits, while acceptance transfers land to the state under terms in the certificates.
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Lake Logan
State Conservation Department
Elza Ringhiser
Jerry Blosser
Homer Evans
Mercury Temperatures Drop as Heat Wave Eases
The day shows the heat wave fading with readings at 82 degrees by noon, five degrees cooler than yesterday. Yesterday’s high reached 89 at 4 PM, then fell to 65 overnight, indicating a break in the recent heat.
Chinese Free Yangtze Flood Displaces 250,000 People
Reports from missionaries and river shippers indicate the mid Yangtze flood has driven 250,000 persons from their homes in Shanghai. The unfolding disaster prompts relief concerns as flood conditions persist along the river.
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Yangtze
Shanghai
Forgotten Wine Hoard Called Tashty Shtuff
Cincinnati workers uncover long forgotten wine cellars beneath a downtown building revealing hundreds of bottles over a hundred years old. Descriptions call the wine the best tasted yet with labels noting cures for debility appetite loss prostration and nursing mothers. The cellars reportedly belonged to the Longworth Wine House, closed over fifty years ago.
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Cincinnati
Longworth
Markets at a Glance Sees Wheat and Oats Soften Hogs Rise
Wheat easy and light trading. Corn July firm with other months down. Oats weak amid heavy cash grain offerings. Hogs active and up 25 to 50 cents, top 22.50. Cattle steady to 50 cents lower, top 28.25. Stocks higher with moderate advance. Bonds higher with rail buying.
Fleeing Slayer Trapped Atop Water Tower
Warren murderer Raymond Jutila holed up atop a 130 foot water tower at Lima State Hospital after scaling walls and crossing roofs during an attempted escape. Superintendent Dr. R E Bushong said he would wait out the inmate as guards pressed below and the water in the tank was lowered to thwart chokes. Jutila, 1935 murder convict, previously sentenced in the rape slaying of Marie Tobin in Warren.
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Victor Reuther
Detroit
Auto Workers-Cio
Milwaukee
Wis
Reuther
Walter
Roy
Birmingham
Mich
John
Victor
International Soundphoto
Lima, O
Lima State Hospital
R. E. Bushong
Raymond Jutila
Dr. Bushong
Jutila
Brannan Abandons 1950 Wheat Quotas
Washington dispatch reports assistants prematurely announced abandonment of 1950 wheat marketing quotas. The Production and Marketing Administration telegrammed field officers claiming quotas were off, but Brannan's office said no decision had been made yet. Aides concede little likelihood of proceeding with quotas.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Production and Marketing Administration
Corn Borer Infestation Worst in Illinois History
Champaign Illinois July 13 corn borer infestation in Illinois is expected to be the worst in history this year according to Dr. G C Decker University of Illinois entomologist.
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Champaign
Ilinois
G. C. Decker
University of Ilinois
Floods Strike West Virginia
West Virginia authorities warn residents near the Elk and Gauley rivers as heavy rains trigger flash floods in Braxton Nicholas and Webster counties. Elk River rises to about 14 feet with more inflow. eight to nine feet in two hours. Roads submerge and homes wash away near Erbacon. 10 reports of missing persons.
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Sutton
W. Va
Braxton
Nicholas
Wester
Elk River
Braxton County
Here
Webster County
Erbacon
Derailment Spills Wheat Shipment at Grandview Crossing
About 200000 bushels of wheat spilled over the Pennsylvania Railroad right of way at the Grandview Avenue crossing when six freight cars derailed after a bearing burned out. The wreck pulled five other cars from the track in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania Railroad
Grandview Avenue
Wheat storage problem disappears as yields drop in southwest
Wheat farmers across Kansas Oklahoma Texas and Nebraska report far smaller yields than feared leading to excess storage space. In Kansas Western towns used airfields and municipal hangars for grain with many facilities unused. Enid Oklahoma and Fort Worth Texas cite ample storage and spare capacity as the crop fails to meet expectations.
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Kansas City
Mother Nature
Southwest
Hays
Kas
Garden City
Kansas
Pratt
Oklahoma
Texas
Nebraska
Enid
Okla
G. E. Blewett
Fort Worth
Texas Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Steel unions set 60 day strike delay after limited acceptance
The CIO United Steelworkers ordered a strike at midnight Friday against steel firms rejecting President Truman's 60 day truce. Only Jones & Laughlin accepted. U S Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Republic all refused. Plant operations will continue per existing contracts.
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Pittsburgh
Cio-United Steelworkers
CIO
United Steelworkers Executive Board
Jones & Laughlin
Truman
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
Executive Board
Philip Murray
Murray
White House
Republic Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Wheeling Steel
Shaving Ban Ordered by Fremont Mayor
Fremont Ohio announces a temporary shaving ban starting Saturday as part of centennial celebrations from July 31 to August 6. Mayor Harold Whitcomb approves Bush Growers League permit system requiring a one dollar centennial donation to continue shaving.
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Fremont
Fremont, O
Harold Whitcomb
Bush Growers League, Inc
Centennial Financial Ktty
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