Opponents of Train Removal Testify In Seattle Crash Argument
Wreckage of a C-46 airliner after Takeoff from Seattle Washington shows the aircraft plunged through seven houses setting them afire. Six people killed and 36 injured including seven residents of the damaged dwellings. Sergeant F R Sheline of Union Furnace was among 28 passengers aboard the plane.
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Seattle
Wash
F. R. Sheline
Union Furnace
Aleutian Islands
International Soundphoto
Truman decorates Vaughan with mock Medal in New York
Newsweek reports President Truman awarded Maj. Gen. Harry A. Vaughan a mock “Operation Union Station” medal on July 6 1949 after a press confrontation about five percenters and Vaughan’s Guatemala vacation. Vaughan reported for duty the following week and declined comment.
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New York
Newsweek Magazine
Truman
Harry A. Vaughan
Vaughan
Guatemala
Newsweek
Harry H. Vaughan
U.S.A
Harry S. Truman
Barbara Hutton Swim Trip Amid Ill Health Reports
Barbara Hutton Troubetzkoi, the Woolworth heiress, was seen swimming at Venice on Lido Beach while rumors claimed poor health. Reports note a court in Dedham, Massachusetts, says she is critically ill with weight around 88 pounds and that she needs her 13 year old son Lance with her, custody with Curt Haugwitz Reventlow.
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Venice
Italy
Barbara Hutton Troubetzkoi
Woolworth
Lido Beach
Grand Hotel
Dedham
Mass
Hutton
Lance
Curt Haugwitz Reventlow
Detroit Pays Final Respects to Murphy
Detroit honored late U S Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy with a public viewing at City Hall from 10 A M to 2 P M Local authorities and Murphy family members arranged the arrangements After the viewing a Michigan state police escort planned to accompany the hearse to Harbor Beach for tomorrow's funeral services
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Detroit
U. S. Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Justice Murphy
George Murphy
Marguerite Teahan
Michigan
Harbor Beach
Markets at a Glance on Wheat Corn and Cattle
Wheat steady with light activity. Corn mixed with July short covering. Oats ease following wheat. Hogs uneven up to 25c, top $22.75. Cattle uneven, up to 25c, top $28.00. Stocks lower for first time this week and bonds down as rails fall.
Ohio unemployment pay high in June
Ohio unemployment compensation benefits were paid to more persons in June than in any month since June 1946. The weekly average of recipients last month was 133,532 with 77,402 newly unemployed filing claims. The newly unemployed rose 1 percent from May 1949 and 141 percent from June 1948.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
1948 Income Gains Listed
Laborers and farmers led gains in the 1948 income survey. Unskilled workers rose $350 to a median $2,100, while skilled and semi skilled workers gained $300 to $3,300. Clerks and sales staff up $100 to $3,000, farm operators up $300 to $1,800, with professionals holding at $4,000 and $4,500 for 1947 levels. Among 43.8 million families, 26 percent earned under $2,000 in 1948 versus 31 percent in 1947 and 35 percent in 1946.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
DDT Sprayed in Warren Parks to Fight Infantile Paralysis
Alleys, parks and other areas in Warren Ohio are being sprayed with DDT as part of a campaign to combat infantile paralysis. The effort targets public spaces to curb the disease.
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Warren, O
Margaret Truman to sing at Bowling Green event
Margaret Truman, the President's daughter, will perform at Bowling Green State University on March 30, 1950, in Bowling Green, Ohio. The appearance was announced from the campus details.
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Bowling Green, O
Margaret Truman
Bowling Green State University
Quarter of a Million Autos Tested in Ohio Safety Check
Ohio safety inspection in 10 days July 1 to 10 covered about 92 339 cars by the state patrol and 132 995 by other police. Defects found totaled 58 266 with 18 213 from patrol checks and 20 053 from other agencies. No arrests. motorists receive a bill of particulars and may recheck for a sticker after fixes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
Ohio Chiefs of Police Association
Ross H. Cunningham
Steubenville
Cleveland
Switchover to Dial Telephones Planned for Logan
Logan Home Telephone Company prepares for Saturday night dial operation with all subscribers getting new numbers and new directories. Demonstrations at the courthouse booth attract public interest as operators train under Columbus Bell instructors Miss Helen Reilly and Miss Ann Hudak.
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Howard Slusher
Logan Home Telephone Company
Slusher
Helen Reilly
Ann Hudak
Columbus
Ohio
Bell Telephone Company
Short Order Cooks Stir Up Trouble For Brooklynites
In Columbus Ohio on July 21 two Brooklyn men visiting East Columbus were questioned after cooks from Howard Johnson restaurant identified four men as suspects in a June 21 Holdup. Police arrested the four who were at headquarters checking on stolen hotel clothes.
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Columbus
Brooklyn
Terday
Charles Thacker
Koma Borah
Howard Johnson
East Columbus
Johnson
Thacker
Borah
Blosser Named Administrative Head of Wilkesville Schools
Kaye Blosser, former Logan teacher, named administrative head of the Wilkesville school system by D. M. Bryson, Vinton County superintendent. He previously served as school superintendent in Gibisonville and Stewart and led the Athens VA office for three years. A Ohio University graduate and World War II veteran.
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Kaye Blosser
Logan
Wilkesville
D. M. Bryson
Vinton County
Gibisonville
Carbon Hill
Stewart
Athens County
Blosser
Veterans Administration Office
Athens
Ohio University
Newark Stove Co to Rehire About 150 Workers
About 150 Newark Stove Co employees furloughed last February will be rehired next Monday production manager W Reed Mull said yesterday.
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Newark
Newark Stove Co
W. Reed Mull
Snelling Held on Embezzlement Charge
H Tracy Snelling a 37 year old former Washington newspaperman and former information director for the Los Alamos atomic energy project was served with a warrant charging him with embezzling Red Cross funds. He disappeared for a week and was questioned by AEC security officers in Santa Fe New Mexico. A security service plane flew him from Dallas Texas where he walked into the FBI office yesterday after the unexplained absence. He has been suspended from his post.
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Santa FE
N. M
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Security Service
H. Tracy Snelling
Dallas
Tex
FBI
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Los Alamos
Mercury Near 90 As Logan Sees Warm Temperatures
Cloudy skies threatened showers at noon as Logan logged 86 degrees at the state highway garage and rose to 90 by afternoon. The warm trend continued into a mild night with a low around 70, with residents noting average summer conditions and humidity remains high.
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State Highway Garage
Logan
Adequate Alaskan Defense Plans Outlined for Senate
Secretary Johnson told the Senate armed services committee that adequate Alaska defense plans are in operation and urged quick approval of 643 million dollars in Army Navy and Air Forces construction projects. Projects would run in the United States and overseas.
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Washington
Johnson
Alaska
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Forces
Coalition Threatens Junking of Farm Plan in House Vote
Washington July 21 Democrats and Republicans forge a coalition to strike down or modify the Truman administration farm bill. The House debates three paths including scuttling the administration plan for a Brannan three crop trial, killing or delaying the Aiken law setting 60 to 90 percent parity, or continuing the 1950 program with 90 percent parity. Farm groups crowd corridors as debates center on subsidies versus price supports and political fortunes in farm belt districts.
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Washington
House
Rep
Pace
D-Ga
Italy Ratifies Atlantic Pact Amid Protests
Rome reports the Italian chamber of deputies ratified the North Atlantic Pact despite Russian objections. A prior second vote followed an initial count that was nullified. In Washington the Senate wrestled over whether atomic weapons or secrets would be shared with 11 nations as part of the pact, with leaders saying final details depend on future arms aid legislation.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Washington
Senate
Europe
Atlantic
McMahon
D-Conn
House Atomic Energy Committee
U.S
Congress
Wherry
Shoeworkers Ask Talks Be Resumed In Ohio Strike
The CIO United Shoemakers of America urged the U S Conciliation Service to restart contract talks in the Selby Shoe Co strike as of July 21 in Portsmouth Ohio. Union secretary Elvie Gulley named conciliator John L Conner to resume discussions held June 24 in Cincinnati.
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Portsmouth
CIO
United Shoemakers of America
U.S
Pistol Wielding Jilted Suitor Charged With Attempted Murder
In Pittsburgh Felix Sprecacenere a 20 year old from Warren Ohio was charged with the attempted murder of his sweetheart Gloria Roth 19 He is also charged with pointing firearms and violating the uniform firearms act The alleged incident followed a breakup over Memorial Day at a morals court hearing Roth fainted when a loaded .45 was leveled at her and Sprecacenere said he could not shoot her according to Lt Sylvester Stoehr
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Pittsburgh
Felix Sprecacenere
Warren
Sprecacenere
Gloria Roth
Miss Roth
Felix
Sylvester Stoehr
Newark Businessman Seeks Democratic U S Senator Nomination
Newark businessman and farmer William L. White announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for U S senator in 1950. White previously sought the Republican nomination for governor in 1948, but was defeated and backed Frank J. Lausche.
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Newark
William L. White
U. S
White
Frank J. Lausche
Mooney Protests for Hocking County Over Train Abandonment
At Columbus hearings Rep. L P Mooney of Hocking County and other local officials testified against abandoning Chesapeake and Ohio trains 130 and 137 between Logan and Pomeroy. The railroad showed losses, peaking at 59796 in 1948 and 28037 for January through May 1949, while Middleport withdrew and Pomeroy joined protests.
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Columbus
Chesapeake & Ohio
Logan and
Pomeroy
Eugene Nolan
State Utilities Commission
Rep
L. P. Mooney
Hocking County
A. R. Knight
Nolan
Middleport
Elizabeth Dollison Dies After Illness in Logan
Elizabeth Edna Dollison a 51 year old Logan musician died at 1 45 A M today at her home 26 West Main Street after months of leg illness She was born in Logan daughter of Dr George and Margaret Collison a Logan High School and Oberlin Conservatory graduate She performed on the Keith vaudeville circuit as a pianist and later taught from her home studio She belonged to the Euterpean Music Club and Presbyterian Church Surviving is a half sister Mrs Martha Yerges of Newark Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Saturday Heinlein Funeral Home callers welcome after 1 PM Friday Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery private mausoleum
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Elizabeth Edna Dollison
Logan
West Main Street
George and
Margaret K. Collison
Logan High School
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Keith
Euterpean Music Club
The
Presbyterian Church
Martha Yerges
Newark
Heinlein Funeral Home
Henry Carr
Oak Grove Cemetery
Lausche Signs Bill Limiting Party Line Subscribers
Gov. Frank Lausche signed a measure prohibiting more than ten telephone subscribers on a party line. The law takes effect January 1, 1952, in Columbus, Ohio.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Chicago Tribune Buys Washington Times Herald in Capital Paper Shakeup
The Chicago Tribune acquires the Washington Times-Herald, the capital’s largest daily, with management to continue. Purchase price undisclosed. The sale returns ownership to a Medill descendant. Patterson family history ties and 1939 consolidation into the Washington Times-Herald are noted.
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Chicago
Washington Times-Herald
Capital
Chicago Tribune
Robert R. McCormick
The
Tribune
Eleanor M
Cissie) Patterson
Times- Herald
Times-Herald
Patterson
Joseph Medill
Fam
Medill
Joseph Medill Patterson
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Snelling
Alaskan
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U.S. Senate
Rneb
Mooney
Elizabeth Dollison
Lausche
Bill
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