Auto Company Heads to Face Federal Court
Promoter Pres ton T Tucker of a novel auto venture was indicted on mail fraud SEC violations and conspiracy. Seven associates charged in a 31 count indictment returned by a grand jury in Chicago. Defendants face up to 156 years in prison and 60 000 in fines each.
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Chicago
Preston T. Tucker
SEC
John P. Barnes
Tucker
Securities and Exchange Commission
Tucker Corporation
Harold A. Karsten
Ambraham Karatz
North Hollywood
Calif
Minneapolis
Floyd D. Cerf
Robert Pierce
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit
Tucker Corporation Class A Stock Quoted at 40 Cents Bid
In Chicago on June 10 the Tucker Corporation Class A stock traded OTC at 40 cents bid and 60 cents asked, a drop from yesterday's 62 1/2 cents bid and 75 cents offer. The original public price was $5.00 a share.
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Chicago
Tucker Corporation
Tucker Car Promotion Case Draws Indictment and Bond
Indictments allege 28 million spent on promoting a postwar Tucker automobile. Defendants, including Tucker officials and associates in Chicago and Oak Park, faced bonds from 10 000 to 25 000. Money came from dealer franchise sales, Class A stock sales, and pre delivery car accessories. Accusations claim false statements about a novel mass produced car with advanced features.
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Barnes
Tucker
Cerf
Pierce
Karsten
Nan Deardorff Dies After Long Illness
Nan Deardorff, a longtime merchant in Gallipolis Ohio, who operated in the town for half a century, died today after a prolonged illness.
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Nan Deardorff
Gallipolis
Glouster Man Jailed After Shooting Former Housekeeper
John LaCourte 50 held in Athens County jail without charges as investigation continues into the shooting of his former housekeeper Mrs. Anna Gilmore Lewis 36 in Glouster. She suffered three bullets from a .32 revolver and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens as deputies and police coaxed LaCourte from a three hour siege. He surrendered after his son Thomas 22 entered the home. LaCourte said Mrs Lewis ruined my life. she had left his household four years ago.
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Glouster
John LaCourte
Athens County
George Bateman
Anna Gilmore Lewis
Lewis
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
LaCourte
Bateman
Thomas
Sicily
Rites Arranged For Pvt. Alvan W. Smith
Military services are set for Pvt. Alvan W. Smith 29 son of Mr and Mrs W C Smith Bowen Street Logan Ohio killed in action in France June 12 1944 attached to the Fourth Engineers He had served three years in the Army and worked at Logan Clay Products Co He is survived by his parents a brother George and three sisters Madge Garlinger Grace Shaw and Daisy Smith His body will arrive in Logan at 10 10 AM next Tuesday escorted by Logan veterans will be held at 2 PM Thursday at Leonard Funeral Home Rev Miranda Casto officiating burial in Oak Grove Cemetery remains at the funeral home until services
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Pvt
Alvan W. Smith
W. C. Smith
Bowen Street
France
Pvt. Smith
Fourth Engineers
Normandy
Logan Clay Products Co
George
Lancaster
Madge Garlinger
Grace Shaw
Columbus
Daisy Smith
Logan
Leonard Funeral Home
Miranda Casto
Oak Grove Cemetery
Heat Persists With Sparse Rain Across Ohio Forecast
Five day extended Ohio forecast shows temperatures averaging 4 7 degrees above normal with normal highs around 74 and lows near 82. Warming trend continues day by day as rainfall remains light at about 1 10 inch, scattered showers likely Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Hebron Jewel Thieves Hunted In Woods Near Old Washington
Cambridge Ohio June 10 police hunted two men wanted for questioning in a Hebron jewel burglary. About 30 officers surrounded woods at Old Washington and set roadblocks on Routes 22 and 40. George Drake 29 of Pittsburgh was captured with a three quarters full jewelry waste basket identified as Hebron loot.
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Hebron
Old Washington
Cambridge
Guernsey
George Drake
Pittsburgh
Drake
Senator Eastland ejects Wallace aide from hearing
In a heated Senate judiciary subcommittee session Senator Eastland dismissed C B Baldwin campaign manager for Henry Wallace from the witness chair after Baldwin refused to answer if he was a member of the Communist Party. Baldwin denounced Eastland and called the committee action a lie.
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Washington
Eastland
D-Miss
C. B. Baldwin
Henry Wallace
Senate
S.O.B
Baldwin
Communist Party
Farm Security Administration
Cotton Council
Progressive Party
United States
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hillsboro Man Held In Fatal Shooting
Hillsboro authorities say Hansford L. Hawkins 57 admitted shooting Paul E. Young 34 of Seaman Adams County with a .32 revolver after Young allegedly threatened him. Prosecutor Darrell R. Hottle reported Hawkins signed a statement.
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Hillsboro
Paul E. Young
Seaman
Adams County
Highland County
Darrell R. Hottle
Hansford L. Hawkins
Young
Reds Seek New Big Four Pact for German Peace
Paris reports said on June 10 that Russia called for a new Big Four conference within three months to draft a German peace treaty. French sources noted the proposal targets a six party framework involving major powers.
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REDS
Paris
Russia
Death claims J. L. Harbarger
James L. Harbarger 71 died 8 P M Thursday at 1301 West Hunter Street after a long illness. A boilermaker retired from the C&O roundhouse in Logan he came from Nelsonville in 1913 and worked 30 years there. Survived by his wife four sons two daughters two sisters and five grandchildren Funeral 2 P M Monday Leonard Funeral Home officiated burial Oak Grove Cemetery body to lie in repose after noon Saturday.
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James L. Harbarger
West
Hunter Street
Harbarger
C&o Roundhouse
Logan
Vinton County
Nelsonville
the Roundhouse
Anna Harbarger
William
Belford
Walter
Austin
C. L. Deyo
Columbus
Arthur Lear
Coshocton
Ida Strawn
Athens
Eva Kennard
Starr
Leonard Funeral Home
Mrs Ellen Roe Dies At Daughter's Home
Arrangements completed for funeral of Mrs Ellen Roe 78 formerly of Logan widow of James Roe who died Wednesday in Columbus at a daughter home Services will be at Pleasant Hill Evangelical United Brethren Church Rev E F Bradford Rushville officiating Burial in adjoining cemetery Leonard Funeral Service She is survived by three sons Howard Marvin of Columbus Fred of Tucson Ariz four daughters Mrs Ruby Knapp Mrs Ann Moore Mrs Myrtle Wiseman of Columbus and Mrs Mary Dailey Cincinnati a sister Mrs Ann Wallace Charleston W Va 16 grandchildren 16 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Her body will remain at the funeral home until time for services.
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Ellen Roe
Logan
James Roe
Columbus
Pleasant Hill
Ann Moore
Myrtle Wiseman
Mary Dailey
Cincinnati
Ann Wallace
Charleston
W. Va
Famed Cartoonist John T. McCutcheon Dies at 79
Chicago Tribune veteran cartoonist John T. McCutcheon aged 79 died at his Lake Forest home today after a 43 year career with the Chicago Tribune and service as a war correspondent.
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Chicago
John T. McCutcheon
The
Chicago Tribune
Lake Forest
Ohio Unemployment Up
Ohio unemployment in May rose to its highest level since 1946 according to Bureau of Unemployment Compensation figures released today in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of
County Engineer Office Closed Pending Appointment
Auditor Harry Smith said state law requires all records of the county engineer's office to be locked after the death of the officeholder and until a successor is appointed. Records must be audited before the office can reopen, halting road work, the county garage, and the engineer's office. The board seeks an early appointment but has not disclosed a candidate. State law requires a licensed engineer for the county post.
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Harry Smith
Board of Commissioners
Last Rites Held For Orla P Wolfe Hocking County Engineer
Funeral services for Orla P Wolfe Hocking County engineer who died Wednesday were held at 2 30 PM at the Evangelical United Brethren Church with Rev A N Grueser officiating Music by Albert Blick Harold Keller Carl Spence at the organ Pallbearers included Homer James Ralph Wolfe Wayne Goodlive Harry Goodlive and Virgil Spencer Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery by Leonard Funeral Service The courthouse closed that afternoon to permit officeholders and assistants to attend the service
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Orla P. Wolfe
Hocking County
Evangelical United Brethren Church
A. N. Grueser
Albert Blick
Harold Keller
Carl Spence
Homer
James
Ralph Wolfe
Wayne Goodlive
Harry Goodlive
Virgil Spencer
Oak Grove
Leonard
Six U.S. Airmen Die in East Japan Boat Fire
Six U S airmen and a Japanese national died yesterday when a 63 foot rescue boat caught fire off the east coast of Japan near Tokyo.
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Tokyo
U.S
Japan
Quake Shakes Central California Coast Areas
A small to moderate quake rocked 100 miles of the central California coast last night. Birds cages and chandeliers swung as the tremor occurred along the coastline. No damage was reported.
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San Francisco
California
Sigrid Undset Dies Norwegian Nobel Author 67
Oslo reports Nobel Prize winner Sigrid Undset died at Lillehammer Norway aged 67. The Kristen Lavransdatter author won the 1928 Nobel Prize for literature and faced Nazi anger before the war. Her eldest son Anders fell in action. she later lectured in the United States urging prewar action.
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Oslo
Norway
Sigrid Undset
Lillehammer
Miss Undset
Anders
United States
America
Europe
Frau Maria Oulie
Jenny
Today's Markets At a Glance
Wheat shows firm cash prices higher while corn offerings increase. Hogs move unevenly, top at 21.75. Cattle remain weak with no choice steers reported. Stocks fall in a new market slide as bonds retreat with rail selling.
Ickes Excused Until Later as Trial Witness
In the Judith Coplon espionage trial Harold L. Ickes appeared as a defense witness but was excused until later. FBI reports cited include a Russian embassy connection and a White Sands barber named Eugenio Chavez who denied spying. The defense ordered continued reading of 12 FBI reports.
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Ickes
Washington
Judith Coplon
FBI
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Archibald Palmer
Miss Coplon
Palmer
New York
Valentine A. Gubitchev
White Sands Proving Ground
New Mexico
Mexico
Eugenio Chavez
Eugenio Orta
Chavez
Communist Party
Juarez
el Paso
Post Exchange
White Sands
Sweltering Heat Hits Logan and Hocking Counties
Today heat and humidity produced sweltering weather in Logan and Hocking Counties. Clouds shaded the sky with no sign of rain. At 12 30 P M the temperature was 83 degrees, up from last night's 58. Thursday’s 4 P M high was 85.
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Logan
Hocking County
Population rankings show heaviest Ohio district and smallest South Dakota seat
A June report based on the 1940 census lists Ohio 22nd as the most populous district with 698 650 residents represented by Rep Frances Bolton. The smallest is Rep Case's South Dakota 2nd with 157 132, followed by Rep Clevenger's Ohio 5th at 163 561, noting district boundaries changed since prior years.
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Washington
Ohio
House
Frances P. Bolton
Case
South Dakota
Clevenger
Maryland
William PP. Bolton
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Larry Gragg
Andy Gerdich
Coverdale
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Herman Barren
Lew Worsham
Craig Wood
Sam Snead
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Wood
International Soundphotos
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