Mother Charged In Daughter Death Case In Cincinnati
Cincinnati news reports say Mrs. Mary Clay Watts faces murder charges after her daughter Barbara Ann Watts died May 15 after months of illness. Coroner ruled the death a homicide and investigators say barbiturates and paris green were involved. a male roomer, 44-year-old Larry Damon, is named in questioning and alleged marriage plans are noted.
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Cincinnati
Mary Clay Watts
R. Eddaughter
Barbara Ann
Barbara
Norwood
Charles W. Fritz
Damon
Injunction Bans Maritime Strike Nationwide
A U S district court judge issued an injunction banning a threatened strike by over 100,000 maritime workers across East, Gulf, and West coast docks and seamen. The DoJ sought the order under Truman administration leadership and Judge John Clancy delivered the ruling.
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New York
A . S. District Court
East
Gulf
West Coasts
Department of Justice
Truman
John Clancy
Motorist Escapes Injury in State Route 75 Crash
Fred Davis of Logan escaped injury when his car skidded on a wet spot on State Route 75 north of Logan and crashed into a tree. Sheriff Floyd Duffy and Deputy Jack Waldron reported the vehicle was badly damaged.
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Fred Davis
Logan
Floyd Duffy
Jack Waldron
Mr. Davis
Holdouts Signal Prolonged Republican Convention Balloting
Washington report notes a trend of holdouts from leading candidates as the Republican convention opens. California's 53 votes may be withheld to watch results, with Warren aiming to maximize backing for a late-stage challenge. Dewey Taft Stassen and Vandenberg are all seen in a likely drawn out nominating struggle.
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Washington
Earl Warren
California
Philadelphia
Warren
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Arthur Vandenberg
The
New Yorker
Taft
Dewey
Clarence Brown
Arabs and Jews Keep Truce in Palestine
Cairo reported a quiet Palestine as the Arab Jewish truce held under UN mediation. U N envoys planned Rhodes HQ for peace talks while observers returned to Tel Aviv confirming quiet on the northern front. Syrian and Jewish forces had accused each other of violations.
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Cairo
Palestine
United Nations
Rhodes
U.N
United States
Tel Aviv
Court Grants Slayer Stay of Execution
Ohio Supreme Court granted an indefinite stay of execution for Roger Williams condemned for the slaying of Minta Webb Rockwell at Indian Lake. The stay arose automatically when Williams’s attorneys appealed the death sentence, delaying a July 8 execution.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Roger Williams
Minta Webb Rockwell
Indian Lake
Williams
AA Anniversary Held in Akron Celebrate 13th Founding
About 3,000 Alcoholics Anonymous members gathered in Akron to mark the 13th anniversary of the international group’s founding in the Rubber City. The event drew attendees from across the region to celebrate sobriety and fellowship.
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Akron
Alcoholics Anonymous
Rubber City
Truman Endorsed by New York Young Democrats
President Truman received endorsement for the nomination at a convention of the Affiliated Young Democrats Inc of New York State held yesterday. The event marks support from a key party youth organization in the state.
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New York
Truman
Young Democrats, Inc
New York State
Suspected self inflicted death of Columbus cartoonist
Harry J. Keys 62 a Columbus Dispatch cartoonist was found dead in a Hotel Lexington room in New York police call an apparent death by own action. His wife Ruth 58 remained critical from possible barbiturate poisoning and was found unconscious in the same room. Detectives found sleeping tablets and an amber liquid under analysis. The couple had traveled from Columbus for a hotel stay in New York.
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New York
Harry J. Keys
Columbus
Akron Times
Youngstown Telegram
Scripps-Howard News Service
Oklahoma News
The
Citizen
Dispatch
James Flynn
A Toa Ceenat
Congressional Delays Delay Passage of Major Bills
Congress near adjournment threatens to drop six key measures including the oleomargarine tax repeal, federal pay raises, tidelands, Mundt Nixon anti communist, anti lynch, and anti poll tax bills. Leaders say only a reversal of plans to quit Saturday can save them and recall remains a bargaining chip.
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Congress
Tidelands
80Th Congress
Martin
Mass
Taft
Ohio
House
Senate
GOP
Brevity Urged for Republican Nominating Speeches
Philadelphia June 14 Delegates to the Republican national convention are urged to keep remarks short. Walter Hallanan, chairman of the arrangements committee, said the usual 30 minute nominating speeches should be cut to 15. The recommendation moves to the rules committee for approval.
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Philadelphia
Walter Hallanan
Steel Firm Denies Wage Increase Offer
Pittsburgh June 14 The U S Steel Corp denies plans to offer a 10 cent hourly wage increase to CIO United Steelworkers. A union spokesman says Steelworkers unaware of such a proposal and denies behind the scene discussions. A no raise policy with a price reduction score was announced by Big Steel in April.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
County Auditor Harry Mounts Dies at 59
Marion County auditor for 13 years Harry V. Mounts died yesterday at age 59 in Marion, Oregon.
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Marion, CO
Harry V. Mounts
Marion
Death Claims George Pullen Work in Terre Haute burial planned
George Pullen Work 82 of Logan died Saturday night at his son in law and daughter’s home in Terre Haute Indiana. He was born March 5 1866 in Logan to Robert Reed Work and Barsha Cushing Work and worked at local stores before moving to Pomeroy. Survived by two children Sumner Bowen Work and Julia Meredith Hamm a brother a pair of sisters and four grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 30 pm Woodard Funeral Home with Rev Henry Carr officiating and Oak Grove Cemetery burial.
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George Pullen Work
Logan
Leonard Hamm
Terre Haute
Ind
Mr. Work
Robert Reed Work
Barsha Cushing Work
Tthe Tritech” and Stiers General
Grange
R. R. Work & Son
Work Bros. Hardware Store
Pomeroy
Fannie E. Bowen
William Meade Bowen
Mary Elizabeth Crooks Bowen
Sumner Bowen Work
Julia Meredith Hamm
Robert Cushing Work
Charlotte Work Strentz
A. W. Smith
Woodard Funeral Home
Henry Carr
Oak Grove Cemetery
Move On to Shift U N Headquarters Likely Shift
LAKE SUCCESS June 14 A quiet push to move United Nations headquarters out of the United States gains ground with supporters avoiding public steps The plan could surface at the Paris Assembly with Geneva as the probable substitute site A 65 million loan for a Manhattan skyscraper headquarters could derail the shift though even loan approval may not guarantee a New York City base
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New York City
Truman Signs Bill For Military Bases Authorization
President Truman signed a bill authorizing a $207,000,000 construction program for Army and Air Force posts and bases. The measure does not provide funds. it authorizes the work subject to future Congressional appropriations.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Iran Names Premier Abdul Hussein Hazhir
Abdul Hussein Hazhir is named the new premier of Iran. He was nominated by Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and approved yesterday by the Majlis in Tehran.
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Tehran
Iran
Abdul Hussein Hazhir
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Majlis
Truman Plans Eight More State Speeches On Rail Trip
President Truman completes plans for eight additional stops in a cross country rail swing. He will deliver a major address in Los Angeles at Ambassador Hotel then continue to Kansas City and Independence Missouri to visit family. He urged Soviet Russia to end coercion and aggression during Berkeley commencement remarks.
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Los Angeles
Ambassador Hotel
Washington
Albuquerque
N. M
Kansas City
Charles G. Ross
Independence
Jackson County
Soviet Russia
University of California At Berkeley
Fairbanks to Head Olympics Fund Drive
Hollywood announces Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is national chairman of the Olympic Games fund committee for the amusement industry. He will raise 45000 dollars to send the American team to London and to support Southern California athletes at AAU and Olympic trials.
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Hollywood
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
London
California
Motions Denied in Molnar Bribery Indictment
Cleveland judge denied a motion to quash an 11 count bribery indictment against Ernest Molnar a police lieutenant. The ruling clears the way for Molnar to plead tomorrow before Judge Frank Merrick on charges he took 80 000 in bribes from numbers racketeers.
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Common Pleas
Joseph A. Artl
Ernest Molnar
Molnar
Frank J. Merrick
Jet Flight Planned For First RAF Trans Atlantic Hop
The Air Ministry announced six Royal Air Force jet planes will depart around July 1 for the first trans Atlantic hop by this model.
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London
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Gottwald Named Czech President
In Prague on June 14 Czechoslovakia elected Premier Klement Gottwald as president with 296 votes in a 300 member parliament. He pledged allegiance to the peoples democracy constitution and reviewed troops before meeting Archbishop Josef Beran and Mrs Gottwald at St Vitus Cathedral.
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Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Vladislavsky Hall
Oldrich John
Peoples Democracy
Hradcany
Josef Beran
Mrs. Gottwald
St. Vitus Cathedral
Draft Bill Freed For House Debate
The rules committee voted six to four to send the draft bill to the House floor for debate later this week. The measure had waited in the rules committee since May 7. Chairman Andrews urged clearance to the floor while Rep. Dewey Short opposed the action.
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Armed Services
Senate
House Rules Committee
Washington
Rules Committee
House
Andrews
R-Ny
House Armed Services Committee
Dewey Short
R-Mo
Senate panel backs bill to make lynching a federal crime
The Senate judiciary committee approved the bill 10 to 3 to criminalize lynching with penalties for mob members. Southern opponents vow to fight to the bitter end while backers led by Senator Ferguson press for possible Senate action despite slim odds. Eastland vows to defeat the measure using all means.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Republican Policy Committee
Moore
R-Okla
Eastland
Dmiss
Fulbright
D-Ark
Wiley
R-Wis
Langer
R-Nd
Revercomb
R-Wva
Donnell
R-Mo
Cooper
R-Ky
McCarran
D-Nev
McGrath
D-Ri
Kilgore
Dwva
Magnuson
D-Wash
Ohio School Rolls Expected to Top 1.4 Million
Ohio educators forecast enrollment will exceed 1,400,000 in the 1953-54 school year with about 1,363,600 in grades one through twelve. Adding kindergarten and special students pushes total beyond 1.4 million as births in 1947 drive growth.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Education Association
T. G. O'Keefe
OEA
Strike Threat Ends At Atomic Laboratory
Management and labor planned to sign a contract ending a wage dispute at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council and Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation announced settlement of the strike threat yesterday.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Atomic Energy Commission
Handpower Wash Losing Out In Farm Homes of America
An Agriculture Department survey finds electric washing machines in 43 percent of U. S. farms, with 38 percent having electric refrigerators and 25 percent owning electric vacuum cleaners. Heatwater heaters remain rare, with only about 10 percent of farms equipped.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
Middle Atlantic
East North Central
Pacific States
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