Britain Ready to Talk on Italian Colonies
Britain notified Russia it is ready to open four power talks on Italy's pre war colonies before September 15. Talks could be held in Paris with the United Nations Assembly in session. US officials regard the Russian proposal as propaganda and parties debate Eritrea Libya and Somaliland.
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London
Britain
Russia
Italy
Foreign Office
Georgi Zarubin
United Nations
Paris
United Nations Assembly
France
United States
Washington
Eritrea
Libya
Somaliland
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Ohioan Must Stand Trial for Murder
Gustav Wiegner a 24 year old Dayton salesman is ordered to stand trial for the murder of John C. McComas 52 on a remote Alaska Highway stretch. McComas daughter Louise testified to blows and slaps after the shooting. Wiegner pleaded innocent and claimed the death was accidental while hunting squirrels.
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Pouce Coupe
B. C
Dayton
Gustav Wiegner
Martin S. Morrell
Wiegner
John C. MecComas
Louise
Alaska
Kimball
Neb
McComas
Ohio Industrial Picture Brightens After 1948 Payroll Rise
Frank J. Collopy, administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, told the Cincinnati Kiwanis Club that Ohio payrolls have risen by over six billion dollars in 1948 compared with 1938, painting a rosy industrial picture.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Frank J. Collopy
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Cincinnati Kiwanis Club
Collopy
Judge Buried by Hay Cave-In at Farm
Judge George W. McDowell of Highland County common pleas court was injured when a hay man cave-in buried him briefly at his Greenfield farm yesterday. He was released after prompt rescue and treated for injuries.
Ohio to Induct 499 in November First Peacetime Draft Call
State selective service officials announced 499 Ohioans would be inducted in November as part of the first peacetime draft. Each of Ohio's 127 draft boards will receive a quota, with pre induction examinations for men age 25 starting in October or possibly this month at Army recruiting stations in major cities including Dayton Columbus Cleveland and Cincinnati.
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Columbus
State
Selective Service Headquarters
Army
Ohio
Dayton
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Quartet Indicted On Narcotics Charges
In Los Angeles on September 8 four individuals including actor Robert Mitchum and starlet Lila Leeds were indicted by the county grand jury on two counts each. The group also features dancer Vickie Evans and Robin Ford, a real estate agent, all alleged to possess marihuana and conspire to do so. They were arrested after a raid on a secluded Hollywood cottage rented by Leeds and released on $1,000 bond each awaiting writ of habeas corpus hearings.
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Los Angeles
Robert Mitchum
Lila Leeds
Vickie Evans
Robin Ford
Hollywood
Miss Leeds
GOP Candidates Hit By Eggs Vegetables In Rally
In Kingsport Tennessee on September 8, eggs fruit and vegetables were hurled at Roy Acuff and B Carroll Reece at a Republican rally. Acuff was struck by a grapefruit while Reece was hit by an unidentified missile amid scattered fruit and debris near him.
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Kingsport
Tenn
Roy Acuff
B. Carroll Reece
Acuff
Reece
United States Senate
Republican National
Wala
Fitzgerald Dies in Columbus After Long Career in Banking
Lawrence B. Fitzgerald 58 of Columbus died Tuesday at home. Funeral mass at 9 A M Thursday at Immaculate Conception Church. Burial in St Marys Cemetery Delaware. He was assistant vice president and resident manager of William Iselin & Co and former VP and director of Central Ohio Federal Savings and Loan. Survived by wife Helen, children Mary Kathryn Larry and Jerry, sisters Regina and Lillian, brother Frank.
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Lawrence B. Fitzgerald
Carbon Hill
Columbus
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Delaware
Fitzgerald
William Iselin & Co., Inc
Central Ohio Federal Savings and Loan
Grand Jury to Hear 'Hot Ham' Testimony
Fairfield County grand jury to hear testimony from six Columbus men in the hot ham case. They are investigating reports that meat stolen from Swift & Co. in Columbus was sold to Lancaster residents and businesses. The six include T. Vincent Martin, assistant Franklin County prosecutor.
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Lancaster, O
Fairfield County Grand Jury
Columbus
Lancaster
Swift & Co
T. Vincent Martin
Franklin County
Stassen Flays Truman in GOP Campaign Talk
In Detroit on September 8, Harold E. Stassen assailed President Truman as a failing leader and a demagogue while backing Dewey. He blasted Truman on inflation linked to price controls and criticized Potsdam agreements as a U S failure.
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Stassen
Truman
Detroit
Michigan
Harold E. Stassen
America
United States
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
Conservationists Attend Classes At Cedarville College
Ohio soil conservation district supervisors attend a Cedarville College school sponsored by the Mississippi Valley Association. Speakers include Everett T. Winter A C Ingersoll and Dr John F Cunningham. The program ends with farm tours and a visit to conservation day and plowing matches at Urbana.
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Cedarville
Ohio Soil Conservation District
Cedarville College
Mississippi Valley Association
Everett T. Winter
Omaha
Neb
A. C. Ingersoll
Cincinnati
Ohio
John F. Cunningham
Ohio State University
College of Agriculture
Urbana
Here
Dairy Union Organizer Bound To Grand Jury
G A Hughes of the Dairy Bakery and Food Workers Union CIO in Ohio was bound over to the Hocking County grand jury on a 300 bond after pleading not guilty to assault with intent to maim. The case stems from a street fight between unionized striking workers and Logan Home Dairy officials.
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G. A. Hughes
Columbus
Ohio
Dairy, Bakery and Food Workers’ Union
CIO
Hocking County
B. Whitehart
Joseph Adcock
Logan
Logan Home Dairy
Hughes
David Clayman
Floyd Duffy
Whitehart
Drivers Licenses On Sale In Logan County
One hundred licenses were issued Tuesday as permits went on sale and will continue through September 30. About 3,000 operators licenses and 1,000 chauffeur permits are issued annually to Logan and Hocking County drivers. Chidester urged early renewal at his Metal Shop 830 West Hunter Street open 8:30 to 5:30 daily except Sunday with a lunch break 12 to 1 and extended hours 6:30 to 8:30 PM on Saturdays and the deadline day.
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Charles S. Chidester
Thompson and Talmadge in Georgia Governor Primary Battle
Georgia Democrats turn out in a heated primary to decide the governor's race. Herman Talmadge and Gov. M. E. Thompson spar over the inherited post with charges of white supremacy and violence cited. Historic turnout nears 1.2 million votes with a large Black roll.
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Georgia
Herman Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Eugene Talmadge
Herman
Thompson
Young Talmadge
Ku Klux Klan
Talmadge
Hoke O’kelley
Hoke Willis
Joseph A. Rabin
Reinstatement for Athens County Home Head
Willard Simonton is restored as superintendent of the Athens County Home after a grand jury indictment for inmate abuse led to his removal. He was acquitted in common pleas court last Thursday and his reinstatement took effect August 16. His wife Gladys is also reinstated as home matron.
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Athens
Willard Simonton
Athens County
Common Pleas
Gladys
Home Metron
Communist raids on peasants and plums strain Eastern Europe
In Poland President Bierut tightens a program to curb peasant sentiment. In Yugoslavia Tito’s regime raids so called rich peasants to seize pigs for state farms, claiming sabotage and quota failures. The Czech exile Peter Zenkl warns of a forthcoming purge as Cominform allies threaten independence.
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Europe
Poland
Boleslaw Bierut
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Insde
London
Peter Zenkl
Czechoslovakia
Czech Communist Party
Tito
Cominform
Borba
Balkan
Danubian
Albania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Hunter Pays High Price for Squirrel Meat
William McDonald of New Pittsburg faced charges for illegally possessing three dressed squirrels. Game Protectors Ed Eberst and Ben F Swartz testified. Magistrate S B Whitehart fined McDonald $90.60 for the three squirrels. Squirrel season opens September 15.
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William McDonald
New Pittsburg
McDonald
Ed Eberst
Ben F. Swartz
S. B. Whitehart
Whitehart
Mrs William Powell Dies in Union Furnace
Mrs Elizabeth Powell aged 72 widow of William Powell died at 3 45 AM Wednesday at her Union Furnace home after months of ill health. A native of Athens County she lived 55 years in Union Furnace. Funeral at 2 PM Friday at Union Furnace Evangelical United Brethren Church with Rev C H Bennington officiating. Burial in Asbury Cemetery by Woodard Funeral Service. Survivors: two sons James C Powell of Union Furnace and William H Powell of Columbus, 13 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, and several brothers and sisters.
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Elizabeth Powell
William Powell
Union Furnace
Athens County
Powell
James C. Powell
William H. Powell
Columbus
Truman Backed by Railroad Trainmen Union
Cleveland September 8 unions from 47 states endorsed President Truman for November election. Brotherhood president A F Whitney said delegates also approved Senator Barkley of Kentucky as running mate.
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Cleveland
Truman
Brotherhood of Railroad
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood
Sen. Barkley
D-Ky
Berlin Crisis Deepens as 19 Police Kidnapped
Secretary Marshall announced communist attacks on Berlin council aim to derail Big Four talks on the Soviet city blockade. Moscow agents seized 19 Western Zone police and a German photographer from a French convoy near Berlin city hall, prompting protests by French officials and U S authorities seeking the Russian commandant's explanation.
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Washington
Marshall
Berlin
Pentagon
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Lustgarten
United States
Alexander Kotikov
Market Wrap: grains steady to firm as hogs and cattle move
Wheat remains firm as the government seeks flour offers. Corn trends lower on new crop months. Oats show mixed activity with September firm on short covering. Hogs hold steady to 25 cents lower with highs near 29.50. Cattle prices show uneven moves, 50 cents higher to 50 cents lower, top around 41.50.
Health figure sues county official over false arrest claim
Luke Sleeter of Clinton sues county health official E. R. Shaffer for 5000 dollars alleging false arrest. Sleeter says Shaffer accused him of refusing to vaccinate dogs, a claim Sleeter denies.
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Akron, CO
Luke Sleeter
Clinton
County Health
Sepn
E. R. Shaffer
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