Filipinos on Camiguin Island Safe After Volcanic Emissions
Filipino evacuees on Camiguin Island faced dangerous gases amid Hibok Hibok eruptions. Arturo Alcaraz of the Philippines weather bureau reported heavy smoke and chlorine traces with no casualties. A U S Coast Guard cutter Anemone observed deserted towns and escalating eruptions as around 13 000 refugees awaited ship rescue.
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Manila
Camiguin Island
Arturo Alcaraz
Philippines Weather Bureau
Camiguin
Alcaraz
U. S. Army
William Weigel
Menilg
Guam
Camiquin
Hibokhibok
Philippine Coast Guard
Anemone
Sagay
Mahinog
Mile High
Garbo Seeks U.S. Citizenship After 22 Years
Swedish born film star Greta Garbo filed a declaration of intent for naturalization at the Los Angeles federal building. She arrived in slacks and a sports jacket and plans to return to cinema in a George Sand biopic to be shot in Europe.
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Los Angeles
Greta Garbo
Federal Building
Naturalization Office
Garbo
Hollywood
George Sand
Europe
Drive to raise 3000 for lights at Logan softball field
A Logan public subscription drive launches Saturday to raise 3000 for lights to enable night softball games next summer. The effort, led by the Hocking Softball League amid its 18th season, aims to light Strawn's Park temporarily and possibly relocate later if a better field is found.
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Logan
Hocking Softball League
Strawn’s Park
L. E. Strawn
City Recreation Commission
Strawn's Field
Gallagher
West Front Street
Nelsonville
Bremen
Somerset
New Lexington
Junction City
Baltimore
Lancaster
McConnellville
Strawn’s
Strawn
Cold Facts Refute Story Of Foreign Auto Purchase
New York report debunks a tale that a U.S. pilot ordered a Studebaker in London for 1803.70 while the price in South Bend was 1803.70 with export costs and a more expensive convertible priced at 2387. The study clarifies export charges,London delivery, and shipping costs totaling about 600.
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New York
London
Buenos Aires
Dick Wells
Lake Orion
Mich
Studebaker
South Bend
Ind
Wells
England
Markets At a Glance Report
Wheat steady as foreign countries buy flour. Corn steady amid light short-covering. Oats mixed with light trade. Hogs slow and 50 to 75 cents lower, top $29.25. Cattle strong to 50 cents higher, choice absent. Stocks lower amid a general market decline. Bonds easy as railroad income issues lead retreat.
Columbus Roadeo Showcases Big Truck Jockeys
In Columbus Ohio a state trucking roadeo features 75 drivers tackling a custom obstacle course at the fairgrounds. Competitors must parallel park, back through narrow alleys, align with docks, and complete safety tests before semi final rounds and an October national event in Washington.
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Roadeo
Columbus
Washington
American Trucking Association
Food gifts piled high for missionary on Santa Lucia
Food collected by neighbors for Rev. James Wooster a Baptist missionary on Santa Lucia after his home was looted. The pile was assembled in Niles Ohio with deliveries arranged for the West Indies island mission.
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Niles
James Wooster
Santa Lucia
West Indies
Prospects Dim For Settlement Of 3 Strikes
News report from AP on renewed talks to end crippling strikes in oil shipping and trucking industries. 115,000 plus idle workers include 50,000 Detroit auto plant staff and 30,000 CIO longshoremen on the Pacific Coast with hundreds more AFL and CIO members across New York, New Jersey, and Newark.
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Detroit Auto
CIO
Pacific Coast
AFL
New York City
New Jersey
CIO Oil Workers Union
New York
AFL International Eente of Teamsters
Newark
CIO Longshoremen
Seattle
Louisiana Democrats Switch Truman for Thurmond on Ballot
Baton Rouge bulletin reports the Democratic state central committee removed President Truman from the Louisiana ballot and replaced him with the States’ Rights Democrats ticket led by Governor Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.
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Baton Rouge
Truman
Louisiana
Democratic State Central Committee
States’ Rights
Democrats
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Axis Sally is charged with wartime treason
A federal grand jury indicted Mildred Elizabeth Gillars Axis Sally of Portland Maine on charges of treason for making propaganda broadcasts for Germany during the war.
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Washington
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars
Sally
Portland, Me
Former Army Air Force officers indicted in Nazi bonds case
A federal grand jury indicted Edward R. Ashton Gerald A. Rowland Seymour Lerner and Wendell M Weston on charges of handling 500000 worth of Nazi held bonds. The three Air Transport Command officers and Weston allegedly sold the bonds on a European black market.
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Boston
Army Air Force
Edward R. Ashton
Enfield
CBS Buys Amos n Andy Rights for Nearly Two Million
In a first of its kind radio deal Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll sell all rights to Amos n Andy to CBS for about two million dollars. The weekly show rose to fame in 1929 and has aired on NBC.
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Amos 'N
Andy
CBS
Freeman Gosden
Amos
Charles Correll
NBC
International
Rites for Two Heroes Planned
Military funeral services are planned for two Hocking County war dead, Sgt. Robert O. Collison of Logan and Sgt. Robert W. Nelson of Logan. Collison will lie in state at 2 P. M. Saturday with services at 2:30 P. M. Monday for Nelson. Both will receive military rites from veterans groups and be buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survivors include families in Logan and South Logan.
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Hocking County
Robert O. Collison
Verna Collison
Erroll Collison
Logan
Robert W. Nelson
Carl Bartlett
Sgt
Collison
Re B. Wilson
Oak Grove
Nelson
Woodard Funeral Home
Rev. Wilson
Veterans
Maccabee Hall
Logan High School
Camp Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Camp Young
Calif
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
France
Protective Measures Taken in Greenland
Cmdr Donald B. MacMillan, back from his 27th Arctic voyage, says protective measures are being taken in Greenland to repulse possible foreign attack. The 78 year old explorer declared in a speech after arriving from the north that the United States is getting on the north. He did not
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Sydney
N. S
Cmdr
Donald B. MacMillan
Arctic
Greenland
United States
Rival parties trade brickbats as ballot drive speeds up
Republican Democrats and Progressives sharpened campaigns with sharp exchanges. CIO PAC and DNC chair J Howard McGrath rebutted GOP labor claims while GOP chair Hugh D Scott Jr warned of attempts to steal the election and urged vigilance as momentum grows.
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Associated Press
CIO Political Action Committee
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
GOP
McGrath
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Truman
Cio-Pac
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
PAC
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Washington
Rand
Department of Justice
Earl Warren
Scott
Elmo Roper
Fortune Survey
New York Herald Tribune
Gas Explosion Damages New Line Near Midway Station
A Thursday gas explosion ripped a 40 foot section of newly laid 20 inch line near Midway filling station 200 feet north of State Route 180 on a hill summit. No injuries reported. The line from Sugar Grove to South Point Ohio is being laid by Midwestern Construction Co.
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Midway Filling Station
Logan
Sugar Grove
South Point, O
Midwestern Construction Co
Benes Buried With Dual Services At Sezimovo Usti Home
Former Czechoslovak president Ed uard Benes was laid to rest in a tomb in the garden of his Sezimovo Usti home. Two services were held, one by Bishop Frantisek Bedar of the Czech Brethren Church and a Roman Catholic service led by Archbishop Josef Beran. No reason was given for the dual rites.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Sezimovo Usti
Frantisek Bedar
Charles University
Josef Beran
U S Rejects Soviet Demand For Flight Data
Berlin reports say American officials refused a Russian request for minute flight logs into Berlin. The move followed severe street clashes near the Brandenburg Gate, where one German youth died and at least 22 were wounded as Soviet and anti communist forces clashed with demonstrators.
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Brandenburg Gate
Berlin
Fritz Schuermann
Gas line blast rips 40-foot section amid test at Benton station
Workmen tunneling a deep trench hit a gas line during a pressure test at the Benton station of the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. South Bloomingville. The 700 pound line was 46 feet long and six to eight feet wide. The blast sheared and flattened a 40-foot segment. Installation of new pipe was underway.
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Foel
Benton
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
South Bloomingville
Firefighters Struggle To Ignite Oil Test In Columbus
Columbus firefighters tested new equipment by lighting a tank of oil. They tried a torch then kerosene, then gasoline with coaxing before the oil finally caught. The blaze burned for twenty minutes before being put out in nine seconds.
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Columbus
Cons Get Overtime at Pennsylvania Rockview Prison
Overtime pay has been ordered for prisoners at Rockview Prison to speed the tomato harvest and canning. The measure aims to ensure timely completion of the prison crop project in Harrisburg area.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Rockview
Republican Leaders Attend Southeast Ohio Republican Conclave
Dean Collison, chairman of the Hocking County Republican executive and central committee, and Charles Chidester, treasurer, will attend a Friday night district Republican conclave at the Berry Hotel in Athens. Campaign plans for the November election will be discussed.
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Dean Collison
Hocking County
Republican Executive and Central Committee
Charles Chidester
Ohio
Berry Hotel
Athens
Quake Felt in Osaka with No Damage Reported
A minor earthquake was felt in Osaka this morning with no damage reported. Local authorities and residents noted the tremor but the incident caused no injuries or structural issues.
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Osaka
Mysterious brain injury felled Rita Johnson in Hollywood
Rita Johnson a 35 year old actress once eyed as Jean Harlow's successor is in critical condition after a brain injury suffered four days ago. Doctors operated to remove a blood clot and police investigate possible head impact in her apartment between 4 30 and 6 P M Monday as friend Mary Ainslee recounts the events surrounding the cocktail party invitation and Johnsons collapse.
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Hollywood
Rita Johnson
Jean Harlow
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Los Angeles
Knox Weaver
al Goossen
Miss Johnson
Mary Ainslee
Miss Ainslee
H. D. Hover
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Joseph Schrader
South Logan
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Tenn
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Kansas
Arizona
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Edward Nelson
Barak T.) Mattingly
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