Secret Service Holds Two For Counterfeiting
The Secret Service arrested Melvin Godfrey Parsons and Louis Elmer Shew in a De Soto Missouri cabin on counterfeit ten dollar bills totaling about 12,000 passed across 23 states. Parsons faces manufacturing charges while Shew is charged with passing bogus money to grocers and storekeepers. Complete printing equipment and 25 finished notes were seized. 40 plates were hidden near the cabin, with more plates possibly buried in California.
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Washington
Secret Service
Delc0
Missouri
WU. E. Baughman
U. S
St. Louis
Melvin Godfrey Parsons
Crystal City
Missori
Louis Elmer Shew
Desoto
Baughman
Thecret Service
California
General Electric can double output in mobilization
General Electric in Schenectady, N Y says it is ready to double World War II production if national mobilization occurs. President Charles E Wilson says GE accelerated mobilization planning due to the Korean fighting and is geared for war production at its peak. About 20 percent of current business is defense work with some contracts increased since the Korean War began. Details withheld for security.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Jet Propulsion Tested For Ships In Scotland
A paddle boat named Lucy Ashton was driven by four Rolls Royce Derwent V jet engines to test pure jet propulsion on water. The 62 year old Clyde River craft moved along the Clyde during preliminary trials as part of a British Shipbuilding Research Association project to measure jet powered vessel resistance.
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Dumbarton
Scotland
Clyde River
Lucy Ashton
Clyde
British Shipbuilding Research Association
Weekly Food Review Highlights Shifts in Meat and Bread Prices
Beef and pork prices edged upward slightly in many stores while fried and broiled chicken fell two to five cents per pound. Eggs steadied or dipped in some regions as canned goods rose modestly. Fresh produce mostly declined with carrots and cucumbers modestly up. The USDA noted meat prices may stay high due to defense demand. FDA proposed a national bread standard. Grapefruit storage method touted to stabilize supply year round. The Dan Brady Wholesale Food Price Index remained unchanged at 6.53, the high since late September 1948.
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Associated Press
Packerre
West
Midwest
Agriculture Department
Department
Food News
Federal Food and Drug Ad
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Austin Anson
Chicago
Dan Bradstreet
Two Ohioans On Casualty List
Department of Defense lists Korean War casualties from Ohio. Ensign John Frederick Kail of Upper Sandusky killed in action. Army Private William E. Messenger of Akron wounded. Also mentions extra dividend at United Rubber Company and a complex legal notice in Butler County Ohio about real estate purchase by Fay Ginter.
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Washington
Department of Defense Today
Ohio
NAVY
John Frederick Kail
Walter J. Kail
Upper Sandusky
ARMY
William E. Messenger
James Roy Messenger
Kenmore Boulevard
Akron
New , York
United Rubber Company
Lee Ginter
Redkey
Indiana
Marie Huffman
Winchester
Edward Ginter
Thomas Edwin Ginter
E. L. Hollingsworth
Stratford
Oklahoma
Fay Ginter
Omar W. Ginter
Omar Wilson Ginter
Butler
State of
Tow
City
Middletown
County of
Casper & Casper Attorneys
Denny Lumber Firm To Mark 64th Anniversary Next Week
The Denny Lumber Company marks 64 years with an open house next week in its remodeled offices and showrooms. Admission runs noon to 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, with gifts for adults and balloons for children. Remodeling cost $30,000. architect Harold W. Goetz supervised the project. The firm, founded in 1886 by George C. Jacoby and Charles E. Denny, rebuilt after a 1887 fire and incorporated in 1938. Since Mark Denny’s death, the business has been run by his brother.
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Denny Lumber Company
Pioneer Lumber Company
George FE. Denny
Harold W. Goetz
Lumber Company
George C. Jacoby
Charles E. Denny
Denny
Frank Simpson
George
Mark Denny
O'Donnell Sworn In by Ohio Judge Druffell
District of Ohio Judge John H. Druffell administered the oath of office as O'Donnell takes the oath and states his headquar ters will be in Columbus.
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NEW WU
Cincinnati
Ray J. O'Donnell
U. S
Southern
District of Ohio
John H. Druffell
O'Donnell
Columbus
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Weekly Food Review
Lesourdsville
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Cinn. Gas & Electric CO
Cincinnnati Stock Yards & Allied Interests
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