Columbus Detective Says He Struck Sailor in Self Defense
A Columbus detective testified that he struck Sailor Fred Campbell on the jaw in self defense on May 5, 1948 near a department store site after Campbell allegedly swung a poised fist. The committee heard Campbell and two sailors fled as the officers stopped them. A second officer said he knocked one of the sailors to the ground in self defense during the arrest.
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Columbus (Ap
Columbus
Kenneth Anderson
Fred Campbell
Campbell
Anderson
Lashley
Thomas H. Boggs
Gerald Turley
Henry H. Schwarzell
Otis C. Buchanan
Buchanan
J. Joseph F. Harris
Arthur M. Culler
Culler
Margaret Mitchell Dies After Auto Crash on Peachtree
Atlanta bulletin reports beloved author Margaret Mitchell of Gone With The Wind died after being struck by a speeding automobile on Peachtree Street the previous Thursday night. The accident ended her life and prompted citywide mourning.
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Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
Peachtree St
Kirk in courtesy Kremlin meeting with Stalin
U S ambassador Alan G Kirk met with Premier Stalin in the Kremlin for about 45 minutes in a courtesy visit Kirk said he might speak today on the visit An informed source said the talks covered general U S Soviet relations and it was unknown if economic questions were raised The Moscow radio noted Foreign Minister Vinshinsky was present and Barbour Morgan accompanied Kirk
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Moscow
U.S.S
Alan G. Kirk
Stalin
Kremlin
Kirk
David Kelly
West
Nikolai Shvernik
Kelly
Walter Bedell Smith
Walworth Barbour
George Morgan
Andrei Y. Vinshinsky
Dispatcher Dies in Charleston After 49 Years with NY Central
Frank P. Fultz aged 66, chief train dispatcher for the New York Central Railway in Charleston, died at his home. He had served the railroad for 49 years.
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Charleston
W. Va
Frank P. Fultz
New York Central Railway
New York Central
Geauga County Fairgrounds to Undergo Grandstand Redesign
The Geauga County Fair directors announced plans to remodel the grounds in Chardon Ohio. Voters previously approved replacing the grandstand, but construction lagged due to high costs.
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Chardon, O
Geauga County Fair
Reorganization Plan Bill Faces Senate Vote
President Truman's plan to create a Welfare Department with Welfare, Education and Public Health under one cabinet head faced a pivotal Senate decision. Opponents needed 49 votes to block the plan, while supporters urged high turnout to sustain the administration’s proposal led by Oscar Ewing and backed by Senator Fulbright.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Accee
McClellan
Senate Executive Expenditures Committee
Fulbright
D-Ark
Oscar Ewing
Federal Security
Lucas
Congress
Arms For Europe program faces revisions in Congress
The United States foreign arms program of 1.45 billion dollars faces amendments from Senators Vandenberg and Dulles. House approval favored full funding split between cash and contract authority. Proposals seek cuts and new controls, with Senate action possibly delayed until September and debates over aid to North Atlantic treaty signers and individual countries.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Senate
Wheely
Nebraska
Vandenberg
Dulles
Vandenberg - Dulles
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
Taft Protests Testimony Silence On Clark Nomination
Senator Taft joined Republican protests over the Senate Judiciary Committee's approval of Tom Clark’s Supreme Court nomination without Clark testifying. Senator Ferguson echoed the complaint and plans to press it in the full Senate. Only Clark faced dissent with Ferguson and Donnell voting no, while McGrath won unanimous committee approval.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate Judiciary Committee
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
Clark
Ferguson
R - Mich
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Frank Murphy
Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
McGrath
Judiciary Committee
Donnell
R - Mo
Cardinal Dougherty Turns 84 in Philadelphia Anniversary
Cardinal Dennis Dougherty, spiritual head of the Philadelphia Archdiocese since 1918, celebrates his 84th birthday in Philadelphia.
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Cardinal
Philadelphia
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
Catholic Archdiocese of
Ice Plant Fire Wrecks Greenville Plant
About 400 customers of the W. H. Eller Ice Company lost ice supply after a fire destroyed the plant early yesterday. Owner Waldo Eller estimated the loss at $15,000.
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Greenville
W. H. Eller Ice Company
Waldo Eller
Agencies Without Cash Halt U S Government
Washington AP the U S military establishment Interior Department Veterans Administration and the Economic Cooperation Administration were penniless as Congress had not passed annual appropriation bills. Defense officials said they could continue contracting for food and fuel despite the log jam and limited payroll timing. Cannon blamed partisan politics and said a temporary funding measure faced procedural hurdles and delays.
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Washington
United States
Interior Department
Veterans Administration
The
Economic Cooperation Administration
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Congress
House
Rules Committee
MacArthur Declines Senate Invitation to Return Home
Gen. Douglas MacArthur formally declines an invitation to return to the United States to testify on the Far Eastern situation. Senate committees sought his testimony on the $1.45 billion foreign arms aid bill, but he says he should remain at his post in Tokyo. Admiral Oscar Badger had also been asked to testify, with no reply received.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
MacArthur
Tokyo
Louis Johnson
U. S. Senate
China
Badger
Doctor Arrested On Fraudulent Prescription Charges
Dr. H C Blackmann Jr of Blanches ter faced a $1000 bond after federal narcotics agents arrested him on accusations of issuing fraudulent prescriptions and failing to keep drug records. A hearing was scheduled for August 22 in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
JU. S
J. Paul Geoghegan
H. C. Blackmann, Jr
Blackmann
Gordon Martin Column Brings Enjoyable Moral Humor Tomorrow
The Journal announces Gordon Martin to readers with a feature that blends humor pathos and philosophy in prose poetry. Readers will meet him Wednesday in the Gordon Martin Column and again daily for light reflections with a moral twist.
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Journal
Gordon Martin
Foreign oil firms pull out of Canton as communist advance widens
American Standard Vacuum Oil and British Shell evacuate foreign staff and families as Canton faces Red occupation. Cal Tex already evacuated foreign dependents while most firms plan limited foreign presence. Consulate general ordered to close and Hong Kong routes remain booked as Foochow falls under siege.
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Canton
China
American Standard Vacuum Oil Company
South China
U. S
British
Shell Oil Company
Cal - Tex
Hong Kong
Foochow
China Port
Fukien
Girl Swimmer Shirley May France Heads to France
Dover England AP Shirley May France a 17 year old channel swimmer from Somerset Massachusetts leaves for France aboard the Calais ferry with coach Harry Boudakian and chaperon Miss Marvy Lou Walsh. Manager Ted Warner says her destination is somewhere in France. Reporters pursued them but they slipped away before reaching the pier.
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Dover
England
Calais
U. S
Shirley May
France
Somerset Mass
Harry Boudakian
Marvy Lou Walsh
Ted Warner
Akron polio claims two young victims in city
Two polio deaths were reported in Akron last night, the first fatalities in the city this year. The victims were six year old James Eisner of East Akron and 39 year old Henry D. Curtiss of Uhrichsville. Two new cases were announced, bringing the annual total to 68.
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Akron, D
Akron
James Eisner
East Akron
Henry D. Curtiss
Uhrichsville
Ashtabula County Fair Opens With Harness Racing Week
Jefferson Ohio AP reports the 103rd annual Ashtabula County fair opens today and runs through the week. A three day harness racing session begins Wednesday with event action planned across the grounds.
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Jefferson, QO
Ashtabula County
Suspended Chief Is Summoned For Testimony Today
The suspended head of the Army Chemical Corps is set to testify before the Senate special investigations subcommittee today. General Waitt is expected to speak after Maj. Herman Feldman and others were removed from duty July 16 for judgment concerns. The hearing follows behind closed doors on the Truman era freezer donations case with witnesses including Vaughan and Rogers.
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Army Chemical Corps
Senate
Waitt
Maj
Herman Feldman
Secretary of the Army
Gray
Hoey
D-Nc
Committee Ae
Harry Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
Weno Washington
Alden H. Vee Oe
Vaughan
Truman
Mays Flower Hotel
William P. Rogers
Senate Investigating Committee
Charles Patrick Clark
Clark
Rogers
Harry Vaughan
Albert J. Gross
Milwaukee
Robert Quirk
Cudah
Wis
Harry Hoffman
David Bennett
Hoffman
Bennett
Gross
Albert Verley Company
Chicago
Judge Orders Jungle Inn Open For Inspection
State officials won a court order to reenter the Jungle Inn at Halls Corners for inspection. Twenty men were charged with gambling after a Friday raid. 18 in the main building face three gambling counts. The case involved Gov. Lausche’s earlier inspection attempt.
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William McClain
Jungle Inn gambling casino to be padlocked as public nuisance
Columbus AP reports State Industrial Relations Director Albert A. Woldman announced an order to close the Jungle Inn at Halls Corners for building code violations and for being a public nuisance. The action mirrors a prior closure of the Mounds Club in Lake County near Cleveland last month.
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Columbus
Albert A. Woldman
Woldman
Halls Corners
Plush Mounds Club
Lake County
Cleveland
Twenty Arrested in Restaurant Gambling Ring Charged
All 20 detainees faced two gambling counts each for keeping a room in a building to be used for gambling and for exhibiting gambling devices for gain. The 18 year old was also charged with playing games for money and making wagers. Arraignment is set for 9 a.m. Friday in Common Pleas Court.
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Common Pleas Court
Sandusky to Vote on Daylight Saving Time
Sandusky voters will decide whether to stay on daylight saving time or switch to standard time at the November 8 election. The City Commission after a request from the Junior Chamber of Commerce ordered the issue be put to the people. the city now observes daylight saving time.
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Sandusky
City Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Lausche appoints Stark County prosecutor as judge
Gov Frank J Lausche appointed D Deane McLaughlin Stark County prosecuting attorney to serve as Common Pleas Judge of Stark County He succeeds the late Judge A C L Barthelmew in Columbus AP report
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
D. Deane McLaughlin
Stark County
Common Pleas
McLee
A. C. L. Barthelemew
Ethel Barrymore Honored on Birthday Across Nation
Hollywood notes say Ethel Barrymore, 70, drew tributes from President Truman and Winston Churchill among others in a nationwide broadcast. Lionel Barrymore, at a luncheon, quipped he is glad she is with them and writer gone to San Francisco. Continued on Page 14.
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Hollywood
United States
England
Ethel Barrymore
Lionel
Miss Barrymore
America
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Eleanor Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Lionel Barrymore
Ethel
Louis Bayer
Barrymore
San Francisco
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Louisville
Louisiana
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Vandenberg and Dulles
R-Mich
R-Ny
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Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg-Dulles
State Department
U. 5
Charles Ellers
Fresno
Cal
Ellers
New York
Germany
International Soundphoto
Martin
William Allen White
James Whitcomb Riley
Walt Mason
U.S
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