Taxpayers' Paradise Is Perrypolis With Uncounted Millions
Perryopolis Pennsylvania, once famed for its Washington links, awaits an estate possibly worth five to ten million dollars from Mary Fuller Frazier of Philadelphia. Her will leaves funds for a mausoleum watchman, public improvements, and street lighting, with half of the estate for outright use and the rest in trust. The town’s banker calls the plan a taxpayers paradise.
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Perrypolis
Pennsylvania
George Washington
Washington
Perryopolis
Commodore Oliver Perry
Mary Fuller Frazier
Philadelphia
Howard Adams
H. C. Frick Company
Republic Steel Corporation
Frazier
Gray Stone
Adams
Ohio Governor study urged on clemency in Youngstown dog case
A clemency appeal in the Donald Frohner case moves forward as the Ohio governor studies petitions and the full record. The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the death sentence. supporters urge commutation to life while families from Youngstown and Columbus push for mercy. Smokey the dog story accompanies the case details.
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Ohio
Frohner
Don
Smokey
Yesterd
Youngstown
Ted Frohner
Ted
Donald
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio Supreme Court
Pardon and Parole Board
Nancy Tubbs
Columbus
John Robert Jones
Icinity
Republic Defends Actions In Kaiser-Frazer Plant Deal
Republic says it will halt all pig iron sales to northern foundries and curtail steel making. Officials say WAA price was ludicrous and rejected offers. WAA says Republic declined to continue operation. Kaiser-Frazer won the lease, Tucker calls the deal shocking and promises a full statement later.
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Republic
WAA
Washington
Jesse Larson
Kaiser-Frazier
Tucker Corporation
Kaiser - Frazer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Kaiser Frazer
Chicago
Preston Tucker
Kaiser
Tucker
Midwest top battleground in campaigns
Democrats convene in Chicago August 30 31 to draft a regional action plan for November elections. Attorney Frank J O McAdams secretary of the Chicago committee announced the session to define common Midwest problems and formulate a program on state and federal levels. Candidates will address housing prices corruption in state government high state taxes civil rights farm and labor legislation foreign policy and communism.
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Chicago
Frank J.o’mcadams
Midwest
Midwest Republicans eye battleground for fall elections
A. T. Bert Howard, GOP campaign manager from Scottsbluff Nebraska, predicts only three of twenty midwestern states will vote Democratic. After a closed meeting of state chairmen, he said most states will be in the Dewey Warren column but refused to identify the three or the six trouble spots.
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Chicago
Midwest
A. T. Bert Howard
Scottsbluff, Neb
America
Howard
Refugees Arrive In New World
Two more groups of European refugees reach St John’s Newfoundland after perilous Atlantic crossings. Seventy five Estonians and Poles arrive aboard the Osterwag after a 12 day voyage from Stornoway Scotland. Another group of 15 Estonians anchors off North Carolina after eight weeks at sea in an auxiliary fishing craft.
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ST. John’s
NFLD
Atlantic
Osterwag
Stornoway
Scotland
North Carolina
Council For Japan Does Nothing Again
The Four Power Allied Council for Japan held its 65th meeting in Tokyo and adjourned in 27 seconds after American Chairman William Sebald said no matters were up for discussion. It marked the eighth straight session with no action amid repeated Soviet American deadlocks.
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Tokyo
Allied Council For Japan
Toay
William Sebald
Goodrich six month profit falls from 1947 to 1948
Akron based B F Goodrich reports net profit of 11,023,446 for the first six months of 1948 ending June 30, down from 11,264,243 in the same period of 1947. Per share, 1948 earnings were 7.64 compared with 7.82.
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Akron, O
B. F. Goodrich Company
G Lloyd Weil Dies in Akron At 59
G Lloyd Weil 59 former Akron mayor and Democratic figure died early today in Akron Ohio He served as county treasurer and mayor from 1928 to 1930 supporting Gov Martin L Davey He developed and sold Round Lake Country Club between Wooster and Loudonville and had coal property interests in Tuscarawas County Two years ago he won the Democratic nomination for state representative but lost in November.
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Akron
G. Lloyd Weil
Martin L. Davey
Round Lake Country Club
Wooster
Loudonville
Tuscarawas County
Drinking Cat Finds Courage With A Few Nips
A cat driven to drink alcohol to gain courage was shown to veterinarians to illustrate psychos change. Dr J H Masserman of Chicago Northwestern trained the cat to lift a lid, wait for signals and endure shocks for food while alcohol in milk spurred it to act. Dr Moss of Colorado Agricultural College presented the film. The case suggests veterinarians can spot neuroses and guide owners to proper doctors.
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San Francisco
J. H. Masserman
University of Chicago
Northwestern University
American Veterinary Medical Society
Lloyd C., Moss
Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College
Kitty
Moss
Extortion Plot Suspect Shot In Private Club
Theodore Cyganiewicz 23 of Toledo involved in a Detroit extortion case shot by off duty patrolman Thomas Keefe in Citizens Political Service Association clubrooms during a dispute over a drink after bar hours. Cyganiewicz was arrested in Detroit August 3 accused of extorting 1267 dollars from a plastic surgeon blamed for his sister Angela Cygan’s suicide after a July 1 note. Extortion charges were dropped when the surgeon declined to prosecute.
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Toledo, O
Theodore Cyganiewicz
Toledo
Detroit
Cyganiewicz
Thomas Keefe
Citizens Political Service Association
Angela Cygan
Anthony Wayne Bridge
Utility Firms Seek Transfer of Transmission Lines
The Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company and the Ohio Power Company asked the State Utilities Commission for permission to transfer ownership of 21 miles of transmission lines between Portsmouth and Trenton in Warren and Butler Counties. The lines are currently owned by the Ohio Power Company. The purchase price was not disclosed.
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Columbus, O
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
The
Ohio Power Company
State Utilities Commission
Portsmouth
Trenton
Warren
Butler Counties
Gun Fire Injures Rider At French Bicycle Start
In La Ciotat France 19 girl racers lined up for a bicycle race. A gun fired wounding 19th rider Marcelle Dagobert in the shoulder. The starter shrugged and pocketed the pistol as the others sped away.
Defense Head Forrestal Clarifies Recalled Visit
Secretary of Defense Forrestal said he was not summoned home from the U S Canadian celebration yesterday. He returned as planned for an important conference at the White House and explained he had not been summoned but was en route for dinner.
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Washington
Forrestal
Ogdenburg
N. Y
White House
Truman
John Garner’s wife Ettie dies at home in Texas
Mrs John Nance Garner 78 known as Cactus Jack’s right hand died at 4 30 pm in their buff brick home in Uvalde Texas The Garner family attended by their son Tully a banker and granddaughter Mrs John J Currie of Amarillo Funeral at 4 pm today Burial in Uvalde The couple married in Sabina Tex 28 years ago Ettie served as Garner’s secretary and confidante The former vice president did not seek a third term with Roosevelt.
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Uvalde
Texas
John Nance Garner
United States
Ettie
Garner
Tully
John J. Currie
Amarillo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fire Strikes Swiss Village Forces Evacuation of 800
ALTDORF Switzerland AP All 800 residents were evacuated from Goeschenen as a mountain fire near an ammunition depot exploded. Firefighters fought flames while explosions occurred across from the railway, rail traffic halted and diverted through the Simplon Tunnel. No casualties reported. cause undetermined.
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Altdorf
Switzerland
Goeschenen
St. Gothard
Simplon
Gothard
Four Arrests Reported by Franklin Police
Franklin police reported four arrests on Tuesday. Estel Van Hoose from Ashland Kentucky and Robert Kinder from Middletown faced intoxication charges. Richard Stuhlmueller of Hamilton was charged with reckless driving and Lowell Dersham of Troy with crossing a yellow line. they are to appear later this week in Mayor J T Riley’s court.
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Franklin
Estel van Hoose
Ashland
Robert Kinder
Middletown
Richard Stuhlmueller
Hamilton
Lowell Dersham
Troy
J. T. Riley
Tropical Disturbance Opens In West Indies
The tropical disturbance marking the current storm season was reported in the West Indies. The U S Hurricane Warning Service said the disturbance lay near St. Lucia about 250 miles north of Trinidad.
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Miami
Fla
West Indies
U. S
St. Lucia
Trinidad
Bible Class Plans Meeting In Franklin
A West Side Bible Class meets Friday at 2 p m in Mrs L D Brace home on Lake Avenue. Mrs Lola Bullard to lead the devotional service. All interested ladies are invited.
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Franklin Franklin
West Side
L. D. Brace
Lake Avenue
Lola Bullard
Betty Gest Indicted for First Degree Murder in Buckeye Lake Slaying
Betty Gest 29, mother of five, indicted for first degree murder in the August 3 shooting of husband David T. Gest 47 at their Buckeye Lake cottage. Indictment returned by Fairfield County grand jury after a preliminary hearing where she pleaded innocent by reason of insanity.
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Lancaster, O
Betty Gest
Fairfield County
Grand Jury
Butler Council Sets First Social Meeting in Hamilton
The Butler County Alumnae Home Council formed in spring will hold its first social gathering on Thursday August 26 at Millikin Woods on Ross Ave. A noon covered dish dinner will start events followed by a brief business session and light entertainment. Members and leaders of extension projects are expected, bringing food and table service. officers Esther Benzing Carrie Sixt and Marjorie Creek oversee arrangements with Norma Jean McCarley assisting.
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Hamilton
Butler County Alumnae Home Council
Millikin Woods
Ross Ave
Home Council
Esther Benzing
Fairfield Township
Carrie Sixt
Lemon Township
Marjorie Creek
Reily Township
Norma Jean McCarley
Soviet School Exits Spark Refugee Shipout From New York
The Soviet Union appears to be pulling many dependents from abroad as more than 300 Russians mainly children and mothers sail from New York on the Pobeda. State Department says teachers like Mrs Kosenkina and the Samarin es will seek asylum while Moscow faces probes over alleged kidnapping charges and Lomakin's conduct.
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Soviet Union
New York
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Mikhail Lamarine
Russia
Moscow
Kosenkina
Samarines
United States
State Department
Molotov
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Lomakin
Lancaster Stores Charged With Buying Stolen Meat
Franklin County sheriff's office reports evidence linking Lancaster residents to receiving meat stolen from Swift and Company in Columbus. Four Columbus residents face grand larceny charges. two Lancaster men questioned for receiving stolen property. Authorities warn against anonymous rumors as cases proceed.
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Columbus, O
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Lancaster
Swift and Company
Columbus
Robert Neds
Neds
Willliam c. Pickering
Fairfield County
Sam Hutsler
Lancaster Police Department
Joseph Burke
David Halderman
Social notes from Poasttown area gatherings
Mrs. Mary Graves hosted guests from Berea Ohio Orlando Florida and Eaton Ohio with dinners and visits. The community saw Bonnie Hollenbaugh visiting Joyce Rosser in Middletown. A birth was announced for a son born to Mr and Mrs Harry Cavage of Dayton with Grover Crout as the grandfather.
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Poasttown
Mary Graves
Iva Cox
Berea
Clara Landis
Orlando
Fla
Arthur Baird
Hamilton
Knox
Eaton
Adah Cox
Donald Cox
Bonnie Hollenbaugh
Joyce Rosser
Middletown
Harry Cavage
Dayton
Grover Crout
Karl Barker
Robin
Lulu Johnson
Millville
Walter Wirtley
Fred Erlewein
Floyd Ballard
Jack and
Jerry
Kentucky
Tennessee
Robert Dickey
Gail
Lulu Dickey
Martin Petri
Darrtown
Norman
Fidelity Sunday School Weiner Bake Kicks August Meeting
Jacksonburg notes say Mr. and Mrs. Billy Schenck hosted the Fidelity class weiner bake for August. Unity Class plans to meet at Estella Lantis's home next Saturday night. Local families hosted and visited in Middletown and Greenbush with relatives over the weekend.
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Jacksonburg
Billy Schenck
Fidelity
Unity
Estella Lantis
Eleanor Schwab
Middletown
Maud Imhoff
Norma
William McDonald
Gary
Ind
Easter May
Frank Schwartztrauber
Greenbush
John Brelsford
Will Whitman
Pearl Buchheit
Shafer Schenck
James Bell
Rufus Brelsford
Katheryn Brelsford
Burns Stabler
Consulate Incident Involving Brave Escape From Window
A woman at the consulate faced danger and leaped from a third floor window last Thursday to avoid a life threatening situation. Authorities are reviewing the incident and her condition remains unclear.
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Consulate
Danube River Vote Ignored By Americans
Belgrade dispatch reports Eastern European Communist bloc members passed a Danube pact by seven to one, claiming exclusive control over the river. The United States opposed the move, with Britain and France not voting. U.S. officials denounced Russia as deceptive and accused the bloc of cynical solidarity to push a Soviet aim.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Europe
Danube
United States
Britain
France
Sir Charles Peake
Adrien Thierry
Russia
Pendergasts Again Control Party Politics
Kansas City AP report says the Jackson County Democratic Committee again falls under Pendergast influence. A showdown election chose Leo T. Schwartz as committee chairman, 36 to 26, with Russell backed by opponents of the Pendergast faction.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Democratic Committee
the Penergast
Tom Pendergast
Missouri
Pendergast
Leo T. Schwartz
Ralph M. Russell
Russell
Penguin Diet Focuses On Fish Cuttlefish and Crustacea
The penguin’s diet centers on fish cuttlefish and crustaceans obtained by diving.
Temperance Tornado Tour Aims to Repeal Kansas Prohibition
Dodge City Kansas AP reports a Prohibitionist caravan nicknamed the Temperance Tornado begins a 12 day, 15,000 mile tour to oppose repeal of Kansas liquor laws. Leader Willard Mayberry Elkhart Kansas states the effort will grow as they travel. Glenn Cunningham, famed 1930s miler, is among 75 caravan members as Kansans vote in November on the 67 year old prohibition law.
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Kansas
Willard Mayberry
Elkhart, Kas
Kansans
Glenn Cunningham
Ex-Official of Yugoslav Army Killed Near Romania
Belgrade based Borba reports Arso Jovanovic former Yugoslav Army chief of staff shot and killed during a border crossing attempt to Romania. Three others died. one Maj. Gen Brancko Petricevic captured. Col. Vlado Dapcevic believed to have escaped.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Borba
Yugoslav Communist Party
Arso Jovanovic
Romania
Jovanovic
Marshal Tito
Svetokik Arabjac
Vrsac
Brancko Petricevic
Elephant swallows $117 in Columbus rail car
AP dispatch reports in Columbus Ohio a railroad telegrapher A A Hall stuffed his day's cash $117.45 into a package and tossed it into what he thought was a baggage car. It was a freight car filled with circus elephants. By the time the keeper was alerted the package and money were gone.
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Columbus
A. A. Hall
New York Central
Hall
College Fraternity Adopts French Boy
Michel Fosset a 12 year old French boy whose father was killed in the war is adopted by a Sigma Nu chapter at Mount Union College. The arrangement through War Children Inc will provide clothing food medical care shelter and education from his foster parents and fraternity officials said.
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Efilaine Kahn
New World
Council For Japan
Defense
Deniel Truman
John Garner
Franklin Police
Butler Council
United Nations
C& Grimes
Lancaster Stores
Model
Cambridge, Eng
Richard Morrow- Tait
Michael Townsend
Cambridge
Royal Air Force
RAF
Sardinia
North Africa
Iraq
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Arabia
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Burma
Siam
Indo China
Japan
Aleutians
Alaska
Whitehorse
St. John
Edmonton
Regina
Winnipeg
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Montreal
Gander
Greenland
Iceland
Dodge City
College
Ertap
National Distillers Products Corporation
New Yeh
N.Y
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