Airship Burns on Farm near Marion Ohio
A four place Stinson plane crashed and burned on the Herbert Lichtenberger farm south of Marion killing three Lancaster men. Pilot Ellsworth Norris, 43, Detroit-bound, was an instructor at Lancaster Airport. John Timmons, 44, vice president of Lancaster Lens Co. Neal Thompson, 43, sales manager at Lancaster Lens Co. The private plane, owned by Pearl Jenkins, likely attempted an emergency meadow landing in fog and crashed a quarter mile from a corn field.
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Marion, O
Lancaster
Stinson
Herbert Lichtenberger
Here
State Highway Patrol
Ellsworth H. Norris
John F. Timmons
Lancaster Lens Company
Neal Thompson
Detroit
Pearl Jenkins
Highway Patrol
Shaw urges new dictionary to end war jitters
George Bernard Shaw told the Times a parliamentary committee should settle political nomenclature to prevent confusion that could lead to war. He argued a universal dictionary would help nations understand each other and stop blaming language for conflicts.
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George Bernard Shaw
London
Shaw
Arrest Saves Driver Life in Sugar Crisis
In Des Moines Indiana, Dale W. Flora 41 was arrested on a drunken driving charge after a minor accident. A routine hospital blood test showed he was not intoxicated. While court was to reduce the charge to reckless driving a hospital call revealed Flora was suffering acute hypoglycemia which doctors say can mimic drunkenness and be fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Dale W. Flora
Flora
Car Orders To Hit Four Million Mark
George T. Christopher president of Packard predicts 4.5 million unfilled car orders by January 1 1949 due to steel shortages. He spoke during a regional dealers meeting in Philadelphia saying demand cannot be met at any foreseeable date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
George T. Christopher
Packard Motor Company
Detroit Motor
Help Neighbor but Be Ready to Pay Price
Dwight Bowen 18 paid 1.50 to replace a window after throwing a stone at a dog that had just seized a neighbor's prize rooster. The stone hit the dog and ricocheted, striking Woodrow Thomas’ window in Shawnee. Bowen had tried to deter the dog from the rooster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee, D
Dwight Bowen
George Myers
Bowen
Woodrow Thomas
Church Institutions Seized In Holy Land Report
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem says a Galilee vicar general report accuses Jews of criminal acts against 12 Roman Catholic institutions in northern Palestine. The report by Monsignor Anthony Vergani has been sent to the Vatican Secretary of State.
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Jerusalem
Galilee
Palestine
Anthony Vergani
Vatican
Revolutionary Change In Steel Making Seen
Beaver Falls Pennsylvania reports a new process and machine to form finished steel shapes directly from liquid metal in one operation. The Babcock Wilcox Tube Steel Corp and Beaver Falls Plant say the method removes major steps and equipment from ingots to blooming mills, boosting production and reducing capital and operating costs. Industry observers note the concept is new to many firms and could decentralize equipment and raise final yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Falls
Babcock - Wilcox Tube Steel Corp
Reward Extended in Doctor Obrist Slaying Case
In Portsmouth Ohio AP report a $1600 reward for solving the killing of Dr George Obrist was extended for six months. A Hempstead Academy of Medicine committee said contributors would keep the fund alive while investigators pursue leads. totals show $3206 raised with half for the reward and half for investigation expenses.
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Portsmouth
George Obrist
Hempstead Academy of Medicine
Doctors’ Committee
Chester H. Allen
Hugh Rudity
Earl C. Brande
Mother and Dog Of Slayer To Receive Aid
Cecil Clyde Taylor a $75 a week house painter offers to support Donald Frohner's mother and his dog Smokey after the 18 year old slayer faces the electric chair in Ohio. Taylor told the Toledo Times he wants to ensure they never want for anything and hopes to meet Frohner Friday. He plans to travel to Columbus and is willing to visit Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Furio
Marjorie
Tony Jr
Old Orchard Beach
Tony
Furio
San Francisco
Toledo
Donald Frohner
Ohio
Toledo Times
Cecil Clyde Taylor
Taylor
Frohner
Ashtabula
Don
Smokey
Columbus
Donald
AFL Leader Calls Taft Hartley a Time Bomb
Joseph D. Keenan of the AFL warned Cleveland audiences that the Taft Hartley Labor Act is a time bomb set to explode after the November elections. He said the act would ruin the union's operations and noted NAM members were told to wait until after the vote. Keenan accused Congress of yielding to NAM pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Joseph D. Keenan
American Federation of Labor
Keenan
War Production Board
Cleveland Afl
National Association of Manufacturers
N.A.M
Russian Teacher Improves After Soviet Consulate Fall
New York AP reports the Russian school teacher Oksana Kosenkina, 52, who leaped from the third floor of the Soviet consulate, shows improved condition at Roosevelt Hospital. A morning bulletin notes better temperature and breathing, with blood transfusions and oxygen tent support. Dr Grant Pennoyer arranged a consult with a Soviet official and a surgeon.
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New York
Roosevelt Hospital
Oksana Stepanovna
Kosenkina
U S Assures Red Teacher's Security Here
The State Department ruled Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina a refugee Russian teacher remains under U S protection while in the United States. The decision was delivered to Justice Dickstein as he weighs a habeas corpus challenge against Soviet Consul Lomakin. Department officials prepare a formal note to the Soviet ambassador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Oksana S. Kosenkina
Ernest A. Gross
Marshall
Samuel Dickstein
New York State Supreme Court
Lomakin
Miami Votes Tax On Press and Rescinds It
Miami City Commission approved a one percent gross receipts tax on daily newspapers and other publications then rescinded the action five hours later after a member changed his vote. The 3 to 2 tally reflected support from Gardner, Charles, and Quigg with Mayor Floyd and Palmer voting no. The recall pressure on the three supporters followed the city manager’s 196? firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Miami, Fla
R. C. Gardner
William W. Charles
H. Leslie Quigg
Robert L. Floyd
Perrine Palmer, Jr
Gardner
Charles
Quigg
Richard G. Danner
Miami Herald
The
Miami Daily News
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Temperance Tornadoes rally mocks beer insult in Kansas
Glenn Cunningham urges Kansas to keep prohibition as he leads the Temperance Tornado tour. In Kinsley a man handed him a beer from a tavern, prompting Cunningham to call the gesture the worst insult of his life and accuse tavern owners of lacking guts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Kas
Glenn Cunningham
Kansas
Cunningham
Kinsley
Atomic Heads Request Green To End Strike
The Atomic Energy Commission urged AFL President William Green to intervene with idle AFI workers at Los Alamos New Mexico to end a walkout that threatens the nation’s atomic weapons program. Acting Chair Sumner Pike said a Green request could end the detrimental strike affecting five project contractors. The union workers quit after a sixth contractor hired non union labor.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Los Alamos
N. M
AFL
William Green
AFI
Commission
Sumner Pike
Green
Mother Sues for 325000 Over Fatal Auto Crash
Mrs Rosie Carrazzo administratrix for Umberto Carrazzo sues Jacob Chamberlain Jr asking 325000 damages for a fatal crash on August 29 1946 on the Franklin Trenton Rd. She alleges he drove intoxicated at 60 mph and forced her son to ride with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosie Carrazzo
Umberto Eugene Carrazzo
Common Pleas
Jacob Chamberlain, Jr
Wayne Ave
Franklin-Trenton
Carrazzo
Chamberlain
Pilot claims Studebaker savings by buying in London
LAKE ORION Mich AP Dick Wells a commercial pilot said he saved 567 buying a 1948 Studebaker through a London dealer 4000 miles away. Studebaker officials denied a lower list price abroad and questioned the display claim and delivery method.
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Lake Orion
Mich
Dick Wells
London
Studebaker Corporation
South Bend
Ind
Wells
Studebaker
Calcutta
United States
Great Britain
Ex-Colonies Of Italy Not In U. S. Hands
President Truman said the disposition of Italy s former colonies cannot be handled politically in the United States. He noted the matter was referred to the Four Powers under the Italian peace treaty and, failing agreement, would go to the United Nations General Assembly meeting in Paris.
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Washington
Truman
Italy
United States
Thomas E. Dewey
United Nations
Great Britain
France
Rusgria
United Nations General Assembly
Paris
Meat strike spreads as Philadelphia dealers join housewives
About 15 west Philadelphia butcher shops display signs announcing acceptance of a housewives buyer strike aimed at lowering meat prices. The campaign grew after over 5,000 housewives canvassed the area and circulated petitions urging cooperation from retailers.
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Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Final Tributes As Babe Ruth Laid To Rest At St Patrick
A crowd of about 75,000 gathered outside St Patrick's Cathedral for Babe Ruth's Requiem Mass. Cardinal Spellman led prayers while Gov. Thomas Dewey and Mayor William O'Dwyer paid silent tributes. Ruth’s body then moved to a receiving vault at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Mount Pleasant, New York.
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New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Babe Ruth
Francis Cardinal Spellman
America
Babe
Claire Ruth
Richard Flanders
Dorothy Sullivan
Thomas E. Dewey
William O’dwyer
Baltimore
Dewey
Gate of Heaven
Mount Pleasant
N. Y
Court Order Takes Home From Youths
Chicago court action leaves 42 children homeless aged three to thirteen after their southside home was closed while they were at a Wisconsin camp. An injunction, obtained by 17 neighbors, barred the youths from using the residence due to alleged zoning violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wisconsin
Superior Court
Former New Deal Attorneys Summoned for Spy Hearing
The House Un-American Activities Committee ordered three former New Deal lawyers Nathan Witt Lee Pressman and John Abt to appear for questioning tomorrow in its Communist spy ring investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
New Deal
Nathan Witt
Lee Pressman
John Abt
UN Security Council to Meet as Palestine Tensions Rise
United Nations Security Council plans an urgent session on Palestine while President Truman attacks the committee over alleged Communist inquiries. Alger Hiss refuses a lie detector test and heads the Carnegie Endowment. Truman defends loyalty programs and accuses the HUAC of violating the Bill of Rights.
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Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Alger Hiss
Washington
Hiss
Carnegie Endowment For Interational Peace
Truman
Bernadotte urges quick action on Jerusalem tensions
Associated Press reports Count Folke Bernadotte, UN mediator for Palestine, says Jerusalem fighting between Jews and Arabs risks resumption of hostilities. He urges prompt action, warns both sides ignore UN authority, and questions chances of rapid demilitarization.
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Associated Press
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Jerusalem
Palestine
Kremlin
Danube River
Austria
State Department
Belgrade
Moscow
Molotov
Belin
Berlin
Radar
Marshal Tito
Arso Jovanic
Chaplain Murder Trial Ends With Life Prison Sentence
Pvt. William C. Manis of Church Hill Tenn was convicted of murdering Capt. John A. Ryan a Philadelphia Catholic chaplain near Sugamo Prison in Yokohama and was sentenced to life in prison. The conviction rested on the testimony of a Japanese prostitute who said Manis shot Ryan after the chaplain reprimanded him for appearing in public with a prostitute.
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Yokohama
William C. Manis
Church Hill
Tenn
John A. Ryan
Philadelphia
Manis
Sugamo
Strong Farm Support Plan By GOP Is Seen
Dewey pledges a strong price support program for farmers with a loan floor under prices. The plan contrasts with Democratic farm belt tactics led by Senator Barkley who warns voters of high prices under Democrats versus low prices under Republicans. Dewey also presses for rapid Federal Power Commission action on the New York Ontario power project deeming it urgent for regional growth and national defense.
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GOP
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
Springfield
Ill
Earl Warren
California
Dewey
Albany
N. Y
Federal Power Commission
New York- Ontario
Commission
St. Lawrence
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Yakov M. Lomakin
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U. S
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Ferguson
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Whittaker Chambers
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