August Heat Reaches 100 Degrees in Middletown Wednesday
Middletown endures a 100 degree afternoon as residents endure a blistering August heat wave spreading from the Dakotas to New England. Forecasters warn of continued warmth and humidity with no immediate relief, while Detroit plants halt operations under the heat.
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Dakotas
New England
Mountain
Pacific Coast
Detroit
Midwest
Federal Weather Bureau
Canadian Northwest
North Atlantic
Hartford
Conn
Huntington
W. Va
Alpena
Mich
Lancaster and Fairfield Tie In For $750000 Hospital Bond
Lancaster and Fairfield County joined to seek voter approval for a $750,000 bond issue in November to fund a new municipal hospital. The pact unites city and county authorities in backing the project.
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Lancaster
Fairfield County
Four Die in Maryland Plane Collision Near Annapolis
Four people died when two small planes crashed four miles from Annapolis, Maryland. Among the victims were Helen McGilvery, 30, head of the Annapolis Flying Service, a former Army ferry pilot, Philip Mihaltian, 33, of Essex, Navy enlisted man Charles Hydock, and Navy metalsmith George C. Barnett, 24, from Meade, Kansas. The Cub trainer reportedly burst into flames after ground impact. Civil Aeronautics Administration investigators probed the scene on the Donald Trumphy farm.
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Annapolis
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Donald Trumphy
Helen McGilvery
Annapolis Flying Service. Incorporated
Philip Mihaltian
Essex
Charles Hydock
Navy
Naval Radio Unit
Navy Metalsmith
George C. Barnett
Hydock
Mihaltian
Barnett
Meade, Kas
Naval Academy
McGilvery
Young Mother in Iron Lung Dies After Birth
In Morganton North Carolina a 34 year old mother Mrs Lucy Bell Smith died early after delivering a son by Caesarean section while in an iron lung. Grace Hospital doctors performed the operation as the woman lay inoperative. The baby weighed 642 pounds and was born under local anaesthetic. The mother had been admitted Tuesday night with pneumonia and a virulent infantile paralysis had been found.
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Morganton
N. C
Lucy Bell Smith
Grace Hospital
Ellen Tyger Named Acting Superintendent of Trumbull County Home
Mrs Ellen Tyger has been named acting superintendent of the Trumbull County Children's Home. The appointment was announced today by W B Kilpatrick, chairman of the board of trustees, and follows her years as house mother at the county home.
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Warren
Ellen Tyger
Trumbull County
W. B. Kilpatrick
Farm Price Supports Face Possible Slash
Washington reports talks of possible cuts to farm price supports as the Agriculture Department weighs needs for about 1.5 billion dollars in commodity loans and purchases to maintain 1948 crop price floors. Officials expect Congress to act after January as farmers plan to expand cultivation despite Department calls to reduce plantings.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Truman
Leiser Candidacy Ruling Fails to End Butler County Battle
Ohio Attorney General clears up technicalities about Judge Oscar Leiser’s probate judge bid and independence status. The decision settles dates and petition issues but ignites ongoing political feud between Martin Coyle and Democratic leaders over Board of Elections actions and protests.
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Oscar Leiser
Qohio
Butler County
Hugne S Jenkins
Edward J. Gardner
Democratic Executive Committee
Martin Coyle
Republican Executive Committee
Butler County Board of Elections
Leiser
Gardner
Morrow
Paul Baden
Board of Elections
Jenkins
Judge Leiser
Coyle
Man Reports HoldUp Held In Cincinnati
John J. Boyagian 41 alias Anthony DeVarco of Cleveland was detained for questioning after he and a companion claimed they were held up and robbed of 15510 in cash and jewelry. Victims were his wife and Ben Meyers of Cincinnati. A $285 wrist watch $1500 cash and a $225 watch were taken from Boyagian. a $13,500 ring from Meyers. Robbers fled toward New Richmond after forcing their car off the A and P Highway following dinner at a fishing club near Sweetwine.
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Cincinnati
John J. Boyagian
Anthony DeVarco
Cleveland
Clifford Yockey
Hamilton County
C. Taylor Handman
Boyagian
Yockey
DeVarco
Ben
Sweetwine
New Richmond
Body of David Bailey Recovered From Lake Erie
The body of 54 year old night watchman David Bailey was recovered yesterday from Lake Erie. Coroner Samuel R. Gerber ruled the death an accidental drowning.
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Cleveland
David Bailey
Lake Erie
Samuel R. Gerber
Perjury Count May Hinge On Old Ford Car
The House Un American Activities Committee announced that all testimony from its spy probe will be turned over to the Justice Department with appropriate recommendations. Chairman Thomas refused to predict what those recommendations will after a closed session.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Justice Department
Thomas
R-Nj
Congressional probes renew chase over Hiss Chambers lies
The House Un American Activities Committee grilled Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers over a 1929 Ford and overlapping claims of a prewar Communist underground. Chambers, Time editor, alleged Hiss was involved, while Hiss denied any Communist ties. The session stretched late, with Strolling noting uncertainty about who lied.
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Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
House Un-American Activities Committee
Washington
Robert Stripling
Richard Nixon
Congressional
Kittaker Chambers
Kiss
Chambers
Short
Pudgy
Time Magazine
Hiss
State Department
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Robert E. Stropling
Ohio trapshooters sweep top honors at Grand American
Ohio delivers a one two in the 49th Grand American team race with No 1 scoring 985 of 1000 and No 2 close behind at 984 Wisconsin ranks third Michigan fourth and Oregon fifth as Louisiana Missouri and Pennsylvania tie for sixth.
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Vandalia
Ohio
Buckeye
Wisconsin
Michigan
Oregon
Louisiana
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Roy Davidson
Middletown
P.O. Harbage
West Jefferson
Don Englebry
Vermilion
Ralph Smith
Joe Hiestand
Hillsboro
Bernie Judd
Hamilton
Frank Carroll
Brecksville
Joe Devers
Dayton
Levi Shick
Bellefontaine
Bill Eldered
Cincinnati
Hamilton Lad In Finals In Caddy Tourney
In the National Cad Caddy Golf Tournament at Ohio State University course two Texas players a Kentucky native and an Ohioan reached the semifinals under a blazing sun. John Barrett of San Antonio defeated Ted Katula of Youngstown 3 and 2 while Gay Brewer Jr of Lexington beat Hugh Quinn of Hamilton 8 and 6. Don Addington of Houston and Jim Tewart of Hamilton advanced by defeating Pete Koelsch of Sandusky 2 and 1 and Don Albert of Alliance 2 and 1.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
John Barrett
San Antonio
Texas
Gay Brewer, Jr
Lexington
Don Addington
Houston
Jim Tewart
Hamilton
Barrett
Ted Katula
Youngstown
Brewer
Hugh Quinn
Tewart
Don Albert
Alliance
Addington
Pete Koelsch
Sandusky
Canadian Officials Sought in Quest for Dayton Man McComas
Canada awaited word on John A. McComas of Dayton Ohio after an apparent accidental shooting in British Columbia. Gustav A. Wiegner and McComas’s 13 year old daughter Louise were detained in Kimball Nebraska with Wiegner recounting the incident and taking McComas’ purse containing 1300 dollars. Louise remained in custody for juvenile proceedings as authorities sought confirmation from Canada.
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Kimball, Neb
John A. McComas
Dayton
Gustav A. Wiegner
McComas
Alaska
British Columbia
Kimball County
Kenneth C. Fritzler
Fritzler
Wiegner
Canada
Blonde
Louise
Bushnell
Neb
Bus Crash Injures 23 Near Columbus
Twenty three persons were hurt when a westbound Greyhound bus rear ended a parked truck and trailer 18 miles east of Columbus. The bus carried 32 passengers. ten escaped injury. Eleven were admitted to Grant Hospital, four to St. Francis, seven to White Cross. Serious injuries include Charles Anderko, 47, Washington PA, with a compound leg fracture, J H Bass, 68, Fort Smith AR, shock, and Ellen West, 49, San Marino CA, head and chest injuries.
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Columbus
Greyhound
Here
State Highway Patrol
Gerald L. Gibbs
Dresher
Licking County
Wagram
Harold Linscott
Pittsburgh
Linscott
Gibbs
Grant Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
White Cross Hospital
Charles Anderko
Washington, Pa
J. H. Bass
Fort Smith, Ark
Ellen West
San Marino
Cal
Tokyo Rose: Woman Japanese DJ Arrested for Treason
Mrs Iwa Kuko Toguri D Aquino an American born Japanese wife of a Portuguese was arrested in Tokyo on treasonable activities during World War II. She will be tried in San Francisco after landing from the U S Army Transport in September. The six English speaking Japanese women radioed GI s with records and propaganda from Alaska to Australia and Hawaii to Kunming. Tokyo Rose name applied to all six.
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Tokyo
Iwakuko Toguri
D’aquino
Pacific
Tokyo Rose
San Francisco
U.S. Army
H. Frank Hodges
Alaska
Australia
Hawaii
Kunming
Gi's
Guadalcanal
Aleutian
Los Angeles
Progressives Plan Wallace Taylor Campaign in Cleveland
New York AP reports national leaders of the Young Progressives of America will meet in Cleveland on Saturday to outline a campaign for the Wallace Taylor Progressive Party ticket.
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New York
Young Progressives of American
Cleveland
Wallace Taylor
Union barbers vote to raise haircut and shave prices
In Columbus Ohio union barbers voted last night to raise prices. Haircuts go from 75 cents to 1 dollar and shaves from 50 to 75 cents.
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Columbus, O
Berlin city hall stormed as Communist demo ends council session
In Berlin the Communist led crowd estimated over 10 000 burst through police lines to the city hall. They demanded an end to the bankrupt city government and a new Democratic Administration aligned with the Soviet Union. Police reserves restored order as the Berlin parliament postponed its vote on a western constitutional assembly.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
Europe
Germany
Constitutional Assembly
Franz Neumann
Ferdinand Friedenburg
Moscow
Paul Markgraff
Tanker Rescues World-Spanning Seafaring Couple
New Jersey tanker picked up Mr and Mrs Benjamin F Carlin drifting 10 days in the Atlantic 270 miles from New York. The Carlins planned to reach Halifax Nova Scotia with their Army amphibious craft after a prior sighting near Azores by a Navy destroyer following their August 11 departure.
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New York
Benjamin F. Carlin
Atlantic
Halifax
Nova Scotia
New Jersey
Azores
Coast Guard
Virginia steamship fights hurricane 100 aboard near Miami
The steamship Virginia carrying about 100 passengers rode a hurricane roughly 1200 miles southeast of Miami on a New York to Capetown voyage. The vessel reported very rough seas, barometer 29.80 and falling, winds near 50 miles per hour with overcast skies. A Russian ship and a Navy hurricane hunter plane monitored the storm as Lt. C. W. Gibbs piloted the craft toward its center.
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Miami
Fla
Virginia
Atlantic
New York
Capetown
South Africa
Weather Bureau
Petmakis Nomikos
C. W. Gibbs
Laurens, S
Carnival Worker Fatally Stabbed In Willard
Louis Benton a 44 year old Hollidaysburg Pa carnival operator was found dead today in a converted school bus trailer home. Sheriff Harry Broome said Benton appeared stabbed and his wife found the body as the Pleasure Land Carnival troupe travels through Willard Ohio.
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Benton
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