Club Manager Convicted In Hot Ham Case
Lancaster, AP. James Shirey, 31, club manager, convicted of buying and receiving stolen meat in a case tied to a meat theft ring. Jury valued meat at $60 making felony. he could face one to seven years. Co-defendant Marion Nihiser convicted earlier for $30 value, a misdemeanor, awaiting sentencing. Shirey admitted buying 15 hams March 1 for $60, claiming they were cheap. Witnesses Burke and Jeffers testified selling 20 hams to Shirey for $120. Shirey’s club 33 manager role noted. another defendant, Dale Landis, found not guilty.
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Lancaster. C
James Shirey
Shirey
Common Pleas Court
Marion Nihiser
Lancaster Meat Market
Nihiser
Dale V. Landis
Joseph Burke
Lancaster
Herrell Jeffers
Columbus
Shirev
Burke
Burke and
Jeffers
Swift and Company
Club 33
House Crashes Into Home In Huntington Collision
In Huntington West Virginia last night two cars collided and then struck a five room house pushing it seven inches on its foundation. Floors ripped loose and the front porch caved in. No injuries reported. Car driver Robert Boster 19 said his liability insurance may not cover the incident. Mr and Mrs Oscar Carpenter were at home when the crash occurred.
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Huntington
W. VA
Oscar Carpenter
Robert Boster
Need Better Hand
In Birmingham England AP report Herbert Cyril Harris a 41 year old mechanic was acquitted of inducing three men to rob a restaurant after the judge instructed the jury there was no evidence. The defendant argued the police handwriter had produced an illegible statement.
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Birmingham
Eng
Herbert Cyril Harris
He Learns Fast at Ohio State University
Ed mond R. Anderson Jr of Akron will receive a BA cum laude from Ohio State University Friday after only two years study. The 22 year old Army veteran graduated from Akron Buchtel High in 1944 and plans to enter Harvard Business School next fall.
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Columbus
Edmond R. Anderson, Jr
Akron
Ohio State University
Akron Buchtel High
Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration
Oberlin Opens Exhibition On Wright Brothers Flight
Oberlin College unveiled an exhibition in the Wilbur and Orville Wright laboratory of physics to honor the 1903 Kitty Hawk flight. The display features wing fabric from the plane, enlarged personal photos of the brothers, and a photostat of the telegram sent to their father announcing success. The college received a $500,000 bequest from Orville Wright after his death last January.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Orville Wright
Wilbur and Orville Wright Laboratory of Physics
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Killian and wife named to Erie County children’s home posts
Deputy Sheriff Alfred A. Killian and his wife are appointed temporary superintendent and matron at Erie County children's home. The posts begin January 1 to fill vacancies created by the resignations of Otto H. Schell and his wife who are ill.
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Sandusky
Alfred A. Killian
Erie County Children's Home
Otto H. Schell
Convict Admits Prison Slaying at Retrieve Farm
Texas prison system General Manager O B Ellis said a murder charge will be filed against Ernest Cleve Jones 33 who confessed to beheading fellow prisoner Clarence William Redwine 38 in the Retrieve prison farm mess hall after Redwine threatened him Jones a kitchen worker said in a confession that he took a knife from the kitchen and killed Redwine then cleaned the knife and placed it back Jones said Redwine accused him of solitary confinement in 1947 and struck him first. Jones is serving two to ten years for burglary while Redwine awaiting five sentences of five to 15 years from Harris County.
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Angleton
Tex
Texas Prison System
O. B. Ellis
Retrieve Prison Farm
Ernest Cleve Jones
J. K. Kelley
Clarence William Redwine
Redwine
Kelley
Jones
Air Trophy to Three for Supersonic Flight Breakthrough
Washington AP Three men who helped pioneer human faster than sound flight will share the 1947 Collier Trophy. John Stack of NACA did early supersonic work, Lawrence Bell of Bell Aircraft designed the X-1 rocket plane, and Capt Charles Yeager tested the X-1 breaking the sonic barrier on October 14 1947. The award honors the greatest aviation achievement of the year. The trio will be honored at the Wright Brothers dinner of the Aero Club of Washington Friday night.
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Charles E. Yeager
Air Force Air Materiel Command
Mellier
America
Wright Brothers
Aero Club of Washington
Chinese Diplomat Weds U. S. Socialite
The marriage of Dr. Tehyi Hseih a Chinese diplomat author and lecturer and Mrs Irene Larimer Harriss a Baltimore clubwoman was disclosed. They wed last Tuesday at the bride’s New York apartment with Rev. David Evans officiating. Chinese observers Y. T. Lin and K. S. Cheng attended. It was the second marriage for both.
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New York
Tehyi Hseih
Irene Larimer Harriss
Baltimore
David Evans
Y. T. Lin
K. S. Cheng
United Nations
Burglary at Lebanon Y M C A Nets $106 Cash
Police report a back door panel pried open at Harmon Y M C A Lebanon drawing nearly $106 from a cash drawer. Officer W H Fulberth investigates with Keith Boys noting he failed to deposit funds that day. Police deem the break in likely home talent with no other losses reported.
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Lebanon
Harmon Y.M.C
W. H. Fulberth
Keith Boys
Pig Eats $65 Loss in Pigpen Incident
In Winnipeg a farmer named Peter Smud lost a $65 bill when a pig chewed it after he dropped his billfold in the pen. The bank refused the money as it had been eaten. He sold the hog to offset the loss. The item closes with a note on Wyoming agriculture practices including stock raising irrigation and dry farming.
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Winnipeg
Man
Peter Smud
Smud
Wyoming
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