Murder Trial Opens Tuesday in Toledo Case
The first degree murder trial of Theodore Wilczynski, 41, begins Tuesday in Lucas County common pleas court for the hammer killing of James M. Harper, 35. Harper died August 16 after a hammer thrown at him as he exited a cab struck him. Police homicide head Ralph Murphy says the slaying stems from a feud linked to Harper's marriage to Wilczynski's former wife.
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Theodore Wilczynski
James M. Harper
Lucas County
Wilczynski
Wilczynskis
Helicopter Saves Three Fishermen On Lake Erie Ice Floe
Three fishermen trapped for about 21 hours on a Lake Erie ice floe were rescued by a helicopter in near zero temperatures. William Stevenson Jr. 71 Miles Reynolds 35 and George Kellner 39 suffered only fatigue after the first dark ice rescue by helicopter in four years. Floyd Carlson of Bell Aircraft Corp Buffalo piloted the craft.
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Angola
N. Y
Lake Erie
William Stevenson, Jr
Miles Reynolds
George Kellner
Floyd Carlson
Bell Aircraft Corp
Buffalo
In Again Out Again Inspector Dennis Delays Start
New Middletown City Inspector Jess Dennis, appointed to investigate service complaints against Middletown Service Company, delayed starting work due to pension disputes. City Manager Schatzmann said pay week begins Friday. 10 complaints awaited processing as Dennis awaited clearances.
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Jess Dennis
Dennis
Middletown Service ‘Company
Francis Carmody
Fred J. Schatzmann
Schatzmann
Margaret Flynn
Woman Starves Self To Death Report
Boston AP reports Kathleen Lynch a Wellesley College graduate and Boston social worker deliberately starved herself, refusing to eat for three years and dying from malnutrition. The medical examiner Dr. Richard Ford says the death occurred after prolonged self-starvation. Also noted is the death of Evansville Indiana resident Dr. Is Lyneter who died in a hospital Saturday.
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Boston
Kathleen Lynch
Wellesley College
Chard Ford
Russia objects to US control of Yellow Sea shipping
Moscow denounces American flights as rude attempts to extend control beyond territorial waters. A Pravda Tehran note says American Military Mission advisers in Iran threaten the Russian frontier by directing border fortifications and airfield construction, with tours used for border region photographs and military activity.
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Sea of Japan
Moscow
Ivank Sadchikov
Tehran
Iran
Pravda
Toursy
Bitter Cold Sweeps Dakotas Minnesota and Virginia
Frigid air plunged to 15 below in Grand Forks with subzero readings in Minneapolis and Nebraska. Snow and ice snarled travel from Virginia to the Carolinas with schools closed in 22 counties. New York City heat crews and police escorts aided fuel deliveries to heatless homes as bitter winds continue.
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Minnesota
Grand Forks
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Minneapolis
Nebraska
Iowa
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Tennessee
Columbia
Virginia
North Carolina
Henderson
Tarboro
Wilmington
William O'Dwyer
New York
Democrats Seek Tax Cuts Amid Veto Clash
Democrats in both houses push for tax reduction while opposing deep cuts for high incomes. President Truman vetoed Knutson bills twice. Congress failed to override. Debates focus on a Democratic substitute and Knutson proposal, with ranges from 30 percent to 10 percent, plus changes to exemptions and estate and gift levies.
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Tru- Man
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Group seeks charter for Ohio Comets Veterans
Ohio Comets Veterans urged by Capehemn County Commander James Pinion to telegram Senators Taft Bricker urging support for a congressional charter bill. Charters are already held by the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Disabled American Veterans and Amvets. A Liberia street named Broadway.
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Cleveland
All
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Eommars
Comets
Wareterans
Capehemn
James Pinion
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Senate
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Amvets
Gas and material shortages curb steel output nationwide
The Magazine Steel reports plants in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Youngstown reduced output due to natural gas and fuel shortages. Last week steel production fell to 95.5 percent capacity, with declines across St. Louis, Buffalo, New England, Cincinnati, and Chicago, while gains occurred in Cleveland and Detroit regions. Scrap and pig iron remain tight, keeping mills from improving weekly receipts, and allocation plans are still unresolved.
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Youngstown
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Buffalo
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Detroit
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Wallace seeks spot on Ohio ballot amid new election rules
Wallace announced plans to seek inclusion on the Ohio presidential ballot while new election laws restrict third party candidates. Oregon Democrats halted efforts to place Wallace on the Democratic primary ballot. Nick Chavoi?e, chairman of the Democrats committee, said Wallace favored honesty and opposed third party entry in the Democratic race.
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United States
Wallace
Ohio
Oregon
Nick Chavoie
Committee of Democrats
Joke backfires as man sentenced in liquor permit case
Floyd E. Zinkhorn of Cincinnati was jailed 30 days in Lucas county jail for soliciting funds to influence a liquor permit and fined 250 dollars after a judge denied leniency. Charles Martin of Port Clinton testified Zinkhorn claimed to be a friend of Dal Dunston in negotiations tied to a marked fifty dollar bill.
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Floyd E. Zinkhorn
Cincinnati
Lucas County
Pe A. Grzezinski
Zinkhorn
Elwood J. Erwin
Charles Martin
Travelers Inn
Port Clinton
Dal Dunston
Comodore Perry
Cleveland Congressman to file nominating petitions in Columbus
Stephen M. Young of Cleveland, a three term Democratic congressman at large before World War II service, will file nominating petitions in Columbus today. He served with the Fifth Army in Italy, attached to the 45th Infantry Division at Anzio, and in 1945 was Allied mill governor of Reggio Emilia province.
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Cleveland
Stephen M. Young
Columbus
Fifth Army
Italy
45Th
Anzio
Reggio Emilia
Four Missing In Club Fire At Carolina County Club
In Raleigh North Carolina four persons remained missing after a Sunday blaze at the Carolina County Club. The identified body of Mrs James E Baker wife of the club manager was found with the recovery of remains believed to be the missing four. Firefighters were delayed by a heavy snowstorm reaching the club grounds.
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Carrie E. Lyndall
Norfolk
Nehru vows to defeat violence after Gandhi death
Nehru spoke to a large assembly in India declaring Gandhi's assassination the result of a violent mood that has prevailed for months. He expressed utter shame as a Indian and as head of government for failing to protect the great soul. Ashes of Gandhi lay on the Jumna bank as officials hunted for conspirators said to plot further killings.
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Gandhi
Indian Union
Andhi
Government of
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Jumna
Monoxide gas kills two men in Muncie home
In Muncie Indiana Coroner Eugene Eissman said carbon monoxide from an ash choked coke stove caused the deaths of Japier E Poore 73 a former Toledo Madhens manager and Mike Kelley 75 a retired watchmaker who lived with him Their frozen bodies were found in their home AP report notes the gas traced to the stove at the residence
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Japier E. Poore
Toledo Madhens
American Association
Mike Kelley
Saines
Youth cyclist injured after colliding with car
A youth sustained head abrasions and a slight concussion after riding a bicycle and colliding with the side of an automobile yesterday outside Dletown Hospital. Attendants described the incident as a bicycle collision with a vehicle.
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Dletown Hospital
Council opposes forced liquidation of Marshall Plan assets
Washington AP brief reports the National Advisory Council opposed forcing liquidation of 4.3 billion dollars in assets held by European nationals in the United States that are eligible for Marshall Plan aid. The group voted to transfer 1.1 billion dollars in blocked assets to the alien property custodian, about 350 million of which are held by French citizens.
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Washington
National Advisory Council
Treasury
Snyder
Westinghouse contract talks notice ends 60 days
AP dispatch reports Westinghouse Electric Corp says the CIO United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers issued a 60 day termination notice effective April 1 triggering wage and contract talks for about 160000 workers including 7500 in Pittsburgh district plants. Initial meeting dates not set.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Westinghouse
Caesarean saves baby after mother dies in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati Dr. Ralph Heery performed a Caesarean on Mrs. John Husch a 26 year old her stroke fatal to the mother at General Hospital. The baby boy weighed six pounds and one ounce and delivery occurred three minutes after the mother's death doctors say such operations are rare and highly difficult.
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Cincinnati
Ralph Heery
Heery
John Husch
General Hospital
SS Seson Hospital
Father To Face Cruelty Charge
ABINGTON Pa AP Melvin MacNeill 50 will be arraigned today on charges that he tortured his three sons by hanging them by their thumbs from the rafters of his home for refusing to admit they had played with his hunting rifle Patrol man Dennis Beatty said Justice of the Howard J Nice issued a warrant for Neill arrest charging cruelty ill treating and punt punishment to the three children
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Melvin MacNeill
Dennis Beatty
Howard J
Fragmented paint processing method appears unsafe
The fragment hints at a process where paint is pulverised with lead oxide and sand, suggesting a technique that triples paint yield but implies hazardous materials use. No clear date or location is provided.
Italy and U S Sign New Trade Pact With Info Freedom
Washington AP Italians in the United States and Americans in Italy will be free to write report and send news without censorship under a new commercial treaty. The accord replaces the 1871 friendship commerce and navigation pact and grants equal rights while each country reserves a right to end the treaty. The pact takes effect after ratification by the U S Senate and Italy’s chamber of deputies.
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Washington
United States
Italy
Mussolini
United States Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Explosion partially wrecks Armour and Co meat plant
An explosion at Armour and Co meat packing plant in Columbus partially wrecked the three story branch plant. Five employees suffered burns, with Richard Smith of Pataskala and Mary Baldwin of Columbus the most seriously burned. The blast, likely from ammonia or gas fumes, occurred in the basement where two women in the cooler section escaped injury.
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Columbus, O
Armour and Co
Richard Smith
Pataskala
Mary Baldwin
Columbus
Pythians Name 1948 Committees at Lafayette Lodge
At a meeting of the K Pythias Lafayette Lodge last week at Castle Hall committees were appointed Juvenile Norman Dole Auditing W S Sellin Herb am iament Richard Pell Robert Wright Paul Smith Rehabilitation Glenn Berry Hale Dodds and Zeno Brandon Finance Robert Wright Wilbur Maysilles and Bruce Eby Publicity Howard Knepshield and Elza Abraham News Card Glenn Perry and Funeral Committee Glenn Perry Refreshments were served following the business meeting.
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Richard Pell
Robert Wright
Paul Smith
Glenn Berry
Hale Dodds
Zeno Brandon
Wilbur Maysilles
Bruce Eby
Howard Knepshield
Elza Abraham
Glenn Perry
Five Aboard Drifting Ship Near Norfolk
The Liberty Ship 4 John F. Carlisle began drifting after breaking from the tug P. F. Martin during a storm. The Coast Guard Cutter Mendota, dispatched from Wilmington, is expected to reach Carlisle early, with at least one merchant steamer Kenneth MacKenzie standing by as a precaution.
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John F. Carlisle
Helplenty
Catia
Can Coast Guard
Mendota
Wilmington
Coast Guard
Cani
Carlisle
P. F. Martin
Kenneth MacKenzie
Trainman Dies in Rail Crash Near Silvis
Clifford H. Hull, a trainman and conductor from Silvis, died in a rail wreck. His body was recovered from the wreckage. Eight others were injured, but none seriously. The report notes returning University of Iowa students numbering about 150. A mention of Diaz rounding the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 is included with no settlement established.
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Silvis
Age
University of Iowa
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Cape of Good Hope
Stocks Edge Toward Recovery Amid Mixed Demand
New York AP reports selected stocks steady toward recovery as light reinvestment demand slows January activity. Early movers included U S Steel GM Chrysler Penn RR B&O Western Union Deere ITT United Aircraft Schenley Du Pont GE Standard Oil NJ United Air. notable entries Monsanto Santa Fe Con Edison Montgomery Ward Sears Woolworth Dow Chemical.
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General Motors
Chrysler
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
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Deere
International Telephone
United Aircraft Schenley
du Pont
General Electric
Standard Oil
United Air Lines
Monsanto Chemical
Lowe's
Santa Fe
Consolidated Edison
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Woolworth
Dow Chemical
Cincinnati Livestock Market Report Summary
Salable hogs around 1,500 head saw prices higher on active demand with 160 to 225 pound barrows and gilts quoted around 25. Cattle and calves about 1,100 head opened steady to firm with 800 to 1025 pound steers and 260 to 325 pound heifers in view. top cattle around 73.00, bulk steady to firmer. Sheep around 150 head steady with good native lambs at 26.00 and slaughter ewes scarce at 9.50 or higher.
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Cincinnati
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Cher
Speech clinic offered for stutterers and cleft palate
A speech clinic described as a pre school program for parents and youngsters could be held in three classes if enough parents show interest. Instructor Miss Mary Brehany said the clinic would address stutterers cleft palate and hard of hearing children and urged interested families to call Town High for details.
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Brehaney
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Ae Tieeiye
Woman's Lost Purse Triggers Arrest in Lottery Case
In Cleveland police report, a woman's lost purse found by a merchant on the East Side contained numerous “new deal” lottery tickets with winning numbers. Interrogated about the tickets, she refused to explain possession and was followed to a car where $500 cash and 4,000 treasury balance tickets were found.
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Cleveland
Louis Kopacka
Kopacka
Treasury
Student Hang Out Damaged By Fire At OSU Tavern
Larry's Grill a popular OSU student hang-out in Columbus was damaged by fire around 2 am. Fourteen families living in the apartments above were forced into the street in near zero temperatures. Owner L. J. Paoletti called the loss several thousand dollars.
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Columbus, O
Ohio State University
L. J. Paoletti
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