Showers Bring Temp Break For Middleton On Cooling Outlook
Forecasters predicted cooler air for the region as thundershowers moved through Ohio Indiana and Kentucky. Overnight storms cooled Dayton by 10 degrees after a two inch downpour while Milwaukee and Chicago logged brief relief with scattered rain. Temperatures hovered near 90 in Middletown with 100 degree readings yesterday elsewhere as drought lingered and crops suffered.
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Dayton
Youngstown
Montana
Dakotas
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Ohio
Oklahoma
Texas
Abilene
Amarillo
Houston
Milwaukee
Chicago
Missouri
Arkansas
Ohio River Valley
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
Missouri River Valley
Rockies
Evansville
Ind
Pennsylvania
Two Lads Involved In Chicago Child Hang Death
In Chicago a 15-year-old boy led a club that reenacted a three year old neighbor’s hanging in a basement. His 13-year-old brother later admitted strangling the child but recanted. both boys are held in a juvenile detention home while authorities question them.
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Chicago
Hangmen Noose Club
Robert Munday
Thomas ‘Whitey’ Laux
South Side Stockyards
Munday
Charles
Tommy
Timothy O'Connor
John S. Boyle
Robert
Whitey
Handless man is sentenced in California
Carl C. Moody a 35 year old with no hands was sentenced to 30 days in jail for writing a bad check. Detective C C Taylor testified Moody demonstrated writing with a pen in his teeth to officers. Moody said the check was passed to support his wife and daughter and restitution was made.
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Burbank
Calif
Carl C. Moody
C. C. Taylor
Moody
Taylor
Miners Follow Lewis Order Halts in Western Pennsylvania
In Pittsburgh AP report workers did not report to pits as John L. Lewis ordered a three day work week during contract talks. Miners kept to Mon Tue Wed pattern and planned to stop after further notices. Operators said the three day rule may be illegal for restraint of trade.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
United Mine Worker
Lewis
Body found near Spencer identified as Leo Waldrom
The body of a man believed to be Leo P. Waldrom, 50, was found on railroad tracks about three miles east of Spencer in Medina County. Police investigated as a possible death on the tracks with no immediate identification.
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Medina
Leo PF. Waldrom
Spencer
Man Dies By Own Hand On Eve Of Maryland Death Row Hange
In Baltimore Roy Arnold Wood a 23 year old murderer hanged himself just before his scheduled execution at Maryland Penitentiary. He used half a safety razor to cut his jugular vein and died from a hemorrhage. Fellow inmate Howard A Fram 32 was executed minutes after Wood.
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Baltimore
Maryland Penitentiary
Roy Arnold Wood
Wood
Joseph J. Ayd
S. J
Father Ayd
Edward T. Swensen
Earl Royer
Dr. Royer
Howard A. Fram
Kensington
Fram
Coplon Soviet Spy Trial Delayed to October
The espionage trial of Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev is postponed to October 15 due to the unavailability of a southern New York judge. Coplon, free on $40,000 bail, was convicted in Washington and faces a separate conspiracy indictment with Gubitchev, who is free on $100,000 bail. Archibald Palmer seeks suppression of seized papers before the July 11 proceedings.
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New York
Judith Coplon
Valentin Gubitchev
Federal District
William Bondy
Miss Coplon
Washington
Russia
Apen
Gubitchev
United Nations
Archibald Palmer
Palmer
FBI
Klan Leader jailed for contempt in Alabama
William Hugh Morris, state director of federated Ku Klux Klans, Inc., was jailed after refusing to produce Klan records for a Jefferson County grand jury. Judge Robert J. Wheeler ordered Morris held until the records are turned over, amid a recent wave of alleged hooded night assaults.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ku Klux Klan
William Hugh Morris
Federated Ku Klux Klans, Inc
Robert J. Wheeler
Wheeler
Morris
Grand
Jefferson County
Grand Jury
KKK
Emperor Hirohito Visits General MacArthur in Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito called on General Douglas MacArthur at the U.S. embassy in Tokyo. The two met in a brief courtesy visit and did not disclose the conversation topic.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
General MacArthur
United States
American ships anchor in Inchon for goodwill visit
The U S light cruiser Manchester and destroyers Rowan and Henderson anchored at Inchon for a three day goodwill visit near Seoul.
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Seoul
U. S
Manchester
Rowan and
Henderson
Inchon
Bolander Elected Secretary of International Platform Association
Karl Bolander of Marion Ohio was elected secretary of the International Platform Association at its 47th annual convention held at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Karl Bolander
Marion
Steel Parley Arranged By Cyrus Ching
Federal mediation moves to avert a nationwide steel strike. Cyrus S. Ching summons U S Steel President John A. Stephens and United Steel Workers President Philip Murray to Washington. Murray calls a Policy Committee meeting to discuss non communist affidavits and possible unfair labor practice charges while a wage increase seems likely.
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BY Cyrus Ching
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Philip Murray
United Steel Workers
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel Corp
Washington
Monay
Murray
USW
Steelworkers
National Labor Relations Board
U. S.steel
Gov‘ernment
Robert Nathan
Nathan
CIO
Two Workmen Rescued From Broken Scaffold in Cincinnati
Two workers Walter Hills 23 and Joseph Mijka 32 both of Chicago were saved after a scaffold broke near the 29th floor of a downtown Union Central building. Fellow workers lowered the broken scaffold 40 feet to a setback while onlookers watched as the men clung to ropes until they reached safety. They resumed their shift after eating lunch.
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Cincinnati
Walter Hills
Joseph Mijka
Chicago
Union Central
New North Atlantic Pact Plan Proposed in Senate
A group of senators unveiled a plan to widen the North Atlantic Pact into a global alliance against aggression. It calls for no veto, no use of atomic bombs, international control of atomic energy, and an international police force while pushing ahead on the pact and Europe’s recovery program.
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Washington
Mundt
R-Sd
Russia
United Nations
Senate
Western
Europe
European Recovery
Senate Appropriations Committee
Economic Cooperation Administration
Robertson
D-Va
ECA
Exhausted engineer passes throttle to fireman in Cincinnati incident
Earl Brandenburg age 62 of Chillicothe Ohio a B and O railroad engineer grew so exhausted by the heat last night that he turned the throttle over to his fireman Sam Meyers Meyers held an engineer rank and skillfully controlled the locomotive through the spell of extreme heat.
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Cincinnati
Earl Brandenburg
Chillicothe
Sam Meyers
Elks National Convention Heads to Cleveland
More than 30 000 people are expected in Cleveland for six days as the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks holds its national convention. Sessions begin Sunday.
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Cleveland (Ap
the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks
What’s What Sunday at Girl Scout Camp and Local News
Sunday features campers at Girl Scout Camp Middlemoor with Brownie June Helmers in campcraft and a long hike. Also in Nearby Communities a Franklin councilman and musician reflects on sight loss and service. Middletown Hospital adds Dr. William S. Owens radiologist and a music review by Peg Rosing.
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Brownie June Helmers
Camp
Middlemoor
Franklin
Middletown Hospital
William S. Owens
Middletown
Owens
Peg Rosing
Journal Society
dePaul Infantry
Sunday News Journal
Open Championship Playoff Looms After 72-Hole Tie
Bobby Locke of South Africa and Harry Bradshaw of Ireland finished tied at 283 after 72 holes and will contest a 36 hole playoff for the British Open title. The United States protested to high Chinese authorities over the jailing of U S vice consul William M Olive in Shanghai while Britain considers suspending dollar based imports in line with Cripps standstill order.
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Sandwich
England
Bobby Locke
South Africa
Harry Bradshaw
Ireland
Washington
United States
U. S
Shanghai
State Department
Nanking
Peiping
William M. Olive
London
Britain
Colonial Office
Stafford Cripps
Jury Seeks Clarification in Hiss Corroborative Evidence Charge
Federal jury trying Alger Hiss returns for restating the portion of the charge on corroborative and circumstantial evidence after six hours of deliberation. The panel reconvened in New York with Hiss, his wife Priscilla, and defense counsel present as deliberations continued toward potential verdicts on two perjury counts carrying up to 10 years in prison and a $4,000 fine.
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NEW York
Alger Hiss Forey
Samuel H. Kaufman
State Department
Kaufman
Hiss
Priscilla
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Harold Rosenwald
Hisses
Congress Approves Major Housing Bill Compromise
The Senate and House backed a multi billion dollar housing plan for 810000 public units over six years with rent subsidies up to 308 million annually. President Truman, with Senator Taft, pushes for broader goals though Congress trimmed the program amid concerns over socialism and fiscal stability. A conference committee finalized the compromise Wednesday night.
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House
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Mr. Truman
Congress
Venezuelan Air Force Bomber Crashes Near Caracas
The defense ministry says a Venezuelan Air Force bomber crashed near Caracas during maneuvers. Four crew members died and more than 20 bombers participated in the exercise.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Defense Ministry
Syrian Rebel Chief Executed by Firing Squad
Anton Saadeh president of the Syrian National Party was executed by firing squad after a secret court martial. Syrian and Lebanese forces had moved to crush guerrillas linked to the party which sought a greater Syria. Local press is barred from abroad reporting Saadeh's execution.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Anton Saadeh
Syrian National Party
Saadeh
National Party
Syria
Trans-Jordan
Arab Palestine
Nation Party
Two Lads Are Sought In Woman's Slaying
In Columbus Ohio police hunt two missing boys ages 14 and 11 after 22 year old Alma Arledge was shot 10 times at a Groveport area tenant farm. Husband Earl Arledge was questioned as deputies scour 105 acre farm for the youths and weapons.
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Columbus
O (Ap
Alma Arledge
Groveport
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