Chase Ends in 75 Foot Fall From Girder
Police chased James Carter through two parking lots in Cleveland and fired as he jumped to a higher girder. He teetered and fell seventy five feet brushing a 3000 volt wire, suffering leg and arm fractures and electric burns. Carter, 27, from Youngstown, was taken to Charity Hospital after grabbing a wallet containing 332 dollars from Central Market. The article notes the United States produced nearly 1,000,000,000 tons of coal between 1940 and 1948.
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Cleveland
Youngstown
James Carter
Charity Hospital
Nicholas Yoo
Carter
Harvey Rickert
Two Sentenced for Evasion in Louisville Federal Case
Frederick W. Dribrough and Lovell N. Simpson were each sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison and fined $4,000 for income tax evasion related to United Mercantile Agencies, where Dribrough was president and Simpson treasurer and GM. The corporation faced an $18,000 fine, with government claims of $135,075.88 evaded for 1943 to 1946. A certified check of $189,138.02 was paid to cover evaded taxes and interest.
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Louisville
Frederick W
Fritz) Dribrough
Lovell N. Simpson
United Mercantile Agencies
Drybrough
Simpson
U.S
Charlies F. Wood
Northeast Ohio Methodist Conference Opens It 12th Session
The Northeast Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church opens its 12th annual session with a memorial service for deceased members. Tonight Dr. J Wallace Hamilton of Pasadena Community Church St Petersburg Fla will deliver the first of four evening addresses before the conference. The meeting concludes Monday with the ministerial appointments for the coming year.
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Lakeside
Northeast Ohio
Frigidaire Plans 12 Million Moraine City Factory
Moraine City near Dayton will host Frigidaire’s 12 million expansion to double the warehouse area. President Roberts cites inadequate warehousing and crowded production, with a plant single building already aging.
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Frigidaire
Reccery G
Frigidaire Warehouse Actory
Wresientay Ty MM
Heal Roberts
Ke Wanabal Tanager
Moraine City
Dayton
Ams
Becawee
Roberts
Farm Widow Held on Kidnap Charge in Ashland
Ashland AP report: Anna Fee Engle a widow and farmer from Wayne County is jailed on kidnapping and extortion charges over the abduction of 74 year old Nettie Kindell from her Jeromesville home. Sheriff M F Rickenbrod says livestock belonging to Kindell were found on Engle 108 acres. Kindell says she was bound and gagged with rope marks on her wrists. Engle is aunt by marriage to Kindell's late husband Guy Engle who died two years ago. The case is bound over to the Ashland County grand jury for action likely after months.
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Ashland
Anna Fee
Wayte County
Nettie Kindel
Ashland County
Donald Fetzer
City Briefs Wednesday Meeting Notices
Order of Ahepa meets at 7 pm at the YMCA Keights of Colombes convenes at 8 15 pm at the Roe C Auditorium Middletown Women’s Republican Club meets at 7 30 pm at the YMCA Membership meeting of American legion is at 6 pm at the legion home.
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Order of Ahepa
Pp .m
The
YMCA
Middletown
Women's Republican Club
Legion
Blythe. Williams
American Legion
Silver Leaf Social Club
Community group meetings and schedules listed for Middletown
Local fraternal, service and civic groups announce Thursday gatherings. Benevolent and Protective Order of Fires and Lions Club meet at various times. Elks and Moose lodges host evenings. Kiwanians and Toastmasters hold sessions. Armco Employes federation committee convenes. Alpha Council Jr OUAM meets. 2786th Infantry trains at 8 pm.
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Benevolent and Protective Order of Fires
Middletown Lodge No
Elks Temple
Armco Employes Independent Federation
ARIF
Throat Slitter Sentenced For Manslaughter In Ohio
Charles Nance, 310, jailed for one to 20 years after pleading guilty to first degree manslaughter in the stabbing of Leo Green 41. Bartender Wilbur Foy testified Green threatened to kill if startled, and the dispute over a repeatedly played song led to the fatal throat-slashing minutes after the quarrel.
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Cleveland
Charles Nance
Boo
Mansfield Reformatory
Wilbur Foy
Leo Green
Nance
Foy
Green
Tax Collections Halted By Order In Steubenville
Steubenville County treasurer Harry E Marshall was enjoined from accepting real estate taxes without also collecting delinquent special assessments. Judge Arthur L Hooper granted the city treasurer R H Reed’s suit noting $102000 in delinquent assessments have piled up and are needed to retire city bonds.
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Steubenville
Harry E. Marshall
Common Pleas
Arthur L. Hooper
R. H. Reed
Reed
Marshall
Livestock Shippers Seek Freight Change Across Rail
Livestock associations led by American National Livestock National Wool Growers and regional groups urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to reduce railroad freight rates for live animal shipments. They warned postwar rate changes threaten the industry and revenue and cited a shift from rail to other transport modes. The petition was sponsored by American National Livestock National Wool Growers Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Hereford Breeders Stock Traff ic and National Livestock Producers.
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Tovneting
Interstate
ICC Ther
American National Livestock, National Wool Growers
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers
Texas Sheep and
Petrick wins 2000 damages against Braniff Airways
Frank Petrick of Warren was awarded 2000 damages against Braniff Airways in federal court for injuries claimed from a ladder collapse while boarding a chartered plane at Peoria on October 1 1948. He had sought 100000 in the suit filed January. At the time he was an assistant football coach at Wichita University traveling with the team.
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Wichita
Kans
Frank Petrick
Warren
Braniff Airways, Inc
Peoria
Wichta Universiiy
Los Angeles Becomes Fourth Largest City in Nation
Detroit’s population data show it remains behind Los Angeles in the national ranking. For 1940 Los Angeles lists about 1.95 million residents, while Detroit falls near 1.88 million, with New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia ahead. Metropolitan area figures pending release.
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Los Angeles
Detroit
Detroit City
U.S. Census Bureau
New York
Delphia
Book dealer sues Harper and Brothers over lost discounts
Edwin M. Reid of New York filed a petition in federal court seeking 4000000 in damages from Harper and Brothers claiming the publisher denied him discounts he extended to other dealers, causing profits loss through 1974 to March 1980. The publisher has not yet replied.
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New York
Edwin M. Reid
Harper and Brothers
Reid
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Lions Club
LeSourdeville Lake Lake
Kiwante Club
Moose Lodge
Toastmasters Club
Odd Fellows Lodge
Alpha Council
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OUAM
N. Broad St
Ha. Co. 2786Th Infantry Regiment
American Legion Armory
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Central Ave
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