Insurance Man Beaten and Wife Robbed in Columbus Hotel
A Michigan insurance examiner and his wife were beaten and robbed by a masked intruder in a downtown Columbus hotel about 5 a.m. The assailant entered via unlocked French doors and escaped up a drain pipe, taking money and Mrs Rodd’s jewelry while the couple, injured, were treated at St Francis Hospital.
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Columbus
Michigan
Arthur L. Rodd
Michigan Department of Insurance
Nora Rodd
Grand Rapids
Mich
Rodd
Rodds
St. Francis Hospital
National Geographic Society Mutual Life Insurance Company
Chicago
Burglar Trap Fire Alert at Service Station
Dayton C AP burglars looted Thomas Downing's Service Station ten nights earlier. Downing, now living in the station with a shotgun, heard a window break before dawn. The intruder was Harry Cornelius, owner of a nearby inn, warning that the building was on fire. The blaze caused about 15000 dollars in damage to the single story structure shared by Downing and Cornelius on German Town Road, three miles southwest.
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Dayton, C
Thomas Downing
Downing
Harry Cornelius
Cornelius
Germantown Road
Man Is Slain While Trying To Apologize
Willie Perry 22 is shot to death as he returns to apologize to Willie Feagin 55 after a Sunday argument. Policeman L A Chapman says Feagin used a shotgun and will be charged with the slaying. Perry died at a Macon hospital hours later.
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FT. Valley
Woman Rescued From Fire Dies of Heart Attack
In Wooster Ohio Mary Eide 72 former optometrist was rescued from her blaze filled room by firemen but died shortly after from a heart attack attributed to the excitement. The fire caused about 500 dollars in damage to the room.
Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Declared in Fatal Shootings
Bert C. Lemon, 45, charged with second degree murder in the December fatal shooting of his uncle, is declared legally insane and irresponsible. Judge George W. McDowell was notified after Dr. R. E. Bushong of Lima State Hospital submitted the report yesterday.
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Hillsbury
Herbert C. Lemon
George W. McDowell
R. E. Bushong
Lima State Hospital
Education aid bill shelved by House Labor Committee
The House Labor Committee voted 13 to 12 to reject the Senate approved 300 million dollar education aid bill and instead moved to consider a school construction program. The session ended with the panel seeking a path forward after six weeks of deadlock.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
House
Trial Set For University Of Iowa Student In Slaving Murder
Robert E. Bednasek a 24 year old University of Iowa psychology student goes on trial at 10 a m charged with the strangulation slaving murder of Margaret Gee Gee Jackson 20 Burlington coed A six member jury pool is drawn Judge Ames P Gaffney has excused 94 from the panel Bednasek was in the county jail after a hospital stay and was photographed in the sheriff s office Spectators are limited with about 80 seats available and none may attend without a vacancy in the courtroom
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Iowa City
Robert E. Bednasek
Husky University of Iowa
St Dene
Pretty Margaret (Gee-Gee) Jackson
Burlington
Ames P. Gaffney
University Hospital
University of Iowa Law
Death of Mrs Nesta Bucco Ruled Accidental
Belmon t County coroner ruled the death of Mrs Nesta Bucco of Flushing accidental. The 76 year old former mental patient died at Cambridge State Hospital where she had been a patient several times. She was admitted after saying her husband beat her, but officials said she died from a fall down basement stairs.
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ST. Clairsville
Nesta Bucco
Flushing
Belmont County
Richard Niple
William H Irwin
Irwin
Hamiltonian Marks 100th Birthday With Truman Letter
Alexander McCool of Baltimore born, moved to the Midwest long ago, celebrated his 100th birthday. He retired in 1932 after serving as secretary of the Railroad YMCA in Covington, Kentucky, and worked with a harness company in Cincinnati. A letter from President Truman was among his gifts. He said reaching 100 had long been an ambition and remains spry for his age.
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Hamilton, D
Alexander McCool
Truman
McCool
Baltimore
Middle West
Railroad Ymca
Covinaton
Cincinnati
McCarthy Targets Officials In Anticommunist Hearings
The Senate committee questioned Col. Wendell G. Johnson and Haldore Hanson over alleged pro Communist ties. Miss Dorothy Kenyon faced accusations of aiding 28 front groups. Denials came from Stephen Brunauer and others as the panel prepared to hire counsel and FBI investigators.
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Madrid
Wendell G. Johnson
Duran
Red Army
Spain
Haldore Hanson
State Department
McCarthy
Japan
Hanson
Associated Press
China
United States
Owen J. Lattimore
Walter Hines Page
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Afghanistan
Lattimore
United Nations
Truman
Dorothy Kenyon
Stephen Brunauer
Communist Party
Brunauer
Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Young Workers League
New York
State Department Loyalty Board
Navy
Esther Conking Brunauer
Washington
American Friends of the Soviet Union
Mataorthy
Hadio
Dentist Bruner Cleared. Death Cuts Short Loyalist Inquiry
Dr Brunauer, a longtime dentist in St. Petersburg Florida, dies of a heart attack at age 72. He had been cleared by the loyalty board after colleagues testified that he remained loyal to the United States.
Camping fees kept unchanged for Camp Hook this summer
Boy Scout Council Camp Scouts decided camping for leaders with own staff will cost 8 dollars weekly and individuals 10 dollars weekly. Appointing a camp caretaker remains open after interviews. Ten troops have reservations. a camp folder will be ready by month’s end.
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Camp Hook
Boy Scout Council
Robert Blickensderfer
Council
Civic Association
Jones and Laughlin Reports Income Slump in 1949
Pittsburgh AP Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp, the nation's fourth largest steel producer, posted a $10 million fall in income for 1949 amid slack demand and a late year steel strike. Sales for 1948 were $386,046,000, down 15 percent. net income dropped to $20,961,000, $7.50 a share, from $31,299,000, $12.01 a share.
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Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Streck
Civil War Vet James R Davis Dies at 109
James Russell Davis of Nashville Tennessee, longtime Civil War veteran and witness in a Jesse James claim, died Sunday night at 109 from a heart attack. He testified at a hearing where J Frank Dalton sought to prove he is Jesse James. Davis claimed James gang membership and identified Dalton as James. He once fought in Civil War actions and endured an Indian war wound.
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Sullivan
James Russell Davis
Nashville
Tenn
Union
J. Frank Dalton
Jesse James
Davis
James
Dalton
Tennessee
Lester Dill
Meramec Caverns
Taft warns on deficit spending and debt repudiation
Sen. Robert A. Taft told a Community Auditorium audience that continued deficit spending would demoralize the nation. He warned that Congress must not ignore debts and that adopting Hoover Commission cuts could reduce federal outlays while preserving dollar value.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Community Auditorium
Congress
Hoover Commission
Einstein Celebrates Birthday at 71 in Princeton
Albert Einstein turns 71 today in Princeton New Jersey though he often ignores birthdays. His secretary notes the scientist would not have noticed it except for outside attention. Friends at the Institute for Advanced Study may stop by to offer congratulations.
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Princeton
N. J
Albert Einstein
Einstein
Institute For Advanced Study
Workman Killed In Plant Mishap
In Muskogee Oklahoma a fertilizer bin collapsed burying two workers. Ralph Hutson aged 27 died and Bob Bernhardt aged 32 sustained two broken legs and possible internal injuries. They were sorting hard packed fertilizer inside a 50 foot high bin at the Consumer Cooperative Association plant.
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Muskogee
Okla
Ralph Hutson
Bob Bernhardt
Consumer Cooperative Association
Nelsonville schools chief resigns after five years
Don W. Codding superintendent of Nelsonville schools in Athens County resigned last night effective July 31 when his five year contract expires. Codding, who came to Nelsonville eight years ago from Holland Lucas County, gave no reason for the action.
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Athens
Don W. Codding
Nelsonville
Athens County
Codding
Coding
Holland
Lucas County
Planned Health And Sanitation Lab At Cincinnati Urged
Four Ohio and Kentucky lawmakers urged immediate completion of a proposed 4 million dollar environmental health laboratory in Cincinnati. They say existing facilities hinder essential radioactive waste work and Ohio River pollution cleanup, with the Atomic Energy Commission requiring centralized, modern laboratories.
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Cincinnati
Washington
Ohio
Kentucky
House
Mittée
Elston
Rohio
Ohio River
Wagner
Spence
Bates
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
New York
Suitabe
Atomic Energy Commission
Patient Leaps To Death From Hospital Room
A 57 year old man from North Royalton identified as John Domino leaped from the sixth floor of Doctors' hospital in Cleveland Heights after an eye operation for cataracts. He had bandaged eyes and appeared irrational. an orderly could not reach him in time. Domino died from a 60 foot fall into a rock garden. he left a widow named Louise.
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Cleveland
Doctors’ Hospital
Cleveland Heights
John Domino
North Royalton
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Domino
Louise
Store Improvement Plans Are Checked
Building Commissioner Orville Corson reviews the Central Store upgrade on Central Ave as a $200,000 project proceeds. Inspection focuses on works below the first floor. new plans cover improvements not above the basement.
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Central Ave
Orville Carson
Corson
Early Matanta Trip Brings 480 Cars to Cleveland
The Steamer Matanta headed to Detroit after unloading 480 new automobiles in Cleveland. This voyage marks the Nicholson Transit Company vessel's earliest trip here in 20 years.
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Cleveland
Detroit
Nicholson Transit Company
Fires Responded To At Two Local Homes
RMS Fire Company No 2 answered a 3 14 pm alarm at 515 South Sutphin Street a residence of Leo Wells with fire confined to the basement no damage. Hot ashes from a shovel reportedly started the blaze. Soot in the chimney at 813 Eighteenth Avenue caused a second fire with no damage. Fire Company No 3 extinguished the second blaze at the two story frame home.
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South Sutphin St
Leo Wells
Allen Lester
Eighteenth Ave
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