Ohio Escapee Is Arrested
Aaron Gordon, an Ohio State Prison life inmate who escaped in 1947, was arrested in Houston Texas by FBI agents. He had lived under the alias Louis Vernon Snipes for about a decade, married again, and was captured at his home. Gordon had strangled Rose Becker during a 1931 burglary in Cleveland. He escaped Sept 17 1947 when a London prison truck he was to drive broke down near Lebanon Ohio.
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Houston
Tex
Aaron Gordon
Ohio
FBI
Gordon
Louis Vernon Snipes
Rose Becker
Cleveland
Becker
London
Lebanon
Navy Ensign Killed in T28 Crash at Whiting Field
Navy ensign David E. Rosenbaum 22 of Lorain Ohio was killed when a T28 trainer crashed during an attempted emergency landing at Whiting Field Pensacola Florida The deceased is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Nat Rosenbaum and his wife who resides in Pensacola.
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Pensacola, Fla
Ohio
Whiting Field
David E. Rosenbaum
Nat Rosenbaum
Lorain
Pensacola
Big Top Gone Ringling Circus Prepares Road Tour
In Sarasota winter quarters the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus plans a new start with no Big Top tent. The show will perform in indoor arenas and outdoor venues as changes reduce staff and shift routines. Veterans await the path forward while newer workers seek work elsewhere. Mike Doyle plays the calliope amid uncertain prospects for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota, Fla
Deport Hostile Witnesses Plea Before Subcommittee
A House subcommittee investigating foreign language newspapers urged naturalization denials and deportation for hostile witnesses, calling them active or past Communists. Rep. Scherer of Ohio and Rep. Moulder of Missouri led a four day probe as 27 witnesses refused to disclose Communist ties. Eighteen of the witnesses were executives controlling papers with circulations over 36,000.
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New York
Were & House
un-American Activities Foreign Subcommittee
Rep. Scherer
Ohio
Scherer
Rep. Moulder
DMO
Baltimore Irish shamrocks sent to Harry Ponder
The town of Baltimore Ireland sent a to fulfill a shamrock gift to Harry Ponder director of the Export-Imper Bureau of the Baltimore Assn. of Commerce. Though French by ancestry he plans to share the shamrocks with his Irish friends, with Cork soil clinging to their roots.
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Baltimore
Ireland
Cork
Harry
Baltimore Assn. of Commerce
Ponder
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Navy
Hanlin
E. Gregory
Kansas City, Mo
Gene Plowden
Pittsburgh
Kansas City
Mike Doyle
Mike
Lynn
Mass
Russell Brothers
Keystone
Peoiecient
Leta Guaresten
Areeus
Photo Shop
Central Ave
Minera Photographic
Grand Canyon
N. Broad
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