Ex Governor Cooper to Speak at Germantown Men’s Dinner
Former Ohio governor Myers Y. Cooper of Cincinnati will address the Germantown Chamber of Commerce men’s dinner at the Methodist Church tonight at 6 30 p m on What is Ahead For Business He leads the Myers Y Cooper Company Norwood Hyde Park Bank and Trust and is a director in several enterprises He has been active in Hoover Commission work and will likely touch on that program though seating is limited by venue capacity
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Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
Germantown Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Myers Y. Cooper Company
Norwood-Hyde Park Bank and Trust Company
Hyde Park Lumber Company
Herbert Hoover
Hoover Commission
Brain Built To Translate Books Figure
The U S Bureau of Standards is building an electric brain at UCLA under Dr Harry Huskey with 20 researchers. It will translate foreign languages and compute salaries and weather, performing up to 16 000 additions and 4 000 multiplications per second. It stores 60 000 dictionary words and provides three foreign equivalents per English word. The system uses cathode ray tube and magnetic tape and may translate foreign books.
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Los Angeles
U. S. Bureau of Standards
University of California At
Harry Huskey
Huskey
Arson Probed In Three Fires At McAllister Dairy
In Warren Ohio AP reports three fires at McAllister Dairy Farms properties over two weeks prompt arson inquiry by Deputy State Fire Marshal Joseph McHale. Losses include 200000 at the main processing plant near Warren and 12000 at a Bristolville dairy store and dance hall. Police note prior labor trouble and window damage at several McAllister stores.
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Kenneth McAllister
Bristolville
McAllister
Youngstown
Alger Hiss Goes On Trial
Alger Hiss, former State Department official, goes on trial in federal court on perjury charges tied to a Red spy-hunting investigation. Indictments allege he lied about giving classified papers to Whittaker Chambers and about conversations in 1938. Chambers claimed Hiss was part of a prewar Soviet spy network in Washington.
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NEW York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Communist Party
House Un-American Activities Committee
Washington
Honeymoon Alone Ends In Arrest
INDIANAPOLIS AP A man accused of taking his Evansville bride’s new car for a honeymoon drove away and fled. George H. Sturm 47 is held by the FBI in Oklahoma City on unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for burglary. He allegedly broke into the Evansville home five days later and stole a pistol. He later married another woman in Idaho and left quickly and faced fraud and parole violation charges in several states.
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Indianapolis
Evansville
Ind
FBI
Oklahoma City
Harvey G. Foster
George H. Sturm
Sturm
Foster
Idaho
Illinois
Dates Set for Delta Upsilon Convention at Miami U
Oxford Ohio AP Officers of the local Delta Upsilon chapter announced the fraternity convention will be held at Miami University from August 31 to September 38. The event involves chapters at 65 U S and Canadian colleges and will gather members for meetings and activities.
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Oxford, O
Delta Upsilon Fraternity
U. S
Miami University
U S Closing Mukden Office
The United States ordered the closing of its consulate at Mukden Manchuria and recalled Consul General Angus Ward his wife and nine consular staff. Ward lost radio contact when Chinese Communists seized the city last November and has since been unable to reach the State Department. Orders for closing were issued two weeks earlier and it was unclear if Ward had received them.
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Washington
United States
Mukden
Manchuria
State Department
Angus Ward
Chassell, Mich
Ward
Orient
Soviet Russia
Monroe Food Club Elects New Officers in Gathers Meeting
The Monroe Food Club, led by Mrs. Jesse Moon, gathered Friday evening at the home of Ruth and Ruby Malott. New officers were elected: Ruth Malott president, Norma Campbell vice president, Ruby Malott secretary, Valerie White treasurer, Betty McKinley news reporter, Lois White recreation leader. A constitution was drawn up and projects planned for the coming season, with the next meeting set at Mrs. Jesse Moon’s home.
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Monroe
Monroe Food Club
Jesse Moon
Ruth
Ruby Malott
Ruth Malott
Norma Campbell
Valerie White
Betty McKinley
Lois White
Bethany Church Plans Homecoming Day
Bethany Congregational Christian Church in Lebanon will host Homecoming Day on Sunday June 5 with an all day meeting and a noon basket dinner. H C Monson Sunday school superintendent is Homecoming chairman and promises a fine program for past and present members and friends.
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Lebanon
Bethany Congregational Christian Church
H. C. Monson
Monson
Bethany
Jefferson County’s oldest resident dies at 109
Harriet Foster, 109, longtime resident of Irondale, died at her home yesterday. A Columbia Tennessee native and former slave, she credited longevity to hard work. She had been blind for six years.
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Steubenville, O
Jefferson County
Harriet Foster
Irondale
Columbia, Tenn
Foot kneading origins trace to Egypt to Scotland today
A historical note describes kneading dough with the feet as an ancient practice beginning in Egypt and persisting into modern times in Scotland, highlighting culinary ritual across eras and regions.
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Egypt
Scotland
Acton seeks suspension of Middletown Eagles license
Liquor enforcement officer Frank M. Acton said in Cincinnati he has asked for suspension of the Middletown Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles club liquor license. Inspectors and Middletown Police Chief Joseph Newkirk found five slot machines during a raid Saturday citing gaming devices at the club.
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Frank M. Acton
Cincinnati
Middletown Aerie
Order of Eagles
Middletown
Joseph Newkirk
Franklin Memorial Day Observance Draws Local Residents
Favorable weather brought many citizens to honor Navy war heroes in a Memorial Day ceremony sponsored by the Russell McElfresh Post American Legion. A parade formed at Harmon Field and proceeded through town to Woodhill Cemetery, with the Franklin High School Band War Mothers Cubs and Scouts, and the Fire Department’s new truck and ponies in evidence. Mayor J T Riley gave a brief address as the service concluded, followed by a day of relaxation and fishing after a weekend of business closures.
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Franklin
Russell McElfresh
American Legion
Harmon Field
Franklin High School
Franklin Fire Department
Main
Woodhill Cemetery
Woodhill
J. T. Riley
Dead Soldier Found Living With New Wife on Staten Island
Anthony V. Martino, once listed missing in France in 1944, appeared alive at an Army recruiting station revealing memory gaps. The ex Infantryman, a taxi driver, now has a second wife and two children in Tompkinsville, Staten Island, while his Connecticut wife travels to verify his status. He recently left home and has not been seen since.
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New York
Connecticut
Staten Island
Anthony V. Martino
France
Mary Martino
Waterbury
Martino
Army
Nicholas de Joy
Staten Island Taxi Company
de Joy
Tompkinsville
Lewis Makes Appeal For Safety In Mines
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, condemned state mine inspectors and operators for ignoring mine safety. He urged Congress to pass a bill giving federal inspectors power to close dangerous mines. He cited high wartime casualties and warned of continued neglect by seven state agencies including Alabama and Iowa.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Chief
Congress
Lewis
Senate Labor
Merlin
Committee
Congress of the
United States
UMW
Union
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Iowa
North Dakota
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Dewey praises allied airlift in Berlin visit
Governor Thomas E. Dewey on a European tour praised the Allied Airlift as one of the great achievements of the century while in Berlin. He said Americans remain skeptical Russia will cooperate with the West and voiced hope to see genuine blockades lift and evidence of Russian cooperation.
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Berlin
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
United States
Police Captain Is Suspended for Testimony in DWI Case
Youngstown Ohio AP Captain William R Golden of almost 20 years on the force was suspended indefinitely for testifying for the defense in a drunken driving trial May 25. The case involved Michael Bindas 32 brother of assistant city clerk Joseph Bindas who was said not intoxicated at arrest last February. Chief Edward J Allen Jr will review further reports to decide suspension length.
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Youngstown, O
William R. Golden
Golden
Michael Bindas
Joseph Bindas
Martin E. Conti
Bindas
Edward J. Allen, Jr
Man slays wife and two others then kills self in Michigan
Grand Rapids dispatch reports Richard R Peppler, 47, blasted his estranged heiress wife Frances Peppler 30 in their home at 2 45 am after breaking in. Richard Sieswerda 32 and wife Stella 30 were killed inside. An 18 month old daughter was unharmed. Sieswerdas body lay beside a loaded pistol. Peppler, tied to a half million dollar estate, had faced a recent divorce suit for non support and had sought police protection.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Richard R. Peppler
Peppler
Frances Peppler
Peppier
Richard Sieswerda
Stella
Pepplers
Sieswerda
Howard J. Coleman
Sieswerdas
James Duffy
Chief Hutsler Faces Second Charge In Lancaster
Lancaster Ohio AP Police Chief Sam Hutsler, 38, already jailed on extortion charges over alleged kickbacks from merchants, is named in an affidavit by Attorney Russell Cunningham as having made a statement printed May 25 in the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. Hutsler pleads innocent to the new charge and is bound over to the Fairfield County Grand Jury under $500 bond. Cunningham represents three officers accused of extortion, including Lieut. Everett Brown, while Hutsler suspended Capt. Laurence Bauer, Lieut. Merrill Martin, and Officer Lester Crook for alleged complicity or neglect.
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Lancaster, O
Sam Hutsler
Russell Cunningham
Lancaster Eagle-Gazett
Cunningham
Hutsler
Fairfield County Grand Jury
Justice of Peace
Ollie B. Jones
Everett Brown
Laurence F. Bauer
Merrill H. Martin
Lester Crook
Correction: Maree Club event MCs named
A correction notes that Ruth Lyons and Paul Jones were to be master of ceremonies for the Maree Club entertainment. The previously stated emcees were incorrect and refer to a local Ruth Lyons and Paul Jones. The program occurs Tuesday, June 21 in the social rooms of the Methodist Church.
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Germantown
Ruth Lyons
Paul Jones
Methodist Church
Historical Pilgrimage Plans in Warren County
Warren County hosts its third annual Historical Pilgrimage on June 3 and 26. Gardner Townsley announces open houses from 1 pm to 5 pm, with 22 sites aged about a century or more. Admission 50 cents, proceeds fund preservation and education. hostesses in period attire, committees named, information desks at Golen Lamb and Glendower.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Gardner H. Townsley
Warren County Historical Society
Laura Cunningham
William Mason Phillips
Lena M. Irons
Louis Ducknall, Jr
College Student Held In Slaying Of Co-Ed Ex-Wife
Evansville Indiana report says Vanderburgh County sheriff will file a murder affidavit against Richard Thomas Merle a 26 year old college sophomore in the Saturday night killing of his ex wife Helen Merle a 25 year old coed and 1948 homecoming queen. Merle was jailed without charge as officers recount his signed statement admitting the shooting after going to her room and firing seven times when she refused to return to him. Merle’s attorney claims temporary insanity and notes his client blacked out during the incident. The couple were divorced two and a half years and their son lived with Helen at her parents home Loran and Mrs Myrick.
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Evansville
Ind
Victor Cowen
Evansville College
Richard Thomas Merle
Vanderburgh County
Helen ‘Merle
Merle
Wilbur Cassel
Roy Perkins
Robert Johnson
Merles
Dr Clarence Shute resigns to join UMass philosophy dept
Dr Clarence Shute head of Lake Erie college philosophy and religion department since 1940 has resigned to join the University of Massachusetts philosophy department. He previously served from 1945 to 1947 as chief of the political analysis section and executive officer to the Korean affairs adviser in Korea.
War Scribes Return To Battle Scenes In 5th Anniversary Tour
Forty four former war correspondents who covered D Day in 1944 will retrace battle routes in Europe for the fifth anniversary in a trip called Beachhead Revisited. Announced by American Overseas Airlines, the group includes three AP members Ed Ball Hal Boyle and Peter J Carroll. They will be decorated in Paris by the French government and 36 will be received by President Truman at the White House before leaving for Europe.
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NEW York
Normandy
Europe
American Overseas Airlines
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Paris
Truman
White House
Associated
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