Five in Family Die as Train Hits Auto at Crossing
A Pennsylvania passenger train struck a stalled car on Gettysburg Avenue in Dayton. Five members of the Patrick family died, including Ollie Patrick and his wife Carrie, with two more children killed and Roma Jean hurt critically. Surviving relatives include three sons and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Pennsylvania
R. C. Essert
Columbus
Ollie Patrick
Miami- Oxford Paper Company
West Carrollton
Carrie
May
Shirley Belle
Michael
Roma Jean
Patrick
Gettysburg Avenue
Essert
Mabel R. Rose
William
Robert
David
Ruby Neilson
Union Head Blasts AEC Ban on UK Recognition
The UE president accuses David Lilienthal of politics as the Atomic Energy Commission orders GE not to recognize the union at Knolls 2 lab in Schenectady New York. Albert Fitzgerald calls the action slanderous to 600000 union members and vows full legal fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
CIO
United Electrical Workers
David Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
General Electric Company
New Knolls 2
Lilienthal
Trapped Miner Leonard Scheffer Found Dead
In Donaldson Pennsylvania Leonard Scheffer a 32 year old miner was found dead after 18 hours of rescue work following a timber fall that trapped him 100 feet underground. Fellow worker William Unger escaped after being knocked unconscious but regained consciousness and reached safety. The passage between them was closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donaldson, Pa
Leonard Scheffer
William Unger
Schaeffer
President Truman's 99YearOld Aunt Dies in Missouri
In Independence Missouri Mrs Joseph T Noland the president's 99 year old aunt died today. She had been confined to her bed since a June 1946 back injury. The president often visited and she lived across the street from his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Truman
Joseph T. Noland
Noland
Spying Suspects May Not Face Trials, Rep Says
Chicago report: Lawrence Haggard, 48, was killed after invading Central Police Station and firing on officers. Patrolmen Marsh Colleran Burns Andrs attempted to intervene. Haggard died in lieutenant’s office. No one hurt. Washington dispatch: Rep McDowell says many espionage suspects may never face trial to protect secrets. four cases recommended for spy trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lawrence Haggard
Daniel Marsh
James Colleran
Joseph Burns
Rudy Andrs
Haggard
Leutenant
Washington
Representative McDowell
RPA
House UN- American Activities Committee
America
Russia
McDowell
Army Healthy Says Royal Army Health
Secretary Kenneth C. Royal asserts the army is healthy with sickness and death rates at the lowest peacetime level. He cites reduced venereal disease, rare respiratory illnesses, and fewer insect borne diseases as outcomes of preventive medicine and vaccines in military medical programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington (Ap
Kenneth C. Royal
Royall
U. S
Pardon for Cuban yacht killing dancer Satira
Patricia Satira Schmidt exotic dancer known as Satira was pardoned by Cuban President Grau San Martin for shooting John Lester Mee on his Havana yacht in 1947. Mee, a Chicago attorney and PT boat commander, died from a .22 pistol shot during a dispute, while Schmidt, 23, served a 15 year sentence since April 18, 1947. The pardon awaits formal signing and gazette publication.
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Havana
Cuba
Patricia
Schmidt
Grau San Martin
Toledo
John Lester Mee
Chicago
Laura
Mee
Pacific
Trinidad
S&tira
Priest Reports Theft of $500 in Cincinnati Garage
The Rev. J. P. Stedman of Dayton Ohio reported $500 missing from his automobile while parked in a Cincinnati garage. He discovered the loss while en route to Dayton and notified Detective Harry Batter, saying the car had been left for two hours to be washed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
J. P. Stedman
Dayton
Harry Batter
Widow of Loew Founder Caroline Minzesheimer Dies
Mrs. Caroline Minzesheimer widow of Marcus Loew founder of Loew's Inc and MGM died today of a heart attack at age 77 She is survived by her second husband Max Minzesheimer married in 1933 and two sons Arthur M Loew and David L Loew both senior executives at Loew's Enterprises and production outfits
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Caroline Minzesheimer
Marcus Loew
Loew's, Inc
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Max Minzesheimer
Arthur M. Loew
Loew's International
David L. Loew
Board
Enterprise Productions
Russians accuse U S of seeking war in UN attack
In a UN speech Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky charged the United States with pursuing war aims and monopolizing atomic energy. He warned that reliance on US control risks dire consequences and suggested Russia may possess an atom bomb. He criticized American proposals as a smoke screen to race for weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Russia
United States
U U. S
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations
Vishinsky
America
Thomas F. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Berliners promised adequate coal and food this winter
Berliners were assured by Col. Frank L. Howley that the airlift is beating the Soviet blockade and supplies are rising. He noted 39 days of food and a 48 day flour stock, with 2,300 metric tons of coal flown in daily against a 2,100 ton need, on the 100th day of the blockade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
Britain
Howley
Baby Survives Rare Chest Surgery at Children’s Hospital
John Charles Walters, three days old, survived a groundbreaking operation on September 16 to remove the lower right lung lobe for congenital cystic emphysema. Doctors said he was the youngest patient on record to undergo the major procedure and has since regained breathing and feeding normally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
John Jones
Little John
Cleveland High Quints To Play In State Event
Cleveland High School will participate for the first time in the Ohio scholastic basketball tournament. Athletic Commissioner H. W. Einschler was notified, adding 17 Class A teams to the finals and boosting the Northeastern District to seven of 16 finalists. The Northwestern District drops to three, and the Eastern sector to one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Cleveland
Ohio
H. W. Emschler
Rabbi Ruth retires after long Mansfield tenure
Rabbi David J. Ruth of B'nai Jacob resigns due to poor health after serving since 1925 in Mansfield Ohio. Rabbi Moshe Goldblum selected to succeed him.
Federal Investigation Of Highway Project Sought By Ferguson
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson asked the federal government to probe a major highway job after auditors found over payments totaling 9640. The overpayments covered 5139 for water and 4501 for materials on the New Concord Muskingum Guernsey Construction project. Total cost 946099 with 546025 paid by the federal government. state funds covered the rest. Ferguson said findings are only the beginning of a larger inquiry and cited officials aware of irregular items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollinger- Davidson Company
Akron
Ferguson
Corps of Engineers
Charles M. Sprague
Highway Division No. 5
Clarence M. Jay
Truman and Dewey Bold Campaigns in Senate Battlegrounds
President Truman and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey move into crucial Senate race regions in West Virginia and Wyoming. Truman seeks a Democratic Congress to push domestic reforms while Dewey fronts a foreign policy aimed at securing world peace and resisting Soviet pressure.
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Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
West Virginia
Wyoming
Senate
Mr. Truman
Dewey
Louisville
Republican Congress
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Salt Lake City
Boy newsboy to Russian consul earns $1.25
In San Francisco a 13 year old newsboy named Jimmy Alien confronted Soviet Consul General Konstantin Efremov and aides at the consulate demanding back pay for papers. After a tense stand at the doorway the boy remained vigilant as Efremov returned money, and Jimmy received $1.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Jimmy Alien
Jimmy
Konstantin Efremov
Russia
Efremov
Warren declares Democratic party disintegrating in Manhattan
New York AP report: Gov. Earl Warren blasts the Democratic Party as disintegrating and incapable of leadership before about 3,750 in Manhattan. He says the Truman administration is a prisoner of its own mistakes and a splinter party jeopardizing the two party system. Warren heads to Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Earl Warren
Democratic Party
Truman
Manhattan Center
United States
Warren
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Girl saves toddler from tar pool in Los Angeles
Ruth Vivian Orani, 17, found two year old Larry Stansbury buried in tar, laid planks, crawled 10 feet, freed him, dug tar from mouth and nose, and performed artificial respiration until firefighters arrived. The boy is recovering and Ruth returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Ruth Vivian Orani
Ruth
Larry Stansbury
Union Strike On Part Time At Hospital Akron Ohio
Workers at Edwin Shaw tuberculosis sanatorium in Akron continued a part time strike calling it minimum service The CIO United Public Workers union paused a threatened full time walkout of its 84 members Pickets gathered at the Summit County courthouse opposing county commissioners support for the sanatoriums board of trustees The dispute stems from demands for a 25 cent hourly raise and claims of disrupted services for 120 patients as staff perform only essential care
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron, O
Edwin Shaw
CIO United Public Workers Union
Santorium
Herbert S
Siens International Union
Summit County
CIO
Stens
Siens
Boy arrested as driver of accident car
Harold Draut, 49, Middletown Route 1, chemistry teacher at Middletown Senior High School, was in serious condition after being struck by a hit-and-run driver leaving a football game. A 16 year old boy, William Buddy Marvell Jr., was arrested at home on charges of fleeing the scene after admitting he drove his father’s car and struck Draut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Draut
Middletown
Middletown Senior High School
Middletown Hospital
Dick Schultheiss
William Thomas
Draut
William
Buddy” Marvell, Jr
Oxford State Rd
Wareren County
Schultheiss
O. E. Chamberlain
Franklin
East Sixth St
Harold, Jr
Monroe
Franklin- Monroe
Drant
Eaton Ambulance
Middleton parents found guilty in neglect case
Three defendants William Rhodus Ula Rhodus and Lee Keith were found guilty of neglect of young children by Judge Oscar Leiser at the Middleton Probate Court. Sentencing set for Monday in Hamilton after the death of four month old Susan Rhodus linked to malnutrition. Investigators also noted four other children in the home with two in serious condition and two infants hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Leiser
Rhodes
Middletown City
Leiser
Wiliam Rhodus
Ula Rhodus
Lee Keith
Omaha St
Hamilton
Susan Rhodus
Rhodus
Rhoedus
Lanna Sue Rhodus
Staneley Keith
Middletown Hospital
Jack Bosch
Harold Dance
Convention Opens in Elyria with Model Railroad Exhibit
The National Model Railroad Association regional convention opened in Elyria Ohio with about $100000 of model railroad equipment on display at the YMCA. The meeting and exhibits run through October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria, Q
National Model Railroad Association
Y.M.C.A
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Makte
Missouri
Frances Korbelik
William Korbelik
Wheaton
CIO United Steelworkers
Korbelik
U. S. Comas
Cleveland High
John J. Staskiel
Kulpmont
Houston, Texas
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Staskiel
Wallace
Tip
Uncle Sam
Democrat
Boy
DR. Smith
Robert A. Smith
Ghent
Peoples Hospital
Middletonians
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