Beencasta Mystery Clouds Death Of Local Man
A 25 year old Warren County resident Charles Kenneth Dakin of Waynesville Route 1 was found dead on State Route 73 near Waynesville by a motorist. His automobile was found parked seven miles away at a tavern at Routes 73 and 48. John Isaacs of Corwin reported seeing the body in morning mist and could not avoid it. Police consider robbery or foul play possible and await investigations by Sheriff Gerald W. Couden and the State Highway Patrol. Dakin was a World War II veteran. The patrol received the call from Wilmington at about 5 17 am.
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Warren Countian
Waynesville
Charles Kenneth Dakin
Warren County
State Highway Patrol
John Isaacs
Corwin
Dayton
Gerald Couden
Isaacs
Dakin
Gerald W. Couden
Wilmington
Houston
Gulf
Texas
Matagorda
da Tex
Port Arthur
Galveston
Palestine- Lufkin
New Orleans
Freeport
Texas City
Angleton
Alvin
Gulf of Mexico
Mata
Housind Galveston
Aince
Houston Feels Full Force Of Deep Sweeping Storm
Gunfire and death mar the coal and steel strikes as 900000 workers continue industrial action nationwide. Violence erupts in Tennessee while a Virginia miner dies in a rock fall and pickets wreck machinery at a bituminous pit. The nationwide stoppage costs exceed 30 million dollars daily.
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Houston
Pittsburgh
Tennessee
Virginia
America
John L. Lewis
Mississippi
Phillip Murray
CIO
Murray
Tito Defies Soviet Pressure in Yugoslavia Speech
Belgrade AP reports Premier Tito denounces Russian coercion of a small state and vows to defend Yugoslavia to the last breath amid large troop maneuvers. He accuses Moscow of encircling Yugoslavia and upholds alliance within wartime unity.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshall Tito
Russia
Tito
House Debates Social Security Increase Amid Battle Over Amendments
The administration social security expansion faces House debate with a no amendments rule. Republicans push a substitute proposing slower payroll tax boosts and aim to open the measure to amendments. The bill would extend coverage to 46 million workers, sharing costs between workers and employers, with Senate action deferred to next year.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Martin
Massachusetts
McCormack
House
A Bomb Funds to Be Sought by Truman
Nashville Tenn AP reports President Truman will ask Congress to double the atom bomb program in response to Soviet possession. He seeks emergency funds before adjournment, including raising 1950 appropriation from 378 million to 748 million and approving 60 million for construction in the current year. Senator Hickenlooper noted preapproval for Russian developments.
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Nashville. Tenn
Truman
Con Breas
Russia
Nashville Tennessean
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Washington Dispatch
Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Washington
World War I Veterans to Attend Ohio Reunion
About 125 WWI veterans who trained at Camp Sherman Chillicothe are expected at the 11th annual 83rd Division AEF Veterans Association of Ohio reunion in East Liverpool. Commander Charles Logan says an election Sunday will wind up the meetings.
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East Liverpool
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
83Rd
E. F
Ohio
Charlies Logan
Admirals’ Complaints Prompt Congress Probe on Morale
Washington AP report says House Armed Services Committee will investigate naval officers complaints about low morale and threats to national security. Admirals Denfeld Bogan and Radford signed papers urging scrutiny amid ongoing B 36 bomber inquiries and unification tensions with the Air Force.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Adm
Louis Denfeld
Naval Operations
Gerald F. Bogan
A. W. Radford
Denfield
Bogan
Radford
Pacific Fleet
John G. Crommelin
Crommelin
Defense Headquarters
Defense Johnson
Denfeld
Matthews
Air Force
Capitol Hill
Truman Visits Fort Bragg for Airborne Maneuvers
President Truman flew to Fort Bragg North Carolina to observe airborne troops in mock war games. The six hour visit included reviews of 20 000 troops and demonstrations of airhead capture by parachute. Secretary Gordon Gray and General J Lawton Collins accompanied him.
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Washington
Truman
Fort Bragg
N. C
82Nd Airborne Division
Mr. Truman
the Army
Gordon Gray
Gen. J. Lawton Collins
Army Chief of Staff
Mrs McGinley Attends Town Play In Humorous Tale
When Mrs McGinley decided to see a play her husband babysat the children then heard of the outing. The town crowd included Mrs Whoozis and a grass widow who moved in next door. The wife praised the gown while McGinley learned the event was only “a well known play” and ended with a weary goodnight.
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Gordon Martin
McGinley
Czechs Break Yugoslav Pact Amid Diplomatic Strain
Prague declares the friendship pact with Yugoslavia broken and orders Yugoslav Ambassador Marijan Stilinovic recalled. It cites agents and provocateurs in the Yugoslav staff in Prague as the reason while noting no immediate break with other allies.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Marijan Stilinovic
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Tito
Bandits Rob Store and Church Near Wintersville
Sheriff Eberts said three men who held up K F Chriss grocery and apartment last night also ransacked the non denominational Two Ridge Church and its unoccupied parsonage nearby. They took about $100, tied and bound the grocer and his wife, and ransacked the residence as patrols set road blocks to trap the suspects.
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Steubenville, O
Clarence Eberts
Wintersville
K. F. Chriss
Eberts
Two Ridge
Chriss
Alethea
Ransac
Spinster Leaves Landlord's Son Five Thousand In Will
In Cleveland AP report Minnie E. West leaves $5000 to the landlord’s son Fred G. Secrest of Detroit after living frugally in a two bedroom apartment at 40 dollars a month. The estate totals 58500 with a 30000 bequest to an orphanage and other gifts to friends and charities.
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Cleveland
Minnie E. West
Fred M. Secrest
Secrest
Miss West
Fred G. Secrest
Detroit
Standby Mobilization Plan Urged by Bernard Baruch
Bernard Baruch urged immediate creation of a standby mobilization plan with civilian defense, arguing for pre debated laws. He called for maintaining US atomic superiority until international control is achieved and for true global atomic energy regulation. Baruch urged reevaluating peace strategy as he spoke to reporters.
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Bernard Baruch
New York
Bernard M. Baruch
Russia
United States
Baruch
Truman
United Nations Yo A Energy Commission
Taft To Meet With Farmers In Ohio Visit
Senator Robert A Taft arrives in Xenia Greene County for a report to the people tour focusing on farm concerns. He warns that in a war with Russia America would bear most fighting costs and opposes heavy rearmament spending in Western Europe. He opposes compulsory training and touts the air force and atomic weapons as key deterrents. Taft pins blame on wartime Yalta agreements and criticizes misperceptions about Russia.
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Xenia, O
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Greene County
Wilmington
Russia
America
Taft
Europe
United States Air Force
Yalta
Henry Wallace
Harry Hopking
Steiner elected president of Ohio real estate group
Ernest K. Steiner of Dayton was elected president of the Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards at the group's 40th annual convention last night in Dayton Ohio.
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Dayton, O
Ernest K. Steiner
Dayton
Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards
Hiss Seeks Venue Change for Second Perjury Trial
Alger Hiss asks to move his second perjury trial from New York City to the U S District Court in Vermont claiming he cannot receive a fair trial here. Government prosecutors vow to oppose the transfer as Hiss faces retrial next Monday over alleged lies to a federal grand jury about State Department secrets and seeing Whittaker Chambers after a related date.
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NEW York
Alger Hiss
New York City
U.S. District Court
Vermont
State Department
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Trucker Dies After Truck Plunges From Taylorsville Dam
Frederick Orin Hamlin 27 of Valparaiso died when his truck and trailer plunged from the 150 foot Taylorsville Dam north of Dayton into the Miami River at 3 15 this morning. Coroner A P McDonald said drowning and a fractured neck killed him. The cab was almost completely submerged. The 28 000 pounds of bath tile were bound for Zanesville to St Louis.
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Dayton, D
Valparaiso
Ind
Miami River
Taylorsville
Dayton
A. P. McDonald
Frederick Orin Hamlin
McDonald
Hamlin
Zanesville
St. Louis
Rain Threatens World Series Opener in New York
In New York, a rain threat looms over the World Series opener between the Yankees and Dodgers at Yankee Stadium. Clouds and mild conditions persist with the Weather Bureau predicting rain through tomorrow and most of Thursday.
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New York
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Yankee Stadium
Weather Bureau
Man Dies Digging Water Line In Martins Ferry
Paul McGuire aged about 45 died yesterday when earth caved into a 12 foot hole he was digging to repair a water line on the James Carver property in Martins Ferry. Police said he was working alone.
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Martins Ferry
Paul McGuire
McGuire
James Carver
Hungary joins Reds protest against Western Germany
Hungary followed Russia in protesting the establishment of a Western German government. Budapest charged the new republic violated postwar accords to preserve German unity. Hungary called the constitution inadmissible and urged a truly democratic Germany to avoid past wars.
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Budapest
Hungary
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Germany
American spokesman counters Soviet claim on Germany policy
In Frankfurt a U S spokesman rebutted Moscow’s charge that Americans rejected proposals for a new Germany plan. He said the Russians refused the proposals 80 times to deny Russians control over the German people via Communist dominated satellites.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Tucker Goes On Trial In Stock Sales Case
Preston Tucker and seven other promoters of a failed multi million dollar rear engine car venture face trial in Chicago on mail fraud and Securities Act charges. The court prepared for large crowds with added juror seats and a public address system. The case centers on investors who financed nearly 30 million dollars in Tucker Corporation.
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Chicago
Preston Tucker
Walter J. LaBuy
Federal District
LaBuy
Tucker Corporation
Eastern bloc moves to recognize Red China
London reports that Romania and Bulgaria joined Soviet satellites in recognizing the new Chinese Communist government. Czechoslovakia Hungary and Poland were expected to follow, while Britain prepared to discuss formal recognition with NATO allies and Commonwealth countries.
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London
Romania
Bulgaria
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Tze-Tung
China
Britain
North Atlantic Alliance
British Commonwealth
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