Showers Expected Heat Wave Cracking Relief Slated For Valley
The Weather Bureau forecast a high of 95 to 100 with scattered thundershowers today as a heat wave disrupts life across Ohio. A low pressure system from Canada may bring relief by Friday, while Midwestern cities report 95 to 105 degree readings and rising concerns from residents and officials.
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the Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Canada
Cleveland
Portsmouth
Columbus
Cambridge
Dayton
Springfield
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
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Midwest
Chicago
Montana
Helena
North Dakota
Alabama nurse faces electric chair for arsenic murder
Mrs. Earle Dennison, a 55 year old nurse who poisoned her infant niece Shirley Diana Weldon after taking out life insurance, awaits execution by electrocution at Kilby Prison. Gov. Gordon Persons may commute the sentence after a clemency hearing. a prior verdict was upheld on appeal.
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Ala
Gordon Persons
Earle Dennison
Alabama
Mrs. Dennison
Wetumpka
Shirley Diana
Weldon
Strike Ends After 12 Years of Picket Duty in Chicago
Alexander Scotty Orr, on the Petersen Chevrolet picket line since 1941, loses his job as Chicago’s longest strike ends. Don Burrows announces settlement with a union shop and wage scale for mechanics, helpers and apprentices. Carl Petersen notes earlier resistance to unionization but eventual signing of workers.
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Chicago
Alexander
Scotty” Orr
Petersen Chevrolet Co
AFL Auto Mechanics Union
Don Burrows
Chevrolet
Carl Petersen
Auto Service
Twenty Soldiers Drowned When Training Boat Capsized at Fort Bragg
Twenty soldiers mostly non-swimmers drowned as a two-craft assault boat capsized on a mile-long lake at Fort Bragg. Survivors swam to safety or were helped ashore as medical teams tried for hours to revive victims. The incident involved the 406th Engineer Brigade with basic trainees during an orientation ride.
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N. C
Post Public Information Office
406Th Engineer Brigade
Otto Edwards
Army
Washington
Edwards
PIO
Ainwright Is Mourned By Nation
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, 70, died at Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio Texas after years as a prisoner of war. Plans moved forward for his funeral as civilians and soldiers paid tribute to a leader who defended Corregidor and shaped wartime U.S. strategy. General Ridgway praised him as one of the nation’s great soldiers.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Wainwright
Brooke Army Hosital
Tors
Skinny Wainwright
Corregidor Fortress
Pacific
United States
Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army
Girl Wins Grand Championship at Ohio State Fair
Barbara Brackney a 14yearold Bellefontaine girl entered her Hereford steer the first animal she brought to the fair and won the grand championship in the all breeds division. The 1025pound steer could fetch 4 to 5 per pound at today's auction. Gov Lausche Bricker Herbert Cooper led Governor's Day events as fair crowds shaded by heat.
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Columbus
Ohio
Barbara Brackney
Bellefontaine
Frank J. Lausche
John W. Bricker
Thomas J. Herbert
Myers Y. Cooper
Fairgrounds
Chile to Export Behind Curtain
Santiago Chile President Carlos Ibanez signed a decree allowing export of strategic materials to Iron Curtain countries. The decree removes prior restrictions citing the end of fighting in Korea and the need to protect Chilean interests. Copper remains Chile’s principal export product.
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Santiago
Chile
Carlos Ibanez
Rafael Tarud
Korea
West Reacts to Russia as Big Four Talks Loom
The United States Britain and France press Moscow to attend a Lugano talks on Germany and Austria with elections for a united Germany standing before the three powers. Adenauer, campaigning as a pro Western leader, gains political leverage from the note. Moscow resists a Big Five including China and insists on talks first.
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Germany
U. S
Moscow
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Austria
Lugano
Switzerland
United States
Britain
France
China
Volunteers Ready To Protect Polls In West Germany
Four million youths prepared to defend the vote as police rounded up thousands of saboteurs from the Soviet East zone. Bonn officials cited Kremlin plans to disrupt the election while 4,040 candidates vied for 484 seats in the lower house.
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Germany
West Germany
Soviet East Zone
Kremlin
Federal Youth League
Red
Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
Coburg
Helmstedt
Berlin
Bebrn
Adenauer
Erich Ollenhauer
Ruhr
12 Year Record Of Red Activity In Akron Found
The Ohio Un American Activities Commission opened hearings revealing a 12 year pattern of Communist operations in Akron, center of the rubber industry. Testimony from four former members covered 1936 to 1948, with estimates of dues paying members in the Akron area ranging from 250 to 400. Probst and his wife Mae testified about joining in 1936 and quitting in 1948, while Mutri claimed loyalty to the party throughout the period. Probst described collecting dues at Goodyear and General Tire and Rubber Co.
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Ohio
Ohio Un-American Activities Commission
Akron
Christian A. Probst
Mae
Vani Mitri
Te J. Kerns
Cuyahoga
Statehouse
Pulic
Mutri
Probst
Reds
Goodyear
General Tire and Rubber Co
Legion Deliberates AF Budget At National Convention
At St Louis the American Legion nears a vote on the five billion dollar Air Force budget cut amid a floor fight over a proposed 143 wing force. Col Roscoe Turner charges his report was emasculated by the Security Committee while Walter Reuther and Secretary Wilson address the convention. The group also weighs Dulles Korea policy and calls for strong action against Communist forces if talks fail.
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American Legionnaires
Roscoe Turner
Legion
Aeronautics Committee
Security Committee of the Legion
Turner
Defense Department
Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Walter Reuther
CIO
National Legion
Iso
Arthur J. Connell
Middletown
Conn
Lawrence J. Fenlon
Chicago
Connell
Legionnaires
John Foster Dulles
China
West
Korea
Indochina
UN Chief Won't Hire Americans
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold will not rehire four American UN employees ousted amid loyalty probes. A UN tribunal had ordered reinstatement and damages for all 11. Hammarskjold cites the General Assembly statute and will refer the cases to the Assembly for action. A Senate subcommittee will investigate the tribunal's ruling and the alleged Communist backgrounds of several former UN staff.
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Dag Hammarskjold
U. S
Hammarskjold
Senate
Supreme Court
The
General Assembly
Hammarskip
Assembly
Robert Morris
Ch Sef
Congress
Morris
Sen. Jenner
R-Ind
New York
Ruth Crawford
International Children's Emergency Fund
Communist Party
Eda Glaser
Hope Eldridge
Alexander Svenchansky
Government cancels Sept strike call by Railway Conductors
Washington dispatch reports the Order of Railway Conductors has called off its strike set for September 19 after government intervention. The cancellation avoids potential rail service disruption and preserves negotiations under federal oversight.
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Washington
Dean May Be Last Prisoner Exchanged By Sunday
The UN Command and Red China agreed to finish the POW exchange by Sunday. Maj. Gen. William Dean, the highest ranking Allied captive, is at Kaesong and likely to be the last prisoner exchanged. The Reds still must repatriate 210 prisoners and 458 South Koreans, with nearly 7,000 North Koreans and many Chinese awaiting return.
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United Nations Command
Repatriation Commission
U. N. Command
William Dean
Red
Kaesong
Koje Island
Panmunjom
Burchett
Dean
U. S. 24Th Division
Taejon
Zacherle
Reds
Pilot reports Reds fought in Korea since 1950
Capt. Lawrence V. Bach of Grand Forks North Dakota says he was shot down December 22 1950 by a Communist MIG near Korea and later taken to Manchuria where Russians questioned him He claims Russian airmen participated in the war from December 1950 onward and led MIG flights against Sabre jets during captivity.
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Korea
Reds
Lawrence V. Bach
Grand Forks
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Manchuria
North Korea
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