Ohio Labor Day traffic toll totals 21 deaths
The three day Labor Day holiday caused 21 deaths in Ohio from traffic and other accidents including an aircraft crash near Parma involving Victor Jarock 26 Harrys Ruthig 24 and Frank Brook 26 all Ubly Michigan. Other victims died in fires falls and vehicle collisions across several cities and states.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Cleveland
Rudolph Bebeck
Curtis Spades
Akron
Lloyd J. Turner
Sandusky
Lawrenceburg
Kenneth DeHart
Columbus
Louisa
Jennie Russo
Erie
John Robert Cliffod
Rushville
Ind
Soringfield
Greyhound
Gordon H. Finch
Winnineg
Canada
Oxford
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Nations Labor Day death toll nears 400 as period ends
The preliminary Labor Day tally reached 393 with traffic deaths at 281 from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, surpassing the National Safety Council estimate of 260. Fifty-nine were drowned and 58 others lost their lives in other accidents.
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Associated Press
National Safety Counceils
Four Men Bail Out Of Plane Fire Kills One
Four crew members parachuted from a burning B 29 over Georgia after the pilot ordered the escape. Professor H W Waldwin of the University of Chicago died when his chute failed to open near Evansville. Three enlisted men landed safely at Maxwell Field Alabama after the bomber returned to base. The mission involved upper atmosphere research.
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Maxwell Field
Ala
Lima Policeman Tries Flight On Farm But Crashes
Lima, Ohio officer Charles Hefner, 34, couldn't lift his two seat plane on the Glenn Reed farm near Greencastle Indiana. He collided with a car on US 40 injuring Robert Hampton 51 and Mary Seivertzer of Indianapolis. The couple were hospitalized with facial cuts. Hefner and his wife Loreta were uninjured.
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Greencastle
Ind
Charles FE. Hefner
Lima
Glenn Reed
Robert Hampton
Mary Seivertzer
Indianapolis
Loreta
National Phone Tioup Threatened For September 17
The CIO Association of Communication Equipment Workers set September 17 for a national strike that could cripple telephone service. Dan Harris of Portland said 25,000 members in 2,200 Bell locations across 45 states would strike over wages and working conditions. The union seeks a 15 cent an hour raise. Western Electric offered eight cents. Negotiations since May 11 remain deadlocked, with July 1 union authorization noted.
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Chicago
CIO Association of Communication Equipment Workers
Dan Harris
Portland
Ore
Western Electric Manufacturing Company
Harris
Bell Telephone Company
New York City
AFL
New Jersey
Metropolis
Union
Puget Sound
San Diego
Army
Far East
California
Miami Pilot Wins Thompson Trophy Surprise Victory
James J. Strebig reports that son L. Johnson of Miami Springs clinched the Thompson Trophy at the National Air Races in Cleveland after a 46 minute 54 second 300 mile run. Johnson earned $16,500 as 80,000 spectators watched a race marked by mechanical troubles among the leaders and a midpack finish by veteran rivals.
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James J. Strebig
Cleveland
Anson L. Johnson
Miami Springs
Fla
Charles BE. Brown
Indianapolis
Lke
Cook Cleland
Richard Becker
Toledo
Brown
Johnson
Bruce E. Raymond
Hammond
Ind
Wilson V. Newhall
Chicago
Herman R. Salmon
van * Nuys
Cal
Veteran Refuses Draft Registration Citing War Experience
Donald J. Stoops, 24, a World War II veteran and farmer near Yellow Springs, declares in a letter to the local draft board that he will not register for peacetime conscription. He opposes both war and Communism, says he cannot sign the registration, and faces possible federal penalties. Officials sent the case to the state Selective Service headquarters, likely to be forwarded to the U S district attorney in Columbus.
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Nema. O
Donald J. Stoops
Stoops
Yellow Springs
Draft Board
Selective Service
U. S. District Attorney
Columbus
Initial DP Group Sails In October
The first quota of 205 000 displaced persons selected for admission to the United States will certainly arrive in October. Uso Curtisi, chairman of the displaced persons commission, said this as he left for Frankfurt to confer with officials who will screen applicants.
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New York
United States
Europe
Uso Curtisi
Displaced Persons Commission
Frankfurt
Germany
Dayton Man to Learn Status in Slaying Case
Gustav A. Wiegner, 24, of Dayton Minnesota appeared in court to learn if he will stand trial for murder in the slaying of John A. McComas 50. McComas was shot near the Alaska Highway and body found two weeks earlier. Wiegner allegedly told police he accidentally shot the man while squirrel hunting and hid the body after fleeing with McComas daughter Louise 12 who faces the preliminary hearing. Wiegner waived extradition to Police Coupe to face charges. Louise is described as devoted to Wiegner though he says his interest is paternal.
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Wiegner
Kimball
Louise
United States
Polce Coupe
Edmonton
Jaunt In Barrel Proves Financial Flop At Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls Ontario AP reports William Red Hill said his barrel ride failed as a money making venture. He expects about 500 dollars from the five mile Sunday ordeal after spending 1100 dollars on the barrel and related gear.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
William
Red) Hill
Niagara River Rapids
Stassen Plans GOP Reply After Truman Labor Day Speeches
Harold E. Stassen prepares to deliver the Republican reply to President Truman's Labor Day addresses. Truman urged voters to fear a depression if Republicans win, while Stassen will speak from Detroit at 8:00 p.m. EST on NBC in opposition to the president's remarks.
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Stassen
Truman
Harold E. Stassen
Stussen
Detroit
NBC
Motor City
Truman resumes campaign trail with western tour plans
President Truman returned from a campaign swing through Michigan and Ohio and immediately prepared for a two week western tour beginning September 18 in Dexter Iowa. The journey is slated to continue into Jackson County Missouri.
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Washington
Truman
Michigan
Ohio
Dexter
Iowa
Jackson
Missouri
Dewey Backs Stassen Address After Albany Conference
Gov Thomas E Dewey endorsed Stassen address following a Albany meeting between the two. In Detroit President Truman warned labor voters urging turnout and cautioned that Republican reactionaries could threaten wages living standards and democratic institutions with a GOP takeover. About 120000 crowded Cadillac Square to hear Truman.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Stassen
Albany
Dewey
Minnesota
Michigan
Ohio
Truman
Pontiac
Detroit
Cadillac Square
Woman Found Semi Conscious In Hotel Bath Tub
A 25 year old Alliance woman Linda Stine was found nude and semi conscious in a Columbus hotel bath tub. She said four unidentified friends offered a drink after visiting her sister and she was attacked before regaining consciousness. She was treated at University hospital for bruises. no assault evidence found. investigation ongoing.
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Columbus
Alliance
Clark Baker
William Throp
Linda Stine
Gertrude Stine
Deshler-Wallick
Baker
Throp
Stine
University Hospital
Detective Bureau
Pal Accused In Slaying
An ex convict Freeman Miller 24 of Syracuse NY accused a friend Jim Corbett 33 of Dallas TX of killing Jack Rose in Dallas and taking his car. Miller Corbett and Arthur Tousent 22 of Watertown NY are held for Canton and Dayton police who seek to question them about tavern holdups. They were arrested in Rose’s car after a bank robbery plot arose.
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Jacksonville
Rose
Butler
Miller
First National Bank of Dallas
Flooding Hits South Georgia After Severe Rainfall
A span of 4.85 inches in under four hours drenched parts of Georgia and South Carolina. Floodwater 14 inches deep flooded a large furniture store basement in Augusta. Crops, especially cotton, suffered massive losses. topsoil washed away and several bridges swept out, including a bridge on Highway 1 near Wrens.
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Augusta
Georgia
South Carolina
Highway 1
Wrens
Jefferson County
Gunmen Captured After Slaying Case Ties New Orleans Detectives
Two gunmen sought for the slaying of Detective Nicholas Jacob and the abduction of Assistant Chief John J. Jackson were captured at a Gonzales store after a lengthy statewide search. The pair, Dale Simpson and H. E. Miller, were identified by Salt Lake City officer Dal Simpson. Miller, a 3 year old, was released near Hobart, Mississippi, following a seven hour pursuit.
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New Orleans
Jeff Lockey
Lockey
Gonzales
Here
Hobart
John J. Jackson
Dal Simpson
Salt Lake
Dale Simpson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Nicholas Jacob
H. E. Miller
Monticello
Stocky
Jacobs
Joseph Tardo
Miller
Simpson
Gulfport
Miss
Anger Tragedy as Motorist Slashes Window
Gordon Metcalf 29 died after smashing a rear plate glass window with his fist on a Toronto street. Coroner reports arteries severed in his forearm causing fatal blood loss before hospital arrival. autopsy ordered. Taxi driver asked $12 to remove blood from upholstery at hospital door. Car troubles fueled the rage.
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Toronto
Gordon Metcalf
Fred Ticket
Metcalf
Vanderbilt Jr. and Patricia Murphy Wallace Wedding in Greenwich
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., a 50 year old journalist and lecturer, married Patricia Murphy Wallace, 28, of Los Angeles, in Greenwich Connecticut this morning. The couple announced their wedding arrangement was made publicly by friends and family.
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Greenwich, Conn
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Patricia Murphy Wallace
Los Angeles
Cal
Polish Reds Purge Aims to Mend Party Break
President Boleslaw Bierut was chosen to lead a new United Communist Socialist Workers Party as Poland seeks to heal a rift within its Communist movement. The purge targets Nationalists and deviation from Moscow line while Premier Cyrankiewicz and Oscar Lange urged Bierut at the Belvedere palace.
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Warsaw
Boleslaw Bierrut
United Communist Socialist Workers Party
Poland
Communist Workers Party
Moscow
I International
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Oscar Lange
Washington
United Nations
Bierut
Belvedere
Communist- Socialist Workers Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Boleslaw Bierut
Gomulka
Robber Kills Hotel Manager in New York
A night manager Harold Morris 34 of Brooklyn was shot at the Hotel Greystone Broadway and West Gist Street after failing to guess the safe combination. The robber took 155 dollars from the cash drawer and undetermined sums from Morris and assistant night manager Heintz Braun.
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New York
Harold Morris
Brooklyn
Greystone
Broadway
West Gist Street
Morris
Heintz Braunn
Fire and Explosion Say Two Dead In Chicago Candy Plant
An early morning blast and fire at the E. J. Brach and Sons Candy Co plant on Kinzie Street left at least two dead and 20 injured with a potential death toll uncertain. Fire officials put damage at 500000 to 750000 dollars as investigators searched the two block facility for survivors and cause.
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Chicago
West Side
Max Gorenson
Coroner’s Office
E. J. Brach and Sons Candy Co
W. Kinzie St
General Groves to testify in spy hearings in September
Washington AP Major General Leslie R. Groves, who directed the wartime A bomb project, has been questioned and will testify publicly when the House un American Activities Committee reopens its spy hearings on September 15. Representative McDowell said Groves is a key figure in the probe into possible Russian access to atomic secrets.
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Washington
Congressional
Leslie R. Groves
Russia
Representative McDowell
RPA
Doors
McDowell
House UN - American Activities Committee
West States Hold Primary Elections for House Seats
Voters in Arizona Nevada and Utah head to the polls to choose nominees for five U S House seats and state and local offices. Key contests include Arizona governor Democratic candidates Rep Richard F Harless and acting governor Dan E Garvey and Republicans William R Bourdon Bruce Brockett. In Nevada Walter Russell seeks reelection as congressman with two regents seats up. Utah focuses on governor and two House races with Maw Boyden and Mabey contending.
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Arizona
Richard F. Harless
Dan E. Garvey
William R. Bourdon
Bruce Brockett
North State
Nevada
Congress
Walter Russell
Uni
Versity Board of Regents
Justice of the Peace
Reno
Las Vegas
Utah
Herbert B. Maw
John S. Boyden
Maw
J. Bracken Lee
Rendell N. Mabey
Republian
Walter K. Granger
William A. Dawson
GOP
Third Attack on City Hall Led by Reds
Berlin reports a red telephone threat targeting a French liaison protecting 27 German police hidden inside the city hall in the Russian sector. Western governors Clay Robertson Koenig held a brief meeting as they study next steps amid riots disrupting Berlin's civil government.
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City Hall
REDS
Berlin
French liaison officer in Berlin threat over riot violence
An unidentified caller in Berlin threatened Maj. George Mrazovich, the French liaison officer at city hall, saying a coffin would be delivered. Mrazovich, protecting 27 German police who fled to Western liaison offices during a Communist led riot, denies ordering any coffin as the caller warned he would need it.
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Berlin
George Mrazovich
Reefuge
Mrazovich
Berlin city hall riots push Cold War crisis toward Big Four talks
Western and Soviet leaders weigh how to handle a third Soviet storming of Berlin city hall as SED leaders threaten to boycott west Berlin assemblies. British officials discuss protest routes to Sokolovsky or Moscow. The crisis heightens pressure for a separate Red administration in the Soviet sector.
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Berlin
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Clay
Sokolovsky
London
Moscow
Western Berlin
SED
West Berlin
Taegliche Rundschau
Western
Ate
Union Tables Resolution To Back Wallace
The International Executive Board of the Transport Workers Union pigeonholed a resolution endorsing Henry A Wallace for president. The board tabled the resolution after criticizing both Truman and Dewey. International secretary treasurer Douglas S MacMahon said the delay showed the union would not force a candidate on its members.
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NEW York
International Executive Board
Transport Workers Union
CIO
Henry A. Walelace
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Douglas S. MacMahon
International
Eye sale offer withdrawn by ex GI in Mount Vernon
Sherman Sarah, 31, of near Centerbury, withdrew his offer to sell an eye for 2100 dollars to repay government allotment checks he says were cashed by his wife after his discharge in 1946. He stated a friend would help him out and then canceled the proposal.
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Mount Vernon, O
Sherman Sarah
Centerbury
Sarah
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Joan Person
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Pataskala
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Rex L. Bing
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Association of Communication Equipment Workers
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Initial DP Group
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