Drought Boosts Miami Valley Tomato Crop In 1951
George Van Giesen reports the Miami Valley Empire drought aids the 1951 tomato harvest at the Miami Valley Canning Company in Oakland Station. Hammond says 125 workers, 230 leased acres, and a 40 ton daily capacity. about 500 tons of tomatoes will yield 50,000 cases. Corn crop down 70 percent. tomatoes remain solid and heavy.
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George van Gieson
Oakland Station
Miami Valley Empire
Frank Hammond
Miami Valley Canling Company
Route 25
Blue Ball
Monroe
Hammond
Butler
Warren
Miami Valley Canning Company
Indians Begin Accepting World Series Ticket Orders
Cleveland Indians start accepting World Series ticket orders as the pennant race remains unsettled. Tickets cost 32 dollars per box set and 25 per reserved set, with a two-set limit and payments by money order or checks. Orders must be in by September 22 with postmark rules. early rounds may be decided before October 4, and potential games alternate between Cleveland and the National League winner's park.
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Cleveland
Cleveand Indians
New Yorkankees
E Orly
Cleveland Baseball Company
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Stadium
AFL Charges Kidnappings By Reds In West
SAN FRANCISCO AP AFL leaders prepare a United Nations resolution accusing Soviet Russia Western Germany Austria and other nations of abductions in West Germany and beyond. Irving Brown says material shows people seized from homes or businesses and taken behind the Iron Curtain. Further details will be shared with delegates once the convention resumes.
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San Francisco
AFL
United Nations
Russia
Germany
Austria
Irving Brown
Europe
U.S
West
Brown
New Red Probe Committee Forms in Ohio
Ohio's new UnAmerican Activities Commission begins organization to extend a probe started in the last legislative session. The panel, authorized through June 30, 1953 with a $50,000 appropriation, includes Republican and Democratic senators and representatives from Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
UnAmerican Activities Commission
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Franklin
C. I. Powell
Clark
Leo Blackburn
Scioto
James G. Headley
Hamilton
Joseph W. Bartunek
Cuyahoga
Charles J. Carney
D Mahoning
House
Gordon Renner
Kenneth A. Robinson
Mahon
Louis J. Schneider
Samuel L. Devine
Robert W. Reider
Ottawa
John C. Corrigan
Cuya
Government enforces meat price ceilings with new investigators
The Office of Price Stabilization dispatched investigators to Chicago Cleveland Philadelphia and Newark to ensure slaughterers comply with live cattle price ceilings.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilition
Chigo
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Newark
Auto-Lite Exec Killed In Crash Near Toledo
An Electric Auto-Lite executive and two others died in a two-car collision near Toledo late yesterday. Victims include C. L. Patterson 47 vice president and general manager of Auto-Lite lamp division at Lockland Ohio Everett Haines 37 superintendent of Auto-Lite garage and Cecil Thomas 23 Monroe Michigan passenger. Four others were injured including John A. Anderson 40 Cincinnati chief of Auto-Lite engineering. Patterson lived in Lebanon since 1945 and kept a country home west of the town. Funeral plans were not announced.
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Toledo
Electric Auto-Lite Company
Here
C. L. Patterson
Auto-Lite
Lockland
Everett Haines
Auto- Lite
Cecil Thomas
Monroe
Mich
Patterson
Lebanon
Kings Mills
Methodist Church
Scottish Rite and Shrine
Cincinnati
Ohio-Michigan
John A. Anderson
Former aide testifies on Lithofold loans and Finnegan role
Willett tells the committee he discussed Lithofold applications with James P. Finnegan, a former Internal Revenue official now under federal grand jury scrutiny in St. Louis. Willett says he did not know Finnegan was with the Revenue Bureau and recalls only a dim memory of the Lithofold case.
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Boyle
Willett
James P. Finnegan
Internal Revenue
St. Louis
Finnegan
the Revenue Bureau
Lithofold
Pentagon debated atom plan aims at big cost cuts
Senators Bridges and Ferguson pressed Congress to consider arming U S forces mainly with atomic weapons to save as much as 30 billion dollars annually. Senator McMahon claimed cheap, mass produced A bombs could exist in three years and urged Army Navy and Air Force to switch to atomic arms. The Joint Chiefs of Staff should brief appropriations committees if feasible.
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Washington
Bridges
McMahon
Ferguson
Mce Mahon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Appropriations Committees
Lack Of Bids On Army Beef Blamed On Price Controls
The Army is seeking 13 000 000 pounds of boneless beef to feed troops nationwide but major packers say they cannot bid because of price controls. A telegraphic notice went to meat packers and bids were opened at market centers nationwide with results announced by the Army in Washington. A Chicago marketing official said large packers told him by phone they cannot supply the beef now. World War II-era supply issues not seen.
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Chicago
Army Quartermaster Market Center
Chicago Center
Office of Quartermaster General
Washington
Iran Moves to Take Over Anglo Iranian Oil Plants
The United States records show Iran intends to nationalize Britain's Anglo Iranian Oil Company properties in Iran. Compensation to Britain will depend on ensuring efficient oil production. Iran would rely on Britain for overseas distribution of roughly 30 million tons of oil annually, as only Britain has the transport and distribution capacity.
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Britain
Anglo- Iranian Oil Company
Iran
Harryman
Candidates In For Dunking At Franklin Jaycee Festival
Franklin residents will see a five day Fall Festival sponsored by the Franklin Junior Chamber of Commerce. The event runs Tuesday through Saturday with each evening at 6 30 p m and Saturday at noon. A highlight will be dunking political candidates in a tub.
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Franklin Jaycee Festival
Franklin
Franklin Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ted Grovenor
The
Jaycees
OPS Approves Vehicle Price Hikes Across Major Firms
The Office of Price Stabilization authorized price increases at factory retail levels for GM Ford and Chrysler lines with Studebaker also seeking boosts. GM ranges include Chevrolet 61.74 to 93.09 and Cadillac 116.07 to 208.85, while Studebaker cites 1.1134 percent wholesale rise on Champion and 5.39 percent on Commander. Ford moves range 55 to 95, etc.
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Washington
General Motors
Office of
OPS
Studebaker Corporation
Ford
Mercury
Lincoln
Chrysler
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Buick
Cadillac
Studebaker
Senators Target $5.5 Billion Tax Bill Boost
Senate Finance Committee released a formal report showing the proposed tax increase would raise about 5.506 billion dollars annually. The panel said further income tax hikes are unlikely and noted past acts in 1950 and excess profits taxes added 15.5 billion in a little over a year.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Senate
Sooy to Address Papermen in Atlanta
Walter E. Sooy executive vice president of the Gardner Board and Carton Company will speak before representatives of the Southern Folding Paper Box Association tomorrow in Atlanta. Sooy will discuss Principles of Quality Control by Statistical Methods at the association annual meeting in Atlanta.
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Walter E. Sooy
Gardner Board and Carton Company
Southern Folding Paper Box Association
Atlant Ga
Sooy
Atlanta
Fire and explosion at Roxana refinery toll reaches fifteen
WOOD RIVER Ill AP the Shell Oil refinery at Roxana suffered a blast and fire that killed fifteen. Four charred bodies were recovered from the oil crackling unit and eleven workers died later in hospitals from burns.
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Wood River
Ill
Shell Oil Company
Roxana
Gambler Witness Resumes Silence In Court Testimony
Gross Clams refused to answer questions as trial resumed amid a claimed police shielded start to a bookmaking empire worth 20 million dollars annually. Defense sought a mental examination for the witness but failed. Also notes that several bird species, including cowbirds, lay eggs in other birds nests.
Fall Festival Plans Include Dunking Machine And Cider Booths
The Jaycees organize a Dunking machine event at the Fan Festival with a candidate perched above water. Dr. Governor notes booths of various kinds with cider and doughnuts as a special attraction. The Midway is run by Hiawatha Shows. Gordon Thacker chairs the Fall Festival Committee with aides William Logdon Howard Bell Bill Bechant and James Dunn Jr.
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Jaycees
Hiawatha
Gordon Thacker
William Logdon
Howard Bell
Bill Bechant
James Dunn, Jr
Truman Urged To Aid Ohio Jobless
Representative Hays of Ohio met with President Truman seeking more defense contracts for the 18th district to curb unemployment. He cited steel shortages harming Belmont County and asked use of the Belmont plants at Blaw-Knox Martins Ferry and Kaiser-Frazier’s Shadyside factory for government work.
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Washington
Truman
Ohio
Hays
Belmont
Carroll
Columbiana
Harrison
Jefferson
White House
Belmont County
Middletown to adopt fluoridation ordinance tonight
City Commissioners plan to adopt an ordinance authorizing water fluoridation, requested by the Ohio State Health Department. The measure asks the Director of Public Utilities to arrange the program with support from the Board of Health and local groups. A separate proposal to reestablish the lieutenant rank in the Fire Department is also under consideration.
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Middletown
H. W. Starick
Ohio State Health Department
Director of
Public Utilities
Board of Health
Keely Dental Society
Aste
University convocation honors T. Robert Circle with master’s degree
T. Robert Circle of 411 West Mulberry Street received his master’s degree from the University of Chicago at the 247th convocation held at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.
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Lebanon
T. Robert Circle
West Mulberry Street
University of Chicago
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Detroit Man Bound To Jury In Fight Case
Thomas Vukovich a 36 year old Detroit man was bound over to the Butler County grand jury on a manslaughter charge after pleading not guilty through counsel Edward H Dell in Municipal Court Bond was reduced from 5000 to 2 000 on counsel request Judge Alton H Combs noted grave doubt as to extent of Vukovich involvement He was employed as a dental technician and was jailed in lieu of bond awaiting further proceedings in the case connected to the death of Clifford Kelly 39 Knoxville Tenn an employee of the B and O Labor Camp West Middletown who died after a fight on West Central Ave witnesses testified seeing at least three other men involved
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Thomas Vukovich
Detroit
Butler County Grand Jury
Eaward — H. Dell
Alton H. Combs
Vukovich
Clifford Kelly
Knoxville
Vukouich
Bond
Brazil Crash Claims Ten Lives Near Rio
An Air Brazil passenger plane with ten aboard crashed about 300 miles southwest of Rio de Janeiro Monday night. The aircraft burned after going down in rough terrain, killing all on board.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Rita Hayworth Hires Guards for Baby Yasmin
Los Angeles actress Rita Hayworth has hired detectives to guard her 19 month old daughter Yasmin after anonymous kidnap threats. Hayworth is in Reno to divorce Moslem Prince Aly Khan, with friends blaming the threats on her push for a large financial settlement for Yasmin.
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LOS Angeles
Rita Hayworth
Yasmin
Los Angeles Times
Prince Aly Khan
Miss Hayworth
Reno
the Times
Hollywood
Pre-Dawn Blaze Destroys Zanesville Businesses and Apartments
A morning fire on Zanesville South Side destroyed three business places and three apartments. The blaze started in a basement of a two story building with a barber shop and a second hand furniture store and spread to a nearby three story structure with a cafe and apartments. Sixteen residents escaped in nightclothes without injuries. Cause unavailable.
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Zanesville
Pinza Signs NBC Radio TV Pact
Ezio Pinza has signed a long term radio and television contract with NBC. The operatic bass from South Pacific will appear in special TV programs and guest star on radio and TV as NBC announced.
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NEW York
Ezio Pinza
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
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