Axis Sally Accused Spy Treason Trial Opens Witnesses
Former prisoners of war Grover C. McKinney and Capt. Harvey Co testified in Mildred Gillars Axis Sally treason case. Prosecutors said they interviewed Gillars at Chartres France where she persuaded soldiers to record for Nazi broadcasts. Testimony included German actors Schell Haupt and Adelbert Houben who aided the defense and witnesses discussed a playback of Vision of Invasion.
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Grover C. McKinney
Denver
Harvey Co
Hamilton
Ont
John M. Kelley Jr
McKinney
Crosthwaite
Mildred E. Gillars
Kelley
Chartres
France
Miss Gillars
George Heinrich Schell
Ulrich Haupt
Adelbert Houben
German Overseas Service
Normandy
Houben
Flood Recedes In Ohio Valley
The Ohio River, which threatened a midwinter flood, gradually fell from 52.6 feet to 51.8 by 7 am and is expected to reach 51 feet by tonight. Cold temperatures limit snowmelt, preventing another rise. Red Cross shelters housed 38 people today, most expected to return home by Thursday.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Red Cross
Woman Fractures Arm After Fall in Front of Home
Mrs. Josephine Meyer aged 56 of 2118 36th Street NW received treatment at Mercy Hospital for a fractured arm after she fell on the sidewalk in front of her residence Monday at 12 30 p m according to the sheriff's office.
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Josephine Meyer
36Th St NW
Mercy Hospital
Sheriff's Office
Tientsin Workers Find Beds Are Unbending Taskmasters
Peiping dispatch reports foreign residents in Tientsin face Communist rule with wage cuts and longer hours. A factory cook's rebuke led to a 10 hour day and 20 percent pay reduction, while foreigners move freely amid monetary confusion and currency revaluations.
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Tientsin
Red
Miami U Students Help Battle $20,000 Fire
Firemen and Miami University students battled a three story downtown brick building blaze in Oxford Ohio for over three hours. Mayor Edwin Morgan estimated damage at $20,000. Fire Chief Paul Flanagan said an oil burner likely started the fire at Petri's Men's Shop on the first floor. An unoccupied furnished apartment was on the upper floors. owners said losses were partly insured.
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Oxford
Miami University
Edwin Morgan
Paul Flanagan
Petri’s
Freada Hossack
H. L. Petri
Cleveland Budget Cut Opened by Mayor Burke
Cleveland on February 1 AP reports Mayor Thomas A. Burke ordered a $1,000,000 cut in this year budget requests and halted new city payroll hires in 1949. He noted the general fund totals $29,966,966, $925,650 more than 1948, to be used for salary and wage adjustments.
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Cleveland
Thomas A. Burke
Burke
Youth Who Shot Driver In Cheek Faces Charge
An 18 year old, Harry F. Pager II, said he was dry firing a rifle when it wounded Delos Orr, 44, owner of a Cleveland Heights air conditioning firm, as his car passed his suburban home. Pager was charged with wounding a motorist.
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Cleveland
Harry F. Pager II
Delos Orr
Cleveland Heights
Red Cross Leader Katherine Kaiser Dies at 38
Miss Katherine M. Kaiser, 38, wartime American Red Cross field director in the southeastern United States, died in Columbus. Former dean of women at Wartburg College in Waverly Iowa and Valparaiso University in Indiana, she was linked with the Oil City Y W C A after the war until July 1948.
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RED Cross
Columbus
Katherine M. Kaiser
American Red Cross
United States
Wartburg College
Waverly
Iowa
Valparaiso University
Indiana
Oil City
Y.W.C.A
Winesburg Driver Released on Bond
Raymond Ames 21 of Winesburg pleaded innocent in Massillon Municipal Court to driving while intoxicated and was released on $200 bond. Judge Hoff man set trial for Friday after Ames’ car collided with a Dalton driver at 11:55 p.m. Saturday. Six other motorists paid small fines for traffic light violations including John L. Raines William F. Oser Rosare L. Holloway Ashley Compton and Dick R. Grossman. Barbara Ann Portmann 18 pleaded guilty to speeding and paid $10 with costs.
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Repository
Massillon
Raymond Ames
Winesburg
Robert G. Hoffman
Ames
Donald Manley
Dalton
Ernest
Lincoln Way
John L. Raines
Lawnave SW
William F. Oser
Amherst Rd
Rosare L. Holloway
Ashley Compton
Orrville
Dick R. Grossman
Paris
Barbara Ann Portmann
Wellman Ave SE
Travelers Aid Hears USO Reactivation Plan
Mrs Gladys Goettling of the National Travelers Aid Society outlined reactivation of the USO at the local Travelers Aid Society meeting at the YMCA. Mrs Richard Swift presided. Darrel Mansell named chairman for May dinner. Henry Grossberg appointed chairman of the nominating committee.
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Gladys Goettling
National Travelers Aid Society
Y.M.C.A
Richard Swift
Darrel Mansell
Henry Grossberg
U S Prosperity Will Continue Says Snyder at Convention
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder told the National Sporting Goods Association that the United States remains highly prosperous and should stay on that path in the near term. He cited new consumer goods, normal price relations, and growth in production methods as key drivers while stressing protection, unemployment insurance, minimum wage laws, and public construction programs to sustain the economy.
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Atlantic City
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
United States
National Sporting Goods Association
Centenarian Charles Plaisted Sees Boston Visit
York Maine resident Charles Plaisted, aged 100, makes his first 65 mile journey to Boston for a rare glimpse of big city life, a milestone noted as he travels.
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York
Charles Plaisted
Boston
Wisconsin dairy leader to show milking films at Holmes County meet
W. E. Patterson head of UW dairy department will present milking demonstrations via films at the Holmes County Dairy Farmers Association meeting in Millersburg on Friday. Speakers include P. R. Ellsworth of Ohio State dairy tech, E. L. Richards of International Harvester, and C. L. Blackman of Ohio State.
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Millersburg
W. E. Patterson
University of Wisconsin
Dairy Department
Holmes County Dairy Farmers Association
P. R. Ellsworth
Dairy Technology Department
Ohio State University
E. L. Richards
The
International Harvester Co
C. L. Blackman
Ohio State
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Gillars
James J. Laughlin
Martin J.monti
Monti
New York
Mr. Laughlin
Gestapo
Ohio Valley
Rome
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Peiping
U. S
Manchuria
Halle’s
Che
Halle Bros. Go
Highlight
Canton
Miami U
Travelers Aid Society
USO
Vieorys
U.S
Boys’ Store
Valentine News Depot
Jickey
Freeman
Market Avenue
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