Train wreck exposes war unit's brave night flight
Corp. Nevins recalled the Spirit of St. Louis crash that killed and injured many in the rear cars. Col. Townsend said 11 dead were identified and medics, civilians, and veterans groups aided the scene as wreckage and bodies filled the tracks. Survivors described a terrifying early morning collision and rapid rescue efforts amid chaos and a temporary morgue at a nearby armory.
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State Patrol
Curt Simmons
Philadelphia Phillies
Col. Townsend
Coshocton Memorial Hospital
Coshocton Armory
John Hildebrand
Newcomerstown
Paul Bailey
Notre Dame
Mike Corrigan
Carbondale
Union Hospital
Dover
Chow
Weather Forecast Canton and Vicinity Today
Cloudy warm and humid this afternoon with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday Cooler late tonight and Tuesday Probable low around 60 high about 74 Tomorrow expected cloudy and showery A cool air mass approaches lowering temperatures 6 to 10 degrees Highs near 74 and lows around 60 Readings show barometer 28.62 at sea level Humidity around 86 percent Winds 5 mph from south southwest Sunrise 7 03 a m Moonrise 7 30 a m
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Canton and Vicinity
U. S. Weather Bureau
Akron-Canton
Ohio
International
A. S. Klemetsmo
Engine Crew Scalded To Death in Indiana
A Louisville and Nashville passenger train derailed at Evansville Indiana after the locomotive jumped the track. Engineer Joseph Hedden 68 and the fireman were killed by scalding steam while about 100 passengers were shaken up but not seriously injured. Several baggage cars derailed while seven passenger cars remained on the rails.
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Athey
Ed Renfrow
Louisville
Richard Ahlering
Evansville
Hedden
Renfrew
Ind
Louisville & Nashville
Joseph Hedden
Rail Deaths Third Highest in Ohio History
COLUMBUS Sept. 11 AP The crash of the Spirit of St Louis and a troop train near West Lafayette today produced Ohio's third highest railroad death toll with 20 to 25 soldiers killed and 50 to 75 injured. Previous major crashes include Ashtabula 1876 with 84 dead and Cuyahoga Falls 1940 with 43.
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Columbus
Spirit of St. Louis
West Lafayette
Ashtabula
Cuyahoga Falls
Amherst
Guthrie
Dunkirk
Tragedy aboard 28th Division troop train wreck
A two-unit diesel pulled a 17 car troop train that derailed after a foggy 6:15 am crash. At least 20 soldiers were killed with about 13 hospitalized. Wreckage blocked the right of way as Red Cross mobile units aided the scene near Coshocton, Ohio. Authorities counted bodies and notified next of kin.
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U. S. Army
Red Cross
Philadelphia
Ohio
Coshocton
Michael Nemetz
Kingston
Daniel Strickler
Massillon Man Fined For Disorderly Conduct
William Koleck, 26, of 1295 3rd St SE, Massillon, was fined $25 and costs and sentenced to five days in jail after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct. Police arrested him at home after he brandished a .22 caliber pistol toward his wife and child. weapon seized.
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Repository Bureau
Massillon
William Koleck
3Rd St SE
Government mobilization plans raise defense price controls
President Truman announced a broad mobilization program with eight federal agencies to double defense spending to 30 billion dollars yearly by next June. The move creates the Economic Stabilization Agency to curb inflation, assigns material allocation to the Commerce Department, and forms the National Production Authority headed by Harrison.
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National Security Resources Board
Symington
Truman
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Sawyer
National Production Authority
Harrison
Brownlee
Economic Stabilization Agency
James F. Brownlee
OPA
Pillsbury Mills, Inc
R. H. Macy & Co
Stabilization Agency
ESA
WPA
Army Signal Corps
Office of Industry and Commerce
NPA
Massillon Man Sentenced for Morals Charge
Massillon resident Frank Gossman Jr. aged 51 from Beach Grove was fined 200 dollars plus costs and sentenced to six months in Stark County jail by Judge Robert G. Hoffman after pleading guilty to indecent exposure. He was arrested at 10 20 a m in a weed patch near Walnut Avenue Southwest and the Baltimore and Ohio tracks following reports of molesting children and women.
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Repository
Massillon
Frank Gossman Jr
Beach Grove
Stark County
Robert G. Hoffman
Gossman
Walnut Ave
Baltimore & Ohio
Former boyfriend hovers near home at all hours
In Council Bluffs Iowa a 74 year old woman reported harassment by her former boyfriend aged 76. She said he repeatedly drives by her house late at night with roaring engine and headlights aimed at her windows. The incident highlights ongoing concerns of unwanted pursuit.
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Bluffs
Police
Auditoriums governance and rate policy urged in city letter
The auditor would investigate equipment needs for the auditorium including stage, lighting, seating and related gear and advise the city council on a fair rate schedule and policy for use and potential free use. Mayor Nichols urges the council to seek a legal opinion on forming a board of managers to run the auditorium, noting prior state decisions and seeking a declaratory judgment if needed.
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City Council
Nichols
Common Pleas Court
Taft rails at postal cuts during Ohio clerks meeting
Senator Robert A. Taft criticized government postal service cutbacks in Cincinnati, urging efficiency and businesslike operations. He tied the issue to national defense amid the Korean crisis, addressing about 100 delegates of the Ohio section of United National Post Office Clerks. Ohio officers were elected, with Robert Becka named president and others noted as officers.
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Taft
Ohio
United National Post Office Clerks
Robert Becka
Ohio Postal Clerks
Clare Minnincker
Toledo
Wilford Dusek
Cleveland
Jack Hume
Warren
Clifford Horton
Springfield
Ohio University names Karl Ahrendt music director
Ohio University in Athens appointed Dr Karl Ahrendt of Toledo as director of the school of music. He previously led the music school at Augustana College Rick Island Illinois since 1946.
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Athens
Ohio University
Karl Ahrendt
Toledo
Augustana College
Rick Island
Ill
North Korean Forces Press Across North Taegu Front
Allied pilots noted signs of Red withdrawals west of Masan as ground observers took longer to confirm. In the Taegu region, First Cavalry troopers faced heavy resistance around Kasan and Waegwan while pursuing advances on the northwest sector. U S and South Korean units gained ground near Pohang but met strong Red counterattacks. Air forces racked up 449 sorties supporting ground troops as water and supply hubs faced bombardment. a U.S. fighter mistakenly strafed Taegu, causing casualties among South Koreans.
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Masan
Uiryong
8Th Army
1St Cavalry
Waegwan
Kasan
Taegu
U. S
Clifford Buckbee
Tacoma
Wash
U. S. 5Th Air Force
Earle E. Partridge
Indiana Trooper Fired Over Loyalty Oath Refusal
Indiana State Highway Department dismissed 30 year old First Lieutenant William G. Prescott of the 38th Division, an Overseas veteran and Indiana National Guard officer, for refusing to sign a non Communist loyalty oath. Prescott said the oath could conflict with federal Constitution allegiance and claimed threats of job loss prevented free signing.
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State Highway Department
Indiana National Guard
Samuel C. Hadden
Highway Commission
William G. Prescott
Prescott
United States
National Guard
Hadden
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