Intruder Kills Man and Wounds Wife on Ohio Farm
John D. George, 39, and Virginia, 37, were shot at their farm home six miles east of Carrollton by a lone intruder. Virginia died en route to Canton Hospital. John died earlier. A 112 gauge shotgun was used and the couple’s 1936 Dodge sedan disappeared. The sheriff linked no motive and noted the suspect wore a cap. An escape from Moundsville penitentiary occurred nearby earlier that day.
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Carrollton
John D. George
Virginia
Here
George
Roy Orwick
Canton
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Moundsville
Ohio River
Tombs Found as Excavation Near Lake Cowan Advances
Three skeletons were unearthed in a log tomb atop a larger chamber at a mound along Cowans Creek used by the Adena about 1100 years ago. Curator Raymond S. Daley noted the small tomb’s size and shifting bones as logs rotted, with pottery fragments and an arrowhead found in the group.
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Cowans Creek
Raymond S. Daley
Ohio State Museum
Dam decisions await as Route 730 project nears finish
Fischer Construction Co of Cincinnati moved equipment to a new project near Hamilton while the earthen dam and spillway at Lake Cowan near Route 730 faced delays. Officials expect the lake to fill by fall only with heavy rains, and work on the Indian mound and road bridges beneath the future waterline must finish first. The bid for the dam was 372,698 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Clark
Lake Cowan
Fischer Construction Co
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Howard Fischer
Fischer
Indian Mound
Indian Creek
Millville
Reiley
Car Tagged and Towed Near West Main After Night Crash
James Helterbran reports his car was side swiped around 3 30 A M on Thursday causing about 75 dollars in damage. He suspects the same driver took license tags and fears the vehicle may have been abandoned. A lost model plane notice appears as David Hale’s craft disappeared during free flight. Svend Peter son and spouse arrived early for Wilmington College Alumni dinner misaligned with commencement day.
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James Helterbran
West Main Street
Helterbran
David Hale
C. M. Hale
David
News-Journal
Svend Peterson
Wilmington College Alumni Association
College Gymnasium
Man Injured as Car and Truck Collide
One person injured after a Yellow Cab driven by Bert Davis collided with an Army GMC truck driven by Richard Campbell at Main and South streets. Davis suffered abrasions and was treated at Hale Hospital. Campbell reportedly ran a red light. Gas from the punctured truck tank spilled into the street. City police Sgt. Leonard Adams and Patrolman Lloyd Jordan reported.
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Main
South Streets
Bert Davis
Kentucky Avenue
Hale Hospital
Richard L. Campbell
Cincinnati
Davis
Campbell
Main Street
South Street
Leonard Adams
Lloyd Jordan
City Police
Franklin Mayor Faces Assault Charge After Reporter Attack
Franklin on June 3 reports Mayor Thomas J. Riley is accused of striking Dayton Journal Herald reporter Jack Vincent. Vincent filed assault and battery charges alleging Riley assaulted him over a story about the town sewage disposal plant.
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Franklin
Thomas J. Riley
Dayton
Jack Vincent
Dayton Journal-Herald
Riley
Cut steel production in Youngstown down to 93 percent
Youngstown steel operations will run at 93 percent next week, the first notable curtailment since before World War II. Production had stood at 105 percent prior to the cutback.
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Youngstown
Symington Denies B-36 Charges In House Testimony
Air Secretary Symington denied charges raised in the House by Rep. Van Zandt that the B-36 bomber program is flawed. Van Zandt urged cancellation of other contracts to fund more bombers and hinted at connections involving Louis Johnson and Floyd Odlum.
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Washington
Symington
House
Rep
van Zandt
R-Pa
Consolidated
Louis Johnson
Floyd Odlum
Atlas Corporation
Prices Should Be Lower Says Sawyer At World Trade Week
Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer said prices are not as low as they should be despite declines. He spoke at the final session of World Trade Week, sponsored by the Springfield Chamber of Commerce.
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Springfield
Charles Sawyer
Springfield Chamber of Commerce
Teaching Tops Preferred Jobs for Disabled WWII Veterans
The Veterans Administration reported that teaching is the leading preferred profession among disabled World War II veterans attending college, with other favored fields including engineering and business. The agency noted those veterans pursue higher education to adapt to civilian life and seek stable careers.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Missing Atomic Bottle Found and U235 Sought
Senator MacMahon said an atomic bottle was found at Argonne National Laboratory but one-eighth ounce of U-235 remains missing. The Atomic Energy Committee adjourned after hearings into alleged mismanagement by David E. Lilienthal and investigating why a secret installation costs three times the $7 million estimate.
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Washington
Sen. MacMahon
D-Conn
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
David E. Lilienthal
Sen. Hickenlooper
Lowa
Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
MacMahon
Commission
Carroll Wilson
Argonne Laboratory
Joint Committee
New Vienna FFA Members Attend State Convention
Twelve members of the New Vienna High School Future Farmers of America Chapter and adviser Daryl O. Hunter traveled by bus to Colum bus for a two day state convention. Delegates included Philip Curtis and Harold Smalley with members serving on judging teams across Agronomy Livestock Dairy Engineering Sheep Poultry and more.
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Future Farmers of America
New Vienna High School
Daryl O. Hunter
Columbus
FFA
Philip Curtis
Harold Smalley
Charles Gilliland
Francis Michael
Eddie Actor
Roger Ames
Curtis
Smalley
Terry Rhoades
Eugene Ledford
William Humphrey
Donald McKamey
Hoyt Penn
Carey Streber
Taft to Get Degree at Cincinnati Commencement
U S Senator Robert A Taft and two veteran Ohio educators will receive honorary doctor of law degrees at the University of Cincinnati annual commencement tonight in Cincinnati Ohio.
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Cincinnati
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
University of Cincinnati
Founder of Bank of America Founder Dies at 79
A P Giannini founder and president of Bank of America died at his San Mateo home at age 79 from heart disease. He had been ill for a month after a persistent cold. Giannini started the Bank of Italy in 1904, which later grew into Bank of America, a six billion dollar corporation.
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San Mateo
Calif
A. P. Giannini
Bank of America
Giannini
Bank of Italy
Lover Plots Time Bomb Aboard Plane Mystery
Officials theorize a Filipino killer hired three men to blow up a Philippines Air Lines plane that vanished May 7 with 13 aboard including two Americans. An ex convict and a youth with a police record admitted planting a time bomb, Daet dispatch reports.
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Manila
Daet
Philippines Air Lines
Arnold Commissioned Washington General of the Air Force
President Truman commissioned General Henry H. Arnold as the first permanent General of the Air Force. The wartime air chief received the honorary rank in Washington, effective with the postwar reorganization. The ceremony marked a historic elevation of air power within the U.S. military structure.
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Washington
Henry H
Hap) Arnold
Army Air Force
Truman
Air Force
Chambers Questioned by Hiss Attorney in Perjury Trial
Whittaker Chambers testified he had lied to a grand jury that indicted Alger Hiss and said he had been loyal to the Communist Party before 1938. He admitted to perjury and described party aims while cross-examiner Lloyd Stryker pressed his character.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Communist Party
Chambers
Hiss
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Samuel H. Kaufman
Stryker
Chamber
Communist Party In
America
The
Loyalty Oaths Recommended by Senate Judiciary Panel
A talkative communist engaged in a verbal exchange with committee members as the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday night recommended loyalty oaths for state employees. A. Krehmarek identified as chairman of the Communist party of Cleveland and stirred spectators in the crowded sweltering hearing room.
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Columbus
Senate Judiciary Committee
A. Krehmarek
Communist Party of Cleveland
Transfers Move Patrolmen Between Districts and Cities
Patrolmen Lt. A. O. Smith of District C announced transfers of Patrolman Mark Trees from Georgetown to Wilmington and Patrolman E. W. Sparks from Georgetown to Dayton, with Patrolman R. M. Smith moving from Portsmouth to Georgetown. Trees was previously stationed in Wilmington.
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A. O. Smith
State Highway Patrol
Mark Trees
Georgetown
Wilmington
E. W. Sparks
Dayton
R. M. Smith
Portsmouth
Trees
Communist Is Jailed for Contempt
New York June 3. Federal Judge Harold R. Medina held John W. Gates in jail for 30 days unless he purges contempt after refusing to reveal sources for a Communist Daily Worker publication. The order prompted protest from all defendants. two others, Henry Winston and Gus Hall, were also ordered jailed. All defendants had been free on $5,000 bail.
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New York
Harold R. Medina
John W. Gates
Communist Daily Worker
Communist Party
Henry Winston
Gus Hall
Farm Crop Storage Bill Is Passed
Washington June 3. Both houses quickly approve compromise legislation enabling the Commodity Credit Corporation to finance storage for farm crops. The bill authorizes buying leasing or building elevators warehouses and other storage facilities where existing storage is inadequate, with signature by the president needed to activate the program.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Commissioners Lack Authority on Jail Space
Atty. Gen. Herbert S. Duffy ruled that county commissioners lack authority over jail use. He said Jefferson County Commissioners cannot require jail building space for probate court functions, answering prosecutor C. J. Borokowski’s query from Steubenville.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
C. J. Borokowski
Steubenville
Jefferson County
Warren Board of Health mandates rabies vaccination and quarantine
All dogs in Warren must be immunized against rabies by July 15 and unmuzzled dogs, immunized or not, must be quarantined. The ruling was issued by the Warren Board of Health.
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Warren
Warren Board of Health
Midland Wife Shot by Husband Angles to Wound Charge
Mrs. Anna Cox 56 was shot in the yard of their Midland home by her husband Abraham Cox 73. She is in Miami Valley Hospital Dayton with a broken right leg and a gunshot wound. Sheriff Botts said Cox admitted firing the shot and questioned him. he said it was to get his wife to retire.
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Anna Cox
Abraham Cox
Midland
Howard C. Botts
Cox
Botts
George L. Schilling
Rural Life Sunday Observed by Clinton County Granges
Clinton County Granges mark their annual Rural Life Sunday at New Antioch School on Sunday June 12 with a 12 30 PM basket dinner and program. Rev C A Sundberg from Springfield will speak and music is led by Mrs Herman Arnold. Memorial service for deceased members conducted by Mrs Charles Rhoades. Open meeting welcomes all and grange secretaries should send names of members who died in the year to Mrs Wilford Young.
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Clinton County
New Antioch
C. A. Sundberg
Springfield
Herman Arnold
New Antioch Grange
Charles Rhoades
Pomona Grange
Wilford Young
Wilmington Rfc
Atomic Workers Plan To Strike Thursday
A 2000 worker strike is planned at a large uranium-235 production plant in Oak Ridge Tennessee for next Thursday. The stoppage would halt production of the fissionable material used in atomic bombs and affect one of the world’s largest industrial facilities.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
Markets At a Glance AP report cash grain and livestock edges
Wheat, corn and oats show mixed moves with oats higher as corn advances. Hogs unevenly steady to 50 cents lower, top 22.25. Cattle mostly steady, top 28.25. Stocks slide to a 15 month low while bonds mix with some issues recovering.
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Associated Press
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