Truman orders officials to withhold loyalty files
President Truman formally notified Senator Tydings that federal officials will not comply with subpoenas seeking loyalty files of accused State Department employees. He argued disclosure would harm investigations and endanger confidential informants, defying a legislative demand. McCarthy pressed Acheson on a secret memorandum from Owen Lattimore regarding Far Eastern policy.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Tydings
State Department
State Acheson
McGrath
Harry B. Mitchell
Civil Service Commission
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Acheson
Owen Lattimore
United States
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Howard McGrath
Joseph R. McCarthy
Hoover
Windy Wilmington lumber yard fire leaves 18 homeless
A wind whipped blaze at the Wilmington Sash and Door Co lumber yard roared through northern Delaware, destroying 18 homes and damaging nearby properties. One woman, Mrs Katherine accatta, died of a suspected heart attack. eight others were injured. Firefighters from Delaware and Pennsylvania battled the blaze as high voltage lines failed. The Red Cross opened an emergency station to aid the displaced and injured.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Red Cross
Wilmington Sash and Door Co
Katherine Accatta
Delaware Hospital
Brehm and Jenkins Oppose Foreign Aid Measure
Representatives Walter E. Brehm Logan and Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton, Republicans, voted against a $3,000,000,000 foreign aid bill approved by the House. They supported a separate bill prohibiting federal regulation of certain independent natural gas producers.
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Walter E. Brehm
Logan
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Associated Press
House
Brehm
Jenkins
Ohio Guard Bomber Crashes at Dayton Airport
A Ohio National Guard bomber with six aboard crash landed at Dayton municipal airport late Sunday night. The aircraft burst into flames but all six men escaped unharmed.
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ANL
Dayton
Ohio National Guard
Dayton Municipal Airport
Rhodes Charges Welfare Chief Involved In Deal To Sell Chemicals
Columbus mayor James A. Rhodes accuses state welfare director John H. Lamneck of hiring a chemical salesman who set up a dummy firm to bid for state purchases. Rhodes cites a 20 000 pound soda crystals sale at 4 50 per 100 pounds versus legitimate bids at 2 22. Lamneck denounces the charge as false while defending Moore as a skilled administrator.
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Rhodes
Columbus
James A. Rhodes
John H. Lamneck
Ohio
Department of Welfare
Robert Drury
State Auditor’s Office
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Lamneck
Moore
Solonsawait Farm Message From Truman On Farm Shakeup
President Truman, vacationing at Key West, plans to send Congress a farm program overhaul based on the Brannan plan. He signed a disputed potato production bill and cotton and peanut acreage controls, saying its merits outweighed the downsides.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Key West
Fla
White House
Charles G. Ross
Three Air Force Family Members Die in Trailer Fire
A pre dawn blaze in a 40 foot trailer house in Lubbock Texas killed three sleeping occupants. The victims were Lt Charles Hahn 35 his wife and Lt Ernest L Schrock about 35 all stationed at Fort Warren Air Force Base Cheyenne Wyoming Investigators said an exploding stove caused the fire and the three died of suffocation from burns.
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Lubbock
Texas
Charles Hahn
Ernest L. Schrock
Fort Warren Air Force Base
Cheyenne
Wyo
Living Corpse Day in Dayton Stirs Police Confusion
Dayton police responded to a funeral home report of a dead man in a service car. A zippered bag revealed no corpse when opened. Aaron Talley, 40, of Dayton, was found in underwear with scattered clothes in the garage and jailed on an intoxication charge. Magetti questioned how a man could missleep into the bag.
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Dayton
Guy Magetti
Magetti
Aaron FE. Talley
Closed Jungle Inn In Dry County Again
Halls Corners voters by 55 31 approved incorporation of Liberty Township returning Jungle Inn the former night club and gambling casino to dry status. The venue was padlocked last August after a raid by state liquor agents who seized 100 patrons 100 slot machines and gambling equipment valued at 35000 and confiscated 6328 in cash.
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Warren
Trumbull
Halls Corners
Dry Liberty Township
Jungle Inn
Secrest Aims to Raise U S Tariff Barriers
Washington Rep. Secrest of Ohio urges industry and labor unions to form a steering committee to push a law that would raise the nation's tariff barriers against imported goods.
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Secrest
Washington
Rep
Ohio
Coal Operators Predict 50 000 Miners To Be Idle
The New York Times reports about 3,000 Pennsylvania miners idle after closing high cost mines following the wage agreement with the United Mine Workers. Operators forecast 50,000 idle, about one eighth of the national total, by mid summer due to price resistance and higher labor costs. Oil price cuts and fuel oil penetration threaten coal customers, pushing production to efficient mines.
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New York
New York Times
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Seaboard
Congress
Wage Boost Demands Seen for 4 Major Electric Firms
Four large electrical companies employing over 300 000 workers will face wage and benefit demands. The CIO International Union of Electrical Workers and the new Independent United Electrical Workers dispute who will lead the bargaining. Companies include Westinghouse Electric GE General Motors Electric Division and Sylvania. Similar elections are planned in coming weeks.
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Pittsburgh
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
United Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
General Electric Co
General Motors Corp
Sylvania Electric Products Co
CIO Group
CIO
Philip Murray
Fumes From Ashes Cause Woman’s Death
In Columbus a carbon monoxide release from smoldering ashes in a basement killed 57 year old Mrs. G M Morris. Her husband Dr Morris found her body. Their daughter Harriet, 23, was overcome but revived after ashes were moved to a container.
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Columbus
G. M. Morris
Steubenville Landslide Endangers Four Homes
A 300 foot section of land slid over 70 feet in Steubenville on Sunday, uprooting trees and endangering four houses. The earth broke from a 250 foot ridge. county engineer Martin Smith said a plateau may halt the slide, with winter rains blamed for the movement.
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Steubenville —(P
Martin Smith
Watching Cock Fight Brings Fines to 100
Police report fines issued after illegal cock fight near Sewickley drew 100 attendees from Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania at five dollars each. Several residents were cited for trespass and law violations, underscoring enforcement of gambling and animal fighting statutes.
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Pittsburgh
Sewickley
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsyvania
Hocking Brick Plants Closed Over Labor Dispute
Logan and Diamond plants of Hocking Valley Brick Co. shut down amid union negotiations. About 110 workers at Logan on Zanesville Avenue affected, with others at The Diamond plant. AFL locals 817 and 830 seek contract renewal with medical benefits or a 10 cent hourly raise. Company cites unsuccessful negotiations and plans to continue discussions. no picket lines yet but expected after union meetings.
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Logan
Hocking Valley Brick Co
Zanesville Ave
Ohio
Diamond
Walter Lehman
AFL
G. R.binson
Lehman
Blue Cross
the Diamond
Compan
Convicted wartime traitor vanishes as submarine sighted off California
Theodore Donay, 51, of Detroit, identified from a photo as a wartime treason convict, disappears from a rented boat near Avalon Catalina Island. A submarine is later reported off the Southern California coast while authorities say there is no concrete evidence linking the events.
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Avalon
Catalina Island
Calif
California
Theodore Donay
Detroit
Constable K. McDavid
Ray Dodge
Associated Press
Donay
McDavid
Spending Bill Enters House Amid Fiscal Debate
Washington briefs on the omnibus appropriations measure totaling 29.045 billion dollars for the 1951 fiscal year ending June 30. House debate pits defense advocates against budget cutters with Easter recess set for April 18 and three major factions vying for votes.
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Washington
House
United States
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Rep. Taber
R-Ny
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Stray Bullet Wounds Judge In Ohio River Area
A stray 22 caliber bullet struck Meigs County probate judge F H O'Brien as he worked on his new house across the Ohio River from Hartford West Virginia. He was treated at Meigs General Hospital and released. State police seized a .22 rifle and ammo from 18 year old George Reitmire of Hartford after he said he was shooting. A juvenile with a BB gun was present. No charges were filed.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
F. H. O’brien
Meigs County
O’brien
Ohio River
Hartford
W. Va
Meigs General Hospital
George Reitmire
Wahama
Reitmire
J. P. O’brien
Paul Baker
Syracuse
Strange Malady Fatal To Circus Elephant
A mysterious illness killed one Clyde Beatty Circus elephant in Los Angeles, with two more elephants sick. Marian, 23, died last Saturday, and 40-year-old Mary had died weeks earlier. Earlier, two elephants escaped Pomona after a train whistle, rampaging for 90 minutes.
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Los Angeles
Clyde Beatty
Marian
Mary
Pomona
Calif
Five Thousand Construction Workers Idle In Columbus Strike
About 1000 construction workers walked out in Columbus in a dispute with the Columbus Building Trades Employers Association over wage increases. Marshall R. Cobb, secretary of the local, said the strike would affect at least five major projects, with picket lines likely halting work on sites employing about 5000 AFL tradesmen.
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Columbus
Columbus Building Trades Employers Association
Marshall R. Cobb
Mysterious Sub Is Sighted Again Off California Coast
For the second time in five days a mysterious submarine was spotted off the California coast. Coast Guardsmen near Santa Barbara saw a surfaced sub eight miles offshore at 6:20 a.m. A Navy search found no American submarine in the area and repeated sightings near Eureka were reported with no U. S. vessels confirmed. The Navy noted foreign subs may cruise open seas within three miles of shore under international law.
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Arguello
McDavid
Berlin
New York
Detroit
Donay
Felix
Theodore
Caro, Mich
San Diego
Calif
California
Point Arguello
Santa Barbara
Navy
Eureka
PGA Plans Held Up Over Golfers Dispute
Columbus mayor James A. Rhodes halted all plans to stage the 1950 PGA event here pending clarification of a dispute between top golfers and the PGA. Rhodes chairs the tournament committee and leads the Zooligans sponsor group which has guaranteed $40,000. Proceeds would have aided the Columbus Zoo and Columbus Boys Club.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Professional Golfers Association
PGA
Rhodes
Zooligans
Columbus Zoo
Columbus Boys Club
Gray Seeks Dollar Gap Prevention Amid Aid Wind-Down
President Truman orders a plan to avert a dollar gap when Marshall Plan aid ends in 1952. Gordon Gray leaves the Army to become special assistant to the president, with Frank Pace taking his Army post. Gray will work to secure hard currency for allies to pay for American exports. The United States now covers the gap by grants totaling about five billion dollars.
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Key West
Truman
Gordon Gray
Army
Gray
Taiveriee
North Carolina
Army Department
Frank Pacer
United States
Nationalists claim major victory on Hainan Island
Nationalist China hailed its greatest 1950 victory after a Chinese Communist invasion of more than seven thousand on Hainan Island was smashed. A massive parade occurred in Haihow as Red prisoners were marched through the streets. The Nationalists claimed about five thousand Reds killed and more than two thousand captured with additional ships sinking fleeing junks and equipment seized.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Hainan
South China
Haihow
Lukchow Peninsula
Crackdown on Gambling Is Requested
Federal lawmakers consider two McGrath drafted bills to curb organized gambling across the nation. One targets interstate shipment of slot machines illegal in states and the other bars interstate sharing of gambling information on horse races and sports. The measure relies on federal regulation of communications and targets bookmakers while exempting music boxes and vending machines.
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Washington
Congress
McGrath
American Municipal Association
13 Violent Deaths Noted During Weekend
An Associated Press survey counted 13 violent deaths in Ohio over the weekend. Traffic accidents caused six fatalities, fires four, plus one woman died in a fall, one man drowned, and another was shot. The shooting victim was Eugene Edwards, 30, killed in Cleveland after a scuffle with a patrolman.
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Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Eugene Edwards
Cleveland
Motorcycle Auto Crash Fatal to Army Private
Pvt. R. Cecconi, 21, of Fort Eustis Virginia, died from injuries after a motorcycle motor vehicle crash Sunday on Route 52 east of Rome Adams County. Auto driver James W. Lucas 73 was charged by State Police with failure to yield right of way.
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Portsmouth
Hereman
R. Cecconi
Ft. Eustis
Rome
Adams County
State Highway Patrol
James W. Lucas
Stout
Cecconi
Lucas
Patrol Auxiliary War Duties Outlined in Columbus
Ohio state highway patrol auxiliary received a quick outline of wartime responsibilities in Columbus. Col. Demas and an aide to Col. Paul H. Griffith discussed organizational and technical issues as the auxiliary, backed by the highway patrol and American Legion, notes it has more than 3000 members with about 1000 attending the briefing.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Patrol Auxiliary
Demas
Paul H. Griffith
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Highway Patrol Anderican Legion
Portsmouth plant dispute sparks long work night
Wane officials reported a grievance at the Detroit Steel Corp plant in Portsmouth affecting about 4000 employees, prompting late night shifts as tensions rose over the labor issue.
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Portsmouth
Detroit Steel Corp
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