Red Probe Heads for Stalemate
The Senate Communist investigation moves toward a stalemate as Connally doubts contempt citations will be voted for officials denying access to loyalty files. The Foreign Relations subcommittee wavers on forcing access to confidential files and seeks McCarthy's Latimore documents. Sen Tydings convenes a hearing to address Latimore and McCarthy document access amid slim prospects for evidence.
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Senate
Connally
Dtex
Senate Foreign Relations
Sppator McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Truman
Forester McCarthy
FBI
Owen Lattimore
Subcommittee
Lattimore
McCarthy
State Acheson
McGrath
Harry Mitchell
Civil Service Commission
Tydings
D-Md
Brewster
R-Me
Beath Penalty Asked in Iowa Coed's Slaying
In Iowa City prosecutors seek the death penalty for 24 year old Robert Bednasek in the Dec 11 murder of University of Iowa psychology student Margaret Anne Jackson. The eight man four woman jury will hear closing arguments and consider verdicts of first degree murder second degree murder manslaughter or acquittal.
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Iowa City
Robert E. Bednasek
Gallows Fm
University of Iowa
Miss Jackson
Newest Ohio School Strike Involves 150 Students
In Gibsonburg Ohio about 150 students walked out on Monday protesting the school board's decision not to rehire four teachers. Classes continue despite the protest according to Superintendent C C Stebbins.
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Fremont
Ohio
Gibsonburg
C. C. Stebbins
Weather forecast for Columbus shows below normal highs
The extended forecast for Columbus predicts temperatures 3 to 6 degrees below normal with a normal high of 56 and low of 36. Colder Wednesday and again later in the week with a mix of rain and snow, and rain expected Friday and Saturday.
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Columbus
Navy Concludes Sub Search Off California Inconclusive
The Navy says foreign submarines very probably operated off the California coast. A four day surface and air search produced inconclusive results as submarines were in international waters. Captain Holbrook reported radar and sonar contacts, but no sub was sighted. Rear Admiral Entwistle called the contacts very probable foreign patrols. The search is suspended pending further developments.
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San Francisco
California
J. A. Holbrook
Colahan
Holbrook
R. I. Entwistle
Western Sea Frontier
WSF
Engine Repair Halts Flight in Round-the-World Attempt
The husband-and-wife team Bob and Dianna Bixby halted their Mosquito twin-engine plane Huntress II in Calcutta Dumdum due to cooling-system gasket failure on the left engine. Spare parts airlift is delayed, forcing a several-day wait before repairs. they resume toward San Francisco, aiming to break Bill Odom’s 1947 73 hour record.
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Calcutta
India
Bill O@om
San Francisco
Bob
Dianna
Dumdum
Odom
Resources Chairmen Include Sen. Mechem
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources faces a thorough survey by the state. The Ohio Program Commission's conservation committee split into eight sub committees to study the department and amendments to the natural resources law. Each panel has five members. Chairmen include Parks Sen. Stanley C. Mechem Republican Athens.
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Columbus
State Department of Natural Resources
Ohio Program Commission
Conservation Committee
Natural Resources Department
Natural Resources Law
Parks
Stanley C. Mechem
Republican
Athens
Busch Claims Taft Man Behind McCarthy
Henry M. Busch of Cleveland as a Democratic challenger says Senator Taft is the man behind the state department probe led by Senator McCarthy. Taft declined comment in Washington and praised McCarthy as a fighting Marine who risked his life for U.S. liberties.
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Henry M. Busch
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
State Department
Sen
McCarthy
Wis
Taft
Washington
Wisconsin
U.S
Powhatan Arrow Derails Near Cincinnati No Injuries
The Powhatan Arrow passenger train of Norfolk and Western derailed at the east edge of Cincinnati last night. No car overturned and no serious injuries. about 25 passengers were shaken up.
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Cincinnati
Norfolk and Western Railroad
McClellan backs Taft on NLRB reorganization plan
Senator McClellan sided with Senator Taft opposing President Truman's NLRB reorganization proposal. Taft would rename the general counsel to administrator and preserve separate judicial and prosecutorial powers, while requiring immediate hearings on board jurisdiction. McClellan said hearings on the plan may run four days.
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McClellan
D-Ark
Taft
Rohio
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Senate Expenditures Committee
NLRB
Robert Denham
General Counsel
Congress
Denham
Paul Herzog
Herbert Hoover
Board
Colony Club Denies Front For Gambling
The Colony Club of Chesapeake Ohio asks the Ohio Supreme Court to dismiss a suit by the attorney general to dissolve its charter. The club denies operating dice games chuck a luck blackjack or horse racing betting and says it is a private club and restaurant with 900 members. It notes bingo is played for members and surplus funds go to local charities. The club has been padlocked after a raid by state liquor agents who seized slot machines.
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Columbus
Colony Club
Chesapeake
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Herbert S. Duffy
Supreme Court
Nothing New to the Moon Hanging Up in Nowhere
Dr. Charles Green of General Electric describes a plan to launch missiles into space to create satellite radar reflectors. He explains gravity and Earth's rotation could balance, enabling reflectors to bounce radar signals back to Earth, citing lunar precedent and noting money and time are the only gaps.
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Charles Green
General Electric Co
Maryland
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Earth
No Answer Rocks Nassau County Census Taker
Mrs. Marian Attfield, Nassau County first census taker to finish rounds, reported to headquarters that residents refused to talk. She found the area largely empty aside from a cemetery and an abandoned house in Long Island.
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Rockville Centre
N. Y
Marian Attfield
Nassau County
Long Island
Navy Denies Flying Saucer Claims and Pancake Planes
The Navy states it has not developed pancake shaped jet planes nor saucer shaped missiles. A spokesman notes the closest flying saucer like craft, a pancake model, last flew in 1947 and officials deny it spurred the saucer speculation.
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Washington
Navy
Department
U. S. News and World Report
Charles H. Zimmerman
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Langley Air Force Base
Virginia
Zimmerman
Mercy Killing Trial Set for Today in Allentown
Harold Mohr 36 a tannery worker faces murder and voluntary manslaughter charges in the March 8 shooting death of his 55 year old brother Walter at their Coplay home. Commonwealth declines death penalty. Mohr pleads innocent while defense cites mercy.
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Allentown
Harold Mohr
Walter
Kenneth H. Koch
Lehigh County
Coplay
Harry Creveling
Harold Morr
Farm Couple Die In Murder and Suicide Near Defiance
The deaths of Frank H. Ort, 66, and his wife Catherine Ort, 65, near Defiance were ruled murder and suicide. Sheriff Bridenbaugh reported Ort allegedly slashed his wife’s throat as she hung clothes and then severed his own throat with a safety razor in an upstairs room of their home.
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John K. Bridenbaugh
Frank H. Ort
Catherine
Bridenbaugh
Ort
Cool Air Moves South From Ohio Valley
A batch of cold air spread from the Rockies into Central Texas today with snow and rain in many areas. Mild conditions persisted in the East and most of the South while the cooler air moved eastward and southward from the Ohio Valley.
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Chicago
Rockies
Texas
Ohio Valley
Driverless Vehicle Injures Ten Easter Shoppers in Pittsburgh
A driverless car ploughed into a downtown crowd of Easter shoppers in Pittsburgh injuring ten people, two of them in critical condition. Police and emergency crews responded quickly as bystanders aided the injured and secured the scene. Authorities investigated the vehicle’s status and potential causes.
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Pittsburgh
Criti
Welfare Director Fires Chemical Selling Aide in Columbus
Welfare Director John H Lamneck fired John P Moore a Columbus department consultant who sold soap chemicals to the state The mayor James A Rhodes accused overpricing and bid through a dummy firm State Auditor Ferguson is probing and delaying 5000 in vouchers Lamneck praised Moore saying his formulas will let the state manufacture cheaper products and employ more prisoners The dismissal effective March 1 Moore was paid 250 monthly plus expenses
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Columbus
John H. Lamneck
John P. Moore
Lamneck
Mutual Chemical & Supply Co
Moore
Robert
London
State Purchasing Department
James A. Rhodes
Welfare Department
Ingredient
Rhodes
Joseph T. Ferguson
Mutual Chemical
Ferguson
U. S
Londdon
Unemployment Picture Improves Says Census Bureau
The Census Bureau reports 561000 fewer unemployed in March, lowering total jobless to 4123000 from 4684000 in February. Employment rose to 57551000, with officials noting cautious optimism and seasonal factors. Goodwin of the Labor Department notes ongoing improvement and reduced unemployment claims. Stanley Marcus urges employers to sustain full employment by creating jobs and new products.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Robert C. Goodwin
Labor Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Goodwin
Stanley Marcus
Texas
Vinson urges larger air force funding to combat atomic threat
House Armed Services Chair Vinson calls for $583,289,211 more for warplanes. He warns the current budget risks weakening American air power and urges prompt boosts to Air Force, Navy, and Marine procurement.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Air Force
Navy
Supreme Court to review Bluffton College dean draft case
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of Larry Gara, Bluffton College dean of men, who was sentenced to 18 months for advising a student to resist signing the peacetime draft card. The Cincinnati court upheld the sentence, and Gara argues the 1948 draft law infringes religious counsel rights. The student also received 18 months.
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Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
Ohio
Larry Gara
Bluffton College
U. S. District Court
Bluffton
U. S. District Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
High Court
Gara
Bond Cancellation Threatened in Trial
Cleveland judge threatened bond cancellation as Alex Birns and four others on trial for bombing and blackmail revealed they had approached prospective jurors and been investigated. Judge Joseph H. Sibert warned the court will not tolerate further shenanigans.
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Cleveland
Alex
Shondor) Birns
Birns
Common Pleas
Joseph H. Silbert
County Liquor Control Proposed by Candidate
Charles H. Hubbell, Democratic candidate for Supreme Court judge, urged transferring liquor permit control from the state to county administrators. He proposed the county liquor control administrator be the probate judge in each county or an appointee of the judge.
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Columbus
Charles H. Hubbell
Supreme Court
Lakewood
Ohio Sequicentennial Executive Committee Meets
Ohio's Se sequicentennial executive committee meets in Columbus for its first session since Gov. Lausche named nine members a couple of months ago.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Former Elks Ruler John Mooney Dies at Home
John J. Mooney former exalted ruler of the Elks and former president of the Hambletonian Society of America died at his home on Sunday in Detroit. He had led Elks activities and chaired major harness racing affairs. Details of his passing were reported by local papers.
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ELKS
Detroit
John J. Mooney
The
Hambletonian Society of America
Hend
Sundey
U S Payroll Target in GOP Budget Drive
The government payroll, about two million names, is the main target of a Republican effort to cut the 1951 budget. The omnibus bill before the House funds over 40 federal agencies with roughly 29 billion dollars in appropriations and could see about one billion dollars in payroll reductions. Rep. Taber of New York heads the economy bloc and favors broader cuts including a 10 percent personnel reduction for the new fiscal year. House debate opened as the Appropriations Committee trimmed 1.567 billion from the requested totals, but Taber seeks deeper, more general reductions.
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Washington
House
Rep
Taber
New York
House Appropriations Committee
Kauer Sees 1933 Traffic Fit for Highways
Columbus Ohio state highway director T J Kauer told delegates at the Ohio Highway Engineering Conference that highways are suited to 1933 traffic and urged public awareness of modern traffic needs. He also said training equipment at Ohio State University for highway engineers is inadequate.
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Columbus
Ohio
T. J. Kauer
Kauer
Ohio State University
Topic of CIO Talk May Be Labor Unity
Philip Murray convened his nine CIO vice presidents ahead of a meeting amid signs of possible unity with the AFL. Murray declined to comment before the talks while other leaders expect renewed discussion on labor unity after the 1936 CIO AFL split.
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CIO
Labor
Washington
Philip Murray
AFL
Murray
Reconditioning Begins For New State School
Reconditioning of the former Scioto Ordnance plant at Marion, soon to be the Marion Training School, began Tuesday. The State Welfare Department plans to send youthful offenders to Marion for vocational training, ages 16 to 25, who are physically and mentally fit.
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Columbus
Scioto Ordnance
Marion
State Welfare Department
Bridges Case Enters Fifth Day in July
The federal court jury extended deliberations into a fifth day over whether CIO Longshore leader Harry Bridges and two aides lied to hide his Communist Party membership. Bridges, 48, born in Australia, faced perjury charges from his 1945 naturalization hearing as Schmidt and Robertson were named as associates in the alleged conspiracy.
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San Francisco
CIO Longshore
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
Bridges
Australia
Henry Schmidt
J. R. Robertson
Ee Ae
Chinese Claim Russian Pilots Operated Downed Nationalist Flyers
An air headquarters spokesman said Russian built planes that shot down two Nationalist fighters were definitely Russian by manufacture and likely crewed by Russians. The incident occurred during a Hangchow Bay raid south of Shanghai, seen as a sign of potential Communist air capability against Formosa. One Nationalist pilot bailed out and landed safely.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hangchow Bay
Shanghai
Republicans Warn of Road to Socialism in GOP Talks
New York report quotes Republican National Chairman Guy Gabaldon as saying GOP chairmen and rank and file in 18 states fear schemes in Washington drift toward socialism. He calls liberty versus socialism the central issue of this year’s congressional campaign.
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New York
Guy Gabrielson
Washington
GOP
Congress
Youth Refuses Reward After Rescuing Dog
William Martin aged 19 dived into Buffalo Harbor to rescue a small dog stuck in icy water. He was chilled and exhausted and had to be rescued himself, while declining a reward offered by the dog's owner.
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Buffalo, N. Y
William Martin
Buffalo Harbor
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