Bridges Union to appeal perjury conviction to Supreme Court
Bridges CIO Longshore union plans to take the case to the Supreme Court if needed after a federal jury convicted Harry Bridges of perjury at his 1945 naturalization hearing. Prosecutor Donohue expects no reversal. Bridges faces sentencing with aides Monday.
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SAN Francisco
Harry Bridges
CIO Longshore Union
Supreme Court
Bridges
Australia
F. Joseph Donohue
Donohue
Sydney
Aulia
United States
National Labor Relations Board
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
American Federation of Labor
NLRB
National Cio
Philip Murray
Murray
Washington
Strike Looms Over Rehiring Smiley At Sharonville High
Cincinnati report says Sharonville High pupils threaten another strike after the village board rejected renewing football coach Mills R Smiley s contract by a 2 to 2 vote with Helrigle absent. Last week the board voted 3 to 2 against renewal triggering a one day pupil walkout. crowd noise and heckling interrupted the meeting.
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Cincinnati
Sharonville High School
Beief
Smiley
Dolf Forance
Iowa Student Held Innocent in Strangling
Iowa City capital case ends with acquittal for Robert E. Bednasek who was charged with strangling Margaret Anne Jackson in a University of Iowa off campus rooming house last December. The jury of four women and eight men found the death was a tragic accident and rejected first degree murder. Bednasek expressed relief and gratitude to the jurors and defense lawyer as he greeted the panel.
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Iowa City
Robert E. Bednasek
Margaret Anne
Gee-Gee) Jackson
University of Iowa
Bednasek
A. J. Murphy
James P. Gaffney
Innocent
Clair Hamilton
Law
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Jefferson Judge Set For Disbarment Case
Judge Arthur L. Hooper of Jefferson County Common Pleas Court will preside in disbarment proceedings against Zanesville attorney Thomas A. Joseph on April 25 in Muskingum County Court. Joseph was convicted of perjury on November 15 in Franklin County Columbus for his involvement with so called quickie divorces.
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Steubenville
Arthur L. Hooper
Jefferson County
Taft Won’t Be Easy To Defeat Says Toledo Mayor
Mayor Michael V. Di Salle of Toledo, a Democratic candidate for Senate, told the Marion County Democratic Committee that Senator Robert A. Taft would not be easy to beat. He warned that claiming easy defeat would harm the party and invite defeat.
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Taft
Toledo
Marion
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Michael V. di Salle
Marion County
Democratic Committee
New Bingo Casino Set to Open in Ironton
A bingo casino named the Colonial Inn Restaurant will open Saturday offering jackpots totaling 3000 dollars. Ironton residents Ray Kurtz Ben Whitehead and Sylvester Webb are listed as incorporators and Kurtz notes cash prizes are legal.
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Ironton
Ray Kurtz
Ben Whitehead
Sylvester Webb
Colonial Inn
Kurtz
Laborers End Two Day Columbus Strike Returning
About 1100 construction laborers are to return to work in Columbus today after agreeing to a higher hourly rate ending a two day stoppage.
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Columbus
TaxIncrease Rejected In Missouri Gasoline Tax Plan
Missouri voters rejected a plan to raise the state gasoline tax in a statewide ballot. The measure sought higher fuel taxes to fund transportation projects, but failed to pass amid local opposition and fragmented support.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Flying saucer like aircraft model sparks Navy denial
A weekly news magazine showed a pancake shaped aircraft model as evidence of flying saucers being real Navy projects. The Navy denied any research on saucer shaped planes or guided missiles. A 3000 pound scale model flew in 1948 at Langley NACA Lab. XF501 full scale prototype never flew.
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Navy
Naca Laboratory
Langley
Defense Department
Charles Morse
Dartmouth
Mass
Chance - Vought Aircraft
Bridgeport
Conn
West Virginia Withdraws From River Pollution Compact
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled 3 to 2 that 1939 legislation authorizing WV participation in the eight state Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact is unconstitutional. It ordered WV removed from the pact and refused to release WV’s $12,250 share of expenses.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
West Virginia
Sanitation Commission
Ohio River
Supreme Court of the United States
Artery Transplant At Henry Ford Hospital Saves Man
Detroit Henry Ford Hospital reports using a dead donor aorta to save a 57 year old man. The operation involved arterial transplantation and relied on recently developed techniques. It was unclear if the case was precedent setting. The report notes the aorta as the great artery of the heart.
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Detroit
Henry Ford Hospital
Mindszenty Death Rumor Draws Vatican Silence
Vatican radio declines to confirm or deny reports of Josef Cardinal Mindszenty's death. Reports from Geneva claimed he died in a Hungarian prison after a treason conviction in Budapest in February 1949.
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Vatican City
Vatican Radio
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Geneva
Budapest
Liquor Board Charges Gallia Permit Holder
A State Liquor Board hearing was held on charges against La Vera Walk of Kit-Kat Inn Kanauga Gallia County for beer and wine by the glass assigned or transferred red permits and abandoned premises and display of indecent devices.
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Columbus
Gallia County
State Liquor Board
la Vera Walk
Kit-Kat Inn
Kanauga
One Injured, 45 Saved In Union Mission Fire
A Portsmouth blaze damaged a furniture warehouse and scrap paper concern in the same building. Forty five Union Mission residents were guided to safety as preliminary damage was estimated at 200000 dollars. One firefighter was injured during the overnight operation.
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Union
Portsmouth
Union Mission
Three Hopewell buses suffer flats caused by valve core loss
Three of eight school buses at Hopewell Consolidated School near Zanesville had flat tires yesterday. The flats lacked valve cores and drivers replaced them with new cores and pumped up the tires to bring pupils to school, though a bit late. Deputy Sheriff Clarence Miller did not name suspects. Hopewell sits on the Muskingum Licking county line.
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Zanesville
Hopewell Consolidated School
Here
Clarence Miller
Licking County
Hopewell
Muskingum
Licking
Government Crackdown on False Cigarette Ads
The Federal Trade Commission ordered two major firms, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco and P. Lorillard, to halt claims that their brands Camel and Old Gold are superior. FTC cites tests showing nicotine content is similar across leading brands and is studying actions against American Tobacco Lucky Strike, Philip Morris, and Pall Mall pending.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
P. Lorillard Co
FTC
American Tobacco Co
Lucky Strike
Philip Morris, Srs
Pall Mall
American Cigaret and Cigar Co
Durham
N. C
Food and Drug Administration
Trade Commission
Taft calls for impartial survey of government costs
Senator Taft urged a nonpartisan commission of leading citizens to study current and future government costs and the taxation burden. He warned current spending could erode liberty, proposed a full reevaluation of farm programs, and noted deficits for the current and next fiscal years as he spoke at a National Retail Federation meeting.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio Republican
Congress
National Retail Federation
Senate
Treasury
Judge Looks Into Slot Machines in Muskingum County
Common Pleas Judge Clarence J. Crossland asked a grand jury to investigate slot machines as he charged four men—Herbert L. Somers Roger F. Willey James R. Archer and Roy Wilson—with armed robbery for a Cannesville pool hall hold up on Feb 15. The men pleaded innocent. Crossland called slot machines a one armed bandit noting their wide spread prevalence in the county.
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Zanesville
Common Pleas
Clarence J. Crossland
Muskingum County
Cannesville
Herbert L. Somers
Roger F. Willey
James R. Archer
Roy Wilson
Crossland
Indonesians Jail West Borneo Sultan
The young Indonesian central government moved Sultan Hamid II of West Borneo to jail as the alleged mastermind of a plot to overthrow the Jakarta regime. The uprising surged in Makassar in East Indonesia as state police seized the federal garrison in a swift coup.
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Jakarta
U.S.S
Sultan Hamid II
West Borneo
Makassar
Celebes
East Indonesia
72 Homes in 30 Days by Lustron Foraker
Clyde M. Foraker as court appointed receiver for Lustron Corp. says the company will produce 72 homes in 30 days. The Lustron plant remains in receivership after foreclosure by the Reconstruction Finance Corp. Production will pause at least one week to procure materials.
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Columbus
Clyde M. Foraker
Lustron Corp
Lustron
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Foraker
Chillicothe Doctor Henry R. Brown Dies at 71
Dr. Henry R. Brown aged 71 and a longtime Chillicothe Board of Health member died Tuesday. He served 27 years on the health board and was a former Michigan University football player and a charter member of the Ross County Academy of Medicine.
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Chillicothe
Henry R. Brown
Chillicothe Board of Health
Brown
Michigan University
Ross County Academy of Medicine
Ohio Sesquicentennial Commission Chooses Columbus Headquarters
The Executive Committee of the Ohio Sesquicentennial Commission decided that its headquarters will be in Columbus, establishing the central base for planning activities.
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Columbus
The
Ohio Sesquicentennial Commission
Demos Farm Chair Attacks Brannan Plan Revealing Split
House Agriculture Committee chairman Rep. Cooley of North Carolina blasted the Brannan plan as untried and based on consumer subsidies, signaling a Democratic split on farm policy. He defended the current program as sound, affordable, and in the interest of producers and consumers.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Rep
Cooley
North Carolina
Brannan
Humphrey
de Minn
Milwaukee
Truman
Congress
NAM urges rejection of NLRB reorganization plan
NAM counsel Lambert H. Miller told the Senate Expenditures Committee that abolishing the NLRB general counsel would undermine public confidence. The Taft resolution seeks disapproval of the plan, which President Truman proposed March 13 as part of a broader executive reorganization tied to Hoover Commission findings.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
National Bar Relations Board
Lambert H. Miller
NAM
Senate Expenditures Committee
NLRB
Truman
Robert Denham
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Miller
Hoover
Commission
Congress
Hoover Commission
Defense Bill Battle Shapes Budget Fight in Congress
Congress contends over the new defense budget. Rep Vinson leads a bloc arguing the $13.91 billion fiscal plan for the coming year is insufficient. President Truman Defense Secretary Johnson and Mahon defend the measure as adequate for current needs.
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Washington
Congress
America
Rep. Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
President Truman
Defense Johnson
Mahon
Dtex
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Military Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Clergyman Sentenced To Life Imprisonment
A Prague court sentenced a Roman Catholic clergyman to life imprisonment on charges of high treason and spying for the Vatican. Nine co-defendants, all churchmen, received sentences from two to 25 years. Nine clergymen were convicted of anti state activity or treason or both. one got two years for not reporting the others’ activities.
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Prague
Vatican
Newsprint Roll Reveals Only Paper Five Miles Long
A Bristol customs inspector unreeled a long newsprint roll and found nothing concealed inside beyond paper. The inspector noted narcotics tobacco or nylon hose could have been hidden, though the roll contained only paper.
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Bristol
England
Critical Point Reached on Germany's Future Western Unity
Washington reports a potential turning point as the United States Britain and France weigh Germany's future. The central issue is whether Britain will fully join a western European unity to balance Germany. Without British cooperation France may resist Germany as a full partner. The United States supports a three nation union with German participation, but British and French policy holds the key to future developments.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Western Europe
Officials Seek To Halt Strife in Philippines
Manila dispatch reports a Congressional Committee moving to mediate the Hukbalahap conflict. In nine days raids killed at least 83, burned villages, and forced thousands to flee their homes as Rep. Samuel F. Reyes of Isabela calls for a peace meeting with Huk leader Luis Taruc.
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Manila
Samuel F. Reyes
Isabela
House Committee On Unfilipino
Luis Taruc
Huks
Huber Plans Organizing Against Natural Gas Bill
Representative Huber of Ohio says he is gathering congressmen to urge President Truman to veto the Kerr Natural Gas Bill. He cites 15 to 20 members who will write similar letters opposing federal price regulation of independent gas producers by the power commission.
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Washington
Huber
Ohio
Truman
Kerr
The
Power Commission
Gestapo Leader Baab Convicted of Mass Murder in Frankfurt
Heinrich Baab, former Gestapo leader, was sentenced to life imprisonment in Frankfurt for the murder of 55 Jews. He was found guilty of attempted murder of 21 Jews, bodily injury to 29, and unlawful detention of 22.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Heinrich Baab
Gestapo
Baab
Body recovered of Columbus bartender Cordell Hensley
Deputy sheriffs yesterday recovered the body of Cordell B. Hensley 40 a Columbus bartender who jumped from the Broad St bridge into the Scioto River February 16 authorities reported the body was found in the river and identified as Hensley.
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Columbus
Cordell B. Hensley
Broad St
Sei
Oto River
Martin Proposes 2 Point Plan Amid Prosperity Debate
Massachusetts Republican Leader Martin unveils a five point prosperity program aimed at reversing the tide toward Socialism and unemployment. He urges Congress and the president to remove wartime excise taxes, spur small business with tax incentives, balance the budget, administer tariffs carefully, and counter threats of specialization.
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Washington
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Congress
First Senate Vote On War Refugee Quota
Washington report that the Senate will hold its first votes on refugee admission levels and selection methods. Senator Kilgore leads a bipartisan coalition supporting President Truman’s push to liberalize and extend the displaced persons program, claiming a comfortable margin if all attend.
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Senate
Washington
United States
Kilgore
D-W.va
Truman
$3,000,000 Cleveland Apartment Under Construction
Construction has begun on a luxury apartment project in Cleveland East of the Shaker- Coventry Corp site. The 92 suites, described as the swankiest in the greater Cleveland area, will rent from 400 to 400 monthly when completed next year.
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Cleveland
Greater
Anand 92 Suites
Shaker-Coventry Corp
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