Air Expansion Plan Pushed by Lawmakers in Congress
Congress pushes a larger Air Force with a 70 group goal and expedited procurement. The House Appropriations Committee moves a 775 million bill while President Truman seeks 725 million for expansion. Senate debate touches on a temporary draft and cost considerations.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Taber
Truman
Rep
Clason
R- Mass
Armed Services Subcommittee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Air
Maybank
D-Sc
Byrd
D-Va
Russia
Defense Forrestal
Gurney
R-Sd
Navy
Italy Faces Soviet Veto on UN Membership Bid
Soviet veto looms over Italy's bid to join the United Nations as Finland and other applicants seek entry. Gromyko insists on bloc admissions of ex-enemy nations, while the U.S. backs Italy and possibly Finland. Security Council voting moves to early next week after talks at Warren Austin's New York offices.
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New York
Italy
United Nations
Finland
Soviet Union
Burma
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
United States
Security Council
U.S
Warren R. Austin
Park Avenue
Council
ERP Director Hoffman Confirmed by Senate
The Senate unanimously confirmed Paul G. Hoffman to direct the European Recovery Program four days after the $5.3 billion aid package was enacted. The vote, by voice, required a suspension of Senate rules and followed a 13 to 0 committee approval after a closed-door meeting with Foreign Relations members.
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Washington
Senate
Paul G. Hoffman
Western
Europe
Truman
Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
Popular Front Attacks Italian American Letter Campaign
The Communist backed Popular Front attacked the letter writing drive of Italian Americans urging Communist defeat in the April 18 elections. Italians in America have sent many letters to Italy, and the attack signals the letters may be having an impact.
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Rome
Popular Front
America
Italy
New Straitsville Student Dies From Room Fire
Loyola University medical student Frank B. Porter, 22, of New Straitsville died from burns after his clothes caught fire while he smoked in his room. Police said the accident occurred four days earlier. his parents Mr and Mrs Lloyd Porter reside in New Straitsville.
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Chicago
Frank B. Porter
Loyola University
New Straitsville
Lloyd Porter
Man Killed by Bus in Cincinnati
Robert G. Rafferty, 34, was fatally injured late yesterday after falling from his motorbike under a city bus. The accident occurred in Cincinnati while he attempted to cross or ride near the roadway.
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Cincinnati
Robert G. Rafferty
Pact Signing Imminent Between Romania and Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak ambassador to Romania Dr Per grin Fisa said a Romanian Czechoslovak political pact signing is imminent. A child, 18 months old, was killed in Columbus yesterday after running in front of a truck while playing.
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Bucharest
Pergrin Fisa
Romania
Columbus
David M. Fetheroff
Hamilton Bids For City Manager Amid Turmoil
Hamilton City Council, by 4 to 3, appointed former member Howard Wilson as city manager after Frank R. Buechner resigned amid controversy. Buechner, from Superior Wisconsin, said he left due to untenable political conditions from enforcing laws against organized vice.
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Hamilton
Howard Wilson
Frank R. Buechner
Buechner
South Bend
Ind
Superior
Wis
Gladstone
Mich
Piqua, O
Breeder Sues Over Planes Causing Fox Deaths
The Kelmoor Fox and Fur Farms in Medina files a $14,140 suit against the federal government claiming two Army planes in low flight frightened breeding foxes. The planes allegedly flew about 200 feet over the ranch and circled above 73 female foxes, causing 36 cub deaths.
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Cleveland
Kelmoor Fox and Fur Farms, Inc
Medina
Beatrice Fire Crew Responds To Trash Fire Blitz
Beatrice Nebraska fire units rushed to 1111 North 11th Street at 1100 hours 11 minutes past 11 on Tuesday night to extinguish a trash blaze. Three additional calls raised the month’s fire activity to eleven.
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Beatrice, Neb
Beatrice Fire Department
11Th St
Taft Plans Last Minute Stump Tour in Ohio
Sen Robert A Taft will wage a strenuous closing drive for Ohio s 53 Republican delegates with speeches in about 30 communities over 12 of 22 days before the May 4 primary. Mrs Martha Taft joins in seven dates as they target districts where Harold Stassen is also contesting delegates. Taft opens Monday in Toledo then Cleveland at the League of Ohio Republican Clubs convention with further stops in Cincinnati on May 3.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
GOP
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Martha Taft
Taft
Toledo
Ohio Federation of Republican Women's Organizations
Cleveland
League of Ohio Republican Clubs
Cincinnati
Guernsey Group Seeks Oil From Coal Plant Study
Guernsey County coal men plan to ask Gov. Herbert to form a commission to study sites for an oil from coal plant. The panel would work with the U S Bureau of Mines and include R L Ireland and Adolph Pacifico with a third disinterested member. They met Lt Gov Herbert and others to tour abandoned mines and assess rock formations.
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Cambridge
Guernsey County
Thomas J. Herbert
U. S. Bureau of Mines
R. L. Ireland
Hanna Coal Co
Cleveland
Ohio Coal Association
Adolph Pacifico
United Mine Workers
Paul M. Herbert
L. D. Schmidt
U. S
Bureau of Mines’ Experimental Plant
Morgantown
Louis Turnbull
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Water Shortage Hits Holy City
Jerusalem faces a critical water shortage amid food scarcity and civil strife. An official says one supply source is interrupted while Mayor Richard Graves appeals for conservation. An unofficial report claims Arab attackers severed a pipeline from Ras El Ein near Tel Aviv. Ain Farah Springs also lacks fuel to operate pumps.
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Jerusalem
Richard Graves
Ras el Ein
Tel Aviv
Ain Farah Springs
Flight Into U S Zone Forced by Passengers
Twenty passengers on a Czech National Air Lines transport revolted and forced the plane to land in the American zone near Munich Germany. The 26 on board landed without warning at the base after taking control of the aircraft.
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Munich
U.S
Germany
Czech National Air Lines
Nebraska Primary Weighs In On Dewey Taft And Stassen
Washington reporters note the Nebraska popularity primary will test Dewey against Taft with Stassen also campaigning. The Wisconsin result keeps Dewey ahead in delegates while Stassen holds second. Vandenberg and Martin are minor contenders. Taft argues for preparedness and universal training faces opposition from McGrath in Portland.
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Washington
Dewey
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Cornhusker
Thomas E. Dewey
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
MacArthur
New Yorker
Oklahoma
New York
New Hampshire
Vandenberg
Michigan
Taft
Fremont
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
Portland
Ore
Man Charged With Maiming Ex Wife After Acid Attack
Leo H. Perrault, 44, was charged yesterday with maiming for throwing acid at his estranged wife Dorothy, 34. Physicians said she lost sight in her right eye. maximum possible sentence on conviction is life imprisonment.
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Cleveland
Leo H. Perrault
Perrault
Dorothy
Guard Ground Troops To Train at Atterbury
About 11 000 Ohio National Guard troops will conduct a two week maneuver in August at Camp Atterbury Indiana from August 15 to 29 according to Adj Gen Chester W Goble Air units will train at home bases and anti aircraft units at Camp Pendleton Virginia during the same period
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Columbus
Ohio
National Guard
Adj
Chester W. Goble
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Goble
Camp Pendleton
Reactivation of Point Pleasant Explosives Plant Favored
Rep. Hubert S. Ellis of Huntington says a nucleus remains at the former TNT plant at Point Pleasant to permit explosives production if needed. Most plant property has been sold or dismantled, but igloos and some underground facilities remain, suggesting Point Pleasant could be a suitable site if production is required.
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Washington
Huberts. Ellis
Huntington
Government Tnt
Point Pleasant
Ellis
WAA
Federal Surplus Disposal Agency
Prairie Tornadoes Claim Three Lives
Three persons died and scores injured as tornadoes cut across Illinois and Indiana yesterday. Fatalities occurred near Grant Park and Kankakee County in Illinois and Hebron in Indiana, with extensive property damage and disrupted communications across a wide belt from Arkansas to Michigan.
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Illinois
Indiana
Calumet City
Gary- Hammond
Federal Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Michigan
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Kentucky
Tennessee
Fred Engleking
Ralph Labarg
Grant Park
Ill
Kankakee
Clem Brickner
Hebron
Ind
Alexandria
Madison County
Urbana
Bridge Blast Suits Filed in Columbus Gas Company Sued
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. is named defendant in four civil suits seeking 200000 dollars in damages from the Broad Street bridge blast in Columbus on August 21. Plaintiffs James D. Klinkert Armitt Spohn Irene D. Murphy allege negligence in allowing gas to accumulate in concrete air chambers under a bridge section. Lightning struck the bridge hitting a metal pole causing gas ignition and an explosion. They say they were thrown 50 to 75 feet into the Scioto River and one woman died with others injured.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fuel Gas Co
Broad Street
Columbus
James D. Klinkert
Armitt Spohn
Irene D. Murphy
Cuyahoga County
Scioto
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline to raise gas supply in 1949
Washington report states Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co will add 40 million cubic feet of natural gas daily by February and 90 million cubic feet by year end 1949. The system serves customers across Ohio.
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Washington
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Ohio
Ohio man pardoned to end term and avoid deportation
Gov Thomas J Herbert granted a conditional pardon to Angelo Scerria of Cleveland allowing him to end his Ohio Penitentiary sentence for blackmail on April 13 to avert deportation to Italy. In Korea, four police and 12 civilians were killed in ten attacks on police boxes and conservatives homes on Cheju Island, with officials blaming Communists.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Angelo Scerria
Cleveland
Ohio
Italy
Seoul
Korea
Cheju Island
U. S. Army
Prague union to vote on single ticket in Czech elections
The Central Trades Union Labor Organization will vote today on a communist proposal for a single ticket in the Czech parliamentary elections scheduled for May 23.
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Prague
Central Trades Union Labor Organization
Man, 65, Dies After Fall From Gravel Truck
William Hoover of Lancaster fell from a city truck while dumping gravel in an alley yesterday and died from his injuries.
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Lancaster
William Hoover
Wife Held on Charge in Husbands Death
Mrs. Anna Mae Williams, 29, was held on a manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of her husband George, 41, in Youngstown Ohio. In Washington the Public Health Service studies use of penicillin to prevent blindness in newborns instead of silver nitrate.
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Youngstown, O
Anna Mae Williams
George
Washington
The
Public Health Service
U S Air Base Change Sought in Vienna Zone
Vienna reports say Soviet authorities demand removal of the U S air base from its location in the Soviet zone. U S officials tentatively agree to move to Tallin air base, risking potential incursion of the 12 mile corridor and possible traffic disruption.
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Vienna
Austria
U.S
Tallin
Half of GI Trainees Quit Studies in VA Report
The Veterans Administration said nearly half of the 5.245 million World War II veterans who entered special education and training programs have quit. Over 400,000 completed courses, including 382,000 under the GI Bill and others under the rehabilitation program for Disabled veterans.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Half Million Workers Idle In Coal Strike
A state by state check shows 562000 workers idle in the 25 day old soft coal strike. About 400000 United Mine Workers in soft coal fields demand $100 monthly pensions plus 25000 anthracite miners in Eastern Pennsylvania walking out in sympathy. Related industries add 137000 idle including 70000 railroaders and 45000 steel workers.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Illinois
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Weirton Steel Co
Widow Shot Youth Held After Fatality in Lorain
Police probe into the death of 39 year old widow Frances Leonard as 19 year old crane operator Alex Lengyel surrenders and tells a vague story claiming the pistol killed her during an argument in her home. Leonard leaves behind two children and died within hours after being found by her son David. Lengyel says he was dating her and she picked him up in her car the night of the death.
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Lorain, CO
Vernon Smith
Alex Lengyel
Frances Leonard
Lengyel
Smith
Leonard
David
Marion County Man Questioned in Hotel Slaying
Columbus police questioned a 35 year old Marion County man for more than six hours about the knife death of Mona McBride in an Ohio hotel room eight days earlier. He admitted only knowing McBride and provided leads on other men who had been with the former cafe and night club hostess.
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Columbus
Marion County
Mona McBride
Ohio
Glenn Hoffman
Hoffman
Empire State Building Fire Under Investigation
A fire and explosion in an Empire State Building office suite last night sent flames through 57th floor windows. Firemen controlled the blaze within 20 minutes and Fire Marshall Thomas P. Brophy began an investigation into a suspicious origin.
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New York
Empire State Building
Thomas P. Brophy
Court Places Welfare Above Utility Contract
Ohio Supreme Court rules public welfare prevails over private contracts and authorizes regulatory curtailment of utility service if health and safety require it. Akron had challenged Sept 15 1947 order allowing gas companies to deny new heating customers during a shortage. court upheld state authority and affirmed gas supply to Robert S. Newman of Akron in a separate case.
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Columbus
Ohio
Utilities Commission
Supreme Court
City of
Akron
Commission
East Ohio Gas Co
East Ohio Gas
Summit County
Robert S. Newman
Newman
New Trial Looms as Lewis Faces Heavy Fines
John L. Lewis confronts a new contempt trial over the coal strike as he defies a back-to-work order. Judge Goldsborough to hear whether McGuire order stands and if further Taft Hartley penalties apply, while unions and operators argue over authority and pension disputes. Col J Monroe Johnson warns 25 percent cuts in coal transport unless mining resumes, urging carriers to plan diversions and increased loading.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
UMW
Matthew F. McGuire
McGuire
Union
Benjamin F. Faireless
U. S. Steel Corestoration
George M. Humphrey
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
U. S
Moody
Southern
Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation Directors
Trustee Dies at 75 Leader of University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Thomas S. Gates chairman of the board of trustees of the University of Pennsylvania died at his summer home in Osierville Massachusetts on Cape Cod. He was 75 years old and passed away today.
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Philadelphia
Thomas S. Gates
Board of Trustees
The
University of Pennsylvania
Osierville, Mass
Cape Cod
Bomb blasts kill lone man at state agency offices
In Los Angeles an elderly man died when a crude bomb exploded in the offices of the State Industrial Accident Commission. The blast caused extensive damage to the building and injuries to nearby occupants were reported as investigators assess the circumstances.
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Los Angeles
State Industrial ‘Ncident Commission
Railroads Plan Meeting in Chicago to Avert Strike
Representatives of the nation s railroads and three operating brotherhoods will meet in Chicago next Wednesday to resolve the wage dispute and prevent a strike.
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Chicago
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