Bridges seeks immediate revocation of citizenship
SAN FRANCISCO AP The federal government moved for immediate revocation of Harry Bridges citizenship after his 1945 naturalization perjury conviction and five year prison term. Bridges, a key CIO Longshore leader, faced appeals as aides Henry Schmidt and John R Robertson received two year sentences for perjury and conspiracy.
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Harry Bridges
Australia
CIO Longshore
Bridges
Farure
George B. Harris
United States
Supreme Court
Harris
Henry Schmidt
John R. Robertson
Reds Bridges' Union Brains Says Communist Ties Probe
In Honolulu Ichiro Izuka testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee that Communist Party members ran part of Harry Bridges' CIO Longshore union in Hawaii. Izuka, a former member for 10 years until October 1946, named Jack Hall as a dues paying Communist Party member through June 1946 and said he collected dues from Hall, Bridges' Hawaii lieutenant. Hall signed a non Communist affidavit on February 27 in compliance with Taft Hartley.
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Honolulu
Comunist
Harry Bridges
CIO
Hawaii
House Un-American Activities Committee
Ichiro Izuka
House
Senate
Izuka
Jack Hall
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Communist Party
Hall
Bridges
Parole Rescinded for Life-Term Bank Robber
The State Pardon and Parole Commission rescinded the parole it had granted to James Newman a life inmate and continued his case to March 1955. Newman was serving a life sentence for a 1930 Westerville bank robbery valued at $6529 and became parole eligible last month after the panel initially approved a parole effective April 20. Governor Lausche asked the commission to reconsider amid public protests.
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Columbus
State Pardon and Parole Commission
James
Jim) Newman
Newman
Westerville
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Cutting It Thin and the New Very Fine Slice
A National Bureau of Standards method makes 750 slices as thick as a hair. The note playfully envisions the gadget for dinner guests and a half sized ham, while an ad mentions a Frigidaire 8 cu ft electric refrigerator for sale and a buyer asking to remove the ad.
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National Bureau of Standards
Messenger
Jury to reconvene over Eagles officers case in Ohio
The Putnam County Grand Jury will reconvene to decide whether to amend indictments against three high Eagles officers Matthew L. Brown Joseph Gunderman and James Kellner. Indictments against Barnett Goldstein were dismissed. Arrignments for Brown Gunderman and Kellner were postponed as bills of particulars are prepared with a May 1 deadline. The judge ruled on lotteries noting a subtle interpretation of state law.
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Ottawa
Putnam County Grand Jury
Order of Eagles
J. Harry Leopold
A. A. Slaybaugh
Matthew L. Brown
Springfield
Ohio
National Eagles
Joseph Gunderman
St. Marys
Grand Worthy National
James Kellner
Ohio Eagles
Barnett H. Gold
Brown
Gunderman
Kellner
Leopold
Ottawa Eagles Lodge
National Organization
National
Slaybaugh
Ohio Supreme Court
Auditor Set To Investigate Bus Charges
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson prepared to probe Mayor James A. Rhodes' claim that a state employee has a financial interest in Buckeye Body Builders Inc. Rhodes said Earl C. Welshimer holds an $18 000 mortgage on the Columbus firm's real estate. Ferguson contacted Welshimer who said the firm distributes for a Indiana company and does not itself build buses. Welshimer noted the mortgage came from a loan company and that the firm has not received a large share of Ohio bus business.
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Joseph T. Ferguson
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Earl C. Welshimer
State Education Department
Buckeye Body Builders, Inc
Ferguson
Welshimer
Union City
Ind
Ohio
Wheat Crop Forecast Cut Due to Weather Damage
The Agriculture Department trimmed its winter wheat forecast by 121 million bushels from 885 million, citing dry weather and insect damage in the southern Great Plains. With spring wheat unknown, total year's harvest could fall below one billion bushels, making the 425 million bushels surplus potentially useful for domestic and export needs.
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Agriculture Department
Great Plains
River Compact States Called Into Conference
Ohio Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy called a conference of attorneys general from states in the Ohio River sanitation compact for April 19 in Columbus. They will consider a West Virginia Supreme Court ruling upholding the auditor's refusal to approve compact expenditures. Other compact states include Pennsylvania New York Indiana Illinois Kentucky and Virginia.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
Ohio
West Virginia Supreme Court
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Virginia
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures Dip Early Week
Temperatures will average 6 to 12 degrees below normal with cool spells Wednesday and Thursday. Expect a warmer early weekend followed by cooler conditions again. Normal highs near 55 and lows around 38 with light rain likely through the week.
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Columbus
Boom-Level Buying Seen
The Federal Reserve Board reports Americans remain cautious about prices yet pursue boom-level buying. Survey finds record home and auto sales, rising TV demand, and strong furniture and appliance markets. Over a million plan to buy new homes this year while many will cap spending under ten thousand dollars. Evidence suggests middle and low income buyers may drive auto demand in 1950.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Coast Guard Pits Search For Missing Drag Ger Four Sisters
The Coast Guard opened a search covering 4000 square miles of the Atlantic off southern Long Island for the scallop dragger Four Sisters and its crew of 10. The 64 foot vessel from New Bedford disappeared Friday night. Wreckage from sister ship William J Landry was found near Nantucket Island, with eight men lost in the same April gale.
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Coast Guard
Atlantic Ocean
Long Island
New Bedford
Mass
William J. Landry
Nantucket Island
Landry
Sub or Whale Sighting Near Golden Gate Sparks Coast Rumor
A Military Air Transport Service plane reported a surfaced submarine 57 miles west of the Golden Gate, but two follow up flights found only whales. Lieutenant Colonel Herman Rumsey, 32, led the initial sighting west of the Farallon Islands, while Vice Admiral George D. Murray said no U S submarines were in the area.
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San Francisco
Military Air Transport Service
Golden Gate
California
Air Force
Herman Rumsey
Farallon Islands
George D. Murray
Western Sea Frontier
United States
Rumsey
Red Accuser to Be Identified in McCarthy Hearing
Senate investigators planned to name publicly the mystery witness McCarthy says will testify that Owen Lattimore is a Communist Party member. Lattimore asked to cross examine the accuser. panel may hold a public session with Lattimore and McCarthy's man face to face.
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Senate
McCarthy
R-Wis
Owen Lattimore
Capitol
Louis Budenz
The
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Lattimore
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McMahon
Dconn
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Edward P. Morgan
Senate Foreign Relations
Russia
United States
Conference Scheduled Over Slots in Noble County
Prosecutor A. B.Buckey said he would confer with Noble County ministers after they protested to Sheriff Clayton McKee about slot machines and other gambling. The ministers called the sheriff's inaction deplorable and urged action, noting the need for warrants to arrest. The report also referenced a claim of armed gangs hijacking machines, which the sheriff did not comment on.
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A. B. Buckey
Noble County
O. O. Wilson
Caldwell First
McKee
Police Payoffs Investigated In Brooklyn Probe
Special Brooklyn investigators asked the mayor to let them handle a probe into possible payoffs to police by gamblers. Mayor O'Dwyer suggested City Investigation Commissioner Sheils assist, but Kings County District Attorney McDonald refused to allow new investigators.
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Brooklyn
William O’dwyer
Florida
James H. Sheils
Kings County
Miles F. McDonald
Fire Doused Aboard Americ an Producer 340 Miles Out
The U S Lines freighter American Producer battled a hold fire 340 miles at sea and regained power after Coast Guard cutter Ingham assisted 540 miles southeast of Newfoundland. The Ingham responded when the 8228 ton freighter radioed for aid and then proceeded toward Halifax.
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U. S. Lines
Halifax
Nova Scotia
U. S. Coast Guard
Ingham
Newfoundland
Officials confirm Symington NSRB chair and Pace Army secretary
Washington officials confirmed W. Stuart Symington as chairman of the National Security Resources Board while Frank Pace Jr. was approved as secretary of the Army. The announcements place both men in high defense roles amid ongoing national security planning.
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Senate
W. Stuart Symington
Air Force
National Security Resources Board
Frank Pace, Jr
Army
Third Dust Storm Hits Wide Areas
A third major dust storm swept wide wheat producing regions in the Midwest, threatening farmers with dry spells as April winds churned soil across Kansas Oklahoma Texas Panhandle Eastern Colorado and New Mexico. Visibility dropped to zero in parts of Kansas and a highway was closed. Rain fell in the Ohio Valley Michigan and parts of Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa as temperatures rose in most eastern states and western areas.
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Mid- America
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Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
New Mexico
Ft. Hays
Kas
Highway Patrol
U. S
Salina
Ohio Valley
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
New England
Jackson Man Pleads Guilty in Bank Embezzlement Case
Damon Grow former Jackson First National Bank cashier pleaded guilty in federal court to three indictments for false entries and embezzlement. He admitted to manipulating the bank’s books over a 27 year period to cover expenses. A civil suit seeks $103000 in recovery.
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Columbus
Damon Grow
Jackson Bank
Jackson First National Bank
Mell G. Underwood
Grow
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jackson
Ice Locks Upper Lakes Docks as Shipping Buoys Rise
Ice remains blocking the ore docks on the Upper Lakes while activity returns on the Lower Great Lakes. Shipping business shows early pick up today despite continued ice obstruction on the upstream sites.
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Cleveland
Upper Lakes
Great Lakes
Four Boys Adrift On Lake Erie Die In Rescue Effort
Four Euclid Boy Scouts, aged 13 to 14, drifted 16 hours aboard a surplus rubber raft in Lake Erie amid 50 mph gusts. A coast guard picket boat pulled three survivors. the fourth boy died before rescue. Authorities identified the youths as David Hahn, Roland Reimer, Richard Bauer, and William Van Hof.
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Lake County Memorial Hospital
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Ohio
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Akron Naval Station
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Roland Riemer
Richard Bauer
William van Hof
Waesche
Eegeesen
Erie
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Forgetting Pigeon Loft Gun Foe Ends in Death
Belgian pigeon fancier L. Konix set a gun in his loft to fire when the door opened to deter theft. He forgot about the device and was found dead. his burial is planned for tomorrow at the local cemetery.
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Boorsem
Belgium
L. Konix
Kilgore proposes a coal industry regulation commission
Senator Kilgore urged Congress to create a five member coal regulatory commission to oversee soft coal pricing at mines. The plan includes district producers boards a national distributors board and an interior department consumer counsel to represent the public. The commission would regulate mine prices only not retail coal prices.
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D-W.va
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Truman
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Radio Producer 39 Dies in Hotel Room Suicide
New York police report Hugh Ernst a 39 year old radio producer and husband of actress Betty Furness died of self inflicted gunshot in a hotel room Monday night A Broadway column clipping indicating a divorce was found in the room police said there is no doubt the case is death by own action The event involves a public figure connected to Broadway and entertainment entities.
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New York
Hugh Ernst
Betty Furness
Ernst
Miss Furness
Three Strike Chances Mar Labor Scene
Washington faces a tense labor outlook as strikes loom in maritime rail and telephone sectors. Pan-American Airways mechanics and flight attendants have authorized a strike though no date is set. Locomotive engineers and firemen, and enginemen, seek a third man on diesel crews, while CIO Communications Workers of America eyes a April 25 action after a 60 day truce expires.
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Washington
Pan-American Airways
Brotherhoods of
Engineers Brotherhood
Chicago
CIO
Communications Workers of America
Truman
Bell Telephone System
Rent Agency Starts Firing Rent Agency Starts Firing
The federal rent control program began widespread layoffs, with about 1100 workers receiving dismissal notices. The 25 percent cut will take effect within two weeks, due to payroll funding shortages, though rehires may follow if Congress extends controls.
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Washington
Office of
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Congress
Light vote seen in Illinois primaries today
Illinois voters were expected to cast a light ballot in the early primary with main interest on state and county races. Senate leader Scott W. Lucas was seen likely to win a large token vote on the Democratic ticket while Republican Everet dirksen was expected as the candidate for Senator.
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Chicago
Illinois
Truman
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Everett M. Dirksen
Congress
Man Held in Shooting Year Ago Is Killed
Richard D. Lahman, 25, died from automobile accident injuries suffered Saturday near Utica Ohio. He had been convicted a year earlier in the fatal Buckeye Lake shooting of Betty Stevens, 17, and was on two years probation.
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Newark
Richard D. Lahman
Betty Stevens
Buckeye Lake
Lahman
Utica
Licking County
Pittsburg Steamship Plans Oil Conversion for Two Lake Steers
The Pittsburg Steamship Co. disclosed plans to convert its two lake steamers from coal to oil and increase their power 50 percent.
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Cleveland
Pittsburgh Steamship Co
Shanghai Evacuation Plans Collapse Again
Shanghai evacuation plans failed for the second time in a month as British authorities canceled a coastal steamer voyage to Shanghai. Earlier, the U S State Department postponed a plan to evacuate 1600 foreigners including over 300 Americans aboard the Gen W H Gordon, blocked by Chinese Communists.
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Hong Kong
Shanghai
U. S
W. H. Gordon
Tribute in Silence Honors Walter Huston Death
Hollywood studios observed a two minute silence today for Walter Huston who died last Friday. The tribute reflected a rare pause across the film industry to honor the veteran actor.
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Hollywood
Walter Huston
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