Colombia Breaks Ties with Russia as Revolt Roils Bogota
Colombia cuts diplomatic relations with Russia after Soviet agents are arrested amid the Friday death of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan. Martial law is in effect in Bogota where 300 dead and widespread ruins accompany a disrupted Inter-American conference. U.S. officials including George C. Marshall are safe.
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Bogota
Colombia
Russia
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Mariano Ospina Perez
Jorge Eliecer Gaitan
Darrio Echandia
U. S
George C. Marshall
Commerce
W. Averell Harriman
Marshall
Tentative Plan in Four-Week Coal Strike Ends Hope of Return
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough orders John L Lewis to stand trial on contempt charges while a tentative pension deal crafted by Senator Bridges aims to end the 29 day stoppage. The plan sets 100 monthly pensions for miners aged 62 with 20 years service, funded from a 5 million set aside from a 10 cent ton royalty.
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Washington—C
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Goldsborough
Lewis
Washington
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Bridges
Miners Welfare Fund
Ezra van Horn
United Mine Workers
UMW
Welfare Fund
van Horn
Martin
Ohio Power Plants Struck by CIO Union
The CIO Utilities Workers Union struck three Ohio Power Co generating plants today the Tidd plant near Steubenville the Philo plant near Zanesville and the Windsor plant near Power West Virginia while supervisory and clerical staff kept operations running No immediate strike headcount was available Ohio Power serves 55 Ohio counties Canton spokesman said normal operations continued due to supervisory staff strike stemmed from union recognition dispute at Tidd plant.
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Steubenville
CIO Utilities Workers Union
Ohio Power Co
Tidd
Here
Philo
Zanesville
Windsor
Power
W.va
Wheeling
Ohio Power
Ohio
Canton
CIO
State Patrol Forms Ohio Disaster Unit
The Ohio state highway patrol recalled more than 1,800 auxiliary volunteers to form an Ohio disaster unit. The auxiliaries, including World War I veterans and American Legion members, served over four years during the war and were returned to patrol reserve status last year.
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Columbus
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Ohio
American Legion
Veterans disrupt Communist meeting in Rochester
About 100 ex-service men staged a 90 minute picket in front of a Rochester hall before marching inside and burning Communist literature in front of the building. Police report one disorderly scene as the meeting ended.
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Rochester
N. Y
Communist Party
Joseph Lang
Americansrobbed in Manila by armed group
A gang of 14 armed Filipinos robbed 11 Americans on an outing yesterday and held them captive for several hours in Manila.
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Manila
Union Votes Strike Against 76 Fruit and Vegetable Firms
Cincinnati area fruit and vegetable commission houses set a strike for 12:01 a.m. Thursday after 350 drivers voted ... rallying for a 20 cent hourly raise and a guaranteed work week. Union official Samuel Butcher notes broad support while attorney Joseph Houdin says many firms will stay open under a joint committee action.
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Cincinnati
Fruit and Vegetable Commission
Samuel Butcher
The
Commission House Drivers and Helpers Local
AFL
Joseph H. Houdin
Cincinnati Fruit and Vegetable Association
Britain unveils Roosevelt statue at U S embassy
In London on the third anniversary of his death, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt revealed a 10 foot bronze statue of President Franklin D. Roosevelt before the U S embassy. King George VI dedicated the memorial as thousands watched, the figure standing bareheaded with cloak thrown back.
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London
Britain
Roosevelt
U. S
George VI
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pilot Killed in Shooting Star Jet Crash
A P-80 Shooting Star jet pilot Lieut Claude M Trawick Jr was killed in a thunderstorm crash while returning from a weekend with his parents. Selfridge Field Michigan identified him as the airman who recently earned his wings after serving as a navigator. His home was in Macon Georgia.
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Owenton
Selfridge Field
Mich
Claude M. Trawick, Jr
Macon
Red-Called Italian Strike Falls Short of Paralyzing Rome
A nationwide one hour general strike in Italy called by CGIL to protest the slayings of 35 Sicilian labor leaders had limited impact. Streetcar and bus service halted only in part. many stores stayed open and government offices operated normally while factories were idle. News from Il Paese cited pre election violence and a bombing at a Lecce rally injuring several, with candidate Giuseppe Calasso reported injured.
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Rome
Italy
General Confederation of Labor
CGIL
Il Paese
Popular Front
Lizzanello
Lecce
Giuseppe Calasso
Chamber of Deputies
Palmiro Togliatti
Big 3 Move to Unify Western Germany Without Russia
Washington reports the United States Britain and France will push ahead with Western Germany economic unification and possibly a separate political regime. A three power meeting in London to blueprint Germany's future is planned as the East West conflict nears a critical week with the Italian election looming.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Germany
London
Soviet Union
West
Europe
Bogota
Two Area Men Switch Permit Examiner Jobs
Richard L. Bucker of Piqua was named examiner in charge of the Cincinnati district permit office. He replaces Arthur D. Campbell of Guysville who moves to Cleveland. Frank Davis of Circleville moves to Toledo and Dale Russell of Gallipolis moves to Columbus, with both trades posts reassigned by the state liquor department.
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Columbus
Richard L. Bucker
Piqua
Cincinnati
State Liquor Department
Arthur D. Campbell
Guysville
Cleveland
Frank Davis
Circleville
Toledo
Dale Russell
Gallipolis
State Department
Hearings Planned on GI Flight Training Bill in Congress
Rep Wheeler and the Veterans Affairs Committee plan hearings this week on a bill to end certain GI flight training programs. The move aims to reform military training benefits and oversight in Washington.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Ga
Veterans Affairs Committee
Flash Floods Close Highways Across Ohio Valley
Isolated areas around Pomeroy and Middleport suffer minor damage as heavy rains cause floods. Knox County sees about 200 homes flooded along the Kokosing River, with Mt. Vernon dike nearly overtopped. Roads closed include Route 56 near New Marshfield and U.S. 50A east of Amesville, while U.S. 23 and U.S. 50 face runoffs and high water in Chillicothe and Bainbridge.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Ohio River
Associated Press
The
State Highway Department
Route 56
New Marshfield
Athens County
U. S
Amesville
Athens
Lancaster
Bremen
Knox County
Fredericktown
Mt. Vernon
Columbus
Chillicothe
U. S. 23
Kinnicknick Creek
U. S. 50
Bainbridge
Scioto
Portsmouth
Barden
Friendship
Jackson County
Eifort
Scioto Furnace
Otway
Nebraska Race Shares Political Spotlight Today
Nebraska's political scene centers on the upcoming all star Republican event while national campaign moves unfold. A southern Democratic session in Atlanta addresses civil rights splits and a Midwest 13 state conference backs President Truman. A GOP poll shows Dewey leading among 116 ballots with Eisenhower in second in a separate House tally.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Atlanta
Midwest
Des Moines
Truman
House
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Arthur Vandenberg
Douglas MacArthur
Joseph W. Martin
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Earl Warren
California
Rep
Busbey
Ill
Democratic
Eisenhower
Vandenberg
Martin
Alben Barkley
William O. Douglas
James A. Farley
Taft
Henry A. Wallace
Racketeering Case Targets AFL Hod Carriers Leaders
A four year racketeering case proceeds against ten union officials led by AFL Hod Carriers' International President Joseph V. Moreschi and Larry Kelly who vanished after testifying. The locals in Washington LaPlata Maryland and Quantico Virginia allegedly looted over 75000 dollars from war time funds. Kelly later disappeared believed enlisted in the Merchant Marine and possibly died at sea.
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Washington
Joseph V. Moreschi
AFL Hod Carriers’ Union
LaPlata
Quantico
Larry Kelly
Union
District of Columbia Area Council
Kelly
Merchant Marine
South Pacific
Mrs Taft To Speak In Painesville Bratenahl
Mrs. Martha Taft wife of Senator Robert A Taft will address audiences in Painesville and Bratenahl Wednesday night in support of Taft s presidential bid She is also slated to speak here April 26 on the same topic
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Mrs. Taft
Painesville
Bratenahl
Cleveland
Martha Taft
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Painesville and
Taft
Knife Wielder Runs Amok On Jinx Boat
In San Diego the Anna K, a tuna boat nicknamed a jinx boat, returned with two dead aboard. Mexican national Luis Zamora stabbed Carlo Asin, then stabbed Capt. Harold Hansen before being killed by a crewman. FBI says no charges planned.
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San Diego
Calif
FBI
Harold W. Hansen
Luis Zamora
Zamora
Carlos Asin
U.S
Asin
Hansen
Lawrence W
Tex) Salzer
Ex Athens Doctor Retires From Dayton State Hospital
Dr. E L Hooper superintendent of the Dayton State Hospital will retire May 1 after 35 years in state hospital service. Welfare Director Charles L Sherwood will appoint a successor, with the chosen physician yet to be announced. Hooper, 59, a native of Athens Ohio began state service in 1913 at Athens State Hospital.
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Columbus
E. L. Hooper
Dayton State Hospital
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
Hooper
Ohio
Dayton Hospital
Athens
Athens State Hospital
Red Scientists Mum on Topic
Princeton report says U S and Russian atomic scientists failed to breach the iron curtain on scientific exchanges. The Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists led by Dr Albert Einstein sent letters to Soviet peers but received only one reply directing them to statements by Andrei Gromyko. The group urged immediate diplomatic talks to avert total collapse of civilization.
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Princeton
N. J
Thorfin R. Hogness
University of Chicago
Atomic Scientists
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Hogness
U.S
Albert Einstein
Messenger O U School Administrator Scholarships Open
The Messenger announces Ohio University scholarships for seven public school administrators from Athens Gallia Hocking Meigs Morgan Vinton counties and Mason County to attend Ohio University's eight week summer term 1948. Each $150 award funds graduate study in educational administration with emphasis on practical case work and leadership development. Applications due June 1, 1948.
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Messenger
Ohio University
The
College of Education
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Mason County
West Virginia
Evan Collins
Ohio University School of Education
Association of Merchants
Ohio
Ohio Valley Hereford Show Opens With Breeders From Three States
The fourth annual Ohio Valley Hereford Association show and sale opens in Huntington with entries from West Virginia Ohio and Kentucky. Fourteen breeders consign nine bulls and 35 bred and open females. Dr E A Livesay of West Virginia University will judge the show. Auction conducted by A W Hamilton Morlunda Farms Lewisburg West Virginia.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ohio Valley Hereford Association
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
E. A. Livesay
West Virginia University
A. W. Hamilton
Morlunda Farms
Lewisburg
We Va
Youth Confesses Killing Stepfather With Shotgun
Detroit police say 20 year old Joseph Slumba admitted fatally wounding his stepfather with a shotgun to protect his mother. Assistant Prosecutor William Brett said Slumba later slept in bed early Sunday as authorities investigated the case.
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Detroit
William Brett
Joseph Slumba
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