B 29 Crashes At Sandia Atom Base
A B 29 from Walker Base Roswell crashed near Sandia secret weapons base killing many airmen. Officials warned death tolls may be uncertain and secrecy barred reporters as rescuers comb the remote mountainous site near Albuquerque.
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Roswell
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United States
Farm group formed to back Dale Stump in AG bid
Dale Stump of Columbus announces formation of a farm group to support his Republican nomination for attorney general. The committee includes all past Ohio State Grange masters, all former Ohio Farm Bureau presidents, and all former Republican state directors of agriculture. John T. Brown of Mechanicsburg, Bricker era agriculture director, is chairman.
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Dale Stump
Ohio State Grange
Ohio Farm Bureau
John T. Brown
Mechanicsburg
John W. Bricker
Train crash in India kills fifty in Uttar Pradesh
A passenger train derailed and plunged into a stream in Uttar Pradesh. Fifty people were reported dead with many more injured as rescue operations continued.
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New Delhi
India
Uttarpradesh
Funerals Set for Lake Erie Victims
Grieving parents arrange services for four Euclid Boy Scouts who perished on Lake Erie after a raft accident. Coast Guard Captain James A. Hirshfield urged nearby residents to respect water and wind as a massive rescue effort recovered the boys, aged 13 to 14, found in a war surplus raft amid 14 foot waves and 36 degree water.
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Cleveland
Coast Guard
James A. Hirshfield
Great Lakes Coast Guard
Euclide
William J. von Hof
Richard Bauer
David Ste Han
Roland Riemer
Grenelg
Fairport Harbor
Walter Hayslip
Hayslip
Euclid, Ohio
Rhodes charges bid rigging in mop and chemical contracts
Columbus Mayor James A. Rhodes accuses a Welfare Department employee of steering a 4800 mop contract to Mutual Chemical and Supply Co. after bids were initially rejected. He links the firm to John P. Moore and notes prior soda crystal purchases for state penal institutions. Auditor Ferguson vows probe. Lausche calls Rhodes' charges baseless.
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James A. Rhodes
Welfare Department
Rhodes
Mutual Chemical and Supply Co
John P. Moore
State Welfare Department
Moore
Mutual Chemical Company
Joseph T. Ferguson
Frank J. Lausche
District Science Day to Feature 200 Pupils from Ohio High Schools
More than 200 pupils from at least 12 Southeastern Ohio high schools will participate in the district science day at Ohio University Friday. The event includes exhibits judged on scope and clarity, an awards session at 2:15 p.m., and lectures on atomic energy.
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Ohio University
Canital University
UGSRP
RY Wee
Wren Eee
Columbus
Howard Hall
Chemistry
Rush Elliott
Ohio Academy of Science
University
John E. Edwards
Department of Physics
John W. Warge
Manchester Rural School
Reinersville
Southeastern Ohio Science Day
Ohio University Museum
Rome-Canaan
Chillicothe
Logan
Manchester
Local
Barnesville
Welliston
Frozen eggs and ad for egg factories in early Missoulian
Louisiana State University researchers claim a method to freeze eggs in-shell without cracking. The text jokes about thawing nightly and suggests manufacturing eggs, then shifts to an ad seeking used electric chick batteries, 500 and 1000 sizes, in good condition for Hooper Hatchery.
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Hooper Hatchery
Albany R, D. 1
Tudor Retrial Opposed by Ohio Prosecutor
Ohio Supreme Court will review an appeals court ruling granting a new trial to Dwight David Tudor, convicted in the 14 year old Mary Ann Page slaying in Springfield. Prosecutor Stanley N. Husted says he will appeal before Tudor receives official notice of the decision. Tudor faced execution by electric chair set for Friday at the Ohio Penitentiary.
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Ohio Supreme Court
Stanley N. Husted
Husted
Dwight David Tudor
Columbus
Tudor
Ohio Penitentiary
Mary Ann Page
Clark County Common Pleas Court
Wildcat strike ends at International Harvester plant
A two day wildcat strike at the International Harvester plant in Memphis ended this morning. Production was tied up since the dispute began, with workers and management reportedly reaching a settlement.
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Memphis
Tenn
International Harvester
Bank Robbers In Solitary After Jail Break Attempt
Two ex taxi drivers, John Hux and Robert Andross, a nd accomplice Richard Chamberlain, were sentenced to 20 years for the January 34,000 heist of the Superior Savings and Loan. Hux fled to Miami after the crime. detectives suspect he hid part of the loot. Guards thwarted a break with soap pistol ruse and placed the trio in solitary confinement.
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John Wesley Hux
Robert S. Andross
Tom Killen
Hux
Andross
Richard S. Chamberlain
Superior Savings and Loan Association
Chamberlain
Miami
Fla
Kidnaping Auto Theft Robbery Charged in Columbus
Mrs Lois Frazier 29 of Ferguson West Virginia and two men were indicted on armed robbery kidnaping and auto theft counts. They are charged with robbing two Columbus restaurants abducting two residents and stealing their car. Charles Frazier was captured in Los Angeles James Pursley remains at large.
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Lois Frazier
Ferguson
W. Va
Charles Frazier
Los Angeles
James Pursley
Ebright calls for year‑round council of government leaders
Ohio State Treasurer Don H. Ebright urged a year‑round council of government heads to plan for the future. He said state progress stalls when the legislature adjourns and spoke at the Euclid Republican club.
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Cleveland
Don H. Ebright
Ohio
Ebright
Euclid
Republican Club
Florida Democrats Swap Communism Charges in Primary Fight
In Miami Florida Democrats trade accusations and denials of pro Communist sympathy amid a heated May 2 primary for Senator Claude Pepper's seat. Challenger is youthful Rep George Smathers a Marine and second term House member seeking the nomination as the party braces for the election.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Claude Pepper
George Smathers
Hospital Attendant 23 Admits Setting Fires
Lancaster police say a 23 year old hospital attendant admitted to setting two fires on Easter Sunday morning. The blazes damaged a warehouse and service station with estimated damage of $15,000.
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Lancaster
Freight Train Kills Man Near Crooksville
A New York Central freight train struck and killed Joseph C. Lucas, 50, of Denver town, near Crooksville in Perry County Tuesday. Coroner Harold site of New Lexington to investigate the death.
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New York Central
Joseph C. Lucas
Denvertown
Crooksville
Perry County
Harold
New Lexington
War scare unlikely from plane scrape Soviet protest
Washington AP reports officials see little chance of a hot war with Russia over a Baltic incident. Moscow protests a B-29 violation of Latvian territory and combat with Soviet fighters while an unarmed U.S. patrol plane remains missing, prompting sharp notes but no intent to escalate.
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Russia
State Department
Pentagon
Moscow
Baltic
U. S
Berlin
Dirksen Wins GOP Senate Nomination in Illinois Primary
Former Rep. Everett M. Dirksen captured the Republican nomination for U. S. Senate in Illinois, defeating two Chicago rivals and set to face Senate Majority Leader Scott W. Lucas in November. Lucas was renominated without opposition as seven of 23 challenged incumbents also won. Light turnout with about 1.5 million votes cast out of 5 million registered. Dirksen, who retired in 1949 after 16 years in the House, has opposed foreign aid and tax programs. Sabath, the 84 year old Democratic dean, also secured renomination.
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Everett M. Dirksen
U. S
Illinois
Dirksen
Scott W. Lucas
Truman
Senate
Lucas
House of Representatives
Pekin
P. Adolph J. Sabath
House
Former Labor Leader Is Ordered Deported
The U S Immigration Service ordered David Balint ex Cleveland labor leader and admitted Communist deported to Czechoslovakia Balint 42 native of that country charged with belonging to a group advocating violent overthrow of the government He came to the United States in 1920 Balint was fired in 1942 as president of Local 1666 CIO United Steelworkers of America on a charge of misapplication of union funds.
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Cleveland
U. S. Immigration Service
David Balint
Czechoslovakia
Balint
United States
Cio-United Steelworkers of America
Senator Vandenberg Undergoes Tumor Removal Surgery
Senator Arthur Vandenberg Republican leader from Michigan was operated on Tuesday to remove a tumor near his spinal cord. The surgery followed reports of illness and aimed to relief symptoms and prevent further complications.
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Washington
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Deaf couple sued over sign language remarks in Ohio court
Alexander Tinglino, also deaf and mute, sues Mr. and Mrs. Art Sherman for 25000 each claiming damage to reputation after an incident at the Toledo Silent Club. Tinglino’s attorney says the suit tests whether false and malicious words may be published by sign language.
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Toledo
Raft Sighted in Search For Missing U. S. Plane
Rescue planes spotted a life raft near Bornholm in the Baltic Sea as a missing U S Navy patrol aircraft with 10 crewmen remains unaccounted. A survivor report described an object wearing an exposure suit in the raft while rescue boats and a water landing amphibian rushed to the scene.
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Germany
Bornholm
Baltic Sea
U.S. Air Force
Frankfurt
Copenhagen
Denmark
Russia
U.S
Latvia
Baltic
Air Force
Veterans facilities fight explained by AP columnist
The Messenger publishes James Marlowe’s five column series detailing the clash over Hoover Commission recommendations on veterans facilities. The first column appears today on the editorial page, outlining the sides and the stakes in this historic dispute.
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Hoover Commission
Associated Press
James Marlowe
the Messenger
Solons Claim Brannan Hired Farm Audience
Senator Aiken accused Secretary Brannan of using Agriculture Department funds to hire a paid audience for a St Paul speech. He claimed about 5000 Minnesota farm committeemen were directed to attend and offered pay and travel allowances. Ferguson urged Attorney General McGrath to act, citing a $50,000 to $100,000 April 4 event cost. Brannan allegedly focused two thirds on his farm plan and one third on criticizing the Farm Bureau Federation.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Aiken
Ferguson
St. Paul
Congress
Farm Bureau Federation
Two Wounded In Gun Fight In Akron Garage
Police fired over 60 bullets in a gun battle at the Easton Cartage Co. garage. Charles Pinkerton, 22, was shot in the neck while fleeing and hospitalized in fair condition. Ralph Reid Raines, 26, surrendered after Pinkerton fell. Detective James Flanagan was grazed and treated. The pair, with long police records, planned to steal a truck for a safe cracking job.
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Akron
Easton Cartage Co
Charles Pinkerton
People’s Hospital
James Flanagan
Pinkerton
Ralph Reid Raines
Money Bags Linked to Brinks Heist Probe
FBI agents began examining six money bags found in a car after a chase in Baltimore. One bag carried markings of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston as investigators seek links to the $1,000,000 Brinks heist in Boston. Police pursued the car after it ran a red light in Northeast Baltimore, ending with two occupants arrested on possession of numbered slips.
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Baltimore
FBI
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Boston
McGrath Named Outstanding Catholic at May 7 Ceremony
U S Attorney General J Howard McGrath will be honored as the nation’s outstanding Catholic layman of 1950 in Dayton. The Society of Mary will present the first Medal of Mary Award during the Marianists triple centennial celebration. The award was authorized in Rome by The Very Rev Sylvester Joseph Juergens superior general of the society.
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Dayton
U.S
Di Salle Attacks Taft on Isolationism in Toledo
Toledo Mayor Michael V. Di Salle campaigning for the Democratic U. S. Senate nomination accused Senator Robert A. Taft of blind isolationism. He said Taft fails to vote for protective or preventive measures despite touting an international viewpoint.
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Canton
Michael V. di Salle
Toledo
Robert A. Taft
di Salle
U. S
Taft
Home Owners Loan Corp to Advertise Mortgages in Ohio
The Home Owners Loan Corp will advertise on April 17 for the remaining 421 300 mortgages held in Ohio.
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Cincinnati
Home Owners Loan Corp
Forco
Ohio
West Virginia Slayer Delayed for Execution Appeal
Charleston government reports that Harry Burdette, a 28 year old carpenter, received a six month reprieve as the West Virginia Supreme Court granted him an appeal. He was convicted of first degree murder for killing a man in a drunken rage and was sentenced to die in the electric chair. Burdette reportedly found religion in prison and was baptized in an icy creek recently.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harry Burdette
State Supreme Court
Burdette
Fifty survive blast as fire ravages Norwegian ship
In mid Atlantic a Norwegian vessel suffered a terrible explosion and fire. One person was feared dead while fifty others were deported to safety and saved from the catastrophe.
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New York
mid-Atlantic
Ex Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby dies at 80
REMUS POINT N Y Bainbridge Colby last secretary of state under Woodrow Wilson died last night at his home in this Western New York village He was 80 His wife Annie Ahlstrom Colby was with him Colby suffered a heart attack two weeks earlier He wrote a note opposing Soviet recognition while secretary of state and never reversed his stance His party affiliations shifted many times among national figures
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Remus Point
N. Y
Bainbridge Colby
Woodrow Wilson
Colby
Annie Ahlstrom Colby
New York
Russia
Trumanites Barred From Using Democrat Party Title
Mississippi supporters of President Truman are prohibited from using the Democratic party name. Acting Attorney General George Ethridge advised Secretary of State Heber Ladner that only one party may bear the word Democrat in its title, and because the States' Rights Democrats registered first, pro Truman Democrats cannot use the title Democrat.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Truman
George Ethridge
Heber Ladner
Taft urges Truman to erase suspicion of treason
Senator Taft accuses President Truman of defaming McCarthy and charges of Communism in the State Department. He calls for access to FBI loyalty files and warns of pro Communist bias in Far Eastern division and in China. A public hearing on Budenz and Lattimore is set for April 20.
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Ohio
Truman
Senate Republican Policy Committee
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Wis
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Anu VL
State Department
Louis Budenz
Owen Lattimore
Johns Hopkins
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Lattimore
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Russia
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Teed
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Trusman
Inquiry Committee
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