Stassen Routs in Nebraska Primary Boosts GOP Bid
Harold E. Stassen topped Nebraska with 41 097 votes to Dewey 29 640 and Taft 10 474. The win secures 15 delegates and weakens Dewey’s lead while MacArthur and War ren trails fade. Dewey si gnals Oregon and Wisconsin battles ahead.
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Harold E. Stassen
Nebraska
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
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Minnesota
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Douglas MacArthur
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MacArthur
Earl Warren
California
Joseph Martin
Philadelphia
Truman
O'Mahoney
Dwye
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Ohio
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Youngstown
Oregon
Ohio and Pomeroy flood crest forecast dominate report
Ohio River flooding advances through Pomeroy and Gallipolis as crest predictions rise to 53 to 57 feet with water over Main Street. Merchants evacuate stocks while Red Cross shelters form in Point Pleasant and nearby towns. Mayor warns visitors amid rising streets and school closures extend.
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Fight promoter held on murder charge in Ohio case
Authorities detained 33 year old prize fight promoter Paul Cash without bond on a first degree murder charge in the death of 19 year old Roxie Lucille Baker. Baker died after being injured in her Dover home, with the incident linked to a Wednesday discovery and Friday death from head injuries.
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Paul Cash
Tuscarawas County
Grand Jury
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Miller Urges Partial Tax Removal in Ohio Campaign
Ray T. Miller, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Cleveland mayor, urged partial removal of Ohio sales tax on purchases under 30 cents. He also proposed dropping taxes on medicine, cleaning supplies, and personal hygiene items, arguing a penny tax on a dime purchase is unfair.
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Ohio
Ray T. Miller
Cleveland
Ambassador nominee Herschel V. Johnson approved
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved President Truman's pick Herschel V. Johnson to serve as ambassador to Brazil. The action signals readiness for Johnson to represent the United States in Brazil amid postwar diplomacy.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Herschel V. Johnson
Brazil
Conference Resumes in Revolt-Torn Bogota
In Bogota the 21 nation Pan American Conference resumes after a five day upheaval linked to a Communist influence. Delegates vote to restart sessions and consider a resolution against Communism in the Western Hemisphere amid gunfire near the U S Embassy and unclear Russian relations.
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U.S
George C. Marshall
London
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Russia
U. S
Gimnasio Moderno
Buenos Aires
Alberto Durand
United States
State Department
Washington
Corrupt Report Labels Meyers Case As Corrupt
A Congressional report calls the wartime Hughes Meyers negotiations "obviously corrupt" and urges new laws to require prompt reporting of bribery or extortion in government business. The Senate War Investigating Committee summarized seven years of hearings, highlighting Meyers as No. 2 purchasing officer for the Army Air Forces and leading to his conviction for pressuring a former associate to lie to senators. He faces tax indictments and a possible court martial.
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Congress
Howard Hughes
Bennett E. Meyers
Senate War Investigating Committee
Truman
Hughes
Meyers
Army Air Forces
Reds Absent At Inquiry In Berlin Crash Probe
A British-Russian panel probing the fatal April 5 crash of a British and a Soviet plane collapsed as Russian members again failed to appear. The British pressed on, accusing Western Allies of blocking a four power currency reform. The Russians blamed the Allies for the stalled agreement.
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Berlin
Germany
Schools Should Have Safety Course Herbert Says
Gov Thomas J Herbert urges Ohio schools to include safety hazard elimination courses. He notes 140 Ohio high schools already teach driver training as part of the program started at last year's All Ohio Safety Congress.
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Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
All-Ohio Safety Congress
Casualties Low As Holy Land Battle Rages
Gunfire and mortar duels kept the Holy Land in turmoil last night with small casualties. In Jerusalem three Arabs and one Jew were reported killed. A dud two inch mortar landed near a news booth where reporters worked. The six hour battle after yesterday’s Arab attack on a Hadassah convoy killed 35 Jews, five Arabs and two British soldiers. The unofficial toll since UN partition decision now 2843. Dr Haim Yassky of Hadassah Hospital among the dead.
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More Salesmen Called In Singleton Trial
State witnesses testify they sold cars for less than cost to aid dealer Jack Singleton on 15 larceny by trick charges. Prosecutor Culllitan and assistant Danaceau seek evidence that customers were defrauded or left without vehicles or refunds.
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Jack Singleton
Frank T. Cullitan
Saul S. Danaceau
Singleton
Lewis and UMW plead innocent in coal strike contempt
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers pleaded not guilty to contempt of court over the coal strike. The government began presenting witnesses as miners idle, with mixed returns to work across West Virginia and Pennsylvania. The pensions to older miners followed the back-to-work order.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Today
T. Alan Goldsborough
Welly K. Hopkins
Lewis
Hopkins
John Owens
UMW
William L. P. Burke
Miners’ Welfare Fund
W. H. Young
Bureau of Mines
W. Lewis Bassie
Commerce Department
Nelson Lee Smith
Federal Power Commission
Arthur H. Gas
Railway
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Office of Defense Transportation
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West Virginia
Eastern Gas & Fuel Associations
Grant Town
W. Va
Gulf and
New River
Monongahela
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Gas Division Plan Rejected by Ohio Utilities
Two Ohio gas companies oppose a plan to divide Panhandle Eastern Pipeline gas this summer. Michigan Gas Storage proposes cutting Panhandle deliveries to East Ohio Gas and Ohio Fuel Gas, while seeking 100 million cubic feet daily for underground storage.
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Ohio Gas
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
William B. Tippy
Michigan Gas Storage Co
East Ohio Gas Co
Cleveland
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Toledo
Walter J. Milde
East Ohio
J. H. Nathanson
Ohio
Tippy
Soviet Unity Conference In Korea Postponed
The Soviet backed unity conference of North and South Korean political leaders scheduled in the Russian zone is postponed indefinitely. Pyongyang radio announced the delay late last night. South Korean listeners said the broadcast offered no definite reason.
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Korea
Pyongyang
South Korea
Taft Sees Housing Bill as Potential Inflationary
Senator Taft of Ohio agreed with Marriner Eccles that credit provisions in the Taft Elden der Wagner housing bill could be inflationary. He resisted the Fed board chair on credit incentives not boosting housing and indicated the Senate may start debate on the measure today.
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Taft
Ohio
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Costa Rica Civil War Nears End With Rebel Gain
Reports from San Jose indicate a six week civil conflict leaning toward a rebel victory as Jose Figueres sets up a provisional government in Cartago. The U S State Department warns of danger and house to house defense. Peace terms demand President Picado resign when Congress meets May 1. Manuel Mora reportedly seizes Las Palmas airport near San Jose.
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Jose Figueres
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Teodoro Picardo Michalski
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Lassbanas
Otilio Ulate Blanco
U S Steel Wage Talks Resume Monday in Pittsburgh
Wage negotiations between United States Steel Corp and CIO United Steelworkers of America will resume in Pittsburgh next Monday. The union seeks a substantial wage increase for more than 600 000 workers and the company is expected to reply to CIO President Philip Murray’s demands in two brief meetings on April 5 and 6.
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United States Steel Corporation
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Test Bond Campaign Passes $600,000 Mark
Erie County's test security bond drive surpassed 600000 dollars as preparations begin for a nationwide rollout. President Truman was expected to praise the effort in a Washington radio address at 10 30 p m signaling the campaign's formal start tomorrow across the county.
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Sandusky
Erie County
Truman
Washington
Kilburn Named Superintendent at Fostoria City Hospital
A. P. Kilburn aged 50, formerly assistant administrator at Charleston General Hospital in West Virginia, is named superintendent of Fostoria City Hospital effective May 1. He succeeds the resigned Robert Dearing.
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A. P. Kilburn
Charleston, W. Va. General Hospital
Fostoria City Hospital
Robert Dearing
NLRB Rules Pension Benefits Are Bargainable
The National Labor Relations Board ruled 4 to 1 that employers must bargain with employees over pension plan provisions. The decision, the board's first on the subject, holds pension benefits as wages and retirement terms as conditions of employment under Taft Hartley. The Inland Steel Co. case found a violation for refusing to bargain.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Inland Steel Co
Inland Steel
Franchise Granted to Conneaut Bus Co by City Council
The Conneaut Bus Company received a 15 year franchise from the city council after a formal vote. The action grants bus operations within Conneaut and outlines duration and local authority.
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Conneaut Bus Co
Fire Destroys 15 Structures In Laramie
A downtown blaze in Laramie Wyoming destroyed about half of a business block. 15 of 30 structures burned. Fire spread from the W H Holliday building at 2 a.m. helplessly, drawing aid from Cheyenne Rawlins and Fort Collins. The Red Cross housed displaced families in a university dormitory. The cause remained undetermined.
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Wyo
University of Wyoming
W. H. Holliday
Cheyenne
Rawlins
Fort Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
Fort Collins
Colo
Fort Warren
National Guard
Wyoming University
Fire destroys Celina canning plant in Ohio
A $100000 fire destroyed the Stokely Van Camp Canning Co plant on Celina's western edge as four towns battled the blaze. About 200 spectators moved 20 semi trailers and three box cars to safety while firemen from St Marys Van Wert and Coldwater helped prevent spread from the two story building housing paper cartons.
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Stokely- van Camp Canning Co
Arthur Grey
Grey
St. Mary’s
van Wert
Coldwater
MacArthur silent on Nebraska primary, fifth place
General MacArthur declined to comment on the Nebraska presidential preference primary where he finished a distant fifth amid the noisy campaign season.
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Tokyo
Nebraska
Soviet Rejects Plan to Return Trieste to Italy
Moscow broadcast says the Soviet Union refused a Western plan to hand Trieste back to Italy. The note to Britain France and the United States argued Trieste was established as a free city by a 1947 peace treaty and that revising it by private talks violates democracy.
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