Flood Victims Prep to Return Home as Dispute Rages
In Washington the government and John L. Lewis clash over a court order ending the soft coal work stoppage. Clark says many miners still out and actions will follow. Moody of Southern Coal Producers backs Clark and cites ongoing strike activity and disputes with Lewis. Pension agreement reached April 12 with a new neutral trustee.
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John L. Lewis
Datan A Iin Tha
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Lewis
Tom Clark
United Mine Workers
Clark
Associated Press
T. Alan Goldsborough
Supreme Court
Southern Coal Producers Association
Joseph E. Moody
Moody
Goldsborough
Congress
Ezra van Horn
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Martin
Mass
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Bridges
Meat Strike Talks Stall as Big Four Recovers Work
Chicago report says 33 day CIO meat handlers strike stalls with Armour & Co moving to resume operations without a settlement. Wilson & Co also stood firm on a nine cent hourly wage boost offer as CIO demands 29 cents for about 100000 workers.
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Chicago
CIO
Armour & Co
Armour and Wilson & Co
CIO United Packinghouse
Armour
Wilson
23 Persons Die As British Trains Crash
WINSFORD England Twenty three persons were killed early Saturday when a speeding mail train collided with a stationary Glasgow London passenger express near Winsford in Cheshire. Officials said the Glasgow London train stalled after an emergency cord was pulled amid speculation of a prank or illness.
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England
Cheshire
Britain
Mrs Smalley Dies At Home Of Her Son Racine Woman Passes
Mrs Billa Smalley of Racine died Saturday morning at the home of her son Emmett Smalley in Racine. The body was taken to Ewing Funeral Home in Pomeroy for arrangements.
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Pomeroy
Billa Smalley
Racine
Emmett Smalley
Ewing Funeral Home
Klan blamed for flogging of war veteran in Georgia
Gov. Thompson asserts Ku Klux Klan drives a terror campaign through an adjunct group named The Black Raiders planning floggings in Atlanta LaGrange and other places. Solicitor Webb ties Atlanta flogging to earlier LaGrange whipping while five men face assault with intent to murder charges. Dr. Samuel Green denies Klan links.
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Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
M. E. Thompson
Klan
Black Raiders
la Grange
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Paul Webb
LaGrange
South Georgia
Samuel Green
Georgia Klan
Webb
Murder Charge Filed In Mother's Death Cincinnati Case
A murder charge was filed against 40 year old George Cook in the death of his 68 year old mother Emma Cook. Police say Mrs Cook alleged she was beaten with a piece of a chair before her death. Cook claims his mother was injured in a fall.
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Cincinnati
George Cook
Emma Cook
Orville Burleson
Widow inherits $150000 estate in Wheeling case
In Wheeling West Virginia Harold Weidetz a known figure in gambling and nightlife was murdered two weeks ago leaving his widow Freda Weidetz an estate valued at $150000. The will names her as sole beneficiary and executor of the estate with probate proceedings expected to move forward.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Harry Weidetz
Freda
Ohio River flood winds through Henderson and Pomeroy
Aerial survey shows Henderson nearly fully flooded and Pomeroy heavily under water along the Ohio River valley from Racine to Gallipolis. Boats, barges, and vehicles are stranded. two separate drowning deaths are reported near Portsmouth and Friendship as the crest nears.
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Henderson
Ohio River
Racine
Gallipolis
W. Va
Ohio Valley
Hartford
Middleport
Mason
Hobson Yards
Cheshire
Ohio
Addison
C. W. Talbot
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Point Pleasant
Men With System Are at It Again
LAS VEGAS Nevada two young men with a system are profiting from roulette. University of Chicago graduates Dr Roy Walford San Diego and Albert Hibbs Chillicothe Ohio both 23 play $1 50 on the nine each spin and report about $500 ahead so far. Last November they won $8 000 at Reno.
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Nev
University of Chicago
Roy Walford
San Diego
Albert Hibbs
Chillicothe
Reno
Arabs Plan New Attempt At Key Road
Arab commanders reinforced and regrouped in the Judean Hills for a bid to close the highway to Tel Aviv and starve Jerusalem’s 100 000 residents. Jewish fighters opened the road last week and a large food convoy reached the city. casualties were small amid continued fighting along a 40 mile front west of Jerusalem. An unofficial tally counted 2,954 Palestine deaths since the UN partition vote on November 29.
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Jerusalem
Judean Hills
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Weather and Politics Across Cities Narrowly Movin
Chicago and the North Middle Atlantic expect freezing temperatures with near normal conditions elsewhere. Pittsburgh industry seeks relief from fuel shortages as a Lewis decision could aid production. Prague’s Social Democrats plan a merger with the Communists by month’s end. Mexico City anti Communist groups plan to unite. Washington reports new food and coal shipments to Italy totaling 8.102 million dollars.
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Chicago
Union Delegates Reject Chrysler Wage Offer
Detroit reports CIO United Auto Workers delegates from 13 Chrysler plants rejected an six cent hourly raise after an emergency meeting. The rejection comes as unions seek final strike approval for about 75,000 Chrysler employees.
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Chrysler Corp
Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
King Abdullah Releases Part of Arab Legion for Palestine
Cairo dispatch reports King Abdullah freed a portion of the Trans-Jordan Arab Legion to aid operations in Palestine. The move signals strengthened Arab forces as regional tensions rise and coordination with allied units continues.
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Cairo
Abdullah
Palestine
Taft Travels Ohio to Counter Stassen Challenge
Senator Robert A. Taft began a public tour of Ohio to slow Harold E. Stassen’s rise for GOP delegates to Philadelphia. He opposed streamlining private aid for Europe and criticized sweeping anti Communism while favoring repeal of the oleomargarine tax and a narrower approach to European recovery programs. Stassen already drew attention with strong showings in Nebraska and winning in Wisconsin.
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Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Taft
Stassen
United States
Europe
Philadelphia
Buckeye
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Air Force 70-Group Expansion Faces Senate Clash
Senator Maybank vows a sharp fight to block delays in Senate action on the House rushed 70 group Air Force expansion bill. Gurney favors finishing broader defense measures before taking up the air issue. The House measure would fund expansion from 55 to 70 groups and raise total armed forces to 1 944 000 with a new draft.
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Maybank
D-Sc
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House
Gurney
R-Sd
Armed Services Committee
Armed Services Group
Defense
Forrestal
Youth Pleads Innocent In Death of Girl 17
Medina Clark Hill 19 pled innocent when arraigned before Mayor L F Wainwright on first degree murder charge in the slaying of Jeanette Weimer 17. He was held for the May 3 Medina County grand jury. Weimer was found dead last Saturday in Hill s automobile after he said he gave a love potion and connected exhaust to the car to cause unconsciousness.
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Clark Hill
L. F. Wainwright
Jeanette Weimer
Medina County
First Plane Shipment Starts Flight to China
The first of 150 C-46 twin engined planes purchased from the U S government by the Chinese National government air force will begin the flight to China Sunday. Transocean airlines will ferry the planes. It will take six or seven months to deliver all of them. The C-46s Curtis Commandos cost the U S approximately $200 000 each, and reportedly were sold to China for $5 000 each.
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Oakland
Calif
U. S
Air Force
China
Transocean Airlines
Curtis Commandos
Four children die in Oklahoma farm home blast
An explosion and flash fire leveled a farm home near Oklahoma City killing four children. Investigators probe cause as rescuers search debris and local authorities confirm fatalities.
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Oklahoma City
Boy suffers triple misfortune in sequence
Lebanon Ohio reports four year old David Ullman son of Edward and Mrs Ullman first broke his right arm on a new tricycle then a fall broke his left collarbone. Now he has chicken pox and faces itching challenges at home.
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Lebanon
David Ullman
Edward Ullman
NLRB Orders New Union Vote After Pioneer Ruling
Washington NLRB invalidates a Nashville plant election won by CIO steelworkers two days before Taft Hartley act. A new vote is ordered within 30 days with two options: machinists union or no union. The prior Aug 20 tally was 903 to 464 for the CIO, but certification was not granted before the act took effect.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
Nashville (Tenn.) Corp
Machinists
NLRB
Benelux nations form permanent Western European defense group
France Britain Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg established a permanent military committee to oversee Brussels pact defense provisions. A consultative council of foreign ministers will meet quarterly to plan broad military political and economic policies.
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Paris
France
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Brussels
William Gibbs Dies In Circleville Crash
Columbus report says 68 year old William Gibbs retired railroader died Friday night when his automobile overturned two miles west of Circleville.
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Columbus
William Gibbs
Circleville
Death of Japan ex-prime minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Baron Kantaro Suzuki 78 wartime premier who opposed World War II dies in Tokyo. As Japan’s last wartime prime minister his death marks a historic closing chapter.
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Tokyo
Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Japan
Mrs James Roosevelt Reported Recovering in Beverly Hills
Mrs James Roosevelt was reported recovering Saturday in Beverly Hills from effects of mixing headache and sleeping tablets.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
James Roosevelt
Protection Is Ordered In Italy Voting
Italians queued to vote in national elections as 330,000 troops and police were deployed to guard the process. Anti Communist ads urged choosing destiny of Europe while De Gasperi framed the race as liberty versus Bolshevik totalitarianism. Observers suspected a Communist decline and a strong moderate outcome.
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Rome
Italy
Europe
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democratic Party
Flood Areas Affected Across West Virginia and Ohio
The Red Cross estimates 31 000 people in the West Virginia Ohio Kentucky Indiana region were affected by the flood though some families sheltering on second floors were not counted. Middleport reports relief kitchens operating and a crest of 56 4 feet reached Friday night. The towboat J L Beatty carrying 330 000 gallons of gasoline crashed into empty coal barges near Addyston after a midstream fire disabled the vessel. captain John L Beatty said no crew were injured and the fire was confined to a motor in the gear room.
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Red Cross
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Ohio
Kentucky-Indiana
Pomeroy
Middleport
J. L. Beatty
Addyston
Cincinnati
John L. Beatty
Unidentified Body Found in Ohio River Near Middleport
A man about 55 to 60 years old was found floating in the Ohio River backwaters near Middleport on Saturday. Sheriff Ralph Welker and Coroner Henry Ewing, with state patrol help, identified bruises on the head and body and noted a tree seedling growing from the back. The clothing and a pincers in a pocket were the only identifiers. the body was sent to Ewing funeral home for further inquiry.
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Middleport
Ralph Welker
Henry Ewing
Orin Smith
Lois Ann
Walter Bunce
Ronnie Walters
Bunce
Hobson Shops
Sheriff's Office
Ewing Funeral Home
UN Order Seen Futile in Palestine Cease Fire Effort
United Nations Security Council called for an immediate halt to fighting in Palestine but Middle East dispatches show Arab forces aid rising. Jewish leaders doubt the cease-fire will hold. The Palestine Partition Commission warns that military forces must be sent before May 15 to prevent chaos while the United States reportedly circulates a plan for a temporary UN trusteeship over the Holy Land.
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Palestine
United Nations Security Council
Middle East
Holy Land
Council
Assembly
U. N. Palestine Partition Commission
United States
U.N
61 Year Old Man Dies After Robbery Attack
Joseph Kontul aged 61 died after two hoodlums beat him while he tried to aid a 72 year old robbery victim in Cleveland. Officers say the attackers escaped and a later ruling cited a heart attack as the cause of death.
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Cleveland
Joseph Kontul
Kontul
John Gaspar
Truman repeats demand for anti inflation plan
President Truman warned during a speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors that the economy is in serious danger from high prices and urged immediate enactment of his 10 point anti inflation program. He cited steel prices a tax cut and the coal strike as factors and noted burdens from European recovery and defense spending.
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Washington
Truman
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Congress
Society
State Department
United States
Colombia Revolt Toll Estimated at 1 000
El Tiempo in Bogota estimated that about 1 000 persons were killed in the April 9 uprising in the capital. The government said the situation was under control and that no further reserves would be called. Military observers noted about 25 000 men already under arms.
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Bogota
Colombia
el Tiempo
Salesman Released In Woman's Slaying
In Columbus police released a 39 year old Zanesville salesman detained for questioning in the slaying of Mona McBride. Blood stained clothing traced to a dry cleaning firm was found but police later said no connection to the killing. McBride's body was found in a downtown hotel on March 31.
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Columbus
Zanesville
Mona MeBride
Miss McBride
Mrs Harriet Coast Rites To Be Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs Harriet McKay Coast 79 will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Chambers funeral home Ravenswood. Burial will be in McKay Cemetery Great Bend.
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Harriet Coast
Ravenswood
Harriet McKay Coast
Chambers Funeral Home
McKay Cemetery
Great Bend
FBI raids target prostitution ring across four states
The FBI announced raids carried out over the past 36 hours in four states aimed at dismantling a prostitution ring operating in 10 Southern cities.
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Atlanta
UPI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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