East Zoners Seek Trade With West Amid Berlin Blockade
Berlin reports say Germans in the Russian zone urge lifting the Allied blockade to resume interzonal trade. Soviet ambassador Dekanov has discussed proposals with the Soviet military administration as Lawrence Wilkinson notes informal appeals from the German Economic Commission to restore rail transport and commerce with Western zones.
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Germany
Die Welt
Hamburg
Vladimir Dekanosov
Hitler Germany
Berlin
Lawrence Wilkinson
Lucius D. Clay
German Economic Commission
Eastern Zone
Frankfurt
Wilkinson
Easter Peace Theme Across Nations and Faiths
Easter was celebrated worldwide with prayers for peace amid Christ’s resurrection. In Washington President Truman and family attended two services while New York hosted a massive fashion parade. In Rome tourists filled streets as Easter rites unfolded. in Jerusalem Franciscan monks and Russian nuns held services on hillsides. Muslims, Arabs and Christians observed rituals across the region amid political displays.
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New York
Truman
Margaret
Washington -Baptist
Fifth Avenue
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Rome
Jerusalem
YMCA
Holy Sepulchre
Nazareth
Israel
U.S. Tanker Sanford Cole Grounded Near Cuba
The Coast Guard reported the American tanker Sanford Cole aground on a reef off Cuba with 49 men aboard. The cutter Macoma rushed from Miami to assist while rescue officials said the tanker was not in immediate danger and gave its position about 150 miles east of Havana and 180 miles south of Miami.
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Miami
Coast Guard
Sanford Cole
Cuba
Macoma
Coach Guard
Havana
No Crop Damage Seen Because of Cold Spell
In Columbus the Ohio State University Agriculture Extension Service reported no extensive crop damage from the recent cold spell. Vernon Patterson, extension horticulturist, said he found no appreciable damage after checking orchards in the Columbus area.
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Columbus
Ohio State University Agriculture Extension Service
Vernon Patterson
Building union strikes Columbus for wage boost
About 1400 Hod Carriers Building and Common Laborers Union members AFL walked out in Columbus today demanding a 12 percent raise an hour.
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Building Union
Columbus
Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union
AFL
DAR to Convene Washington Event Opens Tonight
The 58th Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution will open tonight with five thousand members expected to attend.
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DAR
Washington
58Th Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Three Year Old Sandy Robison Died of Exposure
Springfield coroner rules three year old Sandy Robison died of exposure with possible pneumonia. The body was found in an open field near the Earl Foster farm after a search by about 300 Clark County firemen and volunteers. Her father William Robison has been missing weeks and authorities note a possible link to the father’s disappearance.
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Springfield
Sandy Robison
Austin Richards
Richards
J. Arthur Shuman
Here
Clark County
Earl Foster
John Frank
Donnelsville
Sandy
Fosters
William Robison
Foster
Export Slump Won't Affect Wage Talks
John L. Lewis aide John P. Busarello, president of UMW District No. 5, said coal export decline will not alter forthcoming wage negotiations with soft coal operators. He noted uncertainty over the exact demands as the policy committee meets in Washington on April 25. The union may consider a higher royalty to fund welfare and a shorter work week as options.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
John P. Busarello
Busarello
Washington
UMW
Keel Laid For World's Top Carrier United States
Newport News officials reveal the keel of the USS United States, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, was laid today at Newport News shipyard. The $186 million project signals a confirmatory step amid Air Force and Navy strategic bombing debates, with workers guiding keel plates into the dock for Carrier No. 53 the United States.
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Newport News
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Truman
Defense
Johnson
Air Force
Navy
Defense Secretary
Virginia
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp
Doolittle Says Atom Bomb Deters Russia War Threat
GALVESTON Tex Jim Doolittle says Russia lacks a stockpile of atom bombs and would be at war today without U S deterrence. He notes the United States and Russia would be at war without the atom bomb and delivery capability. Doolittle led the first American Tokyo bombing mission and asserts the bomb’s global reach currently deters Moscow.
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Galveston
Tex
Jimmie Doolittle
Russia
United States
Doolittle
Tokyo
Earth
Chamber Sees Lesser Demand For State Aid
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce says rising local tax revenues will reduce needs for state aid. Real estate revaluation should lift local tax yields, with last year’s taxes on real estate utilities personal property and intangibles up by 75.1 million dollars. Eight largest counties show large gains, Lorain up 41.99 percent lead, Clark and Hamilton also high.
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Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Herschel C. Atkinson
Ohio
Cuyahoga
Hamilton
Franklin
Lucas
Summit
Montgomery
Mahoning
Stark
Trumbull
Butler
Lorain
Jefferson
Clark
Belmont
Columbiana
Lorain County
Ireland Joins Free Republic After 780 Years
Ireland becomes sovereign at one minute past midnight, ending British dominion after 780 years. The new Republic of Ireland spans 26 of 32 counties, with six counties in Ulster voting to remain part of Great Britain as thousands of Ulstermen travel south to celebrate.
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St. Patrick
Eire
Republic of Ireland
Isle
Great Britain
Taft Sees GOP Support For Tariff Measure
Senator Taft predicts strong Republican backing for a plan to set hard limits on tariff reductions under reciprocal trade agreements. The proposal, offered by Senator Millikin, would require the tariff commission to fix nonreducible thresholds and force the president to explain any breaches to Congress.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Millikin
R-Colo
Tariff Commission
Congress
Phenol Plant Aims for Marietta Area Site
The Bakelite Corp. announced it will build a phenol producing plant south of Marietta. The company expects to bring the plant into operation late in the year.
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Marietta
Bakelite Corp
Here
British Poet Laureate John Mansfield Seriously Ill
Mansfield, 70, the British poet laureate, remained in serious condition at a nursing home in Oxford after a morning report said his condition was unchanged.
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Mansfield
Oxford
Eng
John Mansfield
Ohio Senate votes on mine safety bill tonight
The Ohio Senate debates a mine safety bill with provisions for tougher inspections and reporting. Leaders note support from miners and operators and expect related FEPC and unemployment measures to move forward in committee.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Drugs Stolen By Tarzan Like Burglary at Drug Firm
A burglar dangled from a frayed rope and gained entry to Heyboer Wholesale Drug Co. in Grand Rapids and stole 185 packages of morphine and codeine valued at 2800 dollars. Officials say the narcotics could fetch up to 100000 dollars on the underworld market. He entered by climbing an 18 foot rope and breaking a window and frames.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Heyboer Wholesale Drug Co
Underworld
Pennsy Brakeman Dies In Freight Train Wreck
In Johnstown Pennsylvania a freight train wreck on the Conemaugh canal dock killed brakeman R. W. Cook 38 of Pittsburgh and injured two other crew members. The locomotive overturned and 30 freight cars derailed with cause undetermined.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Conemaugh Canal
R. W. Cook
Pittsburgh
Columbus Milk Price Drops to 17 Cents Per Quart
Milk in Columbus fell to 17 cents a quart, down one cent and the lowest in two years. Dairies Borden's Moores & Ross and Hamilton announced the cut in anticipation of further price reductions to dairy farmers for bulk milk.
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Columbus
Borden's Moores & Ross
Hamilton Dairies
Cleveland Man Killed While Handling Pistol
George Kicielinski, 20, of Cleveland was killed Sunday night when a Belgian automatic pistol exploded while he examined it with friends.
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Cleveland
George Kicielinski
County Chief Ambrose Metcalfe Shot Dead in Kentucky
In Shields Kentucky Easter Sunday shooting killed County Chief Ambrose Metcalfe, 20, as he exited a Shields Cafe car. His wife Kathleen witnessed the attack. two men were arrested and charged with murder. Metcalfe had a stormy tenure amid clashes with lawmen and moonshine raids.
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Shields
Harlan County
Ambrose Metcalfe
Metcalfe
Harlan
Kathleen
War
Howard
Arthur Jackson
Ford Sizemore Metcalfe
Citizens League
EB. J. Baumegardner
Metcntife
Baumgardner
Evarts
Baumegardner
Bryan Middleto
Isachar Combs
Middleton
Comba
Lewis Deaton
Albert Smith
Ab Cottrell
Mcalfe
Jackson
Sizemore
New Farm Program Seen By Agriculture Chairman
Washington chairman Cooley predicts Congress will pass a new farm program in 1950. He credits parts of the Truman administration plan for fair farmer prices and cheap food while opposing the 60 to 90 percent flexible parity system proposed by the Republicans.
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Washington
Cooley
D-Nc
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
80Th Congress
Y. Cooley
Xenia Man's Home Hit By Homemade Bomb
A homemade bomb tossed from a car damaged part of Earl Artis’s house in Xenia. No injuries were reported among the four occupants. Police suspect an out of town gang. Artis had no threats. Artis was previously arrested in 1938 on a gambling charge and acquitted.
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Xenta
Earl Artis
Norman A. Reeves
Xenia
Artis
Four Day Test In Donora Fog Area Underway
Donora Pennsylvania public health officials begin a four day experiment to reproduce October fog conditions that caused 22 deaths. The Webster Society for Better Living arranged the test with participation from the U S Public Health Service and zinc works smelters of the American Steel and Wire Company.
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Donora
Webster Society For Better Living
U.S. Public Health Service
American Steel and Wire Company
James M Magee, Former Congressman, Dies at 72
James M Magee, age 72, a former U S Congressman and former Pennsylvania Securities Commission chairman, died Saturday. He was a prominent figure in state and national finance regulation.
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Pittsburgh
James M. Magee
Pennsylvania Securities Commission
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise in Critical Condition in New York
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, 75, a world renowned Jewish leader, remained in critical condition today at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
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New York
Stephen S. Wise
Condimand
Lenox Hill Hospital
Five Die After Easter Gunfight in Pullman
In Pullman Washington a 24 year old merchant killed three police officers and another man before being shot dead after a two hour Easter Sunday gunfight. George McIntyre, a Boy Scout troop leader and ex army marksman, attacked officers and a downtown crowd with a German sharpshooter rifle. He wounded one more before the posse killed him near his home.
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Pullman
Wash
Arthur Ricketts
George McIntyre
Ricketts
McIntyre
Couple Injured Returning Home From Australia Crash
George Bachman 28 and wife Mary 29 of Bay Village Ohio were injured in a Sunday automobile crash in Allentown Pennsylvania less than 24 hours after returning to the United States from Australia. Police said they landed in New York on Saturday and were driving home with friends. Doctors reported possible skull and pelvis fractures for Bachman and skull and leg fractures for Mrs Bachman.
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Allentown
George Bachman
Mary
Bay Village
Ohio
U. S
Australia
Bachman
New York
Jurist Again Asked For Prejudice Ruling
In Columbus Ohio five strikers at the Fawick Airflex plant in Cleveland filed affidavits of prejudice against Judge James C. Connell. Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt, who last week heard three similar complaints, found Connell unprejudiced and qualified.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Beery Rites Tomorrow Honor Hollywood Star
Wallace Beery, 64, Hollywood's lovable old seal will be buried tomorrow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale in a Beverly Hills ceremony.
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Beery
Beverly Hills
P— Wallace Beery
Hollywood
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Mrs Ybarbo Reunites With Son After CID Critique
Mrs. William Ybarbo, freed from a 20 year German court sentence for killing Sgt John Ybarbe, arrives home in New Bedford to join her six year old son Jimmy. Her sentence was reduced to five years by an appeal court and cut by Gen. Lucius D. Clay last Friday. She criticizes the CID for rough handling and dishonesty but says the Army treated her well.
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New Bedford
Mass
William Ybarbo
Ybarbo
Frankfurt
Army
John Ybarbe Af Golid
Tex
Jimmy
Lucius D. Clay
Military Iminal Investigation Division
Germany
Westover Air Force Base
Criminal
Fire causes $18,000 damage to Mount Vernon area building
Fire damaged a business and apartment building in Howard eight miles east of Mount Vernon. Owner Donald Hauger estimated the loss at $18,000 and blamed a gas stove. The two-story building housed a restaurant, pool hall, and apartments. Mount Vernon and Danville fire crews contained the blaze. nearby grocery suffered water damage.
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Mount Vernon
Howard
Here
Donald Hauger
Danville
Lockman and Fireman Civil Service Exams Open
Civil Service examinations for Lockman Marine and Fireman Coal Burning are open at the Post Office. Wages: 2573 dollars per year for Lockman and 1.04 dollars per hour for Fireman. No written test. ratings based on training and experience. Minimum six months required. Further details from Mr. Oldfield.
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W. H. Oldfield
Board of US
Oldfield
Walter W. Boulger Died at 68 in Chillicothe
Walter W. Boulger 68 a trustee of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society died today in Chillicothe He was a noted co the attorneys and active in local historical circles.
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Chillicothe
Walter W. Boulger
The
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society
Cothe Attorneys
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