Czechs Oust U S Official and Begin Trial
Prague expelled Joseph C. Kolarek director of the U S Information Services and halted U S I S activities. Six Czechoslovaks go on trial for belonging to a spy ring run by the U S embassy. major Jaromir Nechansky charged with high treason and spying. Zastera a 20 year old U S citizen jailed 18 years and expelled later.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Joseph C. Kolarek
U.S. Information Services
U.S.I.S
Prague
Pankrac
U. S
Army
Jaromir Nechansky
Berlin
Kolarek
Dean Acheson
Washington
U.S.S
J. Zastera
Prion
Zastera
Direct News Ends For AP in Prague
London reports the Associated Press ceased direct news gathering in Czechoslovakia after the Czech government expelled AP foreign correspondent Nathan Polowetzky and refused to renew his accreditation. Czech nationals briefly ran the Prague bureau but said they could not continue transmitting news.
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London
Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Czechslovakia
Nathan Polowetzky
Harrison, N. J
Polowetzky
Senators Press GOP Demand for Cross-Section Contact
Senate Republican leaders insist on cross section contact with the Truman administration as the price of GOP support for bipartisan foreign policy. Senators Bridges of New Hampshire and Wherry of Nebraska say the administration must listen to criticism during policy formation.
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Washington
Senate
Bridges
New Hampshire
Wherry
Nebraska
Truman
GOP
Greeting for Dog Causes Woman's Death
ARVADA Colorado witnesses say Maida Niles, 60, widow, stepped from a trolley to pet a dog on railroad tracks three miles northwest of town. A locomotive struck her before she could move. the dog jumped clear as passengers frantically pounded windows.
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Arvada
Colo
Jersey cow sold via inexpensive classified ad
Merle Johnson of rural route 5 reports quick results from a one day ad. He says he never needs to run an ad longer than a day and sold a Jersey cow through the affordable notice.
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Merle Johnson
Jersey
Messenger
Ohio
Large Yellow Jersey Cow Fresh Third Calf
Merle Johnson offers a large yellow jersey cow just fresh with a third calf. Bangs tested. Dial 26562. R. D. 5.
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Yellow Jersey
Bangs
Merle Johnson
R. D
Officials study chance of more Soviet U S air clashes
Moscow officials and Washington policymakers weigh the risk of further air clashes along the European front after a Baltic Sea incident. The United States demands a full Soviet investigation and assurances no repetition, while Moscow cites Soviet legality and signals it may resist. Ambassador Kirk delivered a protest note to Foreign Minister Vishinsky.
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Moscow
New Times
Baltic Sea
United States
Denmark
U.S
Wiesbaden
Washington
Europe
Vishinsky
Alan G. Kirk
Kirk
State Department
Sion
Russia
Bridges Files Suit Against Prosecutor
Harry Bridges, president of the CIO Longshoremen's Union, sues prosecutor F Joseph Donohue for 500000 in libel and slander claiming he called him a liar and perjurer in a luncheon address. Bridges was convicted in 1945 of lying about being a Communist to gain citizenship and is free on bond pending appeal.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Bridges
F. Joseph Donohue
CIO Longshoremen’s Union
Porterfield Cites Hidden TB Toll in Ohio
Ohio health director Dr. John D. Porterfield estimates at least 20 000 tuberculosis cases have not been reported to authorities. He notes a record 11 021 new cases were reported last year, up over 1500 from 1948, and the total tuberculosis cases reached 37 113 by December 31, 1949.
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Columbus
Doctor plugs TB vaccine and urges US action
Dr. Edward J. O'Brien, a leading TB surgeon from Detroit, pushes BCG vaccination as the sole answer to tuberculosis. Speaking before the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, he argues current methods won’t solve TB for a thousand years and criticizes the Public Health Service for not embracing mass vaccination.
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Denver
Edward J. O'Brien
Detroit
O’brien
American Association For Thoracic Surgery
U. S. Public Health Service
Robert J. Anderson
The
Public Health Service
Washington
Harry J. Cooper
National Jewish Hospital
Anderson
Cooper
India
New York
Chicago
O'Brien
United States
Eaton Renominated in New Jersey Fifth District Race
Charles A. Eaton aged 82, GOP House spokesman on foreign affairs, won renomination for a 14th term in New Jersey's Fifth District. The victory contributed to eight organization-backed GOP wins across the state's 14 districts, with incumbents largely renominated and minimal opposition.
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Newark
N.J
Charles A. Eaton
GOP
House
New Jersey
Pittsburgh Steamboat Races Set May 20
The steam boat Homestead, owned by Carnegie-Illinois Steel, will race the Titan, owned by Jones and Laughlin Steel, in Pittsburgh's Welcome Week steamboat race on Saturday May 20. The Homestead won last year. Titan replaces William Larimer Jones after 1949 defeat. The three and three tenths mile course will be used.
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Pittsburgh
Homestead
Titan
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
William Larimer Jones
Maragon Trial Focuses on Allied Molasses Firm Case
The John Maragon jury trial centers on his dealings with the Allied Molasses Co of Perth Amboy New Jersey and alleged lies to a Senate committee probing five percenters. Prosecutors say the firm involved in government business supports the indictment while Vaughan’s potential link remains uncertain.
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Maragon Trial
Allied Molasses
Washington
John Maragon
White House
Agriculture Department
U.S
Charles Murray
Harry H. Vaughan
Maragon
Vaughan
Senate
Allied Molasses Co
Perth Amboy
N.J
Murray
Irvin Goldstein
Senate Committee
Pomeroy Man Hurt In Mine Accident
Gallia County officials report Lewis M. Brown a 38 year old Pomeroy Route 3 resident seriously injured at Waterways Coal Co in Middleport. Brown suffered an arm injury when caught in a conveyor and amputation is likely at Holzer Hospital.
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Gallipolis
Lewis M. Brown
Pomeroy Route 3
Holzer Hospital
the Waterways Coal Co
Middleport
Brown
Man charged with murder in wife killing in Cincinnati
James E. Ferguson, 32, faced a preliminary hearing in police court on a murder charge after his wife was fatally stabbed. He claimed a mental blackout caused the act and said his wife refused a physician, fearing he would get into trouble.
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Cincinnati
James E. Ferguson
Ferguson
Aged Man Escapes Train Mishap With Minor Aches
Thomas Mack aged 80 escaped serious injury when his car was struck by a New York Central freight train and hurled about 45 feet. He sustained only aches and pains and was treated at the scene. The incident occurred near Cleveland according to local reports.
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Cleveland
Thomas Mack
New York Central
Reinforcements Claimed for Reds on Hainan Island
A reliable source says Chinese Reds landed reinforcements on Hainan Island and seized two beachheads Monday.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hainan Island
Mail Service Slash Ordered In Move To Reduce Expenses
Postmaster General Donaldson ordered nationwide curtailment of mail service to cut costs. One daily residential delivery, earlier window closings, night processing limited to first class mail, newspapers and parcel post, and reduced Saturday service. AFL-CIO protest followed.
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Washington
Jesse M. Donaldson
Donaldson
AFL Association of Letter Carriers
Postal Service
Congress
Rhodes Charges Lausche Aide Hidden in Liquor Dept
Columbus reports Republican Rhodes accuses Governor Lausche of trying to lock up the Henry Wallace vote. He cites a Franklin County Progressive Party former chairman and a GI student now in the liquor department’s PR division. Lausche cites a bishop’s injunction on false witness as he chuckles over the claim.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Frank J. Lausche
Henry Wallace
Rhodes
Lausche
Franklin County
Progressive Party
Progressive Citizens Party
William R. Gibbon
Ohio State University
Gibbon
Civil Rights Committee
Ebright Urges GOP to Guard Ohio Treasury
Dayton Ohio State Treasurer Don H Ebright urged Republicans to win the governor nomination to safeguard the state from bankruptcy He called for paying bills promptly auditing governmental spending adopting a budget defining actual services for funds and revising the bookkeeping system.
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Dayton
Don H. Ebright
Ohio
FBI arrests two tellers for bank shortages
The FBI charged Edward Herbert Stewart 28 of Akron and Jack Edwin Brittain 32 of Cuyahoga Falls with embezzling 13740 at Dime Savings Bank Akron over the past three years. The shortages were uncovered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and prompted the arrests.
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Akron
Dime Savings Bank
FBI
Edward Herbert Stewart
Jack Edwin Brittain
Cuyahoga Falls
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Educator Attacks Taft Foreign Policy Record
Columbus educator Henry M. Busch, a Democratic U S Senate hopeful, says restoring Taft to the Senate supports a loser. He accuses Taft of burying the foreign policy record at Pearl Harbor and reviving it by backing McCarthy, described as a headline hunter.
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Columbus
Henry M. Busch
U. S. Senate
Taft
Senate
Cleveland College
Pearl Harbor
McCarthy
Centenarian Mary A. Miller Dies in Lancaster
Mrs. Mary A. Miller aged 104 who celebrated her birthday last October died on Wednesday in Lancaster. Born in the region, she witnessed a century of local changes and was remembered by family and friends for her longevity.
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Lancaster
Mary A. Miller
Settlement Ends Brick Plants Strike in Ohio
A 19 day strike at Hocking Bay Brick Co. and The Diamond ends with a tentative agreement covering check off, assessments and accident and sickness insurance. About 150 workers at two plants receive a path to a formal contract by May 8. Work resumes next week.
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Logan
Hocking Bay Brick Co
Diamond
Walter C. Lehman
AFL United Brick and Clay Workers Union
Man Held After Threats. Stephens Back in Jail
Ernest W. Stephens, 39, tried for lodging at the county jail at 2:30 a.m. and was refused. He vowed he'd return as police sought him for a Dec. 23 murder of Mary Sylvia Dunlap. He later secured city jail lodging after officers notified the station.
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Dayton
Ernest W. Stephens
William Evers
Stephens
Mary Sylvia Dunlap
Scalpers Are Released But War to Continue
Cleveland police jailed six men for trying to scalp opening day baseball tickets for the Cleveland Detroit game by charging two to five dollars over official prices. Detective Captain Thomas A. Murphy said they probably would be released but warned that the police department and the ball club are determined to stop scalping.
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Cleveland
Thomas A. Murphy
Bombs Hit U.S. Legations in Damascus and Beirut
Two bombs struck U S legation compounds in Damascus and Beirut amid Arab-Israeli tensions. A Marine guard was wounded in Damascus and James H Keeley Jr said the blasts occurred almost simultaneously. In Beirut a grenade shattered a switchboard room injuring no one seriously.
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Damascus
Syria
U.S. Legation
Beirut
U.S
James H. Keeley, Jr
Legation
Elbert Cassell
Bedford
Damascus Legation
Police hold father for beating boy
Toledo police report Joseph Vinarski Sr. 34 beat his son about the head and body, pulled hair, and applied salt to wounds causing convulsions. The child, in poor condition, is hospitalized. The father is held for investigation though he denies the beating. the mother says the boy was punished for being not housebroken.
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Toledo
Joseph Vinarski, Sr
Anthony Bosch
Judge Who Figured In Casino Case Dies
Geauga County Common Pleas Judge Harlan Sperry, 77, dies leaving a vacancy. Gov. Frank J. Lausche must appoint a successor after Sperry’s death. Judge Cook has ruled against the state once and faces another decision pending in the casino case involving the Pettibone Club.
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Chardon
Frank J. Lausche
Geauga County
Pettibone Club
Common Pleas
Harlan Sperry
Cook
River Pact Action Asked
West Virginia Supreme Court may rehear its ruling blocking WV participation in the Ohio River Valley water sanitation compact. Attorney general offices from six member states met to seek a rehearing, arguing the compact would not unlawfully delegate legislative authority. The pact aims to jointly combat Ohio River pollution.
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Columbus
West Virginia Supreme Court
Supreme Court Allows One Name for Candidate Phillips
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Edmund Phillips born Hubert Carrington of Lawrence County may run for state Senate in the 7th and 8th Districts under the name Phillips. Lower courts had required two names on the petition and barred him.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Edmund Phillips
Hubert Carrington
Lawrence County
Phillips
Common Pleas
Scioto County
Scioto
Gravedigger Confesses to Fires at Toledo Cemetery
William Stickles a gravedigger confessed to starting a $40,000 blaze and five other fires that damaged tombstones in the cemetery where he works and a year of burglaries. He implicated Ronald Hahn 20 and both were held for preliminary jury action under $2500 bond.
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Toledo
William Stickles
Orrin Goniato
Stickles
Ronald Hahn
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