Civil War Resumes Along Yangtze Front In China
War erupts along the Yangtze as Communist forces attack multiple fronts around Nanking. Pukow Kiangpu and Wuhu are reported under fire with Red operations challenging Nationalist defenses on the river's north bank. Premier Ho Ying-chin rejects Red peace proposals as not aligned with government aims.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
Pukow
Kiangpu
Wuhu
Here
Hsiaokan
Hankow
Temporary Wheat Price Dip Seen
The Agriculture Department forecast a possible price dip in wheat after this year’s harvest followed by a rebound to government support levels. It projected the 1949 crop at about 1.31 billion bushels, second only to 1947, with a No 2 hard winter price around 2.20 dollars per bushel at Kansas City, three cents below 1948.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansas City
Rabbi Stephen Wise Lies In State At Free Synagogue
The body of Dr. Stephen S. Wise will lie in state today and tomorrow at the Free Synagogue he founded. The 75 year old rabbi died at Lenox Hospital after an operation for a malignant stomach ailment. He led the American Jewish Congress and World Jewish Congress and urged peace and tolerance while criticizing Soviet policy and warning against war. Funeral services are planned for Friday in Carnegie Hall.
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New York
Stephen S. Wise
Free Synagogue
Lenox Hospital
Carnegie Hall
American Jewish Congress
World Jewish Congress
Wise
Palestine
Rail lines eyed in bid to safeguard traffic pact
Washington and Pennsylvania railroads seek to purchase the Detroit Toledo and Ironton Railroad to preserve existing traffic arrangements.
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RATL
Washington
Wabash and
Pennsylvania
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
Ex-Marriage Advisor Sued for Divorce in Ohio
Columbus report states Dr. John F. Cuber former director of Ohio State University Marriage Counseling Clinic is sued for neglect by Mrs. Esther Cuber in the Court of Domestic Relations. He resigned to take a visiting professorship at the University of Southern California.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
John F. Cuber
OSU
Esther Cuber
Keel Laid for Navy’s 65,000 ton Atomic Carrier United States
The keel for the 65,000 ton USS United States, world's largest aircraft carrier, was laid at Newport News shipyard Virginia without fanfare. The Navy’s first atomic age ship will cost about 189 million dollars and require an estimated four years to complete after the keel laying ends Capitol Hill controversy.
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United States
Newport News
Capitol Hill
Doctor Urges More Complete Child Medicals
Dr. Thomas E. Shaffer of Columbus urged at the Ohio State Medical Association session that school health exams be leisurely and thorough with parents present. He criticized mass inspections and called for educational, behavior-promoting examinations with ample time for questions.
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Columbus
Thomas E. Shaffer
Ohio State Medical Association
Shaffer
Cain Proposes Housing Vote Referendum on Public Housing
Senator Cain proposes an amendment to the long range housing bill allowing each community to vote by referendum on public housing. Dpon a federal funded project, houses could not be built without local approval. Myers warns the Senate will stay in session toward a final vote if progress continues tonight.
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Washington
Cain
Senate
Husband pleads guilty in ax-slaying case
Steve Babchak 75 pleaded guilty before Common Pleas Judge G H Birrell to the February ax murder of his wife Kath erine.
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Warren
Steve Babchak
Common Pleas
G. H. Birrell
Katherine
Green backs broadened aid proposal
AFL President William Green endorses the administration plan to broaden Social Security coverage. He supports extending coverage to self employed and farm workers, domestics, state and local employees, and workers for non profits. He backs including disability benefits and ties benefits to dependents and family needs.
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Washington
AFL
William Green
Green
Kirk Chosen for Moscow Ambassadorship
Vice Admiral Alan G. Kirk was named ambassador to Moscow by President Truman. He moves from his post as ambassador to Belgium and from minister to Luxembourg to assume the Moscow assignment. Kirk succeeds Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, who was reassigned to command the First Army in New York.
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Washington
Alan G. Kirk
Moscow
Kirk
Belgium
Luxembourg
Walter Bedell Smith
First Army
New York
White House
Truman
Jimmy
Stuffy
Former Athens Mayor Robert S. Wood Dies in Columbus
Robert S. Wood, 62, former Athens mayor and Ohio University football coach in 1909 1910, died in his sleep in Columbus likely of a heart attack. He coached at Ohio U again in 1920 1921 and served as mayor from 1930 to 1931. Survived by wife Margarette, two daughters, and three grandchildren. funeral arrangements by Dowler and Ferguson.
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Robert S. Wood
Athens
Ohio University
Columbus
Wood
Loretta Scanlon
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Mr. Wood
Ohio U
Joseph M. Wood
Alexander Township
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Camp Gordon
Margaretta Wood
William Biggs
W. S. Bentley
Detroit
Thomas A. Wood
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Milk Price Cuts in Akron and Lorain Tied to Store Outlets
The Lawson Milk Co. announced cash and carry price cuts in its 70 stores. In Akron the new milk price is 12 cents per quart and 45 cents per 2 gallons, down one cent per quart and four cents per gallon. In Lorain regular milk drops to 17 cents per quart starting May 1, a one cent cut.
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Akron
Lawson Milk Co
Lorain
Two 18 Year Olds Fined and Sentenced in High School Fight
Two 18 year old boys, Melvin Parker and Lawrence Speights, pleaded guilty to beating a John Marshall High School student after the city basketball championship. They received $25 fines and four month workhouse terms from Municipal Judge Frank D Celebreeze.
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Cleveland
John Marshall
Frank D
Melvin Parker
Lawrence Speights
Theater Ceiling Collapse Injures Thirty Nine at Park Theater
In Houma Louisiana a plaster ceiling at the Park Theater fell last night injuring 39 people from about 190 patrons. Manager Everett Talbot said the acoustic ceiling dropped in one large sheet with little warning.
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Houma
Everett Talbot
Park Theater
British Sloop Amethyst Hit as Yanette Batteries Fire
Reports say the British sloop Amethyst suffered heavy casualties after attacks by Communist shore batteries near Nanking. The destroyer Consort arrived at Kiangyun to aid Amethyst and other ships, while Amethyst lay aground near Rose Island.
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Shanghai
Yangtze
K N
Nanking
Kiangyin Ie
Kiangyun
Howe Island
Rose Island
London
Black Swan
Nationallat
Girl Rescued From Unused 40 Foot Well in Des Moines
Betty Johnson, four, escaped drowning after slipping into an abandoned 40 foot well while playing with neighbors. Neighbor Norrie Jamison descended to support the child for about 25 minutes until Max Hughes, a radio repairman, pulled Betty free. Jamison and Betty were rescued with ropes and the well was immediately plugged.
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Des Moines
Betty Johnson
Everett Johnson
Betty
Norrie Jamison
Mrs. Jamison
Max Hughes
Pilot sucked out of plane dies during flight
In Alaska a pilot plummeted 4000 feet when he was sucked out while checking a draft near a door aboard a C 47. Dave Hayoke of Los Angeles was aboard as third pilot with no passengers on board the Sourdough Air Transport Co plane, Seattle office said.
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Seattle
Alaska
Sourdough Air Transport Co
Dave Hayoke
Los Angeles
Overflow Crowd Hears Sandusky Fish Stories
A Tuesday legislative hearing drew a huge crowd in Columbus as supporters and opponents debated turning Sandusky Bay into a hook and line fishing paradise by closing waters to commercial fishing. The audience filled the hearing room and overflowed into corridors.
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Columbus
Sandusky Bay
Capitol
Real Estate Prices Seen Falling as Normal Postwar Change
Theodore H. Maenner of Omaha told 300 delegates at the Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards that the moderate drop in real estate prices is a healthy normal reaction to postwar inflation and that prices may fall slightly for several more months.
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Cleveland
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Theodore H. Maenner
Omaha
Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards
Building Freeze Plan Referred to Committee
A resolution seeking a 30 day freeze on Ohio's $50 million building program to allow review of complaints was referred to the Senate Rules Committee. Senator William Boyd a co sponsor moved the referral as 20 of 33 senators were present.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate Rules Committee
William Boyd
Cuyahoga
Gifford Murder Suspect Jimmy Stewart Sought in Nationwide Drawings
Sheriff George Bateman releases an artist’s conception of Jimmy Stewart as the third man in the Eleanor E. Gifford slaying. Stewart is described by Grover Rawlins and is sought after by police nationwide as Dodds and Rawlins face murder charges. Bateman urges tips to his office and notes Stewart’s height age and build from Rawlins description.
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George Bateman
Athens County Today
Jimmy Stewart
Eleanor E. Gifford
Columbus
Stewart
Harry Z. Dodds, Jr
Grover BE. Rawlins
Miss Gifford
Episcopal Church
Route 36
Dodds
Rawlins
Lima State Hospital
Bateman
Carleton Calkin
Ohio University
Grover Rawlins
Athens
Ohio Farm Land Values Rise 5 Percent in Year Ended March 1
The Agriculture Department reports Ohio farm real estate values increased 5 percent from March 1 last year, exceeding the national 3 percent rise but lagging gains of 10 to 14 percent in Oklahoma Louisiana Arkansas and Nebraska. Ohio prices now 141 percent above 1935-39 levels, with the U S average up 111 percent.
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Washington
Ohio
Agriculture Department
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Nebraska
United States
Sitdown Is Staged In Anthracite Pit
Three of 13 miners emerged from the No. 6 pit at Lehigh Navigation Coal Co yesterday after a 24 hour underground sitdown protest against wage cuts. Ten remained underground while surface supporters promised to stay until the dispute is resolved. Miners and town residents reported the underground group was well cared for.
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Lansford
Lehigh Navigation Coal Co
Driscoll Easy Winner In New Jersey Voting
Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll won a renomination victory in the New Jersey Republican primary with more than two to one over challenger Robert L. Adams. Final returns showed Driscoll carrying 18 of 21 counties and Adams delivering an unexpectedly strong showing.
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Driscoll
New Jersey
Newark
N. J
Alfred E. Driscoll
Robert L. Adams
Berea Fire Fatalities Include Volunteer Fireman and Mother
In Berea Homes housing project a fire Tuesday night left volunteer firefighter James McDowell aged 47 dead from a heart attack after collapsing while carrying a victim. Mrs. Joseph Poros, 34, mother of three, sustained second degree burns on hands and feet as the blaze began in her apartment.
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Cleveland
Berea Homes
James McDowell
Joseph Poros
Woman To Be Tried For Drowning Sons
In Ravenna Ohio 31 year old Barbara McVeigh faces a first degree murder trial after authorities say she drowned her two young sons in a tub of hot water in November 1947. She was moved from Lima State Hospital for the Criminal Insane where she had been confined since January 1948.
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Ravenna
Barbara McVeigh
Lima State Hospital
Arms secrecy opposed in Senate over rearmament plan
In Washington, Senate members urged public release of the arms for Europe program. Both supporters and critics of NATO pressed the Foreign Relations Committee to open rearmament details. Secretary Acheson planned to present a confidential report on Thursday. Early estimates pegged first year costs around 1.25 billion dollars.
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Washington
Senate
North Atlantic Security Alliance
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Foreign Relations Committee
Paris Delegates Urged to Form Peace Groups
A communist sponsored world peace conference opened in Paris with a call to create peace committees worldwide to implement the congress plans. Frederic Joiot-Curle, a French communist scientist, told 1800 delegates from 52 nations that they will face the wrath of war with assured victory.
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Paris
Atomis
Frederic Joiot-Curle
Reds Win 3 1 as 29 Legislators Miss Session for Grandmothers
Cincinnati opening day saw 29 state representatives absent to attend grandmothers' funerals, sending telegrams to Speaker Cantwell. Senate and House adjourned briefly. 93 of 134 House members present, 20 of 33 Senate members. Bills passed include animal value limits in dog control and frozen food locker regulations. Short note on constitutional adjournment rules caused by attendance.
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Columbus
John F. Cantwell
Youngstown
Cincinnati
A. G. Lancione
Bellaire
C. William O’neill
Marietta
George D. Nye
Waverly
Senate
House
Margaret A. Mahon
Cleveland
Nye
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