Russian Iranian Case and Franco Spain Put UN Council at Crossroads
UN Security Council faces two urgent issues this week one whether to drop the Russian Iranian complaint from its agenda and the other whether to address Franco Spain. Russia demands Iran be dropped from the case while Iran has formally withdrawn the complaint.
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Franco
Spain
UN Council
New York
United Nations Security Council
Franco Spain
Russia
Iran
Red Airmen Fire On Yank Near Vienna
Four Russian P 39 fighters attacked a U S Army C 47 transport at an airfield outside Vienna firing 37 mm rounds as the plane landed. The C 47 was on a test run and the Russians claimed lend lease aid. The UN Council debated Spain Iran and a May 17 report date was set for the Iran issue. Premier Qavam spoke of Azerbaijan province returning to Iran with fighting reported near Miandaub.
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Vienna
Russia
Poland
United Nations
Spain
France
Mexico
Brazil
Netherlands
Great Britain
China
United States
Egypt
Australia
Council
U.N
Ahmed Qavam
Tehran
Azerbaijan
Tabriz
Miandaub
Fedailar
Azerbaijan Democrat
Negotiations Resume In Electrical Strike At Westinghouse
Negotiations resumed after an Easter weekend recess to seek a settlement basis for the wage dispute of 76,000 CIO electrical workers at Westinghouse Electric plant. The strike, about 100 days old, has cost an estimated 40 million dollars in wages.
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Pittsburgh
CIO- Electrical
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Wazes
Easter Seal Founder Dies in Cleveland
Andrew H. Thompson, 61, founder credited with starting the Easter seals for crippled children, died at the Cleveland Clinic. Funeral services will be held in Louisville, Kentucky, today.
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Cleveland
Louisville
Andrew H. Thompson
Cleveland Clinic
Easter Tragedies Claim Lives of Seven Ohioans
Seven Ohio residents died in Easter Sunday incidents as four traffic crashes and three drownings occurred across the state. Victims include Thomas Germann 22 and Laurell Mitchell 22 in the Ohio River near Ripley, Helen Mathews 19 of Middletown, Mildred Roop 26 of Akron, Jack Wysong 3 of Hamilton, Curtis Swackhamer 57 of Columbus, and Raymond W. Barnhart 60 of Harrison.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ripley
Ohio River
Thomas Germann
Laurell Mitchell
Harrison
Raymond W. Barnhart
Chinese Deny U.S. Strafe Charge in Manchuria
Chinese government bluntly calls the Communist claim that U.S. planes strafed forces near Szepkingkai a complete fabrication. U.S. officials say only an unarmed liaison plane in Changchun area was involved, while Chungking's leaders study the Manchurian crisis as First Army efforts press south of Changchun. George Atcheson Jr. succeeds Marquat as Allied four power council chair for Japan.
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Chungking
U.S
Szepkingkai
Manchuria
U.S. Army
An Changchun
Marshall
Changchun
First
Kungchulin
Tokyo
George Atcheson, Jr
General MacArthur
W. F. Marquat
Allied
Four-Power Council For
Japan
Solution to Shootings In Chicago Is Sought
Police seek a solution after a spate of shootings across suburban Chicago last week starting with a 12 year old girl shot in a forest near Des Plaines. Cook County reports 15 unexplained shootings including two hour gunman sprees through Oak Lawn and Evergreen Park, firing through windows and doors. PILOT ESCAPES: A plane piloted by Jack Ensor crashes into a storage shed in Hamilton, Ohio, after a down draft. no injuries.
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Chicago
Desplaines
Cook County
Oak Lawn
Evergreen Park
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Jack Ensor
Hamilton
Ohio
Laski warns of new atom bomb base in Indiana Illinois
Brighton England. Prof Harold J Laski says US has a new atom bomb powerful enough to devastate Indiana and Illinois. Five bombs could destroy the whole US south of the Mason-Dixon Line. He spoke at a British Cooperative Party Conference and would not name his source.
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Brighton
England
United States
Harold J. Laski
U. S
Indiana
Illinois
Mason-Dixon Line
Laski
British Cooperative Party
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Jap Premier And Cabinet Quit Office
Tokyo AP reports Premier Kijuro Shidehara and his cabinet resigned to stabilize Japan's political situation after an April election failed to yield a majority. Emperor Hirohito accepted the resignation, asking Shidehara to remain until a successor could be named, with Yoshida delivering the notice to General MacArthur. The cabinet, in office six months, faced food and postwar rehabilitation criticisms and opposition pressure from the Progressive Party, which propelled the resignations.
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TOKYO
Kijuro Shidehara
Japan
Imperial Palace
Hirohito
Shidehara
Progressive Party
Progressives
Colleges See 62,758 Vets in Ohio Colleges
Ohio expects 62,758 discharged service members to enroll in colleges by August 1 if current trends hold, per Ralph H. Stone of the Veterans Administration. Of those, 20,315 are already enrolled, 1,513 planned to enter soon, 17,680 expected to apply, and 23,250 more to seek enrollment after discharge. The total veterans discharged reached 491,000 by last March, with a forecast of 572,000 by August 1. Also, George H. Kattenhorn, longtime Masonic participant and former commander in chief of the Ohio Consistory Scottish Rite, died at 79.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ralph H. Stone
The
Veterans Administration
Stone
Cincinnati
George H. Kattenhorn
Ohio Consistory
Scottish Rite
Toscanini Returns to Italy After World Fame
Arturo Toscanini, 79, renowned conductor, sails back to his native Italy today. He had previously faced threats from Fascists in 1931 when he refused to perform their hymn, a moment from his storied career.
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Italy
New York
Arturo Toscanini
Zanesville Plane Crash Injures Two Ohio Men
Two Ohioans injured in a plane crash near Zanesville were pulled from the burning wreckage and remained in serious condition at Bethesda Hospital. Injured were Joseph Green of Massillon, the pilot, and Jack Maneely, 31, of Canton. Lt. Col. John C. Volka died at University Hospital in Columbus from leukemia.
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Zanesville
Here
Bethesda Hospital
Joseph Green
Massillon
Ohio
Jack Maneely
Canton
Volka
Columbus
John C. Volka
University Hospital
Fate of World Peace Efforts Hinges on Byrnes Paris Talk
Washington report says Secretary Byrnes may shape the fate of world peace as he travels to Paris to meet foreign ministers Bevin Bidault Molotov and Mihailovic. Talks could forge or fracture American policy on spheres of influence and the United Nations. If the Paris conference stalls, fear grows of stronger Soviet influence and a tighter Anglo American alignment.
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Paris
Washington
Britain
Russia
United
United Nations
Alsee
United States
Molo
Senate
Iran
Bevin
Red Army
Bidault
France
Belgrade
Drajaj
Mihailovic
America
Russians to Visit U S for Press Exchange Openness
The State Department plans a formal invitation to three Russian war correspondents Ilya Ehrenburg Mikhail Galaktionov and Konstantin Simonov to observe American peacetime life and the D C press scene. They met with the American Society of Newspaper Editors to discuss an exchange of views on media practice.
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Washington
States Department
America
Ilya G. Ehrenburg
Izvestia
Mikhail R. Galakhionov
Pravda
Konstantin M. Simonov
Red Star
American Society of Newspaper Editors
State Department
Russia
Crackdown Highlights Largest OPA Sweep Yet
In a sweeping action, Charles Bannon of the Cleveland regional OPA division leads a multi state crackdown on a multimillion dollar used bar black market. Michigan Kentucky Illinois and Missouri dealers face federal grand jury charges over profits estimated at 3.1 million since November 1944. NEA Telephoto shows to go machines rolling off lines as part of the broader wartime control narrative.
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OPA
Charles ©. Bannon
Division of Special Investigations
Cleveland
Michigan
Kentucky
Illinois
Missouri
Detroit
NEA
Japs Executed For Torturing Yankee Fliers
Shanghai report notes General Masataka Kaburagi former chief of staff of the Japanese 34th Army and four subordinates were hanged at Ward Road Jail for roles in the torture parade and strangulation of three American fliers at Hankow in December 1944. The first Americans in the China theater executed by U S forces, the five prisoners were blindfolded, hooded, and executed in small chambers at 45 minute intervals. Kaburagi was hanged at 8 17 am followed by Tsutomu Fujii Shoezeo Masui Koichi Masuda and Yosaburo Shirakawa in sequence.
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Shanghai
Jad
Masataka Kaburagi
Ward Road
Hankow
China
Kaburagi
Tsutomu Fujii
Shoezeo Masui
Koichi Masuda
Lance Corp
Yosaburo Shirakawa
Stand on Loan Will Be Aired In Senate Session
In Washington the loan debate centers on the proposed $3.75 billion loan. Senate Republicans seek Senator Vandenberg's position before he departs with Secretary Byrnes for the Paris Foreign Ministers Council, as Democratic leaders push to gain his support ahead of Easter recess.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Byrnes
Paris
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Senate Republican Conference
Official Denies Spain Threat to World Peace
Spain's public works minister rejected claims the government threatened world peace and said the Franco regime would stay in power regardless of UN actions. General Jose Maria Fernandez Ladrada denied Spain was pursuing atomic research or massing troops at the French frontier in response to UN Security Council accusations.
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Madrid
Spain
United Nations
Jose Maria Fernandez Ladreda
United Nations Security Council
2500 Rioting Prisoners Control Milan Jail
A mob of 2500 rioting prisoners armed with light machine guns and hand grenades seized control of the Vitore Jail in Milan. Police and army surrounded the jail where 20 people were wounded. Many prisoners are held on political charges.
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Milan
Italy
Vittore
Former Gallia Business Woman Dies at 70 in Gallipolis
Gallia, Ohio. Margaret Shuler, 70, former president of the Davis Shuler Dry Goods Co., died today in Gallipolis. In Covington, Kentucky, a Christmas tree lit with ornaments near the home of Mrs. Elia Britta overlooks Easter baskets for Arthur Ernst, 16, who has been ill, as his family planned a deferred celebration.
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Gallipolis
Margaret Shuler
Davis Shuler Dry Goods Company
Covington
Elia Britta
Arthur Ernst
Truman Sails To Take Part In War Games
President Truman cruises Chesapeake Bay bound for Norfolk for naval maneuvers off the Virginia Capes aboard the Williamsburg. They will join the 45,000 ton aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt and 29 ships for large scale war games with Admiral Mitscher’s Eighth Fleet. maneuvers run until May 26 before Truman returns to Norfolk and then Washington.
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Truman
Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk
Virginia Capes
Williamsburg
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adm
Marc Mitscher
FDR
Atlantic
Mitscher
Eighth
Mr. Truman
Bay
Readville Train Crash Kills One Injures 104
A Hartford to Boston passenger train collided head on with a Boston to Providence train near Readville Boston. One fireman died the engineer was in critical condition and 104 people were treated for minor injuries in four area hospitals. Lord Keynes, 62, a financier involved in Britain's U.S. loan talks, died in London.
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New Haven Railroad
Readville
Providence
London
Lord Keynes
Britain
U.S
Washington
Teen Draftees May Escape Oversea Duty
Washington reports a possible compromise to exempt teenage draftees from overseas occupation duty as senators seek a draft extension. The War Department urged delaying universal military training until next year amid elections, while Knowland studies an amendment to bridge House and Senate positions on a May 15 expiry.
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War Department
House Military Committee
Knowland
Calif
House
Senate
Brick Workers Granted Hike For 18 1 2 Cents An Hour
The Fifth Regional Wage Stabilization Board approved an 18 12 cent hourly wage increase for 2,253 Brick and Clay workers across 19 plants in Ohio Pennsylvania and Indiana. The raise, agreed by 13 companies and the United Brick and Clay Workers of America, will be used as a basis to seek higher price ceilings from the Office of Price Administration. The board's decision was unanimous.
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Cleveland
AFL
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Fifth
Gotham Capital Hop Made in 29 Minutes
The Army marked Washington as a suburb of New York with a 29 minute flight. A P-80 Shooting Star flew from LaGuardia Field to National Airport yesterday in 29 minutes 15 seconds at about 456 miles per hour or 7.6 miles a minute.
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Washington
Army
New York
LaGuardia Field
National Airport
Burglars Take About 2200 From Columbus Drug Store
Police report a theft at Cutler Drug Store in Columbus where burglars pierced a roof and wall from an adjoining shop and opened a safe with an acetylene torch, total loss about $2,200. The incident remains under investigation.
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Columbus
Burlglars
Sharing Food Will Be Urged In National Drive
A nationwide food contribution plan will ask every U S resident to help feed starving lands. The private campaign, run with the famine emergency committee, will not deduct administrative costs. Local chairmen from the recent Victory Clothing drive in 19 597 cities will help organize. OPA mail support grows as Downey notes election year dynamics and Congress debates extending price controls, Bowles touts a democracy in action while Bankshead and Bridges weigh OPA futures. Senate Banking Committee reconvenes to push a sensible bill.
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Washington
United States
Victory
OPA
Downey
Senate
House
Chamber
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Senator Bankhead
Dala
Bankhead
Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Banking Committee
Auto Driver Beaten on Head With Flashlight
Columbus Ohio police report an attempted robbery of driver Marlin MrElwin of Steubenville. A man leaped into the car at a traffic light demanded money. McElwin refused and was struck several times with a flashlight before pushing the intruder away. He was taken to Grant Hospital for treatment of cuts and bruises.
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Columbus
Marlin
MrElwin
Steubenville
Grant Hospital
McElwin
Cleveland Gunman Steals From Downtown Barbecue
In Cleveland last night a silent gunman robbed the Southern Barbecue downtown, forcing Helen Avran to open the basement safe and beating her. He escaped with 2000 plus from the till, leaving 200 patrons unaware of the crime. A U. S. attorney general visit to Middletown is announced for May 19 as part of American Day.
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Cleveland
Helen Avran
Clark
Ohio
Middletown
Tom B
U. S
Easter Peace Brings Large Crowds to Ohio Churches
Worshipers fill Ohio churches and sunrise services marking the first postwar Easter. Dr. Robert Whyte of Old Stone Church Cleveland urges hope in immortality after war. Thousands attend in Columbus, Cincinnati, and Cleveland, with uniforms of service members present. President Truman attends First Baptist in Washington. Pope Pius XI is noted.
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Associated Press
Robert B. Whyte
Old Stone Church
Cleveland
Dr. Whyte
Columbus
Palace Theater
Cincinnati
Eden Park
Truman
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