Stone death shocks Supreme Court. Truman faces vacancy
Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone died after a stroke, leaving a seven member Supreme Court. President Truman weighs nominees including Douglas Jackson and Frankfurter, while dissents Stone authored shape future rulings. Separately, a government drive targets low cost clothing shortages with price ceilings and spindles restored to boost output.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Tanks At Scene Of Milan Jail Rioting
More than 1,000 police with light tanks and armored cars surrounded San Vittore Jail in Milan as 2,500 convicts rioted since Sunday. Prisoners fired back after a night of terror and threatened to hang 10 of the 23 guards they are holding as hostages. the fate of the hostages was not known.
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Mussolini’s Body Reported Stolen From Milan Grave
Milan authorities said Benito Mussolini’s body was removed overnight from Maggiore Cemetery by unknown persons. An inquiry was started. Mussolini was buried in a paupers grave after execution by partisans near the Swiss border in 1945, with Petacci and five henchmen nearby.
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Italy
First Envoys Reach Paris for Four Power Talks
The advance echelon of diplomats gathered in Paris as the four power foreign ministers conference opened in the Luxembourg Palace. US Britain Russia and France aim to salvage UN and European peace conference outcomes through decisive deliberations. US diplomats show eagerness to bridge differences with Russia on Eastern Europe issues.
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Truman speaks with mother and sister during Easter talk aboard yacht
President Truman had an Easter radio telephone chat from the USS Williamsburg off the Virginia Capes with his 93 year old mother from Grandview Missouri. He then spoke at length with his sister Miss Mary Truman at the Grandview home.
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American Newspaper Publishers Convene in New York
The 60th annual convention of the American Newspaper Publishers Association opens today at the Waldorf Astoria, with 10,000 attending. ANPA officers to be elected Thursday afternoon as executives gather amid discussions of small dailies and opera night events.
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United Nations Security Council
Barkley presses for showdown on loan bill and control measures
Democratic Leader Barkley put atomic control legislation on the must list and refused to delay the 3.75 billion British loan bill. He pledged Senate action on the domestic control measure before quitting, likely early July, while Wherry pressed for strike and other measures amid uncertain odds for passage without a prolonged coal strike.
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Lausche Joins Fight for Balanced Federal Budget
Governor Frank J. Lausche joined 16 state governors in opposing deficit spending and endorsing a balanced federal budget starting July 1. He cited inflationary pressures from federal borrowing and joined six other Democrats and ten Republicans in the initiative.
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History's Biggest Grain Crops Seen As Nation's Farmers Start
Washington reports under secretary N E Dodd says this year's heat and corn crops could be the largest in U S history. He cites an early spring, bets on about 300 million acres of crops, and notes no general production limits aside from tobacco quotas.
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Columbus Flood Control Project Groundbreaking
Ground-breaking ceremonies commence the first post-war flood control project in Ohio for Delaware and Columbus. The $5,000,000 reservoir, located five miles north, will create a 1,000-acre pool and back up 8,700 acres of water in a 16 mile long lake reaching into Marion County. Governor Lausche to perform the ceremonial spade turn as the 18,000-foot dike and dam begin construction.
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Bread Waste Reduced In Cleveland Garbage
City incinerator results show housewives cooperating with bread conservation. Normally thousands of half loaves are sent daily to the incinerator, but in the last three weeks bread waste declined and yesterday only a sprinkling of bread sheaves appeared among 500 tons of garbage.
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20,000,000 Children Urgently Need Food in Europe
Maurice Pate, adviser to Herbert Hoover, stated that between 20 and 30 million European children urgently require food. He called it the most poignant human problem in Europe today.
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Herbert Hoover
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Government Bids Against Black Market for Corn
Chicago dispatch reports the U S government and black market grain traders clash over 50 million bushels of corn. A 30 cent per bushel bonus is offered to the federal buyers until the target is met, but experts doubt it will outprice the black market. Analyst E A Boerner says the bonus may raise prices to near the black market level.
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Wallace Urges Democratic Party Discipline In Congress
San Francisco report says Secretary of Commerce Henry A Wallace urged stronger party discipline and easier paths to floor votes. He cited Hoover and Coolidge as agreeing and defended proposals that sparked sharp reactions in Congress.
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Trail of Crime Ends For Two BIS Escapees
Two Boys Industrial School escapees from Lancaster were captured after a spree of thefts. FBI agents said the youths, held on $1000 bond each, will face federal proceedings. They allegedly fled April 1 leaving a trail of break ins and car thefts across several states.
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Timken Rolls Out Retroactive Pay for 15000 Workers
Timken Roller Bearing Co begins mailing retroactive pay to about 15 000 CIO United Steelworkers members across Canton Columbus Wooster Mount Vernon Zanesville and Newton Falls. Total payments range 650 000 to 700 000 under an agreement ending a 55 day strike at Timken plants.
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Torture Allegations At Nagoya POW Camp Unfold In Court
Pvt. Frank G. Bozic of Canton Ohio testified that he was brutally tortured by a Japanese sergeant at Nagoya prisoner of war camp. He appears among a group named in charges against Sgt Unosuke Mantini second in command at the camp.
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Union President Forecasts Rail Express Strike Paralyzing Service
In Detroit the Railway Express Agency faces a 12:01 a.m. Friday strike as 65,000 workers threaten to walk out over wages. The union president George M. Harrison warned service would be paralyzed if no immediate action is taken, amid broader industry production woes and coal strike tensions.
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Wage disputes halt Detroit express service and rail talk
An embargo on perishables looms as 1,500 Railway Express workers in Detroit walk out for a wage dispute. The AFL UMW strike stretches to 23 days, idleing about 740,000 overall with related industries. Officials discuss La Guardia requesting aid from Lewis and Van Horn while rail and truck actions threaten wider shutdowns.
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Wyatt Reports Home Building Material Ready
Housing official Wyatt said raw materials are sufficient to meet the 2,700,000 dwelling program but short for other essential building. An order aims to lower new home costs for veterans, with prices on sale houses averaging about 56 500 including land, varying by city.
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Wilson W. Wyatt
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Filipino Candidate Hides After Kidnaping Rumor
In Manila Presidential Candidate Manuel Roxas went into hiding amid rumors of a kidnapping plot as nearly 3 million Filipinos voted for new leaders marking independence. Roxas' residence grounds were guarded by machine guns and a Philippine army detachment while his secretary said he fled after hearing three men from Bulacan planned the abduction.
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Portsmouth Man Fined For Short Coal Weight
Melvin Williams of Portsmouth Ohio was fined 250 dollars after pleading guilty to defrauding a Seneca farmer by selling coal under weight. Another Portsmouth man, Wilson Jones, 50, was fined 100 dollars on the same charge.
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Vanguard Army Reaches Kunghuling Ahead of Bitter Battles
The People's Daily reports the vanguard of the government’s first army has reached Kunghuling in Chungking. It forecasts heavy fighting as about eighty thousand Communist troops are said to be concentrated nearby.
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Ohio study on veterans bonus and tax impact
Ohio Tax Commission analysis on a half billion dollar veterans bonus estimates it would require either a 27 percent property tax increase or substitution of several levies plus five million dollars from the sales tax annually. C Emory Glander states the analysis is factual and nonpartisan and aims to inform the bonus debate.
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Ohio veterans bonus urged as special session topic
A legislative commission recommends adding a 400 million dollar Ohio veterans bonus to a call for a special General Assembly session. The plan envisions 450 million to veterans with bond financing and notes potential property tax impacts and the need for a constitutional amendment.
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