U S Delegation Plans Limited Trusteeship for Palestine
The United States delegation outlined a concise plan to have the United Nations back a trusteeship for Palestine after the British mandate ends. Steps include securing backing from the 58-nation political committee and then confirming trusteeship as the sole UN rule, with emergency action favored due to time pressure. A three-nation Palestine truce commission of the United States, France and Belgium would start talks Monday to implement a cease-fire.
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United States
General Assembly
U.N
Palestine
U.S
United Nations
Security Council
Palestine Truce Commission
Jerusalem
Truce Commission
France
Belgium
Senate Air Force Bill Hearings Set Amid Compromise Talk
Washington AP reports Senate hearings begin on a 70 group Air Force bill as Defense Secretary Forrestal raises a 66 group plan. Sen Gurney backs a larger defense cost estimate and possible UMT delay while the House eyeing a 348 to 3 vote pushes a top heavy plan.
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Washington
Senate
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bridges
Defense Forrestal
Forrestal
Lyndon B. Johnson
de Tex
House
Army
Navy
Air Force
House Armed Services Committee
Rivalry Between Brooklyn Gangs Turns Fatal
Police said a Brooklyn teen rivalry led to a bystander death as 18 year old William Gottlieb was shot and 15 year old John Murphy struck by a weapon. Three youths, Anthony Lucera 17 Thomas Scardaci 17 and George Boundy 16, were charged with homicide and others with concealed weapons.
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New York
Brooklyn
William Gottlieb
John Murphy
Anthony Lucera
Thomas Scardaci
George Boundy
Lucera
Manila Attendants Pay Final Respects to President Roxas
Filipinos from all walks of life gathered in Manila on Saturday to pay their last respects to late President Manuel Roxas.
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Manila
Manuel Roxas
Jewish Militia Fights for Haifa Port Control
In Jerusalem clashes erupted as Haganah forces moved to seal off Haifa and bolster control of the port city. Arabs fell back from the city amid a night of fighting and truces, while Britain arranged a temporary halt for evacuations. Arab leaders rejected Jewish calls to stay and live side by side, insisting they cannot subject themselves to conquerors.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Haganah
SAR Elects Athens Men
Two Athens men were named officers of the Ohio Society Sons of the American Revolution at a Mansfield meeting. Joseph B. Heidler became first vice president and E. Stanley Haller joined the society’s board of managers. Canton will host the state group next year.
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Athens
Ohio Society
Sons of the American Revolution
Mansfield
Associated Press
Joseph B. Heidler
E. Stanley Haller
U.S
Ohio State University
Canton
Truman to headline National Young Democratic Dinner
President Truman will be the principal speaker at the National Young Democratic dinner in Washington on May 14. J. Howard McGrath and Roy G. Baker announced the event, expecting about 1,200 Young Democrats and administration leaders to attend.
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Washington
Truman
Young Democratic
J. Howard McGrath
Roy G. Baker
Young Democratic Clubs of America
Union Label Week proclaimed in Columbus by Gov Herbert
Gov Thomas J. Herbert proclaimed May 10 to May 16 as Union Label Week in Columbus. He called it a tribute to a fair and equitable relationship between employers and employees.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Greek Reds Bombarded By Navy Guns
Greek navy guns bombarded about 2,500 guerrillas in south central Greece near the Gulf of Corinth as army and air force joined the attack. A frontline report said two destroyers shelled guerrilla positions toward Agrappa with 600 fighters inland. about 450 guerrillas had been killed in the spring offensive.
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Greece
Gulf of Corinth
Agrappa
Stars and Stripes
Army
Air Force
Clay
Berlin
Halt Proposed In Plant Sales
Senator Gurney plans to introduce a bill to stop the sale of surplus government war plants and equipment that could serve in a future emergency. The White House ordered a hold on final disposal of unsold industrial plants for 30 days while experts review conditions, with the Munitions Board proposing permanent standby status for 146 wartime government plants.
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Washington — LP
Gurney
R-Sd
White House
Munitions Board
Navy To Celebrate 150th Anniversary
The Navy will mark its 150th anniversary with nationwide ceremonies. Speeches at naval districts will recall April 30 1798 when naval affairs became a separate organization outside the War Department.
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Washington
Navy
War Department
Mailing ban lifted to Japan on books from U S
Allied headquarters announced on Saturday that the ban on mailing books and other printed matter to Japan has been lifted. The move ends wartime postal restrictions and restores normal mail service for printed materials.
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Tokyo
Allied
Japan
United States
Air Corridor in Berlin Stay Unchanged by U S
Gen. Lucius D. Clay announced the United States will continue to use the Berlin air corridor between the Western zones amid reports of Russian travel restrictions. He noted no formal Russian proposal and no pressure on U S dependents to leave.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
United States
U.S
Clay
Germany
Coast Guard Says Saint Domingue Mayday Hoax Cleared
Coast Guard reports distress calls claiming the French steamship Saint Domingue was on fire and sinking in the Caribbean Sea were determined to be a hoax. No vessel in danger. authorities traced the report to be false.
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Miami, Fla
Coast Guard
Saint Domingue
Caribbean Sea
Stassen Outlines Ohio Campaign Differences in Forum
Harold E. Stassen pressed his bid for 23 of 53 Ohio presidential delegates with interviews and a Cleveland City Club forum. He disputed Taft on Lilienthal’s Atomic Energy Commission nomination, accepted small donations, and claimed a Republican stance closer to Congress than Taft.
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Cleveland
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Stassen
Cleveland City Club
Taft
Truman
David Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Operators mull new pension plan for miners
Washington reports miners pension talks as operators weigh a plan to pay United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis 10 cents per ton of coal instead of funding a pension pool. The deal would cut operator control and end contract disputes, with a Bridges Lewis agreement already proposing $100 monthly pensions for eligible retirees. Union and operator trustees clash over legality under Taft Hartley as a miners strike winds toward resolution.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine
Senator Bridges
RNH
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
The
United Mine Workers
Marshall Returns to Direct U S Cold War Strategy
Secretary of State George C. Marshall arrives in Washington after the Inter-American conference and the Bogota clash to direct policy against Soviet influence. He plans to meet Western leaders or confer at a diplomatic level, review Palestine and Germany tensions, and oversee the European recovery program next week.
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Washington
State Marshall
Bogota
Russia
Europe
Marshall
Britain
Bevin
France
Bidault
Truman
Palestine
Germany
Berlin
European Recovery Administration
Slayer Leaves Eyes To Worthy Person
Kenneth Salter, 31, executed in Ohio’s electric chair Friday night for the chloroform slaying of 11 year old Barbara Dunn in June 1946, donated his eyes to a “worthy person” preferably a war veteran. Ralph W. Alvis, acting war den, said Salter smiled and prayed most of his final day.
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Columbus
Kenneth Salter
Ohio
Toledean
Barbara Dunn
Salter
Ralph W. Alvis
Five Die as Tornado Rips Ionia Iowa
A tornado struck Ionia Iowa killing five people and injuring ten others. The storm flattened about a quarter of the town and caused damage estimated at 150 000 to 200 000 dollars.
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Ionia
Iowa
Average Weekly Wage Below Wartime Peak in Ohio
Ohio's average weekly wage in 1946 was 48.38 dollars, down from the wartime peak of 48.83 dollars in 1944, according to the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. The figure is based on payrolls from major industries including manufacturing, mining, transportation, wholesale and retail trade, finance, services, and more.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Singleton Convicted: Sentence Is Awaited
Cleveland car dealer Jack Singleton was convicted on 14 larceny by trick charges and faced possible sentences ranging from seven to 98 years in Ohio Penitentiary. Hundreds of customers said he took payments for nearly 1 million dollars worth of cars he did not deliver.
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Cleveland
Jack Singleton
Common Pleas
Frank J. Merrick
Ohio
Singleton
Fast Time Observers Switch Clocks Sunday
About 60 million Americans will adjust clocks forward one hour at 2 a.m. on Daylight Saving Time Sunday. The change is mainly adopted in the densely populated Northeast while rural areas largely reject it.
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New York
Vehicle Registrations Hit New High in U S
The Public Roads Administration said the United States has about 3,000,000 more motor vehicles than ever before. In 1947 registrations totaled 37,402,230, an 8 percent rise from 1941’s 34,472,145, and 10.2 percent above 1946’s 33,945,817.
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Washington
Public Roads Administration
United States
Chesapeake and Ohio Sets Daily Coal Car Record
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. loaded a record 6,104 coal cars in a single day, highlighting a surge in freight traffic and operational capacity at the railroad’s facilities.
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Cleveland
The _ Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Precautions Ordered Across Latin America for May Day
In response to Bogota turmoil and suspected Communist plots authorities across Latin America reinforce security for May Day. Police and troops guard utilities, communications centers and government buildings as arrests for Communist activity continue in Brazil Chile and Paraguay amid planned official celebrations by anti Communist groups.
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Washington
Bogota
Rio Grande
Central America
Brazil
Chile
Paraguay
Woman 60 Fatally Beaten in East Cleveland Yard
Ida Koogle, a 60 year old widow, was found beaten to death in her East Cleveland yard on Saturday. Police suspect robbery as the motive after her purse disappeared. She suffered a crushed skull, forehead cut, and facial lacerations, and appears to have been dragged to conceal the body behind a tool shed.
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Cleveland
Ida Koogle
East
Charles Vyse
Vyse
Washington couples to receive large tax refund aid
In Washington, married couples will gain most of a $600 million tax refund package adding to earlier relief. In Pittsburgh, U.S. Steel faces a wage hike refusal seen as a sign for another wage demand round. Paris welcomes Italian election results but Russo American tensions persist. Washington blocks FBI loyalty report on Dr. Edward Condon. Rome plans strong action against Communist private armies. Cincinnati reports fruit and vegetable shortages amid a drivers strike.
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Pittsburgh
U.S
Paris
Europe
Italy
Washington — Commerce Department
House
FBI
Edward Condon
Standards Bureau
Rome
Cincinnati
Daylight Saving Time Not for Ohio Taverns
Ohio taverns must not change closing hours for Daylight Saving Time while state liquor stores follow local time. State law requires permit holders to operate on Eastern Standard Time.
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Columbus
Ohio
State
Traffic toll rises in Cleveland death at street
Edward Calm, 46, was struck by a car on Saturday in Cleveland, pushing the yearly traffic death toll to 32. Police said the incident remained under investigation.
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Cleveland
Edward Calm
Marietta Man Jumps From Plane Fire Near Iowa Base
Captain John J. Hall of Marietta Ohio parachuted to safety Friday night near Marion Iowa when his AT-6 trainer plane caught fire during a routine flight from Wilmington to Waterloo He was uninjured in the jump.
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Wilmington, O
John J. Hall
Marietta
Ohio
Marion
Iowa
Clinton County Air Force Base
Hall
Wilmington
Waterloo
Navy fliers rescued after ditching plane off Nantucket
Five Navy airmen abandoned a twin engine Neptune bomber in the Atlantic and spent about three and a half hours in rubber rafts forty miles west of Nantucket Light. Their craft sank two minutes after the ditching and they were rescued and brought to New York aboard the U S liner Washington.
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New York
Atlantic
U.S
Washington
Nantucket Light
Fire Delays New York Central Train Near Cincinnati
A small brush fire near Cincinnati caused a brief delay for a New York Central System passenger train on Friday night. No injuries were reported as fire crews contained the blaze quickly and the train proceeded after a short pause.
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Cincinnati
Here
Western European powers form central committee to curb communism
Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg set up a central administrative committee to coordinate weekly on political economic and military issues. Gladwyn Jebb named chair for three months and E Star Busmann appointed secretary. Italy's invite postponed awaiting new government May 10. Russia talks show little progress in Austria and Italy’s colonial empire.
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Europe
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Gladwyn Jebb
E. Star Busmann
Paris
Italy
Russia
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