Ohio Senate Debates Civil Defense Corps Plan
Ohio Senate considers emergency measure to form a state civil defense corps under the adjutant general with an 11 member advisory council. Local units would operate in counties and cities as a precaution against war or enemy action. The governor could requisition arms and equipment as needed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Joseph W. Barriek
Cuyahoga
Ohio National Guard
Bartunek
Adjutant General's Office
Advisory Council
U.S
Frost Covers Ohio with limited crop damage
Frost covered most of Ohio early today but experts at Ohio State University said temperatures must drop to 28 degrees or lower to cause crop damage. Only Chillicothe reported a reading at that threshold.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Chillicothe
GOP Leaders Prepare For Labor Debate
House Republican leaders meet behind closed doors to finalize strategy for the labor law debate set to begin tomorrow and potentially run through the week. No other major bills are on the House agenda.
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GOP
Washington
House
Six Year Old Boy Dies In Abandoned Well
An abandoned water well on a vacant lot in Mertens Texas claimed the life of six year old Thomas Britton son of Mr and Mrs Otto Britton. He fell into the well while picking flowers with playmates and the body was recovered about two hours later.
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Mertens
Tex
Thomas Britton
Otto Britton
Spy Witness Held Secret in House Un American Hearings
The House Un American Activities Committee safeguarded a key witness, withholding advance ID to protect him as it probes Communist influence. Focus centers on the American Slav Congress and CIO United Electrical Workers Union with Judge Blair F. Gunther assisting, and Harry A. Sherman named among friendly witnesses.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
American Slav Congress
CIO
United Electrical Workers Union
Communist Party
Blair F. Gunther
Common Pleas Court of Pittsburgh
Gunther
Reds
Harry A. Sherman
Pittsburgh
Point Pleasant Woman Dies at 87 Cheesebrew
Mrs. Loretta Nobles Cheesebrew 87 widow of former Police Chief John H. Cheesebrew died this morning at her son Claude’s home in Point Pleasant after a long illness. Survived by three sons, three daughters, a brother, 28 grandchildren, 68 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Point Pleasant Mission with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
Loretta Nobles Cheesebrew
John H. Cheesebrew
Claude Cheesebrew
Kanawha St
Cheesebrew
Marcus
Cynthia Nobles
Claude
Don Cheesebrew
Clarence Cheesebrew
Steubenville
Ohio
Virgil Sutton
Floyd Stover
Albert Sauer
Elijah Nobles
Middleport
Point Pleasant Mission
Lone Oak Cemetery
Son
Red Armies Press Toward Hangchow Amid Shanghai Unrest
Communist forces moved to trap 300,000 Nationalists near Shanghai while Nanking fell quietly to the Reds. The possibility of evacuation grew as U S and British authorities weighed ship withdrawals and shelter plans for residents and diplomats.
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Shanghai
Red
Hangchow
Nanking
Great Asiatic
Seymour Topping
Associated Press
Peiping
Taiyuan
Shansi
Tank En-Po
Health Bill Introduced In Congress
The bill to fund President Truman health program proposes a payroll tax to insure medical, hospital and dental care for about 120 million Americans at an estimated cost of 6 billion dollars yearly. It doubles hospital construction aid to 150 million and funds nurse training and farmer health cooperatives, with no Republican sponsors.
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Washington
President Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Fire Kills 4 in Charleston Home Inferno
A mother and her three children died when a suburb house burned early today in Charleston. The victims were Mrs. Thomas A. Edwards 38 Henrietta 13 Thomas A Jr 7 and Mary 5. The father saved Walter 6 and Kathleen 15 after waking in a downstairs den at 1 am. The seven room stucco home was engulfed as he attempted to reenter.
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Charleston
Thomas A. Edwards
Henrietta
Thomas A., Jr
Mary
Walter
Kathleen
Mary Becker Greene
Ohio River
Ohio
Mississippi
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Sitdown Backers Return to Work in Lansford
Six thousand anthracite miners who walked off their jobs in support of ten sit down strikers are back in the pits in Lansford. The man spoke by Fred Gallagher of the Panther Valley General Mine Committee a branch of the United Mine Workers union said the men will return to work pending arbitration of the wage dispute with Lehigh Navigation Coal Co by UMW Chief Jonny L. Lewis.
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Bartunek
Tom V. Moorehead
R-Muskingum
Roscoe R. Walcott
Columbus
William O'Neill
Marietta
Donald H. Rolf
Hamilton
House Highways Committee
Lansford
Fred Gallagher
Panther Valley General Mine Committee
United Mine Workers Union
Lehigh Navigation Coal Co
UMW
Jonny L. Lewis
Nine Die as Train Hits Truck Carrying Family
A freight train struck a truck carrying Sunday worshippers near Carthage Tennessee, killing ten people including nine in one family and injuring another. The vehicle burst into flames and was dragged 100 yards before the locomotive halted. Eleven were aboard returning from church. Ruth Robinson survived with serious injuries.
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Carthage
Tenn
Here
Tennessee Central Diesel
Toledo Area Records Friday Weekend Traffic Toll
Ohio report shows five deaths in the Toledo area across three crashes, with thirteen other statewide fatalities. Toledo victims include John Poisguy and Charles Vargo, both 21, who died when their car plunged off Corduroy Rd. near Reno Beach. Other listed fatalities include Anthony Patch, 49, and Alex Bertram, 48, of Detroit in a grade crossing collision, Robert G. Dykes, 41, in a Port Clinton area crash, Samuel Cox, 44, and Viola Witcher, 35, in Steubenville, plus Wilbur Ison, 18, near Irville in Muskingum County and Richard Snyder, 70, in a wheelchair accident in Irville Saturday. Middletown ends a 485 day fatality drought as well.
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Columbus
Toledo
Ohio
John Poisguy
Charles J. Vargo
Corduroy Rd
Reno Beach
Anthony Patch
Alex Bertram
Detroit
Robert G. Dykes
Port Clinton
Steubenville
Samuel Cox
Viola Witcher
Middletown
Wilbur Ison
Irville
Muskingum County
Richard Synder
Navy Head Awaits Talk Over Defense Role and Ship Work
Washington John S Sullivan waits for a talk with President Truman on the Navy future role and defense strategy amid a stoppage on the 65 000 ton super carrier United States Sullivan says he has no comment while studying Johnsons order to halt work on the 189 million vessel He harbors doubts about continuing in his post due to policy disagreements with Johnson
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Washington
John S. Sullivan
Talks Avert Auto Strike at Packard Plant
Detriot reports last minute peace talks prevented a shutdown at the Packard Motor Car Co plant. About 9000 workers on warning for a midnight strike were told to report to regular shifts after a settlement between the company and the CIO United Auto Workers. An accord on 16 disputed points resolved the dispute. Wages were not at issue.
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Detroit
Packard Motor Car Co
Packard
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
UAW
Submarine Role Seen as Key in Future War
Charlies W. Reamer reports from Key West Florida on Navy submarine strength and potential impact in a third world war. The article notes subs sank 6.5 million tons of Japanese shipping in the last war, the snorkel device extending underwater endurance, and ongoing upgrades to propulsion, battery and ASW integration with destroyers and escorts. The piece previews continued training and development of underwater strategy and fleet tactics.
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Charlies W. Reamer
the Messenger
Florida
Naval Reserve
Key West
Fla
U. S
Talks Stall as Big Four Press for Austrian Treaty
London AP reports the Big Four foreign ministers restart talks but fail to advance a treaty for Austria. The Russians remain immovable, awaiting European developments, while Western Allies see no new Moscow instruction and expect stances to shape soon.
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London
Austria
Sovie
Germany
Moscow
Europe
Marshall Tito
Cominform
Russia
Istria
Women Watch Husbands and Boy Drown on Chesapeake Bay
Two women survivors linger in a Baltimore hospital after a boat capsized in wind whipped Chesapeake Bay eight miles east of Baltimore. The 14 foot craft sank with Charles Wrightson and John Wrightson and Fred Moon perishing. Mrs Wrightson and Mrs Moon were rescued.
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Baltimore
Batimore
Chesapeake Bay
Charles Wrightson
Inez Wrightson
Essex
John Wrightson
Fred Moon
Moon
Suspected Grave Empty On Miller Farm
Officers opened a freshly dug round pit east of here on the Miller farm but found nothing. The hole was about three feet diameter at the top, seven and a half feet deep, and carefully covered with sod. Sheriff Morrison State Police Sgt Wilfong Deputy Kayser and Conservation Officer Durst reported no theories for the digging.
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Point Pleasant
Here
F. A. Morrison
D. G. Wilfong
Robert A. Kayser
Miles Durst
Man Held in Wounding Of Portsmouth Clerk
Forman Bryson Copas, 29, of near West Union, charged with shooting Leroy E. Chaffin, 30, a Portsmouth supermarket clerk. Chaffin wounded in the chest by a .22 pistol, listed in critical condition at General Hospital. Detectives said Copas signed a statement admitting the shooting after an argument in front of a case Sunday.
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Portsmouth
Forman Bryson Copas
Near West Union
Leroy E. Chaffin
Chaffin
General Hospital
Harold Tinsley
Wayne Harris
Copas
Cincinnati Club Cited For Liquor Sales
Police raided the 56 year old Prospect Club in downtown Cincinnati and arrested the owner and a bartender on a charge of keeping a place where liquor is sold or given away. The club reportedly opens at 2 a.m. and stays open until dawn, contravening state law requiring closing at 2:30 a.m.
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Cincinnati
Prospect Club
George T. Pearcy
Demo Leader John Halliday Dies at 80 in Gallipolis
John Ernest Halliday Sr a longtime Gallia County merchant and Democratic Party leader died last night at age 80 He was born February 4 1869 and survived by a son John E Malliday Jr two daughters Mrs Boyd Cherry and Mrs Joseph W Penfold seven grandchildren A son Tom Dunbar Halliday was killed in the Argonne Forest in World War II Funeral at 4 p m Wednesday at the residence 252 Third Ave open services burial in Mound Hill Cemetery private
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Halliday
Episcopal Church
Masonic Lodge
Knights Templar
Mr. Halliday
Gallipolis
J. E B. Walliday
Maude Dunbar Halliday
John E. Malliday
Ocene
Gallia County
Boyd Cherry
Westport
Conn
Joseph W
Hippo Bubbles Holds Line in Quarters Eviction Stand
Brookfield Zoo director Robert Bean battles to ship 1800 pound hippo Bubbles to Columbus. Despite four Columbus handlers and coaxing with alfalfa and garlic, Bubbles refuses to enter the crate. Officials plan persistence to move her to make room for sister Submarie. A separate note reports veterinarian Dr. W R Reed injured by a cow vaccination mishap at Ross Smothers farm.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bubbles
Brookfield Zoo
Columbus Zoo
Submarie
Bean
Bubbies
Financial rearrest shocks New York financier
Serge Rubinstein, an international financier, was rearrested in New York on a stock fraud charge immediately after his release from a two year term for draft dodging.
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Fianancter
New York
Serge Rubinstein
Labor leaders move to set new bargaining pattern in coal
John L. Lewis met with the United Mine Workers policy committee to craft demands for a new bituminous contract due June 30. The push favors shorter work weeks and enhanced miners welfare benefits, with pension improvements anticipated ahead of other demands.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
CIO
Phillip Murray
Itteburgh
Murray
Senney
Thomas Tmw
Stench Bomb and Theft Probe Tied in Cleveland
A stench bomb hit the kitchen of Charles Richmond on the east side as police probe a reported theft of 485000. Richmond had earlier sworn a police statement claiming 26000 of the loot, while investigators seek the missing funds from a non reported burglary tied to alleged smuggling of soldiers munitions and refugees to Israel.
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Cleveland
East Side
Charles Richemond
Richmond
Israel
Mares Case To Be Heard By Utah Pardons Board
SALT LAKE CITY Utah Board of Pardons will hear Eliseo J Mares a Colorado killer at its May 5 meeting Mares was sentenced to die twice by firing squad for the 1946 Slaying of Jack Durwood Stallings near Echo Utah The first execution date June 23 1947 was canceled upon appeal and the second date December 20 was postponed pending a U S Supreme Court test case
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Salt Lake City
Utah Board of Pardons
Eliseo J. Mares
Colorado
Mares
United States
Pennsylvania
Utah Board
Antonito
Cole
Slayer
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John Overstreet
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Cincinnati Club
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