Telephone Pickets Set In Ohio
Ohio Bell exchanges prepare for a CIO CWA strike with pickets to begin at 6 a.m. local time. Officials say service should not be seriously affected though long distance calls may be impacted. Statewide action follows a nationwide strike by 665 Western Electric workers.
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Ohio Bell
CIO Communication Equipment Workers
Amery
CWA
Bell
Ohio
South Bend
Western Electric
Bell System
New York
Piesident Truman
New York City
CIO Communications Workers of America
Reds Won’t Attack Now Denison Speaker Says
Granville Bonner Sellers, assistant to the chairman of the Republican National Committee and former MacArthur aide, told Denison University Citizenship Day that Russia won’t be able to wage aggressive war for four or five years and urged using books and spiritual message to pierce the iron curtain while building the world’s best air force.
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Granville
Russia
Bonner Sellers
Denison University
Sellers
Republican National Committee
Douglas MacArthur
Walton League Head Attacks Flood Control
The Izaak Walton League executive director William B. Voigt told Friends the Land that federal flood control is wrong mainly because Army engineers trap water at the wrong place. He said the Bureau of Reclamation is reckless with money and resources and that ninety percent of flood control spending is wasted.
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Columbus
William B. Voigt
Chicago
Izaak Walton League of America
Friends the Land
Bureau of Recmption
Wonderful Results From Single Want Ad Sell Baby Bed and High Chair
Mrs. Francis Conrath reports one insertion of a Want Ad led to selling a Simmons baby bed with nearly new innerspring mattress for 20 dollars and a leather padded convertible high chair for 10 dollars. The ad was placed in the Messenger Want Ads, with phone contact 0242 for an Ad-Taker.
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Francis Conrath
Ohio Ave
Simmons
Messenger
Red Vessel Chases Swede Fishing Ship
A heavily armed Russian minesweeper chased Swedish trawler Lar ex from 24 miles off the Polish coast to the edge of Swedish waters in the Baltic. Sweden protests Soviet moves to extend territorial limits. the Swedish skipper Alrik Johansson fled back to Sweden after abandoning nets.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic Sea
Morgentidningen
Larex
Spelvesborg
Baltic
Soviet Union
Alrik Johannson
Seizure and Sale Seen for Lustron Firm
Hope of avoiding a costly Lustron collapse faded as the Reconstruction Finance Corp prepared to seek a federal court seizure of Lustron assets for a forced sale. The firm faces about 36 million dollars in debt while receivership continues and operations persist in Columbus, Ohio.
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Washington
Lustron
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Reaes
Columbus
Hio
Plans Made To Return Crash Victims Bodies
Tokyo reports 35 American victims will be retrieved tomorrow from a jagged mist shrouded peak where a U.S. Air Force C 54 crash killed 27 civilians and military passengers and 8 crew members Friday night. The bodies will be carried down the near vertical mountainside from Hiragatake on the Manila to Tokyo flight path.
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Tokyo
Hiragatake
Manila
Girl 14 Takes Own Life. Seventh Family Death
STOUGHTON Mass Helen Schnitchel a 14 year old junior high student is found dead at home after four gas jets were left on the kitchen range Police report the death as self inflicted despondency She left a note but its contents were not released by authorities Dr A C Woodward assistant medical examiner calls it death by own action.
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Stoughton
Mass
Helen Schnitchel
A. C. Woodward
Red Forces Press Yulin Gap as Nationalists Retreat
Red guerrillas push within four miles of Yulin on Hainan while Nationalists flee from Hoi How after a collapse by 15 000 Communist fighters and 60 000 guerillas at their rear. Reports say Chiang ordered island abandonment and top leaders escaped Formosa.
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Formosa
Hainan Island
Yulin
Hong Kong
Emer
Hoihow
Hainan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chen Chi-Tang
Chen
Navy plans 112 vessels including atomic submarine
Washington reports the Navy seeks authority to build 112 vessels including an atomic powered submarine and a cruiser converted into a guided missile vessel. Adm. Forrest Sherman told the House Armed Services Committee the plan, presented to Secretary Johnson on February 18, would cost about 835 million dollars.
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Navy
Congress
Adm
Forrest Sherman
Naval Operations
House
Armed Services Committee
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Sherman
Young cites U S and Russia reconnoitering coastlines
Rep. Young says both nations are reconnoitering each other’s coastlines. He cites the missing U S Navy plane over the Baltic and warns of possible diplomatic strains as Washington questions Soviet actions. The Navy defends lawful, unarmed flight.
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Washington
Rep
Young
Ohio
Russia
United States
U. S. Navy
Baltic
Truman
Alan G. Kirk
Moscow
Baltic Sea
U. S
Latvia
Arctic
Pacific
Navy
End of Rent Controls Would Cause Chaos
Illinois Governor Adlai E. Stevenson warned senators that ending federal rent controls on June 30 would bring disorder confusion and possibly violence. He urged Congress to extend controls and said he might call a special session to pass a state law if federal limits lapse.
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Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Police Seek Disposer Of Crematory Urn
Wellsville police seek the motorist who dropped a crematory urn with ashes into Yellow Creek. Chief H. R. Dustman said a fisherman retrieved the urn after seeing the motorist dump it into the water.
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Wellsville
Yellow Creek
H. R. Dustman
Solons Oppose Sharing Britain Debt Proposal
In Washington the Senate voiced cold opposition to Britain's plan for the United States to shoulder part of Britain's 9 billion dollar debt to sterling bloc nations. Three leaders spoke out strongly against it: Senator Connally, Senator Taft, and Senator Wherry, signaling broader congressional sentiment.
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Senate
Britain
United States
Connally
Dtex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Wherry
Nebraska
Mass for Archbishop First Televised Across Ohio
Television watchers in Ohio will see the Pontifical Requiem Mass for Archbishop John T. McNicholas in Cincinnati. The 10:30 a.m. service will be televised by WLW T Cincinnati and relayed through WLW D Dayton and WLW C Columbus, a first for such a Mass.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
John T. McNicholas
Wlw-T
Wlw-D
Dayton
Wlw-C
Columbus
Red Group Builds Power in Cyprus Amid Greek Union Drive
In Nicosia a strong Communist minority contends to seize Cyprus as part of a Greek People’s Republic if Greece’s revolt rekindles. Reds claim 35 percent support with 44 percent in 1949 votes. 2,500 British troops guard the island while Cypriot church and Akel party factions push enosis.
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Cyprus
Greece
Mediterranean
Britain
Kyrenia
U.S
Balkan
Middle East
Washington
Ezekias Papaioannou
Akel
Votes Sought To Defeat Funds Move In House
In Washington the House pressed to block a $75 million increase for public hospital funds within a $29 billion package. Republicans plan to double the request, while a faction led by Rep. Taber failed to reduce RC C expense and lost an amendment increasing the bill by $1 million. Separately, the House approved a $279 million expansion of the veterans hospital program authorizing 24 new hospitals and 14 expansions, restoring a 16,000 bed reduction ordered in 1948.
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Washington
House
House Appropriations Committee
Federal Security Agency
FSA
Veterans’ Hospital
Senate
Veterans’ Administration
Truman
Rail Strike Postponed Dim Accords Hoped In Labor Talks
The government averted a Wednesday strike on major railroads as the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen agreed to a two week truce. Negotiations will start in Chicago to seek an extra fireman on diesel locomotives amid long standing crew disputes and prior embargo plans.
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Washington
Francis A. O'Neill, Jr
National Mediation Board
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
O'Neill
White House
Southern Railway System
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Pennsylvania Raile Road
Harrisburg
New York Central
Buffalo
N. Y
Michigan Central
Detroit River
Big Four
Ohio Central Lines
Pennsy
The
Santa Fe
Mediation Board
Southern
Snow Storms Add Hardship to Flood Refugees
Snow swept flood areas in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Illinois worsening conditions for thousands of the homeless. The Red Cross reported flood conditions growing worse as 6408 families remained homeless from the Red River flood. A broad Western storm caused rain and thunderstorms in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions while the Southeast and Northeast saw generally fair weather.
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North Dakota
Minnesota
Red Cross
Red River
Illinois
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Alleghenies
Ohio Valley
Extended Forecast for Columbus Sees Cooler Days Ahead
Columbus notes temperatures averaging 3 to 6 degrees below normal with a high near 56 and a low near 37. Expect cooler conditions Wednesday through Thursday, a warmer Friday, then cooler again by Sunday. Light showers from Friday through Sunday bring 0.5 to 1 inch of precipitation.
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Columbus
Comrades at Torgau Five Years On Remembered Meeting
A reminiscence recalling the 1945 Soviet American meeting at Torgau on the Elbe, the first joint contact between East and West troops. Includes observations from Maj. Anaphim Larionov and reflections on wartime leaders and postwar sentiment.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Torgau
Strehla
Elbe
Maj
Anaphim Larionov
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Soldier 22 Granted Life For Shooting Two In Japan
A 22 year old Army corporal from Wade Ohio has received a commutation to life imprisonment for his role in a November 1948 shooting spree in Sapporo Japan. Cpl Harold Seevers and Pfc Virgil Aikens were sentenced to death by court martial but will serve life. He is held in a Japan Army prison since 1946. He was married to a Japanese woman and has one child. Local officials and families received the news with mixed emotions. Rep Robert Secrest and Sen Robert Taft intervened with the Army and President Truman was sought for further action. The family location is in Washington County near Marietta. No date set for execution.
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Marietta
Ohio
Robert T. Secrest
Senecaville
Harold Seevers
Wade
Washington County
Sapporo
Japan
Seevers
Virgil Aikens
Highmore
Secrest
William O’neill
U.S
Robert A. Taft
O'Neill
Truman
O’neill
American Legion
New Matamoras
Washington
Seever
Ohioan Faces Murder Charge in Huntington
Robert Selby Howard 43 of Burlington Ohio faced a murder charge in the fatal shooting of Huntington and Charleston boxer Harry James Banks also known as Baby Banks. Howard said he does not remember events surrounding the Saturday morning club shooting and he waived preliminary hearing yesterday.
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Huntington
W. Va
Robert Selby Howard
Burlington
Ohio
Huntington and
Charleston
Harry James
Baby) Banks
Howard
Huntington Club
Sheriff with stake in auto firm robbery in Weirton
Hancock County sheriff Dick Wright, owner of Wright Motor Co., is reported to have a personal interest in the robbery of his business in Weirton. Thieves rammed the Wright Motor Co. and stole a safe containing $420 along with office records and automobile titles.
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Weirton
W. Va
Hancock County
Wright Motor Co
Dick Wright
Student Hanged in Cairo for 1948 Prime Minister Assassination
A 23 year old student was executed in Cairo on Tuesday for the 1948 assassination of Prime Minister Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha. The case ties to a long running political killing that unsettled Egypt.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
Mine Mishaps Decrease in 1949
J. J. Forbes of the U S Bureau of Mines told the American Mining Congress at its 1950 convention that 1949 was a banner year for accident prevention in coal mining. He credited safety education courses for workers and officials with helping produce the best, disaster-free record in the industry.
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American Mining Congress
J. J. Forbes
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Congress
Bureau of Mines
Ebright Attacks Highway Dept Over Funds Loss
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Don H. Ebright charged the state highway department with lacking planning and foresight. He claimed Ohio lost more than 30 million dollars in federal highway funds available in 1949 and that maintenance costs exceeded construction costs in the last sixteen months.
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Cleveland
Don H. Ebright
State Highway Department
Saeks
Defense Takes Stand In John Maragon Trial
The defense in the John Maragon jury trial opened its case with a full day of testimony. Prosecutors accuse Maragon of lying to Senate investigators about money matters and business relations with government agencies. Maragon, once an immigrant bootblack, later befriended Presidential Military Aide Harry Vaughan.
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Washington
John Maragon
Maragon
Senate
Bootblack
Harry Vaughan
Jury selection disputed in murder case ruling
The Supreme Court has ruled that a murder conviction cannot stand if a state allowed racial discrimination in grand jury selection.
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Washington
Supreme Court
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