Jericho Falls as Arab Legion Moves in Palestine War
King Abdullah says Arab Legion scout troops have occupied Jericho near Jerusalem as British withdrawal nears completion. Haifa reports shelling of a Jewish settlement and Haifa gains. Irgun and Haganah claim Maashieh in Jaffa. British troops move to quell fighting. Post Office suspends Palestine mail service.
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Jericho
Jaffa
Jerusalem
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Arab Legion
Haifa
Naharaim
Haganah
Joshua
Amman
Syria
Iraq
Lebanon
Palestine
Associated Press
Allenby Bridge
Holy Land
Cairo
Washington
Post Office Department
Kent State students suspended for bad taste jokes
Four Kent State University students who hosted the variety show Pork Barrel were suspended indefinitely for offenses against good taste. Named are James Aharp and Dominic Domino of Ravenna Edward Shelton of Akron and Irvin Hahn of Brooklyn New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent, O.—V
Kent State University
Pork Barrel
George A. Bowman
James Aharp
Dominic Domino
Ravenna
Edward Shelton
Akron
Irvin Hahn
Brooklyn, N. Y
Police Officer Faces Charges Of Bribery
Ernest L. Molnar a 25 year veteran and former police lieutenant in Cleveland faces a grand jury indictment on 111 counts charging he solicited and took more than 85000 in bribes from two policy operators between 1939 and 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ernest L. Molnar
Molnar
Richard P. Ford
William P. Myers
Civil Service Commission
Frank
William Hoge
Hoge Brothers
Frank Hoge
Post Mandate Plan Details Withheld By Bevin
London Bevin refused to commit Britain’s support for the Trans-Jordan Arab Legion after the Palestine Mandate ends. He cited awaiting United Nations decisions on Palestine before promising funding arms and officers. In Palestine Tel Aviv reports say Jaffa battles intensify as Haganah and Irgun launch major assaults on suburbs and waterfront targets.
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London
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Britain
Trans
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Bevin
United Nations
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Haganah
Irgun
Hassan Bey Mosque
Hollywood Breakfast Show Producer Tom Breneman Dies
Tom Breneman, producer of Breakfast in Hollywood, died at his Encino home after collapsing early today likely from a heart attack. He was about 48 years old and had risen around 4:30 a.m. for his ABC radio broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Tom Breneman
Encino
American Broadcasting Co
ABC
Breneman
Food dealers elect Columbus executive in Ohio group
R. C. Walter of Mansfield was elected president of the Associated Wholesale Food Distributors of Ohio yesterday.
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Columbus
R. C. Walter
Mansfield, C
Associated Wholesale Food Distributors of
Ohio
Supreme Court strips Keeney from Vinton probate ballot
The Ohio Supreme Court ordered Charles S. Keeney removed from the Vinton County probate judge line on the Republican primary ballot for failing to specify the term of office. The decision requires reprinting about 2,000 GOP ballots at $500 and affects absentee ballots already cast. The board of elections must act before the May 4 vote.
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McArthur
Charles S. Keeney
Vinton County
Vinton
Ohio Supreme Court
Keeney
High Court
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Frederick L. Newdick
Vinton County Board of Elections
James R. Freeman
Columbus
McGhee, Rowe and Evans
Newdick
Freeman
Elections Board
Senate Group Hears Newest Draft Plans
Washington Senate Armed Services Committee reviews a new draft proposal to recruit 161000 youths aged 18 to 19 for one year of training and 190000 inductees in the first year for ages 19 to 25. The plan retains nationwide Selective Service with local boards and reduces Air Force groups to 66.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Gurney
R-Sd
Administration
Congressional
UMIT
Army
Navy
Hail and Rain Strike Ohio Across Broad Areas
A severe storm swept Ohio causing heavy rain and hail from Springfield to Jeffersonville near Washington Court House. Hail up to a foot deep damaged wheat fields and injured structures. In Cleveland heavy rain flooded streets and cut telephone lines to Avon Oberlin and Chardon.
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Columbus
Ohio
Springfield
Jeffersonville
Washington Court House
Cleveland
Avon
Oberlin
Chardon
Officials Quiz Man On Loss of Cruiser
Lancaster authorities questioned Sebastian P Futino 28 of Mars Pa about the disappearance of Deputy Sheriff Charles Polling. Polling, found out of gas in Columbus after Patrol investigated a disturbance in Dumontville and his cruiser was taken following an alleged peace disturbance report.
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Lancaster
Fairfield County
Sebastian P. Futino
Mars
Charles Polling
Columbus
Harley Highle
Dumontville
Soviet Press Alleges New Anti West Attacks
The Soviet controlled Taegliche Rundschau in Berlin declared there would be no war while devoting almost half its front page to charges against the West. It claimed wholesale arrests of political minorities and widespread attacks by American soldiers against Berlin Germans.
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Berlin
Taegliche Rundschau
West
Refusal to Work in Union Shop Bars Unemployment Claim
The Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation ruled yesterday that refusal to work in a union shop bars a claim for jobless compensation.
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Columbus
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
CIO Calls For Buyers Meat Strike
The CIO urged a nation wide boycott of meat from six firms Swift Armour Cudahy Wilson Morrell Rath after a 44 day walkout by Packinghouse Workers Union members. The strike seeks a 29 cent hourly raise while police halted picketing in Kansas City injuring a dozen.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Swift
Armour, Cudahy
Wilson
Morrell and
Rath
CIO Packinghouse Workers
Kansas City
Kas
President Truman
Justice Department
Ward stresses Penitentiary inquiry in Ohio politics
Paul F. Ward of Steubenville accuses Welfare Director Sherwood of vague denial that Ohio Penitentiary runs free of politics. Ward points to three prison slayings in five days and questions why Warden Henderson resigned without explanation, citing the Republican acting warden and urging a thorough investigation.
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Columbus
Paul F. Ward
Steubenville
Charles Sherwood
Ohio
Ward
Sherwood
Frank Henderson
Senate Panel Finds Navy Overcharged on Arabian Oil
A Senate committee said the Navy was overcharged at least 30 million dollars for wartime Arabian oil purchases. Arabian American Oil Company countered that its pricing policies saved the Navy more than 26.5 million and that benefits to the economy have only begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A_ Senate
Arabian American Oil Company
Author's Son Jailed In Arms Cache Raid
Two men claiming Zionist Youth Movement membership were jailed after police found an arms cache in a Manhattan west side industrial building. One man identified as Joseph Untermeyer, 19, son of author Louis Untermeyer.
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New York
Zionist Youth Movement
Manhattan
West Side
Joseph Untermeyer
Louis Untermeyer
Intermittent Rains Break Warm Spell
Unseasonably warm weather gave way to intermittent rains on Tuesday afternoon and overnight into Wednesday. The high reached 82 then fell 30 degrees to a low of 52, rising to 56 by 10 am. Rainfall was .19 inches and the Hocking River rose .02 feet to 4.22 feet.
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Mercury
Hocking
Truman Gains More Delegates in Close Nomination Race
President Truman reaches the halfway mark toward the Democratic nomination after strong Pennsylvania and Massachusetts votes. He holds 340 of 470 delegates chosen, with 618 needed, while Republican hopes shift to a possible compromise candidate as Vandenberg gains attention. Delaware and New Mexico allocate undeclared delegates, Tennessee leans toward Carroll Reece, and Mississippi backs Senator Taft through Perry Howard.
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Washington
Truman
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Florida
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Delaware
New Mexico
Tennessee
Carroll Reece
GOP
Perry Howard
Mississippi
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Stassen Wins Third Straight Primary In Pa Contest
Harold E. Stassen captured a slim margin in Pennsylvania's Republican presidential primary with 67,930 votes to Dewey's 62,849 as 6,769 of 8,262 precincts reported. MacArthur and Taft followed, while Truman led the Democratic ballot with 234,056 votes.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Wisconsin
White House
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Stassen
Dewey
U. S
Edward Martin
Keystone
Pittsburgh
Douglas MacArthur
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry A. Wallace
James H. Duff
Gover
Earl Warren
California
Truman
Eisenhower
Wallace
Miami Valley Atomic Energy Show Opens in Miamisburg
A three day Miami Valley atomic energy show will open in Miamisburg with about 10 000 students and adults expected to attend. Some 60 scientists will explain the atomic mystery in simple terms. Co sponsors are the Miamisburg Community Civic Association Monsanto Chemical Co and the U S Atomic Energy Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miamisburg, CO
United States
Miami Valley
Ralph S. Stubbs Dies at 65 in Sea Island
Ralph S. Stubbs 65 of New York City, vice president of the American Sugar Refining Company, died last night at Sea Island Georgia.
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Sea Island
Ralph S. Stubbs
New York City
American Sugar Refining Company
Gas rush ignites around Hemlock area near Shawnee
New Lexington reports a gas rush in Perry County near Hemlock four miles east of Shawnee. Wesley Tharp opened a gas well with a daily capacity of 1 120 000 cubic feet, the first producing well in the territory. Prospectors seek to buy or lease adjacent land.
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New Lexington
Perry County
Hemlock
Shawnee
Wesley Tharp
Pact Signing Details Fixed
The eight state Ohio River sanitation pact will be signed June 1 in Cincinnati at the Netherland Plaza Hotel. Gov. Thomas J. Herbert of Ohio will preside at a luncheon after signing the 20 parchment copies, with officials from Indiana Kentucky New York Illinois and others in attendance.
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Cincinnati
Netherland Plaza
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Hudson Biery
B. A. Poole
Indiana
Henry W. Ward
Kentucky
John R. Advent
Ohio Development and Publicity Commission
George B. Robinson
New York
Department of Commerce Bureau of Planning
John William Chapman
Illinois
H. E. Moss
Illinois Department of Health
Yugoslavia Ex King Eyes Throne Again
King Peter II of Yugoslavia, 24, declares intent to return as ruler and says Tito would be overthrown in a free election if held today in a Communist Yugoslavia. He arrived in the United States aboard the Queen Elizabeth on a private business visit. Louis W. Hill Sr., 76, eldest son of James J. Hill founder of the Great Northern Railroad, has died in St Paul Minnesota.
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New York
Peter II
Yugoslavia
United States
Marshal Tito
ST. Paul, Minn
Louis W. Hill, Sr
James J. Hill
The
Great Northern Railroad
Baby Abandoned Found On Lisbon Doorstep
A month old girl wrapped in two blankets was found abandoned on a Lisbon doorstep, police reported Tuesday. The infant was discovered late evening and supporters were contacted for care. Authorities opened an investigation into the circumstances of the abandonment.
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Lisbon
Treaty Ratified by Finland in Mutual Aid Pact
Finland's parliament ratified the treaty of friendship and mutual assistance with Russia, signaling formal acceptance of the agreement and deepening postwar cooperation. The vote endorses commitments between Helsinki and Moscow amid shifting regional security dynamics.
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Helsinki
Finland
Taft Attacks Stassen Over New Deal in Ohio
In Dayton Taft accused Harold Stassen of lacking opposition to New Deal spending and federal control. Stassen seeks 23 of Ohio 53 Republican delegates in the May 4 primary as he campaigns intensively in industrial northeastern Ohio. Taft said Stassen favors Roosevelt’s policies and noted columnists’ support for him.
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Dayton
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Minnesota
Stassen
Taft
Roosevelt
Truman
Court Orders Coroner To Release Autopsy Report
Common Pleas Judge orders Coroner D M Ceramella to produce the autopsy findings on 19 year old Roxie Baker or explain in court why the report has not been made public. The writ comes at the request of Paul Cash, Dover fight promoter charged with second degree murder in the death.
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New
Philadelphia
D. M. Ceramella
Common Pleas
J. H. Lamneck
Roxie Baker
Paul Cash
Dover Fight
Mercury Price Hiked for 1949 Mercury Autos
Ford division announced price increases for the 1949 Mercury range from 315 to 420 dollars. The higher prices apply across the line as announced today.
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Mercury
Detroit
Ford
Date Set For Nationwide Railroad Strike In May
May 11 set for a nationwide rail strike involving 150000 union members across locomotive engineers firemen enginemen and switchmen. Wage talks failed after two weeks of negotiations and a presidential fact finding board recommendation was rejected by unions.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Truman
John L. Lewis
White House
David B. Robertson
Freight Train Derails Near Westville Spurting Oats and More
A 68 car Pennsylvania Railroad freight train from Chicago to Harrisburg derailed near Westville, spilling oats flour canned milk wine and horseradish across the right of way. Twelve cars left the track with three overturning down an embankment. No injuries. 350 feet of three track damaged. Cleanup and repairs expected to take ten hours. Cause unavailable at once.
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Urbana
Pennsylvania Railroad
Westville
Here
Chicago
Harrisburg
W. H. Mapp
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Grade Teachers Pay Reaches Higher Level
Ohio Education Association reports nearly all grade school teachers now reach pay levels of high school teachers with similar training. A survey by T. G. O Keefe shows 92 percent of boards of education adopted a single salary schedule based on training and experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Education Association
T. G. O'Keefe
Boards of Education
Ceremony Opens Mailings for First Check Bonus
In Columbus the first of 1930 bonus checks go out today to veterans. One check will be presented to Jimmy Flood of Quaker City, with Gov. Thomas J. Herbert and members of the Sinking Fund Commission involved. A total of 1,930 checks will distribute $646,157 to 1,724 Army veterans and 206 ex-sailors.
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Columbus
Jimmy Flood
Quaker City
Thomas J. Herbert
Sinking Fund Commission
Chester W. Goble
Goble
Washington
National Guard
Navy
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