American professors murdered in West Java drive to Jogjakarta
Time and Life correspondent Robert Doyle and Yale sociology professor Raymond Kennedy were killed by a gang on a road between Bandoeng and Cheribon in West Java. The bodies were found near Tomo after villagers reported the shooting to Indonesian army units.
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Jakarta
U.S
Time and Life
Robert Doyle
Yale University
Raymond Kennedy
Bandoeng
Cheribon
West Java
Karl Hisgen
Jogjakarta
Republic of Indonesia
Radio Jakarta
Bandjoeng
Kennedy
Doyle
Hisgen
United Nations
Tomo
Darul Islam Movement
Yale
Indonesia
Islands
Fire devastates Malta plow plant and town hall
A blaze at Brown-Manley Plow Co. and the adjacent Malta Town Hall destroyed the factory, village buildings, and four houses on Main Street. Six families homeless and about 100 workers jobless as firefighters from many towns fought the flames for hours. Injury reported a man leaped from a second floor window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Main St
Morgan County
Nwmnes
Serve En Rre
Brown-Manley Plow Co
McConnelsville
Malta - McConnelsville
Ohio
Athens
Herb Fouts
Zanesville
M. & M. Department
Twin City
M. D. Martin
Frank Farus
Brown-Manley
Brown-Manley Co
W. R. Grace Co
New York
James Breeze
Stella Maxwell
James Matson
Howard Wright
Harold Murphy
James Weaver
Grand Jury Raps Sheriff over Special Deputy Pick
The Allen County Grand Jury censured Sheriff W Ray Dailey for appointing a special deputy known as a gambling operator. It named witnesses Lima Mayor Stanley Welker John Kocevar and seven agents who raided Lima on April 1 and last Friday. It indicted Cleveland Fox on three counts related to gambling and concealed weapons.
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Lima
Allen County
Dailey
Stanley BE. Welker
John Kocevar
Cleveland Fox
Fox
Drowning in Well Ruled Accidental in Pennsylvania
In Midland Pennsylvania Beaver County Deputy Coroner Margaret Sanders ruled the drowning of Anna Mae Doughty 22 accidental. The eight month old child’s mother was found in a 30 foot rope and bucket well on her parents farm after going to draw water. Her husband Sgt Dale Doughty had just returned home on furlough from Okinawa after 15 months.
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Midland
Beaver County
Margaret Sanders
Anna Mae Doughty
Dale Doughty
Okinawa
Margaret Todd
Senate Rejects Spain Aid as Talks Turn to Cuts
Washington reports the Senate rejected Spain aid in the European Recovery Program vote 42 to 35. Senator Connally defends the full 3.37 billion aid, while leaders seek timing for a final vote. Taft urges cutting Marshall Plan funds by 600 million as goals are claimed met.
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Washington
Senate
Spain
Connollly
D-Tex
Connally
Lucas
Illinois
Wherry
Nebraska
Taft
Ohio
Aft
Europe
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Pension Talks Resumed In Chrysler Strike
Detroit negotiators resumed pension talks on day 19 of discussions and 94th day of the 89,000 CIO auto workers strike. Private barroom reports say minor issues remain and the pension dispute over eligibility ages 65 and 68 is unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chrysler
CIO Auto
Union
Seized Slot Machines Receive Stay of Execution
In Columbus the state liquor enforcement chief postponed destroying 200 seized slot machines after the Liquor Control Board issued a stay of execution. The board ordered Anthony A. Rutkowski to submit a complete list before resuming scrapping, with further orders awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Liquor Control Board
Liquor Board
Anthony A. Rutkowski
J Board
Rutkowski
Field Denies Being Agent For Russia
Frederick Vanderbilt Field testified he is not a Soviet espionage agent but refused to disclose if he is a Communist to Senate investigators. He denied attending Communist meetings with Owen Lattimore or saying Lattimore or his wife were Communists. Budenz had claimed Field spoke of Lattimore as a Communist and that Field himself was a Soviet agent. The inquiry, led by McCarthy and McMahon, probes alleged Communist infiltration of the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Senate
Field
Senate Foreign Relations
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Louis F. Budenz
Budenz
Johns Hopkins University
M Thy
Wis
State Department
McCarthy
Earl Browder
Browder
Communist Party
Haldore Hanson
Louis Budenz
McMahon
Dconn
Hanson Hanson
Tydings
D-Md
Truman
FBI
John S. Service
Service
Wisconsin Republican
Review Board
Loyalty Board
Conrad E. Snow
McGrath
Atlantic City
N.J
Edward P. Morgan
John J. Huber
Six Children and Driver Die in Illinois Car Train Crash
Six school children and the taxi driver were killed when their car collided with a Wabash Railroad streamliner at an unguarded crossing near Campus Consolidated Grade School. The train continued for more than a mile carrying the wreckage and six bodies before stopping.
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Campus
AFL Leaders Plan Drive to Defeat Taft in Ohio
The Ohio Federation of Labor outlined a campaign to unseat Sen. Robert A. Taft in November as soon as primary votes are counted. Leaders aim to add 100000 new members and will use mass meetings and all media to win with ballots, not dollars, against Taft who coauthored the Taft Hartley act. DiSalle called for repeal of the Taft Hartley law.
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Columbus
AFL
Ohio Federation of Labor
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Ohio
U.S
Ate
Joseph T. Ferguson
Michael W. DiSalle
Toledo
Henry M. Busch
Shaker Heights
Walter A. Kelley
Cincinnati
John Martin
Steubenville
Edward Welsh
Dayton
William L. White
Newark
Ferguson
DiSalle
Philip P. Hannah
The
Ohio Federation
Cleveland
Late April cool spell lingers across central region
The late April cool spell remains across the central United States with sub-freezing weather returning in the North Central area. Daytime readings match early March normal levels in many places as Grand Forks reports 16 degrees above zero and conditions vary from fair in the Southwest to thunderstorms from the Gulf states to the Ohio Valley.
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Chicago
North Central
U. S
Mountain drama ends with man shielding wife from runaway car
Mrs. Alonzo Fassett recalls dawn scene in Great Smoky Mountains National Park where her 75-year-old husband leapt to block a rolling 1940 sedan as it neared a cliff. He pushed the car away, saving her life but was struck by the vehicle and injured.
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Sevierville
Tenn
Detroit
Alonzo A. Fassett
St. Peters
Newry High
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Nickel cones stay, association reports
The National Association of Retail Ice Cream Manufacturers said ice cream costs have risen two and a half times over the past decade, but they plan to keep the price of a cone at a nickel. The size may shrink in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
National Association of Retail
NLRB Vote to CIO Union Over Westinghouse Units
The CIO IUE won representation for 28 187 Westinghouse workers across 20 units while UE Ind gathered 14 583 in 20 units. Across 51 plants in 40 locations the nationwide tally was 27 281 for CIO IUE and 22 817 for UE. Bargaining will occur with the majority unions in each unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO Electrical Workers Union
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Independent Electrical Workers
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Cio-Iue
NLRB
Westinghouse
Lausche Faces Ohio Turnpike Dilemma Amid Rail Ties
Cleveland reports note Gov Frank J Lausche is accused of being squeezed between railroad interests and northern Ohio political allies over the Ohio turnpike. Mayor James A Rhodes, seeking the GOP nomination, cites Lausche's post as a $10 000 out of office job with Associated Railroads created by Robert R Young of Cleveland as a public fact.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
James A. Rhodes
Columbus
Lausche
Associated Railroads
Robert R. Young
Ohio
Escapes Train Death. Man Dies of Injuries
An 86 year old Newark man William Beatty narrowly escaped being run over by a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train when he fell on the tracks last Wednesday. He died Friday from shock and injuries. The train crew stopped the locomotive in time.
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Newark
William Beatty
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago Chosen for Next American Ceramic Society Meeting
Trus tees of the American Ceramic Society have selected Chicago as the site for next year's meeting. Local officials expect a multi day gathering attracting researchers and industry representatives from across the nation.
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Chicago
East Liverpool
The
American Ceramic Society
Local gambling can be ended by officials says senator
Senator Capehart framed Frank Costello testimony as proof that local officials can stop gambling anytime they choose. The Commerce Subcommittee heard Costello recount past slot operations and assert he operates as a legitimate businessman now, while noting police and officials’ roles in permitting gambling.
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Washington
Senator Capehart
R-Ind
Frank Costello
Indiana
Senate Commerce
Frank Erickson
New York
United States
Senate
Costello
New Orleans
Louisiana
Edward J. Allen, Jr
Youngstown
Ohio
French Atom Chief Joliot Curie Fired in Paris Move
The French government dismissed Frederic Joliot Curie from his post as head of the atomic energy commission in Paris. Critics from center and right press had long urged ouster after his National Congress remarks claiming Communist scientists would not aid war against the Soviet Union. The 50-year-old Nobel laureate, appointed in 1946 by General de Gaulle, faced widespread political opposition.
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Paris
Frederic Joliot-Curie
France
Atomic Energy Commission
Joliot-Curie
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Charles de Gaulle
Five Shots Fire as Man Fights Snake Near Steubenville
Harvey A. Woodland fired a shotgun at a copperhead near his home outside Steubenville. The blast struck his son Roger in the chest arms and legs, but he was reported in fairly good condition Friday at Ohio Valley Hospital.
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Steubenville
Harvey A. Woodland
Roger
Ohio Valley Hospital
Baltic Incident Policy Question For President
President Truman was asked whether a U S aircraft would engage in shooting back if a Baltic incident recurred. State Department says it is handling the issue while Defense supports expanded spending. Truman also announced Stanley Woodward to Canada as ambassador.
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Washington
Baltic
State
Defense Departments
Baltic Sea
Truman
U.S
State Department
Defense Johnson
Johnson
House Appropriations Committee
Stanley Woodward
Canada
Hoover urges UN reorganization without Communists
Former President Herbert Hoover calls for a United Nations reorganization excluding Communist nations or, if impractical, a new front of those who oppose communism and uphold morals and freedom. He spoke before the American Newspaper Publishers Association, noting the US isolation in the cold war and drawing applause from 1800 diners. John Foster Dulles also urged charter revision considerations.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
United Nations
America
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
United
John Foster Dulles
House Group Favors Keeping Night Club Tax
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to retain the 20 percent excise tax on night clubs and other levies on coin operated devices bowling alleys billiard tables. It held line at roughly 578 million in cuts so far but could push total above 1 billion when travel tickets freight and long distance telecoms are included.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Extended Forecast for Columbus Weather
The forecast calls for temperatures 2 to 4 degrees below normal with highs from 60 to 64 and lows from 41 to 43. Warmer conditions Saturday, then cooler Sunday, and another warm spell Tuesday and Wednesday. Precipitation expected 0.25 to 0.75 inches as rain Saturday, showers Sunday, and rain again Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Columbus
Noremal
Senate Calls Off Film Investigation
Washington reports the Senate halted a planned probe into film industry morality after a conference with top executives. Senator Edwin C. Johnson said he would seek voluntary reforms led by industry leaders including Motion Picture Association President Eric Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Edwin C. Johnson
Colo
Johnson
Eric Johnston
The
Motion Picture Association
Five youths fined for attempted suit theft in Higbee Co
Five youths were fined $200 each after an attempted theft at Higbee Co department store. Four of the youths were from Akron, with the incident involving men’s suits in downtown Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Akron
Higbee Co
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