Tornado Over Three State District Kills 20 Injures 50
A three state tornado devastates Worth Missouri and nearby towns in Arkansas and Iowa. At least 20 dead and more than 50 hurt as Worth suffers near total destruction of the business district. Arkansas towns Bright Water and Garfield report multiple deaths and extensive damage. rescue workers and blood plasma planes from Kansas City aid relief efforts.
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Salvation Army
Red Cross
al Cooking
Associated Press
Texas City
Tex
Texas
Cooking
N. A. Combs
Bruce Pickering
Irene
Melvin
Kansas City
Ann Trump
Arkansas
Bright Water
Arch Blansett
Orville Springer
Garfield
Ark
Arch
Rogers, Ark
National Guard
National phone tieup may end soon after PA and NY settlements
Settlement of the New York Bell strike and a Pennsylvania maintenance workers’ pact sparks optimism for a nationwide telephone wage agreement. The NY deal includes a $4 weekly raise and vacation benefits, while PA workers gain $3 to $4 weekly raises and return to work.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
New York City
New York Bell Telephone Co
J. R. Mandelbaum
Philadelphia
U. S
John Murray
Federation of Telephone Workers of Pennsylvania
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Bell
NFTW
New York
Western Electric
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Government May Accept Hamilton Water Plan
Rep. Elston predicts the government will accept Hamilton Ohio’s $700,000 bid for water facilities in Mill Creek Valley. The bid was reconsidered by the Federal Works Agency after Hamilton County withdrew its application.
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Washington
Elston
Ohio
Hamilton
Mill Creek Valley
Federal Works Agency
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Mine Chief Begins New Contract Fight Across Coal Industry
John L. Lewis opened a fresh contract battle as a third of the soft coal sector resisted a nationwide wage agreement. Southern Coal Producers oppose industry-wide bargaining while seeking separate talks, aiming for fewer concessions than rivals. Lewis questioned each operator group’s production to gauge tonnage behind their stance, pausing negotiations until afternoon talks. The UMW plans a policy committee meeting to decide the path after May’s government ratification and the prior spring end.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
U S Opposes Jewish Voice At UN Assembly
The United States delegation to the United Nations reportedly opposes granting any Jewish organization a voice in the special assembly session on Palestine unless the situation changes. An informed source said the UN should hear only states on the assembly floor, and non-voting Jewish groups do not represent states and are barred from speaking. They may submit views to the UN or appear before a commission of inquiry.
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New York
United States
United Nations
Special Assembly
Palestine
U. S
Commission of Inquiry
Europe Treaty Action Sought By U S Leaders
Secretary of State Marshall urges early ratification of four European peace treaties with Italy Bulgaria Romania and Hungary. Some senators want delay until Russia shows progress on German and Austrian questions. Marshall told Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Vandenberg that Moscow disagreements do not affect speedy action.
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Washington
Marshall
Russia
Germany
Austria
Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Moscow
State Department
Italy
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Paris
Police Probe Gollum Letters
Los Angeles County officials investigate how intimate letters between Louise Overell, 17, and George Gollum, 21, were obtained by a newspaper. Howser, handling the murder case of the Overell parents aboard a Newport Harbor yacht, calls the issue bewildering as trials are set for May 26.
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Los Angeles
Fred N. Howser
Orange County
Santa Ana
Louise Overell
George Gollum
Howser
Miss Overell
Gollum
Walter Overell
Newport Harbor
Los Angeles Examiner
Chicago Doctors Describe Ulcer Dusting Treatment
Doctors Leo L. Hardt and Leonard P. Brodt of Loyola School of Medicine Chicago described a new ulcer treatment. The tablets mix powdered aluminum and magnesium with mucin to soothe a distressed stomach.
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Chicago
American College of Physicians
Leo L. Hardt
Leonard P. Brodt
Loyola School of Medicine
Police Chief Appointed in Youngstown
Former Captain William J. Cleary was named police chief today after the resignation of former Chief John B. Thomas in Youngstown.
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Youngstown
William J. Cleary
John B. Thomas
Taft Predicts Failure Of Labor Bill Split Into Four Parts
Washington reporters note Senator Taft predicts rejection of the four proposed divisions of the Senate labor bill. Senator Morse aims to break the omnibus measure into four drafts covering bargaining law, a federal mediation agency, union contract liability, and a study panel on labor relations. Taft suggests compromise on injunctive powers could pass, while warning Truman may veto or sign the bill based on its contents.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Morse
Ore
Oregon
Congress
Truman
House
Senate Labor Committee
Federal
Imperial National Health Or Safety
Senate House Committee
Steel Firms Seek Tax Classification Change
Cuyahoga and Lorain county officials warned that steel firms in Cuyahoga Lorain and Trumbull counties seek to reclassify property from real to personal for tax purposes. If granted, county revenues would plunge and private residential taxpayers would bear the burden, officials said.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
John A. Zangerle
Lorain County
William G. Wickens
Zangerle
Cuyahoga
Lorain
Trumbull
Ghost Plane Mystery Stuns RAF Reported East Coast Sighting
Eyewitnesses describe a midnight ghost plane from the continent speeding over East Anglia at 400 mph and vanishing inland. RAF admits the case is slightly mysterious but offers no explanation and has failed to intercept the craft on its return flight.
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London
Royal Air Force
East Anglia
England
RAF
Zeppelin Designer Here On Undisclosed Job
Chicopee Massachusetts reports Dr. Hugo Eckener a famed German Zeppelin designer leaves for an undisclosed destination. He arrived from Frankfurt and did not expand on plans to direct aviation experiments by Goodyear technicians somewhere in Ohio.
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Chicopee
Mass
Hugo Eckener
Eckener
Frankfurt
Germany
Goodyear Company
Ohio
Mother Faces Sentence In Daughter's Shooting
Margaret Piston of Girard pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter in the February 9 fatal shooting of her two year old daughter Theresa. She faced a sentence of one to 20 years in the Marysville Women's Reformatory.
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Warren
Margaret Pieston
Girard
Marysville
Wage hike reached at American Rolling Mill Co
A wage increase of 16 cents an hour retroactive to April 1 was approved for 11,000 American Rolling Mill Co employees.
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Middletown
American Rolling Mill Co
GOP Predicts Rent Control Bill Approval
The House debated extending rent controls at least to December 31 with GOP leaders predicting broad passage. The measure also proposes ending government controls on building materials and construction set up under the veterans housing act, with a separate proposal for a 10 percent rent ceiling increase sidelined by the banking committee.
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Washington
Banking
Solons Cut Five Million From School Bill In Ohio
The Daniels Cramer bill reduces the total by 5 million while keeping 83 million annually for the foundation program. It trims per pupil payments to 50 for elementary and 60 for high school, and lowers the equalization grants to 100 and 120 respectively. A 2000 minimum salary guarantee for bachelor degree teachers is eliminated.
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Columbus
House Education Committee
Thomas J. Herbert
House
Hotel Director Resigns for Parole Commission Job
Rodney E. McCollum, personnel and public ity director for the Deshler-Wal lick Hotel for 15 years, resigns to become secretary of the Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission effective tomorrow. He, 57, will receive a $4,000 annual salary.
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Columbus
Rodney E. McCollum
Deshler-Wallick
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
McCollum
Court Refuses Review of Bugs Moran Case
Ohio Supreme Court refused to review convictions of George C. Bugs Moran and two accomplices Alfred G. Fouts and Virgil Summers. They are serving 10 to 25 years for a $10,000 holdup near Dayton. They robbed John Kurpe Jr. messenger for a Moraine City cafe on June 28 1946.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
George C
Bugs) Moran
Chicago
Dayton
Alfred G. Fouts
Virgil Summers
John Kurpe, Jr
Moraine City
Slayer Found Innocent By Insanity in 1926 Conneaut Slaying
Robert S. Wyman 52, ex Conneaut resident and former Lima State Hospital inmate, was found innocent by reason of insanity in the 1926 hammer slaying of Mrs. Eva Hannold on December 6 in Conneaut.
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Ashtabula, CO
Robert S. Wyman
Conneaut
Wyman
Lima State Hospital
Eva Hannold
Hoover Co. Employees in North Canton Get 10 Percent Raise
Salaried workers at the Hoover Company in North Canton receiving under 10000 dollars yearly were granted a ten percent pay increase yesterday. The move follows wage negotiations and affects a significant portion of the plant staff, reflecting industry demand and company policy.
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Canton
Hoover Co
North Canton
Legislature Debates Colored Oleo and Veterans Bonuses
In Columbus the Ohio Legislature debated colored oleomargarine as dairy interests seek butter market protection. Proposals also include a $300 million veterans bonus, a highway toll plan, and tighter labor union controls amid expected CIO and AFL demonstrations.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Ralph W. Winter
Medina
House
Military Affairs Committee
Good Citizen Fugitive Freed By Pennsylvania Court
William H. Dern Jr., 46, won habeas corpus release from extradition to Ohio after Judge Thomas A. Marshall found he had been a good citizen in Pennsylvania for 22 years. Dern, a carpenter, had fled justice for 25 years since a grand larceny conviction for stealing scrap brass during a building razing.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Thomas A. Marshall
William H. Dern, Jr
Ohio
Cleveland Milk Prices Fall May 1 Across Market
Federal market officials report price cuts in the Cleveland marketing area with milk reduced to 16 cents per quart in retail stores and 17 cents for home delivery starting May 1. Other dairy products see reductions up to four cents per unit.
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Cleveland
Greater
Engineer May Have Key To End Coal Smoke
Vaughn Mansfield, a Memphis coal engineer, spoke to the Motive Power Committee of Bituminous Coal Research Inc in Columbus about a device using short horizontal steel vanes. The invention would use locomotive wind to feed the fire, eliminate smoke and save about 15 percent in coal.
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Columbus
Vaughn Mansfield
Memphis, Tenn
Motive Power Committee
Bituminous Coal Research, Inc
Mansfield
Ohio board urges Legislature to restore fair budget
Ohio's agricultural board pressed lawmakers to restore the 1947 state fair budget, asking for 280000 while opposing the 230000 cut by State Finance Director H D Defenbacher. New appointees include Clay Stackhouse to horticulture and fine arts, Edmund B. Howard to draft horses, Ruth Arnold Stevn to Women's Building, and C L Metchell to sheep and goats.
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Columbus
Ohio
Agricultural Board
General Assembly
H. D. Defenbacher
Clay Stackhouse
Wakeman
Ruth Arnold Stevn
St. Marys
Edmund B. Howard
Zanesville
C. L. Metchell
Mansfield
Dealer Cuts Car Prices in Fremont
Retailer Robert Lehmann announced a ten percent price drop on Kaiser-Fraiser autos in Fremont saying prices were getting too far out of line. The reduction is described as occurring for an indefinite period.
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Fremont, O
Robert Lehmann
Kaiser-Fraiser
Court Convicts Colonel Durant
FRANKFURT Germany Col Jack W Durant a 37 year old Chicago air force officer was found guilty by a U S Military Court of eight counts including theft smuggling jewels into the United States without duty and signing another officer s name without authority. He was sentenced to 15 years at hard labor and dismissed from the Army for participating in the theft of 1 500 000 in Hesse royal jewels from Kronberg castle with only 10 000 of the jewels proved stolen.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Jack W. Durant
U.S. Army
Kronberg Castle
U.S
Chicago
Durant
Army
County approves voting machine purchases for 1947 1948
Montgomery County commissioners approved a resolution to buy 112 voting machines for 1947 and 188 machines for 1948. The action sets up equipment funding and readiness for upcoming elections.
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Dayton
Montgomery County
Tax cuts urged by chamber at annual meeting
Washington reports the 35th annual US Chamber of Commerce meeting urged tax reductions debt relief and lean government to spur peacetime prosperity. Burgess Fairchild and Bullis called for budget restraint lower corporation taxes and kept wartime excises while endorsing voluntary price cuts. Henry Ford II warned against overreliance on government controls.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Truman
W. Randolph Burgess
National City Bank of New York
Burgess
Fred R. Fairchild
Harvard University
Harry A. Bullis
General Mills, Inc
Henry Ford
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Sam Fanelli
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Henry Mayer
Western Electric Employes’ Association
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Ebrahim Sulaiman
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