Five die as Reno blast rips through old business district
A Reno explosion and ensuing fire killed Fire Chief Frank Hobson of Sparks, Reno fire Capt. Glenn Davis, Fireman Earl Platt, and two civilian rescuers Domingo Galli and Bill Bryan. Five dead, 137 injured, one missing as a crowd fled amid smoke and debris. Damages estimated up to 300000 dollars. Authorities ruled out dynamite and launched a continuing investigation.
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Reno
Nev
John Sanford
Reno Gazette
Lake Street
Y. Harold Taber
Taber
Truckee
Calif
Here
Frank Hobson
Sparks
Glenn Davis
Earl B. Platt
Reno Fire Department
Domingo Galli
Bill Bryan
Harold Hodson
ROTC Deferment Covers About 118 Thousand Students
The Army and Air Force jointly announced that roughly 118 600 college students enrolled in Reserve Officer Training Corps will be deferred from the draft while in training. Eligibility requires ROTC enrollment before June 24 1948 good standing in military and school studies and at least two years service if called. The quotas total 77 800 for the Army and 40 800 for the Air Force across 231 colleges.
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Washington
Army
Air Force
Commissioner McKnight Appointed City Official in Gallipolis
William McKnight of 227 Third Ave has been named city commissioner by City Manager J Roy Bartlett. He succeeds Jack Knight who resigned Friday night. McKnight, 62, runs a hardware business and this is his first public office. He is a Shriner and member of Masonic bodies Knights Templar and Knights of Pythias.
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Gallipolis
William MceKnight
Third Ave
J. Roy Bartlett
Jack Knight
McKnight
Knights Templar
Knights of Pythias
United Lutheran Church Adds 41,144 Members
The United Lutheran Church in America announced a leap of 41,144 new members last year. Secretary Rev. Dr. F Eppling Reinartz reported total membership at 1,880,628.
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Philadelphia
United Lutheran Church In America
F. Eppling Reinartz
Czechs Ask To Remain In England
Four more Czech Olympic athletes chose not to return to Czechoslovakia, joining at least eight competitors who stayed in England. Names were withheld to protect relatives. two Czechs and three Hungarians initially stayed, with one Hungarian later returning.
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London
Czechoslovakia
England
Hungary
Czech Committee For
Inflation Issue Shapes Up for Campaign
President Truman claims Republican tax cuts spark inflation and faces a deficit estimate of 1.5 billion dollars. Governor Thomas E. Dewey vows a dramatic cut in government spending and is ready to respond to the credit-curing bill. Dewey previously praised Congress overriding the tax veto as a good day for the American people.
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Washington
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Congress
New York
Three Trainmen Hurt In Locomotive Collision
In Crawfordsville Indiana a double header freight train collided yesterday derailing 20 freight cars. Three trainmen were injured with one seriously hurt when the leading locomotive backed up to rejoin the line after going ahead to fetch a repair part.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Kinney Co Announces 5 to 11 Percent Shoe Price Cuts
G. R. Kinney Co. Inc announced price reductions across many shoe lines in New York. The discounts range from 5 to 11 percent, reflecting a broad effort to lower consumer costs on assorted footwear.
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New York
G. R. Kinney Co., Inc
Alger Hiss to Testify in Closed Spy Session
Alger Hiss, former State Department official, agreed to testify before the House Committee in a closed session late today. Whittaker Chambers is unlikely to attend. plans to pair them may resume later. The panel also may hear from Russian teacher Ksosenkina and the second defector Samarine as part of the broader spy probe.
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White House
Elizabeth T. Bentley
U.S
Currie
House Un-American Activities Committee
Dean Acheson
Washington
Alger Hiss
State Department
Thomas
R-Nj
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Time Magazine
Hiss
Clark
Insance
Capitol Hill
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
New York
Russia
Kremlin Talks Are Continued In Moscow
Envoys from the United States Britain and France conferred again in the Kremlin with Foreign Minister Molotov seeking a basis for talks to end East West differences and solve the Berlin blockade. Walter Bedell Smith Frank Roberts and Yves Chataigneau left the British Embassy to attend the session amid heavy rain.
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United States
Britain
France
Molotov
Kremlin
Berlin
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigneau
Robbery and beating reported near Gallipolis Route 7
Jim Trowbridge of Bladen was taken to Holzer Hospital after claiming he was beaten and robbed of 200 dollars behind a building on Route 7 about two miles north of Gallipolis. Police investigate the Saturday night incident.
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Gallipolis
Jim Trowbridge
Bladen
Holzer Hospital
Republicans Charge Figure Juggling on Truman's Forecast
Republicans accuse President Truman of manipulating budget figures to suit politics as he forecast a 1.5 billion deficit for next June. GOP leaders say treasury will show a 5 to 6 billion dollar surplus, leaving funds to reduce debt or cut taxes. Truman cites last year’s excess funds shifted to this year for foreign aid as a temporary paper surplus.
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Washington
GOP
Treasury
Congress
Tru
Press radio accused of undemocratic acts
Rhode Island U.S. Senator and National Democratic chairman J Howard McGrath denounces radio commentators and the press as spreading anti democratic philosophy. He asserts high paid commentators would not be tolerated in a real democracy and says they tarnish the president by portraying him as erroneous and stupid. He did not name individuals or papers.
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R. I
U. 5S
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
National Democratic Committee
McGrath
Train collision near North Robinson injures thirteen
A Pennsylvania passenger train collided head on with a freight train near North Robinson Ohio eight miles east of Bucyrus. First reports said thirteen were injured and the west bound train carried soldiers. The injured were taken to Crestline hospital.
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Bucyrus
Pennsylvania
North Robinson
Here
Crestline
Funeral set Wednesday for Wellston grocer Hogan
Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Michael D. Hogan 89 a Wellston grocer and brother of the late Ohio Attorney General Timothy Hogan He leaves two sons Charles M Hogan postmaster of Wellston and Leo Hogan
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Wellston
Michael D. Hogan
Ohio
Timothy §. Hogan
Charles M. Hogan
Leo Hogan
Drowning Victims Rites Set After Weekend Deaths
A triple funeral is set for Burl Beck 43 Freda Beck 44 and adopted daughter Marilyn 2 at Glenn L Myers funeral home Columbus. The car left a road at James J Thomas Park and plunged into the Scioto River. Burial in Union Cemetery. Police investigate mechanical faults. Beck was a Columbus Post Office supervisor on leave after a nervous breakdown. The family had resided at 498 Tibet Rd. Columbus then covers weekend Ohio death toll rising to 31 from river and highway accidents across Maumee and Buckeye Lake areas.
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Nelsonville
Glenn L. Myers
W. Second Ave
Columbus
Burl F. Beck
Freda M
Marilyn
Tibet Rd
Scioto River
Union Cemetery
Beck
Freda Sweazy
Carbon Hill
Becks
James J. Thomas Park
Mitchell A. Spyker
Franklin County
Columbus Post Office
Laura Sweazy
Clifford Hawk
Girl Escort Slain On Moonlit Ormond Beach
At a desolate Ormond Beach Florida scene a Georgia stenographer and her 23 year old escort were shot to death in what authorities call a fiendish killing. Sheriff Alex Littlefield said Mary Hucks of East Point and Gregory Blount of Lexington were found dead after a night on the beach. The woman's bruised body lay in palmetto brush while footprints showed a fierce struggle and Blount appeared slain on a blanket.
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Ormond
Fla
Georgia
Alex Littlefield
Mary Hucks
East Point
Gregory Blount
Lexington
Littlefield
Blount
Ohio National Guards begin two week stay at Camp Atterbury
At Camp Atterbury Indiana the Ohio National Guard 37th Infantry Division starts a two week training and recruitment period. About 11 000 Ohio Guardsmen replace an Indiana unit that had been training there with many veterans from World War II and numerous new recruits to undergo basic training to fit them into their units.
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Camp Atterbury
Ind
Ohio National Guardsmen
37Th Infantry Division
Indiana
New American College Planned for Rome on Janiculum Hill
A $3,000,000 North American College will be built soon in Rome to replace the prewar American college. The modern building will sit on a 13 acre site atop Janiculum Hill and be operated by the American hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church.
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New American College
Rome
New York
Janiculum Hill
Wainwright Available As DAV Commander
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright is ready for the Disabled American Veterans post as the five day 27th annual convention opens. He arrived for the convention and said he would accept the commander role if elected.
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New York
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Disabled American Veterans
Wainwright
Centenarian recalls Micmac captivity century ago
In Linneus Maine Jeremiah Campbellton reflected on a capture by Micmac Indians a century past. He celebrated his 109th birthday yesterday in the town.
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Linneus
Jeremiah Campbellton
Berlin Faces Purge Threat if Allies Leave City
Berlin liberal newspapers warn of a Communist purge list targeting Anti-Communists should Western Allied forces withdraw. Reports cite a Fifth Column in blockaded Western Berlin, with sabotage claims on transport and railway accidents blamed on the Soviet blockade.
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Liberal Democratic
Montags Echo
U. S
Britain
France
Telegraf
Moscow
Germany
Drive Fails Meat Price Campaign Stays High
In Chicago and across the nation the anti meat campaign by housewives clubs shows little impact on prices. Dealers report prices remain high with some cuts briefly but quickly rising again as buyers refrain. The effort began in Dallas and spread by chain calls prompting reduced purchases.
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Chicago
Dallas
Bambino Leaves Bed as Ruth Improves Some
Babe Ruth left his hospital bed for twenty minutes to sit in a chair. Official word says his temperature is lower than yesterday and he had a comfortable day while taking a little more nourishment, but his condition remains critical.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Union Threatens Strike at Harvester Plants
The CIO United Auto Workers and International Harvester Company negotiators met again after two talks with no agreement. The union threatened a walkout of 25,000 workers at six Harvester plants Tuesday morning if no deal is reached.
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CIO
United Automobile Workers and International Harvester Company
Harvester
Forest Fire Interrupts Nevada Power Service
A forest fire burned utility lines on Donner Summit and interrupted power service to most of northern and central Nevada. PG and E spokesman called the blaze bad, spreading along a three mile right of way on the Sierra Nevada summit near Truckee California.
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San Francisco
Donner Summit
Nevada
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Sierra Nevada
Truckee
Calif
Teens Offer Ride Tries to Kidnap and Attack Girl
An 18 year old girl told police that six youths in cars kidnaped and attacked her in Cincinnati. Physicians verified she had been molested. The victims were offered a ride by the youths, who forced them into separate automobiles. the younger girl escaped shortly after.
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Cincinnati
Polio cases rise to 335 statewide in 1948 report
The State Department of Health reported 19 new polio cases, bringing the annual total to 335 since January 1. Counties adding cases include Cuyahoga with three, Hamilton two, Wyandotte two, Muskingum two, and single cases in Crawford Hardin Washington Wood Stark Trumbull Licking Fayette Portage and Putnam. Cuyahoga leads with 39, followed by Lucas 32 and Marion 28.
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State Department of Health
Cuyahoga
Hamilton
Wyandotte
Muskingum
Crawford
Hardin
Washington
Wood
Stark
Trumbull
Licking
Fayette
Portage
Putnam
Cuyahoga County
Lucas
Marion
Truce Breach Alarms Jerusalem Amid Renewed Fighting
In Jerusalem area fighting erupts after the latest cease fire deadline. Arabs and Jews blame each other for mortar and heavy machinegun fire, elevating tensions as UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte urged restraint. Jewish and Arab spokesmen trade accusations over alleged attacks on forward posts and compliance with Bernadotte's order.
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Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Hoth*rsides
Trans-Joredan Arab Legion
Legion
Israel
Bernardotte
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