Quakes Rock Northwest Region Across Pacific Northwest
A sharp series of earthquakes last night rocked a wide area from Skeena River Valley in British Columbia to Portland Oregon and Petersburg Alaska. Damage was limited but power lines and water mains broke in Seattle while a two foot wave hit Ketchikan.
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Prince Rupert
B.C
Pacific Northwest
British Columbia
Skeena River
Portland
Ore
Petersburg
Alaska
Terrace
B. C
Ketchikan
Seattle
Lake Union
Killer Confession Ties Kentucky Carnival Worker to Slaying
In Cincinnati, 26-year-old William Gamble from Hazard Kentucky was moved after admitting he killed 17-year-old Muriel Baldridge, a Prestonsburg high school cheerleader found beaten last June 27. Gamble, linked by Olen Collins, 15, faces murder charges and was later reported to deny the confession under duress.
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Cincinnati
Hazard
Kentucky
Jacob Schott
Muriel Baldridge
Prestonsburg
William Gamble
Olen Collins
Duco
Gamble
Patrick Hayes
Cincinnati Enquirer
Schott
Area notes on Linscott Spring and Hashman family aging
The Linscott Spring on Strouds Run remains a strong water source though weaker than years past, once estimated at 200 000 gallons daily. The Charles Brown home near Canaanville has been razed for a new residence by Jimmy Brozak. Susannah Hashman, aged between 97 and 105, lives on Alderman Road with her daughter-in-law and son, John Smith, as five generations of the Hashman family persist. Her husband George Hashman died in a mine accident 25 years ago.
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Ohio
Strouds Run
Canaan Township
Fred Heavener
William
Nancy Linscott
Heaveners
Charles Brown
Route 50
Canaanville
Jimmy Brozak
New England
Stroudson
Strouds Rune
Susannah Hashman
Alderman Road
John Smith
Oroville
Hocking County
Athens County
Martha Riser
George Hashman
Hashman
Tommy Lee Barbee
Columbus
Jobless Pay Law Changes Go Into Effect in Ohio
Changes in Ohio unemployment compensation take effect raising maximum benefits from 21 to 25 dollars for 26 weeks and minimum from 5 to 10 a week. The waiting period drops from two weeks to one, with 2.50 weekly extra for each of the first two dependents and a 15 week basic employment period with 240 dollar minimum earnings. Attorney General Duffy will rule who qualifies for these increases.
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Columbus
Ohio
Herbert S. Duffy
Duffy
Frank J. Collopy
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Collopy
BUC
AFL Plans All-Out Drive To Oust Taft In Ohio
Columbus Ohio The Ohio State Federation of Labor announced an all-out drive to defeat U S Senator Robert A Taft in the 1950 election In a pre convention conference Phil Hannah secretary treasurer said AFL International union presidents will tour Ohio to campaign against Taft The 64th annual convention opens with about 1000 delegates from 1600 unions and 500000 AFL members expected William Green AFL president will speak on Tafts Senate record over 11 years
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Columbus
Ohio State Federation of Labor
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Phil Hannah
American Federation of Labor
Taft
Hannah
AFL
William Green
Senate
Dock Strike Groups Asked To Try Again
The government asked opposing sides in the Hawaiian dock strike to renew efforts toward settlement and, if no progress is made, to travel to Washington or New York for mediation talks. Cyrus S. Ching of the U S Conciliation Service sent a cable to Honolulu requesting the renewed settlement attempt.
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Washington
New York
Cyrus S. Ching
U. S. Conciliation Service
Honolulu
United Nations Budget Seen At 44 Million For 1950
Secretary-General Trygve Lie estimated the United Nations budget for 1950 at 44,314,398 dollars. The proposed budget exceeds the 1949 allocation by 605,295 dollars.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Home Building Costs Decline Noted in Columbus
In Columbus a federal FHA official reports a five percent drop in home construction costs since October. A. L. Guckert, Columbus district director, says demand remains steady as buyers scrutinize options, noting buyers now shop carefully rather than accepting any available house.
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Columbus
Federal Housing Administration
A. L. Guckert
FHA
Guckert
Waterways Programs Due In House Today
Washington reports two actions in the House on flood control and navigation funds. One covers construction funding for the year starting July 1, and the other seeks approval of numerous new projects to join the authorized list for future construction funds.
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Washington
Verl Jefferies
Clarence Rasmussen
Milwaukee
Harry Komoll
Japan
Twenty Aboard Aircraft Missing In Manitoba
Royal Canadian Air Force officials report an amphibious Canso missing since last night over northern Manitoba with twenty people aboard. The craft carried a crew of six, seven Eskimos stricken with poliomyelitis, a nurse, a newspaperman, and a party from the federal Bureau of Transport.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Royal Canadian Air Force
Federal Bureau of Transport
First Hurricane Moves Toward Florida Coast
A small Atlantic hurricane the first of the season roared toward the Florida coast. The Weather Bureau said the storm was centered about 440 miles east of Nassau at 5 a.m. EST and moving west northwest at about 20 miles per hour with indicators of growing size and intensity.
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Fla
Florida
Nassau
Income Averages Hit Record High for Americans
The average American income last year rose to 1410 dollars, up from 1319 dollars in 1947, signaling a higher standard of living as wages and earnings strengthen nationwide.
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Washington
700000 X Rayed in Cuyahoga TB Drive
More than 700 000 people in Cuyahoga County underwent X rays during a six month anti tuberculosis screening drive. Local health authorities reported the mass effort aimed at early TB detection and control.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Truman urges swift approval of $1.45 billion arms aid plan
President Truman pressed for rapid passage of a foreign arms program of 1.45 billion dollars, calling it part of the price of peace. He argued the aid would deter aggression, back Western Europe, and support defense in the Philippines, Korea, Iran, Turkey, Greece, and beyond. He spoke at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Miami after flying from Washington.
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Truman
Washington
Senate
House
Soviet Union
Philippines
Korea
Far Pacific
Iran
Turkey
Greece
Mediterranean
Europe
Fires Burn Across Six Western States T: Firefighters Still Battling In Six States
Hundreds of firefighters battled wildfires across six Western states with more than 300 lightning sparked blazes totaling about 33 000 acres in drought stricken forests. Major fires included a 7000 acre Hell s Canyon blaze in the Payette National Forest and three fires in Yellowstone Wyoming where several crewmen were hospitalized. The weather and wind shifts challenged containment as forester James Hockaday noted humidity and overcast conditions would influence control efforts.
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Payette National Forest
Idaho
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
California
James Hockaday
Forest Service
Ogden
Utah
Hell's Canyon
Payette Forest
Jim Knudsen
Gem
Kan
Yugoslavia Rebuffs Russian Note Over Tito government
London's AP dispatch reports escalating Yugoslav Soviet clashes as Borba accuses Moscow of threats and double cross. Tito supporters condemn Russia's note while Belgrade cites past Cominform splits and Western oil and arms diplomacy shaping Austria and German asset claims.
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Tito
London
Russia
Marshal Tito
Gan Borba
Borba
Sam
Soviet Union
Kuesia
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
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Nationa
Weat
Austria
Chauncey Boy Wins Messenger Bike Race
Jan Taylor, 15, won the Messenger newspaper boys bicycle championship at the Athens County Fairgrounds beating four rivals. He earns a bicycle prize and eligibility to compete in the Ignaz Schwinn Memorial Scholarships Championship at the Ohio State Fair next Sunday.
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Chauncey
Athens County Fairgrounds
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Ignaz Schwinn
Secret five percent inquiry letter raises perfume oil angle
Sen Mundt reports a secret letter starting Dear Pop from a former service member to his father. Mundt says the document offers an eyewitness account with potential bearing on improper influence in government dealings. The youth may testify at the resumed hearings or be questioned privately.
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Washington
Pop
Mundt
R-Sd
Armed Services
South Dakota
Senate
Eee
Fires Kill 78 in France in Southwest Forest Blaze
Rag ing forest fires in Bordeaux region killed at least 78 people, wiping out villages over a 20 by 30 mile area. Troops and civilians work to recover victims as the army gains control and search 100000 acres for missing residents.
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Bordeaux
France
Polio Cases Rise Sharply Ahead of Last Year
New York leads the nation with 1837 polio cases in the latest AP tally, boosting the monthly total to over 8000 and pushing the national total for the year toward 15,500. North Dakota reports epidemic activity. several states brace for peak cases next month. Health officials note a 5-10 percent death rate and varying recovery outcomes.
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National Office of Vital Statistics
Associated Press
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Wisconsin
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Michigan
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Maryland
American Medical Association
No Common Trema Found In Rents
New York report notes rent increases averaging about 20 percent in decontrolled areas. A survey of 11 scattered sites shows hikes from 300 percent to no increase, with vacancies varying and housing tightness persisting.
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New York
Negro Elks Open Meeting With Jazz
Five thousand Negro Elks opened their national convention in San Francisco with jazz led by Lionel Hampton and his orchestra. the event featured Jacek McVea and Cecil Gant, while civil liberties panel discussions formed a serious undertone to the gathering.
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San Francisco
Negro Elks
Jacek McVea
Cecil Gant
Lionel Hampton
Hampton
Ten Die In Weekend Ohio Mishaps
Weekend accidents on Ohio highways and one drowning in Michigan left ten Ohioans dead over two days. Traffic crashes accounted for seven fatalities, with the remainder from other causes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Michigan
Soviet Note Seen Worst War Threat
British newspapers judged the Soviet note to Marshal Tito as the strongest threat since 1939. The Daily Telegraph warned it spoke the language of Hitler’s exhausted patience and could take more effective measures to protect citizens in Yugoslavia. The Daily Herald called it nearer a threat of war than anything since Hitler.
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London
Marshal Tito
Daily Telegraph
Yugoslavia
Hitler
Laborite
Daily Herald
Huber Urges Economy To Begin At Home
Rep. Huber of Ohio argues real economy starts locally and in government. He says households must install thrift and urges Congress to cut costs and resist funding expensive local projects with federal money.
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Huber
Washington
Ohio
Congress
Maguire Installed As Xavier University President
The Very Rev James F Maguire 8 J 45 year old Chicago native was installed Sunday night as the 28th president of Xavier University. The ceremony followed Jesuit custom and marked his succession to Very Rev Celestin J Steiner S J as head of the 118 year old institution.
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Cincinnati
James F. Maguire
Chicago
Xavier University
Father Maguire
Celestin J. Steiner
S. J
Anti-Russia Reds Form New Party in Berlin Split
In Berlin a splinter group of about 4000 in the Russian zone and 600 in Western sectors announced a Free Communist Party. Forty to fifty ex-Communists and SED members met in the French sector to oppose Soviet rule and imperial Bolshevism. Karl Henr Scholz, an underground activist, said the group rejects Soviet dictatorship and calls for independence from Moscow influence.
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Berlin
Russia
Soviet Russia
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Des Moines Editor Emeritus Harvey Ingham Dies at 90
Former editor emeritus of the Des Moines Register and Tribune, Harvey Ingham, died Sunday at age 90. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced. The longtime journalist helped shape regional coverage and editorial voice for decades.
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DES Moines
Harvey Ingham
The
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Promising Virus Therapy Trials At Ohio State University
Ohio State University researchers report early findings from an 18 month study on Hodgkin’s disease using intentionally induced virus infection. Of 21 patients, 14 showed virus infection effects and seven displayed temporary benefit. The team also tests a penicillin-like substance and cell bam-boozlers as additional cancer approaches.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Ohio State
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