Debate over arming Western Europe sparks defense split
In Washington and Copenhagen reports the administration faces fresh debate on rearming Western European nations while pursuing a North Atlantic security pact. Senator Taft warns arms for Europe could invite a Russian attack. Denmark moves toward the West with Sweden and Norway leaning westward for security.
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U.S
Europe
Taft
Ohio
Russia
Ohioan
Copenhagen
Denmark
Sweden
Social Democrats
Finland
Norway
Six Students Missing as Kenyon Dorm Fire Rages
A million-dollar blaze at Kenyon College destroyed Old Kenyon dormitory killing one student and injuring 26 others. Six students were reported missing after the fire swept through Middle Kenyon and wings, with search halted by heat.
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Gambier
Kenyon College
Kenyon
School For Men
Ernest Ahwajee
Akron
Ohio
Defense Setup Is Weak Says Hoover Commission
The Hoover Commission calls the unified national defense setup perilously weak due to lack of civilian control by the president and defense secretary over the joint chiefs of staff. It urges six reforms to strengthen civilian oversight, mobilization planning, civilian defense, and cooperation among the Army Navy and Air Force.
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Hoover Commission
High Command
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Department of Defense
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Forrestal
Ex Con Boasts af Looting School Safes
Zanesville convict Dwight Cherry 51 admits looting high school safes in 38 Ohio and Indiana towns since 1944 parole. Detective Capt. Robert Snelling says $75,000 to $100,000 stolen. Cherry named 31 more cities, with Robert J. Kennedy 21 also charged in seven towns. Hubert Taylor 26 remains held. charges not yet filed. Cherry previously served 10 years for armed robbery in Mount Vernon.
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Ohio
Indiana
Robert Snelling
Dwight Cherry
Cherry
Robert J. Kennedy
Mount Vernon
Snelling
Shreve
Big Prairie
Hayesville
Danville
Granville
Rushville
Martinsville
Ind
McConnelsville
Hubert Taylor
Columbus
Paraguay’s Bloodless Coup Seizes Power in Paraguay
Paraguay experiences its second revolution in four weeks as Felipe Molas Lopez seizes power in a bloodless coup, ousting Raimundo Rolon who had toppled J Natalicio Gonzales on January 30.
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Paraguay
Felipe Molas’ Lopez
Raimundo Rolon
J. Natalicio Gonzales
Two priests sentenced to death in wartime Yugoslavia
Belgrade reports two priests were sentenced to death on charges of aiding German and Italian occupation forces during World War II in Yugoslavia.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Lessons from a near collision on a yellow light
A Athens motorist ran a yellow light and avoided damage as three vehicles from a cross street appeared suddenly. Police advise waiting for a green signal and trusting common sense. In Gallia, the ghost town Gallia Furnace once smelted iron ore from the 1840s to 1890s before fading away.
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Athens
Gallipolis
Gallia
Ohio River
Pioneer bear trap draws curious crowd on Court Street
Wheatley Link of Athens carried a large iron bear trap shaped like modern steel traps as a memento of pioneer days in Alexander Township Athens County. The trap once belonged to John Hibbard and was acquired from William Hibbard, his son.
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Wheatley Link
Athens
Down Court St
Alexander Township
Athens County
John Hibbard
Link
William Hibbard
Three Die in Circleville Area Crash
A head on collision four miles south of Circleville killed two men Lindsey Gillum 46 of Jackson Route 1 and Archie G Gilliwand 63 of Oak Hill and an unidentified woman about 25. Two others were critically injured Arthur Lott and wife of Lancaster were hospitalized at Lancaster City Hospital.
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Columbus
Circleville
Charles R. Radcliff
Pickaway County
Lindsey Gillum
Jackson
Archie G. Gilliwand
Oak Hill
Lancaster City Hospital
Arthur Lott
Lancaster
Miners Rescued After Seven Hours Trapped Fire
In Benton Wisconsin an engine room fire trapped 15 lead miners for seven hours. Lights failed water rose and timbers burned as dirt filled the shaft before rescuers brought the crew safely to the surface.
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Benton
Wis
Newest Fighter Plane Christened Scorpion
Hawthorne California P One of the air force s newest 600 mph babies the two place XF 89 rough weather fighter plane has been officially christened the Scorpion. The new craft the air force announced yesterday is designed to operate above 40 000 feet. Northrup Aircraft is turning out 48 production models.
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Calif
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Northrup
Fourth Pastor In Spy Trial Pleads Guilty
Sofia reports the fourth defendant in Bulgaria s spy trial of 16 Protestant clergy has pleaded guilty on the third day. Rev Georgi Chernov 46 confessed to espionage for the United States and Britain and said he was ordered to collect information by Cyril Black former U S political mission secretary now a Princeton professor.
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Bulgaria
Georgi Chernov
United States
Britain
Chernov
Cyril Black
U. S
Black
Princeton University
Communist Major Admits Giving Army Papers Away
Paris report says a French Communist army major confessed to turning over numerous documents to a foreign military attache. The interior ministry released a communique naming no officer, noting he collected materials in the munitions and national defense offices.
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Interior Ministry
Ministry of Munitions and National Defense
Arizona Killer Falls To Police After Shootout
Bruce Gilbert, a 28 year old ex convict, died in a Phoenix gun battle with police after abducting Florence Chisholm and killing three California victims near Needles. His partner Schmid, captured, faces murder charges while Chisholm is a material witness.
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Ariz
Bill Ray Gilbert
Arizona
Needles
Calif
Gilbert
George Adolph Schmid
Schmid
Florence Margaret Chisholm
California
Miss Chisholm
Jerome D. Kavanaugh
San Bernardino
Ernest Winsted
Needles City
Frances
Willis Pugh
Winsted
Congressional Report Supports Truman Economic Plan
A preliminary congressional worksheet backing President Truman's economic program outlines standby price and wage controls, rent control expansion, materials allocation, credit controls, higher minimum wage, expanded social security, housing aid, education funds, farm program, and tax increase. It notes possible approval, with GOP dissent, and cautions on federal plant authority and certain excise tax removals.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
House Economic Committee
O'Mahoney
D. Wyo
Congress
Legislature Faces Contested Oleo Rule and FEPC Vote
Columbus notes a nine week session opens with a colored oleo policy clash between urban and rural voters. Senate panels weigh higher liquor license costs jobless benefits up to 25 dollars weekly for 26 weeks. A Senate Judiciary hearing considers a 130 mile iron ore coal conveyor belt from East Liverpool to Lorain.
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FEPC
Ohio
Senate Liquor Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Betwen
Liverpool
Lorain
Police Identify Man as Woman's Attacker in Tragic Case
East Liverpool police identified Bernard Fitch, 32, as the man who assaulted a 21 year old woman and then killed himself with a war souvenir pistol at his home Saturday morning. Fitch had been discharged from Crile General Hospital near Cleveland.
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L. J. Wise
Bernard Fitch
Crile General Hospital
Cleveland
Wise
Police Continue Search For Murder Suspect Cecil Cotton
Police in Newport Kentucky pursued Cecil Cotton aged 25 of Dawson Springs Kentucky on a murder charge in the Day ton street corner shooting of Geraldine Young aged 26 a Dayton Kentucky divorcee. Young was shot after leaving a downtown cafe with Clarence Jackson 23 of Cincinnati.
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Newport
Cecil Cotton
Dawson Springs
Geraldine Young
Dayton
Ironton Man Killed After Eye Operation
Peter Sabo 60, who partially regained sight after a Lions Club sponsored operation, was killed crossing Highway 52 last night while en route to church with his wife. He stepped into traffic after following another car.
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Ironton
Peter Sabo
Sabo
The
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Senate Plan Faces Labor Pressure Over Workmen's Benefits
West Virginia lawmakers enter final two weeks as organized labor urges rejection of a Senate plan to cut workers compensation while House proposals push for higher widow pensions and disability benefits. The House bill seeks increases from $30 to $50 monthly and up to $25 weekly disability. Senate tweaks trim $3. Administration aims for higher department head pay, with House backings and further adjustments from committees.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
House Finance Committee
Aid to Britain is Tight Fit
The administration told Congress the $940 million in new Britain aid is the absolute minimum needed. Paul Hoffman of the Economic Cooperation Administration warned that any reduction would harm economic recovery in the United States and Western Europe. He testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee amid postwar Britain recovery discussions as Britain’s share of the $5.58 billion European Recovery Program was reviewed.
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Congress
Britain
Paul Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
United States
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hoffman
Sergeant Receives DFC for Peacetime Parachute Rescue
Sergeant Robert L. Hodgiss earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for directing the exit of 36 parachutists from a C-82 transport that crashed near Fort Bragg on January 14, while Hodgiss remained aboard. General Omar Bradley, Army chief of staff, presented the decoration.
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Washington
Robert L. Hodgiss
Fort Bragg
Omar Bradley
Army Chief of Staff
Funds for Deaf Urged To Avoid Catastrophe
The Ohio Federation of Organizations of the Deaf urged the legislature to fund a new state school for the deaf warning a catastrophe could kill hundreds. The dormitory for 320 children has been condemned by fire and building officials, prompting the call for action.
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Columbus
Ohio Federation of Organizations of the Deaf
Weight Lifter Helps Vinton Youth in Fire
Will Pilcher, a McArthur sophomore at Kenyon, escaped a third floor room fire after jumping five feet to a fire ladder where amateur weight lifter Edwin Collins of Grease Point Michigan caught him with one hand while gripping the ladder. Another student who leaped suffered burns but was saved. Pilcher lost clothing and papers in the blaze and will return to Kenyon soon.
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Saul Sanders
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Sanders
Gambier
Charles Carpenter
Kenyon College
Episcopal
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Kenyon
Gordon K. Chalmers
Carroll D. White
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Man Cleared In 2nd Slaying In Columbus
Detective Chief Hoffman said Ay Claude A Ramsey 39 was not connected with Mona McBride’s March 31 1948 murder. Ramsey had been linked to Esther Seibert 30 who was slain Feb 19. Police tied him to a hotel room registration with Mabel Meadows 40 the night she was found dead.
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Claude A. Ramsey
Esther Seibert
Mona McBride
Glenn C. Hoffman
Treffman
Ramsey
Mabel Lucille Meadows
Southern
Seibert
McBride
Spokesman Charles O'Neill Dies at 61 in New Rochelle
Charles O'Neill longtime spokesman for operators in the soft coal industry and president of the Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association and United Eastern Coal Sales Corp died Sunday in New Rochelle. He was 61.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Charles O'Neill
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
United Eastern Coal Sales Corp
Chance of Fire In OU Dorms Held Remote
Athens Fire Chief Clarence A. Parker called the fire risk to Ohio University dorms remote after renovations. He cited Lindley Men s and Bryan as safer and Ellis and Ewing as high risk due to age inadequate escapes and wood floors. East Green alsoflammable though a single story could be vacated quickly.
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Ohio University
Kenyon College
Athens
Clarence A. Parker
Parker
Lindley
Men’s
Bryan
Are ii
Ellis
Ewing
East Green
Ford Output Hike Planned
Ford Motor Co plans to raise output of lower priced models substantially while cutting Lincoln production. Executive VP Breech said Ford will not follow GM in cutting prices, citing high wages and material costs. GM cut prices $10 to $150. Ford aims for 109000 vehicles monthly by June. Studebaker in South Bend Indiana also boosts output from 3810 to 4610 weekly and begins hiring 1800 new workers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Lincoln
Ernest R. Breech
Ford
General Motors
Jead
Breech
South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corp
Hughes Flying Boat Damaged in Dry-Dock Disclosure
Howard Hughes announced that his giant eight engine flying boat has been fairly extensively damaged but offered no further details. The craft, largest plane, is in dry dock after years of development and has not flown. A spokesman said about 27 million dollars has been invested to date. The wingspan measures 320 feet.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Communists Silence Foreign News from Peiping
In Peiping the Chinese Communist authorities ordered all foreign correspondents to stop gathering and transmitting news. The move raises questions whether the order is permanent or a temporary wartime measure.
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Shanghai
Peiping
Grange Master Shows Slight Improvement
Hamilton Ohio state grange master Joseph W Fichter 54 of Oxford Ohio showed slight improvement after injuries from an automobile accident near Eaton Friday Doctors said his condition was fair Fred Haverkamp 31 of Cincinnati was killed in the crash
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Fort Hamilton
Joseph W. Fichter
Oxford
Ohio
Fichter
Eaton
Fred Haverkamp
Cincinnati
Slayer Identified Middletown Victim Shot in Street Fight
James Hawkins a 23 year old man died after a street fight last night. Police said the killer has not been identified.
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Middletown
James Hawkins
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