Flood Dangers Mounting In Midwest River Areas
Flood dangers mounted across the Midwest as prolonged rains battered a wide belt from the Ohio and Middle Mississippi valleys into Oklahoma and Kansas. Officials warned heavy rainfall could worsen river crests while thousands fled homes along the Ohio and Wabash. Reports from Illinois Indiana Kentucky and Missouri described rising waters and floodwall precautions in Paducah and Louisville.
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Chicago
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Gulf
Montante
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Ohio
Oklahoma
Kansas
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
A. W. Walstrom
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Missouri
Wabash
Rossclare
Ill
Nomination of Adm Sherman as Navy chief moves forward
After a rocky start the nomination of Adm Forrest P Sherman as chief of Naval operations appeared set for Senate approval today. An objection from Sen McCarthy blocked immediate consideration, though Sherman had just won a unanimous Armed Services Committee endorsement led by Sen Tydings.
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Washington
D-Md
Sherman
Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
Meigs Miner Charles Moore Dies After Slate Fall
Charles Moore 54 of Hysell Run died of shock after a slate fall at the Ebersbach mine on Leading Creek. Injured at 10:30 a.m. he was taken to Meigs General Hospital, where he died at 11:45 a.m. Moore had recently returned to work following pneumonia illness.
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Hysell Run
Ebersbach
Leading Creek
Meigs General Hospital
Moore
London
C. P. Bowers
New York War on Gambling Reshuffles Plainclothes Police
New York City's campaign against gambling led to a Friday reshuffle of nearly one third of the city's undercover police officers.
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New York
Bank Robbery Fails as Boat Nabs Slain Crew
A Mount Blanchard bank robbery ended without the haul as a suspect fled in a car after signaling a nitroglycerin threat. Ohio authorities chased the suspect within a 20 mile radius while cashier W D Feller provided the license number. In Britain the rescue boat recovered six more Truculent crew members, bringing dead to nine and leaving about 52 trapped inside the submarine.
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Citizens Bank
Mount Blanchard
W. D. Feller
Ohio Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Office
Chatham
Eng
Thames Estuary
Double slaying by Ohio man in Colonial Hills home
Darrell L. Welch, 28, admitted killing his wife Roselyn, 26, and their 15 month old daughter Mary Cecelia, in a Columbus suburb after a quarrel over fidelity. He stabbed, beat them with a rolling pin and knife, then attempted suicide. He previously faced mental competency findings and was released for a trial visit.
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Columbus
Darrell L. Welch
Roselyn
Mary Cecelia
Colonial Hills
Paul Stormont
Welch
Ohio
Stormont
Sheriff's Office
395Th Infantry
Lustron Officials Fight To Avert Foreclosure
Lustron Corporation president Carl G Strandlund arrives in Washington for last minute efforts to save the prefabricated housing venture from financial trouble. W D Pearce says a new proposal to stabilize finances and avert federal foreclosure on its $37.5 million loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation may be announced today or tomorrow. The Columbus Ohio based company owes the RCC $37.5 million.
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Washington
Carl G.strandlund
Lustron Corporation
Financial Rocks
W. D. Pearce
Columbus
Ohio
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wire Tapping Probe Demanded by Rankin
Rep. Rankin of Mississippi called for a congressional probe into unauthorized telephone tapping. He drafted a resolution urging the House Un-American Activities Committee to investigate and said he would introduce it when the House reconvenes next Monday.
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Washington
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
House Un-American Activities Committee
House
Extended Forecast for Columbus-Two-Day Weather Outlook
Temperatures will average 4-8 degrees above normal with a high near 35 and a low around 18. Rain tonight and Saturday with heavy precipitation, then rain again late Sunday or Monday. Snow flurries are possible Tuesday as a colder airmass moves in.
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Columbus
Cleveland hunts robber linked to $34,000 bank heist
Police pursue John Wesley Hux 27 and a gang after a Superior Savings and Loan Co robbery that netted 34 thousand dollars. Two suspects were captured, a third was killed, Haddad died in an ambush, and $7,731 was found in Hux’s closet as tips and searches continue.
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Cleveland
John Wesley Hux
Hux
John Roddy
Superior Savings & Loan Co
Roddy
Richard S. Chamberlain
Robert C. Andross
Louis M. Haddad
Andross
Haddad
Chamberlain
Sales Tax Move Seen
Gov. Frank Lausche considers using sales tax policy to boost state revenue by examining $7,600,000 yearly vendor discounts and stamp distribution. An Ohio Tax and Revenue Commission sub committee urged against addressing sales tax in a special session due to its complexity and need for more study.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
The
Tax and Revenue Commission
Ohio Tax and Revenue Commission
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Roger Cloud
Logan
Robert Heuck
Cincinnati
Democratic Senate Race Takes Form in Ohio Taft Contest
In Columbus AP report reveals J May or Thomas Burke will not run while May or Michael Di Salle of Toledo enters the race. State Auditor Joseph T Ferguson already has backers including Walter Heer. CIO and AFL pledge to defeat Taft over Taft Hartley act.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Thomas A. Burke
Cleveland
Michael V. di Salle
Toledo
Burke
di Salle
Joseph T. Ferguson
Franklin County
Walter F. Heer
National Democratic
William Boyle
Organized Labor
Ferguson
Jack Kroll
CIO
Cincinnati
John L Lewis Mourns Mother in Springfield
United Mine Workers chief John L Lewis lost his 91 year old mother Mrs Ann Louisa Lewis in Springfield after a long illness. He arrived from Washington after being notified and planned funeral arrangements at the Leland Hotel with services set for 2 30 p m at the residence with burial in Springfield.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Washington, D.C
Leland Hotel
Richard Paul Graebel
First Presbyterian Church
Ann Louisa Lewis
Minor Earth Quakes Rattle Wellington Streets
Three minor tremors rocked Wellington early Friday causing church bells to ring and dishes to clatter. No serious damage reported though vast amounts of New Zealand chinaware were broken as residents fled into the streets.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Acheson Faces Senate in Fourth Day of Policy Defense
Secretary of State Acheson pressed lawmakers on U S policy in the Far East amid reports of Soviet gains in China. He faces questions as Republicans urge military input from Johnson and Bradley on Formosa and strategic stakes in Asia.
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Russia
China
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Burmosa
Far East
Capitol Hill
Pacific
Mepentoen Committee
Airman Connally
D-Tex
Louis Johnson
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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U. S
National Press Club
Orient
Outer Mongolia
Manchuria
Inner Mongolia
Sinkiang
Moson
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R-Call
Woman Admits Setting Fire in Mental Ward Tragedy
Davenport Iowa reports a 34 year old patient Elnora Epperly of Rock Island Illinois confessed to starting a fire that killed 41 women in Mercy Hospital Saint Elizabeths ward. She faces arraignment for murder in the arson linked killing.
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Murer
Elnora Epperly
Rock Island
Ill
Scott County
Clark O. Filseth
St. Elizabeth's
Mercy Hospital
Rites Set for Monday For Thomas J. Duffy
In Columbus Holy Rosary Church will host an 11 a.m. funeral for Thomas Joseph Duffy 72 former Democratic leader. Duffy died Thursday at his home. He served on the State Industrial Commission from 1911 to 1923 and headed the Ohio Finance Committee of the Democratic National Committee in 1946. He keynoted the Democratic conventions of 1922 1926 and 1940.
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Holy Rosary
Thomas Joseph Duffy
Duffy
State Industrial Commission
Ohio
Democratic National Committee
Flying Arrow Reaches Red-Held Tsingtao After Shelling
The Flying Arrow steamed into the Communist port of Tsingtao today after bidding farewell to its U S destroyer escort eight miles out. For at least a week the American freighter will repair damage from a shelling by a Chinese Nationalist gunboat. The warship attacked during a Yangtze entry to blockade Shanghai.
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Tsingtao
U. S
Yangtze
Shanghai
Administration Pushes Bill to Ban Job Discrimination
Washington action hits peak as the administration urges passage of a fair employment practices bill. Chairman Sabath calls the House Rules Committee to hearings on creating a Fair Employment Practices Commission to enforce rules against discrimination toward job seekers including Negroes.
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Washington
Truman
Sabath
House Rules Committee
Fair Employment Practices Commission
New Trial Set for Ferrell in Dresden Murder Case
Alfred C. Spooky Ferrell, freed from a nine month life sentence after winning a new trial, will be moved from Ohio Penitentiary to Muskingum County Jail. He was convicted for the 1949 killing of his mother Nellie Ferrell during a robbery at her home. The Court of Appeals ordered a retrial based on new evidence. Ferrell’s prior prison history included time at the London Prison Farm and parole in 1945.
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Alfred C
Court of Appeals
Ferrell
Alvis
Ohio Penitentiary
Cleveland
London
Feud Upends Taft-Hartley Board Tactics
Washington officials report a developing clash among four NLRB members as open critic Denham predicts repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act. Denham told a New York industry group that board decisions reflect the current political climate. The board, angered by his speech, weighs taking a direct complaint to President Truman.
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National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Robeert N. Denham
Denham
New York
Truman
World War II dividend checks exempt from seizure
The Veterans Administration announced GI dividend checks are immune from debt seizure. The Treasury printed a large batch of WWII insurance dividend checks and the Post Office will mail about 200,000 a day, rising to 1,000,000 weekly, starting next Monday. About 2.8 billion dollars in dividends will be paid by June 30 to roughly 16 million policyholders.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Try Co-Ops Labor Urged
Murray D. Lincoln of Farm Bureau Insurance urged labor to embrace cooperative methods. Speaking to the Ohio CIO Council, he promoted cooperative housing and buying processing plants to lower costs, and urged support for a federal cooperative housing administration.
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Murray D. Lincoln
Farm Bureau Insurance Co
Ohio Cio Council
Lincoln
Cooperative League
Taft
Rohio
CIO
Congress
Cooperative Housing Administration
Emergency Still Denied By Truman
The U S Chamber of Commerce reports a critical coal shortage in 36 cities amid President Truman denying an emergency due to a three day week. Moody of the Southern Coal Producers says shortages persist, while West Virginia and Pennsylvania miners weigh a continued strike. Local officials in Grant Town and nearby areas discuss contract signings and potential further action.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Today
Truman
Chamber
Trusman
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Chambers of Commerce
Chicago
American Retail Coal Assn
Senator Taft
Ohio
Senate Labor Committee
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Isabella
Weirton Steel Co
Unionetown
UMW
Grant Town
W. Va
Morganetown
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Physician Identifies Arm Found in Dump Near Toledo
Dr. William M. Newborn of Toledo says a mummified left arm found in a village dump near Sylvania originated as a teaching disc section. He notes it was burned in a basement fire at his home the day after Christmas and likely hauled to the dump by mistake.
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Toledo
William M. Newborn
Sylvania
Rescue craft report signs of life on Truculent
A Margate Lifeboat radioed that survivors may remain aboard the sunken British submarine Truculent after a collision with the tanker Divina. Divers reached the 54 foot depth as 40 to 50 craft searched the Thames Estuary. 15 crew were rescued, 3 bodies found, 58 missing.
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