Bomb Hits King David Hotel in Jerusalem Killing Dozens
A Palestine police communique said at least 50 people were believed killed when a bomb exploded at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. The headquarters of the British Army and Palestine secretariat was damaged, with about 60 wounded. Sir John Shaw escaped injury as attackers struck the hotel gates and fled, leaving casualties mainly soldiers. Ambulances evacuated the injured while a curfew and heightened security paralyzed central Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Police
King David Hotel
Palestine
Richard Mowrer
New York Post
King David
Upper
Hoor
Jewish Agency
Army
John Shaw
Father Killed While Seeking Debt Payment
Dwight McElroy a 36 year old father of four was shot in the face while waiting on a doorstep to collect a debt in Marysville Union County Prosecutor William L Coleman said a second degree murder charge would be filed against an elderly Richwood resident. Sheriff Homer S Roosa said McElroy met the man who asked him to ride home to fetch the money and then waited as he returned. The exact amount of the debt was not disclosed.
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Marysville
Roosa
McElroy
Rocsa
Canton Strikers Reject Mayor Klein's Pay Demand
City Service Department workers on strike for a week reject Mayor Carl F. Klein's request to pause action while studying a 10 percent hourly wage increase. They offer to end the walkout if the council grants the raise immediately and enacts sick leave and vacation measures while rejecting compulsory physical examinations for current employees.
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Can Lon
Carl F. Klein
City Service Department
Army enlistments exceed June needs boosting holiday hopes
Washington reports June enlistments reached 62 493, more than 20 000 above the War Department's average monthly need, fueling optimism that the Army can extend its voluntary induction holiday. The figure comes as Congress weighs manpower plans and budget priorities amid ongoing recruitment.
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Washington
Congressional
Army
War Department
Clevelander to Direct Ohio Branch of USES
Paul H. Motz of Cleveland Heights is appointed Ohio Director of the United States Employment Service replacing John Craig who resigns to become regional chief of USES Field Service. Motz will supervise operations in Ohio Michigan and Kentucky from Cleveland headquarters.
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Columbus
Paul H. Motz
Cleveland Heights
John “. Craig
Ohio
United States Employment Service
Craig
USES
Michigan
Kentucky
Cleveland
Madame Sun warns Kuomintang aims to spark US Soviet war
Madame Sun Yat-Sen in a rare interview accuses Kuomintang reactionaries of seeking civil war to provoke a broader US USSR conflict. She urges a coalition government, denounces foreign military aid, and calls on the United States to withhold arms and loans unless China has a representative government. She ties civil strife to strategic manipulation by both sides.
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Shanghai
Sun Yat-Sen
Chiang Kai-Shek
United States
Kuomintang
Nanking
Wang Ping-Nan
Taihinng
Madame Sun
China
America
Ussr
Lake Dragged For Lost Men In Canton Fishing Trip
Searchers resumed dragging Lake Seneca for the bodies of two Canton physicians after their overturned rowboat was found. State patrol identified the men as Dr. Maxwell S. Kaplan and his nephew Dr. Merle J. Jones. Sheriff Oliver theorized a storm caused the capsize. Crews searched the lake throughout Sunday.
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Cambridge
Lake Seneca
Canton
State Highway Patrol
Maxwell S.kaplan
Merle J. Jones
Guernsey County
Wilmer
Oliver
Ohio Moose Convention Set for Dayton Start August 1
More than 200 delegates and alternates from 90 Ohio cities are expected in Dayton August 1 for a four day Ohio State Moose Association convention. Judge A C L Barthelmeh of Canton will preside at the opening session.
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Dayton
Ohio
Ohio State Moose Association
A. C. L. Barthelmeh
Canton
House Senate Groups Agree On OPA Bill
Washington AP report says OPA drafted an economic consequences note for President Truman who is likely to approve the compromise price control bill reluctantly. A three man board will decide de control dates and reimpose ceilings on meats dairy grains tobacco and petroleum. In Detroit the Foremen’s Association threatens a 22 000 member strike if price controls are not restored by August 1.
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Washington
OPA
Truman
Paul Porter
Soth
House - Senate
House
Senate
Detroit
Independent Foreman’s Association of America
Robert H. Keys
Miami Leader Cites McGuffey at Federation Meeting
Dr. Ernest H. Hahne president of Miami University urged a leader with vision and depth to guide education into the atomic age while addressing the seventh annual Federation of McGuffey Societies. Mrs. James Thomas and Mrs. Grace Dick won recitation prizes from McGuffey’s fourth reader. NLKB election ordered in Canton to determine employee representation by AFL United Brick and Clay Workers.
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Oxford
Ernest H. Hahne
Miami University
William Holmes McGuffey
McGuffey
Federation of McGuffey Societies
Hahne
James Thomas
Portsmouth
Grace Dick
Columbus
Thomas
Mrs. Dick
NLKB
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Belden Brick Co
Canton
AFL United Brick and Clay Workers Union
Gallia Pastor New Chaplain of Ohio VFW
Gallia Pastor Nyle D. Borden of Gallipolis was elected chaplain at the Ohio Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment. Other new officers include Herman E. Weber of Canton as commander and William R. Howard of Willard as senior vice commander, with George A. Kistner of Columbus re-elected quarter master.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Arthur E. Willard
Louis H. Brooks
East Cleveland
Samuel Karam
Youngstown
North Africa
Nyle D. Borden
Gallipolis
Southwest Pacific
Soil Building Program Set for 1947 Subsidies
The Agriculture Department announced a 3314,000,000 subsidy program for 1947 to encourage farmers to rebuild soil after wartime production. Authorized by the AAA farm act of 1937. Eligibility depends on adopting soil and water conservation practices recommended by state AAA committees, department experts, and local farmer groups.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
AAA
Poe II Causes Confusion at Local Hotel Desk
Youngstown reports desk clerks upset when a guest signed the name Ed gar Allen Poe III. He explained he used his real name Edgar Allen Poe II, a descendant of the poet, and the misunderstanding arose over his name.
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Youngstown
Edgar Allen Poe III
Baltimore
Traffic Accidents Kill Two From Portsmouth
Two Portsmouth residents were killed in traffic incidents yesterday. Tom Patton aged 58 was struck by a taxi, and seven year old Richard Moore died after being hit by his father’s truck.
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Portsmouth
Tom Patton
Richard Moore
Hotel Fire Probe Ends For Information Lack
Mount Vernon fire chief A G Pickard said the Curtis Hotel fire investigation, which injured 10 people and caused $100,000 in damage, is closed unless new information emerges.
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Mount Vernon
A. G. Pickard
Curtis Hotel
More Than 1 000 Chiefs Expected at Conference
More than 1,000 fire chiefs from the United States and Canada are expected to attend the 73rd annual conference of the International Association of Fire Chiefs opening in Cleveland tomorrow.
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Cleveland
United States
Canada
International Association of Fire Chiefs
NYC Rail Line Cleared After Coal Cars Wreck
Early today full traffic on New York Central Columbus to Toledo line resumed after eleven coal cars derailed near Dun banks in Preble County. Debits totaled 17.3 million dollars, up from 1939. passenger and freight delays were reported.
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NYC
Bowling Green
New York Central
Columbus
Eaton
Ourposits
Preble County
Dunbanks
Probe Set Of Delays In Hawaii In Pearl Harbor Inquiry
Washington reports a Senate War Investigating Committee plan to reopen inquiries into prewar Hawaii defense delays tied to Col Theodore Wyman and contractors. The effort follows a 1943 Pearl Harbor review noting mismanagement and ties to Hans Wilhelm Rohl and the Ramona yacht scandal.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Senate War Investigating Committee
Pacific
Brewster
House
Rep
May
D-Ky
Senate
House Committee
Mead
Senate War Investigating Group
Mon May
Col
Theodore Wyman
WyMan
Canal
Canada
Senate Committee
Truman
Investigating
Maine
Honolulu
Hans Wilhelm Rohl
Rohl
Hawaii
Rohl-Connolly Co
Associated
Canol
Auto-Lite Strike Ends As Increase Is Granted
Operations at the Electric Auto-Lite Co in Toledo resumed after a four day CIO United Automobile Workers strike. Union local chairman John Begg said the company will pay a 14 percent retroactive wage increase by August, covering Jan. 16 to May 12. About 6,000 workers were affected.
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Toledo UP
Electric Auto-Lite Co
Cio-United Automobile Workers
John Begg
Begg
Fraternal Order of Police Opens Ohio Conference
The Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio opens its 12th annual conference in Cleveland. The three day event includes sessions on crime problems and prevention as well as discussions on improving police standards.
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Police Fraternal Order
Cleveland
Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio
Legislature Session Plan Is Unchanged
Ohio Governor Lausche pressed for a temporary rent control measure as the second special session opened in Columbus. Lawmakers discussed continuing Price Administration regulation with a full resumption of rent price controls, but the governor warned against speculation over federal action and the risk of lacking rent control on August 1.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
House
Sendite
Conferkea
Medina youth death prompts prosecutor decision
Medina County Prosecutor William G Batchelder Jr to decide today if action will be taken against two 12 year old companions in the death of 11 year old Michael Sopko Jr a ward of Cuyahoga County Child Welfare Board. The partly decomposed body was found in woods near Brunswick Center Medina County with the head near a woodchuck hole. Companions said Sopko drowned while trying to catch a turtle after being struck on the head by a stone. they hid the body frightened by the incident.
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Medina
Medina County
William G. Batchelder, Jr
Michael Sopko, Jr
Cuyshoga County Child Welfare Board
Sopho
Brunswick Center
Sopko
Marietta Woman Dies After Fall in Bathtub
Coroner J A McGowan reports Emma Cross aged 38 died from a broken neck after falling against the edge of a bathtub in Marietta. The death is attributed to an accidental fall and is being investigated by local authorities.
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Marietta
J. A. McGowan
Emma Cross
Congress Moves to End Government Propaganda Spending
SAM SIMMONS critiques proposed congressional action to bar OPA propaganda expenditures, arguing millions have been wasted over 14 years to hoodwink the public and bolster administration image. He contrasts past dry, factual reports with current polished campaigns, urging transparency and restraint.
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Congress
OPA
Petrillo
Musicians’ Union
Executive Department
Pichenary
Revolution in Bolivia tops Villarroel regime as uprising seizes government
In La Paz revolutionary leaders oust President Villarroel after four days of fighting that left about two thousand killed or wounded. The new Institutional Government promises civil liberties, frees political prisoners, and welcomes exiles as mobs parade Villarroel’s naked body atop a tank.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Gualberto Villarroel
Yuillarroel
Villarroel
Bolivian
Cecinis
Luis Uris
Roberto Hinojosa
Propaganda
Humberto Carrasco
Army Air Corps
Air Corps
Nestor Guillen
Superior Court
Tomas Monje
Man Climbs Water Tower To Flee From Humanity
NEWPORT Kentucky A Hamilton steelworker sparked a scare as he climbed a 162 foot water tower to flee from people crowding the scene. Police and emergency crews negotiated with him while residents watched from nearby streets. He eventually descended without injury and was taken for mental evaluation.
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Newport
Hamilton
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