Universal Training Urged as Urgent National Need
A nine member Truman commission calls for mandatory training of 1.0 to 1.1 million young men annually, six months of basic instruction, with paths to Army Navy Marine ranks or ROTC, at a projected yearly cost of 1.75 to 2 billion dollars and full readiness in about five years.
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Washington
Truman
Advisory Commission On
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Congress
Compton
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
West Point
Annapolis
National Guard
Congress faces possible end to Summer vacation over coal dispute
Senate and House debate a labor disputes bill as John S. Lewis threatens mine action if no new law is signed. Ellender warns a strike could compel presidential intervention and hinder veto of reform bills while Coal Mines Administration reports near record peacetime output through May 17 1947 with a 3 percent rise from 1946.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Ellender
D-La
John S. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Smith-Connally
Mr. Truman
House
Senate
Coal Mines Administration
Navy
N. H. Collisson
Bureau of Mines
Tornado Toll Rises Across Arkansas and Oklahoma
Storms swept rural Arkansas and Oklahoma leaving at least 43 dead and hundreds injured. The hardest hit Pine Bluff region in southeastern Arkansas reports 37 recovered bodies and about 15 missing. Many victims are children as farms and towns suffer major property damage reaching thousands of dollars.
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Arkansas
Oklahoma
Pine Bluff
George Steed
Steed
National Guard
Memorial Day holiday crash and tornado toll tops violent deaths
The Memorial Day weekend saw 214 traffic and aviation fatalities, with 203 from violent causes excluding homicide. New York recorded 68 deaths, including 42 from Thursday's La Guardia crash, while Oklahoma’s Leedey town was leveled by a Saturday tornado injuring about 25 and killing six. Civil defense and rescue efforts followed across affected areas.
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National Safety Council
Oklahoma
Arkansas
New York
la Guardia Field
New York City
Leedey
Threat Made on Life Of Illinois Executive
Police guard kept at the home of Louis B Neumiller president of Caterpillar Tractor Co after his daughter Martha 15 received a threatening phone call during a weekend absence. Caller warned the executive and implied a killing similar to a prior case, referencing a person named McNear.
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Life of Illinois
Peoria, Ill
Louis B. Neumiller
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Neumiller
Martha
McNear
Prowler Loots Dew Drop Inn Hidden Stash
A prowler discovered the Dew Drop Inn overnight hiding place for cash and took $140 early yesterday. Police investigated the burglary and sought witnesses at the Portsmouth location.
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Portsmouth
Dew Drop Inn
Senate Action On School Bill Changes Seen
House amendments to the Daniels Cramer school bill may reach the Senate tonight after the House altered subsidies from 89 million to 83.5 million annually. A conference committee could be named as tensions rise over major bills including a 300 million soldier bonus and a cigarette tax proposal to fund bonds.
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Columbus
House
Senate
India Tense As Withdrawal Parley Starts
New Delhi reports heavy security as seven Indian leaders meet Viceroy Mountbatten to hear Britain’s plan for Indian withdrawal. Rioting fears persist across Bombay Calcutta and the Punjab as Mountbatten urges a united India while partition remains a reluctant alternative.
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New Delhi
Britain
India
Lord Mountebatten
Vice Regal Palace
Bombay
Calcutta
Punjab
Mountbatten
Hindustan
Pakistan
42nd Victim Of La Guardia Crash Identified
Margaret Leddin, 31, a comptometer operator from New York City, died yesterday as the 42nd victim of the United Airlines DC-4 crash near La Guardia. Captain Benton R. Baldwin, pilot, left Queens General Hospital to convalesce at pilot Clayton Stiles's home in Roslyn, N Y. Five other survivors remained hospitalized.
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New York
Margaret Leddin
New York City
United Airlines
la Guardia
Benton R. Baldwin
Queens General Hospital
Clayton Stiles
Roslyn
N. Y
Stabbings at Ironton end with two arrests
Two men are jailed in Lawrence County after two Saturday night stabbings. Homer Gallagher, 44, of Ashland Kentucky, was killed in the incident. William Scotts of Ironton is held without charge in Gallagher’s death. Buster Brannigan, 17, is also jailed in the stabbing of Harry Boggs of Ironton, who is listed in critical condition.
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Ironton
Lawrence County
Milton Rucker
William Scotts
Homer Gallagher
Ashland
Buster Brannigan
Harry Boggs
Spectator Dies in Cock Fight Raid Near Toledo
Sheriff Captain Arthur L. Kaufman said Jack Gozdowski, 66, died of a heart attack as deputies raided a cockfighting ring in a barn near Toledo yesterday. About 100 spectators fled the scene in the commotion.
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Toledo
Arthur L. Kaufman
Jack Gozdowski
Kaufman
Gozdowski
Man Kills Self After Slaying Three Persons
A 44 year old Navy veteran Arthur W. Watson shot his wife Dorothy their four year old son Arthur and William McKenzie 44 then killed himself after an all day drinking party and argument at Veterans Village government housing in Middletown Ohio Detective John Fitzgerald said The McKenzies had just left the Watsons home when shots were heard Watson told Mrs McKenzie I love you and won t shoot you before turning the gun on himself The families had recently moved from West Liberty Kentucky
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Middletown
John Fitzgerald
Arthur W. Watson
Dorothy
Arthur
William McKenzie
Fitzgerald
Watsons
Veterans Village
McKenzie
Watson
Mrs. McKenzie
McKenzies
West Liberty
Two Slayings in Dayton Shootings Reported
An 18 year old youth, Russell Bausman, was killed by Patrolman H. C. Moore after reaching for a revolver as he was ordered to submit to arrest. A second victim, 24 year old Delaney Braun, died in a separate Dayton shooting ruled homicide by Coroner A. T. McDonald following a family quarrel at the brother in law Orville Akers home.
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Dayton
Russell Bausman
H. C. Moore
Moore
A. T. McDonald
Delaney Braun
Orville Akers
UAW Briggs Talks Try to Avert Strike Threat
In Detroit Briggs Manufacturing resumed negotiations with the CIO United Auto Workers to halt a looming strike by about 20,000 workers. Separately 3,700 Foreman's Association of America members voted to continue their walkout at Ford Motor Co begun May 21.
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Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Independent Foreman’s Association of America
Ford Motor Co
Hoover Asks Congress to Extend RFC Life
Herbert Hoover urged Congress to extend the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for two or three years beyond the June 30 deadline. He proposed banning loans of cheap money competing with private banks and called for prohibiting all RFC lending to foreign countries or individuals.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Sixty Four Wilmington College Seniors Set to Graduate
Sixty four Wilmington College seniors will graduate at the annual commencement exercises Friday. The ceremony marks the culmination of their studies and will feature speeches from faculty and student leaders.
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Wilmington
Wilmington College
Witnesses Describe DC-4 Crash Near Port Deposit
Investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Board tentatively found that part of an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 separated before the aircraft crashed Friday night, killing 53 aboard. Statements from 20 witnesses corroborated that fragments detached as the plane dived into a wooded area three miles east of Port Deposit, Md, as bodies were being identified at the Navy base.
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Port Deposit
Civil Aeronautics Board
Eastern Air Lines
Here
Navy Base
Ex-Hungarian Official Reported To Have Fled
A reliable informant said Bela Varga speaker of the House and No 2 in Ferenc Nagy’s government fled Hungary to escape Communist arrest and was believed to be in the American zone of Austria.
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Budapest
Bela Varga
Ferenc Nagy
Hungary
Austria
Wife Saves Buried Man in Parma Ditch Cave-In
A 25 year old wife of 10 months is credited with saving her husband by digging him out after a 10 foot earth wall collapsed in a Parma ditch. Richard M. Peck, 28, was buried alive, crying for help as his wife heard him and began frantically digging with her hands before rescuers arrived.
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Cleveland
Richard M. Peck
Parma
Truckers Strike Paralyzes Pittsburgh Freight Network
In Pittsburgh 2500 AFL truckers strike for higher wages, halting about 1800 trucks in interstate and intracity freight. Shipments from rail warehouses and truck terminals stop and rail freight into Pittsburgh ends to prevent box car congestion.
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Pittsburgh
Flaming Truck Wreck Kills Ohio Boy
Columbus report details a fatal truck crash on Route 40 near West Jefferson. Robert Miller, 11, of Galloway died in the blaze. father Clyde Miller suffered critical injuries.
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Ohio Bay
Columbus
Robert Miller
Galloway
Route 40
West Jefferson
Clyde Miller
Pinch Penny Policies Blamed for Repeated Crime Rise
A nine state correction conference in Columbus heard Austin H. MacCormick of the Osborne Association fault pinch penny policies for high recidivism. He urged better funding for personnel and probation services, arguing well staffed programs can reduce relapse and salvage most offenders. Dana Allen stressed reform ideals and the correcting institution’s role in guiding youth toward productive futures. Delmar Huebner emphasized personalized parole supervision.
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Columbus
America
Central States
Austin H. MacCormick
New York City
Osborne Association, Inc
Delmar Huebner
Wisconsin Bureau of Probation and Parole
Father of Nine Killed in Route 50 Accident
Hoyt Karns a 54 year old Pos ton resident and father of nine was struck by a car Saturday night on Route 50 two miles east of Route 33. State Police said Karns stepped onto the pavement and was hit by a car driven by Stephan A. Cooper 21 of Athens Route 3. An inquest by County Coroner Dr. John H. Elias attributed death to a fractured skull. Karns is survived by his wife Ada and several children including Ruth Calentine Grace Hayes Carmel Will Hattie Evener Bettie Wilma Delbert Ray and Hoyt Jr.
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Hoyt Karns
Poston
State Highway Patrol
Karns
Stephan A. Cooper
Athens
John H. Elias
Ada
Ruth Calentine
Lancaster
Grace Hayes
Pomeroy
Carmel Will
Hattie Evener
Bettie
Wilma
Delbert
Ray and
Hoyt
Attempt Peace Is Pope's Plea
Pope Pius XII urged world leaders to seize the chance to restore normal relations, warning it could be the last if opportunity is missed. He spoke in a radio broadcast about the fragile security following victory and the great questions and dangers facing humanity.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Lorain Man Named Leader Of Ohio AP Editors
Frank Maloy of the Lorain Journal is elected president of the Associated Press Editors of Ohio at the spring meeting. He succeeds Paul Schrader of the Toledo Blade. Other officers include Bert Teeters first vice president, Stanley Hart second vice president, George Smallsteed treasurer, and B T Johns secretary.
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Columbus
Frank Maloy
The
Lorain Journal
Associated Press Editors of
Ohio
Paul Schrader
Toledo Blade
Bert Teeters
Springfield News and Sun
Stanley E. Hart
Warren Tribune Chronicle
George Smallsteed
Columbus’ Dispatch
B. T. Johns
Ohio Associated Press
Memorial Rites Held For Confederate Dead
Memorial services for the Confederate dead of Camp Chase Cemetery were conducted in Columbus. Speakers included Lt. Col. Harold G. Haskell of Atlanta and the Rev. Kenneth S. Learey of Van Wert, chaplain of the Ohio American Legion department.
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Columbus
Camp Chase Cemetery
Harold G. Haskell
Atlanta
Kenneth S. Learey
van Wert
Ohio
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Pursued Speeder Dies In Motorcycle Crash
Cincinnati police say 19 year old Donald Speath of Branch Hill was killed when his motorcycle struck a tree as he fled a pursuit by Clarence Smith of the Indian Hill Rangers. Smith, in a police car, said Speath veered off the road after the officer pursued him for speeding.
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Cincinnati
Donald Speath
Branch Hill
Clarence Smith
Indian Hill Rangers
Smith
Speath
Grain Price Fix Discarded
The government will not fix a top price for wheat. Officials say to secure export supplies for needy areas abroad the market rate will be paid. They hope to prevent price spikes toward the $3 per bushel level seen last winter.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
West Virginia wages rise in first quarter 1947 report
SAM SIMMONS says West Virginia chamber of commerce reports non agricultural workers earned 42 million dollars more in the first quarter of 1947 than 1946. Coal output up about one third, lumber up 44.6 percent, and energy production rose. yet high construction costs depress housing and business building demand.
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West Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
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