Rescued 37 After Atlantic Plane Crash 65 On Board
A twin engine plane carrying 65 people, migratory Puerto Rican workers, crashed into the Atlantic 275 miles northeast of Miami. The destroyer USS Saufley rescued 37 survivors in rafts in good condition, pilot among them, as Coast Guard and Westair planes continued search efforts. Weather was calm aiding rescue. authorities planned immediate investigation.
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Miami
Fla
Saufley
Atlantic Ocean
Here
Coast Guard
Westair Company
Puerto Rico
United States
San Juan
Wilmington
N. C
Nassau
Atlantic
Joseph Halsey
Seattle
Wash
Bahamas
Coast Guard Air Sea Rescue
Edie Hallahan
Puerto Rican Transportation Authority
CAA
Mae West
Westair
Millville
N. J
Supreme Court Bans Negro Segregation in Universities and Dining Cars
The Supreme Court closed its 1949 50 term with unanimous rulings ordering substantial equality for Negroes at Texas and Oklahoma state universities and striking down dining car segregation under the interstate commerce law. Justice Clark did not participate. The rulings, supported by the Justice Department, mark a clear victory for civil rights and equal protection under the 14th Amendment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Oklahoma
Vinson
Worst Over an Eruption of Volcano
Mauna Loa eased after five days of violent eruption activity with lava forming large lakes in dikes along the southern fissure. The Red Cross cared for 54 refugees at Kealakekua and 28 registered at Waiohinu as another quake shifted residents and disrupted seismographs on Hawaii Island.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Frank Hiort
Hawaii National Park
Hiort
Red Cross
Kealakekua
Kona
Hawaii Island
Waiohinu
Hawaii
Bank Executives Plead Innocent in Embezzlement Case
Two former bank executives pleaded innocent to federal charges. Nelson E. Reichelderfer, 68, former executive vice president of Circleville Savings and Banking Co, is accused of embezzling about $7000. Paul Smithson, 39, ex assistant cashier of Waverly State Bank, is charged with taking over $6000 and claims the money was lost in a poker game in Newport, Kentucky.
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Columbus
Nelson E. Reichelderfer
Circleville Savings and Banking Co
Paul Smithson
Waverly State Bank
Newport
New Uranium Strike In Michigan Announced
LANSING Mich A second uranium strike in Michigan s rugged Upper Peninsula was announced today by the State Conservation Department. State Geologist G E Eddy said he would recommend to the Michigan Conservation Commission that a three year exploration lease be issued covering four connected 40 acre plots in Sturgeon River State Forest.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
State Conservation Department
G. E. Eddy
Michiga i Conservation Commission
Sturgeon River State Forest
Droppedhead Sewing Machine Seeks New Home
Mrs Mayme Henry advertises a used but serviceable Droppedhead Singer sewing machine at 11 Park Place. She withdrew the ad early next morning after steady calls, encouraging others to move unused household items.
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Mayme Henry
Drophead Singer
Park Place
Reformatory Inmates Added Sentences in Ohio Case
Three inmates from Chillicothe Federal Reformatory receive four year additions for escape and auto theft. Donald G. Gibson Evan F. Reeves and James A. Moore, already serving auto theft terms, were sentenced in U. S. district court in Columbus after stealing a reformatory truck and eluding authorities for hours on April 20.
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Columbus
Federal Reformatory
Chillicothe
Reformatory
U.S. District Court
Donald G. Gibson
Evan F. Reeves
James A. Moore
Marion Officials Seek Cause of Sewer Blast
Marion city officials on Tuesday probed the cause of a sewer explosion that ripped up sections of a street and lifted manhole covers across 17 blocks. No injuries were reported though two automobiles were damaged by flying covers. Fire Chief O A Sifritt said a basement cement floor cracked.
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Marion
O. A. Sifritt
Extended Forecast for Columbus Cooler Friday After Warm Midweek
Temperatures to run 2-4 degrees above normal with a normal high of 78 and low of 57. Warm midweek, then cooler Friday. Precipitation averaging 0.34 inches, with showers or thundershowers Thursday Friday and Saturday.
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Columbus
Flying Baby Buggy transport plane carries war brides
A Flying Baby Buggy transport plane carried British war brides and their children from Havana toward England today, part of postwar evacuation efforts.
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Havana
Cuba
Atlantic
England
Allies hesitant on West German federal police proposal
Allied high commissioners show冷 reception to Berlin plan for a 25 000 member federal police answerable to Bonn. Britain France and the United States fear reaction if granted. No final decision yet, likely within a month. Germany already retained state police totaling about 100 000 officers.
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Frankfurt
Bonn
Britain
France
America
Konrad Adenauer
Parks Fund Shift Sought
Natural Resources Director A. W. Marion said he will request funds from the state control board to sustain state forest parks after July 1. About $50,000 is needed to complete the switch of park areas from forestry to parks division, with Pike Lake Lake Hope Mohican Tar Hollow Hocking and John Bryan among those affected.
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Columbus
Natural Resources
A. W. Marion
State Controlling Board
Forestry Division
Parks Division
Natural Resources Department
Marion
Pike Lake
Pike County
Lake Hope
Vinton County
Mohican Park
Unemployment Falls as May Job Openings Rise
In May the number of farm and factory job openings increased by 1,063,000, lowering unemployment to 3,016,000 the lowest since April 1949.
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Washington
Hickenlooper Wins Easy In Iowa
In Iowa Republican votes gave Senator Hickenlooper a wide margin for re nomination while Albert Loveland led the Democratic field, amid a contest with Nelson Kraschel over the Brannan farm plan. California primaries see Warren and Roosevelt clash in governor races and Nixon pivoting against Boddy in the Senate race.
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California
James Roosevelt
Earl Warren
Iowa
Senator Hickenlooper
Albert Loveland
Hickenlooper
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
Loveland
Nelson G. Kraschel
Brannan
Kraschel
Warren
Roosevelt
Senator Downey
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Manchester Boddy
Richard Nixon
Douglas
Boddy
Truman
Nixon
South Dakota
Chan Gurney
Francis Case
House
New Mexico
David Chavez
Senator Chavez
Arkansas
Gusik review okd by Supreme Court case in Italy killing
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Thomas A. Gusik a 21 year old Cleveland man convicted of killing two Italian black market thieves while on Army guard duty in Italy in 1947.
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Gusik
Okd
Washington
The
Supreme Court
Thomas A. Gusik
Cleveland
Italy
MacArthur orders purge of top Communist leaders in Japan
General MacArthur ordered 24 top Communist leaders barred from politics in Japan after Red attacks on American soldiers. The government notified Central Committee members they are barred from party membership and public life, with seven losing parliamentary seats. Police arrested two union leaders tied to Memorial Day protests amid signals of tougher action.
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TOKYO
MacArthur
Communist Party Central Committee
Shigeru Yoshida
Reds
Yoshida
Liberal Party
Communist Party
Japan
Doubt Grows On Excise Tax Cuts In 1948 Budget Battle
The House Ways and Means Committee approved excise tax cuts totaling 1.13 billion dollars covering items from furs and jewelry to movie tickets and tires. President Truman warned he would veto any bill cutting excises without offsetting revenue, and committee resistance to a corporate tax boost to cover losses remains. Senate approval is uncertain as time tightens.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Congress
Senate
Ex-Death Row Inmate Petro Identified in Alliance Holdup
Cleveland gangster Julius Petro once on death row for killing Theodore Knaus was shot during a holdup in Alliance. He was wounded in the back and identified by Joe Carretta and police after a car tip by Dr. Anthony Lapella. Petro had spent 19 months on death row prior to a 1948 acquittal.
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Cleveland
Julius Petro
Alliance
City Hospital
Petro
Joe Carretta
Carretta
Edward Maretti
Anthony Lapella
Niles
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Theodore Knaus
Mansfield Reformatory
Fast Tornado Strikes Southeast Texas Towns
A fast moving tornado tore through Southeast Texas yesterday injuring at least eight people. Winds near 70 mph hit Kenny and five surrounding villages causing extensive damage to buildings and heavy rain and hail. Kenney is a 60 mile northwest of Houston town with 250 residents.
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Kenny
Tex
Texas
Houston
Deadline June 30 For Bonus Filing
Columbus report shows bonus payments through May total $230,452,970 to 729,645 living Ohio war veterans and 30,773 next of kin. Living veterans average $304.51. next of kin of deceased veterans average $379. Bonus Director Leslie G Scrimger urged filers to meet the June 30 deadline and warned no extension.
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Columbus
Leslie G. Scrimger
Gambling nerve center raided in St. Louis
St Louis authorities raided a nerve center described in a county handbook. Officers seized thousands of telegrams seven telephones racing forms betting tabs and other paraphernalia.
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St. Louis
Youth Drowns In Jonathan Creek Near Zanesville
A 17 year old Shinniston West Virginia High School graduate Edward Lundell drowned Monday in Jonathan Creek near Zanesville after diving into the rain swollen water while with a swimming party according to Coroner S. B. Dan.
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Zanesville
Shinniston
W. Va
Edward Lundell
Jonathan Creek
Here
Dan
Lundell
Group Works On Ballot
Columbus Ohio leaders discuss a new ballot form to be used for the first time in November. Secretary of State Charles F. Sweeney says an open public hearing may be held if interest exists. The Ohio Association of Election Officials committee begins drafting the form and will hear proposals for election law changes.
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Columbus
Charles F. Sweeney
Legislative Committee
The
Ohio Association of Election Officials
Ohio
Sweeney
Blandy Claims Russia Knows U S Superior
Admiral William H. P. Blandy told about 250 members of the Cincinnati Post American Ordnance Association that Russia’s last court of appeal would be in battle, citing the United States’ superior technology and industrial potential. He received the Harrison Medal for distinguished ordnance service and is president of the Health Information Foundation in New York.
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Cincinnati
William H. P. Blandy
Russia
Cincinnati Post
American Ordnance Association
Blandy
Atlantic
The
Health Information Foundation
New York
White Cross Nurses Get 10-Hour Week
White Cross Hospital in Columbus reduces its 48 hour week to 40 hours for nearly 100 nurses. The hospital closed a 100 bed wing for improvements and may need more than 70 additional nurses to operate at full capacity under the reduced week.
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Columbus
White Cross Hospital
Ride on Borrowed Motorcycle Ends in Fatal Crash
Elyria reports James L. Martin aged 23 died Monday after borrowing a motorcycle from a friend. Police said after the first turn he ran off the road and struck a tree.
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Elyria
James L. Martin
Martin
Contract Announced Between Armco Steel and Union
Middletown reports a new labor contract between Armco Steel Corp and the Armco Employees Independent Union has been announced. The agreement covers wage, benefit terms, and work conditions for unionized workers at Armco facilities.
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Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Armco Employees Independent Union
Navy trims officer training at Annapolis Naval Academy
TRAINING OUT WASHINGTON The Navy decides to scale back the training of new officers at the Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland.
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Washington
Navy
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Bandit Dead In Running Gun Battle in Village Cafe
A running gun battle in Greenwich Village left one bandit dead and two bandits and a bystander wounded. After three holdup men raided the Little Casino cafe, a getaway car crashed and two bandits were captured while the third was killed in the Salle Des Champagnes kitchen during a police siege. A patrolman and two other officers wounded two robbers during the pursuit.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Little Casino
Washington Square
Salle Des Champagnes
Coal industry distress blamed on Washington at institute meeting
Huntington West Virginia UPI reports Jesse V Sullivan secretary of the West Virginia Coal Association told staff delegates from 35 states and four foreign countries that coal industry distress is caused by Washington. He urged letting the industry recover without federal medicine.
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Washington
Jesse V. Sullivan
Sullivan
West Virginia Coal Association
Mine Inspectors’ Institute of America
Federal Rent Workers On Borrowed Time
About 2700 federal rent control workers were told they would be dismissed two weeks ago and that layoff notices would take effect today. Housing Expeditor Tighe E Woods cancelled the notices yesterday saying the agency remains virtually broke and can keep staff only until June 30 when the current rent law expires unless Congress extends it.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
McCone Seen as Air Undersecretary Candidate
John McCone West Coast industrialist faces Senate scrutiny over potential conflict of interest as Air undersecretary nominee. He reportedly objects to divesting holdings but proposes a trusteeship. Senate previously rejected such arrangements.
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Senate
John McCone
McCone
Thomas K. Finletter
Lustron Sale Set Today
In Columbus Ohio the Lustron Corp government financed venture will be auctioned after RFC foreclosed on over 36 million dollars in loans. Two sales planned with U S Marshal Claypool auctions of mortgaged Lustron assets including patents and later receiver Foraker auctions non mortgaged supplies totaling about 700 thousand dollars.
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Clyde M. Foraker
Lustron
RFC
Supreme Court Rules U S Owns Tidelands
The Supreme Court ruled federal ownership of tidelands in the Gulf of Mexico adjacent to Texas and Louisiana. The Texas case ended 4 to 3, the Louisiana case 6 to 0, upholding federal rights over minerals beneath the tidelands amid prior California precedents.
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Supreme Court Rules
U. S
Tidelands
Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
California
High Tribunal
Man and Woman Killed En Route to Ohio Funeral
Two West Virginians died when their car veered into a train at Lordstown while en route to Girard for a funeral. Driver Webster Goodard, 49, of Beach Bottom, and passenger Aufus Cox, about 50, of Moundsville, were killed. Edward Murray, 46, and his wife Sally, 49, both of Beach Bottom, were hospitalized in fair condition.
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Girard
Ohio
Lordstown
Webster Goodard
Beach Bottom
W. Va
Aufus Cox
Moundsville
Edward Murray
Sally
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