Atlantic plane crash near San Juan claims many lives
A charter plane with 73 aboard crashed into the Atlantic near Puerto Rico early today. Twenty eight survivors were rescued by six this morning, with two adults and a child recovered. The Coast Guard reported most aboard were Puerto Ricans bound for the United States. engine trouble caused the crash shortly after takeoff from San Juan en route to Newark.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Atlantic
U. S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
United States
Lee Wakefield
D. H. Dexter
Newark
N. J
Miami
Strato Freight
26 Persons Killed In Brazilian Army Plane Crash
Reports from Florianopolis said 26 people perished when a Brazilian Army C 47 transport plane crashed into a mountain after takeoff. Wreckage located near Cambirelas Peak, the air ministry said.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Florianopolis
Air Ministry
Cambirelas Peak
Rio Grande Do Sul
Parents Save Child In Heroic Akron Fire Rescue
A two year-old boy was saved by his parents during a rescue in their second floor Akron apartment fire early today. Cletus Cook and his wife were critically burned, while their son Gary survived after the parents caught him as he was dropped from the flames. The fire was caused by the landlord smoking in bed below, Assistant Fire Chief Carl Eilet said.
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Akron
Cletus Cook
Gary
Carl Eilet
Cook
Chambers Feared Kidnaping and Assassination in 1938 Visit
Whittaker Chambers testified before a federal jury that he feared kidnaping or assassination when visiting Alger Hiss at his Washington home in late 1938. He stayed for supper and said he warned Hiss to defect from Communism, while Hiss denied any Communist ties. Chambers also named Henry Julian Wadleigh as a State Department source he said helped pass secrets.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Algerias
Washington
Chambers
Hiss
Communist Party
State Department
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Alger Hiss
Julian Wadleigh
Henry Julian Wadleigh
Wadleigh
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Two Minnesota Gunmen Captured Near Fairbury Nebraska
Two of three Minnesota gunmen sought for killing a Minneapolis police officer kidnapping and robbery were captured by farmers south of Fairbury Kansas after their car wrecked. Sheriff Dwight Young said the men Carl Bistrom 27 and Allen G Hartman 20 were injured and taken to Marysville Hospital with an unidentified hitchhiker. The third man surrendered yesterday.
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Carl Bistrom
Allen G. Hartman
Gloomy Picture Given Of Pottery Industry
Joseph M. Wells of the Homer Laughlin China Co spoke after a government report portrayed a gloomy outlook for the domestic dinnerware industry. He said wage cuts may be the industry’s last-ditch response to the postwar flood of cheap foreign ware.
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East Liverpool
Joseph M. Wells
Homer Laughlin China Co
Wells
Explosion and Fire Threaten Coal and Oil in Chicago Siding
An explosion and blaze caused about $25,000 in damage and menaced large coal and oil stocks along a railroad siding in Chicago. Firemen fought the flames as crews worked to prevent further spread to surrounding goods and structures.
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Chicago
Fire eater in women's dress faces court martial in England
Pvt Delbert Hill of the U S Air Force allegedly deserted in July 1945. In civilian life he became Donna Delbert, a demon fire eater billed in London as a theater act. He was arrested in a Newcastle hotel two months earlier and awaits a general court martial at Burtonwood air base.
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London
Delbert Hill
U. S. Air Force
Donna Delbert
Air Force
Hill
Burtonwood
Newcastle
Demon Fire Eater
Snow People
Arthur G. Brest
George K. Arthur
Ben Lyon
Bebe Daniels
Hollywood
Johnny Gale
Windmill Theater
Arthur
Maisie Cryer
Will Rogers
Judge Rules FBI Reports Be Shown to Jury in Coplon Case
Washington federal judge Albert L. Reeves orders the jury in the Judith Coplon espionage trial to see all data slips and full FBI reports connected to the arrest. Prosecutors object, citing national security, but the court insists on full disclosure for jurors.
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Washington
Albert L. Reeves
Judith Coplon
Vernment
Reaves
FBI
Miss Coplon
John M. Kelley, Jr
United States
Kelley
Election Law Battle in Ohio FePC Bill Push
Ohio lawmakers clash over a Senate approved plan to overhaul election laws. House and Senate members debate compulsory FEPC provisions amid a deadlocked conference committee seeking a bipartisan compromise to win approval this season.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
FEPC
Two More Churches Struck by Vandals
Vandals damaged two churches and an elementary school on the West Side, raising total church damages to six in three days. Police Chief Frank L. Harrison assigned all available officers to the investigation.
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Columbus
Frank L. Harrison
Marietta HighCoach and Assistant Resign
The Marietta board of education accepted the resignations of Bob Manning head football coach and Bill Bell backfield coach and track assistant. No successors were named.
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Marietta
Marietta Board of Education
Bob Manning
Marietta High School
Bill Bell
Dyeing Industry Leader Ben Haber Dies at 69
Ben Haber a Cleveland textile manufacturer and former NRA dyeing industry representative in 1933 died Monday He was 69 and a native of Zanesville Ohio.
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Cleveland
Ben Haber
NRA
Zanesville
Spy Prober Demands Explanation From Truman
Rep. Velde of the House Un American Activities Committee pressed President Truman to explain why Russian agent Andrei Scevchenko evaded prosecution after leaving the United States. Testimony showed Scevchenko sought wartime jet propulsion secrets by bribing Bell Aircraft Co. workers in Buffalo, with FBI awareness and cash payoffs, and he departed in 1946 without arrest. The panel planned a closed session to question Frank Oppenheimer as it probes Berkeley radiation laboratory activities.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities’ Committee
Loren Haas
Buffalo
Joseph J. Franey
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Bell Aircraft Plant
House
U. S
Franey
FBI
Andrei Shevchenko
Bel
Velde
R-Ti
Truman
Andrei Scevchenko
House Un-American Activities Committee
Schevchenko
Bell Aircraft Co
Loren G. Haas
Haas
Scevchenko
Byrnes
State Department
James F. Byrnes
Frank Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Los Alamos
N. Mex
University of California At Berkeley
Ex-Solon's Wife and Son Hurt in Auto Crash
Mrs Ball and her son Peter 16 were injured in a Dennison area crash yesterday when their car struck a truck driven by Theodore Galles of Pittsburgh who was arrested for driving left of center. Ball and daughter Sarah 9 were uninjured.
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Georgia Weese Clark
Kansas
U. S
Truman
W. A. Julian
Senate
Dennison
Peter
Joseph H. Ball
Minnesota
Ball
Sarah
Theodore Galles
Pittsburgh
Galles
Locomotive Firm Cuts 1200 More Jobs in Slowdown
SCHENECTADY NY The American Locomotive Co. says it laid off 1200 more workers amid a CIO steelworker drift. The latest layoffs lift total idled since last Thursday to 2300 to 2400, after an earlier plant-wide slowdown.
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Schenectady
N. Y
American Locomotive Co
CIO
Extended Columbus Forecast Sees Mild Temps Ahead
Temperatures in Columbus will average 2 to 4 degrees above normal with highs near 73 and lows near 52. Warmer Wednesday and Thursday, cooler Friday and Saturday, then warmer again Sunday. precipitation about 0.10 to 0.41 inch in scattered showers or thundershowers Friday.
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Columbus
Abandoned Mines Searched For Three Escaped Prisoners
A 50 man posse searched abandoned coal mines in Salem district after two masked men allegedly obtained clothing food and blankets at a rural home as authorities pursue three convicts from Moundsville prison break Ohio and Pennsylvania connections widen as sheriffs patrol highways and a store robbed by a masked man identified as an escapee prompts extradition papers for two inmates.
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Fast Liverpool
Salem
Sherif Howard Clark
Columbiana County
Moundaville
State Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Department
County Aux
Millville Hill District
Washingtonville-Leeetonia Road
Mra
Frank Fish
Millport
W. Va
Denver Vannest
Gerald Nolan
Faldie Starcher
Oret J. Skeen
Vannest
Viol
Moundsville
Skeen
Charleston
Ohio
John Valykeo
Stanley Sheftin
Foreign Relations Group OKs North Atlantic Pact
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on a formal report urged ratification of the North Atlantic pact to avert war. Signed April 4 by the United States Canada and 10 European nations the treaty requires Senate two thirds approval to bind the U S. Senator Connally signaled early debate on the pact following unanimous committee approval.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Europe
Canada
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Doctors Hear Of Ailments
In Columbus a panel of four public representatives told the Columbus Academy of Medicine that the medical profession is a closed shop, fees are too high, doctors are often unavailable, and patients are given the runaround. More than 350 physicians and their wives filled a church basement for the hour and a half session after a month of study.
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Columbus
Columbus Academy of Medicine
Unemployment Peaks in May After Seasonal Slip
The Census Bureau reports May unemployment rose by 273000 to 3,289,000, defying seasonal expectations as youths joined the job market. Farm employment climbed 1,154,000 to 58,694,000 while non agricultural jobs fell by 279,000 to 49,720,000, yielding a net gain of 875,000.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Legion Post Robbery Ends With One Man Caught
Akron reports a robbery at the Howard Chapman Memorial Post No. 625 where two men seized $318 and fled toward a pursuing officer. One suspect was captured while the other escaped.
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Akron
American Legion
Howard Chapman Memorial Post No. 625
Springfield bans comic books selling to minors
The city commission enacted an ordinance prohibiting the sale of crime and sex themed comics to anyone under 18. A committee of educators and church members will screen literature for sale.
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Springfield
Top Ministers Resume Talks on Berlin Deadlock
Paris four powers reopen sessions after secret meetings failed to unite Berlin. Ministers study two rival plans by Dean Acheson and Andrei Vishinsky with Britain and France backing the American proposal. Open meetings sought to argue positions on four power supervision and veto use.
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Paris
Berlin
U. S
Dean Acheson
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Britain
France
Acheson
Vishinsky
Russia
Senate OKs Check Of Building Program
The Senate adopted 29 to 0 a resolution to authorize the state auditor to investigate the 50 million dollar building program. The measure goes to the House for action as the Finance Committee plans a Thursday visit to the 3.5 million Apple Creek project where a hospital for feeble minded patients nears completion.
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Columbus
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Apple Creek
Owners Seek Lewis to Drop Two Strike Weapons
Bluefield West Virginia key coal operators pressed John L. Lewis to remove two strike tools from the postwar contract. They urged eliminating the union shop and memorial shutdown clauses after June 30. Lewis, in Washington, faced four other bargaining changes and was expected to respond.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Southern Coal
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations
NLRB
Wells Guards Are Robbed on Columbia University Campus
Two Wells Fargo Express Co. guards were robbed of 19000 dollars on the Columbia University campus as gunmen approached from behind near University Hall. They fled in a parked auto toward Broadway amid sparse student presence following last week's commencement.
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New York
Wells Fargo Express Co
Columbia University
University Hall
Broadway
Columbia
OU Man Gets Lancaster Athletics Post
Ralph Robinette, 37, Ohio University graduate, was named director of athletics at Lancaster High School, replacing Barney Francis. A Youngstown Raven basketball coach, Robinnette won the post over 60 applicants on a two year appointment with a 34200 annual salary. He is a native of McArthur, married with two daughters.
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Lancaster
Ralph Robinette
Ohio University
Lancaster High School
Youngstown Raven
Barney Francis
Francis
University of Toledo
Lancaster Board of Education
Robinette
McArethur
Boardman
Austintown Fitch
Greensford
Youngstown
Lausche WarnsTax Hike Would Wreck Ohio Industry
Governor Lausche warned that raising the machinery tax from 50 to 100 percent would substantially destroy Ohio s competitive position for new industries. Senator Howard Metzenbaum introduced a bill in the Senate to double the levy on factory machinery as other states lower rates to attract industry.
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Columbus
Lausche
Ohio
Ohio Senate
Howard Metzenbaum
Cuyahoga
Newark land donated to National Guard in Newark Ohio
Nine acre tract in West Newark donated to the Ohio National Guard by the Newark Chamber of Commerce. The gift aims to support the local Guard motor maintenance shop in Newark, as reported by H. B. Huntington, chamber president.
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Newark
Ohio National Guard
H. B. Huntington
Newark Chamber of Commercce
Chamber of Commerce
National Guard
Huntington
Youth Critically Hurt In Farm Shooting Accident
Milton Rowlan 17 was accidently shot and critically wounded Monday night on a Mt Sterling area farm. Deputies say Leonard Rogers 20, a neighbor, shot the boy during a rats shooting incident.
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Circleville
Milton Rowlan
Mt Sterling
Sheriff's Deputies
Milton
Leonard Rogers
Whem
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