Ohio Storm Toll Rises With Two Dead and Five Hurt
A severe wind and electrical storm blasted Ohio causing multiple deaths and injuries. Alex Fatz, 70, perished in Elyria area from lightning. E F Fickenger, a Marion railroad engineer, died in a derailed freight train near Creston. The storm damaged homes, highways, and utilities across Cleveland and surrounding counties, with widespread power and telephone outages and several injuries from falling trees and fires.
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Ohio
Alex Fatz
Elyria
E. F. Fickenger
Marion
Ene
Norwalk
Huron County
Grafton
Lorain County
Columbus
Irene Roberts
Irene Jucan
Holliday
W. Va
Neil Bennett
George Swisher
Thelma
Swisher
Port Columbus
Pennsylvania Central
Pittsburgh
Franklin County
Upper
Sandusky
Newark
Lima
Standard Oil Company
I. L. Peterson
W. A. Whitman
Bay Village
Cleveland State Hospital
Maine Governor Contest Shapes Senate House Field Limited
Maine voters choose nominees for governor and the U S Senate and House, with a small contest field notable for bonus issue debates. In Massachusetts and Michigan primaries follow, while North Carolina holds a Democratic run-off for two House seats. Maine focuses on the governor race with bonus plan debates and candidate positions. Candy Jones to marry modeling agency owner Harry Conover on July 4 in New York.
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Associated Press
Maine
Senate
House
Massachusetts
Michigan
North Carolina
U. S
Charles Crossett
Idaho
Raymond E Willis
Ind
Bay State
Horace A. Hildreth
Rovi L. ‘Fernald
F. Davis Clark
Leland B. Currier
Lewiston
Owen Brewster
Peter M. MacDonald
MODEL
New York
Harry Conover
Models
Candy Jones
Congress May Spurn Domestic Issues Amid Defeat Risk
Washington reports the 79th Congress struggles with six major domestic bills including price controls draft extension atomic energy oversight and emergency labor powers. President Truman may see limited gains on British loan regulation and a lean labor control plan while unification of armed forces remains unlikely this session. Senate filibuster threats loom over fair employment and poll tax abolishment as Case Bill supporters weigh a quiet demise.
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Washington
79Th Congress
Truman
White House
Senate
Lausche undecided on statue at Ohio Capitol
Gov. Frank Lausche declined to commit to removing the bronze World War I doughboy statue at the Ohio Capitol west portal after critics labeled it a sissy pose. He said he understands sentimental attachment and is not prepared to say whether it should be removed.
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Columbus
Ohio Capitol
West Portal
Frank J. Lausche
John M. Worss
Lausche
Gandhi Is Sad Over British Interim Government Plan
The Moslem League accepted the British 14 man interim government for India but Mohandas K. Gandhi was described as personally very unhappy. The plan, announced by Viceroy Wavell and the British cabinet mission, would govern India until a constituent assembly drafts a charter for independence. Congress leaders said a working committee session would reveal the party’s stance.
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New Delhi
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Congress Party
Lord, Wavell
Coolville Man Dies After Long Illness
Ernest Knowles 72 of Coolville died at home early Sunday following a long illness. Funeral services will be at his residence Tuesday at 2 p.m. with burial in Bethel Cemetery. He is survived by wife Caroline Waterman Knowles, four brothers Sid Marietta Lev Akron Ralph Belpre, and sister Bertha of Mississippi.
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Ernest Knowles
Bethel Cemetery
Caroline Waterman Knowles
Sid
Marietta
Lev
Akron
Ralph
Belpre
Harry
Toledo
Bertha
Mississippi
Louis Ray Sutton 62 Funeral Rites Scheduled
Louis Ray Sutton, 62, of Haga Ridge, died Saturday morning at Shebeany Arms Hospital. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Haga Ridge United Brethren Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Survived by sister Mrs Rosa Conant Stewart. Body at White Funeral Home Coolville until service.
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Coolville
Louis Ray Sutton
Haga Ridge
Shebeany Arms Hospital
Gem Removal Suspects Flown to Germany
Col. Jack W. Durant and his wife a WAC captain were moved by plane from Kronberg Castle to Frankfurt in Army custody. War Department officials said the couple admitted bringing a fortune in jewels and relics of the House of Hesse into the United States.
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Washington
Jack W. Durant
WAC
Kronberg’ Castle
Frankfurt
Germany
War Department
House of Hesse
New Tax Cuts Ruled Unwise
The Federal Reserve Board told Congress that no further general tax cuts are wise and urged prudent economy in government spending to help pay off the national debt. It also advised against raising the interest rate on government borrowings. The report notes interest on the debt will reach 550 billion for the coming fiscal year, the largest budget item after defense expenditures and surpassing veterans pensions costs.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Clark Lausche Speak At Circulation Meeting
Atty Gen Tom Clark and Gov Frank Lausche were to address a dinner in Columbus of the International Managers Association honoring Howard Stodghill business manager of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and originator of newsboys war stamps sales. Lancaster chosen Cincinnati 1947 Grand Council meeting Royal Arcanum of Ohio.
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Tom Clark
Frank F. Lausche
International Managers’ Association
Howard Stodghill
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Lancaster
Cincinnati
Royal Arcanum of
Ohio
Dairy Price Hikes Take Effect As OPA Pins Increases
The OPA plans immediate increases in butter and cheddar cheese prices by 11 and 6 cents per pound respectively. Higher coal costs may follow after wage boosts to miners raise anthracite and other refinery price adjustments. Cooking utensils of aluminum face a 24 percent rise on new shipments, with other goods subject to shifts this week.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
John le Lewis
United Mine Workers
Victims on Ohio Roads Over Weekend
The report details multiple Ohio traffic fatalities over the weekend including a fatal auto truck collision near Eaton that killed George Bley and his wife Rose, the death of a Rochester couple on Route 42, a Delaware infant, and several pedestrian drownings in Munroe Falls Columbus and Mount Healthy.
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Associated Press
Eaton
Ohio
George Bley
Cincinnati
Rose
Michigan
Holger Erick Renland
Minneapolis
Delaware
U. S
Robert Ec
Wingfoot Lake
Columbus
Lichfield Chief Goes on Trial
Col James A. Kilian, 54, former commander of the U S Army depot at Lichfield England, faces trial on cruelty charges against soldiers with six officers and ten enlisted men involved. He sought a presidential investigation and a postponement pending word from President Truman before the court moved.
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Bad Nauheim
Germany
James A. Kilian
Lichfield
U. S. Army
England
Kilian
Highland Park
Ill
Truman
Big Four discuss Trieste as Russia stance tests peace hopes
In Paris the Big Four foreign ministers resumed work on an Italian peace treaty. A US aide said Byrnes will not compromise on Trieste, a principle issue, while Russia weighs ceding the Adriatic port to Yugoslavia. Optimism rose after a conciliatory move on Austria faded as Moscow media attacked Western powers.
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Paris
Trieste
U. S
James F. Byrnes
United States
Russia
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Tass
Britain
UN Security Council Debates Franco Spain Action
Britain seeks clarifications on a sub committee report amid Security Council session. Russia opposes the report which urges General Assembly action against Franco Spain. The United States and eight others support it as veto risk looms. A separate Baruch plan to scrap the atomic bomb advances to the AEC.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
General Assembly
Gromyko
Security Council
United States
France
China
Australia
Poland
Egypt
Netherlands
Brazil
Russia
Great Britain
Bernard Baruch
Atomic Energy Commission
Merger Foes Say Truman Plan Is Too Late
Army Navy merger opponents criticized President Truman's revised unification plan as too little and too late. They argued the War Department and the sea service confessed to weaknesses on Marine Corps and joint chiefs points but failed to overcome earlier objections. Senator Robertson warned the plan leaves three service chiefs under a National Defense Secretary, fearing one man control.
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Truman
War Department
Marine Corps
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robertson
Army
Navy
Airforces
Secretary of National Defense
Senate Naval Committee
Abduction and shooting target taxi driver in Ohio
Gail Robinson, 27, Uhrichsville taxicab driver, was wounded in the head and back after two passengers robbed him of 30 dollars and abducted him for a ride to a country road near Strasburg. His stolen cab was recovered in Columbus as investigators search for the assailants. In other news, Dr. Timothy Lehmann of Columbus was elected president of Ohio Exchang e Clubs.
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Gail Robinson
Uhrichsville
Columbus
Robinson
New Philadelphia
Dover
Strasburg
Heads Exchange Clubs
Ohio
Exchange Clubs
Timothy Lehmann
Robert B. Faris
Lorain
Terror Attacks Across Palestine Hit Jewish Settlements
In Jerusalem the Beth Haavara settlement faced raids by Palestine police after Arab marchers killed two British soldiers and damaged bridges with blasts. Police blamed Jewish terrorists for the explosions while residents resisted search efforts, and reports of deportation plans and calls for a Jewish state circulated amid unrest.
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Jerusalem
Beth Haavara
Palestine Police
Holy Land
Ladio
Jewish Agency
Palestine
Election Today At Boys' State
At Oxford Miami University campus 736 Citizens of the 10th Buckeye Boys State voted to choose officials for their fake state and local governments. The governor race pitted Nationalist Bill Ott a 17 year old from Forestville against Federalist Tom Crowley a 16 year old from Middletown.
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Oxford
Miami University
Buckeye
Nationalist Party
Bill Ott
Forestville
Cincinnati
Tom Crowley
Middletown
Jackson sees return from Germany by mid July
Justice Robert H Jackson said his war crimes prosecutor role in MERNBERG Germany would end by July 15 and he would return to the United States. He noted the Nazi cases before him would be completed by mid July amid a controversy involving Justice Hugo L Black.
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Jackson
Germany
Mernberg
Robert H Jackson
United States
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Veteran Unemployment Peak Believed Passed
The United States Employment Service said more veterans found jobs in April and May than were discharged, signaling that the peak of veteran unemployment has passed.
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Washington
Armed Forces
United States Employment Service
Ceiling Set at 1 70 For Very Sheer Nylons
Washington OPA fixed a ceiling price of 1.70 dollars a pair for very sheer nylon hosiery to hit the market soon. The higher ceiling contrasts with 1.40 dollars for standard nylons and 1.55 dollars for a popular better grade at the front end of long lines.
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Washington
OPA
B. E. Lyle Services Planned for Tuesday
Funeral services for B. E. Lyle, who died unexpectedly Saturday evening, will be held Tuesday at 1 PM in the Presbyterian Church at Wilkesville.
Anti-Labor Barriers Seen In Settlement
Congressional supporters of labor say settling the maritime strike removes momentum for drastic anti-labor laws this year. Some lawmakers still discuss a moderated version of Truman era emergency strike control, while the administration welcomes the shift in industrial relations as union leaders must act to end work stoppages.
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Washington
Congressional Friends of Organized Labor
Truman
Capitol Hill
Biemiller
Wis
House
Senate
Sleeping Couple Slain in Louisiana Home
In New Sarpy Louisiana, a murder investigation focuses on a man who crushed the skulls of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Petrolia while they slept, then assaulted the wife. Coroner E J Clayton reports the victims died instantly. Mrs Petrolia, 21, was pregnant.
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New Sarpy
UPI
St. Charles Parish
E. J. Clayton
Joseph Petrolia
Man Who Sent Collett To Electric Chair Dies
John B. Hill 45, Fayete County prosecutor since 1940, died Saturday in Cincinnati. He gained notoriety for sending James W. Collett to the electric chair for the Thanksgiving Eve 1943 McCoy family murders. Funeral services set for tomorrow.
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John B. Hill
Fayette County
James W. Collett
Tnple
McCoy
Good Samaritan
Sam Simmons on Klan probe and past sins
Sam Simmons argues a Congressional investigation targets the Ku Klux Klan, comparing its history to the Communist threat. He questions retroactive punishment for past actions and calls for punishment only for present misdeeds under the law.
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Ku Klux Klan
Georgia
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