Russia Begins Bargaining For German Reparations
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov signals continued reparations as top priority in talks with the United States Britain and others firm against concessions. Coordinating Committee reports progress on Austrian treaty provisions while also highlighting broad disagreements on German political and economic issues. Lake Success briefing notes Warren R Austin to address UN Security Council on Truman Greece Turkey aid plan.
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Moscow
Foreign Ministers Conference
United States
Great Britain
V. M. Molotov
Big Four Council
Coordinating Committee
Germany
Lake Success
N. Y
Warren R. Austin
Security Council
Truman
Greece
Turkey
United Nations
U. S
Council
Jews Blame Haifa Dock Bombing on Five Attacker S
British officials reported five Jews in disguises attacked the Haifa oil dock at 9 05 am with revolvers and explosives, setting fire to oil and benzene installations. The fire damaged Shell Oil tanks as police navy and company fire brigades fought the blaze for over an hour and suspects were detained for questioning.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Shell Oil Company
Navy
Oil Company
Congressmen Investigate Crile Veterans Hospital
A three member congressional committee began an investigation of conditions at Crile Veterans Administration Hospital in Cleveland. The panel is led by Rep W. J. Crow of Uniontown Pa with Reps Herbert A. Meyer of Independence Kansas and Walter B. Huber of Akron.
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Cleveland
Crile Veterans Administration Hospital
W. J. Crow
Uniontown
Herbert A. Meyer
Independence
Kan
Walter B. Huber
Akron
Bank Worker Johnson Dies at Federal Reserve Chicago
William H. A. Johnson, 57, a trust examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago for the past decade, died last night in Chicago.
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Chicago
William H. A. Johnson
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Starvation in Russia Said To Kill Thousands Across Regions
A Paris informant with firsthand knowledge says famine has killed thousands in four Soviet regions the Ukraine Lower Volga Upper Volga and Western Siberia due to droughts and poor harvests. He cites government reports of a worsening food crisis and notes massive cattle slaughter to feed cities.
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Paris
Russia
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Lower Volga
Upper Volga
Siberia
Moscow
UNRRA
Donets Basin
Johnny Evers Dies at 65 Former Cubs star known for Tinker to Chance
Johnny Evers, famed middleman of the Tinker to Evers to Chance double play trio, died at St. Peter's Hospital Albany at 9:25 a.m. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage after a stroke in 1942 and had been largely bed-ridden. Surviving teammate Joe Tinker lives in Orlando, while Frank Chance died in 1924.
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Albany
N. Y
John J
Johnny) Evers
Chicago Cubs
St. Peter's Hospital
Evers
Cubs
Joe Tinker
Orlando
Fla
Frank Chance
Bids On Flood Project To Be Heard In May
Huntington reports bids for Massillon flood control unit one to be opened after May 1. Col. John R Sharp of the U S Engineers says work is underway on part of the project by the Mt Vernon Bridge Company.
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Huntington
Massillon
John R. Sharp
Hunting Corps
U. S. Engineers
Sharp
Mt. Vernon Bridge Company
Textile Workers Strike For Wage Increase in Newark
Picket lines surrounded the E. T. Bug Co today as fifty members of the CIO textile workers union struck yesterday seeking a 17 cent an hour raise. Current wages range from 76 cents to 1.06 dollars per hour.
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Newark
E. T. Bug Co
C. I. O. Textile Workers Union
Army Insists He Is In Awol Civilian Jailed
U S District Judge Underwood weighed if Andrew Kenst Jr. of Salem Ohio is an AWOL infantryman or a free civilian after a habeas corpus hearing. Kenst claimed discharge papers were misrepresented and he believed he was out of the army. He faced $1000 bond and briefings on his status.
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Columbus
U. S
Mell G. Underwood
Andrew Kenst, Jr
Salem
Ohio
Kenst
Fort Hayes Guard House
Underwood
Ray O'Donnel
R. M. Atkinson
S. J. Collopy
Crile Hospital
Cleveland
Alliance
Salem China Co
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Atterbury
Chile
MacArthur Urges Japan To Control Its Economy
General MacArthur told Premier Yoshida to take early vigorous steps to fix Japan’s faltering economy. He warned that foreign aid would depend on Japan feeding itself. Yoshida replied promising necessary measures with expedition and efficiency in a March 22 letter.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
Yoshida
Mrs. Emma Gaston Dies At Point Pleasant Home
Mrs. Emma Gaston of Point Pleasant died at 2 30 am after an illness. She was the wife of J E Gaston and resided at 2112 Monroe Avenue. Funeral arrangements are being made for Sunday afternoon.
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Point Pleasant
Emma Gaston
Gaston
J. E. Gaston
Monroe Ave
Bus Association Opposes Proposed State Plan
The Ohio Motor Bus Association adopted a resolution opposing proposed state legislation creating a transit authority of eligible municipalities as its 25th annual convention concluded in Columbus. J. L. Nuber Jr of Dayton was re elected president.
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Columbus
Ohio Motor Bus Association
J. L. Nuber, Jr
Dayton
Wilberforce University Dropped From North Central Association List
Final action was due today on the recommendation of the Commission on Colleges and Universities of the North Central Association that Wilberforce University be dropped from the association's approved list.
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Chicago
Commission On Colleges and Universities of the
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Wilberforce
O.) University
Association
Mental cases will rise amid aging population and war
Cincinnati welfare official Bleecker Marquette warned at the Ohio Citizens Assembly on Social Welfare that the United States faces a material increase in mental health cases due to an aging population and the recent war. He urged Ohio to prepare and criticized warehousing people without adequate care as poor policy and bad economy.
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Columbus
United States
Cincinnati
Ohio Citizens’ Assembly On Social Welfare
Bleecker Marquette
Public Health Federation of Cincinnati
Ohio
Five Prisoners Escape Jail In Portsmouth Breakout
Five county jail inmates under grand jury indictment escaped from a fourth floor hospital ward in Portsmouth by removing a window grill and entering a library on a higher floor. State patrols joined local officers in a search for suspects Donald Roberts Homer Clay Edward Thomas Marion Bush and Maurice Glenn.
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Portsmouth
Burl Justice
New Boston
Donald Roberts
Cleveland
Homer Clay
Lawrence County
Edward Thomas
Walsh, Ky
Marion Bush
Maurice Glenn
VA Studies New Veteran Education Plan
Col. John W. Andrews, representing Gen. Omar Bradley, urged the Council of Guidance and Personnel Associations to expand secondary and adult education and training for about 9 million veterans who did not finish high school. He said these programs should be a vital part of community education, with focus also on veterans lacking permanent jobs and non veterans seeking first employment.
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Columbus
Veterans’ Administration
Council of Guidance and Personnel Associations
John W. Andrews
Omar Bradley
Protesting Demostrators Mount Food Shortage Fury in Düsseldorf
British military cars were overturned and other vehicles stoned today as demonstrators protested a food shortage in Düsseldorf Germany. Local authorities reported the incident and urged calm amid the anti shortage demonstrations.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
House Passes Tax Slash Bill For Retroactive Cut
The House approved a GOP backed tax cut 273 to 186 with rates from 10 to 30 percent. If Senate Truman signs, the measure would retroactively take effect Jan 1, reducing 1960 tax payments for about 46 million filers though Taft says July 1 is more likely.
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House
Senate
Washington
Sen. Millikin
R-Cole
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Treasury
Mine Rescue Work Reaches Danger Point at Centralia
Rescue teams in Centralia Illinois faced escalating danger as they press to locate survivors after Tuesday's explosion in No. 5 mine. 111 miners reported dead with 67 bodies found and 44 still unaccounted for as conditions worsen.
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Centralia
Washington
John L. Lewis
Centralia, Til
J. A. Krug
Centralia Coal Co
NYC C and O merger seen ten years away
Chesapeake & Ohio plans to buy Central's stock and seek ICC approval to vote about 387,700 shares. C&O Vice President Robert W. Purcell says merger could be arranged physically and legally if beneficial. Robert R. Young, chairman of C&O, was invited to join Central's board as maneuvers continue.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
New York Central
C.&o
Central’s
Robert W. Purcell
Purcell
ICC
Central
Robert R. Young
Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles Part Ways, Attorney Says
Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles have clearly separated, according to Hayworths attorney. The public statement confirms a split involving the actress and the filmmaker and writer with immediate effect.
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Hollywood
Rita Hayworth
Orson Welles
Mason County Man Held In Murder of Infant Son
Orlando Patterson of Gallipolis Ferry was arraigned on a murder charge for killing his infant son Lewis Patterson. He waived a hearing and is held to the May grand jury. Bail decisions rest with the Circuit Court judge. Patterson admitted slapping the child and recounts the sequence of the injuries and later efforts to revive him.
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Point Pleasant
Orlando Patterson
Gallipolis Ferry
S. A. Simmons
Justice of the Peace
Patterson
Lewis H. Miller
Circuit Court
Lewis Patterson
Justice’s Court
William H. Bardin
Rardin
Vera Crawford
Bardin
Roy W. Eschenaur
Snow tracks lead to arrest in Point Pleasant theft
William Shiflet of Point Pleasant was arrested on a breaking and entering charge after footprints in fresh snow traced from a $75 theft at the Twenty-Second Street Bowling Center to his home. He was jailed on bond, tied to another breaking and entering case at the Morrison Department Store.
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Point Pleasant
William Shiflet
Shiflet
Twenty-Second Street
Paul Thomas
Torral Morrison
Morrison Department
3 Judge Court to Try Indicted Murder Suspect
Circlville Harvey B. Julian 26 indicted for first degree murder in the January 21 slaying of his divorced wife Pearl Eileen Julian 20. A three judge panel will try the case with Judge Williams D. Radcliff of Pickaway County presiding joined by Judge Howard Goldsberry of Ross County and Judge George McDowell of Highland County.
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Circleville
Harvey B. Julian
Pearl Eileen Julian
Williams D. Radcliff
Pickaway
Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas
Howard Goldsberry
Ross County
George McDowell
Highland County
Louisiana Milk Strike Reaches Fourth Day in Southeast Parishes
Dairymen in the Florida parishes of Southeastern Louisiana press on for higher wholesale raw milk prices while New Orleans distributors stand firm. The FBI investigates train stoppages and milk dumpings as negotiations completely break down.
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Amite, la
Florida
Louisiana
New Orleans
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Isaac E. McCall 79 Dies in Columbus
Isaac E. McCall age 79 died this morning at his daughter's home 69 Arden Road Columbus His wife died in 1944 The body to be taken to Rawlings-Coats funeral home for calling hours Funeral set Sunday afternoon at Salem Center Church Burial in Salem Center Cemetery
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Middleport
Isaac E. McCall
George Davis
Arden Road
Columbus
Rawlings-Coats
Salem Center Church
Salem Center Cemetery
Increase in Vet Training in Ohio Under GI Bill
Ohio World War II veterans in agricultural training under the GI Bill rose from about 3000 on January 1 to 5350, as reported by the Veterans Administration branch office today.
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Columbus
Veterans Administration
Justice Jackson Urges New War Rules
Justice Robert H. Jackson, who helped prosecute Nazi war criminals, said the world needs a new set of rules for waging wars. He stated that current conventions are obsolete as they apply to total war since World War II.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Rising Temperatures Promise More Gas
Ohio officials predicted gas supplies would near normal as repairs on a damaged natural gas line progressed and warmer weather arrived. The forecast of not quite so cold improved outlooks for industrial users statewide after previous curtailments during the cold snap.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph Meadows Rites Arranged for Sunday
Funeral services for Joseph Meadows 76 who died after a 24 hour illness of pneumonia will be held Sunday at 2 30 PM at the First Baptist Church conducted by Rev J Edward Hakes. Burial will follow in Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Joseph Meadows
First Baptist Church
J. Edward Hakes
Mound Hill Cemetery
Edith Craig dies aged 77 at Kent home
Miss Edith Craig veteran of the English stage died yesterday at her home near Tenterden Kent. She was 77 and leaves a noted theatrical career spanning decades with performances across London and regional stages.
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London
Edith Craig
Tenterden
Kent
Brehm Warns UN May Fail Over Greco Turkish Crisis
Rep. Brehm of Ohio warned the United Nations could fail like the League of Nations if it does not address the Greco Turkish problem. He questioned Congress approving $400 million in relief for Greece and Turkey and doubted rapid action.
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Washington
Rep
Brehm
Ohio
United Nations
League of Nations
Truman
Congress
Rotation blamed for erosion damage to Ohio farms
At a farmer-businessman dinner Hugh N. Bennett, head of the U.S. soil conservation service, said inadequate grass and legume rotations damaged twelve million acres of Ohio farmland. The consequence is lower yields and reduced income for farmers.
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Fremont
Ohio
Hugh N. Bennett
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
SAM SIMMONS Responds To Truman Industry Criticism
Sam Simmons argues that newspaper summaries of President Truman’s industry admonitions are more provocative than radio reports. He notes the handwriting on the wall concerns costs, wage controls, and the difficulty for producers to lower prices amid shifting economics. Unprofitable factories may be salvaged only by scrap values.
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Truman
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