Nelsonville Officer Killed in Easter Auto Crash
Senior patrolman Charles C. Thompson of Nelsonville police died after a Sunday evening crash on Route 78 near Bishopville. A passenger, Mrs Helen Ross, survived with shock. driver Francis Perkins and family were uninjured. Thompson served about 12 years and lived at 179 St Charles St. Funeral plans are pending.
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Charles C
Zuko) Thompson
Nelsonville
Glouster
Bishopville
Morgan County
Thompson
McConnellville
Helen Ross
Francis C. Perkins
Zanesville
Ross
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Perkins
Washington County Farm Bureau
Deanville
S.S. G. Holland
House OK Scheduled Wednesday
The House prepares to vote on a foreign aid bill totaling 6.205 billion dollars aimed at stemming communism in Europe and China. Passage expected by Wednesday. supporters predict a wide margin and limited opposition.
Congress Sees Path Clear for 4.8 Billion Tax Cut
Lawmakers expect the 4.8 billion dollar tax cut to become law despite President Truman's veto threat. Rep Knutson predicts a veto is likely but that action may come after possible shifts in the international situation. Administration officials privately expect a swift decision, possibly today or tomorrow, with April 5 the deadline.
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Washington
Truman
Rep. Knutson
R-Minn
Action Sought in Moscow Over Unpaid Child Support
Pravda demanded steps to address individuals who abandon their children without support. The appeal calls for clear action from authorities to protect minors and enforce parental duties.
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Moscow
Pravda
Congregation Foils Robbers At Church Easter Stickup
In Berkeley two men attempted a hold up at the Portuguese Assembly of God Church during an Easter service. The Rev Manuel Camora and parishioners moved toward the intruders who fled the scene.
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Berkeley
Calif
Seven Ohioans May Ballot Against ERP
About six Ohio lawmakers may oppose the European Recovery Program as the bill faces House votes tomorrow or Wednesday. Rep. John Vorys predicts not more than 75 of 434 members will vote against the foreign aid package, already passed by the Senate. Republicans McGregor and Brown raise questions about Russia and foreign policy transparency.
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Washington
Europe
China
Albert J. Engel
R-Mich
United States
Engel
Greece
Turkey
Russia
America
House
John Vorys
Columbus
Senate
Ohio
Walter E. Brehm
Logan
Cliff Clevenger
Bryan
P. W. Griffiths
Marietta
Edward O. McCowen
Wheelersburg
William M. McCulloch
Piqua
J. Harry McGregor
West Lafayette
Frederick C. Smith
Marion
McGregor
Clarence Brown
Destroys Coal Tipple At Thealka In Fire
The Northeast Coal Co tipple at Thealka Kentucky three miles east of Paintsville was destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin. A passerby discovered the blaze around 2 a m with no local fire department to fight it. About 200 workers were idle as the plant produced roughly 700 tons daily. the Auxier plant had closed two years earlier.
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Paintsville
Northeast Coal Co
Thealka
Here
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Northeast Company
Auxier
Baruch Urges Quick Pass on Universal Military Training
Bernard Baruch urged rapid enactment of Universal Military Training and Selective Service as essential for world stability and lasting peace. He warned that delaying mobilization now risks future war and backed a broad economic mobilization plan. He pressed Congress to finish hearings on draft options and expand peacetime armed forces.
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Ashington
Bernard M. Baruch
America
Baruch
Gurney
R-Sd
Armed Services Committee
Truman
Soviet Union
Taft and Dewey Seek Early GOP Compromise Candidate
Friends of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Sen. Robert A. Taft plan to prevent a long nominating convention deadlock. They would attempt a quick compromise on a third man acceptable to both to avoid an outsider winning the nomination. Names most discussed are Sen. Arthur Van denberg and House Speaker Joseph Martin. Neither Taft nor Dewey favors Gen. Douglas MacArthur despite potential primary strength.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
House
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Taft
Dewey
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Murder suicide verdict in New Boston case shocks family
Coroner Virgil Fowler ruled a murder death by own action in Portsmouth. John Paul Francia shot his ex wife Mary Lois Francia at her mother’s New Boston home after Easter visit, wounding their four year old daughter Casandra. Francia was found dead from a head wound. No argument reported.
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Portsmouth
Virgil Fowler
John Paul Francia
Mary Lois Francia
New
Boston
Alice Moore
Francia
Casandra
Liquor Sales Net Ohio Half Million Since 1933
Columbus report shows alcoholic beverage revenue since prohibition repeal in 1933 totaling 547.55 million dollars. Director Dale Duniton attributes the funds to net state store profits the one dollar gallonage tax permit fees and other beer and wine taxes.
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Columbus
Liquor Control
Dale Duniton
K 9 Corps Veterans Ineligible for Bonus
Dogs that served in World War II with the Army K 9 Corps cannot receive New York state veterans bonus. Leo V Lan ning, director of the bonus bureau, says no dog bonus. An application for a dog with two years overseas service was received on Saturday.
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Albany
N. Y
Army
New York
Leo V. Lanning
Trade Moves On Exchange Despite Strike
New York stock and curb exchanges faced a strike by AFL United Financial Employes Local 205 with about 200 pickets at the stock exchange. Early trading continued at normal pace using emergency measures as quotations flowed from the floor after internal bureaus were suspended. Contracts expired March 1 for the stock and curb exchanges with firm-specific dates up to March 31, and a federal conciliator planned a post noon meeting to resolve the dispute.
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NEW York
New York Stock and Curb Exchange
AFL
United Financial
Walter A. Maggiollio
Stock Exchange
U S Soviet Clash Over Palestine Policy At UN
At Lake Success the United States and the Soviet Union prepare for a new UN Security Council clash on Palestine as Washington shifts its stance to trusteeship and Moscow signals support for partition while Gromyko may challenge the U S plan. A separate Security Council session will also tackle Chile's probe into Moscow's role in the Czechoslovak coup.
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Russia
United States
Palestine
United Nations Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. S
General Assembly
Gromyko
U.S
Warren R. Austin
Security Council
Chile
Suspect Guarded After Death by Own Action Remark
Laszlo Varga, 19, former divinity student, is under strict guard after remark about death by own action. Arrested Friday for murder of Mrs Billie Rahe Morning, 22, pregnant, last Monday. He faces charges in Wells, Nevada.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Laszlo Varga
Wells
Nevada
Billie Rahe
Treason Trial Opens For Former Newsman
Robert H. Best a 51 year old former American newsman who spent two decades in Vienna faces treason charges in federal court. He allegedly broadcast for the Nazis during the war and will direct his own defense. The maximum penalty on treason conviction is death.
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Boston
Robert H. Best
Vienna
Lewis declines to testify before Truman board
John L. Lewis refused to appear voluntarily for the Taft Hartley inquiry into the soft coal strike. The board issued a subpoena for his testimony and he cited law and prejudice as reasons. The walkout enters its third week as UMW leaders await the board’s next steps.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
Board of Inquiry
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Mark Ethridge
Louisville, Ky
Times and Courier-Journal
George W. Taylor
Old War Labor Board
Cyrus W. Ching
United States Rubber
Sherman Minton
United States
Wage Increase To Be Studied By Rail Unions
An emergency board’s recommendations to head off a nationwide rail strike will be studied at two brotherhood meetings this week. Wages and rules committees of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors convene today, with a Wednesday session to include the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Firemen, and the Switchmen’s Union of North America. The board urged a 15-2 cent hourly boost for the latter three unions.
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Cleveland
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Firemen
Switchman’s Union of North America
David B. Robertson
Government Still Holds Alien Property in Ohio
The government maintains control of thousands of dollars in Ohio seized during the war as property owned by residents of enemy countries. Ohio operations covered 112 accounts worth 820 400 dollars with the national total exceeding 300 million dollars. The largest item was 69 million dollars held from the I G Farben trust via General Aniline and Film Corp.
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Washington
Ohio
General Aniline and Film Corp
I. G. Farben Trust
Parents Die as Jersey City Building Collapses
A three story brick building housing a family of five on the top floor collapsed in Jersey City. Both parents were killed, three children injured, and the family dog, a brown terrier, was found unharmed among the rubble.
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Jersey City
N.J
Robber Demands Change At Cigar Store Heist
A robber entered Glen Holm's cigar store in Vancouver British Columbia and stole 63 dollars from the cash drawer. He bought gum with a two dollar bill from the loot and received 1.94 dollars in change from the clerk.
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Vancouver
B. C
Glen Holm
Holm
Easter Week Violence in Palestine Kills About 100
Amid Easter week clashes in Palestine the toll rose with about 100 killed and 200 wounded across the territory. In Jerusalem the city remained quiet as reports cited at least 68 confirmed dead yesterday, with unofficial totals higher. Arab and Jewish forces traded significant losses in two convoy battles near Nahariya and Bethlehem, while a British escort brokered a truce.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy City
Haganah
Holy Land
United Nations
el Kabri
Nahariya
Acre
British Royal Artillery
Bethlehem
Four Nations Denounce Russian Atom Proposals
Britain China France and Canada urged UN Atomic Energy Commission delegates to reject Russia's plan for a bomb ban as inadequate without world controls. They said talks should not continue on the current proposals while ready to discuss new Soviet ideas. the United States indicated possible support despite not joining the declaration.
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Britain
China
France
Canada
Russia
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
United States
U.S
Explosions Kill Child at Clark Field and 22 Filipinos at Corregidor
An eight year old son of an American air force sergeant was killed when a land mine exploded at Clark Field. Three girls were injured. At Corregidor 22 Filipinos in a bomb disposal unit died in a sealed tunnel booby trap set by Japanese. Brig Gen Calixto Duque identified sixteen Philippine soldiers and six civilian workers among the dead. One soldier was rescued.
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Manila
U. S
Clark Field
Corregidor
Philippine Army
Thirteenth Airforce
Calixtonduque
U. S. Naval
MacArthur bans strike to halt Jap walkouts
General MacArthur invoked a general strike ban in Tokyo to stop spreading walkouts by Japanese government workers. He ordered officials to prevent a threatened strike by about 400000 communications staff, part of a quit work movement by almost 1000000 government workers.
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MacArthur
Tokyo
Columbus CIO Council Seeks Tax Referendum
The Columbus CIO Council asked the Ohio Supreme Court to compel Columbus to hold a referendum on the payroll income tax at the May 4 primary. They argued the May 4 vote would cost little while a June 8 special election would run about $20,000.
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Columbus
Columbus Cio Council
Ohio Supreme Court
CIO
Senator Brewster Seeks Standby War Mobilization Plan
Senator Brewster of Maine urged the Truman administration to publish a standby mobilization plan for industry and manpower in case of war. He chairs the Senate Special War Investigating Committee which closes soon and will report on mobilization errors from the last war without issuing a detailed plan.
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Washington
Brewster
R-Me
Truman Administration
Senate
Communism Theme of Meet at Pan American Conference
Diplomats from 21 nations converged in Bogota for the Pan American Conference opening slated for tomorrow. Territorial disputes loom, with Chile Paraguay and Cuba urging a stand against Communist encroachment in the Americas. Secretary of State Marshall expected to arrive at noon as debates on European colonization in the Western Hemisphere are anticipated.
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Bogota
Colombia
George C. Marshall
Chile
Paraguay
Cuba
Americas
Fresh Tire Marks Point to Slayer in Donahue Case
Fresh tire marks surfaced as a key clue for Paterson police in the hunt for the killer of Sarah Donahue, a police officer's wife, whose nearly nude body was found in a vacant lot yesterday morning.
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Paterson, N.J
Sarah Donahue
Paterson
Pope Warns Italy Faces Crossroads in Easter Blessing
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XII addressing about 400000 in St. Peter’s Square on Easter from the balcony. He urged moral resolve amid Italy’s April 18 election test between Communism and its foes, warning against cowardice and compromise without naming Communism directly.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Italy
St. Peter's
Rome
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