Probe Starts In Crash Killing Five
The U S Air Force safety chief opened an inquiry into the U S Embassy plane explosion near Ramsayville Ontario that killed Ambassador Laurence A Steinhardt and four others The sole survivor Sgt Gwynne A Long of North Carolina described attempts to eject others before jumping from 700 feet as the fire erupted at about 2000 feet altitude Preliminary findings discount sabotage and attribute the blast to a wing tank fire The dead include Alan Harrington son of the U S minister to Ottawa
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Ramsayville
Ont
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Victor E. Bertrandias
Pace
Royal Canadian Airorce
Gwynne A. Long
Vanney
N.C
Here
Long
Nicky
Alan C. Harrington
Julian Harrington
Ottawa
RCAF
Two Autos and Greyhound Bus Crash Near Westerville
An Akron to Cincinnati Greyhound bus and two cars collided three miles north of Westerville. Ten people were injured, including Carl C. Jones who was cut in half when his car between the bus and another auto was crushed. The bus plunged into a ditch after impact. Donald E. Law, driving a car, forced Jones into the bus path. Law's car ended in a cornfield.
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Columbus
Greyhound
Here
Carl C. Jones
Sunbury
State Highway Patrol
Donald E. Law
Jones
Law
Westerville
Fresh Cold Push Shakes Midwest Weather
A fresh batch of cold air from Hudson Bay swept into the Dakotas and Minnesota, bringing below zero temperatures to North Dakota and the Red River Valley. The spread neared the Midwest as winds cooled sections of Kansas Missouri and the lower Ohio Valley, with readings expected to remain frigid for about a day.
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Chicago
Midwest
Hudson Bay Country
Dakotas
Minnesota
North Central
Red River Valley
North Dakota
North Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Kansas
Missouri
Margaret Truman ends winter concert tour at Bowling Green
Miss Margaret Truman will conclude her winter concert tour with a song recital at 8 15 p m Thursday in the men's gymnasium at Bowling Green University.
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Bowling Green
Margaret Truman
Bowling Green University
For Rent Four Room House at Richland Avenue
Four room house available for rent at 27 Richland Ave. Contact 27942 for details and viewing times.
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Richland Ave
Career Man Is in Line As Next Budget Director
Frederick J. Lawton a 49 year old government career officer has been picked by President Truman as the next director of the budget. Lawton will succeed Frank Pace Jr. when Pace becomes Secretary of the Army. Lawton has 15 years at the Budget Bureau and is both a lawyer and an accountant.
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Key West
Fla
White House
Frederick J. Lawton
Truman
Washington
Lawton
Frank Pace, Jr
Arkansan
Army
Mr. Truman
Budget Bureau
Pace
Bureau
Air Force
Symington
National Security Resources Board
Thomas K. Finletter
Finletter
ECA
London
Tracy Voorhees
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Commerce
Pupils Stage Walkouts Over Dismissals Across Ohio High Schools
In four Ohio districts more than 600 students walked out to protest teacher dismissals and demotions. Yorkville, Sharonville, Middle Branch, and Leetonia saw protests as superintendents and staff faced firings or non-renewals. Steubenville saw board turmoil with the superintendent fired and two trustees resigning amid boos.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Yorkville
Philip Scalzi
Mills Smiley
Sharonville
Cincinnati
Middle Branch
Canton
Melvin Snede
Leetonia
Columbiana County
Curtis H. Allison
W. H. Bailey
Labor Peace Held Dictated Labor Peace Held Dictated
In Cincinnati Donald R Richberg ex NRA chairman said real collective bargaining has nearly disappeared between big labor and big business. He spoke at a pension conference of the United States Chamber of Commerce and warned against political bargaining creating a temporary coercive settlement. He argued government control of private earnings would destroy private enterprise.
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Cincinnati
Donald R. Richberg
Washington
NRA
Richberg
United States Chamber of Commerce
Truman Sees Need For Farm Research
President Truman told farmers scientists and businessmen at the 15th annual National Farm Congress that scientific research is essential to solve farm surplus and income problems. He cited a 40 percent rise in U S agricultural output over ten years while income has declined for two or three years.
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Washington
Truman
National Farm Chemurgh Council
U. S
Wildcat Strike Halts Ford Canton Plant
A wildcat strike stopped production at Ford Motor Co Canton Forge Plant. About 1300 workers affected as operations halted at the plant.
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Canton Canton
Canton Forge
Ford Motor Co
Akron woman charged after infant drowning incident
A 19 year old woman is held under guard in a hospital ward charged with drowning her baby. The event occurred in Akron and the case proceeds under medical and legal review.
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Akron
Ie Hospital
Pact Nations To Assemble In London May 8
Foreign ministers from 12 Atlantic Pact nations will meet in London on May 8 to map a stronger Western union against the Soviet bloc. Bevin said the move could lead to a long peace and compel the USSR to negotiate. Acheson and Schuman to hold a separate Big Three conference. Military chiefs in the Hague approved an integrated plan assigning defenses for the alliance.
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London
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Soviet Union
Bevin
U. S
Dean Acheson
France
Robert Schuman
Hague
Holland
Three Denison Students Rescued After Boat Capsize
Three Denison University students clung to their overturned sailboat for about thirty minutes on Buckeye Lake before a conservation boat rescued them. State officials identified the victims as William Cummings 23 his wife Lee 22 and William Bentsen 20 all of Granville.
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Newark, CO
Denison University
Buckeye Lake
Denison Sailing Club
George Littrell
William Cummings
Lee
William Bentsen
Granville
Barefoot Suspect Captured After 10 Hour Manhunt
In Lanett Alabama a barefoot African American man, Jack Tucker, sought after two white women were battered with an electric iron, was captured after a 10 hour search. He protested innocence and was taken to Kilby Prison for safekeeping as officers persuaded a mob to refrain from violence. The women remained in critical condition.
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Lanett
Ala
Jack Tucker
Kilby
Montgomery
Weather Again Foils New York Rainmakers Plan
New York rainmakers abandoned a second attempt to milk the clouds as forecasts showed continued unfavorable conditions over the northern watershed. They planned to renew efforts later this week.
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New York
New York City
Ex Manager Pittier Sentenced for Embezzlement in Canton
Marcel E. Pittier, 42, former manager of Seaboard Finance Co. Canton, Ohio, received a sentence of one to ten years in the Ohio Penitentiary after embezzling seven thousand two hundred dollars from the firm.
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Canton
Marcel E. Pittier
The
Seaboard Finance Co
Ohio
Subpenas Issued For Files In Senate Loyalty Inquiry
Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee seeks the loyalty files of about 90 State Department, Civil Service, and FBI employees back to 1940. It issues subpenas for Acheson, McGrath, and Mitchell to appear with files, but President Truman signals likely refusal to reveal records.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Key West
Fla
Acheson
McGrath
Harry Mitchell
Civil Service Commission
Senate Foreign Relations
Joseph Duke
Senator McCarthy
Rwis
State Department
Civil Service Loyalty Board
FBI
Mr. Truman
Civil Service Loyalty Review Board
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
McCarthy
Wherry
Economic Aid Program Cut and House Vote
Republicans push deep spending cuts in foreign aid, winning a 165 to 163 House vote to reduce Western Europe aid from 2.95 billion to 2.7 billion. The move targets Korea China and Truman’s point four program amid broader GDP economy drive tensions.
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Washington
House
Europe
Korea
China
Truman
Winds Fuel Southeast Ohio Fires and Utility Repairs
High winds yesterday sparked new brush and residence fires in Meigs and neighboring counties while utility crews cleared damage from Monday’s blow. Telephone linemen reported their worst day as lines fell and power outages spread, but most outages were restored by nightfall. The Meigs County blaze at Long Bottom destroyed a one story home and belongings after an oil stove ignited waste paper, with a family of four narrowly escaping. Insurance adjusters warned claims in the immediate area could top 200 as Sells Park fire flared again in Athens, burning about 170 acres including parts of the park.
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Long Bottom
Meigs County
R. S. Jones
Athens Home Telephone Co
Jones
Keno
Joseph A. Barnehart
Barnharts
Barnhart
Donald Myer
Noremal
Elza C. Wyatt
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Morrison-Brown Hill
Athens
Albany
Sells Park
Athens City
Richard Byrd
Ohio Division of Forestry
Byrd
Delbert Skinner
Trimbleman
Escapee Louis White Won't Be Returned Soon
Louis White, 17, an escapee from the Michigan State Reformatory, was arrested in Bellefontaine while hitchhiking on a haulaway truck. Police contacted reformatory officials who said they lack the staff to transport him back to Lansing. White said he had previously been picked up in Indiana.
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Bellefontaine
Louis White
Michigan State Reformatory
Reformatory
White
Lansing
Indiana
Eisenhower Urges Study On Mental Defects In Draft
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower urges colleges to study why millions of American men were rejected for World War 2 service due to mental defects. Columbia University president notes 2,000,000 affected, saying no other nation had a higher percentage.
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Rye
N. Y
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Counterfeit notes tied to Mexican fugitives and Chicago theft
Secret Service chief W U E Baughman told a Senate subcommittee about a counterfeit notes plot involving Mexicans who brought fake money to Chicago to be spent in Texas after selling marijuana. He described a hitchhiker who handled the bills and bought goods before being arrested, and noted rising annual losses from counterfeiting. He said activity is centered in the Midwest and in New York, with makers active nationwide.
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Washington
Secret Service
WU. E. Baughman
U. S. Secret Service
Senate
Baughman
Mexico
Chicago
Texas
Finnectt
Middle West
Chicago Area
New York
United States
Brannan Calls for Broad Farm Price Support Plan
Secretary of Agriculture Charles F Brannan urged inclusion of cattle milk hogs and lambs in any sensible farm price support program at an Ohio Farm Committee meeting in Columbus. He said current programs cover corn cotton wheat tobacco rice and peanuts and would cost less with his plan which would pay farmers directly to offset any shortfall from a predetermined fair return.
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Columbus
Charles F. Brannan
Ohio Farm Committee
Ohio
Brannan
Secretary of Agriculture
Gas Measure Nears Vote In Senate Battle Over Gas Regulation
In Washington the Kerr bill to shield independent natural gas producers from Federal Power Commission rate regulation moves toward a Senate vote with backers predicting a slim five vote edge. The measure mirrors a House passed bill and faces a tight roll call. In Cleveland CIO leaders accuse Senator Taft of aiding the Kerr proposal to remove gas industry regulation from federal oversight.
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Washington
Senate
Kerr
D-Okla
Federal Power Commission
House
Cleveland
Congress of Industrial Organizations’ Political Action Committee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Jack Kroll
Ohio Cio Council
Taft
Mayor Rhodes Blasts Ebright Thrift Claim in Race
VAN WERT Ohio Tuesday night Mayor James A. Rhodes of Columbus said State Treasurer Don E. Ebright was thrifty in office because the legislature did not grant him full funds. Both men seek the Republican nomination for governor. Rhodes cited a 1938 election claim by Ebright that he had practiced thrift. Official figures show Ebright asked 1 660 362 for four years but was cut to 1 538 827.
Acheson and Jessup to Brief Senate on Far East Plan
Secretary of State Acheson and ambassador Jessup were summoned by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for a briefing on administration steps to curb Communism in Asia. The two top diplomats, targets of Republican criticism, face questions on Far Eastern policy.
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Washington
State Acheson
Philip Jessup
Asia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hydrogen Bomb Top Priority Cited by Atomic Energy Commission
Sumner T. Pike acting chairman said AEC has given top priority to development of the hydrogen bomb. He did not name the device directly but referred to Truman directed work, implying the H bomb. The disclosure was made in South Hadley Massachusetts.
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South Hadley
Mass
Atomic Energy Commission
Sumner T. Pike
Truman
Pike
Elephant Executed at Dawn in Sarasota Circus Killing
Dolly the circus elephant was executed with cyanide at dawn in Sarasota for killing five year old Edward Schooly who fed her peanuts last Sunday. John Ringling North confirmed the last minute decision amid protests and said the elephant was buried after dying in a pit.
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Sarasota
Fla
Dolly
Edward Schooly
John Ringling
North Circus
Winter Quarters
North
Armstrong Is Taken To State Penitentiary
James B. Armstrong 26 was sent to the Ohio Penitentiary for a life term in the murder of Eleanor Gifford 52 a church worker. He was convicted in a one day trial before three judges. Sheriff Bateman and Deputy Joyce escorted him as Grover Rawlins already serves life for the same slayings. Another youth Harry Z Dodds died in the electric chair.
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James B. Armstrong
Ohio Penitentiary
Eleanor Gifford
Columbus
George Bateman
Frank Joyce
Armstrong
Grover E. Rawlins
Harry Z. Dodds
War on Slot Machines Follows Youth Beating
Urbana police followed a beating of Henry Dobbins after he testified four men accused of stealing slot machines from Crescent Farm Club beat him. Dobbins named three brothers and charged them with assault and impersonating police officers.
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Urbana
Champaign County
Henry Dobbins
Crescent Farm Club
Here
Coal Mining Expert from Jackson Dies in Cleveland Height
Charles Merit Johnson 85 a coal mining expert and former mine superintendent for Warner Collieries Jefferson County properties died Tuesday at his daughter’s home in suburban Cleveland Heights. Johnson born in Jackson Ohio retired in the mid 1930s.
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Cleveland
Charles Merit Johnson
Cleveland Heights
Johnson
Jackson
Ohio
Warner Collieries Company
Jefferson County
Sylvia West Union acquitted in murder trial
Noah Sylvia, 40, was acquitted in common pleas court on a first degree murder charge in the slaying of his brother in law. He claimed self defense.
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Sylvia West Union
Noah Sylvia
Common Pleas
Quake Felt In East Area Dims Quiet Tremor Across NY CT
A slight earthquake struck at 9:43 a m felt along Long Island north shore and Southern Connecticut. Fordham seismologist Father Joseph Lynch called it a resettlement quake, recorded 20 miles east of New York. Dishes rattled, doors jarred, hundreds of calls poured in. no damage reported.
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New York
Long Island North Shore
Connecticut
Joseph Lynch
Fordham University
University
Lynch
Long Island
Fairfield County
Portsmouth Artist to be Honored During Clarence Carter Week
The New Century Club in Portsmouth will honor nationally known artist Clarence Carter during Clarence Carter Week April 19 to 21. Carter, hailed as Portsmouth's local made good, studied at the Minneapolis School of Art and has taught at Corea School of Art and the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh.
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Portsmouth
The
New Century Club
Clarence Carter
Carter
Minneapolis School of Art
Corea School of Art
Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh
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