Demands Hit Money Slash Drive
Washington AP reports the House economy drive meets demands for larger national defense funding and pork barrel projects from Army Engineers in a 29 billion dollar appropriation for the next fiscal year. Committee boosts defense with 350 million for Navy modernization and resists advance planning for Engineers projects while planners push for restoring about 202 million of civil function requests. Tomorrow the House will resume item-by-item consideration of the bill.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Defense and Engineers
Appropriations Committee
Military Department
House Armed Services Committee
House
Lattimore Defends Self Against McCarthy Charges
Lattimore denied under oath that he is a Communist or a Soviet spy. He labeled Senator McCarthy a dangerous policy risk and criticized his conduct as a state judge. He called Louis Budenz and Freda Utley liars while asserting wartime tax issues and wartime income returns created difficulties. The Johns Hopkins professor testified to a Senate committee probe into State Department ties to Communists.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Russia
Lattimore
Freda Utley
Utley
Johns Hopkins University
Senate
McCarthy
State Department
Sale of Slot Machines By Government Delayed
Federal officials postponed the sale of 132 slot machines seized from the Colonial Inn restaurant for non payment of income taxes. Deputy Collector E F Brown did not give a reason for calling off the sale, which had been set to occur within 30 days.
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Ironton
E. F. Brown
Internal Revenue
Colonial Inn
Brown
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures and Rain
Columbus forecast shows near normal temperatures with a high around 65 and a low near 44. Expect warmer conditions midweek and again Friday and Saturday, with cooler spell Sunday and precipitation totaling about 0.5 to 1 inch in showers Wednesday night and again weekend.
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Columbus
Nanny Goat and Triplets Sold by Local Want Ad
Paul Baker near Albany reported success after placing a single Want Ad in The Messenger. The ad offered a nanny goat with six week old female triplets for sale and led to quick sale across from Baughman's Orchard. The notice promotes The Messenger Want Ad section as the People’s Market Place for fast, affordable ads.
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Paul Baker
Albany
Baughman
South Pacific Wins Pulitzer for Best Original American Play
South Pacific, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, won the 1950 Pulitzer for best original American play. The prize, announced by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower, carries a $500 grant. Guthrie won fiction for The Way West. Chicago Daily News and St Louis Post-Dispatch shared the public service prize.
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New York
South Pacific
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein
James A. Mitchener
Joseph Pulitzer
A. B. Guthrie
Chicago Daily News
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Illinois
Fire Hits Weirton Tin Plating Lines
A flash fire at Weirton Steel Co. damaged four electrolytic tin plating lines. Each line cost about one million dollars. officials expect the first to be back in operation within days. Damages may exceed one hundred thousand dollars. hydraulic oil ignition caused the blaze. About 1800 workers will be idle until repairs are completed.
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Weirton
W. Va
Weirton Steel Co
John A. Jones
Weirton Steel
Budget Authority Fears Economic Peril in U S
Edwin G. Nourse former White House economist warned against recurring military outlays saying America risks a large deficit this year. He described the budget bulge as a greater menace than past World War I scale battles.
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Washington
Edwin G. Nourse
White House
Joe Stalin
Nourse
United States Chamber of Commerce
Bastogne
Negotiations Sought In Strike Against UP
A Federal mediator began efforts to open negotiations in the teletype operators strike against United Press. The nationwide operations continued on an almost normal scale as supervisory staff ran teletype machines in 35 domestic relay bureaus after bargaining collapsed and wage demands exceeded by more than $4 weekly.
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New York
United Press
Radios Removed Prompt Sitdown by Cleveland Prisoners
About 100 inmates at the Cleveland workhouse staged a sitdown protest after radios were removed from dormitories for wiring work. Superintendent S. T. Del Corso imposed a no work no food policy, asserting the action would be brief while 600 prisoners remain at the facility.
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Cleveland
S. T. del Corso
J Hampton Moore Dies at 86 Former Philadelphia Mayor and Congressman
J Hampton Moore, age 86, two term Philadelphia mayor and seven term U S congressman, died Tuesday after a two year illness.
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J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
U. S. Congress
Pepper Smathers clash dominates Florida primary scene
National Interest centers on Florida Senator Claude Pepper's bid for renomination over Rep George Smathers amid concurrent primaries in Alabama Ohio and Indiana for three Senate seats and 49 House seats. Pepper touts Fair Deal ties while Smathers cites FEPC and alleged smears. Alabama's race tests States Rights strength and party machinery shifts.
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Florida
Claude Pepper
George Smathers
Senate
Alabama
Ohio
Indiana
House
Pepper
Smathers
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Truman
Democratic Committee
Lister Hill
National Party
High Spending For Europe Defense Seen
Washington officials forecast the 12 NATO nations will raise defense spending and effort at the London Atlantic Council meeting on May 15. Acheson urges quick action on an intensified program, noting Europe should bear more of the cost as the Hague plan is implemented and the United States would still fund military aid at about 1.147 billion for a second year.
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North Atlantic
State Acheson
Atlantic Council
London
Acheson
Hague
United States
Truman
Congress
Fire Prevents Retrieval of Missing Victory Crew
A 40 foot Keeweenaw fishing craft the Victory burned on Lake Superior leaving two men missing. The hull marked fire was found near Traverse Point on Michigan's Keeweenaw Peninsula. Owner Arthur Haikkanen and crewman Alex Simons were not aboard.
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Lake Superior
Victory
Traverse Point
Upper Michigan
Keeweenaw Peninsula
Arthur Haikkanen
Alex Simons
Proposed Gas Rate Increase Considered
A Power Commission examiner took under advisement the Ohio Fuel Gas Company's request for higher wholesale rates. Examiner Ewing G. Simpson will present findings for the commission review after arguments ended Monday. A decision may come within a month.
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Washington
Power Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Ewing G. Simpson
Fremont News Messenger Names New Advertising Director
Fremont announces Carl A. Walker as the new advertising director succeeding Charles McKinley who is on sick leave. Walker previously worked in Ironton.
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Fremont
The
Fremont News- Messenger
Carl A. Walker
Ironton
Charles McKinley
Census Near Completion In 3 Weeks Officials Say
Washington officials report the national population count is nearly 100 percent complete and census workers expect about three weeks to finish the final tally across the country.
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Washington
Writer Dies in Los Angeles While Working on Bob Hope Script
Paul Laven aged 43 collapsed and died Monday in Los Angeles while drafting gags for a Bob Hope screen script. reason undetermined.
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Los Angeles
Paul Laven
Bob Hope
Work Needed On Tax Bill
The House Ways and Means excise tax cuts today barely meet the $1 billion annual target, well above Truman's $655 million limit. The committee must seek higher revenue elsewhere, with the president pledging a veto on any cut without offsets. Proposals include higher corporate, inheritance, and large gift taxes and closing loopholes. The bill faces a long path and must clear House, Senate committees, the full Senate, and the president.
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House
Truman
Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
President
Lausche To Participate In Unveiling Ceremony
Gov. Frank J. Lausche will take part in the unveiling of a large mural in the Ohio state capitol on May 16. The scene depicts the life of Thomas A. Edison, Ohio-born inventor painted by Howard Chandler Christy. The mural is a gift to Ohio from electric power companies. Attending include Charles Edison, Madeleine Edison Sloan, and power company officials.
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Frank J. Lausche
State Capitol
Thomas A. Edison
Howard Chandler Christy
Ohio
Christy
Charles Edison
Madeleine Edison Sloan
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Joseph T. Ferguson
Michael V. di Salle
Toledo
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Martin L. Davey
U. S. Secretary of Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Ferguson
DiSalle
Henry M. Busch
Western Reserve University At
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John Martin
Steuberville
Walter A. Kelley
Cincinnati
Edward Welsh
Dayton
William L. White
Newark
GOP
Don H. Ebright
James A. Rhodes
U. S. House of Representatives
Cliff Clevenger
Thomas A. Jenkins
Red Escapee Details Russian Rocket Installations
Victor Martynuk a 33 year old Russian naval engineer and former Soviet camp prisoner alleges Russia built powerful rocket installations in the Arctic and Baltic. He disclosed the secret operations through attorney Ivan M. Czap and awaits House action on lawful residence in the United States.
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Philadelphia
Alaska
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Arctic
Baltic
Victor Martynuk
Ivan M. Czap
Martunuk
Five Die in Collision Near Tomah Wisconsin
Five men were killed when the car they rode in collided with a loaded automobile transport near Tomah Wisconsin. Authorities reported no survivors among the group. The crash resulted in fatalities at the scene with investigations pending.
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Tomah
Wis
Here
Mosinee Mayor Stricken Amid Red Invasion Mock Event
In Mosinee Wisconsin a one day mock Communist invasion ended as Mayor Ralph Kronenwetter 49 was critically ill after a heart attack. He was rushed from the park to his home and given last rites before being moved to St. Marys Hospital in Wausau. Kronenwetter had helped lead the Legion staged event and was the first arrested by legion security.
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Mosinee
Wis
Ralph E. Kronenwetter
Edward Davis
John Ganser
Frederick Rau
American Legion
Wausau
Ralph Kronenwetter
St. Mary’s Hospital
Kronenwetter
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
OSU Student's Trial Begins
The remaining three jurors were to join the panel for the first degree murder trial of James D. Heer, 21, a former Ohio State student. Heer is charged in the Nov 12 shooting of fraternity brother Jack T. McKeown, 21, Norwood, Ohio, who was managing editor of the Ohio State Lantern. Defense questions suggested an intoxication defense may be considered.
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Columbus
James D. Heer
Ohio State
Heer
Euclid
Ohio
Jack T. McKeown
Norwood
McKeown
Mexicans Set Record For Sneaking Into U S
Twenty one thousand Mexicans were caught crossing the California border last month and returned to Mexico. Deportations broke a record for the El Centro and Chula Vista offices of the Immigration Service, while unobserved crossings remain unknown.
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Los Angeles
California
Immigration Service
el Centro
Chula Vista
Bradley Urges Congress to Keep Draft Law Alive
Gen Omar N Bradley told the House Armed Services Committee to extend the draft as his hearings reopen on proposals to extend the draft ahead of its June 24 expiration. He cited Baltic tensions and urged retention of Selective Service with a two year extension and a mobilization plan to be drafted for Congress.
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Omar N. Bradley
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Armed Services Committee
Bradley
Vinson
D-Ga
Defense Department
Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Defense Johnson
Acheson
Near Normal Spring Appears in Prospect
Rain pelted the East and South with wet weather while the Midwest saw near normal spring temperatures. Snow mixed with rain fell in the Dakotas Minnesota Idaho Utah and Wyoming as warmer air spread from the Plains toward the east.
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Midwest
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Texas
Oklahoma
Dakotas
Minnesota
Idaho
Utah
Wyoming
Plains States
Police Round Up Steers After Train Crash
Cleveland police went west with a roundup after a New York Central switch engine struck the truck carrying five steers on the West Side. One steer broke a leg leaping from the truck. Two were herded into a barn. The remaining three stood in a woods and were shot.
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Cleveland
West Side
New York Central
Recess in 62 hour Chrysler strike talks begins
Negotiators from Chrysler and the CIO United Auto Workers pause after 62 hours of round the clock talks in Detroit. A five hour recess starts at 4 am as union and management seek to resolve outstanding issues and reach a full agreement for 89 000 workers. Federal mediator E Marvin Sconyers offered a brief comment.
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Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
E. Marvin Sconyers
UAW
Alger Hiss Disbarred by New York Court
Alger Hiss former State Department official convicted of perjury was disbarred in New York. The appellate division struck his name from the attorney roll ruling his two count federal perjury conviction as felonies. Hiss was sentenced to five years in prison after a January 21 1950 jury verdict.
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Alger Hiss
State Department
New York State
Supreme Court
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hijacking of Whiskey Blamed on Bartenders
Two bartenders facing grand larceny charges over the theft of about $25,000 worth of state owned whisky. John Nuzzo Jr., 26, of Cleveland and Andy Loconti, 35, of Willoughby were accused of aiding in the seizure of nearly 600 cases from a truck bound for state stores in Ashtabula. Police have recovered eight bottles in a corn crib.
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Cleveland
John Nuzzo, Jr
Andy Loconti
Willoughby
Ashtabula
Farm Hand Admits Setting $50,000 Barn Fire
Circlville Ohio Sheriff Radcliff says a discharged farm hand William Craclebaugh 46 confessed to spreading kerosene and setting a barn blaze on the Roy Smith farm causing about $50 000 damage. Investigators from the State Arson Bureau held him pending charges.
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Circleville
Charles H. Radcliff
William Craclebaugh
Radcliff
Roy Smith
Here
51 Long Distance Calls To Locate Rare Drug
In Columbus Charles R. Kitchton, 30, began cortisone treatments after the Franklin County Sight Saving Committee arranged 51 long distance calls nationwide to locate the rare drug. A Columbus doctor located a supply and the drug was flown in for treatment. He was already losing vision in his right eye.
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Columbus
Charles R. Kitchton
Franklin County
Kitchton
Bank cashier sentenced for long running embezzlement
Miles Damon Grow, 48, former cashier at First National Bank of Jackson, Ohio, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to three counts of embezzlement and false entries. He admitted stealing $102,913 over 27 years, despite earning a $3,000 yearly salary.
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Columbus
Miles Damon Grow
Jackson, Ohio
First National Bank of Jackson
U. S
Mell G. Unederwood
Grow
Jackson
FBI
Underwood
One Vote Helps Labor Win Issue in Parliament
London reports the Labor government won a Commons ballot by one vote on a minor issue. The Conservative bid for a £1000 appropriation cut failed, and observers say the outcome likely would not have toppled the government.
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Labor
London
House of Commons
Woman Dies by Suicide After Traffic Accident
Licking County Coroner Dr James H Pollock ruled Mrs Margaret Andrews suicide after she took sleeping pills following a traffic accident. Mrs Andrews was found unconscious by her husband Harold at home Sunday night and died about 20 minutes after arriving at Newark Hospital.
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Newark
Licking County
James H. Pollock
Margaret Andrews
78 Year Old Man Dies Before Wife Funeral
Canton resident Amra Hostetler aged 78 died at home on Monday two hours before the services for his wife Mollie Hostetler, who had died Friday. Officials canceled Mrs Hostetler's services and arranged a double funeral plan.
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Canton
Amra Hostetler
Mollie Hostetler
Hostetler
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