Ferguson Tops Democrats In Ohio Senate Primary
Ohio Democrats nominate state auditor Joseph T. Ferguson for U.S. Senate to challenge Republican Sen. Robert A. Taft in November. Ferguson defeated six rivals, led early by Maynor Michael V. DiSalle of Toledo, as Taft ran unopposed for a third term. AFL leaders push a 100,000 member drive to unseat Taft amid labor opposition to the Taft Hartley act. Ohio voters also chose nominees for four other state offices, 23 Congress seats, and state Supreme Court judgeships.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph T. Ferguson
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Senate
Ferguson
Maynor Michael V. DiSaile
Toledo
DiSalle
Secretary of State
AFL
Supreme Court
George H. Bender
Cleveland
Florida
Alabama
Indiana
Smathers
Pepper
Mr. Truman
Truman
GOP
Guy Gabrielson
CIO
Railroad Brotherhoods
National Party
Hill
Sparkman
Lawrence McNeil
Birmingham
Gordon Persons
State Public Service Commission
Phillip J. Hamm
Dean Testifies In Heer Case Jury Hears Slaying Details
Ohio State senior journalism student Jack T. McKeown was fatally shot near the Delta Tau Delta house after fraternity brothers tried to disarm James D. Heer. Prosecution witness Dean Carl Reemsnyder testified he heard two shots and saw McKeown fall.
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Columbus
James D. Heer
Ohio State
Heer
Jack T. McKeown
Norwood
Ohio
Carl Reemsyder
Cleveland Heights
Reemsnyder
McKeown
Euclid
The
Lantern
Delta Tau Delta
Priest Ex Communicated For Aiding Communists
In Vatican City the Holy Office excommunicated Romanian priest Andreas Agatha for abetting a communist inspired split from the mother church. The decree warned other priests to desist from supporting the schismatic movement.
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Vatican City
Vatican Holy Office
Andreas Agatha
Lost and found appeal via Messenger want ads
The Messenger Lost ads help reunite owners and items. Janet Brown, a Boyd Hall student, reported her silver capped item engraved Janet Brown was recovered after a finder saw the ad and called. She notes the finder saw the Sunday notice and contacted her immediately, underscoring prompt loss advertising.
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Janet Brown
Boyd Hall
Finder
Welfare Fund Resumes for Miners After Eight Month Freeze
Washington announces resumption of welfare and retirement payments for soft coal miners after an eight month halt. Changes advance death benefits and $100 monthly pensions at age 60 with 20 years service to begin in June. Pensions depend on prior rules for existing claimants. new applicants must show year preceding application. Death benefits of $1000 resume. funeral expenses capped at $350.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Josephine Roche
Tri-State Meeting Opens Import Check Drive
Rep Secrest of Ohio announces a tri state meeting in Washington on May 16 to launch a drive for new federal import checks. Eight congressmen from Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia will attend with industry and labor spokesmen backing higher tariffs to shield U S industry.
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Washington
Secrest
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
U. S
Death by own action of 75 year old Peach
The Fairfield County coroner ruled the death of 75 year old Charles W. Peach of near Pleasantville as death by own action. Deputies say he probably shot himself amid loss of his home after the house was sold and he had no place to go.
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Lancaster
Charles W. Peach
Pleasantville
Fairfield County
Joseph Geer
Peach
Ohio 1946 election returns full statewide results
Polls across 9678 locations report Democrat Lausche leading for governor with 354 667 votes and Republican Bender carrying congress at large with 370 541. Other top line totals include: DiSalle 102 641 for U S Senate and ONeill 174 943 for attorney general.
Blank Charge Injures Student at Defiance College
A Defiance College student, Edmund L. Nihiser, 22, was critically wounded when a blank revolver charge fired during a band rehearsal struck him near the ribs. The incident involved Charles Stinger, Sherwood, who did not know the gun was loaded. he was released.
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Defiance
Defiance College
Edmund L. Nihiser
Nihiser
Charles Stinger
Sherwood
Trygve Lie Plans Moscow Flight to Push World Leader Meet
United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie said he will fly to Moscow on May 10 to urge Russia to agree to a meeting of world leaders with the Security Council aimed at ending the cold war and averting catastrophe. He hopes to meet Premier Stalin and present a plan for a Security Council gathering of heads of state and cabinet members from all nations.
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Paris
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Moscow
Russia
Security Council
Lie
Stalin
U. N. Security Council
Three Die in Truck Crash Near Frazersburg
Newark scene outlines the death of George W. 24, a Zanesville truck driver, killed Tuesday in a traffic accident three miles west of Frazersburg involving Robert W. and another party.
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Newark
Robert W., George
Zanesville
Frazersburg
Pepper Loses Florida Senate Bid After 14 Years
Florida senator Claude Pepper, long a liberal champion of the Fair Deal, loses the Democratic primary to Rep. George Smathers by a solid margin as results from 1412 of 1595 precincts show Smathers leading 349,211 to 283,084. Pepper concedes while Smathers carries his home county, Dade, by just 53 votes. Pepper ends his term next January.
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George Smathers
Claude Pepper
Florida New Dealer
President Truman
Sen. Pepper
Florida
Pepper
Smathers
Truman
Dade
Miami
John P. Booth
Jenkins Curry Win in Tenth District Primary
Unofficial results show Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins likely to face William J. Curry in the Tenth District. In the Eleventh, Rep. Walter E. Brehm may be opposed by Mell G. Underwood Jr., with Jenkins and Brehm as Republicans and Curry and Underwood as Democrats.
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Thomas A. Jenkins
William J. Curry
Walter E. Brehm
Mell G. Underwood
Jenkins
Brehm
Curry
Underwood
State Senate
L. C. Blackburn
Oakley Collins
Louis Bowman
Roscoe Kern
Ohio
Athens County
Earl M. Baughman
Franz Woodworth
Don Campbell
Ralph Elliott
Claudis Chappel
Middleport
George Meinhart
GOP
Vinton County
Dundas
Athens
Wilbert W. Warren
Paul W. Smith
Perry Jenning Bailes
Virgil E. Alstott
Gallia
Bailes
Warren
Smith
Alstott
How Theyll Square Off In November Races Listed
Nearly complete returns from Tuesday's primary show Taft facing Ferguson for U S Senator and Lausche against Ebright for Governor. Nye and Roberts duel for Lieutenant Governor while Sweeney and Brown contest Secretary of State. Quinn meets Tracy for State Treasurer and Duffy faces ONeill for Attorney General. Young and Bender vie for Congress at large.
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Columbus
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Joseph T. Ferguson
Frank J. Lausche
Don H. Ebright
George D. Nye
J. Cline Roberts
Charles F. Sweeney
Ted W. Brown
79 Counties For Ebright
Don H. Ebright captured the Republican nomination for governor by winning 79 of 88 counties. James A. Rhodes carried eight counties including his birthplace Jackson and his home Clark Fayette Knox Licking Logan Madison Marion Union. Hummel and Woodling won no counties.
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Columbus
Don H. Ebright
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Franklin
Jackson County
Clark
Fayette
Knox
Licking
Logan
Madison
Marion
Union
Edward J. Hummel
George V. Woodling
Rocky River
Mo's Key Officers Reduced in Numbers
Three Missouri officers were punished by reduction in numbers for the grounding in Chesapeake Bay on January 17. Capt. William D. Brown former commanding officer Comdr. John R. Millett and Lt Cmdr. Frank G. Morris Jr. were disciplined affecting their naval promotion lists and delaying their advancement.
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Norfolk
Missouri
Chesapeake Bay
Navy
William D. Brown
John R. Millett
Frank G. Morris, Jr
Senate panel approves higher Social Security benefits
The Senate Finance Committee approved larger increases in retirement benefits than the House plan, while voting against any five year tax rise. Current average basic benefit is about 26 dollars monthly, rising to roughly 49 under the bill, with the maximum family benefit increasing from 85 to 150 dollars per month.
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Washington
Senate
U.S. Navy Bases Rebuilds Questioned by Russia
Tokyo reports Russia seeks explanation from General MacArthur over claims that the United States is reconstructing important Japanese naval and air bases. The inquiry follows growing tensions in postwar Pacific affairs.
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Tokyo
Russia
MacArthur
United States
Winter Snow Hits Western Great Lakes and Plains
Cold front brings moderate to heavy snow across Western and Canadian border states with cool temperatures noted in many areas. The storm disrupts travel and coats roads in several regions as snow accumulates.
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Chicago
Stassen Attacks Truman In Piercing New York Speech
Harold E. Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania and former Minnesota governor, labeled President Truman the worst president and the cleverest politician. He accused Truman of planning a West tour to win a puppet Congress and derided him as a product of Kansas City’s Pandergast school. He spoke before the Women's Auxiliary of the New York County Republican Committee.
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New York
Harold E. Stassen
Truman
White House
West
Congress
Stassen
America
Pandergast School of
Kansas City
University of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
GOP
Women's Auxiliary
New York County
Manhattan
Republican Committee
Maragon Free on Bail As Charge Is Appealed
Washington reports former associate of Presidential Military Aide Harry Vaughan is free on bail while an appeals court reviews his perjury conviction. He was sentenced to eight months to two years for lying to Senate investigators about his income.
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Washington
John Maragon
Harry Vaughan
Maragon
Senate
Strike setup by union targets 11 IH plants
The United Electrical Workers announced plans to strike eleven International Harvester plants next Tuesday May 9. Workers will protest in a coordinated action across multiple facilities seeking better wages and working conditions.
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Chicago
United Electrical Workers
International Harvester
Raiders Raid Park Avenue Gambler's Office In New York
Manhattan District Attorney Frank Hogan conducted a secret raid on Park Avenue allegedly connected to Frank Erickson a millionaire gambler who admitted running a 12.5 million dollar yearly bookmaking operation. Investigators seized betting papers to review for possible charges while authorities also probe an interstate phantom gambling information network under Senate inquiry.
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New York
Park Avenue
Frank Erickson
Erickson
U.S. Senate
Manhattan
Frank Hogan
Hogan
Washington
McFarland
D-Ariz
Senate Commerce
Pennsylvania Leads 1949 Strike Idleness
A Department of Labor study shows Pennsylvania had the largest total strike idleness in 1949 while Vermont had the smallest. Coal and steel states led, with Pennsylvania losing over 10 million man days, West Virginia over 6 million, and Ohio over 4 million. Vermont about 5,100 man days.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Pennsylvania
Vermont
West Virginia
Ohio
Czech Planes Returned 26 Prefer Germany
Anti‑Communist crews seized three Czechoslovak airliners on March 24 and flew them to Germany. They were returned Wednesday to Czechoslovakia along with 86 passengers aboard. Of those, 26 chose to remain in West Germany rather than go back.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Czechoslovakia
West Germany
Subcommittee Studies Cut in Insurance Cost
Washington diary reports a House expenditures subcommittee opens hearings on reducing overhead for GI insurance. Chairman Hardy of Virginia warns hearings will not affect veterans rights or coverage while noting 5,619,162 policies remain in force as definite irrevocable contracts between government and insured.
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Washington
House
Hardy
D-Va
Ohio Governor Lausche Wins Bold Reelection Nomination
Gov. Frank Lausche, 54, secured a strong Democratic renomination amid a pre primary campaign calm. State Treasurer Don H. Ebright, seeking the Republican nomination, defeated Columbus Mayor James A. Rhodes as the party faces a November battle.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank L. Lausche
Don H. Ebright
James A. Rhodes
Ebright
Rhodes
Edward J. Humemel
George W. Woodling
Rocky River
Lausche
Clarence H. Kinsley
Joseph Torok
Youngstown
Republican Party
Akron
Buckeye
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Clevelan
Berlin Shippers Ordered to Load Freight in Russian Sector
Russian controlled German railways decree requires Berlin freight bound for western Germany to be loaded in the Russian sector. Some shippers view the move as tightening controls on Berlin westward trade while C A Dix, rail transportation chief for the U S high commission, investigates the regulation.
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Berlin
Western Germany
West Germany
C. A. Dix
United States High Commission
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Harry T. Marshall
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George A. Hurley
St. Clair K. Archer, Jr
Harold B. Collier
Na Diel Hoover
Eeent L. Hoover
Dayton
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Kenneth C. Ray
Roger W. Tracy
Samuel A. Anderson
John C. Cox
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Clinton D. Boyd
Francis B. Douglass
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Charles Halleck
Virginia
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Newport News
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Theirginia Association of Manufacturers
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