Left wing bloc suffers setback in constitution ballot
Paris AP reports French voters rejected a Communist Socialist backed constitution by over 1.18 million votes. Official returns show 9,450,570 for the constitution and 10,832,530 against across 93 departments including North Africa with about 80 percent turnout. A new Constituent Assembly will be elected June 2 to draft another plan for the Fourth Republic. The proposal would have created a powerful unicameral body. conservatives warned it risked dictatorship if a faction controlled parliament.
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PARIS
France
Ministry of the Interior
North Africa
Popular Republican Movement
GOP repudiates Gov Goodland at Wisconsin convention
OSHKOSH The Wisconsin Republican Party, long at odds with Gov. Walter S. Goodland, refused to back his bid for another term. The convention endorsed Delbert J. Kenney for governor and passed over Sen. Robert M. LaFollette for re election, though Goodland and LaFollette will still seek the August primary without official party endorsement.
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Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Walter S. Goodland
Robert M. LaFollette
Joseph R. McCarthy
Shawano
Marine Corps
Delbert
De Gaulle Aide Arrest Reported in Paris
Paris reports Col Andre de Wavrin alias Col Passy and up to 50 wartime intelligence officers placed under close arrest by authorized French sources. No charges disclosed. Cabinet and Interior Ministry say it is accurate the group is under close arrest with few details released.
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Paris
Andre de Wavrin
de Gauulle
de Wavrin
Col. Passy
Ministry of Interior
OPA Fixes Retail Price On Surplus Bayon Hose
OPA to day fixed a retail price ceiling of 95 cents a pair for 162000 pairs of women s new rayon stockings declared surplus by the armed forces. They will be sold by the War Assets Administration to dealers who will put them on the market. Governor casts ballot in Columbus Huffman backed by Lausche in primary.
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Washington
OPA
War Assets Administration
US hints concessions on Balkans to break Italian deadlock
Four power talks resume over the Italian Yugoslav boundary with UPI reporting that the United States may offer concessions on Balkan issues. Byrnes maintains a hard line on Trieste as ministers consider a plebiscite to settle the dispute. Iran’s UN report expected as Russian troop withdrawal nears completion.
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Paris
UPI
United States
Smasher Visions: Lawrence Teases Synchrotron Future
Nobel Prize winner Ernest Orlando Lawrence of UC announces the synchrotron a powerful atom smasher that could transform nuclear fission research. Synchrotrons are being built in California and Russia with independent design by Soviet and American scientists.
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Ernest Orlando Lawrence
University of California
Russia
Butter Shortage Probed By Farm State Solons
Washington AP The House committee probing food shortages focused on the butter problem with Farm State lawmakers, bringing in Stabilization Chief Chester Bowles, OPA head Paul Porter, and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson to discuss price and control options. Chairman Pace said the panel will craft a program to relieve shortages and stabilize the dairy industry long term, noting prior recommendations have not been acted on. Pace, who followed Anderson as chairman after his cabinet appointment, said there is agreement with Anderson but others ignore it.
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Washington
House
Chester Bowles
OPA
Paul Porter
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
WU Wvappilu
Sama Auf BI
Uhther
Pace
D-Ga
Anderson
New Mexico
Army transport plane missing over Northwest near Montana
An Army C-45 aircraft with seven men aboard departed Billings for Spokane and vanished during a Western Montana Eastern Washington search was ordered. One crew member, Sgt. Frank Avry of Youngstown Ohio, bailed out near Wilsall, Montana when he believed the plane would crash. the craft reportedly leveled and continued.
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Helena
Mont
Billings
Spokane
Wash
Montana
Washington
Frank Avry
Youngstoun
Wilsall
Avry
World Money Session Opens in Washington
The 39 nation World Monetary Fund opened with 12 directors expected to name a chief executive and set currency stabilization goals by October. The World Bank will meet in quarters borrowed from the Federal Reserve Board with an American president planned. Campaign to support the Dillon Dam project launches in Marietta, while Ruthanna Hadley of Wilmington, Delaware, is named second vice-president of the Women’s Missionary Union.
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Washington
World Monetary Fund
World Bank
The
Monetary Fund
Bretton Woods
N. H
Federal Reserve Board
Savannah
Zanesville
Dillon
Licking River
Marietta
Muskingum Valley Association
Muncie, Ind
Ruthanna Hadley
Wilmington
Women's Missionary Union of Friends In America
Three Alcatraz riot survivors face execution in gas chamber
FBI moves to reflect evidence against three survivors of the 1934 Alcatraz siege that left five dead and 14 wounded. U S Attorney Daniel C Deasy says evidence may indict the trio for murder as guards and hostages were killed during the 36 hour uprising.
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Alcatraz
San Francisco
FBI
San Fea
U.S
Daniel C. Deasy
Man Wins $27,000 In Ice Cold Deal
In Fairbanks Alaska a Tanana River ice break at 4 40 p m yesterday revealed the exact time four winning tickets in a 108 000 pool were chosen Only one ticket belonged to an individual Mike Johnson of Sitka Alaska wins 27 000 The other three tickets were held by groups
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Tanana
Mike Johnson
Sitka
Businessman and wife die in Tennessee air crash
L. L LeVeque, Columbus financier, his wife, and the pilot Robert Chester Johns died in a private Grumman amphibian crash on Parker Mountain during a northeast storm near Rochester New Hampshire. Police identified the victims and noted a fourth man was not aboard. LeVeque, a major real estate and business figure, owned Lincoln Tower and several warehouses across multiple states, with holdings including Parc Vendome Hotel and Anlen Tool Co.
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Rochester
N. H
Columbus
Grumman
LeVeque Lincoln
AIU
Buffalo
Chicago
Milwaukee
Montreal
Canada
Akron
Cleveland
Parc Vendome
New York
lAnlen’ Tool Co
Springfield
Tojo and 26 war leaders enter innocent pleas in Far East trial
Hideki Tojo and 26 other wartime leaders pleaded innocent to charges of aggression and murder in the Pacific at the Far East Tribunal first hearing. The court set trial for June 3 and will reconvene to consider defense jurisdiction challenges. one defendant, Dr Shumei Jokawa, was absent for a sanity examination after an earlier incident.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Pacific
Far East
Shumeijokawa
Tojo
Three Die in Flames After Autos Collide
Cleveland fire fatality toll rises to 46 after three autos collide on the East Side. Two women and a man died in a fire, seven injured, two seriously, as the city’s traffic toll increases vs last year on the same date.
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Cleveland
Dreath
Denial of Italian King Vittorio Emanuele abdication
Rome reports the royal house denies that King Vittorio Emanuele has abdicated. A French broadcast claimed he abdicated after signing a decree in the presence of Pope Pius XII.
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Rome
Vittorio Emanuele Tit
Pius Mit
Solon Criticizes British Loan Start of Lending Program
Senator Edwin C. Johnson warned the proposed 3.75 billion British loan could spark a lending program that endangers U. S. solvency and democracy. He argued Britain’s debt and sterling bloc nations require debt relief, not new U.S. funds, and called for limits on future lending and a world disarmament conference. The Senate eyed a cloture vote to curb debate on the loan.
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Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Johnson
Senate
Tration
Colorado
Hit
Britain
United States
Coloradoan
Hill
Alabama
Barkley
Norrow
Ioan
Coal Mine Seizure Unlikely Despite White House Pressure
The coal strike enters its sixth week as Congress weighs actions to curb miners pay demands. John L. Lewis continues the silent stance while labor and industry push for compromise talks. Back-pay for six holidays remains a central dispute, with union and operators at an impasse over wartime pay rules.
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Washington — Cup
Truman
John L. Lewis
Congress
House Judiciary
Lewis
Senate
Labor Department
World Court Plea by Arabs Is Predicted
In Jerusalem Arabs reportedly plan to bring a case to the International Court at The Hague asserting the British American inquiry report breaches the Palestine mandate. Ami Bey Abdul Hadi, a leading Arab legal figure, is said to prepare the brief claiming dissolution of the mandate under article 22. About 800 Arab women marched from the Mosque of Omar to Jaffa Gate in protest, halted by police and barred from leaving the old city with barbed wire and armed barriers.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
International Court
The
Hague
Omar
Jaffa
Old City
Hoover Urges Release Of Food From Reds
Former president Herbert Hoover urged Russia to release food stored in Manchuria to China and Korea, saying the world food situation would improve. He also warned that Japan must receive food imports to avoid a ration level similar to camp conditions in Buchenwald and Belsen.
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Tokyo
Herbert Hoover
Russia
China
Korea
Manchuria
United States
Trutman
Japan
Buchenwald and
Belsen
Bitter Senate clash over Bikini atom tests debate
Senator Huffman and Senator Lucas threaten to push to suspend July 1 tests as part of a fight to amend a naval use bill. Chairman Walsh aims to move the revised bill after settling the British loan. Huffman cautions international reaction may outweigh scientific gains.
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Washington
Senate
Huffman
Ohio
Russia
United Nations
Huffmen
Lucas
Walsh
Senate Naval Committee
Electric Rate Cut Approved for Ohio Power and Wheeling Electric
The Ohio Utilities Commission allowed Ohio Power Company and Wheeling Electric to cut residential and commercial rates by 1,248,900 dollars annually, effective June 1. Ohio Power serves over 550 communities including Canton and Lima, with a 1,216,004 dollar share of the cut. Wheeling Electric, linked to Ohio Power, trims about 32,900 dollars mainly in Bellaire and Bridgeport.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Power Company
Wheeling Electric Company
Ohio
Canton
East Liverpool
Steubenville
Portsmouth
Coshecton
Newark
Zanesville
Tiffin
Fostoria
Lima
Wheeling Electric
Ohio Power
Manly
Bellaire
Bridgeport
Body of Bruno's Widow Recovered From Lake
The body of Mussolini's widow was recovered from Lake Como after a boating accident during a party attended by three British soldiers and another woman. Identification was confirmed by documents. Police said the 30-year-old drowned when the boat sank in a deep lake area. Two party members were rescued. a British Army captain and an enlisted man were missing.
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Milan
UPI
Bruno Mussolini
Lake Como
Duce
Brothers Die in Galion Train Car Collision
Two Galion painters Walter G Stevens 29 and Robert W Stevens 26 were killed in a New York Central Crossing crash three miles north of Galion. Passengers Louise Murphy Rush 23 and Beba Garverick 21 suffered serious injuries in the train automobile collision.
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Galion
New York Central
Walter G. Stevens
Robert W. Stevens
Louise Murphy Rush
Beba Garverick
Congressional Medal To Be Given Parents
Mr and Mrs Ralph Martin prepared to travel to Washington to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously awarded to their son Marine Lt Harry Martin for charging Japanese forces on Iwo Jima during a critical moment of the battle. The action cost his life. Navy supporter Fred A Britten, 74, died in Washington, a longtime advocate for a strong Navy during the battleship era.
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Ralph Martin
Washington
Harry Martin
Iwo Jima
Fred A. Britten
Gary
Ines
Soviet Trade Pacts Studied
Washington reports the United States is examining Russia's exclusive trading arrangements with its neighbors as part of a broader push for a freer postwar private trade system. No satisfactory Moscow replies have been received and officials note limited official details on the agreements. The effort includes urging foreign nations, including Russia and Britain, to wind down official purchasing missions in the U S.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Britain
Ohio teen pianist wins state competition
Elwin J. Watteson, 15, of Youngstown, wins Ohio Federation of Music Clubs state contest and earns spot in regional auditions for the $750 Edgar Stillman Kelley scholarship in Indianapolis. Regional winners go to a national contest in New York.
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Columbus
Elwin J. Watteson
Youngstown
Ohio
Edgar Stillman Kelley
Indianapolis
Heli
Ohio Federation of Imusic Clubs
New York
Akron Buchtelite Wins Ohio College Newspaper Award
The University of Akron student publication Buchtelite earned the designation of Otio's best college weekly newspaper at the Ohio College Newspaper Association convention held Saturday. Miami Student took first place in the semi weekly classification.
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Toledo
University of Akron
Buchtelite
Otio
Ohio College Newspaper Association
Miami
Trolley Strike Vote Is Called In Atlanta
ATLANTA UPI Streetcar and bus workers, whose six day strike crippled transit, are called to vote on a new accord reported by Labor Department official John L. Cone who declined to release details. In Los Angeles, company and union reps resume talks with fare hike rumors surfacing.
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Atlanta
UPI
Georgia Power
John L. Cone
Labor Department
Los Angeles
Comepany
Mother Shot to Death in Cleveland Quizzed
Police questioned a man and a woman in Cleveland after Mrs Eva Nester a 57 year old mother of five was found dead with a bullet wound in her chest in a West Side home. The woman who found the body and the man who had argued with the victim were detained for investigation.
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Cleveland
Eva Nester
West Side
Correspondents Freed From Communists in Peiping Flight
Five American correspondents held by Chinese Communists since April 16 in Changchung were liberated and flown to Peiping today by the U S Army. Among them was Tom Masterson of the Associated Press, whose release ends his house arrest.
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Shanghai
Changchung
Peiping
U. S Army
Tom Masterson
The
General Vandegrift Warns Against Marine Corps Loss
General Alexander A. Vandergrift testifies before the Senate Naval Committee in Washington, warning that a merger bill would remove the Marine Corps from independent status. He argues the Marines are ready and could be dissolved into a single department of common defense, challenging Army-Navy plans and urging preservation of the Corps.
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Washington
Alexander A. Vandergrift
Navy
Truman
Council of Military
Erder
Marine Corps
Bill Mandant
Army
Iveness
Naval Committee
Ita
Senate
Vandergrift Military Committee
Ted
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James W. Huffman
Frank J. Lausche
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Trieste
Husssein Ala
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Smasher
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James A. Johnston
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Sam Shockley
Hubbard
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Oklahoma
Miran Edgar Thomping
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Texas
Clarence Carnes
Joeph Paul Cretzer
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Burch
Harold P. Stites
W. H. Miller
Miller
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Solon
Hoover
Reds
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Fuehrer
Karl Doenitz
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Eisenhower
Bruno
Gene Horton
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