GOP Split Over Housing Bill Threatens Rail Strike Avert
Washington AP The House GOP leadership and Senator Taft clash over a Senate approved 60 day stopgap to revive Title 6 home loan insurance and public housing plans. Wolcott says the House is not interested in a short term extension and has not scheduled hearings on the Taft Ellender Wagner bill. The Senate passed its 60 day extender after rejecting Cain proposed changes.
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Washington
House
Taft
Ohio
Wolcott
Mich
House Banking Committee
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Cain
Ohio Solons All Winners In Primary
Ohio sent all its 3 Congressional representatives to the November ballot after a smooth primary. Seventeen were unopposed while five Republicans and one Democrat beat rivals. Jenkins defeated Hunter in the Tenth District and Brehm led Terrell in the Eleventh. Jenkins faces Canaday and Brehm faces Allen in November.
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Columbus
Ohio
Congress
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
George A. Hunter
Walter E. Brehm
Logan
Ralph W. Terrell
Jenkins
Delmar A. Canaday
Pomeroy
Brehm
Joseph C. Allen
New Lexington
Russian Colonel Listed As Political Refugee
The Russian Col. J. D. Tassojew, who fled his reparations job in Germany, is receiving asylum in London as a political refugee. The Foreign Office says Tassojew voluntarily renounced Soviet citizenship. He disappeared from his Bre men post amid charges of US involvement in his kidnapping.
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London
J. D. Tassojew
Germany
Foreign Office
Tassojew
Bremen
Russia
United States
Conference on Security Planned at Ohio State
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert invites educators, newspapermen, clergymen, and community leaders in Ohio to a national security conference at Ohio State University on May 18. Dr. Daniel A. Poling of President Truman's National Security Advisory Committee will preside.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Ohio State University
Daniel A. Poling
Truman
Wil
Repatriation Ship Reaches Tokyo Bay From Siberia
The first repatriation ship of the year docks off Mai zuru Hokkaido carrying 2201 Japanese and 88 bodies. Most passengers are former soldiers returning home.
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Tokyo
Siberia
Maizuru
Hokkaido
Folsom Weds Jamelle Moore in Surprising Alabama Romance
Alabama Governor James E. Folsom, 39, famously nicknamed Kissing Jim for his womanizing past, marries 21 year old Jamelle Moore who once left him speechless at a campaign event. He recalled pausing his stump speech to notice her in the crowd.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Jim
Jamelle Moore
Detroit Plane Crash Kills Three and Injures One
Two light planes collided over Detroit killing three men and seriously injuring a fourth. Donald W. Baer a 26 year old student pilot from Port Huron was thrown from his cub type plane. Robert F. Heels a 25 year old Detroit instructor and Joseph McKevitt 56 of Detroit owner of the BT 13 also died. Ralph Hanneman 27 of Detroit the survivor suffered serious injuries and could not recall the crash. The other craft landed in a cemetery after the collision near the city airport.
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Detroit
Donald W. Baer
Port Huron
Mich
Detroit City
Robert F.heels
Baer
Joseph McKevitt
McKevitt
Ralph Hanneman
Forestlawn
Meat Fight In Deadlock
Chicago reports the eight week wage dispute between CIO Packinghouse Workers and the four major packers remains at a standstill. The union rejects a nine cent increase while Cudahy Swift Armour and Wilson refuse a 29 cent request.
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Chicago
CIO
Cudahy
Swift
Armour
Wilson
Murray City License Hearing Set on Local Tavern Bid
A state liquor department hearing will be held tomorrow on objections to Betty Hogan’s Murray City restaurant Hogan's Restaurant seeking a tavern license. Objections allege the location is too near the Methodist Church in Murray City Hocking County.
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Murray City
State Liquor Department
Hocking County
Associated Press
Betty Hogan
Hogan's Resaurant
Methodist Church
Tornado Damages Town in Southeast Oklahoma
A tornado hit BLOCKER Oklahoma last night, ripping up four houses and a church and damaging the remaining 16 homes. No deaths were reported.
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Blocker
Okla
Oklahoma
UN UN ends failed bid for Jerusalem truce
A United Nations commission renews efforts for a Jerusalem truce as Arab Jew fighting spills into the Moslem quarter. US Belgian and French consuls return from Jericho to press talks with Arab leaders seen as lacking authority. Gunfire and explosions flare amid Ascension Day tensions near the Mount of Olives.
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Jerusalem
United Nations Commission
United States
Belgium
France
Jericho
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Col. Roscher Lund
UN Secretariat
Mount of Olives
Holy City
British Food Shipment Approved by Hoffman
A $35,500,000 shipment of food to Britain under the European Recovery Program was authorized yesterday by Paul G. Hoffman, Economic Cooperation administrator. The supplies wheat flour and bacon will be purchased in Canada with U S. funds.
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Washington
Britain
Paul G. Hoffman
Canada
U. S
Lima on Man Dies Oil Man Michael J Sullivan
Michael J Sullivan an oil man died at 73 in Kansas City He was born near Lima Ohio and was reported dead yesterday by local sources His career spanned decades in the oil industry with ties to Lima and Kansas City communities.
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Lima
Kansas City
Michael J. Sullivan
Ohio
Bodies of 7 Area War Dead Aboard Lawrence Victory
Seven war dead from Southeastern Ohio and three from West Virginia were aboard the Army transport Lawrence Victory on return to the United States. The fallen are listed with next of kin in Athens, Tuppers Plains, Long Bottom, Point Pleasant and New Haven among others.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Epinal
St. Mere Eglise
la Cambe
St. Juan
France
Messenger
Army
Pfe
Arthur E. Kaylor
John E. Kaylor
Tuppers Plains
Chester L. Lee
Hubert Lee
Athens
Ernest W. Rowland
Esther L. Rowland
William B. Thompson
Ellen M. Thompson
Carl I
Nanna
Anna Nanna
New Marshfield
Ralph H. McGrew
Shawnee
Millard W. Prince
Wayne R. Prince
Long Bottom
James Halstead
Bertha Halstead
Lincoln Ave
Point Pleasant
Carl Hogg
James L. Hogg
Jefferson Ave
William MacKnight, Jr
Sybil L. MacKnight
New Haven
Finance Group Gets Oleo Bill Passed To Finance Committee
Washington reports the Senate voted 48 to 30 to send the House passed oleo tax repeal bill to the Senate Finance Committee. The move overturns Senator Vandenberg’s ruling and aims to speed approval by placing the measure in the finance group. Senator Fulbright supported appealing the ruling.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Fulbright
D-Ark
Agriculture Committee
Deportation Delay for Eisler Approved
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough approved a preliminary injunction delaying the deportation of Gerhard Eisler and four others amid alleged Communist ties. The five will receive hearings by examiners unaffiliated with immigration service for investigation and prosecution.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
Gerhard Eisler
United States
Goldsborough
Immigration Service
Oath-Taking Scheduled For Commerce Secretary
Charles Sawyer of Ohio was due to be sworn in today as Secretary of Commerce after a Senate voice vote approved him late yesterday. He succeeds W Averell Harriman, named roving ambassador for the Economic Cooperation Administration.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Talk Slated for Academy
Ohio's Academy of Science opens its 57th annual meeting at the University of Toledo with a Friday symposium on Atomic Energy for Mice and Men. The program features discussion of radioactive substances in biology and medicine.
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Toledo
Ohio
Academy of Science
University of Toledo
Frost and flood damage hit Ohio roads worth 2.6 million
Columbus report assigns 2,622,000 dollars in road damage to frost and floods. State Highway Director Earl L. Reed says frost damage alone totals 1,780,000 dollars. Some secondary roads were badly broken up.
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Columbus
Ohio
Earl L. Reed
Ohio delegates split as Taft Stassen claim wins in primary
Taft won 14 delegates plus 30 unopposed in Ohio while Stassen captured nine delegates including many in Akron Toledo Youngstown and Dayton areas. Both candidates called the results a personal victory with Taft asserting a larger first ballot share and Stassen predicting a significant boost. Democratic delegates pledge to Truman ally Julian.
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Robert A. Taft
Minnesota
Taft
Stassen
Washington
Ohio
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Toledo
Akron
Youngstown
Dayton
Cleveland
Canton
Steubenville
Springfield
Portsmouth
Clarence J. Brown
John W. Bricker
Ed D. Schorr
Cincinnati
GOP
Carrington T. Marshall
Columbus
W. A. Julian
United States
Truman
Suit Filed Against Union Halts Boeing Bomber Output
The Boeing Airplane Co. sues the Aeronautical Mechanics Union for $2,250,000 under the Taft Hartley Act as a strike of 14,500 workers disrupts B 50 bomber production. The union plans a counter claim totaling up to $5,000,000 for daily wage losses and strike maintenance costs.
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Seattle
Boeing Airplane Co
Aeronautical Mechanics Union
International Association of Machinists
L. Presley Gill
Willkie's Son Wins In Indiana Primary
Philip Willkie, 28, son of Wendell Willkie, won the Indiana Republican nomination for a State House seat. He defeated his opponent 5 831 to 1 215, a margin near five to one, in Rushville Indiana.
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Rushville
Ind
Philip Willkie
Indiana
Wendell Willkie
House of Representatives
North Atlantic search for missing C-47 transport plane
A search of the North Atlantic began today for a privately owned C-47 transport missing for more than 24 hours. The flight from Gander Newfoundland to Shannon Ireland was overdue and the craft reportedly carried fuel only to yesterday afternoon.
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Shannon
Eire
North Atlantic
Gander
Newfoundland
Superior Oil Co
Woman Dies by Jump From Detroit Superior Bridge
Cleveland police sought to identify a young woman who leapt about 100 feet to her death from the Detroit Superior high level bridge yesterday. In her purse they found only a 50 cent piece despite her well dressed appearance.
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Cleveland
Detroit Superior High Level
Lausche Invites Democrats as He Faces Herbert in Ohio
Former Gov. Frank J. Lausche urges Democratic leaders to back his comeback, stressing leadership must serve the people. He leads Republican Gov. Thomas J. Herbert after results from 92 percent of Ohio polls show Lausche with 325,519 votes to Miller’s 137,729. Herbert tops Payne 551,326 to White 50,846, with Taft upsetting Middletown for the Jan. 2 Supreme Court nominating race.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Thomas J. Herbert
Ray T. Miller
Cuyahoga County
Miller
CIO Political Action Committee
Ohio
Robert S. Cox
Millersburg
Joseph Torok, Jr
Youngstown
Herbert
Albert E. Payne
Springfield
William L. White
Newark
Bermuda
Lauseche
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
Washington
Kingsley A. Taft
Cleveland
Henry A. Middletown
Toledo
Ohio Supreme Court
Taft
Robert M. Sogngen
Hamilton
Car Salesman Sentenced in Ohio Larceny Trial
John J. Singleton was sentenced to 10 to 70 years in the Ohio Penitentiary after a jury convicted him of 14 counts of larceny by trick. Common Pleas Judge Frank J. Merrick called him a swindler and ex convict and noted he was selling gold bricks. The judge overruled a defense motion for a new trial.
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Cleveland
John J
Jack) Singleton
Ohio
Singleton
Common Pleas
Frank J. Merrick
Stephen M. Young
Rescue Cutter Rushes To Aid Drifting Boat
The 119 foot fishing boat Tootsie crashed into ice 30 miles north of Port Hei den Alaska and drifted with 13 men aboard. Distress calls were picked up by the Coast Guard cutter Bittersweet which departed Cold Bay and aims to reach Tootsie by 1 a.m. EST tomorrow.
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Seattle
Port Heiden
Alaska
Coast Guard
Cold Bay
Alaskan
U S Army transport to dock with WWII war dead at Brooklyn
The USAT transport Lawrence Victory carrying 4 183 American war dead from World War II is set to dock at Brooklyn Army Base at 9 a m tomorrow. It will return the fallen to their homeland for burial and honors.
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New York
U.S.A.T
Brooklyn
Petition to rescind UMW fines gains miners support
In Logan West Virginia backers of Henry A Wallace for president circulate a petition asking President Truman to cancel fines levied on John S Lewis and the United Mine Workers union for contempt of court related to last month’s nationwide walkout. Wallace headquarters cites civil liberties and Taft Hartley issues drawing 12 000 Logan County miners.
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Charleston
W.va
Logan County
Wallace
Miners’ Union
Death Sentence Awaited In Jan 24 Taxi Slaying
In Cincinnati two youths Asbell Adams and Charles Sparks were convicted of first degree murder in the Jan 24 fatal shooting of taxicab driver James Case near Newtown Ohio. The jury imposed a death sentence mandatory without mercy.
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Cincinnati
Asbell
Buster) Adams
Charles Sparks
James Case
Newtown
Ohio
Students Strike Over Principal Dismissal in Akron Area
Leaders of a walkout by about two thirds of 300 Copley High pupils protested the firing of Principal Frank Weiss. The strike began Tuesday and will continue until the former principal is rehired.
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Akron
Copley
Consolidated High School
Frank Weiss
Army liaison plane crash kills pilot Lt Maxwell in Middletown
An Army liaison type aircraft crashed in a Middletown field yesterday killing the pilot preliminarily identified as Lt George D Maxwell aged 29. The accident remains under investigation with authorities seeking official identification and cause.
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Middletown
George D. Maxwell
Three Railroad Unions Set for Walkout Tomorrow
White House and labor officials press for a settlement as three railroad brotherhoods threaten a nationwide strike set for May 11 at 6 am local time. The strike could idle 190 000 workers and halt major rail lines unless a deal is reached.
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A. J. Glover
Switchmen’s Union
Johnston
Steelman
Truman
White House
President Truman
Congress
Mediation Board
Frank P. Douglass
Francis A. O’neill, Jr
John R. Steelman
Pay Increase for Vets Delayed Beyond July
Washington VA spokesman says adjustments for higher trainee ceilings will take until July or August to work out. New pay scales retroactive to April 1 apply to veterans in job training under the G Bill of Rights.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Congress
Steelworkers Win Wage Increases At Eight Plants
The CIO United Steel Workers district office announced contracts granting wage increases with eight steel fabricating plants in the Akron and Lorain areas.
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Cleveland
CIO
United Steel Workers Today
Akron
Lorain
Draft Urged by Veterans Leader in Cleveland
Ray H. Brannaman national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars urged universal military training and a draft law at a Cleveland gathering last night.
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Cleveland
Ray H. Brannaman
Denver
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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