U.S. Effort Seen Futile In Palestine
Washington report notes a string of setbacks as the United States presses a four point plan at the United Nations to pause hostilities and extend the British mandate. Officials fear renewed Arab Jewish warfare as Britain prepares to surrender its mandate by late May. President Truman emphasizes ongoing US effort and a proposed special plane to rush a truce team to Palestine for a 10 day pause and report back.
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Washington
Palestine
Truman
Holy Land
United States
United Nations
New York
U.N. Assembly
Assembly
Jews Claim Nazareth Area Villages Taken
HAIFA Palestine Jews said they captured two Arab villages between Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee and seized a hill overlooking Safad as British rule nears end. The Haganah reported Jewish deaths and Arab casualties in Sejera and Arab El Edha, with Lebanese shelling near Ramat Naftali unconfirmed.
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Haifa
Palestine
Great Britain
Holy Land
United Nations
Jewish Agency
Haganah
Nazareth
Christ
Sea of Galilee
Safad
Sejera
Arab el Edha
Tel Aviv
Ramat Naftali
School Teacher Found Dead in Lake Erie
The body of 31 year old Ruth Lichtenberger a North Bass Island teacher for two years was recovered from Lake Erie near North Bass Island. Dr George A Poe Ottawa County coroner identified the woman as Miss Lichtenberger daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey Lichtenberger of Waldo.
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Port Clinton
Lake Erie
North Bass Island
George A. Poe
Ottawa County
Ruth Lichtenberger
Harvey L. Lichtenberger
Waldo
Army Transport Arrives With Pacific War Dead
The Army transport Cardinal O Connell arrives in Oakland with the fifth shipment of 2023 World War II dead. The bodies were assembled at Honolulu from the Solomons Australia New Zealand Central Pacific India Burma and Hawaii locations.
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Oakland
Calif
Cardinal O'Connell
Pacific
Honolulu
Solomons
Australia
New Zealand
Central Pacific
India
Burma
Hawaiian Islands
Extended Forecast for Columbus Sees Mild Dip in Temps
The outlook says temperatures average 3 to 6 degrees below normal with highs near 66 in the west and 62 in the east and lows around 46 west 42 east. Expect a warming trend Saturday and Sunday, cooler Monday, with minor fluctuations. Precipitation averages 1 to 2 inches as showers Monday and Tuesday.
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Columbus
Gallia Mason Rent Board Change Aimed As Proposed
The Point Pleasant Gallipolis rent advisory board may shift to a two landlords two tenants and five public reps structure. Tighe E Woods housing expeditor told the Associated Press the reforms aim to balance representation on the board. Governors are reviewing Woods proposals and relaying them to mayors per Herbert administration practice.
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Point Pleasant-Gallipolis
Ohio-West Virginia
Tighe FE
Woods
Associated Press
Thomas J. Herbert
Gallipolis-Point Pleasant
Herbert
FCC Subject of Red Probe
Washington The House Un-American Activities Committee and the House Commerce Committee opened inquiries into the Federal Communications Commission amid a push by Rep Hebert to determine if the agency is part of a red network. An informant cited scrutiny over five radio permits granted to Edward Lamb of Toledo tied to communist associations.
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Washington
House UN - American Activities Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Hebert
D-La
FCC
Edward Lamb
Toledo
Communist Party In America
Ching Seeks Conference Over Boeing Airplane Strike
Concilia tion Director Cyrus S. Ching invites Boeing and union leaders to a Washington conference next Monday. The strike at Boeing halts B 50 bomber production. Ching wired Boeing head William M. Allen and Machinists Union president Harvey W. Brown about the meeting. The wage dispute began April 22 at the Seattle plant.
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Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
Boeing Airplane Co
Boeing
Ching
William M. Allen
Harvey W. Brown
Machinists’ Union
Seattle, Wash
Dayton Worker Drowns In Sewage Vat At Plant
A 33 year old city employee Elzie Hogan drowned yesterday in a 14 foot sewage vat at the Dayton garbage disposal plant.
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Dayton
Elzie Hogan
Mental hygiene expert counsels parents on infant behavior
Dr. Luther E. Woodward told the Family Service Association that thumb sucking by babies causes no harm and early aggression directed at parents is not a danger. He urged parents to treat hostile incidents lightly and avoid overreacting to a child’s behavior.
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Cleveland
Luther E. Woodward
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
Woodward
Family Service Association
Woman declines radio prize during housework interruption
Philadelphia radio host Ed Hurst recalls a caller who refused his $130 radio phonograph offer while busy dusting. He phoned a Philadelphia housewife and promised the prize if she answered a question, but she answered with impatience and hung up.
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Philadelphia
Ed Hurst
Hurst
State Health Director Warns Hospitals Over IV Solutions
Columbus. State Health Director John D. Porterfield sent warnings to 161 county and city health commissioners urging hospitals to stop using contaminated intravenous products from Cutter Laboratories. Contamination found in dextrose 10 percent solution prompted recalls of the full line. FDA had already halted use of dextrose 5 percent. Porterfield commended Cutter for acting in the public health interest.
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Columbus
John D. Porterfield
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Porterfield
Federal Food and Drug Administration
New Chairman Seen for Dems
Columbus reports Eugene H. Hanhart of Dover likely to become the next Democratic state chairman as former Gov. Frank J. Lausche is nominated for governor. Hanhart would succeed Albert A. Horstman of Dayton who plans not to seek re election. Both parties must convene their central committees by May 19 with Fred H. Johnson of Zanesville expected to be re elected GOP chairman.
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Columbus
Eugene H. Hanhart
Dover
Hanhart
Frank J. Lausche
Albert A. Horstman
Dayton
Horstman
Lausche
Fred H. Johnson
Zanesville
Speeding Train Kills Two Boys in Detroit
A passenger train speeding through rain struck and killed ten year old George Lastos and his 13 year old companion Ernest Byar Jr as they crossed railroad tracks after a Boy Scout hike. Both boys had attended Holy Cross Church services earlier and were on the way home.
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Detroit
George Lastos
Ernest Byar, Jr
Holy Cross
Students End Strike as Board Considers Principal Firing
Striking students at Copley High return to classes after two thirds of 300 pupils skipped Tuesday. The move follows renewed contract of principal Frank Weiss and a board study of his firing amid superintendent E R Malone's claim of lacking leadership.
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Akron
Copley
Frank Weiss
E. R. Malone
Checks Ruled Noncollectible in Ohio Gambling Case
Municipal Judge Andrew M. Kovachy held that checks issued in gambling transactions cannot be collected under Ohio law. The ruling affects creditors seeking payment from alleged gamblers and clarifies enforcement in state courts.
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Cleveland
Andrew M. Kovachy
Ohio
14 Year Old Shoots Pair To Get Car
A 14 year old Bryan Junior High athlete named Ervin Arthur Ingle confessed to shooting John Gabriel and his wife Pearl Gabriel to take their car for a high school dance. He led investigators through the crime, claimed an unknown man gave him the car at first, and then drove the vehicle to a friend’s house before returning home. The case was sent to William County Common Pleas Court for handling.
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Bryan
Norman A. Barnes
Ervin Arthur Ingle
Williams County
Barnes
Ervin
John Gabriel
Pearl
Gabriels
Gabriel
John Piffer
William County Common Pleas Court
Air Force presses ahead with 70 group expansion plan
The Air Force prepared orders to buy 2,727 warplanes and begin a 70-group peacetime air fleet after Senate approval of a 3.23 billion expansion fund. A House Senate conference was to settle minor differences before White House action likely, with added 822 million to original Truman request to start the larger force.
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Washington
Air Force
Truman
Senate
Senate House
House
White House
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Dewey Names Possible Secretary With Firm Russia Stand
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey said he would appoint a secretary of state who can say No to Stalin. He named two potential choices John Foster Dulles, his foreign affairs advisor, and Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, as bipartisan foreign policy leaders and possible compromise candidates for the GOP nomination.
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Eugene, Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
Joseph Stalin
John Foster Dulles
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Oberlin College Hosts Mock Republican Convention
Oberlin College opens a two day mock Republican convention with intensive debates featuring students and faculty. The event runs across campus today and tomorrow, showcasing political discourse and campus engagement.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Homing Pigeon Returns After Nine Year 100-Mile Race
Cleveland notes a check-colored homing pigeon owned by Frank S Wellman returns after nine years from a 100 mile race begun in 1939. The bird, appearing well fed, landed and entered its perch. The owner remarks such long absences are rare and suggests the bird may have been lost or penned up.
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Cleveland
Frank S. Wellman
Senate backs plan to extend Lilienthal term two years
Senate support grows for a compromise to extend the terms of atomic energy commissioners including David E. Lilienthal from Aug. 1, 1948 to July 1, 1950. Taft and Vandenberg signal willingness. McMahon opposes any shortening of terms.
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Washington
Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Vandenberg
Mich
Taft
Ohio
Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Commission
Truman
Veterans May Request Bonus Amount Review
Columbus Ohio veterans may request a review of their World War II bonus checks within 60 days of receipt with clearly stated reasons. Checks may be cashed while review is pending. officials emphasize the checks represent full settlement of claims from Pearl Harbor to V J Day.
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Columbus
Ohio
Chester W. Goble
Goble
Pearl Harbor
Compromise Refused In Feud Over Housing
Washington debate between Senate and House Republicans over housing stalemates as Senator Taft Ohio refuses compromise. House Banking Committee Chairman Walcott Michigan signals no concessions. Taft heads Senate Policy Committee and will not seek settlement.
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Washington
Senate
House
Taft
Ohio
Walcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Miss Kellems Will Pay Says Secretary Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder declares his department will compel Miss Vivien Kellems of Westport Connecticut to pay back taxes. Kellems had stopped deducting taxes from 100 employees as she challenged administration tax policies. The IRS has previously seized and sold assets of delinquent taxpayers.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Vivien Kellems
Kellems
Westport
Larson OK'd As WAR Chief
The Senate Expenditures Committee unanimously approved Jess Larson of Oklahoma to be War Assets Administrator. The panel also recommended confirming retired rear admiral Paul L. Mather as associate WAA administrator despite Senator Tydings push to block Larson.
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Washington
Senate Expenditures Committee
Jess Larson
Oklahoma
Senate
Paul L. Mather
WAA
Tydings
D-Nd
Larson
Kalunite, Inc
Salt Lake City
Utah
Aiken
R-Vi
Man Sentenced to Pen After Pleading Guilty
Thomas G. Malcolm of Johnstown Pennsylvania pleaded guilty to manslaughter. He was sentenced to one to 20 years in the Ohio Penitentiary after allegedly shooting James Irwin on March 13 following a struggle for a weapon in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Thomas G. Malcolm
Johnstown
Ohio
William E. Bowman
Kenneth Mooter
Joseph H. Woeste
Malcolm
James Irwin
Irwin
Herbert lauds Ohio School Safety Patrols on Patrol Day
Thomas J. Herbert praises the Ohio school safety patrols and urges cooperation as May 15 is proclaimed School Safety Patrol Day. About 30 000 students have served in the program since its 25 year origin.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Philanthropist Frederick A. Miller Dies at 68
Columbus shoe manufacturer and civic leader Frederick A. Miller died yesterday. The philanthropist rose to national prominence with his three million more war chest drive during World War I.
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Columbus
Frederick A. Miller
WECK FATAL AUTO CRASH NEAR BRYAN
An automobile truck collision east of Bryan killed Mrs. Homer Hall 66 of Evansport last night on U S 6 seven miles east of here.
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Bryan
Homer Hall
Evansport
Here
Strikes Pend In Stockyards and Auto Plants Across U S
In Chicago and six other stockyards centers CIO stockhandlers threaten a wage dispute jeopardizing meat packing. The CIO United Auto Workers walkout looms at 75,000 workers in Chrysler plants as talks continue. A New York City bus strike was averted when transit workers won a 24 cent hourly wage increase.
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Chicago
CIO
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
AUTOS
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
Transit
New York City
CIO Transit
Prisoner Guilty of Selling Inhaler Drugs in Pen
A Columbus penitentiary inmate, unnamed by the warden, was found guilty and placed in solitary for distributing drugs taken from nasal inhalers. The seized haul includes 800 strips equaling about 6,400 shots worth 1 to 2 dollars each. The offender, a Dayton convict who worked in the prison post office, was caught by city post office routines. outside suppliers remain undiscovered.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Ralph Alvis
Alvis
Dayton
City
Greek Death Toll Rises After Executions Near Athens
Fresh executions raise the total to 213 Greek prisoners put to death since Justice Minister Christos Ladas was assassinated on Saturday. 18 inmates at Aegina Prison were executed this morning as Britain seeks details from Vice Premier Constantin Tsaldaris. Most killed were convicted for 1944 leftist crimes.
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Athens
Christos Ladas
Clifford Norton
Constantin Tsaldaris
Aegina
Oleo Hearings Scheduled in Senate Finance Committee
The Senate Finance Committee voted unanimously to hold two days of public hearings starting May 17 on the house passed oleo margarine tax repeal bill. Chairman Millikan said time at the hearings will be evenly split between supporters and opponents.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Millikan
R-Cole
Truman weighs rail seizure as rail strike looms
President Truman and his cabinet meet to discuss the rail crisis as three railroad brotherhoods threaten a strike next Tuesday. Attorney General Clark says the seizure power exists under a 1916 law, but no orders are prepared. Steelman informs talks with railroad leaders continue, while Johnston notes cautious optimism. Leslie O. Boles states emergency mail service plans can start on short notice with armed workers.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Clark
Brotherhoods
W. T. Farley
Association of American Railroads
President Truman
Solicitor General’s Office
Supreme Court
United States
Farley
Johnston
Cleveland
Office of Defense Transportation
Cincinnati
Leslie O. Boles
Railway Mail Service
Boles
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
Rescue Ship Nears Vessel Rescue
Seattle reports Lt. Comdr. Donald M. Morell says the 13 man crew aboard the ice-locked cannery tender Tootsie sees the cutter Bitter at sea and fears worsening Bristol Bay weather may trap the rescue ship as the Tootsie drifts 30 miles north of Port Heiden after taking on water.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Bittersweet
Tootsie
Donald M. Morell
Alaska
Bristol Bay
Port Heiden
National Cemetery Bill Referred to PWC in Ohio
Representative Walter E. Brehm of Logan introduced a bill to locate a national cemetery in Southeastern Ohio. The measure was referred to the Public Works Committee with Brehm anticipating unanimous committee action within a few weeks.
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PWC
Churchill Calls for European Assembly and Council
Churchill urged immediate formation of a European Assembly as the first step toward a Council of Europe free of past rivalries. He presented a three regional council plan including the Soviet Union, the Council of Europe with Britain, and the Western Hemisphere, and urged a European Deliberative Assembly to share views on current problems.
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Winston Churchill
European Assembly
Council of Europe
Churchill
Europe
World Organization
World Organization of the Future
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Commonwealth
Western Hemisphere
Britain
West
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