Truman Seizure Of Railroads Averts Strike
Across the nation the impact of a threatened rail strike is measured in unemployment and crop losses as food shipments falter. President Truman seized the railroads at noon and sought to avert a shutdown with a federal operator and ongoing talks with unions and management.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
John R. Steelman
Ross
Supreme Court
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
U. S
Steelman
Office of Defense Transportation
Army
ODT
Lewis Delivers 60 Day Notice to Anthracite Operators
AP says John L. Lewis issued a 60 day termination notice to hard coal operators affecting 80,000 anthracite miners. He seeks a new UMW contract by July 10 with wage conferences starting May 7. Soft coal talks begin May 18 in Washington. hard coal talks likely in New York City.
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Washington (Ap
John L. Lewis
UMW
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Washington
New York City
Driver Killed and Four Injured in Ohio Auto Races
The AP reports a fatal crash at Berea fairgrounds near Cleveland where Theo dore Coxon 34 Masury driver died when his semistock roadster hit a guard rail and overturned during elimination racing. Spectators were injured in a Dayton incident involving Charles Van Acker and Jackie Holmes.
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Theodore Coxon
Masury
Berea Fairgrounds
Cleveland
Leatrice
Coxon
Dayton
Charles van Acker
South Bend
Ind
Jackie Holmes
Indianapolis
Holmes
Spider Webb
Calif
Hal Cole
San Francisco
Webb
Navy Plane Missing With 12 Aboard
The Coast Guard reports a Navy PBY flying boat carrying 12 men is missing since about 2 a.m. Sunday between Puerto Rico and Cuba. The aircraft was en route from Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico to Key West Florida.
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Fla
Coast Guard
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Roosevelt Roads
Key West
GOP Central Committee Meet Set for May 14
Columbus report says Republican State Chairman Fred H. Johnson called a meeting of the members elect of the Republican State Central Committee for May 14 in Columbus. Officials including a chairman vice chairman secretary and treasurer will be elected.
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GOP Central Committee
Columbus
Fred H. Johnson
Republican State Central Committee
Beverly Hills Actress’s Wife Mrs. Georgianna Morgan Dies
Beverly Hills California Mrs Georgianna Louise Morgan 63 wife of actor Ralph Morgan died Saturday in the city She was born in 188? Her death follows a long career in stage and screen with her husband noted actor Ralph Morgan Actor Ralph Morgan is her husband and she is a prominent figure in early cinema circles.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Georgianna Louise Morgan
Ralph Morgan
Vera Gordon Dies at 61 Actress Known for Mother Roles
Vera Gordon an actress aged 61 famed for maternal parts in motion pictures died yesterday. Her career spanned silent and sound films and she appeared in several enduring family classics.
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Vera Gordon
Hollywood
Athens oilman Scott Haney dies at 72 after heart attack
Scott Haney, a Athens business leader and former two term city safety director, died Sunday at Sheltering Arms Hospital at age 72 after a heart attack. He owned Haney Oil Co and previously ran three Court Street clothing businesses. He is survived by his wife Emma, son George Walker Haney of Chicago, two sisters, three brothers, and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 3 30 p.m. at Jagers funeral home with burial in Union Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
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C. C. Cornell
Hamilton
First Presbyterian Church
Emma
George Walker Haney
Chicago
John Toohey
Mary Loftus
Cincinnati
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Clarence
Miamiville, CO
Roy
Chillicothe
Jagers Funeral Home
Fred E. Luchs
Union
Norman Thomas Begins Sixth Presidential Campaign
Norman Thomas, 63, of New York, announced in Reading, Pennsylvania, his sixth bid for the presidency. He said he does not expect to win this time but will campaign vigorously to advance the socialist program and organization.
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Thomas J. Harkins
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Harkins
Washington
Reading
Norman Thomas
New Yorker
Roof Parson Resists Help and Death on Baltimore Roof
In Baltimore a rooftop preacher Lorenz A. Dolle died after being kicked from a fire ladder by William Lane. Dolle, 63, fell 25 feet suffering a fractured skull. Lane, 39, faced charges of kicking and causing death. Patrolman Louis J. Mitchell reported Lane was on the roof in robe and pajamas preaching to save the world.
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Lorenz A. Dolle
Dolle
William Lane
Louis J. Mitchell
Lane
Balters Groom Sen George For President
Senator Walter George of Georgia is being groomed by Southern Democrats as a candidate to oppose President Truman. Georgia may offer George at the Philadelphia convention on a States Rights platform to rally southern support for a challenge to Truman's Civil Rights policy. A Jackson Mississippi meeting of States Rights Democrats from ten states was to discuss the plan.
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Washington
Walter George
Truman
Jackson
Miss
Nations move toward a European federation at unofficial Congress
Delegates at the unofficial Congress of Europe in The Hague agreed on a resolution to transfer and merge sovereign rights to form a European federation. Winston Churchill, addressing the gathering, urged a united Europe to revive the continent's old glory. Observer Walter N. Maguire from Stamford, Connecticut noted the United States seeks a strong, unified Europe as a key partner.
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Netherlands
Congress of Europe
Winston Churchill
Congress
Europe
Walter N. Maguire
Stamford, Conn
United States
Grandmother 67 Wins Prizes in National Stop the Music
Providence Rhode Island Mrs Lillian Fenneran a 67 year old grandmother won prizes valued at 18500 after correctly naming the song Army Duff in a national Stop The Music contest. Prizes listed include a cabin cruiser TV set auto diamond studded watch a 1000 Persian lamb coat and a promise Cab Calloway's orchestra will perform for her.
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R. I
Lillian Fenneran
Army Duff
Cab Calloway
Jews Seize Bab El Wad Pass to Open Jerusalem Road
Jewish militia Haganah says it occupied all key heights around Bab El Wad, enabling food and passenger convoys toward Jerusalem as 4,000 fighters carried out operations to reopen the Jerusalem Tel Aviv highway amid Arab blockades. Britain to end mandate at midnight, with plans seen to keep order in holy city. Typhoid cases reported in old city quarters. talks of truces and safe-conducts continue in Haifa Acre and western Galilee.
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Steelman
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Truman
Johnston
White House
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Bab el Wad
Tel Aviv
Haganah
Beit Mahsir
Lake Success
N.Y
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Palestine
Great Britain
Holy Land
Holy City
Arab Medical Association
Acre
Haifa
Arab Acre
Western Galilee
Nahariya
Anderson Quits Post Formally
President Truman accepted the resignation of Secretary of Agriculture Anderson and endorsed his bid for the Democratic Senate nomination in New Mexico. Anderson, a former House member, leaves the cabinet as speculation on his successor continues.
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Truman
Agriculture Anderson
Senate
New Mexico
Congress
Anderson
House of Representatives
White House
Man To See Mother Not As Scheduled
A 32 year old Buffalo man who robbed a Buffalo filling station of 34 dollars surrendered to police three years after the crime. He agreed to return to Buffalo for punishment but asked to travel home to see his mother not on Mothers Day as he wished. Dr. Lt. Dennis Lynch said the man identified as B. F. Fallon turned himself in to a patrol wagon yesterday.
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Buffalo
Dennis Lynch
B. F. Fallon
Toronto Star Willed to Charity Foundation
The publisher and owner Joseph E Atkinson died at 82. The Toronto Daily Star and its weekly edition were willed in perpetuity to the Atkinson Charitable Foundation, preserving the paper’s circulation figures of about 350,000 daily and 900,000 weekend subscribers.
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Ont
Toronto Daily Star
Joseph E. Atkinson
The
Star
Star Weekly
Atkinson
CIO Steel Workers Meet for Parley in Boston
Delegates arrive for the opening of the CIO Steel Workers convention in Boston with plans for higher wage demands expected next spring kept top secret. The event marks the largest union gathering in the clo.
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CIO Steel
Boston
Clo
Burns fatal fire death in Delaware on kerosene accident
Authorities said Paul Miller twenty three died after Burns poured kerosene on a coal stove fire on Thursday.
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Delaware
Paul Miller
Italy's First Ballot Fails To Elect President
In Rome on the first ballot for president of the Italian Republic Enrico De Nicola allied with the Communist led Popular Front led with 396 votes while Carlo Sforza the Christian Democrat candidate tallied 353. A two thirds majority was required for election.
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Rome
Enrico de Nicola
Popular Front
Carlo Sforza
Christian Democrats
de Nicola
Bride Shot After Bride Refuses Offer to Kill Husband
In Carnegie Pennsylvania a 23 year old veteran shot his 19 year old wife, Alice Kish, after offering her the option to kill him first. The couple rented a room where she was shot over the right eye. The husband Thomas Kish, a laborer, faces transfer to the coroner.
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Carnegie
Russell Patton
Allegheny County
Alice C. Kish
Thomas
Patton
New Drugs Raise Hope Of Cutting Heart Deaths
A nationwide 20 month study sponsored by the American Heart Association and the U S Public Health Service shows new blood controlling drugs could cut deaths from coronary thrombosis by one third to one half. The trial involved 1 000 patients in 17 U S hospitals.
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Chicago
American Heart Association
U. S. Public Health Service
United States
West Side Bridge Breaks Halts Cuyahoga Ship Ping Traffic
A west side bridge breakdown halted ship ping traffic on the Cuyahoga River for 12 hours yesterday, delaying arrivals and disrupting Cleveland river commerce.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga River
Girl Drowns in Cistern During Visit in Ohio Town
Patricia Ann Estes seven year old visiting an uncle in Miamisburg Ohio wandered during a hide and seek game and fell into a cistern where she drowned yesterday. Police said the tragedy occurred in the uncle’s yard as neighbors assisted in the rescue attempt.
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Miamisburg
Patricia Ann Estes
Gallia Candidate Seeks Recount in 12 Sheriff Precincts
J Blazer Wetherholt defeated by 33 votes by Sheriff E E Hatfield files recount petition for 12 Gallia County precincts Cheshire , Guyan Township , Guyan Precinct Harrison Township Huntington Precinct Morgan Township Ohio Township Bidwell Precinct Walnut Township Gallipolis 3 B 4 A and 4 B. Board to notify all sheriff candidates five days before recount.
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Gallia County
J. Blazer
Wetherholt
E. E. Hatfield
Cheshire
Guyan Township
Guyan
Harrison Township
Huntington
Morgan Township
Ohio Township
Bidwell
Walnut Township
Hatfield
Sabotage Seen In Rail Mishap
Valley Forge Pennsylvania. The Reading Railroad and Montgomery County District Attorney said tampering with rails appeared to cause a passenger train wreck near the George Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge Park. Two crewmen were killed. A sideplate joining rails was removed and bolts and nuts found along the track.
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Reading Railroad
Montgomery County
Reading Co
Allentown
Philadelphia
George Washington Memorial Chapel
Valley Forge Park
Arnold Forrest
Yank German Slain. 16-Year-Old Suspect Sought
In Munich a U S Army investigator and a German police officer were found shot and stabbed to death in a burned car. A 16-year-old German prisoner they were taking to jail is being hunted as the killer. The Army CID announced the fugitive is Wilfred Helm, noted for a long criminal career despite his youth. The American agent's name was kept from release pending family notification.
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U. S. Army
Army
Criminal Investigation Department
Wilfred Helm
Koreans Defy Reds at Polls in Self-Rule Vote
In Seoul and across South Korea about 80 percent of the 8 million eligible voters defied Communist threats in the first self-rule election. Police arrested 60 suspected communists around Seoul as polling booths faced explosions in Seoul and Taegu. Taegu bombing injured five. Ballot tabulation in the Russian-boycotted election was expected to take all night with results due tomorrow.
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Seoul
South Korea
U.S
Taegu
Russia
North Korea
Defiance County Democrats Back Lausche Nominee
Defiance County Democrats will actively support Frank J. Lausche in the November gubernatorial race. County chair Walter L. Bucholtz said the group will follow the standard party practice of backing the nominee.
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Defiance
Ray T. Miller
Frank J. Lausche
Walter L. Bucholtz
Defiance County
Metropolitan to Open 23 Season in Cleveland
Two trains carrying 350 artists and technicians arrive for the Metropolitan Opera Association’s 23rd Cleveland season. The weeklong engagement opens tonight with Jules Massenet’s Manon.
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Metropolitan
Cleveland
Metropolitan Opera Association
Jules Massenet
Manon
Jenkins Campaign Cost Reported at 3768 Dollars
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton was renominated by Republicans and reported receipts of 3770 dollars and expenditures of 3768 dollars in his campaign. Secretary of State Edward J. Hummel was informed.
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Jenkins
Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Edward J. Hummel
Train Conductor Crushed Between Coal Cars
Conductor Clarence R. Vandame aged 44 was fatally crushed yesterday between two coal cars in an accident near Sandusky. Investigators assess cause and safety protocol.
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Sandusky
Clarence R. Vandame
Rubber workers strike continues at Sun Rubber Co
United Rubber Workers in Barbeton ongoing strike against Sun Rubber Co. as talks stall and picket lines form outside the plant. No injuries reported.
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Barberton—P
CIO
United’ Rubber Workers
Sun Rubber Co
Ten Million Methodists Pledged to Oppose War
Boston and abroad nearly ten million Methodists pledged to oppose war and to work for peace between the United States and Soviet Russia. The pledge aligns with church policy and urges members to change the prevailing mood conducive to war.
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Boston
United States
Soviet Russia
GMC Slashes Appliance Prices 5 Percent
General Motors Corp announced a five percent cut in prices for Frigidaire household appliances and small electric motors. The reduction covers electric refrigerators ranges washing machines ironers clothes dryers and water heaters produced by the Frigidaire division.
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New York
General Motors Corp
Frigidaire Division
General Motors
Man Found Dead in Cleveland Room With Fatal Bullet Wound
George C. Loesch 77 secretary treasurer of Case Fish Co. was found yesterday in his room with a fatal bullet wound to the head. Police investigated the death as a likely suicide.
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George C. Loesch
The
Case Fish Co
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