Locomotive Explosion Kills Three at Chillicothe
A Chesapeake and Ohio freight loco explosion near Chillicothe killed engineer W R Terry and firemen T R Lauter and W C Bush. The northbound train, pulling 156 coal cars, blew up with the front demolished. Dick Vincent credited with averting a wreck by signaling a southbound train seconds after the blast.
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Chillicothe
Chesapeake & Ohio
T. R. Lauter
Trenton
W. C. Bush
Siloam
W. R. Terry
Ironton
Columbus
Dick Vincent
Vincent
House Action On Shale Oil Expected Soon
The House will take up a bill to provide for research and development of synthetic fuel from oil shale and coal. Backed by West Virginia and Ohio delegations, the measure would authorize surveys and engineering studies and RFC construction of commercial size plants.
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Washington Bureau
Washington
House
West Virginia
Ohio
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Henderson H. Carson
Canton
E. H. Hedrick
Beckley
RFC
Truman Opposes Outlawing Communist Party
President Truman voiced opposition to outlawing the Communist Party. He said existing laws cover subversive acts and warned that making a political party illegal conflicts with American principles, while noting possible action only if Mundt bill reaches his desk.
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Washington
Truman
Mundt
Queen Wilhelmina to Abdicate for Princess Juliana
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands 67 says she will abdicate toward the end of September in favor of her daughter Princess Juliana. Ill health and a seven week vacation marked the line, with Juliana prepared to act as regent under special legislation. Wilhelmina resumed duties December 1.
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Amsterdam
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Juliana
Trainmen Stand By as Government Controls Railways
The three railroad brotherhoods will run trains while the government controls the railroads but vow to strike again once control ends if wage and working rule demands are not met. They seek a 30 percent wage hike and 23 rule changes while a temporary restraining order may become permanent after next week’s hearing. Eleven Army officers join Cleveland district to supervise rail operations during government control.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
Three Brotherhoods
Army
Cleveland
Cleveland District
Gustav Metzman
New York Central
August F. Kapp
US aid to European nations tied to Russia arms work
ERP Director Paul Hoffman said the United States will cut economic aid to any European country that supplies war machinery to Russia. He testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee to seek more funds and insisted the ECA will ship only goods that can be spared and used wisely and safely.
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Washington
United States
Russia
ERP
Paul Hoffman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hoffman
ECA
Columbus Police to hire 90 more patrolmen for night duty
Columbus police plan to add 90 patrolmen mainly for night shifts in residential areas to curb neighborhood hoodlums.
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Columbus, CO
Columbus
Lake Hope Opens 16th as Diving Boards and Services Upgraded
Lake Hope in Zaleski State Forest will open for bathing May 16 if warm weather continues. New diving boards, updated matting, a guard rope, and enhanced facilities will improve the Olympic style swimming area. Don Smart of OSU named head lifeguard with two more OSU students to join. Fifteen of twenty new rowboats ready. seven new cabins already rented. Two way radios installed to aid fire spotting. ranger Vernor Hondell oversees upgrades.
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Don Smart
Worthington
Ohio State University
OSU
Honchell
Lucille Bighouse
Zaleski
Hondell
State Forest
Atkinson Ridge
CIO Deliberates Taft-Hartley Stand At Steel Workers Meet
Boston delegates from the CIO Steelworkers union discuss continuing refusal to comply with the Taft-Hartley non- Communist pledge. Philip Murray and the federation push constitutional challenges while 3,200 delegates vote to delay presidential backing, oppose third party options, and aim to elect at least 100 favored congressmen. A Lorain delegate's motion to keep Communists from local offices is noted for later consideration.
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Boston
CIO Steelworkers
Steelworkers
National Cio
Philip Murray
CIO
Lorain
Julius B. Uehlein
Murray
Three Miners Trapped Deep in Mine After Flood
Rescue teams fought to reach three miners trapped 175 feet below the surface in an independently operated hard coal mine at Shamokin Pennsylvania. A heavy rain filled the shaft with about 50 feet of water yesterday, delaying escape until pumping lowers the flood.
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Shamokin
Taft Seeks $200 Million Cut in Waterways Bill
Sen. Robert A. Taft plans to vote for a $200 million reduction in the $640.253 million waterways bill. The appropriations committee approved it 16 to 3, with a vote possible later today. The measure funds 94 rivers and harbors projects and 279 flood control projects for the year starting July 1.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Appropriations Committee
German Women March in Munich Food Protest
Five thousand German women marched on Adolf Hitler's former parade ground in Munich protesting food shortages amid widespread strikes by men in the American zone. Demonstrations also linked to shortages in Nuremberg and Augsburg.
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Frankfurt
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Nuernberg
Augsburg
Trade pact signed between Hungary and Poland in Budapest
Hungary and Poland inked a five year economic agreement in Budapest today, signaling cooperation on trade. Officials from both governments announced the pact aims to boost cross border business, investment, and regional economic ties.
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Budapest
Hungary
Poland
Interstate Auto Thief Faces Court
Buford Wilson Carr, 29, of Huntington, was to appear in federal court in Huntington, charged with interstate auto theft. Indicted as officers pursued a Cadillac sedan taken from Lewis Glick, a furniture store manager, Tuesday night. The car was chased across the Ohio River into Ashland, Kentucky, before being found abandoned with about 70 bullet holes. Carr pleaded innocent and was ordered back for a hearing.
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Huntington
W.va
Buford Wilson Carr
U.S. District Grand Jury
Milton
Carr
Lewis Glick
Glick
Ironton
Ohio
Ironton-Ashland
Ohio River
Ashland
West End
Harry E. Watkins
Truman Defies Congress On Secrets Bill
President Truman vowed to veto any bill forcing disclosure of confidential White House or cabinet records. He argued courts protect executive secrecy and said the veto would likely not be overridden. The measure could jail congressional staff and executive officials.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Congressional Committee
New Navy Patrol Plane Completes First Flight
The Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company announced the successful first flight of the Martin XP5M-1, a twin engine experimental patrol flying boat for the U.S. Navy. The aircraft features a large single vertical tail and a long afterbody hull designed for safer landings in rough water.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company
U.S. Navy
Leaflets Attack Movie At Cleveland Showing
Leaflets opposing the film "The Iron Curtain" were distributed at the Cleveland premiere. Uniformed officers guarded both theater entrances while detectives attended the audience. no disturbances were reported.
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Cleveland
Unwanted Haircut Trip to Jail in Columbus
Three Columbus men were jailed for 30 days and fined 50 dollars each after cutting a woman’s hair off except the forelock. The incident stemmed from the woman being accused of informing on a stolen car. Names listed include James Conrad 22, Noble Franklin 23, and Lee Irwin 21 from nearby areas. Hazel Campbell 29 of Nashville testified.
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Columbus
Ind
Hazel Campbell
Nashville
James Conrad
Noble Franklin
Lee Irwin
UAW Kitty Signals Prolonged Chrysler Strike
The CIO United Auto Workers raise an 8 million kitty as 75,000 Chrysler production workers walk out for 17 cents more per hour. Officials predict a long siege with orderly picket lines at 12 Michigan plants and facilities in Indiana and California, while Briggs Manufacturing lays off 11,000. Indiana and Michigan plants shut down with New Castle Indiana production halted.
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United Auto
Dodge
Chrysler Corp
Detroit
Chrysler
Indiana
California
United Auto Workers
Auto
Emil Mazey
UAW
Michigan
Kim Sigler
Michigan Labor Mediation Board
Coal Miners Barbs on Labor Aristocracy in UMW Talks
A National Coal Association official called coal miners the aristocrats of labor as soft coal talks loom in Washington. He warned costs may rise amid already high production costs and dwindling coal stocks ahead of cold weather. Negotiations begin soon for soft coal with June 30 expiry. anthracite talks start May 20 in New York or Philadelphia. John L. Lewis has not commented on new demands, but the UMW policy committee is convening in Washington. Preliminary district committees have raised the proposed demands.
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John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
UMW
Solons Study Farm Plan In Rural Vote Contest
Senators studied a new long range farm plan as they awaited President Truman. The Republican chaired Senate Agriculture Committee approved a revised price support program ahead of Truman's farm message. The bill uses a sliding scale from 75 to 90 percent parity with a modernization clause based on the last decade. If action stalls, supports could drop from 52 to 75 percent of parity when the current law expires December 31.
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Washington
Truman
Agriculture Department
Aiken
R-Vi
Congress
Stassen and Dewey Enter Stretch for Oregon Primary
In Portland Harold E. Stassen and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey push toward Oregon’s May 21 direct primary for the presidential race. Both stress anti Communism themes as they seek to clinch crucial votes ahead of the national convention. A schedule for their debate remains undecided and unannounced.
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Portland
Ore
Harold E. Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
Oregon
Christian Scientists Elect New Director
The Christian Science board of directors announced the election of Miss L. Jmy Gwalter of New York as director of the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston. She succeeds the late Mrs. Nelvin E. Ritchie and is an associate editor of the Christian Science Journal and other publications.
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Boston
Christian Science Board of Directors
L. Jmy Gwalter
New York
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Miss Gwalter
The
Christian Science Journal
Nelvin E. Ritchie
Herbert reports no primary campaign expenses
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert asserts he won the Republican nomination last week without spending any money. His campaign expenditure statement filed with the secretary of state shows no contributions and no expenses despite two rivals.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Secretary of State
Grand Jury Opens in Lawrence County May Term
Common Pleas Judge James Collier indicated the May term jury will be asked to investigate alleged gambling conditions in Lawrence County. The Grand Jury session begins Monday.
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Ironton
Lawrence County
Common Pleas
James Collier
War Preparations Mark End of British Mandate in Palestine
Jewish leaders mobilize all men and women 18 to 35 for zero hour as a Jewish state is proclaimed after Britain's mandate ends. Jaffa to be taken by Haganah. Arab Civil Administration planned. surrounding nations preparing for potential invasion.
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Palestine
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Arab League
Haganah
Jaffa
Holy Land
Great Britain
League of Nations
Jewish Agency
Abdullah
Trans- Jordan
U S Seeks Palestine Commissioner at United Nations
The United States called for a United Nations high commissioner for Palestine in a late bid to spur action on the Holy Land crisis. President Truman and Secretary of State Marshall announced the plan, aiming to push it through the 12 nation assembly group and then the 58 nation committee and full assembly before British mandate ends tomorrow.
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United States
United Nations
Palestine
Holy Land
UN Assembly
Truman
Marshall
Washington
Assembly
West Virginia Picks Neely Revercomb in Primary Returns
Partial results show former Sen. Matthew Neely leading the Democratic senator race with 58 244 to 31 077 for Rush D Holt as other candidates trail. Republican Sen. Chapman Revercomb leads with 51 259 from 1 113 precincts, while Okey Patterson gains the governor nomination. Harold Stassen leads the presidential advisory vote with 21 710 in early precincts.
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Charleston
W. Va
Matthew M. Neely
U. S
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
Needly
Holt
Okey L. Patterson
James Kay Thomas
Sen
Chapman Revercomb
Neely
John A. Simms
Patterson
Thomas
Herbert S. Boreman
Shotgun Killing Follows Argument About Corn
Sheriff said he would file a murder charge against a 7 year old man in a shotgun slaying near Troy. Minor Rose, 70, was shot yesterday at his gate after a dispute over how to plant corn.
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Troy
Cecil Marshall
Minor Rose
Marshall
Rose
Garlier
Jenkins Reports Personal Expenditures for renomination bid
Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton reported to the secretary of state that he spent 1299 dollars of personal funds to win the Republican renomination in the recent primary election.
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Columbus
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Club Owner Pleads Guilty In Sunday Sales Case
Paul Alvino a Youngstown nightclub owner pleaded guilty to Sunday sales at a liquor board hearing after a grand jury indicted him on attempting to bribe two state liquor inspectors. The board dropped bribery charges while criminal proceedings continue in Youngstown against him and the inspectors Joseph Holland and Leonard Strauss. The inspectors face trial by a three judge court later this month.
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Columbus
Paul Alvino
Youngstown
Liquor Board
Alvino
Common Pleas Court
Joseph Holland
Cleveland
Leonard Strauss
Middletown
Court Upholds Prenatal Injury Suit in Ohio Appeal
The Ohio Third District Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that a child may sue for prenatal injuries in a $50,000 case brought by Mina Margaret Williams’s father against Marion Rapid Transit Co. in Marion Ohio. The court certified the matter to the Ohio Supreme Court for review.
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Lima
Ohio Third District Court of Appeals
Mina Margaret Williams
Marion Rapid Transit Co
Marion
Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court
Truman asks Congress for funds to hire 10000 tax agents
President Truman requested Treasury funding to hire 10,000 agents to pursue tax evasion. The move aims to strengthen efforts against income tax evasion and improve federal collection.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
The
Treasury
Peace hopes unchanged by Russian note exchange
President Truman said peace prospects were not boosted by Russia and United States notes. Secretary Marshall urged action through the United Nations and ruled out two nation talks. Marshall cited Molotov’s pledge of a peaceful policy and collaboration with the U.S. The outcome depends on a new Soviet willingness to negotiate.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
Marshall
United Nations
United States
Stalin
Molotov
U.S.A
Soviet Union
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