Allies OK New German Constitution
Western Allies approved the West German draft constitution with reservations. The action clears the way for a May 23 Paris peace talks and the interim occupation statute for 45 million Germans. Signed by Gen. Lucius D. Clay, Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, and Lt. Gen. Pierre Koenig, the document restricts armament, Ruhr control, foreign relations, and central police power. West Berlin is excluded from the new republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
Paris
Russia
Lucius D. Clay
United States
Brian Robertson
Britain
Pierre Koenig
France
Ruhr
West Berlin
Chemicals Explode On Truck In Holland Tunnel
A truck fire in the Holland Tunnel caused drums of carbon disulphide to explode near the Jersey City side at 7 55 a m. Dozens were exposed to fumes and 30 people including 20 firefighters were overcome as ventilation spread the acrid gas through the underwater artery. Fire crews fought the blaze with gas masks and extinguishing agents amid stranded cars and fleeing motorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Port Authority
Senator Tom Jones In Critical Condition
Senator Tom W. Jones remains in critical condition at his Middleport home after a stroke-like illness that began in Columbus during General Assembly sessions. Relatives have been notified as he recuperates following weeks in a hospital and a return home at Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Tom W. Jones
S. Third Ave
Jones
Columbus
General Assembly
Student Pilot Crashes Near Ohio Home
Charles Franz twenty six, a student pilot in training at an Ashland Kentucky field, was injured Wednesday night when his aircraft crashed on a hillside near his Deering Ohio home. He suffered a fractured left leg and multiple cuts and was transported to Veterans' Hospital in Huntington West Virginia.
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Ironton
Charles Franz
Ashland
Deering
Ohio
Franz
Veterans’ Hospital
Huntington
W. Va
Veteran Fireman Dies After Collapse at Blaze
John Kilbane a 51 year old veteran Cleveland firefighter collapsed and died while battling a $10 000 fire at Milmar Inc manufacturers of children's furniture He had 30 years on the force and apparently suffered a heart attack during the blaze in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
John Kilbane
Milmar, Inc
Infant Falls Forty Feet to Death in Cleveland Home
An eighteen month old boy, Frank MacEwen Jr., died after falling four stories from a window onto a concrete driveway in Cleveland. The mother said the screen was held only by a spring and the child leaned against it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Frank MacEwen, S Jr
Soviet Union accuses US Britain of Libyan colonies deal
At the United Nations, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andreii Gromyko charged that a US Britain plan to divide Libya under separate trusteeships aims to control strategic parts of the former Italian colonies. He spoke as the Political Committee prepared to vote on colonial trusteeship proposals including Cyrenaica Feeean and Tripolitania with Eritrea also in play.
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Lake Success
Russia
United States
Britain
Italy
Andreii Gromyko
U. N. Assembly
Gromyko
Tripoli
U. S
U. N
Cyrenaica
France
Tripolitania
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan
Soviet Union
Mediterranean
Derailment Investigation Continues Near Stewart
Baltimore and Ohio officials extended an inquiry into the cause of a Thursday derailment of 14 cars on freight No. 97 near Stewart. Wreckage on the Washington to St. Louis line was cleared by Thursday afternoon. trains largely on schedule by last night.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Stewart
Washington
St. Louis
Athens
Wheat Crop Increase Seen in Ohio 1949 Forecast
The Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service estimates Ohio’s 1949 winter wheat crop at 58,225,000 bushels from 2,329,000 acres with a prospective yield of 25 bushels per acre. Last year’s yield was 24.5. April milk output reached 459,000,000 pounds, up five percent from last year and 12 percent above the 10-year April average.
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Columbus
Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service Today
Ohio
Cleveland Man Shot By Minneapolis Nurse
Robert Oaks a 23 year old from Cleveland Ohio was shot and wounded in his room at the Dyckman Hotel by a 20 year old practical nurse who had taken him to dinner the night before. The nurse is held without charge authorities said.
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Minneapolis
Robert Oaks
Cleveland
Ohio
Dyckman Hotel
Oaks
Eugene Bernath
Police Detective Bureau
Bernath
House Boosts Expenses Inevitable Rift in Opposition
The House approved a bill to raise members clerical hire and communications allowances despite protests from some members who were not informed prior to the vote. The measure would give each member 500 for communications and 3000 for clerical hire, with a current top 9500 for clerk hire. Keefe and Church warned they may seek changes when funding comes up, likely in a month.
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Washington
Keefe
R-Wis
Church
R-Nl
Appropriations Committee
A& Money
House
British MPs Approve Atlantic Pact by 333 to 6
The House of Commons ratified the North Atlantic Treaty by 333 to 6 with only two Communists and four far left Labor members voting no. Bevin called the pact wise and prudent and Churchill voiced broad agreement, noting U.S. role in formulating the defense alliance. The treaty, signed in Washington, includes ten nations and already has Belgium and Canada ratified.
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London
House of Commons
Ernest Bevin
Winston Churchill
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Italy
Portugal
Iceland
Canada
U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Churchill
Bevin
Toledo Man Admits Recruiting Communists
Williams Cummings of Toledo Ohio testified in a federal court jury he recruited many new members into the Communist party and handed their names to the FBI He said he was a Negro FBI informant within the party for six years and most new recruits were his own race with three relatives among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Williams Cummings
Toledo
Ohio
Communist Party
FBI
Cummings
Ship's Captain Found Dead
Cmdr. Everett O. Rigsbee Jr. skipper of the Aircraft Carrier Antietam was found shot to death in his quarters at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Widow says he was overworked under strain. Police report a civilian .38 bullet passed through his head. Rigsbee age 41 had commanded the carrier ten days.
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San Francisco
Everett O. Rigsbee, Jr
Antietam
Hunter’s Point Naval Shipyard
Navy
Board of
Rigsbee
Cincinnati Postal Clerk Held for Stealing Mail
George L. Blakey a 27 year old Cincinnati postal clerk was held on a $1000 bond in U S District Court on a charge that he stole about 1200 letters from the mail Many letters were addressed to the Disabled American Veterans national headquarters and contained small sums of money for key ring identification tags, according to Postal Inspector Ralph H Bushman.
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Cincinnati
George L. Blakey
U. S. District Court
Blakey
The
Disabled American Veterans
Ralph H. Bushman
Iowa Senator Demands Aid Denial for Communists
Washington Senator Hickenlooper warned he will seek a law change if the Atomic Energy Commission does not deny roughly 3600 in student aid funds to Communists and fellow travelers. He cited Jans Freistadt, a politics admitted Communist doing graduate physics work at the University of North Carolina as a case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Jans Freistadt
University of North Carolina
Los Angeles Hit by Mild Earthquake Early Friday
A mild earthquake shook Los Angeles early Friday waking residents but caused no damage. The tremor was strongest in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys including Altadena Pasadena Burbank and Glendale Long Beach reported a gentle rumble recalling 1933 disaster.
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Los Angeles
San Gabriel
San Fernando Valleys
Altadena
Pasadena
Burbank
Glendale
Long Beach
Convicted Slayer Sparks Dies in Prison Hospital
Charles Sparks, 23, Cincinnati slayer condemned for the taxi-driver murder, died of tuberculosis in the Columbus prison hospital. Sparks had a reprieve from the electric chair until August 4 granted by Gov. Lausche, while co-defendant Asbell Adams was electrocuted earlier in April. Sparks’ body was sent to a Columbus funeral home and relatives were notified.
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Columbus
Charles Sparks
Cincinnati
Ralph W. Alvis
Sparks
Frank J. Lausche
Asbell Adams
Alvis
Police Read Comics In Line of Duty
Policewoman Margaret Kilbane and Patrolman Donald McNea were assigned to read comic books as part of enforcing a new ordinance banning crime-packed comics for under 18s. They currently have 350 titles on their reading list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Margaret Kilbane
Donald McNea
Freight Train Strikes Truck at Crossing in Columbus
A 28-car Pennsylvania freight train hit a truck carrying a 25 ton steam shovel at a Columbus crossing Thursday night. No injuries were reported. truck helper William Arnold, 26, warned the train crew with a flashlight but the vehicle stalled as it crossed. The train slowed but could not stop.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania
William Arnold
Arnold
Streetcar Collision Kills City Resident
A victim among 22 injured in a Northwest Side streetcar crash and two autos died Friday. The incident left several others hospitalized as investigators probe the collision between the streetcar and two cars.
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Chicago
Omaha Lawyer Named Secretary of the Navy
Francis Patrick Matthews an Omaha lawyer was named Secretary of the Navy to succeed John L. Sullivan. The 62 year old Catholic layman is a Democrat and former member of the Presidents Committee on Civil Rights. Dan A. Kimball is promoted to undersecretary as Matthews' nomination proceeds to the Senate.
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Washington
Francis Patrick Matthews
Omaha
White House
Matthews
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Defense Johnson
Navy
Truman
Dan A. Kimball
Kimball
W. John Kenney
Curtis E. Calder
New York
Army
Jonathan Daniels
North Carolina
Convicts Back After 34 Hours
Three prisoners from the U S Reformatory escaped for 34 hours before being recaptured within three miles of Chillicothe. Pris oners were Donald Q Foshey 19 Rocksburg Mass serving 18 months auto theft William R Blackwell 14 Lindenhurst N Y two years auto theft and Harold E Hughes 24 Pulaski N V 18 months mail theft. Foshey was caught on Route 104 near the Veterans Administration Hospital. Blackwell and Hughes surrendered at the hospital office last night. The trio had endured hunger and briar scratches during their brief freedom.
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Chillicothe
U. S. Reformatory
Donald Q. Foshey
Rocksburg
Mass
William R. Blackwell
Lindenhurst
Foshey
Veterans Administration Hospital
Blackwell
Huggins
Man Dies and Another Hurt in Lorain Fire
One man, Clifford Shearer aged 45, suffocated in a second floor room. David Mitchell 46, escaped by dropping from a rear bedroom window with severe burns. Fire Chief Elmer Stough estimated property loss at 4000 and investigated the blaze’s cause.
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Lorain
Clifford Shearer
David Mitchell
Elmer Stough
Keller Motors seeks $5 million stock issue for new car
Keller Motors Corp of Huntsville Alabama asks permission to float a 5 million stock issue to launch a Keller automobile. The prospectus says a medium sized four cylinder car priced from 895 to 1245 will be produced in a five seat design. The SEC was informed the first product will be a medium sized vehicle seating five.
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Washington
Keller’ Motors Corp
Huntsville
Ala
Keller
Securities and Exchange Commission
Extended Forecast for Columbus Reflects Warm Spell Ahead
Columbus forecast shows temperatures about 5 degrees above normal with a high near 65 and a low around 44. Cooler Saturday and Sunday, warmer Monday, then cooler Wednesday, with little precipitation except for brief thundershowers tonight and around Tuesday.
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Columbus
Stowaway Gearhart Pisler Identified Aboard Polish Ship
Justice Department officials said they will arrange deportation for Gearhart Pisler a 52 year old admitted Communist found aboard the Polish ship Batory which docked in New York. He faces exile and prison time for illegal residence here and is to be excluded from the United States by official deportation procedures. Bisier claimed he hid on the ship after paying a quarter to tour it.
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Justice
Department
Gearhart Pisler
Sotheys
Batory
New York
U.S
Elaler
Bisier
Banking Group Oks Truman Housing Bill
The House Banking Committee approved 14 to 7 the administration plan for a multi billion dollar slums clearance, low rent and farm housing aid program. It would fund 1 050 000 public housing units in seven years, with a federal share up to 400 million annually for up to 40 years. The bill also includes a five year slum clearance effort and a 200 million plus farm housing program with 33 year loans at under four percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Banking Committee
Truman
Senate
Spence
Dky
House
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Rep
Cole
R-Kas
Ohio Cancer Clinics Praised by Physician
Dr. Thomas F. Nealon of the American Cancer Society praised Ohio for leading the nation in cancer patient care. He credited the state’s 31 detection centers for its standout work, spoken at a leadership institute sponsored by the society in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Thomas F. Nealon
American Cancer Society
Cancer Society
Hobo King Visits Wittenberg College For Hobo Day
Jeff Davis called the king of hoboes was guest of honor at Wittenberg College in Springfield. He delivered a speech and joined students in the annual Hobo Day celebration. Davis leads the International Itinerant Migratory Workers Union Hoboes of America.
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Springfield
Jeff Davis
King
Wittenberg College
Davis
Neysa McMein Dies After Brief Illness At 60
New York artist Neysa McMein aged 60 died Thursday in St. Luke's Hospital after a brief illness. She was married to John G. Baragwanath.
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New York
Neysa McMein
St. Luke's Hospital
John G. Baragwanath
Exports Dispute Settled Amid Berlin Blockade Talks
Berlin officials reported a tentative easing as Western and Soviet authorities clashed over lifting wartime restrictions. Lawrence Wilkinson, U S military governor adviser, said most controls had been removed, while the Rundschau pressed for full reinstatement of the 1948 East West trade framework. Western Berlin trucks faced new permit hurdles but a West Berlin police source later said orders from the West Berlin government may suffice.
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Berlin
Ramasians
Lawrence Wilkinson
U U. S
Germany
Taegliche Rundachau
Rundschau
Wilkinson
West Berlin
German Economic Commission
West Germany
Natural Gas Rates OK'd by Federal Commission
The Federal Power Commission approved new rate schedules for natural gas by a pipeline firm to Ohio and six states. They cover 75 million cubic feet of gas from the big inch line and include an additional daily delivery allowance of 25 million cubic feet for Consolidated Companies East Ohio Peoples Natural Gas and New York State Natural Gas. The other states listed are New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Missouri and Indiana.
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Washington
Ohio
Federal Power Commission
Big Inch
Eastern Transmission Corp
Consolidated Companies
East Ohio Co
Peoples Natural Gas Co
New York State
Three BIS boys still sought after school escape
Three of four inmates who escaped from the Boys Industrial School near Lancaster remained at large Friday. Identified were Robert Race, 16, Canton. George Greenlee, 17, Akron. and Bishop Galler, 17, Cleveland. Donald Pripp, 17, Akron, was recaptured within three hours by Fairfield County deputies.
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Lancaster
Here
Robert Race
Canton
George Greenlee
Akron
Bishop Galler
Cleveland
Donald Pripp
Fairfield County Sheriff's
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