Hollywood Red Acts Exposed by Film Figures
Hollywood figures including Adolphe Menjou Rupert Hughes and Jack Warner testified to an unAmerican Activities subcommittee on Communist influence in the film industry. Viktor Kravchenko, a former Soviet official, appeared amid threats to his life and plans for a federal protection offer.
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Los Angeles
House
Hollywood
Adolphe Menjou
Rupert Hughes
Jack Warner
Subcommittee
Viktor A. Kravcchenko
Kravchenko
Beverly Hills
Lee R. Brooks
Thomas
U. S
Kravcchenko
Menjou
America
Hughes
Russia
Communist Party
Warner
Leo McCarey
Brooks
Howard Emmet Rogers
Teachers Win Strike Stalled in Akron Board Action
Akron school officials announced informal approval of a salary adjustment plan intended to prevent a walkout by about 1,300 teachers and extending to 400 other staff members. The accord came after a three hour meeting with Mayor Slusser's Citizens Committee and hinges on prepayment of industrial taxes. Details to be released by the board.
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AKRON
Akron Board of Education
Charles E. Slusser
Citizens Committee
H. W. Butler
Fire Destroys Marion Fertilizer Plant
The Marion Plant Life Fertilizer Co. factory burned early today, destroying the plant. Owner George Alber estimated the loss at 100000 dollars. Firemen fought the blaze for four hours as fumes from chemicals including nitrate hampered efforts.
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Marion, O
Marion Plant Life Fertilizer Co
George Alber
Congress Recovers Dignity in Labor Bill Debate
SAM SIMMONS argues the labor bill vote signals Congress regaining its rightful role as a coordinate branch. He recalls Roosevelt’s overreach, praises Democrats like Fulbright George Tydings Byrd Robertson, and notes a broader push by states to reclaim prerogatives against executive encroachment.
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Congress
Founding Fathers
Republic
Roosevelt
White House
Senate
House
Fulbright
Arkansas
George
Georgia
Tydings
Maryland
Byrd and Robertson
Virginia
Hitlers
Pickets Quit as Phone Service Returns After Six Weeks
Western Electric ACEW installation workers pull back pickets in 43 states following Ernest Weaver guidance. Pickets in West Virginia Wisconsin Illinois and New Jersey withdraw enabling full Bell System service. San Francisco Pacific Telephone repair crews sign back to work across several states as Ohio wage talks continue and Springfield night staff returns without a settlement.
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Washington
Weaver
San Francisco
CIO Long Lines
Pacific Telephone Co
California
Nevada
Idaho
Cleveland
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Springfield
Penn Oil Announces 14 Cent Price Boost
The Joseph Seep Purchasing Agency of South Penn Oil Co. said the Pennsylvania grade crude oil price rose 14 cents per barrel effective immediately. The new price is $4.05, the highest in 26 years, since 1921’s $5.75 peak.
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Oil City
Joseph Seep
South Penn Oil Co
Pennsylvania
Wilmington Defendant Slaying Adjudged Sane
Dr. R E Bushong Lima State Hospital superintendent told Judge Frank M Clevenger that Owen W Shaw aged 45 has been adjudged sane after observation at the institution. Shaw faces a first degree murder indictment in the March 29 shotgun slaying of Simeon Hurley 67 trucker.
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Wilmington
R. E. Bushong
Lima State Hospital
Frank M. Clevenger
G. L. Schilling
Owen W. Shaw
Shaw
Simeon Hurley
Wife of Congressman Escapes Gas Poisoning
Mrs. George H. Bender wife of Ohio congressman at large narrowly escaped death from carbon monoxide poisoning yesterday. She recovered from a coma and showed marked improvement after physicians at St Luke's Hospital attended her. The incident was discovered when she was found unconscious in a bedroom by a postal messenger and the caretaker.
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Cleveland
George H. Bender
Ohio
St. Luke’s Hospital
Death breaks chain in Fremont as Rosa Hasselback dies
Mrs. Rosa Hasselback a German immigrant longtime Fremont resident died at age 92 ending a five generation family line. She lived 90 of her 92 years in Fremont and was remembered by neighbors and relatives for her long life and steady presence.
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Fremont
Rosa Hasselback
Prisons Update Photo Files For Current Inmate Images
Ohio prisons ordered to update inmate photographs to reflect current appearances. State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood said many images no longer resemble inmates, aiding parole supervision and capturing ex cons tied to new crimes. Long term inmates will receive new photos every five years.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles L. Sherwood
Sherwood
Eight Thousand Sailors Arrive for Australian 10 Day Tour
Eight thousand American sailors with 500000 dollars to spend will visit Sydney and Melbourne for ten days. They arrive in fourteen vessels of task force 38, the U S naval spokesman said, for a sightseeing cruise including the Gilbert and Marshall Islands and Truk before leaving Australia.
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Sydney
Melbourne
H. L. Schilling
U. S. Naval
Australia
Gilbert and Marshall Islands
Truk
Judge Limits CIO Pickets at Russell Plant
In Lisbon Ohio two CIO United Auto Workers strikers must stay at two pickets at the F C Russell plant main gate under a Common Pleas Court order by Judge Joel Sharp. The ruling restricts protest activity at the Columbiana site as labor action continues.
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Lisbon
Cio-United Auto Workers
Common Pleas
Joel Sharp
F. C. Russell
Columbiana
Fort Dix Closes After WWII Discharges
The Fort Dix Separation Center closed its doors yesterday completing the discharge of more than a million World War II veterans.
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Fort DIX
Food relief to Germans tops one million tons in 30 months
The American Military Governor Gen Lucius D Clay reported that over a million tons of food were sent to Germany in the first 30 months of the year to curb disease and unrest. About 75 percent went to the British occupied zone, with the rest to U.S. areas.
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Berlin
United States
United Kingdom
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Gen
Clay
Two Men Killed as Gun Battle Rocks Municipal Court
In Washington a patrolman and a DC Bar Association official were killed and three others wounded in a gunfight that began at the Municipal Court House after a disgruntled bar applicant opened fire. The dead are Hubert Estes and Ray Devendorf. the wounded include George Dalzell and Cecil Craig. an unidentified Black man was captured.
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Washington
Law Association
Municipal Court House
Hubert Estes
Ray Devendorf
District of Columbia Bar Association
George W. Dalzell
Chevy Chase
Cecil Craig
Devendorf
Estes
Jet Test Pilot Killed in Ohio Crash
Dayton reports the death of Capt. Martin L. Smith a Wright Field Air Force test pilot who piloted a P-80 in a routine flight near Xenia Ohio. The 27 year old from Kidder Missouri held major jet speed records including Long Beach to New York in four hours thirty three minutes and Washington to Wright Field in one hour.
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Dayton
Martin L. Smith
Xenia
Ohio
Army
Wright Field
Smith
Kidder, Mo
Long Beach
Calif
New York City
Washington
New York
Soft Coal Men Open Contract Talks Today
Washington report says John L. Lewis and a large part of the soft coal industry start contract talks today. The talks may determine if a nationwide summer strike will occur in the mines. Lewis abandons industry wide bargaining and will deal with producers representing about three fourths of UMW tonnage. His terms remain secret.
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Washington (P
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Fremont Bridge Excavation Set to Start Today
In Fremont Ohio an excavation on the new Huron Bridge estimated at 1,250,000 dollars was scheduled to begin today with preparations underway and crews assembling at the site.
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Fremont
Huron
Solons Open Door to Union Curb Bill Approval Odds
Washington reports Taft and Ives say President Truman’s stance keeps the door open for White House approval of the Senate union curb bill. Truman emphasizes his four-state union policy while Schwellenbach condemns the closed shop and warns of wider labor troubles ahead.
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Solons
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Ives Cny
Truman
White House
Senate
Congress
GOP
Ives
Labor Committee
House
Planes Wing To New York In Mock Raid
Fort Worth reports B29 formations from West and South fields flying toward New York for a planned mock airstrike. First squadron of 19 departed Fort Worth between 2:15 and 2:35 a.m., another flight of 29 left Salina at 3:50 a.m. They rendezvous over West Virginia before a mass flight to Washington and New York scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
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Fort Worth
Tex
New York City
Metropolis
George C. Kenney
Salina
Kas
Atlanta Police Probe Sex Slayings Linked to Lab Findings
Police study a Fulton County crime lab report to uncover clues in the strangling of Mrs. Paul Refoule, a 31 year old Auburn haired socialite found dead at her Peachtree Creek area home after being assaulted Friday afternoon. The motive was identified as sex based per Dr. Herman Jones while bloodhounds traced the missing wife after her husband and son returned home to find her gone.
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Atlanta
Paul Refoule
Peachtree Creek
Herman Jones
Fulton
Jones
Steelworkers Win 12 Cent Hourly Raise at Canton Plant
About 600 CIO United Steelworkers at Union Metal Manufacturing Co. in Canton receive a 12 2 cent per hour raise. The wage increase affects all shop employees as part of the new labor agreement.
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United
Truman Urges Common Sense to Avert Economic Boom Bust
Republican chairmen of Ways and Means and Banking challenge President Truman’s claim of Congress’s lack of cooperation to curb inflation. They demand a congressional blueprint while Democratic whip McCormack cites price spikes after OPA’s demise, noting assurances from manufacturers and Republicans that supply and demand would stabilize.
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Truman
Washington
House
Congress
OPA
Knutson (Minn
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Rep. McCormack
Mass
National Association of Manufacturers and Republicans
Second Joe Cook blast victim found in Ohio River
The body of Ernest McCoy twenty year old deck hand from Racine was recovered from the Ohio River at Millwood West Virginia. He was one of three killed when the steamer Joe Cook exploded on March 31. Funeral services will be held at Letart Methodist Church with burial in Letart Cemetery. The other two victims are identified as Philip McCoy and Robert Melton. McCoy’s body was found earlier, Melton remains missing.
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Ravenswood
Joe Cook
Ohio River
Millwood
W.va
Ernest McCoy
Racine
Orville Johnson
Charleston
Carl Grimes
Pfaff & Smith Co
McCoy
Phillip McCoy
C. S. Crago
Plymouth
Robert Melton
Winfield
lLetart Methodist Church
Letart Cemetery
Jesse McCoy
Wave of Thefts Being Probed
State police report a wave of larceny across Ravenswood Wednesday night. Goods stolen include merchandise from the Howell store at Sherman and at Meathouse, from the Joe Dunham store in North Ravenswood, a bicycle from Joan Lamp, and baby clothing from a car in front of the Daniel Bunner home in Sherman. No loss estimate given.
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Ravenswood
Stewart
Howell
Sherman
Meathouse
Joe Dunham
North Ravenswood
Joan Lamp
Daniel Bunner
Concealed Mine in Haifa Kills British Policeman
An official announcement said Jewish underground operatives concealed a mine in a parked car on Mount Carmel Haifa and detonated it as a police car passed, killing a British policeman and wounding three other officers.
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Jerusalem
Mount Carmel
Haifa
Hillsboro Man Declared Legally Sane at Lima
Ceil Yankey, accused of first degree murder in the bludgeon slaying of Leroy Woodland of Higginsville, was declared legally sane by Dr. R. E. Bushong, superintendent of Lima State Hospital.
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Hillsboro
Ceil Yankey
Leroy Woodland
Higginsville
R. E. Bushong
Lima State Hospital
Top Ohio High School Scholars Are Announced
Dr Clyde Hissong state education director announced the top scholars from Ohio high schools. More than 12 556 pupils across 900 schools took final district state tests on 19 college campuses May 3.
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Clyde Hissong
Extended Forecast for Lower Lakes Regions
Temperatures will average three to five degrees above normal with minor fluctuations. Precipitation will be heavy, likely exceeding one inch, with frequent showers and thunderstorms on Saturday.
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Lakes
Wounded Man Nabs Suspect After Shooting
Dayton police say a holdup attempt at a West Side hardware store led to the death of Patrolman Herman A. Drexler and wounding of Patrolman James S. Tatum. The suspect, Joseph A. Emerick, was knocked unconscious by Tatum with a blackjack after his gun misfired and was held at Miami Valley Hospital without charge.
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Dayton
West Side
Frank Krug
Herman A. Drexler
James S. Tatum
Krug
Tatum
You
Joseph A. Emerick
Miami Valley Hospital
Ohio Police Seek Couple in Four Year Old’s Murder
Northwestern Ohio State Highway patrolmen and county officials search for Harold Lehaney and his wife Flo on first degree murder charges in the death of four year old James Gleason. They fled with two children Wilma 16 and Gerald 5 after the crime, with reported sightings on Route 18 near Holgate and near Ayersville and Arthur in Defiance County.
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Toledo
Ohio
Harold Lehaney
Flo
James Gleason
Wilma
Gerald
Holgate
Ayersville
Arthur
Defiance
House Committee Calls 11 Percent Navy Budget Cut
The House Appropriations Committee recommended an 11 percent cut in the 1948 Navy budget, possibly reducing Navy and Marine Corps strength by about 40,000, with demands to shrink military and civilian personnel and close shore establishments. It kept funds for aircraft and research while urging staff reductions and civilian layoffs.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
House
Truman
Chester W. Nimitz
Forrestal
United States
Taber
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