Four fliers dead in central Ohio air crashes
Four airmen died in three accidents in central Ohio yesterday. A Slick Airways crewman and a second pilot were killed in a cargo flight wreck east of Port Columbus. Navy fliers Lt. William Smith and Lt. Theodore Meyer also perished during training near Columbus. Witnesses described a fiery, high impact crash with rudder issues and wreckage buried in fields.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. R. McCaulley
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Jack Raymond Foote
Chicago
Slick Airways, Inc
Woods
Port Columbus
Naval Reserve
Columbus Field
William G. Smith
Newark
Theodore L. Meyer
Navy
N.J
Meyer
Smith
Naval Station
Fifth Ave
Lee Hunt Farm
Centerbury
State Highway Patrol
Priest's Body Is Returned From Berlin Flight
The body of Msgr. Edward J. Flanagan founder of Boys Town is flown home by Army bomber. Funeral in Steglitz, Berlin, led by Cardinal Count Von Preysing with Chaplain Lt. Col. Roman J. Nuwer. Nuwer escorted Flanagan on a tour when he died of a heart attack.
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Berlin
Edward J. Flanagan
Nebraska
Steglitz
Konrad Cardinal Count von Preysing
Roman J. Nuwer
Buffalo
N.Y
U.S
Austria
Father Flanagan
Nuwer
Guam Alerted For Typhoon Strikes Nearby Waters
Guam faced a typhoon with winds near 30 knots centered about 375 miles southwest and approaching. Apra harbor closed to incoming traffic as ships moved out in small groups and Agana airfield shut down. A search was ordered for 18 Yap natives swept to sea in canoes and rafts, with Yap located roughly 400 miles southwest of Guam.
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Guam
Apra Harbor
Navy
Agana
Carolines
Rise in shoe prices lowers male purchases by a quarter
The National Shoe Manufacturers Association reports men are buying 25 percent fewer shoes today than a decade ago, per a new survey. The finding highlights a long term shift in consumer behavior affecting footwear demand.
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New York
National Shoe Manufacturers Association
House Panel Backs 65,000-Ton Aircraft Carrier Bill
A House Armed Services subcommittee unanimously approves a bill to start the Navy on a 65,000 ton giant aircraft carrier. The ship would be the largest ever built and may take up to four years for completion. The panel also suggests stopping work on 13 unfinished ships to divert about 229 million dollars to the carrier and missile launch vessels.
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Washington
House
Armed Services
Navy
Arctic
Rep
Hess
Ohio
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Truman
Budget Bureau
Vorys Urges Clear U S Policy Toward Russia at UN
Rep. Vorys of Ohio argued Congress must set an official U S policy for Russia in the United Nations. He warned that current House and Senate measures are nonbinding expressions of sentiment. He cited three paths: Judd's UN charter revision removing the veto, Vandenberg's regional defense pacts under the UN, and the administration's stance that charter revision could force Russia from the UN and cause a crisis.
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Washington
Rep
Vorys
Ohio
Congress
U. S
Russia
United Nations
Senate
House
Truman
Judd
R-Minn
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Secretary of State
Marshall
Ohio Jaycees Elect Zanesville Marietta Men
C. William Brownfield of Columbus coal dealer is new president of the Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce after defeating Albert S. Ziegler of Cincinnati at the 20th annual convention. Vice presidents elected include A. Keslar of Zanesville and James Sprague of Marietta.
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Cincinnati
C. William Brownfield
Columbus
Ohio Junior Chamber of Commerce
Albert S. Ziegler
Jaycees
A. Keslar
Zanesville
James Sprague
Marietta
West services set for former Boy Scout chief in New Rochelle
Funeral services will be held tomorrow night for James E. West retired Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America who died Saturday night in New Rochelle.
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New Rochelle
James E. West
Boy Scouts of America
Taft calls for cut in rivers bill funding
Senator Taft of Ohio urged reducing the rivers harbors and flood control fund. He criticized the $708,586,666 measure as too large and said public works should be toned down now. Senators Reed Ferguson and Bridges press to cut $200,000,000 and delay projects.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Federal Fund For
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
President Truman
Mr. Truman
Reed
R-Kan
Ferguson
R-Mich
Bridges
Army Corps of Engineers
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Youngstown Man Held In Fatal Shooting
Sheriff Ralph E. Elser will question William Austin 68 about the midnight fatal shooting of Sam Barcovich 28 of Struthers. Austin says Barcovich threatened break ins and was shot on the porch. Barcovich died hours later at a hospital.
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Youngstown
Ralph E. Elser
William Austin
Sam Barcovich
Struthers
Elser
Austin
Barcovich
Freight Airtube Breaks Injure Three Trainmen Near Cleveland
Three New York Central trainmen were hurt when an airtube in a freight locomotive failed near Cleveland. Fireman E A Bursley aged 41 from Elyria fractured his right hip and left leg leaping from the moving engine and suffered first degree facial burns. Brakeman N Dwight Moore aged 21 of Toledo suffered knee and back injuries while Engineer A R Knott aged 50 of Elyria was slightly burned.
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Cleveland
New York Central
Here
E. A. Bursley
Eylria
N. Dwight Moore
Toledo
A. R. Knott
Elyria
Policy declaration on invasion seen in New York rally
The United States faces a pivotal policy declaration on the Arab invasion of Palestine as the UN Security Council plans to meet. Senator Taft urged UN armed force to stop aggression, while Israel seeks UN membership and Trans-Jordan reports invasion. Arab League cites restoring peace and calls for a united Arab state in Palestine.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
United Nations
Israel
Holy Land
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Washington
Palestine
King Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Seven-State
Arab League
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Jewish Agency
Body Identified After Ohio River Discovery in Ravenswood
The decomposed body found in the Ohio River near Ravenswood West Virginia was identified as 49 year old George Dewey Mace. Coroner C Royal Kessel ruled death by own action with no autopsy due to the body's condition. Mace formerly of Ravenswood and Parkersburg leaves a wife a daughter a son and a step son. Funeral services were held at Chambers Funeral Home Ravenswood and he was buried in Ravenswood Cemetery.
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Ravenswood
W. Va
Ohio River
George Dewey Mace
Jackson County
C. Royal Kessel
Mace
Parkersburg
Allen
Coal Operators Hint Resist To Pay Hikes
Soft coal operators meeting to decide strategy for contract talks with John L. Lewis indicated they will resist higher pay or larger royalty payments to the miners welfare fund. Negotiations open tomorrow under the UMW policy committee. The current contract expires June 30 with a vacation period June 26 to July 5, delaying final agreement until after July 5.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ohio Turnpike Proposal For Self-Supporting Highways
The Ohio Turnpike Committee announced that a bill to authorize privately financed toll roads will be introduced in the General Assembly next session. Ernest M. Green of Cleveland urged four-lane divided highways for safety and cited Pennsylvania's turnpike as a model. The prior legislature defeated a similar proposal.
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Columbus
Ohio Turnpike Committee
Ohio
General Assembly
Ernest M. Green
Cleveland
Green
Pennsylvania
Anglers Escape Injury When Train Hits Car
Three fishermen from Springfield escaped injury when a Pennsylvania Passenger train hit their car near Route 81 east of here. The vehicle owned by John Kunkel skidded after leaving the road at a curve three miles east. Driver Charles N. Kelly was at the wheel with John Petrie aboard.
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Springfield
Pennsylvania
John Kunkel
Here
Kunkel
Charles N. Kelly
John Petrie
Stabbing death of Arthur Ponder in Cincinnati hospital
Arthur Ponder, 41, died yesterday at General Hospital three hours after being found stabbed in his west end room. Police are investigating the incident as a possible homicide.
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Cincinnati
Arthur Ponder
General Hospital
West End
Cleveland Firemen Battle Own Blaze
Cleveland fire officials probe cause of a headquarter fire that damaged the station last night. The blaze caused about 8500 dollars in damage and involved seven pieces of equipment from the building plus six more from downtown stations.
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Cleveland Firemen
Cleveland
Break Seen In Nation's Meat Strike
Chicago report notes signs of possible break in the CIO meat strike as wage talks resume immediately. Picket lines remain, unions reiterate a 29 cent hourly demand while companies hold to a 9 cent offer, with both sides hinting at potential action.
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Chicago
CIO
United Packing House
Oregon Debates Fire Up Over Outlawing Communists
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Harold E. Stassen announce a radio debate tonight in Portland on the question Shall the Communist Party in the United States be Outlawed. The hour long broadcast begins at 9 p m and will be carried by Mutual NBC and ABC as Oregon’s Republican primary nears the 12 convention votes.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Oregon
United States
Dewey
Mutual
NBC
ABC
Arrest attempt ends in gunfire in Akron
State liquor inspector tries to arrest a woman for Sunday whiskey sales. Abner Vance, 30, is wounded along with Evelyn Garrett, 46, and the woman's husband, who fired at agents. All three are recovering. the couple was detained and no charges filed immediately.
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Akron
Abner Vance
Evelyn Garrett
Vance
Transport Renamed for Barberton Soldier Woodford
The Army honored S Sgt Howard E Woodford of Barberton by renaming the transport Goucher Victory in his memory He died June 6 1945 in the Philippines while serving as a key unit member and three dozen enemy casualties were reported near his foxhole
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San Francisco
Army
Howard E. Woodford
Barberton
Goucher
Philippines
Slow Decline Noted After Market Spending
New York stock market showed a slow decline with losses of fractions to about a point. The Friday Saturday buying spree appeared to have spent itself as last week's bull run was temporarily checked.
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New York
Arabs Claim Palestine advances and Jewish surrender terms
The Arab higher executive committee reports Egyptian troops within 30 miles of Tel Aviv after a 34 mile Palestine advance. It cites surrender terms for Jews in Jerusalem and says Syrian and Iraqi troops joined near the Sea of Galilee. Also claimed: Rotenburg station seized and U S reports Egyptian air force confiscating four C 47 planes.
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Cairo
Arab Higher Executive Committee
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Jewish Agency
Jeru
Salem
International Red Cross
Middle East
Iraq
Samakh
Sea of Galilee
Syria
Trans- Jordan
Rotenburg
Yarmuk
Jordan
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
U. S
Trans-World
Meat Strike Ends Demanded by Minnesota Governor
Governor Luther W. Youngdahl urged a rapid settlement of the Minnesota meat packing strike as he summoned packers and strikers to his office. He warned he might use other measures if talks fail. National Guardsmen were ordered to Albert Lea to quell the strike at Wilson and Company, with 1,000 CIO United Packing House Workers on strike. Militia patrolled South St. Paul as livestock trucks began moving to market for the first time in nine days without incidents.
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South ST. Paul
Luther W. Youngdahl
Minnesota
Albert Lea
Minn
Here
Wilson and Company
CIO United Packing House Workers Union
National
Reuther Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Walter Reuther CIO United Auto Workers president returned home after nearly a month in hospital following an apparent assassination attempt. Doctors said he would remain at home for several weeks and it could take up to ten months to assess nerve damage in his arm.
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Detroit
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Lightning Strikes Tree Injuring Two Boys in Ohio Farm
Lightning struck a tree and a cow at a nearby farm injuring two boys. Palmer Tackett, 14, was slightly injured when the cow toppled on him while milking. Wayne Prater, 11, under the tree, suffered body burns.
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Ada
McGuffey
Palmer Tackett
Tackett
Wayne Prater
Train Kills Couple in Columbus County Crash
Adin S. Beard aged 59 and his wife Mary 60 died when a New York Central passenger train struck their car near Galloway yesterday. Collision occurred as the couple drove onto the tracks ending in a fatal derailment for both occupants. Authorities investigated the accident and identified the locomotive involved.
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Columbus
Adin S. Beard
Mary
New York Central
Galloway
Ex Judge Davidson Dies at 43 in Hamilton
Elmer N. Davidson a former municipal court judge died at Fort Hamilton Hospital after a three month illness. He was 43 and had served in Hamilton. Funeral arrangements were not available.
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Hamilton
Elmer N. Davidson
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Strike Looms Across 90 GM Plants by May 28
Detroit AP reports CIO United Auto Workers threaten a 225000 GM walkout within two weeks if a settlement is not reached by May 28. The move follows Chrysler strike activity and Ford wage-cut pressures, with Ford offering to eliminate pay differentials while denying a 30 cent raise.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
Ford Motor Co
T. A. Johnstone
UAW
General Motors Department
Uaw-Gm
Ford
Chrysler
John S. Bugas
Girl Wounded At Lake Park in Buckeye Lake Shooting
A 17-year-old Newark High School senior, Betty Stevens, lay in critical condition after a accidental rifle wound at Buckeye Lake shooting gallery. Deputy John Koontz said Richard Lehman, 20, a soldier on furlough, tried to load the .22 rifle held by Stevens’ male companion when the weapon discharged.
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Newark
Buckeye Lake
Betty Stevens
John Koontz
Richard Lehman
Miss Stevens
Lehman
Atomic weapons tests reported successful
The White House announced that tests involving three improvised design atomic weapons proved successful in all aspects. The tests were conducted recently atEniwetok Atoll in the Pacific, and Chairman David E. Lilienthal called the tests a milestone in atomic development.
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Washington
White House
Eniewetok Atoll
Pacific
David E. Lilienthal
Bonus Commission mails twenty three thousand veterans checks
The State Bonus Commission reported 30 244 checks mailed to war veterans. Saturday's total was 2 223.
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Columbus
State Bonus Commission
Military officers visit Ohio University students faculty
Twelve officers from missions to the United Nations spoke to student and faculty groups on the Ohio University campus as part of the World Affairs lecture series. Led by Col Brooke E Allen they tour campuses after meetings with the Men's Faculty Club and dine with fraternities and dorms.
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United Nations
Ohio University
Brooke E. Allen
U.S. Air Force
Col
Allen
B. K. Atkins
U.s.navy
Lynn R. Moore
U.S
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Alfred Johnson
Houston
Tex
Reuther
Lake Park
Faculty Heart
Air Force
H. Eeles
Royal Air Force
H. Firth
Royal Navy
M. Penette
V. Marchal
J. Fournier
R. du Chatelle
Chin Siao Tang
Wen Kwei Lin
Fu Dei
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