Allied Pact Near Solve Key Dispute
In Bonn Adenauer and Western allies reached in principle agreement on the 850 million marks fund for defense as part of a West German peace contract. The pact would grant near sovereignty and end occupation, with the Big Three ministers due for talks to finalize two remaining points.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
U.S
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
West Germany
Senate
Britain
France
Paris
Strasbourg
Belgium
Netherlands
Italy
Luxembourg
Council of Europe
Living Costs Near Record Level Again
The government living cost barometer is set for a small rise toward the prior peak, likely about half a percent, with February's dip and January’s peak in view. Auto workers face a one cent per hour wage cut as the index nears the record, while CIO UAW gains from February do not offset the drop.
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Washington
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ohio Forecast Warns of 40 Deaths Over Memorial Day
The Ohio State Safety Council projects at least 40 holiday deaths during Memorial Day weekend, citing a 15 percent rise in casualties in early 1945. President Edwin H. Davis says the period from Thursday evening to Monday dawn may see about 30 traffic fatalities, six drownings, and four fire-related deaths.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio State Safety Council
Edwin H. Davis
Davis
Father of OU Coed Dies in Washington
R. B. Brown aged 80, former president of the Milwaukee Gas and Electric Co., died in Bellingham Washington Tuesday night. Survived by daughter Barbara L. Brown, an Ohio University junior.
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OU Coed
Washington
Bellingham
Wash
R. B. Brown
Milwaukee
Wis
Ridgway Defends UN War Aims In Korea Address
General Ridgway told Congress that communist germ and gas warfare charges against the United Nations in Korea are a monumental warning, branding them false. He described UN forces as defiant and faithful at the 38th parallel and urged faith in principle and God as the nation seeks strength.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Congress
United Nations
Korea
Ridgway
Defense Lovett
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Japan
MacArthur
The
Orient
Mark Clark
Francis T
38Th Parallel
United States
America
London Mail Robbery Shocks Tories
The largest British mail theft on record saw 200000 pounds stolen with 155000 pounds in each bag. Thieves fled after striking three guards near Oxford Street as seven masked men carried out the registered mail heist. Scotland Yard mobilized all detectives to pursue the culprits.
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London
Britain
Winston Churchhill
Scotland Yard
Oxford Street
OSU Fires Two Teachers Over Un American Activities Hearing
President Howard Bevis of Ohio State University suspended Marston A. Hamlin and George D. Pappas after they refused to answer questions at a hearing of the Ohio Un-American Activities Commission. The action will stand while Bevis studies their testimony. Pappas’ zoology assistantship was tied to his graduate program and he was expected to complete work in about three weeks.
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Columbus
Howard L. Bevis
Ohio State University
Ohio Un-American Activities Commission
Marston A. Hamlin
George D. Pappas
Bevis
UN- American Activities Committee
Pappas
Cost of Leaving Up Wife Maintenance Rises
In Biggleswade England, C. J. Jeeves, paying his wife 2 pounds 15 shillings weekly since separation, asked court to raise maintenance to 3 pounds citing increased cost of living. The judge granted the increase to cover higher living costs.
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Biggleswade
Eng
P— C. J. Jeeves
Jeeves
Tugboat Collision In Delaware River Leaves Three Missing
In Philadelphia pre-dawn collision on the Delaware River, three members of a seven man crew are reported missing. The incident occurred early Thursday, with rescue operations underway as authorities investigate the cause of the collision.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
UN Eyes Soviet Buildup In Asia As Korea War Looms
UN officers warn of a growing Soviet military buildup in the Far East with Korea as a likely flashpoint. Russia may step in if China needs support, while supplying Chinese and North Korean forces as tensions rise.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Asia
Russia
Korea
Europe
Japan
Matthew B. Ridgway
Washington
China
Far East
Kaiser Raps Fraud Charge
Washington reports say House investigators prepared a memo accusing the Air Force of creating an independent supply empire using common-use items from the army. The subcommittee chaired by Rep. Donner plans to release the document Saturday. Rep. O KenskIy branded Henry Kaiser a government swindler, which Kaiser denied as unfounded.
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Washington
House
Air Force
Army
Rep
Donner
D-N.c
O’kensky
Rwis
BPW Conclave Set in Dayton for 32nd Annual Convention
The Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women will meet in Dayton Friday for its 32nd annual convention extending through Sunday.
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BPW
Dayton
Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women
Joy Rebukes Red Tactics In Final Say
Vice Admiral C Turner Joy, concluding his term as chief Allied truce delegate at Panmunjom, rebuked the Reds for stalling talks to repair their forces. He declared there was nothing left to negotiate and left the tent. Major General William Harrison Jr then moved to the UN seat and urged a recess as North Korean General Nam Il offered a brief reply.
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Korea
Adm. C. Turner Joy
Joy
William K. Harrison, Jr
Harrison
Nam
Pantie Raid Fizzles At Western Reserve
At Western Reserve University co-eds and campus police thwarted a panty raid by about nineteen male students. Women locked their underwear in suitcases and many stayed in their rooms. water filled wastebaskets were used in defense.
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Cleveland
Western Reserve University
WRU
Methodist Bishop Urges Hugo Union of Protestant Chiiets
Chicago report states Bishop Ivan Lee Holt of St. Louis spoke at the Disciples of Christ convention urging loyalty to plans for broader church unity. He outlined the Protestant Conference on Church Union formed in 1949 with seven denominations and noted a drafted basis for union will be reviewed next fall.
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Chicago
Disciples of Christ
Ivan Lee Holt
St. Louis
International Convention of Disciples of Christ
Holt
Disciples of the Methodists
Protestant Conference On Church Union
United States
Democratic Executive Committee
Massachusetts
Paul A, Dever
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Atom Plant Rift Widens Gun Seizures at Fernald
Cincinnati AP reports county police seized guns knives and other weapons from workers entering the Fernald Atomic Energy Commission plant to prevent a labor fight between carpenters and laborers. About 350 carpenters work at the $30 million uranium plant where clashes occurred. Police anticipate arrests as they clear the entrance road and inspect vehicles.
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Cincinnati
Atomic Energy Commission
Fernald
Emil Otting
Hamilton County
Ohio Valley Carpenters District Council
AFL
Had Carriers and Building Laborers Union
Venice
Otting
Yank Planes Smash Huge Supply Dept
U S Fifth Air Force fighter bombers conducted an hour by hour assault from dawn to day against a vast communist supply zone between Pyongyang and Chinnampo. They reported 117 buildings destroyed and 80 heavily damaged in a major war materiel complex. First Army Wing and RAAF 77th Squadron participated amid uncertain enemy resistance. On the ground Patton tanks along a 20 mile front engaged Red fortifications.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
Chinnanpo
Prine Aircraft
Royal Australian Air Force
77Th
Findlay meat packer sentenced for meat adulteration scheme
Joseph Kirchner owner of Kay Brand Packing Co was sentenced in Findlay Ohio to at least seven years in the state prison and fined 5800 after being found guilty on 57 of 60 counts for adulterating meat selling horse meat as beef and bribing inspectors. He faces 28 counts of bribery with 1 to 10 years on each count and fines and jail terms totaling 29 horsemeat counts.
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Findlay
Joseph Kirchner
Findlay Meat Packer
Ohio
Kirchner
Kay Brand Packing Co
Chester Pendleton
Two Men Arrested In $100,000 Credit Union Holdup
Boston report says two Rhode Island men a former civilian employee of the Quonset Point Naval Air Station were arrested by the FBI for the March 7 credit union armed robbery. A New York nightclub singer was detained as a material witness.
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Boston
West Warwick
R. I
Quonset Point
R. I. Naval Air Station
FBI
New York
Flames Kill Father On False Rescue Try
A 40 year old Columbus father of five died in a burning home while attempting a second rescue. He had fled with his wife and children but re entered the residence when one child was briefly unaccounted for.
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Columbus
Burt Tolliver
Truman Blasts Budget Cuts Amid Social Security Fight
President Truman derided Congress in a VA speech as the House rejected a bill to boost Old Age and Survivors Insurance payments. He accused lawmakers of bowing to the AMA over socialized medicine and warned ineligible voters would roll over in an election year.
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American Medical Association
Truman
National Advisory Committee
VA Voluntary Services
Congress
Ohio Couple Out $43 550
Dayton report on Mr and Mrs Albert E White who saved 43550 mostly in 100 dollar bills hidden in a bag. The bag was lost when Mrs White worked late and the couple suspects it was burned in trash. The story notes a railroad station razing in Geneva after PUC approval.
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Dayton
Albert E. White
Grab Power Untouchable, Truman Says
President Truman asserted he can seize private industries in an emergency and no one can revoke that power, while promising to follow the Supreme Court decision on his steel seizure. He said the power is inherent to the presidency despite a judge ruling he acted without authority.
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Washington
Truman
Supreme Court
U. S
Woman Slain Over Divorce Quarrel in Youngstown
Police say a dispute over a divorce led to the fatal shooting of 20 year old Ollie May Fitzgerald and wounding of her sister in law Rachel in Youngstown. The husband Oscar Fitzgerald 39 is in custody as coroner rules homicide. A neighbor cited the quarrel began after he met with an attorney. Ollie May was killed by eight rifle shots. Rachel injured in the left hip.
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Youngstown
Oscar Fitzgerald
David Belinky
Fitzgerald
Ollie May
Rachel
France awards Eisenhower Medal Militaire in Paris tribute
In Paris General Dwight D. Eisenhower received France's Medaille Militaire from Premier Anotine Pinay at Les Invalides Court of Honor. The tribute occurred near Napoleon's tomb with Eisenhower hailed as supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe. Winston Churchill was the last foreign recipient in 1946.
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France
Medaille Militaire
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Napoleon
al- Hed Powers
Europe
Anotine Pinay
Les Invalides
Winston Churchill
Farm Policies Viewed as Midwest Vote Key in 1948 Recall
Washington reports that farm policy and 1948 election issues loom in current campaigns. Dewey and Aiken charge Democrats rigged farm prices to win Midwest votes, while Truman and Brannan deny the accusation. The dispute may shape this year’s race.
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Midwest
Washington
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Sen. Aiken
Vermont
Senate
Agriculture Brannan
Brannan
Three Union Chiefs End 21 Month Rail Road Takeover
Washington AP reports three rail unions with 150 000 members signed a binding memorandum with carriers at the White House ending the government operation of the railroads. The pact raises wages links pay to the cost of living and expands the 40 hour week while preserving interdivisional run rules. The government seized the roads in 1959 to avert a nationwide strike and the unions continue under a no strike order from 1959.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Army
New York Central
Baby Killed by Rat Bites in Mansfield
Police investigated the death of two month old Karen Ann Gleseman in Mansfield after she was found with fatal rat bites in her home. Her mother Jean Gi reported feeding the infant at 4 am and waking to the screams at 6 pm. The child died at 7 55 am after being taken to hospital. The rat had eaten part of the right side of the face. Edward G Green, 20, of Portsmouth, was named editor of The Lantern at Ohio State University.
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Karen Ann Gleseman
Jean Gi
Roeliff Houp
Manse Field
Mra Gleseman
Karen
OSU
Columbus
Edward G. Green
Portsmouth
Ohio State University
The
Lantern
John G. Green
Portsmouth Times
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