Western powers push German unity amid Soviet conciliatory tone
In Paris the Big Four foreign ministers discuss Germanys future with Russia showing a cooperative stance on Western plans for a unified Germany and an Austrian treaty. Vishinsky endorses Western proposals while hinting at future peace talks including Japan. Bevan and Acheson weigh Russia stance and Far Eastern Commission roles.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Germany
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Ernest Bevin
U. S
Dean Acheson
Berlin
Bonn
People’s Congress
China
Japan
Moscow
George Marshall
Acheson
Far Eastern Commission
Australia
India
Wage Boosts Discussed in Canton Contract Talks
Wage boosts and retirement benefits dominated discussions in Canton between CIO United Steelworkers representatives and Timken Roller Bearing Co. talks set for today.
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CIO
United Steel Workers
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Area notes on Joyce families and regional history in Ohio
This rural snapshot recalls the Joyce brothers of Canaanville and Thomas Joyce arriving near Pilcher Tunnel after Lincoln's assassination. It mentions Harris Chapel near Big Run Cutler highway, the Mayle family in Washington County, a Southland Ridge Quaker area now with a new church, plus a forecast of a record blackberry crop barring drought and note on briar growth along roadsides.
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Joyce Brothers
Canaanville
Lincoln
Thomas Joyce
Canaan
Marietta
Big Run-Cutler Highway
Washington County
Harris Chapel
Mayles
Virginia
Carl Mayle
Agres
Southland Ridge
Ohio
Rubber Union Board Fires President
The United Rubber Workers union announced the firing of international president L. S. Buckmaster. The general executive board ruled on charges after hearings April 25 to May 20, including conspiring against local officers rights and malfeasance in office.
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Philadelphia
CIO
United Rubber Workers Union
L. S. Buckmaster
Robert Cruden
Cruden
Buckmaster
URW
Pottstown
Evidence Hints Nationals May Quit Shanghai
Rebels report heavy Red attacks on Shanghai with signs Nationalist forces may abandon the city. Reds strike southwest area near the 35 mile wooden fence and ships are sunk in the Whangpoo to cut access to the Yangtze. Troops mass near Woosung while civilians move out. Lunghwa becomes a no man’s land as shelling subsides.
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Shanghai
Yang~tze
Woosung
Canton
Lunghwa
Barium Firm Hit by Fire at Willoughby Plant
Fire swept the Barium & Chemicals Co. plant in Willoughby with 200 employees fleeing to safety. Origin of the blaze was not determined. Willoughby Fire Chief Reed Fairley sought help from nearby villages as flames threatened the Ohio Rubber Co. plant. The firm holds Atomic Energy Commission contracts and produces pure barium metal used in explosives when combined with chlorides.
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Cleveland
Barium & Chemicals Co., Inc
Willoughby
Reed Fairley
Ohio Rubber Co
Atomic Energy Commission
Dr. William W. Hansen Pioneer Radar Scientist Dies
Palo Alto California reports the death of 39 year old Dr. William W. Hansen a Stanford University physics professor and radar pioneer who had been ill for months. Official cause is chronic bronchitis following a pneumonia attack. He was active in radar research since 1937.
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Palo Alto
Calif
William W. Hansen
Stanford University
Hansen
Tax evasion trial set in Fairmont for June 3
William G. Lias faces income tax evasion charges and the court overruled a defense motion to delay. The trial is expected to proceed as scheduled on June 3 in Fairmont, West Virginia.
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Fairmont
W. Va
William G. Lias
Judge Rules Any Ohio City May Thone Income Tax Law
Columbus ruling upholds municipal income tax power when state lacks similar levy. Judge Dana F. Reynolds refused to strike Columbus payroll tax, noting cities may tax gross personal income while state inaction persists. Stockwell challenged the measure, arguing state authority over income taxes. The decision focused on a demurrer and affirmed that discriminatory impact within class is not grounds to invalidate the ordinance.
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Ohio City
Columbus
Ohio
Dana F. Reynolds
Franklin County Common Pleas
Fred Stockwell
United Steel Workers of America
CIO
State of
Reynolds
Stockwell
Eisler Hearing Delayed In Bow Street
Extradition hearing for fugitive Communist leader Gerhart Eisler was postponed to Friday at the request of the United States. British lawyer F Graham Maw cited need for more time to prepare, while Eisler’s counsel urged immediate action. The magistrate granted a three day delay and again withheld bail.
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London
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Bow Street
U.S
America
F. Graham Maw
Eisler
Maw
Dudley Collard
J. F. Eastwood
Boy Falls Into Creek and Body Search Fails
Seven year old Danny Moore fell from a bridge into Flat Rock Creek in Paulding Ohio after some boys reached over for a stick. Firemen State Highway Patrol and the 148th Ohio National Guard Infantry ambulance unit searched without results for the boy.
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Paulding
Ohio
Danny Moore
Flat Rock Creek
148Th
Ohio National Guard Infantry
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures Near Normal
The outlook shows normal highs around 67 and lows near 46. Cooler midweek, warmer later in the week with chances of thunder showers on Thursday and Friday and again over the weekend.
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Columbus
UAW CIO Proposes Arbitration To End Ford Strike
The United Auto Workers proposed arbitration to settle the Ford speed up dispute. If minor points are resolved, 106000 Ford workers would return from idling. The plan was delivered in a letter from UAW President Walter Reuther to Ford VP John Bugas.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
Uawcio
UAW
Walter Reuther
John S. Bugas
Government Withdraws Charge Against Meyers
The government drops perjury charges against former Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers who is serving 15 months to five years for inducing perjury. He still faces tax evasion charges and will be eligible for parole September 15. The case involved false testimony about his interest in an Ohio war plant.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Air Force
Meyers
Ohio
Forrestal to Receive Hero’s Burial in Arlington
James V. Forrestal will be honored with a hero’s burial tomorrow at Arlington National Cemetery. President Truman and cabinet members will pallbear, honoring the former defense secretary who died by his own hand after a public service overwork breakdown. The funeral at Memorial Amphitheater will include a 19 gun salute and taps. Burial will follow in the cemetery with Unknown Soldier remains nearby.
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Washington
James V. Forrestal
Truman
Defense
Forrestal
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery
America
Louis Johnson
Death Toll 47 From Storms
Death toll from recent storms reaches 47 across Missouri Indiana Illinois Pennsylvania Kentucky Maryland Iowa Tennessee Texas and West Virginia. Red Cross allocates 500000 for storm relief as a cold wave moves east and temperatures dip city by city.
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Chicago
Missouri
Indiana
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Maryland
Iowa
Tennessee
Texas
West Virginia
American Red Cross
Pembina
N. Dak
Plains
Oklahoma
Illinois
Michigan
Archbishop Beran Threatens Excommunication Over Communist Collaboration
Prague reports Archbishop Josef Beran warned Catholics who cooperate with the Czech Communist government risk excommunication. The note signals ongoing church-state tension amid the interwar era.
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Exposion
Prague
Josef Beran
Czechoslovakia
Communist Editor Describes Path to Party Admission
John Gates editor in chief of Daily Worker testifies in the federal conspiracy trial. He recalls joining the Young Communist League in 1931 and organizing unskilled workers in Warren Ohio in 1932. Gates, 35, states his early steps included aiding fired workers and supporting unemployment insurance as a peaceful solution.
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New York
John Gates
The
Daily Worker
Young Communist League
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union
Gates
Warren
Ohio
Cate
College of the City of New York
Harry Sacher
U. S
John F. X
McGahey
Backers Move To Reconsider Turnpike Bill Block
In Columbus, Rep. Mark McElroy moved to reconsider the 72 49 House vote that approved the Winter Boyd Toll Turnpike Bill. Speaker Cantwell stalled action, delaying signing until the motion is resolved as the Senate had previously passed 26 5.
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Columbus
Mark McElroy
John F. Cantwell
Dmahoning
House
Senate
Ohio
Judge vows year round Grand Jury to curb gambling
Ironton Ohio area reports say Judge James Collier warned the Lawrence County Grand Jury will stay in session year round if needed to prevent organized gambling. He stated there is no gambling currently and warned against any resumption after the jury completes its report.
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Ironton
Lawrence County
Grand Jury
James Collier
Murder Charge Faced By American Soldier
Paris report says Private Fred Edelbaum a 20 year old American soldier was charged with the murder of Elizabeth Borik a Hungarian woman at a Montmartre Hotel on May 13 Lt Col David H Thomas of East Palestine Ohio is the investigating officer assigned to the case
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Paris
Fred Edelbaum
Elizabeth Borik
Montmartre
Edelbaum
New York
David H. Thomas
East Palestine
Ohio
Cleveland Board requires non Communist oaths for new hires
A Cleveland Board of Education ruling requires all new non hourly employees including teachers to take non Communist oaths. The measure passed at a Monday meeting after being introduced by Charles Mooney. About 5000 persons may be affected.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Board of Education
Charles Mooney
Service Restored After Cable Cuts In Marion
Long distance service via the Ohio Bell system is back in order after two 38 pair cables were cut in Marion. Spokesmen said long distance service to Mansfield Cleveland and Columbus was restored late Monday amid a six week strike at Ohio Associated Telephone Co.
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Marion
Ohio Bell System
Mansfield
Cleveland
Columbus
Ohio Associated Telephone Co
Ballot Change Sought For Ohio Elections
Five residents from Cleveland and Toledo urged a constitutional amendment to adopt a Massachusetts style ballot. The measure would list candidates under the office title rather than by party.
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Ohio
Columbus
Cleveland
Toledo
Massachusetts
Officials Accused of Overcharges on New Homes in Cleveland
Five building officials were accused today of overcharging on new homes, totaling 27 676 dollars, affecting 32 war lwatarana WWWs Alla.
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Cleveland
Rioting in Berlin Leaves Two Dead as Police Strike
U S Brig Gen Frank L Howley demanded Soviet railway police withdraw from all American sector stations by 7 pm. West Berlin police and British French officials faced off with Eastern guards amid clashes at the elevated railway hub. Two killed, one 45 year old and a 16 year old, as rioters and police clashed and Western authorities moved to restore order.
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Berlin
U.S
Frank L. Howley
Howley
Weat
West Berlin
Sea
West Kreuz
GM cuts prices on all passenger cars and Frigidaire refrigerators
General Motors announces a second round of price cuts across its line of passenger cars and trucks totaling 10 to 40 dollars effective immediately. Frigidaire division also trims prices on four refrigerator models by 5 to 10 dollars.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Co. E. Wilson
Dayton
Frigidaire
General Motors
M. M. Roberts
Fisherman Drowns Near Circleville
Arthur Quirk 35 of Springfield drowned today in Deer Creek ten miles southwest of Circleville. Sheriff's deputies identified him via George Yates 60 of Springfield who said Quirk was fishing in a boat and fell overboard.
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Circleville
Arthur Quirk
Springfield
Deer Creek
Sheriff's
George Yates
Quirk
Jewelry stolen from Cincinnati couple’s apartment
Jewelry valued at 10800 dollars was stolen last night from the apartment of Mr and Mrs Jacob Horwitz, police reported.
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Cincinnati
Jacob Horwitz
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