U S Bars Two Unions From A-bomb Plants
The government barred two CIO unions from atomic plants for officers not disavowing communism. The policy links Taft Hartley mandates to NLRB certification, with Oak Ridge excepted. The unions named are United Electrical Workers and United Public Workers, amid broader anti communist security actions and inquiries.
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Washington
Moscow
Atomic Energy Commission
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Oak Ridge
NLRB
CIO United Electrical Workers
CIO United Public Workers
Berlin Air Corridor Tensions Rise as Soviet planes buzz U S craft
Soviet fighters buzzed two U S C 54 cargo planes within the Berlin corridor causing a protest from U S authorities in Berlin. The dispute moves toward United Nations action as Western nations seek Security Council review.
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Berlin-Frankfurt
Russia
Berlin
United Nations
United States
Monk Won’t Monkey With Any More Wires
A performing simian named Cheeta owned by William Kozauer in Canton is burned after touching live electrical wires in a garage. Fire department reports the monkey caused a fire that damaged the garage and burned itself and another animal named Straw.
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Monk
Canton
William Kozauer
Hiskey Denies Atom Bomb Spy Charges
Dr Clarence F Hiskey a Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute chemist denied charges of conspiring to give atom bomb secrets to Soviet agents. The House HUAC recommended spy prosecutions citing testimony by a Manhattan district colonel. Hiskey said he testified freely to the FBI and accused the committee of distorting facts and drawing unjustified conclusions.
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Lacrosse
Wis
Clarence F. Hiskey
Hiskey
The
la Crosse Tribune
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
House Un-American Activities Committee
Marcia Sand Hiskey
Manhattan
Two Men Die in Jackson Sewer Ditch Cave-In
In Jackson, Ohio, Russell M. White, 26, a war veteran, and Madison Ray, 56, of Springfield, were killed when a 30-foot strip of asphalt collapsed into a six-foot deep ditch where they worked. Ray died within minutes. White’s body was recovered after about 20 minutes.
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Jackson, O
Russell M. White
Madison Ray
Springfield
Ray
White
Officials test bones in ashes for missing farm hand Harry Miller
Martins Ferry officials examined bones found in the ashes of a mansion fire on Sunday to determine if they belong to Harry Miller, a missing local farm hand.
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Martins Ferry, CO
Harry Miller
Barkley Attacks Dewey in Rochester Campaign Rally
Senator Alben W. Barkley leveled sharp critique at Governor Thomas E. Dewey during a Rochester Civic Center rally, accusing Dewey of embarrassing U.S. foreign relations and urging him to reexamine his mental processes if he seeks to unravel complex issues.
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N.Y
Alben W. Barkley
Thomas E. Dewey
Rochester Civic Center
Dewey
United States
24 Arrested In Gambling Probe In Lancaster Ohio
Twenty four persons were arrested on indictments from Fairfield County Grand Jury probing gambling and meat thefts. Yesterday three were captured including Russell Cash a Lancaster real estate broker and John L Johnson a restaurant owner and Lancaster Chamber of Commerce president. Also arrested were William Loving a Hooker grocer and Joseph M Saylor a Waterloo grocer for slot machine offenses.
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Lancaster
Fairfield County
Harley Highley
Russell Cash
John L. Johnson
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
William Loving
Hooker
Joseph M. Saylor
Waterloo
Massillon Woman 48 Convicted of Murder
Hazel Everhart, 48, of Massillon, was found guilty of second degree murder by a six man six woman jury. She testified she threw a knife at her husband Wade Everhart, 54, last July 6 but claimed no intention to kill.
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Canton
Hazel Everhart
Massillon
Wade Everhart
Dewey Plans International Ideas Talk
Governor Thomas E. Dewey promised to unveil up-to-date foreign policy ideas in Salt Lake City with possible last minute revisions after talks with John Foster Dulles in Paris. He stressed no compromise on principles and highlighted the Berlin crisis as shaping his message while urging firm leadership for freedom.
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Mont
Thomas E. Dewey
Salt Lake City
John Foster Dulles
United Nations
Paris
al Dulles
Arthur Vandenberg
Rmich
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Dewey
Yalta
Potsdam
Berlin
Dulles
New York
GOP
Salt Lake
United States
Great Britain
France
University of Montana
Warren Sees Economy Need Unity to Prevent Collapse
Gov Earl Warren told a Hartford audience that industry thrift and unity are key to preventing an economic collapse. He said a collapse is not inevitable but the threat remains formidable and keeping America strong is a tremendous challenge amid military foreign and domestic monetary pressures.
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Hartford
Conn
Earl Warren
America
Investigation Opens on Ilse Koch Sentence Reduction
A Senate committee began probing the commutation of Ilse Koch’s life sentence, reduced to four years, for alleged wartime crimes at Buchenwald. She faced charges of complicity in atrocities including claims of lamp shades made from tattooed human skin.
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Washington
Senate
Ilse Koch
Buchenwald
Koch
Two Men Held in Jewelry Theft in Meigs County
Two men, Walter Walker and Joseph Laski, were jailed in Meigs County as suspects in a jewelry theft worth about 2000 dollars from Wallace jewelry store in Meigs and a looting attempt at a Gallipolis hardware store. Arrested in Marietta, they drove a black 1937 Ford two door with a satchel of rings. Police linked them to Monday night thefts and display-window loitering in Gallipolis, with tools found in the car.
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Middleport
Meigs County
Gallipolis
Marietta
Walter Walker
Joseph Laski
Laski
Walker
Cleveland
Wallace Jewelry
F. J. Wallace
Wallace
Chester Leaper
Labor Act Authors Split Over Applying Antitrust To Unions
Washington report shows Republican Taft Hartley authors divided on using antitrust laws against labor unions. Rep Hartley proposes barring industry wide strikes and curbing activities that restrain free trade. Sen Taft favors a go slow approach for unions under antitrust and other labor law changes.
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Washington
Rep
Hartley
House Labor Committee
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Butter Sells at Lowest Since End of War
Butter in Columbus today slid to 67 cents a pound the lowest since World War II end. Dealers lowered wholesale price by four cents pushing the drop to eight cents in two weeks and eleven cents below a year ago.
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Columbus
Eisenhower Urges Students to Have Fun at Columbia
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower addressing over 1,200 Columbia University students said college life must include fun. He warned that a day without fun is not only unnecessary but un-Christian, and that lacking fun means being untrue to oneself.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Aid Nations Need Effort to Endure After Marshall Plan
The World Bank told 47 governors that Western Europe must unite and remove trade barriers to support itself by 1952 when Marshall Plan aid ends. It noted progress but warned more must be done. Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia receive no loans due to political uncertainties outside U S aid.
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World Bank
European Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
U. S
Jail Bond Issue Voted On For New County Jail
Columbiana County Grand Jury recommends a $230000 bond issue to fund a county jail in Lisbon for the November 2 ballot. Since 1939 prisoners have been housed in Mahoning County jail in Youngstown after the old jail was condemned and razed.
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Lisbon
Columbiana County Grand Jury
Mahoning County
Youngstown
Fair Weather Prevails Across Much of Nation
Weather forecast predicts another day of fair conditions with 70s temperatures for most areas. Rain clouds moved from the southeast into the Midwest bringing showers to Ohio Indiana Illinois and Missouri. Light rain also fell in the Southern Rockies.
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Midwest
Ohio
Missouri
Indiana
Illinois
Rockies
London Escapee Held In West Virginia
Beckley police hold Henry J. Caldwell age 27 of Chillicothe for auto theft. Caldwell walked away from the London Prison Farm Honor Dormitory on April 13 1947 and is serving a term for auto theft in the same facility.
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London
Beckley
W. Va
Henry J. Caldwell
Chillicothe
London Prison Farm
W. F. Amrine
Amrine
Clyde Rogers Dies In Tragedy After Car Hits Parked Trailer
Zanesville police report Clyde Rogers, 20, killed in a traffic crash when the car he rode in struck the rear of a parked rig. Police described the scene as a fatal collision on the city street.
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Zanesville
Clyde Rogers
Russian Lend-Lease Talks Pressed Again in Washington
The United States urged Russia to settle its 11 billion dollar lend-lease account with renewed face-to-face talks. Officials said Moscow was sent a new note two weeks ago proposing negotiations, with talks last held in March and the two sides still far apart.
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Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Moscow
Berlin
Section Gang Members Hurt in Ohio Truck Crash
Four teenage members of a New York Central Railroad section gang were injured when a truck carrying crew and equipment overturned after colliding with a brick-bearing tractor trailer on Route 63 near Monroe Ohio. The bricks blocked the highway and the injured were treated at Middletown hospital with non serious injuries.
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Middletown
New York Central Railroad
Monroe
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
D. N. Mahoney
Middletown Hospital
Ex-Demo Leader Dies in Cleveland at 73
W. Burr Gongwer, 73, a former Democratic political leader in Cleveland, died unexpectedly at his home last night. Gongwer had been active in city affairs and party organization for decades. He is remembered for his influence in local politics and public service.
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Cleveland
W. Burr Gongwer
Silo Blast Seats Farmer in Overnight Silence
In St Charles Maurice Reynolo, a sound sleeper, slept through a blast that ripped the silo roof off and sent it 50 feet into the air. The collapsing silo toppled the barn and other outbuildings while a slight noise went unheard as he did not rise.
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ST. Charles
Maurice Reynole
Reynolo
Veteran River Man Elmer Chandler Dies in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI. 46 year old Lt. Elmer E. Chandler long time river man died yesterday of a heart attack. A master pilot on the Ohio River before age 20 he joined the Coast Guard in 1919 and retired in 1940.
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Cincinnati
Elmer E. Chandler
Ohio River
U.S. Coast Guard
Lange named campaign manager for Herbert’s national groups
Joseph F. Lange of Cleveland was named to manage Governor Thomas J. Herbert's campaign among nationality groups. Lange is of Polish ancestry.
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Columbus
Joseph F. Lange
Cleveland
Thomas J. Herbert
Lange
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