Harbin Falls to Chinese Communists Despite Allied Pressure
Chungking reports Harbin, city of 520,000, seized by communist forces after four days of fighting in Manchuria. The government concedes loss as Kuomintang units retreat from the Mukden railway line. Russian troops scheduled to depart Harbin by nightfall, with central command urging no surrender.
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Chungking
Manchuria
Harbin
K. C. Wu
Changchun
Ula
Kuomintang
Nanking
Chao Chia-Hsiang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Associated Press
Peiping
Chao
Kwantung Army
Red Army
All Manch
Rapist Convicted Faces Life Term in Child Case
Detroit April 25 Frank Ido convicted of rape and murder of seven year old Rosalie Giganti after 11 minutes of jury deliberation. Judge Gerald Groat began polling jurors as verdict read. Prosecutors charged Ido lured the child to the rear of his grocery and raped her.
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Detroit
Frank Ido
Rosalie Giganti
Gerald Groat Rely
Groat
Lobaido
Lobaian
Six Die in Jerusalem Clash as Jewish Group Attacks Camp
Private sources report six killed and at least 13 wounded in a night clash in Jerusalem when an armed group believed to be Jewish attacked a camp. British royal engineers operate in Tel Aviv’s southern area. No official statement issued.
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Jerusalem
British Royal Engineers
Tel Aviv
Rains End West Virginia Forest Fires Amid Dry Spell
Rains across West Virginia halted forest fires and aided farmers after a dry spell. The conservation commission reported no fires, while 56 fires burned 2,191 acres in Boone Lincoln Jackson Wyoming counties in the week ending April 19. Much of the state saw frost and cool nights with rain needed for crops. The U.S. Weather Bureau noted heavy clay soils stayed dry and advised rain for potato planting in several counties.
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West Virginia
Conservation Commission
Boone
Lincoln
Jackingee
Wyoming
Parkersburg
U.S. Weather Bureau
Bureau
Rent Control Extends To Four Counties In West Virginia
Rent control will cover four West Virginia counties in District 8. Grover Smith of the OPA announced landlords must register rental properties by a June deadline. Richard Higgins, OPA district director, tours the area to set up registration sites and distribute forms amid sharp rent increases.
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Charleston
W. Va
Grover Smith
Office of Price Administration
Enon
OPA
Richard Higgins
Ter.t
Theyll Laugh When He Sits Down To Play
New York reports a novelty for pianists a playano. Invented by Van Dyke Hill the eight key plastic device attaches to a piano board and provides chords to accompany one finger melodies.
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New York
van Dyke-Hill
Russians Object To U S Proposal At Four-Power Talks
At the opening session of the four power foreign ministers conference in Paris, U S Secretary Byrnes proposed settlement with Austria and Ruhr internationalization. Molotov vigorously opposed the plan, and Austria and Ruhr questions were postponed to tomorrow as Britain joined the talks. The secretariat issued a communique with no mention of any agreement.
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Paris
United States
France
Russia
U. S
James Byrnes
Georges Bidault
Austria
Ruhr
V. M. Molotov
Britain
Abs
Uhr
Foruration Secretariat
Pidault
Roxas Maintains Lead In Balloting
Manila reports Manuel Roxas holding a substantial lead in the Philippines presidential race with about 376,247 votes to 302,606 for rivals as 3,964 of 14,238 precincts reported. Osmena gains in scattered returns while Roxas leads in early tallies from Tuesday.
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Manila
Manuel Roxas
Philippines
Sergio Osmena
Roxas
Osmena
Funeral Services for Chief Justice Stone Held in Washington
Simple services were held today for Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone in a Washington cathedral. President Truman attended with his family, interrupting a vacation, as the court and cabinet members looked on. The ceremony followed Stone’s wish for brevity and solemnity with no eulogies and included familiar hymns.
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Harlan Fiske Stone
Washington
Truman
Charles Evans Hughes
Stone
Justice Stone
Fleming James
Theological Seminary
University of the South
le Stade
Doctors Rally For Immediate Aid At Wreck Near Naperville
Fifty physicians assembled at St. Charles hospital in Aurora when Burlington railroad collision victims from near Naperville were brought in for treatment. Nurses and staff then coordinate rapid medical care, leveraging the timely gathering of specialists.
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Aurora
Ill
St. Charles Hospital
Naperville
Wartime Meats Controls Expanded to Curb Black Market
The government resumes wartime meat controls effective next week to evenly distribute supply and curb price violations. The Agriculture Department and OPA set slaughter quotas, citing shortages and urging packing houses to source from established facilities. An army plan would aid wheat shipments to famine areas, with corn bonuses prompting sizable farmer deliveries as relief efforts press.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
OPA
Army
Agriculture Department
Far Eastern Commission
U.S
Japan
Agriculture Department- Opa
War Department
North
Thomas D.aes
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Ponte
Joan Crawford Granted Divorce From Philip Terry
Actress Joan Crawford is granted a divorce from actor Philip Terry after she testified he interfered with her movie work and criticized her choices. She said she lost contacts and weight while under his control and that neither would seek financial claims. custody of two adopted children Guiemne six and Christopher re-e.
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Crawford
Philip Terry
Terry
Guiemne
Christopher Ree
Soviets Oppose U N Probe of Franco Spain
The United Nations Security Council stalled over Franco Spain as Soviet delegate Andrei Gromyko rejected any commission to study the fascist regime. He argued abundant evidence already shows Franco’s government threatens international peace and that a probe would harm world opinion. British and Australian delegates urged inquiry despite Soviet opposition, leading to a prolonged, unresolved debate and adjournment.
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New York
Spain
United Nations Security Council
Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Yp Og Gromyko
W. R
Madrid
Alexander Cadogan
Cadogan
Australia
Britain
Oscar Lange
United Nations
An Mo Mee Ly
Pie Anena
Franco Pi
Eae 6
Bowen Lambert Acquitted in Brother’s Slaying Case
Bowen Lambert of Rocky Gap Virginia was found not guilty by a Bland County circuit court jury of murdering his brother Titus Lambert. The trial tied to a February death on the Clear Fork highway near Shawver’s Mill. Lena Lambert was indicted but later dismissed after her husband’s acquittal.
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Bowen Abet
Gap
Titusbert
Bland County
Lena
Titus
Shawver’s Mill
Clear Fork
Lambert
Shawver
Mane
Bowen Lambert
Rocky Gap
Bowen
Bluefield Hospital
Bland Court
Two Railroad Brotherhoods Order Nation-Wide Walkout On May 18
Two railroad brotherhoods the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers ordered a nation wide strike for May 18 after rejecting a fact finding board report. The move could paralyze U S rail service with 293 000 members involved and would affect 348 lines and terminals.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
A. F. Ney
Brothood
Whitney
Alvaniey Johnston
Engineers’ Brotherhood
Brotherhoods
Chicago
Railroad Oe
Washington
Dent Trumant
ALW
Bataan Survivor Urges Unification of Armed Forces Speaker
Capt. William H. Gentry, Bataan survivor and infantry leader, spoke at the Executives club dinner at the West Virginian hotel urging unification to reduce duplication of effort and waste. He described the Philippine defense, the Pearl Harbor crisis, and the January 4 bridge destruction before the Bataan surrender.
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William H. Gentry
Bataan
Inf
Executives Club
West Virginian
Gentry
National Guard
Philippines
Pearl
Manila
Jobless Benefit Awards Opposed in West Virginia Case
Charleston April 25 The West Virginia Coal Association argues a decree reversing awards to coal miners would defeat unemployment compensation aims and exhaust the fund. The United Mine Workers local 6109 and C H Mead Coal Co sought benefits after a March 1944 foremen strike across three East Gulf mines. The board of review denied benefits last year 2 to 1, citing a labor dispute between bosses and rank and file. Attorneys warn a few union members could shut down an entire plant and exhaust the fund. Page 4 column 4.
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Charleston
W. Va
West ——. Coal Association
Kanawha County
C. H. Mead Coal Company
East Gulf
Union Brothers
UMW
Burke Denounces Wage Demands Amid Coal Strike Standstill
Burke head of the Southern coal producers association says John L. Lewis plans to withhold specific wage demands until national peril. Negotiations for a new contract have broken off since Lewis left on April 10. Burke attacks UMW statements at Hazleton and praises U S Steel as constructive while urging Senate action to resolve the stalemate.
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Washington
Edward R. Burke
Southern Coal Producers Association
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Burke
Nebraska
UMW Presim
Hazleton
U. S. Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
UMW F-press attack over Lewis vilification
In Hazleton Pennsylvania on April 25 the United Mine Workers tri district convention blasted the press for vilifying John L. Lewis. The scale committee report on demands for 75 000 hard coal miners was delayed due to the complexity of its recommendations. The action followed a resolutions committee report seeking pensions for miners with 30 years service.
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Hazleton
United Mine Workers
UFL
John L. Lewis
Imae
Omas Kennedy
UMW International
Kennedy
Train Crash in Naperville Kills 40 to 50
A collision near Naperville between the Exposition Flyer and the Advance Flyer killed 40 to 50 people and injured about 125. Rescue crews labored for hours, with Red Cross relief headquarters in place and hospitals accepting dozens of bodies.
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Naperville
Ill
Burlington Railroad
Chicago
Ac Ae
Red Cross
Aurora
Andes
Omaha
Lincoln
Il Chicago
Wes
San Francisco
Advance Flyer
Ex-GI Stone Held in Bigamy Case in Portsmouth
Joseph E. Stone Jr., 27, an ex soldier with 19 months service, is in Norfolk County Jail in Portsmouth awaiting Judge Edward L. Oast’s decision on punishment for bigamy. Stone allegedly has two wives living in the same house on the outskirts of Norfolk, with one wife also married to him and two others sharing the residence.
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Portsmouth
Joseph E. Stone, Jr
Norfolk County
Edward L. Oast
Norfolk
Stone
White
Occu
One
Broad Er
Gen
Aoe
Ana Than
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