Two Sadistic Knife Slayings Shock Columbus
Police investigated the slayings of two women in Columbus, one found nude in a downtown hotel bed stabbed 20 times with a pocket knife, the other killed in her South Side basement with a 12 inch bread knife. Tattoo clues pointed to the hotel victim, while Mrs. Celia Smilack, 61, was fatally slashed after returning home.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mitchell Spyker
Celia Smilack
South Side
Spyker
Carr
Anti-Red Feeling Grows at Pan American Conference
In Bogota on April 1 anti communist sentiment rose among the 21 Pan American nations. Chile’s foreign minister Juvenal Hernandez urged a firm stand against Russia and said Chile aligned with nations defending democracy and liberty.
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Bogota
Colombia
Russia
Chile
Juvenal Hernandez
Hernandez
Jackson Foundries Face Shutdown Over Coal Walkout
Officials from Globe Iron Co. and Jackson Iron & Steel Co. said their plants must shut down soon due to the 17 day coal mine walkout. Globe Iron employs 120 workers and Jackson Iron 150, with coal and coke supplies running low.
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Jackson, C
Jackson Industries
Marshall H. Jones
Globe Iron Co
Willard J. Potter
Jackson Iron & Steel Co
Globe
J Iron
Czech roaming author Egon Erwinkisch dies at 63
Prague report states Egon Erwinkisch 63 known as Czechoslovakia's roaming author died yesterday in the city. The obituary notes his fame as a peripatetic writer and his long career across literary circles.
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Prague
Egon Erwinkisch
Czechoslovakia
Coal Lock Hits Steel Output
The 18 day old soft coal walkout widens with 38 blast furnaces idle and five more to close. United Mine Workers with 400 000 members back up the stoppage as steel, rail, and allied industries suffer. Railroads furlough thousands across Chesapeake and Ohio Baltimore and Ohio Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Virginian and others. New York Central plans layoffs at East Buffalo yards and Cleveland.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Mitchell
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
Virginian
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
New York
Rites Held Today For William Lamb
Funeral services for William Lamb aged 84 were held at 10 30 A M in the Leonard Funeral Home Covington Ky Rev Clinton Swengel officiated with vocal support from Mrs Walter Prather Grandsons William Jack Donald Lawrence Preston and Walker Gretter served as pallbearers Burial followed in Oak Grove Cemetery
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William Lamb
Covington
Leonard Funeral Home
Clinton Swengel
Swengel
Walter Prather
William
Jack
Donald
Lawrence Preston
Walker Gretter
Oak Grove Cemetery
Fall Injuries Fatal In Downtown Department Store
Mrs. Minnie Lindauer, 56, died after stepping into an open trap door to a cellar at a downtown department store in Hamilton Ohio. The incident occurred yesterday and authorities are investigating the accident.
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Hamilton
Minnie Lindauer
Communist Hashmall vows party will grow despite mob
In Columbus Frank Hashmall a 28 year old ex executive secretary of Franklin County Communists abandons his home after a mob damaged the house in a stormy night incident. He denounces the attack and proclaims the Communist Party will remain and expand its activities while police protect belongings and movers.
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Columbus
Frank Hashmall
Franklin County
Communist Party
Hitler
Hashmall
Ralph Paul
Paul
Scarlet Fever Cases Reported in Hocking County
Two more scarlet fever cases were reported by health commissioner Dr. H G Southard. Victims are Delores Lindenmoen, 12, and her brother Robert, 6, children of Mr and Mrs Palmer Lindemoen of New Plymouth Route 2. The home has been quarantined.
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Hocking County
Greek Troops Break Guerrilla Defenses at Pontokerrassia
Greek army shock troops struck at Pontokerrassia pushing a wedge through guerrilla defenses as dispatches from the front reported. The action came near Athens with April 1 reports from the front lines.
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Athens
Pontokerrassia
Ferguson Withholds Approval of Bills in Telephone Fuss
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson notified Ohio Bell Telephone Co that he will not approve further state office building bills until the line linking the switchboard to Republican state headquarters is cut. He also seeks refund of costs for operators and switchboard rental since February 1947. He calls the setup reprehensible and urges Democratic supporters to protest.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Homer E. Smart
Ohio Bell
Ferguson
Truman Sets Three Billion Cap on Extra Defense Requests
President Truman limits extra defense spending to about 3 billion dollars, halving the armed forces request as war is not seen as imminent. Officials cite a peace program goal and inflation concerns, with possible nonmilitary items like merchant ships but not reaching prior speculation.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Russia
United States
Search Crews Hunt For Crashed Plane
Search crews fight mud and woods near Moon haw Mountain as they reach the wreckage of a twin engine plane that crashed last night. at least two are dead and the plane is believed to be a B 25 bomber from the air force.
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Kingston
N. Y
Moonhaw Mountain
Airforce
Daniel Zwickle Dies at 88 in Marion Township
Daniel Zwickle, 88, a retired farmer, died at his Marion Township home after a period of ill health. Leonard Funeral Home handling arrangements and will announce the details later.
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Daniel Zwickle
Marion Township
Leonard
Chilean President Calls Congress Session to Ban Communists
President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla called an extraordinary session of Congress for April 15 to discuss outlawing the Communist party in Chile.
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Santiago
Chile
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Communist Party In
Two Coonville Men Held for Grand Jury
Two Coonville men William Riffel and Ralph Van Bibber pleaded guilty to breaking and entering a Starr-Jackson Mining Co. store on March 18. Each was held on $1,000 bond and remanded to Hocking County Jail after Sheriff Floyd Duffy recovered cigarets and merchandise from the break in.
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Coonville
S. B. Whitehart
William Riffel
Ralph van Bibber
Hocking County
Starr-Jackson Mining Co
Floyd Duffy
Duffy
Prankish Editor Tricks Leesburg with Hitler Story
In Leesburg Ohio editor Mack Sauer sparked a scare with a mock front page declaring Adolf Hitler held in Wilmington jail and Eva Braun at Wilmington College. The April Fool’s joke surprised readers who learned the true prank inside. Sauer is known for such stunts, including a past $10,000 reward offer for quintuplets.
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Leesburg
Highland County
Mack Sauer
Adolf Hitler
Wilmington
Clinton County
Eva Braun
Wilmington College
Sauer
Ambassador outlines U S aid aim in Italy
Ambassador James C. Dunn spoke to Monfalcone shipyard workers stating that U S assistance will aid only in restoring Italy's peace economy.
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Monfalcone
Italy
James C. Dunn
United States
U S employs planes to bypass Soviet Berlin barrier
Berlin April 1 Americans refuse to pass trains through Soviet inspection to reach Berlin and announce extra flights from Frankfurt to Tempelhof. Gen Lucius D Clay says U S train travel to Berlin canceled for now, planes to move passengers and freight. British discuss similar flights as Western Allies protest Soviet restrictions. Four passenger trains halted at the Soviet border point near Mari enborn.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Frankfurt
United States Occupation Zone
Tempelhof Airdrome
U. S.S
Brian Robertson
Royal Air Force
Gatow
West
Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Moscow
Yuri Korolkov
Pravda
Control Council
Marienborn
State utilities ok gas heating for new homes
The Ohio utilities commission authorized gas companies to supply heating to new homes to the extent of capacity. It ordered that conservation burners be installed in hardship cases in old houses with priority over new home heating units. A supplemental order, effective at noon, amended last October 3 ban on new gas space heaters.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Magic Show Draws 300 At Logan High School
Last night more than 300 children and parents attended a Logan High School auditorium magic show featuring Monk Watson. The event was presented through courtesy of Ford Hack Auto Supply Co and the Casite Corp. Watson is a noted magician and entertainer. Injuries Kill Baby in Tiffin Ohio A 16 month old, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Whittaker, died in a hospital yesterday from injuries after a fall from a second story window.
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Monk Watson
Logan High School
Ford Hack Auto Supply Co
Casite Corp
Watson
Tiffin
Charles Whittaker
Wallace Seeks Ballot Spot in Ohio
Ohio April 1 report says Henry Wallace seeks third party status on the November ballot. The Ohio Wallace for President committee filed a loyalty affidavit but failed to deny ties to a foreign government, while Clark County officials found the Springfield filing incomplete. Other parties Socialist Labor and Prohibition have on file qualifying applications under new law limiting ballot access to national party nominees.
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Columbus
Henry Wallace
Ohio
Springfield
Wallace
Ohio Wallace For President
Leland S. Dougan
Edward J. Hummel
Dougan
C. Ray Byerman
Clark County
Truman Opposes Bill Provision Drops Spain From Aid List
Washington April political leaders compromise to strike Spain from the foreign aid package amid Truman opposition. The House approved a $6.205 billion Europe China Greece Turkey plan, while the Senate had rejected Spain. The joint committee must ratify terms before presenting to the President.
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Washington
House
Spain
White House
Truman
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Charles G. Ross
Senate House
America
Europe
China
Seniar
Greece
Turkey
Vandenberg (Rmich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Red Newspaper Accuses US of Alaskan Base Build Up
Moscow dispatch reports Red Star claims the United States seeks aggressive airbase expansion in Alaska. The Soviet army paper cites Air Secretary Symington stating bases would allow U.S. planes to bomb any part of Russia and return.
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Moscow
Red Star
United States
U.S
W. Stuart Symington
Russia
Government appeals for higher petroleum output says Krug
The Interior Secretary Krug urged governors of major producing states to boost oil output for summer fuel needs and winter industrial use. Oil industry leaders debated a voluntary gasoline rationing plan to avert a summer shortage. Congress hears calls for rapid defense measures after Berlin traffic halt news. Rep. Boggs urged immediate selective service to strengthen the armed forces.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Krug
Congress
Berlin
Rep
Boggs
D-La
House
Germany
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