Stassen Leads Gen MacArthur Dewey Shut Out in Wisconsin
In Wisconsin the race for GOP presidential delegates favors Harold Stassen as he edges Gen. Douglas MacArthur and blocks Thomas E. Dewey. Stassen leads in statewide and district contests, with early results showing strong support for Kohler, McCarthy, Lenroot, Olson, and Renk as delegates emerge. Dewey trails with virtually no chance for a delegate.
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Stassen
Gen. MacArthur
Dewey
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Minnesota
E. Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
George Greeley
Oshkosh
Walter J. Kohler, Jr
Joseph McCarthy
Arthur Lenroot
Melvin J. Olson
Wilbur N. Renk
Eight year old Jim Murray to solo at Logan band concert
Logan High School Band and the senior choir feature eight year old Jim Murray son of Prosecutor and Mrs Fred Murray as soloist in Brigadoon. The program includes Fred Warings Battle of the Republic with baritone Don Kimball. Concert times are 2 PM for students and 8 PM for the public.
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Logan High School
Jimmy Murray
Fred Murray
Logan
New York
James Horwell
Fred Waring
Don Kimball
Sheriff Taken For Wild Ride Near Midway Station
Floyd Frazier pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated after a chaotic pursuit on U S Route 33 when he tried to flee with Sheriff Floyd Duffy on a running board. Frazier, his wife Lois his father Mose and Elsia Harrison were detained and jailed in Hocking County. Frazier was fined 100 dollars costs 30 days in jail and driving rights suspended for one year.
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Floyd Duffy
Midway
Duffy
Jack Waldron
Floyd Frazier
Lois
Mose Frazier
Elsia Harrison
Columbus
Frazier
Middleport
Hocking
Harley Meyer
Fred A. Murray
Waltonians to sing at Izaak Walton League convention in Chicago
The Waltonian men's chorus from Logan Ohio will perform at the Izaak Walton League of America national convention in Chicago. The trip, organized with Ohio division support, includes a chartered bus from Logan and a separate ladies trio. The program features The Waltonian Prayer set to music by John Sherwood and colorful woodsmen shirts.
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Waltonians
Chicago
Izaak Walton League of America
Ohio
Logan
Hotel LaSalle
League
Columbus
John Sherwood
L. P. Mooney
Defiance
J. R. Farmer
Walter Prather
Ralph Poston
C. A. Gaffin
M. J. Kuhn
Jack Myers
Wiley Thurness
Robert Kinney
Ray Snider
Floyd Hiles
J. B. King
M. W. Schrader
George Schwenke
Paul Collison
William Hutchison
James Hutchison
Paul Schrader
Andrew Rheinscheld
Merle Kimble
Paul Blum
George VanFossen
Allen Adams
Harold Keller
Alberick
Tom Brandt
John Bond
Joh Moorehead
Joe Hartmann
Kenneth Bright
N. M. Brown
Bill Mack
E. D. Rutgers
Jack Pierce
Harry Arnold
George Wolfe
Frederick Weis
Cleon W. Tucker
Fred Waring
Farmer
Poston
Gaffin
Prather
Paul Revere's Horse Song by Columbus Mayor
Mayor James A Rhodes of Columbus Ohio wrote a song asking what became of Paul Revere's horse and its name The tune will be performed by Lionel Hampton Saturday at 3 PM on a national Mutual bond selling program sponsored by the U S Treasury
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Washington
James A. Rhodes
Columbus
Congress
Paul Revere
Lionel Hampton
Mutual
U.S. Treasury
Perry County Miners Close 2 Strip Mines
Striking coal miners visited strip mines in Perry County and closed two operations at Sunny Hill and near Crooksville. Deputies reported no major trouble though some arguments occurred as miners toured the county seeking remaining active mines.
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Perry County
New Lexington
Sunny Hill
Crooksville
Tax Boost Rescinded in Stark County Gas Properties
Stark County board of revision rescinded a 50 percent tax increase on gas producing properties. The move follows protests that erupted when the boost was announced last November.
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Canton
Stark County Board of Revision
Millionaire Plane Gift to Pilot After China Flight
Millionaire Milton Reynolds in Honolulu gave pilot Bill Odom his converted Liberator bomber, valued at 125000, with no strings. Reynolds admitted the China expedition cost about 250000 and called the trip Hollywoodesque as Chicago awaits the pilot.
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Douglas Lovelace
Honolulu
Milton Reynolds
Bill Odom
Chicago
China
Shanghai
Reynolds
Odom
San Francisco
Bill
Hollywood
Peiping
Shih Pao
U.S
Wallace May Cancel Iowa Appearance
Des Moines reports that Henry Wallace may cancel or postpone campaign appearances in Iowa due to audience arrangement difficulties. Fred Stover, chairman of the Iowa Wallace-for-president Committee, says speeches April 28 29 in his former home state may be called off.
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Des Moines
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Fred Stover
Iowa Wallace-for-president Committee
Rail Worker Killed in Alliance Yard Incident
Donato C. Longoria, 25, a track crewman who came from Pearsall Texas, was killed last night by a freight train in the Pennsylvania railroad yards at Alliance Ohio.
Youth burglars linked to 10 robberies in Logan
Three juveniles aged 14 to 17 confessed to burglaries at the Logan library, Allen’s Grocery, Keynes Milling Co and other sites after a chase that started with an assault on a Haydenville woman. A separate 14 year old admitted grabbing two women on East Main Street. All three to face juvenile court.
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Logan
Floyd Duffy
Sol Ellinger
Haydenville
East Main Street
Ellinger
Allen’s Grocery
Zanesville Avenue
E. L. Ewing
Salem Adopts Daylight Saving Time Ordinance
Salem city council voted to enact daylight saving time, making it effective April 25. The action was approved at the April 7 meeting and sets clocks forward in the city.
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Salem
Finland Russian mutual aid pact seen for quick ratification
Helsinki sources predict swift parliamentary approval for the Soviet Finnish mutual aid treaty signed in Moscow. President Paasikivi will push for a smooth conclusion as MPs weigh the pact in a government bloc dominated by Popular Democrats Social Democrats and Agrarians. The accord allows mutual aid if attacked with limits on Finnish sovereignty and invites Russian assistance by mutual agreement.
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Helsinki
Finland
Moscow
Juho K. Paasikivi
Stalin
Paasikivi
Popular Democrats
Agrarians
Germany
Russia
Romania
Hungary
Findland
Arctic
Black Sea
Dockmen Refuse To Load Soviet Ship
AFL longshoremen in New York refused to load the Soviet liner Russia, saying they did not want cargo to be shot back at them. The ship was to sail for Odessa with a plan to load gas, oil, and vehicular equipment at Brooklyn with a later stop in Jersey City for heavy machinery, though the line spokesman said the vessel would carry passengers, baggage, and mail.
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New York
AFL
Russia
Odessa
Brooklyn
Jersey City
N. J
Moore-McCormack Line
Governor Folsom Files Counter Suit in Paternity Case
Alabama Governor James E. Folsom seeks dismissal of a paternity suit filed by Christine Johnston, a 30 year old divorcee. His attorneys also counter with a charge of illicit conduct by Johnston. The alleged child is 23 months old.
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Cullman
Ala
James E. Folsom
Christine Johnston
Folsom
Congressman Dies in Washington in His Office
Rep. Orville Zimmerman, 67, a Missouri Democrat, died today in his Washington office of a heart attack.
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Washington
Orville Zimmerman
Missouri
Truman Taps Hoffman to head European Recovery Program
Senate confirms Paul G. Hoffman 56 year old Studebaker president to direct the 5.3 billion European Recovery Program. He emphasized a tough capable approach and warned against do nothing policy while taking cabinet rank and broad power independent of the State Department.
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Washington
Senate
Paul G. Hoffman
Western
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
South Bend
Ind
Japan
State Department
China
Italian Reds Said Losing Strength
In Rome on April 7 informed American observers said the communists are losing ground in the late April 18 parliamentary elections. They expect a last minute propaganda move and speculate on possible Soviet moves regarding Trieste and Italy’s colonial claims.
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Rome
Italy
Russia
Trieste
United States
Violation of Miners Civil Rights Charged
Attorney General Clark obtained a contempt citation against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers for disobeying a court order to end the 24 day coal strike. Lewis asked a federal court to set aside the order directing UMW to end the work stoppage and challenged the strike provision of the Taft Hartley act.
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Washington
Clark
John L. Lewis
The
United Mine Workers
Lewis
District Court
UMW
Miners in Crooksville Area Hold UMW Meeting
Miners in the Crooksville Corning Athens region and Misco Local 8295 UMW met yesterday afternoon at Roseville town hall to discuss the mine situation. UMW representative David Christian said he had not yet learned the meeting results, with mines in the area still closed except for a few small strip mines.
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Crooksville-Corning-Athens
Big Misco
UMW
Roseville Town Hall
David Christian
Carbon Hill
Christian
Judge McGuire orders end to strike and pension talks
Justice McGuire's order urged the United Mine Workers and Lewis to end the walkout and negotiate a pension settlement with mine operators. Prospects for talks faded as UMW attorney Combs warned the Justice Department of contempt actions. Lewis filed a petition to vacate the order with Judge Goldsborough, who had previously fined Lewis and the UMW for contempt.
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Matthew F. McGuire
Lewis and
UMW
Harrison Combs
Justice Department
Lewis
District Court
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Supreme Court
Argentine Priest Elected to Congress
In Buenos Aires Rev. Fr. Virgilio M. Filippo a priest and aide to President Peron won a seat in the national congress the first time a Catholic cleric will sit in Argentina's modern parliament Clergymen have served in provincial legislatures but Filippo may be the only priest in a Latin American national legislature.
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Buenos Aires
Virgilio M. Filippo
Peron
Father Filippo
Argentina
Blast Kills Nine Workers in German Munitions Dump
An explosion at a former German army munitions dump near Regensburg kills nine workers and injures several others. Authorities report the blast occurred today in Bavaria, prompting investigations into the cause and safety lapses.
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Munich
Germany
Regensburg
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