10 Apr 1948
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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1948
Page
1
Revolt in Bogota sparks fires and violence as rioters seize streets. Reports of 100 killed and 200 injured conflict with later statements of flames subsiding. Uprooted U S personnel evacuated from the embassy as clashes continue around the city’s embattled center.
Asuncion Paraguay police announced they had secured an attempted communist coup coordinated with moves in other countries to disrupt the Pan American Conference in Bogota Colombia.
Reports from Bogota describe a volatile situation as President Mariano Ospina Perez’s conservative government regains control after widespread looting and anti-government actions. Diplomatic dispatches note communist involvement and an 8000 member party, while liberal leaders claim a parallel government.
In Prague on April 10, the Communist Party proposed a single ticket for the May 23 Czechoslovak elections. It requires only parliamentary approval. The plan was pushed by the central trades union, which has about 2 300 000 members.
Four members of General Charles de Gaulle's People's Rally were wounded when grenades were thrown by unknown assailants in Epternay France. The town election was scheduled for the next day.
White House inflation warnings meet a cool response from the Republican Congress. The council of economic advisers cited foreign aid, a coal strike, and defense spending, urging new controls and taxes. Rep. Wolcott questioned the need to restore controls before assessing military and aid impacts.
In Hyattsville Maryland five youths were sentenced to state institutions. Police Court Judge Arthur P Owens ordered each boy’s parents to pay 20 dollars a month while the county covers 1 dollar a month per youth. The judge cited parental neglect as the cause of the costs.
Berlin April 10 Gen Lucius D. Clay led a large official delegation at funeral services for Sgt Pasquale Pintus of Powhatan Point Ohio who died in Monday's collision of a British transport plane with a Soviet fighter. Pintus will be shipped home on an Army transport. Funeral services were set this afternoon for another American victim Mrs Francis Ruth Clough formerly of Detroit Michigan.
The National Assembly in Nanking, after two days of wrangling, decided to elect China’s first constitutional president next Wednesday and adjourn by April 24.
George Arthur Hawkins 45 longtime Man Friday to Louis Bromfield died yesterday at the St. Regis Hotel in New York He served as Bromfield’s business manager secretary and spokesman editing manuscripts and shaping passages He lived at Malabar Farm in Ohio.
Cleveland audience to host a testimonial dinner honoring A. F. Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. The event marks his 75th birthday and 20 years leading the organization with friends and associates attending in observance Monday night.
Bowling Green, April 10. An 83-year-old retired biology professor, Dr Edwin Lincoln Moseley, predicts a favorable corn growing season with little impact from drought or floods. His theory parapsychic forecasting has guided farming operations in Eldon Iowa, with one farmer reporting profits after following his forecast.
In Nuremberg Germany on April 10 fourteen SS officers were sentenced to death for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The group led Einsatz Commandos killed tens of thousands of Jews in Russia. Maj. Gen. Otto Ohlendorf and Heinz Schubert were among the condemned.
More than 600 persons attend Logan High School spring concert in the senior high auditorium under James Horwell. The 90 piece band is joined by the Logan High School choir directed by Minnie Louise Bowen. Forty band members wear new uniforms funded by the Logan Band Boosters Club. The band also debuts new caps and citation cords. An earlier afternoon performance was well attended.
Seoul reports nearly 8 million South Koreans registered today for an election on May 10 as the first step toward Korean independence.
Cincinnati switches from two man street cars to 48 passenger trolley buses as the last street car service ends today in the city system.
The coal strike three weeks old paralyses Ohio industry with layoffs across railroads. Chesapeake & Ohio reports 14 000 to 15 000 furloughed system wide, Baltimore & Ohio about 15 000, Cincinnati up to 5 000 idle next week. Officials warn worsened conditions if the strike persists.
Nearly 500 high school musicians will join the annual Hocking County music festival at 7 30 P M Friday April 16 in the Murray City High School auditorium Miss Grace Orr directs the event with Martha Kruger Mabel Cole and Dale Ruble handling the vocal portion Ray Woodgeard and James C Carter lead the instrumental segment All high school bands vocal groups and soloists will perform with an admission of 25 cents awaited next week
A B 36 bomber completed over 30 hours of flight testing near Fort Worth Texas marking the longest flight by the world’s largest land based bomber. Officials from Consolidated Vultee and the Air Force described it as not a maximum effort test.
Walter Frye of Wooster Ohio was elected president of the Izaak Walton League at the 26th annual convention He heads the Wooster schools chemistry department succeeding Tom Wallace executive editor of the Louisville Times
In Manila on April 10 the supreme court ruled that debt payments made in Japanese military currency during the occupation were legally valid.
American officials anticipate a bold Soviet action to influence Italy's vote on Trieste after Western powers urged Moscow to decide on the transfer to Italy. Moscow's silence since March 20 leaves eight days before the Italian election and may prompt a lucrative concession or a broader diplomatic gambit in Paris.
Three Logan youths who admitted breaking into 10 business places and homes in six months were sent to the Boys Industrial School at Lancaster for indeterminate sentences by Juvenile Judge E. L. Ewing after a Friday hearing. A fourth boy, 14, who confessed molesting two women, was sent to the Bureau of Juvenile Research in Columbus for psychiatric evaluation with further disposition to be decided.
The United Nations may employ force to push a Jewish Arab truce in Palestine. The move follows a U S appeal to Security Council members for cease fire terms. Delegates will discuss ideas at an informal meeting in New York on Monday.
Copeland's noodle factory at Uniontown was destroyed by fire yesterday causing an estimated loss of 25000 dollars. The setback impacts local industry and workers in Canton and nearby communities.
Washington reports the government surveying fuel stocks at electric plants as union leaders and mine operators resume talks to end a 27 day nationwide strike. John L. Lewis and mine owners remain far apart over pensions while court action looms to compel Lewis to explain why he did not obey a prior order to recall 400,000 idle miners.
Cleveland buys a 35 acre plot in the industrial flats from the War Assets Administration for 34750 dollars. The site, bought originally for 93480 dollars, will be converted into a playground.
Ohio Conservation Commissioner H A Buck Rider told the Ohio Conservation Commission that Lake Logan in Hocking County will likely be the only lake built by the conservation division this year as land purchases near completion. The commission will seek funds from the division’s revenues and adopt a policy to preserve current good fishing conditions while restoring depleted areas and building headwater lakes to boost the fish supply. E L Wickliff said artificial production and restocking are costly and inefficient.
The Ohio Division of Forestry will acquire more than 1900 acres in southeastern Ohio using 22515.50 dollars from the state board of control. Purchases include Hocking, Tar Hollow, Shawnee and others from multiple sellers, totaling about 12 dollars per acre. The aim is to boost forestry production and reclaim lands for recreation.
Negotiations on a contract modification between General Electric Company and the CIO United Electrical Workers were recessed yesterday in New York and will resume on Tuesday.
The Agriculture Department forecasts about 1.132 billion bushels of wheat, the third largest ever, with a possible 50 million bushel grain bonus to hunger areas. The Economic Cooperation Administration under Paul Hoffmann begins Marshall Plan food and supply purchases totaling 21 million dollars for Austria Greece France Italy and the Netherlands.
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