Moscow NBC Correspondent Denounced as Spy
Robert Magidoff, NBC Moscow correspondent, named a spy by his former secretary in Izvestia. The allegations allege Magidoff collected espionage information for the United States using McGraw-Hill and US embassy papers, with letters detailing how to recruit sources and gather underground building data.
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Moscow
Robert Magidoff
National Broadcasting Company
United States
Michigan
Izvestia
Cecilia
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
U.S
Magidoff
U.S.S.R
McGraw-Hill
Quarter Million Miners Return to Work Amid Court Case
In Pittsburgh April 15, a quarter million soft coal miners returned to the pits as the John L. Lewis contempt trial entered its second day. Many stayed away awaiting court ruling while others resumed after pensions and contract notices. The Robena Mine in Greene County and other captive mines remain largely idle.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Russians Set Roadblock Near Vienna Isolating Air Base
Russians establish a road block 14 miles west of Vienna to isolate the American air base at Tulin. They demand grey identification cards. Some U S air force personnel were allowed through after long arguments while others were barred from passage.
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Vienna
Tulin
U. S
Black Market Ring Cracked in Germany
U S Army criminal investigators announced the capture of a million dollar black market food ring in Germany. The operation involved coffee chocolate and cacao products and was uncovered in Berlin.
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Germany
Berlin
U. S. Army Criminal Investigation
Jury Discharged After Hung Verdict in Evans Gold Case
A federal court jury in Los Angeles could not reach a verdict in the trial of former Army colonel William K. Evans accused of misappropriating more than $100,000 in Japanese gold. The jury was discharged after failing to agree on a verdict.
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Los Angeles
William K. Evans
Plotters Arrested in Sparta Police Revolt
The Greek ministry of public order announced arrest of the individuals responsible for Tuesday’s national police revolt in Sparta. The action follows internal unrest cited by authorities and targets the group behind the incident.
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Athens
Ministry of Public Order
National Police
Sparta
Flooded highways repair work aims to reopen routes
Jacksonville reports flood damage along intercity roads with road crews repairing highways on Thursday in an effort to restore the route between Tallahassee and Benin.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Tallahassee
Benin
Few Hocking Valley Miners Back on Job
Flood conditions delay return to work for many miners in the Hocking district while a limited restart occurs. The Rush Coal Co. at Lost Run resumes with about 26 workers. In Corning area four mines reopen including Buckingham Mine 219 at Congo, Brownfield Coal at Moxahala, Singer Coal, and Benchley Marsh at New Lexington. these are strip mines.
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Rush Coal Co
Lost Run
Corning
Buckingham Co
Congo
Brownfield Coal Co
Moxahala
Singer Coal Co
Benchley-Marsh
New Lexington
Train Truck Crash Kills Two in Kremlin Oklahoma
A dump truck collided with a Rock Island passenger train in Kremlin Oklahoma yesterday, derailing three coaches and killing two passengers. Thirty nine injured, three critically, as two coaches were set on fire and the left sides ripped off. One victim unidentified.
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Kremlin
Okla
Rock Island
Woodpecker Industry Builds Japan’s First English Typewriter
A Japanese firm named Woodpecker Industry Company announced with fanfare that it has produced Japan’s first English language typewriter. The claim highlights a milestone in Japanese manufacturing and language technology.
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Tokyo
Woodpecker Industry Company
Klan Enforces White Primary Claim Ahead of Georgia Vote
Rev. Joseph Rabin says the Ku Klux Klan uses cross burnings and intimidation to push a white primary in Georgia despite the governor's veto of the white primary legislation. The report cites pre election activity and ongoing racial pressure in the state.
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Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
Georgia
Joseph Rabin
Bouquet of Porkers Preferred to Perfume
Paula Perks, after five years on a farm during the war, worked in a London perfume shop. She quit to return to pig farming saying the perfume odor got her down.
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London
Paula Perks
Charles Oldfield Dies After Heart Attack While Freeing Truck
Charles Edward Oldfield 62 retired Pennsylvania Railroad conductor died of acute coronary thrombus at 1 PM near his South Bloomingville home. He was trying to free a stuck pickup on his farm when the seizure occurred. Deputy Sheriff and Dr. C T Grattidge, acting coroner, investigated. He leaves wife Cleo Hazel Brown and two grandchildren, plus siblings and other relatives. Body at Defenbaugh Funeral Home Circleville.
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Charles Edward Oldfield
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Bloomingville
Mr. Oldfield
C. T. Grattidge
Laurelville
Jack Waldron
Champaign County
Columbus
William
Nancy Burgoon Oldfield
Benton Township
Brotherhood of Railroad
Defenbaugh
Circleville
Cleo Hazel Brown
Lancaster
Cora Starkey
Indiana
Ira
Adelphi
Stratojet Bomber Passes Four Months Test Flight
Boeing's swept-wing stratojet bomber completed four months of tests with highly satisfactory results. Flight test chief N D Showalter reported the tests at Moses Lake air base in central Washington.
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Seattle
Boeing
N. D. Showalter
Boeing Airplane Company
Moses Lake
Washington
Freight Cars Derailed in Ohio Belt Line Incident
Thirteen of 45 cars on a Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed yesterday at Warnock Belmont County as the Pittsburgh bound Detroit from Cincinnati.
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Newark
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Warnock
Belmont County
Lewis Decision To Come Monday
Judge T Alan Goldsborough heard the John L Lewis contempt trial and postponed ruling until Monday. Government attorney Morison argued Lewis and the United Mine Workers defied a court order by maintaining a week long mine stoppage after the order. Lewis aides gave a one sentence defense. Morison said no union action was taken to resume work seven days after service on Lewis. The case follows a plan offering $100 monthly pensions at age 62 for miners with 20 years of service.
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Lewis
H. Graham Morison
United Mine Workers
Welly K. Hopkins
Mrs. Mary Thompson Dies at Lockbourne
Mrs. Mary E. Thompson 55 died in sleep at her Lockbourne Route 1 home after a heart ailment. Wife of Homer Thompson former Laurelville resident. Funeral arrangements by Defenbaugh Circleville will be announced. Survivors: two sons Walter Groveport and Berman at home, brother Charles Sterling Circleville, sisters Mrs. Margaret Spangler and Mrs. Lucy Heskett Columbus, mother Mrs. Sarah Sterling at home.
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Mary E. Thompson
Lockbourne
Homer Thompson
Laurelville
Defenbaugh
Circleville
Walter
Groveport
Berman
Charles Sterling
Margaret Spangler
Lucy Heskett
Columbus
Sarah Sterling
The
Home
Red Tape Delays Return of Kitty Hawk Plane to Smithsonian
Plans to bring the Wright brothers first aircraft from England to Washington stall as executors of Orville Wright’s estate wait formal notices. Smithsonian officials avoid detail while discussing a potential November or December 1903 anniversary display and a possible grand homecoming at the museum entrance.
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Kitty Hawk
Washington
London
Wright Brothers
England
Smithsonian Institution
Orville Wright
Smithsonian
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Ity Hawk
British Museum
Wrights
Orville
Dayton
Ohio
Navy
United States
British Steamship Company
Kill Devil Hill
North Carolina
Flood Threats Ease as Rain Stops Falling
Ohio River flood watchers report a pause as rainfall ends with forecasts predicting crest levels below disaster. Towns from Marietta to Portsmouth board up, while Ironton and Gallipolis confirm rising walls and advisory evacuations, as rivers stall and relief measures begin.
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Kanawha River
Ohio
West Virginia
Gallipolis
Marietta
Pittsburgh
Allegheny River
Pennsylvania
Monongahela
Athens
Hocking
Parkersburg
W. Va
Transients Clean City Jail in New Look
Two panhandlers arrested last night were ordered by Mayor Roger W. Friend to clean and scrub city jail cells and walls. They complied quickly, with the mayor noting the job quality would affect their release and even reminding them to scrub the ceiling.
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City
Roger W. Friend
Friend
Pan American Constellation Crashes at Shannon Airport
A Pan American World Airways Constellation en route from Calcutta to New York crashed at Shannon Airport Ireland during an instrument approach killing 30 of 31 aboard. The sole survivor Marc Worst of Burbank California described being thrown from the wreckage. The dead include 19 Americans and Indian industrialist Sir Homi Mehta.
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Shannon
Eire
Calcutta
New York
Pan American World Airways
Sir Homi Mehta
Marc Worst
Burbank
California
Worst
Lockheed Aviation Corporation
Lockheed
George Henderson
Damascus
Washington
State Department
George D. Henderson
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Baby King and Queen Crowning Slated at Local Store
Logan Post 78 American Legion announces crowning of Baby King and Baby Queen at 5 PM Friday in J C Penney East Main Street. Voting ends 4 PM Friday with results posted in the store display window. Legion talent show Fun For You cancelled. commander Frank Judy and auxiliary president Mrs Clarence Thompson noted.
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Logan Post 78
American Legion
J. C. Penney Co
East Main Street
East School
Frank Judy
Logan Post
Clarence Thompson
Legion Auxiliary
Foundry Shutdown Hits Fremont as Pig Iron Shortage Bites
Fremont officials announced the foundry closed due to a pig iron shortage. About 200 workers were affected by the shutdown yesterday.
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Fremont, O
Fremont
Taft to Bolster Fences in Ohio
Senator Robert A. Taft plans a vigorous Ohio campaign after a disappointing third in Nebraska. Taft aims to halt Harold Stassen’s delegate surge as Stassen seeks 23 of Ohio's 53 votes, with the Philadelphia convention in view.
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Taft
Ohio
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Nebraska
Stassen
Philadelphia
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Dewey
Arthur Vandenberg
Douglas MacArthur
Earl Warren
California
Joseph W. Martin
G E Workers Return To Jobs At General Electric
Striking CIO United Electrical Workers returned to their jobs at General Electric in Tiffin Ohio on April 15 as they await a settlement over piece work rates.
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Tiffin
CIO
United Electrical
General Electric Co
Philippines President Roxas Dies at Clark Field
Manila announces the death of President Manuel A. Roxas aged 56 at 10 10 P M after a collapse at Clark Field. He had fallen ill yesterday afternoon following a strong speech against communist aggression and died in Maj. Gen. E L Eubank's quarters.
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Manila
Manuel A. Roxas
Matacanan
The
Philippines
Clark Field
Roxas
E. L. Eubank
Eubank
U.S. 18Th Air Force
Truman Backs Defense Plan Amid Air Force Expansion Debate
The House approved a $3.198 billion bill to expand the air forces and sent it to the Senate. President Truman endorsed Forrestal's balanced defense program despite Secretary Symington advocating a 70 group air force, signaling unity on the overall plan though tensions remain in size and unification.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Air Force
Symington
Spank” Symington
Defense
Forrestal
Mr. Truman
Armed Services Committee
Defense Department Bia
Armed Services
Russia
Markets at a Glance
The AP reports steady wheat and oats with rain needed, firm corn from short covering, hogs steady to 60 cents lower at 22.50, cattle steady to 25 cents up at 31.50, stocks higher on active recovery, and bonds steady with rails.
Moscow Says Italy Spurned Soviet Aid
Pravda reported that Italy declined Soviet aid and preferred US terms for wheat and coal. Italy noted chances for Russian goods but chose to seek better terms from Washington.
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Moscow
Italy
Pravda
Russia
United States
Communist Party
Ican
Slavs Mobilizing in Southern Yugoslavia
A foreign ministry spokesman said secret mobilization is under way in southern Yugoslavia as tensions rise in the region.
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Athens
Foreign Ministry
Yugoslavia
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Mary Thompson
Ohio River
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Ironton
Portsmouth
Scioto
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Gallia Academy
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Raccoon Creek
Montour
McDonald
International Soundphoto
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