Nations push UN session on France Tunisia actions
Asia Africa nations urged an emergency UN General Assembly session after the Security Council blocked discussion of a charge that France oppresses Tunisia. The vote to admit the complaint failed, with Pakistan China Russia Brazil Chile voting yes, France Britain no, and the United States Greece Turkey and the Netherlands abstaining.
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Security Council
France
Panisia
Pakistan
China
Russia
Brazil
Chile
Britain
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Greece
Turkey
The
Netherlands
Weather Miserable Now Here Yet Promises Wednesday Warmth
Light rain and chilly air kept Hocking County miserable today with temperatures around 40. Forecasters say Wednesday should bring cloudy morning followed by fair skies and warmer afternoon after a low of 37 and a high near 48 yesterday.
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Hocking County
Temperatures Expected Near Normal This Week
Temperatures will average near normal with highs from the mid to upper sixties and lows in the upper thirties to mid forties. Warmer weather is forecast for Wednesday through Friday with a cool down Saturday. Rain showers are possible Friday or Saturday totaling about half to three quarters of an inch.
Japanese Clears General’s Name In Philippines Atrocity Case
Tokyo reports the government cleared Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma of crimes in the Philippines. Japan says he was innocent, noting he took orders from above as a service man. The move does not challenge the Allied court that condemned him.
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Tokyo
Masaharu Homma
Philippines
Japan
Homma
Mighty Missouri Flood Joins Mississippi in Widespread Devastation
Omaha reports the Missouri River rising toward a record crest as floods sweep Minnesota Wisconsin and eight states. Red Cross estimates 18 939 rami 000 workers battle to raise flood walls. Maj Gen Pick calls it the greatest flood seen. Brig Gen Shingler warns of severe trouble as towns abandon homes and rivers advance.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Red Cross
Twin Cities
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Pierre
S. D
Sioux City
Truman invites seven Midwest governors to Omaha flood meeting
President Truman asks Illinois Governor Stevenson South Dakota’s Anderson North Dakota Brunsdale Iowa Beardsley Nebraska Kohler Wisconsin and Minnesota Anderson to join a flood emergency discussion in Omaha on Wednesday. The attendee list spans seven states as authorities coordinate response.
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Truman
Midwest
Omaha
Stevenson
Illinois
Anderson
South Dakota
Brunsdale
North Dakota
Beardsley
Iowa
Peterson
Nebraska
Kohler
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Flood Crisis Forces Mass Evacuations in Nebraska Valley
Lies and some 76000 persons have had to flee their homes as the valley’s misery worsened. Millions of tons of rich top soil sloshed downriver while men and machines in Omaha and Council Bluffs confront the disaster, reflecting a combined urban response to the catastrophic floods.
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Omaha
Council Bluffs
Ohio Bell Walkout Upsets Pact As WE Strike Prolongs
Cleveland April 15 7 Ohio Bell workers extend turmoil after a CIO CWA walkout ends with 4 to 7 weekly pay hikes. Western Electric strikers picket exchanges in five cities while 900 WE Ohio workers join the nationwide stoppage. CWA WE talks continue in New York with new Ohio Bell pay rises averaging 11.5 cents an hour.
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Ohio Bell Telephone Co
CIO Communications Workers of America
Ohio Bell
Western Electric Co
William J. Walsh
CWA
Bell
Columbus
Akron
Toledo
Canton
Ohio
New York
Church Merger Ban Is Lifted
An appellate court lifted the two year old ban on the proposed merger of the Congregational Christian Church and the Evangelical and Reformed Church. The division ruled civil courts do not interfere in ecclesiastical matters where temporal rights are not at issue, reversing Meier Steinbrink’s restraint.
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New York
Congregational Christian Church
Evangelical and Reformed Church
State Supreme Court
Meier Steinbrink
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Four Alarm Fire Evacuates 120 Elderly At Poor Home
A four alarm blaze hit a wing of the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged in San Francisco on Tuesday. All 120 elderly residents were safely evacuated.
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San Francisco
Little Sisters of the Poor Home For the
New Jersey Primary Focus Ebb and Flow in GOP Delegates
New Jersey voters selected 38 presidential delegates with a Taft Eisenhower contest over seven district and two at large posts. Eisenhower was the early favorite, though Taft supporters challenged several districts. The piece notes other national political tidbits and public reaction across states.
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Chicago
New Hampshire
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Honesty Pays But Kinda Skimpy
Albert Smelke public works superintendent in La Mesa retrieved about $1,000 in scattered $20 bills from downtown air after spotting them, but he returned the money along with a bank book bearing the owner's name. He received a one dollar reward for the effort.
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LA Mesa
Calif
Albert Smelke
Public Works
Smelke
Visitor Misquotes President on Bill
The White House says a caller misquoted President Truman about vetoing a pending bill that would give states title to submerged coastal lands. J A Smoot, former Salt Lake City postmaster, told reporters Truman planned to reject the measure. Senate and House passed titles to oil rich coastal lands. conference committee to reconcile differences.
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White House
Truman
J. A. Smoot
Salt Lake City
Senate
House
Logan High School Wins Approval for 1951-52
Logan High School has received unqualified approval to continue as a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools for the 1951-52 school year. Principal Howard Kirk announced the approval, noting schools are admitted by meeting set standards. Ohio now has 460 member high schools.
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Logan High School
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
State Department of Education
Howard Kirk
North Central Commission
Ohio
Dixie Division Flies 2000 Troops To Camp Atterbury
About 2,000 troops of the 31st Dixie Division were flown from Texas to Camp Atterbury Indiana in the start of the Western Hemisphere s largest airlift. The operation used C 124 Globe masters C 119 Flying Boxcars and C 46 transports as rain fog and icing did not halt the three day effort led by Brig Gen Lacey V Murrow.
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Camp Atterbury
Dixie Division
Indiana
Texas
Western Hemisphere
18Th Air Force
San Angelo
Lacey V. Murrow
434Th
Taft Urges $15 Billion Budget Slash for Military Aid
Sen. Robert A. Taft proposes cutting 15 billion dollars from military and foreign aid in the administration budget. He argues current methods fail against Communist threats and urges a strong air force capable of rapid strikes, including possible atom bomb use, while avoiding fighting on every distant front.
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Williamantic
Conn
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
U. S
Russia
Coal Owners Gird For Talks With Lewis
The Bituminous Coal Operators Association signed an industry pact with Indiana and Illinois soft coal producers to fortify defenses against John L. Lewis. The agreement, based on 1951 output, boosts the group’s tonnage to about 240 million tons, about 56 percent of all soft coal. Lewis, returning from Florida, has not yet served 1952 wage demands, awaiting steel dispute resolution.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Indiana
Illinois
United Mine Workers
Steel
Philip Murray
CIO
Lewis
Association
Florida
Snow Falls in Ohio as Spring Delay Stuns Buckeye State
COLUMBUS April 15 snow covered parts of Ohio Tuesday with two inches by 9 am in Salem. Canton and Akron also reported snow though most of it melted quickly. Residents faced leaden skies and light drizzles as the cold spell lingered.
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Ohio
Buckeyeland
Salem
Canton
Akron
B 36 Bomber Crash Kills 15 At Fairchild AFB
A B 36 bomber crashed on takeoff from Fairchild Air Force Base Spokane Washington killing 15 of the 17 aboard. The two remaining crewmen suffered serious burns in the disaster Tuesday.
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Spokane
Wash
Fairchild Air Force Base
Wage Board Chief Defends Within Its Authority
Wage Stabilization Board chief Nathan P. Feinsinger told the Senate Labor Committee that the boards recommendations in the steel dispute were clearly within the board s jurisdiction and authority He rejected claims the board exceeded its powers He noted six industry six labor and six public members debated resigning before the dispute was sent to the board by President Truman He also described hearings on presidential seizure power as likely to draw steel industry controversy and said both sides in talks over a new contract appeared more inclined to resume discussions with CIO Steelworkers and Big Steel.
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Nathan P. Feinsinger
Wage Stabilization Board
Feinsinger
Senate Labor Committee
CIO
Truman
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Supreme Court
Congress
John R. Steelman
CIO Steelworkers Union
Big Steel
Detroit Greeting Queen Juliana
Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard arrived in Detroit for a whirlwind tour that includes visits to Ford Motor Co Rouge plant Greenfield Village and the Edison Institute. Crowds of 300 greeted them at Willow Run Airport as they started a busy Michigan schedule with civic receptions and factory tours.
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Juliana
Netherlands
Prince Bernhard
Michigan
Willow Run
Rouge
Ford Motor Co
Greenfield Village
Edison Institute
Woman seeks dismissal to allow overseas divorce
In Cleveland in 1947 Mrs Patricia Laursen Jelm seeks dismissal of her divorce petition against Charles R. Jelm to permit a valid divorce in the Virgin Islands where she lives with her mother and four children. Ohio rulings have deemed her the lawful wife of Jelm, who she married in 1942.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Joseph Artl
Patricia Laursen Jelm
Virgin Islands
Charles R. Jelm
Jelm
Jack Helbig
Akron
Samuel H. Silbert
Helbig
Ohio Supreme Court
Silbert Ane Roma
UN Tank Force Battles Chinese Reds On Central Korean Front
An Allied tank force unleashed a major bombardment on the Central Korean front killing or wounding about 300 Chinese Reds. Fifty four Allied tanks fought for nearly two hours in the largest tank action in two months. Allied infantrymen later retook a hill east of the Pukhan River two hours after being driven off by Chinese forces.
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Seoul
United Nations
Pukhan River
Pact Signed By President In Ceremony
President Truman signed the Japanese peace treaty in a White House ceremony and announced the plan to make the treaty effective April 28. The event included signatures on Pacific security pacts with the Philippines Australia and New Zealand as part of a broader move to end World War II in the Pacific and move Japan to full sovereignty.
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Pacific
Washington
Truman
State Department
Japan
Department
White House
U. S.S
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Senate
United States
25 Second Truce Parley Held In Korea Talks
Korean truce supervision negotiators met for 25 seconds in Munsan on Tuesday to run through routine steps with no substantive progress. The pause leaves the prisoner exchange talks suspended asUN Command delays clea rance to resume negotiations while Reds proposed resuming discussions.
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Munsan
Peiping
Reds
Actress Sheds Gridder Husband Divorce Verdict
Actress Terry Moore won a divorce from football star Glenn Davis after testimony he was stingy shabby called her a liar derided her acting insulted her friends and drove too fast. Davis 27 a former West Point All American now with the Loreles Rams did not contest the suit. Moore 22 testified he kept her in a constant state of turmoil during the 85 days they lived together.
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Los Angeles
Terry Moore
Glenn Davis
Davis
West Point
Six Die as Truck Skids in Jamaica Holiday Crash
Kingston Jamaica April 15 six holiday excursionists were killed and 43 injured when their truck skidded and struck a tree.
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Jamaica
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