Congress Probes Bogota Revolt Pattern For U S Use
A House committee investigates whether Colombia's 1948 uprising signals dangers for the United States He investigates CIA warnings to Secretary Marshall about potential trouble at the Bogota Pan American Conference and warns of Communist expansion in U S cities.
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Washington
Colombia
United States
Congressional
State Department
Bogota
Brown
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Marshall
Adm
R. Hillenkoetter
Health District a Merger Looms
Health officials from Hocking Athens and Vinton counties will discuss a proposed merger of three health districts at a Tuesday meeting in Logan. The plan envisions a single district with one commissioner, keeping offices in Logan Athens and McArthur and maintaining staff.
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Hocking
Athens
Vinton County
Tri-County
H. G. Southard
Southard
Ohio Department of Health
John Porterfield
Logan
McArthur
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Mount St.Mary
Vinton
Dr. Southard
L. I. Goldberg
Health Board
Philippines Mourn Death of President Roxas
Manila reacts to the death of Manuel Roxas at 56 from a heart attack at Clark Field. Vice President Elpidio Quirino, 57, under medical care, returns to take office as the new president and calls the council of state to meet at once.
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Manila
Manuel Roxas
Young Philippines
Roxas
Clark Field
Elpidio Quirino
Quirino
Central Philippines
Council of State
Sergio Osmena
Jose Yulo
Retired U.S. Chief Justice George E. Martin Dies at 90
Lancaster obituary notes the death of George E. Martin former chief justice of the U S Court of Appeals District of Columbia at age 90. Funeral services are at Frank E. Smith Funeral Home with burial at Forest Rose Cemetery. He retired a decade ago and died Wednesday.
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Lancaster
George E. Martin
U. S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Frank E. Smith
Forest
Rose Cemetery
Panama Canal Watches Five Russian Vessels at Atlantic Terminal
Panama Canal authorities take special precautions toward five Russian ships at Cristobal harbor after they arrived unannounced. The group includes a steamer and four auxiliary vessels believed bound from Leningrad to Vladivostok.
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Balboa
C. Z
Panama Canal
Canal
Atlantic Terminal
Cristobal Harbor
Leningrad
Vladivostok
Bandsman Under Knife In Cincinnati Hospital
Band leader Art Mooney underwent an emergency appendectomy yesterday at Jewish Hospital. Mooney and his band were scheduled to open a theater engagement tonight.
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Cincinnati
Art. Mooney
Jewish Hospital
Mooney
Western European Nations Sign Cooperation Charter
Paris hosts 16 Marshall Plan nations agreeing to form an European organization of economic cooperation. The 3,000 word charter outlines rapid recovery, expanded trade, full employment, and eventual removal of exceptional foreign aid while recognizing American aid and pledging to boost industrial and agricultural capacity. Nations include Britain France Italy Belgium Denmark Sweden Norway Netherlands Austria Ireland Iceland Luxembourg Portugal Turkey and the zones of Germany.
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Paris
Europe
European Organization of Economic Cooperation
United States
Germany
Ernest Bevin
Austria
Belgium
Britain
Denmark
France
Greece
Eire
Iceland
Italy
Luxembourg
Norway
Netherlands
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Five Gallant Ohioans Make Marriage Offers
The list of Ohio men willing to marry Mrs. Gerda Rich ter, a 38 year old German divorcee seeking help to leave Germany, rose to five with three more applicants from Youngstown Delta and Toledo. Two others from Columbus and Canton submitted bids earlier.
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Columbus
Ohio
Gerda Richter
Thomas J. Herbert
Germany
Youngstown
Delta
Toledo
Canton
Mass X Ray Examinations Conducted Across Logan
Logan students and adults received tuberculosis screening via a mobile clinic. It operated at Logan High School from 9 A M to 12 noon for students and 2 to 6 P M in front of the courthouse for adults, sponsored by the Hocking County Health and Tuberculosis Association with state and county health departments. The Union Furnace visit was postponed due to floods and rescheduled for April 21. Residents of Murray City and Carbon Hill were examined on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Logan
Logan High School
Hocking County
Lena Vernon, 89, Dies in New Straitsville Home
Mrs. Lena Vernon died on her 89th birthday at 9 30 A M at her home in New Straitsville where she had lived 65 years She was a West Virginia native She is survived by six daughters 19 grandchildren 31 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild Her husband James Vernon died 22 years ago Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 PM at the residence Rev Owen Plumley officiating Burial will follow in New Straitsville cemetery by Mills Brown Funeral Service
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Lena Vernon
New Straitsville
West Virginia
Jeannette Love
Florence Fender
Columbus
Anna Newman
Buchtel
Josephine Stobbs
Nellie Dixon
Mabel Stoltz
James Vernon
Vernon
The
Christian Church
Woodbine Rebekah Lodge
Owen Plumley
Mills & Brown Funeral Service
Charles Oldfield Services Planned Saturday
Funeral services for Charles Edward Oldfield 62 retired Pennsylvania Railroad conductor who died Wednesday will be at 2 30 P M Saturday at his residence near South Bloomingville Rev Samuel Elsen will officiate and burial will be in Fairview Cemetery by Defenbaugh Funeral Service Circleville Friends may call Friday evening Oldfield a native of Champaign County died of a heart attack while trying to free his truck from mud on his farm He had recently purchased a farm near Benton Township village after retiring from the railroad.
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Charles Edward Oldfield
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Bloomingville
Samuel Elsen
Fairview
Defenbaugh
Circleville
Oldfield
Champaign County
Benton Township
Unemployment Claims Fall in March in Columbus Report
In Columbus on April 16, the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reported new claims dropped one fifth in March totaling 35,109. Administrator Frank J. Collopy cited better weather and other factors. The weekly average receiving benefits rose 7 percent from February to 48,880.
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Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Frank J. Collopy
Collopy
Italy Election Nears End as Communists Rally Support
Rome April 16 Italy nears the end of a pivotal parliamentary campaign with Communists trying to regain ground. Premier De Gasperi and Palmiro Togliatti press final speeches in Naples as violence flares in places. Washington sees Communists as beaten, aided by U.S. aid and aid packages.
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Rome
Italy
Marioee
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrats
Naples
Palmiro Togliatti
Togliatti
Washington
U.S. State Department
Russia
Trieste
United Nations
U.S
Congress
Brazil Arsenal Blast Said to Be Communist Plot
Federal police linked the Rio de Janeiro arsenal explosion that killed 23 to a communist scheme aimed at a May 1 “second Bogota.” They said 26 Communists have been arrested and that the plan targeted War Minister Gen. Cabrobert Pereira Da Costa, who had left the arms depot shortly before the blast.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Bogota
Cabrobert Pereira da Costa
Brehm Seeks Backing for National Cemetery Site
Rep. Brehm of Ohio urged state veterans groups and the Ohio Chamber of Commerce to help pick a site for a proposed national cemetery in Ohio. He cited Maj. Gen. Larkin’s view that Ohio “needed” and is “entitled” to one, noting Ohio ranks high in war dead. He proposed a 200 acre site, with possible locations around Chillicothe and scenic Hocking County, highlighting Mount Logan and regional history.
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Washington
Rep
Brehm
Ohio
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
T. B. Larkin
Army Quartermaster Corps
Chamber of Commerce
Larkin
Erals
Phil Sheridan
William Tecumseh Sherman
Chillicothe
Ross County
Hocking County
Congress
Grand Canyon
Mount Logan
State of
Altenate
Senate Halts 70-Group Air Force Plan In House Vote
Senate appropriations leaders move to review the 3.198 billion 70 group Air Force bill after a 343 to 3 House vote. Bridges and Gurney urge caution arguing the expansion to 70 groups would cost about six billion annually in the future.
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Senate
House
Washington
Bridges
Gurney
Senate Appropriations Committee
Armed Services Committee
Congress
Defense Forrestal
Air
Symington
Democrats Favor Miller Candidacy in May Primary
The Hocking County Democratic executive committee voted to work for Ray T. Miller in the May 4 primary though no official endorsement was made. Frank Lausche opposes Miller for the nomination. Joseph Allen and Ed Haecker spoke for their campaigns for Congress in the 11th district. About 30 of 47 members attended the meeting.
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Hocking County
Democratic Executive Committee
Ray T. Miller
Miller
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Joseph Allen
New Lexington
Ed Haecker
Circleville
Executive Committee
Allen
Republican Executive Committee
Democratic
Collapse of Hollenden Hotel smokestack shocks Cleveland
Fifteen feet of a smoke stack from the Hotel Hollenden toppled onto Vincent Avenue Northeast in Cleveland. It narrowly missed pedestrians and automobiles as H. A. Buck Rider, state conservation commissioner, had just pulled into the Hollenden garage.
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Cleveland
Hotel Hollenden
Vincent Avenue N.E
H. A
Buck) Rider
Hollenden
One-Third of Miners Remain on Soft Coal Strike
Third of the nation’s 400,000 soft coal miners stay on strike awaiting the federal court verdict on John L. Lewis. The UMW leader faces contempt charges after a 29 day walkout seeking $100 a month pensions. About 250,000 miners had returned as of the settlement, with many in Pennsylvania delaying further return pending the judge’s ruling.
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T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
District Court
Washington
International
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Alan T. Goldsborough
Lewis
UMW
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Adolph Pacifico
Oakley Glass Dies at Union Furnace
Oakley Glass 68 native of Hocking County died at 5 AM at his Union Furnace home after months of illness. Survived by wife Clara two brothers Charles Glass Logan and Edward Glass Walbridge and sister Mrs Elsie Columber Logan. Funeral 2 PM Monday Woodard Funeral Home. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Oakley Glass
Hocking County
Union Furnace
Clara
Charles Glass
Logan
Edward Glass
Walbridge
Elsie Columber
Woodard Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Errant Squirt Triggers Downtown Fire Drill
In Atlanta an misdirected drink at a fountain caused a full fire response as ambulances and equipment flooded Grady Hospital. An ambulance driver, reaching for a towel, pulled a fire alarm instead, prompting a downtown alert.
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Atlanta
Mammoth Grady Hospital
Ohio River Crest Seen Below Danger After Flood Rise
The weather bureau in Cincinnati reports the Ohio River crest will top at 65 feet, below the danger mark, with forecasts revised upward due to the Kanawha River surge. Towns from Huntington to Marietta monitor rising levels and flood control dams stay closed to protect the watershed.
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Cincinnati
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Ohio River
Huntington
W. Va
Kanawha River
Gallipolis
Pittsburgh
Ohio Valley
Marietta
O.parkersburg
Portsmouth
J. Cecil Alter
U.S
Ironton
Pomeroy
Kanawha
Muskingum Conservancy District
Tot Narrowly Escapes Death At Enterprise
Two year old Laura Lee Reese narrowly avoids being crushed by a runaway team on Enterprise Hill. George Goldsberry’s workhorses bolted after a passing auto, veering toward the child as Mark Brashares alerted Mrs. Helber. The horses struck a tree. one horse died and the other returned to the barn.
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Enterprise
Laura Lee Reese
William Helber
George Goldsberry
Enterprise Hill
Mark Brashares
Influx of Russians Revealed in Panama
Rep. J Parnell Thomas reports a startling influx of Russians into Panama since early 1947. He says there is belief their chief is in the Panama Canal area and notes wartime spies may be among arrivals.
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Panama
New York
J. Parnell Thomas
Panama Canal
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Clarence J. Brown
Hellenkoetter
Jorge Gaitan
Henry Wallace
Donald L. Jackson
Rcalif
Chicago
San Francisco
Western Hemisphere
Jackson
Philippines
Charles Oldfield
Brazil
National Cemetery
Cleveland Hotel
Smokestack Falls
Tot
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