Eisenhower Defeats Taft in New Jersey Primary
Eisenhower defeats Taft in the New Jersey primary winning at least 31 convention delegates and narrowing Taft's lead in the preferential vote. Results show Eisenhower with a large margin in districts and partial write ins. New Jersey delegates are unpledged but morally bound to the poll.
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Jersey
Newark
N. J
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Driscoll
Garden State
Military service faces dentists shrinking pool
Washington reports a dwindling pool of dentists for the armed forces. By July 1, Priority 3 dentists will be called up as shortages grow. Brig. Gen. Louis Renfrew cites rapid decline in Priority 1 and 2 dentists and notes many have trained at government expense with little military service.
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Louis Renfrew
Depuguty
Selective Service
Wife seeks Stalin aid in finding missing husband
Mrs. Hermann H. Field in London appeals to Soviet Premier Stalin for help locating her husband Hermann Field who disappeared after a Warsaw Prague journey in 1949. Field, a Cleveland architect, is brother of Noel Field missing since Prague on May 12, 1949, with Noel’s wife Herta also vanished later that year. The telegram, framed as a mother’s plea, says the family needs him.
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Hermann H. Field
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Cleveland
Noel Field
Prague
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Noel
Herta
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Hermann
Moscow
Spain and Portugal Leaders Pledge Western Defense Unity
Madrid reports that on Tuesday the government heads of Spain and Portugal announced they stand united on Western defense, signaling continued coordination between the Iberian nations amid broader alliance concerns.
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Spain
Portugal
John Adilerhurst obituary note in 95th birthday report
New Haven Connecticut on April 16 outlines an interview with 95 year old John Adilerhurst who had operated an iron works. He recalls not being away from work until the day after his 95th birthday when he fell and was hospitalized.
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New Haven, Conn
John Adilerhurst
Western Electric Strike Threat Hits Ohio Bell Exchanges
Western Electric workers allied with the CIO Communications Workers union threaten further picketing of Ohio Bell exchanges in Ohio. Since Monday, WE strikers have blocked Bell workers from returning in Cleveland Columbus Akron Toledo Youngstown Dayton and Niles. About one third of Ohio Bell’s 16 000 workers remain off the job as talks continue.
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Western Electric Co
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Walter W. Brady
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Dayton
Wreck Yields $65,000 Verdict for Chillicothe Man
Lawrence L. Cline of Chillicothe won $65,000 in a common pleas court verdict against Maxwell Co. of Cincinnati for permanent leg injuries from an icy road accident near Piketon on February 15, 1951. He was standing between two cars when a Maxwell tractor trailer jackknifed, crushing both legs.
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Piket
Maxwell
Truce Talks End Quick With Silent Deadlock
MUNSAN April 16 Korean truce supervisors held a 20 second session to say nothing new in their deadlock over Russia as neutral observer and Allied demands to ban rebuilding military airfields. Delegates exchanged 27 words and agreed to meet again Thursday.
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Russia
Senators Study Bill To Expand Farm Price Supports
The Senate Agriculture Committee weighs Kerr proposed bills to raise parity price supports for many commodities to 100 percent. Hogs eggs chickens beef cattle milk wool and soybeans are named with leaders Kerr Young and union presidents expected to testify. Current law sets 75 to 90 percent parity for corn wheat cotton rice peanuts tobacco and dairy products with wool mohair honey and tungnuts at 60 to 90 percent.
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Kerr
D-Okla
Sen. Young
R-Nd
James G. Patton
Secretary of Agriculture
Government Eyes Direct Talks With Steel Union
Washington reports the Stevenson era move to bypass industry leaders as the Administration, led by Secretary Sawyer, considers granting Murray's CIO steelworkers a wage rise. Proposals include a 12.5 cent hourly bump with July and January additions, while a union shop demand is unlikely. Industrialists back the mills amid a looming court fight over wage funding. Arnall tours to argue for a $3 per ton price boost under stabilization rules.
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Bomb kills farmer in Texas pickup explosion
Hoyt Hill, 40, a dairy farmer from Childress Texas, died in a powerful explosion when he pressed his truck starter. Police and friends were puzzled by the slaying and offered no clear motive.
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Hoyt Hill
Dial System Perfected For Attack Alerts
New York April 16 Bell System unveils a dial operated bell and lights air raid warning system to alert the entire country within two minutes. The device spins a dial to select red alert triggering bell signals and red lights at police fire hospitals and other key sites via private circuits.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Co
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Red Cross Seeks $10 Million for Midwest Flood Victims
Washington April 16 The Red Cross requests ten million dollars to aid victims of Midwest floods but national president E Roland Harriman says the sum is not available in the organization treasury.
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P— the Red Cross
E. Roland Harriman
Pre-Induction Physicals For 18 Hocking Men Sent
Eighteen men left Logan for Fort Hayes Colum bus to take pre induction physicals under the Selective Service program. Several had previous exams and were recalled for further X ray checks. Names include Rempel Donaldson Dotson Duffey Neal Friel Downs Gierhart Kessler Carter Dane Primmer Sanders Lanning Neal McVey O Neil and others.
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Fort Hayes
Columbus
Mary Sweazy
Rudolph William Rempel
Jesse Edward Donaldson
Daniel Nay Dotson
Paul Lysle Duffey
Freeport
Delmer Eugene Neal
Murray City
Robert
Haydenville Opens New Green Local School Today
Elementary students in Green Township begin classes in the 17 room Green Local school, moved from the old Haydenville building. Equipment is nearly complete with blackboards arriving this week, cement floors now to be asphalt laid later. Approximately 280 students moved in yesterday.
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L. M. Ingram
East Hocking
Ingram
Haydenville
Five-Year-Old Boy Dies At Horking Valley Hospital
Harold Monroe five year old son of Mr and Mrs Homer H Monroe of Dicken Addition died at 7 55 am today in Horking Valley Hospital from an intestinal obstruction. He became ill Friday night and underwent emergency surgery yesterday. Survived by parents a brother Michael a sister Carol grandparents Mr and Mrs John W Monroe and Mr and Mrs James H Richards. Funeral arrangements by Roberts Funeral Service.
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Homer H. Monroe
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Horking Valley Hospital
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Carol
John W. Monroe
James H. Richards
Logan
Roberts
State orders 183 firms to secure dump permits
Columbus April 16. A total of 183 canneries dairies and meat processing firms must obtain permits to dump wastes into Ohio streams by Sept 27. The Water Pollution Control Board backed the rule citing practical means to prevent pollution. A June 24 hearing will cover the electro plating industry and May 20 will review sewage treatment for nearly 600 municipalities. Attorney General ONeill has filed against Youngstown to curb raw sewage dumping into the Mahoning River and had threatened similar action against 30 other cities.
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Ohio
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
John D. Porterfield
Atty
William O'Neill
Youngstown
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O'Neill
Stevenson Shuns Presidential Race for Governor Seat
Springfield Illinois April 16 Gov Adlai E Stevenson said he could not accept the Democratic nomination for President. He emphasized his commitment to run for governor of Illinois and his intention to complete unfinished work there despite support for a broader candidacy.
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Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Three Citizens Face Mayor Overdue Parking Tags
Mayor Roger Friend opened the city drive to collect overdue overtime parking fines issuing affidavits. Buell Eby Fred Hildebrandt and Mrs Phil A Henderson led the list with most tickets. All pleaded not guilty before the mayor and hearings were set for April 24. Nearly 200 overdue tickets have since been paid.
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Oklahoma jolted by third earthquake in a week
Earthquakes shook Oklahoma cities El Reno Oklahoma City and Union City late Wednesday. The U S military lists Korean war casualties at 107 371, up 237 from last week. In San Francisco the Methodist Church named Bishop Fred Pierce Carson of Philadelphia as president succeeding Bishop Arthur J Moore of Atlanta.
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Philadelphia
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French sculptor Francois Cogne dies at 75
Francois Cogne, a noted French sculptor aged 75, died on Tuesday in Paris. He created busts of famous figures including Winston Churchill and Georges Clemenceau.
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Francois Cogne
Winston Churchill
Georges Clemenceau
East Germany plans confiscation of U.S. property
Communist East Germany plans to confiscate all U.S. owned property in the Russian zone, government circles said on Wednesday.
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East Germany
Burn to leave Puerto Rico after San Juan crash
Capt John Burn pilot of the Pan American Airways plane that crashed off San Juan killing 52 and singer Jane Froman will depart Puerto Rico for New York. Burn was among 17 survivors of the disaster.
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Puerto Rico
John Burn
Pan American Airways
Jane Froman
New York
Burn
Steel Corp. dayshift workers strike in defiance
Cleveland April 146 More than 800 of 1000 belt and not division employees walked off Wednesday in defiance of the federal government and joined a dayshift stoppage reported by the Public Steel Corp. sources.
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Republic Steel Corp
Murphy Slated for Tokyo Post in Postwar Diplomacy
President Truman planned to send to the Senate the nomination of Robert D. Murphy as the United States first postwar ambassador to Japan. Murphy, then ambassador to Belgium, brings 31 years of service and was chosen after Japan ratified the peace treaty, effective April 28.
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Truman
Senate
Robert D. Murphy
America
Japan
United States
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Belgium
Third Riot In Month Plagues New Jersey Prison Officials
In Trenton on April 16 a life-term convict led 67 followers in a riot at New Jersey State Prison print shop. The Doak gang held four hostages, endured no food or light, while Gov. Driscoll ordered a prison official conference and demanded impartial scrutiny and warden removal.
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Trenton
N. J
Bernard Doak
Doak Gang
Alfred E. Driscoll
Driscoll
7 Governors Truman Hold Special Parley
Emergency talks in Omaha as President Truman meets seven flood state governors to coordinate relief. Missouri River flood braces Omaha Council Bluffs with 31.5 foot crest, while 14,600 workers reinforce walls and 34,000 people evacuated.
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Council Bluffs
Missouri
Truman
Omaha Council Bluffs
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Iowa
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
Spring Sun Back In Hocking Skies
The sun returned to Hocking County skies today boosting temperatures. At 11 a.m. the reading was 54 degrees after a low of 30 last night and yesterday's high reached 43. Forecasters expect mid fifties this afternoon and a near freezing low tonight with Thursday forecast to be fair and warmer.
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Hocking County
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