Missing Girl Found Dead in Clark County Field
Three year old Sandy Robison who had been missing since Thursday was found dead in an open field on the Earl Foster farm near Springfield. Coroner Austin Richards ruled exposure as the primary cause with possible pneumonia. authorities noted she wandered from the Foster home and may have become lost in darkness. About 300 Clark County volunteers aided the search. Sandy's mother is in a hospital and her father William Robison has been missing for weeks.
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Springfield
Sandy Robison
Austin Richards
Richards
J. Arthur Shuman
Sandy
Fosters
William Robison
Clark County
Foster
President Truman Receives Oscar for Baseball Forecast
President Truman is given a two and a half foot plaster Oscar for predicting last year's opening game winner. The ceremony at the Capitol honors his long running love of baseball and his boyhood tale of umpiring due to poor eyesight.
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Washington
Truman
Independence
Capitol
Senate
Widow of Executed Gunman Bears Triplets
Montreal reports triplets born yesterday to Mrs Noel Cloutier widow of a gunman hanged March 11 for murdering two policemen. Cloutier was executed despite pleas for a stay due to his wife s pregnancy.
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Montreal
Noel Cloutier
Cloutier
Russians Seek Diplomatic Path to Lift Berlin Blockade
Berlin reports say Moscow may seek a face saving diplomatic route to end the Allied blockade. German Eastern Zone pressure grows for resuming inter zonal trade with Western Germany as Vladimir Dekanosov advises the Soviet military administration. US analyst Wilkinson notes informal talks but Washington rejects trade until blockade ends. Die Welt cites railway and trade efforts to salvage the two year plan through Western sources.
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Berlin
Germany
Die Welt
Hamburg
Vladimir Dekanosov
Hitler Germany
Lawrence Wilkinson
Lucius D. Clay
German Economic Commission of
Eastern Zones
Frankfurt
German Economic Commission
Workmen Lay Keel For Giant Carrier
Newport News Va April 18 Workmen laid the keel of the USS United States the world s largest aircraft carrier at the Newport News shipyard The move follows a public dispute between the Air Force and Navy over strategic bombing and signals plans to proceed with the 186000000 super craft designed to accommodate long range bombers
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Newport News
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Truman
Defense
Johnson
Air Force
Navy
Christianity Celebrates Resurrection Across Nation
Easter services were held in churches and cathedrals as Americans observed the resurrection. President Truman, Mrs. Truman, and daughter Margaret attended two services in Washington, while nationwide prayers for peace and relief from persecution in communist countries echoed in sermons. A New York fashion parade drew a record crowd of about 1.5 million along Fifth Avenue.
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Crossroads Church
Great Cathedral
Truman
Margaret
Washington
New York
Fifth Avenuee
Easter Worship Draws Crowds Across Logan and Hocking Counties
Churches in Logan and Hocking counties filled to capacity or overflow at sunrise and late morning Easter services. An afternoon rainstorm cancelled the Easter parade, while intermittent snow fell through the day.
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Logan
Hocking County
Easter observances spread across cities and faiths
A high Pontifical Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral by Francis Cardinal Spellman drew thousands in New York as radio networks aired Easter programs. Rome hosted record crowds while pilgrims filled Italian cities. Franciscan monks and Russian nuns observed rites in Jerusalem and Christians in Nazareth worshipped as Arab demonstrations occurred nearby.
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Rome
Jerusalem
YMCA
Holy Sepulchre
Nazareth
Israel
British Actor Will Hay Dies at 60
London reports the death of Will Hay a leading British stage film and radio comedian after a long illness at age 60. He starred in popular comedies and was a prominent media figure of his era.
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London
Will Hay
Britain
Mongrel Reunited After 1000 Mile Search For Owner
WALTHAM MASS April 18 Jeep a four year old mongrel Spitz was reunited with the Hall family after traveling about 1000 miles. Henry Hall said the dog appeared at the front door of their new home near the old one yesterday after they lost him in Kentucky in 1947 while traveling to California. The family had spent months in California before returning to Massachusetts.
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Waltham
Mass
Jeep
Halls
California
Priscilla
Kentucky
Here
Hall
British Rule Ends as Ireland Declares Republic
Dublin marks a new era as Ireland becomes a sovereign republic at midnight after 780 years of British rule. Bells, cannons, and mass celebrations erupt. Ulster visitors join joy, and King George VI sends congratulations in a telegram. The new republic covers 2 of the island's 32 counties, with the north voting to stay with Britain.
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Dublin
Ireland
Eire
Republic of Ireland
Isle
Great Britain
George VI
New Republic
Doolittle Says Russians Lack A Bomb Stockpile
Galveston Texas April 18 Jimmie Doolittle states Russia lacks a stockpile of atom bombs and argues the United States and Russia would be at war today He believes they have the know how but no tools and plant to construct the weapon and says the only deterraint is U S possession and delivery capability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Jimmie Doolittle
Russia
United States
Doolittle
Tokyo
Earth
Murder Ends Career of Harlan County Police Chief
SHILES Ky April 18 Easter Sunday gunplay in a coal camp killed Capt. Ambrose Metcalfe 29 chief of the county police. He died en route to hospital after being shot five times in front of the Shields Cafe. His wife Kathleen witnessed the shooting. Two men were arrested and charged with murder. Warrants named Arthur Jackson case operator and Ford Sizemore. Metcalfe had a history of clashes with lawlessness and rival officers since his August 194% appointment. The article notes a pattern of violence in nearby Evarts and related police changes and legal actions.
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Shields
Harlan County
Ambrose Metcalfe
Metcalfe
Harlan
Shields Cafe
Kathleen
W. J. R. Howard
Arthur Jackson
Ford Sizemore
Citizens League
E. J. Baumgardner
Baumgardner
Evarts
Bryan Middleton
Isachar Combs
Middleton
Combs
Lewis Deaton
Damage to Crops Believed Light
Columbus Ohio April 18 There are no reports of extensive crop damage from the recent cold spell says Vernon Patterson extension horticulturist He checked orchards in Columbus area and the U S Crop Reporting Service reports no damage while conducting a routine survey
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Columbus
Ohio State University Agriculture Extension Service
Vernon Patterson
United States Crop Reporting Service
Hod Carriers Strike for Higher Wages
About 1400 members of the Hod Carriers Building and Common Laborers Union AFL walked out today seeking a 12 percent wage increase. The action centers on contract negotiations and worker pay for the craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union
AFL
Gas accident kills Ohio woman in home blaze
Gas escaping from a half open stove burner killed Mrs. Berry Bybicke, 45, and sent her husband to a hospital. Coroner Paul Hohly ruled the death accidental in Toledo, Ohio.
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Toledo
Berry Bybicke
Paul Hohly
Theater Dynamited in Canton Exacts Death and Injuries
Extortionists exploded a theater in Canton on April 18, killing three and wounding over fifty. Police probe underway as casualties surge in the city.
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Canton
China
Easter Weekend Toll on Ohio Roads Causes 22 Fatalities
The Associated Press reports 22 people died in Ohio traffic crashes from Friday evening to Sunday midnight. Incidents include a Indiana family of four killed on U S 24 near Napoleon and multiple deaths across Cleveland and other cities with numerous injuries. Names, ages, and locations span Henry, Lucas, Summit, and nearby counties.
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Ohio
Indiana
U. S
Napoleon
Henry County
Fred Bartels
Francis C. Viel
Rosemary
Theresa Ann
Frances Marie
William Charles
Mary Madge
Leroy Dickeson
Ellen Catherine
Greater
Cleveland
Michael E. Mihalko
Fred E. Collins
Foodspeed
Oro
U S Troops Open Germany War Games
Seventy thousand United States soldiers in MERNBERG Germany moved into place to repel an imagined attack by Aggressor Land scheduled from Czechoslovakia. Army officials said the drill is standard training with no strategic significance.
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Mernberg
Germany
United States
Czechoslovakia
Wallace Beery Rites Set for Tuesday Burial
Beverly Hills California April 18 Wallace Beery Hollywoods lovable old rascal will be buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale tomorrow. Many of the films industries great are expected to attend the funeral in the church of the Recessional at 10 30 A.M. in the Memorial Park.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Wallace Beery
Hollywood
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Paraguay Elects President and Congress Unopposed
Citizens vote for a president and 40 congress members who stood unopposed. Dr Felipe Molas Lopez, a 49 year old dentist, is elected after serving as provisional president since February 26 when he ousted Gen Raimundo Rolon in a coup.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Congress
Felipe Molas Mopez
Raimundo Rolon
Five Men Die in Easter Day Gun Battle in Washington
In Pullman Washington on Easter Sunday a 24 year old merchant George McIntyre killed three police officers and another posseman before being shot dead in a two hour gunfight. He also wounded a policeman and bit a man during the altercation.
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Pullman
Wash
Arthur Ricketts
George McIntyre
Ricketts
McIntyre
Endurance Flyers Near 1000 Hour Goal in California
Endurance fliers Bill Bar ris and Dick Riedel are 195 hours from their 1000 hour airborne goal in Fullerton California. Riedel shows marked concern for his 10-year-old son Richard Jr crippled with arthritis whose condition worsened after the March 15 takeoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fullerton
Calif
Bill Barris
Dick Riedel
Riedel
Richard Jr
Newark man held in three Logan store thefts
A 30 year old Newark man, Harold Budd Rusk of 1002 Western Avenue, was jailed after state highway patrol stopped a Logan Columbus bus Saturday. He admitted stealing items from three Logan stores, valued at about 115 dollars, and police planned to arraign him before Mayor Roger W. Friend. Items from other cities are held by patrol.
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Newark
Hocking County
William Braucher
Parkersburg
W. Va
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Athens
Ellinger
Logan
Mutual
Elberfeld’s Department Store
Cassin & Fearn
Groveport
Rusk
State Highway Patrol
Roger W. Friend
Benjamin Mowery Dies Sunday Night
Benjamin C. Mowery, 79, retired Logan grocer, died at 7 20 P M Sunday at his daughter Mrs William Hayden home in Lancaster. He lived with his daughter since last November and once ran a Zanesville Avenue grocery with Ed Fickel. Funeral at 2 P M Wednesday at the Logan EUB Church officiated by Rev A N Grueser. Burial in Fellowship Cemetery by Leonard Funeral Service. Survivors include another daughter Mrs Edward Fickel of Logan a son Milton of Toledo two sisters Mrs Della Mullenkamp of Gore and Mrs Emma Mathias of Enterprise 10 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Benjamin C. Mowery
Logan Grocer
William Hayden
Lancaster
Mowery
Logan
Zanesville Avenue
Ed Fickel
Logan Eub Church
A. N. Grueser
Fellowship
Leonard Funeral Service
Hayden
Edward Fickel
Milton
Toledo
Della Mullenkamp
Gore
Emma Mathias
Enterprise
Wish of Paralyzed Girl for Easter Watermelon Fulfilled
An 11 year old girl Maxine Rudd who is paralyzed from the waist down will receive an Easter watermelon thanks to the Red Cross a physician two airlines a radio station and a newspaper The melon arrived by air from Miami Florida and will be delivered to Maxine in North Robinson Ohio by Marion Star reporter Scott McMurray The chain began with a Red Cross nurse and a Cincinnati broadcast that spurred the shipment through Delta and American Airlines to Cincinnati and then to North Robinson Cray County Ohio where the gift arrives for Easter
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Columbus
Maxine Rudd
Red Cross
Miami
Fla
Marion
Star
Maxine
Robinson
Here
James Rudd
Bucyrus
Grace Herring
Cincinnati
North Robinson
Cray County
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