Taft Housing Bill Backed by Wagner Amid Debate
Senator Wagner of New York pledged full support for Taft in the dispute with Senator McCarthy over a long range housing bill. The revised Taft Ellender Wagner bill envisions a large slum clearance program funded by federal loans and subsidies to address a housing crisis affecting nearly 3 million families.
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Rwis
Wagner
New York
Senator Ellen
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Senate Banking Committee
Philippines Pledged To Continue Democratic Policy
Manila report states new Philippines president Elpidio Quirino vowed to never let democracy down and to cling to democracy at all costs. He said foreign policy would remain closely aligned with the United States and follow the principles of the late Manuel Roxas, who died Thursday night.
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Elpidid Quirino
New Philippines
United States
Quirino
Manuel Roxas
Philippine
Correspondent Calls Spy Charges False in Moscow Expulsion
American correspondent Robert Magi doff says spy charges that led to his expulsion from Russia were trumped up and a Soviet smear dated April 19 Berlin. He told interviewers on his arrival from Moscow that the accusation was for internal propaganda and aimed at discrediting foreigners.
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Berlin
Robert Magidoff
Russia
Moscow
Flood Falls Continue As Ohio River Dips At Cincinnati
The Ohio River receded from a 64.8 foot crest after seven days of rising. Forecasters predicted dropping below 52 feet by Friday if rains stay light. Newport officials built a 10-foot sandbag dike to shield 46 blocks, while dams and levees helped limit losses across Cincinnati and surrounding areas totaling about 31,000 people affected.
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George R. Marth
Martin Box Co
Aurora
Indianapolis
Oscar Hesch
Newport
Col. Talley
George Gugel
New Atomic Weapon Tested at Eniwetok
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a test of "an atomic weapon" at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. It is the first such test since Bikini in 1946 and the date was not disclosed for security reasons. A classified report will be made to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy of Congress.
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Atomic Energy
Congress
Drydock Founders In Stormy Atlantic
The tug Kevin Moran heads to Norfolk with 26 seamen rescued from life rafts after their drydock under tow snapped its towline and sank off the North Carolina coast. All crew were saved.
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Norfolk
Kevin Moran
Moran
North Carolina
Observatory Records Major Earthquake
A major earthquake, believed to have occurred in Dutch New Guinea, was registered at the Riverview Observatory in Sydney. A spokesman said the quake began about 10:30 P M yesterday and lasted more than three hours.
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Dutch New Guinea
Riverview Observatory
Flood cleanup underway in city and county damage reported
Cleanup work started as State and county highway officials described extensive road damage across the county and state. Bus and rail service through Logan resumed, track washouts between Enterprise and Rockbridge repaired, and Rockbridge saw evacuations. The Hocking River and tributaries returned to banks, but lowlands held pools. Wheat crops suffered washout damage in bottomlands.
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Logan
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Hocking
The Look Refuses Bathing Suit Role
Lauren Bacall refuses a Warner Brothers request to appear in a film wearing a bathing suit saying she would be embarrassed as a leading lady. She is married to Humphrey Bogart and plans to sail with him.
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Lauren Bacall
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Humphrey Bogart
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Body of Beautiful Former Model Found
EVANSTON, April 19. The body of 25 year old ex Powers model Miss Marilyn Roble was found yesterday in Lake Michigan. She was a publicity woman for Chicago s Merchandise Mart and fiancée of Northwestern University student Richard Tobias. The coroner s physician said the body bore bruised lips and cuts on the head. Tobias said he had a date with her Wednesday night and reported her missing on Friday.
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Powers
Lake Michigan
Marilyn Roble
Chicago
Merchandise Mart
Northwestern University
Thomas A. Carter
Richard Tobias
Miss Roble
Railroads Granted Freight Rate Hike
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a further temporary freight rate increase. Officials estimate the public will pay about 300 million dollars yearly, averaging four percent above current rates. The rise could be applied with 10 days notice to the public.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Ecuador on Guard For Communist Revolt
Quito reports officials wary of a possible uprising by Guayaquil communists. Authorities also tightened measures to bar an influx of prisoners freed during the Bogota jail delivery ten days ago from Colombia.
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Ecuador
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Colombia
Bogota
UC Extends Atom Research Contract With AEC
Berkeley reports UC scientists secured a four year extension of its atom research contract with the U S Atomic Energy Commission.
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Calif
University of California Today
U.S. Atomic Entergy Commission
State to Construct New Office Building in Columbus
Governor Herbert ordered immediate construction of a new state office building on a site currently a parking lot at Front and State Streets in Columbus. The project aims for 450000 to 500000 square feet to replace leased space, saving on the $180000 annual cost for 190000 square feet. Public works director George Sowers was directed to proceed.
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Thomas J. Herbert
State Streets
Front
Herbert
George B. Sowers
Baby suffocates in idling car after parents sleep
In Middletown Ohio Deputy Coroner Thomas Wentzel ruled an accidental death for Loren W. Larson Jr. five months old. The parents’ car ran dry of gas on the way to Peasttown Heights and they dozed off waiting for help. the infant was dead when they woke.
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Middletown
Thomas Wentzel
Loren W. Larson, Jr
Wentzel
Peasttown Heights
U S Refuses To Lead On Palestine Policy At UN
The United States said it will not act alone to solve Palestine troubles and urged allied nations to share burden. Delegates at the U N assembly discussed a possible temporary trusteeship for Palestine while awaiting a formal U S proposal from the State Department.
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Palestine
New York
United States
United Nations Assembly
Burma
U. N
Holy Land
U. S
Security Council
State Department
Tes
Anti-Red Resolution Moves At Pan American Conference
In Bogota delegates from Brazil Chile Cuba the United States and Uruguay agreed to draft a new anti communist resolution. The aim is to adopt stronger wording than the Chilean draft opened on March 30 with Juvenal Hernandez predicting the conference would wrap up in about two weeks.
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Colombia
United States
Brazil
Chile
Cuba
Uruguay
Juvenal Hernandez
Grange Banquet Planned for April 29 at Union Furnace
The Hocking County grange will hold its annual banquet at 6:45 PM on Thursday April 29 at Union Furnace School. Plans are being finalized and tickets must be secured by April 26 through local lecturers.
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Grange
Strike unsettled as Stock Exchange workers strike enters fourth week
New York April 19. A long negotiation session yesterday failed to settle the strike of Stock Exchange workers. Union pickets were ordered to begin their fourth week of marching today.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Anti-Communists Lead in Early Count of Italian Ballots
In Rome early returns from Italy is showing the Christian Democrat party leading the Communist led Popular Front by more than two to one. Voters turnout was high with officials estimating about 90 percent of the 29 million eligible casting ballots. Counting begins with the senate and first deputy results expected late tonight.
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Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrat Party
Popular Front
Italy
Europe
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Chamber of Deputies
L’unita
Christian Democrat
Interior Ministry
Mario Scelba
Bar for Music Hits Jackpot Of Quiz Program
Reginald Turner of Winston-Salem N C won 17000 dollars after correctly identifying a mystery tune on an ABC radio quiz started March 21. He received a car a 38 day cruise and a 1000 dollar bond after correctly naming Vision of Salome following a studio orchestra melody. Turner is married and works for the Veterans Administration.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Reginald Turner
Veterans Administration
ABC
Turner
Salome
Syria elects Shukri Al Kuwaily president unopposed
Damascus reports the chamber of deputies re elected Shukri Al Ku waily as president of Syria yesterday. He ran unopposed.
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Syria
Chamber of Deputies
al Sayed Shukri al Kuwaily
Tragic Accident From a Fishing Lark in Alum Creek
Two Columbus boys Louis Hoskinson and Darrell Gleason aged 10 borrowed fishing tackle and set off toward Florida after a mishap at Alum Creek. While fleeing from a snagged rod they crossed a railroad yard and an oncoming train struck Louis severing his leg. surgeons at Grant Hospital later amputated below the knee.
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Louis Hoskinson
Darrell Gleason
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
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Ser 6
Grant Hospital
Mrs. Emma D. Shaw Dies in Columbus Hospital
Emma D. Shaw 72 widow of Otto Shaw died Sunday at 2 P M in Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus after an operation Saturday. She lived in Logan at 200 Midland Place the past 10 years and previously on the Shaw farm near Midway. Funeral Wednesday at the Methodist Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery by Heinlein Funeral Service. Survived by daughter Mrs Lester Risch of Logan a sister Mrs Ellen Evans of Lancaster a brother W T Carpenter of Columbus six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Logan
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Midway
Paul Shaw
ACP
George Clayton Shaw
Logan Monument
Methodist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Heinlein
Lester Risch
Ellen Evans
Lancaster
W. T. Carpenter
Police Recommend Visit to Optometrist
Pasadena police respond to a citizen tip about a car near a home with a sign reading Betty is dead. The detective found the message meant Battery is dead and closed the case.
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Calif
Betty
D. M. Palmateer
Costa Rica Capital Battle in Progress
Costa Rica is in a battle for San Jose, 15 miles west of Cartago, as rebel leader Jose Figures declares Cartago the second republic capital. Diplomats in San Jose seek an agreement with President Michalski’s government, but fighting since Saturday jeopardizes these talks.
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Costa Rica
San Jose
Here
Jose Figures
Arm of Liberation
Figures
Teodoro Picardo Michalski
Singapore Faces General Strike
The Singapore Federation of Trade Unions representing 74 unions with 50 000 members called a general strike for Friday in retaliation for police actions during the harbor strike. A federation spokesman announced the protest would target enforcement against strikers.
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Singapore
Singapore Federation Trade Unions
Judge Goldsborough Finds John L. Lewis Guilty
Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough convicts John L. Lewis of criminal contempt for defying a court order to end the coal miners strike. He will sentence Lewis the next day, with potential jail time questioned amid prior fines totaling millions against the United Mine Workers.
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T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Miners Active in Hocking Valley Rail Regions
A survey shows about 15 mines in the Hocking Valley coalfields operated today. Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad spokesman Nelsonville notes seven working mines in Hocking County, including deep pits and strip mines. New York Central Railroad spokesman Corning reports about eight mines active. fifteen mines are closed.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Nelsonville
Hocking County
Corning
New York Central Railroad
Judge signals jail term for miners chieftain over contempt
Judge Goldsborough said expediency may yield a jail term for the miners’ chieftain and called for government recognitions at 10 A.M. He asserted evidence shows defendants guilty of criminal contempt though civil contempt on a technicality exists. He framed a new legal standard for union mass action and struck at coded warnings used to trigger the walkout.
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Goldsborough
Lewis
British to Claim Damages for Berlin Crash
London reports that Britain will seek compensation from Soviet Russia over the Berlin crash on April 5. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin announced to the Commons today, detailing the planned legal action and pursuit of damages.
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