Italy Comms Crushed as Anti-Communists Lead Senate race
Returns from Italy's 41,525 precincts show the Christian Democrats near 47.4 percent in the senate and a similar edge in the chamber of deputies. The Communist Front trails, while Alcide de Gasperi's party declares victory. Early results imply possible control of both houses. Pietro Ingrao comments on a growing Popular Front role.
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Rome
Italy
Christian Democratic Party
Russia
West
Chamber of Deputies
Interior Ministry
Senate
Christian Demons
Popular Front
Chamber
Christian Democrats
the Front
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democratic
Pietro Ingrao
Communist Party
L’unita
de Gasperi
Associated Press
Chamber of Deputy
Giorgio
Misi
Mine Workers Call Decision a Dirty Deal in fines
United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis was fined $20,000 and the union $1,400,000 for criminal contempt. Miners reacted with varied views from “a dirty deal” to relief, while about 10,000 Ohio miners walked off the job as the court’s penalty sparked a looming strike mood.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Hughes
United Mine Workers District Three
John L. Lewis
United States Supreme
Washington
Lewis
United Mine Workers District 5
William Hynes
UMW
Uniontown
Ohio
The
Union
Belmont
Jefferson
Harrison
Goldsborough
Neffts
Judge Goldsborough
Author of 'Amber' To Divorce Shaw
NEW YORK April 20 4 Authoress Kathleen Winsor and her husband Artie Shaw head for divorce courts. Winsor who wrote For Ever Amber was married once before. Shaw—previously married to Lana Turner Ava Gardner and Elizabeth Kern—faces dissolution of marriage.
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New York
Kathleen Winsor
Artie Shaw
Miss Winsor
Amber
Shaw
Lana Turner
Ava Gardner
Elizabeth Kern
Warden of Alcatraz to Retire After 40 Years service
James A. Johnston will retire as warden of Alcatraz Penitentiary on April 30 after serving since the rock became a federal prison January 2, 1934. Edwin B. Swope will replace him, currently warden at the Federal Correctional Institution Englewood Colorado.
Penitentiary Guard Slain In Berserk Prisoner Rampage
In Columbus Ohio last night convict John Thomas 34 stabbed guard Walter W Zimmer to death and wounded S P Chesshir and Frank C Lower inside Ohio Penitentiary after escaping from a hospital ward The assailant surrendered after guards surrounded him in a dining room no shots were fired and the two wounded men were taken for treatment.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
John Thomas
Montgomery County
Walter W. Zimmer
Westerville
S. P. Chesshir
Frank C. Lower
Midtown Penitentiary
Thomas
Lower
Zimmer
Chesshir
Laskin County Men Begin Sentences in Ohio Penitentiaries
Three Hocking County men listed as Harley Crago 33 Franklin Hedges 18 and Ralph Van Bibber 24 were sent to Ohio penal institutions to start their sentences after pleading guilty to indictments returned by the Hocking County grand jury. Crago went to the Ohio Penitentiary Mansfield bound by Sheriff Floyd Duffy. Hedges and Van Bibber were sent to Mansfield Ohio Reformatory by Deputy Sheriff Jack Waldron after Judge Harley Meyer sentenced them Friday.
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Hocking County
Ohio
Harley Crago
Ohio Penitentiary
Floyd Duffy
Franklin Hedges
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
Ralph van Bibber
Jack Waldron
Harley Meyer
ANPA Opens 62nd Annual Convention In New York
More than 1,000 editors and publishers gathered in New York for the opening session of the 62nd annual American Newspaper Publishers Association convention.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
State Orders Lake Logan Landowners to Vacate
The state conservation department informs all landowners from whom Lake Logan land was purchased in Hocking County to vacate the properties. In a letter from Commissioner H. A. Rider, owners are told the state plans forward for lake construction and cannot allow crops on land the state has bought and will need before the season ends.
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State Conservation Department
Lake Logan
H. A. (Buck) Rider
State Conservation Commissioner
Hocking County
Railroad Resumes Normal Operations Between Logan and Pomeroy
Chesapeake and Ohio rail service between Logan and Pomeroy is back to normal after flood washouts between Dundas and Vinton were repaired. Freight and passenger service had been halted but resumed today. coal strike related curtailment had ended last week.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Logan
Pomeroy
Dundas
Vinton
Ohio Building Program Ready For Launching
Ohio advances its 70 million building program after earlier delays. Gov. Herbert, legislative leaders, and officials agreed to proceed despite cost concerns and wartime fears. Public works director Sowers cites 20 million in work and 30 million planning now under way. First target is a new state office building with 5 million set aside and 8 million more planned.
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Columbus
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Frank E. Whittemore
Akron
Ohio Senate
Evert E. Addison
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Paul Ballard
Jackson
Paul H. McCormick
Huntsville
George B. Sowers
Herbert D. Deffenbacher
Sowers
Mart Smith 72 Dies at Columbus Hospital
Mart Smith 72 a retired laborer died at 9 A M today in St Francis Hospital Columbus where he was admitted yesterday. He lived in The Diamond and ere two years with son in law Vern Fox and daughter. Services 2 P M Friday Heinlein Funeral Home burial Greenlawn Cemetery Nelsonville. Survived by wife and brother Will Smith of Adelphi.
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Mart Smith
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
The
Diamond
Mr. Smith
Vern Fox
Dicken
Heinlein
Greenlawn
Nelsonville
Will Smith
Adelphi
Oaths of Loyalty Required at OSU
Ohio State University trustees approved a policy requiring employees to affirm they belong to no organization that advocates violent overthrow of the government. The oath applies to contract renewals and future hires.
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Osu
Columbus
Ohio State University
Port Paralyzed by Strikes in Singapore
Singapore experienced a port paralysis as strikes halted operations. Only three of the 30 ships in the harbor were unloading, leaving the area largely idle.
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Singapore
Taft Sees Passage Likely For Housing Bill Compromise Near
Senator Taft forecast Senate passage of the Taft Ellender Wagner housing measure by nightfall saying differences with Senator McCarthy seem headed to settlement. The bill would extend loan insurance authority, authorize up to 2 billion dollars in loans and fund slum clearance and low cost housing.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
McCarthy
Wis
Services Wednesday For Mrs Otto Shaw
Funeral services for Emma D. Shaw 72 widow of Otto Shaw will be at 2 P M Wednesday at the Methodist Church. Rev Clinton Swengel and others preside. Burial in Fairview Cemetery Heinlein Funeral Home. Survivors include two sons a daughter a sister a brother six grandchildren and one great grandchild. She's previously active in church WSCS WCTU Garden Club and Hocking County Child Welfare Board.
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Emma D. Shaw
Otto Shaw
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Methodist Church
Clinton Swengel
Henry Carr
E. F. Bradford
Fairview Cemetery
Heinlein Funeral Home
Hollywood Writer Guilty of Contempt
Hollywood writer John Howard Lawson was found guilty of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer the House committee on un American activities about his political beliefs last October. He said he would appeal the conviction. The 53 year old author of Smashup and Blockade faced the charges in a federal court.
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Washington
John Howard Lawson
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Funeral Services Planned for Mrs Amelia Holl
Mrs Amelia Holl 78 widow of George Holl died at 2 30 A M at 179 South Market Street Logan after a heart attack. She was a Columbus native and Logan resident for about 60 years. Survivors include three sons Barton Joe and Fred, two daughters Mrs Howard Levits and Mrs Irma Powers, two brothers Fred and George Schlagetter, and a sister Mrs Frank C Martin. Funeral at 10 A M Friday at St Matthew Lutheran Church with Rev Paul Warner officiating. burial Oak Grove Cemetery by Woodard Funeral Service. The body remains at the funeral home with calling after Tuesday.
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Columbus
Holl
Logan
American Legion Auxiliary
Ladies Aid of
St. Matthew
Frank C. Martin
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Paul Warner
Oak Grove
Woodard Funeral Service
One Day Marriage Ends Twenty Year Courtship
William Walter Carlton of Miami sues Gratia Flower Carlton seeking dissolution after a marriage that began in Virginia in 1947 and ended within a day, following a 20 year courtship and a trip to Ironton Ohio before the bride called it a mistake.
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Miami, Fla
William Walter Carlton
Gratia Flower Carlton
Cincinnati
Carlton
Tazewell
Ironton
Speculation Rise Over Atomic Test
Speculation swirled after a terse Atomic Energy Commission notice about a test at a Pacific proving ground. Observers doubted immediate disclosure and speculated a guided missile with an atomic warhead might be studied at Eniwetok Atoll, though no official claim of an atomic missile was made.
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Washington
Pacific Proving Ground
Atomic Energy Commission
Eniwetok Atoll
U S Attorney Fails to Ask Jail Sentence
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers were fined 20 000 and 1 400 000 respectively for contempt of court. Judge Goldsborough accepted the fines but noted a prison sentence was possible. Civil contempt penalties may rise daily if mines stay idle amid threats of broader walkouts.
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John L. Lewis
United States District Court
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Earl Hauck
T. Alan Goldsborough
International Soundphoto
Washington
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Goldsborough
Supreme Court
Welly K. Hopkins
H. Graham Morison
Morison
Youngstown to Move to Daylight Time Pending May Vote
Youngstown will switch to daylight time next Sunday with the change in effect until voters decide on May 4 how long daylight saving time remains in place.
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Youngstown
War Born Farm Land Boom Reaches Dizzy Heights
The Agriculture Department notes farm land values on March 1 hit a 1920-like peak amid high product prices and record income. Officials caution on future drops, citing strong foreign demand and Europe’s Recovery Program. Gains are broad, with North Dakota leading 1947 increases and Nebraska Kansas also posting large upticks.
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Dizzy Heights
Washington
Agriculture Department
Lee
North Dakota
South Bassi
Nebraska
Kansas
Louisiana
Cali Ford
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Reds
Ministry of Interior
Baldine DeMarco
Morgan, Pa
Alcatraz
R. V. Alvis
Laskin Fasontes
ANPA
Ohio Building Program
Columbus Hospital
Sen
Senate Banking Committee
Hollywood
George Holl
Amelia Holl
South Market Street
U. S
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