Detroit Police Probe Focuses on Admitted Communist
Detroit police intensified the Walter Reuther shooting inquiry by questioning Nelson Davis, a reported communist who signed a statement of party membership. Prosecutor James N. McNally said Davis was on the job when Reuther was attacked and held without charge for further questioning if needed. Also tied to the case, former UAW officials and George Addes appeared at police HQ as the un American activities committee considered action on Detroit area communism. Reuther’s condition remained hopeful as officials eyed additional leads and testimonies.
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Detroit
Walter Reuther
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
James N. McNally
Nelson Davis
Communist Party
Davis
UAW
Meally
Sheldon Tappes
Ford
Percy Llewellyn
Wilfred Grant
McNally
George F. Addes
Addes
Reuther
Mrs Am elia Holl Rites Held At St Matthew Church
Funeral services for Mrs Amelia Holl 78 widow of George Holl were held at 10 A M today at St Matthew Lutheran Church with Rev Paul N Warner officiating.Music by organist Mrs Harley Meyer pallbearers included Barton Fred Joe Holl Richard Brandt Richard Holl and Barton Holl Jr Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery by Woodard Funeral Service
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Amelia Holl
George Holl
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Paul N. Warner
Harley Meyer
Barton
Fred
Joe Holl
Richard Brandt
Richard Holl
Barton Holl, Jr
Oak Grove Cemetery
Woodard Funeral Service
Arab Nations Called to Aid Battle in Palestine
King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan urged all Arab states to send armies into Palestine when Britain ends its mandate on May 15. He warned Zionism threatens Arab peace and urged nations to join his forces to preserve the Arab character of the Holy Land. Reports from Cairo said up to 50,000 troops from six nations may advance into Palestine from three directions on May 16 unless UN action alters plans.
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Amman
Trans-Jordan
Abdullah
Palestine
Holy Land
Cairo
United Nations
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Syria
Lebanon
William Hull Trial Set for April 28
William Allan Hull a 65 year old farm handyman faces a jury trial on a shooting charge after an argument at Warren Smith s Logan area home. Hull indicted for shooting with intent to wound and held on 1000 bond after failing to furnish. Smith a 75 year old bachelor farmer said Hull fired a .22 rifle through a bedroom door striking him. Albert Leroy Mount Haydenville placed on three years probation after pleading guilty to malicious entering a dwelling and attempting to commit a felony in the same common pleas court.
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William Allan Hull
Warren Smith
Logan
Common Pleas Court
Hull
County Grand
Smith
Albert Leroy Mount
Haydenville
Harley Meyer
Bus Strike Ends At Chillicothe
Chillicothe Ohio April 23 four day bus drivers strike ends as City Transport Inc accepts AFL Teamsters Union demands. President J R Gunning says drivers win one dollar per hour and a 48 hour week with paid vacations. Company will seek fare rise from five to seven cents.
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Chillicothe, O
City Transport Inc
AFL Teamsters Union
J. R. Gunning
Diver Freed After Hours Trapped in New York Mud
Edward Christiansen of Oyster Bay New York became stuck for about three and a half hours in a collapsed underwater trench in New York harbor while laying a telephone cable. Navy and civilian divers used compressed air jets to free him from mud and silt entombment. He was hoisted to the surface and expressed relief and gratitude.
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New York
New York Harbor
Edward Christiansen
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Sea Navy
Christiansen
Grace M. Larimer Dies in Geneseo Illinois
Grace M. Larimer 66 a Perry County native died of a heart ailment at Hammond Hospital Geneseo Illinois after two weeks of illness. Survivors include husband Charles four sons Dee Scott Paul Ray of Geneseo four brothers two sisters and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be Saturday in Geneseo with burial at Ebenezer Cemetery Perry County following 1 30 P M Sunday at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
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Grace M. Larimer
Perry County
Hammond Hospital
Geneseo
Fifty Planes Search For Missing B-29
Fifty planes scoured 54 000 square miles of ocean north of GUAM in a continued search for a Superfortress missing since Tuesday. The B 29 has not been heard from since it departed for a practice bomb run on Farallon de Medinella Island 350 miles north.
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Guam
Here
Farallon de Medinella Island
Dewey Calls Italian Election Victory a Liberty Milestone
Gov Thomas E Dewey hails Italian election results as the greatest freedom victory since V J Day in a New York dispatch dated April 23. Dewey frames the outcome as a major triumph for democratic ideals and anti totalitarianism.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Father of Disciplined Student Accused in Granville High Coach Attack
A 45-year-old Granville woodworker, Donald L. Dimick, was charged with assault and battery for beating Granville High School coach Larry Petersen with firewood. Petersen, 30, was found unconscious with head wounds. his wife Donna Petersen testified she witnessed the incident after Petersen disciplined a student in a classroom.
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Newark
Granville High School
Donald L. Dimick
Granville
East Aurora
N. Y
Larry Petersen
Donna Petersen
Dimick
Newark Hospital
Petersen
College
Roe Francis
Licking County
Clarence Miller
Miller
John Koontz
Taft Stassen Campaign Clash in Ohio Ahead of May Primary
In Cleveland on April 23 Senator Robert A Taft and Harold E Stassen renewed their rivalry as they campaign for Ohio delegates to the Republican national convention. Stassen targets 23 of 53 delegates while Taft returns to Cleveland for meetings and radio spots. Stassen defends two party leadership while criticizing labor attitudes and urging unity among American workers.
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Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Stassen
Akron
Canton
Taft
Steubenville
University of Toledo Law School Association
Minnesota
Fire at Central Ohio Paper Company Damages Plant
A Columbus blaze at the Central Ohio Paper Co. at 3 A M left eight firemen overcome by smoke including Battalion Chief Joseph Cassell and Lieut Elwood Werner. Pvt Arthur Kephart, en route to Fort Hayes, observed the fire. Damage estimates reach thousands of dollars. cause undetermined.
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Columbus
Central Ohio Paper Co
Arthur Kephart
Fort Hayes
Joseph Cassell
Elwood Werner
William F. Boothby
Church Vandalism Probed in Cleveland
Two city detectives have been assigned to a special detail to investigate nine vandalism acts at Catholic institutions in Cleveland during the past month. The latest incident involved ink splattered on a statue of the Sacred Heart at St. Paul’s Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament.
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Cleveland
St. Paul’s Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament
Jewish Militia Seizes Two Arab Villages in Judean Hills
Jewish militia units occupied Shufat and Beit Iska in the Judean hills along the Jerusalem Ramallah road and near the Jerusalem Tel Aviv convoy lane. Haganah troops moved into the villages as fighting reports circulated from Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
Judean Hills
Haganah
Shufat
Jerusalem-Ramallah
Beit Iska
Jerusalem Tel Aviv
Fire Loss Heavy at Bridgeport Waterfront Lumberyard
A spectacular waterfront lumberyard blaze in Bridgeport last night caused an estimated $500,000 in losses according to company officials. The fire disrupted the waterfront area and caused extensive damage to structures and stock.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Mass X Ray Exam Project Completed
X ray screening for tuberculosis in Logan and Hocking County residents ended Thursday after a multi day program begun April 13. Final turnout total was not immediately available. Rockbridge served as the final examination site in the afternoon and evening.
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Logan and
Hocking County
Rockbridge
Hocking County Health and Tuberculosis Association
Pennsylvania Primary Tests Stassen Burden in Keystone State
Philadelphia April 23 The Pennsylvania primary tests Harold E. Stassen with Wisconsin and Nebraska wins behind him. Write-in votes allowed due to unpledged delegates as GOP leaders play the field. Democrats back Truman with 74 delegates. Stassen campaigns unseen. Col. Jay Cooke named to safeguard Stassen interests.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Keystone
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Minnesota
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Democratic State Committee
J. Warren Mickle
Col
Jay Cooke
Dr Kensey S West 75 Dies in Cleveland
Dr Kensey Scott West, 75, of Cleveland, died at home after months of illness. A native of Hocking County raised in Washington Township he taught in county schools then practiced medicine becoming a noted psychiatrist and medical adviser to five railroad brotherhoods. Survivors include his widow a daughter Helen Kemper a sister R B Hansel and a brother Darley West. Funeral services and burial will be held Monday in Cleveland.
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Kensey Scott West
Cleveland
Hocking County
Washington Township
Helen Kemper
R. B. Hansel
Logan
Darley West
Laurelville
Civil War Veteran Barrett Seeks Re-Election as GAR Leader
Louisville April 23 Robert Barrett 101-year-old Union veteran said he would re elect himself today as commander of the Department of Kentucky Grand Army of the Republic Barrett resides in Princeton Ky and is one of Kentucky s two surviving Civil War veterans He noted he is the only one able to attend the department s annual convention.
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Louisville
Robert Barrett
Department of Kentucky
Grand Army of the Republic
Barrett
Princeton
Kentucky
Funeral Rites Planned for Lester Schaal in Walbridge
Funeral services for Lester Mose Schaal 38 who died yesterday at his parents home Thomas and Mrs Schaal Walbridge will be held at 2 PM Saturday at Leonard Funeral Home Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery
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Lester
Mose) Schaal
Thomas Schaal
Walbridge
Leonard Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Government Tries To End Meat Strike
The government seeks to end the 39 day nationwide meat strike with new wage talks in Washington. Representatives of CIO Packinghouse Workers and the four major packers will meet with Cyrus S. Ching of the FMCS. Armour and Co. session planned for Monday.
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Chicago
CIO
Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Armour and Co
Police Aid Mates in Hamilton to Stand In at Middletown
Ten Hamilton policemen will work without pay on their days off to man Middletown police today. Middletown officers attend the funeral of their late chief Hugh King who died yesterday.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Hugh King
Green Grass of Wyoming to Screen in Lancaster May Showings
Mary O'Hara novel adaptation Green Grass of Wyoming will play at Chakeres Logan Theatre May 30 to June 1 after world premiere in Lancaster. Ed C. Paul, manager, says racing scenes shot at Lancaster fairgrounds. many local residents appear in crowd shots. A May 25 premiere will be a major Lancaster event with dignitaries including Sen. O Mahoney Gov Herbert and Sen Bricker.
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Green Grass
Wyoming
Mary O’hara
Chakeres Logan Theatre
Lancaster
Ed C. Paul
Lancaster Fairgrounds Race Track
Logan and
Hocking County
Joseph C. O’mahoney
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Sen
John Bricker
Gov. Hunt
California
Sen. O’mahoney
Crack Logan High School
Civil Contempt Charge Retained To Bar Walkout
Judge T Alan Goldsborough postponed any further civil or criminal contempt penalties against John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers. The injunction under Taft Hartley remains in effect for 80 days to prevent renewed coal strikes and keep production active as 85 percent or more of miners have returned to work. The government will renew contempt actions if a new strike occurs and a related pension dispute does not restart the walkout.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Goldsborough
Graham Morison
Lewis
UMW
Morison
Welly K. Hopkins
French Miners End Strike After Safety Protests
Nearly all of 130000 French miners return to work after aOne day strike in northern coal fields over alleged mine safety issues. Fourteen workers died in a blast during the stoppage.
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Lille
France
Johnston Re elected President of Motion Association
John Johnston was named president of the Motion Association of America for another term at yesterday's board meeting in New York. The election occurred as the group announced its continued focus on industry standards and member services.
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New York
Eric Johnston
Motion Association of America At
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Chillicothe
Grace Larimer
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Taft-Stassen
Free Peoples
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Bill Veeck
Huzzah
Kensey
West
Schaal
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