Ohio Senate to Vote Tonight on Emergency Civil Defense Corps
Ohio's Senate votes tonight on an emergency plan to create a state civil defense corps under the adjutant general with an 11 member advisory council. Local defense units would be formed in counties and cities as part of the measure seeking to insure preparedness against war and related emergencies. The plan, supported by Sen. Joseph W. Bartunek and co sponsored by Sen. Tom V. Moore, would allow the governor to requisition arms and equipment as available from federal services.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Adjutant General
Joseph W. Bartunek
Cuyahoga
Ohio National Guard
Bartunek
Adjutant General's Office
Advisory Council
U. S
Congress Proposes National Health Insurance Plan
A House and Senate backed bill would fund medical, hospital, and dental care for about 120 million Americans using a three percent payroll tax. It plans grants for medical education hospital construction and public health, plus aid to farmers health cooperatives. Hearings expected soon with no final action until next year and effective date set for July 1 1951.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Elbert D. Thomas
Senate Land Public Welfare Committee
Murray
Dmont
Wagner
D-Ny
Pepper
D-Fla
Chavez
D-Nm
Taylor
Earthquake Detected by John Carroll Seismograph
In Cleveland on April 25 a strong earthquake was recorded for over an hour on the John Carroll University seismograph. Rev. Henry F. Birkenhauer noted the quake likely originated south of Cleveland about 4,030 miles away, placing it in Peru and Bolivia. He said its intensity matched last week’s Chilean quake.
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Cleveland
John Carroll University
Henry F. Birkenhauer
Peru
Bolivia
South America
Father Birkenhauer
Chile
Markets At a Glance Record Prompts Mixed Close
Wheat eased as late selling erased early gains. Corn May firm with others easier. Oats May soft. Hogs sold 25 to 50 cents lower to a top of 18.25. Cattle unevenly steady to 75 cents lower, top 27.00. Stocks fell as trading stayed quiet. Bonds traded lower with slack activity.
Eleventh-Hour Talks Halt Packard Strike
Detroit April 25. Peace talks averted a shutdown of the Packard Motor Car Co plant as about 9000 workers were told to report to regular shifts after CIO United Auto Workers leaders mediated a settlement of differences between the company and the union.
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Detroit
Packard Motor Car Co
Packard
CIO
United Auto Workers
West German leaders clear path for constitution drafting
Frankfurt April 25 announces that top Western German officials have settled differences blocking the draft of a constitution. Dr Konrad Adenauer head of the Parliamentary Council said the agreement followed a meeting with the three Western military governors.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Farm Program Costs Uncertain Amid Congressional Testimony
Secretary Brannan told the House agriculture committee forecasting the cost of the new farm program is not possible because cost estimates depend on broad business conditions. He cited Congress estimates of 3 to 10 billion dollars annually as reckless and described the plan to remove government purchases of surplus products, letting prices fall and covering shortfalls with payments to farmers.
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Washington
Brannan
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
House
Man's Body Found Near Cincinnati Walton Creek
The body of 75 year old Robert E. Strohfeldt was found in Walton Creek near Cincinnati yesterday. He apparently fell from a bridge and died.
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Cincinnati
Robert E. Strohfeldt
Walton Creek
Here
Potatoes Fund Mexico Trip For Chester Township Seniors
Money earned by nine boys and five girls from Chester Township High School will finance a 40 day summer trip to Mexico after earning about 3000 dollars. Chaperones Roy and Mrs Bates plan departure May 21 from Laredo to Mexico City and Oaxaca with stops at Mitla ruins and a bullfight among the group’s wishes.
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U.S.A
Bates
Laredo
Tex
Mexico City
Oaxco
Phyllis Baker
Lewis Aides Framing New Coal Contract
John L. Lewis and top aides met to craft new soft coal contract demands that could shape 1949 bargaining patterns. The United Mine Workers policy committee will decide on changes to the expired June 30 agreement, aiming for shorter hours and stronger miners benefits, not wage hikes.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
AFL Drives Organizing Push at Sylvania Plant Split by CIO Rift
The AFL Brotherhood of Electrical Workers begins an organizing drive at Sylvania Electric Products in Huntington. The plant, built by the Navy to manufacture proximity fuses, still holds a Navy contract. The CIO UEW local has split since December amid accusations of extreme leftist policies.
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Huntington
W. Va
American Federation of Labor
Sylvania Electric Products Co
AFL Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Navy
CIO Electrical Workers Union
Sylvania
National Uew
Manslaughter Denied In Death of Cripple
Harry Bay 36 of near Irville pleaded innocent to manslaughter for the traffic death of Richard Snyder 70 in a wheelchair. Bay bound to Muskingum County grand jury under 5000 dollars bond. Sheriff said Snyder was en route home in his wheelchair when struck by Bay's car.
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Zanesville, O
Harry Bay
Irville
Richard Snyder
Bay
Muskingum County
Grand Jury
Harry Bealmear
Snyder
Ten Die as Train Hits Truck at Crossing
A freight train struck a Sunday worshippers’ truck at a Gordonsville Lancaster road crossing near Carthage Tennessee killing ten people and wounding one. The truck burst into flames and was dragged 100 yards as passengers returned from church.
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Carthage
Tenn
Here
Tennessee Central
Hogan’s Creek
Gordonsville-Lancaster Road
Jess Bennett
Mattie Bell Bennett
Douglas
L. L
Melvin Pearl
Paulie Bennett Dickens
Bennett's
Paulie Dickens
Catherine
W. E
Coonie) Bennett
Linnine Gibbs
Lebanon
Ruth Robinson
John Overstreet
Tiny Glendale Baby Defies Death By New Transfusion
In Glendale California a newborn girl weighing three pounds five ounces faced fatal risks from an ih negative mother and ih positive father blood factors. Doctors used a new transfusion method and operated to place her stomach liver appendix and intestines back inside. The infant survived and cries in her hospital crib after successful surgery following earlier pregnancy losses by the parents.
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Glendale
Calif
Miss X
Rival Endurance Flyers Aim To Break 1000-Hour Mark
Weary Bill Barris and Dick Riedel hold the endurance flight lead in Fullerton California awaiting their descent at 11 44 A M to stake a claim atop the 1008 hour total after 6 weeks aloft. Rival Woodhouse and Jongward were forced down in Yuma Arizona 74 hours 21 minutes into their bid.
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Fullerton
Calif
Bill Barris
Dick Riedel
Bob Woodhouse
Woodrow Jongward
Yuma
Ariz
Barris
Riedel
U S Soldiers Die of Burns in Mannheim Prison Explosion
Five U S soldiers died from burns sustained in an explosion at an Army prison in Mannheim on Saturday. One more soldier remained in critical condition today.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U.S
Mannheim
Lake Boat Aground Near Lit tle Rapids
Tugs were dispatched today to the lower St. Mary's River to aid the ore carrier Louis W. Hill of Cleveland Ohio which ran aground near Little Rapids on the lower river south of Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Lower St. Mary’s River
Louis W. Hill
Cleveland, O
Little Rapids
Cow Vaccinates Veterinarian in Barnyard Mixup
In Delaware Ohio a cow vaccinated Dr W R Reed a veterinarian after backing into him while he inoculated the animal The syringe delivered a full dose of brucellosis vaccine to the physician causing a severe reaction and need for care at a local hospital.
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Delaware
W. R. Reed
Bossy
Dr. Reed
Anthracite Miners End Work Stoppage
Six thousand miners in Panther Valley return to hard coal pits after a walkout in support of 10 sitdown strikers. The union says wage dispute with Lehigh Navigation Coal Co will be arbitrated by UMW leader John L. Lewis.
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Lansford
Panther Valley
Fred Gallagher
Panther Valley General Mine Committee
United Mine Workers Union
Lehigh Navigation Coal Company
UMW
John L., Lewis
Republicans Discuss Labor Law Strategy
House Republican leaders held a final strategy session behind locked doors ahead of Congress labor law debate. The discussion aimed to prepare for a kickoff set to begin tomorrow and potentially extend through the week with no other major bills scheduled.
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CIO
Philip Murray
Steelworkers’ Union Policy Committee
Pittsburgh
Murray
Washington
House
Stuart Called To Capital for Consultations
U S Ambassador J Leighton Stuart was awakened in Nanking by armed communist soldiers and later ordered home for consultations by the State Department. He is to travel to Washington when he considers it advisable as the capital fell to communist forces near Shanghai.
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Nanking
Shanghai
Red
Red Underground
Yangtze River
Stuart
U.S
J. Leighton Stuart
Washington
State Department
U. S
China
Yangtze River Valley
Hangchow
Seymour Topping
Associated Press
Fire sweeps church at Cuyahoga Falls
A fire today swept the Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio causing an estimated 75000 damage. Fire Chief Louis Seiler cited a possible gas burner origin but could not determine an immediate cause. Three fire companies controlled the blaze in about an hour damaging the interior and a recently purchased pipe organ.
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Cuyahoga Falls
Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran
Louis Seiler
Bashful Girl Hippo Still on Sitdown Strike
Brookfield Zoo director Robert Bean struggles to move 1800 pound two year old hippo Bubbles to Columbus Zoo for a sister to Submarie. Despite crate tricks with gar lic the animal resists, delaying transfer plans and prompting persistent efforts.
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Bashful Girl
Hippo
Chicago
Bubbles
Robert Bean
Brookfield Zoo
Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Zoo
Submarie
Zoo
Bean
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Shansi
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