Probe Starts On Cruiser USS St. Paul
Thirty American seamen were killed in an explosion in an eight inch forward gun turret of the cruiser USS St. Paul off Korea. The Navy called it the worst naval disaster of the Korean War and said a gunpowder fire of undetermined origin caused the blast. One Ohioan, Paul Howard June of Cincinnati, was among the dead. The ship remained in Korean waters and continued firing at Communist positions after the blast.
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Washington
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Dynamite Lesson Turns Tragic in West Virginia
Eleven year old Bobby Fox found a dynamite cap in a yard and tested it in his fourth grade class. He held the cap under his desk and struck it with a nail, causing a blast that tore off his right hand.
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W. Va
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Bobby
Mock Air Raid Drill to Be Broadcast Saturday
Ohio radio stations will join more than 1,000 outlets nationwide in a Saturday mock air raid drill. The Defense Department said simulated attacks will be broadcast from 1 20 to 5 a m to test emergency civil defense instructions.
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Ohio
Defense Department
State Department Says No Politics In Eisenhower Boost
Washington reports claim the State Department and officials deny political aims in distributing Eisenhower pamphlets. Tobin accuses Democrats of targeting the general as a political figure. Taft allies and Taft MacArthur talks shape delegate plans in several states. Truman hints at naming a choice, while four Democrats contest the nomination.
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Eisenhower
Truman
Reece
Robert A. Taft
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Mrs Kefauver speaks for delayed mate in belmont event
In Steubenville on April 25 9 bad weather halted Estes Kefauver’s Ohio campaign. Nancy Kefauver spoke for him at the Belmont County Woman’s Democratic Club and the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner as he waited in Richmond VA. He plans new appearances in Northern and Eastern Ohio starting Friday in Dover. The rally drew about 1000 Democrats as he seeks 33 of 54 delegates amid Bulkley opposition.
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Robert A. Taft
Truman Ultimatum Remark Sparks Diplomatic Haze
President Truman's offhand claim that he forced the Russians out of Iran by a personal ultimatum to Stalin caused unease among high diplomats. Press aides clarified the word was used in a nontechnical sense and tied to a 1946 note criticizing Russia's Iran occupation, with emphasis on U S leadership and steel industry seizure to meet emergencies.
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Michigan Prison Tightens Control After Riot
Jackson officials move to tighten control over overflow inmate population and guard against future mutiny. Rioters won 11 prison reforms but face prosecution for crimes during the rebellion.
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Jackson
Mich
Southern Michigan
UN proposes full dress session on Korea prisoner talks
In Munsan April 25 the UN Command urged a full dress meeting of Allied and Communist armistice delegations six hours after Communist negotiators ended secret prisoner talks. The Communists rejected secrecy claims, accusing Allies of trying to forcibly retain prisoners amid broader armistice hurdles.
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George Hickman
Russia
Reds
Tsai Cheng Wen
Judge Wanamaker lectures Akron police on manners
Common Pleas Judge Walter B. Wanamaker spent two days lecturing Akron police on courtesy after a traffic cop publicly berated a woman motorist. He criticized young officers for arrogance and urged them to win public trust, noting a $100 fine for impeding a judge travels to his office.
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Common Pleas
Walter B. Wanamaker
Bandits Seize $30,000 In Bank Robbery At Newark
Three masked bandits robbed a Newark bank in daylight, fleeing with about $30,000 after a six minute operation. Four tellers and around a dozen customers were herded into a side room as the robbers used a shotgun and two revolvers. Police pursuit is underway.
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Landslide Kills Three in Menton on Riviera
A rain triggered a landslide in Menton on the French Riviera crushing 20 houses. Three people were dead and four others remained missing Friday as rescue teams searched the debris.
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Menton
France
French Riviera
Twin Elephants Arrive for Circus in Nebraska Route
Twin elephants arrive in Los Angeles aboard the Freight President Grant from Thailand, aged one year, noted as the first elephant twins since 1894. They will be shipped to Nebraska to join a circus.
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Thailand
Nebraska
Special Call Of Legislature Urged By Civil Defense Officials
Civil defense officials from six Ohio cities urged Governor Lausche to call a special session to pass CD measures. They asked to relieve Adjutant General Henderson and appoint Col. William E. Warner as civil defense director. They pushed liability relief for shelters, state funded insurance for certified workers, and metropolitan target areas as the basis for new laws.
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Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Dayton
Youngstown
Toledo
Albert Henderson
Richard H. Magee
William E. Warner
Price Posting Set By Washington Food Establishments
Washington on April 25 requires restaurants boarding houses taverns hotels and hot dog stands to publicly post their ceiling prices for food and drinks under Price Stabilization or related regulations.
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Washington
City Ordinance on Overtime Parking Faces Court Test
Mayor Roger Friend may have to rule on the city overtime parking ordinance after a trial of Mrs. Phil Henderson who pleaded innocent to an overtime parking charge. City solicitor Richard Gerken argued the ordinance creates a prima facie violation while Henderson and her attorneys challenged the evidence.
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Roger Friend
Phil Henderson
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Buell Eby
Fred Hildebrandt
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Gerken
Henderson
Lappen
Court told President not bound by Constitution in steel seizure case
In Washington on April 25 Assistant Attorney General Holmes Baldridge argued the President is accountable only to the country and not limited by the Constitution. Federal Judge David A. Pine questioned the claim as the steel industry seeks a court order against Truman's April 8 seizure. Baldridge said courts cannot enjoin executive power and noted the President cannot be enjoined. Pine asked if the court could restrain a president acting in the public interest. Baldridge declined to answer explicitly.
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U. S. District Court
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Secretary of Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Truman
Weichel hears complaints over military clothing for sons
Rep. Weichel of Ohio reports many complaints from parents who must buy work clothes for their sons in service. He cites a Clyde resident who says her son in Africa asks for clothes to replace worn fatigue suits, and that families are sending workwear home.
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Weichel
Ohio
Congressional
George Rogers
Clyde
Africa
Casualties in Korea rise with 37 new Defense list
Washington reports 37 additional Korean War casualties identified by the Defense Department on Thursday. The roster shows nine killed, 25 wounded, and three injured.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Three Logan Men Find 339 Mushrooms on Farm Find
Jack Dexter Scott Huffines and Bernard Conrad collected 339 mushrooms on a Gibisonville area farm in under ninety minutes. The trio has hunted mushrooms several times this season and estimates total spring earnings could exceed 500.
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Logan
Jack Dexter
Scott Huffines
Bernard Conrad
Gibisonville
Rep. Brehm Appeals Conviction Upheld by Appeals Court
Rep Walter E Brehm Republican congressman from Ohio was fined 5000 and given a suspended 5 to 15 month sentence for unlawfully taking 1000 from Mrs Emma S Craven in 1948. He plans to appeal to the Supreme Court arguing the gift was not for his campaign. The case relied on the federal Corrupt Practices Act.
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U.S. Court of Appe
Washington
Thursay
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Logan
Emma S. Craven
Congress
11Th Ohio
Craven
UN Bombers Hit Frontline in Korea Blitz
Allied fighter bombers swept low over the Korean battleline on Friday conducting bombing and strafing against Communist front line positions for the second straight day. Dense clouds gave Reds a brief respite from railways and supply facilities, while Communist troops faced bombs rockets jellied gasoline and machinegun fire.
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Seoul
North Korea
Chemistry Lab Blast Injures 24 in Chicago Demonstration
Twenty four persons were injured, none seriously, Thursday night in two explosions during a high school chemistry laboratory demonstration titled a Trip Through Hades.
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Chicago
Hades
Women Should Rule the World Says Richard Levy
Richard G. Levy argues in Why Women Should Rule the World that women are naturally prudent and peace loving while men are bellicose. He cites Hatshepsut Elizabeth I and Maria Theresa to claim women could run government and business, urging a women’s party before 1952 conventions.
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Egypt
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Austria
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