Five European Nations Open Talks on Western Union
Five nations Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg met in Brussels to study a treaty and alliance to stem Communist expansion amid fears in Czechoslovakia and Finland. U S Under Secretary Lovett said the United States would not participate. The talks followed Bevin's call for Western Europe consolidation and reference to the Dunkerque Pact.
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Brussels
Belgium
Great Britain
France
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Foreign Affairs Ministry
Paul-Henri Spaak
Con
Hewly
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Bevin
Robert A. Lovett
U.S
Lord Vansittart
Chamberlain
House of Lords
Britain
United States
Foreign Office
Italy
Czechs Send New Envoy to Washington
Czechoslovakia's new communist government named Irvin Munk minister counselor to Washington after the Red coup in Prague. He was en route from New York when Ambassador Juraj Slavik quit to fight for Czech democracy, leaving Munk to become charge d affaires and lead the embassy staff.
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Washington
Czechoslovakia
Irvin Munk
Prague
New York
Juraj Slavik
Bread price cut announced by Brown's Bakery in Defiance
Brown's Bakery of Defiance announced a two cent reduction in the price of a standard loaf of bread. The new price is 16 cents.
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Defiance
Brown’s
Burns Kill Woman in Columbus Fire Explodes Home
An explosion and fire destroyed the home of Dorothea McGraw 34 of Blacklick Ohio killing her yesterday. Firemen reported a fatal blaze and investigators began examining the cause as neighbors watched.
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Columbus,.o
Dorothea McGraw
Blacklick
Slayer Faces Death in Chair
Cincinnati report details Ova B. Cornett's conviction for first degree murder in the December 2 slaying of 80 year old Thomas Wilson. Jury of 12 recommends death by electric chair. Cornett's nephew Elmer Cornett was previously sentenced to death. Cornett claims a fair trial and vows appeal. confession cites $200 robbery and instruction to kill.
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Cincinnati
Ova B. Cornett
Cornett
Thomas Wilson
Elmer Cornett
Otas
Rob Wilson
Race Street
Wilson
Bridges Defies CIO Ouster from Office
Harry Bridges openly defied the CIO to remove him as Northern California CIO director. He continued his Wallace for president and anti Marshall Plan campaigns despite an arriving CIO official empowered to oust him.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
CIO
Northern California
Wallace
Important Farm Prices Lower Than Year Ago
Chicago reports show farmer income slipping on key commodities versus March 1947. Hog prices fell from 29.50 to 24.25 per hundred pounds while cattle steadied higher, and lambs, potatoes, and eggs also softened or rose only modestly, with midwestern markets reflecting broader declines in livestock and crops.
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Chicago
South St. Paul
Minn
East St. Louis
Kansas City
Idaho
Demonstration of Rat Control Methods Set
Ashland Ohio joins a national rat control demonstration in March as Secretary Krug notes Ashland already operates a rat control program and will train personnel from nearby communities at the center.
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Washington
Ashland
Ohio
J. A. Krug
Chlorophyll Pills Suggested As Fountain Of Youth
Dr. Boris Berkman of Chicago unveiled a chlorophyll powder at the National Farm Chemurgic Council conference in Omaha. He says it can be made into pills delivering vitamins and proteins at low cost and may help resist degenerative diseases of aging.
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Omaha
Boris Berkman
Chicago
Berkman
National Farm Chemurgic Council
James L. Martin Dies in Logan at 76
James L. Martin 76 longtime Logan resident and Hocking County commissioner died at 7 30 P M at his home 379 West Second Street after a period of failing health He was a Republican who began in county office as auditor He also co owned Chris Hall Hardware Co and served as treasurer of Logan Clay Products Co He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church and a member of Knights of Pythias and Masonic Lodges Funeral services set for 2 P M Saturday at the Presbyterian Church Interment Oak Grove Mausoleum Survivors include two sisters Mrs Williaus and Mrs Phil Marzetti and a brother Frank
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James L. Martin
Hocking
West Second Street
Logan
Mr. Martin
Logan High School
Charles Breene
Chris Hall Hardware Co
West Main Street
Logan Clay Products Co
Ohio
Harry Smith
E. L. Ewing
Ethel Bratton
Ethel Bratton. Mr. Martin
Presbyterian Church
Knights of Pythias
Logan Holding Co
Henry Carr
Oak Grove Cemetery
Woodard
Williaus
The
Phil Marzetti
Columbus
Frank
Labor Leader Found Guilty of Lying
Harold Christoffel, a Milwaukee labor leader, was found guilty on six perjury counts for denying Communist ties. The verdict stems from testimony before the House labor committee about March 1, 1947. Sentencing is postponed as motions for a new trial are argued next week.
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Labor
Washington
Milwaukee
Harold Christoffel
Christoffel
House Labor Committee
Eighty Communists Nabbed in Greece
In Piraeus about 80 Communists were arrested for recruiting into guerrilla bands. Police report also says 33 women labeled dangerous Communists were exiled to the island of Chios in the Aegean Sea northwest of Athens.
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Greece
Athens
Piraeus
Chios
Aegean Sea
Loyalty Report On Condon Held By Harriman
A dispute over whether the Commerce Department loyalty board must release records on Dr. Edward A. Condon, head of the Bureau of Standards, ties to a subpoena from the House Un American Activities Committee. Secretary Harriman will decide. some say records should stay confidential.
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Condon
Harriman
Washington
Edward A. Condon
Secretary of Commerce
Federal Bureau of Standards
UN American Activitie Subcommittee
Bureau
un-American Activities Group
Commerce Department Loyalty Board
Court silent on hearing date in Folsom suit
In Cullman Alabama a circuit court official said there is no indication when a petition filed by Christine Putnam Johnston will be heard to declare Gov James E Folsom father of a 22 month old boy Johnston a 30 year old divorcee seeks a declaration that Folsom is her lawful husband claiming they intermarried by a common law basis and lived together in Alabama Tennessee Kentucky and Florida The child James Douglas was born in Nashville Tennessee on April 17 1946
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Cullman
Ala
James E. Folsom
Christine Putnam Johnston
Johnston
Birmingham
Folsom
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Florida
James Douglas
Nashville
Tenn
Broadway Poet Plunges to Death in Manhattan
Philip Stack a Broadway poet who wrote as Don Wahn fell from a 12 story mid Manhattan apartment building. Police call it apparent death by own action after he left a note saying he was incurably ill. The 60 year old writer died from the studio office of a greeting card firm where he produced verse.
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New York
Philip Stack
Walter Winchell
Don Wahn
Dayton
Stack
Railroader Killed in Canton Train Incident
A passenger train struck and killed Elden C. Smith, 38, formerly of East Liverpool, while walking beside a switch engine on the next track. Smith was a Pennsylvania Railroad brakeman.
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Canton
Elden C. Smith
East Liverpool
Pennsylvania Railroad
Smith
Meeting Called to Scan Personal Tax Decision
A statewide meeting in Columbus gathers county city and school officials to study Ohio supreme court tax rulings. Lorain County Ohio County Commissioners Association officials warn of revenue losses from classifying tunnel kilns as personal property and real estate tax shifts.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Lorain County
Ohio County Commissioners Association
Supreme Court
Roseville Pottery Co
Muskingdom County
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Newsmen Freed On Habeas Corpus Writs
In White Plains New York two Newburgh journalists Douglas V Clarke 33 and Charles L Leonard 27 were released from custody on habeas corpus writs citing defects in the commitment papers for refusing to reveal confidential sources to a grand jury. State Supreme Court Justice Frank H Coyne sustained the writs but did not rule on the merits of Clarke and Leonard's case.
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Cornett
White Plains
N.Y
Newburgh
State Supreme Court
Frank H. Coyne
Douglas
Death Investigated After Akron Woman Found Dead
Police investigated the death of 80 year old Mrs. Mary Forrester found dead from gas fumes in her Akron home. Her husband Robert, also 80, was unconscious and hospitalized.
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Akron
Police
Mary Forrester
Robert
Columbus Mayor Answers Charge By State Auditor
Mayor James A. Rhodes clashes with State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson over city recreation finances. Ferguson accuses misuse of funds for publicity while Rhodes says the softball team traveled on gate receipts and few aides are on the payroll.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Joseph T. Ferguson
Rhodes
Ferguson State Auditors
Ferguson
Rhodes’ Recreation Department
Wedemeyer Calls for Military Aid to China
Lt Gen Albert Wedemeyer urged military aid to China to halt Communism. He warned dollars alone won’t stop the spread and favored sending capable officers to advise on weapon use, while opposing immediate large scale military participation. He cited risks of economic aid insufficient against a rising movement.
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Washington
Albert C. Wi
China
Chiang-Kai-Shek
Wedemeyer
Czechoslovakia
Finland
America
Cold March Winds Push Temperatures Down Across the Nation
Cold March winds drove temperatures below normal across a wide area from the Appalachians to the Rockies. Readings fell below zero near the Canadian border and stayed near zero in parts of New England as a cold spell persisted.
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Chicago
Appalachians
Rockies
Canadian
Great Lakes
New England
Churchyard Slayer Sentenced to Life in Ohio Penitentiary
Edwin D. Young aged 39 a truck driver was sentenced by Judge Paul D. Smith to life in the Ohio Penitentiary for the murder of Mrs. Zora Hess Gerbes. Young was to be moved to the penitentiary today to begin his life term.
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Marion
Edwin D. Young
Zora
Hess Gerbes
Ohio Penitentiary
Young
Paul D. Smith
Ohio to Get More Gas Next Winter
Ohio Fuel Gas Co announces a larger supply for next winter. Daily deliveries will rise by 140 million cubic feet, with Columbia Gas and Electric Corp supplying about 247 million, and 398 million from Ohio sources, up from last winter levels.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbia Gas and Electric Corp
Ohio Fuel Gas
Columbia
President to End Vacation Tomorrow
President Truman ends vacation today and will meet his cabinet at 4 P M at the White House. He will arrive in Washington a few hours before the meeting, and his presidential plane The Sacred Cow leaves Boca Chica Airport at 9 A M Friday.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Washington
White House
Boca Chica
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