Blizzard Claims Four Lives Across Western Canada and Montana
A new blizzard and cold wave sweep the western prairies and mountain states. Four people die in Montana and Alberta while others face stranded travel, record cold, and property damage in Nevada and British Columbia amid severe winds and zero visibility.
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Associated Press
Upper
Midwest
Canada
Montana
Alberta
British Columbia
A. Weisner
Vandenberg Remains In Serious Condition
Grand Rapids dispatch reports Senator Vandenberg age 66 rests comfortably but remains in serious condition after a relapse a week after a series of operations. He is a Republican from Michigan and his health status was updated yesterday.
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Vandenberg
Grand Rapids, Mich
Sen. Vandenberg
Rmich
Gibisonville 53 41 Win over Crooksville in playoffs
Gibisonville Tigers advance to the Class B semi finals at Athens with a 53 to 41 victory over Crooksville. Ken Lutz scores 21 to pace Gibisonville as they prepare to meet Corning Railroaders, the state’s top Class B team, in a high stakes rematch. Dennis leads Crooksville with 17 points.
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Gibisonville Tigers
Athens
Crooksville
Tigers
Hocking County
Corning Railroaders
Ken Lutz
Gibetown
Gibisonville
Lutz
Crooksville Quint
Whitcraft
Kuhn
Ogle
Dennis
Corning
Columbus Suburb Repeals Emergency Payroll Tax
Grandview Heights city council voted to repeal its emergency one percent payroll tax enacted last January. The measure raised no revenue, though many employers withheld it. Franklin County prosecutor Ralph J. Bartlett advised undoing the tax, noting it cannot be placed before voters as an emergency measure.
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Columbus
Grandview Heights
Franklin County
Ralph J. Bartlett
Hollywood Canteen To Reopen July 4
Hollywood announces the Hollywood Canteen will reopen on July 4 to entertain servicemen free of charge. Film personalities will again perform for troops, continuing a wartime tradition.
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Hollywood Canteen
Hollywood
Marines Advance Slowed by Snow in Korea Clash
Snow slows Marine movement as American units push through central Korea toward Hongchon and Hoengsong while Chinese forces resist fiercely. MacArthur warns of a large Third Field Army move to support the Fourth Field Army, with Ridgway noting Reds have strength for a major counteroffensive. Snow and rugged terrain hinder progress.
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Tokyo
Parkaclad
Korea
Hongchong
MacArthur
Third Field Army
Fourth Field Army
United Nations
South Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Reds
Seoul
First Marine Division
Hoengsong
Taemi
Two Warrants Filed Against Man Held Here
William Whitmire, 33, held in Hocking County jail on a bad check charge in Logan, faces warrants from Washington and Indiana. Washington sheriff cites 11 cashed checks totaling 156.91 drawn on Hanley Lumber Co. Whitmire uses aliases Gene Hamilton Floyd Hamilton Larry Mason Bruce Davis. He was previously picked up in Perry County in 1950 on a bad check charge and held on $800 bond.
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Hocking County
Logan
A. J. Waldron
William Whitmire
Waldron
C. W. Reynolds
Cowlitz County
Kelso
Wash
Whitmire
Fort Wayne
Ind
Washington
Oregon
California
Hanley Lumber Co
Yacolt
Gene Hamilton
J. M. Logan
Reynolds
Floyd Hamilton
Larry Mason
Bruce Davis
Perry County
S. B. Whitehart
Merchant Ships Collide in Fog in Delaware Bay
In foggy Delaware Bay two ships, the Norwegian SS Bertha Brovig and the Danish freighter Uranienborg, collided this morning. Bertha Brovig, with a 30 crew, reported its engine room flooding and likely sinking. Uranienborg sustained only minor damage after departing Philadelphia with raw sugar.
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Lewes
Del
Mar
Delaware Bay
Coast Guard
S.S
Bertha Brovig
Uranienborg
Philadelphia
Army to Call Up Medical and Dental Officers
The Army announced 300 medical and 100 dental officers from the medical service reserve will be called to duty in April. They are veterans trained at government expense in World War II with less than 90 days of active service.
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Washington
Army
Medical Service Reserve
Underground Says Clementis Slain and Czech Leaders Imprisoned
New York dispatch reports from the Free Czechoslovakia committee say former foreign minister Vlado Clementis was slain while fleeing his captors and that President Klement Gottwald and Premier Antonin Zapotocky are under house arrest. They claim other officials, including foreign trade minister Antonin Gregor, were removed in a purge for opposing Soviet demands. The reports date to five days prior and remain unverified but are deemed highly probable.
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Hilton W. Robertson
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
Washington
Miami Beach
Fla
RFC
Donald S. Dawson
New York
Czechoslovakia
Vlado Clementis
Klement Gottwald
Antonin Zapotocky
Special Committee of Free Czechoslovakia
Gottwald
Zapotocky
Poland
Soviet Union
Antonin Gregor
Soviet Bloc
Prague
Clementis
Communist Central Committee
Hunter Triggers Fireworks Plant Blast Near Pearl River
A hunter fired at a crow near the Hackensack River in Pearl River New York and ignited a fireworks factory. The blast shattered windows for a mile and leveled six frame buildings. no injuries were reported as workers had just left. Authorities blamed the shot on the Barnabas Fireworks Co. site.
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Pearl River
N. Y
New York
New Jersey
Hackensack River
Frank Perkins, Jr
Perkins
Barnabas Fireworks Co
General Motors Reports Record 1950 Profits and Sales
General Motors reported 1950 profits of 834,044,039 on record sales of 7,531,086,846 and payrolls of 1,809,218,043. Tax totals reached 1,119,000,000, or 2.38 dollars per dollar in dividends and 63 cents per payroll dollar.
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New York
General Motors Corp
United States
Canada
C. E. Wilson
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Greek Reds Executed in Salonika
Seven Communists were executed by firing squad in Salonika after a military tribunal sentenced them for attempting to establish a new underground movement in the city. The executions occurred yesterday as part of a crackdown on subversive activity.
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Athens
Mar
Salonika
Decline Likely in Farm and Food Prices, Expert Says
Washington report quotes John H. Davis saying prices may ease as production stays high. While February farm prices peaked, hogs and grains slipped recently. He notes stockpiling and scare buying inflated costs since the Korean War and cites deep freezing of meat as a price influence. Farm groups react to subsidy proposals with varied views.
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Washington
Mar
John H. Davis
National Council of Former Cooperatives
Agriculture Department
Davis
Agricultural Writers
John Beall Rites Conducted Monday
Funeral services for John Beall were conducted Monday at 2 P M from the Roberts Funeral Home with Dr. R B Wilson officiating. Music was provided by Mildred Schultz and Carl Spence. Pallbearers were Rudolph Hankison Raleigh Sinnott Joe Brown Clark Glaspell Pete Summel and James McNamee. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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John Beall
Roberts Funeral
R. B. Wilson
Mildred Schultz
Carl Spence
Rudolph Hankison
Raleigh Sinnott
Joe Brown
Clark Glaspell
Pete Summel
James McNamee
Oak Grove Cemetery
Army calls for 60 000 draftees in May
The Army today called for 60 000 men from the draft in May, bringing total draft requests to 590 000 since last year. Other services rely on voluntary enlistments. The May call is 20 000 under the monthly requests since January.
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Washington
Mar
Canadian Troops Due in Korea Europe in 1954 Plan
Ottawa reports Canada will deploy army brigades of about 6000 men to Korea and Europe this year via voluntary enlistment. The goal is 115000 armed forces by 1954 including women. The three services total about 66000 men now.
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Korea
Europe
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Abuses Cited After Inquiry At Cleveland
Governor Lausche orders state highway division to stop sick leave abuses and to audit employees without relying on doctors certificates. He cites fired workers for Florida trips on sick leave and a two-person double jobs case. Division 12 absenteeism at 1.9 percent deemed lower than many private firms.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
State Highway Department
Louis L. Drasler
Cleveland
Division 12
Drasler
Lausche
Indianapolis
Highway Department
Kauer
State Auditor's Office
Cuyahoga
Lake
Geauga
Florida
Ether Snaps As Radio Station Sends Out Unplanned Program
Denver reports a KMYR broadcast produced an unscheduled lecture on telephone wiring. A strange voice interrupted Frank White during a piano number and a second mystery voice joined. Female workers blushed as eight minutes of uncensored dialogue aired. Station engineers chased the fault while two telephone company workers repaired lines.
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Denver
Mar
KMYR
Federal Communications Commission
Frank White
Becau
White
Granda
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