Communist takeover deepens in Czechoslovakia after Masaryk death
Crowds line Czernin Palace to honor Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk as Czechoslovakia’s Communists tighten control in parliament. They push reorganization measures and legalize action committees while Premier Gottwald wins strong support. Moravian police report another death by own action, Josef Herot, amid the political crisis. Masaryk funeral set as autopsy notes impact of his death.
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Czernin Palace
Ers
Jan Masaryk
Masaryk
Josef Herot
Rudolf Slansky
Communist International Information Bureau
Cominform
Klement Gottwald
Moravia
Herot
Moravska Ostrava
Five Nations Adopt Treaty for Defense
BRUSSELS Belgium March 12 Britain France and the Benelux nations adopted today a 50 year treaty for a political economic and military union of Western Europe intended to check the march of Communism. Conference officials said the accord and allied documents will be signed here next Wednesday by the foreign ministers of Belgium Britain France Luxembourg and The Netherlands.
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Belgium
Britain
France
Europe
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Aeronautics Experts Open Crash Inquiry
A coroner's jury of aeronautic experts was summoned in Chicago to hear testimony at an inquest into the Wednesday night crash of a Delta Airlines DC-4 that killed 12 people. Investigations by the Civil Aeronautics Board and Delta Airlines have begun to determine the cause as the aircraft took off from Moline.
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Chicago
Civil Aeronautics Rd
Delta Airlines
Delta
Senate tax cut plan trimmed to 4.7 billion dollars
Senate finance committee backed a 4.7 billion dollar income tax cut after trimming 1.8 billion from the House measure. The plan seeks Democratic votes to overcome a presidential veto, with rates ranging from 12.6 to five percent by income level and wider exemptions including higher personal and dependent exemptions and enhanced deductions.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Millikin
R-Cole
Anti MacArthur News Muffled in Japan
Gen MacArthur's staff complained about a U S anti MacArthur veterans clubs movement in the United States and announced a policy to limit broadcasts to factual events in his presidential campaign. A U S clubs report and MacArthur supporters activities were aired by Armed Forces Radio Japan Station WVTR.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
United States
Armed Forces Radio
U.S
Japan
WVTR
51 Bodies Recovered After Helvetia Sinking
In Chile, 51 bodies have been recovered from the excursion steamer Helvetia which sank yesterday in the Imperial River. Two persons remain missing as rescue efforts continue.
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Santiago
Chile
Helvetia
Imperial River
Harper Leases Airport Site Near Logan for New Field
Lee Harper, operator, disclosed the lease of the 625 acre McCarthy farm from Mrs. Josephine Robertson and Will Frasch to build a modern airport north of Logan. The current airport on the Daugherty farm will move operations to the new site once completed. Landing strips are being marked and the hilltop site will allow larger faster craft and a new hangar. Harper will operate Hocking Valley Flying Service from the present airport.
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Logan
Lee Harper
Harper
McCarthy
Josephine Robertson
Will Frasch
Daugherty
Hocking Valley Flying Service
Psychologist Sees Merit in Good Clean Necking
Springfield psychologist Dr. Dorothy T. Spoerl urged students to be careful about where and when they neck. Speaking last night to about 100 students at American International College, she said there is nothing wholesome about necking but advised not traveling far into the woods where temptation may be present during a series of lectures on marriage preparation.
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Springfield
Mass
Dorothy T. Spoerl
Psychology Department
American International College
Ohio Speech and Hearing Convention Opens in Columbus
The Ohio Association of Speech and Hearing opened a two day convention in Columbus. Delegates from across the state gathered to discuss advances in speech pathology and hearing sciences during the two day program.
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Columbus
Ohio Association of Speech and Hearing
Truman Denounces Pearson Claim He Called New York Jews Disloyal
President Truman denounces columnist Drew Pearson as making a lie about him calling New York Jews disloyal. He says the remark was false and not spoken at his White House briefing. Pearson contends his account is accurate but agrees with the President’s denial.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
New York
Pearson
New York Mirror
White House
Grtahouras
Relief in Sight From Related Cold Weather
Relief appeared on the way today from bitter cold sweeping wide regions from the Rockies to the north Atlantic Coast and into the Texas Rio Grande Valley. Seasonal temperatures and snow storms disrupted travel, threatening crop damage as enormous drifts blocked highways across the Midwest and Southwest. Thousands of cars and trucks were stranded.
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Rockies
North Atlantic Coast
Texas Rio Grande Valley
Midwest
Southwest
Winter Chill Returns Across Hocking County
Residents awoke to a sharp drop in temperatures as the official thermometer at the state highway garage recorded seven degrees above zero in the early morning, rising to only 25 by noon.
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Logan
Hocking County
State Highway
Severe cold drives record lows in multiple states
A brutal snow belt wave left Ohio and Oklahoma with sub zero temps while March records fell in Cincinnati Cleveland and Canton. Two deaths occurred in Texas as farmers faced crop and livestock damage and 150000 acres of Rio Grande Valley cotton were at risk. Warmth was forecast to return tomorrow as cold air edged east across the country.
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Weather Bureau
Cleveland
Canton
U.S
George Mindling
Columbus
Mercury
Texas
State Department of Agriculture
Rio Grande Valley
West Virginia
New England
Dakotas
New York State
Seaboard
Plains
Mississippi Valley
North Central
Southwest
Strip Tease Brings License Revocation
Norman Khoury owner of a Cleveland Akron chain nightclub had his license revoked by the state liquor board. The action cites girls performing sexy and indecent striptease shows at the 1840 Ninth Street Cleveland location, described as on the runway above the horse shoe bar.
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Columbus
Norman Khoury
Cleveland
Akron
State Liquor Board
Ninth Street
Horseshoe Bar
Mrs FDR Honored With Bryn Mawr Prize
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Anna Lord Strauss received Bryn Mawr College's M. Carey Thomas prize of 5000 dollars in a ceremony last night in Philadelphia. The award honors notable achievements by the college's leading figures.
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Philadelphia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Anna Lord Strauss
Bryn Mawr College
M. Carey Thomas
Cleveland Slayer Faces Execution
Harold A. Beach was sentenced to death by electric chair for the New Year’s night murder of eight year old Sheila Ann Tuley. A seven woman five man jury found him guilty of first degree murder with no mercy recommendation. judge deferred sentence for a motion for a new trial.
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Harold Beach
Cleveland
Sheila Ann Tuley
Harold A. Beach
Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas
Samuel H. Silbert
Beach
Retired Operator Keeps 27Year Cemetery Promise
H A Hicks, former Carson Hotel clerk in Chillicothe Ohio, will bury Mrs Belle Brewer's ashes in Grandview Cemetery as agreed 27 years ago. Brewer died in Los Angeles March 4 at age 94. her husband Calvin D Brewer and their two boys Angus and Everett are buried at Grandview.
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Chillicothe, O
H. A. Hicks
Grandview Cemetery
Belle Brewer
Los Angeles
Hicks
Carson Hotel
Husband Is Awarded $10,000 Heart Balm
In Painesville Ohio a Lake County common pleas court jury awarded Frank Gyuru Jr. ten thousand dollars damages against Roy L. Monroe for loss of his wife's love and affection. Gyuru had sought one hundred thousand dollars and testified that while in the Navy Monroe caused Florence Louise Gyuru to lose affection for her husband.
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Painsville, O
Frank Gyuru, Jr
Cleveland
Roy L. Monroe
Painsville
Lake County
Trial Date Set For Haley in First Degree Murder
Canton Ohio records show second trial for John Harvey Haley aged 16 on first degree murder charges will begin May 10 in common pleas court before Judge A C L Barthelmeh.
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Canton
John Harvey Haley
Common Pleas Court
A. C. L. Barthelmeh
U S Russia Split May Undermine Palestine Partition
U S Russia tensions threaten to derail the United Nations plan to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. Delegates fear Palestine could become a minor issue if Washington and Moscow fail to act, with Gromyko threatening to walk out of talks and Russia dimming hopes for a peaceful settlement.
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New York
United States
Russia
Palestine
United Nations
Truman
Washington
U.N
Andrei A. Gromyko
Dice Game Slayer Goes to Chair Today
Floyd Dace a 22 year old Cleveland man faces execution in the electric chair at the Ohio Penitentiary for a dice game killing in August 1946. He is the third member of a Cleveland trio convicted in the death of Henry Lee Webb after a dice game dispute. James Griffin and Robert Britton were executed last November 28.
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Columbus
Ohio
Floyd Dace
Cleveland
Dace
Henry Lee Webb
James Griffin
Robert Britton
Jury Trials Meyers Case Evidence In Federal Court
A federal jury began weighing evidence today in the case of Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers accused of witness tampering. Judge Alexander Holtzoff charged the jury, which includes 10 men and 2 women, after a three week trial.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Alexander Holtzoff
Meyers
Bomb threat empties U.S. consulate in Jerusalem
An anonymous bomb threat forced the U.S. consulate to be evacuated in Jerusalem, about 300 yards from the Jewish Agency headquarters where 13 people died and nearly 100 were injured. Security teams searched the building for about an hour with no explosives found.
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Jerusalem
United States
Jewish Agency
Gypsy Rose Lee Plans Marriage to Julio De Diego
Stripper Gypsy Rose Lee said she will apply for a marriage license Monday with New York artist Julio De Diego after confirming plans to wed. The entertainment duo announced their forthcoming union in New York.
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New York
Gypsy Rose Lee
Julio de Diego
Minister Resigns Pastorate for Minneapolis Move
Rev. Arthur Poll resigns as pastor of the Church of Christ in Millersburg Ohio to accept the pastorate of the University Church of Christ in Minneapolis Minnesota.
Truman Faces World Peace Crisis and Plan Emergence
President Truman warned that faith in a real world peace is shaken as he champions strong stance against Communism including China. Secretary Marshall described a world in a great crisis driven by propaganda and fear, while a five point plan outlines actions on Europe recovery, Western European political association, opposing communism, renewed world peace efforts, and tempering domestic passions.
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Truman
China
Marshall
Russia
Eyvecutive
White House
Federal Council of Churches
Senate
House
United States
Western
Europe
Russia seeks friendship pact with Norway rumor spreads
London dispatch reports British officials hear that the Soviet Union may request a treaty of friendship with Norway soon. No confirmation from British or Norwegian officials. Denial published by National Tiden der quoting Halvard Lange. Russia's Finnish border short. Anderson will not resign as Agriculture Secretary beyond the current session.
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Russia
Norway
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Legation
Copenhagen
Nationaltidende
Halvard Lange
Anderson
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
Hatch
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