Candidates Woo Voters In 2 Primaries
Wisconsin Republicans pick among Taft Warren and Stassen for 30 convention delegates while Democrats split two 28 vote slates with Kefauver aiming for a wave. In Nebraska Taft write-in momentum surfaces as Eisenhower backers seek visibility with press. Kefauver Kerr contest in Democratic Nebraska also looms. Dulles reportedly ends ties with administration as treaty passes.
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Sen
Taft
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Warren
Truman
Estes Kefauver
Nebraska
Rep. Buffett
Washington
Eisenhower
Stassen
Buffett
Mary Kenney
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Kefauver
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
French Plane Crashes in West Africa Killing 15
A French aircraft crashed Monday in French West Africa, killing 15 people and leaving four survivors, according to reports from Marseille dated March 24.
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Marseille
French West Africa
Weekend Accidents and Violations Keep Officers Busy
City police and the state highway patrol plus Mayor Roger Friend’s court handled a busy weekend with five auto accidents and 10 arrests all fines imposed in the mayor’s court. injuries included five people, with details of crashes on West Hunter Street Route 33 Haydenville East Main Street and Route 33 near Sugar Grove.
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State Highway Patrol
Roger Friend
Charles Summers
Logan
Summers
Joe Shanley
Hunter Street
Haydenville
Joseph E. Kall
Cleveland
James L. Whitlatch
Nelsonville
Elmer E. Windle
Karl
Michael Ambrose
Athens
Maude Hunter
Tommy Newton
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Kall
Friend
Sugar Grove
Robert A. Venrick
Columbus
Naomi Birtcher
East Main Street
Jack Glick
Saginaw
Mich
Hugh Keller
Glick
Clifford Mitchell
West Front Street
Lester Wicks
Edison Anderson
Opal Thomas
Rockbridge
Lawrence C. Keller
Bremen
Oscar Beougher
Enterprise
Beougher
Finnegan Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Case
James P. Finnegan, a 51 year old former internal revenue collector in St. Louis, was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $10,000 for misconduct. He was convicted by a federal jury on March 15 of illegally taking fees from private firms to represent them before government agencies.
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ST. Louis
James P. Finnegan
Internal Revenue
Rioting Quelled in Trieste After Casualties Rise
Political rioting in Trieste, sparked Thursday, has ended Sunday after 160 people injured. Authorities report clashes subsided as security forces restored order.
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Trieste
Thursone
Anthrax Source Traced to Foreign Bone Meal in Ohio
Ohio health director Dr. John D. Porterfield announced positive confirmation that an anthrax outbreak among dogs in the state stems from bone meal imported from Belgium by Inland Products Co. The firm recalled all bone meal. four more Ohio counties reported cases, with 190 hog deaths in Ohio and Indiana and 33 counties affected. A human case was reported in Hardin County Ridgeway.
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Belgium
Buchfieb Division
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Indiana
Marion
Union
Putnam
Auglaize
Hardin County
Ridgeway
Harley N. Armstrong Dies at 82 in Laurelville
Harley N. Armstrong 82 of Laurelville died Sunday at 8 15 a m after a long illness. A retired hardware merchant and former Hocking County commissioner he was born January 23 1870 in Hocking County. Survived by daughter Violet Armstrong, brothers Pearl Durbin Cliff, sisters Ollie Burkhart Laura Heffner Dora Armstrong Minerva Frazier Elia Johnson. Funeral services Tuesday at 3 p m at his residence with Rev Clyde Webster, burial Green Summit cemetery Adelphi.
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Laurelville
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Hocking County
Milton
Caroline Mowery Armstrong
Emma Dodson Armstrong
Violet Armstrong
Columbus
Pearl
Durbin
Cliff
Stoutsville
Ollie Burkhart
Lima
Laura Heffner
Dora Armstrong
Minerva Frazier
Circleville
Elia Johnson
Amanda
The
Presbyterian Church
K of P Lodge
Clyde Webster
Green Summit Cemetery
Adelphi
Defenbaugh Funeral Home
South Burying Dead As Big Winds Subside
Grim relief unfolds across six tornado struck southern states as 233 people die and 1,100 are hurt. Arkansas reports 134 deaths and 711 injured with thousands homeless. Judsonia suffers the worst damage. Salvation Army Red Cross workers aid survivors amid tens of millions in damages. Governor Sid McMath seeks federal aid from President Truman.
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Tennessee
Mississippi
Kentucky
Missouri
Alabama
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Sid McMath
Truman
Judsonia
Ark
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio River Booming and Lake Erie Rumbles
Weather officials forecast a crest near 52 feet on the Ohio River by Wednesday while Toledo faces flooding as water flows back from Lake Erie. Portsmouth reports 44 feet with a 48.5 foot crest expected. Reno Beach and Howard farms near Toledo harbor 50 stranded families awaiting recession.
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Ohio River
Weather Bureau
Toledo
Lake Erie
Portsmouth
Reno Beach
Howard Farms
Two Tots Die After Getting Lost in Wisconsin Woods
In Nicolet National Forest near Lakewood Wisconsin two five year olds Cathy and Steven Kennedy died after vanishing Saturday while watching a tame porcupine. A sister Mary Ann Church survived found alive in an abandoned outdoor toilet and was treated at Oconto Memorial Hospital with a fair prognosis. Sheriff Joseph Foral said searchers initially believed a spark of life remained in the others but coroner officials confirmed the deaths.
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Nicolet National Forest
Little Mary Ann Church
J. F. Dougherty
Joseph Foral
Clarence McMahon
Oconto County
Mary Ann
Cathy
Steven Kennedy
Feral
West to Reply to Soviet Note on Big Four Talks
London report says the West will deliver replies to the Soviet note on Germany to the Kremlin Tuesday. United States Britain and France will each hand over notes asking for clarification of proposals including free all German elections and a German military defense force within an armaments industry.
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Germany
Kremlin
United States
Britain
France
1458 Expansion Plans Given OK
Washington reports 1 458 expansion projects approved for April to June. Metals expansion includes 285 projects costing 2.2 billion. Chemicals expansion covers about 380 projects. NPA notes 1 253 applications to begin construction in the quarter deferred and many of 2700 commercial-building applications postponed.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Carbon Hill Man Killed In Athens County Mine
Leslie M. Horn aged 48 and Stanley Richardson aged 42 died in a cave-in at the New York Coal Company Mine in Hamley Run. Fifteen nearby miners were uninjured as slate collapsed trapping both men who were operating a coal cutting machine. Horn survived by wife Lena and children Gerald and Arlene, plus parents and siblings. Richardson’s funeral is planned in Nelsonville.
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Leslie M. Horn
Carbon Hill
Stanley Richardson
Nelsonville
New York Coal Company
Hamley Run
E. M. Poston
Columbus and Southern Ohio Power Company
Horn
Lena Horn
Gerald Horn
Arlene Horn
William Horn
Elmer
Columbus
Mackie
the Plains
Richard
Pampa
Tex
Ruth Robinson
Chester Hill
Mary Keller
Lancaster
Catherine Eggleston
Athens
Christian Church In
J. A. Long
Leonard
World Peace at Stake in Korea Ridgway Says
Tokyo March 24 Gen Matthew B Ridgway warns the Korean armistice talks threaten world peace. The Allied supreme commander calls for patient Americans as UN Command negotiators face Communist deceit and stalling during the nine month talks. He cautions that a prolonged truce could have grave, incalculable consequences.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Ridgway
Besneak
Four Air Clashes Leave Jets Clipped in Korea
United Nations forces claim heavy air battles over Northwest Korea with 14 Mig 15s destroyed or damaged in four clashes. F-84 Thunderjets and F-86 Sabres fought waves of MiGs. losses for Allies not reported. Multiple engagements occurred along the rail cutting and front lines near Sinuiju and the Yalu.
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Seoul
Torn Southland Skies Clear After Weekend Tornadoes
Skies cleared over the South tornado zone on Monday but bitter cold worsened conditions for thousands homeless after weekend twisters. The death toll reached 233 with about 1,100 injured across Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi Kentucky Missouri and Alabama. Cold air brought single digit readings in several states including six below in North Dakota.
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ST. Louis
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Kentucky
Missouri
Alabama
Amarillo
Tex
Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Dewey Reaches 50 on Quiet Birthday in New York
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey turned 50 in Pawling New York and declined any celebration saying he would rather forget the milestone. He made a light joke about the day while marking the occasion.
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Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Moonshine Raids Target Abandoned Mines Across Ohio
State liquor agents say they are targeting abandoned coal mines in southeastern Ohio in a moonshine crackdown. Warrants seized three stills over the weekend with operations centered near New Straitsville and Hocking County, where a 60 gallon still and 50 gallon stills were confiscated. One operator fled as a mine was blown shut. searches continue for owners in multiple counties including Scioto and Adams as arrests are pursued.
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New Straitsville
Ward Township
Hocking County
Anthony A. Rutkowski
William Hoy
Federal
Alcoholic Tax Unit
Jobson
Sunday Creek Coal Company
New Lexington
Porter Township
Scioto County
Seaman
Adams County
Riots in Oaxaca Mexico Leave City Inarmed
The Arizona Daily Republic reports Oaxaca faced deadly riots with three confirmed deaths and 12 wounded. Morgan Monroe witnessed the unrest and said the protests were Communist inspired amid a tax law clash and a weekend general strike. Candiani cited two killed in a fight not political in motive and noted police aimed over demonstrators.
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Phoenix
Arizona Daily Republic
Oaxaca
Mexico
Republic
Morgan Monroe
Monroe
Guillermo Candiani
Mexico City
Candiani
Top Jap Military Leader Is Freed
Tokyo reports Mamoru Shigemitsu, signatory of Japan's surrender aboard the Missouri, was allowed to resume public life after his release on Monday.
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
Japan
U. S
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