Tax Cut Vote Challenge While Defense Spending Grows
Washington reports President Truman may seek billions for defense and atomic energy, prompting talk of vote-switching among Democrats who supported the tax cut. The House approved the $4.8 billion measure 289 to 67 and the Senate 78 to 11, with leaders insisting the Republican line will hold despite possible shifts.
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Washington
Truman
Defense
Congress
House
Senate
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
Knutson
Rminn
Martin
Rmass
Taft
Ohio
Infant Receives Rough Reception At Early Arrival
Cleveland report recounts Alexander Crook rushing to the hospital with wife and newborn after colliding with a trackless trolley. Nine police units answered the scene and the mother and infant were taken to a hospital where both were reported doing fine.
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Cleveland
Alexander Crook
Italy Opens Door For Trieste Talks
Rome says Italy is willing to negotiate directly with Yugoslavia on Trieste and the Free Territory. Government would consider talks only under the spirit of the British French American note proposing the area’s return to Italy.
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Rome
Foreign Ministry
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Free Territory
Clay Confident on German Military Situation
Gen. Lucius D. Clay said he is not the least bit nervous about the military situation in Germany, speaking in Frankfurt. He stressed calm and readiness amid postwar concerns and continuing Allied oversight.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Burglars Blow Safe at Pleasant Delicatessen
Yeggs blew the door of a Pleasant Delicatessen safe in Hamilton Ohio yesterday and escaped with 683 dollars.
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Hamilton
Contempt of Court Contempt Sparks Flight from Newark Prisoner
Harold Offenbaker, 20, of Newark, fled after Judge Charles B. Holte ordered 10 days in jail for contempt of court. Officers searched the area after the incident. Offenbaker refused to accept the punishment and bolted from the room.
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Newark
Harold Offenbaker
Common Pleas
Charles B. Holteberry
Mrs Adeline Bond Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Adeline Bond of Little Hocking Ohio died Wednesday at her sister Miss Ardilla Schuster’s Athens home after a long illness. Her husband P A Bond died January 26. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Kenneth Miles and Mrs Walter Lane, a daughter Mrs Murray, three sons Chester Charles and Raymond B, and six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Adeline Bond
Little Hocking
Fred A. Murray
Logan
Ardilla Schuster
Athens
P. A. Bond
Murray
Miss Schuster
Kenneth Miles
Walter Lane
Marietta
Chester
Torch
Charles
Raymond B
Norfolk
Cleveland Pays $29 000 For Tree To Clear Airport
The city of Cleveland bought a 40 foot elm, six acres of land, and a 100 year old house for 29000 dollars to remove an obstructing tree that blocked installation of a weather instrument landing system at the airport. Workmen felled the tree after the purchase was finalized.
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Cleveland
Government Coal Saving Orders In Shortage Crisis
Federal officials draft coal saving orders to curb shipments by rail and to press utilities to slow plants. A 25 percent freight cut takes effect next Tuesday as President Truman awaits a Taft-Hartley board report due by April 5. The three member inquiry group will study causes without recommending settlements.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Truman
Factfinding
Threeman
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
George W. Taylor
University of Pennsylvania
War Labor Board
Mark Ethridge
Louisville Courier-Journal
Lewis
Communist Ousted From Police Office
In Columbus Ohio on March 25 Communist Frank Hashmall was ordered out of police headquarters after attempting to distribute Communist leaflets at Timken Roller Bearing Co He demanded special police protection for readers and was refused by Police Chief Charles M Berry Hashmall then launched into a tirade against the police.
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Columbus
Frank Hashmall
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Hashmall
Franklin County Communist Party
Charles M. Berry
Suit Dismissed Against Stark County Welfare Director
A $100,000 slander suit filed by Mrs. Helen O. Broksie against Stark County welfare director John S. Snyder was dismissed at the plaintiff's request. She had accused Snyder of falsely charging her with abusing a child placed with her for possible adoption.
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Canton, O
Stark County Welfare
John S. Snyder
Helen O. Broksie
Snyder
Indignation in Congress Over Shipments to Russia
congressional hearing exposes shipments of warplane engines and other materials to Russia amid global tension. Rizley leads calls for Commerce material audits and a Moore McCormack inquiry, with warnings that 60 Russian flagships may have loaded in New York harbor since January.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
House Investigating Committee
Rizley
R-Okla
Department of Commerce
U.S
New York
Moore-McCormack Steamship Lines of
Amtorg
Moore-McCormack
New York Harbor
Truman calls U.N. truce conference for Palestine
President Truman said he instructed United Nations Representative Warren Austin to convene Arabs and Jews for a truce conference to halt bloodshed in Palestine. He noted the U.S. shifted from partition to supporting a UN trusteeship to keep peace and avert open warfare.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
Warren Austin
Palestine
United States
Austin
U.N
U.N. Council
Christians Pray At Jerusalem Shrines
Christians knelt in prayer in Jerusalem on Holy Thursday as rifles echoed in the Arab Israeli conflict nearby. Worshipers commemorated Christ's last supper betrayal and arrest while nearby gunfire reduced the number of participating Roman Catholic and Protestant faithful.
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Jerusalem
Judas Iscariot
Canton Blind Workers Stand Self Supporting In City
Canton, Ohio reports that all employable blind residents in a city of 120,000 are self supporting in jobs. The Philomatheon Society for the Blind notes 46 sightless are employed through factories, broom making, confectionery stands, and home work, with Tinken Roller Bearing Co leading in hiring 27.
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Canton, O
Philip C. Fleischer Sr
Philomatheon Society For the Blind
Canton
Harry Stiller
Ohio
Hoover Co
Fleischer
Nightclub Owner Offers To Tell Fix Story
Nightclub operator J. Howard McCall of Springfield says he will testify before a grand jury about alleged payoffs to state liquor officials to speed permit approvals. He contradicts liquor director Dale Dunifon, who cites lack of affidavit and evidence, while Oppenheimer denies the claim and McCall stands by his $300 payment tale.
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Columbus
J. Howard McCall
Springfield
McCall
Dale Dunifon
Dunifon
A. E. Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
Duniton
Terrace Gardens
Union Tells Lewis We Disaffiliate in Ohio Mill
Textile Workers Union of America CIO won the Dresden Bush Woolen Mill plant bargain, replacing John L. Lewis District 50 UMW after an employee vote. Workers then sent a two word telegram to Lewis reading We disaffiliate.
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Zanesville, O
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Bush Woolen Mill Company
Dresden
Lewis
Prince Charles to Visit United States from Belgium
Brussels palace communique says Prince Charles regent of Belgium will depart Brussels by plane on April 3 for a visit to the United States.
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Brussels
Charles
Belgium
United States
Drouth End Hopes Soar In California Rain Forecast
Hopes rose for drought relief as California forecast more rain today. Officials anticipated improved conditions across counties after a long dry spell.
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Drouth End
San Francisco
California
Truman Unmoved by Reported Party Revolt
President Truman said he is not disturbed by a reported rising revolt against his renomination. He told a news conference he is in the fight to a finish and predicted the Democrats will win in November, calling that a prophecy.
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Washington
Truman
Hatch
D-Nnn
Chloroform Slayer Must Die in Chair
Kenneth Salter of Toledo must die April 23 for the chloroform slaying of 11 year old Barbara Dunn. The Ohio supreme court upheld his first degree murder conviction and set the execution date at Ohio Penitentiary. Salter, a linotype operator, gave the girl chloroform and attacked her. she was found dead June 1, 1946.
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Columbus, O
Kenneth Salter
Toledo
Barbara Dunn
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio
Salter
Bandits Steal $1100 in HoldUp Near Youngstown
Alfred Totten, 58, said four highwaymen stopped his car yesterday and robbed him of $1,100 in Youngstown Ohio. The incident occurred as he traveled through the area. Totten reported the hold up to local authorities.
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Youngstown
Alfred Totten
Pay Hikes Granted by Middletown Officials
Middletown officials approved emergency legislation granting salary increases for about 160 municipal employees. The action was taken by the Middletown commissioners at their meeting last night.
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Middletown
Ohio Education Association Fights School Aid Amendment
The Ohio Education Association denounces a proposed state constitutional amendment to freeze state aid to schools at 120 dollars per pupil. W B Bliss says the plan would rigidly cap funding, widening gaps between rich and poor districts and ignoring pupil transportation costs. The Ohio Federation of Teachers backs the amendment by circulating petitions.
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Columbus
Ohio Education Association
W. B. Bliss
OEA
Ohio
Ohio Federation of Teachers
AFL
Bliss
Louisville Woman Bears Quintuplets
Mrs. Roman V. Gadlace, 31, gave birth to quintuplets in Louisville. Three girls were stillborn while the two boys survived initial incubation, and the mother rested in hospital after the delivery yesterday.
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Louisville
Roman V. Gadlace
Forrestal urges rapid expansion of armed services
Secretary of Defense Forrestal told the Senate that the United States must immediately expand Army Navy Marine and Air Force forces by 349 500 officers and men and fund a further 3 billion in cash and contract authority. He urged universal military training and a selective service draft for 19 to 25 year olds claiming it could add up to 1 355 000 men with voluntary output.
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Washington
Congress
Forrestal
United States
Russia
Navy
Marine
Air Force
Armed Services
Senate Armed Services Committee
Kaiser Wilhelm
Hitler
Mussolini
Europe
Germany
Poland
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
ARMY
Wherry
R-Nehr
Civilian Atomic Energy Commission
Marshall presses Russia on German unity in Berlin row
Secretary of State Marshall said the United States would view further Russian refusal to cooperate in the Allied Control Council as aimed at unifying Germany. He backed General Lucius D. Clay to run Allied machinery and oppose the Russian backed German Peoples Congress in the American area.
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Marshall
United States
Allied Control Council For
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Berlin
Russia
German Peoples Congress
Peoples Congress
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