Spring Storm Toll Rises Across Gulf States
Tornadic winds brawl across Texas Mississippi and Louisiana killing seven and injuring more than fifty as storms sweep eastern Texas and Arkansas. Destructive floods hit Fort Worth streets while deadly tornadoes devastate Greenwood Mississippi and Desdemona Texas. Denver snowstorm KPAC plane crash kills crew at Rocky Mountain Arsenal.
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Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Plains
Ohio River Valley
Greenwood
Miss
McAlester
Oklo
Desdemona
Fort Worth
Minnesota
North Dakota
Denver
Air Force
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Arsenal
Denver Municipal Airport
Logan Glass Works Nears Finish in Logan
The H K Ferguson Co builds the General Electric plant just north of Logan on Route 75. Painters finish interior work and plumbers near completion. One of two large furnaces is burning, needing two weeks to reach operating heat. Production slated to start early in April.
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H. K. Ferguson Co
Logan Glass Works
General Electric Co
Logan
Route 75
Search Planes Sweep Arctic After Plane Crash
Edmonton reports search planes combed the barren Arctic waste for a U S Air Force C 82 plane that crash landed on Baron Strait 350 miles north of the magnetic pole. Seven men aboard are believed safe and uninjured and have made contact with rescue points by radio. Exact position of the aircraft remains unknown.
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Edmonton
Alta
Arctic
Baron Strait
Magnetic Pole
Frobisher Bay
Resolute Bay
Nation Loses Top Military Advisors to President
Washington report notes a wave of resignations from President Truman's inner circle. Admiral William Leahy and General Walter Bedell Smith depart key posts, followed by other senior figures including George Marshall and James Forrestal, signaling a major shift in the administration’s foreign policy approach and military oversight.
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Washington
Truman
William D. Leahy
White House
Gen
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
George C. Marshall
Dean Acheson
State Department
Robert A. Lovett
James E. Webb
Lovett
Air
Defense
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Louis Johnson
American Legion
Small Plane Crash Sparks Minor Injuries at Bernard Airport
Four people escaped with minor injuries when a small plane crashed into a 220 volt electric wire on takeoff at Bernard Airport in Youngstown Ohio. Pilot John Paul and three passengers, two men and a woman, were aboard.
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Youngstown
Bernard
John Paul
Communist Organ Flags Pro Soviet American Writer
The Daily Worker accuses Anna Louise Strong veteran American journalist of anti Soviet bias citing forthcoming New York Herald Tribune articles. Strong recently expelled from Russia on espionage charges and seeks Soviet review of her case.
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New York
Anna Louise Strong
The
Daily Worker
Worker
Miss Strong
New York Herald Tribune
Russia
Eighth Annual Roadside Erosion Conference Tour
The Ohio State University and the Ohio Department of Highways sponsored the eighth annual roadside development conference. Delegates toured Hocking County erosion control sites including Cantwell Cliffs and Ash Cave and visited Logan for lunch at Blosser's. The event began in Columbus and travels included Lan caster Nelsonville Athens and Marietta.
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Hocking County
Hocking
Division 10
State Highway Department
Rockbridge
Cantwell Cliffs
Cedar Falls
Conkles Hollow
Ash Cave
Logan
Blosser’s
Columbus
Lancaster
Nelsonville
Athens
Marietta
Ohio State University
Ohio Department of Highways
Office Fire Damages Dresden Transcript
Fire damaged the Dresden Transcript office in Dresden Ohio yesterday. The weekly newspaper reported the blaze caused structural damage and interrupted publication efforts.
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Dresden, O
Dresden Transcript
Spurned Suitor Slays Woman Then Commits Suicide
Police report a society matron Helen Reinberg 51 was strangled in her Park Avenue apartment by her rejected language tutor Jose del Pino 57 who then killed himself by lying under a subway train. A note claimed she broke his heart and he called it the greatest blunder of his life. Reinberg was wife of Gustave Reinberg, a vice president of Cerro de Pasco Copper.
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New York
Park Avenue
Helen Reinberg
Jose del Pino
Western Clubs To Win State Cage Diadems
Ohio's 1949 high school basketball championship jaws slam shut as western Ohio denizens seek title glory. Hamilton Public and Toledo Central Catholic advance in Class A while Delphos St John and Lockland Wayne vie in Class B with Delphos St John boasting a 31 of 31 win pace and Lockland Wayne carrying a 66 point per game average.
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Columbus
Ohio
Findlay
Hamilton Catholic
Lima St. Rose
Eaton
Indiana
Toledo Central Catholic
Hamilton Public
Delphos St. John
Lockland Wayne
Toledo Central
Big Blue
Niles
Toledo Crew
Akron St. Vincent
Praying Panthers
Lockland
Hamilton
Bill Wilks
Toledo Catholic
McCloskey
Dick and
Jerry
Gene Hickey
Central Catholic
Prosecutor Rules On Slot Machine Seizure
Sheriff A J Waldron said he will destroy a slot machine seized last week at Maywood Williams store in Longstreth after Prosecutor Fred Murray ruled to return the money to the owner. The ruling cites Ohio General Code sections 13430-8 and 9. The machine remains locked in a jail cell pending disposal.
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A. J. Waldron
Maywood Williams
Longstreth
Fred Murray
Williams
Mother and Four Children Burned in Gas Explosion
A 32 year old mother Mrs Louise Gleadle and her four children were burned when gas flames swept through a Hillsboro residence. Mrs Gleadle is in serious condition at Highlands Community Hospital with extensive burns. three year old Sherry and resident Mrs Amos Eads are also hospitalized in less serious condition.
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Hillsboro
Louise Gleadle
Highlands Community Hospital
Gleadle
Sherry
Amos Eads
Gleadles
Britain tightens war goods curbs with Soviet bloc
London sources say Britain will add to export bans for countries behind the iron curtain by using confidential U S schedules on arms munitions radar gear atom materials and jet engine components. Washington aims to curb supply to Russia Poland and Yugoslavia amid stalled talks on a new trade pact. The Moscow radio alleges Britain is an advanced base for atomic forces and manpower.
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London
Britain
United States
Washington
Iron Curtain
Sweden
Russia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Moscow Radio
U. S
Slaying Trial Juror Doubtful Of Man's Guilt
ZANESVILLE, O March 26 Mrs Kathleen Nethers a jury member who convicted Alfred Ferrell of first degree murder signed a statement saying she was not convinced of his guilt She voted guilty to dismiss the jury so another member could go home The statement supports Ferrells appeal for a new trial Nethers said her opinion came only from trial evidence
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Zanesville, O
Kathleen Nethers
Alfred Ferrell
Ferrell
Muskingum County
Farm-Home Week Attendance Sets Ohio Event Record
Attendance at Farm and Home Week at Ohio State University totaled 10 024, with 7 328 men and 2 696 women from every Ohio county, 19 other states and three foreign countries. The 75th anniversary of the college of agriculture was observed and 135 bushels per acre was touted as a practical goal by speaker D F Beard exten sion agronomist.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Ohio
College of Agriculture
College of Veterinary Medicine
School of Home Economics
D. F. Beard
Extension Agronomist
France Italy Sign Customs Union Pact
France and Italy signed a treaty establishing a Franco Italian customs union in 1950 with full economic merger by 1955. Foreign Ministers Robert Schuman of France and Count Carlo Sforza of Italy signed at 5 PM local time. French officials hope ratification by the French and Italian parliaments before Easter recess.
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Paris
France
Italy
Robert Schuman
Carlo Sforza
Russian Hero Wins Grand National Steeplechase
Russian Hero won the 103rd Grand National at Aintree with Raimond second and Roy al Mount third. Russian Hero started at 66 to 1 in the betting.
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Aintree
England
Raimond
Royal Mount
Reds Face Loss At French Polls
Paris reports show communists facing renewed losses in run off local elections across France. In the first round they won 23.54 percent of votes but only 17 of 723 seats. the anti communist bloc led by De Gaulle and Queuille unites to back a single rival where possible.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Rally of the French People
RPF
Henri Queuille
de Gaulle
Maple Festival in Geauga County showcases 500 musicians
More than 500 musicians from northern Ohio will attend Geauga County's Maple Festival in Chardon next Friday through Sunday. A feature of the festival is the twelfth annual golden wedding party with prizes for the longest married couple and the couple with the most children among other honors.
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Chardon
Ohio
Geauga County
Immigrant Officials Detain Three Canadians at Waldorf Banquet
Three Canadians Bark er Fairley and wife Margaret Fairley and John Goss were taken into custody by federal agents at a Waldorf-Astoria banquet during the world peace conference opening. Goss was identified as a delegate. Police expected large protests as pickets gathered at Carnegie Hall and outside the hotel.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Barker/ Fairley
Canadian Council of American- Soviet Friendship
Margaret
Canadian Labor- Progressive (Communist) Party
John Goss
Carnegie Hall
U.S
Waldorf-Astoria
Norman Cousins
Saturday Review of Literature
Lillian Hellman
Auto Hits Pole Near Lancaster
A car driven by 27 year old Alva F Arter of Lancaster left U S Route 33 and crashed into a telephone pole in Fairfield County three miles south of Lancaster. Combs 21 of Lancaster suffered severe facial lacerations but Arter was not injured. The car was demolished and the crash occurred about 1 A M.
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Alva F. Arter
Lancaster
Frank R. Combs
Arter
Fairfield County
Motorist drinks poison as patrolmen watch in Cambridge
Two state patrolmen stopped a motorist in Cambridge Ohio after a gas station report of suspicious behavior. The man, driving Indiana tagged car 77189, drank poison and died en route to St Francis Hospital. Coroner W. A. Larrick labeled the death unknown poison with roots to a possible stolen car and two hitchhikers from Zanesville.
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Cambridge
C. C. Williams
Fred Feightner
Indiana
St. Francis Hospital
W. A. Larrick
Zanesville, O
Boston
John David Collins
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
A. M. Collins
Zanesville
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