Chances Slim for Averting Rail Walkout
Frank Douglass of the National Railway Mediation Board warned a strike seems likely after four days of talks with unions and carriers. The board plans further sessions in Chicago, with White House coordination unspecified, as 190 000 engineers firemen and switchmen face potential disruption. The carriers back a 15 cent wage hike and rule changes. unions demand negotiations on rules not recommended by the board.
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Douglass
White House
Washington
Colombia Breaks With Soviet Russia
Colombia severed diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, becoming the third Latin American nation to do so. The move followed President Mariano Ospina Perez's blame on international communism for the April 9 revolution, with the cabinet decision announced late and a note delivered to the Soviet legation. Chile and Brazil had already broken with the Soviets in 1947.
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Bogota
Colombia
Russia
Mariano Ospina Perez
Chile
Brazil
Draft measure predicted passage in House
Speaker Martin predicts quick passage of a two year draft revival after the House armed services committee approved the bill 28 to 5. He said it will be placed on the House calendar as soon as scheduling allows.
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Washington
House
Martin
Three Ships Carry Pacific War Dead
The San Francisco Port of Embarkation announced three ships carrying World War II dead from the Pacific will arrive this month. The USAT Cardinal O'Connell the USAT Albert Roe and the USAT Lt. George W. G. Boyce are named in the notice.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Cardinal O’connell
Albert Roe
George W. G. Boyce
Russians Justified Arrest of Three U S Soldiers in Berlin
American MPs say Russians acted properly in detaining three U S soldiers in the Soviet sector of Berlin after they went on a binge, carried weapons, and caused a disturbance near Tempelhof. The men, from the 100th Station Complement Squadron, admitted drinking with a German girl and firing a pistol.
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Berlin
U. S
Pfc
Joseph S. Lenz
Lancaster
Tempelhof Field
Tempelhof
T B Clinic Given Speedy Paint Job
The Summit County Tuberculosis Association Clinic received a fresh coat of paint in 20 minutes. Seventy AFL painters volunteered, starting at dawn, to mark cleanup week sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The paint and labor were donated.
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Akron
Summit County Tuberculosis Association
AFL
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Brehm to Push Ohio National Cemetery Bill
Rep. Walter E. Brehm of Ohio said he would introduce a bill to establish an Army national cemetery in Ohio. The proposal would authorize land acquisition by donation purchase condemnation or other means and name the site Sheridan Sherman National Cemetery honoring Civil War generals William T. Sherman and Phil Sheridan.
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Brehm
Bill
National Cemetery
Ohio
Washington
Walter E. Brehm
Army National Cemetery
Veteran Retires From OSU ROTC After 18 Years
M/Sgt. Klem E. Dickerson supply sergeant of Ohio State University's ROTC unit retires at age 44 after 18 years of service. Dickerson, a native of Zanesville, was honored during a review of the OSU First Battalion in Columbus.
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Columbus
Klem E. Dickerson
Ohio State University
Dickerson
Zanesville
OSU
Power Plant Destroyed Leaves Dyersburg City Powerless
A lightning bolt struck a power plant during a heavy storm, destroying the facility and leaving Dyersburg Tennessee without electricity or water early today. Fire spread quickly, causing extensive damage to the plant and disrupting city services.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
Penitentiary Slayer Indicted for Murder
Paul Skarpusis, inmate at Ohio Penitentiary, was indicted for the April 24 stabbing of Andy Nahalka, 27, of Pike County with a hand fashioned knife. Prosecutor Ralph J. Bartlett said the men had quarreled for two weeks prior. Skarpusis has been jailed since February 1945 for assault with intent to kill.
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Columbus
Paul Skarpusis
Ohio Penitentiary
Andy Nahalka
Pike County
Ralph J. Bartlett
Skarpusis
Worker Electrocuted in Yellow Springs Incident
Alfonso Benning, 46, longtime city utility employee, was electrocuted yesterday in Yellow Springs Ohio after brushing a 2300 volt line while descending from a pole. Witnesses reported the fatal accident at the work site.
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Yellow Springs
Alfonso Benning
City Utility Department
Supreme Court Ends Racial Covenants Against Enforcment
Supreme Court rules in two 6 to 0 decisions that white homeowners cannot use courts to enforce racial covenants excluding people of color from neighborhoods. The rulings permit private agreements among whites but deny redress under the 14th Amendment for those barred by such terms. reactions praised by Negro leaders and real estate groups took a mixed view.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Court of Chief Justice
Vinson
Plane Noses Over At Airport Sunday
A new all metal Luscombe owned and piloted by Warner Lehman operator of Logan hardware store, nosed over in a Sunday landing at Logan airport south of the city. Lehman over shot the field, the two passenger craft overturned in a plowed field, but he was uninjured. The propeller snapped. metal construction limited more damage.
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Luscombe
Warner Lehman
Logan Hardware
Logan
Lehman
Mount Vernon Rejects Daylight Saving Time Plan
Mount Vernon council voted 4 to 3 to reject a daylight saving time ordinance. A local poll showed 71 percent of city respondents favored standard time while 80 percent of Knox County rural respondents preferred eastern standard time.
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Mount Vernon
Knox County
Ford Gets UAW Pay Demands
Detroit May 4 The United Auto Workers push for 30 cent hourly raises plus a hospital plan pension and guaranteed weekly wage for about 120 000 Ford workers. Wage package could total 50 cents an hour. Negotiations slated to begin around July 15 with Chrysler talks continuing amid a possible May 12 strike. Mazey says strike vote provisions do not apply to interstate corporations.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
National Ford Council
Chrysler Corp
Mazey
Michigan
Uawcio
Today's Markets At a Glance
Wheat firm to strong with mill buying and short covering. Corn steady to firm with wheat in play. Oats mixed with nearby contracts up sharply. Soy beans strong with limit gains on demand. Hogs fairly active 25 to 50 cents higher to top 22.00. Cattle uneven 25 cents lower to 50 cents higher with top 31.75 and mixed stocks. Bonds steady as investment issues remain in demand.
West School Pupil Appeals to Halt Rail Strike
Ruth Hamby a sixth grade pupil at West School asks Congressman Walter E. Brehm to urge the National Mediation Board to stop or delay the May 11 railroad strike. She and about 200 classmates planned a May 14 Gallipolis excursion, hoping many would ride a train for the first time. Ruth is the daughter of Rev and Mrs Stanley Hamby of West Hunter Street Logan.
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Brehm
Ruth Hamby
West School
Ruth
Gallipolis
Walter E. Brehm
National Mediation Board
Stanley Hamby
West Hunter Street
Logan
Anderson backs single agency for conservation
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson urged in Columbus that farmland water and forest conservation be unified under one agency to implement a single coherent national program. He suggested merging the Soil Conservation Service and the Agricultural Conservation Program into a single agency, while avoiding taking sides in the merger debate.
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Columbus, CO
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Columbus
Friends of the Land
Anderson
Truman
U. S
New Mexico
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Conservation Program
Jesse James Robbed By Female Bandit
In Youngstown Ohio a man claiming to be Jesse James was robbed by a couple at taverns. The man was held while the woman groped his pockets and stole 100 dollars. Police received the report after the incident last night.
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Jesse James
Youngstown, O
Youngstown
Automobile Hits Girl in Oreville on Route 75
Eight year old Nancy Walters of Oreville was struck by a passing automobile on State Route 75 in Oreville Tuesday morning. Patrolmen identified the driver as Wesley K. Tharp a 38 year old salesman of Hemlock Ohio. The child received cuts and bruises at Hocking Valley Hospital Logan and was released to her home.
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Nancy Walters
Oreville
Wesley K. Tharp
Hemlock
Hocking Valley Hospital
Logan
School Head Resigns in Barberton
Walter S. Crewson resigned as Barberton's school superintendent yesterday to accept a similar position in Hamilton Ohio. The move prompted the city to begin search for a successor.
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Barberton
Walter S. Crewson
Hamilton
Hardesty Milling Co. Sold to Coshocton Milling Co
The Hardesty Milling Co. in Dover Ohio, run by the Hardesty family for a century, was sold yesterday to Coshocton Milling Co. The sale marks a major local consolidation in the milling industry.
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Dover, O
Hardesty Milling Co
Hardesty
Coshocton Milling Co
Parley P. Nutter Dies in Maxville at 73
Parley P. Nutter aged 73, carpenter, died at 2 PM yesterday at his Maxville home after months of declining health. A lifelong Hocking County native, he lived in Maxville seven years. Funeral services set for 2 PM Thursday at Leonard Funeral Home, burial in Fellowship Cemetery. Visitation after 5 PM today. Survivors: wife Rosemary, son Lowell of near Logan, brothers Ramey Gore George Darius, sisters Rose Guess Bertha Miller Ida Shurtz.
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Parley P. Nutter
Carpenter
Maxville
Hocking County
Leonard Funeral Home
Fellowship Cemetery
Rosemary
Lowell
Logan
Ramey
Gore
George
Carbon Hill
Darius
Rose Guess
Bertha Miller
Ida Shurtz
New Plymouth
Machine Gun Slayer Faces Electric Chair
Andrew Berry aged 43 of Sandusky was sentenced to death by electric chair for the November 9 slaying of Emanuel Watkins. A common pleas jury convicted him of first degree murder without mercy, making the death sentence mandatory. co-defendant Louis Calabria received a life sentence with mercy.
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Toledo
Andrew Berry
Sandusky
Emanuel Watkins
Common Pleas
Berry
Louis Calabria
Light primary turnout in Columbus area statewide vote tally
Only 532 votes were cast in Logan and Hocking counties by noon, with the city showing a very light vote across 11 precincts. Republicans led Democrats in many areas while contests focused on county commissioner. Taft Stassen and Lausche Miller contests shaped Ohio’s gubernatorial and delegate races.
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Logan
Hocking County
Daily News
Two Falls Township
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Frank J. Lausche
Ray T. Miller
Cleveland
Akron
Columbus
Youngstown
Stassen
Taft
Hamilton County
Dayton
Montgomery County
Toledo
Costa Rica President to Step Down Amid Constitution Plan
Costa Rica's revolutionary president Santos Leon Herrera said he will quit, following the deposition of President Teodoro Picado Michalski. Leaders agreed to appoint a revolutionary committee to name notables to draft a new constitution.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Santos Leon Herrera
Tain Jose Figueres
Teodoro Picado Michalski
Bombing Reported In Saigon Indochina May Day
A Le Populaire D inol Indochine report states air raids occurred on a Saturday with reported bombing near Saigon. The piece provides few specifics on timing or targets, reflecting wartime censorship and brief dispatch style.
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Saigon
French Indochina
le Populaire D'indochine
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