Move To Clip Foreign Aid Bill Defeated
In Washington on May 15 President Truman and aides defend the foreign aid program as Senate Armed Services Committee votes 7 to 6 to block a 400 million cut from 6.9 billion. The bill remains at the trimmed level, prompting a possible floor fight over further reductions. Taft and Long pledge renewed efforts while Eisenhower opposes large cuts.
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Truman
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Civil Air Patrol
Air Force
Finletter
House
Rayburn
CAP
Capitol Hill
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Long
D-La
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Dwight Eisenhower
Berlin Reopens Soviet Highway Link Amid Tense Protest
Berlin and allied forces eased a six day blockade on military patrols a day after a conference with U S British and French commanders. Soviet restrictions on the Helmstedt Berlin express link eased while a British patrol was admitted through the border line. Normal freight and passenger traffic continued despite the tensions in the divided city.
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Berlin
Iewe Cn. We. Bess
U. S
Helmstedt
Iso
Ike In London Farewell Talks With British Officials
General Dwi Deichihones traveled to London for farewell discussions with British government officials. He attended a lunch with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace before departure.
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Dwi Deichihones
Se Elizabeth II
Buckingham
Clark Denounces Colson POW Agreement Amid Panmunjom Tensions
General Mark W. Clark repudiated the Colson agreement with captured POWs on Kose Island saying it has no validity. He noted Colson lacked authority to accept charges, while Dodd and Colson were linked to a hostage case that influenced truce talks. The dispute deepens rift over prisoner exchange as Nam Il pressed allegations of inhumane treatment and provocation in Panmunjom negotiations.
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Tokyo
Mark W. Clark
Colson
Francis T. Dodd
Dodd
Washington
U. S
United Nations
Adm. C. Turner Joy
Koje
Logan Jaycees Plan Cleanup Paintup Observance
Logan Junior Chamber of Commerce members set plans for a Cleanup Paintup observance this month at Brandt's restaurant. Louis Palamara was named chairman of the campaign to urge residents to clean and paint around their properties, with gateways on Route 33 near Logan targeted for painting. Rev. Henry L. Carr urged vigilance against internal corruption and emphasized divine guidance for America's strength.
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Logan Junior Chamber of Commerce
Brandt's
Louis Palamara
Jaycees
Rev. Carr
Jaycee
America
Tom Brandt
Otto Hartmann, Jr
Harold Heinlein
Jay Cole
James Hawley
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
Early End To Oil Workers Walkout Predicted
Government labor officials forecast an early end to the 15 day nationwide oil strike affecting tourism and air service. The Wage Stabilization Board approved up to 15 cents an hour for as many as 90 000 striking workers, with shifts and retroactive pay varying by agreement.
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Wage Stabilization Board
B. J. Schafer
CIO Oil Workers
International
Denver
CIO Policy Committee
AFL Unions Coalition
WSB Regu
Wife wins divorce after husband’s 20 year hospital stay
Ivy Wickens was granted a divorce on desertion grounds in London after revealing her husband entered a mental hospital soon after their marriage and remained confined for two decades.
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London
Ivy Wickens
Truman Praises New Deal Gains for Farmers
President Truman told reporters that 20 years of Democratic policies have proven a planned economy works in agriculture and across the nation. He dismissed charges of socialism, noting farm ownership rose from 58 percent in 1932 to 75 percent today, as proof of real free enterprise and prosperity.
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Washington
Truman
Mossbacks
United States Liner Pursues Faster Atlantic Run
The SS United States seeks a speed record to beat Britain's Queen Mary, which averaged 31 knots on a 1938 run. Vice Admiral Cochrane notes the Queen Mary’s speed will be bettered soon, but speeds may remain secret for security as the ship could be converted to a troop carrier. The United States is 52,000 tons and valued at $72 million with air conditioning and enhanced fireproofing.
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New York
United States
America
Britain
E. L. Cochrane
Cochrane
U. S
Nurse Mary Jane Bailey Heroine Of Bus Crash Rescue
A 21 year old student nurse Mary Jane Bailey acted when the Lincoln Highway bus driver H Edwin Smith collapsed. She seized the wheel, steered the bus through a field to safety, saving passengers as the vehicle plowed between poles and a fence. Four passengers suffered minor injuries.
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Lancaster
Lincoln Highway
Here
Mary Jane Bailey
H. Edwin Smith
Worker Crushed in Barterton Truck Incident
Barbeton reports city worker Emmett Veney, 43, died after being found wedged between a truck bed and its dumping mechanism on Wednesday. The accident occurred in Barbeton with officials investigating the scene.
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Barberton
Emmett Veney
Taft Lengthening Lead in Delegates Over Eisenhower
The Taft Eisenhower race for Republican presidential delegates tightens as Taft gains 15 delegates in West Virginia. tally shows Taft 364 to Eisenhower 304 with conventions and seating disputes looming. MacArthur arrives in Lansing. Kefauver and Harriman campaigns shift in Oregon and Washington.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Ohio
Douglas MacArthur
New York
Lansing
Michigan
Chicago
Oregon
Green Hill Stock Farm Bought by A W Marion
A W Marion director of Ohio’s Natural Resources buys 1120 acre Green Hill Stock Farm from Green Hill Stock Company in the late George C Banning estate. Realtor William Patchen says Marion cannot carry out his original plan to use the land for wildlife or as a tree farm.
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A. W. Marion
Ohio
Department of Natural Resources
William Patchen
Marion
Green Hill Stock Company
George C. Banning
Columbus
Montana
Patchen
Jug of Beer Lost Over Bridge At Margaree
Fishermen and locals gathered after a truckload of beer toppled from a bridge in Margaree Nova Scotia. Several hundred jugs of the brew were recovered from the waters long known for salmon.
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Margaree
Nova Scotia
Butler found guilty in fatal Newark shooting
Mrs. Bernice Butler, 36, was convicted of first degree manslaughter for the March 8 killing of her husband Wilbur in their Newark home. A Licking County common pleas court jury deliberated nearly 10 hours before the verdict.
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Bernice Butler
Licking County Common Pleas Court
Butler
Wilbur
Hocking County Men Leave For War Service
Five men from Hocking County departed Logan for induction into the armed forces with gift packages from the East School Adult Education Club. The group boarded a bus to Fort Hayes at 8 10 a m, with two others transferred to different boards.
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Adult Education Club
East School
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Glenn Roy Sorrell
Murray City
Amos Sorrell
Bobby Leroy Steele
Ross and
Rosella Steele
Harold Winston Lemon
Emma_ Lemon
Ocking County
Herbert Sheline
Marvin Dicken
Warren
Warm today but Friday forecast calls for cooler, cloudy skies
Hocking County records a high near 80 today with 76 degrees by 11 a.m. The low last night was 55 and yesterday’s high reached 75 at 4 p.m. The outlook for Friday is cooler and cloudy, per the forecast.
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Steel Union Heads Toward Wider Demands in Steel Strike Threat
In Philadelphia on May 15 the CIO United Steelworkers approve broader aims alongside a walkout threat. President Philip Murray fronts union, seeking union shop repeal of Taft-Hartley and a national daily labor paper, with 650,000 workers ready to strike if wage talks fail.
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CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Alben W. Barkley
Maurice Tobin
U. S. Supreme Court
Driver killed in Route 13 crash near Athens
Carl M. Dunkle age 26 of Zanesville died from injuries after his car overturned on Route 13 about eight miles north of Athens Thursday dun.
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Athens
Carl M. Dunkle
Zanesville
Route 13
Here
Four Sailors Feared Dead In Gasoline Tanker Explosion
An oil tanker loaded with 700000 gallons of high octane gasoline exploded after colliding with a freighter in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal near Wilmington Delaware. Four crewmen aboard the tanker F L Hayes are missing and presumed dead. The Angelina and Barbara Sykes were involved. two seamen on the Angelina were injured. Flames raged for hours, with a thick smoke column seen across the Delaware countryside.
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
U. S. Coast Guard
F. L. Hayes
Angelina
Philadelphia
DelMar Vay Peninsula
Cape Charles
Baltimore
Hayes
Delaware
Canal
Ohioan Real Estate Broker Criticizes McCarthy Hearings
Clark Wideman of Columbus, a McCarthy friend, writes a questioning letter to Senate subcommittee and testifies that critics focus on staff conduct rather than the committee. He recalls a planned postponement discussion with McCarthy and notes alleged ties to Lustron housing pamphlet amid ethics probe.
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Columbus, Ohio
McCarthy
Senate
Gillette
Wideman
Subcommittee
Benton
Lustron Corp
Connecticut
Columbus
Ohio
Lustron
Bob Byers
Byers
Lustrow
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