East Germans Hand Reds Setback in Eastern Zone Vote
Soviet controlled area reports a 33.9 percent no vote on a single slate of delegates. Of 12,887,234 ballots cast, 7,943,949 backed yes and 4,080,272 backed no. Official returns withheld briefly as Soviet press called it a double cross.
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Berlin
Germany
People’s Congress
Foreign Ministers Conference
Paris
Taeglische Rundschau
Social Unity
Communist
Christian Democrats
Liberal Democrats
Popular Front
Lewis Offers Talks on Mines
Pittsburgh May 17 U S Steel Corp says it received a letter to John L Lewis president United Mine Workers in which he offers to meet on a new coal contract. Harry Moses president H C Frick Coke Co declined comment beyond confirming receipt. Lewis will meet Southern operators May 25 at Bluefield West Virginia. no talks arranged with Northern operators. Current contract expires June 30. About 45 000 UMW miners work in captive steel pits.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Big Steel
Harry Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Co
Moses
WMW
Lewis
Southern Coal
Bluefield
W. Va
Northern Coal
UMW
President Truman Decorates Gen. Clay
Gen. Lucius D. Clay, retiring American military commander in Germany, returned home and received from President Truman a second Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a third Distinguished Service Medal. The citation praised Clay for adding imperishable luster to his record as U.S. military governor in Germany.
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Washington
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
President Truman
White House
Truman
Clay
U.S
Milk price cuts announced by Springfield dairies
Local dairies in Springfield announce a one cent per quart reduction in milk prices effective today. Regular milk now costs 1642 cents and homogenized milk 17% cents.
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Springfield
Bricklayers Get Raise In Southern Ohio Deal
PORTSMOUTH O May 17 A 25 cent hourly pay boost was granted AFL bricklayers by the Southern Ohio Contractors Association yesterday Union scale now is 2.05 an hour.
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Portsmouth
AFL
Southern Ohio Contractors Association
Grand Jury Indicts Two Safe Crackers
The Franklin County grand jury indicted 29-year-old Edgar Scott Flohr alias Kenneth L. Scott on nine counts of burglary and grand larceny. Flohr claims Hollywood acting work and says he netted nearly 250000 since 1943 after opening a police HQ safe in five minutes. Indicted with him was Thomas N. Reilly, 28, of Darby Pennsylvania, described as Flohr's apprentice.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Edgar Scott Flohr
Kenneth L. Scott
Flohr
Thomas N. Reilly
Darby
Scott
Wheat and grain futures drift as cattle lead steady gains
Wheat weak with May delivery, corn and oats lag while hogs fall 15 to 25 cents to about 19.10. Cattle stay active with gains up to 50 cents to around 28.00. Stocks decline after a five day advance. bonds steady as trading expands.
State Representatives Move Toward FEPC Settlement
State representatives seek to end the FEPC battle after voting to adjourn on June 20. They also plan a Senate approved toll turnpike vote with Senate concurrence required. The House weighs a budget bill and education FEPC changes while debate continues over unemployment benefits and civil defense measures.
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Columbus
FEPC
Margaret A. Mahoney
Cuyahoga
Senate
House
Rep
A. G. Lancione
Belmont
Representatives
C. William O'Neill
Washington
O'Neill
Hospital to Open in Garfiled Heights Suburb
The $2,000,000 Marymount Hospital will open in suburban Garfield Heights by September 1.
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Cleveland
Marymount Hospital
Garfield Heights
Eisler Bonds Forfeited in U S Court
The U S district court declared the 20000 Eisler bonds forfeited and issued a bench warrant for Gerhart Eisler for contempt of Congress and passport fraud. He fled to England as a stowaway on the Batory and is sought for extradition.
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Washington
Gerhart Eisler
U.S. District Court
Eisler
England
Batory
U.S
James W. Morris
United States
William Hitz
District of Columbia
Hitz
Morris
New Dean of Women Named at Ohio U
Dr. Leona Wise Felsted of Ohio Wesleyan University is named dean of women at Ohio University. She will succeed Irma E. Voigt who retires June 30 after 36 years as the first dean of women in the university history.
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Ohio U
Athens, O
Leona Wise Felsted
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio University
Irma E. Voigt
AFL Seeks to Counteract Taft Hartley Law Setback
The AFL’s Political League maps strategy after House votes sent repeal bills back to committee. Director Keenan cites tests of labor strength in the House and possible Republican Southern Democrat support if a seizure clause for strikebound sites is included. President Green favors halting major strikes by government seizure, not injunctions.
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AFL
Harold W. Ward Cleveland
Congress
House
Joseph D. Keenan
Political League
Reps. Sims
D-Sc
Woods
D-Ga
Senate
Keenan
William Green
White House
John L. Lewis
Slayer Convicted in Toledo Murder Case
Harold Sweet aged 22 of Johnstown Ohio was found guilty of first degree murder in the bludgeon death of Mrs Lucille Har ward 79 during a December robbery. The three judge court recommended mercy making a life term mandatory.
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Toledo
Harold Sweet
Johnstown
Lucille Harward
Mrs Edward Grove Dies at Lancaster Funeral to be held Friday
Ada A Grove widow of Edward Grove 64 died early today at her daughter Mrs Kenneth M Smith home in Lancaster after a two week illness She was born in Rockbridge and worked as a practical nurse in Columbus for twenty years Survived by another daughter Mrs John Carifa two brothers and two sisters plus three grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral services set for 1 30 P M Friday at Frank E Smith Funeral Home Lancaster Rev Max Good will officiate Burial in Fairview Cemetery
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Ada A. Grove
Edward Grove
Kenneth M. Smith
Lancaster
Rockbridge
Grove
Columbus
John Carifa
Clifford Mathias
Walter Mathias
Basil
Transport Plane Crash Kills Six Near Roswell
An Air Force C-47 transport plane crashed twelve miles northeast of Walker Air Force Base Roswell New Mexico killing six crew members. Col John P Randolph acting base commander said an engine fire caused the crash and burn while one crewman parachuted to safety yesterday.
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Roswell
N. M
John P. Randolph
Walker Air Force Base
Love Life of Germs Studied to Solve Problem in Medicine
Cincinnati May 17 A report by Dr. Joshua Lederberg at the 49th annual meeting of the Society of American Bacteriologists suggests some bacteria reproduce sexually. The finding may explain drug resistance in germs like the tuberculosis bacillus and accelerate heredity studies using bacteria such as Escherichia coli. Researchers showed that certain E coli strains exchange traits to form offspring different from either parent.
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Frank Carey
Cincinnati
Joshua Lederberg
University of Wisconsin
Society of American Bacteriologists
Lederberg
Communist Trial Witness Confesses Phony Recruits
FBI plant John V. Blanc testified at the federal conspiracy trial of 11 top Communist leaders in New York that he added 35 to 50 fictitious recruits to a list of Reds. He said he recruited names and paid initiation dues for non existent members from his own pocket.
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New York
FBI
Communist Party
John V. Blanc
Euclid, C
Blanc
Truman Withdraws Wallgren Nomination
President Truman withdrew Mon C Wallgren s nomination to head the National Security Resources Board at Wallgren s request. Wallgren, former Washington governor, was personally reassured by the president. The nomination had been tabled weeks earlier by the Senate armed services committee without a full Senate vote.
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Washington
Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Wallgren
Washington State
Senate
Senate votes to restore 5 percent cut in labor agencies
By a 43 to 41 vote the Senate cancelled its order for a five percent cut in operating costs of the Labor Department and Federal Security Agency. The action recalled the $2,409,000,000 appropriation bill for the two agencies.
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Washington
Senate Today
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Green
D-Ri
Senate
Tornado Injures Several as Panhandle Storm Hits Stratford
A tornado struck the Texas Panhandle last night injuring at least three people and destroying property. The injured were in Stratford, about 26 miles northeast of Dalhart, where two homes were wrecked.
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Amarillo
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Stratford
Dalhart
Ford offer seeks partial reopening of Rouge and Lincoln plants
The CIO UAW rejected Ford's plan to reopen all strike plants except the Rouge B building and the Lincoln plant. Ford proposed recalling 72,000 Detroit area workers immediately and 25,000 more elsewhere, with ripple hires from suppliers and dealers. Federal mediator Arthur Vint planned further talks with UAW and Ford officials.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Big Rouge
Lincoln- Mercury
UAW
Rouge
Lincoln
Cloudbursts Flood Dallas Fort Worth area
A cloudburst dumped heavy rain on Fort Worth area causing flooding and at least four drownings. Dallas recorded 5.43 inches with widespread inundation. Carrollton saw 6.62 inches. U S weather bureau warned of major flooding along the upper Trinity River in the Dallas region.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Dallas
Carrollton
U. S. Weather Bureau
Trinity River
Wire Short Circuits At Oak Street Residence
An outside electrical wire on the Harry Caste residence at 464 Oak Street caught fire this afternoon from a short circuit. Insulation burned but the house sustained no damage. firemen reported no injuries.
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Harry Caste
Oak Street
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Frank J. Lausche
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