Oil Tanker Burns In Texas City Port
A gasoline fire at Texas City port badly damaged the tanker Pan Massachusetts a tug and a dock injuring 47 seamen. The volunteer fire department fought the four hour blaze that sent smoke 4000 feet high and lost 27 members in prior explosions. Two tug crewmen were burned critically while others jumped overboard and were treated for minor burns.
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Texas City
Tex
Pan-Massachusetts
Heroic Volunteer Fire Department
Richard Clarke
Coal Car Pileup Blocks Rail Line Near London Ohio
Fifteen coal laden railroad cars derailed four miles northeast of London Ohio on May 19. The double track was torn up for about 100 yards in a cut. No injuries were reported and wrecking crews estimated clearance by noon today.
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London, O
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Three Children Die In Farm Home Fire
Three of ten children asleep in a log farm house perished in a fire in a sparsely populated section of Pennsylvania near the anthracite region. The parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Lorow were at Mordanaville seven miles away when fire of undetermined origin broke out yesterday.
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Millville
Pennsylvania
Oscar Lorow
Mordansville
Purchases of Food For Germans Ended
A War Department official said government grain buying for British American zones of Germany will be minimal this year as enough foodstuffs have already been purchased to sustain rationing until German crops arrive.
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Washington
Germany
War Department
Youth Killed by Shotgun Blast in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio a 14 year old boy identified as Donald Dethy was killed by a shotgun blast late last night. Neighbor Joseph E Watts said he fired at the youth after he allegedly prowled and failed to halt when commanded.
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Columbus
Donald Dethy
Joseph E. Watts
Picket Lines Halt Returning Western Electric Workers
Striking installation workers of Western Electric resume picket lines causing curtailment of telephone service in New Jersey Illinois and New York. ACEW with about 20 000 members pressures for a wage settlement as talks extend into a seventh week. Two other Western Electric unions reach wage deals while the industry remains polarized.
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Washington
Western Electric Co
New Jersey
Bell Telephone Co
Illinois
New York
Association of Communication Equipment Workers
ACEW
Labor Department
Western Electric
Michigan Bell Telephone Co
Treasury Secretary Predicts Tax Cuts Approaching
Secretary of the Treasury told Congress that a period of tax reduction is approaching but offered no specifics on which taxes to cut or timing. He did not present a plan or recommendations.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Snyder
Congress
Herbert to Woo Recalcitrant Legislators at Dinner Party
Governor Thomas J. Herbert sought to mend fence with resistant lawmakers at a dinner aimed at backers of his capital improvements plan. Tensions rose over an $81.5 million package and a soldier bonus payment, with Rep. Paul Ballard resisting the measure as the House debates a broader $585 million appropriations bill. The state treasury holds about $639 million unappropriated, while biennial receipts are forecast. The governor warned of a potential $27 million red ink unless cuts are made.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Paul Ballard
R-Jackson
House Finance Committee
Ohio
Herbert
Ballard
House
Senate
Truman urges federal health and disability insurance program
President Truman asked Congress to pass a national health and disability insurance plan with immediate action. He argued sickness remains the major gap in social protection, proposing expanded public health services, medical research funds, more hospitals and doctors, and universal health insurance as essential to national welfare.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Five Drivers Fined By Mayor Weltner
Five drivers were fined by Mayor W. Denzil Weltner over the weekend after pleading guilty to traffic violations. Paul T. Leonard of Middleport and Enrico Henry Deluca of Bellevue C were fined $10 and costs for speeding, arrested by the state highway patrol on U S Route 33 south of Logan. Jesse A. Klinger of Logan Route 2 was fined $5 and costs for driving on a temporary permit without a licensed driver, arrested by city police. Charles L. Smith of Logan and Paul Culbertson of Logan Route 2 were fined $10 and costs each for reckless operation, arrested by city police.
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W. Denzil Weltner
Paul T. Leonard
Middleport
Enrico Henry Deluca
Bellevue
State
Logan
Jesse A. Klinger
Charles L. Smith
Paul Culbertson
Mother Questioned In Shooting of Son
Ruby Robinson, 37, was held for questioning in Belmont County jail after her son John Edward Malloy 21 was shot to death on a road near Boydsville. Mallory a sailor on leave from Pensacola Florida reportedly tussled for a revolver and it discharged accidentally according to Sheriff C L Barricklow.
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St, Clairsville
Ruby Robinson
Belmont County
John Edward Malloy
Mallory
Pensacola
Fla
Boydsville
C. L. Barricklow
President Truman reports mother improving after illness
Grandview, Missouri May 19. President Harry S Truman said his 94 year old mother is better this morning as she battles a tired and weak heart. He spoke to reporters after his early walk and described her condition as improved.
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Grandview
Truman
First smallpox case in Marion County since 1929
In Caledonia nine miles east of Marion on U S 30 south the first Marion County smallpox case since 1929 was found. The patient is 45 year old T J Hill a garage mechanic who likely contracted the disease from a passing motorist.
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Marion, O
Marion County
Caledonia
Marion
U.S. 30
T. J. Hill
Mrs. Almira Miller Rites Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Almira Amenda Miller age 72 of Navarre were held at 2 P M at Leonard Funeral Home. Rev A N Grueser officiated with burial in Snyder Cemetery Green Township. Survivors include husband John C Miller son Gerald C Miller daughter Mrs W C Woods Massillon Mrs Myra Isler near Massillon brothers Charles Woods Noah Woods sisters Mrs Margaret Crane and Mrs May Leonard pallbearers W C Woods Carl Isler Raymond Crane George Miller Jack Isler Jacob Miller.
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Almira
Myra) Amenda Miller
Hocking County
Doctors Hospital
Columbus
Leonard Funeral Home
A. N. Grueser
Snyder Cemetery
Green Township
George E. Miller
Navarre
W. C. Woods
Myra Isler
Massillon
Charles Woods
Noah Woods
Near Logan
Margaret Crane
May Leonard
Carl Isler
Raymond Crane
George Miller
Jack Isler
Jacob Miller
Graveside rites for stillborn Thomas Green held today
Graveside services for Thomas Edward Green, stillborn son of Mr and Mrs Charles Green of 320 Washington Avenue, were conducted at 2 30 PM at Oak Grove Cemetery. Burial was by Heinlein Funeral Service. Survivors include brother Larry Lee and sister Patricia Ann at home.
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Thomas Edward Green
Charles Green
Washington Avenue
Oak Grove Cemetery
Heinlein
Larry Lee
Patricia Ann
Service Officers To Address Legion At Logan Post 78 Meeting
John Buchanan and Vaughn Collins will speak at Logan Post 78 American Legion at 8 PM Tuesday in the clubrooms. They will discuss benefits and services for Hocking County veterans through the county service office. Refreshments will be served after the meeting.
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John Buchanan
Hocking County
Vaughn Collins
Logan Post 78
American Legion
Buchanan
Mr. Collins
County Service Office
Bullet Wounds Fatal to East Side Coffee House Patron
John Houg Asian, 48, died from bullet wounds received May 10 during a gun battle between police and four robbers at an east side coffee house. The incident left two suspects at large and under police inquiry.
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Cleveland
John Hougasian
East Side
Ex-Congressman Denies Wartime Frauds Plot
Former Kentucky congressman Andrew J. May testified at his war fraud trial that he never conspired to defraud the country. He denied bribery ties to Murray and Henry Garsson in a $78 million wartime arms case and said notes and loans cited were not repayment of a debt or improper favors.
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Washington
Kentucky
Andrew J. May
Warren McGee
Murray Garsson
Henry
May
MaGee
Garsson
House Military Committee
New York
Federal District Court
Elisha Walker
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Greenbriar County
W. Va
H. Howard Pobst
Grundy
Navy plane crashes at Iowa playground kills three
A Navy fighter from Lambert Field, St. Louis, performing barrel rolls at a naval air show, crashed onto a Burlington playground. The pilot and two schoolboys were killed, six youths were injured, and wreckage spread over four blocks as children watched baseball in the yard.
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Burlington
Lambert Field
St. Louis
Truce efforts collapse as Jewish underground rejects peace terms
In Jerusalem a clandestine radio broadcast from Irgun and the Stern Gang rejected a U.N. truce aiding peace in Palestine. They demanded Britain lay down arms and stop deportations and arrests. They cite 1141 uncertified Jewish immigrants intercepted aboard Trade Winds from Genoa as proof Britain will not honor any ceasefire.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
United Nations
Palestine
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Stern Gang
Britain
Cyprus
Genoa
U.N
Three Lynch Trial Defendants Freed
A circuit judge in Greensville South Carolina granted directed verdicts of acquittal for three of 31 defendants charged in a lynching case. Seven others received qualified acquittals on some counts. The court ruled statements by 26 defendants would be admitted only against those individuals.
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Greensville
S. C
J. Robert Martin, Jr
South Carolina
Martin
Death by electrocution at Logan fairgrounds carnival
A 15 year old Junction City youth William Junior Westenbarger was electrocuted Saturday night after contacting a 110 volt wire that fell into a water pool on the Logan fairgrounds. He died about 11 30 P M at Hocking Valley Hospital. The accident occurred during dismantling work for the Powelson Show owned by Leonard Powelson Coshocton. Rescuers who attempted to help him were shocked. Funeral services are set for 2 P M Tuesday at the Nazarene Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Junction City
Logan Fairgrounds
William Junior Westenbarger
Edward Smitt
Lester Westenbarger
Georgia
H. B. Padgett
Powelson Show
Floyd Duffy
H. G. Southard
Fairgrounds
Logan
Leonard Powelson
Coshocton
Padgett
Duffy
Hocking Valley Hospital
R. C. Jones
Maxville
Faye Eileen Westenbarger
Esther and
Carrol Ann Smitt
Clyde Canter
Columbus
Charles Westenbarger
West Logan
Nazarene Church
Miranda Casto
Chester Newcome
Oak Grove
Leonard
Olive Smitt
Bowen Street
Fire destroys Springfield factory and damages others
Springfield Ohio Fire Chief Grover L. Frock said a blaze destroyed the McCall Coach Co brick factory housing trailer production and damaged two more plants the K A Aluminum Foundry and the Polamoid Research Laboratories. About 65 workers were employed at the McCall plant. Repairs were thought possible for the gutted sites while Parker Pattern and Foundry Co suffered minor damage.
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Springfield
Grover L. Frock
McCall Coach Co
K. & A. Aluminum Foundry
Polamoid Research Laboratories
Parker Pattern and Foundry Co
Teachers End Truce in Detroit After Week-Long Picket
East Detroit teachers abandon week long truce and resume strike demanding higher pay sparking renewed walkouts and school disruptions in Detroit.
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Detroit
Three Die in West Side Chicago Dinner Party Robbery
In Chicago on May 19 three men robbed a west side apartment where 32 guests gathered for a dinner party. Albert Fineberg 38 and Benjamin Eisenstein 39 were killed and a guest Lionel Takiff was injured. Stanislawski 32 an ex convict and one of the robbers was killed after Eisenstein fired. The two other intruders fled.
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Chicago
West Side
Albert Fineberg
Benjamin Eisenstein
Oscar S. Caplan
George Stanislawski
Lionel Takiff
Eisenstein
Sam Takiff
Stanislawski
Fineberg
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