Forrestal Death Traced To Silent Despair at Bethesda
Navy board orders inquiry into the death of former Secretary of Defense James Forrestal who leapt from a hospital window in Bethesda Maryland. President Truman called him a casualty of war and ordered flags at half staff as details emerge of his final hours and the poem found near his bed.
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Naval Board of Inquiry
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Roosevelt
Ruman
Navy
Bethesda
Truman
Sophocles
Ajax
M. D. Willcutts
Naval Medical Center
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Boat overturns drownings near Gallipolis dam
George Matthew Ritchie aged 38 of Eureka Ohio drowned when his boat overturned in the Ohio River near the Gallipolis dam yesterday.
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Gallipolis, O
George Matthew Ritchie
Eureka, O
Ohio River
Gallipolis Dam
Today's Markets At a Glance
Wheat firm as commission houses buy. Corn steady with better cash demand. Oats mixed with light trade. Hogs active up 25 to 50 cents, top 20.25. Cattle steady to 50 cents higher, top 28.50. Stocks lower with leaders at new 1949 lows. Bonds down, rails under mild pressure.
Windstorm Hits Near Hocking Vinton Line
A powerful gale and rain swept through Hocking and Vinton counties with the heaviest damage near the county line extending to McArthur. Several barns including a William Maxwell farm structure at New Plymouth Route 1 were nearly destroyed. Farm roofs and other buildings suffered damage and a car was damaged by a fallen tree. Logan Home Telephone Co reports lines to Orland and McArthur smashed. crews repair today. Overall damage in Hocking County was light elsewhere.
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Hocking
Vinton
Vinton-Hocking
McArthur
William Maxwell
New Plymouth
Logan Home Telephone Co
Orland and
Big Four Opens Paris Meeting On Berlin Crisis
The Big Four Foreign Ministers Council meets in Paris amid Berlin unrest to press for immediate handling of Germany's future. US Britain and France aim to secure Berlin issue first, with Russia’s Andrei Vishinsky at the talks. The meeting marks the sixth postwar council session and the fourth on Germany, amid calls that continued city division threatens a broader settlement.
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Big Four Foreign Ministers Council
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Germany
United States
Britain
France
Russia
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London
Dean Acheson
Robert Schuman
Ernest Bevin
Andrei Vishinsky
Foreign Ministers Council
Stage Set for Talks On New Coal Pact
Washington May 23. Coal operators and union leaders held separate strategy meetings before bargaining on a new soft coal contract. The current pact expires June 30. This year negotiations open with only the Southern Coal Producers Association, which supplies about a third of U.S. soft coal, meeting Wednesday in Bluefield West Virginia near the Pocahontas field.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginia
Pocahontas
Five Day AFL Show Draws 200,000 Visitors in Cleveland
The five day union industries show of the AFL attracted about 200000 attendees, officials said today in Cleveland.
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Union Industries
AFL
Farm Front Radio Program Broadcast From Logan
The WLW Farm Front show hosted by Roy Battles aired yesterday morning from the Ohio Power Co. auditorium in Logan. Participants included James D. Wells associate state forester Ross Johnston and Earl Neal. They discussed timber supply and farm problems and the program linked Cincinnati via leased wire.
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Cincinnati
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James D. Wells
Logan
Ross Johnston
Earl Neal
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Johnston
Conkles Hollow
Wells
State Parks
Storms Sweep 11 States Killing 46 and Causing Wide Damage
Tornadoes and severe weather hit nine states with 46 dead and hundreds injured. Missouri Illinois Indiana Kentucky and Pennsylvania saw the heaviest losses while Washington Red Cross set aside 500000 for relief. Cape Girardeau Missouri suffered the worst damage with 21 deaths and hundreds homeless.
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American Red Cross
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Indiana
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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Tennessee
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Maryland
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Clarksville
Bessville
Cabool
Shelburn
Terre Haute
Clay City
Ralph C. Werner
Red Cross
Wood River
Palestine
Somerset
Witt Springs
Johnstown
Abilene
Texarkana
Macon
Clay
Cumberland University
Nashville
Rice Observatory
Charleston
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Roosevelt Plaque Unveiled at Roosevelt School
Hyde Park New York May 23 A bronze plaque honoring Franklin D Roosevelt has been placed in the Roosevelt School where the late President studied The plaque was unveiled by his widow Mrs Roosevelt in a brief address urging students to learn to live in harmony with others.
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N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt School
Roosevelt
Truck Drivers Strike Gains Support in Lorain County
One hundred five AFL truck drivers in Lorain County walked out in a wage dispute demanding 25 cent hourly increases. The strike began today and aims to pressure employers for higher pay.
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AFL
Lorain County
Berlin Rail Strikers Seek Allied Intervention in Civil War
Western Berlin railway strikers demand Allied intervention in the Soviet controlled Reichsbahn clash. U S Britain and France commanders meet but reject the plea as rioting subsides. Strikers seek police withdrawal, Allied police occupation, and wage payments in Allied currency.
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United States
Britain
France
U. S
Frank L. Howeley
Mrs Clyde Ruff 63 Dies Suddenly at Home
Mrs. Clyde Ruff age 63 died early today at her Logan Route 4 residence from an apparent heart attack while preparing breakfast. A Marion Township native, she was daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Jacob Rutter and is survived by husband Clyde two sons Harold and Edward a daughter Letha Nixon five brothers and two sisters. Funeral 1:30 P. M. Wednesday at Harmony EUB Church Perry County with Rev. Delbert S. Mills officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery. She was a Marion Grange member.
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Marion Township
Jacob Rutter
Rutter
Harold
Lancaster
Edward
Chillicothe
Letha Nixon
Columbus
Nathan
David Rutter
Logan
Simon
Isaac
Walter Rutter
Stanley Howdyshell
John Smith
Harmony Eub
Perry County
Delbert S. Mills
Marion Grange
Ohio Bell Lines Cut In Telephone Strike
Vandals cut two cables of the Ohio Bell Telephone Company near Marion injuring long distance service to Mansfield Cleveland and Columbus. One line went silent while another went dead and calls were rerouted. This followed about 30 cable cuts since the strike by 80 operators and plant workers began six weeks ago. the union denied involvement.
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Marion
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
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Cleveland
Columbus
Ohio Federation of Telephone Workers
Ohio Associated Telephone Company
Death of Russian Roulette Player Ruled Accidental
In Hamilton Ohio, 16 year old Leon R. Blackburn died from a self inflicted head wound during a Russian roulette demonstration. Coroner Dr. Garrett J. Boone ruled the death accidental after witnesses reported the boy planned a demonstration.
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Leon R. Blackburn
Garrett J. Boone
Reily
Boone
Blackburn
Rites Postponed for Community Church Camp Dedication
Dedication of the First Community Church camp in Marion Township, valued at $125,000, was postponed from Sunday to 4 30 P M on May 29 due to bad weather. The program will be announced this week.
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First Community Church
Marion Township
Lilienthal May Be Investigated Over AEC Security
Senator Vandenberg called for a complete inquiry into the Atomic Energy Commission and chairman David E. Lilienthal amid security concerns. A congressional probe already discusses the AEC and one investigator demands Lilienthal resign. The dispute centers on grants to a known communist and to others lacking security clearances for secret work.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Atomic Energy Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Commission
Hickenlooper
Browa
Lilienthal
AEC
Senate Hous Atomic Committee
U S Judge Grants Hiss Postponement
Federal Judge Samuel H Kaufman delayed Alger Hiss perjury trial to May 31. The 44 year old former State Department official sought the delay amid multiple postponements since the indictment from the December grand jury.
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New York
Samuel H. Kaufman
Alger Hiss
State Department
House group trims Marshall Plan funds amid cuts
The House appropriations committee ordered a 15 percent cut in Marshall Plan spending for the new year, reducing by 629.73 million dollars from Truman's request, with further cuts totaling 150 million for occupied area relief and 50 million for Greece and Turkey. The total recommended for all operations stands at 5.542 billion, versus the 6.322 billion asked.
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House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Greece
Turkey
House
Senate
West German States Sign Constitution
The West German constitution was proclaimed the basic law for 45 million Germans as 11 states formally signed. The signing occurred as the four power Council of Foreign Ministers met in Paris to seek a German settlement, with the new constitution expected to strengthen West Germany in the talks.
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Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
Distance to Cleveland Fools Girl on Jaunt from New York
A 12 year old girl Georgette Kramer from New York was found in Cleveland after saying she did not know Cleveland was far away. Police say she boarded a Cleveland bound bus after finding a purse with $31 and a bus ticket in a New York theater. She was held by juvenile authorities awaiting a guardian pickup.
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New York
Georgette Kramer
Marie Kram
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