Death Toll Rises to 69 in Effingham Hospital Fire
In Effingham Illinois hospital fire at St. Anthony s 62 year old hospital, 69 dead and 14 missing, 55 recovered. Newborns among the dead and 55 survivors reported by Red Cross. Fire started in a laundry chute and quickly engulfed the building. investigations continue.
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Effingham, Ill
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Farlier
Associated Press
St. Anthony’s
Gerald Weigand
FBI
Chicago
Effingham
South Centralio
Order of St. Francis
Red Cross
Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office
Pat Kelly
Fred Ilkins
Maurice Rickelman
Effingham County
Wilkins
Illinois
Cincinnatian Dies in Ohio Pen Electric Chair
Governor Lausche refused to spare Asbell Adams of Cincinnati from execution at Ohio Penitentiary on April 8. Adams was convicted of first degree murder in the January 23, 1948 cab driver James Case robbery slaying in Cincinnati. A reprieve until August 4 was granted to Charles Sparks, also from Cincinnati, sentenced to die in the same killing, tuberculosis cited as reason. The governor said Sparks may die of natural causes soon.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Asbell Adams
Cincinnati
Ohio Penitentiary
Adams
James Case
Charles Sparks
Sparks
Trainman Dies After Freight Strikes Truck
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed after colliding with a truck on the eastern outskirts of Dayton at 5 30 am. Brakeman Bernard Paul Smith, 35, of Wellston, was pinned in the cab and died. Truck driver Osborn O. Coleman, 39, of Indianapolis, escaped. Engineer W H Silvey, 48, and Fire man F T Seaburg, both of Dayton, survived with injuries. Coleman said brakes failed and he tried to cross the crossing. Several freight cars overturned.
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Dayton, O
Baltimore and Ohio
Bernard Paul Smith
Wellston
Jackson County
Osborn O. Coleman
Indianapolis
W. H. Silvey
Dayton
F. T. Seaburg
Silvey
McLean Jewelry Collection Sold to Harry Winston
The Evalyn Walsh McLean jewel collection, including the famed 44% carat Hope Diamond, has been sold to New York jeweler Harry Winston. Winston described the 74 piece collection as the most remarkable ever sold and said he paid over $1,000,000, though trustees asked him not to disclose the exact amount.
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New York
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Harry Winston
New York City
Attorney General To Speak On Spy Bill In Washington
Senators questioned Attorney General Tom Clark on a proposed spy and saboteur bill as hearings opened. The measure aims to tighten security, regulate secret documents, prosecute spies post alleged acts, and require registration of foreign trained espionage agents while balancing rights and press freedom. Maj. General S Leroy Irwin testified the aim is self preservation against internal and external threats.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Tom Clark
Armed Services
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Clark
S. Leroy Irwin
Army
Irwin
America
Taxi strike continues after organizer quits New York
In New York AP report Leon Zwicker, regional director of the John L. Lewis affiliated union, resigns over a goiter condition. Wal ter Brock of United Construction Workers replaces him as strike persists. About 40 percent of cabs were operating as talks resume for a contract in the 36,000-member taxi industry.
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Leon Zwicker
John L. Lewis
Walter Brock
United Construction Workers
New Haven
Conn
D. Lewis
John
Lewis
Zwicker
Akron strike threat ends as machinists approve wage hike
Akron Ohio AP reports the Association of Machinists Local voted 85 percent to accept a seven cent hourly raise from Akron Transportation Co. About 100 mechanics are involved. The offer matches a CIO Transport Workers Local bus drivers’ raise agreed Friday after a two hour strike.
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Akron, C
Association of Machinists
Ind
Akron Transportation Company
CIO Transport Workers
Taxi Strike Powered by Union Backing Reaches Peak Activity
George McIntyre of two taxi fleets called Zwicker’s resignation a confession that the strike failed, while Zwicker said the six day strike is still on. Union leaders claim the strike is more than 90 percent effective as 4,104 cabs operated at rush hour, up 1,200 from Monday. A. D. Lewis of District 50 pledged full union support. The strike was launched Friday by the taxi workers organizing committee of District 50, United Mine Workers affiliate.
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George McIntyre
Zwicker
McIntyre
John L. Lewis
Taxi Workers Organizing Committee
United Construction Workers
District 50
United Mine Workers
A. D. Lewis
Grocer Held After Woman Dies In Fall
PORTSMOUTH Ohio AP A retail grocer was held for questioning without charge after a 38 year old housewife died when she fell from a car. Police Chief Hughie Rudity said George Roberts 42 admitted driving the car from which Mrs Callie Atkinson fell to her death. He said the two were en route to a tavern when the fall occurred.
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Portsmouth
Hughie Rudity
George Roberts
Callie Atkinson
Rudity
Roberts
Household Finance Office Is Robbed in Akron
Two men entered the Household Finance Corporation downtown Akron branch and robbed the office of 998 dollars after telling the manager they wanted to discuss a car deal. Police were alerted and searched for suspects.
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Akron, O
Household Finance Corporation
She's Too Fast! Mystery Man Prize Won Before Air
Cincinnati AP report says Mrs. Ernest Sipple Jr., 19, solved WSAI radio's Mystery Man With The Money before broadcast. She identified Joe Garretson, Enquirer columnist, as the mystery man, claimed the $640 prize after presenting her entry card at the Enquirer office.
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Cincinnati
Ernest Sipple, Jr
WSAI
Joe Garretson
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Sipple
Garretson
Enquirer
Didn't Plan Theft Of Money, New York Banker Is Quoted
Tampa AP report says Richard H. Crowe a $7 500 a year banker at National City Bank Broadway Staten Island faces New York charges for allegedly stealing nearly a million dollars. He waived preliminary hearing, bonded at 1, and was jailed in Daytona Beach after an arrest Monday night. Crowe admits planning the crime the day before and says he took cash and bonds to anger bank officials. bonds remain unrecovered and agents traced cash totaling tens of thousands.
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Richard H. Crowe
Daytona Beach
National City Bank of New York
Tampa
Fla
New York
Broadway
National City Bank
William J. Barker
Crowe
U. S
Paul Pinkerton
Staten Island
Herbert Phillips
FBI
Leaking Tank Is Blamed In Death Blast
Cambridge Ohio AP report says a defective acetylene tank caused an explosion at Ohio Fuel Gas Company welding shop killing Hubert Hughes 35 of Cambridge Route 5 and William Armstrong 31 of Byesville. Clarence Thompson 22 Cambridge injured minor while safety plugs remained intact in other tanks.
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Cambridge, O
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Hubert Hughes
Route 5
Cambridge
William Armstrong
Byesville
Clarence Thompson
Heirs Sought to Big Estate in Akron Case
Attorney Walton A. Woodling said at least 60 people would be named on a petition to determine heirs to the $902,000 estate of Miss Frances Louis Butler. The 83 year old recluse died in a cluttered Akron hotel room in January and was buried in Mt View Cemetery. Woodling, administrator, will file the petitions in Akron. Most of the estate consists of cash and bonds. More than 250 have claimed kinship.
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N. Y
Walton A. Woodling
Akron
Francs Louis Butler
Mt. View Cemetery
Woodling
Cincinnati Mayor Would Cut Water To Gambling Places
Cincinnati Mayor Albert D. Cash proposes shutting off water service to commercial gambling venues if legal authority exists. He would ask the city solicitor to confirm the city can enforce such a measure and seek appropriate legislation.
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Cincinnati
Albert D. Cash
House Seeks Easter Recess Amid Big Appropriations
The House pressed toward an Easter recess as the State Justice Commerce appropriation bill moved slowly. The Agriculture bill cleared by voice vote, while an additional $100 million def iciency measure for the Atomic Energy Commission awaits final touches for debate tomorrow. The panel cut the State Justice Commerce bill by about $55 million from the President's request.
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Washington
House
Atomic Energy Commission
Appliations Committee
State Department
Voice of America
Justice Department
FBI
Cne Department
Federal Judiciary
Justice
Commerce
Senate
Appropriations Committee
UN opens clash over Mindszenty trials and Bulgaria church leaders
The United States and Western powers clash with Russia at the UN as Mindszenty and 15 Bulgarian Protestant leaders face conviction, with debate slated in the Steering Committee. The dispute may foreshadow East-West lines over the North Atlantic Pact. Bolivia and Australia press for Assembly discussion while Hungary protests to President Evatt.
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New York
Russia
Josef Cardinal Mindzenty
Hungary
Bulgaria
Andrei A. Gromyko
Mindszenty
Assembly
Bolivia
Australia
Herbert V. Evatt
Sofia
United States
Israel
Ceylon
Canada Calls Chief Witness In Spy Study
AP Ottawa reports the prosecution rested its case in the Sam Carr spy trial with Igor Gouzenko testifying as chief witness. Gouzenko described a 1944 Ottawa visit by a Russian intelligence officer believed to be Colonel Milstein, aiding Carr’s alleged network. He cited documents and a plan to renew a stolen passport to operate in the United States.
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Ottawa
Sam Carr
United States
Canada
Mexico
Carr
Igor Gouzenko
Milstein
Milsky
Gouzenko
Highway employee dies in Youngstown stroke
David Edward Jones aged 67 a construction superintendent for the Ohio Highway Department died of a stroke yesterday in Youngstown Ohio.
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Highway Employe
Youngstown
David Edward Jones
Ohio Highway Department
Army Chief Opposes Air-Only War Strategy
General Bradley warns Western Europe cannot be abandoned to the enemy while the United States relies on air power. He urges a common defense under the North Atlantic Pact and stresses ground force support as essential, citing past Normandy experience. Deputy chief Wedemeyer warns against overconfidence in rockets and atomic bombs alone.
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United States
Europe
Washington
Senate
Bradley
State Department
Navy
Sullivan
Syracuse
N. Y
Air Symington
Montgomery
Ala
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Baltimore
Army
Royall
Chicago
Gray
Milwaukee
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Philadelphia
Wedemeyer
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Western
Bradley Talk Stirs Senate on Arms Plan
Gen Omar Bradley urged a common defense for Western Europe, spurring Senate demand for cost estimates on arming NATO nations. The Army chief warned that aid is essential after the pact, prompting leaders to debate how much military assistance is needed to deter communism and sustain the European balance of power.
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Bradley
Senate
Washington
Omar Bradley
Europe
Army
New York
Wherry
Nebraska
Woman Leaves Note Before Her Death in Coal Shed
Jeffersonville AP report: Mail carrier Elmer Moots found a note to him in the box at Miss Emma Taylor of 35. He found Miss Taylor's body hanging in a coal shed. Sheriff Hays ruled death by own action. Taylor had worked as a telephone operator at Wright Patterson Field in Dayton.
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Jeffersonville
Elmer Moots
Emma Taylor
Miss Taylor
Moots
Orland Hays
Wright-Patterson Field
Dayton
Action On ECA Funds May Be Reached Today
Washington AP coverage notes Senate action on the 5.58 billion European recovery program. Wherry of Nebraska eyes a final vote by nightfall amid Democratic resistance as Connally cites one remaining issue. A compromise by Vandenberg Pepper and Brewster could withdraw Marsh Plan aid to the Netherlands if UN sanctions are used to enforce Indonesia cease fire and restore status quo.
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Washington
Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
Lucas of Ilinois
Lucas
Congress
Senator Connally
Dtex
Connally
Indonesia
United Nations
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Pepper
D-Fla
Brewster
R-Me
Marsh
Netherlands
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