Tornadoes Kill Three in Illinois and Indiana
Tornadoes ripped across northern and central Illinois and northwestern central Indiana, killing three people including two in Illinois. Dozens of homes and businesses were damaged and communications disrupted as the storms tracked from Arkansas to Michigan. Damage was estimated in the tens of thousands with activity centered around Calumet City and Gary Hammona areas.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Calumet City
Gary -Hammona
Ilinois
Federal Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Michigan
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Kentucky
Tennessee
Middle Atlantic States
Secoad
Wisconsin
Minot
N. D
Williston
International Falls
M.an
Fred Engleking
Ralph Labarg
Grant Park
Kankakee County
Clem Brickner
Hebron
Ind
Cook County
Costa Rican Rebels May Be Holding Fliers
Two men missing on a Panama flight may have landed in Costa Rican rebel territory. Roy Stebelton and Edward Houx departed Paitilla airport March 26 bound for David, near the border, and may have been seized by insurgents if they crossed the boundary.
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Panama
M Stake
Roy Stebelton
David Landing
Want Ads Offer Bargain Furnished Cottage Sale
A reader is told someone is leaving the city and will sell a three room furnished cottage at a bargain price. Classifieds hint at personalized pens and pens with imprinted names and bird lover homes for feathered friends plus an eight piece Queen Mary walnut dining room suite for sale under classification codes.
Girl Attacked After Ride Case Probed by Police
Police and Preble County deputies investigated an assault after two girls aged 18 and 13 reported being picked up for a ride. The older girl said they went to the Sorg Theater and a cafe before the driver and a second man went to Preble County where she was attacked. the younger girl remained unharmed.
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Preble County
L. C. Galyean
Floyd Spiller
Greenbush
Sorg
Reds to Veto Italy Entry in UN
In New York AP dispatch says the Soviet Union signals a veto on Italy joining the United Nations, a move that may affect Italy’s April 18 elections. Finland could also be blocked. Burma appears strongest among applicants. Gromyko demands bloc admission for Italy Finland Bulgaria Romania and Hungary. US and Security Council members oppose Romania Bulgaria and Hungary, backing Italy and likely Finland. A four-power meeting yielded no progress and the applications proceed to the Security Council for a vote early next week.
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New York
Italy
United Nations
Finland
Soviet Union
Burma
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
United States
Security Council
U. S
Warren Ro Austin
Park Avenue
Council
Empire State Building Fire Under Investigation
A fire and explosion in an Empire State Building office suite caused flames to erupt from a 57th floor window. Fire crews controlled the blaze in about 20 minutes. Fire Marshal Thomas P. Brophy began a full investigation into a potentially suspicious origin.
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New York
Empire State Building
Thomas P. Brophy
Forest Fires Burn Across Louisiana in Critical Sweep
Shreveport Louisiana AP reports forest fires tearing through between 2000 and 3000 acres across the state. State Forester Arye Mixon calls the situation critical as crews battle the blazes.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Arye Mixon
Nebraska Primary Sets Stage for GOP Rumble
Washington reports Nebraska's upcoming GOP primary may sharpen the presidential contest. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey faces Ohio's Robert A. Taft while Harold Stassen and others vie for momentum after Wisconsin results. Seven names appear on the ballot including Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Gov. Earl Warren.
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Dewey
Nebraska
Stassen
Ail
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Wisconsin
Gov
Earl Warren
California
Stassen Seizes 19 Wisconsin GOP Delegates at Convention
AP reports Marold Stassen won 19 of Wisconsin's 27 national Republican convention delegates as Thomas Dewey led early in unofficial returns. Stassen carried all seven delegates at large and 12 district seats while Gen. MacArthur won the remaining. Dewey was shut out.
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Wit Waucrel
Marold E. Stassen
Wisconsin
Thomas F. Dewey
New York
Minnesota
Gen
MacArthur
Dark horses vie for GOP nomination amid delegate counts
The article notes Arthur Vanderberg of Michigan and Joseph Martin Jr of Massachusetts as leading dark horses. It cites nonbinding preferential balloting for the 15 national convention delegates and tracks Dewey Stassen delegate gains across Wisconsin Oklahoma New Hampshire and New York totals.
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Arthur Vanderberg
Michigan
Joseph Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Stassen
Wisconsin
Dewey
MacArthur
New Yorker
Oklahoma
New York
New Hampshire
Taft Plans Strong May Push for Ohio Delegates
Senator Robert A. Taft will tour about 30 Ohio communities in the 12 days ahead of the May 4 primary to secure delegates. He targets nine of the 11 districts where Harold Stassen is competing and will be joined by his wife Martha Taft for seven campaign appearances. Taft opens Monday in Toledo at a Republican Women's event and will speak next weekend in Cleveland at a League of Ohio Republican Clubs convention.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
GOP
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Martha Taft
Taft
Toledo
Ohio Federation of Republican Women’s Organization
Cleveland
League of Ohio Republican Clubs
Changes In Labor Act Anticipated
Washington AP report notes mounting next year pressure to tighten Taft Hartley act. Senator Ball Minnesota cites possible changes including revival of government power to seize struck plants and applying anti trust laws to labor unions.
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Washington
Congress
Ball
R-Minn
Shanghai Measles Toll Hit 405 Infants
In early April Shanghai saw 405 infant deaths tied to a measles epidemic. Most victims were under one year old as authorities reported the grim toll on city streets.
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Shanghai
Truman Seeks 725 Million for Air Force Expansion
President Truman asked Congress for 725 million dollars to expand the Air Forces as part of a 3 billion defense request. The House Appropriations Committee scheduled fast action and planned a bill report next week. Funds cover cash and contract authorizations for aircraft purchases and development. The move also spurred hearings to grow air power from 55 to 70 combat groups.
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Truman
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
House
Army Air Forces
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Senate
Taber
R-Ny
Defense
Clason
Rmass
Armed Services Subcommittee
Miller Pulls His Punches and Addresses Morals of Two-Party Rule
Newark Ohio AP Ray T Miller son of former Cleveland mayor spoke at the Licking County Jefferson Jackson Day banquet and urged a two party system to assure majority rule. He did not attack Lausche and warned about Germanys shift from multiple to one party under Hitler. Robert Moulton defended Lausche and called for Democratic unity after the May 4 primary. Lausche was unavailable.
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Newark
Ray T Miller
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Licking County
Germany
Hitler
Robert Moulton
Lausche
Beatrice Fire Department Responds to Trash Fire on North 11th
At 11 minutes past 11 Tuesday night the Beatrice Fire Department rushed to 1111 North 11th Street to extinguish a trash fire. Three more runs that night raised the month’s total fire calls to 11.
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Beatrice, Neb
Beatrice Fire Department
North 11Th Street
Plane Crash Blamed On British Pilot By Russian Commander
Marshal Vas sily D Sokolovsky blamed a British traffic violation for the collision near Berlin. He rejected a four power inquiry and favored a Soviet British commission. Fifteen people died in the crash between a Viking airliner and a Yak fighter over Berlin.
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Berlin
Vassily D Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
Brian Robertson
Taegliche Rundschau
Viking
Plane Victims Rites Set in Berlin Saturday
Funeral services will be held Saturday for two American victims of the Monday Soviet British air incident. Sgt. Pasquale Pintus, 25, of Powhatan Point will have Catholic rites. Mrs. Francis Ruth Clough, 25, formerly of Detroit, Michigan, will receive Protestant services at a military government chapel with cremation to follow.
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Berlin
Pasquale Pintus
Powhatan Point
Francis Ruth Clough
Detroit
Micch
Chinese Communists Reported Striking Southward in Manchuria
AP reports nine divisions of Chinese Communists advancing southward today in a renewed assault along the government held corridor in Manchuria. The report notes the continued fighting as tensions flare in the region.
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Peiping
Manchuria
Medal of Freedom Presented to Italian Underground Leader
U S Ambassador James C Dunn presented the Medal of Freedom to Dr Alfred Pizzoni for meritorious services in the prosecution of the war against the Germans from November 1944 to April 1945.
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Rome
America
Italy
U. S
James C. Dunn
U.S Army
Alfred Pizzoni
Father Tosses Son Wife Note Then Dies in Crash
Sgt. Francis A. Haraden 21 of Rockland died when a light training plane crashed into swampland near Dow Air Force Base Bangor. He had just tossed baby booties and a note to his wife Dorothy and 19 month old son Douglas as they waved. The note read I won't be able to get home tonight but will tomorrow signed love Fran. Witnesses report engine trouble before the dive.
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Thomaston
Air Force
Francis A. Haraden
Rockland
Dow Air Force Base
Bangor
Dorothy
Douglas
Haraden
Water shortage threatens Jerusalem amid strife
Jerusalem faces a critical water shortage as one source is interrupted and Ain Farah springs lack fuel for pumps. Mayor Richard Graves urges residents to conserve while Arab attackers reportedly sever a Ras El Ein pipeline. A Jewish convoy with food for 100 000 Jews arrives escorted by Haganah.
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Jerusalem
Richard Graves
Ras el Ein
Tel Avis Jerusalem
Ain Farah Springs
Haganah
MacArthur Setback Surprises Nippon
Tokyo reports shock that General MacArthur finished second in the Wisconsin presidential primary. Japanese observers say the Supreme Allied Commander lost face and was not expected to fall behind.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Wisconsin
Japan
Head Of Miners Apparently Set To Fight It Out
Joseph E. Moody, head of the Southern Coal Producers Association, said he will file a charge of unfair labor practices against John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers.
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Washington(ap
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Coal Strike Brink: Lewis Faces Contempt and Court Fight
President John L. Lewis confronts a possible contempt penalty as the 25 day soft coal strike continues amid back to work orders. Government officials warned of jail or fines while Lewis seeks to dissolve orders and push pension talks with operators led by Moody amid a tense bargaining session.
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Washington
John L. Lewie
United Mine Workers
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Supreme Court
Goldsborough
UMW
Lewing
Matthew F. McGuire
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corporation
George M. Humephrey
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
U. S
Moody
Southern
Violence and picket clashes hit West Virginia coal fields
In Barbour County a mine operator Hop Williams says roving pickets beat him after he refused to close his non union mine near Junior. In Jane Lew a 119 pound waitress Miss Betty Rogers, 23, fired a .32 revolver to disperse over 75 noisy rovers at a tavern where she works.
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Pittsburgh
Barbour County
West Virginia
Hop Williams
Junior
Jane Lew
W. Va
Betty Rogers
End of Week Coal Walkout Threatens Steel Output
Iron Age notes estimated losses from the coal walkout could reach 600000 tons of steel by week’s end. Pennsylvania reportedly leads in affected workers as 45000 steel laborers were furloughed.
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Pennsylvania
Hueston Woods Project Wins Board Favor
The State Board of Control in Columbus approved purchasing four farm land tracts totaling 659 acres near Oxford for Hueston Woods State Park expansion. The plan aims to build a dam forming a 50M acre lake, with bids to be issued after land clearance. Total costs cited include land purchases and dam construction estimates.
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State Board of Control
Columbus
Hueston Woods State Park
Oxford
Weveston Homestead
State Forestry Division
Angry Pupils Wreck Party Headquarters
A group of angry students objecting to Labor Progressive meetings wrecked Windsor party offices. Police said more than 500 youths surged through downtown, broke barricades, injured an officer and three officials, and dumped papers and furniture on the second floor.
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