Italian Communists Protest On Letter-Writing Campaign
Rome reports show the Communist backed front attacking a letter writing drive by Italian Americans urging defeat of Communists in the April elections. Avanti features a broadside urging posters from the letters and campaign weeks heighten. Moscow cites treaty violations over 400000 poll watchers and shipboard machineguns on Italian vessels.
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Rome
Popular Front
America
Italy
Avanti
Socialist Front
Moscow
Mario Scelba
Tass Stem
Tass
Leslie Gordon Dies In Dayton
Leslie B. Gordon 57 longtime engineer and director of engineering for Dayton Rubber Company since Oct 1 1945 died today at his home in Dayton Ohio from a heart attack. He previously served as vice president in charge of Navy contracts for Herring Hall Marvin Safe Company in Hamilton from 1943 to 1945 and had more than 30 years in engineering with Kelly Springfield Goodyear in Cumberland Maryland. Survived by wife Edith and two brothers Crawford E and Niles P of Cleveland.
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Dayton, D
Leslie B. Gordon
Dayton Rubber Company
Dayton
Hamilton
Navy
Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company
Kelly Springfield-Goodyear Company
Cumberland
Truman Eyes 70-Group Air Force Plan With Draft Link
Senate committee discussed expanding the Air Force to a 70 group force and delaying a draft action. Senators Maybank and Byrd voiced support if $1.8 billion is provided, while Forrestal opposed the boost as costly. The panel plans Navy testimony next, possibly Friday.
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Defense Forrestal
Gurney
Senate
Navy
Brewery Workers Quit New York CIO Council
The New York joint executive board of the CIO Brewery Workers Union announces its withdrawal from the greater New York CIO council.
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New York
CIO Council
CIO Brewery Workers Union
Greater New York Cio Council
Inquiry Board Reports on Meat Strike
A presidential inquiry board led by Nathan P. Feinsinger delivered its report to President Truman on the meat strike. The findings, under Taft-Hartley emergency provisions, outline issues without recommendations and hint at possible court action to halt the strike. The CIO Packinghouse Workers strike began March 16 with 60,000 to 80,000 workers involved.
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Washington
Truman
Nathan P. Feinsinger
CIO
Feinsinger
Panhandle Pipeline Raises Daily Gas Supply by 40 Million CF
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company plans to provide an extra 40 million cubic feet of natural gas daily by next February. The system serves Texas Oklahoma Kansas Missouri Illinois Indiana Ohio and Michigan.
Columbus Man Named Head of Investment Dealers of Ohio
Ewing T. Boles of Columbus was reelected president of the Investment Dealers of Ohio Incorporated. John S. Fleck of Cleveland was elected a vice president and other officers were renamed. New trustees include Warren D. Williams and Don M. Craft of Toledo and Clemens E. Gunn and Russell J. Olderman of Cleveland.
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Columbus
Ewing T. Boles
Investment Dealers of Ohio, Incorporated
John S. Fleck
Cleveland
Warren D. Williams
Don M. Craft
Toledo
Clemens E. Gunn
Russell J. Olderman
Czech Transport Plane Forced to Landing at U.S. Base
Twenty passengers aboard a Czech transport plane revolved and forced its flight into a U S base near Munich, landing with 26 aboard, according to Czech authorities. The incident followed demands amid a tense international situation.
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Munich
U. S. Yone
Germany
Czech National Airlines
US court holds soldiers liable for killings of civilians
In Niurnberg an American tribunal ruled that a soldier who murders civilians is as guilty as the officers who ordered the crimes. The decision undermines the main defense for 21 SS officers charged with mass murder during the invasion of Russia. In Australia a government committee found John Braund’s cancer cure claims to be public mischief, noting no case proved his injections of alum could cure cancer.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Russia
Sydney
Australia
John Braund
Fish Story Man Catches 140 Pound Silver Tarpon
CAMDEN-M. C. Emrick formerly of Camden and now a West Alexandria resident wrote his daughters that he caught a silver tarpon weighing 140 pounds while fishing at Punta Gorda Florida. He said the fish was 78 inches long and 37 inches in girth and it took him two hours to land it. He claims it is the largest catch in that area for over two years. They are returning home for the summer months.
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Camden
M. C. Emrick
West Alexandria
John Brower
Jimmie Lackey
Punta Gorda
Fla
Emrick
Ohio Patrol seeks 80 new officers this year
The Ohio Highway Patrol plans to hire 80 patrolmen to raise total strength to 400 by year end. Superintendent George Mingle announced interviews for the next training school, starting in June. Also noted, wartime sugar shortages totaled 1,250,000 tons.
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Columbus
Ohio Highway Patrol
George Mingle
Warren Agricultural Council Reorganizes for New Year
Warren County Agricultural Council holds a reorganized meeting in the courthouse auditorium led by County Agent Berman Ross. Morris Goodman is elected president and Miss Margaret Bay named secretary. A county wide farmer’s picnic at the fairgrounds is planned.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Agricultural Council
Berman Ross
Morris Goodman
Near Lebanon
Margaret Bay
Fairgrounds
Alfred C. Watkins
AAA
F. W. Fuestis
Warren County Agricultural Club
William Hufford
Warren County Fair Board
H. N
Production Credit Corp
Viola Hartsock
Ken Leaf
Home Council
Dellos M. Worley
Granges
Taft Campaign Wraps Up Nebraska Push Focused on Preparedness
Nebraska campaign rounds conclude as Taft emphasizes preparedness. Vandenberg declines nomination, ranking third in the Michigan 41. Across the field, 102 delegates remain uninstructed, with 548 needed to secure the nomination. Delegates from Nebraska Minnesota New Hampshire figure in the tally.
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Minnesota
New Hampshire
Vandenberg
Michigan
Taft
Nebraska
MacArthur to wait Nebraska primary before further statements
General MacArthur said he would await Nebraska primary results before commenting further on his Presidential bid. He had finished second to Harold E. Stassen in Wisconsin and offered a brief remark on free speech and recording individual viewpoints.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Harold E. Stassen
Taft Defends Draft View Amid Barnstorming Tour
Taft urged a strong air force while opposing universal military training and signaling a possible temporary draft return. He spoke to crowds in Fremont and other cities as Democratic chairman J. Howard McGrath challenged his readiness stance, arguing Taft would back preparedness if he knew the facts.
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Fremont
J. Howard McGrath
Taft
Ohio
McGrath
Portland
Ore
Lebanon Building Permits Hit 24500 Total for Month
A total of 24500 in building permits were issued last month by Mayor Clyde C. Collins. Plans call for two new homes and improvements to two others. John Paul of the Trustees of Public Affairs oversees the projects. A $10000 home is planned on Columbus Ave. Elsie Hayes will build a $13500 home at Orchard Ave and Keever St. Ennis Gillman requests a $600 dwelling addition and William Frauenkencht a $400 dwelling improvement.
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Lebanon
Clyde C. Collins
John Paul
Trustees of Public Affairs Office
Columbus Ave
Elsie Hayes
Orchard Avenue
Keever Street
Ennis Gillman
William Frauenkencht
Railroad Shop Crafts of America Joins AFL
The Brotherhood of Railroad Shop Crafts of America in Pennsylvania has joined the American Federation of Labor. The move brings about cooperation with 17 AFL rail groups and a union strength of about 40 000 members.
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Pittsburgh
Brotherhood of Railroad Shop Crafts of America
Pennsylvania System
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Oklahoma Rattlesnake Hunt Returns to Okeene
In Okeene Oklahoma the ninth annual rattlesnake hunt opens with a three day convention in Okeene and Enid starting tomorrow. Hunters from 17 states descend with sticks and sacks as four hundred register for the first day.
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Exum Hills
Oklahoma
Okeene
Enid
Herbert in Ohio briefings and regional appointments
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert traveled to Cleveland for a Rotary Club event honoring state representatives. Dr. William J. Sterling of Cleveland was named to the State Board of Dental Examiners with a term to April 6, 1953, succeeding Dr. Howard Hayden. William R. Zimmerman of Youngstown was appointed to the State Board of Pharmacy ending March 31, 1953, succeeding Byron C. Spoon. Herbert granted a conditional pardon to Angelo Scerria of Cleveland to avoid deportation, ending his Ohio penitentiary term for blackmail on April 13. In Cleveland, a bridge contract for the Huron crossing over Wheeling and Lake Erie tracks was expected within three weeks, with completion anticipated this year.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Cleveland
Rotary Club
General Assembly
Angelo Scerria
Ohio
Italy
Huron
New York Central Railroad
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Warren Relief Shows Decline
Warren county relief rolls declined slightly last month as better weather allowed more reliefers to find work. Mrs. Lois Gambill relief director reported 106 cases covering 396 people costing 4633.81 dollars, down from 115 cases and 430 people at a cost of 5047.24 dollars the previous month.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Lois Gambill
Navy seeks doubling ships funds to aid national security
Secretary Sullivan said President Truman will ask Congress to more than double appropriations for merchant ships to address a vessel shortage essential to national security. Also in New York transit fare talks loomed as 42 000 workers seek pay boosts and ERP chief Hoffman prepared to hire 5 000 staff, while two escaped inmates were captured in Elizabeth City and turned over to the FBI for return to Ohio.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Sullivan
Truman
Congress
New York
CIO
Elizabeth City
N. C
Fulton County
Wauseon
Richard Wierauch
Napoleon, O
Paul Battig
FBI
Ohio
Coal miner dies after fatal double shooting in Fairmont
A 45-year-old coal miner Ernie Lee Yost died in a Fairmont hospital from a self inflicted gunshot wound after he allegedly set a device to burn his home and killed his wife Nellie Marie Yost and attorney Tucker Maroose. Coroner D E Kidd cited the self inflicted gunshot as the cause.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Ernie Lee Yost
D. E. Kidd
Nellie Marie Yost
Tucker Maroose
Windstorm Damages Keeneland Barns and Kills Man
A severe windstorm at Keeneland race course in Lexington Kentucky killed one man and damaged several horse barns. Emergency crews responded to the scene as debris and structural damage were reported around the facility.
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Lexington
Keenland Race Course
Truman Names Delos Rentzel to Lead Civil Aeronautics Administration
President Truman nominated Delos Wilson Rentzel of Virginia to head the Civil Aeronautics Administration. He succeeds Theodore P. Wright, who resigned as CAA Administrator.
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Washington
Truman
Delos Wilson Rentzel
Virginia
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Theodore P. Wright
CAA
Roosevelt backs liberal running mate for Truman
James Roosevelt urged a Democratic vice presidential candidate who is a thorough going liberal of outstanding ability. The California Democratic chairman declined to name a candidate but called for a running mate fit for President Truman at the Philadelphia convention in July.
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Los Angeles
James Roosevelt
California
Democratic State Central Committee
Truman
Philadelphia
Franklin Class To Meet Friday
Pollyanna Class of the First Baptist Church will hear Mrs E S Land of Middletown speak on Charm and Personality Friday night at Mrs Harry Beachlers home. Mrs W P Noland leads the program with devotional by Mrs Spencer Coleman and hospitality by several listed helpers.
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Franklin
E. S. Land
Middletown
First Baptist Church
Harry Beachler
W. P. Noland
Spencer Coleman
End Abuse Plea From Rosenwald on Holy Land Policy
Lessing J. Rosenwald president of the American Council for Judaism urges an end to abuse of President Truman and other officials over Holy Land policy. He backs a Palestine trustee ship rather than partition.
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New York
Lessing J. Rosenwald
American Council For Judaism
Truman
Holy Land
Butler 4-H Training Meeting Set for Saturday Evening
Hamilton The Butler County 4-H executive committee announced a training meeting for all advisors junior leaders and officers to be held Saturday evening at the Hamilton YMCA. The 8 to 10 pm program includes officers training reports and demonstrations led by local 4-H leaders and agents.
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Butler
Hamilton
Butler County
R. K. Forst
Norma Jean McCarley
Hamilton Ymca
James M. Lewis
Butler County Farm Bureau
Louis W. Holle
Mildred Thompson
John Mehl
Robert Beiser
Butler Rural Youth Organization
Editor McCabe Near Death After Beating in Illinois
William R. McCabe, 65, former state legislator and newspaper publisher, lay near death after a brutal beating near his Lockport farm. Police said two armed men forced him into his car, beat him with an iron bar, and demanded $5,000. He spoke of a corrupt county political setup since 1936 and was hospitalized with skull fractures and multiple broken bones.
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William R. McCabe
Will County
Lockport
McCabe
Amelia Zelko
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Frank J. Chemlck
Former Franklinite To Attend Reunion
The Rev. Walden M. Hall from Johnstown Pa a former pastor at St. Pauls and Stettler Lutheran Churches will join four First Church Columbus members in the Confirmand's Reunion at First Church of Columbus next month. The church marks its Centennial this year with the reunion as part of summer and fall events. The Centennial service is planned for October.
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Franklin
Walden M. Hall
Johnstown
St. Paul's
Stettler Lutheran
First Church
Columbus
Group To Study Oil From Coal Plant Sought
Guernsey County coal leaders plan to ask Gov. Herbert to appoint a commission to study oil from coal sites. The group would work with the U S Bureau of Mines with members including R L Ireland Adolph Pacifico and a third disinterested party. They met with Lt. Paul M. Herbert and other officials while touring abandoned mines and assessing rock formations.
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Cambridge, C
Guernsey County Coal
Thomas J. Herbert
Vssible
U. S. Bureau of Mines
R. L. Ireland
Hanna Coal Company
Cleveland
Ohio Coal Association
Adolph Pacifico
District 6
United Mine Workers
Guernsey County
Paul M. Herbert
L. D. Schmidt
Morgantown
Louis Turnbull
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Steel and coal strike widen layoffs across states
The report cites about 25 000 idle in related industries not counting unique Bethlehem Steel layoffs of 22 500 at Bethlehem and Johnstown. States from Illinois to Tennessee show thousands idled as mills shut and blast furnaces banked. Bethlehem and Carnegie Illinois, U S Steel units scale back output. district total idle rises to 34 500 with more job cuts foreseen.
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Bethelehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem and
Johnstown
Illinois
West Virginia
Alabama
Ohio
Virginia
New Mexico
Maryland
New York
Indiana
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Utah
Michigan
Tennessee
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
Lackawanna
N. Y
Carnegie - Illinois Steel
Homestead
U. S. Steel
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Birmingham
Big Fairfield
Weirton Steel Company
Crucible Steel Company
East Liverpool
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Byrd
D-Va
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Broad ST
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Pergrin Fisa
Romania
Manila
Philippines
Surplus Property Commission
Toyo (P
Asahi
Inugama
Nagoya
Berlin
U. S
Laicius D. Clay
U.S.S.R
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Poland
Albania
Java
United States
Warren Agricultural Council
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Goodyear Service
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State Department
Farst
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