Paynes demand Herbert withdraws from gubernatorial race in Ohio
Albert Edward Payne a Springfield tool maker seeking the Republican nomination urged Gov. Thomas J. Herbert to resign from the Ohio governor race. Payne cited Hamilton city manager squabble, organized gambling, and vice as signs of public malaise. He proposed an anti crime commission and urged Wilson to replace Buechner, who resigned after a court defeat.
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Hamilton
Albert Edward Payne
Springfield
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Payne
Herbert
Wired
Frank Buechner
Howard
Hack” Wilson
Village Moves to Repeal Carlisle Incorporation
Carlisle residents petition in Town Hall demanding reconsideration of the March 19 incorporation action by Warren County Commissioners. They allege unkept pledges, lack of informed notice, and call for an informal vote before finalization. A $25,000 bond issue was discussed as a first municipal step.
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Carlisle
Warren County
County Commission
Stench Bomb Fails To Halt Anti-Red Rally
In Akron AP report, an anti Communist rally continues after a stench bomb detonates under the stage as Upton Close begins his address. Close accuses Communism as a new deal pushing Russia to challenge the world. choir and crowd flee but event proceeds.
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Akron
Upton Close
Close
Russia
Pressman Injured In Louisville Fire
A fire in the Louisville Courier Journal rotogravure pressroom injured pressman Frank Phillips and destroyed about 50 pounds of newsprint. Phillips was treated for slight arm burns at General Hospital after a blaze started during solvent cleaning in the annex while the roto press operated.
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Louisville, Ky
Louisville Courier- Journal
Frank Phillips
General Hospital
Courier- Journal
Louisville Times
Mystery Solved in Bellefontaine Earthquake Echo
Farmer Jay Nogle identified the quake as a large dynamite blast from a rock pile near Bellefontaine. Residents rushed to the streets Wednesday night after windows rattled and the ground shook following the blast.
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Bellefontaine, O
Jay Nogle
Bellefontaine
Fogle
Franklin Vets Attack Brown on UNIT Stand
Russell McElfresh Posts of the American Legion at Franklin draft a unanimous resolution denouncing Congressman Clarence J. Brown for opposing universal military training and preparedness. The Franklin Legion backs President Truman's call for an adequate balanced military establishment to secure the U S in a chaotic world. Brown, from Blanchester, manages Taft campaign and also opposes UMT.
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Franklin, O
Clarence J. Brown
Russell McElfresh
American Legion
Franklin
Brown
Franklin Legion
Truman
U. S
Blanchester
Lebanon
Robert A. Taft
UMT
Italy imposes 32 hour cooling off period before vote
The Italian cabinet ordered a 32 hour political cooling off period before the April 18 election. Campaigning ends at midnight April 16 and voting begins at 8 a m on Sunday. Premier Alcide de Gasperi led the anti Communists as the cabinet also ordered schools closed April 12 to 22 to mobilize students as election aides.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Symphony conductor Koussevitzky to retire after jubilee
In Boston, Dr. Serge Koussevitzky will end his conductorship of the Boston Symphony Orchestra after the 1948 49 season marking his silver jubilee. He will be succeeded by Charles Muench, 57, Alsatian conductor and current leader of the Paris Conservatory Orchestra and the Paris Philharmonic.
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Boston
Serge Koussevitzky
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Muench
Paris Conservatory
Paris Philharmonic
Slain Victim Identified as Etta Bowman in Columbus Hotel Case
Police say a Columbus man seen with a 29 year old woman before her body was found in a downtown hotel is not the killer. Detectives identified the victim as Etta Bowman, 24, who traveled across states and left a son Larry in Portland. The body was found March 31 in the Ohio Hotel with 20 stab wounds.
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Columbus
Mona McBride
Glenn Hoffman
Etta Bowman
Larry
Portland
Oregon
B. L. Bowman
Colo
Harvey D. Ferguson
Central City
Bowman
Four Indicted in Columbus War Veterans Housing Probe
A Franklin County commissioner George W. Matson and contractors Carl Lucas David Reynolds Lucas were indicted by a special grand jury investigating veterans housing. Charges include conspiracy to defraud embezzlement and presenting a false bill. Ernest W. Downing faces embezzlement. The probe began February 17 at the request of Attorney General Hugh S. Jenkins following irregularities in the veterans housing program.
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Columbus
Veterans’ Housing Today
Franklin County
George W. Matson
Carl Lucas
David Reynolds Lucas
Ernest W. Downing
Atty
Hugh S. Jenkins
Retired Salvation Army General Dies in Sydney
George Lyndon Carpenter aged 75, a retired Salvation Army general, died after an operation in Sydney. He led the Salvation Army from 1939 to 1946 succeeding Gen Evangeline Booth. A New South Wales native and former carpenter, he joined the movement in Melbourne in 1892. His wife was at his deathbed.
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Sydney
Australia
George Lyndon Carpenter
Salvation Army
General Carpenter
Evangeline Booth
New South Wales
Melbourne
Senate to Move Military Bill Ahead of All Business
Senate leaders order a fast track on defense legislation as Taft signals support for stronger air power and a draft if needed. House committees push to register men 18 to 30 with 19 to 25 liable for two years, while a $725 million warplane expansion drives House hearings. Forrestal cautions balanced forces and broader draft options.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Armed Services Committee
Republican Policy Committee
UMIT
Defense Forrestal
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air
Forrestal
House Appropriations Committee
Air Force
Fleet Aviation
Taber
R-Ny
White House
GE Labor Demonstrations Foreseen Amid Wage Dispute
New York AP General Electric officials foresee protests and possible work stoppages at GE plants nationwide today as a CIO United Electrical Workers wage dispute with GE intensifies. GE's George H Pfeif, in wage talks since March 2, cites resistance to union demands while union rep Joseph Dermody notes growing restlessness among workers after a month of deadlock and an austerity campaign by the company.
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New York
General Electric Company
George H. Pfeif
Pfeif
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Joseph Dermody
Former Dentist Charged After License Revocation
In Springfield 76 year old C. C. Winfrey, formerly a Cleveland dentist, was charged with violating the state dental code. Police Lt. John Law said he was arrested at his home after a complaint by state dental inspector E. H. Sellers alleging operation of a licensed dental laboratory without proper credentials.
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Springfield
Cleveland
John Law
C. C. Winfrey
E. H. Sellers
Sellers
Winfrey
Australia mulls good relations treaty with United States
Canberra AP reports an authoritative government source says Australia is giving preliminary consideration to a good relations treaty with the United States.
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Canberra
Australia
United States
Twenty Hitler Officers Convicted at Nurnberg Trials
A three judge panel found twenty SS officers guilty on all three counts for killing at least a million Jews Gypsies and other Nazi victims. Four generals twelve colonels three majors and one lieutenant were convicted for leading the Eichstatt commandos. Sentences will be announced tomorrow.
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Mernberg
Germany
Hitler
Michael A. Musmanno
Pittsburgh
Nuernberg
Eichsatz
Otto Ohlendorf
Einsatz
Heinz Jost
Erwin Schultz
Heinz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Police Chief’s Pay Cut as Gambling Fight Continues
Ironton Ohio report says Coal Grove Police Chief Vern Davis saw his salary slashed from 200 dollars a month to 10 dollars after a campaign against gambling. Mayor Archie Malone cited fund shortages and questioned performance while Davis vowed to stay on and end gambling. The council also eliminated two newly created mayoral staff posts.
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Ironton, O
Vern Davis
Coal Grove
Archie Malone
Davis
Miller Advocates Ohio Farm Program for Governor Bid
Ray T. Miller, Democratic candidate for governor, outlines a five point Ohio farm program. It includes soil rehabilitation, price parity, farm ownership, science staff, and surplus safeguards to prevent wasting crops. He calls for farmer-led state farm aid and lasting conservation.
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Ray T. Miller
Ohio
Miller
America
Motorcyclist dies in crash near Salem
Salem 20 year old Thomas Bailey died when his motorcycle left the road and struck a tree. He was the son of Salem City Hospital superintendent and Mrs Walter J Bailey.
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Salem, O
Thomas Bailey
Salem City Hospital
Walter J. Bailey
Coal Strike Forces 25 Percent Freight Train Cut
Washington reports a 25 percent cut in coal burning freight and passenger service amid a 26 day old coal mine shutdown. Action ordered by ODT and ICC to conserve dwindling coal supplies. 70,000 railroad workers idled and 164,000 broader workers idle. Hartley warns of tougher anti Lewis measures if Taft Hartley proves inadequate. Lewis to face contempt proceedings Monday for defying a back to work order.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Hartley
R-Nj
Lewis
House Labor Committee
Office of Defense Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
ODT
ICC
Monay
White House
T. Alan Goldsborough
Supreme Court
Reigh Count Dies at Stoner Creek Stud in Kentucky
Reigh Count, 23 year old Derby champion of 1928, died at Stoner Creek near Paris Kentucky after a long life at stud. He sired 20 stakes winners including Count Fleet and Triplicate, and his lineage also produced Countess Time who whelped 1940 Derby winner Gallahadian. The horse was the only Derby winner to produce both a Derby winner and the dam of a Derby winner.
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Paris
Reigh Count
John D. Hertz
Stoner Creek
Here
Countess Time
Reigh
Greentree Farm
Count Fleet
Triplicate
Jewish Forces Retake Kastel in Dawn Advance
Haganah fighters re occupied the strategic village of Kastel at dawn. An official said about 300 Jews attacked Dir Yasine four miles southeast, carried out by a unit of Irgun Zvai Leumi. Arabs retook Wad Sarrar later, amid heavy fighting on the Jeru salem convoy route.
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Wad Sarrar
Eastel
Jerusalem
Esterday
Haganah
Vandenberg May Influence Result In Nebraska Vote
Omaha dispatch reports Senator Arthur Vandenberg may influence Nebraska GOP presidential primary results though he denies candidacy. Vandenberg’s name remains on the ballot amid strong sentiment in state politics for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair.
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Vandenberg
Nebraska
Omaha
Arthur Vandenberg
Philadelphia
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Blind Veteran Regains Faith In Fellowman
In Los Angeles a blind 73-year-old Spanish War veteran John R. Sweany had his faith shaken when a man posing as a renter stole his radio. Edward A. Krause of Santa Monica then donated a new radio, prompting Sweany to remark on the rare kindness of others and his wife’s struggle to replace it.
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Los Angeles
John R. Sweany
Sweany
Edward A. Krause
Santa Monica
U S Submits to Red Claim Over Immunity of Soviet Ship
The United States conceded Russia’s claim that a Soviet passenger ship is immune from U S damage suits, prompting dismissal of two $75,000 injury claims. The Rosia sailed from New York to Mediterranean and Black Sea ports after the note to Ambassador Panyushkin. Longshoremen refused to load 5,000 bags of mail.
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Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Rosia
New York
United States Supreme Court
Panyushkin
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Emergency UN Session Called Over Palestine Talks Break
United Nations Security Council delegates convened an emergency session in New York at Warren R. Austin’s offices to address the apparent breakdown of Jewish Arab Palestine truce negotiations. The informal meeting was set for 3 p.m. EST.
Stassen Wins Wisconsin Debate Overtone Cited by McCarthy
Senator McCarthy cited Harold E. Stassen's decisive victory in Wisconsin as proof that his campaign owes its success to a full and free discussion of issues with voters. He argued the open exchange helped Stassen win support.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Harold E. Stassen
Wisconsin
Dewey Extends Nebraska Campaign Tour Plan
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will extend his two day Nebraska primary drive to tour western cities Dome tomorrow. He agreed to stay in Omaha overnight at the request of Republican State Chairman A. T. Howard and will fly to North Platte Alliance and Scottsbluff the next day.
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Dewey
Nebraska
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Omaha
A. T. Howard
Scottsbluff
North Platte
Alliance
Wisconsin Ballot Struggle Over Top Nominee Choice
The report outlines possible nominees for the party ticket with Harold E. Stassen Dewey and Taft as leaders. Officials debate which of the three would suffer most from an unexpected Vandenberg rise. Stassen praised Vandenberg's record at a news conference.
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Harold E. Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Vandenberg
Chiang admits loss of seven top divisions in Manchuria
Chiang Kai Shek told the national assembly that seven of his best divisions were destroyed in Manchuria. He maintained that the Communists cannot conquer China and that his forces are being reorganized.
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Chiang
Nanking
Chiang Kai Shek
Manchuria
China
The
National Assembly
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