Senate Approves ERP Aid as House Vote Looms
The Senate approved a $5.58 billion European Recovery Program package and sent it to the House. The administration and party leaders anticipate swift approval. The House bill would authorize up to $4.28 billion for the next year plus private investment guarantees, aiming to total about $72 million more in 15 months if investors commit. A final vote is expected early next week after reconciliations.
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37th Division Is Landed For Pacific Work
Ohio historians reported that the 37th Division cleared the way for large scale offensive operations in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. Dr. John Miller Jr. noted 37th actions on New Georgia and Bougainville in late 1942 and early 1943 aided the strategic plan for defeating Japan. Maj. Gen. Robert Beightler, former 37th commander, also spoke.
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British Steel Foundrymen to Visit Springfield Plant
A party of British steel foundrymen visiting to study American industrial methods will tour the Ohio Steel Company plant in Springfield Ohio next Tuesday, announced by the Economic Cooperation Administration yesterday.
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Ohio Steel Company
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Chinese Reds Open Assault Upon Nanking
Communists press hard along a 650 mile Yangtze front. Red troops attack north bank bridgeheads and threaten major assaults into North China as peace talks resume in Peiping. Nanking officials gather to decide on the government reply to Mao’s eight conditions. Icheng, a key ferry town 28 miles northeast, falls to Reds as further attacks hit other bridgeheads.
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Huge Military Budget Voted by House Appropriations
The House Appropriations Committee approved a record $15.909 billion defense bill for the coming year. The Air Force received the largest share, while the Army and Navy were below Truman’s request. Leaders warned that unexpected events could spark conflict without warning.
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Two Infants Die in Petersburg Fire
In Petersburg Pennsylvania two infants Donnie Lee Yoder 17 months and Rebecca Ann Yoder 6 months died trapped in a house fire as firemen from three central Pennsylvania towns fought the blaze. Petersburg sits about 35 miles east of Altoona, in a community of 800.
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Democrats Promised War Chest To Win 1950 Vote
In Washington at the Mayflower Hotel Truman rally, Democratic leaders pledged a 1 million dollar war chest and a pay-as-you-go fund drive to ensure victory in the 1950 congressional elections. Senators McGrath and Boyle announced the financial plan as the party seeks broad support for its program.
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Jefferson Jackson
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William M. Boyle, Jr
Mother Of Bishop Dies In Cincinnati
Mrs. Blanche King Mussio, 71, mother of Most Rev. King Mussio Catholic bishop of Steubenville, died yesterday at her Cincinnati home. A native of Cincinnati, she was connected to the church through her son.
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Three Nation German Plan Earns Senate Praise
Western Germany move toward self government draws approval from senators led by Chairman Tydings and Bridges as a step to reduce US aid. The plan shifts to civilian control in the tri zonal area while occupation troops remain under civilian chiefs awaiting a German federal republic. Bonn assembly members grow hopeful for a constitutional agreement, with allies offering to end military rule once a democratic regime is in place.
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Tito Defiant Toward Reds in Yugoslavia
Premier Marshal Tito, speaking before the Peoples' Front Congress in Topchidar Park, declared Yugoslavia free to trade with the west and warned Cominform forces against stirring civil discord. He asserted independence from Moscow and condemned Soviet influence while outlining plans for western economic ties.
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Reward funds to pay $500 for bombing crime clues
Warren police say the city reward and pension fund will cover a $500 award for information leading to the capture of the person or persons responsible for bombing an unfinished home of Dr. Samuel Brown, an African American physician, amid earlier warnings about moving into the neighborhood.
Lewis Fails To Win New York Taxi Strike
New York taxi strike ends with more than 90 percent of cabs in operation. Taxi Workers Organizing Committee claims victory and vows unfair labor charges and future recognition. Mayor O Dwyer ends emergency police deployment as operators deny union backing.
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Tlis Taxi Workers Organizing Committee
William O'Dwyer
Taxi Workers Organizing Committee
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Walter Brock
State Offers Rebuttal To Youths Story
In Bryan Ohio AP report 15 year old Ervin Arthur Ingle testifies he did not know how to drive when the slayings occurred defending himself against Mrs. John Gabriel’s advances. He says he took his father’s pistol to her at her request and shot when she grabbed his arm. State witnesses counter his account during the murder trial.
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Insult To Injury in Chicago as Man Falls From Truck
Chicago AP reports Felix Casey, 64, parked on the wrong side of the street. Traffic officers Nick Regan and Joseph Piotrowski asked for his license. Casey said it was in a bag atop the truck. He climbed up to retrieve it, fell, and broke his left arm. He was taken to Cook County Hospital and given a parking ticket.
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Nick Regan
Joseph Piotrowski
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Mrs FDR Jr Seeks Divorce In Reno Nevada
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt Jr arrives in Reno to establish residence for a divorce. The former Ethel Dupont refused to speak to reporters at the Washoe Valley ranch where a reservation was made under an assumed name. Roosevelt, who recently announced his bid for the U S House, is the third child of the late president to seek a Nevada divorce following Elliott and Anna Roosevelt Boettiger in prior years.
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Two Boys Die in Bicycle Collision in Detroit
DETROIT AP Two inseparable 11 year old friends Richard Parrish and James Darling were killed when a car struck their bicycle while they rode double. Both boys died almost instantly in the Midwest tragedy that ended their neighborhood companionship.
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Gromyko Seen As Demanding Trustee Rule
LAKE SUCCESS AP A source says Soviet official Andrei Gromyko will push for UN trusteeship over all former Italian colonies in Africa. He will address the 58 nation UN Political Committee as part of post-shuffle diplomacy. The United States France and Britain have offered initial positions.
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Russians Quit Meeting But Return Later
At the International Radio Conference in Mexico City the Russians walked out last night and returned an hour later after protesting U S charges that Soviet jamming of Voice Of America broadcasts violated the talks. George E Sterling US delegate accused the Soviet side of hostility while defending the US stance against signing an 85 nation plan that would allocate short wave air time. He said the United States came to the conference with high purpose and offered extensive technical aid while warning the Soviets were ready to sign any plan regardless of its fairness.
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Hungary Rejects Protests Over Human Rights Pledges
Hungary today dismissed charges by the United States and Britain that it violated human rights treaty pledges. Budapest countered with accusations of grave discrimination against US and British citizens by race and color. Notes were handed to the American and British legations, with the April 2 protest demanding respect for freedoms and the Mindszenty imprisonment cited.
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Falls Into Pipe Rescue Reaches Depths In Kathy Fiscus Tragedy
Rescue crews in San Marino California worked through the night to reach Kathy Fiscus a 34 year old girl trapped inside a 14 inch casing of a 120 foot deep abandoned well giant crane shovels gouged a 25 foot wide hole and men descended with torches to cut through the casing while plans to extend a wider pipe line were made diversions and balls dropped down the shaft indicated the child remained at depth with no response from below as volunteers and family watched in grim prayer
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Crackdown as export controls seize huge carbon black shipment
U S officials flag suspected diversion of strategic materials to the Soviet bloc prompting a Houston seizure. A 1 300 000 pound carbon black load valued at about 150 000 dollars was halted after a round about trip from Texas to Mexico and back allegedly toward Rotterdam. Investigations extend to other materials and nations under Marshall Plan controls.
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Cincinnatian Dies in Chair as Pair Faces Death
AP report details a 20 year old Cincinnati slayer executed in Ohio's electric chair for robbing and killing a taxi driver. His partner Asbell Adams smiled in the death chamber while Charles Sparks, a tuberculosis patient, lay chronically ill in a hospital bed awaiting a possible later fate after a governor granted a reprieve.
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Ohio Penitentiary
Charles Sparks
Frank J. Lausche
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Burglary incident ends in fatal shooting by officer
Climmie Roddy, 38, died from bullet wounds after Patrolman George Mears said he acted in self defense when Roddy rushed with a knife during an attempted food store burglary. The shooting drew AP coverage and details of the alleged crime and response.
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Vatican Sees No War in 1950 Says Vatican Official
Vatican City AP reports Monsignor Sergio Pignedoli, secretary of the Central Committee for Holy Year 1950 celebrations, states there will be no war this year. He comments amid postwar tensions and Catholic observance planning.
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Canadian Doctor Reports Cancer Forecast Method
Canadian physician Dr. J Ernest Ayre announces a possible forecasting method for womb cancer up to two years before development. Based on a new cell type with a distinctive nucleus, the approach aims to detect early cancer trends and treat at the earliest stage. The term neuro cancer was proposed for these early cells.
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