1000 Families Evacuated in Flood Across Ohio River Valley
AP reports a five state Ohio River valley flood season pushes into Florida and North Dakota lowlands. The serpentine Ohio River runs 10 feet above flood stage in areas, with tributaries flooding across the watershed. Tallahassee, Branford, and other communities face isolation and transport disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Florida
North Dakota
Ohio
Tallahassee
Georgia
Branford
Fla
Suwannee
Guard Troops Deployed for Manchester Flood Duties
Adj. Gen. Chester W. Goble ordered the head quarters company of the 147th Infantry to Manchester to handle flood duties on the Ohio River. The unit, commanded by Capt. Kart C. Downey, includes two trucks three officers and 65 men.
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Columbus
Adj
Chester W. Goble
National Guard
Manchester
Ohio River
147Th Infantry
Kart C. Downey
Flood Waters Swell Across Ohio Valley and Midwest
No flood deaths or injuries reported. About 1 000 families evacuated across Ohio River states and Minnesota cities Grand Forks and East Grand Forks. Red Cross and National Guard mobilize as rivers crest and power plants fail, with shelters set in several cities and Athens University field underwater.
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Ohio River
Kentucky
Ennsylvania
West Virginia
Indiana
Ohio
Grand Forks
East Grand Forks
Minn
Red River
National Guardsmen
Red Cross
Ohio Valley
National Guard
Marietta
Parkersburg
W. Va
Jeffersonville
New Albany
Evansville
Ind
Washington
Red Cross Eastern Area
Point Pleasant
Maysville
Cincinnati
Madison
Aurora
Army and
Coast Guard
Cors
Cynthiana
Licking
Milford
Claysville
Pomeroy
Athens
Meigs
Ohio University
Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Monongahela
Allegheny
Stassen Smashes Nebraska Primary In Taft Scuffle
Reports from Washington indicate Senator Taft of Ohio expressed disappointment over Nebraska’s popular vote results where Harold Stassen led and Governor Dewey trailed. Taft warned of Ohio’s May 4 outcome as Stassen and Dewey gain momentum while Taft seeks delegates.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Nebraska
Harold E. Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
Butler
Dewey
Stassen
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Illinois
Dwight H. Green
Stassen Wins Nebraska Primary Over Dewey Taft
In Nebraska, Harold E. Stassen defeats Dewey and Taft in the GOP primary, with Vandenberg in fourth. Stassen leads 68,129 to 53,755 for Dewey and 17,393 for Taft as 1,701 of 2,024 precincts counted. Delegates pledged to Stassen plus overall results shape a post primary momentum.
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Minnesota
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Douglas McArthur
Arthur Vandenberg
Stassen
Dewey
Vandenberg
MacArthur
Earl Warren
California
Joseph Martin
Philadelphia
Truman
J. Truman
O'Mahoney
Wye
Kenneth Wherry
GOP
Senate
Val Peterson
Terry Carpenter
Frank Sorrell
Miller Urges Sales Tax Cut in Ohio Campaign
Ray T. Miller, former Cleveland mayor and Democratic candidate for governor, urges eliminating sales tax on purchases under 30 cents and proposes tax relief on medicines, household essentials, and personal hygiene items. He calls the penny tax on small buys unfair and notes high rates before the 30 cent class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Ohio
Ray T. Miller
Cleveland
Conference Resumes in Bogota After Revolt
The Pan American conference, broken up by five days of revolt in Bogota, voted to resume sessions. Delegates expect a resolution against communism in the Western Hemisphere as Moscow radio disputed reports of Soviet involvement. The U.S. observer Jackson said he will report to Congress and the cabinet weighs severing relations with Russia. Gunfire was heard near the U.S. Embassy as sessions continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
U.S
George C. Marshall
Elegates
London
Moscow
Tass
Bribea
Donald L. Jackson
R-Cal
Jackson
Congress
Russia
Gunine
U. S
Taft and Eccles clash over housing bill inflation fears
Senator Taft agrees some Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill credit provisions are inflationary while arguing the plan will still spur home building. Eccles criticizes terms as too liberal and Taft singles out 90 percent loans with no down payment as a potential risk of price inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve
Senate
Eccles
House Economic Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Garage Destroyed in $150000 Fire in Pittsburgh
Fire swept through the Distribu tors Service Company garage on the northside causing about 150000 dollars in damage. The firm owned by George Callahan Jr transports motion picture film to exhibitors in the tri state area of western Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Distributors Service Company
George Callahan, Jr
Tri State
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Democ rats Predicted to Win in Italian Elections
In Rome the Messaggero predicted Premier Alcide De Gasperi and the Christian Democrats would finish well ahead of the Communists in Sunday's poll. The paper noted no doubt of victory while reporting clashes at Milan and other cities as police intervened.
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Rome
Messaggero
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrats
Il Messaggero
Dr Gasperi
Milan
San Giuliano Milanese
Pesaro
Bologna
Venice
Italy
United States
Russia
Palmiro Togliatti
Carlo Sforza
U. S
James C. Dunn
Europe
World
Prize Fight Official Faces Murder Charge in Dover
Paul Cash a 33 year old prize fight promoter and boxing commissioner is held without bond on a first degree murder charge after Roxie Lucille Baker 19 died from head injuries. Cash pleaded innocent and was bound over to the Tuscarawas County Grand jury as details of the autopsy remain confidential until trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Paul Cash
Tuscarawas County
Grand Jury
Roxie Lucille Baker
D. M. Ceramella
Vernon Lee
Ceramella
Cash
Tuscarawas Amateur Athletic Union
Baker
Fire Destroys Block In Laramie Wyoming Downtown
A downtown fire destroyed seven buildings and damaged ten others in Laramie with losses over $1,000,000 unofficially. No fatalities reported as 35 to 40 residents were left homeless. Fire crews from Cheyenne Rawlins Fort Francis E Warren and Fort Collins aided, National Guard and ROTC volunteers assisted to prevent looting. The Holliday building housed a general merchandise store.
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Laramie
Wyo
Sith Vice Ce Wake Fanning
Fanning
Cheyenne
Rawlins
Fort Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
Fort Collins
Colo
Fort Warren
National Guard
Wyoming University R. O. T. C
Flaming
Red Cross
Holliday
Four Killed In Gun Fights In Jerusalem
Four people, three Arabs and one Jew, died in Jerusalem as gunfire and mortar duels raged across the city. A 15 foot mortar shell near a public information booth was a dud. Casualties rose from the Arab attack on a convoy to Hadassah hospital, with doctors among the dead and Dr Haif Yassky named among victims. The UN partition toll totals 2,843 since November 29, including Jews, Arabs, British, Americans and others.
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Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Holy City
Hadassah Hospital
Mount Scopus
Haif Yassky
Palestine
Hadassah Organization
United Nations
Steel Pay Talks Will Be Resumed In Pittsburgh
Wage negotiations between United States Steel Corporation and the CIO United Steelworkers of America will resume in Pittsburgh next Monday. The union seeks a substantial wage increase for more than 600 000 workers and the company plans to reply to CIO President Philip Murray’s demands in two brief meetings on April 5 and 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corporation
CIO - United Steelworkers of America
CIO
Philip Murray
Hughes Meyers deemed obviously corrupt in wartime talks
A Senate War Investigating Committee report labels Hughes Meyers wartime negotiations as obviously corrupt and urges a new law requiring prompt reporting of bribery or extortion in government deals. It notes Meyers was convicted for pressuring a business associate and faces tax indictments and possible court martial. The panel faults War Department and Army Air Forces for poor probes and recommends independent agencies handle future inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Howard Hughes
Bennett E. Meyers
Senate War Investigating Committee
Truman
Hughes
Meyers
Army Air Forces
Government Printing Office
War Department
Army Air Force
Senate Committee
Air Force
Army
Navy
Fire destroys Stokely-Van Camp canning plant
In Celina Ohio a major blaze destroyed the Stokely-Van Camp Canning plant with losses over 300000 dollars. The fire ruined 60000 cases of foods 150 tons of sugary products and 2000 fifty pound bags of beans. no injuries reported as firefighters from four communities battled the flames.
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Celina, O
Stokely-Van Camp Canning Company
Celina Specialty Company
Arthur Grey
Grey
St. Mary's
van Wert
Coldwater
Plane Crash Investigation Abandoned After Russian No-Show
In Berlin a joint British Russian inquiry into the fatal April 5 crash of a British and a Soviet plane collapsed as Russian investigators failed to appear. The British pressed on with their own inquiry after a 15 minute wait while blaming Western Allies for not reaching a four power currency reform accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Half Of Coal Diggers Still Stay Off Jobs
Pittsburgh AP reports more than half of the nations 400000 soft coal miners refused to return to work awaiting the outcome of John L Lewis trial. In West Virginia 75000 of 120000 UMW members worked with many mines idle or short staffed due to unions and weather and power outages. In eastern Pennsylvania 30000 of 32000 walked back as pension demands were granted while 22000 of 96000 western central miners returned with a few thousand expected to come back today.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Judge Goldsborough
West Virginia
UMW
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associations
Grant Town
W. Va
Gulf and
New River
Monongahela
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
Picketing Halted at Ohio Power Philo Plant
Picketing at the Philo plant of Ohio Power Co. was abandoned yesterday as Sheriff Harry Bealmer moved in with arrest orders. Morgan County common pleas court had issued contempt of court orders after CIO utility workers refused to obey a temporary injunction against picketing. Weston A. Brown, the plant superintendent, said the workers came from Brilliant and Power plants in West Virginia.
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Zanesville, O
Ohio Power Company
Philo
Harry Bealmer
Morgan County Common Pleas Court
CIO Utility Workers Union
Weston A. Brown
Brilliant
Power
W. Va
Judge Rejects Dismissal in Coal Strike Contempt Trial
John L. Lewis pleads not guilty and stays on trial in Washington for contempt of court over a coal strike. Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough refuses to dismiss. government presents witnesses on the strike’s national impact and the welfare fund dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L
Lewis
Atorney
Welly K. Hopkins
United Mine Workers
Hopkins
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Union
Supreme Court
Graham Morison
U. S
Maryland
St Lewis
Governent
John Owens
UMW
Willliam L. P. Burke
Miners’ Welfare Fund
Welfare Fund
W. H. Young
Bureau of Mines
W. Lewis Bassie
Commerce Department
Nel Lee Smith
Federal Power Commission
Arthur H. Gas
Tansport
Office of Defense Transportation
Russia Rejects Plan To Return Trieste To Italy
Moscow rejected Western plans to grant Trieste to Italy and delivered a Soviet note to Britain France and the United States calling the proposal unacceptable. French Foreign Minister Bidault had proposed a May Paris meeting on Trieste with Yugoslavia opposing the free city status in the peace treaty.
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Britain
France
United States
Georges Bidault
Turin
Italy
Paris
Trieste
Russia
Yugoslavia
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N. Y
Harold F. Stassen
James C Hagerty
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Tokyo
Darkhorse
By Jack Bell
Omaha
New York
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Miller
By Joseph FL McEvoy
Prise
Harry Mason
Mason
Belleville
Mich
Wyoming City
Holy Land
Ohio Company
Moscow Radio
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