Italians Prepare For Vote Sunday As Oratory Ends
On the eve of Italy's election the Economic Cooperation Administration said it would ship 20.4 million dollars of food and commodities to Italy France and the Netherlands. Interior minister Scelba threatened to suspend the vote if liberty of the ballot was compromised as 300 000 to 400 000 security forces guarded the election eve. De Gasperi and Palmiro Togliatti spoke as the final campaign day closed and the country faced a choice between alignment with the West or with Russia.
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Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
France
Netherlands
Rome
Italy
Russia
West
Communists
Christian Democrats
Mario Scelba
Interior
Genoa
Rome Newsaper Messagero
Christian Semeraria
Alcide de Gasperi
Naples
de Gasperi
Palmiro Togliatti
Western powers press Trieste as Italian vote nears
Washington and allies issued new notes demanding a yes or no Russian offer on Trieste just before Italians vote Sunday. The move followed U S shipments totaling about 1 9 billion to Italy this month and a warning from Attorney General Clark against Communists. Moscow’s response to the transfer plan remained the focal point of the last minute campaigning.
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Washington
Russia
Trieste
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Italy
U. S
Mediterranean
Clark
State Department
Lovett
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Hamilton Man Dies in Crash on Route 142
J Arnold Weigel assistant secretary and superintendent of Hamilton Caster and Manufacturing Company of 1637 Dixie Highway was killed when his automobile overturned on Route 142 six miles east of London. O Paul Schuler brother in law of the victim of 1389 S C St was injured and is in a Columbus hospital. Weigel is survived by his widow Josephine a daughter Joan a sister Mrs Ralph Lippert of College Hill Cincinnati and two brothers Louis Detroit and Herbert Hamilton.
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J. Arnold Weigel
Hamilton Caster and Manufacturing Company
Dixie Hichway
London
O. Paul Schuler
S.C St
Columbus
Weigel
Josephine
Joan
Ralph Lippert
College Hill
Cincinnati
Louis
Detroit
Herbert
Hamilton
Wallace Ride At Dayton Is Out OF CIO
Charles F. Sims resigned as president of the Montgomery County CIO Council after two months of national CIO pressure for his support of Wallace. George P. Moyer was elected to lead the 30 000 member body. Sims plans to campaign for Wallace. Robert Davidson attended the meeting. both Sims and Moyer belong to the CIO United Electrical and Machine Workers Union.
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Dayton,o
Charles F. Sims
Henry A. Wallace
Montgomery County Cio Council
National Cio
Sims
Wallace
George P. Mover
Council
Robert Davidson
CIO
Moyer
United Electrical and Machine Workers Union
Miller Seeks Higher Pensions in Ohio Gubernatorial Bid
Ray J. Miller of Cleveland, Democratic candidate for governor, urged increased old age pensions and broader welfare aid at a party rally. He said current pensions are too small and challenged lawmakers to live on the average $41.54 monthly pension.
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Cleveland, O
Ray J. Miller
Cleveland
Marines Held by Reds After North China Flight
Four U S Marine airmen were forced down over North China and captured by Chinese Communist forces near Kiaohsien on the Shantung peninsula April 5. The Red radio reported no injuries and said crews were being investigated after a reconnaissance over liberated areas. Named are 1st Lt Harold W Hawkins from Michigan, M- Sgt Thomas J Shaw of Louisiana, S Sgt Robert C White of West Virginia, and Cpl ie R Lewis of Petersburg.
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San Francisco
U.S
China
Red
Associated Press
Kiaohsien
Shantung Peninsula
Tsingtao
Marine Corps
Harold W. Hawkins
Kalamazoo
Mich
Thomas J. Shaw
Winnfield
Robert C. White
Martin Would Talk To Stalin In Nuclear War Crisis
New York AP: House Speaker Joseph Martin said he would talk with Joe Stalin if it could avert a world war. The remark followed questions about easing Cold War tensions and possible diplomacy with the Soviet leader.
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Martin
Stalin
New York
Joseph Martin
Joe Stalin
Slaying of Kentucky Farmer Triggers Butler County Hunt
Butler County investigators pursued a motive after the beating death of 50 year old Kentucky farmer George Green of Sadieville. Green was found near Four Mile Creek after a hatchet blows believed to be at least 15 times. A hitchhiker theory emerged as relatives say Green was last seen in Georgetown and headed home.
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Hamilton, O
Butler County
Kentucky
George Green
Sadieville
Georgetown
Four Mile Creek Green
Louis Vance
Wyoming
Garret Boone
Green
Junior Detectives Girl And Boy Bring About Man's Arrest
In Portland two young sleuths Pauline Virgin and Navarre Smith heard a crime program about a Missouri kidnap suspect. The FBI identified John Harvey Bugg, 31, as the man sought for years and linked him to a 1945 sheriff kidnapping. Bugg was found hiding under a baby's crib in Hillsboro, Oregon.
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Portland
Ore
Missouri
FBI
John Harvey Bugg
Pauline Virgin
Navarre Smith
Jim
Pauline
Jim Williams
Navarre
Willams
Hillsboro
Howard J. Bobbitt
Train cutting appeal denied in Columbus Akron service
Columbus Ohio AP reports an attorney examiner for the State Utilities Commission recommends the Pennsylvania Railroad be denied permission to abandon two Columbus Akron passenger trains. Train 604 runs Akron 2 20 pm to Columbus 6 15 pm, Train 605 Columbus 8 15 am to Akron 12 20 pm. Both trains are out of service due to coal shortage. If approved, the railroad would be required to resume operation.
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Columbus, C
State Utilities Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thomas W. Maxson
Commission
Maxson
Akron
Columbus
Mount Vernon
Symphony Leader Cappel Dies. Ohio Native
C. C. Cappel, Ohio born manager of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, died yesterday of a heart ailment. A Bellefontaine native, he led the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington from 1930 to 1932 before joining Baltimore. He directed national tours of the U. S. Marine Band for 21 years. Survivors include his widow Helen Ware, a violinist in concerts.
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Baltimore
C. C. Cappel
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Bellefontaine, O
Cappel
National Symphony Orchestra
Washington
U. S. Marine Band
Helen Ware
Roulette system paying off again
LAS VEGAS Nevada AP Two young men with a system are profiting again at legal roulette tables. University of Chicago graduates Roy Walford of San Diego and Albert Hibbs of Chillicothe Ohio both 23, bet $1.50 on nine each spin and totaled about $500 in profit so far. They previously won $8,000 at Reno last November.
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Las Vegas
Nev
University of Chicago
Roy Walford
San Diego
Albert Hibbs
Chillicothe
Reno
Taft Vows Strategy Against Stassen In Ohio
Senator Taft met with advisers in Cleveland to plan how to curb Harold Stassen’s bid for the Republican nomination. Stassen’s recent wins in Wisconsin and Nebraska boost delegate hopes as Taft cancels a Vermont tour to focus on Ohio strategy ahead of the May 4 primary. Taft speaks to the National Restaurant Association and Ohio Young Republicans, noting Nebraska delegates’ moral impact on Stassen supporters.
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Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold Stassen
Stassen
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Taft
Vermont
National Restaurant Association
Young Republicans
Mrs Roosevelt improves after drug mix incident
Beverly Hills AP reports Mrs James Roosevelt is recovering from the effects of mixing headache and sleeping tablets. She is at St Johns Hospital in Santa Monica, and doctors say she is out of danger.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
James Roosevelt
St. Johns Hospital
Santa Monica
Baron Suzuki Dies in Tokyo at 79
Baron Kantaro Suzuki, a figure whose life mirrored the rise and decline of the Japanese empire, died today in Tokyo at age 79 from a liver ailment.
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Tokyo
Kantaro Suzuki
Wallace Campaign Manager Denounces Scripps-Howard
Henry A Wallace campaign manager C B Baldwin accused the Scripps-Howard chain of arousing prejudice and inciting violence against political opponents. He cited a Pittsburgh Press list of petition signers and a Columbus mob incident to argue that responsible papers foster mob hysteria and threaten liberties. President Truman planned to report to top newspaper editors.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
C. B. Baldwin
Scripps-Howard
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Scripps-Howard Group
Pittsburgh
Baldwin
F. T. Leech
The
Pittsburgh Press
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Columbus Citizen
Columbus
Howard
Death Penalty Sought for U S Traitor Best in Treason Case
Robert H. Best of Sumter South Carolina faced potential death due to treason after a federal jury found him guilty on all 12 overt acts in broadcasting Nazi propaganda from Germany during World War II. Judge Ford postponed sentencing as the case rests on dispositional reflection.
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Boston
Robert H. Best
Sumter
S. C
Germany
Francis J. W. Ford
Best
United States
New European Council Opens First Working Session
PARIS AP The world’s newest political and economic legislature the Council of European Ministers on the Marshall Plan holds its first working session in Paris. Ministers from 18 signers meet at the French foreign ministry with decisions due on financing and staffing. Marjolin likely to be authorized to move headquarters to Paris and to continue drafting the charter.
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Paris
Council of European Ministers
European Organization For Economic Cooperation
European Union
Brussels
Britain
France
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Belgium
Council of the Economic Organization
Robert Marjolin
Marjolin
Washington
Theft Charged To Mansfield Man At Miami
A 33-year-old Mansfield laborer faced a grand larceny charge in Miami Beach for allegedly stealing $11,000 from Julia Grech of New York. Detective Pierce said Stephen S. Enoff admitted taking the money from a money belt while Grech swam at the ocean, claiming he won it at the dog races.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Mansfield
New York
Charles W. Pierce
Stephen S. Enoff
Pierce
Enoff
Julia Grech
Newport Victor Over High Water Of Licking River
Ohio River flood crest reached Cincinnati as Newport workers and 640 soldiers fought rising water along the Licking River to protect 10 000 residents. Sandbags eight to ten feet high were piled two thousand feet, with plans to raise higher. Two high school girls Mary Jane Burchett and Wanda Mowery drowned near Friendship, Ohio, nine miles downstream from Portsmouth, as a boat overturned. Toll stands at four dead with many homeless in dozens of towns aided by Red Cross relief efforts.
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Newport City
Licking River
Licking
Ohio
Cincinnati
Mary Jane Burchett
Wanda Mowery
Friendship
Portsmouth
Newport
Catlettsburg
Ashland
Covington
Kentucky
Red Cross
British train crash near Winsford claims 22 lives
An overnight Glasgow to London mail train collided with a stalled express near Winsford Cheshire at 12 40 am GMT. Twenty two people were killed and twenty eight injured as seven passenger coaches and four mail train cars derailed. Survivors said an emergency cord was pulled but details remain unclear. Rescue work used improvised lights and acetylene torches amid debris.
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England
Here
Britain
Winsford
Cheshire
British Railways
London
Four Indicted In Trumbull Gambler Probe
Warrants were to be issued for four individuals indicted secretly by the Trumbull County grand jury in a probe into gambling and vice operations in Warren Ohio. The session included witnesses from Warren Tribunes Chronicle staff and local officials and volunteers.
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Paul Uhlinger
Southington Methodist Church
Elmer Smith
Raymond
Common Pleas
G. H. Birrell
Trumbull County
Mahoning County
Youngstown
Lynn G. Griffith
Fire Losses Hit Coast Guard Base in Portland
A major blaze in South Portland, Maine, swept the Portland Copper and Tank Works and nearby homes, causing about 200000 dollars in losses. The fire also affected the U S Coast Guard base but the cause was not determined.
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South Portland
Portland Copper and Tank Works
U. S. Coast Guard
Triplets Born at Newark Hospital First Ever
Newark Ohio AP reports three girls were born yesterday at Newark Hospital to Mr and Mrs Raymond Kelley marking the first triplets in the institution. The mother, 22, is a twin.
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Newark, O. (Ap
Raymond Kelley
Newark Hospital
Harbor Men Strike in Singapore Port Tie Up Docks
Nearly all of Singapore's 6,000 harbor laborers walked out demanding higher wages and protesting police raids on the union headquarters. The strike tied up 20 steamers and halted dock work across the port.
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Singapore
Landslide Threatens Homes and Roadway in Pittsburgh Area
A massive landslide advanced slowly and relentlessly against three homes, a highway, and railroad near Pittsburgh. Two houses twisted badly, one toppled, another held by a rock shield. A hundred-foot-wide hillside segment moved toward the river along Allegheny River Boulevard and adjacent rail line.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny River Blvd
Pennsylvania
Neil Roa
Flood figures across four states show 16 000 affected
A government flood report estimates about 16 000 people affected in Kentucky Ohio West Virginia and Indiana. Kentucky reports 21 counties hit 3123 families evacuated 20 shelters while Ohio has 14 counties hit 2106 affected 745 evacuated nine shelters. West Virginia lists eight counties with shelters in operation and Indiana eight counties with 254 evacuated as crest nears.
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Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Indiana
U.S
George R. Marth
Portsmouth
Marth
Cincinnati
Ironton Flood Wall Shields City From River
A 4 million flood wall guards Ironton, Ohio, keeping the river from flooding downtown. Gates close when the crest threatens, and pumps push water back into the river. Completed in 1939, tested in 1945, the wall left downtown dry and protected communities along the Ohio.
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Tronton
Old Man River
Ironton
Ohio
Crushing Blow Dealt Chinese Reds Claim
AP reports a government military spokesman said a crushing blow has been dealt to the Chinese Communists, who had used vacuum tactics in northern provinces. The assertion follows recent operational claims and signals a major setback for Communist forces in the region.
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Peiping
Patti Andrews Hurt In Lip Injury At Hollywood
Patti Andrews of the Liver Lip Blues trio was injured when a convertible top fell on her lower lip in Hollywood CBS reported. The singer’s sisters said she hopes to return to the air next Monday.
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Hollywood
Patti Andrews
CBS
Andrews Sisters
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