Atomic weapon test held at Eniwetok atoll
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a test of an atomic weapon was conducted at the Eniwetok proving grounds in the Marshall Islands. It was the first such test since Bikini in 1946. The date remains undisclosed for security, and a classified results report is going to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.
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Washington
Proving Grounds
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Atomic Energy Commission
Bikini
Pacific
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Congress
Freight Rate Hike Approved by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted railroads a further temporary freight rate increase about four percent above current levels, costing the public roughly 300 million dollars annually. The raise, effective on 10 days notice, follows prior temporary increases and remains in effect until final decisions on permanent upward adjustments.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
ICC
Man Guesses Mystery Tune Wins $17000 on Radio
Reginald Turner of Winston Salem North Carolina won 17000 in a radio prize program by correctly identifying a mystery tune. He received a car a 38 day cruise and a 1000 dollar bond along with other prizes after the studio orchestra played the melody Vision of Salome and he named the mystery tune. Turner is married and works for the Veterans Administration. The ABC program began March 21 with contestants answering phone prompts.
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New York
Winston -Salem
N. C
Reginald Turner
Veterans Administration
ABC
Salome
Pay talks resume between CIO United Steel Workers and U S Steel
Pittsburgh report says negotiations between the CIO United Steel Workers union and U S Steel Corp will resume today after a prior session was recessed April 6. The union seeks wage and insurance concessions and the company has been given time to prepare a reply.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel Workers Union
U.S. Steel Corporation
The
Steel Corporation
37 Die In Crash At Lae Air Strip
In Sydney AP reports a civilian plane crashed on takeoff at Lae air strip in New Guinea killing 37 people. It stands as the worst civilian air tragedy in New Guinea's history.
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Sydney
Australia
Lae
New Guinea
Fishing Trip Of Youths Ends In Tragic Chilling Accident
Two 10 year old Columbus boys borrowed fishing gear and attempted to flee after dropping a rod. They crossed railroad yards and a second rod was discarded atop a freight train. An engine struck Louis Hoskinson as he crawled under the train wheel, severing his leg. surgeons later amputated below the knee. Darrell Gleason screamed for help as witnesses halted the engine.
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Columbus
Louis Hoskinson
Darrell Gleason
Louis
Alum Creek
Florida
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Darrell
Grant Hospital
Herbert Attends Cincinnati Opener With Pirates Owner
Gov and Mrs Thomas J Herbert flew to Cincinnati with John W Galbreath to watch the Reds Pirates opener Galbreath is a Columbus real estate man and Pirates part owner They plan to fly to Pittsburgh tonight then take a train to New York for American Newspaper Publishers Association meetings tomorrow He will attend a Banshees dinner and on Wednesday help deliver 201 million dollars in Ohio war veterans bonus bonds to National City Bank with state officials.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Cincinnati
John W Galbreath
Cincinnati Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates
Galbreath
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Herberts
New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Banshees
Ohio
National City Bank
Don Ebright
Joseph T. Ferguson
Wagner Backing Taft On Housing Measure
Senate Democrats join Taft in backing a revised housing bill with Wagner of New York pledging unqualified support. The measure, co sponsored by Taft and Elender, aims to unleash a large slum clearance program via federal loans and subsidies to address the housing crisis affecting millions and urging more study time.
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Taft
Washington
Senate
Ohio
McCarthy
R-Wis
New York
Senator Ellender
D-La
Senate Banking Committee
Banking Committee
Communists Trailing in Italian Vote in Rome and Milan
Scattered returns show Christian Democrats leading the Popular Front by more than two to one in Rome and Milan. Early Milan results: CD 31,108. Popular Front 21,246. National Bloc 206. Rome precincts: CD 817. Popular Front 175. MSI 76. Republican 62. National Bloc 21. Officials report high turnout near 90 percent and calm voting as counting begins for Italy's first republic election.
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Alcide de Gasperi
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Popular Front
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De _ Gasperi
Italian Social Movement
MSI
Mario Scelba
Bologna
Kremlin
Europe
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Supreme Court Upholds Negro Voting in South Carolina Primaries
The Supreme Court declined to review a U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruling from Richmond that Negroes may vote in Democratic primaries in South Carolina. Richland County party officials appealed, arguing the party is a voluntary association with unrestricted membership. The decision lets the lower court findings stand, potentially affecting the South.
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Washington
Supreme Court
South Carolina
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Richland County
S. C
Democratic Party
South
Taxicab Drivers Face Whiskey Sales Charges
Seven Springfield taxicab drivers were charged with selling intoxicants without a license after state liquor inspectors hired cabs in a rapid sequence posing as customers seeking a drink. Inspectors reported that each driver offered whiskey to obtain a sale after weekend night spots closed.
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Springfield
Young Roulette Duo Still Lead After 3 Days of Play
In Las Vegas two 23 year old college graduates from the University of Chicago used a system they devised in college to chase roulette wins at the Golden Nugget. Starting with $300 they saw gains, later trading bets to 50 cents on numbers one and zero. By last night they reported about $205, after earlier hitting $1,200 in 50 hours, and a prior Reno win of $12,000 on number nine.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Roy Walford
San Diego
Cal
Albert Hibbs
Chillicothe
Golden Nugget
Reno
University of Chicago
Spy Charges Trumped Up Says Writer After Exit From Russia
American correspondent Robert Magidoff, expelled from Russia, calls spy charges trumped up and a Soviet smear for internal propaganda. He arrived in Berlin with his wife, both U.S. citizens, after 12 years in Moscow reporting for NBC, McGraw-Hill, and British Telegraph agencies.
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Berlin
Robert Magidoff
Russia
Moscow
Magidoff
U. S
National Broadcasing Company
McGraw - Hill Publishing Company
British Exchange Telegraph Agency
Ohio River Crest. Flood Recedes Across Four States
The Ohio River fell from a 64.8 foot crest after seven days of rise, with rains forecast to slow the drop. Private levee breaches, plant closures, and a sandbag dike in Newport accompanied flood relief efforts. Army engineers credited flood protections with saving millions in damage as eight deaths were linked to the flood affecting 31,000 people across four states.
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Ohio River
U. S. Weather Bureau
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George R. Marth
Martin Box Company
Aurora
Indianapolis
Oscar Hesch
Newport
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Col
B. B. Talley
Louisville
Mill Creek
Col Talley
Talley
Corps of Engineers
George Gugel
Clarence McGraw
Camp Campbell
Taft Stassen Schedule Busy Ohio Primary Week
Taft and Stassen camps tee up a busy Ohio May 4 primary week with Taft speaking in Ashtabula Jefferson Warren Niles Youngstown Salem Lisbon East Liverpool Carrollton Cadiz Steubenville and Stassen visiting Dayton Middletown Hamilton Toledo Alliance Canton Akron and Cleveland. Taft urged Stassen to have spent more time in Congress to fight the New Deal while criticizing Truman era agencies and Democrats as divided and demoralized.
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Taft- Stassen
Robert A. Taft
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Harold E. Stassen
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Warren
Niles
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Salem
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Carrollton
Cadiz
Steubenville
Stassen
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Toledo
Alliance
Canton
Akron
United States Won't Shoulder Palestine Burden Alone
In New York the UN Assembly debated Palestine as Burma became the 58th UN member. The American delegation stated the U.S. will not lead solo and urged other nations to share responsibility while awaiting a formal U.S. proposal on a possible temporary trusteeship. Delegates await U.S. initiative to drive a settlement.
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Union of Burma
United Nations
General Assembly
Flushing Meadow Park
Palestine
United States
United Nations Assembly
Burma
Holy Land
U.S
Security Council
U. S
State Department
New Ohio State Office Building Ordered Built
Gov Thomas J Herbert ordered immediate construction of a new state office building on a site at Front and State streets Columbus across from the 1932 state office building. He said the state leases 190000 square feet in Columbus outside the Capitol at 180000 dollars a year and the new building should house 450000 to 500000 square feet.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Front
State
Herbert
George B. Sowers
Capitol
Segregation in Armed Forces Protest Sparks Campaign
Grant Reynolds, Negro national chairman of the Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service, testified to the House Armed Services Committee that a nationwide civil disobedience campaign opposes racial segregation in the armed services. He announced unsigned draft-card banners and 100,000 buttons with dont join a Jim Crow army to be sold near the White House and Capitol, signaling a pullback of black support for Jim Crow.
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Washington
Grant Reynolds
Congress
Armed Services
Reynolds
House Armed Services Committee
White House
Capitol
America
Bridges
Senate
Chiang Kai-Shek Elected China's First President
Chiang Kai-Shek, who had declined the post, was elected China's first constitutional president in Nanking with nearly dictatorial powers. He will serve six years under the new constitution amid a display of a contest. The civil war continued with government efforts to clear Communist troops along the Peiping Paoting railway as rail traffic between Peiping and Peiping area remained disrupted.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Shanghai
Chiang
Peiping -Paoting
Peiping
Ihsien
Local UMW Officials Hear Lewis Contempt Guilty Verdict
Pittsburgh AP report says local United Mine Workers officials arrived with cautious silence after John L. Lewis was found guilty of contempt of court. John P. Busarello was named new president in a belated update, with officials urging patience for further word tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
John P. Busarello
Miners' chieftain faces jail term in contempt case
Goldsborough weighs jail for the miners' leader as the government seeks a Taft Hartley injunction. He urges a 10 am tomorrow punishment reception while noting likely civil contempt on a technicality. Lewis, present with his lawyers, exits as the court refuses to set aside the verdict. The case may go to the Supreme Court after a Thursday hearing under the Taft Hartley act.
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United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
Goldsborough
Union
Justice Department
Truman Pays Tribute To Cuba In Address
President Truman in a joint session of Congress marked the 50th anniversary of Cuba’s independence from Spain. He praised Cuban patriots and American troops, urged calm and resolve, and urged peaceful cooperation among nations while noting Cuba and the United States are close neighbors with shared interests.
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