Early returns show crushing loss for Reds
Italy's crucial elections yielded a strong anti Communist victory. Vice Premier Giuseppe Saragat said Communists will not be admitted to Italy's new government, asserting a rebirth of democracy in Europe and a shift toward Western alignment. Premier De Gasperi's Christian Democrats led the vote, with anti Communist parties two to one ahead in senatorial districts and a potential absolute majority in the chamber. Vatican officials awaited full information before commenting.
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Rome
Italy
Giuseppe Saragat
Saragat
Europe
Russia
Balkans
Popular Front
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democratic Party
Chamber of Deputies
Partial election leads to anti Communist control debate
Returns show the interior ministry tally for the senate vote with the Christian Democrats at 8,171,569 votes or 47.4 percent. The Popular Front coalition of Communist and left oriented parties trails in early counts, prompting speculation of a possible shift in parliamentary power.
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Interior Ministry
Senate
Christian Democrats
Popular Front
Atomic weapon test fuels speculation on new warheads
Washington reports a remote Pacific proving ground test described as an atomic weapon. Speculation points to guided missiles with atomic warheads at Eniwetok, though no official claim confirms such development. AEC chief Lilienthal said improvements to the bomb were ongoing, stressing continued testing to perfect designs.
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Washington
Pacific Proving Ground
Atomic Energy Commission
Eniwetok Atoll
David Lilienthal
The
Radio Executives Club
New York
New Mexico
Commission
Congress
Strike Paralysis Grips Singapore Port
The great port of Singapore was paralyzed by a wage strike. Only three of about 30 ships in the harbor were unloading as about 6,000 dock workers walked out, halting harbor operations and signaling a full strike by the Singapore harbor labor union.
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Singapore
Warden Johnston to retire from Alcatraz in April
Attorney General Clark announced that James A. Johnston warden of Alcatraz since 1934 will retire on April 30. Edwin B. Swope will become the new warden of the Englewood federal correctional institution.
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Washington
James A. Johnston
Alcatraz Penitentiary
United States Proposes 47 Point Palestine Trusteeship Plan
The United States submitted a 47 point trusteeship plan for Palestine to the United Nations with no troop commitment. The draft, presented by Warren R. Austin, avoids a stance on who maintains peace while proposing a UN appointed governor general with broad powers and a future trusteeship government. The plan, circulated privately, could lead to partition if agreed and plebiscite results favor a permanent arrangement, with a three year minimum before a vote. Arab opposition looms as consideration moves forward.
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Holy Land
United States
Palestine
Warren R. Austin
Assembly
Security Council
Austin
City of
Jerusalem
UN Trusteeship Council
Council
Washington
Ohio Moves Ahead On 70 Million Building Plan
Ohio officials pressed ahead with a 70 million building program prompted by the additions and betterment act. With 20 million in construction underway and 30 million in planning, Gov. Herbert and lawmakers expect projects to start this year. A new state office building is planned with 5 million earmarked and potential 8 million more later.
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Ohio
Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Frank E. Whittemore
Akron
Ohio Senate
Evert E. Addison
Roscoe R Walcutt
Paul Ballard
Jackson
Paul H. McCormick
Huntsville
George B. Sowers
Herbert D. Deffenbacher
Sowers
Take Is 700 For Gamblers In Roulette
Las Vegas AP The Hibbs and Dr Roy Walford rested after three days of near continuous roulette at Golden Nugget Casino They reportedly won more than 700 though they refused to disclose exact totals The 23 year old former University of Chicago students alternated at the wheel starting with 300 last Thursday night They employed a system but later diversified by playing nine different numbers per spin
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Las Vegas
Nev
Hibbs
Roy Walford
Golden Nugget Casino
Walford
San Diego
Chilhcathe, O
University of Chicago
Court Convicts Kuhn In Absentia
Fritz Kuhn missing former head of the German American Bund was convicted in absentia by a Bavarian de Nazification court as a major Nazi offender. The 51 year old German was sentenced to 10 years in a labor camp if he is ever found after escaping from an internment camp at Bachau last February 4.
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Munich
Germany
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Bachau
Senate OKAY EXPECTED ON HOUSING BILL
The Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill faces Senate approval by nightfall with Taft predicting a compromise with McCarthy. The measure seeks to extend insurance of home loans through next March and allow 2 billion dollars more in loans, plus liberal terms for low cost housing and slum clearance. Key amendments include half cost homes for seriously disabled veterans and allowing removal of tenants earning above set limits in public housing.
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Washington
Senate
Ohio
Taft
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Banking Committee
Ohio River Falls Faster Teaching Flood Waters Subside
The Ohio River fell at a faster rate with a high water mark of silt and debris along banks. The Weather Bureau forecast drop to 61.5 feet today and 60 feet by tomorrow morning as Cincinnati cleans warehouses and streets. Fire hydrants and hoses will be available and police return to eight hour shifts. The Newport sandbag dike is a success and officials say flood protection limited impacts to about ten percent of the usual area. Kentucky flood control proposals could reduce Licking River stage in Newport by two feet while 400 Kenton County residents prepare to move back home. Health authorities urge flood victims to dry and disinfect houses before reoccupying.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Water Division
Newport
B. B. Talley
Ohio River Division
Douglas L. Weart
Falmouth
Licking River
Kenton County
Kathleen Winsor to Seek Divorce
New York AP reports author Kathleen Winsor and bandleader Artie Shaw are headed for divorce court. Attorney Arnold Krakower said the couple are separated due to disparity of interests and she will seek a divorce. Winsor has been married before. Shaw has been wed to Lana Turner Ava Gardner and Elizabeth Kern.
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New York
Kathleen Winsor
Artie Shaw
Arnold R. Krakower
Miss Winsor
Amber
Shaw
Lana Turner
Ava Gardner
Elizabeth Kern
Editors Gather for 62nd Newspaper Publishers Convention
More than 1,000 editors publishers and other newspaper executives gathered in New York for the opening session of the 62nd annual convention of the American Newspaper Publishers Association.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Convict Goes Berserk at Ohio Prison Kills Guard
John Thomas, 34, a Montgomery County burglar serving 1 to 15 years, stabbed guard Walter W. Zimmer to death and wounded S. P. Chesshir and Frank C. Lower during a 20 minute rampage at the Ohio penitentiary. He fled to the dining room, seized a knife, and was finally captured without further resistance.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
John Thomas
Montgomery County
Walter W. Zimmer
Westerville
R. Alvis
Chesshir
Zimmer
Thomas
Lower
Alvis
33 Racing Horses Man Perish As Barns Burn
Fire at Pascoag race track destroys four barns. Twenty seven horses die, four are destroyed, one runs into a fire truck and another into a car. A groom remains unidentified. The fire occurs as horses flee, race track neighbors Newton Lincoln Downs nearby.
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Pascoag Race Track
Pascoag
Lincoln Downs
Miller Continues Sales Tax Fight Taft Is Praised
In Cincinnati Ray T Miller urged abolition of sales tax on restaurant foods and on home building materials stating no tax on home meals. He also pushed ending sales taxes on personal hygiene and cleaning supplies. In Niles Ohio James F Merkle lauded Senator Robert A Taft as outstanding and urged Ohio support for Taft in the GOP race with Harold Stassen seeking delegates.
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Miller
Taft
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ray T. Miller
Pilot makes first trip on new Wright skyway
Springfield AP reports a Pan-American pilot Ted Parecel flies a light plane coast to coast on the nation’s first skyway. He travels with wife Maybelle and daughters Sherry Lynn and Holly. They are to be honored in Dayton and Los Angeles as the 40 mile wide private flight corridor is dedicated.
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Springfield
Wright Skyway
Ted C. Parecel
Pan-American Air Ways
Maybelle
Sherry Lynn
Holly Waven
Dayton
Wright Brothers
Patece
Los Angeles
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
United States
Fire destroys Hood Chemical Company plant
A Hood Chemical Company plant in Lisbon, Ohio, was destroyed by a fire likely started by spontaneous combustion early today. No damage estimate was available. The factory employed about 90 people and was empty when the blaze began. Salem and East Liverpool fire crews assisted local firefighters. The plant had been recently purchased for 250000 dollars from National Brass and Copper Company.
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Lisbon
Hood Chemical Company
National Brass and Copper Company
Salem
East Liverpool
Seventeen Killed in Truck Crash near Hopa
ISTANBUL Turkey AP reports a truck slid off a highway along the Black Sea near Hopa killing seventeen people and injuring fifteen others yesterday. Local authorities investigated the accident as rescue teams aided victims and removed the wounded.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Black Sea
Hopa
Ohio State University Empoyees Must Sign Loyalty Oath
Columbus AP reports OSU trustees approved a policy requiring employees to swear they belong to no organization advocating violence against the government. The oath applies to renewal of current contracts and future hires.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
University
Prison Sentence Escaped By Head Of Miners
Washington AP John L Lewis escaped jail today but was fined 20000 personally and his United Mine Workers 1400000 for contempt of court. Judge Goldsborough accepted a government recommendation for fines while noting a possible civil contempt penalty to be decided by Friday.
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Washington
John L Lewis
United Mine Workers
T Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
UMW
Goldsborough
Union
Supreme Court
Graham Morison
Morison
Justice Department
AFL
William Green
Labor
Welly K. Hopkins
H. Graham Morison
Hopkins
Coal Trouble Not Settled Urges Supreme Court Ruling
Frank Hughes of United Mine Workers District Three warned fines against John L. Lewis and the UMW would not settle the dispute. Miners in soft coal fields reacted with mixed feelings as about a quarter of 400,000 workers walked out amid the federal contempt penalties. Local officials and miners voiced varied views on the impact, while some called the court action a fascist and Nazi decision.
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Valentine Dolenc
Coverdale
John L. Lewis
UMW
NEA
Pittsburgh
Frank Hughes
United Mine Workers District Three
United States’ Supreme Court
Washington
Lewis
Rey
DeMarco
Wallace
United Mine Workers District 5
William Hynes
Uniontown
Pottsville
Joseph Kershetsky
United Mine Workers District 9
Pact Signed In Costa Rica Ends Civil War Hope
Rebel leader Jose Figueres moved couriers to halt bloodshed after ratifying a government rebel pact in San Jose. Government and Figueres representatives signed last night, with Figueres’ forces nearing the capital. Vice President Santos Hererra to lead today until a constituent assembly is believed to convene May 8.
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Cartago
Costa Rica
Jose Figueres
San Jose
Teodoro Picado Michalski
Figureres
Figueres
Mexico
Rene Picado Michalski
Santos Leon Herrera
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Morgan, Pa
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