Businessmen urged to aid Europe's recovery plan
Clem D. Johnston of Roanoke appeals to 2,500 Chamber of Commerce members for American business to supply qualified managers to European industry. President Earl Shreve warns against deferring federal economy measures amid high foreign aid and defense costs as civil works spending nears 35.5 billion dollars, with totals possibly reaching 50 billion.
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Washington
Europe
United States Chamber of Commerce
Clem D. Johnston
Roanoke Va
Chauman
International Committee
Johnston
Paul G. Hoffman
Earl
Shreve
New York City
Man Denies Connection In Slaving Case
Frerett P. Flannery, 23, denies any link to the slaying of farmer George M. Green. Cincinnati arrest followed his sister’s tip after witnesses identified him in Green’s automobile the day he was killed near Sadieville. Green’s body was found near Hamilton, with his car abandoned near Wyoming, C. Franklin said four witnesses positively identified Flannery.
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Lexington, Ky
Frerett P. Flannery
George M. Green
Aw Patrol
Walter Frank
Flannery
Cincinnati
Virginia Bailey
Green
Hamilton
Wyoming
Heard
Franklin
Sadieville
Strike Ends In Cincinnati For 54 Produce Firms
A six day strike by Local 850 drivers and helpers of the AFL ended after the commission houses agreed to $1.25 an hour and a 46 hour week for men and $1.00 an hour and 40 hours for women. The union rejected a prior offer of $1.17 for men and 93 cents for women. Samuel Butcher said the houses met the demands a few hours after the rejection.
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Cincinnati
Samuel Butcher
Commission House Drivers and Helpers
AFL
Commission
Butcher
Man Is Slain In Gem City
Dayton police report Garland YT. Pugh was slain last night at his father in law William Stargel’s home where Pugh his wife and baby had lived for two months Det Sgt C W Martz said Stargel 59 confessed to shooting after an attack Opal Pugh the wife said her husband threatened Stargel knocked him down and threw a table on him before Stargel fired.
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Dayton
Garland
Pugh
C. W. Martz
William Stargel
Larts
Opal
Stargel
William Knudsen Dies After Lengthy Illness
William S Knudsen longtime World War II production chief and former General Motors president died after a long illness at 69 He led wartime mobilization and earned the Distinguished Service Medal His body will lie in state at W R Hamilton Funeral Home and services are set at the Peophany Lutheran Church
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General Motors
Detroit
William S. Knudsen
America
General Motors Chrefly
Hupp Corporation
Knudsen
W. R. Hamilton
Thorsos
Peiphany Lutheran Church
Border skirmish leaves two dead near Rauna Di Luico
In a brief clash near Rauna Di Luico northwest of the Free Territory in Venezia Giulia an Italian soldier and a Yugoslav officer were killed. Italian troops fired on a Yugoslav border patrol after Yugoslavs moved a marker. Seven Italian soldiers were struck as 70 Yugoslavs charged down a hill before the Italians withdrew.
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Rauna di Luico
Free Territory
Venzia Giula
Oleo Forces Win First Test on Oleo Ouster
In Washington dairy state legislators won their first test as the House voted 235 to 121 to push repeal of 62 year old federal taxes on oleo and require triangular packaging to distinguish oleo from butter. The move now awaits Senate action.
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Washington
House
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Funds Out For USES Shakeup in Social Security Agency
House Appropriations Committee cuts 20.7 million from Social Security Administration funds, approves 969.05 million for next year. The bill adds a ban on government workers in unions not signing the Taft-Hartley oath and envisions a broad reorganization of the SSA, with allocations for health, research, and Alaska health surveys.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
U. S. Employment Service
House Appropriations Committee
Federal Security Agency
Curity Agency
Public Health Service
Food and Drug Administration
Alaska
Rep
Keee
Rwis
Plan to Draft 161 000 Lads Proposed by Senate
Senate committee discusses a draft plan for 161000 youths aged 18 to 19 in a year of training and a two year service for 19 to 25 with 190000 to be inducted first year. It favors 66 Air Force groups and halts universal training, resetting selective service on wartime lines. Senator Johnson derides the plan as inadequate and camouflage for universal training.
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Congressional Air Enthusiasts
Gurney
Army
Navy
Congress
Senate
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Secretary of Defense
Forrestals
Johnson
Colorado
Senate Armed Services Committee
House Armed Services Group
Police Hunt Man Who Threatened Reuther Shooting
DETROIT AP Police chase a man who said he wanted to shoot CIO United Auto Workers President Walter P. Reuther. The tip from Toledo came as officers pursue the April 20 assailant after a shotgun blast damaged Reuther’s home. doctors hope for arm repair as recovery progresses.
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Detroit
CLO United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Harry S. Tov
Reuther
Toledo
Toy
Huge Cyclotron For Atomic Work Will Be Built
The University of California plans a nine million dollar cyclotron funded by the government. The racetrack shaped magnet will be 110 feet in diameter and accelerate bullets to over 60 000 miles per hour, yielding energies up to six billion volts to probe atomic nuclei. Dr. Ernest Lawrence and David Lilienthal announced the project noting a five year construction period and university autonomy in operation.
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Berkeley, Cal
University of California
Ernest O. Lawrence
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilentnal Saa
Akron girl called painless baby puzzles doctors
A one year old Akron girl Beverly Smith appears to be indifferent to pain. She laughs at burns and cuts and only cries when hungry or angry. Doctors at Children’s Hospital say the condition is a congenital indifference to injury and rare, with four or five similar cases known. Her anemia treatment continues as her mother plans to bring her home soon.
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Akron, O
Beverly Smith
Beverly
Victor Smith
Children’s Hospital
Mrs. Smith
Republic Steel Rejects Union Pay Boost Bid
The CIO Steelworkers Union maintains a no strike pledge while Republic Steel rejects the wage increase demand, citing profits and cost concerns. The firm leaves room for future talks if conditions change before the contract ends April 30 1949.
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Republic Steel
Cleveland
CIO Steelworkers
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
U. S. Steel Corporation
I. W. Abel
Canton
J. A. Voss
Officials Seek Death by Own Action Cause
UPPER SANDUSKY Ohio AP Authorities sought to learn today why a 60 year old man threatened his brother in law and niece with a sawed off shotgun then barricaded himself for an hour and took his own life He was identified as Charles Crawford alias Arthur Meek Crawford threatened to kill them when they entered the home and refused to surrender before the fatal shot was heard and he was found dead inside the house
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Upper
Sandusky
Charles Crawford
Arthur Meek
Crawford
Ezra Hablitzel
Mildred Crawford
Hablitzel
Gasoline Tank Truck Explosion Near Kennett
Kennett Missouri bulletin reports a gasoline tank truck exploded about 12 miles south of Kennett and ignited several houses. No immediate casualty figures were available.
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Kennett, Mo
Highway Patrol
Kennett
Army Reported Ready To Launch Holy Land Drive
In Jerusalem a flood of invasion rumors swirled as reports claimed Egyptian armored division troops crossed Palestine’s southern frontier at dawn. Cairo authorities denied the claim while a Jewish Agency spokesman cited Trans-Jordan's parliament considering immediate troop deployment into Palestine.
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Jerusalem
Palestines
Cairo
Jewish Agency
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Armed youths stage million dollar bank robbery in Tel Aviv
Heavily armed youths identifying as Stern group robbed Barclay's Bank at dawn under Haganah guards. They beat some officials to obtain vault keys, disarmed guards, and escaped with $1,000,000 in cash and negotiable securities. Two attackers wore military police armbands as they entered.
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Tel Aviv
Palestine
Stern
Haganah
Barclay’s Bank
Stop Rising Prices Plea By U S Steel
U S Steel urged the public to stop rising prices and recalled its $25,000,000 price cut set for May 1. The ads also denied the CIO United Steelworkers demand for a substantial wage increase and said price reductions aim to ease living costs nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
U.S Steel Corporation Today
U. S. Steel
Cio-United
Taft Defends Labor Record In Ohio Campaign Tour
U S Senator Robert A Taft defends his labor record and the Taft Hartley act during a Friday stop in Ohio s third district He contrasts Stassen calling for repeal of union leader anti Communist loyalty oath with Tafts opposition to strike injunctions for private business He plans a Hamilton luncheon speech to detail his labor positions and opposition to confirming David Lilienthal to the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Dayton
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Taft
Ohio
Stassen
Ohioan
Ohio Republican Organization
LaGuardia
Hamilton
Here
David Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Lilien
Firm Action In Palestine Demanded By Jewish Agency
The Jewish agency urged the United Nations to halt an invasion of Palestine by regular armies from Trans-Jordan and other Arab states. Moshe Shertok stated the Jews were preparing to meet the onslaught with their own forces as he spoke to the UN Special Palestine Assembly. The Trusteeship Council met to discuss emergency police measures to protect Jerusalem's holy places.
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Palestine
Holy Land
Trans-Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Egypt
United Nations Seurity Council
London
Foreign Office
Britain
Jerusalem
R. B. Leggett
Lake Success
Jewish Agency
United Nations
Judge Harding Quizzes German on War Crimes Trial
In Nurenberg German defense witness Von Kuechler denies Hitler involvement in Col. Gen. Werner Von Fritsch’s death. He testifies amid war crimes proceedings, stating Fritsch was killed by Polish machine gunners near Warsaw after his removal by Hitler in 1938.
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Nurenberg
Germany
Wilehelm von Kuechler
Hitler
Werner von Fritsch
von Kuechler
Justin Hardin
Franklin, D
von Fritsch
von Keuchler
Warsaw
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William Knudsen
Rhage
General Motors Corporation
Roosevelt Knudsen
Clara Elizabeth Knudsen
Charles E. Lemmon
C. Ernestone
Copenhagen
Erie
Buffalo
Ford Motor Company
Ford Detroit
Ford
Chevrolet
Rome
Trieste
Oleo Forces
Social
R-Sd
Administration
CIO
Harold Schreiber
Bismark Tribune
John Quanrud
Bismark
N. C
Schreiber
Akron
Bulletin
Damascus
Jericho
Dead Valley
Legion
Haifa
Acre
Arab Legion
Abdullah
H. H. Daugherty
Judge Harding
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