Four Feared Dead in St Albans Hotel Fire
A fire at the Jesse Welden Inn in St Albans Vermont left four feared dead and at least 12 injured. Firefighters could not enter the ruins as searches continued. Guests escaped by jumping from windows into subzero temperatures. hospital reports 12 admissions with burns and broken bones. The hotel was owned by Mr and Mrs George E St Laurent.
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Jesse Welden
R. H. Sweeney
St. Albans City Hospital
George E. St. Laurent
Farm Leaders Back Marshall Plan Aid Push
Washington AP report says Allan B. Kline of the American Farm Bureau Federation and J. T. Sanders of the National Grange told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee they support aid to Western Europe. They contrasted with Republican cautions as President Truman urged 6.8 billion dollars for four years, rejecting cuts that would turn the plan into relief. Senate figures and Bridges sentiment framed ongoing foreign aid debates.
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Taft
Ohio
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
J.T. Sanders
National Grange
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Sanders
United States
Bridges
R-Nh
Appropriations Committee
U. S
Cold weather death toll rises in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati a third death in 17 days due to extreme cold was reported. Emma Snelbaker, 85, died from injuries after an icy street fall last Sunday. Temperatures were in the twenties with a weather lull before sleet and snow, as officials warned of hazardous conditions. Navigation remains feasible from Cincinnati to Gallipolis amid frozen harbors.
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Cincinnati
Emma Snelbaker
Weather Bureau
Carl F. Alden
U.S. District Engineers
Gallipolis
Dennis Day Weds In San Juan Capistrano
Radio singer Dennis Day and Margaret Ellen Almquist aged 23 wed yesterday at the historic San Juan Capistrano Mission and begin their honeymoon today. Almquist is a University of Southern California graduate.
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Cal
Dennis Day
Margaret Ellen Almquist
University of Southern California
San Juan Capisano Mission
British Air Hero among 29 missing on Bermuda flight
Sir Arthur Coningham, WWII air hero, reportedly among 29 people missing after a British South American Airways Tudor IV en route to Bermuda. The plane, overdue by eight hours, was said to have crashed 440 miles northeast of Bermuda. seven search planes aided the effort. Most aboard were British. the flight originated in London with stops at Lisbon and the Azores, delayed by severe weather.
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Wiesbaden
U S Charged by Russia Over Italian Peace Pact Violation
Moscow radio broadcast that Russia formally protested to Secretary of State Marshall, accusing the United States of violating the Italian peace treaty by sending U S airships to Italian ports. The protest, sent via Ambassador Alexandr Panyushkin, also questioned U S ships visiting Naples and Taranto as part of the Mediterranean fleet. The note was sent to France for wider Allied awareness and follows another protest this week over Mellaha air base reopening in North Africa.
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Two Are Dead Two Are Dead Fourty-One Injured In Train Wrecks
Two trainmen were killed and two injured when two freight trains collided on the Nickel Plate Line five miles west of Coldwater Ohio. Both dead were James N. Huff fireman and John D. Meyers brakeman, both of Lima. The injured were engineer L. M. Goldman and brakeman Lee Wicker of Lima, taken to a Cincinnati hospital. First reports said one freight train backed onto the Oakland siding and was struck from the rear by the other.
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John D. Meyers
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Mitchellville, Tenn
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Herb Pennock Dies Suddenly in New York
New York AP reports Herb Pennock general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies died today in a New York hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. He collapsed in the Waldorf Astoria lobby as he prepared to enter a league meeting.
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Gas Emergency Eased and Normal Use Permitted
The gas shortage caused by the recent cold wave has eased, allowing normal use in homes as temperatures rise. Middletown Gas and Electric Service manager Arch Robison credits public cooperation in reducing consumption and warns that restrictions could return if another emergency develops. He notes industrial use must still be conserved.
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Middletown Gas and Electric Service
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Cincinnatian Dies In Truck Collision
Elzie Y. Floyd 27 of Cincinnati was killed instantly when his transport truck from Detroit to Cincinnati struck a parked automobile transport truck on Route 25 three miles north of Bowling Green Ohio, authorities reported.
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Cold Wave Stretches Across Midwest and Northeast
Cold weather lingered in the Midwest and East with fuel shortages restraining communities as gas curtailments idled more than 250000 workers. Below zero readings appeared in the Dakotas Michigan northern New York and New England as a new mass of cold air moved from Lake Superior into the mid Atlantic and New England with Lake effect snows in Watertown. Saulte Ste. Marie Michigan saw a -17 degree low and frigid conditions persisted across northern lower Michigan.
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Fuel Supply Situation In Ohio Improves Slightly
Ohio utility officials report a small easing of gas pressure as warmer weather allows limited restoration of service. Ohio Fuel Gas Co serves half the state and urged conservation while hoping to resume hot water heating for 350 communities. Despite modest gains, colder forecasts threaten further reductions and continuing restrictions.
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President Truman seeks grain control to aid Europe
President Truman asked Congress to extend anti inflation grain control authority to October 31 to prevent distillers from buying grain on the open market tomorrow. The move pressures Republicans amid drys versus wets in key states like Kentucky and Kansas. The extension would help keep about 600 million bushels of wheat from the new crop available for export to feed Europe while critics question beer and whisky use.
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Orville Wright in Critical Condition After Deterioration
Miami Valley Hospital reported Orville Wright, 76, deterioration overnight and now in critical condition. Wright, co invento r of the airplane, had a heart attack Tuesday and developed lung congestion yesterday during the illness.
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No Major Spring Flood Seen For Ohio River
Cincinnati AP reports the Ohio River Division Corps of Engineers expects little flood risk from snow melt. Officials say a foot of snow yields about an inch of water and that nine inches in Wortsmouth and 15 inches in West Virginia’s mountains produce modest flows. They warn heavy rains could still cause floods, and note flood-control projects across 941 miles have cost about 195.4 million dollars in recent years to protect Ohio Valley farms, homes, and industry.
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Democrats Hatch Tax Cut Plan Amid Debate
Washington AP reports Democrats floated a substitute to the GOP tax cut bill aiming to raise a 3.2 billion dollar corporate tax and widen exemptions to 600 dollars, while keeping overall cuts under two billion nine hundred million. The plan seeks a compromise with minimal support for President Truman’s proposal and includes community property income splitting, elderly and blind exemptions, and tiered rate cuts.
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Shirley Temple Becomes Mother
Shirley Temple, formerly a famous child star, gave birth to a daughter in Santa Monica California as husband John Agar waited in the maternity area. The event marked Temple's transition into motherhood as reporters noted the happy moment.
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Leader Of Hindus Shot To Death At Prayer Meeting
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 78, was shot to death at a Birla mansion prayer meeting in New Delhi. Police arrested a Hindu from Poona. vast crowds mourned the political and spiritual leader who guided India’s independence and promoted communal harmony amid partition.
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Gandhi’s tribute to reporter James A. Mills
In Poona before Gandhi’s jail term Gandhi spoke with James A. Mills and later greeted Mills upon release. Gandhi praised Mills, saying if he died and entered heaven he would expect Mills waiting at the gates for an interview. Mills had died in 1942.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
Poona
James A. Mills
Associated Press
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Gandhi Death Described as Global Loss by Truman
AP dispatches report President Truman mourns Mohandas K. Gandhi as “a tragic loss to the whole world” Ross says the President is drafting a public statement. India's UN delegate Ayyanger calls Gandhi’s assassination the biggest disaster for the country and plans to speak at the Security Council. London BBC dispatch follows.
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French Record Double Win On Monetary Plan
In Paris the National Assembly and Council of the Republic backed a government plan to dismantle the 5,000 franc note as legal tender. Premier Selhumans program to curb assets abroad and levies a 75 percent fine for hidden assets faced approval amid debate. The gold market reform advanced, with the Assembly voting 328 to 240, as the cabinet solidified its coalition.
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