Hungary Offers Crown of St Stefan for Vogeler Release
Vienna AP reports Hungary, led by communists, offered to swap imprisoned American Robert A Vogeler for the Crown of St Stefan, a relic revered since 11th century. US data say Vogeler, 39, jailed February 21 for spying, could be released in weeks. Vatican pressure keeps relic out of Hungarian hands.
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Austria
Hungary
Robert A. Voegeler
St. Stefan
U. S
Vogeler
Stefan I
Germany
Wiesbaden
Frankfurt
United States
Vatican
Red
Silvester
Stefan
New York
Cleveland
U.S
Stalin Regime Reappointed by Soviet Parliament
The Supreme Soviet and joint Parliament voted unanimously to keep Joseph Stalin's government in power with eleven Politburo members present. They endorsed resolutions from a Stockholm peace congress calling for banning atomic weapons and branding first-usage officials as war criminals. The body expressed confidence in continued Soviet peace policies within the UN and global security efforts.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party -Politburo
Stockholm
United Nations
Kentucky Boy Dies During Flash Flood
A flash flood in Kentucky caused one death and extensive damage. Rainstorm dumped 3.75 inches, forcing about 100 residents from West Morehead and submerging 45 homes as East Fork Creek overflowed near Rush south of Ashland. The victim was two year old Bobby Blevins of Rush Route 2, son of Mr and Mrs Mitchell Blevins.
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Louisville
Kentucky
West Morehead
East Fork Creek
Rush
Ashland
Bobby Blevins
Mitchell Blevins
Miss Lucia M. Cormier Wins Maine Democratic Nomination
Lucia M. Cormier, a 38 year old Rumford bookstore owner, won the Democratic congressional nomination in Maine’s First District. She defeated Dr. Adrian H. Scolten of Portland by more than a two to one margin in yesterday’s primaries, delivering an unexpected victory.
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Portland
Lucia M. Cormier
Rumford
Maine
Adrian H. Scolten
Nac in Frank Erickson Freed on Bail After Plea
Frank Erickson known as a bookmaker's bookmaker walks from Special Sessions Court in New York after being freed on continuation of his $10,000 bail. He admitted heading a coast to coast horse betting operation and pleaded guilty to 60 counts of bookmaking and conspiracy, facing up to 60 years in prison and fines up to $30,000.
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Frank Erickson
Special Sessions Court
New York
Hei
Erickson
FBI seeks 300 more agents to pursue Communists
Washington AP report outlines J Edgar Hoover's push for 300 additional FBI agents to hunt Communist spies. Senate subcommittee recommends funding, citing 54,000 known Communists and 500,000 Red sympathizers as a potential fifth column. Hoover warned spies target atomic research jet propulsion radar and military assets.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Vic
Senate Subcommittee
Prercertions
Pima
United States
Congress
Hoover
U. S
IUE fails to win stop gap labor pact with GE
In New York the CIO IUE failed to persuade General Electric to accept a stop gap labor agreement as talks continue. GE rejected the proposal yesterday while commencing formal contract negotiations with the union.
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New York
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
General Electric Company
Belleville Superintendent Named Bettsville Schools Chief
Eugene H. Rider, superintendent of Belleville School in Richland County, was named superintendent of Bettsville schools yesterday. The appointment places Rider in charge of the Bettsville district, replacing the outgoing official.
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Eugene H. Rider
Belleville
Richland County
Bettsville
Ohio Village Ousts Police Chief Over Affair Rumors
Fay Dalrymple, 58, the Highland Heights police chief, was fired by the village council for consorting with the mayor's wife, after a hearing attracting about 200 residents. The case centered on alleged visits to the mayor's home and use of a village police car on duty time, with Dalrymple insisting the visits were official errands. Lay and Ley presented testimony, while the mayor and Mrs Ley denied wrongdoing as others described sightings and incidents.
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Highland Heights
Selons
Fay
Faye
Fay Dalrymple
Clem
Bud) Ley
Ley
Florida
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Nellie
Leya
Darymple
Phillip Millhouse
Bech
Leys
Mra. Ley
Kidnaper Slain After Two-Day 1500 Mile Car Ride
Two Pennsylvania youths Nick Cursi 18 and Joseph Zeilmerchik 19 were kidnapped by Joe Pacific 32 from Canonsburg Pa. and held in a car trunk during a 1500 mile two day ride ending when Pacific was shot and killed by police in Mingo Junction Ohio. The captor robbed the youths, beat his estranged wife and forced her to accompany him before dying in a gun battle with Sgt. Sam Baker. The boys survived hungry and thirsty, largely unharmed.
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Pennsylvania
Joe Pacific
Canonsburg
Mingo Junction
Pacific
Nick Cursi
Joseph Zeilmerchik
Cokeburg
Curtis
Zolmerchik
O Ft
Matilda
Sam Baker
Baker
John P. Smarrella
Jefferson County
British ship sinks in Red Sea with 72 missing
Suez Egypt AP British freighter Indian Enterprise exploded and sank in the Red Sea. Seventy two crewmen are missing. The 7100 ton ship was carrying 580 tons of explosives for the Indian government. It carried no passengers. officers were British and most crew were Indian.
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Suez
Egypt
Red Sea
London
Schuman Seeks Quick Action At Western Europe Merger Talks
Paris AP report notes French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman urged six Western European nations to cede sovereignty to an international authority for coal and steel industry coordination. Nations France, West Germany, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg agreed to the idea, while Britain held back.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Salle de l'Horlodge
Europe
France
Germany
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Britain
Plane's Crash Fatal To Four in Indiana Field
Four people died in a small plane crash seven miles south of Lebanon Indiana. Identified victims were Rob ert A Lahr 30 LaFayette flying instructor Clinton E Ferguson 41 Battle Ground student pilot his wife Marcia Ferm 41 and her son Ronald Partridge 8. The single engine craft struck the ground head on and buried its nose two feet.
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Lebanon
Ind
Here
Robert A. Lahr
LaFayette
Clinton E. Ferguson
Battle Ground
Marcia Ferm
Ronald Partridge
Former War Secretary Hurley charges secrets sold
Former U S ambassador to China Patrick J Hurley told Senate investigators he was told top secret documents were sold or given to pro Communist groups by State Department officials. He named John B Service among those alleged to have supplied Mao Tse tung with secret information in 1944. The charge ties to the 1945 Amerasia theft case, now under subcommittee investigation. Hurley said the State Department hid the truth for five years. The committee plans to call him to testify soon as Chairman Tydings and member Senator Hickenlooper urged.
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Patrick J. Hurley
U.S
China
Senate
State Department
Hurley
Santa Fe
N. M
Amerasia
Senate Foreign Relations
Tydings
Hickenlooper
A-Iown
Urley
State Depart
John 8S
Service
Foreign Service
Mao Tae- Tung
New York
Amerasia Magazine
McCarthy
R-Wis
United States
India
Vice
Youthful Critics and the Hard Intolerance of Youth
A reflection on teenage critics who scoff at sentiment and elders flaws. It notes youth’s harsh judgments, the eventual lesson that parents were wiser, and that growing up softens harsh attitudes as respect and understanding emerge. Martin.
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Mom
Dad
Slack Is Moved Under Guard to Tennessee
Alfred Dean Slack a 44 year old Syracuse chemist accused of wartime spying for Soviet Russia left Utica New York by car for Tennessee under heavy guard. He wore handcuffs attached to a chain around his waist as three guards refused to say if the trip would continue by car train or airplane.
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Utica
N. Y
Alfred Dean Slack
Soviet Russia
Tennessee
Syracuse
Slack
Acheson urges Point Four aid plan at governors meeting
Secretary of State Acheson urged governors to back President Truman's Point Four program aiding underdeveloped regions in food health and education. He said such aid strengthens resistance to extremism. The plan, named after Truman's inaugural address, awaits appropriation after Congress authorized 35 million dollars for start.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Acheson
Truman
Congress
Baker Strike Stalemates Coast to Coast
The Associated Press reports bread shelves empty across five West Coast cities as 3100 AFL bakers strike enters a second day. In Los Angeles 1800 bakers idle as a union seeks a 35 hour week, with a potential monthslong stoppage. Strikes affect 90 percent of bread supply in the region from Seattle to Bremerton and Portland. Seattle area plants sue Local No. 9 for 20000 dollars daily damages for alleged contract termination without 60 days notice.
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Associated Press
AFL
Los Angeles
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Everett
Bremerton
Wash
Local No. 9
Bakers Union
Bolton hails service groups at Navy Mothers convention
Washington AP reports Representative Bolton of Ohio praised service organizations for preserving the American way of life. In a speech at the Navy Mothers convention, she said such groups are needed in peace as well as wartime.
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Washington
Bolton
Ohio
Navy Mothers Ub
Excises Cut and Corporate Taxes Advance in Law
Washington AP report notes House Ways and Means Chair Doughton voices that a 9.499 billion tax boost for corporations goes too far while Democrats back the measure. The panel approved 14 to 10 and aimed to fund the program with other tax increases.
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Washington
Doughton
D-80
Democratic Law Law Vcted
House
Senate
Senate Considers Security Bill Expansion of Benefits
The Senate moves to vote on a popular plan to expand Social Security. It would add about 10 million workers to coverage, raise monthly benefits by 85 to 90 percent for current recipients, and nearly double future retirees’ payments. Amendments include study of a pay as you go system and higher taxable earnings thresholds.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Pay checks approved for Ohio Too Company workers
Cleveland AP report says 102 employees of the bankrupt Ohio Too Company were authorized pay checks totaling 27147 by Bankruptcy Referee William B. Woods. The debts include back income taxes that bankrupted the firm.
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Cleveland
Ohio Too Company
William B. Woods
Democrats Map Strategy For November Campaign
National Democratic leaders open strategy meetings in Columbus with National Chair William Boyle arriving to confer with county chairmen state representatives and organization leaders. Labor leaders from CIO PAC AFL and Railway Labor join as Mrs India Edwards notes rising female political interest across 35 states while Gov Lausche weighs support for Feingold against Taft in the U S Senate race.
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Columbus
William M. Boyle
Agricultw
State Rite
National Common
Seater Stanceack Kroll
Cio-Pac
Joe Keenan Washington
AFL
C. T. Aders
Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Edwards
Lausche
Ernor Lausche
H. Hanhart
U. S
Wheat shortage looming in 1930s farm report
Paris AP reports Allan B. Kline president of the American Farm Bureau Federation warns a bad wheat year could extend carryover deficits and threaten supply. He notes the coming season may be difficult, citing risk of tighter stocks and price pressure for farmers nationwide.
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Paris
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
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