Dewey Gains Six New Hampshire Delegate Votes
New Hampshire's presidential primary left Thomas E. Dewey with six of eight delegate votes while Harold E. Stassen claimed the remaining two. The result signals a tongue in cheek standoff as Wisconsin looms on April 6 where MacArthur enters the race. Dale praised the Dewey tally as a tribute while Stassen backers stressed two convention ballots.
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Jack Bell
Washington
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
New Hampshire
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
New England
Wisconsin
Dewey
Stassen
Douglas MacArthur
Charles M. Dale
Philadelphia
Dale
Robert A. Taft
Czech Minister Jan Masaryk Found Dead in Prague
Prague AP report says Jan Masaryk, 61, a non party minister in the new Communist government, killed himself in a fall from his second story office in Prague. The government announced the death as self inflicted after the coup.
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A. J. Goldberg
Prague
Jan Masaryk
Ina
Masaryk Death Shocks World Amid Czechoslovak Betrayal Claims
Western capitals react with shock to the death of Jan Masaryk amid claims he killed himself under pressure from Communist betrayal in Czechoslovakia. British and American officials recall his longtime service and warn of a drastic political shift as mass media note the tragedy may reflect a broader crackdown. Masaryk, son of Thomas Masaryk, reportedly died by a three story plunge from his villa in Prague as authorities investigate.
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London
Jan Masary
Germany
Masaryk
Washington
Dean Acheson
Juraj Slavik
United States
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Office
Dagbladet
Oslo
Berlin
Vienna
Wiener Kurier
London Star
Thomas Masaryk
Republic
Masary
Foreign Ministry
Anton Dvorak
Soviet Union
Russia
Ohio bans write in campaign for MacArthur in presidential primary
Columbus AP reports Ohio election laws effective January forbid write in campaigns. Secretary of State confirmed no statewide write in effort possible for Gen. Douglas MacArthur after Melvin Hott of a Cleveland MacArthur for President Club indicated plans. MacArthur said he was available but would not actively seek the presidency.
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Columbus
Dougal MacArthur
Ohio
Secretary of State
Melvin T. Hott
Cleveland
MacArthur
Dewey Stassen Drive Across Key Primary States
The May 4 Ohio primary looms as a target for Dewey efforts with delegates across multiple districts. New Hampshire counts as one of three crucial battles along with Wisconsin and Oregon where May 21 voting shapes the Dewey Stassen race. Oregon likely centers on the Dewey Stassen race with filing closing Friday and MacArthur not entering the general. Wisconsin requires securing over one third of 27 delegates to gain momentum for MacArthur's campaign.
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Ohio
Dewey
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Oregon
Portland
MacArthur
Western European Military Pact Opens to Others
Five western European nations discuss a military alliance open to other countries in Europe. Benelux cautions on details while France and Britain push for a broader five power core with potential later additions, notably Italy and Marshall Plan nations.
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Belgium
France
Britain
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Fernand van Langenhove
Italy
Ernest Bevin
Western Europe
Break Looms on Partition of Palestine
United Nations debates left the Palestine partition plan in doubt as the United States and Russia clash over Arab inclusion in consultations. Jews accept the plan by October 1 while Arabs boycott talks, and Soviet officials question renewed negotiations. Warren Austin defends U S inquiry into concrete facts amid sharp exchanges.
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Russia
United States
Warren R. Austin
Beers Fly As Bartender Defends Bar From Intruder
Cleveland AP report says bartender Joseph Cieplowsky fought off a masked robber firing at him. He tossed empty beer bottles, the intruder shot at the ceiling, and a third bottle struck the assailant as he fled. No injuries reported.
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Cleveland
Joseph Cieplowsky
Cieplowsky
Fall Injures Centerville Worker at Dayton Power and Lights
James Colbert aged 43 of Centerville is hospitalized in critical condition after a 30 foot fall from a scaffold while employed at Dayton Power and Lights Company. The incident occurred yesterday.
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Cayton
James Colbert
Centerville
Dayton Power and Lights Company
Austrian Girl Recalls Yank Soldier Shot By Reds
A 19 year old Austrian girl Elfriede Elias says she was beaten and subjected to gruelling questioning by Russian troops after American companion Jack Grunden 18 of Port Arthur was shot in the back by a Soviet sentry while she tried to aid him. The incident occurred near Vienna as Allied and Soviet forces clashed.
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Pfe
Jack Grunden
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Grand Hotel
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Samuel Adelman
Baltimore
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International Military Police
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Stars and Stripes
Reed
Red Army
Oesterreichische Zeitung
Meyers Offered 2000 To Lie, Chauffeur Testifies
Calvin Mettee testified that Meyers offered him 2000 to give false testimony at Meyers wartime profits trial. He described coaching on a false gift claim involving a 3000 dollar blue Cadillac from Aviation Electric and hotel registration under a false name.
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Calvin Mettee
G. I
Bennett F. Meyers
Meyers
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Senate
Ast
Army Air Forces
Mettee
Ohio State University
Huntington
N. Y
Aviation Electric Company
Dayton, O
Lamarre
Aviation Electric
William Brady Jr named chairman of National City Bank
New York AP William Gage Brady Jr succeeds Gordon S Rentschler as chairman after Rentschler died March 3 during vacation in Havana Cuba at National City Bank of New York The bank announced Brady will assume the role following the passing of Rentschler.
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NEW York
William Gage Brady, Jr
The
National City Bank of New York
Gordon S. Rentschler
Havana
Cuba
Eight Himmler Aides Convicted In Court
In Nuremberg Germany eight SS officers tied to Himmler's extermination program were found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity after six months of trial. Sentences ranged from 10 years to life with Gen Ulrich Greifelt receiving life. Col Rudolf Creutz and Gen Werner Lorenz were among those sentenced. one woman was acquitted.
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S. S
Inge Viermet
Lebensbholorn
Rudolf Creutz
Drowned man from Crown City in Ohio River incident
Eber Haner 23 of Crown City Ohio drowned yesterday in the Ohio River after a fall from a rough gravel digging area near Lesage West Virginia.
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Huntington
W. Va
Eber Haner
Crown City
Ohio River
Lesage
Man dies in blaze at Ohio Ferro-Alloys plant
In Zanesville Ohio, James W Stiles 19 died from burns after kerosene on his clothing ignited. Flames spread from his shed at the Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corp in Philo to a loading platform an oil tank exploded destroying two freight cars and a large building. Damage tallied at 75000 dollars.
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Zanesville
James W. Stiles
Stiles
Ohio Ferro-Alloys Corporation
Philo
Governor Herbert to take week vacation in Miami
Gov Thomas J. Herbert will return Sunday to Miami with his wife and two sons for a week's vacation. He will fly to Cleveland for the funeral of Dean C. M. Finfrock of Western Reserve University law school, then attend a Nis Prius Club meeting in Cleveland Saturday night.
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Thomas J. Herbert
Miami
Herbert
Dan
John
Florida
Cleveland
Dean C. M. Finfrock
Western Reserve University Law School
Dean Finfrock
Nis: Prius Club Ineveland
Pope Presses Catholics to Back Defeat of Leftist Party
Pope Pius XII urged Rome clergy to stress the April 18 Italian elections and mobilize Catholic voters against the left. He defended church neutrality while stressing Parliament's role in matters affecting religious life and the church in Italy.
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Pius XII
Rome
Italy
Popular Front
Rites Planned For Yank War Dead In Italy
Rome AP reports memorial services at Nettuno Cemetery will start a program to repatriate American war dead from Italy. A ceremony near Anzio marks the area of the 1943 landing. About 7,000 bodies are to ship from Naples in June 1949 as part of a plan for roughly 20,000 of 33,000 American war dead to return to the United States or be buried in permanent Italian cemeteries near Nettuno and Florence.
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Nettuno Cemetery
Italy
United States
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Nettuno
Naples
Florence
Four Korean Police Killed in Renewed South Korea Strife
The U S Army reports four Korean policemen killed, three injured and two missing as renewed outbreaks hit South Korea. The incidents, part of a February 7 series that has cost about 80 Korean lives and disrupted communications, are blamed on Communist inspired groups aiming to pressure the United Nations election commission to quit Korea.
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U. S. Army
South Korea
United Nations
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Cs Mond
Man dies in Columbus hotel fire at Frances Apartment Hotel
A 35 year old railroad fireman, Robert H Carpenter, was found clutching a telephone in his third floor apartment as a fire at the Frances Apartment Hotel near Union Depot in Columbus killed him. Fire officials say the blaze started likely from a cigarette in Carpenter's room as water damage spread to the second floor. Patrolman Kenneth Anderson rescued a baby and another man, Harry Rose, before warning others. Dozens escaped via smoke and ladders while guests slept. over 190 guests, including Ray Anthony's orchestra members, were registered.
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Frances
Union Depot
Robert H. Carpenter
Clarence Ogborn
Carpenter
Kenneth Anderson
Harry Rose
Anderson
Henry Thomas
John Vincent
Ray Anthony
Plane Returns to U S For Repairs After Gasoline Leak
Reyn olds expedition plane with a leaking wing tank begins a perilous return flight from Shanghai toward Tokyo and Los Angeles for repairs. Milton Reynolds, backing the radar survey of western China, warns the mission may be delayed about three weeks as the rebuilt B-24 bomber seeks service in Los Angeles.
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Reynolds
United States
Bill Odom
Milton Reynolds
Tokyo
Chicago
China
Wake Island
Cleveland youths killed in crash near Ravenna Ohio
In Ravenna Ohio a car struck a fallen steel load on Route 14 after a tractor trailer dropped an 11,000 pound roll near Pittsburgh. Victims were William Mihalko 20 and John McFadden 20. Angelo Juliano 15 was listed in critical condition.
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William FE. Mihalko
John E. McFadden
Angelo Juliano
State Highway Patrol
Pittsburgh
Ravenna
Middletown Named For Warren Event
LEBANON The Warren County High School Athletic Association voted last night to bring the Warren County cage tournament for 1949 to Middletown, announced by R F Hatfield County Superintendent.
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Warren County High School Athletic Association
Warren County
Middletown
R. F. Hatfield
U S Military Heads To Talk Over Discord
Washington AP reports the military high command will meet this weekend to resolve roles for Army Navy and Air Force in wartime planning. Defense Secretary Forrestal said disagreements exist among the joint chiefs and he hopes to achieve accommodation or make decisions himself.
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Defense Department
Congressional Air Policy Commission
Joint Chiefs
Omar Bradley
Carl Spaatz
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval
William B. Leahy
Church Leaders Await Clarity After Court Ruling
Ohio Council of Churches reacts to a Supreme Court decision deeming public schools unconstitutional for aiding religious instruction. Leaders say classes continue until procedures are set, noting 73 517 students in 68 Ohio districts affected. The council seeks guidance after the ruling is clarified.
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Ohio Council of Churches
Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Ohio
Ohio Council
International Council On Religious Education
Chicago
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