U S Determined To Put Military House In Order
United States officials press to strengthen defense amid grave world situation. Forrestal orders joint chiefs to resolve policy disagreements and warn against preemptive war while advancing tests of atomic weapons and a 21 ton explosive bomb in California. Air Force conducts test drops from the B 36 bomber as part of expanding military readiness.
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Marshall
United States
Forrestal
High Command
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Force
Pacific
California
Delta DC-4 Crash Kills 12 Aboard in Chicago
A Delta Airlines DC-4 crashed after takeoff from Chicago Municipal Airport killing 12 of 13 aboard. A woman survived alongside her seven year old son, who died in the disaster.
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Chicago
Delta Airlines
Nine women die in Highland Hospital fire in Asheville
A midnight blaze at Highland Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Asheville killed nine women patients. Seven on the upper floors perished. two others died after rescue. The fire started in the kitchen, spread through an elevator shaft, and trapped many as doctors and firefighters worked to save others. The hospital is linked to Duke University Hospital in Durham. one survivor, Mrs. Tripoline Mee of Oak Lawn, Illinois, lost her seven year old son in the blaze.
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Asheville
N. C
Vicl&s
Highland Hospital
B. T. Bennett
Thuickly
Bennett
Harold Enloe
Allen T. Hipps
Bruce Kennedy
Heart of
Ashevi
Duke University Hospital
Durham
Tripoline Mee
Oak Lawn
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Colder Weather Brings Snow Across Ohio and Midwest
Middleton awoke to 1.2 inches of snow with up to seven inches in parts of the state and more predicted from the West. Temperatures fell to 20 in Middletown as a new cold wave loomed. Snow and sleet disrupted roads while farmers welcomed moisture for wheat.
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Middletown
Ohio
U. S
George Mindling
State Highway Department
Athens-Logan
Chicago
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas Panhandle
Federal Weather Bureau
New Mexico
Texas
Canadian
Michigan
Tennessee
Arkansas
Midwest
Missour
Mercury
Oklahoma City
Unknown man hailed for coat act in freezing rescue
Cleveland headline notes Leo Kaminski praising an unknown man who shed his coat to cover his injured brother Stanley in bitter cold until an ambulance arrived after a hit run. Leo sent a letter to the Plain Dealer expressing salute and gratitude to the stranger.
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Cleveland
Leo Kaminski
Kaminski
Stanley
the Plain Dealer
Leo
Lee
Fire Destroys Two-Story Barn In Germantown
A two story frame barn on Center Street in Germantown was destroyed by an undetermined origin fire whipped by high winds. 12 volunteer firefighters fought the blaze from 11:45 p m to 4 a m, under control with no neighboring property damaged.
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Germantown
Center St
William Breisford
William Green Jr
Maple Syrup Run Expected To Be Small In Geauga County
Geauga County maple syrup prospects look weak this season due to dry conditions and cold nights. A. B. Carlson predicts a tiny run unless wet warm spells arrive. The Geauga festival April 2 3 4 features a governor showdown between Ernest Gibson of Vermont and Thomas J. Herbert of Ohio.
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Chardon
Geauga County
A. B. Carlson
Carlson
Ohio
Vermont
Ernest Gibson
Thomas J. Herbert
Dayton Rejects Protest Over Negro Meter Readers
City of Dayton will continue to employ Black water meter readers despite a protest from citizens. Commissioner Louis W. Lohrey said the city cannot sanction employment by color or creed. Six of eight readers are Negroes, with several employees longtime.
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Dayton
Louis W. Lohrey
Three Children Die in Suburban Chicago Heights Fire
AP reports three young children perished in a basement fire that destroyed their home in Chicago Heights suburban area yesterday. Authorities investigated the blaze as investigators searched for a cause and the community mourned the loss.
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Chicago
Chicago Heights
Meyers Denied Acquittal in Witness Tampering Case
Federal Judge Holtzoff ruled a jury must decide on witness tampering charges against Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers. Meyers refused a court directed acquittal and did not testify. Defense argued Senate War Investigating Subcommittee was illegally formed. Meyers' wife Jia Ray attended the trial for the first time.
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Washington
Alexander Holtzoff
Bennett E. Meyers
Meyers
No. 2
Air Forces
Holtzoff
Senate War Investigating Subcommittee
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Lamarre
Democratic leaders hold parley on Truman candidacy
Washington AP reports Democratic strategists press grass roots support for Truman’s open campaign as National Chairman J Howard McGrath convenes cross country leaders for a two day session. Leon Henderson of Americans for Democratic Action urges a determined fight for civil rights. anti lynch and anti poll tax reforms loom in talks ahead of Philadelphia convention plans.
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Washington
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Leon Henderson
Americans For Democratic Action
Executive Committee
Philadelphia
Eleven killed as explosion hits Jewish Agency building in Jerusalem
An explosion heavily damaged the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem injuring 89 and killing 11 as a car with an American flag entered the guarded courtyard. Haganah took charge while officials noted the car possibly involved U S consul personnel. A known Zionist leader Lieb Gaffe was among the dead.
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Lieb Gaffe
Keren Hayessod
Jewish National Colonization Fund
Jewish Agency
U. S
Marshall Firm on China Aid Policy Stance
Secretary of State Marshall rejected calls from MacArthur Wedemeyer and Chennault for large scale military aid to Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalists in China. He reaffirmed the three year old U S policy and limited aid to economic support.
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Washington (Ap
United States
China
Douglas MacArthur
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Claire L. Chennault
Chiang Kai-Shek
Marshall
State Funeral Rites For Jan Masaryk On Saturday
Prague authorities announce a state funeral Saturday for Jan Masaryk the 61 year old foreign minister found dead under disputed circumstances. He will be buried beside his father founder of the republic as the government cites suicide after his death in a courtyard near the foreign office. Funeral services will be held at the Prague Vltava riverside pantheon in a ceremony reflecting the era and the political shift.
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Jan Masaryk
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Oe Liret
Republc
Foreign Office
Czechoslovak Government Wins Unanimous Confidence Vote
In Prague the Communist government receives a unanimous parliamentary vote of confidence as it plans a state funeral for foreign minister Jan Masaryk. Prime Minister Klement Gottwald has secured approval for the program two weeks after seizing power.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Jan Masaryk
Klement Gottwald
Mourning in Czechoslovakia for Masaryk aide and statesman
Czechoslovakia mourns the minister among shock and melancholy. Flags fly at half staff as funeral rites are prepared in Prague with speakers including Premier Kle ment Gottwald. Masaryk’s memory spans the birth and growth of the republic and his public life among friends and countrymen.
Governor Caldwell Awarded 237500 Damages In Libel Suit
A 12 man federal jury in Tallahassee awarded Governor Millard Caldwell 237500 damages in a libel suit against Collier's magazine. Caldwell sought 500000. He said proceeds will go to Florida A and M College for Negroes. Collier's attorney announced a motion for a new trial.
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Caldwell
Millard Caldwell
Colliers Magazine
Florida A. and
M. College For
Collier's
Jesse James Payne
Payne
Sadicon County
Madison County
Lonnie T. Davis Caldwell
Czech Prince Schwarzenberg Resigns After Masaryk Death
The Czecho Slovakia legation to the Holy See announced the resignation of First Secretary Prince Frantisek Schwarzenberg. He led Czech youth against the Nazis in World War II and earned decorations for Prague’s liberation. he resigned after Jan Masaryk's death, describing Masaryk as his intimate friend.
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Rome
Holy See
Frantisek Schwarzenberg Schwarzenberg
Prague
Legation
Jan Masaryk
Resignation of Czechoslovak Minister to Norway
Dr. Emil Walter resigned today as Czechoslovakia's minister to Norway. He sent a dispatch to the Prague foreign ministry asking to accept his resignation, citing an inability to cooperate under the circumstances and pledging loyalty to his country.
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Oslo
Norway
Emil Walter
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Ministry
Prague
Soviet extends sympathy over Masaryk death
An official announcement from Moscow said the Soviet Government extends condolences to the Czechoslovak Government on the death of Jan Masaryk.
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Moscow
Jan Masaryk
Schenley Firm Expands Employee Security Plan
In Cincinnati AP report Schenley Distillers Corp expands its employee security plan to guarantee normal earnings for up to 16 weeks after occupational accident or illness. H C Phillips says more than 5 700 employees at Ohio Kentucky Indiana affiliates are covered, with 13 000 nationally.
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Cincinnati
Schenley Distillers Corporation
H. C. Phillips
Schenley
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Councilman Dies Of Heart Attack In Car Crash
Xenia Ohio AP reports 65 year old Joan W. Reeves, councilman of Spring Valley, died of a heart attack while driving after his car skidded on ice. His widow said he became excited during the incident.
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Xenia. D
Joan W. Reeves
Spring Valley
Two Injured In Navy Plane Crash-Lands Near Donaldsonville
A Navy transport with 19 aboard crash landed on a foggy auxiliary field near Donaldsonville Louisiana. Two passengers suffered shock while five crew members and 14 others endured the incident. Pilot Lt J L USN was identified along with Lt John Rue USNR and Ensign Joe Labauch USN.
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New Orleans
Navy
Donaldsonville
Naval Air Station
J. L
Patuxent River
Corpus Christi, Tex
Suit In Dayton Headed For Jury
Fred Hamlet seeks 25000 in a civil rights suit against Pennsylvania Greyhound Bus Lines Inc. for injuries after being ejected from a bus April 26 1946 near West Alexandria Ohio and 500 for civil rights violation. Defense on last day of trial showed driver Jiff Brown had no right to eject Hamlet.
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Dayton, D
Fred Hamlet
Pennsylvania Greyhound Bus Lines, Inc
Robert R. Nevin
Eaton, O
West Alexandria O
Ohio
Jiff Brown
Franklin, Inc
Hamlet
Chicago lawyer's flight ends in crash after premonition
Harold L. Levy, a Chicago criminal lawyer, asked his wife Ruth to skip a Delta flight to Miami in which her brother Ralph Levy accompanied them. Ruth watched the plane take off, then it crashed soon after the takeoff, with details from police statements incomplete.
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Chicago
Harold L. Levy
Miami
Fla
Delta
Ruth Levy
Ralph Raymond Levy
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