Eight liquor agents ejected from Ellis County Club raid
In Portsmouth Ohio Scioto County Common Pleas Court ejected eight state liquor agents from the Ellis County Club during a raid that began Friday night and ended Saturday at 1 pm. The Elks Club filed a $3000 damage suit against the State Liquor Department. Agents sought slot machines and remained near Highway 122 after the court order. The agents named included Corwin Matthews Cliff Girard A G Rakasiek Michael Lucas Homer Hilliard L C Little Ted Szymanski and Henry Feran.
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Portsmouth
Scieto County Common Pleas Court
Ellis Country Club
C. R. Burns
Elks Club
State Liquor Department
Corwin Matthews
Cliff Girard
A. G. Rakasiek
Michael Lucas
Homer Hilliard
L. C. Little
Ted Szymanski
Henry Feran
Cleveland
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Commando Raid Might Hit Red China South of Shanghai
Nationalist sources hint a commando type raid landed on the Chinese mainland about 200 miles south of Shanghai with Sungmen allegedly occupied with guerrilla help. Premier Chen Cheng and air headquarters deny confirmation while naval sources remain cautiously noncommittal. details and success remain unclear.
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Formosa
Red China
Shanghai
Central Daily News
Kuomintang
Sungmen
Chen Cheng
Chiang Kai- Shek
Central Daily
Checkiang Province
Linhai
Taichow
Chekiang Province
Storms Sweep Plains and Coast With 30 More Cold Days Seen
Storms hammer the Plain States and eastern seaboard as winter lingers for an estimated 30 additional days. Three storms churn offshore and inland, slowing ships including the Queen Mary bound for New York. Widespread snow and frigid temperatures stretch from Montana to New England and into the Northwest, with several deaths reported in upstate New York.
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Plain States
Eastern Seaboard
Atlantic
Jerome Namias
Weather Bureau
Washington
New York
New England
Concord
N. H
Pennsylvania
Canadian
Plains
Pembina
N. D
North Carolina
Kansas
Central Plains
Central Rockies
Nevada
Oregon
Plains States
Montana
Economy Monday plans and Good Friday union services
Final plans for Economy Monday outline arrangements for union services on Good Friday. A parallel feature previews the Eagles parade set for next weekend, with spring’s arrival bringing open cars, families strolling, and neighborhood activity. The piece notes spring fever and young love as season highlights.
Leahy Calls Atomic War Barbaric and Unnecessary
Admiral William D. Leahy asserts in his book I Was There that using atomic bombs against Japan reflects barbaric ethics and marks a return to Genghis Khan era cruelty. He warns of future A-bomb use against the U.S. unless global guarantees prevent atomic warfare and advocates stronger US arsenals.
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Washington
William D. Leahy
Japan
Leahy
Roosevelt
Russia
Henry A. Wallace
Office of Strategic Service
OSS
Wallace
Europe
Admiral Leahy
Whittlesey House
Genghis Khan
United Nations
World Organization
United States
Bodies Recovered After Sinking Of Steamer Buiivar
Guayaquil Ecuador AP reports 21 bodies recovered from the steamer Buiivar sinking in the Guayas River last Wednesday. About 15 passengers remain missing as divers search the sunken vessel for more victims after the ship capsized amid shifting banana cargo.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Buiivar
Guayas
Indochinese Fire On Two Destroyers
In Saigon last night guerrillas backed by communists fired machinegun and mortar rounds at two American destroyers the Stickwell and Anderson while they were at anchor. No hits were scored though shells landed near the ships and two Frenchmen were wounded by a shell in front of a navy building. The episode follows reports of arms from China to anti-French rebels working to topple the Bao Dai regime as Washington and Moscow back rival sides in Indochina. The destroyers, part of the U S Eleventh Fleet visiting Indochina, were to leave Monday.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Ho Chi Mirth
China
Bao Dai
Greece
Washington
Moscow
Indochina
U. S
Stickwell
Anderson
Boxer
Alarm Broken at Bernard Brown Cafe Heist
In Long Beach California four customers faced a youthful gunman who demanded cash. Brown stood firm as the customers taunted the robber, who fled out back. A beer glass was shattered and the alarm was triggered before Brown shut it off. Later a burglar stole $40 from the till.
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Long Beach
Calif
Bernard Brown
Brown
Most Powerful Atomic Machine Turned On For Preview Saturday
The AP reports Columbia University activated the world’s most powerful atomic energy machine, a synchro-cyclotron, for a preview. It produces several atomic rays and protons for research into atomic structure, isotopes, and potential energy applications, with no link to hydrogen bombs.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
NEW York (Ap
Columbia University
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Columbia
Earth
Rescue of Pittsfield highway worker trapped in sand bin
J Edward Joyner, 38, was saved after four hours buried in a Lebanon Mountain sand bin at a highway yard in Pittsfield Massachusetts. He was removed to St Luke's Hospital in shock and exposure. Foreman William Hurley led the dig, calling the rescue a miracle.
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Pittsfield
Mass
J. Edward Joyner
St. Luke's Hospital
William Hurley
Joyner
Lebanon Mountain
Hurley
Byrd Seeks New Joint Antarctic Expedition
Admiral Byrd discusses a proposed unified Antarctic mission to train for polar warfare and survey minerals beneath ice. The plan envisions about 4,000 personnel returning to Little America for a five to six month expedition, contingent on Joint Chiefs approval.
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Richmond
Adm
Richard E. Byrd
Defense Johnson
Antarctic
Army
Navy Polar Warfare
Richmond News
Air Force
Leeder
South Polar
Navy
News Leader
Washington
Byrd
Little America
Dan A. Kimball
Joint Chiefs of Pelling
Joint Chiefs
United States
U S Embassy Ordered to Cut Warsaw Staff
In Warsaw the United States was asked to reduce its military personnel at the American Embassy by half. Lt Col Anthony Frank Leone, assistant military attache, was first to leave. British envoy Sir Donald Gainor plans leave April 20 and the British embassy faces similar pressures. Mrs Jennie Christ Knubel, 77, Lutheran leader and widow of the first president of the United Lutheran Church in America, died Saturday in New Rochelle New York.
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Warsaw
United States
Waldemar D. Gallman
Navy
Gallman
State Department
Washington
Anthony Frank Leone
U.S
Galman
Sir Donald St. Clair Gainor
Gainor
New Rochelle
N. Y
Jennie Christ Knubel
United Lutheran Church In America
Senator Told to Take Issue to President
Washington AP report on the Civil Service Loyalty Review Board denying questions from Senator McCarthy about diplomat John S. Service. The board cites a presidential order and says McCarthy should pursue the matter with President Truman. Service is ordered back from India for personal testimony amid McCarthy’s charges of Communist influence and a State Department coverup.
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Washington
Civil Service Loyalty Review Board
McCarthy
R-Wis
John S. Service
Seth W. Richardson
Truman
Service
Foreign Service
India
State Department
Department
Civil Service Review Board
Richardson
Review Board
Senate
Civil Service Loyalty Board
CAA Abandons Midway Island Following Navy Plan
The Civil Aeronautics Administration will cease operations at Midway Island around May 1 and remove its 26 personnel and equipment by June, joining the Navy which plans to pull its 200 man garrison before June 7. Pan American Airways has not decided on its ground crew status or relocation to Wake Island.
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Honolulu
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Navy
Midway Island
CAA
Charles Horne
Hawaii
Midway
Pan American Airways
Wake Island
Tragedy at Halifax: Trawler Sunk in Collision Kills Eleven Crew
Off Halifax Harbor the Canadian trawler Gertrude De Costa collided with the inter-island steamer Connector in darkness. Eleven of the 17 crew members, all Nova Scotians except one from Grand Bank, Nfld., drowned as both vessels sank. Captain Haslem Knuckle went down with the ship. One survivor, Robert Parker, spoke of the fatal crash and efforts to cut free rigging as the vessel sank. The incident prompted an immediate inquiry announced by Transport Minister Lionel Chevrier.
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Halifax
N.S
Gertude de Costa
Connector
St. John’s
Harbor
Yarmouth
N. S
Grand Bank
Nfld
Lionel Chevrier
Ottawa
Gertrude de Costa
Morton Tanner
Tanner
Haslem Knuckle
Robert Parker
Edward Tanner
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