Wisconsin slaying mystery centers on young newlyweds
A Minneapolis teen couple, Patricia Birmingham’s sister Kathleen and Milton Babich, were married after eloping from West Allis Wisconsin. Police want to question them about Patricia’s death in the Milwaukee River near their home as authorities pursue a possible link to the slaying.
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Minneapols
Wisconsin
Milton Babich
Patricia Birmingham
Milwaukee
West Allis
Wis
Patricia
Eugene Bernath
Minneapolis
Kalamazoo
Mich
Babich
Chicago
Kathleen
Harry Todd
Milton
Coal Miners Ordered Back To Work Monday
Pittsburgh AP reports John L. Lewis ordered 463000 idle coal miners to return to work Monday after a memorial stoppage ending March 28. The move targets miners east of the Mississippi idle since March 14 to protest U S Bureau of Mines head appointment and to resume production. The memorial period cost $30 million in wages and disrupted rail coal traffic. Operators may struggle to rebuild stock before June 30 contract talks expected mid May.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Mississippi
Lewis
James Boy
U. S. Bureau of Mines
U.S
Man Hurt In Blast Fire Here
Robert Nickell a 27 year old local electrician suffered flash burns to his face forehead and hands in a basement explosion at 1559 Central Ave where he worked on equipment at 2 05 pm today Firemen fought dense smoke as a sharp blast shattered a store window at the Maud Muller Candy Shop in a building housing three shops including Union Sanitary Laundry and Champion Shoe Shine Parlor Cause of the explosion was not determined Damage to shops basement and equipment estimated high
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Robert Nickell
Catalpa Dr
Central Ave
Maud Muller Candy Shop
Union Sanitary Laundry
Champion Shoe Shine Parlor
Fireme
Mount Union College second-semester enrollment rises
Mount Union College reports 978 students enrolled this second semester, up 64 from a year ago. Registrar Robert W. Tripp released the figure, noting steady growth.
Senate approves rent control act by 68 10 margin
The Senate passed a rent control extension 68 to 10 with Republican opposition. The bill would extend controls 12 to 15 months, allow up to 10 percent rent increases, and set a framework for future home rule decontrol. House and Senate must reconcile differences before final passage.
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Washington
House
Congress
White House
Senate House
Bricker
Ohio
Butler
Neb
Cordon
Ore
Edton
Mont
Gurney
Kem
Mundt
Wherry
Williams
Del
Young
Truman
Magnuson
D-Wash
Mr. Man
Lucas
D-Ill
Myers
Dpa
Fulbright
D-Ark
Trio Convicted In Slaying Of Man In Newark
In Newark Ohio a jury convicted Mrs. Maxine Dermer Sullivan 24, Clarence R. Dermer 20, and Albert R. Hefley 18 of first degree murder in the fatal beating of Edwin Hart. The jury recommended mercy, sparing them death and mandating life sentences. Judge Holtzberry set sentencing for Saturday morning.
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Newark
Edwin Hart
Maxine Dermer Sullivan
Clarence R. Dermer
Albert R. Hefley
Charles B. Holtzberry
Drive To Be Opened On Old Age Pensions
Washington AP The administration asks Congress for a broad expansion of old age insurance to cover 20 million more people, higher benefits, and possible payroll tax increases. Resistance arises in Congress to expanding direct federal aid and to extending disability insurance. tax hikes hinge on added disability coverage.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Ways and Means
Representative Mills
Pension Bill Shelved in House Ballot
In Washington a one vote margin sent the Rankin veterans pension bill back to the Veterans Committee for study. A 208 to 207 roll call marked the shelve action, with tellers voting 171 to 168 on Teague's motion to strike the enacting clause, seen as preliminary to sending the measure to committee for review.
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Washington
House
Veterans Committee
Veterans’ Committee
Friends
Tscows
Representative Teague
D - Tex
Teague
British Film May Win First Oscar at Hollywood
The 1948 Oscar race sees two British films Hamlet and The Red Shoes as top contenders for best picture, while Laurence Olivier and Lew Ayres vie for best actor and Jane Wyman eyes best actress in Johnny Belinda. Others include The Snake Pit, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Ingrid Bergman and Barbara Stanwyck among nominees.
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Hollywood
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
England
Laurence Olivier
Hamlet
Jane Wyman
Johnny Belinda
Academy
Miss Wyman
Olivia de Havilland
Olivier
Lew Ayres
Snake Pit
Sierra Madre
Ayres
Montgomery Clift
Dan Dailey
Clifton Webb
Pretty
Miss Dehavilland
Ingrid Bergman
Joan of Arc
Irene Dunne
Mama
Barbara Stanwyck
Man Convicted in Hot Ham Case in Lancaster
LANCASTER Ohio AP A common pleas court jury yesterday convicted Denver Ball 29 of receiving meat stolen from a Columbus packing plant in another hot ham trial. The jury deliberated three hours and 52 minutes. Defense counsel announced a motion for a new trial would be filed.
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Lancaster, O
Common Pleas Court
Denver Ball
Ball
Columbus
House Passes State FEPC Measure in Heated Session
In Columbus AP report the Ohio General Assembly sent the FEPC bill to passage in the House by a 70 to 61 vote after nearly four hours of debate. Eight Republicans joined 62 Democrats to pass. three Republicans abstained. The measure creates a five member Fair Employment Practices Commission to curb race and religion based hiring and firing discrimination and allows courts to enforce orders.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Ohio Fepc
State House
House
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Rep
Gordon
Hamilton
Ohio
State Officers Raid Cases In Cincinnati
State Liquor Department raided three cafes in the Cincinnati area as part of a crackdown on alleged bookmaking. Officers seized pay-off slips and ledgers at First Stop Inn, Diamond Cafe, and Pilot Cafe, with permit holders cited to the liquor board. Acton said more raids were planned but bookies went underground.
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Cincinnati
State Liquor Department
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Department
Frank M. Acton
Board of Liquor
Acton
First Stop
Diamond Cafe
Silverton
Pilot Cafe
Norwood
Rutkowski
Walter Mitchell
Board of Liquor Control
Ohio
Two Students Die In Plunge Off Mountain
In Yosemite California two Stanford students died after plunging from a 620 foot ledge. Rangers said bodies were found snow covered at the base, about 400 feet below the top. Identified by clothing cards, Peter B Yeazell 18 and Kenneth Alden Haines 19 of Fresno lay 30 feet apart near Lower Yosemite Falls. The ascent used a rope reportedly 100 feet long, a risky climb on wet snow whitened rocks.
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Yosemite
Cal
Stanford
Peter B. Yeazell
Kenneth Alden Haines
Fresno
Lower
Yosemite Falls
Churchill to call on Truman during 11 day visit
In New York AP reports Winston Churchill, age 74, will call on President Truman in Washington during an 11 day visit. He and Mrs. Churchill will be guests of the Trumans at a formal dinner after arriving yesterday aboard the liner Queen Elizabeth.
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New York
Winston Churchill
President Truman
Washington
Mrs. Churchill
Trumans
Great Britain
Two Men Killed In Hotel Blaze Dormitory Burns
Circleville Ohio and adjacent areas report multiple fire fatalities. Leonard Estep 28 his wife Frances 26 and children Jean six Beverly four Joie Lee 17 months died when a tenant house burned near Earl Miller farm Route 104. A stove explosion suspected. Nearby Dixieland hotel in Waverly Tennessee left two dead G B Reed and Ariel Lewis with twenty escaping unharmed. Bowing Green dormitory fire injured one student and caused over 5000 dollars in damage. A Houston gas fire in oil field south of Houston was uncontrolled with police guarding the area.
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Circleville, CO
Here
Leonard Estep
Frances
Jean
Beverly
Joie Lee
Earl Miller
Route 104
Circleville
Charles Radcliff
Pickaway County
Radcliff
George H. Burnside
Estep
Brightman Manufacturing Company
Columbus
David Laning
Waverly
Tenn
Grady Gray
Gray
G. B. Reed
Coodlettsville
Nashville
Ariel Lewis
Memphis
Bowling Green
Bowling Green State University
Daniel Wilt
Cleveland
E. J. Kreischer
Ohio College
Kenyon College
Gam‘bier
Houston
Tex
Houston Oil Field
River breaks through levee near Port Allen Louisiana
Mississippi River breaches a large bend beside Wilkinson sugar plantation, flooding areas three miles inland within hours. Red Cross opens reception center in Port Allen to aid refugees as the river advances toward Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Port Allen
Red Cross
Wilkinson
Mississippi
Trains Collision Kills One in Georgia Fog
A passenger train and a freight train collided head-on in heavy fog near Jesup Georgia killing one crewman and injuring several others. The Atlantic line passenger train derailed three coaches. passengers escaped major injuries. The crash occurred around 7 30 a m as the train traveled from Montgomery Alabama to Savannah Georgia. The passenger train engineer died, the fireman was seriously hurt and the conductor suffered minor injuries.
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Jesup
Atlantic Line
Montgomery
Ala
Savannah
Akron university seeks bids for $1 million chemistry building
Akron Ohio directors of the University of Akron voted to advertise for bids on a chemistry building project valued at $1,000,000. The move sets the stage for construction funding and timelines for the science facility.
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Akron, O
University of Akron
Opposition grows to western German state plan
In Frankfurt AP reports mounting resistance to creating a western German state. Observers peg chances at about fifty percent as opposition tightens around Bonn constitutional ideas. Communists oppose any western state and align with Socialist Party, French military government, and a German nationalist movement. If Bonn fails to adopt a western constitution, Allied policy may shift.
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Germany
Socialist Party
Mili
Constitutional Assembly
Bonn
Bonn Assembly
U. S
Britain
France
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