Tornadoes Level Two Towns in Oklahoma
A trio of tornadoes struck Canton Longdale and Blackwell Oklahoma causing at least 12 injuries and two deaths. The Canton twister hit at 12 20 a m destroying homes and businesses while Longdale suffered heavy damage and Blackwell on the south side endured five injuries. Rescue teams worked by flashlight as power lines and phones failed. Names given include 12 year old Larry Arnold and Charles Stowers 32.
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Canton
Longdate
piaUun
Longdale
Here
Little Longdale
Blackwell
Oklahoma City
Larry Arnold
Charles Stowers
Nowa Jean Schiska
Gambling War In Cincinnati Is Jury Bound
Cincinnati AP report notes Hamilton County anti gambling raids headed for grand jury. Sheriff Dan Tehan plans return from Florida as prosecutor Carson Hoy vows investigation into claims deputy sheriffs tipped off raids on the Sunset Club. Bookmaking houses shutter after over a dozen raids in a week.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Grand Jury
Dan Tehan
Florida
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Carson Hoy
Frank M. Acton
Acton
Sunset Club
Sheriff's Office
John J. Behle
Defense Chief Seeks Fast Unification Readiness at Pentagon
Louis Johnson new defense chief vows immediate unification of the armed forces. He warns if any service resists orders to quit quarreling, he will appeal to the White House for action or Congress to grant him authority. Johnson plans to merge offices and streamline space to complete unification, aiming to finish in one bite rather than two years. Continued on Page 11.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
White House
Congress
Defense
Johnson
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Defense Secretary
Air Force
Navy
Army
Truman
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Ohio considers sick workers aid commission proposal
In Columbus the Senate votes on a Lausche plan creating a nine member commission to study aid for workers who become sick or disabled off the job or unemployed. The bill funds a $20,000 study with commissioners paid only expenses and reports to the legislature. The measure follows Lausche's call for a joint study committee.
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Columbus
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Howard M. Metzenbaum
Cuyahoga
Lausche
House
Missing Man Earl Conover's Car Found in Columbus
The maroon 1947 Studebaker belonging to missing Norwood businessman Earl Conover was found on a Columbus street after seven weeks disappearance. Detectives tied the car to local robberies, but no trace of Conover was found. Three Wilmington suspects face auto theft and weapons charges. elevator operator John Gibbons reported the vehicle.
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Columbus
Norwood, O
Norwood
Earl Conover
Lee Kiley
Conover
Studebaker
Federal Savings and Loaned Association
Kiley
Wilmington
Edward J. Mischler
Walter A. Maley
Cincinnati
Frank J. Czerniski
Ripley
John Gibbons
St. Francis Hospital
Assault To Kill Charge Is Filed In Cincinnati
William Thompson aged 52 was charged with assault to kill after beating his 87 year old mother Sally Thompson on Monday afternoon. Police reported the incident and the mother told officers she could not repeat the accusation at the time.
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Cincinnati
William Thompson
Sally Thompson
William Burks
NCR official dies in Dayton at 54
Herbert G. Sisson, 54, of NCR Public Relations, Dayton, died yesterday. He formerly worked with the Gibson Hotel in Cincinnati.
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NCR
Dayton, O
Herbert G. Sisson
National Cash Register Corporation
Gibson Hotel
Cincinnati
De Gaulle urges US arms for France now in NATO security plan
Gen Charles De Gaulle pressed the United States to promptly arm France and pledge clear strategic commitments if West Europe is attacked. He warned against naming Britain as Europe’s chief defender, warned of renewed French conquest risks, and linked NATO steps to a possible Federation of Europe with Russia. He spoke amid Western efforts to reinforce Western Europe’s defense while France’s Rally party gains strength.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
United States
France
Europe
Rhine
Britain
West Europe
de Gaulle
North Atlantic
Russia
Free French Movement
Rally of the
RPF
Henri Queuille
Gromyko Returns to United States Says No Comment
A group of Western European foreign ministers aboard the Queen Mary signed the North Atlantic Pact in Washington next week. Russian deputy foreign minister Andrei A. Gromyko arrived with them and again said he had no prediction for the United Nations Assembly and gave only no comment to questions. Pickets near the pier protested Britain's policy toward Israel, carried by the joint committee to combat antisemitism.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
Britain
Israel
Ernest Bevin
Washington
Gromyko
United Nations Assembly
Bevin
Paul-Henri Spaak
D. A. Stikker
Luxembourg
Joseph Bech
Joint Committee To Combat
World Peace Tour Falters After Russians Banned
In New York and Newark reports detail a U S State Department ban on 18 Iron Curtain delegates. The World Peace Conference tour planned from New Haven to Los Angeles falters as Shostakovich is canceled and pickets protest. Russians ousted in Syria, coup d etat, declares martial law in Damascus. Keeley reports army arrests President Quwatli and cabinet.
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Washington
United States
Damascus
Quwatli
James Hugh Keeley, Jr
Cairo
Hosny el Zaim
Damascus Radio
Syria
State Department
Legation
Newark
N. J
State Department Action
New York City
Millard Lampell
New Haven
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Detroit
Denver
Los Angeles
U. S
New York
Dean Acheson
Department
Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
Great Britain
Cuba
French West Africa
Dmitri Shostakovich
Ray Lev
Shostakovich
George Gershwin
Acheson
Shame Plan Adopted by Madras Government
The Madras provincial government unveils a plan to shame black marketeers by forcing those convicted of black marketing to print the details of their convictions at the top of every business letter they write. This public shaming measure targets deterrence and public accountability.
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Madras
India
New Governor Heads Red Zone In Germany
MOSCOW AP Army Gen. Vassily I Chuikov war time hero of Stalingrad and Lublin became military governor of the Soviet zone of Germany today succeeding Marshal V D Sokolovsky. Chuikov 80 is a promotion and heads Soviet occupation troops and military administration in Germany.
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Moscow
Vassily I. Chuikov
Stalingrad
Lublin
Germany
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
Alexander M. Vasilevsky
Chuikov
Moscow Radio
62Nd
Order of Suvorov
Poland
Georgi K. Zhukov
Marshal Vasilevsky
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Bulganin
Communist Party
Politi
One Difference Between England and US Cited by MP
New York AP Harold Davies, Labour member of the British House of Commons, said there is one difference between England and the United States. He noted that Americans have bad politicians and good businessmen, while Britain has good politicians and bad businessmen, as he arrived for a lecture tour.
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New York
Harold Davies
Labor
House of Commons
England
United States
Senate Passes Rent Control Extension By Wide Margin
Capitol Hill backed a 15 month rent control extension amid claims of cracking a growing illegal rent market. President Truman expected to sign after Senate approved 78 to 11 and House 222 to 143. The measure aims to balance tenant relief with fair returns for landlords under a new home rule framework.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Truman
Congress
White ‘House
Patman
D-Tex
Tighe Woods
House
McCormack
Mass
Paul V. Betters
U. S. Conference of Mayors
Thomas ©. Dewey
New York
Assu
Senator Bricker
Ohio
Rent Administration
Senate Debates Cuts to European Aid Program
Senate leaders from both parties clashed over a proposal by Taft and Russell to trim about 10 percent from the 5.58 billion European Recovery Program. Senator George backed the cut, citing price stabilization, while Connally predicted defeat for the measure and Lucas urged maintaining full authorization. Malone assailed Marshall Plan aid as aiding rearmament, proposing loans repayable in 10 years to private firms in recipient countries.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Russell
D-Ga
George
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Malone
R-New
Marshall Plan
United States
Russia
ECA
Europe
Lucas
Illinois
Slayer's Appeal Denied by Court in Toledo Killings
Ohio Supreme Court denied the appeal of Andrew Berry of Toledo, convicted of killing Emanuel L. Watkins, Switch Inn proprietor, during a 1947 holdup. Berry faces death in the electric chair April 29 at the Ohio Penitentiary. Louis Calabria, who helped, received life imprisonment after mercy by the jury.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Andrew Berry
Toledo
Ohio
Berry
Emanuel L. Watkins
Louis Calabria
Ohio Senator proposes gross sales tax to replace stamps
Ohio senator Emmett R. Guthrie proposed a plan to raise about 50 million dollars annually by replacing the sales tax stamp system with a three percent gross sales tax paid by retailers. He said the shift would reduce administration costs and improve revenue without new taxes, citing Michigan’s experience and noting talks with Gov. Lausche.
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Columbus
Ohio
Emmett R. Guthrie
D'‘Coshocton
Guthrie
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Zanesville
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
California
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D-Summit
Edwin F. Sawicki
D-Cuyahoga
Bernard W. Malikowski
Cleveland
Pearl Katherine Burrus
Evarts
Burrus
Propiss
WAI AC
Journal
U.S
General de Gaulle
Brian Kempner
Macalester College
St. Paul
Minn
Douglas Fowler
Gordon
Wis
Brian
Stanley Kempner
London
Slayer
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