Light Middletown County primaries amid many unopposed
Middletown and Butler County voters face one of the lightest primaries in years with few contested county offices. Key battles center on Taft versus Stassen for GOP delegates, Lausche versus Miller for governor, and multiple county posts including clerk of courts and commissioners. Several incumbents run unopposed or face limited opposition.
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Middletown
Butler County
Tom Boli
Joseph Kiep
Gordon H. Auspurger
John D. Clear
George Manrod
Arthur Reiff
Charles Walke
Charles W. Fisher
Charles H. Wigeand
Jackson Bosch
John P. Flanagan
Walke
Bosch
Raymond Burke
Jury Indicts Missing Man in Ohio Case
Hamilton County grand jury indicts William J. Kruse a missing 38 year old former Oakley delicatessen operator for failure to provide for his five children. The diploma states he neglected care from March 1 and his disappearance follows a blood stained hat and note found near La Grange Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County Grand Jury
William J. Kruse
Oakley Delicatessen
Joseph H. Woeste
Kruse
la Grange
U S Freighter Shell Baron Reported Afire Off Hatteras
The 3,805 ton U S freighter Shell Bar reported an uncontrolled fire in holds 1 and 2 about 15 miles off Diamond Shoals lightship near Cape Hatteras. Coast Guard received the message shortly before 10 a m eastern standard time. The vessel carries a crew of 35.
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Norfolk, Va
Shell Barn
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Coast Guard
Journal Provides Primaries Returns By Telephone Tonight
The Journal will offer telephone service for readers with results from the May primaries starting at 10 p m tomorrow. Due to the lengthy candidate list no early totals will be given. Contests with fights and Middletown candidates will be reported. uncontested offices will not be tallied. Full Middletown results appear the next day. no precinct board in the Journal lobby Tuesday night.
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Journal
Election Board
Middletown
Journal Lobby
Taft Stassen battle shapes Ohio primary slate
Ohio voters face a broad primary with Taft and Stassen clashing over 23 convention delegates while Gov. Herbert is near certain for renomination. GOP rivals Payne and White contest the governorship, with Lausche Miller leading Democratic hopes alongside Torok Cox and others. Lt. Gov. Herbert unopposed.
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Columbus
Taft-Stassen
Congress
Supreme Court
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
GOP
Thomas J. Herbert
Albert E. Payne
Springfield
William L. White
Newark
Frank J. Lausche
Ray T. Miller
Cleveland
Joseph Torok, Jr
Youngstown
Robert S. Cox
Millersburg
Paul M. Herbert
George D. Nye
Waverly
Lausche
General Ike In New Home On Morningside Drive
General Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife moved into a four story brick house at 60 Morningside Drive in New York. A crowd of about 200 neighbors welcomed the couple as Ike saved his cap in greeting and exchanged remarks with a passerby from the 71st Infantry. He had just left the Army at Fort Myer and will assume the presidency of Columbia University on June 7.
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New York
Morningside Drive
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Morningside Heights
Ike
71St
Army
Fort Myer
Columbia University
Griffith Named WAA Cleveland Director in Ohio
Charles R. Griffith was appointed director of the War Assets Administration Cleveland district. The announcement came from WAA regional chief Harry E. Ritter, listing Griffith as head of WAA operations in northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
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Cincinnati
Charles R. Griffith
The
War Assets Administration
Cleveland
Harry E. Ritter
WAA
Griffiths
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Commissioner King Pays Fine for Double Parking
Xenia Ohio AP reports city commissioner John P. King, a former police officer, discovered a double parking ticket on his car and paid the $1 fine as any taxpayer.
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Xenia, O
John P. King
Taft Stassen Ohio drive ends with delegate battle
Sen. Robert A Taft and Harold E Stassen wrap up their Ohio delegate fight amid signs it could influence early GOP presidential balloting in Philadelphia. Both campaigned via statewide radio and seek 23 of Ohio 53 votes, with Illinois and Pennsylvania delegations seen as pivotal in shaping the national convention outcomes.
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Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Philadelphia
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Dwight Green
Green
Taft
Stassen
Douglas MacArthur
Edward Martin
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Oregon
Nebraska
Detroit Youth Wins Dream Home for 50 Cent Ticket
Detroit AP report: Dick Barth, 14, bought a 50 cent ticket at a builders show and won a raffle that awarded a home valued at $20,000. Father Roy Barth worries over tax implications and ongoing upkeep while pages of official tax estimates suggest about $4,000 in taxes may be due on the prize.
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Detroit
Roy Barth
Barth
Internal Revenue
Earth
Exconvicts Arrested in Ritz Club Holdup Probe
Four ex convicts called the toughest mob faced by local police were arrested in Toledo Fremont and Cincinnati on questions about the Ritz Club holdup in Columbus on January 23. Sheriff Ralph Paul said three of the four were being returned from Toledo after ringleaders were captured. Victims identified the four from photos and some jewelry was recovered. The robbers were George McGhaw 61 long bank robbery record Howard Ace Bowman brother of Neal Bowman who died in the electric chair William Green 29 fugitive Mansfield Reformatory and Walter Flory 37 Cincinnati on parole from a life bank holdup.
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Columbus
Toledo
Fremont
Cincinnati
Ralph Paul
Paul
George McGhaw
Howard
Ace” Bowman
Neal Bowman
Kentucky Electric Chair
William Green
Mansfield Reformatory
Walter Flory
Prisoner's Death Investigated in City Work House Cell
Cincinnati AP coroner Dr. Herbert P. Lyle investigated the death of 48 year old Herbert Hurst of Hamilton in a City Work House cell. Hurst was serving a misdemeanor sentence from Butler County and had been in good health when found dead Saturday night.
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Cincinnati
Herbert P. Lyle
Herbert Hurst
Hamilton
Hurst
Butler County
Lyle
Jews Claim Syrian and Lebanese Armies Invaded Palestine
In Jerusalem Jews asserted that Syrian and Lebanese armies had entered northern Palestine despite denials. The British redeployed troops in a rapidly deteriorating situation ahead of the May 15 end of their mandate. A 48 hour truce held in Katamon as talks continued for a city wide ceasefire. About 1,000 British reinforcements arrived in Haifa from Cyprus aboard the Empire Test.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
Highland Light Infantry
Katamon
Haifa
Cyprus
Arline Judge Plans Wedding With George H. Ross Jr
New York AP reports insurance executive George H. Ross Jr and actress Arline Judge will wed at 3 p.m. Wednesday in a ceremony performed by Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora. The timing coincides with ex-husband Henry J. Topping and Lana Turner departing for London aboard the Mauretania.
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New York
George H. Ross, Jr
Arline Judge
Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
Miss Judge
Henry J
Bob) Topping
Lana Turner
London
Mauretania
Bill debates skew housing plan and peacetime draft gains
House Banking Committee opens public hearings on Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill aiming to spur 15 million homes in ten years with private finance aided by government. Separately the House Armed Services Committee approves a two year draft bill for universal military training, with debate set for next week and strong support from defense leaders.
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Washington
House
Wolcott (Rmich
Banking Committee
Raymond M. Foley
Senate
Foley
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Defense Forery
Andrews
R -Ny
Forrestal
Army
Royall
Navy
Air Force
Ban Again On Gas Units Quota Filled
Middletown Gas and Electric Service reports a 105 unit quota for new residences and buildings is filled with 210 total units allocated for new units and medical hardship. Half remains unfilled, and some applicants may transfer or cancel, while Ohio PUC oversight ensures winter capacity.
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Middletown Gas and Electric Service
al Pfetzing
Pfetzing
Ohio Puc
Cincinnati Utility
Tennessee Transmission Company
Texas
Foster
Taylor hearing set for Tuesday in Birmingham
Senator Glen Taylor running mate for Henry Wallace on a third party ticket faces a disorderly conduct charge at a Birmingham police court hearing Tuesday night. He was arrested Saturday night while attempting to enter a Negro church meeting and released on a $100 bond.
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Birmingham
Ala
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Henry Wallace
Taylor
Southern Negro Youth Congress
W. W. Casey
Washington
Senate
United States Supreme Court
Tornadoes and Violent Winds Kill 21 Across Seven States
Tornadoes and violent windstorms lashed seven states over the weekend. At least 21 people were killed and more than 160 injured as storms caused extensive property damage in West Virginia Kentucky and surrounding areas.
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West Virginia
Kentucky
Associated Press
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Indiana
Illinois
Clarksburg
West Milford
Lost Creek
Wolf Summit
Mount Clare
Quiet Dell
Alpha
Clinton County
Davis Chapel
Wiley Gregory
Albany
Monticello
Tenessee
Hupp Hill
W. V
J. J. Martin
Lawrence McKinney
Missour
Grand Lake
Okla
Winds lash central and southern Ohio with damage
Heavy winds and hail swept through central and southern Ohio causing four injuries and widespread property loss. Barns, homes, and trees were damaged around Greenville, Urbana, and Athens with power and phone lines down. Ohio University Airport saw planes buffeted and a 100 year old elm toppled.
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Columbus
Ohio
Greenville
Darke
Urbana
Champaign County
Ohio University
Athens
McGuffey
Athens County
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Ernest Wilkins
Walter Wilkins
Richard Shipley
W. A. Shipley
James Moorman
Springfield
Cletus Detrick
West Liberty
Clayton Detrick
Cletus
Ohio Telephone Service Company
Ansonia
Versailles
Rossburg
New Madison
Rural Electric Administration
Parcel bomb kills brother of intended victim in Wolverhampton
A parcel bomb addressed to Capt Roy Farran exploded at his home in Wolverhampton, killing his brother Rex, 26. The package, mailed in England and hidden inside a Shakespeare book, shattered windows. Rubowitz, the Jewish youth abducted last May, was linked to the case by the Stern Gang and later declared missing by a military court. Farran, decorated by King George VI for valor, had been acquitted in the Rubowitz case.
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Wolverhampton
England
Roy Farran
Palestine
Rex Farran
Farran
Young Farran
Alexander Rubowitz
Stern Gang
Rubowitz
George VI
Japanese Warned To Guard Freedom
General MacArthur urged Japan to protect the freedoms promised by the new constitution. The document remains unfamiliar to many in the country as authorities push for civic guardrails.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Supreme Court Rules Real Estate Color Bar Unenforceable
The Supreme Court 6 0 rules restrictive color bar real estate agreements cannot be enforced by state or federal courts. Chief Justice Vinson authored two opinions upholding rights of colored property owners in cases from St. Louis Detroit and Washington with Black Frankfurter Douglas Murphy Burton joining. Jus Jackson Reed Rutledge did not participate.
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Washington
Tt Supreme Court
Vinson
Feder Court
Jackson
Reed
Rutledge
Black
Frankfurte Douglas
Murphy
Burton
Vison
St. Louis
Detroit
Washington, D. C
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Fred Stitsinger
Thomas Rose
Herbert Miller
U. S
Taft-Stassen Fight
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators
America
Memphis, Tenn
Juanita, Webb
Administration In Appeal For Housing Plan
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Central
District Co
District Court
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