Taft Stassen Battle Draws Big Interest in Middletown
In Middletown the May primaries drew strong Republican turnout with 982 Republicans and 475 Democrats voting by 1 p m. The Taft Stassen fight for two delegates to the June Philadelphia convention spurred activity especially in the Second and Third Wards. Observers note Lausche Miller dynamics dominate statewide attention with Lausche’s local appeal and Miller’s sharp attacks. Stassen and Taft campaigns ranged from aggressive to subdued as independent voters may swing strength.
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Middletown
Second Ward
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Central
Taft- Siassen
Philadelphia
Frank J. Lausche
Ray T. Miller
Cleveland
Lausche
Miller
Ohio Republicans Battle For Delegates In Taft Stassen Clash
Ohio Republicans cast the bulk of primary votes as Taft and Stassen vie for 23 of 53 GOP delegates. Democrats focus on Gov. Lausche versus Ray Miller. Heavy Republican turnout in Cleveland Akron Cincinnati and Hamilton County contrasted with slower statewide voting. Stassen aims at 11 districts in northern Ohio while Taft works to seal delegates in at large races.
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Ohio
Taft-Stassen
Inleveland
Akron
Lausche
Miller
Jack Bell
Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Frank J. Lausche
Ray T. Miller
Cleveland
Ray Finley
Stassen
Youngstown
Hamilton County
Dayton
Montgomery County
Taft
Toledo
Carrington T. Marshall
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Six Die in Chandler Bus Crash Near Phoenix
Six people died and 26 were injured when a car collided with a bus three miles east of Chandler Arizona. The bus driver Colman R Winner 39 of Phoenix died in the crash. The bus was westbound from Williams Field and the car was traveling north on Gilbert Highway.
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Chandler, Ariz
Here
Colman R. Winner
Phoenix
Williams Field
Gilbert Highway
Greece executes 152 murder convicts after minister’s assassination
In Athens official reports say 152 persons convicted of murder were executed today after appeals were rejected by the pardons board. The executions come after the Saturday assassination of Justice Minister Christos Ladas, described as the result of a Communist plot.
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Athens
Greece
Christos Ladas
Senate Sends Oleo Bill to Committee
The Senate voted 56 to 15 against placing the oleomargarine tax repeal bill on the calendar without study. It left decision to Senator Van denberg to determine whether to refer the measure to the Finance or Agriculture Committee.
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Senate
Oleo Bill
Washington
Senate Today
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Finance Committee
Agriculture Committee
Dewey Launches Oregon Campaign
Governor Thomas E. Dewey intensified his Oregon primary bid calling Harold E. Stassen proposal to outlaw Communism a demagogic appeal based on glib slogans. He spoke in his first major campaign address opposing Stassen in the May 21 Oregon Republican presidential preference primary.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
Oregon
Harold E. Stassen
New York
Medical Men Considered In Draft Act
Senators refine draft bill to limit calls of doctors and dentists into the armed services. Gurney says restrictions needed to avoid civilian shortages while a temporary draft for ages 19 to 25 and a one year training program for 160000 18 year olds are proposed. House support grows as action nears.
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Washington
Armed Services
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
House Armed Services Committee
Martin
R-Mass
House
Senate
Stronger United Nations urged to promote peace
Congressional leaders from both parties urged stronger UN reform to promote peace with or without Russia. Hays and Judd pressed for a revised UN charter, keeping Russia as a participant if possible, but prepared to proceed without her. They cited broad global support for a real instrument to preserve peace and freedom. A separate item reports trucker Roy E. Brandel, 36, killed in a crash near Harrisburg, Ohio.
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Washington
Congress
United Nations
Russia
Hays
D-Ark
Juadir-Minn
United States
Judd
House Foreign Afairs Committee
Columbus
Roy E. Brandel
Sandusky
Harrisburg
State Highway Patrol
St. Louis Post Dispatch Wins Third Pulitzer Prize
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch won its third Pulitzer for American newspapers for 1948, cited for its Centralia Illinois mine disaster coverage and reform campaigns. Other 1948 winners included Tales of the South Pacific, A Streetcar Named Desire, and notable works by De Voto, Clapp, Auden, Piston, and Moose.
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NEW York
St. Louis Post -Dispatch
Centralia
Ill
James A. Michener
Tennessee Williams
United States
Bernard de Voto
Margaret Clapp
John
East Orange
N. J
Wellesley College
Columbia
W. H. Auden
Walter Piston
Rockland
Harvard University
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Philip Anthony Moose
New York City
National Academy of Design
British U S split looms over Palestine crisis
King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan warns the UN that Palestine fighting will peak after May 15 and accuses Jews of atrocities. The United States and Britain show signs of division over trusteeship versus a neutral commission as the 58 member Palestine assembly meets. Jewish and Arab forces exchange shelling near Jerusalem with no casualties reported. Irgun Zvai Leumi seizes Yehudia, opening access toward Lydda air port, 12 miles east of Tel Aviv.
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Lake Success
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
United Nations
Palestine
United States
Britain
U. S
Russia
U S
Special Palestine Assembly
Tel Aviv
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Yehudia
Lydda
Man Found Dead After Shelbyville Plant Explosion
In Shelbyville Indiana the body of James Russ plant manager was found beneath a wrecked storage tank after a blast at the Farm Bureau bulk plant. Another man Marvin Rhoades Indianapolis truck driver was critically burned as two storage tanks an oil tank car and two oil trucks exploded in a fire that burned for hours causing about $60000 in damage.
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Shelbyville
Ind
James Russ
Farm Bureau Bulk
Russell Klare
Marvin & Rhoades
Indianapolis
Ross
Rhoades
Jury Verdict Confuses Judge in Kentucky Damage Suit
Newport Ky AP Judge Raymond Murphy questioned how a jury reached its verdict in a damage suit against Bellevue Dayton Cab Co The jury awarded Raymond D Carr 503 08 in damages and 203 06 in punitive damages from a 20500 claim A juror explained the split decision by saying the amount was divided by twelve The court ordered a new trial with the defendant contending self defense by the cab driver.
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Newport
Raymond Murphy
Raymond D. Carr
Bellevue-Dayton Cab Company
Cab Company
Carr
Berlin Armed Forces Involved In Harlem Bandit Case
In Berlin Soviet authorities arrested three U S soldiers from the 100th Station Complement Squad for rowdy behavior after a night out in the Soviet sector Ruby street cafe incident involved a 17 year old German girl Weapons were found and the men face severe discipline The same day Cincinnati saw a fatal tailor shop holdup where a two year old boy died after a bandit doused the room with gasoline and fired a lighter The suspect remained at large as police pursued leads
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Berlin
U. S
Pfe Joseph S. Lenz
Lancaster
Tempelhof Field
Tempelhof
Cincinnati
West End
General Hospital
George Cannon, Jr
James Finan
George Cannon
Finan
B-29 Crashes in Germany Kill One Crewman
An American B 29 crashed near Fuerstenfeldbruck Germany killing one crewman and injuring two others. Nine airmen survived unhurt as the $300000 aircraft burned and was destroyed. The bomber was part of 28 B 29s that arrived April 15 for training missions. Two squadrons have returned to the United States with the third slated to return mid month to Smoky Hill Kansas Field.
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Fuerstenfeldbruck
Germany
U. S
United States
Smoky Hill
Kansas
Tornado Strikes Prattville School House
A tornado struck Prattville Alabama blowing down a school building and injuring several Negro children. Miss Cornelia Bris of Prattville Hospital said many children were admitted but exact numbers were unavailable. Telephone lines were cut and a tree blocked US Highway 31. Prattville, a cotton mill town twelve miles north of Montgomery, faced uncertain casualties.
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Prattville
Ala
Cornelia’ Bris
Prattville Hospital
Montgomery
Crippling Rail Strike Looms as Mediation Fails
Federal mediator Frank Douglass warned a nationwide railroad strike could start within a week as four days of talks with unions and carriers failed to produce progress. The Railway Mediation Board planned further sessions in Chicago to end the wage dispute, with White House oversight noted and potential last efforts underway.
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Hope
Chicago
Frank Douglass
Nation (Railway) Mediation Board
Douglass
Hearings Set On Tightening Of Labor Act
Senate and House committees set hearings for May 24 on tightening the Taft Hartley Act. Senator Ball notes threats of nationwide railroad coal and steel strikes and may study bringing railroad brotherhoods under the law. Ball chairs the watchdog committee created by the 1947 act.
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Washington
Senator Ball
R- Minn
Ball
Senate House
Ford Workers To Seek Boost In Hourly Pay
Detroit AP reports 120 000 Ford workers seek a 30 cent hourly pay boost plus hospital and pension plans as part of an 11 item wage demand. UAW plans negotiations around July 15 reopening the Ford contract with possible May 12 strike action at Chrysler amid legal rulings on strike voting.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
National Ford Council
Chrysler Corporation
Colombia Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Russia
Colombia announces severance of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union after President Ospina Perez blames international Communism for the April 9 revolution. Cabinet decision delivered to the Soviet legation. radio notes the rupture. Chile and Brazil had earlier cut ties.
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Bogota
Colombia
Mariano Ospina Perez
Legation
Chile
Brazil
Fire destroys mail aboard SS American producer
Washington AP reports a fire on the SS American producer at sea destroyed 116 sacks of parcel post addressed to Army post offices in the European command. The blaze damaged 2,672 sacks of parcel post and 61 pouches of first class mail, mostly due to water exposure.
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Washington
Army
Ohio Night Club Bandit Gang Robbed Patrons
Reports claim a seven man gang robbed about 50 patrons at Jennings Night Club in Niles taking cash jewelry and rings while women fled to nearby Youngstown. Columbus authorities filed armed robbery charges against four men tied to the Ritz Club raid with loot estimated at five to six thousand dollars.
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Niles
Youngstown
Columbus
George “Red” MceGahan
Howard “Ace” Bowman
William Green
Walter Flory
Ralph J. Paul
Ritz Club
Worker Electrocuted in Yellow Springs Incident
Alfonso Banney longtime employee of the city utility department was electrocuted while descending a pole after brushing against a 2300 volt line. Witnesses said he had served 23 years with the department.
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Yellow Springs
Alfonso Banney
City Utility Department
Possible May 11 Rail Strike Shifts Ohio Mail to Air
If the general railroad strike proceeds, first class mail from southern Ohio will be flown from Cincinnati. L C Boles, general superintendent, says the plan may apply with specific handling orders pending. Hilbert H. Martin, local postmaster, notes Middletown handles 40 000 to 60 000 first class pieces daily.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
L. C. Boles
Fifth Division
Railway van Service
Hilbert H. Martin
Martin
Middletown
Rail strike looming as mediation effort stalls nationwide
Government officials report no further steps to avert a railway workers strike affecting 190000 engineers firemen and switchmen as a presidential fact finding board proposed wage hikes and rule changes. Ruth Hanby a Logan Ohio pupil urges Rep Brehm to press the board to stop or delay the May 11 strike.
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Washington
Ruth Hanby
Logan
Walter E. Brehm
Ohio
West School
Gallipolis
Ruth
National Mediation Board
Chidren
Robbery Nets Youth $284 At Lebanon
A poorly dressed Black youth about 20 robbed the City Loan Office in Lebanon around 1 p m. He held a .32 caliber revolver to manager Charles Corwin and employee Opal Kinsworthy, escaping with 284.83 dollars. He fled in a tan 1946 Ford coach, believed headed toward Middletown.
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Lebanon
Charles Corwin
Opal Kinsworthy
Middletown
Texas Towns Recovering From Storm
McKinney and nearby Princeton began to snap back to life after a violent tornado floored the towns. The storm killed three and injured 53, causing widespread damage across the two north Texas communities.
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Mckinney
Tex
Princeton
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Kentucky
West Virginia
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