Immediate European League urged by Churchill
Winston Churchill urged the 22 nation forum to form an immediate European assembly as the first step toward a Council of Europe. He proposed a three region world organization with regional councils and called for an emergency council for economic recovery and defense. Churchill noted Britain's role as honorary chairman.
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Hague
Netherlands
Winston Churchill
European Assembly
Council of Europe
Churchill
Europe
Vora
World Organization of the Future
Western Hemisphere
Britain
West
Soviet Union
World Organization
Searchlight seen from drifting ship near Bristol Bay
Coast Guard Cutter Bittersweet reported its searchlight seen on the Cannery Tender Tootsie drifting in ice 30 miles north of Port Heiden Alaska. Lt Comdr Donald M Morell said weather in Bristol Bay was deteriorating and forecasted worsening conditions may trap the rescue ship.
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Seattle
Coast Guard
Bittersweet
Tootsie
Donald M. Morell
Alaska
Bristol Bay
Port Heiden
Navy Mothers Meet Tonight at VFW Hall
Navy Mothers Club will hold their organization meeting at 7 30 p m tonight at the VFW Hall on Reynolds Street. Mrs Ray Myers of 1931 Erie Avenue is responsible for forming the new club.
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Navy Mothers Club
VFW
Reynolds St
Ray Myers
Erie Ave
Not Interested In Radio Giveaway Prank
Philadelphia AP Ed Hurst, radio giveaway host, offered a $130 radio-phonograph prize to a Philadelphia housewife who would answer his question. She refused, saying she was busy with housework and not in the mood to answer.
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Philadelphia
Ed Hurst
Hurst
Truck Driver Dies In Crash At Waynesville
Charles W. Koons 26 of Buffalo was crushed when his truck carrying 20 tons of sheet steel overturned in a ditch on State Route 73 near Weynesville. Police said he failed to negotiate a curve while turning onto Route 42. Sheriff Gerald W. Couden pronounced him dead. Body taken to McClure Funeral Home. This Warren County’s first 1948 traffic fatality.
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Lebanon
Middletown
Buffalo
N. Y
Waynesville
Charles W. Koons
Armco
Weynesville
Warren County
Gerald W. Couden
Koons
McClure
Senate Priority Bills Aim to End Session by June 19
Senate Republicans announced a push to finish the current session by June 19. Taft outlined four immediate actions including the southern compact on joint educational facilities, a War Department civil functions bill with potential $200 million cut, admitting 100,000 European refugees, and consolidating all appropriations into one bill amid some opposition.
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Washington
GOP
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate
War Department
Reed
Bkan
Byrd
D-Va
Butler
R-Neb
14 Year Old Bryan Boy Admits Slaying Two for Car
A 14-year-old Bryan junior high athlete signed a confession admitting he shot John Gabriel and killed Pearl Gabriel to take their car for a dance. Sheriff Barnes said Ervin Arthur Ingle, held without charge, described driving the car to a country home and hiding the pistol at his house. Probate Judge Piffer will transfer the case to Williams County Common Pleas Court. An eight grade pupil, Ingle was well known in the town of 5500. The Gabriels’ bodies were found after the killings, and Gabriel died later in Cameron Hospital.
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Branes
Ervin Arthur Ingle
Bryan
Williams County
Barnes
Ervin
John Gabriel
Pearl
Gabriels
Gabriel
Keith F. Ingle
John Piffer
Williams County Common Pleas Court
Cameron
Sheriff Barnes
Ingle
Jews Claim New Victories in Palestine
In Haifa Jews say they seized two Arab villages Sejera and Arab El Edha between Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee and captured a hill near Safad as Britain plans to end mandate and UN seeks a Jerusalem mayor candidate acceptable to Arabs and Jews.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Britain
United Nations
Jerusalem
Bevin
Haifa
Palestine
Great Britain
Holy Land
Jewish Agency
Haganah
Nazareth
Christ
Sea of Galilee
Safad
Sejera
Arab el Edha
Tiberias
Jebel el Tur
Mount Tabor
Truman Says He Holds Power To Seize Rail Lines
A White House conference on preventing a railroad strike ended without progress. A new meeting was scheduled for 4 p.m. EST to pursue a resolution as tensions over possible government seizure measures linger.
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Truman
Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Brotherhoods
Steelman
Clark
W. T. Fariey
Association of American Railroads
Kent Truman
Solicitor General's Office
Supreme Court
United States
Brotherhood
David B. Robertson
Vanley Johnston
Alfred J. Glover
Une Ion
Farley
Johnston
Cleveland
Two year terms backed for atomic energy panel
Congress debates extending the terms of Lilienthal and other atomic energy commissioners. Senior senators support a two year extension to avoid controversy while Taft and McMahon weigh the plan. The move aims to stabilize atomic programs amid ongoing war era authority questions.
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Washington
Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Taft
Robio
Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Edwin C. Johnson
D- Cole
Commission
Truman
White House
McMahon
Conn
NALC Delegates Meet Saturday in Cincinnati
Officers and members of Branch 188 National Association of Letter Carriers will gather in Cincinnati Saturday evening to discuss salary legislation for postal employees pending in a Senate committee. The group expects Taft’s support and action soon. James O. Layer and Chester Hollenbaugh will attend with other carriers.
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National Association of Letter Carriers
Cincinnati
Senate
Robert A. Taft
James O. Layer
Chester Hollenbaugh
Execution List Rises to 213 in Greece
Athens reports 18 more prisoners executed at Aegina bringing the total to 213 since the assassination of Justice Minister Christos Ladas. Britain asks for details through Ambassador Clifford Norton as Greece labels those executed murderers from wartime crimes of 1944.
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Athens
Christos Ladas
Britain
Clifford Norton
Constantin Tsaldaris
Aegina
George Papandreou
Greece
Dayton Man Drowns in Sewage Vat at Plant
Dayton police report 33 year old city employee Elzie Hogan died after drowning in a 14 foot sewage vat at the Dayton garbage disposal plant yesterday.
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Dayton
Elzie Hogan
Ramat Naftali Shelled. Yehudia Repels Arab Legion Counterattack
In Tel Aviv the Haganah claimed Lebanese troops shelled Ramat Naftali before dawn. Newspapers reported Jews at Yehudia near Lydda airport beat off a counterattack by four armored vehicles of the Trans Jordan Arab Legion aiding British police efforts.
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Tel Aviv
Haganah
Ramat Naftali
Palestine
Yehudia
Lydda
Trans -Jordan Arab Legion
Truman presses continued drive as deadline nears
Washington reports President Truman says the effort to end fighting in Palestine continues in every way. Officials warn Britain may surrender the mandate next week and fear a spike in Arab Jewish warfare as that date approaches.
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Holy Land
Washington
Palestine
Truman
Taft Wolcott Refuse Compromise In Housing Feud
Senate and House Republican leaders remain deadlocked over housing policy. Taft refuses to settle the dispute, halting prospects for reviving the government home loan insurance program. Wolcott says the House will not back ground ground, seeks a long term extension, and accuses Senate of delaying tactics.
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Washington
Senate
House
Taft
Ohio
Wolcott
Mich
House Banking Committee
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Ohioan
BUC Chief John A. Todd Dies in Columbus
John A. Todd 53 chief of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation died at his Columbus home. A native of Alliance Ohio he was a Akron University graduate and had worked as an Akron insurance agent before joining BUC nine years ago.
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BUC
Columbus
John A. Todd
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Alliance, O
Akron University
Akron Insurance
Labor Front Developments Across Rail Meat Auto and Transit
AP reports major labor disputes unfold nationwide. Railroads face a looming strike with White House talks and embargo notices. meat sector sees CIO stockhandlers pressing for wage settlement amid 100,000 workers in eight week dispute. Auto workers threaten a 75,000 strong strike at 16 Chrysler plants as mediators push talks before May 12. New York transit avoids walkout after wage gains. Boeing rejects conciliator talks as 14,500 IAM workers strike.
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Associated Press
Brotherhood
White House
John R. Steelman
CIO
Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse Workers
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corporation
New York City
CIO Transit
Boeing Airplane Company
International Association of Machinists
Speeding Train Kills Two Boy Scouts in Detroit
In Detroit an eastbound passenger train struck and killed 10 year old George Lastos and 13 year old Ernest Byar Jr as they crossed railroad tracks after mass at Holy Cross Church. The boys were returning from a Boy Scout hike with Troop 424 when they were hit after a westbound freight train cleared the crossing.
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Detroit
George Lastos
Ernest Byar
Holy Cross
Holy Cross Parochial School
George
Ernest
Truman's Name Is Awaited On Air Force Bill
The Air Force moved to place orders for 2,727 new warplanes awaiting President Truman's signal to start a 70 group peacetime airmada. Senate approval of a 3.233 billion air power fund advances the measure toward the White House.
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Washington
Air Force
Truman
Senate
Senate House
House
White House
Defense Forrestal
Girl Scout Play Day at Armco Park Cancelled
The Girl Scout Play Day set for Armco Park was cancelled due to wet weather. Brownies and Intermediates will instead meet on May 22, with past participants recalling more than 200 girls bringing nose bag lunches for games and activities.
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Armco Park
Ernest Cracraft
Czechoslovakians flee country via airliner to Germany
Five Czechs forced a pilot at pistol point to land in Erding Germany after fleeing their homeland. Two women were among the refugees. A Czech trainer plane had crashed earlier on a highway near Ingolstadt. The group said they fled because they faced forced Communist party membership or job loss. Identifications were requested kept secret.
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Erding
Germany
Pistol Point
Yiri Benes
Munich
Ingolstadt
U. S
Evansport widow dies in U S 6 crash near Bryan
An auto truck collision on U S 6 seven miles east of Bryan killed Mrs. Homer Hall 66 of Evansport. Her husband suffered injuries in the same crash reported by AP last night.
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Bryan
Homer Hall
Evansport
Here
Armed men rob Pittsburgh paymaster in silent hold up
Two masked men burst into the A M Byers pany plant in Pittsburgh and escaped with between 25 000 and 30 000 dollars from pay envelopes. Paymaster George Gensheimer was alone in his second floor office when a gun was aimed at him and a shot was fired as the robbers fled.
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Pittsburgh
A. M. Byers Pany
George Gensheimer
Gensheimer
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