Western German States Draw Up New Constitution
Bonn report states Western German states approved a new democratic unarmed constitution for a Western Republic. It awaits ratification by state legislatures and western zone military governors. It sets a federal democratic framework for 46 million people, bans aggression, and ensures rights while preparing for general elections.
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Bonn
Germany
Western Zone
East Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
U. S
Washington
West Germany
America
Reds Close In On Shanghai Amid Civil War Battles
Chinese Reds press a wide drive across Kiangsi and Chekiang toward Nanchang and Fukien while within 35 miles of Shanghai Red forces advance along rail lines. In Shanghai, Nationalist authorities seize 950 trucks and 300 jeeps for military use, prompting foreign consular intervention.
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Shanghai
Kaiting
Hangchow
Lake Poyang
Yangtze
Shanghai-Nanking
Kiangsi
Chekiang
Nanchang
Fukien
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Plane with 13 Aboard Missing in the Philippines
Philippine search continues for an airliner missing since Saturday with 13 aboard on a Daet to Manila flight. The last radio contact was 40 minutes from landing. Officials consider kidnapping as a possibility though no evidence supports it. Surface vessels and air patrols scoured Manila Bay and nearby waters. Passengers include Richard Parker aged 25 and four crew members among others from Russia, Shanghai, and the Philippines.
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Manila
Manila Bay
Richard Parker
Harold C. Voke
Churchville
N. Y
Shanghai
Pope to Welcome Princess Margaret Tomorrow
A British legation spokesman in Rome said Princess Margaret will probably be granted an audience with Pope Pius XII tomorrow. Final details remained unfinished but the visit was expected to take place, despite protests in England over the plans.
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Rome
Margaret
Pius XX
Holy See
John Sebastian Somers Cocks
Legation
England
Prisoner Timberlake Hangs Self in Columbus Cell
Columbus AP report says 32 year old Paul Timberlake hanged himself with a mattress cover while awaiting trial on a minor charge. Authorities note he was alone in his cell at the time and no foul play is suspected.
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Columbus
Paul Timberlake
Ford Refuses Mediation as Five Day Strike Spreads
Ford Motor Company stands firm against outside mediation in the 65,000 worker walkout now spreading coast to coast. CIO and UAW leaders press for arbitration outside the contract machinery, while a mass demonstration led by UAW President Walter Reuther shows union strength. Ford cites a company union dispute and says disputes should go to a company arbitration per contract. An additional 8,000 workers to be laid off at plants in Los Angeles St. Louis Metuchen Minn-Dak Iron Mountain and suppliers feel the impact.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter Reuther
Orville Hubbard
Dearborn
George Edwards
Ford
John S. Bugas
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Metuchen
N. J
Minneapolis - St. Paul
Iron Mountain
Mich
Tornadoes strike Texas and Oklahoma causing property damage
A powerful weekend storm system tore through Texas and Oklahoma, damaging farm buildings and crops. In Schuster Oklahoma population 500 telephone lines down hindered damage assessment with no reported casualties. Winters Pumphrey and Wingate Texas saw wheat crops toppled and utility lines down. A separate incident saw an 18 year old drown fording Moniteau Creek near Clarksburg Missouri.
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Chicago
Texas
Oklahoma
Schuster
Okla
Winters
Pumphrey
Wingate
Tex
Moniteau Creek
Clarksburg
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Arkansas
Exhibit Opens Cleveland Coal Convention and Exposition
More than 200 exhibits were on display today as the American Mining Congress opened its coal convention and exposition in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
American Mining Congress
88 year old woman shoots teen in yard on Mother's Day
DETROIT AP A rugged 88 year old woman Miss Emma Arnold shot Donald Walsh 15 as he and seven other teens gathered flowers near her deserted yard. Walsh was in critical condition. Officer Lt Ronald La Rue wrestled a .38 revolver from Arnold after she threatened him. Arnold had repelled four war veterans from the property two years earlier and vowed to protect her property.
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Detroit
Emma Arnold
Donald Walsh
Miss Arnold
Walsh
Ronald la Rue
la Rue
Arnold
Ten Dead From Ciudad Garzón Floods in Colombia
Floods in Ciudad Garzon caused about ten deaths and injuries to fifty others, with damage estimated at 500000 dollars. Flood waters leveled eight blocks, according to a dispatch to El Liberal reported yesterday.
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Bogota
Colombia
Ciudad Garzon
el Liberal
House Debates Two Labor Bills Taft-Hartley Repealer and Wage Plan
Washington AP House Labor Committee Democrats refine two labor bills a repeal of Taft Hartley and a plan to push a 75 cent minimum wage. Leaders aim to bring the wage bill to the floor soon with a Taft Hartley repeal debate set for early June amid debates on emergency strike provisions and possible plant seizure or injunctions.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
House
Sims
D-Sc
Jacobs
D-Ind
Lesinski
D-Mich
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Senator Watkins quits North Atlantic Pact hearings
Senator Watkins a Utah Republican quits the North Atlantic Pact hearings amid complaints of humiliation by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Connally. He had questioned witnesses and, saying he was sick of being embarrassed, left the room and pledged to press any further questions from the Senate floor.
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Washington
Watkins
Utah
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kathryn Stone
U. S. League of Women Voters
Truck plunges into river kills twenty in Bingol area
AP reports twenty people drowned when a truck plunged into a river near Bingol in eastern Turkey. Separate AP dispatch notes Mount Union College will install fireproof stairwells and doors at Miller and Elliott dormitories to improve safety with regular drills to reduce fire hazards.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bingol
Lake Safety Measures Alliance
Mount Union College
Miler
Elliott
FDR Junior Campaign Stirs Political Fight in NY
In Manhattan’s West Side a fierce campaign surrounds Franklin D Roosevelt Jr seeking the 20th Congressional seat in a May 17 special election. Opponents including Dr Annette Rubinstein and Justice Benjamin Shalleck clash over his name and record as campaigns use rallies doors and placards to sway voters.
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New York
Manhattan
West Side
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt
Annette Rubinstein
American Labor Party
du Pont
of du Pont
Ethel du Pont
Reno
Municipal Court
Benjamin Shalleck
Tammy Hall
al Smith
Smith
Shallock
Teddy Roosevelt, Jr
William H. McIntyre
Prince Louis of Monaco Dies at 78
Monaco announces the death of Prince Louis I aged 78 who ruled since 1922. He had recently ceded duties to his grandson Prince Ranier, 25, and page notes Monaco’s small size and Monte Carlo casino as key income source. Ranier, heir to the throne, served as a French Army lieutenant in the war.
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Monaco
Louis I
Louis
Prince Ranier
Principality
Prince Albert I
Mediterranean
Monte Carlo
Charlotte
Boysen Arrested After Manhattans Courtroom Row
Fred Boysen was arrested in a Manhattan courtroom on a handbag theft charge after withdrawing a summons accusing New York Giants manager Leo Durocher of simple assault. The complainant identified herself as Mary Ryan, a Negro registered nurse.
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NEW York (Ap
Fred Boysen
Manhattan
Leo Durocher
New York Giants
Mary Ryan
Trucks Park on Turnpike Protest in Pennsylvania
More than 200 big trailer trucks parked along the Pennsylvania turnpike in a driver protest against weight limits. State police reported 56 fines from 25 to 50 dollars after an around the clock check of weigh violations.
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Irwin
Pennsylvania
Andrew J. Hudock
Pittsburgh
Caged Lion Mauls Child To Death in South Africa
In Nelspruit, South Africa, an eleven year old girl, Marie Vandermerwe, was dragged into a caged lion by a captive animal as her parents watched while having tea. The lion and its mate were shot after the mutilated body was recovered. the incident occurred yesterday. Separately in Cincinnati, the body of twelve year old Thomas Venable, who drowned in the Ohio River last Thursday, was recovered.
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Nelspruit
South Africa
Marie Vandermerwe
Marie
Cincinnati
Thomas Venable
Ohio River
Three Men Killed In Cleveland Street Encounter
A 26 year old laborer John Hrehov admitted stabbing three men to death in a street fight on Cleveland Street and claimed self defense with a trench knife from his WWII service. He named companion Joseph Pesek who aided in the melee as police pursue charges and hold the second man as a witness.
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Cleveland
John Hrehov
David F. Kerr
Kerr
Hrehov
Air Force
Central Police Station
Joseph Pesek
Pesek
Joseph Stearns
Stearns
South Side
William J. Krese
Clarence Krese
Robert Hrdy
Joseph Wales
James E. McArthur
Richard Kowalski
Elmer Tomazin
Senate Action May Be Left to President
President Truman may face choosing between early Senate action on the North Atlantic Security Treaty or the administration labor bill. Senate leaders plan to ask him which to prioritize, potentially shaping House timing on the labor measure and the pace of treaty debates. The treaty could reach Senate action in 10 days to two weeks, with trade agreements debates to follow.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
White House
House
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lucas
Illinois
Robert Patterson
Lesinski
Labor Committee
Four Hundred Greek Rebels Found Dead
Reports from Patrai say the bodies of about 400 guerrillas, frozen to death during winter fighting the Greek Army, were found on a southeast Patrai mountainside. The discovery underscores the harsh toll of the conflict in the region.
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Athens
Patrai
Couple Rescued Six Days After Plane Crash
Bill Grant and Sheila Cure, 30 and 28, were rescued six days after their Canuck aircraft crashed atop Mount Hozomeen in a snowstorm. They survived on one chocolate square each day, with water from a river, signals and a fire until two RCA F planes and later para-rescue teams located them and guided to safety.
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Vancouver
B. C
Associated Press
Bill Grant
Sheila Cure
Mount
Hozomeen
Grant
Miss’ Cure
Miss Cure
R.C.A.F
Kr.c.a.f. Dakotas
Ohio accidents take 13 lives over weekend
Ohio fatalities rose to 13 from collisions, crashes, and a plane crash across cities including Cincinnati Cumminsville Warren Youngstown and Cleveland. Names include Jacob Mygren Minnie Mygren Ralph Marlowe Barbara Jenkins and others with ages from 1 to 85 in incidents near Kent Warren Ironton Cadiz and Cleveland airfields and rail lines.
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Columbus
Jacob A. Mygren
Minnie
Baltimore and Ohio
Cumminsville
Cincinnati
Ralph R. Marlowe
Newscomerstown
West Lafayette
Frank Montini
Kent
Barbara Ann Jenkins
Erie
Warren
Donald Ferrell
Confluence
Youngstown
Donna Ferrell
Lelia Umbel
Lorain
Robert Fitzpartrick
South Charleston
Clark County
Springefield
Harry Biery
Saleem City Hospital
Joseph McCombs
Nore Folk and Western
Ironton
Albin Mental
New York Central
Cleveland
Richard D. Grimes
Cadiz
Wife of movie star Grant Withers reported missing
Isabel Walsh, sister of Mrs. Alice Walsh Withers, 38, said Mrs. Withers vanished from the Bolton Square hotel area with her mother, Idabel Walsh, yesterday at 1 p.m. in Cleveland after being ill for some time and has since been unlocated for about a day. The couple had lived in Cleveland for three months.
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Cleveland
Grant Withers
Isabel Walsh
Miss Walsh
Alice Walsh Withers
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