Russians Charge Western Allies Over Berlin Blockade
Berlin reports quote Soviet Army mouthpiece Taegliche Rundschau accusing Western Powers of evading lifting treaty limits. U S adviser Lawrence Wilkinson says Allies removed all March 1 1948 restrictions and more. He notes East Germans may trade with West Germans. disputes over interzonal trade and Berlin trucks were easing after roadblock friction.
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Lawrence Wilkinson
U. S
Germany
Taegliche Rundschau
Wilkinson
Berlin
Quake Shakes Los Angeles City and Valley Areas
An early morning earthquake rattled Los Angeles and surrounding San Gabriel and San Fernando Valley communities including Altadena Pasadena Burbank and Glendale. The tremor was strong in downtown and eastern LA with Long Beach reporting only a gentle rumble. No damage was reported.
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Los Angeles
San Gabriel
San Fernando Valleys
Altadena
Pasadena
Burbank
Glendale
Long Beach
West German constitution approved by Western Allies
Western Allies approved the draft West German Federal Republic constitution with reservations. Generals Clay Robertson and Koenig signed, signaling ease toward May peace talks with Russia while safeguarding limits from the occupation statute. West Berlin excluded. borders to wait until peace treaty.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West German Federal Republic
Paris
Russia
Lucius D. Clay
United States
Brian Robertson
Britain
Pierre Koenig
France
Ruhr
West Berlin
Woman Held In Baby's Death In Ohio
A 21-year-old Campbell woman confessed to gagging her newborn, placing it in a trash can, and abandoning it in a goat pasture on April 28. She was arrested and hospitalized after illness in custody. Her 27-year-old boyfriend was also detained without charge. The baby was discovered by a goat herder, Pietro Siciliano.
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Youngstown
Campbell
William W. Reed
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Willaam Harrison
Joseph Marion
Lowellville
Pietro Siciliano
Navy Skipper Found Dead Aboard Carrier
Cmdr. Everet O. Rigsbee Jr., skipper of the aircraft carrier Antietam, was found shot to death in his quarters at Hunter's Point Naval shipyard in San Francisco. A board of investigation was ordered. unofficial Navy sources say no foul play is suspected. Rigsbee, 41, had commanded the vessel for 10 days after serving as executive officer of the Essex class carrier since July. His widow said he was under great strain but left home in good spirits that morning.
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San Francisco
Everet O. Rigsbee Jr
Antietam
Hunter’s Point Naval Shipyard
Navy
Tno
Bears up for grabs as Cascade Park bears offered free
Elyria Ohio Park Commission seeks new homes for two to three bears at Cascade Park. Chairman Hubbard Wilcox said no zoos or circuses will take them, so the board is offering them to anyone willing to adopt.
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Elyria, O
Elyria
Frank Hague Records Guarded After City Hall Fire
Guards stood watch at Jersey City City Hall to protect Frank Mague records amid investigation into charred papers pulled from the basement incinerator. Nassau County Prosecutor Horace Roberson said it was unclear if any official records were among the burned documents and urged stopping waste paper disposal until the new commission led by John V. Kenny takes office. Eggers accused Kenny of staging a show to tarnish colleagues, while Kenny’s camp denies wrongdoing.
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Jersey City
N. J
City Hall
Frank Mague
Hudson County
Horace K. Roberson
Roberson
Hague
Daniel Luzzi
Luzzi
John V. Kenny
Eggers
Kenny
Fumes Fill Holland Tunnel After Truck Explosions
In New York AP report, drums of chemicals on a truck exploded in the Holland tunnel, filling the underwater highway with carbon disulphide fumes. Thirty people, including 20 firefighters, were overcome as flames damaged multiple trucks.
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New York
Holland Tunnel
Jersey City
Manhattan
New York Port Authority
Streetcar Collision Kills 27 Year Old Driver in Chicago
Twenty two people were hurt when a streetcar struck two cars on the northwest side of Chicago. Edwin A. Harynek, 27, died of injuries. Scott Voss, 44, streetcar motorman, is critically injured with multiple fractures. Police say the streetcar was at full speed and jumped an open switch into oncoming lanes.
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Chicago
Edwin A. Harynek
Scott Voss
Albert Broadhurst Named Safety Service Director
Albert Broadhurst, a retired funeral director, is New Philadelphia Ohio's new safety service director, succeeding Frank L. Carnahan who resigned to enter private business.
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NEW Philadelphia, O
Albert Broadhurst
New Safety Service
Frank L. Carnahan
U S Policies On Germany Japan Viewed
State Department debates shifting from wartime toughness to peacetime reconstruction for Germany and Japan. Moves cited aim to rebuild economies, with Japan’s industrial removals halted and Germany’s reparations list shrinking to foster European recovery under the Marshall Plan. Western powers acted with American urging to put both nations on a self-sustaining, paying basis amid cross‑border criticism.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
State Department
Germany
Japan
United States
Britain
France
Far Eastern Commission
Commission
Senator Seeks To Send Labor Bill Back To Committee
Senator Ives urged returning the administration labor bill to the Senate Labor Committee for study. A Truman Democrat dismissed the idea, saying no chance. The bill would repeal Taft-Hartley and replace it with an amended Wagner act, with party leaders in both houses delaying action.
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Washington
Ives
Senate Labor Committee
New Yorker
Truman
Elbert D. Thomas
Dutah
Senate Labor Group
Thomas
House
House Labor Committee
Battle Erupts Around Shanghai As Communists Close In
AP reports near Shanghai two Communist prongs press toward the city. Red Gen. Chen Yi drives to seize Shanghai or seal a siege. Skirmishes rage 10 to 20 miles from Lunghwa and Woosung, with fighting near Lungkiang and Tainsang along rail lines. Government troops resist as the clash intensifies.
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Shanghai
Woosung Harbor
Lunghwai Airfield
Chen Yi
Lunghwa
Lungkiang
Shanghai - Hangchow
Tainsang
Yangtze
Woosung
Fire on Tanker Atlanta Under Control Near Trinidad
Fire in the after hold of the Swedish tanker S. S. Atlanta 540 miles northeast of Trinidad was under control. Coast Guard said crew returned to posts after lifeboats were used as a rescue plane from San Juan reported the fire tamed. Earlier all crew except the captain and radio operator had taken to lifeboats and the after hold burned.
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Miami
Fla
S. S. Atlanta
Trinidad
Coast Guard
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Eight displaced arrive in New York Saturday
Washington AP reports eight displaced persons will relocate to Ohio with plans to land in New York Saturday aboard the U S Army Transport General Haan.
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Washington
Ohio
New York
U. S. Army
Haan
What's What Sunday feature on Ohio teachers activities
A lead article profiles after-school activities of teachers in Middletown Trenton Franklin and Monroe with on the spot pictures. A Germantown man spends spare time collecting rare glass and antiques, with John Flinspach’s hobby progressing as the lead on Nearby Communities Page. FIRST IN A SERIES on the Freedom Forum at Harding College in Searcy Arkansas by Dave Regan. Also a pictorial feature on the senior class play and its behind the scenes work.
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Ohio
Middletown
Trenton
Franklin
Monroe
Germantown
John Flinspach
Freedom Forum
Harding College
Little Searcy
Ark
Dave Regan
Journal
Mrs Eisler Re Arrested In New York
Washington AP reports Mrs Gearhart Eisler was re arrested for deportation in New York City after being at liberty on illegal-entry charges. Officials plan to detain Eisler on Ellis Island while pursuing his flight as a supposed stowaway aboard a Polish vessel.
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Washington
Gearhart Eisler
Justice Department
Immigration Service
New York
Eisler
Ellis Island
Russia Raps Proposal To Split Libra
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Anrei A. Gromyko accused the United States and Britain of a deal to keep control of strategic parts of Libya as the UN Political Committee neared a vote on colonial disposal. He cited a May 11 riot in Tripoli as protest against proposed UN trusteeships and urged scrutiny before a two thirds Assembly vote.
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Lake Success
Russia
United States
Britain
Italy
Andrei A. Gromyko
UN Assembly
Gromyko
Tripoli
U. S
Matthews Named Secretary of the Navy by Truman
Francis Patrick Matthews an Omaha lawyer and Catholic layman is chosen to succeed John S Sullivan as Secretary of the Navy. Dan A Kimball is named undersecretary, with W John Kenney resigning as undersecretary. Matthews the Democrat and Creighton graduate may face Senate confirmation. Curtis Calder remains a potential Army pick.
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Francis Matthews
Omaha
Truman
Sullivan
Senate
Washington
Francis Patrick Matthews
Navy
Matthews
John S. Sullivan
Defense Johnson
Dan A. Kimball
Kimball
Curtis E. Calder
Yor
Army
Jonathan Daniel
North Carolina
House approves bill boosting lawmakers expense allowances
Washington AP House members debated potential roll call on a proposal to raise their expense money for clerk hire and communications. The bill passed with little opposition but drew protest from Keefe and Church who learned of the vote late. The measure would grant 500 and 3000 dollar additions, with final action tied to a separate funding bill.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Keefe
R - Wis
Church
R - II
Appropriations Committee
Military Pay Hike Measure Approved by Armed Services
The House Armed Services Committee approved a bill to raise pay for Armed Forces members by a 28 to 0 vote. Chairman Vinson announced a Defense Department approval and Budget Bureau non objection. The measure costs about 406 million dollars annually and proceeds to House debate, facing expected opposition from budget hawks.
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Wahington
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Defense
Louis Johnson
Budget Bureau
House
Housing Bill Expected To Be Approved
Washington AP President Truman is forecast to win House approval for a broad long range housing program as Republicans vow a fight. The Senate backed a similar measure 57 to 13, and the House Banking Committee approved the House bill 14 to seven with all Democrats for it and all Republicans opposed. Six members were absent as Republicans planned strategy for the House floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Representative Wolcott
Re Mich
Banking Committee
House
Wolcott
Spence
D-Ky
Senate
House Banking Committee
Firefighter Kilbane Dies During Cleveland Blaze
John Kilbane, 51, a 30 year Cleveland firefighter, collapsed and died yesterday while battling a fire at Milmar Inc, makers of children's furniture. He apparently suffered a heart attack during the ten thousand dollar blaze.
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Cleveland (Ap
John Kilbane
Cleveland
Milmar, Inc
Atlantic Pact Okayed By House Of Commons
The House of Commons approved the North Atlantic Treaty 333 to 6 in a cross party vote. Foreign Secretary Bevin called the pact wise and prudent and a safeguard against war, while Churchill praised US leadership and hoped the alliance would avert a third world war. The treaty binds the United States and 10 European nations and has already seen Belgium and Canada ratify, with US Senate hearings under way.
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London
House of Commons
Ernest Bevin
Winston Churchill
Russia
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Norway
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Italy
Portugal
Iceland
Canada
U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Churcht Hill
Bevin
Churchill
Saaihand
Berlin
Sovil
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West Germany
Frank Hague
Rita
Aly
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Conchita Cintron
Peru
d‘Hiver
Hisler
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