Truman voices need for trade program extension
President Truman said renewing the reciprocal trade program without crippling amendments is essential to keep America from isolationism. The House Ways and Means Committee approved a one year extension with a veto power over trade pacts if tariff limits are exceeded, while Democrats decried the measure as sabotaging the program.
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Washington
Truman
America
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Federal Tariff Commission
Representative Coughton
D-Nc
Four Months Sail to Australia From Wilmington Family
Dwight Atwater and family plan a four month voyage aboard a 50 foot auxiliary staysail schooner to reach Australia. They seek another couple to share costs. Starting around May 20 with a home sale funded boat, they aim to settle near Brisbane as commercial fishermen.
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Carol
Australia
Atwater
Fellows and Stewart
Brisbane
Care Belle
Marilyn
Stephine
Re trial ends in life for Canton youth in 1945 robbery case
John H. Haley, 17, Negro, granted a new trial by the U S Supreme Court, was again found guilty of first degree murder by a Common Pleas Court jury. The jury recommended mercy, making a life sentence mandatory. Haley claimed he was beaten into confessing. similar sentences were given to Alfred Parks and Willie Lowder.
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Canton, O
John H. Haley
U. S. Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court
Haley
William Karam
Supreme Court
Senator John H. Overton Dies at 72 in Bethesda
U S Senator John H. Overton of Louisiana, aged 72, died early today at Bethesda Naval Hospital after abdominal surgery on May 5. A longtime foe of Daylight Saving Time, he served in Congress since 1931 and led river and navigation projects as ranking Democrat on the Senate Public Works Committee. He had been a member of the Appropriations Committee and supported Mississippi River Valley priorities.
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Washington
John H. Overton
Louisiana
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Overton
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Huey P. Long
Edwin S. Broussard
District of Columbia
Senate Public Works Committee
Mississippi River Valley
Appropriations Committee
Congress Urges Slow Pace on Profits and Wages
A Congressional Economic Committee report urges business to adopt moderate prices and profits while labor accepts reasonable wage attitudes to curb living costs. It emphasizes voluntary measures, avoids broad legal controls, and notes inflation fears but hints it may be checked through flexible overtime and extended 40 hour weeks where feasible.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Congressional Economic Committee
Senate House
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Baldwin
R-Conn
Middletown Airport Expansion Plans Due For Review
Preliminary plans for the 180000 expansion and improvements will be completed within 10 days. Roy A. Pochel said data will go to Columbus CAA engineer E. A. Scofield for study, then to Washington for final review before bids. An easement from Sorg Paper Co. will allow an 8000 ft earth levee along the Great Miami River to protect the airport and wells. Pochel also secured Scofield’s approval to shift the northeast south west runway to improve clearance from nearby smokestacks.
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Middletown
Roy A. Pochel
Fred Schatzmann
E. A. Scofield
Columbus
CAA
Scofield
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Washington
Schatzmann
Sorg Paper Company
Mit
Sorg
West Middletown
Pochel
Gardner - Richardson Company
Six in Family Dead in Blaze in Huntington West Virginia
Six persons, including a 14 year old girl and a 9 year old boy, died in a fire that destroyed a wooden trailer and a home made addition in Huntington. Detective Chief Hershel Gartin said a brisk wind aided the blaze and the family, likely asleep, had no time to escape through the single door. The victims were Ernest Henson 44 Beatrice Henson 39 Thomas Henson 9 Ernestine Henson 14 Pearlie Dillon about 50 and Rudolph Eugene Eastham 31.
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Ernestine
Pearlie Dillon
Rudolph Eugene Eastham
Veterans receive 23 613 bonus checks in 12 days
In twelve working days the State Bonus Commission issued 23 613 checks to waiting veterans. Assistant Director Courtney Kirby reported the tally yesterday in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus, O
State Bonus Commission
Courtney Kirby
Westinghouse Cuts Prices on Five Radio Sets
Westinghouse today reduced prices on five radio sets in Sunbury Pennsylvania by 13 to 20 percent. A table model with standard FM bands dropped from 99.95 to 79.95 while console sets saw reductions up to 125 off from 625. F M Sloan, manager of the Home Radio Division, cited improved manufacturing methods as enabling the cuts.
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Sunbury
Westinghouse
F. M. Sloan
Westinghouse Home Radio Division
Coroners elect Lyle president at Ohio gathering
The Ohio Coroners Association re elected Dr. Herbert P. Lyle of Hamilton County as president at its annual meeting. Delegates named Toleno as the site for the 1949 meeting.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Coroners Association
Herbert P. Lyle
Hamilton County
Coroners
Toleno
New Hearings Sought on Air Force Buying Practices
Four Democratic War Investigating Committee members urge new hearings into Air Force procurement personnel and Wright Field operations. They blast the Hughes inquiry as overreaching and insist there is no fraud by Howard Hughes or associates.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Howard Hughes Aircraft
Hatch
Pepper
McGrath
O'Conor
Hughes
Air Force
Wright Field
Ohio
Congress
Brewster
R-Me
Howard Hughes
Plane crashes fatal for 55 across world
Reports from multiple locations detail fatal air crashes. Sabena DC-4 missing over Belgian Congo with 31 aboard. B-29 crash in Saudi Arabia with 13 dead and one survivor. Privately chartered plane in Rhone Valley kills four. Notable deaths include the Marchioness of Hartington and two Skyways crew. Additional crashes in Massachusetts Alaska Switzerland.
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Associated Press
Brussels
Sabena Airlines
Belgian Congo
Frankfurt
U. S. Air Force
Saudi Arabia
Privas
France
Rhone Valley
London
Skyways Limited
Marchioness of Hartington
Joseph P. Kennedy
U. S
Britain
Lord Fitzwilliam
Northampton
Mass
Kaiser-Frazer Inquiry Moved to Cleveland
SEC investigation into the Kaiser-Frazer stock deal collapse shifts to Cleveland. SEC official Louis Loss says attorneys Allan Hull and Marvin C. Harrison may be recalled for more testimony at today’s hearing. Hull and Harrison identified Cyrus Eaton as their client in a Wayne County court in Detroit on February 9 in a Kaiser-Frazer suit.
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SEC
Louis Loss
Allan Hull
Marvin C. Harrison
Hull
Harrison
Cyrus Eaton
Wayne County
Detroit
Kaiser - Frazer Corporation
Scooter Crash Claims Life of Youth at Portsmouth Stop
Frank Smith Jr., 18, of Cove, Jackson County, Ohio, died from a fractured skull after his rented scooter struck concrete steps in Portsmouth. Coroner Virgil Fowler said the brakes failed at a stop sign and the incident occurred last night three hours after the crash.
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Portsmouth
Frank Smith, Jr
Cove
Jackson County
Virgil Fowler
Minnesota Guard Is Ordered Out After Packed Plant Hostages
Minnesota Governor Luther Youngdahl directed the adjutant general to deploy a substantial National Guard task force to Newport and South St. Paul packing plants after a mob raid on the Cudahy plant in Newport. About 30 workers were taken hostage as plant interiors were damaged and power cut. Police faced picket resistance while attempting to enforce a court order restricting mass picketing.
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CIO United Packinghouse
Swift and Company
South St. Paul
Minnesota
ST. Paul, Minn
Minnesota National Guard
Newport
Luther Youngdahl
Adjutant General
Cudahy
Ellard Walsh
Burglars Take $17,000 From Zanesville Meat Co
In Zanesville Ohio burglars pried open two safes at Rittberger Brothers Wholesale and Retail Meat Company early today and escaped with $17,000 in cash. Investigators found two fingerprint sets. three men were suspected. A nearby station operator reported three nervous men visiting after midnight. The cash was in a small safe. a larger safe held nothing. Only $3,000 of the amount was insured.
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Zanesville, O
Rittberger Brothers Wholesale and Retail Meat Company
Carl C. Rittberger, Jr
Hold Up at J. F. Christian Company Payroll Heist
Two gunmen robbed the J. F. Christian Company offices in Cleveland and escaped with about $4,000 in payroll money, police reported. The bandits fled the scene and were being sought by investigators.
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Cleveland
J. F. Christian Company
Nevius Parole Delayed Until May 1949
Jerome A. Nevius former Clark County prosecutor now serving a prison term for bribery must wait another year before parole is considered. The State Pardon and Parole Commission unanimously deferred the hearing until May 1949. Nevius entered Ohio Penitentiary in June 1947 to serve one to ten years after being accused of taking money from owners of the Silver Dollar gambling house near Springfield.
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Columbus
Jerome A. Nevius
Clark County
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Nevius
Ohio
Springfield
Stassen Club Reports $27,310 Spent In Ohio
J. J. Kirk assistant treasurer of the Cleveland Stassen for President Club filed an expense account with the secretary of state. Disbursements totaled $20,565 with $13,900 from Stassen headquarters in Minneapolis as the largest single contribution. The Montgomery County Stassen club reported receipts of $5,426 and expenses of $5,089, with $300 reserved for traveling expenses of delegates to the national convention.
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Columbus
J. J. Kirk
Cleveland Stassen
President Club
Stassen
Minneapolis
Stassen For President Club
Montgomery County
Rail dispute peace seen as birthday rhetoric grows
President Alvanky Johnston of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers predicted an early settlement of the nationwide rail dispute. He spoke in Cleveland while home for his 73rd birthday and said negotiations would soon be renewed between the three unions and the railroads.
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Cleveland
Alvankey Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Quarrel Among Committees Threatens Draft Legislation
Washington AP report notes a clash between the Rules and Armed Services Committees over draft and universal military training. The dispute delays House action on draft bills while President Truman seeks 2.434 billion more for defense.
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Washington
Rules and Armed Services Committees
House
Truman
Congress
The
Armed Services Com
Taft Says US Russia Talks Could Aid Peace
Senator Robert A. Taft told the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce dinner that a properly arranged two power conference with Russia could aid peace. He called the recent notes exchange a fiasco and a colossal diplomatic blunder that weakened the peace cause.
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United States
Russia
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Connecticut
Husband Sentenced For Slaying Wife In Ohio Case
Bernard Peterson 29 of Derwent was convicted of second degree murder in the stabbing death of his 23 year old wife Margaret on December 21 at her mother Etta Bennett’s Byesville home. Sentence was withheld pending a motion for a new trial.
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Cambridge, D
Bernard Peterson
Derwent
Margaret
Etta Bennett
Byesville
Cities in Ohio seeking relief from financial distress
The Ohio Association of Cities legislative committee urged a special session to aid cities in financial distress. They asked Gov. Herbert to convene such a session and to draft a constitutional amendment directing 40 percent of total sales tax receipts to the local government fund for equitable distribution among municipalities.
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Cleveland
Legislative Committee
The
Ohio Association of Cities
Thomas J. Herbert
Israel Chosen Title For Hebrew Land
The Political Committee of the Special Palestine Assembly voted to end UN mediation in the Holy Land. The tally was 37 to 0 with 15 abstentions. The peace commissioner proposal, backed by the United States and France, moves to a plenary meeting of 58 nations for final action.
Jews Proclaim Independent Hebrew State in Palestine
The Jewish provisional government issues a declaration of independence after the British leave. The document asserts the right to dignity, freedom and labor and notes Jewish wartime contributions. It references the United Nations General Assembly and the November 29, 1947 date.
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Tel Aviv
Palestine
Britain
Holy Land
United Nations
General Assembly of the United
Nations
National Council
Zionist Movement
General Assembly of
Egypt Declares Martial Law Under Nekrasky as Governor
King Farouk decrees martial law in Egypt effective tomorrow with Premier Mahmoud Fahmy Nekrasky Pasha named military governor. Government assures Parliament the decree concerns only Palestine developments.
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Cairo
Farouk
Egypt
Mahmoud Fahmy Nekrasky Pasha
Palestine
Jewish State Declared in Palestine Named Israel by UN Support
Nations adopt a resolution reestablishing a Jewish state in Palestine and proclaim Israel, with Haganah forces on alert along three borders. Arab League declares war. Kefar Etzion falls to Arab forces after a siege leaving Jewish losses over 100.
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Alan Gordon Cunningeham
Surgealus
Haifa
Hage Pipes
Haganah
Palestine
Dan
Holy Land
Negebi Desert
Trans-Jordan
General Secretariat
The
Arab League
Arab League Nations
Amman
Cunningham
Jerusalem
Britain
Holy
UN Assembly
Kefar Etzion
Bethlehem
Egypt
Elderly Columbusite Plunges To Death
A one year old man fell from the 14 story Huntington National Bank Building in Columbus today. He landed in a court at the third floor level and was identified by a driver’s license as Guy H Bishop a resident of the Park Hotel.
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Columbus
Huntington National Bank
Guy H. Bishop
Park Hotel
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