Eisler Hearing Adjourned To May 24 In London
A Bow Street magistrate in London adjourned Eisler’s extradition hearing to May 24. Gearhart Eisler, called the No. 1 Communist in the United States, claimed asylum as a political refugee. He was brought to Bow Street from Southampton after arrival on the Polish liner Batory.
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London
Bow St
Gearhart Eisler
America
Eisler
Bow St. Court
Southampton
Britain
United States
Fisler
Jerzy Michalowski
Bevin
US threatens seizure over fugitive Eisler surrender
The State Department said the United States would seize the Polish liner unless master Gearhart Eisler surrendered to British authorities. Eisler, a German-born Communist leader, had been removed from the liner at Southampton after fleeing the United States aboard the ship. The Polish embassy in London said Washington threatened to seize the vessel the next time it returned to American waters.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Gearhart Eisler
Eisler
Southampton
London
Eisler Protest Sought Over Extradition Action
Reginald Paget to ask Home Secretary why Britain aided the action against Eisler who fled aboard a ship after stowing away. Eisler’s lawyer Dudley Collard, once in Moscow, denies Eisler is America’s top Communist and calls the charges unfounded.
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Scotland Yard
Eisler
Labor
Reginald Paget
Home
James Chuter Ede
Commons
Britain
Dudley Collard
Moscow
Man's Death Under Probe
Cincinnati AP report details the death of 78 year old Walter Bright under investigation by the police homicide squad. Coroner Dr Herbert P Lyle cited a skull fracture and blackened eyes as the cause for homicide inquiry after Bright was found on his kitchen floor by Virgil Stevens following a drinking party. Mrs Stevens was asleep when Stevens returned.
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Cincinnati
Walter Bright
Herbert P. Lyle
Hamilton County
Bright
Virgil Stevens
R. Lyle
Your Job Clinic Advice for new graduates begins
Fourteen leaders from business and industry will share advice in a symposium titled Your Job Clinic. The series will run three times weekly in The Journal starting today, with articles on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. Readers are urged to clip and preserve the pieces for students away at school and for future graduates.
Ford strike nears end as federal help debated
Ford and the United Auto Workers resumed peace talks with 65,000 workers idle in an 11 day walkout. Federal mediation officials said they would join if concrete proposals emerge while Ford and UAW leaders weighed political overtones and potential government intervention. The cost of the strike topped an unofficial 50 million dollars as Henry Ford II signaled cautious approval of federal involvement.
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Detroit
Ford
United Auto Workers
CID
Ford Motor Company
UAW
Walter Reuther
Washington
Cyrus Ching
Henry Ford II
Cyrus S. Ching
CIO United Auto Workers
GOP Women Hold Parley in Columbus Ohio
A two day spring conference of the Ohio Federation of Republican Women opens in Columbus with a banquet tonight. Speakers include Senators Taft Bricker and Brewster plus Owen D Brewster. About 1000 women GOP members are expected to register for the event. The forum will compare Republican and Democratic philosophies with Mrs Taft and other leaders among the speakers.
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Columbus
Ohio Federation of Republican Women
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Owen D., Brewster
Maine
GOP
Taft
Robert T. Morris
Toledo
State Central and Executive Committee
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Ohio House
Extra Session Called For UN On Spain Issue
UN delegates ordered an overtime meeting in New York to decide on lifting the diplomatic boycott of Franco Spain. The General Assembly, forced past its six week adjournment by Spain and Italy colonies issues, will first vote on repealing the December 1946 resolution urging ambassadors and ministers to leave Madrid. Britain, France and the United States backed a plan to divide Italy’s former colonies before adjournment tomorrow.
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New York
United Nations
Spain
Italy
UN Assembly
Madrid
U.S
Britain
France
Coplon Trial Enters Fourth Week With Slow Progress
In Washington AP report, Judith Coplon's espionage trial moves into its fourth week as prosecutors abandon any clear timetable. FBI agent Martin Carey testified, recounting events before Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev’s arrest. Nearly a dozen agents await to testify about shadowing the defendants under espionage conspiracy charges.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
FBI
Miss Coplon
Valentine A. Gubitchev
Martin F. Carey
Justice Department
Gubitchev
Brewer Wilson
Archibald Palmer
New York
Reformatory Parolee Held In Kidnapping Case
Shelby Ohio AP Chief L C Coffey said charges likely today against Charles Jenkins Jr 25 of Polk Ohio a Mansfield reformatory parolee held for abducting 17 year old Josephine White of Shelby Jenkins was arrested yesterday by Sheriff M F Rickenbrod and Chief Coffey Jenkins allegedly forced a car driven by William Cochran a Mansfield police lieutenant to the roadside then abducted Miss White driving off with her and later letting her go at Mansfield after giving bus fare home The girl aided the arrest by telling officers the kidnapper mentioned a guard at Mansfield reformatory a guard identified Jenkins as fitting the description Jenkins had been confined at Mansfield on a forgery charge
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Shelby, O
L. C. Coffey
Mansfield Reformatory
Josephine White
Shelby
Charles Jenkins, Jr
Polk
O. Jenkins
Sterday
M. F. Rickenbrod
Ashland
Coffey
Miss White
Mansfield
Shelby Law
William Depler
Rickenbrod
Jenkins
William Cochrane
Cochrane
Party Leaders Seek Major Victory On Housing Bill
Washington AP Democrats push to deliver a significant win for President Truman with a housing bill advancing in the House. Senate already approved a 5759 13 vote. The plan envisions slum clearance, low rent housing and farm housing aid, shaping the president's domestic program this session.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Congress
Hand Picked Candidates Leading Vote in Hungary Election
Budapest AP reports first official figures show 97.3 percent in favor of a hand picked government slate. Only 1.9 percent of the first 1,154,000 ballots counted were against the regime. Cabinet shake up expected with Communist Vice Premier Rakosi likely to replace Premier Istvan Dobi.
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Budapest
Hungary
Interior Ministry
Matyas Rakosi
Istvan Dobi
Smallholders Party
Robbery endangers family as $900 is stolen
Cleveland police report Mrs. Anna Krokarich was robbed of $900 by two men who taped her wrists and ankles and threatened her two children. She said her husband, Andrew, 36, had won the money gambling, and she believes the assailants knew of this when they arrived. Krokarich was not home during the incident.
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Cleveland
Anna Krokarich
Governments To Go Red Stir Talk On Economy Tax
Berlin dispatch reports Eastern Zone Communists claim a 60 percent voter turnout for a two day People’s Congress ballot aimed at forming a Soviet backed German government. The expected outcome is a unified regime for Germany ahead of Paris talks, while Western zones reject the vote. In Washington, estimates warn the government may run a 3 billion dollar deficit next year, fueling calls for tax increases and spending cuts amid a looming fiscal squeeze. House and Senate members debate tax hikes and reductions, with officials proposing various budget cuts and revenue measures to address the shortfall.
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Congress
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House
Ways and Means
Senate
Berlin
Russia
Paris
Germany
Soviet Union
Council of Foreign Ministers
United States
Britain
France
People’s Congress
Washington
Senate House Tax Committee
McCormack
Mass
Russell
D-Ga
Appropriations Committee
Maybank
DSC
McKellar
D-Tenn
Woodruff
Rmich
Ways and Means Committee
Senate probes cash kickbacks tied to Poland loan
Senate investigators promised a thorough probe into alleged cash kickbacks from a 40 million dollar U S loan to Poland. Chairman Hoey said freight forwarders and insurance brokers linked to overseas shipments are under scrutiny as lawyers and accountants trace purchases, movements to seaports, and exports. Several individuals and corporate officials have testified at hearings to ensure U S aid funds are not siphoned off.
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Washington
Senate
U. S
Poland
Hoey
D - NC
Special
Bond Selling Drive To Open Campaign Starts Tonight
Washington AP reports a government drive to sell 1.04 billion dollars in savings bonds begins today. President Truman will address the nation with a five minute radio speech at 10 23 p m EST as the campaign kicks off. The drive continues through June 30.
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Washington
Truman
Tornado Strikes Amarillo Injuring Thirty or More
Relief crews dug into debris after a tornado swept through Amarillo injuring about 70 people and tearing through the southern Panhandle city. Emergency teams battled fires and searched wreckage as residents assessed damage and officials urged caution.
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Amarillo
Texas
Nationals still holding at Shanghai amid heavy attacks
Nationalist defenders in Shanghai hold sea and air gateways as Communist assaults press from Woosung and the Whangpoo outlet. Evacuation of Hankow and Wuchang a major move, with fear the Reds cross the Yangtze toward Canton. Reports place Nanchang and Changsha under pressure as relief crews race to aid casualties.
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Shanghai
China
Hankow
Woosung
Whangpoo River
Red Labs
Chicago
Wuchang
Central
Yangtze
Shangi
Fourth
Central China Railway
Canton
Pai Chung- Hsi
Central China
Nanchang
Changsha
Kiangsi
Steelworkers Seek Pay Hike Across Steel Industry
CIO United Steel Workers await responses from 835 steel companies to a demand for a wage increase plus social benefits such as pensions. Philip Murray, president of both CIO and the Steelworkers, sent notification letters and urged negotiation. If talks fail, a strike could start July 16 under existing contracts covering 706,000 workers. He did not specify pension or pay increase targets.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel Workers
Philip Murray
Murray
AFL Leaders Convene to Review Taft Hartley Repeal Effort
Cleveland AP The American Federation of Labor met to assess why their timetable to repeal the Taft Hartley Act failed. Tensions rose as John L Lewis and CIO United Electrical Workers opposed compromise. AFL President William Green planned to report discussions with President Truman to the executive council.
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Cleveland
American Federation of Labor
AFL
House Labor Committee
John L. Lewis
CIO - United Electrical Workers
A. F. Whitney
Ohio Traffic Death Toll 11
Ohio records a weekend toll of at least eleven traffic deaths across multiple counties. Victims include Jack Johnson of Columbus aged 60, Leo J. Moeller 61 of Dayton, and Henry Wilhelm 63 near Columbus, among others in Madison, Union, and surrounding areas.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jack Johnson
West Jefferson
Madison County
Fred Guthrie
Summerford
London
Leo J. Moeller
Dayton
Gerald Grafmiller
Upper Sandusky
Upper Saneusky
Archie Penny
Harveyseburg
Wilmington
William Henry McClain
Newark
Henry Wilhelm
Joellen Whitaker
Daniel Whitaker
Washington
H. Eldon Hasson
Findlay
Darrell Frech
Raw~son
Belace
David Gove
Portsmouth
Gromyko Signals Possible Shift Before Paris Talks
An drei A. Gromyko, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, indicated a potential change from refusal to consideration in U S Russia cooperation. He spoke before departing for Paris for the May 23 meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Paris
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