Court forfeits 20000 bond of Communist Eisler
U S District Court in Washington declares the $20000 bonds posted by Gerhart Eisler forfeited and issues a bench warrant for his arrest on contempt of Congress and passport fraud. The government aims to extradite Eisler from England where he fled as a stowaway on the Batory. He previously received sentences in 1947 for contempt and passport-related offenses.
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Washington
Gerhart Eisler
U. S. District Court
Eisler
England
Batory
U. S
James W. Morris
United States
William Hitz
District of Columbia
Hitz
Morris
Scotland Yard
U.S. State Department
Congress
Fort Worth Area Struck by Cloudburst and Floods
A cloudburst drenched the Fort Worth area with nearly ten inches of rain overnight. Flooding forced school closures, cut city water, and caused at least one drowning with three missing. Trinity River levels rose sharply as other nearby areas recorded heavy rainfall and levee washouts. The Red Cross set up two emergency first aid stations.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Dallas
Carrollton
U. S. Weather Bureau
Trinity River
Trinity
West Fork
Meachamfield
Meadowbrook
The
Red Cross
Chinese Reds Reported In Two Advances
AP dispatch describes Communist advances in central China and toward Canton. Red Fourth Field Army seizes Hankow inland port while Second Field Army pushes toward Liuchin and Kukong area. Reports mention Pootung dock district near Shanghai and Ningtu positions near Canton.
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Canton
Central China
Hankow
Shanghai
Pootung
Bund
Whanepoo River
Woosung
Lunghwai
Lin Piao
China
Yangtze River
Kiangsipene
Liuchin
Liu Po- Cheng
Ningtu
Yangtze
Peiping
Red Second Army
Kukong
Kwantung Province
Six Air Force Crewmembers Die In Roswell Plane Crash
An Air Force C-47 crashed twelve miles northeast of Roswell killing six crewmen. The seven to bail out included Staff Sgt Chris Wentzel who was treated for a back injury. Names released: First Lt Peter Manassero Acampo California pilot. First Lt Lawrence M Alden San Diego California co pilot. Staff Sgt Richard C Powel Pittsburgh Pennsylvania crew chief. Sgt Edward Dunbar Brooklyn New York. Cpt Ted O Van Luben Downey Idaho. Cpt Jaques V Niess Lancaster Pennsylvania. Cpl John P Randolph acting commanding officer at Walker AFB. Engine fire caused the crash.
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Roswell
N. Y
Chris Wentzel
Cooter
Walker Air Force Base
Peter Manassero
Acampo
Cal
Lawrence M. Alden
San Diego
Richard C. Powel
Pittsburgh
Ruth Powell
Edward Dunbar
Brooklyn
Dollie J. Dunbar
Ted O. van Luben
Downey
Idaho
Jaques V. Niess
Lancaster
John P. Randolph
Ase
Wild West Show Owner In Jail On Traffic Charge
Col Zach Miller, head of the 101 Ranch Wild West show, is jailed in NANELLVILLE Georgia on speeding and unlicensed driver charges. Bond set at 250 dollars. Miller vows to stay jailed rather than post bond, as deputy sheriff notes he would spend 5000 to beat the charge. Show manager says he will return to Greenville South Carolina after a property inspection trip.
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Nanellville
Will Rogers
Buffalo Bill Cody
Tom Mix
Texas
Georgia
Zach Miller
H. B. Magness
D. S. Harris, Jr
Miller
James Colbert
Old
Golden West
Colbert
Pat Coile
Bond
Valley Mills
Tex
Milt Hinkle
Greenville
S. C
Perry
Fla
UN Maintains Franco Regime Diplomatic Boycott
UN General Assembly vote 26 to 15 keeps Madrid envoys withdrawn since 1946 in protest of Generalissimo Franco. The measure fell four votes short of two thirds as sixteen nations including the United States abstained. A Polish resolution to halt arms shipments and treaties with Franco Spain was defeated 6 to 40.
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New York
United Nations
Spain
UN General Assembly
Madrid
Generalissimo
Franco
Assembly
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Ethiopia
Bolivia
Brazil
Colombia
Peru
Daytonian Held In Slaying Of Father-In-Law
Cincinnati AP reports 69 year old John Fink was fatally shot at his Salzman Road home. Barclay Donaldson, 35, of Dayton was arrested four hours later on a murder charge, claiming Fink was his father in law in a failed reconciliation attempt. His brother Thomas, 40, also Dayton, was detained for questioning.
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Cincinnati
John Fink
Barclay Donaldson
Dayton
Donaldson
Hamilton County
Ralph Anderson
Fink
Ann
Salzman Road
High Point
Trial date set for Patterson murder case in Columbus
First degree murder trial of Clay Patterson, 27, Ironton veteran, was set for June 20 by Prosecutor Ralph J. Bartlett. Patterson is accused of killing his estranged wife Elizabeth Ruth, 21, at a local grill on January 14.
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Columbus
Clay Patterson
Ironton
Ralph J. Bartlett
Patterson
Elizabeth Ruth
Vandals Break 177 Windows in Nine New Houses
Police search for vandals who shattered 177 windows in a row of nine new houses in town. Morris G. Hyman, owner, said rocks and clods of earth as big as coconuts were found inside.
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Ulevilang
Morris G. Hyman
Drive Launched To Get Action On 10 Bills In House
Ten bills top the House timetable after Truman and House leaders met. Sabath urges quick action on issues including housing, a lobby probe, crop insurance, federal buildings, Alaska statehood, rural telephone service, federal pay raises, displaced persons, minimum wages, and general labor reforms. He says no real rift exists between the president and Speaker Rayburn.
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Washington
Truman
House
Rayburn
Sabath
D-Ill
Rules Committee
White House
Alaska
Rayyn
Capitol
Plan to Eliminate Hire in Taxes Proposed in Congress
Washington AP A proposed budget maneuver would accelerate corporate tax payments to raise about 5 billion in new revenues for the next fiscal year. Rep Mills would require calendar year corporations estates and trusts to pay 1949 taxes by July 1 1950 in two installments cutting the 12 month period to six months. The plan aims to erase new tax increases and convert a projected 3 billion deficit into a 1.7 billion surplus without raising individual taxes.
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Washington
Representative Ills
D-Ark
Truman
Mills
Treasury
U S Shifts in Spending Drive Early 1949 Savings Rise
Washington AP reports that Americans cut spending sharply in the first quarter of 1949 while saving rose, driven by lower prices and reduced demand. Commerce Department data show Gross National Product at a 255.9 billion annual rate, down 9 billion from late 1948, with prices easing and producers stocking inventories.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Reward Offered for Missing Black and White Boston Terrier
A Lorain couple offered 100 for the safe return of their black and white Boston terrier. Mrs Beulah Hassan, a restaurant owner, said the dog disappeared from her car in Cleveland yesterday while on the way back to Lorain. Her husband and another man were in the car.
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Cleveland
Lorain, O
Beulah Hassan
Lorain
Tornado hits Amarillo devastates area with millions in damage
Amarillo reeled after a Sunday night tornado that killed four and injured 83, causing more than 3 million dollars in damage. About 350 homes were destroyed in a 35 block area. Deaths included Lois Martin 30 George McPherson 56 and Charles Maserang and another McPherson. Relief funds topped 16000 and federal loans were approved for rebuilding.
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Amarillo
Tex
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
H. C. Winburn
Lois Martin
George McPherson
Charles Maserang
Amarillo Globe News
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Micky McGuire
Texas Panhandle Home Builders Association
Shelby Kruser
Tradewinds
Massey-Harris
General Clay Back Praised By Truman
West Side Manhattan voters weigh contest in special congressional race with FDR Jr seeking party lines against Shalleck and McIntyre likely benefiting from a split. Left-Wing American Labor Party and Rubinstein also run as strategy shapes loom for 20th District. Clay receives high honor from President Truman in White House ceremony.
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New York
West Side
Manhattan
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Fdr
Battling
Tammany Hall
Tammany
Roosevelt
Benjamin Shalleck
New York State
Liberal Party
Four Freedoms Party
GOP
William H. McIntyre
American Labor Party
Annette T. Rubinstein
Sol Bloom
Former GAR leader Robert Rownd dies at 104 in New York
Former head and two term national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic Robert M. Rownd died aged 104 in New York. Born October 22, 1844 in Sarahsville Ohio, he served with Company B Ninth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in 66 engagements and Shermans march. He spent over 51 years in banking and held roles as junior vice commander and chaplain at his death. only one other NY GAR member survives.
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James A. Hard
Roéchester
GAR
New York State
Rownd
Ninth
Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Sherman
Atlanta
Ohio
Prosecutor Victor De Marco Joins Cleveland Firm
Victor De Marco will leave the staff of County Prosecutor Frank T. Cullitan this fall to join the firm of Hones Day Cockley and Reaves in Cleveland. The move marks a transition for the fiery courtroom orator as he exits public service for private practice.
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Cleveland
Victor de Marco
Frank T. Cullitan
Hones
Day Cockley
Reaves
Wallgren Withdraws Nomination for NSRB Chairman
Washington AP President Truman withdrew Mon C. Wallgren's nomination to head the National Security Resources Board at Wallgren's request. Wallgren, former Washington governor, told a friend his faith in the Senate remains undiminished. The nomination had been tabled by the Senate Armed Services Committee, with Byrd the only Democrat voting against in committee.
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Washington
Truman
Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Wallgren
Washington State
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Soviets Face Setback In East German Election
Eastern Germany reports show 12,024,221 valid ballots with 66.1 percent in favor of the Communist hand picked slate and 33.9 percent against. Turnout reached 95.2 percent among 13,533,071 eligible voters as Soviet press laments a double cross amid the Paris Foreign Ministers Conference.
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Berlin
Germany
People’s Congress
Foreign Ministers Conference
Paris
West
Congress
Russia
East Berlin
Communist ‘Front
Ford Proposes Partial End to Ford UAW Stoppage
Ford Motor Company asks the CIO United Auto Workers to call off the strike except at the B building of the Rouge plant and the Lincoln Mercury plant. About 65,000 Ford workers walked out, with 40,000 others idled indirectly. The proposal aims to recall tens of thousands in Detroit and nearby areas if accepted.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
Big Rouge
Lincoln
UAW
Rouge
Barkley Says He Needs No Protection On Trips
Vice President Alben W. Barkley, age 71, travels freely and declines Secret Service protection. He told reporters he is a “big boy now” and prefers independence, even as President Truman offered guards and FBI head J. Edgar Hoover also offered to protect him. Barkley spoke in Philadelphia at an Allied Jewish Appeal dinner and mingled with about 50 locals despite the photo flash and attention.
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U. S
Truman
Secret Service
V.P
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Philadelphia
Israel
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