First shells hit Shanghai as Communist forces assault
The first shells of the civil war struck Shanghai late at night in the old French quarter, killing at least six civilians and wounding ten. Communists attacked the Woo Sung sector ten miles north of the city, while Nationalists reported intact positions on the east bank of the Whangpoo river. The waterfront was likely closed to civilians as withdrawals were prepared, with Lunghwa Field still operating and flights crowded.
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Shanghai
Asia
Lafayette Theater
Pootung
Woosung
Whangpoo River
Yangtze
Middletonian tribute marks 50 years of Hook service
Nearly 1,000 Middletown citizens gathered at the Manchester Hotel to honor Charles R. Hook for fifty years of service to community and nation. A Boy Scout’s speech by Eagle Scout Robert Moore highlighted gratitude from youth, while military leaders and local officials presented praise, plaques, and letters from defense leaders.
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Charles R. Hook
Manchester
Middletown
U. S
Armco
Robert Moore
Earl Moore
Elsmere St
Middletown High School
Young Moore
J. Hook
Mr. Hook
Moore
E. Cauer
Middletown Hospital
Wade E.miller
Hughes Garvin
Ministerial Association, Religion
James Byrum
Armco Veterans Club
Armco Employes
George E. Denny
Denny Lumber Company
B. W. Chidlaw
Air Materiel Command
Franklin O. Carroll
K. B. Wolfe
F. M.hopkins, Jr
James M. Bevans
O. R. Cook
Charles B. Stone III
L. C. Craigie
Leo M. Kreber
L. M. Grant
C. H. Welch
Ralph M. Pearson
Louis Johnson
Defense
Armeo Board
Armed Services
Marvin D. Clark
Acheson Sets No Compromise Path For Paris Talks
In Munich Bavaria rejects Bonn constitution yet may join West German government if 10 western states approve. In Washington Secretary Acheson departs for Paris Foreign Ministers meeting with a firm policy toward Moscow to safeguard Western Europe’s recovery and stability.
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Munich
Germany
Bavaria
Midaly
Bonn
Washington
Acheson
Paris
Truman
Russia
Europe
308 Make Trip In Big Plane Record Set
SAN DIEGO CAL AP An aircraft carried more than 300 persons for the first time in history when the Navy's Marshall Mars flying boat flew from Alameda to San Diego with 308 men. The 301 passengers were Air Group 5 personnel. a crew of seven accompanied them. Commander James G. Lang piloted the giant seaplane over about 500 miles in 2 hours 54 minutes.
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San Diego
Cal
Navy
Alameda
Air Group 5
Alameda Naval Air Station
Naval Air Station
James G. Lang
Mapleton
Minn
Air Transport Squadron 2
Heifers Shipped for Displaced Persons Aid
In Greenville Ohio a flight will ship fifteen heifers to European displaced persons in Venezuela. Elden Yohe of Arcannon, secretary of the Heifer Program Committee of Southern Ohio, said church members funded the animals. The shipment was to depart from Dayton airport at Vandalia.
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Greenville, C
Venezuela
Elden Yohe
Arcanum
Southern Ohio
Southern
Lewis Eyeing AFL Return Faces Opposition
CLEVELAND AP AFL leaders said John Lewis is dickering to rejoin the American Federation of Labor. If he returns, he would face strong opposition from influential members as rivals seek to block a power shift ahead of Green’s planned retirement and possible new labor law impacts.
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Cleveland
AFL
John JL. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
William Green
AFL Executive Council
Lewis
Green
Mine Workers
San Francisco
Former Fighter Convicted In Fatal Beating
Former heavyweight Gus Dorazio was found guilty by a Philadelphia quarter sessions jury of second degree murder in the fatal beating of Albert Blomeyer, a 32 year old brewery worker. Blomeyer died hours after the incident at Women’s Homeopathic Hospital on January 7. Dorazio faces 10 to 20 years with sentencing deferred pending a new-trial motion.
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Philadelphia
Gus Dorazio
John C. Kane
Dorazio
Albert Blomeyer
Blomeyer
Joe Louis
Berlin Traffic Confusion Amid Russian Moves
Berlin traffic rolled on with no Soviet interference yet Western protests over zone rules unresolved. Economists from Russian and Western zones held talks to revive inter-zone trade amid deadlock. Berlin rail workers threatened a midnight strike over wages in West marks. Mayor Reuter planned talks with anti Communist railway leaders for settlement. Soviets halted the freight truck ban on the Autobahn, allowing only permit bearing trucks to move to Berlin, with no change for nonpermitted vehicles.
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Berlin
Ernest Reuter
West Berlin
Germany
Orrville woman hurt in Winston-Salem crash
Mrs. Jennie Grady aged 60 from Orrville Ohio was seriously injured in a traffic accident in Winston Salem North Carolina yesterday. She was a passenger with her brother Gen Wilbur R McReynolds recently retired from China service and his wife.
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Winston-Salem, N. C
Jennie Grady
Orrville, C
Wilbur R. McReynolds
China Service
Ohio hit by heavy rain and damaging winds
One person was killed and another injured as a severe storm swept across parts of Ohio. In Cleveland, 63 year old Rachel Onie was fatally struck while cleaning a clogged rain gutter as a porch banister gave way. In Youngstown 13 year old Helen Locke suffered head injuries when a garage was blown onto her home. Over 50 homes and garages damaged, about 70 trees uprooted, and downed wires reported. wind gusts reached up to 50 mph in Columbus and 49 mph in Cleveland.
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Ohio
Rachel Onie
Cleveland
Youngstown
Helen Locke
Locke
Helen
Youngatown
Columbus
Greeks study Russian offer to end civil war
In Athens the Greek cabinet discussed Moscow proposals to end the three year civil war but observers were wary. Tass announced Moscow suggested negotiations, yet officials warned they must beware hidden elements or the joker in the offer.
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Athens
Moscow
Tass
Greece peace talks hinge on communist aid stoppage
Washington says peace in Greece requires Communist satellite states to halt support for Greek guerrillas and will not ease aid to non-Communist Greece until such help ends. Athens rejects offers while hoping powers pursue settlement without sidelining its government.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Greece
Guerrilas
Athens
Moscow
Britain
Lantern picks editor and staff at Ohio State paper
Named Editor Shel don Harper of Akron yesterday became editor of the Lantern the Ohio State University student daily paper Gail E Townslee of Lamore Lake Summit County will be circulation manager and Jack McKeown of Cincinnati was elected managing editor
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Columbus, O
Sheldon Harper
Akron
Lantern
Ohio State University
Gail E. Townslee
Lakemore
Summit County
Jack McKeown
Cincinnati
Middletown Sunday features chaperone hunt and travel hints
The Middletown Journal this Sunday spotlights Mrs George Roust as chaperone organizer for weekly teen dances at Middie Manor alongside travel pamphlets and fishing gear trends. It notes a Vacation Tabloid, parking discussions, a planned day nursery by the Salvation Army Auxiliary, and profiles of women postmasters like Mrs Herbert Mullen, with regional reactions from Elsa Simpson and Alice Lawler.
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Middie Manor
George Roust
Middletown
Mercury
The
Journal
Salvation Army Auxiliary
Alice Lawler
Herbert Mullen
Springboro
Mullen
Journal State
Ford UAW Talks Stall As Strike Enters Third Week
DETROIT AP Ford Motor Company refuses to start simultaneous contract talks while the CIO United Auto Workers strike continues. UAW threatens to quit peace talks. government prepared to mediate. Union demands new negotiations begin next Monday and proceed with strike talks until issue is resolved.
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UAW
Ford
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
Rouge
Lincoln
Walter Reuther
Reuther
John $8
Bugas
Arthur C. Vint
Ex Paratrooper Killed Demonstrating Russian Roulette
William Blaser a 20 year old garment worker and former paratrooper in Japan was fatally shot while demonstrating how to play Russian roulette a friend supplied a .32 caliber revolver for repairs Police Chief Paul Cleaver said preliminary findings point to accidental death Blaser died fifteen minutes after the shooting Dorothy Von Wantoch and her parents were listening as Blaser described the game before the gun fired
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Lorain. O
Dorothy von Wantoch
Blaser
Senators Press Deep Cuts in Federal Spending
Washington AP Econom y talking senators renewed efforts to trim federal outlays after three straight defeats. Senator Douglas Illinois proposed a 39 percent cut in the Army civil functions bill, saving $300 million of the $751 million measure. Critics warned the plan would fail amid river harbor flood control projects nationwide. Republican Ferguson Bridges proposed a five percent cut on all three spending bills, but each attempt was rejected. Agriculture bill also faced defeat, slipping $21 million in the House after Senate action.
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Washington
Douglas
D-Ill
Senate
Ferguson
Mich
Bridges
Agriculture Department
House
Tornadoes Hit Two States Across Western Area
Turbulent weather brought thunderstorms and tornadoes across California and neighboring states. Tornado wreckage lay across Oklahoma and Missouri as rescue crews responded. An 11 day old baby, Sammie Kay Stewart, died in Parma, Missouri when a high wind demolished his home. In Fisk, Missouri, a windstorm unroofed the high school and caused $50,000 to $100,000 in damage without injuries. Three tornadoes struck in Bartles- detail unclear.
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California
Oklahoma
Missouri
Sammie Kay Stewart
Parma
Fisk
Bartles
Snow returns to Southern California mountains in May
Los Angeles reports May snow in the San Gabriel and San Bernardino ranges with up to three inches falling in Big Bear Valley. A few residents also saw flakes in the city while the Weather Bureau notes that snow at sixty degree temperatures is rare.
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Los Angeles
California
San Gabriel
San Bernardino Mountains
Big Bear Valley
Weather Bureau
Weather and storm impacts across the central states
Twisters struck the Ville Oklahoma area causing injuries and property damage as winds toppled homes in Kansas Missouri and Ohio. Snow and rain continued across the West and East with cold snaps and record lows while Alaska reports ice jam relief efforts and emergency air drops.
Pastor Killed In Auto Crash Near Dunkirk NY
The Rev. Howard D. Talbott 46 of Youngstown Ohio was killed in a two car collision during rain last night three miles west of Dunkirk on Route 20. Passenger Dr Herman Reinecke 57 Richmond Indiana was severely injured and Elmer Miller Jr 22 Freedonia New York the other driver sustained a knee fracture.
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Dunkirk
Howard D. Talbott
Youngstown
Here
Chautauqua County
W. H. Vosburg
Route 20
Herman Reinecke
Richmond
Ind
Talbott
Elmer Miller, Jr
Freedonia
N. Y
Outright Break Looms In CIO Over Left Wing Warnings
Washington AP report says the CIO Executive Board demanded resignations from members defying CIO policies with harsh warnings. Leader Philip Murray warned of a Communistic situation to be addressed at the Cleveland convention starting October 31. Left-Wing chief Harry Bridges denied a break and said actions target autonomy, not communism. The board asserted power to revoke charters and oust members, with 29-4 vote supporting the resolution amid tensions with 11 Left-Wing unions represented on the board.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Cleveland
Harry Bridges
CIO Longshoremen’s Union
Bridges
Murray
Murray Pormeme
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Independence
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Lucius D. Battle
Robert G. Barnes
Dickering
Associated Press
Elsa Simpson
Fred Schatsmann
W. T. Thompson
Ville
Okla
Kansas
New England
Maine
Alaska
Air Force
Yukon
Fort Yukon
Duluth
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