Shanghai Air and River Attacks Amid Red Siege
News from Shanghai reports air and river dangers as Red forces attack. Fires burned at Gough Island depot and near Lungwha airport while Nationalist troops defend the Whangpoo and Pootung districts. A US consular officer and a vice consul left by plane as Chinese planes were commandeered for military use.
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Shanghai
Gough Island
East Asia
Lungwha
Red Artillery
Chinese National Aviation Corporation
Tokyo
Sayin
A. S. Brown
Peekskill
N. Y
U. S
John Statesman
Mendham
N. J
Hong Kong
Statesman
Pootung
Whangpoo
Woosung
Liquor Citation Policy Tightened by Attorney General
Columbus AP The Ohio Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy will halt new liquor law citations until facts are investigated. Citations from clerical staff will require sufficient evidence, and the AG's office will review grounds before prosecution. He says the policy shifts responsibility away from issuing cases without justification.
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
Liquor Department
Duffy
Attorney General
Bankruptcy Petition Filed By Peter Lorre
Los Angeles AP Peter Lorre film and stage actor of sinister roles filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court Judge Ben Harrison in New York gave him until May 31 to file a schedule of assets and liabilities
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Los Angeles
Peter Lorre
Ben Harrison
New York
Canton man sentenced for transporting woman to prostitution
James V. Barbarini, 30, of Canton, was sentenced to 90 days in federal prison after pleading guilty to transporting a woman from Canton to Farrell, Pennsylvania, for purposes of prostitution. Federal Judge Paul Jones imposed the sentence.
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Cleveland
James V. Barbarini
Canton
Farrell
Paul Jones
Two Are Killed in Wide Tornado Outbreak Across Plains
Tornadoes blasted four states with two deaths and about twenty injuries. Oklahoma bore the brunt, with damage reported in Balko Beaver Catesby Cherokee Gage Jet Nash Shattuck Waynoka Woodward and Yewed. Kansas hit near Chase Gorham Razel Wilmore Garden City Scott City and Salina. Tennessee towns Goin and Barn Creek reported injuries. Most residents sheltered in storm cellars, limiting casualties.
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Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee
Kansas City Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Plains
Balko
Beaver
Catesby
Cherokee
Gage
Jet
Nash
Shattuck
Waynoka
Woodward
Yewed
Chase
Gorham
Razel
Wilmore
Garden City
Scott City
Salina
Goin
Barn Creek
German state ratified constitution for West Germany
Nine of eleven states have ratified the German constitution establishing a federal republic. Wuerttemberg-Hohenzollern is to vote today while Bavaria remains the last holdout, citing concerns over central power. The new republic, approved by Britain, France, and the United States, promises substantial regional autonomy.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Wuerttemberg- Hohenzollern
Bavaria
Britain
France
United States
West German
North Rhine Westphalia
Bremen
Hamburg
Rhineland - Palatinate
Lower Saxony
Schleswig - Holstein
Hesse
Wuerteemberg - Baden
South Baden
Flood Beasts Rise Against Texas Levees Near Rosser
In Rosser Texas the Trinity River rose toward 41 feet threatening 38 foot levees near rich farm lands. Army engineers in Fort Worth warned crest uncertain while Kaufman Ellis dikes held. Governor Jester authorized National Guard aid for sandbagging as six upstream breaks eased Dallas County pressure. No human fatalities. vast crops at risk in the Texas Nile valley.
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Rosser
Tex
Trinity River
Texas
U. S. Army Engineers
Fort Worth
Ellis
Kaufman County
Dallas
Austin
Beauford Jester
K. L. Berry
Kaufman
Terrell
National Guard
Dallas County
Texas Nile Valley
Flood Control Fund Approved in Senate Civil Functions Bill
The Senate approved expenditure of 722,690,690 dollars for flood control and rivers and harbors projects in the coming year as part of the civil functions bill totaling 751,440,690 dollars. The measure returns to the House for consideration of Senate changes.
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Washington
Senate
House
Governor Won't Intervene For Three Jailed Debtors
Vermont Governor Ernest W. Gibson said he has no legal authority to free three veterans jailed under a century old debtors law. The men Ralph J. Fugatt Bernard J. Smith and Frederick L. Lapan owe about $2000 $475 and face possible life imprisonment if judgments aren t met. The governor noted release could come only via legal avenues such as jail commissioners or habeas corpus.
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Rutland
Vermont
Ernest W. Gibson
Ralph J. Fugatt
Springfield
Mass
Bernard J. Smith
Fairhaven
Frederick L. Lapan
Marshfield
Lapan
Fugatt
Smith
Gibson
James Mangan
Mangan
Siege at McHenry as ex-inmate hides above cafe
In McHenry North Dakota a former state hospital inmate, Merle Hoggarth, 45, barricaded in his apartment above his wife’s cafe after firing at officers. Tear gas failed to flush him. fire department lured him with water to drink, then returned to siege. He is wanted for a sanity hearing and is armed with a rifle and shotgun. The town of 400 sits about 110 miles northwest of Fargo.
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Mchenry
N. D
State Hospital
McHenry Fire Department
Merle Hoggarth
Thomas A. Roney
George Alers
Foster County
Hoggarth
Francis Perkins
Aljets
Fargo
Armed Convicts Flee Into Deep Swamp Near Macon
Six heavily armed escapees from Milledgeville State Hospital Farm, seized guards’ weapons, and fired at a guard. A large search by plane, vehicles, and volunteers tracked them two miles east of Dry Branch in a swampy area near Milledgeville and Macon. Sheriff Hamrick and Sheriff Stancill led the hunt with about 100 helpers as the fugitives fled in a stolen pickup.
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Macon
Milledgeville State Hospital
Dry Branch
Milledgeville
Earl Hamrick
Twiggs County
L. D. Stancill
Baldwin
Tattnall State Prison
Reidsville
Clyde Berry
J. F. McClung
War Veteran Begins Buried Alive Record Attempt
Raymond Emmert, a 38 year old World War II veteran from Zanesville, is buried in a six foot grave with a 10 inch vent as he aims to break the 42 day buried alive record set by L G McIntyre in Chicago 1938. He reports room to move and plans to continue for up to 43 days.
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Zanesville
Raymond (Demp) Emmert
Odd Jobsman
Emmert
L. G. McIntyre
McIntyre
Chicago
United States and Brazil Agree On Five Point Plan
The White House announced a five point program to deepen U S Brazil ties focusing on economic and technical aid to Brazil, anti double taxation measures, and boosting American private investment. It also covers negotiating a treaty to expand cultural exchanges and follows Dutra's visit to the United States.
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Washington
White House
United States
Brazil
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
New York
Dutra
Truman
Rio de Janeiro
World Bank
Export- Import Bank
Thomas Won't Go to Parley Over Taft-Hartley Repeal Effort
Senator Elbert Thomas of Utah refused a Presidential assignment in Geneva to study a repeal of the Taft-Hartley labor act. He heads the Senate Labor Committee and authored the administration substitute. The House pushed a repeal but reached a stalemate, while debate may wait for NATO treaty action.
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Washington
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Senate
Thomas
Senate Labor Committee
International Labor Organization
Geneva
Rep
Kelley
Dpa
House Labor Committee
House
Acheson
Foreign Relations Committee
Ford Strike Peace Talks Threatened
Detroit AP reports federal mediators work to avert collapse in Ford strike talks with CIO United Auto Workers. Eleventh negotiation session planned as UAW demands start of 1949 contract talks Monday, Ford refuses. บ
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Detroit
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Arthur C. Viat
Sylvester Petz
Viat
John S. Bugas
Walter Reuther
Bugas
Reuther
Fights In Berlin Rail Strike Turned Stations Into Battleground
In Berlin Western rail workers and anti Communist strikebreakers clashed with youths at nearly a dozen elevated stations. Stones and fists flew as Western Berlin police and striking workers battled Communist railway police. The strike aims to secure wages in West marks amid Soviet zone control, disrupting freight and threatening austerity-era conditions.
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Berlin
Western Berlin
Pavel Krasnin
Tempelhof
Reichsbahn
West Berlin
Germany
Frank L. Howley
U. S
Western Germany
West Germany
Hitler
Fritz Remus
Associated Press
West Sector Union
UGO
Western envoys plan coordinated German policy in Paris
Paris AP reports Western Foreign Ministers Acheson Bevin and Schuman to meet to align their Germany strategy before the Big Four conference. Deputies’ plan favors semi unified West Germany with links to a Soviet zone regime, currency exchanges, and trade ties. Austria seeks UN recognition and withdrawal of troops if Paris misses Austrian independence treaty. Dewey aide Dulles may attend sessions.
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PARIS
Germany
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Russia
Vyshinsky
Karl Gruberg
Austria
Vienna
United Nations
Acheson
John Foster Dulles
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Doctor Faces Cross Examining In Slaying Trial
In Cedar Rapids AP report, Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr., 28, a St. Louis pediatrician, faces cross examination over his self defense story in the December 14 fatal stabbing of Byron Hartman, an aircraft engineer. Rutledge, aided by attorney W J Barngrover, reenacted the struggle and testified Hartman threatened his wife Sydney and demanded money. He claimed the knife wound was accidental or inflicted by Hartman, and the pair acted out the struggle to demonstrate how the weapon changed hands.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge, Jr
Byron C. Hartman
Rutledge
St. Louis
Hattman
W. J. Barngrover
Hartman
Sydney
Barngrover
Juror Released Over Low Pay in New York Case
In White Plains New York Mrs Mary Alves a housewife was released from jury duty after she explained to State Supreme Court Justice Frank Coyne that a sitter cost her 5 dollars daily for a week while she earned only 3 dollars a day as a juror.
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White Plains
N. Y
Mary Alves
State Supreme Court
Frank H. Coyne
Former Struthers Mayor Dies At 58 In Youngstown
William A. Strain, former mayor of Struthers, died of a heart attack yesterday in Youngstown at age 58. His death leaves a mark on local politics and the neighboring city he once led.
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Youngstown, D. (Ap
William A. Strain
Struthers
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