Diplomatic push toward Holy Land as Wasson wounded
ARABS LINKING FOR NEW PUSH ON HOLY LAND reports a UN move to end warfare in Palestine. Bevin and U S ambassador Lewis Douglas discussed the situation after American British consultations in Washington. Thomas C. Wasson, U S Consul General in Jerusalem, was gravely wounded returning from a truce commission meeting and taken to Hadassah hospital.
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Holy Land
London
United Nations
Palestine
Ernest Bevin
Lewis Douglas
U.S
Washington
State Department
Thomas C. Wasson
Jerusalem
Wasson
Truce Commission
Hadassah
William Burdette
Herbert Walker
Naval
Burdette
Walker
Great Falls
Mont
Melbourne
Australia
Newark
Taft predicts leading first ballot at Republican convention
Sen. Robert A. Taft said he would have more delegates on the first ballot than any other candidate, estimating total support in the neighborhood of 300. He argued Oregon primary results would not affect his position and downplayed the vice presidential notion, stressing current work over the chair. He added foreign policy promises will matter less than what has been done.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Oregon
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Dewey
Upstate
Stassen
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Seattle
House GOP Rejects Senate Housing Plan
Washington AP House Republican leaders rejected the Senate passed public housing program. They said no housing legislation this session unless Taft agrees to changes. The Taft-Ellender-Wagner bill envisions 15 million homes in ten years and 590,000 public housing units in five years.
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Washington
House
Senate
Taft
Ohio
House Gop
Dogs Battle Over Body As Man Collapses
In Toledo Ohio George F Comersall 55 died on a sidewalk after a heart attack while his boxer fought a neighbor s cocker spaniel. Police killed both dogs to allow rescue workers to reach the man Coroner Paul G Hohl said.
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Toledo
George F. Comersall
Paul G. Hohlv
Comersall
Mock Republican Convention Nominates Clement C. Moore
In Portsmouth a Second Presbyterian Church mock GOP caucus named Clement C. Moore of Indiana. After voting Rev. Arthur Cruikshank asked if the congregation knew Moore, author of "Twas The Night Before Christmas," who had been dead for years. Moore beat Taft Dewey Warren and Stassen.
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Portsmouth
Second Presbyterian Church
Clement C. Moore
Indiana
Arthur Cruikshank
Moore
Mr. Moore
Taft
Dewey
Waren
Stassen
Two Drown As 28 Rescued From Sinking Fishing Boat
A 50 foot party boat named Squirt capsized a mile off Manasquan Inlet in high seas. Two people died and three were missing while 28 were rescued by Coast Guard boats and other craft. Those rescued were taken to the Coast Guard station then to Point Pleasant hospital for treatment.
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Manasquan, N. J
Manasquan Inlet
Coast Guard
Point Pleasant
Memory-loss woman seeks identity after May trip to Chicago
A 40 year old woman with memory only back to May 11 traveled from Youngstown Ohio to Chicago and registered at a YWCA hotel. She gave the name Dorothy Underwood and recalled a St Mary's Church and a Father Mundley in Albany. She showed a photo of an elderly couple and listed Buffalo restaurants as references. Police and hotel staff search for clues to her identity.
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Chicago
Youngstown
Dorothy Underwood
Y.W.C.A
Neiders
Holly
Buffalo
Missing Persons Bureau
Pittsburgh, Pa
St. Mary's Church
Father Mundley
Albany
N. Y
Movie TV Demo Eases Fear of Box Office Drop
Los Angeles AP reports the film industry welcomed a TV based projection method demonstrated to radio and cinema technicians. The optical system enlarges television images for theater screens, resembling a 200 inch Palomar telescope principle. Executives see this as a new lure for theaters.
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Los Angeles
Mt. Palomar
Paasikivi Dismisses Interior Minister Leino in Cabinet Crisis
President Juho Paasikivi dismissed Communist Interior Minister Yrjo Leino amid a cabinet crisis sparked by a parliamentary censure vote. No successor appointed. Education Minister Eino Kilpi will assume Leino’s duties.
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Helsinki
Finland
Juho Paasikivi
Yjro Leino
Leino
Eino Kilpi
Meat Strike Ends With Union Accepting Pay Hike
The CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union ends a 10 week strike against Swift Armour and Cudahy after workers approve a nine cent hourly wage increase. The walkout continues at seven Wilson plants where the company rejects contract validity and refuses to rehire some charged strikers.
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Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Swift, Armour and Cudahy
Wilson
Minnesota
Iowa
Ralph Helstein
Bath
Morrell
Swift
Armour and Cudahy
Alaskan Plan of President Is Approved
Washington AP reports President Truman’s plan to make Alaska a strong partner of the 48 states is welcomed in Congress as a defense move against Russia. He urges Alaska statehood at the earliest moment and outlines steps for growth including transportation, federal aid for housing and community facilities, land claims settlement, and encouraging new settlers.
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Washington
Truman
Alaska
Congress
Russia
Ernst leaves 6.1 million to four daughters in Cleveland
Probate records show Alwin C. Ernst died May 13 without a will. Attorneys say the Ernst and Ernst managing partner left an estate valued at 6.1 million to be divided among his four daughters. L C Weiss was named administrator by Probate Court.
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Cleveland
Alwin C. Ernst
Ernst and Ernst
Ernst
L. C. Weiss
Realtor Lovell Dies at 61 in Cincinnati
Arthur C. Lovell, director and vice president of Robert A. Cline Inc an industrial real estate firm in Cincinnati, died yesterday at his home. He was 61.
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Cincinnati
Arthur C. Lovell
Robert A. Cline, Inc
Dewey Wins Oregon GOP Primary Narrowly Over Stassen
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey led in unofficial Oregon returns with 53 025 to 47 056 as precincts climbed past halfway. Dewey gained strength in upstate areas and rural counties while Stassen trailed, narrowing the margin as further results came in.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Oregon
Stassen
Stassen Country
Multnomah County
Upstate
Quarantine of Dogs Proposed in Middletown
City Physician Dr. L C Neer urged the Middletown Board of Health to adopt an emergency dog quarantine due to rabies cases in Hamilton and surrounding areas. He noted no Middletown cases since November 1946 and said the measure would require dogs to be confined to owners premises and leashed when walked.
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Middletown
City Board of Health
L. C. Neer
Neer
Hamilton
Franklin
West Middletown
North
German setup report on western Germany provisional government
Diplomatic sources say a resig nation agreement leads to a western Germany provisional government with a constituent assembly planned around September 1 to draft a constitution. Charles Bohlen in Allentown calls the report premature and says no definite decision has been made on a western German administration.
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London
Germany
Allentown
Charles E. Bohlen
U. S. State Department
Taft says defense should be civilian controlled at Princeton
Senator Robert A. Taft touring New Jersey urged a defense policy under civilian final authority to prevent military control of the economy and politics. He spoke before Princeton University faculty and students as part of campaign stops for New Jersey’s 35 GOP convention votes.
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Princeton
N. J
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
New Jersey
United States
Princeton University
Millican Reelected President of Goodyear Local No 2
George W. Millican has been reelected president of Goodyear Local No. 2 of the CIO United Rubber Workers in Akron.
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Akron. C
George W. Millican
Goodyear
Cio-United Rubber Workers
Driver Burned To Death When County Bridge Collapses
Donald Sands of Cambridge City Indiana was burned to death at 2 p m when a Stillwell Beckett Road bridge four miles west of Hamilton collapsed under the Rinehart Transfer Company truck he drove The load of sheet steel dropped into a 25 foot embankment trapping him in the cab Patrolmen reported steel sheets scattered 150 feet from the truck City engineer Fred Hammerle said the bridge was not designed for heavy loads and proposed two theories for Sands use of the road Either he sought to evade truck overloading checks or took a detour from blocked Route 73
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Hamilton
Donald Sands
Cambridge City
Ind
Stillwell-Beckett Rd
Rinehart Transfer Company
Fred Hammerle
Sands
Connersville
Law Up In Air Over What To Do With Teen-Age Plane Pirates
In Oklahoma City AP report two 11 and 12 year olds nicknamed teen pilots swiped a plane, flew 120 miles and landed safely. Hearing in Juvenile Court called off to let families regroup as Jimmy Bodard and Ronnie Peterson face questions. Ronnie provided vivid details of choosing the aircraft, starting it with a starter button, and landing after a short flight.
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Law
Oklahoma City
Jimmy Bodard
Ronnie Peterson
Jimmy
Barney P. Bodard
Peterson
Mike Knight
Ronnie
Atomic Power Seen Competing With Coal in Ten Years
Dr. John Dunning of Columbia University told a Ohio State University audience that atomic energy could rival coal as an industrial power source within a decade. He predicted central Ohio might see a uranium fueled power plant as the next big installation.
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Columbus
Atomic Energy
Columbia University
Ohio State University
John Dunning
Columbia
Ohio
Injuries Fatal in Cincinnati Fire Incident
Pearlie Hill, 48, died at General Hospital from injuries suffered April 9 after walking into the side of a fire scene, according to Fire Marshal Alex Blackburn.
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Cincinnati
Pearlie Hill
General Hospital
Alex Blackburn
Tax Policies Hurt Business, Cost Accountant Tells Group
Mason Smith of Chicago, president of the National Association of Cost Accountants, told an OSU institute crowd in Columbus that present tax policies discourage planning and savings by US businessmen. He warned the tax structure damages cost control and capital flow, promoting gradual capital liquidation. Thomas J. Dolan of Toledo offered a more optimistic political view, criticizing the tax commissioner for drifting toward legislation.
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Columbus
U. S
Mason Smith
Chicago
National Association of Cost Accountants
Ohio State University
Institute On Accounting
Smith
Thomas J. Dolan
Toledo
Wideman, Madden, Dolan and Company
Official Quits Job as Daughter Helps Reds
Washington AP report describes John C. Virden resigning as head of the Commerce Department Office of Industry Cooperation after disclosure his 22 year old daughter Euphemia works for Tass the Russian news agency. Representative Crawford urged officials with known Red relatives to resign to avoid embarrassment and open review of government staff. Secretary Sawyer praised Virden but declined to push Cleveland industrialists to resign, allowing a short transition.
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Washington
Crawford
Rmich
John C. Virden
Commerce Department
Virden
Euphemia
Tass
Office of Industry Cooperation
Moscow
Sawyer
Cleveland
Governor cool to cities plea for special session
Ohio Governor Thomas J. Herbert signaled a cool reception in the statehouse to a request from the Ohio Association of Cities for a special session to consider higher state aid for cities. He noted steps already taken, including abandoning the admissions tax field and enabling local governments to receive 76 million dollars annually, up from 48 million and 36 million in earlier periods. He urged focus on broader issues and federal spending.
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Cleveland
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Ohio Assembly
Rocky River
Ohio Association of Cities
Youngstown
Assembly
Herbert
Egyptian British tensions flare around Jerusalem frontline
Cairo reports Egyptian troops linked with Arab Legion units south of Jerusalem as fighting intensifies. In Haifa British planes claim four Egyptian raiders shot down, three Britons killed and six wounded. Jewish forces counter attack in Jerusalem's old city while Beit Safafa and Mount Scopus areas see renewed fighting. U S ambassador to Egypt S Pinckney Tuck resigns citing personal reasons.
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Cairo
Hebron
Bethlehem
Arab Legion
Jerusalem
Holy City
Haifa
Tel Aviv
Beersheb
Deersheba
S. Pinckney Tuck
U. S
Egypt
al Misri
Tman
Israel
Tuck
Haganah
Sheik Jarrah
Mount Scopus
Beit Safafa
Beit Yaacov
Tiferet Israel Synagogue
Paroled Chicago outlaw Robert Webb who led early auto bandits
Robert Teddy Webb, once Chicago’s notorious auto bandit and brains of a criminal gang, was granted parole after more than 34 years of a life sentence for killing Detective Peter Hart. He escaped Joliet twice, saved a warden during a riot, and remained at large at times before his parole.
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Chicago
Robert
Teddy’ Webb
Webb
Peter Hart
Hart
Joliet Penitentiary
L. Bowen
Joliet
Foreman Killed By Train Near Knightstown Indiana
C D Sivert 37 a Creola Ohio railroad bridge foreman was killed when he stepped in front of a westbound train near Knightstown Indiana according to authorities.
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New Castle
Ind
C. D. Sivert
Creola, O
Knightstown
Lancaster Excited Over Premier It Celebrates Early
Lancaster prepares for a Fox premier of Green Grass of Wyoming with Peggy Cummins and Charles Coburn in town Monday. Local soap box derby champions, a beauty queen coronation, cocktail party, radio programs, and footprints in wet concrete precede the premiere with dignitaries from Wyoming and Ohio attending.
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Lancaster
Twentieth Century - Fox
Wyoming
Peggy Cummins
Charles Coburn
Virginia Jessup
Lancaster Fairgrounds
Hollywood
Moose Hall
Washington
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming National Park
East
Thomas J. Herbert
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
George White
Myers Y. Cooper
Lockbourne Air Base
Broadway
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