Judge Will Rule On Lewis Monday
Judge T Alan Goldsborough heard arguments in John L Lewis contempt case and delayed ruling until Monday. Assistant AG N Graham Morison argued the government that Lewis and United Mine Workers violated a court order by continuing a week long coal mine work stoppage. Lewis counsel replied the government had failed to prove its case.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
N. Graham Morison
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Welly K. Hopkins
Lewis Has
Seeds in Italy Lose Strength in Bitter Campaign
Rome April 15 Italy's election contest narrows as Communists lose ground. Government enforces a 32 hour cooling off period before voting Sunday at 8 AM. De Gasperi vows security and troops to maintain order. unrest reported near Mantua with arrests of Communist mayor Armandi and arms found. Police clash with demonstrators injuring several. six thousand Communists march under tense conditions.
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Rome
Italy
Red North
Alcide de Gasperi
Interior Ministry
Chamber of Labor
Mantua
Mantuva
Mantova
Cleanti Armandi
Serravale
Ostiglia
Armandi
Carabinieri
O Dwyer vows no strike on city transit lines
Mayor William O Dwyer says he will not tolerate a strike on city owned transit lines as union leader Michael J. Quill warns of near paralysis. Quill demands a five cent fare rise to fund wage boosts for 42,000 workers and says 7,000 workers from three private companies will vote tonight to authorize a strike affecting buses and trolleys serving about 3 million daily riders. The subway and elevated systems would be burdened by displaced transit, while 380 bus workers continue a ten day stoppage impacting Manhattan lines.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
Quill
Board of Estimate
Board of Education
O’dwyer
O'Dwyer
Manhattan
East Side
Dead Liberal Perils Peace in Bogota Riot
In Bogotá on April 15 a riot followed the assassination of Liberal leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitán. His widow opposed burial until President Ospina Perez resigns, the funeral was postponed, and 300 believed dead with 1,000 injured as the Pan American conference split over a regional organization. A U S export loan of 10 million dollars was offered for reconstruction.
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Bogota
Colombia
Jorge Eliecer Gaitan
Mariano Ospina Perez
Gaitan
International Conference of American States
United States
Organization of American States
Jose Maria Bernal
U. S
Taft to try to stop Stassen in Ohio primary
Senator Taft outlined a sweeping plan to curb Harold Stassen’s delegate surge as Ohio voters prepare for the May 4 Republican primary. He voiced disappointment over his Nebraska showing and vowed a bold, campaign push in Ohio while Mrs. Taft leads vote seeking efforts there. Dewey and Stassen compete for influence as states chart the path to Philadelphia.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Ohio
Nebraska
Stassen
Philadelphia
Minnesota
Taft
Minneapolis
Oregon
Dewey
Arthur Vandenberg
Douglas MacArthur
Earl Warren
California
Joseph W. Martin
Housing Bill Sparks White House Senate Clash in April
President Truman urges rapid action on the Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill as a Senate fight breaks out over amendments. McCarthy proposes 16 amendments from a prior bill, while Taft and allies push T E W amendments backed by the banking committee. The clash centers on which amendments better advance 15 million homes by 1958.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Taft
Ohio
Senate Banking Committee
Senate Banking Group
Flanders
Vermont
House Committee On Housing
Sen
Connecticut 15 Called Safest State in Nation
Connecticut named safest state in the national safety contest by the National Safety Council. Connecticut previously won in 1940 1944 and 1946. Thomas H. McDonald praised the state calling it a model for effective statewide accident prevention with a traffic death rate of 4.3 per 100 million vehicle miles, half the national rate.
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Chicago
Connecticut
National Safety Council
Oklahoma City
Okla
Wilmington
Del
Thomas H. McDonald
U. S. Public Roads Administration
Palestine Truce Plan Before Security Council
A detailed Palestine truce proposal goes before the Security Council with aims for quick passage. Delegates met for hours and reported near agreement though no commitment from Arabs or Jews. The plan bars military age entry, halts weapon imports, ends armed activity, and delays political action pending assembly action under British supervision.
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Larry Hauck Lake
Palestine
Security Council
General Assembly
Holy Land
Assembly
Council
Five Children Die in Jackson Apartment Fire
A fire in a four family apartment house at Vander Cook Lake near Jackson, Michigan, killed five children. Betty Nelson and Beverly Nelson, ages 1 and 6, and Ethel Midgett 16, James Midgett 13, and Jerry Tatman 4, were all children of Ruth Tatman and died in the blaze. Mrs Tatman suffered severe burns while Mr and Mrs Nelson had minor burns.
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Jackson, Mich
Vandercook Lake
Here
Betty Nelson
Beverly Nelson
Clifford Nelson
Ethel Midgett
James Midgett
Jerry Tatman
Ruth Tatman
Tatmen
Nelson
Truman backs defense head and air force expansion
United States House approved 522 million dollars to expand the air force from 55 to 70 groups by a 115 to 0 vote, with the plan tied to contract authority. President Truman affirmed support for the defense program, noting unity across services and implying a 70 group size, while denying any accounting for internal differences. He forecast a possible fourth White House term and commented on the Bogota uprising and Eisenhower speculation.
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Washington
House
Truman
Congress
Defense
Forrestal
Air
Symington
Air Force
White House
Bogota
Marshall
Life Magazine
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chiang Given Dictatorial Power in China Crisis
In Nanking on April 15 the national assembly tentatively approved a constitutional amendment that would grant Chiang Kai-Shek virtual dictatorial authority during the republic’s crisis. The measure sanctions powers under the new constitution and exempts him from legislative yuan approval. Chiang is expected to be named China’s first constitutional president with voting on president and vice president set for Monday. There were no major civil war developments at the time.
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Nanking
China
National Assembly
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Legislative Yuan
Arabs Surrounding Arabs Reported Near Mishmar Haemak
Cairo reports say 12,000 Jewish soldiers surround Arab army led by Fawzi Bey Al Kaukji at Mishmar Haemak in northern Palestine. Trans-Jordan's foreign minister Mulki Pasha seeks urgent help from King Abdullah as Arab leaders meet Egypt's Nekrashi Pasha amid crisis.
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Cairo
Egypt
Arab League
Fawzi Bey al Kaukji
Mishmar Haemak
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Fawzi Mulki Pasha
Abdullah Ibn al Hussein
Haganah
Mulki
Trans
President Roxas Stricken After Anti Communist Address
Manila April 15 President Manuel Roxas suffered acute fatigue at Clark Field after delivering a vigorous anti Communist speech to U S airmen. He received oxygen and rested under medical care with his condition described as not dangerous. Roxas has a long standing heart ailment and had just marked his 27th wedding anniversary and Ambassador O Neals birthday at Malacanang prior to illness.
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Manila
Manuel Roxas
Clark Field
U. S
Philippine Republic
Roxas
Colin Kelly
Air Force
E. L. Eubank
Antonio Sison
Emilio Abello
Clarkfield
Malacanan Palace
Emmet O'Neal
Luzon
U. S. 13Th Air Force
Free Peoples
Russia
Train Crash Kills One, Injures Thirty Nine Near Kremlin
A Rock Island train collided with a dump truck at Kremlin Oklahoma, derailing three coaches and setting fires. One dead, 39 injured, 3 critically. The train, running late from Kansas City to Dallas, struck by the truck at a crossing. multiple victims hospitalized in Enid and Saint Mary’s. The wreck left coach sides ripped, with two coaches ignited and a crew of injured including the truck driver and several passengers.
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Kremlin
Okla
Rock Island
Enid
Here
R. W. Penning
Kansas City
St. Mary's Hospital
Raymond Dvorak
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Enid General Hospital
Martha L. Wilson
Manhattan
Kas
Dallas
Praine Wheatland
Three Men Get New Sentences In Louisiana Bus Shooting
District Court Judge L P Stephens re sentenced Harlan Dean Andy Bennett and Charles Musick to one year in jail with 10 months suspended, keeping the prior 60 day term effectively. Dean was fined 500 for violating explosives transport laws. the case drew AG scrutiny.
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Coushatta
L. P. Stephens
Harlan Dean
Andy Bennett
Charles Musick
Stephens
Dean
Shreveport Times
Louisiana
Fred LeBlanc
Southern Trailways
Here
One Survives In Constellation Crash At Shannon
A Pan American Constellation on a Calcutta to New York flight crashed short of Shannon Airport runways in Ireland. Of 31 aboard, 30 died, including 19 Americans and Indian industrialist Sir Homi Metha. Marc Worst, 38, of Burbank, California survived after being ejected from the baggage area. Worst, Lockheed's Shannon base manager, said the planed impact occurred on instrument approach amid low visibility. Weather officials noted three mile visibility and a ceiling near 400 feet. cause was not announced.
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Shannon
Eire
Calcutta
New York
Pan American World Airways
Homi Metha
Marc Worst
Burbank
Calif
Worst
Lockheed Aviation Corporation
Lockheed
Basil Warnock
American Overseas Airlines
Pan- American
William Fitzgerald
Clay Orders Hungarian Missions Out of American Zone
General Lucius D. Clay ordered two Hungarian missions to leave the American zone within 48 hours. The repatriation group of four and the restitution unit of 11 had been in Germany, involved in returning Hungarians and looted property to Hungary. The move follows the January 23, 1948 incident with an American repatriation train and alleged mistreatment by Soviet troops, with Budapest failing to explain the event satisfactorily. The train, escorted by American personnel, carried 498 Hungarians toward Hungary from Germany before crossing the border dispute.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
United States
Hungary
U. S
U. S. Army
Budapest
U.S
Hegyeshalom
Komarom
Desrance F
Munich
Razo
Committee OKays Tidelands Bill In House Judiciary
The House judiciary committee approved the tidelands bill without a recorded vote, noting it was not unanimous. It would grant states title to certain off shore lands and lands beneath navigable waters within state boundaries, with a similar Senate bill already advanced. The justice department opposes the measures.
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Washington
Tidelands
House Judiciary Committee
Michener
R.-Mich
Senate
Judiciary
Justice Department
NBC Moscow Correspondent Denounced as U S Spy
NBC Moscow correspondent Magidoff is accused by Izvestia of spying for an American espionage service. The letter, attributed to Cecilia Nelson, cites reports in US diplomatic pouches and instructions from McGraw-Hill staff to gather espionage information in the USSR.
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NBC
Moscow
U. S
Izvestia
Magidoff
National Broadcasting Co
Exchange Telegraph
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co
New York
Michigan
Cecilia Nelson
United States
McGraw-Hill
Plan for St Matthew’s gymnasium and recreational center
At St Matthew’s School meeting, a two story gym and recreation building for parish and school discussed. Proposed 70 by 100 feet on Jackson street with club rooms cafeteria manual training on first floor and gym auditorium on second. Estimated cost over 100000 dollars. Steering committee formed to raise funds and coordinate parish organizations.
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St. Matthew's School
St. Matthew's Church
Jackson Street
Msgr
J. C. Marsh
Essex Alley
Frances Hotel
George M. Tenore
Vincent Marsala
Everett Burgoyne
Allen Ritter
Thomas Mulhearn
George Guerriero
Charles Brogan
L. C. Fuller
M. A. Peterson
L. V. Tarver
Morris DeLarot
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