Four powers reach Berlin blockade agreement to lift May 12
The Russian blockade of Berlin will be lifted May 12 under a Big Four accord, ending Western counter-blockade of the Soviet zone. The foreign ministers plan a Paris meeting May 23 to discuss Germany, Berlin currency, and related issues. The pact was issued in Moscow London Paris Washington and New York with Trygve Lie’s UN briefing.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Berlin
Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
Moscow
London
New York
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Lie
Ford Strike Expands As Negotiators End Talks
Detroit May 5 AP A walkout by 65,000 Ford workers ends peace talks at noon with no settlement. About 62,000 leave Rouge plant and 3,000 at Lincoln-Mercury as assembly lines halt. UAW and Ford representatives remain at the table but no agreement in sight. Walter Reuther joins talks with no basis found for his proposal. The strike threatens to paralyze much of Ford’s global operations.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Big Rouge
Lincoln-Mercury
Ford
John S. Bugas
Walter Reuther
Ford Empire
Reply to Pegler on Union and Clergy Involvement
The Western Michigan Catholic editorial by Rev. Edmund Brock attacks Pegler for bias against clergy in labor issues. It cites Joe Curran and Philip Murray, discusses deportation cases of John Santo and connections to Communists, and notes a shift by Murray away from Bridges in defending deportation actions.
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Western Michigan
Edmund Brock
Pegler
Father Brock
Providence
Joe Curran
National Maritime Union
Philip Murray
Harry Bridges
John Santo
Murray
Santo
Communist Party
C. I. O. Transport Workers’ Union
Mike Quill
New York
Quill
Bridges
End of Berlin Blockade Hailed Across Europe
European reaction split along lines of allegiance with Communists claiming U S retreat while Western Europe touts diplomacy and the airlift as a victory for restraint. London papers largely view the Berlin blockade ending as a peace step and a test of future goodwill.
Masked gunmen rob two bank officials in Cleveland
Four masked gunmen held up two bank officials near the Cuyahoga river flats today and escaped with about 25000 dollars. Victims were Anton Bizza, 62, a teller, and George Ziemba, 72, vice-president of Lincoln Heights Savings and Loan Co. The men used two cars, abandoned one at the scene, and rammed the officials' car into a curb during the stickup.
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Cleveland
Anton Bizza
George Ziemba
Lincoln Heights Savings and Loan Co
Flats
Cuyahoga River
Babich Bound Over to Court in Milwaukee Murder Case
Milton Babich, 19, was bound over to Municipal court on a first degree murder charge for Patricia Birmingham's death. The West Allis High School student’s body was found in the Milwaukee river after Babich eloped with Patricia’s sister Kathleen. Pathologist testimony described two bullets striking Patricia in a February 10 incident linked to a revolver threat to prevent disclosure of Kathleen’s pregnancy.
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Milwaukee
Milton Babich
Patricia Birmingham
Harvey L. Neelen
Babich
Patricia
West Allis
Michigan
Kathleen
Dist. Atty
William J. McCauley
Arthur Richter
Edward T. Berkanovic
L. J. van Hecke
Airlift Fliers Congratulated for Berlin Feat
Secretary of Defense Johnson praised Berlin airlift crews as performing one of history’s greatest transportation feats. He credited United States planes with 50 million miles flown to feed and sustain Berlin’s 2,000,000 residents. Johnson lauded the unified effort of all armed services and international teamwork.
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Washington
Johnson
Berlin
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Lucius D. Clay
United States
America
Truman's Rule Negative Yet Not Absolute Control in House
Leaders from three major political groups agree the Truman administration holds negative but not positive control over the House. The House blocked big domestic bills on rent control pensions for veterans and labor relations while backing the Wood labor bill by three votes and failing to pass its own replacing Taft-Hartley.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
Truman
Louisiana to treat mentally ill at Charity Hospital clinic
Dr. Robert Bernhard outlined a plan to establish a 275 bed psychiatric clinic at New Orleans Charity Hospital for six weeks of intensive treatment. He predicted a 50 percent cure rate and hopes to open the unit soon as bids for equipment were advertised. The board sent the proposal to the medical committee for study, with 50 beds at Shreveport Charity Hospital to be used for similar treatment for men.
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Independence
Louisiana
State Hospital Board
Robert Bernhard
New Orleans Charity Hospital
Bernhard
New Orleans Hospital
State Hospital
Jesse Bankston
Shreveport Charity Hospital
Dairy Worker Hunted by Hounds in Mississippi
Meadeville Mississippi May 5 Officers in Franklin and Adams counties pursue dairy worker D E Lambert on embezzlement charges of 1500 dollars from Leesdale dairyman Richard E King. Bloodhounds tracked trail twice before trailing ended near Highway 84 a mile from Kings home.
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Meadeville
Miss
William Scott
Franklin County
Robert Burns
Adams County
Gordie Thomas
D. E. Lambert
Richard E. King
Leesdale
Burns
King
Scott
Lambert
Highway
Nations face new struggle near Berlin story
Wes Gallagher reports from Berlin on the post blockade phase of the German settlement. Western powers seek to break the Soviet hold as four power talks in Paris loom. American officials foresee Moscow shifting to selective cooperation and possible concessions to ease East European economic distress.
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Wes Gallagher
Berlin
Germany
Europe
Russia
Paris
New York
Church State Issue Is Raised In Senate Debate
Washington May 5 The senate opened its fifth day of debate on the 300 million education bill facing competing amendments. Senator McMahon proposed allowing funds to aid private and parochial schools as well as public schools by using auxiliary services like bus and recreational programs. He cited a supreme court ruling permitting auxiliary services while prohibiting federal funding for religious activities. He noted health examinations and lunch programs receive similar aid and stated there is no religion in a quart of milk or a bus ride. Senator Donnell opposed the measure.
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Senate
McMahon
D-Conn
Supreme Court
Donnell
R-Mo
Standby Airlift Force To Stay In Europe After Berlin
Elton C. Fay reports that the airlift operation may remain in standby in Europe until Russia show signs of disturbing Berlin again. The four power accord prompts a postmortem on Operation Vittles, with analysis of maintenance, supply lines, weather, and trained manpower useful for future conflicts. American planes covered over 55 million miles, flying 375000 hours and delivering 1,159,948 tons to Berlin from June 1948 through the end of the program.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
Europe
Russia
Berlin
Air Force
Air
Eugene M. Zukert
Labor Battle Plans Drawn in Congress
Washington May 5 Labor strategists in both chambers mapped new plans as the Taft Hartley battle continues. House action left the Taft Hartley law intact with no bill moving, while a compromise keeping some provisions emerged amid gloom. Senate concerns focused on rival bills Taft Smith Donnell pushed a plan claiming to keep best features of the Taft Hartley law versus the administration’s Wagner act variant.
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Washington
Congress
House
Labor Committee
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Smith
N. J
Donnell
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas-Lee Lesinski
Quadruplets Born In New York Noted At Lebanon Hospital
New York May 5 The Collins family welcomes four newborns a boy and three girls weighing a total of 17 pounds 14 ounces at birth Mrs Ethel Collins 27 gave birth to the quadruplets at Lebanon Hospital The father Charles Collins 29 a brokerage clerk learned the news by telephone his reaction a long whistle The quadruplets occur about once in 676 000 births and about three such sets are born alive in the United States The babies were placed in an incubator for care.
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Lebanon Hospital
Ethel Collins
United States
Two Bandits Sentenced To 20 Years Each
Lyman Ramsdell and George Ashton of Youngstown are given identical 20 year maximum terms for halting the B and O Ambassador near Martinsburg and robbing about 100 passengers. They receive 10 more years on armed robbery counts, to run concurrently. Ramsdell's wife and Ashton's mother attended. a suit against the railroad is filed over alleged illegal sale of intoxicants to Ashton as a minor.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Harry E. Watkins
Lyman Ramsdell
George L. Ashton
Youngstown
Martinsburg
Washington, D. C
Watkins
Ramsdell
Ashton
Wallace and Vandenberg clash over imperialistic charge
Senator Vandenberg rebuked Henry Wallace to his face in the Senate during Wallace's testimony against the North Atlantic security alliance. Wallace called the pact aggressive to Russia and questioned a Russian offer to lift the Berlin blockade. The committee continues to hear from both sides as it prepares a vote on the treaty.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Atlantic Security Alliance
Russia
State Department
Berlin
United States
Senate
New York
Flood control funding proposed for lower Mississippi region
A Senate appropriations subcommittee recommended 73.5 million dollars for flood control on the lower Mississippi and its tributaries, comparing to 70 million in the budget and 63 million in the House. Senator McKellar cautioned that individual project funds may be cut in committee or conference. The panel's final report to the Senate is due next week, detailing allocations for projects across Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi including Lake Pontchartrain, Mermentou river, Pearl river, and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations
Mississippi River
McKellar
Dtenn
Senate
House
Army Engineers
Miners Race to Reach Trapped Men in Burning Mine
Hope fades as three man squads dig an air duct toward four miners trapped 800 feet underground at No. 5 Colliery Gilberton Coal. Rescue crews wearing gas masks face dangerous carbon monoxide levels while ventilating shafts and pumping air, amid failed attempts to reach the men.
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Girardville
Timothy A. Ryan
Gilberton Coal Company
Four Injured In Auto Bus Crash In Alexandria
Four persons were injured when an automobile and a bus collided south of Pollock on the Alexandria Marksville highway. Injured were Wayne W. Plunkett Sherman Texas driver Ray Howard Sherman passenger C D Barrett Georgetown and Mrs J N Waddell Tullos passenger on the bus. A separate crash on Marksville road killed 66 year old Roberta Lockwood a Negro woman who walked in front of a car driven by Ralph Jenkins Ball. State police noted skid marks several feet before impact.
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Pollock
Marksville
Wayne W. Plunkett
Sherman
Texas
Ray Howard
C. D. Barrett
Georgetown
J. N. Waddell
Tullos
Roberta Lockwood
Marksville Road
Ralph Jenkins
Ball
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