U S Planes At Copenhagen Face New Cold War Tension
A report from Copenhagen claims wreckage sighted off Sweden may be from the missing U S Navy patrol bomber with ten aboard. Moscow accuses U S of violating Danish sovereignty by using Kastrup Airfield as search dogs. The State Department stays silent as Western capitals fear further incidents over Latvia and Baltic airspace.
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Copenhagen
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Kastrup
Sweden
London
Soviet Russia
United States
Europe
U.S
Denmark
Tass
Stockholm
Weather snapshot recalls a 66 degree day then snow
Weather observer notes yesterday peaked at 66 degrees in the morning before a daytime cool down and the night ended with snow squalls. The report emphasizes the abrupt shift from warmth to wintery conditions across the 24 hour period.
Snow flurries and colder. 66/35F with light precipitation
Weather report notes snow flurries and a drop in temperatures tonight and tomorrow. Maximum 66 degrees, minimum 35, precipitation 0.03 inches. river stage 9 feet. Year ago saw 67/30 degrees with no precipitation.
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United States
Frank L Burton Reappointed School Superintendent
Dr Frank L Burton was named to continue as superintendent of the New Castle school district for four more years by the school board in a meeting Tuesday night. The decision required no formal election as the Board retained him without a vote due to notification procedures.
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Frank L. Burton
New Castle
Burton
Convention names officers and discusses term expiry
In advance of the term’s end applications will be accepted while a four year retention is automatic. The convention formed after the regular board meeting adjourned with Dr. Wilbur E. Flannery named president and Dr. W. Fulton Jackson secretary. The election proceeded automatically.
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Wilbur E. Flannery
W. Fulton Jackson
Dirksen Leads Illinois in GOP Senate Nomination
Everett Dirksen held a three to one lead over two unknown opponents in the Illinois GOP senatorial primary. Democratic ballots favored Sen. Scott Lucas. Democratic turnout was high, with about 743,000 ballots. Republicans under 700,000. Overall turnout was roughly 32 percent of eligible voters. Incumbent congressmen largely faced no opposition.
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Chicago
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Everett Dirksen
Illinois
U.S
Dirksen
Scott Lucas
Budenz Claims He Could Name 400 Concealed Reds
Ex Daily Worker editor Louis Budenz told a Midland lecture he could name over 400 concealed communists in the United States. He would testify next week to a Senate investigating committee but fears libel suits and refused to discuss Owen Lattimore. He criticized China communist activity and the Institute of Pacific Relations, aligning with Sen. McCarthy’s attacks.
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Mich
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Louis Budenz
McCarthy
United States
Daily Worker
Selene
Senate
Budenz
Owen Lattimore
Washington
China
Pacific
Institute of Pacific Relations
Sen. McCarthy
President of Chile Arrives in Washington for Talks
President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla of Chile arrives in Washington to meet President Truman. He traveled from Santiago to Key West aboard the Independence, with his wife and Chilean officials, stopping briefly in Ecuador and Panama before landing at Washington National Airport mid afternoon.
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Washington
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Chile
Truman
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Washington National Airport
Key West
Fla
Santiago
Independence
Ecuador
Panama
Bainbridge Colby Dies at 80 a World War I Secretary
Bainbridge Colby former secretary of state under Woodrow Wilson in World War I has died at his summer home in Colby Be mus Point New York age 80 after two weeks of illness. He had been recovering from a heart attack when he passed away.
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N. Y
VNSI
Bainbridge Colby
Woodrow Wilson
America
Colby
Deaths reported in city listings
Obituary brief noting the deaths of Robert J. Peterson Sr age 67 of 402 West Lincoln Avenue Andrew Harland McFarland 73 of R D 5 Carmen Mooney 65 of 1942 Morris Street and Patricia Dunlap age 2 of 109 North Crawford Avenue.
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Robert J. Peterson Sr
Lincoln Avenue
Andrew Harland McFarland
R. D
Carmen Mooney
Morris Street
Patricia Dunlap
Crawford Avenue
Soviet Move Under Scrutiny In Latvia Gunfire Incident
United States officials suspect a devious motive behind Moscow's claim that Russian planes fired on an American aircraft over Latvia. The State Department awaits Defense Department findings as Secretary Acheson may speak at a news conference. A Navy privateer patrol plane disappeared between Wiesbaden and Copenhagen after Bremerhaven passage.
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Latvia
U.S
Andrei Vishinsky
American State Department
Washington
Germany
Baltic
United States
State Department
Defense Department
State Acheson
Weisbaden
Copen
Missing Navy Bomber Believed Lost in Baltic Sea
A U S Navy bomber with 10 aboard, attacked by Soviet fighters near Libava Latvia, is unlocated after a search by a rescue ship. Aerial spotters reported a raft or yellow marker but could not confirm sightings. The incident occurred en route from Wiesbaden to Copenhagen.
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Copenhagen
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Baltic
U. S
Alan G. Kirk
Moscow
United States
Latvia
Libava
Wiesbaden
Bornholm
Kastrup
Mrs. Roosevelt in car crash during memorial services
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, shaken and with a sprained neck, sustained minor injuries in a three car collision near Poughkeepsie while en route to memorial services for the late President Roosevelt. She was in the front seat with 49 year old William Linaka. the chauf eur drove the car.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Eleanor Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Poughkeepsie
Roosevelt
William Linaka
Cooper Named School Director In New Castle Board Change
Due to ill health Daisy Slater resigned from the New Castle School Board on Tuesday night. Attorney Ralph A. Cooper was elected to serve the balance of the term until the 1951 general election. The 1949 election filled an unexpired term. the 1951 term ends in December.
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Daisy Slater
New Castle School Board
Ralph A. Cooper
Slater
Leroy Shira
William D. Coban
Joseph R. Hensley
Indi
Four Euclid Boy Scouts Die After Lake Erie Drift
Four Euclid Boy Scouts aged 13 and 14 died after 16 hours adrift on Lake Erie. Their bodies were recovered on a life raft near Cleveland. Funeral services are planned Friday at Holy Cross church for William Von Hof Richard Bauer David Hahn and Roland Riemer with Holy Cross Troop 143 pallbearers and community attendance expected.
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Cleveland
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Euclid
Lake Erie
Painesville
William J. von Hof
Richard Bauer
David Lee Hahn
Taft Urges Truman to Confront McCarthy Charge
Senator Taft accuses President Truman of libeling Senator McCarthy and urges eradicating treason suspicions in the administration. He says the Senate subcommittee seeks to “try” McCarthy rather than expose State Department Reds as Louis Budenz is set to testify on April 20 about Lattimore and Communist links.
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Sen
Taft
Ohio
Truman
McCarthy
Wis
State Department
Senate
GOP
Budenz Taft
Carthy
Louis Budenz
Lattinfore
Sen. Tydings
Budenz
Mid-West
Lattimore
Communist Party
Joint District urged for Neshannock students at New Castle
A Walmo group led by Richard Marquis asked the New Castle school board on Tuesday night to form a joint district with Neshannock township to enroll seventh through twelfth grade pupils in New Castle public schools. They argued the load on secondary classes was too large and that a joint district would boost state funding.
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Neshannock Township
New Castle
Walmo
New Castle Board
Richard Marquis
George Washington
Marquis
Neshannock Town
Select Queen At Winchester
Winchester April 12 Vice President Barkley becomes part of the apple blossom festival pageant again as his stepdaughter Anne Carleton Hadley 18 will be Queen Shenandoah XXII amid beauty based judging. Sponsors say politics do not enter the selection.
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Winchester
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Barkley
Veep
Anne Carleton Hadley
Carleton Hadley
Mozart Choir Details Soviet Spy Proposals and Escape
In Bad Soden Germany on April 12 the escaped Mozart choir said Soviet East German authorities proposed they act as secret agents to spy on the West. The offer linked to easier movement for those who cooperated, but the choir refused and stayed under supervision in the east until they managed a break into Berlin.
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Bad Soden
Germany
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East Germany
Berlin
Conway Elected Lawrence County Superintendent of Schools
At a Lawrence County School Directors meeting in the courthouse Tuesday afternoon Roy F. Conway, previously assistant county superintendent for 12 years, was elected to succeed John C. Syling as county superintendent.
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Lawrence County
Court House
Roy F. Conway
John C. Syling
Conway Assumes Office July 3 After Unanimous Victory
Mr. Conway assumes his new office on July 3 as the sole candidate, with an unanimous election. He will appoint an assistant within the next 30 days, a selection required by law and subject to approval.
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Conway
Soviet Protest Made To Italy Over Reparations Note
Moscow handed the Italian ambassador a note protesting alleged treaty violations. The note claims reparations owed to Soviet Russia under the peace accord have not been paid, referencing property transfers in Bulgaria Romania and Hungary as the method.
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Soviet
Russia
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Soviet Union
Truman Begins His Sixth Year in White House
President Truman marks the start of his sixth White House year with resolve to win the cold war against the Soviet Union. Indications point to a potential bid for re election in 1952 as peace or war remains the dominant issue.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Soviet Russia
B-29 Crashes at Sandia Base Killing 13 Airmen
A Strategic Air Command B 29 crashed near Albuquerque New Mexico at the Sandia secret weapons base killing 13 airmen aboard. The aircraft took off from Kirtland AFB and plunged into terrain east of the field then burned. Rescue teams reached the wreckage as fire crews faced difficult access. Names of victims were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Strategic Air Command
Sandia
Albuquerque
Kirtland Air Force Base
Air Force
Kirtland
Charles Philips
Walker Air Force Base
Rosewell
Fort Worth
Tex
Hunter Harris
Walker Base
Witheheld
Grove City Woman Named State Mother for 1950
Flora Friedline Harmon of Grove City Pa has been named Pennsylvania Mother for 1950. Announcement came from New Kensington official H B Weaver, sponsor by the American Mothers committee of the Golden Rule Foundation in New York. Harmon mother of nine, wife of a former Grove City College physics professor, will celebrate her golden wedding anniversary June 28. She was Grove City’s mother for 1950 last May 8.
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Mnsi
Flora Friedline Harmon
Grove City
Pennsylvania
H. B. Weaver
Pennsylvania Mothers’ Committee
American Mothers’ Committee
Golden Rule Foundation
New York
Harmon
Grove City College
Meversdale
Weather Confusion Sparks Unseasonable Chill
A playful note suggests April normally brings warmth but mentions an unusually cold spell. The speaker jokes that the weatherman may have mixed dates, noting the current temperature around forty eight degrees with potential for a storm.
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