House Vote For Draft Holiday Indicates Extension Plan
The House moved toward final passage on a bill extending selective service from May 15, 1946 to Feb 15, 1947 with a nine month draft holiday for teenagers and a halt in inductions for about five months. If needed, presidential authority could resume inductions after Oct 15. The measure passed a teller vote 156 to 343 on the holiday amendment.
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Washington
INS
House
Senate
Rep
Short
Rep. Vinson
Naval Affairs Committee
Flight Over Kuriles Fails to Reveal Giant Coastal Guns
Reporter John Rich and three colleagues flew over five southern Kurile Islands in the Okhotsk Sea seeking evidence of giant coastal guns or new military works. The hour long patrol at about three thousand feet found no such evidence and noted only two small vessels near the eastern tip, with limited signs of activity. The Kuriles lie under Russian control since November.
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Kuriles
Chitose
Hokkaido
Kurile Islands
Suisho
Stelle asserts Legion will not drop its battle
National Commander John Stelle of Tingis told 1,500 Legionnaires and guests at the annual banquet that the American Legion will press its fight for World War II veterans’ needs. He said the disabled, widowed, and orphaned are in good hands with the Veterans Administration and stressed no personal clash with General Omar Bradley as head of the VA.
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John Stelle
Tingis
Cathedrs
Stelle
Cheigen
Carmng
Veterans Administration
Omar Bradley
Elans
Rans
Truman Urges Inter-American Economic Accord for Peace
President Truman told Pan American Union officials that no nation can stand alone in the atomic age and urged bold inter American economic advancement. He linked peace to cooperation and said the UN principles rest on Roosevelt’s good neighbor policy as the United Nations begins its career.
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Washington
The
Pan- American Union
Great Hall of
Americas
United Nations
Roosevelt
Iran And Spain Issues Confront United Nations
The United Nations Security Council faces twin headaches as Russia and Iran clash over troop withdrawals. Moscow demands Iran's protest be dropped while the U.S. and Britain push for a May 6 accounting. Poland and Spain also complicate the agenda amid regional tensions.
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Iran
Spain
United Nations
United Nations Security Council
Record Dry Spring Prompts Call for Rain in Mercer County
PA Newc notes a dry spring with scarce rainfall and ground conditions. Firebush blooms on Mercer street hill while violets appear. Paper litter covered town after Friday night. Opening of the 1946 trout season brings hundreds of Lawrence county anglers to streams. A light shower broke a long drought, with more rain expected. total March precipitation remains about a half inch.
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Pa Newe
Mercer Street
Lincoln Avenue
Grant Street
Lawrence County
Neshannock
Big Run
Deer Creek
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics show 24 hour period ending 9 am with max 71 and min 94, traces of precipitation, river stage 4.5 feet. For the prior 24 hours ending Sunday morning the high reached 99 and the low 33 with no precipitation.
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United States
Fifteen Million Homes in Ten Years Aim of Bill
The bill aims to create a national housing policy to build fifteen million homes in ten years. It would coordinate federal housing activities under a single agency and target better dwellings for low income families with private and public financing. Senators Wagner Ellender and Taft introduced the measure to complement recent veterans housing legislation.
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Washington
Senate
Wagner
N. Y
Ellender
Taft
Ohio
Federal Savings and Loan
Auschwitz Commandant Admits Killing Over Two Million
Rudolf Hoess testified at the Nuremberg trials that he killed over two million Jews at Auschwitz from 1941 to 1943. He said Hitler ordered extermination and claimed Himmler witnessed mass killings, with Kaltenbrunner reportedly not present at Auschwitz.
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Nuernberg
INS
Rudolf Hoess
Auschwitz
Hitler
Europe
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Heinrich Himmler
Kaltenbrunner
Hoess
German Research Station Alleged Near Irun Spain
London Daily Worker cites a Paris dispatch claiming an atomic research station staffed by German experts operates at Portugalete near Irun Spain five miles south of Bilbao The report says Spanish resistance sources provided the information and follows Warsaw radio mockery of Spain’s openness to Allied on-site probes into Polish charges of such a facility.
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London Daily Worker
Paris
Portugalete
Iynboa
Warsaw
Spain
Doomed Slayer Seeks To Die In Atomic Tests
Earl McFarland a 25 year old former Marine recalled to Washington from Knoxville seeks to die as a human guinea pig in the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. He was recaptured after a week of freedom and is heavily guarded in the District of Columbia jail. Nearby in the jail death house is Joseph D Medley an urbane murderer facing the electric chair April 30 who also fled.
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Washington
INS
Earl McFarland
District of Columbia
Bikini Atoll
Knoxville
Tenn
McFarland
Joseph D. Medley
Two Sailors Die In Auto Crash Near New Cumberland
Harrisburg April 15. Two 18 year old Lemoyne sailors Gordon Engle and Arthur W Masonheimer were killed when their car overturned five miles south of New Cumberland Sunday. A third 18 year old Lemoyne youth Ronald Mattern was injured and hospitalized in satisfactory condition with possible neck fracture pelvis injuries and internal injuries.
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Harrisburg
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Lemoyne
New Cumberland
Gordon Engle
Arthur W. Masonheimer
Navy
Ronald Mattern
Death Toll In Chicago Crash Rises To Three
A Chicago inquest will hear aviation experts testify about the crash that killed Lieut. Arthur Robitschek 22 and his brother in law Albert Schultze 26. The death toll rose to three as Mrs. Mary Pardyke 55 died from burns from flaming gasoline that sprayed the apartment building. The crash also damaged a private garage and set a nearby house ablaze.
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Chicago
INS
Arthur Robitschek
Army Flyer
Albert E. Schultze
Mary Pardyke
Death Notices List From Local Obituaries
A local death notice lists several individuals with ages and last known addresses including Henry Grodecour Sr 78 at 113 Patterson avenue John Miscunic 25 East Center Way Agnes Golis 84 Morris street Carrie Elizabeth McDanel 79 North Sewickley Roy S Anderson 59 North Mill Infant Samuel Booher 706 Wilmington avenue Edie Pranks 56 Volant Viola Tannotti 17 209 South Cedar Street James Rand 56 1409 Croton Avenue George Reed Stevenson 79 KR D1 and others. The notice records ages and residences for families in the area.
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Henry
Harry) A. Grodecour
Patterson Avenue
John Miscunic
East Center Way
Carrie Elizabeth McDanel
North Sewickley
Roy S. Anderson
North Mill Street
Samuel Ernest Booher
Wilmington Avenue
Amos Weaver
Grove City
Edie
Viola Tannotti
Cedar Street
James Rand
Croton Ave
First Presbyterian Church Dedication and 50th Anniversary
Dr W E McClure preached at Sunday services marking the 50th anniversary and dedication of the First Presbyterian Church building. Nearly 1000 worshipers filled the auditorium for morning and evening services as the congregation celebrated the anniversary and called for forward-looking plans.
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First Presbyterian
W. Clure
McCluren
Israel
Senator Seeks Concessions For Loan To Britain
Senator McFarland of Arizona urged floor action to attach a condition to a 3.34 billion dollar loan to Britain. He argued the United States should require British concessions on base rights and a separate base agreement before approving the loan. He said strong support for his amendment could push Britain toward negotiations.
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Britain
Washington
McFarland
Great Britain
Arizonian
Senate
Cobra Bite Claims Life At Beach Amusement Zone
Mrs Elsie Marks aged 59, known as Cobra Woman, died after being bitten by a venomous snake during a Saturday performance at the Long Beach amusement area despite serum treatment. The incident occurred in the Low Cal. zone with crowds nearby, the event followed by weeks of public attention.
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Elsie
Cal
Beach Amuse
Eisie Marks
No Progress In Efforts To Get Parley On Coal
Washington April 15 A federal labor official reported the coal wage contract talks remain stalled with John L Lewis and soft coal operators as 400000 miners strike enters its third week The official said Secretary Schwellenbach may push a resumption of talks but there are no signs a meeting would be worthwhile He aims to move both sides from their stalemate on health safety and welfare issues before another joint conference.
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Washington
INS
John L Lewis
Labor Department
Lewis
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Easter Parade Draws Huge Atlantic City Crowds
An overflow Palm Sunday crowd, expected to pace the boardwalk for the Easter parade, filled Atlantic City as fashion judges led by Maggie McNellis awarded garland corsages for top ensembles. Temperature lingered in the low fifties with milady's hats and furs drawing admiration.
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Atlantic City
Milady
New York
Maggie McNellis
America
Tokyo newspapers to Brazil daily to sway Japanese in South America
Allied officials said Tokyo newspapers will be sent to Brazil daily to convince Japanese expatriates that Japan lost the war. The American consul general in Brazil requested the newspapers for this purpose.
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Tokyo
Brazil
South America
Japan
Martial Law at Changchun Risks Civil War in Manchuria
CHUNGKING April 15 The Central News Agency reports Changchun has martial law after the Russians evacuated. Chinese commander warns 30000 Communist troops await to seize the city’s fate as Chou En Lai says Manchuria is an open battlefield. Marshall’s return to China seen as decisive.
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Manchuria
Changchun
China
Central
le City
Gowers Chou En-Lai
Chou
Generral
George C Marshall
Enti
Washington
Marshall
Dock Fire Destroys $4,000,000 in Merseyside Storage
A fierce blaze at the Merseyside docks near Liverpool destroyed more than 4 million dollars worth of stored equipment including 300 vehicles many American Jeeps and 13 000 bales of cotton. Firefighters faced smoldering cotton and wrecked sheds hindering effort to reach the heart of the blaze as officials warned extinguishing could take days.
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Liverpool
Merseyside
Iran Ambassador Will Follow Orders On Russia Dispute
An Iranian spokesman said Ambassador Hussein Ala would follow to the letter any instructions from Tehran on its dispute with Russia. The spokesman declined to reveal the instructions or confirm new orders, while Tehran reportedly urged the U N Security Council to drop its case against Russia.
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New York
INS
Hussein Ala
Russia
Tehran
Iran
Security Council
Professor Ends Life After Quiz On Wife s Death
In Columbia Missouri on April 15 1949 Dr Adolph Zech a 48 year old University of Missouri German professor died by his own hand ending an official probe into the arsenic poisoning death of his Paris born wife Marie Germaine Zech 44. The professor was found with a bullet wound in the head in the basement of his home by a Missouri state trooper called to the scene.
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Zech
George A. Spencer
Dr Zech
Columbia, Mo
INS
Adolph Zech
University of Missouri
Marie Germaine Zech
Dr. Zech
Missouri
House Debates Extending OPA as June Expiration Looms
The House opens debate on a bill to extend the OPA for a year beyond June 30. Administration forces face a tougher path as hearings suggest legislative limits on pricing and decontrol. Bowles testifies as the Senate banking panel weighs the extension amid three amendments Porter says cost of living would rise by about two billion dollars yearly.
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Washington
INS
The
House
Congress
Wnss
Senate Banking Committee
Bowles
House Committee
OPA
Paul Porter
Joan Crawford Takes Residence in Nevada Amid Divorce Rumors
LAS VEGAS April 15 Joan Crawford winner of the 1945 best actress Oscar has moved to Nevada under an assumed name. She resides in a Las Vegas hotel with her two adopted children Christopher and Christina while reports suggest divorce from actor Phil Terry.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Joan Crawford
Nevada
Aetor Phil Terry
Uoer
Christopher
Christina
Training Group To Go Ashore After Bikini Tests
A 110 man Army and Navy volunteer group arrived at the University of California Berkeley for lectures on radio activity before becoming the first to ashore on Bikini atoll after atom bomb tests. Led by Col Stratford Warren of Rochester New York, the team will report on radio activity and carry instruments to record readings in protective suits.
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Calif
INS
Army
Navy
Bikini Atoll
University of California
Col Stafford Warren
Rochester
N. Y
Owais
Trout Chase Shuts In With Rainstorm
A rugged angler pursues trout along a brook amid sudden rain. The fish hide behind a rock as showers soak the narrator and his gear, prompting a quick return home to dry and regroup.
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