Italy Factions Clash As Anti Communists Lead Vote
Italy’s Christian Democrats surge in key elections with a clear anti Communist majority across Senate and Chamber. Early returns show Christian Democrats near half of Senate votes and far ahead in the Chamber, signaling possible control of parliament. Communists and Leftists suffer heavy losses as Vatican aligned forces march to victory.
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Rome
Traly
Christian Democratic Party
Russia
West
Chamber of Deputies
Interior Ministry
Senate
Christian Democrats
Popular Front
Chamber
Christian Democrats Za
the Front
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Christian Democratic
Communist
de Gasperi
Pietro Ingrac
Linits
Pius XIII
Milan
Christian Democrat Party
Commounists
Genoa
Florence
Inclined To Send Miners Chief To Jail, Goldsborough Accepts
Washington April 20 John L Lewis fined 20000 and his United Mine Workers 31460000 for contempt of a court stop strike order Judge T Alan Goldsborough accepted government recommendations but said it had been his own inclination to send Lewis to jail The fines double those from 1946 contempt findings for ignoring a court stop strike order
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
UMW
Goldsborough
Union
Supreme Court
Civid
Gav
Welly K. Hopkins
H. Graham Morison
Morison
United States
Hopkins
Sen
Bond
Goldshorough
Injunction Dissolution Sought in School Board Case
Joseph Hardy former Middletown High School athletic instructor challenged a suspension order as arbitrary. Circuit Court action filed by Superintendent Eur gene W Pruitt argues suspension for cause was authorized and that Hardy has not lost salary or seniority. Hearing date not set.
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Joseph Hardy
Middletown
Hi Rho
Circuit
Eurgene W. Pruitt
Hardy
Board of Education
Pruitt
Parsons Newman
Air. Hardy
Middletown High School
Accociate
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Hoor
Report of Sporadic Diphtheria Cases in Frederick Vicinity
A few sporadic diphtheria cases are reported to the Frederick County Health Department. Dr Donald ae Roop announces one fatality, a child of Fears, and notes few cases since last month. He urges immunization for children over six months and cautions parents, doctors, and schools to vaccinate, particularly before entering school.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Donald Ae Roop
Roop
Alain
Arabs Attack Jewish Food Truck Convoy
Arab raiders attempted to cut the communications lifeline for Peerusalem's 100,000 Jews along the coastal belt. A Tel Aviv to Jerusalem convoy including David Ben Gurion and Jewish Agency leaders faced the assault, with most of the group reaching Jerusalem in a run of over 100 food trucks while the rear guard was sacked and six armed cars reported lost.
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Jerusalem
Apri
Peerusalem
Palestine
Tel Aviv
David Ben Gurion
Jewish Agency
Ben Gurion
Haganah
ECA starts from scratch to run European recovery plan
The Exce Economic Cooperation Administration is formed to run the European Recovery Program. President Truman appoints Paul G. Hoffman to head ECA with a 2,000 person in country and 1,000 abroad staff plan. Hiring waits on top appointments as offices are built and systems set up.
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James Marlow Washington
Ibig
ECA
Exoinoemic Cooperation Administration
Congress
Truman
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation
Senate
Hoffman
White House
Public Buildings Administration
PBA
Mom
Army
Navy and Budget Bureau
James H. Hard
The
Treasury
Hard
Proram
Europe
Dennis A. Fitz
Gerald
Fitz‘gerald
Builder Gets 4 Years For Embezzlement
Baltimore April 29 A fouryear prison sentence was imposed on Frank Novak Jr 35 year old builder convicted of embezzling 135940 from his firm and losing it on horse racing. Judge Herman Mi Moser ordered a mental examination noting Novak is sane but a neurotic character with emotional conflicts solved by gambling mania.
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Baltimore
Frank Novak
Herman Mi. Moser
Novak
Jacob H. Conn
101st Birthday Celebrated By Mrs Mary Young Dewees
Mrs Mary Young Dewees aged 101 in Hagerstown Maryland celebrated her birthday at the Williamsport sanitarium with ice cream and cake. She was born in Leesburg Virginia and recalls listening to Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address. She is the widow of a Confederate army officer.
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Hagerstown
Mary Young Dewees
Williamsport Sanitarium
Welfare Survey Aims to Overhaul Frederick County Welfare
The Frederick County Board of Public Welfare hosted D. Benton Bier and three Commission on Governmental Efficiency and Economy members visiting Friday as part of a statewide welfare administration survey. The group will study department functions, identify weaknesses, and propose practical improvements to benefit those in need, with findings contributing to a broader Maryland program.
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Frederick County
Steff
Baltimore
Baltimore City Department of Welfare
State Department of Public Welfare
Federal Social Security Administration
Maryland
Baltimore City
Thomas
Commission
Farm Bureau
Frederick County Board of Public Welfare
Youth Admits Four Carroll Robberies
Paul Richard Etter of Chambersburg Pennsylvania, 22, confessed to State Police that he stole two cars and committed four robberies in Carroll County. He is held by Franklin County authorities on multiple breaking and entering charges. Police linked him to thefts in Union Mills on April 8 and 14, the E Roy Kimbig and Edward D Tipton stores, and the Wine car, which was found wrecked. A church entry theft of about $3 at Silver Run Lutheran was also noted.
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Paul Richard Etter
Chambersburg
Carroll County
James N. Simmons
Richard Stallings
G. B. Markle
Franklin County
Ester
Union Mills
E. Roy Kimbig
Edward D. Tipton
Silver Run
Howard H. Wine
Silver Run Lutheran Church
Chambersourg
Fouth
Palestine Trusteeship Plan Given Palestine
The United States today proposed to the United Nations a 4.7 point trusteeship plan for Palestine with no pledge of American troops. It would have a group of nations defend Palestine and keep order, with a UN governor general and potential for a plebiscite after three years. The scheme, seen as suggestions rather than a formal proposal, faces Arab opposition and would shape the fate of the 1947 partition decision.
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Palestine
Assembly
Holy Land
Security
Dirty Deal Reaction Of Miners To Fine
Miners in Frostburg and Cumberland respond to contempt fines levied on John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. They call the fines a dirty deal and hint at possible general protests, noting last year’s penalties and awaiting the final ruling from the Supreme Court.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Hughes
United Mine Workers District Three
Gay
John L. Lewis
Sss
United States Supreme Court
Cumberland
Frostburg
Senate May Pass Housing Bill Today
Washington April 20 Taft forecasts Senate passage of the Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill by nightfall after resolving differences with McCarthy West over amendments The measure would extend government loan insurance through next March authorize 2 0 billion in insured loans 400 million in a stopgap law and seek broader terms for low cost housing while backing slum clearance and rental housing profits Taft backs Senate Banking committee amendments in place of the rejected changes McCarthy opposed the 14 0 changes approved last week
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
McCarthy
Senate Banking Committee
Miners Dead and Missing After Sallau Mine Blast
At Sallau mines in France officials report at least 11 miners killed in a dust explosion and six others missing. About 262 men were at work. five hospitalized and two girl workers and four German prisoners of war are unaccounted for. Eyewitnesses mention witnesses saw the girls enveloped in smoke.
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Lille
France
Sallaumines
Salaumines
Kuhn Convicted In Absentia By Bavarian Court
Major Nazi Fritz Kuhn, leader of the German American Bund, was convicted in absentia by a Bavarian de Nazification court and sentenced to 10 years in a labor camp if found. He had escaped from Dachau internment Feb 4. White House renominated Atomic Energy Commission members but recalled the announcement with no explanation.
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Munich
Germany
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
Dachau
Agion
White House
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Control Slated For Health Nutrition Research
Dr. McDowell urged atomic control to ensure health and nutrition research proceeds safely. Speaking at Hood College, she highlighted radioisotopes in cancer and heart disease research, photosynthesis studies, and the vast investment in atomic energy, advocating UN oversight for global security.
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Lou Dowell
Nng Hood College
Spell
McDowell
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Control
U.S
Mr. Luienthal
Dr. McDowell
United Nations
Britain To Get Largest ERP Slice In Europe Recovery Aid
April 20 Washington report shows Britain slated to receive 132.3 million dollars of the 5.3 billion European recovery program. Other allocations include France 1.13 billion, Italy 703.6 million, the Netherlands 599.6 million, and western Germany 437.4 million. Program funds aim to buy grain, cotton, petroleum, and tobacco as part of postwar economic support.
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Washington
Britain
Congress
France
Italy
U. Jones
Ger
Europe
House Appropriations Committee
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Appropriations Committee
Insurgents Seem Victors In Costa Rica Cartago
Rebel forces appear to have the upper hand after an agreement signed in San Jose by President Picado Michalski and a Figueres representative. Figueres predicts the capital will fall in days while insurgent leaders delay firing as they advance toward San Jose. The pact sets Vice President Santos Leon Herrera to take office today until May 2 when a constituent assembly may be convened.
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Cartago
Costa Rica
Jose Figueres
San Jose
Teodoro Picado Michalski
Figueres
iIn
Mexico
Rene Picada Michalski
Santos Leon Herrera
Fragmented Early 20th Century Maryland News Bullets
April 20 reports from Logan West Virginia to Ellicott City merge scattered items: two women and four men attacked with an axe at Mercy Hospital. Matthew Pearson, 34, detained for investigation. Baltimore suspect Walter Holland, 48, charged after car wreck near Route 40. Robert W. Young of Cumberland to be installed grand master of Maryland Order of Odd Fellows in a statewide officers’ ceremony. One dead in Burrillville fire destroys four barns at Fascong race track. 33 racing horses perish.
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Logan
W. Va
Mercy Hospital
Warren Schermbeck
Matthew Pearson
Walter ML Holland
Baltimore
Route 40
Cookswire
GB Mark
Holland
Mayfield
Ellicott City
Robert W. Young
Cumberland
Marrland Order of Odd Fellows
Young
Ing
Twizes
Burrillville
Fascong Race Track
Norway Soviet Accord Feasibility Discussed by Official
Foreign Minister Halvard Lange said Norway has considered a possible invitation from the Soviet Union to join a concord. He noted no binding agreement exists yet and that Norway would remain a Western European democracy even if such an invitation were extended.
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Oslo
Nizht
Halvard M. Lange
Land
Russia
Western
Europe
Local Maryland Forecast From Associated Press
Local forecast from the Associated Press notes sunny and windy conditions with warmer temperatures tonight from 55 to 65 degrees. Wednesday brings cloudiness and showers then cooler with moderate to fresh winds, highs 75 to 80, and a warmer night with lows 55 to 65. Tuesday sees considerable cloudiness and warm up, with southwest and west winds moderate to fresh. In Ohio, a guard was stabbed fatally and two others wounded as a convict ran berserk inside the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus on April 6, 2011.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Garrett
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
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