Three‑power Germany deal could ease Cold War tensions
Washington April 9 AP officials hope a new three power agreement on Germany will unite the western powers more closely and possibly pave the way to settlement with Russia. The plan merges American British and French occupation zones in Western Germany and drops military occupation as Germans form a federal republic.
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Washington
Germany
Russia
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Reds Launch General Offensive Near Nanking
Communist armies opened a broad push to clear the north bank of the Yangtze opposite Nanking and advanced toward Hankow as negotiations with Nationalists resumed in Peiping. Three small towns fell on the Nanking front, with Nationalists retreating toward Hankow’s approaches.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
China
Hankow
Yangtze
Hengtien
Peiping
Shanghai
Senate Approves European Recovery Aid 70 to 7
The Senate passed the European Recovery Program measure 70 to 7 to fund another 15 months of Marshall Plan aid to Western Europe. The House expected swift action after alterations, with a vote anticipated early next week and final appropriations to follow once House and Senate reconcile differences.
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Tydings
Maryland
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russia
Berlin
U. S
Acheson
Bevin
Schuman
Washington
Truman
Senate
Europe
Soviet Union
France
United States
House
John W. Bricker
Robert A. Taft
Rayburn
Texas
Martin
Massachusetts
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Economic Cooperation Administration
House Committee
Appropriations
Tito Moves to Rebut Cominform Pressure in Yugoslavia
Premier Marshal Tito declared Yugoslavia would remain free to engage with the West and rejected Cominform pressure. In a two hour address to the Peoples' Front Congress he accused Russia and allied satellites of fomenting civil strife to topple his regime.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Peoples’ Front
Topchidar
Russia
Cominform
Cancer Drive First Day Totals 1700 in Stark County
Contributions to the 1949 Stark County American Cancer Society drive reached 1700 on opening day. Twenty eight drive leaders heard the first report at the Massillon Women's Club Friday noon. The 35000 campaign runs through April. Funds support research education and county programs including surgical dressing preparation and information centers. Workers voted to pay their own meals at report meetings.
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Stark County
American Cancer Society
Massillon Women’s Club
National Society
Tragic 3-Year-Old Trapped in 110-Foot Well Near Marino
Rescue crews fought time and space as they dug a 25 foot wide shaft and lowered oxygen to Kathy Fiscus, a 3-year-old wedged 87 to 100 feet down in an abandoned 120-foot pipe. Heat, floodlights, and crane shovels filled the night as authorities hoped for a breakthrough. No response from Kathy persisted as efforts continued with two parallel excavations and a plan to widen the shaft to reach the casing.
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Marino
Calif
Kathy Fiscus
Don Metz
Kathy
Gus
Strikers Jailed For Contempt In Cleveland Strike
In Cleveland on April 9 AP reports union leaders tied to the Fawick Airflex Co strike defied a court injunction. Judge James C. Connell fined 12 union members and sympathizers $22,500 and sentenced them to 440 days in jail for 44 acts of contempt amid mass picketing. The judge ordered the strike declared judicially at an end. Marie J. Reed, Local 735 CIO United Electrical Workers, insisted the strike can only end by the workers and demanded talks at the conference table.
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Cleveland
Fawick Airflex Co
Marie J. Reed
C. I. O. United Electrical Workers
Vassar
Fawick
U. K
Alliance Safety Service Director Resigns Post
John C. Hess resigned as Alliance Safety Service director after 15 months in the May or Althouse administration. Mayor Althouse accepted the letter on a Friday. successor to be named in days. Hess, a 37 year old World War II veteran and former Ohio legislator, left to spend more time with his family.
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Repository Bureaulliance
John C. Hess
Alliance Safety Service
Robert D. Althouse
Althouse
Hess
Ohio
Stark Physicians Examine 12743 In Diabetes Drive
Stark County doctors tested 12 743 people during a diabetes detection week. Of these 495 persons 3.9 percent had positive urine tests, aligning with the national average. The Stark County Medical Society report notes many positive results were not diabetes upon further check. Between 1 and 2 percent of those examined likely had diabetes, with Canton 8010 tested 358 positive, Massillon 2022 tested 52 positive, Alliance 516 tested 15 positive, villages and rural 1195 tested 70 positive.
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Stark County
Stark County Medical Society
Canton
Massillon
Alliance
U N Debates Africa Colonies After Korea Veto
At Lake Success April 9 U N delegates resumed discussion on Italy's former colonies. Andrei Gromyko prepares to present Soviet policy likely backing multination trusteeship to gain a foothold in Africa. The U S and Britain back Italy's Somaliland Cyrenaica and Eritrea arrangements with Ethiopia.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Italy
United Nations
U. N
Security Council
Korea
Gromyko
Africa
Carlo Sforza
General Assembly
United States
Britain
Cyrenaica
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Middlefield Woman Killed In Auto Mishap Near Cleveland
Mrs. June H. Plumley, 28, of Middlefield Geauga County was killed when her car skid off a road near Cleveland and overturned multiple times. Local florist ad mentions samapdragons and gladioli at 1.25 a dozen. Dial 67358-ad advertises Canton Ice & Cold Storage Co and Zero Lockers for rent at 12 per year.
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Cleveland
June H. Plumley
Middlefield
Geauga County
Here
Canton Ice & Cold Storage Co
Dial
Downturn Continues In Canton Employment Levels
Canton Ohio state employment data show a two month drop of about 2,000 jobs, down four percent to 45,000. Manufacturing plans for cuts through May and July while nonmanufacturing and construction sectors expect modest gains. Stenographer demand rises as postwar layoffs ease, with 3,700 enrolled jobseekers and over 1,000 women. skilled trades remain in demand while unskilled work is scarce. Jobless benefit claims rise to 2,710 weekly in March amid a downturn in hires and continued turnover at 73 firms, with hiring per 100 workers sliding to 1.6 in February.
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O.S.E.S
U.S.E.S
Golf Driving Range Opens at 30th Street NW Ad
Local ad announces the 30th st NW Golf Driving Range now open with home of brands including Dutch Boy Pratt Lambert Glidden and Harris Paints. Also promotes Hyacinths tulips azaleas hydrangeas African violets at 1146 Tusc st W with dial 35825 and Vail's Lakeview Greenhouse ad.
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St NW
America
Dutch Boy
Pratt & Lambert
Glidden
Harris Paints
Tusc
Dial
Vail’s
Lakeview Greenhouse
House Group Boosts Air Force Budget To Almost Sixteen Billion
The House appropriations committee approved a near 16 billion dollar defense bill for the year starting July 1, funding the army, navy and air force. The air force received the largest share at about six and a quarter billion, with the army and navy receiving less than the president's requests. The record bill tallies 4,743,100 total personnel, including 677,000 Regulars in the army and 440,000 in the air force, plus 2,709,300 in organized reserves. It includes 3,709,000 for the national security resources board and 189,000,000 for retirement pay. The act preserves full 530,000,000 for defense RD and testing.
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Trueman
Army
Navy
Air Force
Omar N. Bradley
Congress
Truman
National Guard
National Security Resources Board
British Laborites Beaten in County Council Elections
London reports show Conservatives gaining seats in week long county council elections across England and Wales. Labour seeks to regain control of the London county council after a dead heat, while Conservative totals claim 180 overall gains in 62 counties with a 133 seat Labour loss.
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London
Labor
England
Wales
London County
Laborite Daily Herald
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