MacArthur Flies Over North Ohio on Midwest Tour
General Douglas MacArthur flies from New York to Chicago and Milwaukee for a two day Midwest visit. His route over New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio and Michigan drew millions of spectators and tens of thousands watched on television. The reception in Chicago featured shut factories closed loops stores closed and schools out as crowds lined a 23 mile route to greet the general his wife and son.
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Chicago
Douglas MacArthur
Milwaukee
New York
Bataan
MacArthur
Col
Anthony Storey
New Brunswick
N. J
Allentown
Sunbury
Philipsburg
Brookville
Mercer, Pa
Youngstown
Clevenee
Toledo
Goshen, Id
Officials View Garbage Disposal Plan At Ashtabula
Elyria officials studied Ashtabula garbage disposal as part of a city administration review. Mayor Henry W. Ault, Service Director D. W. Kothe, Engineer J. M. Powell, and councilmen James Scott and Dale Kellogg observed the weekly landfill collection contract system costing residents ten dollars yearly. Mayor Ault said Lorain’s landfill method will also be inspected.
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Ashtabula
Elyria
Henry W. Ault
D. W. Kothe
J. M. Powell
James Scott
Dale Kellogg
Ault
Lorain
Col Abramoska Visits Elyria Home After Army Training
Lt. Col. Helen Abramoska of the Army Nurse Corps rests with her mother Mrs. Libbie Abramoska at 818 Lake Avenue Elyria after returning from Texas where she completed the Advanced Hospital Administration Course at Brooke Army Medical Center. She will report to Fort Knox on May 14 as chief nurse.
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Helen Abramoska
Army Nurse Corps
Libbie Abramoska
Lake Avenue
Elyria
Texas
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Abramoska
U. S. Army Hospital
Fort Knox
Army
Medical Service Corps
Northeastern Ohio Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy this afternoon cooler than yesterday with a high near 4. Clearing tonight with temperatures around 3. Friday brings fair skies and a much warmer day. Markets found today on page two.
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Ohio
Truman Urges Limitation of Korea War Amid Press Conference
President Truman reiterated hope to restrict hostilities in Korea during his weekly briefing. He avoided commenting on Gen Douglas MacArthur policy disputes and possible changes at the State Department while noting Lt. Gen Ridgway’s authority to bomb Chinese bases in Manchuria was not discussed.
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Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Senate Armed Services Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
MacArthur
Courtney Whitney
Whitney
Spe
Mr. Truman
Chicago Tribune
Dean Acheson
Paul G. Hoffman
ECA
Hoffman
Senate
Matthew B. Ridgway
Manchuria
Sen
J. William Fullbright
D. “Ark
United Nations
Fulbright
United States
Manchura
China
Russia
Czechoslovakia Arrests U S Newsman William Oatis
The Prague government disclosed the arrest of Associated Press correspondent William N. Oatis on charges of hostile activity, gathering and disseminating secret information, and spreading malicious information through illegal news organs. Oatis, 37, from Marion Indiana, has been missing since Monday night, reportedly seized near his garage by three plainclothes men.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Associated Press
William N. Oatis
Bedrich Runge
Czech Foreign Ministry
U. S
Oatis
Marion
Ind
Runge
Tyler Thompson
Fair Weather After Fierce Storm in Cleveland
The weather man predicts fair conditions with 60s temperatures after a violent thunderstorm. Lightning hit four west side homes and cut power to dozens while silencing Maple Heights police radio for about two hours. Three 4600 volt power lines were broken.
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Cleveland, O
West Side
Maple Heights
State Negotiates For Two Tracts For Recreation
Ohio Department of Natural Resources nears completion of two land purchases for public recreation from near Toledo to Lake Erie. A 1 900 acre marsh area in Ottawa and Lucas counties will cost 305 000 dollars and provide four miles of beach and Magee Marsh access. A second 131 acre tract near Painesville adds about 4 200 feet of beach with water works access to create a public mile long beach if negotiations succeed. The plan notes beaches face cleanest Lake Erie stretches while an interim pollution report lists 17 beaches unsafe for swimming including Vermilion and Lakeview.
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Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ohio
Department
A. W. Marion
the Press
Cleveland
Marion
Ottawa
Lucas
Toledo
Sandusky
Lake Erie
Magee Marsh
Painesville
Painesville City
Vermilion
Vermilion - on-the-Lake
Lakeview
Century Parks
Stronger Law Sought On Defense Production
President Truman plans to ask Congress for a strengthened defense mobilization law and tighter price controls on food and rents. The proposal aims to expire with the current act’s provisions but faces a tough fight, with hearings slated to start May 7 and parity price rules for farm products to be fixed at crop-year start.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Navy board probes 43 deaths in Key West air collision
A navy board of inquiry met to determine blame for a collision near Truman's retreat that killed 43 aboard a Cubana DC-4 and a Navy twin engine plane. Rescue crews recovered 17 bodies, with 28 Americans aboard the airliner. Investigators questioned witnesses as experts noted flight patterns and route safety.
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Key West
Fla
Navy Board of
Truman
Navy
Cubana
United States
Atlantic
U. S
Pan-American Airways
Miami
Havana
Navy Board
R. S. Quckenbush, Jr
Naval Air Station
Here
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Quackenbush
Tesort
Compania Cubana de Aviacion
Bernard Friedlander
New York
Pristol Paper Co
Charles W. Rivise
Philadelphia
Oberlin Woman Gives 20th Pint of Blood
Miriam Benoy of Oberlin became the 20th pint donor as Lorain County Blood Bank representatives visited Oberlin yesterday. She reports no ill effects from donating, with Mrs. R A Shoup and others coordinating the Oberlin effort and Miss Joseph Kieth and Mrs. L P Tufford assisting from the blood bank.
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Lorain County Blood Bank
Oberlin
Miriam Benoy
R. A. Shoup
J. B. McLaury
E. F. Millikan
Joseph Kieth
L. P. Tufford
Banx
Elyria Chamber Delegation Heads to DC Meeting
President Earl J. Fauver will lead Elyria Chamber of Commerce officials to the 38th annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in Washington D C April 1 and 2. Delegation members include Dexter S. Kimball Jr Fred G. Reser and Norris Ryder in leadership roles.
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Earl J. Fauver
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Washington, D.C
Dexter S. Kimball, Jr
Fred G. Reser
Norris Ryder
Local Youth to Leave Hospital After Accident
Edwin Hemminger Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Hemminger of Monroe street was scheduled for release today from St Josephs hospital Lorain where he has been under observation since an auto accident Monday night. The 17 year old Elyria High sophomore was driving near 5th street and Pearl avenue when a car ran a red light and collided with his car. His injuries were found not to be serious.
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Edwin Hemminger, Jr
Edwin Hemminger
Monroe Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lorain
Hemminger
Elyria High School
Mth Street
Pearl Avenue
U.N. Forces in Korea Reach 550000 With 225000 Frontline Units
Washington reports that the United Nations has about 550000 forces in Korea including 250000 American troops and 250000 South Koreans making up most of the UN contingent. Eleven other nations contribute roughly 35000 troops, and replacements are being sent as talks continue on expanding manpower.
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Washington
United Nations
Korea
Dean Rusk
House Appropriations Subcommittee
U.N
Rusk
Elyria Men Inducted Into Army in April Call
Thirty three Elyria area men were inducted into the Army on April twenty third by the Elyria draft board. Sixteen locals listed include Galen Hendrixson and John P. Byczynski among others from Elyria. Additional inductees came from Wellington, Columbia Station, Amherst, Oberlin, Vermilion, Berea, and Grafton.
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Elyria Area
Army
Elyria
Fifth St
Robert and
Roland Loescher
Center Ridge Road
Evans J. Cloud
Lodi
Carlton H. Yost
Portlawn
Chester G. Tompkins
Louisiana
James W. Perkins
South Maple
Kurt R. Weiland
Lexington
William E. Bock
Riverside Court
Wellington
Columbia Station
Amherst
Oberlin
Vermilion
Berea
Grafton
Former Elyria Man Among Cuban Airliner Crash Victims
A former Elyrian Bernell Vern Bender and his wife Ruth were aboard the Cuban airliner that crashed off Key West after a mid air collision with a Navy plane. Bender, 56, lived in Cleveland area since youth and previously ran an auto sales business in Lorain. He leaves a son, Robert Bender of Miami, a grandson, his mother in Cleveland, a sister and three brothers, all named.
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Elyran
Key West
Fla
Navy
Bernell Vern Bender
Core Bear Bender
Highview Court
Cleveland
Bender
Ruth
Miami
Havana
Elyriand
Lorain
Robert Bender
Ben Jones
John
Glenn
Frank, Earl
Elmer Beal
Elyria
Trucker Crushed by Glass at Louisville & Nashville Freight House
John Brock, a 34 year old Batavia trucker, was crushed to death yesterday at the Louisville and Nashville freight house in Cincinnati when two crates of 12 by 12 foot pirate glass fell on him during unloading.
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Cincinnati
John Brock
Batavia
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Murray's Condition Remains About Same
United Steelworkers Union spokesman said Phillip Murray 64 remains seriously ill but not improving. Murray fell ill Saturday night after returning to Pittsburgh from a Youngstown dinner and is described as a very sick man requiring rest.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Phillip Murray
Murray
Youngstown
Levees Patrolled As Flood Nears Climax In Iowa
Muscatine faces crest of the Mississippi at 21.1 feet with 300 National Guardsmen and volunteers patrolling sandbag dikes. About 1,200 residents evacuated as the river threatens the city. Davenport's crest passed, while Burlington expected to rise. Red Cross notes 1,000 evacuees cannot return for at least two weeks. Spare sandbags and army engineers stand ready along the waterfront. Also reported: Lorain County school heads meet to discuss year-end closures.
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Muscatine
Mississippi
Fred Tandy
Iowa National Guard
Davenport
Tri-Cities
Moline
Rock Island
Ill
Red Cross
Burlington
Public Session Urged For MacArthur Probe
Senate Republicans press for a public, televised inquiry into Gen. Douglas MacArthur and postwar Far Eastern policy. Chairman Russell warns one unguarded statement could endanger thousands of American troops in Korea while MacArthur shows no formal request for a public session.
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Licans
Douglas
MacArthur
Yalta
Robert A. Tali
China
Richard B. Russell
Senate
Georgia Democrat
Korea
Russell
New York
Allies Fight Delaying Operations
United Nations forces pressed delaying actions 17 miles northwest of Seoul and two miles into the enemy bulge northeast of the former capital as the 8th Army fell back under attack by 500,000 Communist troops. Civilians fled Seoul amid fears the city would change hands.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Seoul
8Th Army
U. S
Kun
Manchurian
U. N
Mungsan
38Th Parallel
Munsan
Family Welfare Struggle Highlights Hopes and Setbacks
A Pa family of five with ten cents travels to Lorain seeking work at The National Tube Co. The Welfare Department first relieves them then plans to send them back to Pennsylvania. The wife bears premature twins two months early, delaying departure and complicating relief efforts.
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Lorain
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennessee
Lorain County
National Tube Co
Salvation Army
County Welfare
County Welfare Department
St. Joseph S Hospital
Sterk
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Y Sribes
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Arkansas National Guard
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Hickerson
Stalin
Red China
Shanghai
Peiping
Climax
Iowa
West Third Street
Repub
Motorola
West Ave
Second St. Alley
Pepers
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