Decentralization of Nations Military Might Studied
Washington reports that defense and security strategists study dispersing war potential from big cities to improve U S security. They weigh moving top Army Navy and Air Force leaders from Washington to various sites nationwide. Forrestal backs decentralization as commission members review executive reorganization. Wiley argues central Washington makes capitals a tempting target if attacked. Joint Chiefs of Staff and a Symington committee study decentralization for 15 months with national resources board involvement.
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Washington
U. S
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense
James Forrestal
Herbert
Wiley
Wier
Forrestal
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air
W. Stuart Symington
Joint Chiefs
National Security Resources Bozerc
Arab Leader Vows Long War Against Zionism in Palestine
Fawzi El Kawki, directing an Arab volunteer army from Kabatia in the Samarian Hills, pledges a 25 year struggle to oppose partition and any UN force, declaring he will fight Jews, British, or international troops to free the country. He speaks through United Press in the first interview since arriving Thursday night.
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Jerusalem
Fawzi el Kawki
United Nations
Palestine
United Press
Levon Keshishian
Kawkji
Kabatia
Samarian
Nablus
Four Die in Weltham Chemical Plant Dust Explosion
Investigators probe the blast wreckage at Weltham chemical plant after a dust explosion killed four workers and injured twenty, with two bodies still missing and presumed dead. Names include William J. Brushingham, Albert I. Quizan, Nicholas Raimondi, and Louis Scaizi amid a $200000 facility damaged while producing plastic powders.
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W Piertown
Nicholas Raimondi
Walthem
Louis Scaizi
Watertown
Five Killed In Navy Plane Crash At Clathe Kansas
Five men died and one was seriously hurt when a Navy airplane crashed and burned during takeoff while returning Marine and Naval Reservists home after a weekend training trip. Two dead were Marine Lieutenant Jack M Rothweiler 26 Pelmira Missouri and Seaman First Class George E McGee 23 Beston Missouri. The injured and remaining two deaths were not immediately released pending next of kin notification. Also noted a moderately strong earthquake near Sea of Japan, 5200 miles away, heard in Weston Massachusetts by a seismograph station.
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Clathe
Kans
Navy
Naval
Jack, M. Rothweiler
Pelmira
George E. McGee
Beston
Mo Nemes
Weston
Mass
Sea of Japan
Boston College
Weather and St Patrick's Night Notices in Cleveland
Northeastern Ohio forecast calls for cloudy cold conditions with snow flurries this afternoon and tonight. High Tuesday around 30 and low tonight near 18. St Patrick's night events on Wednesday March 17 include supper club community singing of Irish ballads with admission favors and entertainment.
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Cleveland
Ohio
ST. Patrick's
Elyria I O C F Lodge Plans Centennial Celebration
Elyria Lodge 103 marks 100 years since its 1848 founding by Nahum B Gates. Centennial events run Friday and Saturday at L C C F Hall with address by Olin G Swartzmiller, banquet at Lake Avenue Church, and a Sunday church service.
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Elyria Oddfellows
Elyria Lodge 103
Nahum B .Gates
Elyria
L.C.C.F
Broad Street
Ohio
Olin G. Swartzmiller
Nimisilla Lodge
Canton
Lake Avercue Congregational Church
E Lehr Bailey
Robbery Suspects Do Hairline Hold Up At Gas Station
Ernest Sperry and his wife Eileen were jailed on robbery charges after a holdup at the Red Head Gas Station on West Bridge Street at 2 29 am. Sperry admitted the crime to detectives. Victim Frank Burrows alerted police who arrested the pair 35 minutes after the incident. The robber fled with about $36, with Sperry found carrying $20.
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Ernest Sperry
East
H Street
Lorain
Eileen
Red Head Gasone
West Bridge Street
E. J. Stankard
Ernest Sperm
Frank Burrows
Chestnut Ridge Road
Elyria
Lo- Tain
Burrows
Sperrr
Three Pickets Slightly Hurt In Cleveland Scuffle
In Cleveland at the Castings Co plant three pickets were slightly injured when a car carrying a general foreman and a company photographer drove through the 150-man line. One injured was Joseph London an international organizer of the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers union. The strike began after the firm refused to negotiate citing noncom munity affidavits under Taft Hartley law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Precision Castings Co
Gay
Joseph London
Mil and Smelter Workers Union
CIQ
Wild Auto Ride Lands Man In County Jail
James E. Keefer of Elyria faced arrest after a high speed car pursuit Saturday night. Police pursued Keefer and Robert Klirger, passing through truck gardens and striking sprinkler pipes before Keefer was subdued by Deputy Winters at a guardrail and taken to the county jail for arraignment.
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James E. Keefer
Schadden Road
R. D
Elyria
Keefer
Fred Winters
Sheffield Village
Winters
Sheriffs Department
Robert Klirger
Vincent
Valley Inn
Joseph Guzik
George Kosco
Klinger
Route 24
Sxent
Kosco
Ray Ducfee
Fred Winrs
Bertha Oneill
Park Johnson
Route 301
Elvrra
Spring Vail
Sheffield
Originator Of The Christmas Seal Dies
WILMINGTON Del Emily P Bissell 86 originator of the Christmas seal used to combat tuberculosis died today Miss Bissell designed the first seal in 1907 to raise 300 for tuberculosis and was the campaign’s first salesperson whose efforts expanded to national proportions Rivoli 3 Daring Daughters Jane Powell Jose Turbi Adv
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Wimington
Del
Emily P. Bysell
Miss Bissell
Rivoli
Jane Powell
Jose Turbi
Adv
Finland to Negotiate With Reds on Soviet Pact
Helsinki reports Finland will negotiate with the Soviet Union on a friendship and military pact after Prime Minister Josef Stalin proposed talks. President Paasikivi and the cabinet approved the move at a presidential palace meeting. Erkki Haermae confirmed the decision following the cabinet session.
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Helsinki
Finland
Josef Stalin
Juho K. Paastkivi
Russia
Erkki Haermae
Safe Crackers Escape With $700 In Cash And Checks
Deputies say two burglars familiar with explosives blew open the Elyria Frozen Food locker safe on Fuller Road Saturday evening and escaped with about $700 in cash and $300 in checks. The break was timed to closing hours. a car marked between the buildings was seen around 8 p.m. The loss was reportedly insured.
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Elyria
Fuller Road
Sheriffs Department
C. A. McMillen
Locker Company
Joan Litz
Itz
Nickiilien
Richard Bush
Edwards Street
Je- Nillen
Three Nations Seek Conciliation In Holy Land
United States China and France push for a conciliation formula to implement the UN partition plan for Palestine without an international army. Russia’s stance remains unclear as the four powers meet with UN backing in New York to map the next steps.
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New York
Andrei Gromyko
China
France
Gromsko
UN Security Council
UN Palestine Commission
Holy Land
Twelve Die In Ohio Auto and Other Accidents
Over the weekend at least twelve people died in Ohio from traffic crashes and other accidents. Victims include Roy E. Allen 35 in Cincinnati and several pedestrians and drivers in Cincinnati Cleveland Akron Toledo Dayton and nearby areas. Police continue inquiries into several deaths including a fatal shooting in Cincinnati and a hit by a hit run in Akron.
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Olio
Dayton
Toledo
Cincinnati
Mbus
Ase
Cleveland
Akrom
Roy E. Alen
Cincinnat
Allen
Ruth Allen
Pelics
Wilber J. O'Connor
Milford
William C. McMure
North Bend
Ilnesses
Georgia Jean _Cordell
Orval Dean Cordell
William McClure
Luther N. Kirby
Emlin D. Welch
Welch
Michell A. Spyker
Columbus
Horrie
Eblin
Route 21
Dexter, O
Walter Wellsprings
Marietta
Shimp
Wellsprings
Rat Aye
Rev Norman Dies Suddenly Pastor of Two Churches
The Rev. Willam H. Norman, 65, pastor of the Henrietta and Birmingham Methodist charges, died at the Henrietta parsonage after a one day illness of a heart condition. Born in England, he studied in Yorkshire and Montreal, served 21 years in ministry, and worked with Boy Scouts. He served four and a half years in the Canadian Army during World War I. Surviving are his wife Florence, a daughter-in-law, one son in Seattle, five grandsons, six sisters and a brother in Somerset. The body rests at the L. D. Gerber Funeral Home and will be moved to Henrietta Methodist Church for services at 2:30 p.m., with burial in Henrietta.
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Wakeman
Willam H. Norman
Henrietta
Birmingham
Devonshire
England
Norman
Cif College
Yorkshire
cGil Univers Xientreal
Canada
New York
Second Field Ambulance
Somerset
L. D
Gerber
Henrietta Methodist Church
Herbert Thompson
Norwalk
Clarence Bower
Jefferson, CO
Five Nation Treaty Nears Final Form in Brussels
In Brussels a drafting committee works toward final wording of a five nation treaty linking Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The 50 year alliance covers economic and political ties, with seven of twelve articles ready for final form and signature anticipated by Wednesday night. Officials say general economic principles will be drafted first as the delegation focuses on economic provisions. Defense extensions to colonies were not discussed.
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Brussels
Europe
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
De Gaulle Urges U S Aid to Western Europe Union
In a Compiegne speech Gen Charles De Gaulle calls for a Western European union including Germany and Austria to counter communism. He urges U S armed support under a Marshall Plan style program to mobilize 250 million people and vast resources.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
United States
de Gaulle
Compiegne
Germany
Austria
France
le Gaulle
Russia
Union
Western Europe
Europe
America
Shadows Under Which Jesus Lived At Lenten Service
Dr. Louis C. Wright of Baldwin Wallace College urged making religion living not merely discussed at the union Lenten service in the First Congregational church. He spoke on The Son of God in Earthly Shadows detailing Christ’s sufferings and the many shadows from Herod to the Cross, noting Jesus as a guiding light that cannot be dimmed. The service featured assisting ministers and the union choir with Bernad’s Beneath the Cross of Jesus.
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Louis C. Wright
Baldwin-Wallace College
First Congregational Church
God
Jesus
Christ
Herod
Nazareth
Gethsem
Ageny
Ernst Irion
Richard J. Lehman
Union Choir
J. Martin Beck
Bernald
Olga Sonkoly
Paul S. Kershner
First Congregational Church of
Akron
Eugene Thompson
E. E. Hamblen
Towboat Sinks on Mississippi River. 13 Men Die
Greenville Mississippi reported a hearing to investigate the sinking of the towboat Nackez. Thirteen crewmen died with 11 bodies missing and two recovered after the vessel was driven against a concrete pier of the Greenville Mississippi River bridge. News notes cars washed and polished by Deetz Inc.
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Greenville
Ni Guerd
Nackez
Greenville Mississippi River
Connecticut Governor McConaughy Dies From Influenza
Lt. Gov. James Coughlin Shannon sworn in as Connecticut’s chief executive after Gov. James L. McConaughy died aged 60 from influenza. McConaughy’s widow Elizabeth Townsend Rogers McConaughy and three children survive. Funeral services set for Thursday. Earl W. Litz of Elyria R. D. No. 2 hospitalized with head injuries after a car crash near Lorain.
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Hartford
Conn
James Coughlin Shannon
Connecticut
James L. McConaughy
Shannes
Brigseport
Cng
Wiliam M. Mait
Pierce P
Phoebe
Thursder
Lorain
Earl W. Litz
Elyria R. D
St. Joseph's Hospital
State Patrol
Litz
Russians Injure American Soldier in Vienna Park Altercation
In Vienna the U S Provost Marshal said a Russian guard provoked and fatally attacked an American soldier, striking him with a gun butt and shooting him as he lay on the pavement near the Russian Grand Hotel. The soldier, badly wounded, is believed to lose an arm but survive.
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Vienna
U. S
Rnard Harless
Hurless
M Hurless
Harless
Ringstrasse
International Quarter
Hearing Tomorrow On Applications For Labor Election
The National Labor Relations Board will hold a hearing Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the Cleveland office on UAW and Buffers and Polishers Union requests to represent employees of General Motors Brown Lipe Chapin Division. GM management is to be represented by Wayne Smith and Ray Morris, while Ralph Rudd and Joan Throetter will represent the unions. UAW C L Local 780 prepared meetings to assess plant conditions after last week’s six day strike, with layoffs and steward meetings scheduled at 5:39 p.m. and 3 p.m. respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor Relations Board
United Auto Workers to_I. C
Buffers and Polishers Union
Brown- Lipe-Chapin
General Motors
Cleveland
NLRB
Harry Benjamin Wayne Smith
Brown-Lipe-Chapin
Ray Morris
Buffers and Palishers Union
C. I. O. Union
21 Men Await Rescue From Ship
Coast Guard cutter Mendota stood by the grounded motorship Norfolk a mile and a half off Morehead City awaiting calmer seas so 21 crewmen could be taken off. The 253 foot vessel ran aground yesterday near the Beaufort Sunset channel amid heavy surf. authorities said the ship was not in immediate danger.
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Morehead City
N. C
Coast Guard
Mendota
Norfolk
Beaufort Sunset Channel
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Elyria I. O.C.F. ‘Lodge
Hepbegins
Odd Fellows
Rebekehs
First Christian Church
Charles J. Smith, Jr
Nobie Grand
Elyria Lodge
C. R. Wheeler
Lawrence Hales
John Hovis
Harold Olmstead
Dectz, Inc
Chrysler-Plymouth
W. Broad
Reds
Be United Press
Capitol
Wes Indescreet
Wm. Powell
Dr. Wright
Deetz Inc
MacKay Mending
Bulletin
Lincoln
Western Union
Son of the Navy
Andv
Henry Haag
Murray Ridge
Gessel
West Ave
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