Strike Would Cut Vacation For Congress
Washington June 2 Congress may have to shorten its summer recess if a coal strike threat rises and the labor disputes bill becomes law. Sen Ellender notes a strike after June 30 could occur without federal intervention unless the bill passes, enabling an injunction to halt a stoppage.
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Truman
Sen
Ellender
D-La
John L. Lewis
United Mini
Lewis
Smith-Connally
House
Senate
Louisiana
Varga Flees Hungary Amid Communist Pursuit
A close associate says Bela Varga former speaker of the house and No. 2 in Nagy government fled Hungary to escape arrest. He was driven toward Copron near the Austrian border planning to cross into the American zone. Secretary Marshall ordered suspension of half of a 30.9 million pound credit to Hungary as a pro Soviet regime gains Russian-backed control.
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Bela Varga
Ferenc Nagy
Hungary
Austria
Varga
Copron
Washington
Marshall
Violent Youth Escapes Lima State Hospital
A Mansfield youth, 15, escaped last night from Lima state hospital. Police Chief Jesse J. Schwab said the youth, Clifford Smith, was reported armed with a long knife after visiting a Mansfield relative and is described as violent. A posse searched the area today for the escapee.
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Mansfield
Lima State Hospital
Jesse J. Schwab
Schwab
Clifford Smith
Training Urgency Urges National Commission on Universal Service
A nine member commission led by Dr Karl T Compton declares compulsory training for up to 950000 youths yearly an urgent military necessity to prevent a hollow defense and deter totalitarian aggression The report warns Congress may delay action despite unanimity among the panel members and notes the need for strong defense spending and readiness against potential attacks.
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Washington
Truman
Advisory Commission On
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Congress
Barns Resigns from Clinton County Welfare Board
M D Barns resigned from the Clinton County Child Welfare Board with his term to expire March 1 1948. Bruce B Crouse was appointed to serve out Barns term. Barns cited inability to continue duties effectively and praised for 14 years of service on the Children Home and Welfare boards.
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M. D. Barns
Clinton County Child Welfare Board
Clinton County Commission
Bruce B. Crouse
Barns
Children’s Home Board
Welfare Board
Children’s Home
Valuable Horses Poisoned at Scioto County Fairgrounds
Three show horses valued between 22 000 and 27 000 dollars were found dead in stalls at Scioto County Fairgrounds near Portsmouth a veterinarian said they were poisoned. Nine horses owned by Dr O O Burt of Londonderry were stabled there awaiting shipment to a Georgetown show next week. Dead animals were Cloud of Dust Star Storm and Victor Allen.
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Sciote County Fairgrounds
William A. Hirsh
Chillicothe
O. O. Burt
Londonderry
Fairgrounds
Georgetown
Burt
Star Storm
Victor Allen
Hoover urges extended RFC life and lending curbs
Former President Herbert Hoover urged Congress to extend the Reconstruction Finance Corporation life by two or three years beyond the June 30 deadline. He proposed ending cheap-money competition with private banks and would bar RFC loans to foreign countries or individuals. He called for broad revisions to keep the RFC out of regular lending except during economic emergencies.
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Washington
dJusue
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Institutons
Morever
Peacetime Coal Output Tops Old Records
The Coal Mines Administration reports 587 435 000 tons of bituminous coal mined from June 1 1946 to May 17 1947, a 3 percent rise over 1945 46. Bureau of Mines notes 238 832 000 tons for calendar year through May 17, up 36.7 percent from 1946. If May continues, first year output may exceed 613 000 000 tons, second only to wartime 1944’s 619 576 000.
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Washington
Navy
N. H. Collisson
Bureau of Mines
Federal Coal Mine Administration
May Building Permits Total 167 559 Dollars
The city auditor issued thirty three building permits in May with an estimated construction total of 167 559 dollars. Larchmont Realty Co and H S Dally Co secured two permits for 18 Northridge houses valued at 96 120 dollars. Nine more permits covered new houses and a 15 000 dollar commercial building to Emmitt and J Donald Bailey.
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E. J. Rose
Larchmont Realty Co
Cincinnati
Northridge Addition
Ruby Avenue
H. S. Dally Co
Columbus
Northridge
Emmitt
J. Donald Bailey
Repeated Crime Due To Tight Pol icy Speech Across Midwest
A nine state correction conference in Columbus heard Austin MaeCormick of the Osborne Association blame high recidivism on underfunded personnel. He urged well staffed probation and a $39 to $40 annual cost per probationer to cut crime and save most offenders. Dana Allen of Ohio Reformatory stressed behavior modification and reform minded approaches.
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America
Central States Correction Conference
Austin H. MaeCormick
Osborne Association, Inc
Corrections
New York City
Parachuting camera fan faces hearing in court
Leonard D Attolico, 26, an amateur photographer and former paratrooper, appeared in magistrates court in New York charged with an act that might endanger himself or others. He leaped from a chartered plane over Times Square and landed in a yard on 44th Street near Broadway, drawing a stern rebuke from a resident who complained about a broken clothes line.
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New York
Leonard D'Attolico
Times Square
T'Attolico
44Th Street
Broadway
D'Attolico
Tax bill approved to cut income taxes by four billion dollars
The House gave final approval to Republican backed legislation to reduce income taxes by 4 billion dollars annually starting July 1. A Senate vote was expected the next day. The same dispatch reports the Supreme Court denied Jerome A Nevins a review of an Ohio Supreme Court conviction for accepting money as a bribe.
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Washington
House
Senate
The
Supreme Court
Jerome A. Nevins
Ohio Supreme Court
Paul Revere Goes on Trial for Broadcasts
Douglas Chandler, a 58 year old former Baltimore newsman, on trial in Boston for treason over Nazi radio wartime broadcasts under the alias Paul Revere. The case centers on broadcasts intended to aid Nazi Germany.
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Paul Revere
Boston
Douglas Chandler
Baltimore
Fourth Set of Twins Born to New Yorkers
Nine year old Annette Marie Cummo, eldest child of Mr and Mrs Charles Cummo, announced at a passing friend that her mother yesterday gave birth to a fourth set of twins. The Cummos have had three single births after their first pair died. The father is a postman with a take home pay of 118 dollars every two weeks.
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New York
Annette Marie Cummo
Charles Cummo
Marilyn
Cummes
British Plan For India To Be Announced Tomorrow
The British plan for transferring power to Indian hands will be announced tomorrow with Lord Mountbatten broadcasting at night and the plan read over all India radio stations. Indian leaders met with Mountbatten today as troops guarded the tense capital amid fears of Hindu Muslim violence and mass demonstrations.
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New Delhi
Lord Mountbatten
all-India Radio
Subcontinent
India
Part of airliner fell before crash near Port Deposit
Investigators tentatively say part of an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 came off shortly before the Friday night crash that killed 53 aboard. CAB notes 20 eyewitness statements agree fragments detached as the plane dove into woods three miles east of Port Deposit. Bodies of the dead are being identified at an improvised morgue at the Navy base.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Eastern Air Lines
Here
Navy Base
42nd victim of plane crash dies Sunday
New York city comptometer operator Margaret Leddin, 31, dies yesterday as the 42nd victim of the United Airlines crash near La Guardia Field on Thursday night.
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New York
Margaret Leddin
New York City
United Airlines
la Guardia Field
Peace Has Not Yet Been Achieved Says Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII warned world rulers not to miss the chance to restore normal relations among nations. In a radio address on Saint Eugene's Day he said true security from victory remains unrealized and urged decisive action in the coming months to prevent history from judging 1947 poorly.
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Pope Pius XII
Eugenio Pacelli
Saint Eugene
Eugene
U S to Buy Wheat on Market for Export Supply
Washington reports the government will buy wheat at current market prices rather than set a fixed purchase price. Officials say this ensures timely exports to needy foreign areas and avoids delaying shipments due to farmers withholding grain. Tight transportation is also a factor in avoiding price fixes.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Garsson Denies Aid in War Fraud Trial
Henry Garsson testified that his munitions firms had $10 million in war contracts before meeting former Congressman Andrew J. May, whom he is accused of bribing. Garsson and his brothers deny bribery claims as investigators detail alleged payments for favors.
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Washington
Henry Garsson
Andrew J. May
Garsson
May
House Military Committee
Murray Garsson
Garssons Brothers
Kentucky
Garsson Munitions Combine
Amendments to Daniels-Cramer School Bill Likely Tonight
House amendments to the Daniels Cramer school bill may be considered by the Senate tonight in Columbus. The House altered it to set public school subsidies at 85.5 million dollars annually after the Senate approved 89 million dollars in annual subsidies.
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House
Middletown Veteran Kills Three Then Ends His Life
A 44 year old Navy veteran shot and killed his wife Dorothy 32 their four year old son Arthur and guest William McKenzie 44 at Veterans Village after an all day drinking party and argument then killed himself. Detective John Fitzgerald cited Mrs McKenzie who heard gunfire and saw Watson shoot himself after declaring I love you.
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John Fitzgerald
Arthur W. Watson
Lfe
Dorothy
Arthur
William McKenzie
Fitzgerald
Watsons
Veterans Village
McKenzie
Watson
Mrs. McKenzie
Two Killed Nine Injured by Explosion at Cadmium Plant
In Edinburg Pennsylvania a blast wrecked two buildings at the American Cyanamid & Chemical Corp rear facility. Merle Craven aged 55 and Robert Downing aged 38, both of New Castle, were killed. Nine others were injured in the incident. Detective John Moore of New Castle reported one building destroyed was the jelly house where gelatin was produced.
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Edinburg
American Cyanamid & Chemical Corp
Merle Craven
Robert Downing
New Castle
John Moore
Storms Ravage Rural Arkansas and Oklahoma Towns
Tornadoes ripped rural areas causing extensive damage across Arkansas and Oklahoma. In Arkansas the Pins Bluff region suffered severe losses with many deaths and hundreds injured, while Oklahoma’s Leedey saw extensive destruction and several fatalities. Bridges collapsed, homes destroyed, and families displaced as the storm swept a 20 mile path.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Pins Bluff
View Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Leedey
George Steed
Tractor Maker's Home Guarded After Assassination Threat
In Peoria on June 2 a police guard kept watch at the home of Louis B. Neumiller president of the Caterpillar Tractor Co after his daughter Martha 15 received a threatening call. The caller warned of his possible midnight appearance and cited the death of George P. McNear, president of the Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad, who was shot near his home on March 10.
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Peoria
Louis B. Neumiller
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Neumiller
Martha
McNear
George P. McNear
The
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Ambusd
Auto Accidents Lead Memorial Day Death Toll
The holiday weekend saw 214 traffic fatalities, well above last year’s 164 but below NSC predictions of 275. Total deaths from all causes reached 480, up from 232 a year ago.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Two Dayton Shootings Leave Two Dead Sunday
In Dayton on Sunday an 18 year old, Russell Bausman, was killed by Patrolman H C Moore who said the youth reached for a revolver after commands to surrender. A 24 year old, Melvin Snowden, was slain earlier after a family argument at a street intersection. Delaney Braun was slain in a separate homicide after a quarrel at Orville Akers home. Akers is being questioned after reportedly firing following a threat with a club.
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Russell Bausman
H. C. Moore
Moore
Bausman
Helen Bausman
A. T. McDonald
Delaney Braun
Orville Akers
Akers
Braun
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