Eisenhower Taft Duel in Key New Jersey Ballot
In New Jersey voters begin choosing preferred president and delegates with Eisenhower favored by party poll leaders but Taft showing strength in delegate contests. Taft backs urge 15 billion aid cuts and criticizes Truman anti communism while Stassen fades.
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Iece Arthur Vandenberg, Jr
Eisenhower
Taft
Robert Taft
Ohio
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
New Jersey
Chicago
Stassen
New Hampshire
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Archibald Alexander
Army
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Alfred Driscoll
Williamantic
Conn
Ohioan
Truman
Asian Bluc Draws Lines For Tunisia
Asian African nations pressed for an emergency General Assembly session after the Security Council rejected discussion of a Tunisian complaint against France’s rule. The move sought to expose Western opposition and rally enough votes to convene a special session.
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Tunisia
United Nations
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L Nation
France
Council
Pakistan
China
Russia
Brazil
Chile
Britain
United States
Greece
Turkey
Netherlands
Wheat Price Hike Sought by U S Delegation
Rep. Horan and Rep. Cooley travel to London to negotiate higher wheat prices under the international wheat agreement. The accord, expiring July 31, 1953, regulates world wheat flows and will be renewed at the conference with State and Agriculture Departments represented.
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Washington
Horan
R-Wash
London
Rep
Cooley
D-Nc
Congress
House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Rarden Tops Four Mayors in Four Days
In Scioto County village of 300 residents four men served as mayor in as many days. A. P. Hoffer resigned for ill health. Walter Beekman served one day but quit. Roy Wallace lasted only hours. Roscoe Gardner then became mayor.
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Rarden
Scioto County
A. P. Hoffer
Walter Beekman
Roy Wallace
Roscoe Gardner
President Trujan Signs Japan Peace Treaty
The White House announced President Trujan signed the Japanese peace treaty today and also signed related papers. The documents include an agreement allowing US troops to remain in Japan.
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Washington
White House
Trujan
Japan
Mayer 63 Pomeroy businessman dies of heart attack
William P. Mayer, 63, Pomeroy businessman at the Pomeroy Pastry Shop on E Main St, died shortly before 8 p.m. Monday of a heart attack while at work. He served on the Beech Grove Cemetery board and belonged to St. Pauls Lutheran Church. Surviving: two sons Roy and William, a grandson Donald Mayer, three brothers John Henry Albert, two sisters Estie Heines and Mrs Leonard Hess. Funeral Thursday at 3 p.m. at St Pauls Lutheran Church. burial in Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing Funeral Home until noon Thursday, then at the church.
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Pomeroy
William P. Mayer
E. Main St
Mayer
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Beech Grove Cemetery
Roy
William
Fort George Meade
Donald W. Mayer
John
Henry
Middleport
Albert
Estie Heines
Leonard Hess
L. M. Moherhoff
Ewing Funeral Home
Meigs Man In Critical Condition After Tree Fall
Al Frazier, 74, of Middleport, was injured Saturday when a tree fell at the Stansbury dump in lower Middleport. He was found to have internal injuries and fractures and was listed in critical condition at Meigs General Hospital today.
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Middleport
al Frazier
Stansbury
Meigs General Hospital
Frazier
Fire Wrecks Farmers Feed Co at Minersville
POMEROY The Farmers Feed Co in Minersville was destroyed by a morning fire. Damage runs to thousands, interior and milling machinery ruined, roof collapsed, and flames neared neighboring residence saving personal records. Owners James Jobb and Branch Fleming of Middleport awaiting final loss estimate. Insurance reported as covering the loss. Fire Chief Henry Werry cited unknown blaze origin.
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Pomeroy
Farmers Feed Co
Minersville
Pomeroy Volunteer Fire Department
Pittsburgh Coal Co
James Jobb
Branch Fleming
Middleport
Henry Werry
George Armes
Armes
Feed Company
Werry
Lift Church Merger Ban Lifted by Appellate Court
New York appellate division overturned a state Supreme Court ban on the 1947 proposed merger of the Congregational Christian and Evangelical and Reformed churches to form the United Church of Christ. The decision, by a four to one vote, ends a two year restraint affecting about two million members across 5715 Congregationalist churches and 3000 Evangelical and Reformed congregations.
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New York
Congregational Christian Churches
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Supreme Court
Meier Steinbrink
United Church of Christ
Ohio pays out 8219 for WWII bonus bonds
Ohio today disburses 8219 for retirement and interest on World War II bonus bonds. The payment reduces related debt to 162,570,000 with bonds scheduled to be paid off in 1963.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pork Disappearance Looms As OPS Sets Menu Ceilings
Washington reports farm leaders warn pork dishes may vanish from menus this summer due to OPS price ceilings for public eating places. Hog prices near parity and seasonal trends could create a squeeze for restaurants and hog raisers if prices rise.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Industry Pact by Soft Coal Owners Signed
The Bituminous Coal Operators Association has signed an industry pact with Indiana and Illinois soft coal producers. The agreement tightens management's defense against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. The pact, based on 1951 production, raises assessable tonnage to about 240 million tons.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Indiana
Illinois
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
CIO
Lewis
Traffic Jams Tie Up Great Lakes Navigation
In Sault Ste Marie Michigan two Coast Guard icebreakers and a ferry battled heavy ice to free a massive lake traffic jam. About 50 freighters waited in Whitefish Bay to pass Rock Cut as mush ice clogged the channel and hindered smaller ships. Capt. Robert Crawford of the Cleveland Pittsburgh fleet called the scene unprecedented and said heat may end the muddle.
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Sault Ste, Marie, Mich
Coast Guard
Whitefish Bay
Rock Cut
Robert Crawford
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Mercury To Hover Near Ohio Normal
Temperatures will average near normal with highs 59 to 67 and lows 39 to 43. Expect warmer midweek and cooler weekend. Showers Friday or Saturday total 0.5 to 0.75 inch.
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Mercury
Ohio
Lausche to Dedicate Price Tree Farm on Arbor Day
Governor Frank J. Lausche will dedicate the Thomas Price tree farm in Licking County near Newark on Arbor Day April 25. Price has planted 47,000 trees on his farm since 1930.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Thomas Price
Licking County
Newark
Price
Tragic Jamaica Bus Crash Kills Six Holiday Travelers
Six holiday excursionists were killed and 43 injured when their truck skidded off the road in Kingstown Jamaica and struck a tree. The crash occurred Monday, prompting investigations by local authorities and emergency responders.
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Kingstown
Jamaica
Wage Board Chief Defends Steel Pay Formula
Senate hearing heard Wage Stabilization Board Chairman Nathan P. Feinsinger defend the board’s steel dispute pay recommendations as within jurisdiction. He rebutted claims of authority overreach and said the amendment by Senator Morse would not alter the board’s regulatory framework.
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Washington
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Wage Stabilization Board
New Limbs For Joann
Columbus one year old Joann McCarty born without arms learned to feed herself with her toes and thread a needle. On Monday she received artificial arms donated by a Shriner's group. Her smile and swing indicate she will soon master using them.
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Columbus
Joann McCarty
Joan
Associated Press
Joann
Son Jailed, Charleston Pastor Vows Long Fast
Charles Lovejoy, 22, drew a year in jail for involuntary manslaughter after pleading guilty to killing Clyde Casdorph, 23, in a October fist fight. His father, Rev. Ira Lovejoy of the United Gospel Mission, vowed to fast until God moves on his son’s behalf.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charles Lovejoy
Ira Lovejoy
United Gospel
Lovejoy
Clyde Casdorph
UN Tank Forces Smash Enemy On Central Korean Front
United Nations forces report a major armored attack on the central Korean front with 54 Allied tanks firing 1 hour 45 minutes from positions in front of UN lines. 300 Chinese Reds killed or wounded, bunkers field gun and 16 gun emplacements destroyed or damaged. Allied infantry later retook a hill east of the Pukhan River after a night engagement with Chinese forces.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U. S
Eighth Army
Pukhan River
Jersey Phone Strike Ends Piecemeal Pacts Readied
New Jersey Bell reaches a $4 a week raise and benefits with 10,000 CIO CWA operators in Newark ending one of several wire strikes. Federal mediators push to resolve Western Electric dispute affecting 16,000 workers as pickets threaten to halt service in multiple states.
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New Jersey
Western Electric Co
Newark
N.J
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company
CIO Communications Workers of America
New York
Western Electric
Bell System
Ohio
Michigan
Fifteen Die as B 36 Crashes on Takeoff at Fairchild
A B 36 bomber from the 326th Squadron of the 92nd Bomb Wing crashed on takeoff from Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane Washington early today. Fifteen of the 17 aboard were killed and two crewmen suffered serious burns. The plane crashed in a farmer's field half a mile northwest of the base and burst into flames. Ernest Alf, who witnessed the crash, described a loud explosion and a large fire near his home.
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Spokane
Wash
Fairchild Air Force Base
92Nd
Ernest Alf
Wanger Case Goes to Court Without Expected Testimony
Walter Wanger's assault with a deadly weapon case proceeds to a judge deciding fate from grand jury transcripts after prosecutors and defense drop live testimony. Lang wounded in Beverly Hills incident with producer claiming home breakup. Lang and Bennett deny romantic link.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Walter Wanger
Hollywood
Wanger
Filmland
Lang
Miss Bennett
Harry L. Borde
Giesler
Missouri River Flood Devastates Midwest Farmlands
The Missouri River flood devastates Council Bluffs and Omaha areas as 20 000 homeless in the Missouri valley and 18 939 families across eight states flee. Red Cross warns the disaster ranks among the largest in 71 years of relief operations. Army engineers predict continued high waters and looming repairs as rainfall returns.
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Council Bluffs
Missouri
Mississippi
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Red Cross
Dakotas
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Washington
Ormada Council Bluffs
Twin Cities
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
Missouri River
Don G. Shingler
Missouri River Division
Missouri Valley
Ohio Bell Service Hit By Walkout After Strike
Cleveland reports a new walkout after a CIO communications workers strike ended with weekly pay hikes of 4 to 7 dollars. Western Electric strikers picketed Bell exchanges in five cities as 12 000 CWA members were ordered not to cross lines. About 900 WE workers nationwide join the wage dispute with talks in New York.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bell [Telephone Co
CIO J Communications
Ohio Bell
Western Electric Co
William J. Walsh
CWA
Bell
Columbus
Akron
Toledo
Canton
Western Electric
Ohio
New York
Truce Talks Stall Over Prisoner Exchange Plans
Korean truce negotiators met for 25 seconds with no progress as talks on prisoner exchange remain unresolved. Peiping radio said the UN Command delayed resuming conferences on POW exchanges while Allies weigh Russia's post armistice role and airfield rebuilding.
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Munsan
Peiping
Russia
Korea
Red
Higher Farm Budget Seen
A House appropriations forecast of a national food shortage by 1975 could push Congress to raise the 1953 Agriculture Department budget. House farm State leaders say they will use the projection as leverage when considering the budget bill, which calls for 724,003,699 for the year starting July 1, a 24,412,129 cut from the Truman request.
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Washington
House
Congress
Agriculture Department
Truman
Spring Snow Hits Northern Ohio Amid Early Spring Weirdness
Snow fell across northern Ohio with reports from Salem Akron and Canton as two inches stood in Salem by 9 a.m. The unusual late winter disturbance melted in Canton while Akron and other areas saw lingering drizzle and cloudy skies.
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Ohio
Columbus
Buckeyeland
Salem
Canton
Akron
National Committee to Expose Pro Soviet Forces Behind Eisenhower Formed
John Chapple of Ashland Wisconsin announced a National Committee to Expose the Pro Soviet Forces Behind Eisenhower. He named four honorary vice presidents two of whom declined. Col McCormick and Walter Trohan rejected the idea while Emanuel Josephson and Fred Johnson greeted it favorably.
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Washington
John Chapple
Ashland
Wis
Eisenhower
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Walter Trohan
Tribune
Washington Bwereau
Chapple
Emanuel Josephson
Fred Johnson
Japan Clears Name Of Executed General Homma
The Japanese government cleared the name of Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma, hanged for atrocities in the Philippines. He is listed among 374 former militarists restored to full civil status, making him eligible for public office had he lived.
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Tokyo
Masaharu Homma
Philippines
Homma
Manila
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