Byrnes accuses Truman of falsifying record in Cold War clash
James F. Byrnes charges President Truman with spreading falsehoods about him and replacing history with speculation as they clash over postwar policy. Byrnes defends his resignation as due to a heart ailment and recalls letters and a mutual cordial past amid the Potsdam and Moscow debates.
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Byrnes
Truman
Washington
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Collier's Magazine
President
Russia
Missouri Floodmen Battle Levees in Omaha Council Bluffs
Massive Missouri crest streams into the seven mile Omaha Council Bluffs levee funnel as 24 000 workers soldiers and volunteers shore the dikes with sandbags. The river sits at 30.15 feet as crews race to keep the floodwaters from bursting through toward Kansas City and the plains beyond.
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OMAHA
Missouri
Omaha Council Bluffs
Great River
Twin
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Kansas City
Missouri Valley
Allies and Reds plan renewed prisoner exchange talks
Allied and communist staff officers will restart off the record discussions on North Korea prisoner exchanges after a two week recess. Both sides may have a compromise formula while deadlock over repatriation and neutral truce inspectors persists. Talks resume Friday at 9 pm with UN Command ready to press for progress.
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Munsan
Subcommittee On
William K. Harrison
Red
Russia
Steel Profits Questioned in Wage Board Battle in Cleveland
Republic Steel president Charles M. White criticized Ellis Arnall over pay raise figures saying steel firms would net only about $2 a ton if the Wage Stabilization Board proposal is approved. He cited alleged distortions and noted after tax profits are far lower than claimed. In Cincinnati a bridge accident killed Leslie Lee Jones, 56, of Cleves, swept to his death from the Hooven Bridge into the Great Miami River.
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Cleveland
Wage Stabilization Board
Republic Steel Corp
Republic
Charles M. White
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
White
Cincinnati
Leslie Lee Jones
Cleves, O
Miami River
Hooven
Washington
Steel Industry
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
CIO
Steel Company
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
Truman
Murray
Enemy Jets Break Lull In Air Duels Over Korea
North Korea air battles pitted U S Sabres against Communist MIGs with six duels logged. Fifth Air Force reports one MIG shot down and three damaged. total allied losses uncertain. Morning and afternoon fights involved 70 Sabres fending 58 MIGs with further patrol actions on western and central fronts.
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Seoul
U. S
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
United Nations
Video To Aid Civil Defense
FCDA official says closed circuit television may aid civil defense education in Columbus. TV is not receivable at homes but wired to specific receivers. Johnson outlines five objectives including training distribution, federal local cooperation, emergency mass training, volunteer recruitment, and secure information transmission.
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Columbus
Federal Civil Defense Administration
FCDA
Jack T. Johnson
Institute For Education
Radiotelevision
Few Draft Deferment Changes Forecast in 1953 and 1954
Dr. Arthur S. Flemming, president of Ohio Wesleyan University and assistant to the director of defense mobilization, told the American College Public Relations Association that draft deferment policies are likely to stay the same through this year and next with possible changes later in 1954.
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Cleveland
Arthur S. Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Flemming
Defense Mobilization
American College Public Relations Ation
Future of Southeastern Ohio Rests On Economic Advances
The Southeastern Ohio Regional Council heard F. B. Smith and Gov. Lausche urge development of agriculture alongside industry to lift the eight county area. Smith stressed diversified agriculture, dairy, poultry and forestry to stabilize gains and create jobs, while Lausche advocated controls on strip mining and timber cutting to aid regional progress.
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Southeastern
Ohio
SORC
Southeastern Ohio
Smith
Truman hints at right to seize press and radio outlets
Washington editors reacted to President Truman's remark at his news conference suggesting the president could seize newspapers and radio stations to serve the country, as he did steel. While some reporters feared dictatorship, others saw no direct assertion of such power.
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Byrnes
Truman
Moscow
East Poland
Germany
Oder River
U.S
Potsdam
Russia
Japan
Washington
White House
United States
Derstood
American Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE
Funds OK'd For Burr Oak
The Ohio wildlife council approved 105 547 for constructing parking and toilet facilities and drilling wells at four fishing and recreation areas. Burr Oak reservoir in Athens Morgan counties Delaware dam area Resthaven Erie County and future Rocky Fork lake and recreation area in Highland and Adams counties will receive facilities mainly for fishermen.
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Columbus
Ohio Wildlife Council
Division of Wildlife
Burry Oak Reservoir
Athens
Morgan Counties
Delaware Dam
Delaware County
Resthaven
Erie County
Rocky Fork
Highland
Adams County
Charles A. Dambach
Wildlife Division
Dems Foiled In Harriman Endorsement Bid
New York Democrats at a $100 plate dinner spotlighted Adlai Stevenson who declined the nomination. County leaders prepared to endorse W Averell Harriman as the state favorite son to keep New York’s 94 vote delegation intact for the July Chicago convention.
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New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Mutual Security Administration
Chicago
Senate
Weekend Warmth With North Cooler Start Next Week
Extended forecast shows temperatures about six degrees above normal with highs near 59 to 67 and lows 39 to 43. Warm through the weekend, cooler for the north Monday and Tuesday, with south portions cooling Tuesday or Wednesday. Scattered showers possible north Monday and south Tuesday.
Ohio education chief says no authority to force school consolidations
Columbus Ohio policy from the State Department of Education states no power to compel districts to consolidate. Dr Clyde M Hissong explained that consolidation rests with local voters and outlines conditions under which the department may act including petitions and public hearings. The policy endorses Southeastern Ohio Superintendents Association guidance on equitable tax revenue shares and preserving local centers.
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Columbus
State Department of Education
Ohio
Clyde M. Hissong
Hocking County
County Board of Education
Hissong
Department of Education
Fire Wrecks 5000 Homes in Tottori Disaster
Police blame Tottori's $41.6 million blaze on illegal wire tapping causing a short circuit. Three suspects jailed as 25,000 left homeless and 120 injured but no fatalities. About 5,000 homes destroyed in Honshu city of 61,000. government allocates $1.1 million to rebuild and $69,000 for temporary shelters.
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Tokyo
Tottori
Honshu
Fostoria Case Cited In U S Grain Probe
Senator Williams cites a report on Fostoria Ohio grain operations as evidence of wasteful handling in the federal grain storage program. He notes the Department of Agriculture leased warehouse space there for 56 250 and later rented it back for 133 553 in what he calls improper use of public funds.
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Washington
Sen. Williams
Ex Marine Convicted Of Scissor Slaying
A Cincinnati jury found former Marine Frank Christopher guilty of second degree murder in the scissor slaying of his brunette sweetheart. The four day trial ended with a verdict after 40 minutes of deliberation, carrying a life imprisonment penalty. The Toledo convention of the National Council of Catholic Men opens in the city for a three day event.
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Cincinnati
Frank Christopher
Toledo
National Council of Catholic Men
Rahway Prison Revolt Grips New Jersey Wing
A group of 232 inmates seized a dormitory at Rahway state prison farm in a riot that left nine guards hostage. Police and extra guards surrounded the facility as officials sought negotiations and a prison probe amid broader state disturbances and a Trenton protest by 69 convicts.
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Rahway
N. J
Rahway State Prison
Trenton State Prison
Trenton
Willliam H. Carty
Orcs
F. Lovell Bixby
Senate Group To Quiz Ohio Union Leader
Senate subcommittee on internal security ends a two day probe into communist activity in northern Ohio by grilling seven witnesses named by John E. Janowitz of Cleveland. Janowitz acted as an FBI informant in Red circles and described UE Local 705 in Alliance as staffed by communists. Herbert Hirshburg denied communist ties at an April 7 UE Local 705 meeting.
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Cleveland
Senate
Ohio
John E. Janowitz
Janowitz
FBI
United Electrical Workers
Senate Subcommittee On Internal Security
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Herbert Hirshburg
Alliance, O
Halt Production Shuts Ravenna Arsenal Workers Walkout
About 400 production workers struck at the Ravenna arsenal operated for the government by a Firestone subsidiary. The walkout, unauthorized per company and union spokesmen, interrupts negotiations for a new contract ongoing for months.
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Ravenna
Ravenna Arsenal
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
CIO
United Steelworkers
Slate Fall Kills Miner At Graham
Tommy Johnson aged 40 died from injuries after a slate fall at Central Coal Co Graham Station about 10 30 am today. He lived in Hartford with wife Frances Duncan Johnson and three children and is survived by his father two brothers and a sister. The body lies at Foglesong funeral home.
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Point Pleasant
Tommy Johnson
Central Coal Co
Graham Station
Johnson
Hartford
Richard Johnson
Frances Duncan Johnson
Foglesong Funeral Home
Firm To Fight Edict Against Fuel Pipeline
Texas-Ohio Gas Co. of Houston plans to contest a staff motion to dismiss its 185 million dollar plan to build a natural gas pipeline from the Texas Mexico line to West Virginia. The Texas Railroad Commission recessed the hearing pending a ruling on dismissal without prejudice. The company must show a market for 505 million cubic feet daily. The firm’s attorney said there is no ground for dismissal.
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Washington
Texas- Ohio Gas Co
Houston
Tex
Texas-Mexico
West Virginia
The
Power Commission
Texas-Ohio
William R. Duff
Mexico
Texas
Robert E. Freer
Mason Gains Chamber Aid
Huntington Industrial committee of the Huntington Chamber of Commerce voted to back the local chamber in opposing a multi million dollar Atomic Energy Commission plant planned near Point Pleasant. No suitable 6000 acre level tract exists near Huntington, said chairman Dorman Miller. The AEC estimated about 35000 workers would be needed to build the plant.
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Point Pleasant
Huntington Chamber of Commerce
C of C
Atomic Energy Commission
Huntington
AEC
Dorman Miller
Chamber of Commerce
Auto Damages Home After Out of Control Crash in Pomeroy
A car driven by William Bailey crashed into the two story Chester home of Mrs Freda Miller at 5 am causing 1500 in damage. Bailey 54 and passengers Harry Coleman 40 and Mrs Geraldine Coleman 28 were arrested for drunken driving intoxication and contributing to delinquency of a minor. The 10 year old Horace Coleman was a passenger and subject to possible delinquency charges. The vehicle crossed a church yard after hitting a culvert and knocked down three mail boxes. Bailey suffered a head laceration.
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Pomeroy
Freda Miller
Chester
Charles Russell
William Bailey
Reedsville
Russell
Bailey
Harry Coleman
Long Bottom
Geraldine Coleman
Coleman
Horace Coleman
Clark Praises 37th Division After Polk Inspection
Gen Mark Clark chief of army field forces says the 37th Infantry Division is making fine progress at Camp Polk Louisiana during a two day inspection. He notes the unit in advanced training and could be combat prepared soon if not depleted by personnel levies to Korea.
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Camp Polk
Mark Clark
Army Field Forces
37Th Infantry
Clark
Ohio National Guard
37Th
Korea
Oral Kreber
Three Youths Drown In River Adventure
Pittsburgh police hunted the rain swollen Ohio River for three boy victims after a spring river outing went wrong. The youths James A. Britsch 17 Philip Lamb 14 and Charles Boakser 16 were Allegheny Vocational High School students who vanished after an abandoned raft incident following a spring day outdoors.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
James A. Britsch
Philip Lamb
Charles Boakser
Allegheny Vocational High School
Lakewood Police Radar Checks Train Speeds
Cleveland suburb officers use radar to measure train speeds through Lakewood. Of 41 trains checked, two exceeded the speed limit, prompting potential citations or action.
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Cleveland
Lakewood
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