Fechteler Chosen by Truman for Top Navy Command
Admiral William M. Fechteler was nominated by President Truman to be Chief of Naval Operations succeeding the late Admiral Forrest Sherman. The nomination was sent to the Senate and would fill the Atlantic Fleet post, with Lynde D. McCormick slated as commander and Donald P. Duncan likely to become vice chief. The move also touches NATO plans for a supreme Allied commander in the North Atlantic amid Britain’s protest.
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Washington
William M. Fechteler
Truman
Senate
Fechteler
Atlantic Fleet
Forrest P. Sherman
Europe
Arthur W. Radford
Radford
Navy
Adm
Lynde D. McCormick
McCormick
Donald P. Duncan
England
House aims to trim foreign aid by 700 million dollars
Washington AP The House Foreign Affairs Committee begins drafting an aid bill with an 8.5 billion program and a target of trimming 700 million. Senators weigh major changes including a new agency outside the State Department, spreading the program over two years, and dismantling the ECA once tied to the Marshall Plan.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
A. Franklin Kibler
U.S
Charles M. Spofford
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Milton Katz
ECA
Europe
William S. Batt
NATO
Richards
D-Sc
House
Brewster
R-Me
State Department
Hearing Set on Ohio Senate Campaign Complaints
Newly appointed counsel of the Senate Elections Subcommittee said a hearing is hoped within a month on complaints from last year’s Ohio senatorial campaign.
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Washington
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Ohio
Emergency Crews Run Argentina's Railways
The government mobilized emergency crews to operate strikebound railways after blasts crippled the system. President Peron's regime blamed alien forces as the Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen again refused to report for duty. Mounted police were deployed to provincial stations to maintain order.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
anti-Peron Brotherhood of Engineers
Hoover Urges Organised Opposition in Campaign
Former President Hoover told Utah Republicans at a Lagoon state meeting to expose oppose and propose as the core of an effective organized opposition. He said such an opposition is the one great safeguard of representative government.
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Salt Lake City
Hoover
Utah
Lagoon
Heat relief as temperatures dip to 51 in Athens
Night-time relief from the heat was welcomed as the mercury fell to 51 degrees in Athens. Earlier, Tuesday saw 74 degrees, while mid-day reached 90. By 9 a.m. today the thermometer stood at 71.
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Athens
Truman to Conference Washington Dispatches
President Truman announced plans to fly to San Francisco to address the Peace Treaty Conference, signaling a major diplomatic push. Officials described the trip as poised to shape postwar settlements and secure U.S. leadership in talks with Allied powers.
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Truman
Washington
San Francisco
Withdrawal of Trade Concessions From Soviet, Satellites Is Outlined
Washington reports outline steps for President Truman to withdraw trade benefits from the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites. The plan begins with a proclamation authorizing action and a letter directing denial of benefits to 13 communist controlled areas, with specific bans on fur imports from China and other countries. Termination timelines vary by country, and talks with Czechoslovakia hinge on a broader tariff agreement.
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Truman
Russia
State Department
Mr. Truman
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Europe
Asia
Red China
Albania
Estonia
East Germany
Indochina
North Korea
Kurile Islands
Latvia
Lithuania
Outer Mongolia
Rumania
Sakhalin
Tanna Tuva
Romania
United States
U.S
Bulgaria
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Geneva
Balloon Over East Seen As Weather Balloon, Not Alien Craft
A silvery object sighted from Cleveland to Maryland was identified as a large plastic weather balloon by a fighter squadron after being tracked from Ohio through Pennsylvania. It drew crowds near Hagerstown and Baltimore as motorists halted to watch, then faded at dusk. The heat of the day may cause it to rise and explode.
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Hagerstown
Cleveland
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Haggerstown
Baltimore
Senate Questions Spread Of Farm Grocer Bills
Washington report on food prices argues price spreads between retail and wholesale are too wide. Senator Aiken calls for a full Chicago investigation to explain why consumer milk prices are high relative to farmers and dairymen earnings.
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Senate
Washington
Aiken
R-Vt
Chicago
President Predicts Ike Availability in 1952
President Truman said Eisenhower’s duties in Europe should not block a potential 1952 presidential bid if he is interested in politics. Senators returning from Europe, one Democrat and one Republican, suggested his role as supreme commander of Western European defense forces might keep him from active presidential candidacy.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Eisenhower
U S Seeks Oatis Release From Czech Prison
Congress and the State Department press for the release of AP correspondent William Oatis from a Czechoslovak prison. The House Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a resolution urging action and sending it to the Senate, UN, and Czech government. Secretary Acheson said steps are being taken but refused specifics to protect Oatis.
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Washington
Congress
State Department
William Oatis
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Oatis
House
Senate
United Nations
State Acheson
Amerman Granted Second Stay of Execution in Slaying
Gov. Lausche again delayed Max Amerman’s death sentence in the Medina County Mast murder to November 15 while the Ohio Supreme Court reviews an appeal by co-defendant Jerry Killinger who also faces execution for the same crime. Killinger had admitted shooting Mast to help Amerman pursue a relationship with Mast’s Norwegian bride Redi.
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Columbus
Max Amerman
Medina County
Harold Mast
Frank J. Lausche
Amerman
State Supreme Court
Jerry Killinger
Killinger
Mast
Redi
Lausche
FFA Boys on Tour Visit Washington D C
Thirteen Future Farmers of America members from Ohio toured Washington D C near the end of an 11 day eastern cities trip. They met Senator Bricker outside the senate chamber. The group included youths from Bremen Lancaster and Rushville.
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Washington
Farmers of America
Ohio
R. M. Foltz
Bremen
Bricker
Senate
Lancaster
Rushville
Veteran faker dupe for VA hospitals exposed
Reno VA officials report a long running con by Walter Engle Arwhler alias Lt John N Boyer 104 claimed civil war veteran. He staged collapses to obtain free hospital care across multiple states, including oxygen tents and private nurses, before disappearing. Another man claiming 104 appeared in Susanville after Arwhiler’s exposure. No action planned against Urwiler.
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Reno
Nev
Veterans Administration
Edward F. Reed
Reno V. A. Center
John N. Boyer
Veteran Administration
Washington
Boyer
Walter Engle Arwhler
San Diego
Pennsylvania
Robert Larson
Chicago
Susanville
Calif
Susanville Hospital
Arwhler
American Medical Association
Urwiler
California
South Carolina
Texas
Korean Armistice Talks Stall Over Buffer Zone Demands
UN and Red negotiators failed to agree on a cease fire buffer along the 38th parallel at Kaesong. Vice Admiral Joy pressed for a defensible line while Lt. Gen Nam Il refused the zone, with talks entering a seventh straight deadlock as sessions continue and a Friday meeting is planned.
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Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Red Peiping
Nam Il
Joy
38Th Parallel
Washington
Pyongyang
Nam
Nuckols
Fiveman Red
North Korea
SEC Counties To Get Allocations From State
The State Board of Tax Appeals estimated 1952 allocations to Ohio local government funds from sales tax and excess state funds. Total $19,701,195 with Athens 66,228.22, Gallia 30,000, Hocking 30,000, Meigs 30,000, Vinton 38,000.
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Columbus
State Board of Tax Appeals
Ohio
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Vinton
Air Depot Renamed for Ohio War Ace Gentile
The 862nd Specialized Depot in Dayton Ohio will be renamed Gentile Air Force Specialized Depot in honor of Maj Don S Gentile an Ohio World War I ace killed January 28 in a jet trainer crash near Washington DC.
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Washington
Air Force
Dayton
Gentile Air Force
Don S. Gentile
Ohio
Gentile
Piqua
Washington, D. C
Dairy Workers Strike Hits Cincinnati Deliveries
A strike by dairy workers disrupts milk deliveries across the greater Cincinnati area, halting shipments and prompting notices from local dairies and unions. The action concentrates on the city and surrounding suburbs as drivers refuse routes.
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Cincinnati
Injunction Breaks Sporn Picket Line at West Virginia Plant
An injunction halted a 15 man picket at the Philip Sporn Plant this morning, served by Mason County deputy T. L. Morrison. Edward Ward of Cleveland led the line, but workers mainly stayed on site with about 400 from the construction crew absent. Unionists accuse the plant of strike breaking, tying power to Ohio Power Co. plants on strike. plant operators report no active labor dispute.
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Point Pleasant
Philip Sporn
Mason County
T. L. Morrison
Edward Ward
Cleveland
Ohio
Sporn
Central Operating Company
Central Coal Company
UWUA
CIO
Ohio Power Co
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Central Coal Co
Ohio Power
Brilliant
Philo
Beechbottom
W. Va
Newsprint Producers Defy Law, Solon Says
Sen. Edwin C. Johnson announces that U S newsprint producers have raised prices by ten dollars a ton in what he calls a blatant breach of price laws. He cites Crown Zellerbach Corp as the carrier of the July twenty price hike and asks for enforcement action from Price Stabilization chief Michael V. DiSalle.
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Solon
Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Colo
United States
Johnson
Senate Commerce Committee
Michael V. DiSalle
Crown Zellerbach Corp
San Francisco
Calif
GI Education and Training Bill for Korean War veterans
Senators George and Kerr introduced a GI Education and Training Bill for Korean War veterans. Eligible veterans with 90 days of service since June 1950 could receive one month of training for each month of active service, with a maximum of four years for interrupted education and up to one year for others.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Kerr
Armed Services
McCarthy Denies Gambling Debt In Columbus Hearing
Sen. McCarthy said he cannot recall gambling at a Columbus craps game and would not have had that much money. Bob Byers Sr testified at a bankruptcy hearing that McCarthy lost $5500 to Byers Jr. at a Columbus hotel party and did not pay. Byers Jr. could not comment.
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Columbus
McCarthy
R-Wis
Hig
Washington Dence
Bob Byers
Ohio
Wisconsin
Bob Byers, Jr
Byers
Girl Can Wed If Rational in Milan
Italian authorities said Claire Young of Chicago may marry Luciano Negrini if psychiatrists declare her rational. A Vatican spokesman warned she would be excommunicated if she marries him, who has just been stripped of priestly functions. The 20 year old was jailed after slapping a policeman when denied extra visitor time after following Negrini to Italy.
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Milan
Italy
Claire Young
Chicago
Luciano Negrini
Vatican
Miss Young
Negrini
China
Legion Sends 1000 From Flood Fund to Kansas Relief
The Ohio American Legion dispatched one thousand dollars from its 1937 flood fund to Kansas to aid flood relief efforts today.
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Legion Aids
Kansas
Columbus
Ohio American Legion
Kansas Legion Today
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