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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1951
Page
1
Ohio Governor Lausche private White House talk sparks rumors about 1952 candidacy as he urged Truman to run again. Leaders across parties weigh Eisenhower hints and South opposition to Truman’s program while Bricker and Taft supporters eye Ohio race dynamics.
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche sparked Washington intrigue by suggesting to President Truman that he should be the 1952 presidential candidate. Back home, Democrats doubted the remark, while analysts weighed whether Lausche seeks a national role or a four term governorship or even the baseball commissioner post.
A bullet riddled Polish trainer carrying four Poles including a woman landed at Bulltofta Airport near Malmoe Sweden after a dawn escape from Poznan. The group fled amid gunfire and arrived with weapons before being taken to a refugee camp.
Washington reports American births near the 1947 all time high as the Public Health Service links a June 1950 license upswing at the start of the Korean War to a rising birth pace. If the trend lasts through 1951 a new record may be set.
The House plans a vote next week on whether to take a hard or soft line to secure AP correspondent William N. Oatis’s release from a Prague jail. Backers of a tougher approach postponed the decision to Thursday, Aug. 9 due to only 68 of 434 representatives being present yesterday.
The House Banking Committee passed a $1.7 billion housing bill aimed at boosting living arrangements in key defense regions. The action signals federal support for improved facilities near critical defense sites.
Waxey Gordon the 63 year old prohibition era mobster known for tax crimes faces federal narcotics charges in New York. He appears with three others on heroin possession counts with $500000 bail set and potential life imprisonment as a fourth offender under state law.
Senator Byrd urges a congressional investigation into charges that Democratic National Chairman William Boyle profited from an RFC loan. He says the president should not delay and notes the Senate Expenditures Committee may examine the case. President Truman says he is seeking the facts and leaves Senate choice to investigate.
Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip accepted an invitation to visit President Truman in Washington from October 24 to 26. The royal visit signals strong U S UK ties and ceremonial exchanges during the fall season.
Washington reports the Wage Stabilization Board backs a cost of living wage increase for all workers. New credit terms ease installment debt, with auto dealers and home appliance firms anticipating demand, trade-in value debates, and price cuts in bedsheets and lighting.
In Susanville California Walter E Arwhler a 69 year old self described Civil War veteran known to the Veterans Administration as a long running fake heart attack scam left Riverside Hospital after Dr Arthur Bachlor informed him of exposure. He fled the hospital and disappeared leaving staff startled by his abrupt departure.
Pickets formed at the $750,000 addition site in POINT PLEASANT as iron workers union members picketed the Lakin State Hospital project this morning. By 10 45 a m the line had thinned and most workers had left. the general contractor E P Leach and Son Construction Co Huntington and subcontractors were not sure who was striking or if a strike existed.
Fire bombing F-80 Shooting Star jets opened a path for United Nations troops to seize a hill on the central Korean front as patrol clashes and day long battles continued. Allied forces advanced up to two miles along a seven mile front near Kumwha and Kumsong with continued engagements across Yanggu Kansong and Korangpo areas.
Berlin airlift moves 90 tons of export products to West Germany in the last 24 hours, more than doubling the prior two days. Three airlines report awaiting more freight planes to raise totals, with officials avoiding guesses on final size while noting a possible daily goal of 200 tons.
Senator McMahon of Connecticut proposed a US Soviet exchange inviting 14 Soviet Politburo members to visit Washington and a congressional delegation to Moscow. He said the talks could show peaceful intent and let leaders decide if the other side wants peace or war. He planned to discuss sponsoring resolutions with colleagues.
Full production at Aliens Foundry and Machine Works will resume Monday after company officials announced an agreement with the striking employers. Some workers return this afternoon while the pact calls for a National Labor Relations Board election to determine union recognition.
Talks on a wage dispute involving Ohio Power Co workers were set to resume in Wheeling West Virginia. CIO Utility Workers official William Pachler said the union would accept a 22 cent hourly increase if union officials could determine how the raise is distributed.
Former French premier Rene Pleven, from the UDSR, accepts order from President Vincent Auriol to form a new government after Socialist Guy Mollet refused. Leaders have spent 25 days trying to replace Henri Queuille. Pleven’s group sits slightly right of center.
UN delegates in Korea failed to breach an eight meeting deadlock over a cease-fire line. Joy demanded non troops and air units, while Nam I argued for a latitude based demarcation. UN ships and planes conducted operations as talks continued with no direct replies from the communists.
Three more aliens surrendered in New York bringing custody to 16 in the Civil Rights Congress Bail roundup. One more surrendered in Boston and Philadelphia as the government voided CRC bail. All face deportation as Communist Party members or Red connections amid a nationwide directive.
In Columbus a 63 year old consulting chemist Dr Oliver Max Urbain and his 60 year old wife were found dead yesterday in their hotel apartment shot through the head. Coroner Dr Robert Evans said it appeared to be homicide death by own action and noted a note signed by Urbain mentioning illness. The pair had been dead about four days. Urbain held a PhD from Ohio Northern University 1928 and formerly worked at Battelle Memorial Institute. Friends say he was born in Europe and educated mainly in Germany.
Huntington Ohio district officials said four Muskingum River dams abandoned by the Corps of Engineers will be discussed with local groups. Col. Walter Kreuger Jr. announced representatives will be on site next Tuesday to explain details and potential takeover options.
Ohio farmers report a poor wheat harvest this year due to a severe winter a cold spring and plant diseases. Yields fall well below both last year and the ten year average beginning in 1940 according to a preliminary statewide survey.
Iran and Britain agreed to begin fresh negotiations over the oil nationalization dispute. Foreign Minister Bagher Kazemi and British envoy met in Tehran while U.S. envoy Harriman was absent. a London mission led by Richard R. Stokes prepared to depart for Tehran to start talks.
A strike at two large dairies and a shutdown of 41 others cut off milk deliveries in the Cincinnati area. The strike involved drivers at French Bauer and Sealtest dairies as management associations were declared a single unit by the National Labor Relations Board.
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