McCarthy Splits Over Who Decides Charges in Dispute
Senate debate centered on McCarthy offering to let a committee headed by Senator McCarran decide who is right in his feud with the State Department over charges of communism. He named 26 officials as communists, drawing protests from Majority Leader McFarland and Senator Lehman while Secretary Humelsine denounced smear tactics. The UN in Korea then faced a two hour and eleven minute silence as talks stagnated over a buffer zone along the 38th parallel, with Nam Il silent and the UN proposing multiple breakup options.
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McCarthy
McCarran
Cnccecten
Fritim
Adamant Reds
Washington
Wis
State Department
D-New
Senate
Internal Security
McFarland
D-Ariz
Lehman
D-Ny
Phillip C. Jessup
Jessup
Carlisle H. Humelsine
McCarran Committee
Korea
United Nations
United Nations Command
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam Il
Red
Nam
William P. Nuckols
UN Command
Nuckols
Admiral Joy
Joy
UN Come Mand
Kaesong
South Korea
Robert Warren Barnett
Societ
Barnett
Communist Party
United States
Philip Raine
Robert G. Miller
Raine
Mexico City
McCarthy Attacks and Denials Over State Department Names
McCarthy listed several State Department personnel as tied to communism or espionage and pressed for loyalty reviews. Respondents including Barnett, Raine, Davies, Harris, Margolies, Brunauer, and others denied or defended their loyalties while awaiting board decisions or clarifications.
Legion Opens State Meeting In Columbus
A flag bedecked Columbus hosts the 33rd annual state convention as more than 10,000 Legionnaires and their wives gather for three days of meetings and a parade. The executive committee revoked charters of three posts Iron ton Youngstown and Columbus for violations of liquor laws and failure to meet membership standards.
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Columbus
American
Ironton
Youngstown
Frank D. Goldcamp
Legion
Harrison Memorial Post
Appleby- Kelch
FBI To Investigate Ohio Power Sabotage
Brooke County Sheriff Richard Hogg said FBI will examine evidence of alleged sabotage at the Ohio Power Company plant in Power West Virginia. He sent to the Bureau a section of cut cable. The CIO International Utility Workers of America were on strike at the plant and other Ohio power operations.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Brooke County
Richard Hogg
FBI
Ohio Power Company
Power
CIO International Utility Workers of America
Ohio Power
Weather Outlook for Columbus Sees Near Normal Temps
Temperatures will average near normal with a normal high of 82 and a low of 62. A warm Saturday followed by a cooler Sunday brings little change thereafter. Precipitation totals about half an inch with scattered showers Saturday night Monday and around Wednesday.
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Columbus
Polish Edict Brings Out In Services
State Department says Russia tightens grip on Poland and Poland orders end to all American cultural activities. The U S closes the Polish Research and Information Service in New York in retaliation. Washington links moves to Molotov visit and Shvernik letter. President Truman notes the Soviet pledge to remove barriers to international people to people contact.
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State Department
Russia
Poland
Warsaw
Polish Research and Information Service
New York
Michael J. McDermott
Vyacheslav Molotov
Truman
Nikoali Shvernik
Molotov
Marshal Tito
Shvernik
Bureau of Standards Director Quits Post
Dr Edward A. Condon reportedly resigns as director of the Bureau of Standards. Government sources say he is leaving the agency to take a private position after years marked by scrutiny from a House subcommittee over atomic security. Condon declined to confirm or deny the report.
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Washington
Edward A. Condon
Bureau of Standards
House un-American Affairs
Condon
Military Defense Bill Heads To House Vote
The House prepared to approve a $5.768 billion military construction bill to bolster U S defense here and abroad against Communist aggression and the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced a $7.8487 billion foreign aid bill to assist allied nations in strengthening their military and economic capacity.
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Washington
House
U. S
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Iron Curtain Youths Visit West Berlin
Iron Curtain youths eluded tightened police controls to visit free West Berlin for the second mass invasion wave. Delegates came from the East Berlin Festival and surrounding Russian occupation zone as shortages of supplies and housing forced five day shifts for the two week show.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Berlin
State Begins Hard Drive On Narcotics
Columbus reports a plan by a governor’s narcotics committee to wipe out illegal drug traffic in Ohio. The first step is to issue law officers a booklet with drug facts, laws, how to identify addicts and marijuana users, drug characteristics, and required evidence for drug convictions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jet Planes Set Records At Speed And Distance
In Shreveport Barksdale Air Force Base reports an RB-45 jet bomber averaged 886 mph a possible record for its type aided by a jet air stream traveling 225 to 300 mph. In Washington the Air Force Stratojet B-47 flew 2800 miles non stop from Fairbanks Alaska to Wichita Kansas at 500 mph setting a distance record for that bomber.
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Sheveport
Barksdale Air Force Base
Washington
Air Force
Fairbanks
Alaska
Wichita
Kan
Ike's Backers Agree General Isn't Interested
Republican backers of Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower agree with President Truman that the general is not interested in the Democratic presidential nomination. Senator Carlson says Eisenhower’s availability for the Republican nomination will depend on the situation in Europe.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Carlson
Eisenhower
Europe
Seven Goodrich Plants Grant Wage Increases
About 16 000 workers across seven B F Goodrich plants will receive a 13 cent per hour wage increase under a agreement signed yesterday. Affected plants include Akron Los Angeles Cadillac Michigan Sting On Tenns Pa Miami Okla and Ala.
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New York
B. F. Goodrich
Akron
Los Angeles
Cadillac
Mich
Sting
Tenns
Miami
Okla
Ala
Army Cadet Claims Prison Threat Over Cheating Scandal
Harold Loehlein, Army captain elect for 1951, says he was pressured with prison threats to reveal others in the exam cribbing scandal at West Point. The Kimball, Minnesota native told New York Journal American he named 20 cheaters while being coerced by three lieutenant colonels in a bare conference room during the inquiry. He notes he has not yet been notified of personal involvement and criticizes the handling of information.
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West Point
N.Y
Harold Loehlein
Army
U.S. Military Academy
Kimball, Minn
New York Journal American
Loehlein
Accord Seen In Oil Tie Up
TEHRAN Iran Britain move toward breaking an oil deadlock by naming a committee to draft a receipt system for tankers shipping oil from Abadan. Education Minister Harim Sanjabi of Iran announced the step after Sir Donald Ferguson outlined nationalization principles used by Britain's Labor government.
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Iran
Britain
Abandan
Persian Gulf
Harim Sanjabi
Donald Ferguson
Ayres Refused College Deferment Test Access
Rep. Ayres of Ohio disclosed a letter from Selective Service director Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey stating the college deferment examination cannot be taken by Ayres. The policy allows only registrants to sit the test, and deviating could invite further requests from non-eligibles. Ayres sought to test alongside prospective draftees to learn how the exam proves exemption from military service.
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Washington
Selective Service
Rep
Ayres
Rohio
Ohioan
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Ohio Indiana Plan Historical Restoration
Ohio and Indiana plan a master restoration of historical sites along the Anthony Wayne Memorial Highway from Cincinnati to Toledo to Fort Wayne. The Wayne Parkway Commissions held a joint session and voted to start a survey program across all counties in the parkway district.
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Defiance
Ohio
Indiana
Anthony Wayne
Cincinnati
Toledo
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Troop Train in Collision Kills At Least Five
SIMMESPORT La AP A head-on crash of a 300 Marine troop train and a Louisiana and Arkansas passenger train killed at least five persons. State police reported four dead initially but raised to five with the death of an unidentified child bystander.
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Louisiana
L. W. Graves
Southern Belle
Mariney
Simmesport
Air Action Over Korea Flare as Bombers Hit Western Yards
U S Eighth Army reports heavy undercast as twelve B 29s escorted by Australian Meteor jets strike 20 track yards near Hwangju. Earlier raids dropped 100 tons on two yards. Flak light, all planes returned. Red jets and US fighters clashed, with RF 80 damaged and MIG 15s repelled by F 86s. Ground action limited by rain.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Hwangju
Locks and Dams To Continue On Muskingum River
Huntington Ohio article reports the Army Corps of Engineers postponed indefinitely plans to abandon locks and dams on the Muskingum River from Marietta to Zanesville. Col. Walter Krueger Jr said no action will occur until Congress reviews the case, with several towns along the river protesting and Gov Lausche requesting postponement until the Ohio legislature meets again.
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Huntington
W. Va
Army Corps of Engineers
Muskingum River
Marietta
Zanesville
Walter Krueger, Jr
Huntington Engineers’ District
Congress
Muskingum
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Col. Krueger
New Details Expected On Far East Spying
Senate investigators focus on MacArthur era ties as Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby testifies to the Internal Security subcommittee. He links several American and foreign members of a World War II Russian spy ring to the Institute of Pacific Relations and says new documents may reveal more about Far East espionage.
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Washington
House
Far East
Douglas MacArthur
Charles A. Willoughby
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Institute of Pacific Relations
Lewistown Man Wins Contour Plow Championship
Martin Cummins of Lewistown Logan County won the state contour plowing title at Silver Heels Farm with 91.9 points. Runner up was William Himelrich of Barberton with 81.5 points, followed by Robert Staats Danville Bob Linkhart New Vienna Kirk Moreland Marion Glenn Kroft East Fultonham Burdette Hann McConnelsville and Ronda Berllcamp Seneca County.
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Martin Cummins
Lewistown
Logan County
Silver Heels Farm
William Himelrich
Barberton
Robert Staats
Danville
Bob Linkhart
New Vienna
Kirk Moreland
Marion
Glenn Kroft
East Fultenham
Burdette Hann
McConnelsville
Ronda Berllcamp
Seneca County
More Charges Brought Against Air Force Colonel
A congressional committee resumed its inquiry into the veterans education program in Texas and charged Lt. Col. Leon P. Howell with falsifying travel vouchers obtaining unauthorized medical services and other irregularities. The panel alleges he used his VA position for personal profit.
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Washington
Air Force
Veterans Administration
Texas
Veterans’ Education Program
Leon P. Howell
Hoover is 77 in Alto California birthday note
Former president Herbert Hoover reaches 77 today in Alto California in a brief tribute noting the milestone.
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Hoover
Ee Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
State to Buy Land to Expand Fairgrounds
Columbus reports the state will start purchasing land adjacent to the State Fairgrounds to roughly double the exposition area. Howard S. Foust, manager of the fairgrounds, announced plans to acquire about 125 acres, with the current grounds totaling around 135 acres.
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Columbus
Howard S. Foust
Vinson Seeks Carrier Name Honoring Forrest Sherman
Chairman Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee said he would seek to name a proposed new super aircraft carrier after the late Admiral Forrest Sherman. The suggestion aims to honor Sherman’s service and influence on naval aviation and carrier design.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Armed Services Committee
Forrest P. Shieman
Two F 86 Sabre Jets Crash Land Near Augusta Utopia
Dayton based UP reports two F 86 Sabre jets crash landed Wednesday night near Augusta and nearby Utopia Ohio injuring one pilot. Local authorities are investigating the incident and conditions at the crash sites remain under review.
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Dayton
Augusta
Utopia
Ohio
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