Heat Wave Delays Mason School Opening Amid Polio Fears
Heat continues to grip the region with temperatures above 100 degrees as Mason County reports polio cases delaying Mason schools to September 8. Point Pleasant records high heat. several communities face water shortages and plan beach relief while weather officials predict little relief through Tuesday.
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E. M. Poston
Athens
Point Pleasant
Kenneth W. Shaffer
Mason County
FE. C. Winger
Gallipolis
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
Weather Bureau
United States
Chicago
New England
Ste
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Air Force Budget Row Flows Through Legion Convention
At the 25th American Legion convention in St Louis a debate over 1954 Air Force budget cuts emerged. National commander Lewis Gough urged efficiency, while Virginia leaders push to restore a 143-wing force as a large 40 and 8 parade drew 75 000 spectators. The National Security Commission urged a stronger Air Force and reserve strength. The executive committee limited discussion on some points.
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Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wisc
American Legion
Commissioners On
National Security
St. Louis
McCarthy
Congress
Air Force
Lewis K. Gough
Pasadena
Calif
Air National Guard
Air Reserve
Gough
National Security Commission
Thomas E. Paradine
New York
Strategic Air Command
Legion
Joe Hodges
The
Virginia
France
Reactionary Yanks Held In Tent City
American prisoners of war held by the Chinese in a tent city four miles south of Kaesong include Americans Britons and Turks. Sgt Harley J. Coon of Dayton says many were sentenced by the Communists and told they would not be repatriated until serving their sentences. He notes most inmates are sergeants and officers and heavily guarded with three Americans from Camp 4 at Wiwon among them.
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Freedom Village
Ohio
Eds
Kaesong
Harley J. Coon
Dayton
Coon
Tent City
Wiwon
Walkout Ends At Firestone
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co ends four day strike by 25 500 CIO United Rubber Workers in eight cities. Agreement reached Sunday night provides a 12 cent hourly raise package including a 5 cent general increase raising average pay for production and maintenance workers to 2.10 dollars per hour.
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Cleveland
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
CIO
United Rubber
Firestone
Five Children Die in Plum Township Fire
A mother Hattie Krizanich and her five children died in a house blaze in Plum Township. Paul Krizanich, 40, escaped with burns to his arms after attempting to rescue the family. The victims were Janet Lee 10 Paul Jr 8 Larry Ervin 5 Karl Edward 2 and Shirley 6 weeks. He blamed a possible matches habit by Paul and noted the children were ready for Hardy School tomorrow.
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Pittsburgh
Plum Township
Paul Krizanich
Hattie
Janet Lee
Paul Jr
Larry Ervin
Karl Edward
Shirley
Krizanich
Paul
Hardy School
Refugee Bill Delay Urged by Sen Watkins
Sen. Watkins urged President Eisenhower to delay recommendations for changes to the McCarran-Walter Act. He described Sen. Lehman’s overhaul plan as largely political and noted Republican strength on immigration issues amid critique from the 1952 campaign.
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Washington
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Eisenhower
Lehman
D-Lib-Ny
Fisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Eisenhower Fishes in Fraser Creek First Post-Arrival Cast
President Eisenhower fished St. Louis Creek at his Colorado vacation ranch. He snagged a trout on his first cast after arriving last Thursday, despite a prior elbow bruise that had kept him from fishing since leaving Washington earlier this month.
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Fraser
Colo
St. Louis
Eisenhower
Washington
Operation Tornado aids Flint rebuilds after deadly tornado
In Flint Michigan 81 homes finished with 112 more under construction as volunteers from Detroit Muskegon and across Michigan joined local workers. Over 80 000 man hours logged with Red Cross Red Feather RFC and banks providing materials loans and discounts. The June 8 tornado left 116 dead and many missing with 4500 volunteers on Saturday rising to 5000 Sunday aided by Mayor Donald L. Riegel who called the effort a thrilling success.
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Flint
Mich
Detroit
Muskegon
Red Cross Financial Aid
Red Feather Fund
RFC
Donald L. Riegel
Reds Tighten His Grip on Unions Says Brownell
Atty Gen Brownell tells U S News that domestic Communists are a greater menace now than ever and more active in labor unions. He cites underground activity since Smith Act trials and a drop in party membership from 100000 to about 25000, while warning of propaganda power. He adds no revival for expelled CIO unions and denies clergy concentration.
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Washington
Brownell
U. S. News and World Report
U.S
Communist Party
CIO
Accord Ends Phone Strike In Southwest
A six state CIO Communications Workers strike at Southwestern Bell Telephone Co ended after 11 days at 7:50 a.m. EST. About 53,000 workers will return on their next shifts. The one year contract raises weekly wages from $35 to $95 depending on seniority and job class. A compromise on a clause to curb quickie strikes ended the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
CIO Communications
Third Thug Victim Dies In Garfield Heights Attack
The third man killed by unknown thugs over the weekend died on the way to Marymount Hospital. Stanley Golden, 38, from Windham Portage County, said he was attacked and robbed by two men in a park in Garfield Heights. The other victims were Michael C. Urick 51 and Bernard Clark 28.
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Cleveland
Marymount Hospital
Stanley Golden
Windham
Portage County
Garfield Heights
Michael C. Urick
Bernard Clark
Six Ohio POWs Freed in 27th Exchange
PANMUNJOM-4 The official POW list notes six Ohioans released in the 27th Korean armistice exchange. They are Sgt. 1 C Harley J Coon of Dayton, Sgt. 1 C Marion E Thomas of Akron, Pfc Joseph Hammond of Toledo, Msgt John A Moliter of Fayetteville Route 2, Airman 1 James L Mechaney of Canton, and 1st Lt Daniel D Peterson of Dayton. One West Virginia soldier, Sgt Emmett Boone Martin of Athens, is also listed.
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Harley J. Coon
Dayton
Marion E. Thomas
Akron
Joseph Hammond
Toledo
John A. Moliter
Paysetteville
James L. Mechaney
Canton
Daniel D. Peterson
West Virginia
Emmett Boone Martin
Athens
W. Va
Coaster Ride Fatal at LeSourdsville Park
George Zulock, 26, of Middletown died after leaping from a speeding roller coaster car at LeSourdsville amusement park in Middletown on Sunday, according to witnesses.
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Middletown
Ohio
George Zulock
LeSourdsville
Reds May Free 500 More Gls
AP reports during the Korean War prisoner exchange that 150 Americans largely sergeants and officers were freed at Panmunjom while plans surfaced to release up to 500 more. 250 South Koreans were freed. the Reds promised 400 more prisoners tomorrow including 100 Americans and 25 British. Lt Col James P Carne, a top British officer, was named among those to be handed over.
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Panmunjom
Reds
James P. Carne
Red
Carne
Britain
Gloucestershire Regiment
Peiping
Kaesong
Military Armistice Commission
U. S
Here
Ohio Sesquicentennial Exposition Opens After Record Attendance
At Columbus the Ohio Sesquicentennial Exposition resumes with judging of beef and dairy cattle, sheep, swine, goats, flowers and dairy products. A record throng of 133000 visitors, including Press, Veterans and Armed Forces Day guests, enjoyed the fair after military showcases. Bellefontaine won the Veterans Music and Marching Championship.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bellefontaine
Ohio ‘Veterans
Spanish War Vets Meet in Cleveland
About four thousand veterans who served in 1898 gather in Cleveland for the 55th national encampment. They are joined by the United Spanish War Veterans women’s auxiliary and the Sons and Daughters of United Spanish War Veterans along with several affiliated groups.
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Cleveland
America
United Spanish War Veterans
Women’s Auxiliary
The
Sons and Daughters of United Spanish War Veterans
Trieste Port Stays Quiet Amid Italy Yugoslavia Rift
Trieste continues normal port operations as Italy and Yugoslavia exchange accusations over the free territory. Yugoslavia denies Tito annexation plans for Zone BK and Zone A. Italian units move toward the border, but officials call the actions routine and not alarming.
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Trieste
Adriatic Free
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste “Free Territory
Presi
Dent Tito
Ales Bebler
Idrija
Bebler
U.S
Rome
Belgrade
Seven Killed In Accidents Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports seven people died in Ohio accidents over the weekend, including five traffic deaths. Luka Lawson 48 Cincinnati died in a two car crash on U S 25 north of Sharonville and Allan King 30 Port Chester New York died when his truck struck a bridge abutment over Big Walnut Creek in Columbus Barbara Rauch 3 Canton died after swallowing 50 antihistamine pills Robert Bush 19 Salem car hit a tree in Bedford Nicholas Oltean 15 Cleveland fell into Lake Erie and was fatally injured Marion Moyer 14 Bellevue motorcycle passenger hit a fence.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Lake Erie
Louis B. Lawson
Cincinnati
U. S. 25
Sharonville
Allan King
Port Chester
N.Y
Big Walnut
German Bond Trade Begins
A German-American validation board will start Tuesday to verify ownership of old German dollar bonds in default since World War II. Offices are set up at 30 Broad St New York. Trading will resume once enough valid bonds and rightful owners are established to determine market value and permit orderly transactions.
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New York
Broad St
Wife By Keeps 2nd Husband After Soldier Return
In Lexington Tennessee Ava Nell Cogburn now Mrs James Hern plans divorce from Sgt Jimmie Cogburn who was reported missing and later released by the Communists. She says she will marry Hern again, while Cogburn remains alive but uncontacted since July 1950. Her father Cecil Manney supports the pair as they seek stability. They share a 6 year old son James Danny and have a month old daughter Marilyn Bonita.
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Lexington. Tenn
Ava Nell Cogburn
James Hern
Jimmie Cogburn
Cogburn
Hern
James
Ava Nell
Cecil Manney
U S Franco Accord Near High Stakes Talks
U S Ambassador James C Dunn said negotiations over U S air bases in Spain are very encouraging. He noted good disposition on both sides and optimism that an accord is close pending details and state consultations after Madrid meetings.
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New York
James C Dunn
Spain
United States
U. S
Dunn
Newsmen
Madrid
Washington
State Department
Abandoned Child's Parents Sentenced
Mr. and Mrs. Estill Meade admitted abandoning their infant in front of the Vinton County Children's home over a week ago. Prosecutor W H Lohr charged them with abandonment of a minor child and fined $2 and costs each with six months in the Cincinnati workhouse. They consented to adoption by a Welliston couple. names of the couple were not released.
Former State Farm Official Succumbs
Montpelier Ohio funeral services will be held Tuesday for John M Hodson 74 former state agriculture director under Gov Frank J Lausche 1945 46 He died Saturday in Williams County General Hospital Hodson served as a state representative in 1927 28 and founded the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
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Montpelier
Ohio
John M. Hodson
Frank J. Lausche
Hodson
Williams County General Hospital
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio Postal Clerks Seek Higher Pay Increase Proposal
Ohio federation of post office clerks demands higher starting pay and staged raises from 3270 to 4000 dollars per year with annual increases to 5000 for five years. The 300 delegates elected Walter Yatel president and set Lima as the 24th biennial convention site with officers including Dennis Fuleki Gilbert Holocher Glenn Atkinson Harry Baleigh Michael Billick John Sweeney and Ernest Sposato.
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Akron
Ohio
Congress
Ohio Federation of Post Office Clerks
Walter Yatel
Lama
Lima
Dennis Fuleki
Columbus
Gilbert Holocher
Cincinnati
Glenn Atkinson
Athens
Harry Baleigh
Youngstown
Michael Billick
Toledo
John Sweeney
Ernest Sposato
Lorrain
Union Chief Surrenders on Perjury Charges
Ben Gold, a workers union leader, surrendered in Washington on a three count indictment accusing him of lying in an August 1950 affidavit that he was not a Communist. He posted $10,000 bail after appearing with U.S. marshals at the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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Washington
Ben Gold
Workers Union Presider
Gold
U. 8
Atty
Leo A. Rover
U.S
Charles F. McLaughlin
Group Seeks Bible Barrage From Iron Curtain Nations
In Bonn, a Protestant group led by Rev Dr Carl Mintire claimed the U S State Department refused permission to launch Bible balloons over Iron Curtain countries. Alfred Boerner of the High Commission said clearance from German authorities is sufficient. The group sought Eisenhower’s help.
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Bonn
Germany
PA U
High Commission
State Department
Iron Curtain
Carl MelIntire
Collingswood
N_ J
International Council of Christian Churches
Amsterdam
U. S
Eisenhower
Alfred V. Boerner
The
Canadian Airmen survive bomber crash near Churchill
The Royal Canadian Air Force reports eight airmen survived a Lancaster bomber crash near Churchill after it disappeared in a violent electrical storm. A rescue plane was sent to aid the crew.
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Winnipeg
Man
Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAF
Churchill
Air Force
Heavy Rains Flood Texas Homeless Count Reaches 2500
Flooding along the lower Texas coast drives more than 2500 people from homes in Robstown and nearby Linear, with Lin ton evacuations reaching 450. Floodwaters rise slowly, disrupting drainage and causing mounting property damage but no reported deaths. Evacuations continue as more rain is forecast.
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Robstown
Tex.s
Texas
Linton
Corpus Christi
South Texas
Ben A. Bennett
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Mason
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W. F. Hase
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Horace Wundram
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Flints
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Accord
News Index
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Pomeroy-Middleport
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Gulf
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