GOP Spokesman Disputes Charge Against Brownell
Washington AP Sen Welker accuses Democrats of using the White case to smear Brownell and the FBI. He criticizes Clayton Fritchey and Stephen Mitchell for political framing as hearings on a Denver jury tampering case approach December 12.
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GOP
Brownell
Washington
Sen. Welker
Idaho
Harry Dexter White
Stephen A. Mitchell
Clayton Fritchey
White
Truman
Welker
Senate Internal Security
Fritchey
Senate
Justice Department
MBS
FBI
Brother Mitchell
J. Edgar Hoover
Jenner
Judiciary Committee
Denver
Crash Kills Ex Governer of Michigan in Tower Collision
Ex governor Kim Sigler, 59, died in a fiery plane crash near Augusta in Kalamazoo County after his four place aircraft struck a radio tower guy wire in dense fog. Also killed were Sigler's secretary Ruth Prentice 41 her sister Virginia Schuyler 28 and Virginia's husband Harold 37 of Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
Kim Sigler
Michigan
Sigler
Ruth Prentice
Virginia Schuyler
New York Newspapers Halted by Photo Engravers Strike
The Herald Tribune joined six major New York papers in a citywide shutdown amid a photo engravers strike. AFL union and publishers negotiate after a federal mediator reported no wage settlement progress. the Herald Tribune declined to be used to pressure others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Herald Tribune
AFL Photo Engravers Union
UN to Open Talks With 30 South Koreans Held by Communists
Allied teams set to interview 30 of 328 missing South Koreans as UN considers their choice between democracy or communism. After these interviews, 22 Americans and 1 Briton remain the focus, with the UNC stressing free choice even for those leaning Communist. Five South Korean interviewers begin the initial session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
UNC
End to Farm Price Props Is Suggested
Two American farm leaders urged ending price supports at an Ohio Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Columbus. G. A. Boger called for phased withdrawal in dairy supports and lowering to 75 percent before complete elimination. Herman Aaberg argued direct cattle supports are unworkable and would harm the industry, linking lower output to drought effects and noting reduced meat supply next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
G. A. Boger
Lehigh Valley Cooperative Farmers
Herman Aaberg
American Farm Bureau Federation
Boger
Aaberg
Ex Red Won t Face Probers
Igor Gouzenko, once a Soviet clerk whose revelations sparked 1946 Canadian spy trials, said he will not be interviewed by the Jenner subcommittee of the U S Senate. The Canadian government had allowed questioning with censorship, but Gouzenko remains a Canadian citizen living under an assumed name in Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Igor Gouzenko
Toronto Telegram
Jenner
U. S. Senate
Gouzenko
Senate
Sen
R-Ind
Canada
Ontario
Ohio Five Day Forecast Warm spell then cool patterns
The forecast calls for temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal Wednesday through Sunday with mild midweek weather and a drop in temperatures Thursday night into Friday. Normal lows are 28 to 30 and highs 41 to 47. Showers are possible Wednesday night and Saturday, totaling between a half and one inch.
Strike Idles 1100 In Beverly Dispute
About 1100 construction workers were idle at the 45 million dollar Ohio Power Co. plant under construction in Beverly. AFL ironworkers struck Monday over a jurisdictional dispute with Collitt Construction Co. of South Bend Indiana, the general contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Ohio
Ohio Power Co
Beverly
AFL Ironworkers Union
Collitt Construction Co
South Bend
Ind
One Too Many? Film Producer Pleads Innocent to Drunk Driving
West Los Angeles film producer Howard Kroger Babb pleaded innocent to a drunk driving charge in connection with his film One Too Many that attacks alcoholism. He requested a jury trial and his $250 bail was continued.
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West
Los Angeles
Calif
Howard Kroger Babb
Elks Charity Newsie Drive to Aid Needy Families
Athens residents join a fund raising effort with the Elks Charity Newsie to support Benevolent Protective Order of Elks charities. Professional volunteers will sell The Messenger on Dec 5 with proceeds aiding Christmas relief for local families and cerebral palsy victims. a charity ball closes the day at the Elks Club in Athens.
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Peter Seel
Elks Day
Athens
Logan
Gallipolis
Nelsonville
Elks Charity
Newsie
The
Messenger
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks Charities
Turkey
Jack Sweeney
University Terrace
Elks
Rival union drives to replace CIO at Columbus North American plant
In Columbus Ohio a group seeks to oust the CIO United Auto Workers bargaining unit at the North American Aviation plant. A spokesman derides the effort as a phone booth organization while another representative says a petition to the National Labor Relations Board is underway though short of the required signatures. Police report ongoing violence related to the strike and an explosion damaged a garage rear.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clio-United Auto Workers Union
Columbus North American Aviation, Inc
Frank Wallick
CIO Uen
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
Tinue
NLRB
Two Women Share Death Date At Ohio Reformatory
Two women on death row at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville are slated for electrocution on January 15. Betty Butler, 24, of Cincinnati, convicted of first degree murder, faces an appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court. Davie Dean, Batavia, convicted of arsenic murder, awaits a governor-extended date and possible delay.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Reformatory For Women
Marysville
First District Court of Appeals
Betty Butler
Evelyn Clark
Ohio Supreme Court
Davie Dean
Batavia
Hawkins
Frank J. Lausche
Supreme Court
Steer Judging Reaches Climax at International Exposition
The fourth annual International Livestock Exposition neared its grand champion steer selection as Carlyle Greathouse of Hindsboro Illinois showcased Little Stuff, an Aberdeen Angus, while junior champion Blackie owned by Richard Carey of Mineral Point Wisconsin was disqualified for age.
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Chicago
North America
America
Carlyle Greathouse
Hindsboro
Blackie
Richard E. Carey
Mineral Point
Wis
Rhee aide accuses Japan of targeting Koreans
Seoul reported Foreign Minister Pyun Yung Tai charged that Japan persecutes Korean residents. He said such actions contradict Japan’s stated desire to resume deadlocked Korean Japan talks and warned Japan will be held responsible for any evil consequences from fanning Korean national ill will.
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Seoul
Pyun Yung Tai
Japan
Pyun
Korea
Trains Crash in Patterson Hurts 16 Passengers
Two Erie Railroad passenger trains collided Monday near Patterson New Jersey injuring at least sixteen people. Railroad officials opened an investigation as emergency crews assisted victims and secured the wreckage.
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Patterson
N. J
Erie Railroad
Union Cuts Pay Demands In Peace Bid
In Los Angeles North American Aviation faces a strike with union negotiators trimming pay asks. The CIO United Auto Workers reduced demands from 26 cents to 20 cents for skilled workers and 70 cents for others, while the company’s offer of 8 to cents an hour remains final. John W. Livingston states further concessions include eliminating a low pay class and dropping pension, severance, and seniority/arbitration demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
North American Aviation Inc
FE. D. Starkweather
North American
CIO
United Auto Workers
John W. Livingston
UAW
No Scouting Rule Discussed by Ohio Conference
The Ohio Conference debated a no scouting agreement at its fall meeting in Columbus. Bill Bernlohr urged adoption of the pact from Capital University, but the measure was tabled after a 1-4 director vote and later halted by faculty representatives. Conference officials say final approval could set a nationwide precedent affecting all sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Bill Bernlohr
Capital University
Kenneth L. Cochrane
Akron University
Blast Wrecks Home in Toledo Hurt Four Persons
A Monday blast in Toledo destroyed a two story frame house and knocked out area telephone service. Flames rose 30 feet. Four people were injured including two year old Camelia Nietz who burned severely, her brother Nathan 5, and Mrs. Howard Layman 39 and her son Dean 4. Cause of the explosion under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Camelia Nietz
Nathan
Howard Layman
Dean
Governor Bid Denied By General Van Fleet
Miami report of Eisenhower urging Gen. James A. Van Fleet to run for Florida governor was denied by Van Fleet who said he had not discussed the subject with the President and was unaware of the story while speaking in Jackson Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Fleet
Miami
Fla
Eisenhower
James A. van Fleet
Florida
Jackson
Miss
Ohio to push Harrison County into federal aid program
Governor Lausche backed action by Welfare Director Judge Henry Robison to force Harrison County into the federal aid to the permanently disabled program. Robison warned of state funds withholding and sought court orders if county commissioners resist participation. Ohio relies on all 88 counties joining to access increasing federal funds. County official Dwight Cunningham argued the county should be weaned from federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Harrison County
Henry J. Robison
Ohio
Harrison
Robison
Supreme Court
Commissioner of Social Security
Washington
Iy County
Dwight Cunningham
AEC Officials Plan Routine Visits in Area
Rep Will E Neal says two Atomic Energy Commission officials will make a routine visit to southern Ohio and Pike County area. The trip by Joseph Campbell and Kenneth P D Nichols is not an inspection of sites for a future peacetime atomic plant. The site near Point Pleasant was requested but not on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W.va
Will E. Neal
R-W Va
Atomic Energy Commission
Ohio
Neal
Pike County Atomic Plant
AEC
Joseph Campbell
Kenneth PD. Nichols
Central Ohio Valley Industrial Council
Nea
Point Pleasant
AEC Dep
Walter J. Neal
Bonnie Heady Shuns Invitations for Execution
Mrs Bonnie Brown Heady will not invite friends or relatives to her execution on December 18. Under federal rules she and Carla A Hall have the right to three invitees each. Heady will not invite anyone and Hall may or may not. Heady leaves clothing and property to her aunt Nellie Baker and deeded her home to Baker with a life estate in a 320 acre farm near Clearmont Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Baker
Mrs. Baker
Clearmont
Two Hunters Victims Of Same ShotgunSlug
In West Virginia near Petit two Piedmont Ohio hunters were struck by one shotgun slug fired by a Four States resident. Stanley VanFossen, 53, was wounded after the slug passed through his arm and hit Talmadge Wilson, 36, who died from the shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Piedmont
Ohio
Hunter
Petit
Wa. Va
Stanley VanFossen
Talmadge Wilson
Wilson
Mine Car Runaway Fatality at Silv er Creek Mine
A runaway mine car crashed into timber supports at the Silver Creek Mine near Uhrichs ville on Route 16. The collapse pinned and killed Lloyd E. Devore a 44 year old miner. Investigators outline the fatal incident as a coal mine accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uhrichsville
Ohio
Lloyd E. Devore
Silver Creek
Here
Doctor Slain by Ex Patient in Detroit Shooting
A former mental patient killed Dr. Edward D. Spalding a 60 year old heart specialist in Detroit. Police said the killer intended to strike Dr. William T. McAlonan and mistook Spalding for his target. John Sherback 51 was arrested on a murder charge after the shooting and found with a death list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Edward D. Spalding
John Sherback
Sherback
Spalding
Eloise
William T. McAlonan
McAlonan
Judge Assairs School Heads Judge Assairs School Heads
A juvenile court judge reprimanded Cleveland school authorities after seven boys aged 16 and 17 attacked teacher Frank J. Lorz’s home with bricks eggs and firecrackers. Judge Harry L. Eastman ordered the youths detained, with parents deciding on military or corrective schooling or state custody. Private school students would stay until June 1954 while state school terms could be indeterminate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Harry L. Eastman
Frank J. Lorz
Cleveland Heights
Lancaster
Alligator Wrestler Mauled in Florida Bout
DANIA Fla Four inch an alligator wrestler was badly mangled Monday when he stuck his head in a gators mouth. William McLellan 20 of nearby Hollywood fought as the animal clamped shut and rolled over spectators screamed. Sixty stitches were taken in McLellans face and neck after a year wrestling alligators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dania, Fla
William McLellan
Hollywood
McLellan
Lausche's Secretary Named Cleveland Law Director
Ralph S. Locher, 38, long time secretary to Gov. Frank J. Lausche, is named Cleveland law director. The post pays $14,403 annually, ranking No. 2 in city government. He previously earned $9,600 as Lausche's secretary. Locher grew up in Bluffton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ralph S. Locher
Frank J. Lausche
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Locher
Bluffton
Longshoremen Protests Over Pier Cleanup Law
Large protest by longshoremen halted work along a 15 block pier area in New York as pickets opposed the Bi-State Waterfront Commission rule for waterfront cleanup. Police identified nonworking workers based on prior credential refusals while certified workers honored the lines. Some zones including Brooklyn were affected as the law requires extra dock workers to be signed on via the employment center after commission review. The Midtown piers housing transatlantic liners have been linked to the Independent International Longshoremen’s Association previously ousted from the AFL for racketeering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Waterfront Commission
Brooklyn
International Longshoremen’s Assn
American Federation of Labor
Brothers Die in Fire Trapping Four McAllister Siblings
Four McAllister brothers aged 14, 10, 9, and 6 suffocated in an upstairs bedroom as a fire swept the Greenville Michigan frame home. The oldest reportedly died trying to rescue his brothers. Two sisters, Jean 10 and Reva, escaped by leaping from a second floor window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville, Mich
James McAllister
Vernon
Ronnie
L. D
Jean
Reva
Dep
Hugh Yaney
William McAllister
State GOP Leader Ill Delays Parley in Ohio
A meeting of the Republican State Committee in Columbus has been postponed indefinitely because of illness of Ray C. Bliss state GOP chairman. Bliss is treated for a virus infection at Akron City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Republican State Committee
Ray C. Bliss
GOP
Bliss
Akron City Hospital
School Head Named Lawrence County Schools Superintendent
Ironton Ohio 44 year old W Don Russell principal of the Ironton elementary for ten years was named superintendent succeeding George W Webb who resigned Monday. Webb had served as superintendent since 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Ohio
W. Donald Russell
Lawrence County
George W. Webb
UN Debate on Koreas Atrocity Report Sparks Cold Clash
United Nations Assembly hears U S report on alleged North Korean and Chinese Communist abuses in Korea. Russia's Andrei Vishinsky denounces the atrocity charge as a war mongering smokescreen while neutrals vow silence. The discussion centers on alleged murders torture and prisoner abuses with a British French Australian Turkish backed resolution urging condemnation and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UN Assembly
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Korea
U.S
Cl Vilans
U. S
Britain
France
Australia
Turkey
Vishinsky
Poland
Koje Island
India
U. S&s
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United Nations Command
Split Denied By McCarthy on Party Unity
Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin rejected claims of a GOP split after nationwide radio and TV remarks. He urged members to express their own opinions and dismissed critics who said he sought to seize leadership from the president. He said he would not waste time worrying about such accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacrosse
Wis
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Republican Party
MacCarth
Velde Panel Begins Harry Bridges Probe
SAN FRANCISCO CHAIRMAN Harold H. Velde of the House Un American Activities Committee announced public hearings to investigate Harry Bridges and his International Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union starting today. He warned the inquiry would continue and mentioned plans to subpoena former President Truman in the Harry Dexter White case.
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San Francisco
Harold H. Velde
R-U1d
House Un-American Activities Committee
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremens and Warehousemens Union
Immnittee Velde
Truman
Harry Dexter White
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