Baker Calls MAC Change Or Disband At Ohio U Banquet
Ohio University president John C. Baker urged the Mid American Conference to reform with eight core planks or face discontinuation. He proposed goals for a sound athletic program emphasizing education, transparency, and university control, as the MAC prepares for its Toledo meeting.
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Ohio University
John C. Baker
Baker
Cincinnati
Miami
Western Michigan
Toledo
Saul 3S. Streit
New York
Streit
Congress
Bus Mows Down Cadets in Chatham Tragedy
An eight ton double decker bus plowed into a marching Royal Marine Cadets formation in Chatham England killing 23 boys aged 10 to 13 and injuring 19 more. The driver John Samson 57 a veteran employee faced shock and questions as priests comforted grieving families.
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Chatham
Eng
John George Samson
Samson
Royal Marine Corps
Naval Barracks
Chatham and District Traction Company
Hibok Hibok Eruption Death Toll Passes 150
Gov Paciencio Ysalina of Misamis states up to 2000 may have perished in Hibok Hibok eruption on Camiguin Island as of last night. The known dead rose to 157 after a second blast with flames and smoke. evacuees flee to Mindanao and nearby islands while villages are reported destroyed.
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Manila
Camiguin Island
Philippines
Paciencio Ysalina
Misamis Province
Mindanao Island
Phillies Army
Mindanao
Camiguin
Hibok Hibok
Ohio Slots Law Passes Court Test
In Urbana, Common Pleas Judge Arthur D. Tudor upheld the state’s slot machine ban, ruling machines are gambling devices not property. The injunction blocking seizure of Dodson’s $10 state was dissolved, with AG C. William O’Neill calling the decision a victory and urging enforcement.
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Urbana
Ohio
Common Pleas
Arthur D. Tudor
Hardin County
Kert L. Dodson
Tudor
Dodson
Back Pay Sought in Stark Trucking Case in Canton
Thirty five former Stark Trucking Co. workers near Canton filed back pay claims totaling $150,000 in federal court. They allege they were required to work more than 40 hours a week without overtime pay.
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Canton
Stark Trucking Co
Messenger Christmas Gift Guide and Chuckle Contest Winners
The Messenger announces the first winners in the Classified Section for the combined Christmas Gift Guide and Chuckle Contest. Readers are invited to check the list and submit more entries for a chance to win.
Tax Shakedown Alleged by Chicago Lawyer in Washington
Abraham Teitelbaum testified before a House subcommittee that Nathan and Bert Naster tried to extort $500,000 from him and his partner by claiming ties to Washington officials who could fix tax troubles. Teitelbaum said the alleged “combine” included several named officials who denied any involvement.
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Washington
Frank Nathan
Big Washington
Nathan
Abraham Teitelbaum
Chicago
House
Ways and Means
Bert K. Naster
Hollywood
Fla
Teitelbaum
Naster
Police Raid Capital Club in Columbus over gambling stamp list
Sheriff’s deputies raided the Lincoln Club on Columbus East Side led by Capt. Henry Keeley after it appeared as the address for 14 federal gambling tax stamp applicants. No gambling evidence or arrests were found. Washington reported 368 Ohio applicants and 7,706 nationwide.
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Columbus
Henry Keeley
Lincoln Club
Keeley
Toledo
Washington
Ohio
Hillsboro Couple Killed in Car Crash West of Chillicothe
A Hillsboro area couple, Vickers Wetherholt and his wife, aged 63, died Tuesday when their car struck a utility pole seven miles west of Chillicothe.
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Hillsboro
Vickers Wetherholt
Here
Byrd attacks Truman order as political move
Senator Byrd accuses President Truman of politicizing civil rights with an executive order directing nondiscrimination in government contracts. He predicts Southern senators will mobilize to fight the order and block civil rights legislation, while discussing the issue with Taft in Los Angeles.
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Byrd
D-Va
Los Angeles
Virginia
Truman
White House
Taft
Ohio
House of Delegates
American Medical Association
Dixie
Paternity Test Ruled Invalid by Ohio Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled blood-grouping tests may not prove fatherhood in paternity cases and may only show non paternity. The decision overturned Hamilton County findings that William C. Morris fathered Imogene Freeman's child. The ruling calls the trial court charge prejudicial and sends the case back for possible new trial.
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Ohio Supreme Court
Hamilton County
William C. Morris
Imogene Freemen
Common Pleas
Morris
Freeman
Ohio
Supreme Court
McCarthy Considers Bypassing Senate Appropriations Seat
Senator McCarthy said he might forgo a return to the Senate Appropriations Committee after Senator Wherry's death created a Republican vacancy. He noted he could pass up the seat to allow other Republicans who have aided him to bid, signaling uncertainty about his own plan.
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Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Senate
Appropriations Committee
State Acheson
Wherry
Nebraska
Oxford Police Chief Quits in Surprise Move
Police Chief Harry E. Spencer resigned effective December 15 in a sudden decision. Village council members accepted the resignation unanimously, noting a prior request to resign in 1944 had been declined.
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Oxford
Harry E. Spencer
Spencer
Controversial Farm Survey Data Due in Four Weeks
The Agriculture Department will take weeks to release results from its grass roots survey of farm programs. A summary of 48 state reports and over 3,000 county reports is being prepared for a subcommittee of farm and church leaders. Critics from the Farm Bureau Federation and the National Grange opposed the survey as overreaching. The subcommittee will review state and county findings and advise on use of suggested program changes, with a meeting date not yet set.
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Agriculture Department
Brannan
Department
Farm Bureau Federation
The
National Grange
FTC hears fur labeling clash over coney vs rabbit terms
Furriers told the Federal Trade Commission that a rabbit skin is a coney skin and urged labeling to avoid naming other animals. Alfred Cohen of the Retail Fur Council argued rabbit is detrimental to sale and urged including coneys in fur terminology.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Congress
Alfred B. Cohen
Retail Fur Council
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Cohen
Du Pont and Glidden Paint Firms Acquitted in Antitrust Trial
A 50 day trial ended with Du Pont de Nemours Co and Glidden Co acquitted of antitrust charges in Pittsburgh. Government alleged fixed minimum paint prices. This marked the last of 14 indictments from 1948 against paint firms and executives.
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Pittsburgh
Barane
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co
Wilmington
Del
Paint Co
Clevea
Glidden
du Pont
Henry Lackey
du Pont and Glidden
Soldier Returns Wallet After Finding Fort Knox Cash
Pvt. John B. Finn of Lima Ohio found a wallet with $1,000 at Fort Knox and located its owner Cpl. Orville Howard of Wallins Creek Kentucky. For returning the money he received $20 as a Christmas present, saying he had been broke for three weeks.
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Louisville
Lima
John B. Finn
Fort Knox
Orville Howard
Wallins Creek
Finn
Howard
Furious Jet War Enters 10th Day in Korea
U S Fifth Air Force reports five Red MiGs shot down and five damaged in day ten of air war over North Korea. U S jets reportedly suffer no losses while UN forces push back probes on central front amid limited ground action. Allied raids strike rail lines north of Songjin near Paral lel 38.
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Korea
U.S
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U. S
Sinanju
United Nations
Eighth Army
Songjin
Parallel
Tingey
Allies Call Red Truce Plan a Political Ruse
United Nations command accused communist negotiators at Panmunjom of double talk in the armistice talks. They called the plan to freeze troops a ruse to force withdrawal of foreign troops and criticized proposals to supervise only ports of entry as bypassing real inspection. Subcommittees resume at 11 a.m. Thursday local time.
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Korea
United Nations Command
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Tokyo
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Col
Howard Levie
Levie
Redtors
Gales and Rain Kill Four in Western States
Severe wind and rain swept Oregon and Washington, with gales reaching 70 to 75 mph. Three deaths were from collapsing trees and one from a toppled pickup as winds crossed into British Columbia and California. Rain spanned many regions while temperatures stayed mild across the nation.
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Washington
British Columbia
California
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic
Appalachians
Missouri
Ohio
Mississippi
Pacific
Plateau
Ironton Man Criticizes Judge Over Contempt Sentence
Ironton attorney J Earl Pratt asked the Ohio Supreme Court for rehearing after the court upheld a 10 day jail term and a $100 fine for contempt by Lawrence County Common Pleas Court Judge James Collier. Pratt, counsel for nine defendants in a picketing injunction case, argued the judge showed a lack of judicial attitude.
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Columbus
Ironton
Ohio Supreme Court
Common Pleas
J. Earl Pratt
Pratt
High Court
Lawrence County
Kitts Hill
Tito Frees Stepinac in Yugoslavia
The Yugoslav government grants conditional release to Roman Catholic Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac after five years in Lepoglava prison on Axis collaboration charges. He will reside in Krasic near Zagreb, per Tanjug. A separate Columbus report notes Ohio Atty. Gen. ONeill approves township trustees earning five dollars per day for work since last September.
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Yugoslavia
Yugloslav
Alojzije Stepinac
Stepinac
Lepoglava
Zagreb
Krasic
Tanjug
Columbus
William O'Neill
Kefauver Seeks World Peace via United Nations Policy
Senator Estes Kefauver told a Seattle Jefferson Jackson Day crowd that a strong United Nations is the world’s only chance to prevent a future war. He warned against crime and corruption at home and said honesty in government is not the monopoly of any party. He signaled a possible run for president and planned to announce his decision early in the new year.
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Seattle
MacArthur
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
United Nations
Washington
Truman
Kefauver
Vote Fraud Trial Continues in Canton Rest Home Case
Jury hears that 10 absentee ballots were forged in May's primary and FBI handwriting expert James Blaine testifies the signatures were freehand forgeries. Defendant Paul Lyon allegedly forged ballots of patients. inmate Fred Ludwig testifies he and Lyon signed documents while others were elsewhere.
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Canton
FBI
Paul Lyon
James V. Blaine
Fred Ludwig
Lyon
Ludwig
Youths on Parole Charged in Robbery
Two youths on parole were arrested after they allegedly robbed a man of $9 Tuesday night in Cincinnati. Suspects James Seals 19 and Henry Hensley 19, with no address and Berea Kentucky address respectively, had warrants signed by the victim Herbert Bellman 42. Seals had just been released from Federal Chillicothe prison earlier Tuesday.
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Cincinnati
Chillicothe
Herbert Bellman
James Seals
Henry Hensley
Berea
Seals
Akron Firestone walkout ends with no settlement
A walkout of compound room workers at Firestone Tire & Rubber Co in Akron idled about 4000 employees. The strikers returned Tuesday night without any settlement of the wage dispute.
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Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
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