Western ministers dismiss German settlement at Big Four talks
Western foreign ministers voiced little hope for a major German settlement at the Big Four conference. They expected continued fruitless talks over Austria and potential talks with China, while Molotov and Grotewohl pressed for a plebiscite to decide Germany’s future.
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Berlin
China
Asia
Russia
Otto Grotewohl
Molotov
Germany
Fast Berlin
Fast
West
European Defense Community
AFL To Quiz the Cabinet Aide Today
Miami Beach Florida James P Mitchell secretary of labor faced a planned AFL session with top leaders including George Meany to question administration policies. Meany said the group would press for details on the minimum wage proposal and the push to raise the rate from 75 cents to 1.25 dollars an hour.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell
Eisenhower
American Federation of Labor
Mitchell
Washington
AFL
AFL Executive Council
George Meany
Meany
Congress
Osu To Boost Student Fees Increases Jan 3
Ohio State University raises undergraduate fees from 35 to 45 dollars per quarter and professional college fees from 40 to 50 dollars starting Sept 3. Nonresident student fees will rise to 85 dollars per quarter. President Bevis announced the increase.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Ohio
Howard L. Bevis
For Sale 20 Ton Truck Scale Draws Big Interest
Fred C Shafer of Richland Avenue advertised a 20 ton truck scale and received many calls the first day. He notes the buyers show how Messenger Want Ads reach plenty of customers for unusual items. Dial 31242 to place your For Sale ad.
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Fred C. Shafer
Richland Avenue
Chiefs Confer on Budget Hike and Eisenhower Plan
Speaker Martin warned that Eisenhower’s broad program needs a Republican victory in November to be approved. The Republican National Finance Committee met in private as the 1950 budget faces possible near doubling due to TV and radio expansion. Eisenhower will address Lincoln Day activities as women leaders and Young Republicans hold strategy sessions.
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Washington
Martin
Eisenhower
Congress
Massachusetts
Republican National Finance Committee
National Finance Committee
National Committee
Poison Candy Mystery Ends
A 49 year old Lake Wales Florida housewife Mrs Letha Della Overton admitted guilt to the arsenic poison candy case that sickened about 20 church members at the First Baptist Church of Lake Wales. She told reporters I am guilty and pleaded with concern for her husband.
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First Baptist Church of
Lake Wales
Paul Pinkerton
Letha Della Overton
Pinkerton
K. M. Mellick
Twenty One Americans Attend Chinese New Year Party at Kaesong
Communist correspondent Wilfred Burchett reported a Kaesong party attended by twenty one Americans who left home for communism and by several Korean and Chinese girls with abundant Chinese wine. Fifteen anti Communist Koreans were turned back today by the Indian command and will likely be handed to South Korea after their bid to reach America was denied.
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Panmunjom
Kaesong
Wilfred Burchett
Burchett
Alles
South Korea
America
Former Sweetheart Stabbed by Marine Veteran
In Cleveland a 29 year old man identified as Richard Earley stabbed himself to the abdomen after calling his former girlfriend to look out the window and then going to her doorway. He is hospitalized in critical condition. The couple separated five weeks ago after an argument.
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Cleveland
Richard Earley
Japan
Lindbergh 52 Rising Interest Sparks Film Prospect
Charles A. Lindbergh turns 52 as renewed public fascination grows. A due to renewed attention from his autobiography and a forthcoming book has boosted interest. Reports indicate film rights have been sold for over a million dollars to adapt the Lindbergh story.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Soviet Spy Beria Aide Revealed as Defector in Japan
Yuri Rastovorov, once Beria’s courier on the Japan desk, is identified by American sources as Russia’s chief spy in Japan who defected to the United States. He sought asylum January 24 at an American base in Okinawa and collaborated with U S agents as they arranged his flight to freedom amid Beria’s execution.
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Tokyo
Yuri A Rastovorov
Russia
Japan
Laurent Beria
Secret Police
Rastovorov
Foreign Office
Beria
MVD
Secret Service
Moscow
Long
Delib
Okinawa
Rostovorov
Thug Nabbed At Confession Of Shooting
In Hollywood three people were shot and wounded at a hotel. Albert Markle, 22, later confessed to the shooting during a meeting with a Catholic priest at Wadsworth Veterans Hospital. Police surrounded the hospital and forced surrender after an hour and a half.
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Hollywood
Wadsworth Veterans Hospital
Albert Markle
al Barr
Markle
Frederick Lamb, Jr
F. W. Green
Green
Barr
Russians proffer 400 million pound trade package to UK
Moscow government offers contracts worth 400 million pounds sterling for delivery from 1955 to 1957. The memorandum, handed by Ivan G Kabaniov to 32 British business visitors, lists tankers ships plants power stations rail equipment docks and boilers with a detailed equipment breakdown.
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Moscow
Ivan G Kabaniov
Parole Bid Fails As Mansfield Inmate Escapes Farm
Timothy Talbert of Columbus, a 23 year old trusty at Ohio State Reformatory Mansfield, escaped from the poultry farm yesterday and hid in a barn before being found sleep in the morning. He faces grand jury action on an escape charge while serving a 125 year term for robbery and assault.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Ohio State Reformatory
Timothy Talbert
Columbus
Reformatory
Tashbert
King
Jesse James Quits Job Over Police Pay in Abilene
In Abilene Texas on Wednesday Jesse James announced he is quitting his job because a policeman's pay is not enough to meet his needs. He cited low wages and poor working conditions as his reasons for leaving the force.
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Abilene. Tex
Jesse James
Shakespeare Is Sold Out at Ohio State Theater
Ohio State University theater audience sold out last night for Shakespeare Comedy of Errors. Prof. W Hayes Yeager said the Columbus branch of the American Association of University Women had bought the entire house last year and another group bought it again last week. A special performance was added for Saturday to seat those left standing.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University Theater
W. Hayes Yeager
American Assn
Four Die in Beech Bottom Home as Death Sought
Four persons found dead in a Beech Bottom home after a gas fire overheated the dwelling. Victims include William Shorty Craft 55 father of NFL player Russ Craft Lucius B Davis 65 a roomer and Marshall Lane 46 and his wife 41 of Freedom Pennsylvania. Sheriff said death may be gas asphyxiation while coroner ordered autopsy.
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Wellsburg
W.va
Brooke County
Beech Bottom
Thomas Boyd
William
Shorty) Craft
Philadelphia Eagles
Russ Craft
Marshall Lane
Freedom Pa
Lucius B. Davis
Lane
C. R. Megahan
Weirton General Hospital
Ernest Simmons
Davis
Craft
Russ
Mac
Dorothy Palmer
Jean Kosky
Peggy Kosky
Wheeling
Judith Ann Smith
Catherine Smith
Freedom
Gallipolis
Ohio
Nation Counts 1953 Accident Toll
The National Safety Council reports 95,000 killed and 9,600,000 injured in 1953. Total cost exceeds 9.1 billion dollars. Traffic deaths reach 38,300, up 300 from 1952, third largest in history. Ned H. Dearborn urges action to curb avoidable wastes.
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Chicago
National Safety Counc
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Fatal crash at busy intersection claims mother and son
A mother Mrs. Sarah Sewell 55 of Hollenville Kentucky and her son Frank 19 of Dayton were killed in a two car collision at the Kemp er road and U S 25 intersection north of Sharonville. The crash injured 19 others and occurred at a site noted for frequent accidents in 1953. Driver of the other car was John Cobb 19 of Lexington Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton
Kemper Road
U. S. 25
Sharonville
Sarah Sewell
Hollenville
Frank
Dayton
John i Cobb
Lexington
Strike It Rich Defies Welfare Critics In New York
New York City welfare officials condemned the TV show Strike It Rich for using hard luck stories to solicit aid. Welfare Commissioner Henry L. McCarthy called programs like this a national disgrace and urged license review. Host Warren Hull defended the Heart Fund, insisting no contributions are asked and funds are audited.
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New York
New York City
Welfare Department
Henry L. McCarthy
McCarthy
Walter Framer
Warren Hull
Heart Fund
Hull
Reds Double Jet Strength In Orient
General Weyland estimates the combined Communist air force in the Far East at more than 6500 warplanes, with about 2000 Chinese and North Korean combat planes and 4500 Russians based near Vladivostok and in surrounding areas. He notes high jet conversion, bomber upgrades, and a large Vladivostok base complex posing a significant threat to Japan and Korea. At the war’s start North Korea had about 150 obsolete Russian planes, mainly Yaks.
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Tokyo
Far East
United States
O. P. Weyland
FEAF
Vladivostok
Sakhalin
Kurile Islands
Weyland
Japan
Ajtar
Korea
Four-way Senate split blocks constitutional treaty amendment plans
In Washington a four-way Senate split raises new barriers to Bricker’s plan to curb treaty powers. Key leaders like George and Knowland clash over revisions while Kefauver opposes any constitutional amendment now. A Bricker substitute ties treaties to the Constitution and Senate approval for presidential agreements.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Are
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Saeed
Eorge
Georgia
Congress
Gls Ride the Airlift
On Eisenhower orders 16 Air Force enlisted men on leave were flown from Germany to the United States. Lt. Col. William G. Draper piloted the Columbine after delivering Dulles to the Big Four conference. They stopped at Frankfurt before reaching Washington the same night.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Air Force
United States
Germany
William G. Draper
Columbine
Dulles
Draper
Frankfurt
Senate Group Begins Farm Price Supports Review
The Senate House Economic Committee hearings open on the Eisenhower tax program with a focus on farm price supports. Secretary Benson to present the administration plan for a gradual shift to flexible supports amid partisan debate.
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Washington
Senate
House Economic Committee
Benson
Army Tank Floats for Water Crossing
The Detroit Arsenal announces flotation equipment enabling 48 ton tanks to swim across streams and lakes while continuing to fight. The large foam plastic floats attach to tanks and provide buoyancy for water crossings.
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Detroit
Detroit Arsenal
Fires kill 16 in two northern Egypt villages
Reports from Cairo say fires swept two villages in northern Egypt killing 16 people and leaving about 1800 homeless. The disaster prompted relief efforts as authorities investigated and residents started to rebuild.
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Cairo
Egypt
Rhodes Raps Lausche Ties With Railmen
Ohio Governor Lausche is urged by opponent James A. Rhodes to publicly disclose monies and gratuities received from the Federation for Railways Progress. Rhodes demands an air clearing explanation of the governor's ties and motives as he held a vice presidency role with the federation.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Federation For Railways Progress
James A. Rhodes
Lausche
Columbus
Ohio
Rhodes
Federation For Railway Progress
Rabies Scare Intensifies in Chicago
Chicago enforces stringent rabies quarantine as police and sheriff tighten actions after two rabid dogs bite nearly twenty in South Side districts. A child died from a dog bite as city and southern Cook County remain under quarantine. Sheriff Babb commands 125 officers to curb stray dogs and authorize shooting of vicious animals during capture.
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Chicago
South Side
Cook County
John E. Babb
Kegler Injured Batched by Unexpected Play Incident
Walter Floto, a pool and bowling enthusiast from Wheeling, West Virginia, suffered two unrelated injuries this period. Two months earlier a pool mishap required five stitches after his cue splintered his hand. Last Sunday he grabbed a wall coat hanger during a bowling triple header, fell, and broke his wrist.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Walter Floto
Floto
William H. Adams dies at 92 former Colorado governor
William H. Billy Adams, a longtime Democratic leader in Colorado and the state's only three time governor, died today at age 92 in Alamosa.
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Alamosa, Colo
William H
Billy’ Adams
Democratic Party
Colorado
Hindu Stampede at Allahabad Kills Hundreds
At Allahabad a Hindu pilgrimage stampede killed about 500 people and injured around 1,000 as three million pilgrims crowded toward the Ganges and Yamuna junction. Officials say 252 women, 49 men, and 40 children were among the dead, amid chaos as Nagas and pilgrims moved through the route.
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New Delhi
India
Allahabad
Gangesari Jumna
Queen City Council Defeats Income Tax Proposal
Cincinnati city council, facing a seven million dollar 1954 deficit, defeats a temporary one percent income tax proposal 5 to 4. Four Republican minority members join a Chapter party councilman. only option left is trimming the 18,000 budget and reducing personnel.
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Queen City Council
Cincinnati
Put Yourself in His Place on Delivery Day
A carrier-boy faces loss as nobody is home to pay him on collection day. He must cover the cost of your copies from his own pocket and forgo profit until payment is received. The piece urges readers to empathize with the delivery person and pay promptly.
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Charlie Chaplin
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