Fifteen Bulgarian Protestant Ministers Face Treason Trial
Bulgaria under a Communist government charges fifteen Protestant ministers and officials with treason spying for Britain and the United States. Indictments name twelve American and British contacts who visited Bulgaria since 1944 and identified two or three more trials to follow in the provinces.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Britain
United States
Vladimir Topencharov
Dimitry Iliev
New York
Northern Baptist Convention
Truman
Josef Mindszenty
Hungary
United Evangelical Church
Vassil Ziapkov
Congregational
Supreme Council of the
Topencharov
Cyril Black
Princeton University
U. S
United Nations Balkan Commission
John Evarts Horner
U.S
Louis Beck
J. Hutchison Cockburn
World Council of Churches
Church of Scotland
Paul Garber
Geneva
Switzerland
Divinity
Duke University
Robert Tobias
Elaine Cooper
Lovech College
Bridgeport
Conn
Maj. Thompson
Robert Strong
Col. Thompson
Stanley Andrew
Emllony Turner
Miss Cooper
Veterans Bonus Nearing House Passage in Charleston
Charleston, W Va. A $90,000,000 veterans bonus moved toward House passage after delegates rejected amendments. The session planned for noon featured a minor floor flurry but the administration backed measure advanced without a defined cost method. The bonus was the only major item on the agenda.
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Charleston
W. Va
House
Senate
Vandenberg Plans Retirement After Senate Term Ends
Detroit UP reports Senator Vandenberg of Michigan will retire from public life at the end of his current term in 1952 at age 68. He served 25 years in the U.S. Senate and was president pro tempore in the 80th Congress and head of the Foreign Relations Committee.
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Detroit
Sen. Vandenberg
Mich
United States Senate
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Extended Forecast for Columbus Area Sees Mild Weekend
Temperatures will run near normal with a high around 33 and a low near 15. Saturday brings a mild day before colder air arrives Sunday, then a rising trend Monday followed by another dip Tuesday night. Precipitation totals range from a trace to a half inch with snow flurries Saturday night and Sunday and rain or snow Monday and likely again Tuesday.
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Columbus
Must Win Scott Tells Republicans Must Win
Hugh Scott, Republican national chairman, warned at a Lincoln Day dinner that loss of Taft in 1950 is inconceivable and must not happen. He urged a Republican victory in 1950 to enable a 1952 knockout win, and avoided grooming a 1952 presidential candidate.
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Columbus
Hugh Scott
Taft
GOP
Buckeye Republican Club
Scott
Truman
Cream Puffs Tested In Death Investigation
Authorities in Cincinnati awaited a chemical report on cream puffs served to James Blakeney and others who fell ill after a family dinner. Blakeney, 43, died yesterday. a chemical analysis is under way as the investigation continues.
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Cincinnati
James Blakeney
Blakeney
Policemen Host Joint Meeting Then Feed Local Ladies
Gallipolis officers quick to act attend a Fraternal Order of Police meeting in the same room as the American Legion Auxiliary. They stay put and serve a meal of baked beans to the ladies who depart satisfied. Near Darwin Meigs County Dana Howett operates a large broiler plant housing thousands of chickens. Two 250 plus foot long fattening buildings are used for market prep. A new Burson poultry house sits upriver on the hillside, built from old lumber after road builders cut a path through the hill.
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Gallipolis
Fraternal Order of Police
American Legion Auxiliary
Harold Mackenzie
Darwin
U.S. Route 33
Meigs County
Dana Howett
Howett
Rank Burson
State highway help varies for towns big and small
Small towns whether incorporated or not gain street work access and snow plows from the Ohio highway department with little or no cost when permitted by local councils. Larger towns must clear state highways themselves, while unincorporated areas see state action without local officials.
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Ohio Highway Department
Why Coal Flows by Truck Over Distances
Truckers explain coal movement favors highway hauls to loading ramps along railroads from small mines. One driver runs two trips daily between Cheshire and Coalville on State Route 7, delivering six tons per trip for profit comparable to mine costs. Larger trucks reach farther distances profitably.
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Cheshire
Coalville
Assembly Fight Expected For Anti Gambling Plans
Gov. Frank Lausche faces a legislative clash as a bill would give him power to oust mayors over gambling and another measure seeks to strip that power. Senator Metzenbaum and Representative Hinkle push a separate plan to fund temporary disability unemployment assistance through a nine member bipartisan commission.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Senate
Walter G. Penry
Rdelaware
Lausche
Penry
Ohio
Howard M. Metzenbaum
D-Cuyahoga
Paul Hinkle
Mercer
Floods and slides threaten Northwest regions
A cold wave spreads into the Northwest with snowslides and minor floods menacing areas from the Pacific Northwest to Idaho. Army and Red Cross crews prepare to drop rations to isolated ranch families near Rawlins as a 300-foot wide slide buries Burke Idaho roads and rail lines.
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Chicago
Pacific Northwest
Rawlins
Wye
Army
Red Cross
Burke
Idaho
Anderson Ranch Dam
Taft Praised By Brewster At Lincoln Dinner
In Cincinnati Senator Owen Brewster praised Robert A Taft as the government’s greatest intelligent liberal and urged support for Taft in the Senate. He cited voting patterns showing twice as many Americans stayed home as voted for the successful candidate. In Altoona Senator John W Bricker mocked Congress for raising the president’s salary in six weeks.
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Cincinnati
U. S
Owen Brewster
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Senate
Altoona
John W. Bricker
Stream Pollution Lab Prospects Discussed
Washington reports the budget bureau reviews a request to fund a stream pollution laboratory in Cincinnati Ohio. Rep Spence says the Federal Works Agency was authorized by the 80th Congress to spend up to $800000 yearly for five years starting July 1 1949 for the lab, but Congress did not allocate the funds.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Cincinnati
Ohio
Spence
D-Ky
Federal Works Agency
80Th Congress
Congress
Conveyor Belt Link Ties Lake Erie to Ohio River
Cleveland report on the Riverlake Belt Conveyor Lines proposal to span 103 miles from Lorain docks to the Ohio River near East Liverpool with branches to Youngstown and Cleveland. The plan estimates 154 million dollars for lines and 56 million for terminals. Second conference with railroad presidents set for February 23 amid industry uncertainty.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Uni
Riverlake Belt Conveyor Lines, Inc
Lorain
East Liverpool
Youngstown
Cafe Owner Shoots Again in Cleveland
Sam Sciano, already linked to two prior fatal shootings in his cafe, opened fire last night wounding James Turner and injuring two patrons among 15. Turner fired at random, hitting James Toney and Alonzo Shamell as police seek motive. Police note prior fatal shooting on Dec. 27 1945 and another last Sunday.
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Cleveland
Sam Sciano
Sciano
James Turner
Turner
James Toney
Alonzo Shamell
Solano
Willmar radio host backs down after false animal scare
Willmar police chief Joe C. Jacobson demanded KWLM remove Morris Chargo from his weekly show after Chargo broadcast a phony report of loose wild animals. Parents panicked, calls flooded in, citizens rushed to aid, and a civil meeting dissolved. Chargo claimed lack of listeners spurred the stunt. the chief weighs charges but seeks removal.
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Willmar
Minn
Han
Joe C. Jacobson
KWLM
Morris Chargo
Chargo
Charge
Jacobson
State Welfare chief reorganizes mental hygiene division
Columbus AP) State Welfare Director John M. Lamneck moved to reorganize the division of mental hygiene as an efficient part of state government. He urged a separate and increased budget to hire at least 1806 new staff across hospitals and clinics, aiming for non custodial care and better treatment and study. The order creates bureaus for administration prevention education and community clinics professional services and mental hospitals. Lamneck will name heads for some bureaus and coordinate division leadership.
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Columbus
John M. Lamneck
Division of Mental Hygiene
Frank J. Lausche
Lamneck
Bureau of Professional Services
Bureau of
Jail Break Prevented in Solitary Confinement at Portsmouth
Scioto County Sheriff Burl Justice halted a planned jail break at Portsmouth with five inmates placed in solitary. Abram Hall 40, held on murder charges, and four others including George Kimmell 48 Connor Carl McMahon 20 John Howard 19 and Victor Gant s were identified, plus Arnold Bailey 25 charged with aiding the escape. Bailey previously freed on bond faces new charges.
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Portsmouth
Burl Justice
Scioto County
Abram Hall
William Ellis
George Kimmell
Carl McMahon
Bailey
New Horticulture Head Is Wilkesville Resident
The Ohio State Horticulture Society elected Howard N. Wells of Wilkesville as president. Estill Dempsey of Jackson was named vice president. Ending its 102nd annual convention, the society urged retention of the Sandusky Department of Agriculture experimental station and favored using qualified fruit pickers when Ohio labor is unavailable.
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Toledo
Ohio State Horticulture Society
Howard N. Wells
Wilkesville
Estill Dempsey
Jackson
Department of Agricuture
Sandusky
Ohio
Youth Electrocuted By Freak Accident
Norman Miller a 17 year old from Millersport Route 1 was electrocuted while working on a well near Buckeye Lake. Harold Baker 23 of Millersport was treated for injuries. Miller was pulling a pipe when the pipe end struck a 2300 volt primary power line.
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Newark
Norman Miller
Millersport
Route 1
Buckeye Lake
Harold Baker
Miller
Efficient Robbery at Columbus Finance Firm
Four men described as efficient and well dressed robbed a Personal Finance Co. office in Columbus yesterday afternoon. Police say they held employees and customers at gunpoint while rifling a cash drawer for an undisclosed amount.
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Columbus
Personal Finance Co
Arraignment Delayed in Gifford Murder Case
Sheriff Bateman released a long statement on the Eleanor Gifford murder case. Harry Dodds Jr. remains in custody after a delay in his arraignment, with the Columbus firm Hughes and Glascor retained to defend him as investigators pursue Rawlins and other leads in Athens and nearby.
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George Bateman
Eleanor BE
Gifford
Harry Dodds, Jr
Eleanor Gifford
Dodds
Columbus
E Hughes and Glascor
Ray EB. Hughes
Wilberforce University
Crim
W. P. Mickle
Prem Atttorney
Gordon B. Gray Te
Alfred Glascor
Columbus Law
Glasceor
Athens
Glascor
Gray
Dodda
Hughes
Columbia
Grover Rawlins
Rawlins
Francis Dd. White
Common Pleas
Mayor's Court
Fort Knox
Bateman
Miss Gifford
Miami
Dodd
City Hall
Court
Washington
Athens County
Wilbur King
King
E. Hicks
Hicks
Hayes
Roy D. Williams
Lawrence Worstell
Ohio Guard Air War Drill Defends Water Supply
Columbus reports an air defense drill by the Ohio National Guard aimed at protecting the O'Shaughnessy Dam. Weather hindered interception as planes returned to base. Major Albert Robey called the operation a success despite no contact with the mock enemy near Delaware.
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Columbus
Ohio National Guard
Delaware
O'Shaughnessy Dam
Albert Robey
166Th
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Fair Share Called For BUC Funds In Ohio
Ohio advisory council on unemployment compensation urged Gov. Lauache to secure a fair share of federal administrative grants for the BUC. The council said BUC does not receive its full share of federal funds, on which it depends for administration.
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Columbus
Ohio
Advisory Council On
Frank J. Lauache
BUC
Ex-Clevelander’s Wife Broadcasts From Berlin Axes Treason Trial
In Tucson Arizona a former Clevelander wife of a German witness in the Axis Sally treason trial admits she also broadcast to Germany from Berlin during World War II. Georgia James von Richter says her messages contained no propaganda and were Red Cross messages.
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