Worst Gallia forest fire scorches 250 acres in two townships
Gallia County chief fire warden David H. Williams reports the worst forest blaze in ten years, covering 250 acres of Raccoon and Springfield Townships. The fire destroyed an abandoned house and barn, burned timber and undergrowth, and forced a large volunteer effort from 25 to 30 residents plus four Rio Grande high school boys.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
David H. Williams
Rio Grande
Springfield Township
Williams
Charles Rossold McDaniels
Ers
Barnes Creek
Fairview Lake
C. R. Dabney
Corps of
Raccoon Township
Harley Thomas
Guy Clark
R. G. Bishop
Toss
Judson Glassburn
Adkins
Old Davis
Joe Durst
Jud Glassburn
Keystone
Jackson County
Rocky Hill
Jackson
Vinton
Estranged Wife Fatally Shot on Porch After Divorce Refusal
Velvia Myers 27 is killed on the porch of her sister's Logan home after she refuses to withdraw a divorce petition. Husband Benjamin Myers 24 surrenders later at Hocking County jail. prosecutors and sheriff investigate. The shooting occurred about 1:15 pm Monday. a third bullet grazed her neck.
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Benjamin Myers
Velvia Myers
Ralph Sniff
Logan
Logan Route 4
Raymond Sniff
Old Bremen Road
Lancaster
Waldron
Myers
Sniff
J. W. Doering
Doering
Mra Myers
Hoekne Valles Hospital
Fairfield
Pee Ff
Marines Open Court Martial Inquiry Today
A panel of three Marine generals and an admiral began hearings to decide whether to recommend a court martial for Col. Frank W. Schwarble, who confessed to germ warfare while a Korean War prisoner. Schwarble repudiated the confession, saying it was coerced under severe mistreatment. the inquiry cannot determine guilt or innocence.
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Washington
Frank W. Schwarble
Korea
Schwable
United Nations
Arlington
Twisters Hit In Arkansas Cause Fatalities And Injuries
A pair of tornadoes struck Whitton in east Arkansas and Clarksville in west Arkansas Monday night killing one man, W L Richardson, about 50, and injuring 24 at Whitton and 20 at Clarksville. The Clarksville gymnasium hosting a college basketball game sustained heavy damage.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Whitton
W. L. Richardson
Clarksville
College of the Ozarks
Fire Wrecks Dornbeck Plant in Cleveland
A blaze Monday night leveled the Dornbeck Furnace and Foundry Co. plant in Cleveland. President William H. Dornbeck Jr. put the damage at about 200000 dollars.
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Cleveland
Dornbeck Furnace & Foundry Co
William H. Dornbeck, Jr
Penny in Big Ben adjusts clock time
London clock workers describe inserting a penny in a tray on the 13th pendulum to slow a fast running Big Ben. Removal of the penny when the clock slows ensures accuracy. A local ad notes Messenger Want Ads quickly find tenants, citing Guy Graham who rented his five room house on Marshfield Road after seven inquiries overnight and canceled the ad.
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London
Marshfield Road
Guy Graham
Dial
Senate Nears Center Of Pact Row
A divided Senate debates constitutional limits on treaties led by Sen. Knowland and Sen. Bricker. Hearings focus on requiring treaties to be made in pursuance of the Constitution with battlefield bickering over roll call votes on ratification and executive agreements.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Sen
Knowland
California
Congress
White House
Sen. Ferguson
Mich
Woman Killed In Portsmouth Crash
Mrs. Martha E. Reed, 80, was killed Monday when a car driven by her daughter Hanna Funk, 64, crashed into a ditch near Friendship. Another passenger, Lascille Legler, 67, was seriously injured. All were Portsmouth residents.
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Portsmouth, Ohio
Martha E. Reed
Friendship
Hanna Funk
Lascille Legler
Portsmouth
Ohio board approves film but bans Rus sell song routine
The state film censorship board clears The French Line but prohibits the five minute song and dance by star Jane Russell as unsuitable for general exhibition. Dr Clyde Hissong, chief Ohio film censor, called the routine inappropriate for public display.
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State Film Censorship Board
Jane Russell
Clyde Hissong
Ohio Film Censor
William Cornelius Sentenced to Life for Murder in Cincinnati
William Cornelius, 47, was sentenced Monday to life imprisonment for the second degree murder of Alice Foster of Cincinnati. She was shot and killed September 3, 1951.
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Ilfa Cincinnati
William Cornelius
Alice Foster
Cincinnati
Ex-Schoolteacher Amassed $631,000
Grace E. Jackson, an 85 year old Chicago Latin teacher who retired 21 years ago, left an estimated 631000 in savings according to an inheritance tax return in Cook County Court. Court attaches noted teaching was her main income.
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Chicago
Cook County
Grace E. Jackson
Police Charge Woman Led Band of Robbers
A 20 year old woman and five gang members were held on a total bail of 170000 for assault and robbery. Police say Mrs Elsie May Brown planned the crimes recruited the men and acted as lookout. Her husband and four others were also held. All are Negroes.
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Baltimore
Elsie May Brown
Paradise cave seen in Crystal Cave expedition
Crystal Cave in Kentucky yields an orchid paradise 300 feet below the surface as the National Speleological Society pushes deeper into Mammoth Cave National Park. NBC's William Burke Miller calls the gypsum room the most beautiful sight observed, while the advance camp three miles from the entrance supports the seven day effort.
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Crystal Cave
Mammoth Cave National Park
National Speleological
William Burke Miller
NBC
Mob Attacks US Information Office in Calcutta
A communist led mob attacked the United States Information Offices Library in Calcutta amid a teachers strike. Police fired tear gas to quell the demonstrators as books and pamphlets were destroyed and doors smashed. No injuries to American personnel were reported. Two police vans were set ablaze during the clashes.
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New Delhi
United States
Calcutta
U. S
Chowringhee Street
Single Treaty To End Labor Wars Shunted
Dave Beck, president of the AFL Teamsters Union, favors private peace pacts with rival unions over the AFL-CIO no raiding plan. He will confer with lawyers and the Teamsters GEB before committing, stressing bilateral, union by union settlements to define jurisdiction and joint organizing efforts. He noted a near completion of an agreement with the AFL Upholsterers Union this week.
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Miami Beach
Fla.4
Dave Beck
AFL Teamsters Union
Afl-Cio
Teamsters’ General Executive Board
AFL
City Hottest Spot in Ohio Sets Weekend Records
Yesterday's February like heat broke records across five Ohio cities with Toledo 69 and Columbus 70, surpassing former marks set in 1921 1945 and 1949. Athens led at 76 while nearby Zanesville 72 Huntington 75 and Parkersburg 73 also posted notable highs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Toledo
Youngstown
Cleveland
Springfield
Dayton
Athens
Zanesville
Huntington
W.va
Parkersburg
Marietta
Five Day Forecast Shows Warm but Varied Temperatures
The forecast calls for temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above normal with Norma! highs from 39 to 47 and lows 22 to 27. Expect a cooling trend midweek, milder Thursday, and colder weekend. Rain Friday totals about half an inch.
Nab FBI Fugitive Near Las Cruces
Everett Lowell Krueger 31 on FBI Ten Most Wanted list since January 25 was captured near Las Cruces New Mexico Monday. Krueger charged with interstate transportation of stolen vehicles escaped from a Jackson Wyoming jail last May 8 after overpowering the sheriff.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Everett Lowell Krueger
FBI
Here
Krueger
Jackson
Wyo
Eisenhower Resists Broadening Indochina Aid
President Eisenhower reportedly refuses larger American participation in Indochina. He would keep only 200 armed services mechanics in theater and allow civilians to fly French planes while stepping up material shipments. Congressional leaders and officials debate new military policies amid Berlin talks and concerns over European ground forces.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Indochina
Malaya
Ohio Gathers Data On Truck Axle Mile Tax Conflict
A two man task force collects firsthand data from Southeastern states on retaliation over Ohio axle mile tax. Tax Commissioner Stanley J. Bowers and Gov. Frank J. Lausche seek plans with Addison Dewey and Joe C. Sanders visiting Florida Kentucky and other states to assess reciprocity and potential exemptions.
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Ohio
Stanley J. Bowers
Frank J. Lausche
Addison Dewey
Bowers
Florida
Joe C. Sanders
Bowers’ Office
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Lausche
Pupil Hits Teacher Sentenced to Lancaster Home
Judge Harry L. Eastman sentenced a 15 year old boy to an indefinite term in Lancaster Boys Industrial Home after a woman teacher testified the pupil struck her twice in a junior high school incident. The assaults occurred when she ordered him out of a classroom and again after they returned from the assistant principal’s office.
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Cleveland
Harry L. Eastman
Lancaster
Austria rejects Moscow plan for independence treaty
Austria formally rejected Russia's bid for full independence while allowing continued occupation troops until German unification. Foreign Minister Figl announced the decision at the Big Four conference in West Berlin, urging acceptance of the existing draft after seven years of work. Molotov proposed new terms for Soviet troop retention, but was countered by Austrian and allied positions. French Foreign Minister Bidault also rejected the Soviet security pact package, signaling a decisive turn at the conference.
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Austria
Russia
Leopold Figi
Figl
Moscow
West Berlin
Allied Control Authority
Bldg
V. V. Molotov
Molotov
France
Georges Bidault
Germany
Europe
Bidault
House panel approves to fund Eisenhower's budget request
The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill for the Treasury and Post Office departments totaling 3,333,241,600 for the next fiscal year starting July 1, slightly below the President's 3,338,783,000 request and under last year's funding by 90,491,100. The action marks the first bill guided by Eisenhower budget recommendations alone, shifting from Tru man era baselines.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Treasury and
Post Office
House
Committee
Truman
Boys Escape Death in Pit
Two Tampa boys Allen Perry, 14, and Roger Giarrapato became stuck in a waste asphalt pit for 15 to 20 minutes. Firefighters freed them after 22 minutes, with bystanders assisting, the youths were about eight feet wide and two and a half feet deep when help arrived.
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Tampa
Fla
Allen Perry
Roger Giarrapato
Rail Sabotage Try Disclosed in Ohio Incident
In Toledo Ohio last week a 7 pound steel plate set on tracks near a viaduct nearly derailed the Mercury passenger train service from Detroit to Cleveland. The plate and nearby bricks sparked an FBI and police probe with 240 passengers aboard. Juvenile suspects are suspected as the cause.
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Toledo
Ohio
New York Central
FBI
Cleveland
Alfred J. Stucker
Berdan Avenue
Here To Eternity Tops Oscar Derby With 13 Nominations
Hollywood reports From Here to Eternity leads the Oscar derby with 13 nominations and strong bids for Lancaster and Kerr. Other major nods go to Roman Holiday The Robe Julius Caesar Shane and Stalag 17 with supporting turns by Reed Kelly and Palance. Awards are set for March 25.
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Burt Lancaster
Deborah Kerr
Audrey Hepburn
Roman Holliday
Julius Caesar
Shane
Lancaster
Marlon Brando
Richard Burton
the Robe
Montgomery Clift
William Holden
Atra
Eddie Albert
Roman Hoeliday
Brando de Wilde
Robert Strauss
Sadie Thompson
Everest
Living Desert
Sternbaums Lawyer Links Suspect to Wife Slaying Case
Mansfield Ohio December trial hearing features Paul Herbert probing three Mansfield police officers to connect burglar Louis Morris to the Sternbaum murder scene. Prosecutors allege Sternbaum killed his wife with a wrench and set the supermarket office blaze. defense cites Morris resemblance and prior violence.
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Ohio
Ion
MGM
Sternbaum
Paul Herbert
Richard Burton
Roeliff Hout
Charles Letizia
Louis Morris
Leah Sternbaum
Morris
Manefield
Herbert
Burton
Hoyt
Max Sternbaum
Roosevelt Son Faces Support Hearing Over Alimony
James Roosevelt testifies in Pasadena on his ability to pay 3500 a month to Romelle Roosevelt amid dispute over worth claimed at two million dollars and debts of 78000. Attorney Schifferman showed a torn document about a 2500 on demand trust to Irene Owens, tied to a co respondent.
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Pasadena
Calif
James Roosevelt
Nio
Franklin Roosevelt
Romelle
Irene Owens Schifferman
Gladys Irene Owens
Mre H Roosevelt
Mystery fire kills four tots in Hobbs New Mexico
Four Mitchell children died in a flash fire that swept their single story home in Hobbs. Johnny Lee, Ossie Lee, Olivia, and Raymond Mitchell aged 3, 2, 16 months, and 3 months respectively were found in the center room. Their 1-year-old uncle Raymond had been babysitting and left the house for about ten minutes. Firemen could not determine the fire’s cause as both parents were at work.
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Hobbs, N.M
Johnny Mitchell
Raymond Mitchell
Johnny Lee Mitchell
Ossie Lee
Olivia
Raymond
Tot Crawls on Ledge of Building Rescued
A 43 year old boy walked along the eight inch second story ledge of a business apartment building on West Madison Street before two men pulled him to safety. Police say the boy named Henry White crawled out while his grandmother was in another room. They had to smash a window screen to reach him.
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Chicago
West Madison St
Henry White
Mae White
Thieves Loot 12 Pounds Coffee From Miami U Fraternity
In Oxford, Ohio, thieves broke into a Miami University fraternity house over the weekend and stole 12 pounds of coffee, leaving the cream and sugar untouched. No arrests reported as police probe the break-in.
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Oxford
Ohio
Miami University
Rhodes Hints Tax Scandals In Ohio Gubernatorial Bid
UPPER SANDUSKY Ohio James A Rhodes Republican candidate for governor suggested tax money was spent on state insurance through the Ohio Democratic organization. He did not name individuals but cited colleagues as part of a broader claim, noting common talk about the Democratic state chairman. Joy Lausene denied commenting on Rhodes statements.
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Upper
Sandusky
Ohio
James A Rhodes
Repu
Ohio Democratic Organization
Rhodes
Columbus
Eugene H. Hanhart
Lausene
Joy Lausene
Springfield Man Kills Doctor Then Ends His Life
Springfield, Ohio reports Austin Richards saying Paul F. Stupp Sr shot and killed family physician Dr. Morris B. Martin at his former wife’s home then shot himself. Dr Martin survived after five wounds. Stupp fled intending to kill his ex-wife E Elsie Stupp.
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Springfield
Ohio
Austin Richards
Paul F. Stupp
Morris B. Martin
Stupp
Martin
Sprimefield
Richards
E. Elsie Stupp
Accused killer deemed insane in 1951 shooting case
Three doctors testified John Shaw aged 56 was insane on August 19 1951 when his daughter in law Mra Dean Cox was shot and killed in Chillicothe Ohio.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
John Shaw
Mra
Dean Cox
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