Seven U S Outfits Force Reds To Shift Into Defense
AP reports U S forces repelled five Chinese counterattacks on the central Korean front near Hoengsong and Hongchon as the Allies press a cautious advance. The U S Second Division stopped assaults while the First Marine Division leads the drive, with 100000 Chinese shifted to defense and regrouping expected over weeks. A Marine patrol reached Hoengsong outskirts and Chinese demolition crews destroyed a bridge on Ammul Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Reds
Tokyo
Hoengsong
United Nations
U. S. First Marine Division
U. S. Army
Nate Polowetzky
Hongchon
Ammul Creek
Stan Swinton
NPA Orders Priority Ratings For Maintenance Supplies
The National Production Authority issues an order granting a special priority rating for maintenance, repair, and operating supplies for both public and private institutions to keep plants in operation, excluding end products. The aim is to help firms and schools remain in good repair while meeting defense needs. the rule targets limited material allocations and stockpile planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Production Authority
Manly Fleischmann
NPA
Out-of-State Cigarette Tax Upheld by Supreme Court
Washington reports that the Jenkins Act, used by Ohio to collect taxes on out-of-state cigarette purchases, is valid. The Supreme Court affirmed a prior ruling by a three-judge U. S. District Court in Washington, reinforcing interstate tax collection authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Supreme Court
U. S
Philo Shooting Solved by Accidental Trigger Pull
ZANESVILLE. The Philo school shooting involving a 13 year old pupil was solved when John F. Hane Jr., 19, told Sheriff Bealmear he fired a .22 rifle accidentally after tripping and falling. Authorities labeled it an accidental discharge.
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Zanesville
Philo School
John F. Hane, Jr
Harry Bealmear
Ounce of Prevention Is Worth 50 000
A Dallas man was placed under a 50000 peace bond to refrain from striking his wife with a sledge hammer. He admitted to hitting her when the weather turned harsh, saying his wife is cranky in bad weather. The woman lies in a Dallas hospital with head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Justice of the Peace
W. E. Richburg
Meat Prices Set for Sharp Drop Across Nation
Washington AP reports Agriculture Department officials expect retail prices of some beef and veal cuts to fall by five to ten cents a pound by the weekend in many areas. Consumer resistance and Lent abstinence have slowed demand, causing piling stocks and slower trade in wholesalers and retailers. Officials said price cuts could enable retailers to offer weekend deals to draw shoppers back to meat counters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Office of Price Stabilization
Collazo Hides Court Strategy in Truman Assassination Trial
Attorneys for Oscar Collazo indicate they will withhold their trial strategy as prosecutors present their case in the first degree murder trial over the November 1 assassination attempt on President Truman. The jury selection concluded with 12 jurors and two alternates chosen after screening 166 candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oscar Collazo
Truman
Collazo
Democrats reject Taft plan to pledge Europe defense
Senators Connally and Russell dismissed Taft's proposal requiring Western Europe to pledge quotas for a joint defense force in exchange for U S troops. They warned that congressional approval of force size and placement would risk exposing defense secrets to Russia and hinted at already planned troop deployments to Europe. Taft urged limits on America's share, warning the U S might provide up to 18 divisions for the North Atlantic Defense Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Russell
Dga
Taft
R-Ohio
Western
Europe
Democratic Committee
U. S
Atlantic
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
America
North Atlantic
Many Ohio Roads Ruined by Freezes
Thousands of miles of Ohio roads are practically broken beyond repair after three heavy freezes and thaws, according to the State Highway Department. Secondary roads with lighter pavements were hit hardest, and maintenance crews are working overtime to patch cracks and potholes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Department
Hoover warns of underground activity across nation
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover cautioned that those seeking to weaken America will act as mobilization continues. He described the Communist Party as increasingly underground and urged patriotic Americans to report espionage, sabotage, or subversive activities and other threats to the FBI and allied agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
John Edgar Hoover
America
Hoover
Associated Press
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Communist Party
Two Term Amendment Ratified Across States
The 22nd Amendment limits future presidents to two elected terms and, with a ten year service cap, applies except for Harry Truman who remains eligible. Utah and Nevada completed ratification, Nevada becoming the 36th state. Congress proposed it in 1947 and ratified by three-fourths of states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Harry Truman
White House
Utah
Nevada
Congress
Felony of Chiseling House Votes Make Felony
In Columbus the House passed a bill by a 117 to 0 vote to turn poor relief chiseling from a misdemeanor into a felony with fines up to 5000 dollars and 1 to 3 years in prison for obtaining 100 dollars or more fraudulently. Under 100 dollars the penalty is 500 dollars and three months. Rep. Robert F. Groneman cited a Cincinnati case of 6000 dollars fraudulently obtained and a prior 25 dollar fine and 30 days in jail, calling it the worst form of theft from the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Senate
Representatives
House
Robert F. Groneman
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Groneman
Lustron Fate Hinges On Economics And Defense
Senator Sparkman said the Lustron Plant in Columbus Ohio faces a decision driven by costs and defense needs. The dispute centers on whether to convert the former housing plant for Navy airplane production or for defense housing construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Columbus
Sparkman
Newsmen
Navy
Bus Riders Use Boat While Bridge Is Out
Parkersburg West Virginia residents formerly traveling by bus between Parkersburg and Belpre Ohio are crossing by boat after the bridge was closed last Friday. District engineer O N Rinehart said repairs may take eight weeks or longer. The Parkersburg Transit Co. runs a passenger ferry and seeks boats able to carry cars and trucks across the Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Belpre
Washington County
Ohio
O. N. Rinehart
Road Commission
Parkersburg Transit Co
Killinger Seeks Evangelist Path From Ohio Penitentiary
Eighteen year old Gerald Killinger hopes to become an evangelist if he escapes the electric chair and eventually leaves Ohio Penitentiary. Prison authorities note his deep interest in religion and a plan to tour the country preaching against sin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Gerald Killinger
Ohio
Three Dimensions of Life Urged by OU Speaker
Raymond J. Seeger, educator and physicist, spoke at Memorial Auditorium during Religion in Life Week. He outlined three life dimensions focusing on action, perspective, and faith, urging broad exposure to religion to foster true character and lasting civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond J. Seeger
Memorial Auditorium
Seegar
Seeger
Estate Award for Communist Slur in Cleveland
A jury awarded 1500 to the estate of Walter Pecyk after he was called a communist or communist sympathizer during life. Anthony Pecyk, as administrator, sued Michael Simonchek for slander for remarks allegedly made while Pecyk ran for City Council. Young Pecyk is an Air Force pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Anthony Pecyk
Brig
Michael Simonchek
Young Pecyk
Simonchek
Cleveland Industrial Union Council
Walter Pecyk
Extended Forecast for Columbus Ohio Indicates Warm Trend
Five day forecast shows temperatures 4-6 degrees above normal with a normal minimum around 20. Expect minor daily changes and precipitation from 0.3 to 0.6 inch as rain on Wednesday night or Thursday and again Saturday or Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Co-Op Business Drops in Ohio 1950 Declines
The Ohio Farm Bureau Cooperative Association reported its 1950 business fell by 1.5 million dollars from 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Cooperative Association Today
Dying Persons Volunteer In Experiment Dying Persons Volunteer In Experiment
SAN PEDRO Calif eighteen persons were selected as volunteer guinea pigs for a dystrophy research project aimed at finding a cure. The study is run by B n ai Brith Leo N Levi Memorial Hospital in Hot Springs Arkansas. Volunteers came from 300 applicants nationwide including families like the Godfrey and Baird siblings. The group includes nine children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Calif
B'nai Brith
Leo N. Levi
Hot Springs
Ark
Hocking Man Paroled in Ohio
Columbus report says Jim Freeman, formerly sentenced to the Ohio Reformatory from Hocking County, has been granted parole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking
Columbus
Jim Freeman
Ohio Reformatory
Hocking County
B 29s Strike North Korea Barracks As Red Forces Face Multi-Front Pressure
B 29s bombed Red barracks 35 miles northeast of Pyongyang while Fifth Air Force sorties limited by poor visibility. U S Marines on the left flank of the Second Division with seven American divisions on a single front for the first time in the Korean war. Malta village captured near Pangnim as Reds resist on left and center fronts. Allied lines include British Canadians Greeks and others in a broad front from Yellow Sea to Pangnim.
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Hoengsong
Fifth Air Force
Red Barracks
North Korea
Pyongyang
Red Capital
U.S
Yellow Sea
Pangnim
Leif Erickson
Eighth Army
Malta
24Th Infantry
First Cavalry
Yangpyong
Seoul
Republic of Korea
U.S. First Cavalry
Yongdu
Han River
Mountain Central Front
Wreck Kills Buchtel Man
Ira Blackston, 81, of Buchtel, died after his car crashed into a Union Furnace store. The accident occurred yesterday afternoon, with Blackston dying at 10:25 a.m. in Hocking Valley Hospital. Passenger Edward Reinscheld, 66, of Nelsonville Route 2, suffered chest injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ira Blackston
Buchtel
Hocking Valley Hospital
Blackston
B. C. Geiger
Union Furnace
State Highway Patrol
Edward Reinscheld
Nelsonville
Farmers urged to back cooperatives at Ohio meeting
Columbus Ohio farmers were urged to support their cooperatives as good business Marvin O Briggs general manager of the Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative spoke at the annual meeting of the Ohio Farm Bureau Cooperative Association urging backing of cooperative ventures and collaboration among growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Marvin 0. Briggs
Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative
Ohio Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Missing Clementis Arrested as Spy for West
Prague reports former foreign minister Vlado Clementis, a Communist since 1921, is officially under arrest as a spy for the West after missing since January 27. Six other Communist leaders face defection charges and expulsions, with at least four under arrest. The Central Committee recounts alleged acts including spying for imperialist states, sabotaging party and government, and an agreement with the French secret police in 1939. Bastovansky quotes claims of anti Soviet stances and ties to bourgeois nationalist emigre groups in London.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vlado Clementis
Communist Party
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Slovakia
Stefan Bastovansky
Clementis
Soviet Union
Peoples Democratic
Eduard Benes
Benes
Ukraine
London
Bastovansky
Communist Party of Slovaka
Mrs. Mildred Cullison Dies After Fall in The Plains
Mrs. Mildred Cullison 55 of The Plains died Monday evening at Sheltering Arms Hospital after fracturing her hip in a February 3 fall on West Union Street. Born in Nelsonville she lived in The Plains 26 years. Survived by husband Henry two daughters Mrs. Florence Jellison and Mrs. Lucille Glenn three sons Basil William of The Plains and Virgil of El Paso Texas ten grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Dowler Fergueson Hughes Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Cullison
the Plains
Sheltering Arms Hospital
W. Union St
Nelsonville
Cullison
Henry
Floresence Jellison
Lucille Glenn
Basil
William
Virgil
el Paso
Tex
Dowler-Fergueson-Hughes Funeral Home
Landlord Killed by Invalid Tenant in Ironton
IRONTON. William Messer, 55, a landlord from Pedro, was shot and killed last night. Coroner Justin Payne reported the victim was struck by a shotgun blast fired by Amos Lemasters, 41, the tenant, after a quarrel over property. No charges filed. Lemasters has been bedridden for a year with tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
William Messer
Pedro
Jusetin Payne
Navy Buildup Bill Moves to President for Action
A bill authorizing a 2.358 billion dollar navy buildup is ready for President Truman. The program includes plans to build the world’s largest aircraft carrier capable of handling atomic bombers and modernizing the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Truman
Convicted Principal Seeks New Trial in Child Case
LANCASTER UP A former high school principal convicted on one count of being intimate with a 13 year old girl pupil asked for a new trial through his attorney yesterday. George M Mel Thompson 33 faces a prison term of from one to 10 years. The suspended Pickerington school principal has not been sentenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
George M
Mel) Thompson
Pickerington
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OPS
Philo
Donald Arceo
Oakland
John
Dorothy
Dems
J. Edgar Hoover
Killinger
J. A. Robinson
B'nai B'rith
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Godfrey Brothers
Baird Brothers
Philadelphia
Robinson
Godfreys
Bairds
Burn Barracks
West
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