Taft Rejects Question On Ike's Qualifications After Warren Letter
Governor Earl Warren's cordial letter to Taft prompts Taft to say he has never questioned General Eisenhower's presidential qualifications. Taft notes the exchange shows not quarrelling among Republicans and reiterates support for a Republican victory in November regardless of nomination outcomes.
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Taft
Ike
Warren
Washington
Earl Warren
California
Dwight T. Wisanhawar
Lodge
R-Mass
Eisenhower
Chicago
Ohio
Cleveland
Wisconsin
David S. Ingalls
Dewey
Duff
Warren Critiques Farm Price Programs at Soil District Meeting
Earl Warren, a Republican presidential hopeful, defends price support programs as necessary to prevent farm bankruptcy. He urges protection of soil and water resources, warns of future population pressures and resource depletion, and commends Taft as a great American. Taft and Brannan are slated to speak tomorrow.
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Cleveland
Earl Warren
California
National Association of Soil Districts
Warren
America
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Secretary of of Agriculture
Charles Brannan
Kefauver Backs Effort to Trim Truman Budget
Senator Estes Kefauver says the 85.4 billion dollar Truman budget contains "a great deal of water." He urges Congress to squeeze out excess and create an expert staff to review budget requests year round, working with executive agencies to justify every penny.
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Congress
Kefauver
Details Held In Toledo Liquor Case
State Liquor Director William C. Bryant declined to reveal details of a Toledo wholesale liquor store scandal. Three employees were suspended for 30 days over a scheme to illegally extract money from permit holders and defraud the state. The probe includes review of purchase orders from 547 permit holders buying about $3 million in liquor annually.
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Columbus
William C. Bryant
Toledo
Bryant
Ohio
Joseph C. Okenka
Harlow Doerr
Youngstown Pollution Warning Sparks River Action
Ohio Attorney General William O'Neill warns 30 cities including Youngstown to stop dumping raw sewage into streams or face court action. He prepares Mahoning County Common Pleas Court action to enforce the state anti pollution law.
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Columbus
Atty, Gen. Co
William O'Neill
Youngstown
Charles P. Henderson
Mahoning River Valley
Ohio
O'Neill
Mahoning County
Common Pleas Court
Furnished Apartment for Rent Not Available for Occupancy
Noting a first floor furnished apartment with utilities paid and available Saturday February 23. Contact MW at Carpenter Street or dial 91931 for details.
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Carpenter St
Locks Close After June 30 on Muskingum River
Huntington Ohio river locks Nos. 2 through 11 on the Muskingum River will suspend operations after June 30, while lock and dam No. 1 at Marietta remains open. Protests by shipping interests prompted reconsideration, but only three firms submitted data to support their position. Col. Walter Krueger announced the update.
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Huntington
W. Va
Huntington Corps of Engineers
Muskingum River
Ohio
Walter Krueger
Marietta
Krueger
Early Decision Due On Turnpike Steel
Gov. Frank J. Lausche told the Ohio Turnpike Commission that Washington should decide within days on steel allotment for the $300 million toll road across northern Ohio. His report marked the most optimistic note yet on securing steel for the project.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Washington
Ohio
Officers Re-Elected By Ohio Farm Bureau
The Ohio Farm Bureau Cooperative Association closed its annual meeting by re-electing officers and elevating three home office staff to vice presidencies. W. N. Woods of Maumee was re elected president. H. Dwight Heckathorn of Forest became vice president. John W Sims of Vickery was named executive vice-president and general manager.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Cooperative Association
Home Office
W. N. Woods
Maumee
H. Dwight Heckathorn
Forest
John W Sims
Vickery
Truck hits dog then crashes killing five family members
A truck struck a dog crossing the highway and careened into an oncoming car near Lawton Oklahoma yesterday, killing five members of one family.
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Lawton
Okla
Gang’s Plan to Steal Gold Nipped in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills detectives jailed three men and a fourth in Las Vegas on suspicion of jewel robberies totaling 20000 in mid February. The group allegedly plotted a $600000 air expedition to desert southern Sonora to seize a ton of gold, financed by jewel thefts and diamond hold ups, before selling the loot for a 1800000 profit. Suspects include Robert Lord Glenn Spaulding Lee Moore and David Hutton with Spaulding linked to the plan and arrested after detectives traced the trio of home robberies.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Mexico
Las Vegas
Nev
Robert Lord
Glenn Spaulding
Los Angeles
Lee E. Moore
Pasadena
David Hutton
Isabell Wolz
Betty Noble
Clifford Souze
Sgt
R. W. Borders
Spaulding
Lord
Sonora
Moore
Hutton
Lord's House
Sergeant Borders
Colorado
Veterinarians Map Fight Against Anthrax Outbreak
Sixty three veterinarians met in Wilmington to plan containment of anthrax. Dr Harry Geyer reported an outbreak in Clinton County with seven farms quarantined and swine on two infected. He warned the disease is spreading and noted 20000 hogs in the three mile zone complicate large scale destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Harry G. Geyer
Division of Animal Husbandry
State Agriculture Department
Clinton County
Southwestern Ohio Veterinary Medical Association
Geyer
FBI Adds 19-Year-Old to Top Fugitives List
The FBI updated its most-wanted list to include Kenneth Lee Maurer a 19-year-old from Detroit as the youngest person on the top fugitives roster. He is wanted for the bludgeon deaths of his mother and his 11 year old sister in Detroit’s Rouge Park area last November. He is described by the Bureau as a shy youth of good appearance and pleasing personality.
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Washington
FBI
Kenneth Lee Maurer
Detroit
Rouge Park
Maurer
WSB Extends Automatic Pay Boost Approvals
The Wage Stabilization Board will continue automatic approvals for pay boosts under cost-of-living agreements. March 1 as a cutoff is retained only briefly. the policy will be extended indefinitely.
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WSB
Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Mercury Dips to 14 Degrees Cold Night Reported
The thermometer dropped to 14 last night, two degrees above the prior cold night. By 9 a.m. Wednesday the temperature had climbed to 23 as conditions warmed slightly.
Leading Lady Edna Phillips Dies at 74
Los Angeles obituary notes Edna Phillips, once a leading lady for actor E. H. Sothern, died yesterday at age 74.
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Los Angeles
Edna Phillips
E. H. Sothern
Churchill Wins Confidence Vote Over Korea and Atomic Bomb Claims
Prime Minister Churchill secured a House of Commons confidence vote 318 to 285 after asserting continuation of May policy by the previous Labor government and alleging Attlee set up a regular atomic bomb program. He cited cabinet documents and warned of secret pledges to Truman, prompting Labor party criticism and party divisions.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Korea
Attlee
Liberal Party
Herbert Morrison
Aneurin Bevan
Truman
Congress
Britain
United States
Living Costs Rise Pauses In January CPI Readout
Washington reports the Labor Department notes no change in the new series of the consumer price index from mid December to mid January after a steady rise since August. The old series shows a two tenth percent gain for the same period, enough to raise hourly pay by three cents for over a million CIO Auto Workers in auto aircraft and farm equipment sectors.
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Washington
Labor Department
CIO
Auto Workers Union
Horseburger or Beef Test Costs A Plenty
Columbus Ohio article explains a laboratory method to distinguish horse meat from beef using antiserum. Chief bacteriologist H D Drain notes procedure takes about 45 minutes, costs 50 to 75 cents for materials, and requires a rabbit-derived antiserum costing $12 to $14 per bottle.
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H. D. Drain
State Agriculture Department
Reynoldsburg
Drain
War Ends By June 30 In Administration Budget Plan
Sen. Taft pressed budget director Frederick J. Lawton in a closed Senate hearing on January 23 about spending estimates for fiscal 1953 starting July 1. Lawton said the administration assumes the Korean War will end by June 30 and that the nation will not be at war for at least a year afterward.
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Washington
Korea
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Frederick J. Lawton
Senate House Economic Committee
Lawton
Taft
Government checks auto price compliance nationwide
Washington reports that the Office of Price Stabilization will survey new and used car dealers for over ceiling sales and improper price tagging. The Justice Department will seek court orders against violators, while the Senate Banking Committee pursues an automatic shift plan to suspend and restore price controls to aid consumers and businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Edward P. Morgan
Justice Department
U. S
Senate Banking Committee
Maybank
D-Sc
Additional Gas Supply Proposed for Midwest and South
Texas Gas Transmission Corp. seeks a 33.8 million dollar expansion to build 407 miles of 26 inch loop pipeline alongside existing mains. The plan aims to supply an extra 95 million cubic feet of firm gas daily to Ohio Fuel Gas Co. serving Ohio Mississippi Arkansas Tennessee Kentucky Indiana Illinois. R J Connor, attorney for Owensboro Kentucky firm, spoke at a power commission hearing yesterday.
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Washington
Texas Gas Transmission Corp
Ohio
Power Commission
Texas Gas
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
R. J. Connor
Owensboro
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Air Travel Exceeds Rail Use For First Time
Washington reports air travel mileage tops rail travel for the first time. The Civil Aeronautics Board says domestic airlines carried 10,500,394,000 passenger miles last year while rail travel on pullmans totaled 10,432,306,000 passenger miles.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Additional Funds Found In Pensioner's Room
Cincinnati police report after a search of Elizabeth Cedar's two room flat found bank and building association books totaling 5444.43 dollars. Deputy George Jones said the discovery followed the death of the 75 year old pensioner last Saturday with about 1500 dollars in currency found around her home.
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Cincinnati
Elizabeth Cedar
Bank and Building Association
George Jones
Chase M. Davies
Airmen Rescued After B-29 Incident Near Guam
A U. S. Navy tanker rescued four of five airmen who bailed from a B-29 weather plane when an engine exploded 150 miles northwest of Guam yesterday.
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Guam
Taft Seeks Three Year Delay On Universal Military Training
Senator Taft urged delaying UMT start by about three years citing current two year draft service. He warned against starting while draft still in force and recommended Pentagon talks to cut four or five divisions. House debate continues with supporters and opponents alike pressing for timing and scope of universal training.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio Republican
Rep Short
R-Mo
Short
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
House
Senate
Congress
Republican Policy Committee
Pentagon
Rep
Elston
Ohio
Armed Services Committee
New UN Opens Five-Story Conference Building
United Nations in New York unveils a new five story conference building with a unique trusteeship council chamber described as a monkey playroom by a delegate. The 12 nation trusteeship council met first in the new structure, featuring multi colored lattice ceilings and a bright striped carpet.
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United Nations
N. Y
Secretariat
Trusteeship Council
Wittenberg Plans Layman Theology School
Wittenberg College in Springfield plans a first of its kind layman theology program this spring. President Clarence C. Stoughton says it targets average citizens who are church leaders or potential leaders and will train them in theory and practical application to build more effective church workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Wittenberg College
Clarence C. Stoughton
Stoughton
Canada Steamship Lines Settles Noronic Fire Claims
Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd. won court approval to settle fire claims arising from the Noronic disaster. The settlement total is 2,150,000 dollars following a Toronto pier fire on September 17, 1949 that killed 119 people. Suits filed in federal court totaled 18,909,256 dollars with death claims 7,324,259 and personal injury 10,898,614.
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Cleveland
Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd
Noronic
Toronto
Triplet Calves Born Near Dorset Ohio
Triplet bull calves were born to a Holstein cow near Dorset Ohio a rare bovine event. The cow is owned by Clyde T McMillion of Dorset Route 2. Springfield Rosa Valentine 22 died today in a trailer home fire.
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Jefferson, O
Dorset
Ohio
Clyde T. McMillion
Route 2
Springfield
Rosa Valentine
Truce talks stall over Soviet role and plague charges
At Munsan Korea staff officers tentatively dropped the prisoner exchange issue back to a truce subcommittee while a second committee faced a stalemate over Soviet supervision of the armistice. Reports linked bubonic plague to alleged germ warfare, with UN officials denying the claims. Maj. Van Chandler destroyed a Red MIG-15 in air combat as light ground clashes continued along the 155 mile front.
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Munsan
Korea
Soviet Russia
Don O. Darrow
Soviet Union
Chang Chun-San
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Reds
Norway
Switzerland
Sweden
Red
North Korea
Peiping
Pyongyang
Red China
Chekiang
China
U. S
Maj
van Chandler
Waxahachie
Tex
U.S. Eighth Army
Posse Slaying in Mississippi Ties Ex-Con to Plantation Attack
In Columbus Mississippi a posse hunting the slayer of planter John Allison Hardy Sr killed a 3 year-old Black ex convict Robert Cobb as he fired on posse members fleeing across a field about four miles from the plantation. The shooting followed Hardy’s slaying Tuesday at the same plantation.
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Columbus
Miss
Mississippi
Tom Glover
Robert Cobb
John Allison Hardy, Sr
German nationalism warning by McCloy shocks Bonn
U S High Commissioner J J McCloy warned of general disaster unless revival of German nationalism is halted. He accused most West German parties and some cabinet ministers of fostering the revival in his sharpest warning yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Germany
U.S
J. J. McCloy
West Germany
McCloy
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Ohio Farm Bureau
Robert Oats
Rocky Boy
Mont
Edward Kirchmaier
Tacoma
Wash
Oats
Fort Lewis
Kirchmaier
Wittenberg
Canada Steamship, Ltd
Posse
Athens
Chauncey
Gallipolis
Logan
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant
Owen
Pomeroy-Middleport
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