Athens Man First Traffic Fatality of 1952 in Area
John Jackson Crumley 88, a noted forestry expert and educator, died after being struck on Route 50 near Athens by a car driven by Wilfred Ballenger 38. Crumley helped acquire land for Zaleski State Forest and led forestry programs. Ballenger not charged. The incident marked the region’s first traffic death of 1952 with rain present and Crumley walking near his home.
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John J. Crumley
Athens
Crumley
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Wilfred Ballenger
Ballenger
Zaleski State Forest
Hocking
Athens Livestock Co
John Jackson Crumley
Ohio Experiment Station
Ash Cave
Old Man's Cave
Enderlin Forest
Carbondale
Johns Hopkins
Texas State Normal College
Burned Hulk Of Lost Plane Found 28 Die
Wreckage of an Air Force C-47 found on a central Arizona mountain 65 miles northeast of Phoenix confirms all 28 aboard died. Among the dead were 19 West Point cadets, a crew of four, and five other passengers. A ground party will descend to the scene. Arnold Johnson reported no survivors. The plane was en route from Hamilton AFB California to Goodfellow AFB Texas when it crashed during a storm.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Air Force
Arizona
West Point
Arnold Johnson
Jack Shoe Cattle Co
Johnson
Hamilton Air Force Base
Calif
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Texas
Food Prices Steady in Dun & Bradstreet Index
NEW YORK wholesale food prices remained unchanged at 6.64 this week per the Dun & Bradstreet index, down 4.2 percent from the year ago level of 6.93. The index covers the wholesale cost of one pound of 31 common foods. gains were seen in rye oats hams butter sugar potatoes and steers while declines occurred in wheat corn barley lard milk coffee cottonseed oil cocoa eggs currants hogs and lambs.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Hearing Waived in Gambling Case
Martin (Doc) McKinney waived a preliminary hearing in justice of the peace court on charges of operating game tables. He was ordered to appear before the grand jury at the next term to answer indictments that may be found.
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Point Plesasant
Martin
Doc) McKinney
Justice Peace Court
Grand Jury
Troops Arrive from Far East aboard Sen. Buckner
Cpl. John R. Gordon of Gallipolis arrived in Seattle Monday with rotation troops from the Far East. The forces came aboard the Navy transport Sen. Simon B. Buckner.
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Seattle
John R. Gordon
Gallipolis
Far East
Navy
Sen
Simon B. Buckner
Winter Storm Lashes Western States Wide Areas
Snow sleet and rain covered the west as road crews freed hundreds of motorists and skiers from snow blocked highways in Utah Colorado Nevada and northern California. Cold snapped to 42 below in parts of Utah and 22 below in Bemidji Minnesota with no immediate warmup. Rain stretched from southern Ohio to New Jersey while other regions reported fair weather.
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Gulf Coast
Utah
Colorado
Nevada
California
Midwest
Bemidji
Minn
Ohio
New Jersey
Reds Release Stockport GI
Corporal Carl F. Hoge of Stockport and Corporal Robert J. Denning of St Paul were detained by Russians for eight or nine hours after accidentally crossing the Berlin border area. They said they were treated well and released last Saturday.
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Stockport
Carl F. Hoge
Berlin
Hoge
Robert J. Denning
St. Paul
President Truman Hints On Re Election Decision
Democratic Rep. Hays of Ohio quoted President Truman saying he hopes to announce by February 6 whether he will run again. February 6 is the last day for filing Ohio delegate candidates to the Democratic national convention. Hays said Truman would like to decide before that date and that Kefauver is his preferred nominee.
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Washington
Truman
Rep. Hays
Ohio
White House
Mr. Truman
Displaced Persons Program Resettled 336000 Refugees
The U S Displaced Persons Commission reports three year operation resettling 336000 refugees, easing Europe overpopulation and ending in 1948. About half have moved to the United States with 75 percent entering the labor force. program cost 100.6 million dollars, repaid by taxes.
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Washington
America
John W. Gibson
U. S. Displaced Persons Commission
Europe
United States
Gibson
U. S
Austria
Rochester
N. Y
Neuernburg
Germany
Russian Ex-Emissary Litvinoff Dies at 75 in London
Maxim Litvinoff former Soviet foreign minister and wartime ambassador to Washington died in London aged 75. He helped secure US recognition in 1933 and championed the idea that peace is indivisible though he was later displaced in 1946 signaling Cold War shifts.
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London
Maxim Maximovich Litvinoff
Russia
Washington
Litvinoff
Foreign Ministry
Kremlin
League of Nations
Sanc
U. S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Button Edict Provokes Critic Over Uniform Suspenders
Representative Norblad demanded why the army forbids suspenders on uniforms and requires buttoning, citing a constituent whose son in the service reported the ban. He noted roughly 12 million suspender buttons across four million pairs and asked Army Secretary Pace to review potential savings.
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Washington
Norblad
Army Today
Bus School Carrier Crash Injures Five
In Cincinnati five persons were injured when an empty school bus rammed the rear of a street railway bus. Police said the passenger bus had stopped to pick up passengers and was knocked about 20 feet from the impact. Patrolmen McElhany and Scott reported the incident.
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Cincinnati
John McElhany
Henry Scott
Woman Dies at 100 in Springfield
Mrs Harriett E Wall a centenarian born in Suffolk England died Tuesday at her daughter's home Mrs Grace Wagner in Springfield She came to the United States at age 20 and first lived in Piqua Ohio The obituary notes her long life and emigration from England to America.
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Springfield
Harriett E. Wall
Suffolk County
England
Grace W. Wagner
Operation Cocktail Prevents Accidents Sees No NYE Accidents
SARANAC LAKE New York Police Chief William Wallace reports on Operation Cocktail a New Year’s Eve effort that escorted five merrymakers home and prevented accidents. This marks the third year the Adirondack village police have offered free rides to revelers who could not safely return home.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
William Wallace
Adirondack Mountain
Steel Union Chief Seeks Strike Postponement
Atlantic City reports Phillip Murray heads CIO steelworkers to decide on cancelling the threatened industry wide strike. Murray aims to recommend calling an extraordinary convention to seek a wage stabilization board compromise and avoid a New Year walkout.
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Atlantic City
CIO Steelworkers
Phillip Murray
Steel Union
CIO
Steelworkers' Executive Board
Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Truman
Death Car Driver Held After Fatal New Year’s Eve Crash
Detroit police say 20 year old Anthony Redmond surrendered after his car hit two girls walking on Woodward Avenue as New Year’s Eve ended. Witness Doran Cushing, 17, and two 15 year olds were with him. victims Barbara Holloway, 17, and Jessie Anaston, 15, were left dying in a snowbank. Redmond claimed fog and timing contributed to the crash.
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Detroit
Anthony Redmond
Suburban Royal Oak
Doran Cushing
Cushing
Redmond
Barbara Holloway
Jessie Anaston
Woodward Avenue
Woodward
Bears produce hybrids at Washington Zoo twins and triplets
Washington Zoo director Dr. William M. Mann reports three little bears born from a mix of Alaska brown bear and polar bear parents. The double hybrids, born around 1936, are bottle fed and eyedropped, with visits possible in two weeks if they survive, and they cannot breed yet.
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Washington
Mama
Grandma
Grandpa
Alaska
Nevir
Aida
Papa
William M. Mann
Washington Zoo
Iron Lung Artist Dies in Cleveland At 28
Jane Norton died in Cleveland yesterday at age 28. She painted pictures by holding a brush in her teeth while confined to an iron lung for a decade after a ruptured brain vessel after high school in 1941. Her stroke led to partial paralysis and she remained in the lung at her parents’ home since 1947.
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Cleveland
Jane Norton
Miss Norton
Weather Outlook Snow Likely Through Thursday Night
Snow or sleet continues Thursday night and early Friday with improving conditions by Friday afternoon. Temperatures run 3 to 5 degrees below normal through Friday, with normal highs around 36 north 44 south and lows near 22 north 23 south.
Allied six point plan for POW release and civilian repatriation
Allied truce negotiators in Munsan proposed a six point scheme to exchange prisoners of war one for one, then all for all, and to repatriate civilians who wish to return home. The plan would reclassify South Koreans in communist armies as POWs and uses Red Cross interview checks to gauge desire to return.
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Munsan
Korea
Howard S. Levie
United Nations Command
R. E. Libby
Libbey
Lee Sang Cho
Lee
Levie
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Yank Planes Blast Red's Rail Traffic
North Korean rail targets faced heavy UN air strikes as 210 UN sorties cut rail tracks at 49 points. Ground fighting paused in a deep lull with minor probes in the Satae Valley. Two UN planes were shot down and 1800 enemy supply vehicles attacked overnight.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Satae
U.S. Eighth Army
United Nations
Fifth Air Force
Samdong
Ives Refutes Taft Cinched Nomination Claim
Senator Ives says Eisenhower could win the Republican nomination without speaking, but expects him to declare candidacy before the July convention. Taft campaign manager asserts certainty of Taft nomination on an early ballot while noting rivals’ efforts are faltering. Ingalls from Cleveland predicts Taft remains an active candidate.
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Washington
Ives
Eisenhower
Taft
GOP
David S. Ingalls
Cleveland
Ingalls
Ohio Begins Polio Drive in 1952 Campaign
Ohio launches the 1952 March of Dimes with 100000 workers to surpass last year’s 1 766835 state total. County chapters spent about 900000 aiding 1135 polio victims. 250000 extra from the national foundation supported Ohio efforts. Richard L Kroesen of Cleveland chairs the drive Highlight is a Mothers March of Polio set for January 31 in many counties cities and communities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Polio Foundation
National Foundation
Richard L. Kroesen
Cleveland
State March of Dimes
Captain Won't Give Up the Ship Faces New Atlantic Storm
Captain Kurt Carlsen remains aboard the battered Flying Enterprise as a new gale threatens. The U S destroyer John W Weeks and the tug Turmol move to assist while the crew is largely rescued. one officer died. Carlsen reports good health and spirits as rescue efforts resume.
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London
Atlantic
Kurt Carlsen
Carlson
U.S
John W. Weeks
U.S. Navy
Golden Eagle
Ireland
Turmol
Carlsen
U. S. Naval Headquarters
New York
Urvivors
Italy's Reds and Vatican near showdown on Europe
In Rome the Italian communists step up a public campaign against the Catholic church accusing clerical influence of steering Europe. Palmiro Togliatti brands church power as clericalism on Eisenhower's shoulders and links the fight to anti confederation moves in Western defense plans. He launches the attack via an article in L Humanite signaling a broader Europe wide clash.
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Rome
Palmiro Togliatti
Italy
Reds
Europe
Eisenhower
Comemunisima
Free
U S Building Volume Drops as 1951 Costs Rise
A year end government report shows 1951 total construction at 29.13 billion dollars, a 7 percent rise from 1950, while volume declines. The rise includes over a billion for new military facilities, about six times 1950, and 880 million for atomic energy and defense plants.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Commerce Department
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Estes Kefauver
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