Pomeroy Braces As Waters Rise In Ohio River Flood
Cold, windy weather dominates as Ohio and Kanawha rivers threaten flood levels. Pomeroy residents move goods from Main Street stores while forecasts place crest between 54 and 57 feet, with Middleport at around 56 feet and Apple Grove expecting 55 to 56 feet. Authorities urge avoid travel to aid preparations and minimize traffic while basements are cleared and supplies moved ahead of crest.
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Pomeroy
Ohio River
U.S. Dam
Apple Grove
Middleport
Charles McMaster
Huntington
Main Street
W. Second Street
Main St
Delmar A. Canaday
Canaday
Crest of Surprise Flood Rolls Toward Bend Area
The Ohio River crest threatened Pomeroy Middleport Gallipolis and Point Pleasant with 54 to 57 feet by Tuesday night or Wednesday. Pavements opened and evacuations grew as Steubenville Wheeling and Marietta faced rising waters. Authorities evacuated about 1000 people and closed amusements and schools.
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Bend
Ohio River
Pomeroy
Middleport
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
U.S. Weather Bureau
Parkersburg
Lock 22
Weather Bureau
Marietta
Kanawha
Main Middleport
Crest
Muskingum River
Ohio
Gallia County Faces Cresting Ohio River Flood Threat
Gallia County drivers and residents brace as the Ohio River nears a crest of 53 to 56 feet by Wednesday morning. Evacuations may begin around 52 feet in the Maple Shade area affecting about 75 people, with Kanawha and Elk river rises complicating expectations. River gauges at Point Pleasant and Gallpolis locks show rapid increases as West Virginia floods feed backwater.
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Maple Shade
Ohio
Gallia County
Kanawha
Chickamauga
Mill Creeks
First Ave
Park Front
Gallipolis
Weather Bureau
Kanawha River
Elk River
Winfield
Marmet
West Virginia
Methodist Children's Cottages Dedicated at Worthington
Two cottages valued at 220000 were dedicated Sunday at the Methodist Children's Home in Worthington. The gifts come from the late Charles S Cherington and honor his mother Julia Hurst Cherington. Bishop Hazen G Werner spoke at the dedicatory services.
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Columbus
Worthington
Charles S. Cherington
Julia Hurst Cherington
Hazen G. Werner
Ohio Area Methodist Church
Route 23 Collision Claims Life of Miss Sisson
In Columbus on Route 23 a two car crash Sunday night killed 25 year old Miss Doro thy Sisson and seriously injured six others. Police reported the deadly wreck occurred near Columbus with multiple passengers hospitalized in stable to critical condition.
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Columbus
Dorothy Sisson
Want Ad Results Endorse Advertiser Satisfaction
A Mes senger Want Ad reader from Athens Route writes of splendid results. Paul Hawk reports selling all his pigs and receiving many replies, praising the Want Ad service and urging others to try it first. Just call 31242 for results.
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Paul Hawk
Athens
New Regime Takes Over In Strife-Torn Egypt
Cairo reports a new government sworn in under King Farouk with Aly Maher Pasha as prime minister. The regime vows to remove British influence and restore stability while parliament will respond to martial law decrees. Farouk dismissed Nahas Pasha after rioting and unrest.
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Cairo
Farouk
Britain
Aly Maher Pasha
Abdin Palace
Mustapha el Nahas Pasha
Nahas
Suez Canal Zone
Sudan Nahas
Nahas Pasha
Taft Launches Florida Tour
Taft, the Republican Senator Robert A. Taft, begins his Florida three-speech tour with press conferences and talks with GOP leaders. He arrives by train and departs by air, invited by the Florida state Republican Executive Committee. Congressman Carroll Reese and Taft aides accompany him.
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Tampa
Fla
Florida
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Washington
Republican Executive Committee
Ohio
Carroll Reese
Tennessee
National
GOP Committee
Senate
Fannie Ward Dies at Lenox Hill Hospital
New York actress Fannie Ward died Sunday at Lenox Hill Hospital. The former flapper icon claimed to seek eternal youth and appeared youthful into old age, saying she was 79 years old.
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New York
Fannie Ward
Lenox Hill Hospital
Ito
Allies Weigh Plans If Truce Talks Fail
Washington reports say the United States and allied forces in Korea are studying possible actions if negotiations collapse. Options include increasing UN military pressure, accepting a gradual war fade with no prisoner exchange, or pressuring Communist China with naval blockades or attacks on bases.
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Washington
United States
Korea
State Department
United Nations
Red Command
China
Downdraft Lifts Plane Five Injured In Flight
A Capital Airlines coach plane with thirty passengers was dropped 3800 feet by a sudden downdraft near East Liverpool Ohio before leveling off. Five passengers were taken to Berea Community Hospital. one was released after treatment. Pilot William Mason reported no panic and noted the craft did not strike a mountain. Flight 805 was en route from Washington to Chicago via Pittsburgh and Cleveland Hop kins.
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Cleveland
Capital Airlines
Berea Community Hospital
William Mason
Washington
Cleveland Hopkins Municipal Airport
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Liverpool
OPS Begins Price Test in Three Cities
The government starts a three city price test to see if grocery prices have stabilized enough for community ceilings nationwide. Posters display ceiling prices for 350 to 400 standard items in Fargo Fargo North Dakota Jacksonville Florida and Fresno California. Stores may charge less but not more than posted prices. Price Stabilizer Michael V. Di Salle says this method informs housewives of the top prices for market basket foods.
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Washington
Fargo
N.C
Jacksonville
Fla
Fresno
Calif
Michael V. di Salle
Near-Record Flood Anniversary in Ohio River History
Fifteen years ago the Ohio River surged to its second highest level, cresting at Pomeroy on January 28, 1937, at 68 feet. The flood stood eight tenths of a foot below the 1913 record of 68.8 feet set in April.
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Ohio River
Pomeroy
UN Submits POW Trade Blueprint in Korean Armistice Talks
In Munsan Korea a 14 point UN plan for exchanging prisoners of war is presented to communist negotiators. The Reds promise to study the proposal while the Allied draft includes voluntary repatriation the Reds reject. A revised POW roster listing 132000 names was handed to Maj Gen Lee Sang Cho by Rear Adm Libby.
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Munsan
Korea
Truce Supervision Subcommittee
R. E. Libby
Lee Sang Cho
Jets clash as MIG-15s surge over Korea
In North Korea, allied jets traded passes with about 50 MIG-15s but reported no damage. It marked the first MIG appearance since a Friday sky battle where ten were lost. Overcast conditions limited air strikes and patrols along the 145 mile front. Quiet at Kumhwa district gave way to communist loudspeakers celebrating the Lunar New Year.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Kumhwa
Cleveland man dies from stab wounds after dispute
Joe Vann, 24, died Sunday at Mount Sinai Hospital from stab wounds following an argument with an unnamed acquaintance who refused to drive him home from a relative's house. Police are investigating the case as the man’s death.
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Cleveland
Joe Vann
Mount Sinai Hospital
Flood Picture Shows Ohio Valley Crest Forecasts
Flood conditions rise in the Ohio and Hocking valleys with multiple crests. Ohio River near 29.7 feet at Pittsburgh, with towns like Wheeling Island hit hard and others predicting 53 to 57 feet by Wednesday morning. Evacuations and merchant closures noted as rivers rise and flood walls hold. No rain expected today. outlook cloudy and cold with a low around 24.
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Steubenville
East Liverpool
Jefferson County
New Cumberland
W. Va
Welsburg
Wheeling
Bridgeport
Martins F . Bellaire
Shadyside
Wheeling Island
Bellaire
Ohio Valley Board of Trade
Powhatan Point
Powhatan
Powhatan Mining Co
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio National Guard
Red Cross
Washington
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Monongahela
Scioto River
Portsmouth
Zanesville
Muskingum
Licking River
Muskingum River
McConnelsville
Morgan County
Hocking
Pomeroy
Middleport
Gallipolis
Tam
Point Pleasant
Kanawha
Elk
Marietta
Point Pleasant Prepares Behind Floodwall as Ohio River Rises
Torrential rains push the Ohio River toward 50 feet at Point Pleasant prompting floodwall use. Gates at Walnut Street and other locations will close at specified levels while Route 35 and state routes are shut to traffic. Public transit curtailed as canals and trains cease service.
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Kanawha River
Ohio
Walnut St
Fourth St
Fifth St
Tu-Endie-Wei Park
Kanawha Street
U.S
Parkersburg
Huntington
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Ohio River
Charleston
New Haven
Hocking River Crest to 19 Feet Amid Flood Conditions
The Hocking River near Athens is forecast to crest at 19 feet two feet above flood stage, with readings at 18.25 feet at 11 a.m. and a slow rise. Several county and city schools may close, roads are blocked, Red Cross reports no evacuations, and long distance lines are overloaded as residents seek road condition updates.
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Hocking River
Athens
U.S. Weather Bureau
Parkersburg
W. Va
Red Cross
Carthage-Troy
Rome-Canaan
Waterloo
State Highway Patrol
Hoover urges policy shift to curb war risk and rearm Europe
Former President Hoover calls for a study of U.S. foreign policy and a partial withdrawal of U.S. ground forces from Europe while air and sea power are expanded. He urges renewed debate on risk to economy, urges UN reform, and notes Western Europe inertia amid fear of invasion.
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Europe
Herbert Hoover
Congress
U.S
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Western Hemisphere
Gibraltar
United States
Britain
Asia
United Nations
Korea
Western
Fire destroys six cars at Rush Motor Sales damage $50,000
A Sunday blaze at Rush Motor Sales destroyed six cars and equipment with damage estimated at $50,000. Firemen and a company employee were injured, none seriously.
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Columbus
Rush Motor Sales
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