Fire guts Chauncey Hardware Store in Chauncey
A Wednesday afternoon fire destroyed the Chauncey Hardware Store on High Street. Damage was estimated near 25 000 with only two items saved, as Chauncey, Athens and Nelsonville fire units battled flames fanned by winds. The store owners, the Pendergrass family, were present and the cause was not yet determined.
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Chauncey Hardware
Chaunces
Pendergrass
High St
Charles Pendergrass
Chauncey
Athens
Neilsonville
Iris
Roy Pendergrass
Charlies Pendergrast
George Sweeney
Columbus Road
Negotiators Eye Final Clause in Korean Armistice Talks
In Munsan Korea the Alfieig proposed tackling the final clause of the armistice seeking withdrawal of foreign troops. Negotiators deadlocked on items three and four, supervision of a truce and prisoner exchanges. Joy urged simultaneous talks on item five to speed a truce while urging Reds to draft a working document for subcommittee discussions.
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Munsan
Korea
Alfieg
Bue
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Semior
William P. Nuckols
Joy
Subcommittee
UN squabble over Oatis case heats up at UN
A Czechoslovak delegate at the United Nations denounced William W. Oatis AP chief Prague as a trained spy and alibi for AP while accusing a U S delegate of slandering Czechoslovakia. The exchange centered on Oatis trial legality and press freedom behind the iron curtain.
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Paris
United Nations Today
William W. Oatis
Associated Press
Prague
Frantisek Vavricka
General Assembly
U. S
Channing Tobias
Vavricka
Czechoslovakia
Oatis
Tobias
Committee
Ostig
Oasis
Messenger Carrier Seeks Timely Payment at Collection Time
A plea from the newspaper carrier urges readers to pay promptly at his regular collection time. He delivers daily in all conditions and sometimes covers the cost himself if household payment is late. The notice asks readers to be ready with the exact change or pay promptly to support the carrier.
Red Supply Lines Raked In Korea War Nuclear Skirmish
In northwest Korea UN forces pressed rail line strikes with B 29s and Fifth Air Force warplanes flying 240 sorties by noon. A MiG Alley clash occurred between US F 86 Sabres and communist MIG 15s with no damage claims. Ground skirmishes continued as rail cuts exceeded fifty victims reported.
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Seoul
Korea
Pi — Alliec
Fifth Air Force
Puots
Royal Paix Begin Tour of Empire
Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh began a five month tour of the empire aboard a special BOAC Argonaut. The trip visits Kenya Asia Ceylon Australia and New Zealand with King George and Queen Elizabeth bidding farewell at the airport.
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London
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Overseas Airways Argonaut
Kenya
Asia
Ceylon
Australia
New Zealand
Philip
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Ohio Tes Set for the Republicans Divided on Statehood Issue
Akron dispatch notes Ohio Republican division over statehood bills as Walter Wanamaker files to be a delegate to the Republican National Convention and names Kenneth Eisenhauer as his first choice for president. The piece mentions Taft and Alaska and Hawaii statehood discussions in the Senate policy committee.
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Akron
Ohio
Eisenhower
Walter B. Wanamaker
Common Pleas Court
Kenneth P. Eisenhauer
Washington
Taft
Wanamaker
Statehood
Alaska
Army
Hawaii
Senate
GOP
McFarland
Arena
Martins Ferry Woman Looms as Favorite Daughter
Mrs. Marie Harrington Krim of Martins Ferry Ohio may be cast as a favorite daughter for the Democratic presidential nomination. Rep. Hays explains it would be an honorary designation under Ohio law delegates must list both first and second choices for the nomination.
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Washington
Marie Harrington Krim
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Hays
Stubborn Ohio Drops, Traffic Still Slowed
The report outlines a proposed 355.95 million loan to Central Iron and Steel Co of Harrisburg Pa under DPA and RFC. It cites past RFC loans totaling 6.2 million in 1949 and alleges political influence involving White House contacts, with figures like William E. Willett and Hubert D. Steele referenced in investigation findings.
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Warshington
Defense Production Administration
DPA
Central Iron and ‘Steel Company
Harrisburg
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
REC
Senate Banking Subcommittee
White House
Fulbright
D-Ark
Central Iron and Steel
William E. Willett
RFC Board of Directors
Hubert D. Steele
Hibert B. Steele
Steele
Joseph H. Rosenbaugh
Joseph E. Casey
D-Mass
Rosenbaum
Washington Attoreey
Senate Rfc
Willett
Ohio River Flood Crest Presses Into Ohio Valley
The Ohio River reached the crest of its first 1952 flood and began falling slowly, with declines of about a tenth of a foot per hour. Pomeroy and Point Pleasant faced waterlogged streets and blocked roads while flood walls and gates were tested. President Truman planned aerial flood area observations as Cincinnati anticipated a crest near 57.5 feet, well above flood stage.
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Ohio
Greenup
Pomeroy
Main St
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
G B. Woodard
Decatur St
Woodard
Mason County
Delbert Staats
Henderson
Central
Ordnance Schoo
North Point Pleasant
Truman
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Washington
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
US Weather Bureau
Ghio Valley
Nazi Cartel Rises Anew
FRANKFORT Germany A board led by Hermann Abs and chemist Richard Kuhn seeks to revive Farben under Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik BASF, forming new entities from the seven year Allied trust busting effort to break up the former giant. Columbus bingo crackdown urged after a safety director cites a Franklin County judge ruling charity bingo unconstitutional in Ohio.
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Frankfort
Germany
I G. Farben
Nazi Germany
Herman J. Abs
Heiler
Richard Kuhn
Farben
Ludwigshafen
Badische Anilm Und Soda Fabrik
BASF
Columbus
Mty
Donald D. Cook
Franklin County
Ohio
Tax Boosts Assure Safety Of Nation
President Truman voiced that avoiding another tax increase would not be safe, replying to Senators Moody and Monroney who urged restraint. He said the government’s fiscal outlook requires some tax raises despite not liking higher taxes, and outlined three alternatives to raising revenue.
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Truman
Washington
Imade Public Today
Moody
D-Mich
Monroney Id-Okial
Teresa
End Sought To End Wildcat Bus Strike In Cleveland
In Cleveland the AFL Street Car and Bug Drivers Union seeks an outline of grievances at a meeting to halt the unauthorized wildcat bus walkout. Jed Oliver and W. J. Rains plan to present the company request as 352 drivers report grievances tied to weather and pay bonuses. The strike halted Central Greyhound service from Toledo to Erie affecting about 25 000 riders and 129 000 commuters. In Washington Taft and Bricker voted against Truman’s tariff repeal proposal on fats oils dairy products, sending it back to committee.
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Cleveland
Grayhound
Nimkers
Jed Oliver
AFL
W. J. Rains
Yarlier
Central Greyhound
Toledo
Marietta
Pittsburgh
Erie
Washington
U. S
Robert A. Taft
John W Bricker
Ohio
Truman
GOP and Dems Will Censor TV Sponsors This July
Democratic and Republican officials said they will require approval of sponsor types for radio and TV coverage of the national political conventions in July. Networks plan telecast with national or local sponsorship and a code of conditions may bar beer and deodorant ads.
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Washington
iHe
Hatchet Death Still Unsolved in Youngstown
Police in Youngstown report the hatchet murder of George Brantner remains unsolved. Tests on Brantner’s son in law William Echard and grandson William Echard Jr yielded inconclusive results, as officials say the homicide was the most vicious they have seen. The elder Echard is cleared. the grandson remains in custody after finding the body in the Echard home coal bin.
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Youngstown
George Brantner
Cleveland
Brantner
William Echard
William, Jr
Youngstown Pace
J. Allen
Echard
David Belinky
Allen
New Hampshire Plays Key Political Role in Primary Results
New Hampshire becomes a focal point as Truman contemplates withdrawal from the Republican and Democratic races. Kefauver Teft and Stassen enter, Taft and Eisenhower vie for the GOP, while NH convention votes emerge as pivotal in shaping the national nomination battle.
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New Hampshire
New York
UPI
New Wampshire
Truman
Lhe
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Robert A. Teft
Tennessee
Tall
Taft
Eisenhower
Hampshire
Associated Press
Rise Evicts Henderson War Bride
Mrs. Ed ward Watson of Henderson, a Reading England native and war bride, faced eviction amid floods. Her husband, employed on the river, was away during the high water as relatives aided the Watson family and neighbors in moving children to the second floor. Water reached about a foot on the first floor. The Huffman family nearby also saw water on their first floor.
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Poll Asant
Edward Watson
Henderson
Reading
Engeland
Watson
Fraces Clark
Point Pleasant
Shadle Bridge
Hood Waters
Tax Bureau Shuffle OK'd by House in Civil Service Plan
The Truman administration's plan to remove the Internal Revenue Bureau from politics and place it under a merit system won overwhelming House approval and would take effect March 15 if the Senate does not veto. The House killed a resolution opposing the plan, a key feature being the end of patronage in appointing revenue collectors and placing them under civil service. The plan would abolish 53 collectorships and authorize up to 14 district commissioners.
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Washington
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
House
Senate
Wale
Internal Revenue Collectorships
Woman Kills 3 Children and Self in Ind. Auto
A 38-year-old Kentucky woman, Virginia Ruby, killed her three children and herself in an automobile near Gentryville, Indiana. Police found the victims with gunshot wounds to the temples. Ruby died later in Huntingburg hospital. A note signed Virginia cited fear of being committed to treatment as motive.
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Gentryville
Ind
Kentucky
Virginia Ruby
Gentryvile
Ruby
Huntingburg
Roscoe Medeali
Grier
Virginia
Kidnap Terms Imposed in Ohio Assault Case
Judge Harold B Boyle Wednesday added 530 year sentences for kidnapping to the terms of two Struthers men, Robert Graves 22 and John Terecki 22, who assaulted a local woman last fall. The two men received 3 to 20 year terms for assault, with the kidnappings running consecutively for a total of 8 to 30 years.
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Youngstown
Harold B. Boyle
Struthers
Oconii
Robert Graves
John Terecki
President Views Meigs Flood Site
President Tru man was to fly over Pomeroy to inspect the flood situation this afternoon. Mayor Delmar A. Canaday said he would contact Washington to request air reconnaissance. The Kroger building is marked for aerial recognition as part of the flood response.
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Pomeroy
Tru- Man
Delmar A. Canaday
Canaday
Washington, D. C
Kroger
Mar
Washington
Improperly Loaded Box Car Blamed for Rail Wreck
A state Utilities Commission investigator blamed an overloaded and improperly loaded box car for the Pennsylvania Railroad wreck near Hillard on January 2. The crash touched off a series of munition explosions and prompted an investigation into loading practices.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Hilliard
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