UN Should Charge Soviets Over Korean War, Says Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa dispatch reports Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek on Monday night urging the United Nations to accuse the Soviet Union of starting the Korean War. He called for Soviet halt to further North Korea attacks on the South, and suggested UN action.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
United Nations
Soviet Russia
North Korea
Chiang
Washington
South Korea
Europe
Asia
Russia
All Asia
Indictments Return Secrets From Pettibone Club Case
Geauga County grand jury returns 26 secret indictments after reviewing gambling evidence from the Pettibone Club. Judge Thomas hands them to county clerk Donald Philips. arrests to be made by Sheriff Stewart Harland. Names and charges remain sealed until apprehensions.
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Geauga County Grand Jury
Pettibone Club
William K. Thomas
Donald Philips
Sherif Stewart M. Harland
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Thomas
Frank J. Lausche
Rutkowski
Ohio Toll Sees 22 Deaths During July Fourth Holiday
During the July Fourth holiday weekend Ohio reported 22 deaths from highway crashes, drownings, and other accidents after 33 hours of celebration. National Safety Council warned traffic accidents could reach 385 deaths with 36 million cars on the roads, while total fatalities nationally reached 434 by Monday night.
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Ohio
Coal Miners Take 10 Day Paid Vacation Across Nation
Four hundred thousand bituminous coal diggers in 27 states begin a 10 day paid holiday under the United Mine Workers contract with operators. Each miner receives 100 dollars as the vacation starts Saturday. UMW District Five President John Busarello warns there will be no coal produced during the break.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers Industry
John Busarello
UMW District Five
Truman creates emergency board over dock union dispute
President Truman named an emergency board to investigate disputes between the AFL International Longshoremen's Association and the Toledo Lakefront Dock Co and the Toledo Lorain and Fairport Dock Co. The action aims to resolve labor friction affecting Toledo area docks.
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Truman Names Board
Washington
Truman
AFL International Longshoremen's Association
Toledo Lakefront Dock Co
Toledo, Lorain and Fairport Dock Co
Want Ads Sell Or Buy Quick Messenger Note
Want Ads in the Messenger prove effective as Ralph Kirkendall of Sugar Creek found his army cot after placing a one time ad. The next day he phoned to cancel saying I have found my army cot. These inexpensive ads work for buyers and sellers alike.
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Ralph Kirkendall
Sugar Creek
Mental Test Is Ordered In Conn. Ringling Fire Case
Robert Dale Segee, 20, pleaded guilty to two arson charges and was ordered into a 60 day pretrial examination at Lima State Hospital for the Criminal Insane. Judges delayed sentencing as psychiatrists study his admissions of the 1944 Hartford fire and related slayings across Ohio New Hampshire and Maine.
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Circleville
Robert Dale Segee
Lima State Hospital
Lima
Ringling Bros
Hartford
Korea in Brief highlights U S military moves and China's stance
The United States orders Marines and Marine air forces to Japan and increases B 29s for the Far East while defense secretary Johnson says no immediate mobilization. American Australian air strikes stall Communist columns and destroy tanks trucks and pound targets deep in North Korea as North Korea protests at the United Nations.
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Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Japan
Air Force
Far East
Defense
Johnson
U. S
China
Tokyo
North Korea
Camp Pendleton
1St Marine Division
Graves Erskine
el Toro
1St Marine Air Wing
Truman
Defense Johnson
Area Men in Far East May Be Near Battlefront
An unofficial list compiled by The Messenger names 19 area men stationed in the Far East or Japan with units such as the 24th Infantry. The roster includes Pvt Benny Henthorne, Cpl James E Koons Jr, Sgt Albert C Peyton, Pvt Robin Matthews, and others from Athens Nelsonville Albany Letart Falls New Plymouth Millfield Stewart Gore Pomeroy and more. Navy listings place Thomas Metcalf Harold Weaver and Clarence McCabe in the Pacific Fleet.
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Far East
Army
Navy
Kyushu
Japan
24Th Infantry
Korea
Benny Henthorne
Bessie Henthorne
Albany
Clarence E. McBride
Charles H. McBride
Nelsonville
William R. Wilson
William E. Wilson
Letart Falls
Melvin Scurlock
David Scurlock
Athens
James E. Koons, Jr
Edward Koons
Harold T. Steele
Anna Steele
Robin T. Matthews
Robert Robinson
Albert C. Peyton
Harry Peyton
Albert K. Frum
George R. Malone
John Malone
New Plymouth
Ralph F. Rowell
George H. Rowell
Royal N. Stover
Ben G. Stover
Stewart
Walter C. Mace
Rome Mace
New Marshfield
John B. Britton
John Britton
Ronald Jordan
Nathan Jordan
Millfield
Gerald D. Friley
Ruben Friley
Gore
Pacific Fleet
Thomas M. Metcalf
Harold E. Weaver
Syracuse
Clarence B. McCabe
Pomeroy
Terror Wave Suspected in Indochina Actions
In Saigon Lu Khe publisher of Anh Sang was killed by pistol fire as he left home, two attackers fled and threw grenades. Ha Van Lan, Central Vietnam vice governor, was killed in Hue office. French informants say Moscow ordered Asian followers to escalated terrorism with North Korea.
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Lu Khe
Indochina
Anh Sang
Ha van Lan
Vietnam
Hue
Moscow
Asia
Boy Wonder Asks Pardon From Truman
Edward F. Prichard Jr once hailed as boy wonder of the New Deal appeals to President Truman for clemency. The White House sent the pardon request to the Justice Department after his two year sentence for ballot box stuffing in the 1948 election.
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Washington
Edward F. Prichard, Jr
Boy Wonder
Truman
White House
Justice Department
Prichard
Boulton County
Akron Teacher Faces Sunday Sales Charge
Akron man Russell Otto a 14 year Bryan school sixth grade instructor was charged with selling a fifth of whisky to a plainclothes officer in a Sunday liquor sale. He was released on $500 bond pending municipal court arraignment July 10.
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Akron
Ray Wemmer
Russell Otto
Bryan School
Otto
Child Drowns In Six Inches Of Water In Maryland
In Woodbine Maryland a two year old boy fell into a 10 gallon paint can containing six inches of water and drowned. His father Milton Jenkins Sr and grandfather searched the yard when the boy, appearing later, was found face down in the can. Firemen attempted artificial respiration but were unsuccessful.
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Woodbine
Milton
Mickey Jenkins, Jr
Rear Flagman Killed Plunging From Trestle
J E Starke 36 of Orrville died after stepping off his caboose as a freight train halted on a trestle at Zoarville. The rear flagman fell 80 feet to a creek bank, ending his first assignment in that role. He previously worked as a brakeman on the Pennsylvania line.
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Dover
J. E. Starke
Orrville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Starke
Zoarville
North Korean assault near Suwon slows after initial drive
North Korean invaders reached Yongin six miles east of Suwon and Kumyangsangni twelve miles east as fronts indicate a slowed advance. American and Australian air attacks pressed the enemy while forces in Seoul build up anti-aircraft defenses.
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Tokyo
South Korea
Suwon
Seoul
Air Force
Tom Lambert
Lambert
MacArthur
Yonpo
North Korea
Kimpo
Korea
Yongin
Kumyangsangni
Cincinnati Sees End of Strikes for First Time Since April
The Greater Cincinnati area reported a quiet Monday with no strikes or work stoppages, marking the first calm period since April. Authorities urged employers and workers to maintain open dialogue to sustain stability.
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Cincinnati
Lightning Kills Youth in Helena Baseball Practice
A 16 year old youth baseball player Robert Morris was killed by a lightning strike Sunday in Helena Montana. Seven other players were injured in the same incident at the baseball field during practice. Authorities are investigating the partial cause and the condition of the survivors.
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Helena, Mont
Robert Morris
Allies To Reconsider West German Police Request
Frankfurter report notes John J. McCloy says Allies will consider Bonn’s plea for a Central West German police force. Western Germans seek 25 000 federal police to counter East German police, while experts confer and no military implications are implied.
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West
Frankfurt
Germany
John J. McCloy
U.S
Bonn
Korea
Western High Commission
Hitler
McCloy
High Commission
Republicans Endorse The Republican Advance Principles
Twenty one Republican House members from twelve states hailed a Philadelphia issued statement as a brilliant document. They endorse a progressive program and oppose purely negative opposition to Truman administration proposals. The GOP national committee will focus on listing foreign policy mistakes in the Far East with support from Taft and Thye.
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Washington
Republican House
Republican Advance
Philadelphia
Truman
Walter FE. Brehm
Logan
Republican National Committee
Far East
Taft
Ohio
Thye
R-Minn
Fair Weather Outlook Across Nation For July Fourth
The weather bureau issued a nationwide forecast for the July 4 holiday. Fair weather is expected over most of the nation with showers and thunderstorms likely in the lower Great Lakes region and Ohio Valley. Temperatures will be seasonably warm from the Rockies to the Atlantic Coast.
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Washington
The
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Skeleton found at camp sparks murder mystery buzz
Ralph Henning, 14, found bone remains along the Maumee River near a Boy Scout camp. Coroner D. J. Slosser ruled the skeleton at least a century old, quelling murder mystery notions among the scouts.
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Here
Ralph Henning
St. Marys
Maumee River
D. J. Slosser
Skeelton
Navy cruiser sinks six NK vessels in two days
The U.S. Navy announced that an American light cruiser sunk six North Korean vessels, bringing its total sunk to eleven in two days. In Washington, the Navy said it will send the 45,000 ton carrier Midway and four destroyers to join the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
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Tokyo
U.S. Navy
Washington
Navy
Midway
U.S
Mediterranean
Blame The Majorettes
Springfield scene reports Henry Lefeaver in a parade fell from a third floor hotel window. He grabbed a frail flagpole then a sign bracket and dropped ten feet to a chain support before being rescued through a second story window. Vallejo police note a 500 pound concrete lion was stolen from John L Sullivan's amusement park as one missing from two lions anchored to a 1000 pound base.
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Springfield
Mass
Henry Lefeaver
Vallejo
Calif
John L. Sullivan
Canal segment drained as fishermen descend on receding waters
In Cleveland a stretch of the old Ohio Canal was pumped dry for the first time in years exposing fish in the bed. Fishermen seized the opportunity as water levels fell quickly. Meanwhile the American Steel and Wire Co. which leases the canal from the state for plant cooling began repairing locks and overflow equipment
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Cleveland
Ohio Canal
American Steel & Wire Co
Action Slated On Tax Bill
The Senate Finance Committee moved to advance a House passed bill cutting excise taxes by 1.01 billion dollars as wartime costs loom. Hearings begin Wednesday with Secretary Snyder testifying, aiming for Senate action by July 20. President Truman opposes if revenue is not replaced. The bill would end or reduce wartime excise taxes on furs jewelry and other items.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Korea
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
George
Dga
Senate
Truman
Vets Elevate Senior Vice Commander to Ohio VFW Commander
The Ohio Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars named I. F. Judkins of Lima as commander, replacing John H. Emde of Akron. Insurgents backed Cincinnati for the 1951 convention city, prevailing 718 to 641 over Akron in the vote.
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Columbus
Ohio Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
I. F. Judkins
Lima
John H. Emde
Akron
Judkins
Cincinnati
Sgt Alvin C York Hero of World War I Named
World War I hero Sgt Alvin C York is referenced in a Tenn dispatch noting his fame and status. The brief mentions his wartime legacy and a reference to illness as a possible cause of death.
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York Ili Pall Mall
Tenn P
Alvin C. York
B29s and Marines Sent to Far East Bases
American Marines were ordered to Japan to reinforce MacArthur's Korean War efforts. B-29 bombers from Pacific Coast bases were sent to Far East bases, with Spokane and March Field wings contributing 30 and 45 aircraft respectively. Ambassadors warned of large Communist forces near Korea and Formosa.
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Air Force
Pacific Coast
U.S
Far East
South Korea
Air Force Quarters
92Nd
Spokane
Wash
March Field
Calif
Far East Command
NAVY
MacArthur
Pacific
Wellington Koo
State Department
North Korea
Koo
Red China
Formosa
Truman
U.S. Tth
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Train Hits Bus in Bourg-en-Bresse Fatality Toll Rising
An express train carrying 300 children collided with an excursion bus near Bourg-en-Bresse France. Twenty three bus passengers were killed and the barrier at the crossing was found open. One bus passenger escaped with minor injuries while the children aboard the train were unharmed.
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Bourg-En-Bresse
France
Bette Davis Files Divorce Suit in Juarez Mexico
El Paso area screen star Bette Davis has filed for divorce in Juarez Mexico across the border, seeking dissolution of marriage. The filing highlights a high profile international action with Davis involved in a cross border legal matter.
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Bette
EL Paso
Tex
Bette Davis
Juarez
Mexico
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