Flood Aid Rushes To Three Midwest States
Federal government moves to rush aid to flood stricken Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma after President Truman tours the waterlogged region. Congress allocates 25 million prelim funding while agencies commit swift action to ease the disaster amid rising losses and 23 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Truman
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Mobilization
Washington
Congress
Mississippi
St. Louis
Morton Meyer
Beep rollback sticks as House backs GOP aided price move
The House backed the ten percent beef price rollback with strong Republican support, aiming for quick passage of an economic controls extension. The vote, 207 to 123, keeps open possible further agricultural price rollbacks but blocks additional 4 percent cuts in live beef and maintains limits on farm price parity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Senate
Big City
House
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
Eric Johnston
Hotge
Truman
Michael V. DiSalle
Jailed Indefinitely For Contempt In Civil Rights Case
New York millionaire Frederick Vanderbilt Field was jailed for an indefinite contempt stay. Fellow Civil Rights Congress bail fund trustees Dashiell Hammett and W Alphaeus Hunton were also held, while 11 other field leaders faced potential release only if they posted $140,000 in untainted bail. Bail was cancelled pending appeal as judges schedule a full panel review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Civil Rights Congress
Dashiell Hammett
W. Alphaeus Hunton
Hammett
Huntop
Thomas W. Swan
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ohio Valley Open To Flood Warns Group
Cincinnati report says Ohio Valley Improve ment Association president O Slack Barrett warned that parts of the Ohio Valley may face floods like the current 500 million dollar disaster in Kansas and Missouri due to inadequate reservoir protection from West Virginia to Evansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Valley
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley Improvement Association, Inc
Kansas
Missouri
O. Slack Barrett
Eer Ae W
Bow Seeks to Block Gas Heating Curbs by Congress
Rep Bow of Ohio proposes an amendment to extend the Defense Production Act to prevent government curtailment of natural gas heating unit installations in states where public agencies can restrict gas use. He outlined the plan as the House debates the Senate passed bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bow
Ohio
Congress
House
Woman pinned in wreckage near Pomeroy
POMEROY The crash of an automobile into a concrete abutment pinned Mrs Herbert Bailey from the front to the back seat for 20 minutes on Route 7 near here. Mr and Mrs Bailey of Pomeroy Route 3 were taken to Meigs General Hospital with fractured ankles and multiple abrasions and contusions. Sheriff Charles Russell said the car drifted off pavement near the Hobart Coal mine, then tilted as the right wheels left the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Herbert Bailey
Here
Shelby Depot Expansion Planned by Air Force
Rep. J Harry McGregor says the Air Force plans a four year expansion of the Shelby Ohio depot at a total cost of 13372000. Air Force officials indicated only half the funds would be spent in year one and the project could take up to three more years to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Harry McGregor
Ohio
Air Force
Shelby
House Armed Services Committee
McGregor
Muskingum Locks Use Depends on Traffic
Army engineers told Rep. Crest they will resume Muskingum River lock operations in Ohio if traffic justifies action. Earlier this month they warned they would halt lock operations at four dams above Marietta at midnight August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Secrest
Dewey in Manila News Briefs From Formosa to Manila
New York dispatches describe Dewey arriving from Formosa for a three day stay in Manila. Details sketchy as report highlights travel and impending events rather than full agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DEWEY
Manila
Dewey News
Aeteee 2
New York
Formosa
Iran Seeks Silence on Harriman Move Amid Riots
Tehran police clamp martial law as Harriman meets Mossadegh amid deadly protests. Officials report 20 dead and up to 300 injured while leftists are rounded up. Harriman plans senate talks as IranNational Oil Company advertises its wares in New York, signaling ongoing nationalization fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Harriman
Mohammed Mossadegh
Senate
Mossadegh
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Probers Find King of Influence Peddlers in Capitol Probe
Senate investigators reveal a central figure who claims to secure government leases and contracts for a fee, saying the government will go underground to escape an atomic attack. Witnesses say he collected a six figure sum, though no contracts or contacts are proven. The hearing aims to uncover the truth behind these alleged influence schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Capitol
Senate Investigating Committee
Hoey
D-Nc
Mundt
R-Sd
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Control Centers in U S Manned by Air Force
Washington reports nearly twenty five thousand Air Force radar personnel are on constant watch at U S and Canadian stations to detect any approaching strange or possibly hostile aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Air Force
Washington
United States
Canada
Unfair Pricing Charged To Logan Ceramic Firms
A Federal Trade Commission trial examiner found 17 manufacturers of vitrified clay sewer pipe and fittings, including The Logan Clay Products Co. of Logan, Ohio, conspired in unfair pricing for the past five years. The ruling ends the joint action in 30 days unless appealed. Other Ohio firms named include Clay City Pipe Co., The Rossey Products Co., Suor Clay Corp of Uhrichsville, Kaul Clay Manufacturing Co. of Toronto, Robinson Clay Products Co. of Okron, and Reception Fire Clay Co. of Stratton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Logan
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Commission
Clay City Pipe Co
Rossey, Products Co
Suor Clay Corp
Uhrichs-ville
Kaul Clay Manufacturing Co
Toronto
Logan Clay Products Co
Robinson Clay Products Co
Okron
Reception Fire Clay Co
Stratton,hio
Peace Offensive Seen In Soviet Moves To Ease East West Strains
Washington diplomats assess a Soviet peace offensive aimed at easing East West tensions. A potential plan includes a big power meeting including Red China to settle Far Eastern issues after a Korean armistice. The Kremlin may seek to delay a Japanese peace treaty and undermine Western alliances by exploiting policy differences and French reluctance to rearm Germany. The Moscow magazine News and other moves are seen as tactics to lull free nations and shift leverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Red China
Korea
Moscow
State Department
Kremlin
U. S
San Francisco
Western Pacific
Europe
News
Cease Fire Talks Postpone Major Issue in Kaesong
Seoul AP reports cease fire negotiators reached partial agreement on some agenda items while a key issue remains unsettled. Observers weigh withdrawal of foreign troops and scope of talks as two languages prompt lengthy translations and recesses. Kaesong environment grows tense as UN reporters face wary local crowds and restrained Communist patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Adm
C. Turner Joy
United Nations
Kaesong
Admiral Joy
Joy
Red
Government approves price cutting outlets
Washington reports the federal government endorses price reductions by outlets during inflation. Attorney General McGrath warned against coercion to raise prices to agreed levels, vowing prompt criminal prosecutions for violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McGrath
Justice Department
Acheson says U S opens Spain talks on defense role
Secretary of State Acheson announced the United States has opened talks with Franco Spain on its possible role in European defense. He noted division with Britain and France on the matter, but said Spain is strategically important to Western Europe. He mentioned Spain may announce policy changes and cited Adm. Forrest Sherman's discussions with Franco as the start of exploring what Spain might contribute to allied defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Acheson
United States
Spain
Franco
Europe
Britain
France
Acheson
Adm
Forrest Sherman
Shereman
Defense Alliance
Bear Cub Attacks Ohio Boy at Wild Animal Exhibit
A 16-year-old Hamilton, Ohio boy, Richard William Neumann, was bitten near the neck by a bear cub escaping its cage in a traveling exhibit. Attendants and spectators restrained the animal with a stick, then the owner, Bill Piper, used bread to lure it back. The injuries were not believed serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonita Springs
Fla
Hamilton
Ohio
Richard William Neumann
Neuman
Richard Neumann
Bill Piper
Piper
Young Neumann
Schedule Set For Assembly
Ohio apportioning board fixed the ten year size of the General Assembly after the 1950 census. The Senate will have 33 members for 1953 1955 and 1959 sessions with 34 in 1957 and 38 in 1961, while the House will total 136 seats for the first two legislatures and 129 for the next three. The constitution requires these fixed ratios every ten years to determine county and district representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
General Assembly
Senate
House
Apportioning Board
West Virginia Elects Maude Kee to Congress
BLUEFIELD W Va Mrs Maude Elizabeth Kee widow of Rep John Kee was elected by a three to two vote to fill the unexpired term keeping the state solidly in the Democratic column The victory continues Democratic representation in Washington for Southern West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginia
Washington
Maude Elizabeth Kee
John Kee
Abbey Theater Fire Destroys Dublin Stage
Dublin reports the Abbey Theater burned to the ground, ending its long era as a cradle of Irish revolutionary drama and a training ground for actors and writers. The fire wrecked the historic venue, eliminating a landmark in Ireland’s cultural history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbey Theater
Dublin
Ireland
Senate Passes U S Worker Leave Bill
The Senate approved a bill to revise annual and sick leave for most postal workers and Civil Service employees, with a staged increase for postal staff and reductions for Civil Service. The measure faces House action and presidential approval, aiming to take effect Oct. 14 if enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Postal Field Service
Civil Ae Committee
Truman
August Draft Increase Targets Additional 1716 Men
State Selective Service headquarters raised the August draft call from 1716 to 2724 men. Lt. Col. Carl G Wahl cited a Marine Corps request for more personnel. Inductees this August will be 19 to 25 years old. County quotas include Athens 19 Gallia 10 Hocking 7 Meigs 11 Vinton 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Selective Service
Carl G. Wahl
Marine Corps
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Vinton
Hail damages tobacco fields in Connecticut
A storm swept through East Granby and Suffield causing damage to tobacco crops. Damage estimates were not immediately available and authorities surveyed affected fields. Local farmers reported significant hail impact across multiple acres with possible losses expected to rise as assessments continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
East Granby
Suffield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Central Avenue
Dial
F. G. , Hutchens
Field
Henry Grady
Teheran
Great Britain
New Iranian National Oil Company
New York Herald Tribune
Probers
Logan Firm
Edward Plummer
Mineral Wells
Tex
Plummer
Joyce Mathews
Milton Berle
Roosevelt Hospital
New York City
Billy Rose
Kee
U.S
Chauncey Gallipolis
Hicatilialie Glouster
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant Pomeroy-Middleport
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!