Arnall Ends Price Curbs On Potatoes
Washington AP reports that price controls on potatoes are cancelled effective July 1 after a Senate vote, with officials predicting prices may rise before falling as the 1952 crop hits the market. Growers blame ceilings for shortages and black market activity, while buyers warn speculators may profit from later price swings.
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Washington
Arnald
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Senate
House
Arnall
Congress
Mason Dairy Barn Leveled By Late Night Fire
A fire destroyed a Cur Mar farm dairy barn on Shadle Road near Henderson last night, causing an estimated loss of 22 000 to 25 000 dollars. Seven calves were released by a passer by who entered the loft. one calf was reported lost. The barn housed about 30 cows and was fed by water from a silo pit and booster tanks. Fire departments from Gallipolis and Point Pleasant fought the blaze for nearly two hours.
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Point Pleasant
Cur- Mar
Shadle Road
Henderson
Marguerite Dawley
Gallipolis
House Approves New GI Bill of Rights Vote
The House voted 361 to 1 in favor of a new GI bill of rights for veterans discharged since the Korea hostilities began June 27 1950. The lone dissenter was Rep Deveraux R Md a former Wake Island garrison commander. The bill moves to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Korea
Devereaux R Md
Wake Island
Senate
Nelsonville Soap Box Derby Crowned Jerry Norris
Nelsonville hosts its first Soap Box derby on Third Street hill with 14 entries. Jerry Norris wins the top prize after tense racing. runner up is Tommy Tigner. Cub Scout Pack 38 sponsors the event and awards include a season swimming ticket and theater tickets.
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H. Bartlett
Nelsonville
Jerry Norris
Stanley Norris
Tommy Tigner
Thomas Tigner
Third St. Hill
Indianapolis
Cubs
Charles Matheny
Gary Matheny
Mike Bishop
Terry Tigner
Jim Taylor
Mike Rizer
Don Wolfe
Tom Tigner
Darrel Puckett
Tommy Pyle
Clyde Campbell
George Huddy
George Prevost
Ted Voigt
Ted, Jr
Walter Parent
Eamon Puckett
Mike Brooks
Jimmie Wind
Logan Man Killed in Route 33 Head-On Crash
A head-on crash on Route 33 east of Canal Winchester killed Ansel N. Summers 42 of 335 Main St and Murray L. Abbott 62 of Lancaster. Charles Shahan 37 of Lancaster was in critical condition. Summers died at Grant Hospital. All were en route to work at a tile and brick plant near Columbus.
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Logan
Canal Winchester
Ansel N. Summers
Main St
Charles Shahan
Lancaster
Murray L. Abbott
State Highway Patrol
Abbott
Shahan
Summers
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Taylor Station
Postal Wage Funds OK'd for Postal Pay Resumes
Congress and President Truman approved an appropriation of 971 million dollars to restore postal payroll payments. The bill funds May postal work and covers salary arrears after funds ran dry due to a general pay raise. Postmasters were authorized to resume salary payments immediately.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Mexico
Donaldson
Flood Control Plan Assailed Before Ohio Supreme Court
The Scioto Sandusky Conservancy District flood control plan faces a challenge in the Ohio Supreme Court as Union and Delaware County prosecutors appeal an appellate ruling upholding the plan. Objectors cite 14 errors including Mill Creek Dam and say the plan lacks Army Engineers and Columbus approval, creating a no-man's land on 8 500 acres across Delaware and Union counties. Vinton County is also part of the district.
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Columbus
Scioto - Sandusky
Weekend Heat Then Showers Across the Region
Temperatures will run six or more degrees above normal with highs near 76 to 81 and lows around 56 to 57. Expect warm and humid conditions Saturday through Monday, with a cooling trend by Tuesday and Wednesday. Scattered showers are likely over the weekend and again midweek.
Eisenhower campaigns gain momentum in Abilene
General Dwight D. Eisenhower heads to New York with fresh campaign momentum from Abilene where Frank Carlson Ryan reported delegates shifting to Eisenhower. Carlson said some Taft supporters became Eisenhower backers, raising hopes for first-ballot nomination at Chicago. Eisenhower planned talks with Govs Fine and McKeldin as Atlantic seaboard delegates prepared to meet in New York.
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Abilene
Kan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Frank Carlson Ryan
Carlson
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Chicago
John Fine
Pennsylvania
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Taft
McKeldin
Atlantic Seaboard
British Hike Meat Ration Boost Cost and Size
London reports a government increase in the weekly meat ration from 20 cents to 22 cents worth per person and a higher meat price by about 4 cents per pound. The changes, effective June 15, raise the ration by roughly one eighth and expand subsidy details.
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London
Food Ministry
Kefauver Seeks Truman Neutrality Before July Convention
Sen. Estes Kefauver met President Truman for 35 minutes and said Truman is not backing any Kefauver movement. He hopes Truman stays neutral until the July 21 convention, then may campaign for Kefauver. Truman stated neutrality during a news conference prior to the meeting.
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Washington
Estes Kefauver
Truman
Kefauver
Tragedy on Rt 36 Kills Piqua Teen Passenger
Roger Cost, 16, of Rt. 3 Piqua was killed Thursday night when the auto in which he rode sideswiped a farm tractor on U S Route 36.
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Piqua
Roger Cost
Rt. 3
U. S. Rt. 36
H Bomb Test Rumors Grow After Nevada Series
In Las Vegas Nevada sources report the third and final test of the spring series at the Nevada proving grounds completed. Officials contemplate larger atomic weapons and possible tests at Eniwetok with speculation of an H bomb detonation there. The Nevada total reaches 29 blasts since January 1951, amid a spring sequence totaling 8 tests.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada” Proving Grounds
Ninetek
Pacific Proving Grounds
Eniwetok
Nevada
AEC
U.S
Ridgway marks D-Day anniversary at Normandy beaches
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway observed the eighth D-Day anniversary on Utah Beach and visited Sainte Mere Eglise and Omaha Beach. He warned the so called lords of Communism that a new war would bring destruction to them while stressing NATO unity and the peace it preserves. He parachuted with the 82nd Airborne at Sainte Mere Eglise before the invasion and will lay wreaths at memorials along Utah and Omaha beaches.
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Normandy
France
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Utah Beach
Nazi Germany
82Nd Airborne
Sainte Mere Eglise
Europe
West
Hitler
Utah
Omaha
Milestone Zero
Germany
Omaha Beach
Bayeux
St. Laurent
Taft Sees Boost From Eisenhower Speech
Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft says Eisenhower's Abilene address improved his presidential odds. Taft indicated he thinks Eisenhower may back repeal of the Taft Hartley Act, though he hopes his reading is wrong. He supports the act as a means to curb strikes and favors pursuing peace in Korea with caution to avoid wider war.
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
Otio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Gen. Eisenhower
Taft
Korea
Sen. Taft
14th Divorce For Trucker
SEATTLE 49 The man whose lawyer calls him the most unmarried man in the United States says never again after his 14th divorce. James E. Daniels a 39 year old west coast trucker testified his most recent wife Helen Anne Daniels 24 whom he had been married four years went out with other men while he was away. He doubted he would marry again though hedged by saying maybe I better not comment. Nine of his fourteen wives were brunettes two blondes and three redheads. His first marriage was at 17. He does not pay alimony to any wife.
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Seattle
United States
James E. Daniels
Helen Anne Daniels
Daniels
Helen Anne
Associated Press
Bricker Supports Price Curbs Vote Split On Controls
Senate votes show Bricker of Ohio siding with the minority on two measures. A 42 to 38 tally postpones action on the defense controls bill to Monday to avoid steel strike amendments. A 54 to 27 defeat blocks a bid to suspend all price controls in September. Taft not recorded on either vote but opposed postponement on the defense controls bill.
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Washington
Ohio
Senate
Sen
Kirksen
Robert A. Taft
City Orders Bus Service Restore or Face Franchise Loss
In Portsmouth Ohio the city demands National City Lines restore bus service under threat of losing its operating franchise. The action aims to resume transit and avert service disruption affecting local riders and the city’s public transport network.
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Portsmouth, O
National City Lines, Inc
Cleveland judge rules Geram insane in landlady murder case
Judge Donald F. Lyberger declares Joseph W. Geram, 55, insane and unfit to stand trial for the murder of his landlady in Cleveland. Proceedings proceed to restoration hearings.
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Cleveland
Donald F. Lyberger
Joseph W. Geram
Optimistic tone for steel talks as weekend accord eyed
Government talks on the steel strike recessed to 1 pm to study proposals. Steelman said real negotiations are ongoing and optimism exists for a weekend settlement, while union leader McFarland suggested progress could occur. The strike halted production and 100,000 workers were idled. Detroit Steel Corp reached a contract with 4500 workers, details undisclosed, with wage proposals noted.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Ben Moreell
Jones and Laughlin Steel Co
Steelman
Philip Muhead
CT United Steelworkers
Supreme Court
Truman
Detroit Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
Wage Stabilization Board
Wage Board
Waa
Philip Murray
Onch
T Triman
McFarlands
Senate
Steel Halt Hurts U S Tank Lines
The Army warns the steel strike will harm tank production. Officials say the production picture has improved but the strike will worsen the shortfall, risking fewer tanks for domestic use and overseas forces, including Korea.
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U.S
Washington
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Congress
Collins
Korea
United States
Ex Henderson Man Drowns In Ohio River
Mike Staats a 46 year old former Henderson resident drowned Thursday evening after falling between two barges of a Ohio River steam boat near New Martinsville. He was a deck hand on the boat en route to New Orleans and survived by brothers Ralph Staats Henderson Carl Staats Pittsburgh RB and Everett Staats Nitro and Harry Staats Black Betsy and sisters Mrs George Harris Henderson and Mrs Anna Jones Lock 10.
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Point Pleasant
Mike Staats
Henderson
New Martinsville
Staats
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Porter
Anne Staats
Black Betsy
W. Va
Ralph Staats
Carl Staats
Everett Staats
Nitro
Harry Staats
George Harris
Anna Jones
Lock 10
WU Seeks Rate Boost in Domestic Messages and Money Orders
Western Union Telegraph Co petitioned the FCC to raise domestic message and money order rates by 93 percent to fund higher employee pay. The proposal, filed with the FCC, sets July 6 as the effective date and could be blocked if deemed unreasonable. The plan would yield about 13.2 million dollars annually. A 53 day AFLCTU strike ended last month with a new contract.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union
FCC
AFL
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Navy Guns Salute Queen Off Korea in 21-Gun Ceremony
Task Force 95 ships off Korea joined in celebrating Queen Elizabeth's birthday with 21 gun salutes. Canadian destroyer Athtabaska, British frigate Crane, and US vessels J A Bole Grapple and LSMR 403 fired on Communist gun positions on the Ongiin peninsula. Afterward Britain’s ships spliced the main brace while the US Navy notes the grog custom is not allowed.
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Korea
Ongiin Peninsula
Athtabaska
Crane
J. A. Bole
U. S. Navy
Judge Merrick Dismisses $127,199 Suit Against Whitney Estate
Cleveland judge Frank J. Merrick Thursday dismissed a $127,199 lawsuit against the estate of A F Whitney president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Merrick
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Baile Read
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