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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1950

Page

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Contempt Probe Considered for Amerasia Editor Jaffe

Senate investigators weigh contempt charges against Philip Jaffe for refusing to answer questions about the Amerasia case. The inquiry follows earlier recommendations against Earl Browder and Frederick Vanderbilt Field for similar refusals.

Washington Senate Philip Jaffe Amerasia Magazine Jaffe Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee Earl Browder Communist Party Frederick Vanderbilt Field McCarthy R-Wis Field Subcommittee Edward P. Morgan Morgan New York James V. Forrestal Cincinnati Enquirer Forrestal Cincinnati Duffield Amerasia Truman Correa Department of Justice Andrew Roth New York City Stalin

Asylum Granted for Czech UN Delegate

The United States allowed Vladimir Houdek, former Czech UN representative, to remain in the country, citing potential life threats if he returned to Czechoslovakia. Unlike other satellite diplomats, he has not openly renounced Communism, but immigration law allows his stay with State Department approval and a good behavior condition.

Washington United States Vladimir Houdek United Nations Houdek Czechoslovakia U. S Secretary of State Secrary

Senator Calls for Expanded Social Security Coverage

Senator George of Georgia urged a more liberal Social Security program to extend coverage to about 10 million more people and raise benefits. He opened debate on a revised bill adding to the 35 million already insured, aiming for early Senate passage and easing eligibility to shift dependence from public aid to insurance.

Washington George D-Ga Senate Finance Committee Senate House

Police Hold Youth In Lover's Lane Slaying

Cincinnati reports a Michigan youth, Walter Marvin Noth, 21, held in connection with the lover's lane killing of Eugene Schaaf, 40, and the assault of his wife. Detectives traced Noth from a car linked to Detroit and Cincinnati police towed the vehicle.

Lover's Lane Cincinnati Michigan Walter Marvin Noth Detroit Eugene Schaaf

Local Muskingum Board Names Sipe to Conservancy Post

In New Philadelphia up to fifteen of the eighteen county common pleas judges appoint Charles Sipe a Cambridge automobile dealer to the Muskingum Conservancy district board and reappoint Rufus K. Brown Jr of McConnelsville for a further five-year term.

New Philadelphia

Grow Up Clothing Ad in The Messenger

They urge readers to turn ill fitting clothes into cash by placing a classified ad in The Messenger. Call 0242 and ask for Betty to start a low cost ad that works until results are achieved.

Messenger Betty

Ohio Postmaster Blocks Mail for Canadian Investment Firms

Ernest Cornell, head of Ohio securities division, hails a victory as the Postmaster General denies mail delivery to Canadian firms accused of illegal operations. Cornell says about a dozen mail orders were filed against Canadian investment firms in the past month as Ohio takes a hard line against blue sky schemes.

Columbus Ernest Cornell Ohio Blue Sky” Investments Cornell United States

Labor Party Urges Britain to Stay Out of European Union Plans

London broadcasts report the Labor Party calling for Britain to oppose further European political and economic union steps until continental nations adopt socialism. The party rejects the Schuman plan for coal and steel pooling as Prime Minister Attlee prepares to address the House of Commons about staying out of nation talks on the plan.

London Britain Schuman Attlee House of Commons

Search Resumes For Meningitis Boy In Indiana Toledo Case Continues

In New Castle Indiana a new search for a carnival boy with meningitis was planned despite a clean health bill. A pickup order from the Ohio Patrol prompted a health inspection at a trailer camp five miles north. In Toledo the search for Stanley Mitchell with meningitis began last Friday but officials remain unsatisfied.

New Castle Ind Ohio State Highway Patrol Toledo Stanley Mitchell

Milk Strike Sparks State Police Patrols Across Western PA

State police patrolled a seven county area near Pittsburgh as the AFL Dairy Workers Union walkout entered day five. Four pickets were arrested for violating a court order after blocking a highway with a car and signs and dumping milk. Governor Duff ordered guards to prevent violence on highways as tensions rose with dairy dealers and national negotiators seeking a resolution.

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania James H. Duff Andrew J. Hadock Greensburg Westmoreland County AFL Dairy Workers Union Washington Rep. McMillan Dsc House District of Columbia Committee

Truck Driver Killed By 35 Tons of Water

Canton report says a truck delivering coal to the Carnegie-Illinois Steel plant was crushed when its rear struck a support of a 10 000 gallon water tank. Thirty five tons of water fell onto the steel cab, killing the driver.

Canton Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corp

Cleveland Board of Education Kept Loyalty Oath Legal

A common pleas judge ruled the Cleveland board of education acted within the law in requiring school teachers to swear they are not Communists. The decision upholds the oath as a condition of employment and reflects postwar anti communism policy in Ohio schools.

Cleveland Common Pleas Cleveland Board of Education

Balancing Budget Talk Is Heard

Washington report on bipartisan proposals to balance the budget amid inflation fears. Senator Douglas urges spending cuts and a weaker bond market stance, while Senator Taft pushes to trim appropriations to match revenue. Senate moves to investigate gasoline prices and contemplates returning to separate appropriations bills.

Washington Congress Douglas D-Ill Truman Taft Ohio GOP Senate Federal Reserve Board Treasury

Work Stops At Floodwall In Point Pleasant

About 74 AFL construction workers halted floodwall work in Point Pleasant demanding a wage increase. The project cost is $2,605,000 and completion is planned for December. Union officials meet contractors in Huntington to discuss a 25 cent per hour raise and a new contract.

Point Pleasant AFL Ralph P. Davis Graham Station Philip Sporn Huntington

Weather Outlook for Columbus Temperatures Rise This Week

An extended forecast shows temperatures about 25 degrees above normal with normal highs near 79 and lows around 58. Cooler air arrives Saturday but temperatures stay above average through Sunday. Precipitation totals range from a quarter to a half inch as scattered thundershowers move in tonight Wednesday and Friday.

Columbus

Expansion Seen In A H Bomb Program Debated

The Senate House Atomic Committee discussed a larger expansion of the A bomb and H bomb program with Atomic Energy Commission members. Lawmakers expect possible new requests, with no figure set but likely to total hundreds of millions. The panel’s stance could influence appropriations, while Truman pursues hydrogen bomb development. A separate report notes new defensive weapons for the U S Army in the West.

Washington Senate House Atomic Committee Atomic Energy Commission Commission McMahon D-Conn Truman Senate House Atomic Commit Tee Atomic Commission Washington Post U. S. Army

Land Leasing Return Urged

Washington says the National Grange backs a return to a 1930s practice of government land leases to divert cropland to pastures. A draft farm bill would fund leasing from the soil conservation budget, dropping the conservation payments program and giving the Agriculture Department authority to lease defined land parcels for one to five years with payments to farmers for land care and use under government guidance.

Washington National Grange Grange Agriculture Department Department

Tidelands Advocates Take Fight to Congress

Advocates of state ownership of oil lands under marginal seas press House Rules Committee for an early floor date on a tide lands title bill. The measure cleared the House Judiciary Committee 16 to 10 and is expected to move this session.

Washington U. S. Supreme Court Congress House Rules Committee House Judiciary Committee

Ohio vocational agriculture teachers open four day conference

About 260 instructors from over 300 Ohio schools gathered at Ohio State University to discuss farm management and teaching techniques. A recognition banquet will honor teachers with 25 years or more of service on Thursday evening.

Columbus Ohio Ohio State University

Methodist Church Ends Session With Appointments Read

The Ohio conference of the Methodist Church closed its 12th annual session with the reading of ministerial appointments by Bishop Hazen G. Werner. List shows district placements and supplied posts across Chillicothe Portsmouth and Zanesville districts with several names in parentheses for supply pastors.

Lakeside Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church Hazen G. Werner Chillicothe Athens Central W. A. Ervin Jacksonville Franklin Cooley McArthur J. W. Obee New Marshfield H. H. Lafferty the Plains Harold Mowery

Sawdust Blast Starts Fire at Atlas Plant

A sawdust explosion sparked a three hour fire at the Atlas Manufacturing Co. plant in Marietta causing 10 000 to 20 000 dollars in damage and sending five people to the hospital Fire Chief D E Drennen and Fireman Theodore Waggoner were injured by exhaustion and others were Harold Day 19 Paul Lane 33 and Charles Lott 24 Burns The plant a flooring and sawdust mill will be shut for repairs indefinitely A spark from an electric switch apparently caused the blast and ignition

Marietta Atlas Manufacturing Co D. E. Drennen Theodore Waggoner Harold Day Paul Lane Charles Lott Burns Atlas

World Telegram and Sun Strike Over Picket Line

The World Telegram and Sun failed to publish its first edition as AFL printers refused to cross CIO American Newspaper Guild picket lines. The guild’s demand began with a 10 percent raise, with minimums from $40 weekly for office boys to $120 for senior reporters, current top pay at $110. The paper, a major New York afternoon daily, circulates over 600,000.

New York World- Telegram Sun AFL CIO American Newspaper Guild

Commerce Official Denies Ouster Aimed at Pressure

Michael Lee a 42 year old Commerce Department official rejects charges that he faced dismissal as a move to relieve political pressure. He served as chief of the Far Eastern branch and contends in a lengthy reply to a tentative dismissal notice that the charges are fabricated.

Washington Michael Lee Sawyer Commerce Department Department Lee Congress International Trade

Labor Union Official Cleared In Toledo UAW Dispute

UAW Vice President Richard T. Gosser was cleared by the 23 member executive board after hearings into Toledo Local 12 turmoil. The report blamed an employer funded campaign against the union for the discord and said a minority caucus opposed Gosser.

Detroit CIO United Auto Workers Richard T. Gosser Toledo UAW Gosser Toledo Uaw

Mrs Bailey ex-Auditor dies at 72 in Athens

Mrs J E Bailey 72 of 17 Church St retired Athens city deputy auditor died early today at Sheltering Arms Hospital after three and a half months of illness. Survived by husband John E Bailey Jr and five daughters, services Friday at Dowler Ferguson funeral home with Rev Harold Kellogg. interment in W Union Street mausoleum.

J. E. Bailey Church St Athens City Sheltering Arms Hospital Hockingport Charles V Alice Parker Ruth Bailey Ohio University Athens County Methodist Church Athens Grange Coolville Athens John E. Bailey, Jr Washington D.H Elizabeth Ruth Bailey Pittsburgh Eleanor Bowman Clarabelle Burns Louise Parfitt Betsy Moore Portsmouth Ralph S. Ruth Mecca Calif Herbert V. Ruth Los Angeles Sarah Alice Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home Harold F. Kellogg W. Union St. Cemetery Mausoleum

Air France Ditching Offshore Leaves Uncertain Fate

A four engined Air France plane carrying fifty aboard ditched in the Persian Gulf north of Bahrain after a Karachi to Cairo leg. Rescue efforts yielded five deaths and six survivors with thirty nine passengers unaccounted for. Captain Jean Sladek led the flight.

Paris Air France Persian Gulf Gulf Bahrein Island Saudi Arabia Bahrein Karachi Pakistan Cairo Egypt Jean Sladek

Alliance Youth Named Boys' State Governor

John Borton a 17 year old captain of Alliance High School football and basketball will govern four cities and 20 counties during a 10 day Boys State program at Camp Perry Justice Charles Zimmerman of the Ohio Supreme Court presided at the inauguration with Gov Frank Lausche speaking The program is sponsored by the American Legion to teach government.

Camp Perry John Borton Alliance High School Charles Zimmerman Ohio Supreme Court Frank J. Lausche American Legion

CBS cancels six TV shows after 400 technicians strike

In New York and Hollywood, more than 400 technicians walked off their jobs, forcing CBS to cancel six television programs. The strike began Monday night amid a contract dispute between the network and the technicians' union.

New York Columbia Broadcasting System Hollywood

Swift House Passage On Federal Rent Controls Predicted

Democratic leaders predicted swift passage of a local option rent control bill after a 36 to 28 Senate vote. The measure would extend federal controls for a year on about 8 million units, then automatically end in six months unless local jurisdictions opt to continue. Taft Bricker opposed extending beyond June 30.

Washington Swift House Senate Federal Rent Control Authority House Rayburn D-Tex Truman Banking Committee Wash Bricker Ohio Taft Congress

Remington Bail Set in Perjury Indictment

William W. Remington, former Commerce Department economist, pleads innocent to a perjury charge for denying Communist ties to a federal grand jury. Judge John W. Clancy sets July 5 for trial and bail at 5000 dollars after two days to raise the bond. Remington resigned his post amid ouster threats. lawyer cites bondsmen refusal over loyalty concerns. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison and a 2000 dollar fine.

New York William W. Remington John W. Clancy Remington Commerce Department Clancy Bethuel Webster

Rainy Windstorms Slam Midwest Regions

Rain and wind storms struck the Midwest including Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois and Michigan causing thousands of dollars in damage to buildings crops and communication lines. No casualties were reported. Eastern North Dakota saw near tornado velocity winds. Temperatures were below seasonal in the Middle Atlantic and Pacific Coast areas.

Chicago Midwest North Dakota Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois Michigan Pacific

Boy Drowns Swinging Over River In Zanesville

Harry Stone age 13 slipped from a cable swing over the Muskingum River in Zanesville and drowned Monday. The accident occurred as he played near the river with friends.

Zanesville Harry Stone Muskingum River

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McConnelsville Labor Party Audie Murphy Weldon Burns Dallas Tex Murphy Senate Judiciary Committee Ferguson R-Mich Taber Jensen Lucas Susan Lee Vargo Demos Vito Marcantonio American Labor Party New York State James G. Donovan Thomas J. Curran Tidelands Yo Ag World-Telegram Commerce Labor Union Arabia Alliance Youth Robert A. Taft John W. Bricker Athens Et Chauncey Sen Gallipolis Glouster Logan Markets Nelsonville Sdsveeeentelk
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