Pomeroy Council Moves Toward Flood Loss Suit
The Pomeroy village council unanimously authorized Village Solicitor Fred Crow Jr to study the costs of a possible lawsuit against the United States government to recover flood losses. Mayor Delmar A Canaday urged unity and cited damages since 1936, with nineteen business claims totaling 186 723.55 already filed at City Hall.
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Pomeroy
Fred Crow, Jr
United States
Delmar A. Canaday
Canaday
Columbus
Washington, D. C
City Hall
Crow
Eureka
Gallipolis
Strict Check On Truckers Scheduled
Ohio officials plan a major trucking crackdown with the Public Utilities Commission and the State Highway Patrol. Starting in April each road man will inspect one truck per week for violations, boosting monthly inspections from 775 to about 2775 and guiding license actions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
State Highway Patrol
Commission
Robert L. Moulton
Highway Patrol
Interstate Commerce Commission
George Mingle
Edward T Schreiner
Willard
Bird blamed theory dropped in Nice airliner crash
Investigators in NICE France ruled out a bird strike as the cause of the Air France four engine Languedoc crash near Nice airport. 37 of 38 aboard died and one survivor Marguerite Delpy of Paris remains critically injured as engines four and two were not producing full power at impact.
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Nice
France
Air France
Paris
Marguerite Delpy
Trains Collide in Rio Suburb, At Least 70 Feared Dead
Unconfirmed reports say 70 people are believed killed after a crowded commuter train crashes with a stalled passenger train in Anchieta, a suburb south of Rio de Janeiro. Earlier government railways sources listed six dead and 150 injured. Dispatches describe bodies including 55 men, 13 women, and two children.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Anchieta
Coin purses small but important when lost
Mrs Ruth Morrison of 21 Marietta Athens recovered her coin purse after it was lost on Court Street at 4 p.m. Monday A Messenger Want Ad listed the loss and a single helpful call led to recovery The ad urges readers to use Want Ads for buying selling or searching problems with a contact number.
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Ruth Morrison
Marietta
Athens
Court Street
Renam
Noted Artist Illustrator Dies at 79
Howard Chandler Christy a prominent magazine illustrator and portrait painter died at 79 after a two month illness in New York His work ranged from glamorous magazine art to serious portraits including Presidents Harding and Coolidge His Signing of the Constitution mural hangs in the Washington capitol Funeral services are set for Thursday with burial in Westchester County New York
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New York
Howard Chandler Christy
Christy
Harding
Coolidge
Capitol
Washington
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Westchester County
N, Y
Early Spring Quacks Signal Advance Duck Migration
Ohio Wildlife Division reports northward migration flights in Southeastern Ohio two to three weeks ahead of schedule. Species spotted include blacks, mallards, baldpates, and many pintails, with observers noting quacks overhead as a sign of spring.
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Ohio
Ohio Wildlife Division
Attlee Defeats Bevan in Commons Leadership Vote
In London Clement Attlee defeated a left wing challenge led by Aneurin Bevan on Britain's defense policy. The closed session vote among 295 Labour MPs reportedly favored Attlee by about three to one, marking the first major showdown against his leadership.
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London
Clement Attlee
Britain
Attlee
House of Commons
Aneurin Bevan
Commons
Five Day Forecast for Ohio Holiday Weather Update
The forecast shows normal highs of 41 degrees in the north and 49 in the south with lows at 24 and 28. Colder tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures rise Friday through Sunday with rain and snow late Thursday or Friday and again Sunday totaling around one inch.
French Lag Draws U.S. Aid Threat
Paris reports Gen Charles De Gaulle's waning influence as Antoine Pinay tries to form a cabinet of experts from non Communist parties. France seeks funds to cover a 1400 billion franc defense bill, while U S lawmakers warn Paris must pay its share or risk cutting foreign aid.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Antoine Pinay
France
Pinay
Edgar Faure
Paul Reynaud
Rene Pleven
Europe
United States
Washington
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
North Atlantic
Sudden-Death Test for UMT in House Looms
In Washington the House faces a sudden death showdown over the Universal Military Training bill. Opponents seek a motion to recommit for further study, which could kill the measure. Rep Vinson predicts blocking recommittal, while supporters plan amendments to win over doubtful members as a full week of debate ends. Rep Short declares the bill will be recommitted with votes to spare.
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Washington
Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Short
R-Mo
Gas Explosion Cuts Supply Near Alexandria Ky
A 24 inch natural gas transmission line on a farm near Alexandria Kentucky exploded early today and ignited a fire visible for miles. Cincinnati Gas and Electric officials said gas supply to greater Cincinnati was reduced by about 25 percent. Emergency crews shut valves at Foster and Cold Spring to tame the blaze. Cause of the break was not immediately known.
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Newport
Greater Cincinnati
Alexandria
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Foster
Cold Spring
High Court Upholds School Bible Reading
The Supreme Court rules 6 to 3 that daily Bible reading in New Jersey public schools may continue until someone proves actual injury. The decision rejects the challenge to the state law and allows ongoing practice pending further case evidence.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
New Jersey
Ohio Power to spend 441000 on Portsmouth area substations
The Ohio Power Co. announced a 441000 dollar investment in substations around Portsmouth to serve a proposed Texas and Eastern Gas Corp gas pumping plant near Wheelersburg.
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Portsmouth
Ohio Power Co
Texas and Eastern Gas Corp
Wheelersburg
Reds Label Missing UN Men Myth
In Munsan Korea AP reports a clash over whether 50 000 missing Allied troops exist UN Rear Adm Libby pressed for an accounting from the Reds North Korea denies the claim Maj Gen Lee Sang Cho calls it Allied fabrications Libby says the issue mirrors December 18 lists as truce talks stall over Soviet supervision issues
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Munsan
Korea
Libby
Red
Soviet Russia
Court Upheld Feinberg Anti-Commie Teacher Law
The U S Supreme Court upheld New York’s Feinberg law by six to three, aimed at barring subversives from state schools. It requires the Regents to list disloyal organizations and makes membership proof of subversive groups grounds for disqualification.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Minton
Douglas
Black
Frankfurter
State Board of Regents
New York Educational System
Allied Planes Strafe Lines In Korean Front Cleanups
United Nations fighter pilots bombed and strafed frontline positions as ground forces met light patrols. Marine Corsairs killed 20 communists north of Kumhwa while UN bombers hit about 25 Reds near Yonchon. Five Sabre jets damaged a MiG-15 amid a brush near the Yalu River as Fifth Air Force planes damaged rail lines in 86 spots.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Kumhwa
Yonchon
Yalu River
Manchuria
Fifth Air Force
Scandal-Hit Tax Bureau Bares Sweeping Drive
A government report shows a six month crackdown by the Internal Revenue Bureau against tax dodgers in 1951. It cites 1 744 fraud cases sent to the Justice Department, a higher prosecution rate, increased internal penalties, and growing delinquent tax warrants from 1950 to 1951.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Justice Department
Bureau
Penal Division
Pastor Fails Death Leap at Carew Tower Rescue
In Cincinnati 24 year old Robert M. Jones Jr threatened to jump from the 47th floor of Carew Tower for nearly two hours. A priest Father Paul Huber and Jones’s father urged him to safety as he reached the edge. Jones was pulled back by the priest and father and treated at a hospital for observation.
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Cincinnati
Robert M. Jones, Jr
Paul Huber
Jones
Carew Tower
al More
Life Squad
Young Jones
Seasongood resigns from Ohio Turnpike Commission
Columbus reports Murray Seasongood of Cincinnati resigns from the Ohio Turnpike Commission amid frequent clashes with other members. Gov. Lausche accepts the resignation and notes a successor is being considered. Seasongood, former Cincinnati mayor, was appointed Sept 1, 1949, for an eight year term and had opposed Frank C. Dunbar Jr. for chief counsel.
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Columbus
Murray Seasongood
Cincinnati
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Seasongood
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Commission
Ohio
Frank C. Dunbar, Jr
Dunbar
Crooksville Awards Moxahala Creek Widening Contract
Crooksville council approves a $36 549 contract to A J Spires and Associates of Lancaster to widen deepen and straighten 2 1 4 miles of Moxahala Creek. Flash floods in June 1950 caused damage.
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New Lexington
Moxahala
Lancaster
Crooksville
A. J. Spires and Associates
Truman appeals for peace from floating transmitter
President Truman delivered a peace appeal from the Voice of America’s floating transmitter on the Courier to audiences in Europe, Latin America, and the Far East urging Russians and Chinese to renounce hate and terror and embrace peaceful policy. The State Department notes the broadcast reached 45 languages via 37 transmitters and relay stations.
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Truman
Russia
Red China
Voice of America
U. S. Coast Guard
China
United States
Germany
Japan
State Department
Mr. Truman
Europe
Latin America
Far East
Tangier
Munich
Ceylon
Manila
Honolulu
British Broadcasting Company
Columbus Man Slain After Numbers Writing Conviction
Allen S. Drake, 43, a Columbus man twice convicted of numbers writing, was found fatally shot along U S Route 40 in Licking County. He claimed he was robbed and that his car was stolen. Police linked the killing to a drug store clerks holdup and charged Herbert F. Miller with first degree murder. Miller remained at large.
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Columbus
Licking County
Allen S. Drake
Drake
Kirkersville
William McElroy
Herbert F. Miller
Russian captive in Korea seeks US marriage to Elgin corporal
Lubov M. Dimova, a 23 year old Russian held by UN forces, says she wants to go to the United States and marry a corporal from Elgin Illinois named Martin. She already has a husband, Artune Zednov, missing since before the war.
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Pusan
Korea
Lubov M. Dimova
United Nations
United States
Elgin
Martin
America
Artune A. Zednov
Dairen
Man Injured By Automobile On Route 33
Marvin Carr, 73, of Circle Hill, was struck by a southbound car driven by John A. Ayers, 48, of Murray City. Carr, who had stepped into the road from his mailbox, suffered head injuries and was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Marvin Carr
Circle Hill
State Highway Patrol
Carr
John A. Ayers
Murray City
Ayers
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Northern Japan quake and tsunami kill at least 31
A massive earthquake and successive tidal waves crippled northern Japan, killing 31 people and injuring hundreds. Kushiro city bore the brunt with thousands displaced as rail lines fractured, dozens of homes collapsed, and harbor facilities suffered severe damage. US divisions aided relief efforts.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kushiro
Hokkaido Island
First Cavalry Division
Hokkaido
U.S
Honshu
Matthew B. Ridgway
Columbia University
Assam
India
Massachusetts
Weston College
University of California
Pacific Ocean
Ca Erimo
Hokkai
Hachinohe
Kawaguchi
Iseland
Sparsly
Temblor
Death Ends Odd Marriage of Fannie Hurst and Jacques Danielson
New York novelist Fannie Hurst mourns the death of her husband Jacques S. Danielson a 76 year old retired pianist composer. The couple married in 1915 and lived in separate apartments meeting for meals and holidays on anniversaries. Hurst planned a private cremation with herself as sole attendee.
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New York
Fannie Hurst
Jacques S. Danielson
Springfield to vote on city income tax levy on May ballot
The Springfield city commission decided to place a measure on the May 6 ballot proposing a six-tenths of one percent limit on the city income tax. The proposal seeks to cap local tax rates and guides fiscal policy for residents and businesses.
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Springfield
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Key Turnpike Panel
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