Reds Admit Unreported POWs as Truce Talks Prolonged
AP reports that North Korea and China admit holding unreported prisoners and linking data to truce talks. UN Commander Libby demands accounting for 174 more POWs, mostly Americans and ROK troops, on exchange terms. Both sides briefed on sources for names but offered little new information.
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Munsan
Korea
Reds
Adm
R. E. Libby
Libby
United States
Republic of Korea
ROK
Lee Sang Cho
Ex Convict Kills Two Self on Jackson Farm Tragedy
A 73-year-old father and 14-year-old niece were shot to death at a Jackson area farm home. Two hours later the suspect, 44-year-old Ohio Penitentiary parolee Arthur Phillips, killed himself after holding a family at gunpoint. Sheriff Stanley Lewis identified the victims and described the sequence from a dispute to the killings.
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Jackson
Here
Stanley Lewis
William Phillips
Dorothy Little
Arthur Phillips
Ohio
Lewis
Phillips
Walter Little
Mrs. Little
Dorothy
Floyd Leffler
Littles
Mansfield Reformatory
Portsmouth
U S Decides Against Carrying War to Reds If Talks Collapse
The Truman administration will not widen the Korean war to China even if Panmunjom talks fail. Officials say policy favors confining the conflict to Korea, with action only as public sentiment or military advice dictate. Truce talks are deadlocked as planners weigh options for three collapse scenarios: stalemate, Red drive, and bombing Red bases.
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Washington
China
United States
Jom M. Allison
Philadelphia Bulletin Forum
Philadelphia
A. Alexis Johnson
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Allison
Panmunjom
Far East
America
Jurists Question Scope of Federal Grand Juries in Crime Survey
Washington judges question how far federal grand juries may investigate local crime and whether presentments can be public while avoiding naming suspects. The McGrath racketeering survey aims to map organized crime but faces concerns over secrecy, scope, and potential runaway juries.
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Washington
McGrath
U. S
Kefauver Crime Investigating Committee
Woman Attacks Daughters With Hammer And Tries To Burn Home
Mrs Catherine Laughery 28 attacked her two daughters Joyce 8 and Mary Margaret 6 with a claw hammer at their home in Massillon. Joyce suffered a fractured skull and severe burns, Mary Margaret a possible skull fracture and burns. The mother was committed to Massillon State Hospital after the incident at the request of her husband.
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Canton
Massillon State Hospital
Catherine Laughery
Joyce
Mary Margaret
Mercy Hospital
Doorbell Tolls Warn Zanesville Family
The Donald C. DeVolld family heard bells early today as paint stored in the basement of their seven room frame house caught fire. The blaze shorted wires to the front doorbell, triggering the ring. Firemen arrived and extinguished the fire with minor damage to the house.
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Zanesville
Donald C. DeVolld
DeVolld
Rival Unions Begin Wage Talks With GE Plants
In New York, two rival unions IUE CIO and UE launch wage negotiations for about 115 000 GE workers after rallies and brief stoppages. Company reps meet union delegates separately at GE offices starting 10 am EST. Unions seek unspecified pay raises and also announce demands at Westinghouse where 80 000 members are claimed. Westinghouse talks to open later.
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New York
General Electric Co
CIO International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Iue-Cio
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Pinay Seeks Premier Role In French Government Crisis
Paris reports 60 year old An toine Pinay, former transport minister, agreeing to form a new French cabinet and asking the National Assembly to confirm him as premier. He plans to target tax evasion to resolve the crisis. if failed, he may seek tax increases to cover costs from a 1400 billion franc defense budget tied to Indochina and Atlantic defenses. The assembly previously rejected a 15 percent tax rise, prompting Premier Edgar Faure's resignation.
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Paris
Antoine Pinay
National Assembly
Pinay
France
Assembly
Edgar Faure
Income Tax Bureau Extends Deadline
The Internal Revenue Bureau offers two breaks for this month’s income tax deadline. Tax offices will stay open the next two Saturdays to aid last minute filers, and returns may be filed by Monday after March 15 since the date falls on a weekend.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Yanks Down Red Jets In Wild Tiff
In Seoul Korea American F 86 Sabres attacked a MIG 15 flight near the Yalu River and shot down at least five with another probably destroyed in a 30 minute morning battle. One MIG crashed near the Manchurian border during a stunt run.
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Seoul
Korea
Yalu River
Work Scarce Areas Aided By War Contracts
Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson ordered the Defense Department to direct negotiated war contracts to Detroit Providence R I Scranton and Wilkes Barre Pa as unemployment areas. Areas get preference if they meet the lowest price elsewhere. Arthur Flemming announced hearings begin in two weeks to gauge textile industry impact.
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Washington
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Department
Detroit
Providence
R. L
Scranton
Wilkes Barre
Flemming
Relief Rush To Quake Stricken Areas In Japan
American and Japanese authorities rushed relief supplies to quake hit regions in northern Japan. Planes trains and boats moved blankets medicine and food to eastern Hokkaido and northeastern Honshu where thousands faced cold and snow. Official tallies: 31 dead 170 injured with 20 bodies recovered. distant villages marooned atop flooded homes as a new 40 foot hill formed near Nikppu.
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Tokyo
Japan
Sparsley
Hokkaido Island
Honshu
U. S. Army
Kyodo
Hokkaido
Kiritappu
Nikppu
Truman Tax Bureau Bill Disapproved by Senate Committee
The Senate Expenditures Committee disapproved President Truman's plan to reorganize the Internal Revenue Bureau by a 7 to 5 vote. The resolution moves to the Senate floor for final action with Majority Leader McFarland saying it will be taken up next Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate Expenditures Committee
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senate
McFarland
D-Ariz
George
D-Ga
Millikin
R-Colo
Brazil Train Crash Kills 102 and Wounds 200
Rescue workers dug through splintered debris from a rail disaster on a flooded river bridge in Brazil. Two trains on a double track met head on at about 100 miles an hour, with the death toll initially 102 and injuries around 200.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Pavuna
Beverly Skinner Dies at 77 Former Athens School Head
Beverly Oden Skinner 77, former state director of education and Athens city schools superintendent, died after a two month illness at Community Hospital Hillsboro Ohio. He served as Wilmington College president 1928 to 1931 and taught in Perry County schools before 1898. He helped shape Ohio School Foundation Program and held degrees from Ohio University and University of Chicago.
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Athens Schools
Community Hospital
Hillsboro
Ohio
Doctor Skinner
Wilmington College
Athens
Redfield
Perry County
Ohio University
University of Chicago
Ohio Wesleyan University
Marietta
Wilmington
Pike County
Waverly
Chillicothe
Streator
Ill
Ada Chalfant
George White
Ohio School Foundation
O Dwyer Aide Sentenced in Major Shakedown Case
James J. Moran, ally of ex mayor William O Dwyer and former first deputy fire chief, received 12 1/2 to 25 years for leading a $500 000 yearly extortion ring. He and a firemen unit allegedly extracted fees from fuel oil equipment companies seeking permits during O Dwyer era. Moran quit a lifetime water board post after perjury claims surfaced in U S Senate hearings.
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New York
James J. Moran
William O'Dwyer
Mexico
Moran
O’dwyer
U. S. Senate Crime Committee
Cold Blasts Hit Eastern Half Amid Deep Freeze
A mid winter blast swept the eastern two thirds of the nation with sub zero readings in Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois and North Carolina. The Midwest faced a crippling March snow storm that disrupted transportation closed schools and caused multiple deaths. The cold extended into the south reaching northern gulf states.
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Midwest
North Central
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
North
Carolna
Southland
Gulf States
Train collision injures 54 in Gary
A crowded Chicago South Shore express crashed into an empty train at Gary station injuring 54 people. The first car bore the brunt though none suffered serious injuries and only six remained in hospitals after treatment for cuts and bruises.
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Gary
Ind
Chicago
Chicago South Shore
South Bend
Columbus Teachers Given Salary Hikes
About 2100 Columbus public school teachers administrators and non professional employees got pay raises Tuesday. The board of education approved raises of about 125 a year for teachers 250 a year for administrators and 10 a month for non professional employees.
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Columbus
Columbus Public
Board of Education
Primary in Balance Bids and Voters in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire next Tuesday, Democrats and Republicans step up efforts in the first primary. Voters appear undecided as Scott Lucas lauds Truman in Concord while Harold Stassen calls for greater support amid apathy. Eisenhower gains from Saltonstall in Claremont as Taft plans a sharp challenge and Warren reports independent oil money backing his bid.
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New Hampshire
Jack Bell
Associated Press
Concord
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Senate
Truman
Harold E. Stassen
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
Mas
Sachusetts
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Claremont
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
California
Sacramento
Couple Level Kidnap Charge
In South Bend Indiana a x ray technician must appear in juvenile court to answer a Dayton Ohio couple’s claim that their son, Ronnie, eight, living with Robert A Tipp in Ardmore, was kidnapped in 1944 by Tipp’s former wife Lois who is alleged to be Mary Wilkey the nurse maid. Juvenile Judge John S Gonas ordered Tipp to court to respond.
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South Bend
Ind
Ohio
Dayton
Arthur C. Thompson
Robert A. Tipp
Ardmore
Ronnie
Thompsons
Tipp
Lois
Mary Wilkey
John S. Gonas
Hubb Department Store President Dies in Florida
Mone Anathan aged 69 and president of the Hubb Department Store in Steubenville died Tuesday in Miami Florida after a two week illness.
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Steubenville
Mone Anathan
Hubb Department Store
Miami
Florida
Turnpike progress eyed with early traffic in 1953
Ohio engineer Edward J. Donnelly said the eastern 20 to 25 miles of the turnpike could open to traffic by the end of 1953 aided by federal steel deliveries. He predicted 75 to 80 percent completion next year, covering about 135 to 140 miles of the 182 mile route from the Pennsylvania line toward Toledo.
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Columbus
Edward J. Donnelly
J. E. Greiner Co
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Frank J. Lausche
Donnelly
Commission
Pennsylvania
Toledo
Ten Best Dressed Men Include Hope
The New York custom tailors designers club named ten best dressed men in the country. The list includes United Nations Delegate Warren Austin boxer Ray Robinson dancer Arthur Murray actor Gregory Peck socialite Charles Munn Sr bandleader Freddy Martin TV host Robert Montgomery producer Richard Rodgers comedian Bob Hope and George K Funston head of the New York Stock Exchange.
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New York
New York Custom Tailors Designers Club
United Nations
Warren Austin
Ray Robinson
Arthur Murray
Gregory Peck
Charles Munn, Sr
Freddy Martin
Robert Montgomery
Richard Dodgers
Bob Hope
George K. Funston
New York Stock Exchange
British drug GT-41 shows promise against myelogenous leukemia
Dr. Alexander Haddow announced at a national cancer conference that GT-41, a new oral anti leukemia drug from the Chester Beatty Institute, produced temporary remissions in 2 to 5 percent of myelogenous chronic leukemia cases in early tests. One patient remains improved for a year. The drug targets a specific leukemia form and has no serious side effects.
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Alexander Haddow
Chester Beatty Research Institute
Royal Cancer Hospital
London
George Timmis
Britain
United States
Haddow
Key Ballot Cuts Across Party Lines
The House shelved a Universal Military Training bill by a 236 to 162 vote, sending it back to committee and signaling low near-term odds. Supporters say UMT not dead and may resume in the 83rd Congress. critics fear it dies this session. Freshman Rep. Brownson proposed an alternate plan for compulsory service via high school students with summer encampments.
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Washington
House
Ep. Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Services
Sen. McFarland
Arizona
Senate
Donald R. Wilson
The
American Legion
Soviet Union
Wilson
Legion
Rep
Brownson
R-Ind
Ohio Delegation Votes 17 to 3 on Training Bill
In Washington on Tuesday the Ohio delegation split 17 for sending the Universal Military Training Bill back to committee and 3 against. Democrats for sending back were Crosser and Hays. Republicans for were Ayres, Bender, Betts, Bolton, Bow, Brehm, Brown, Clevenger, Elston, Jenkins, McCulloch, McGregor, Schenck, Vorys. Democrats against Kirwan and Polk. Independent against Reams. paired for Feighan and Hess Weicher.
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Washington
Ohio
Congress
Crosser
Hays
Ayres
Bender
Betts
Bolton
Bow
Brehm
Brown
Clevenger
Elston
Jenkins
Two Youths Sought As Murder Suspects
Columbus police seek two young men as murder suspects after Allen S. Drake 43 dies on Route 40 near Buckeye Lake. Drake’s car found. witnesses say two youths rode a cab from Buckeye Lake to Newark about half an hour after his body was found. Drake had two prior numbers writing convictions in Columbus.
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Columbus
Allen S. Drake
Buckeye Lake
Newark
Drake
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