06 Mar 1953
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1953
Page
1
Washington AP report notes Stalin’s death slows Eisenhower era plans for basic foreign policy changes. Dulles predicts a year for world policy review. uncertainty lingers about Soviet leadership, succession, and new direction in Moscow affecting Far East crises and global strategy.
Rep. Secrest of Ohio proposes a coordinated broad side against extending the reciprocal trade agreements act. Speaking to about 150 attendees convened by the National Labor Management Council, he argues that independent industry groups have pursued fragmented campaigns, sometimes at cross purposes, despite a shared goal.
Radio WGMS interrupted Beethoven’s Fifth to read the bulletin announcing Premier Stalin’s death. The announcer noted the first four notes mirrored the Morse code for V. The moment connected wartime morale signals with a major political event.
Gen James A Van Fleet told Congress that ammunition shortages persist in Korea, despite Pentagon denials. Senate armed services members pressed for accountability as Gen Floyd Parks cited no hand grenade shortages in Far East depots while noting possible local distribution issues. Senator Byrd called the prolonged shortfall criminal inefficiency.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons says Chillicothe Ohio reformatory feed issues are resolved following riots last fall. S T Sale of the Bureau notes improved menus and cooking, stronger morning and evening meals, and slight mid day reductions while saving money.
Cleveland book stores cannot buy Mickey Spillane I the Jury or Somerset Maugham Cake and Ale nor Sigmund Freud General Introduction to Psychoanalysis from G R Klein News Co. about 47 titles removed in a crackdown on indecent literature. Manager Robert Klein said books possibly deemed too sexy by police are off distribution.
Washington government action ends price controls on bakery items including bread and pies, major household appliances, all new passenger vehicles and postwar used cars, and related parts. Estimated annual sales removed from controls reach 25 billion dollars.
Stalin dies in Kremlin at 9 50 p m Moscow time. Body to lie in state in Hall of Columns as leaders vow continuation of policies. Eisenhower sends terse official condolences to Soviet government while Congress leaders foresee no easing of tension. Vishinsky departs New York on ship to Europe en route home from United Nations. West Europe faces fear and uncertainty over a potential hot war successor.
Clarence FE. Williams of Mansfield was elected president of the Ohio Trucking Association at its 35th annual convention. Clarence A. Kelley of Akron was elected vice president, and Howard LaFevre of Newark was second vice president. F. S. Crawford of Ironton and Jesse Sentle of Toledo were reelected secretary and treasurer respectively.
New York City postoffice officials announce a switch from green to silver aluminum postal boxes. The silver paint improves visibility at night and cuts painting frequency to every two or three years from annually.
Premier Stalin of the Soviet Union dies ending a 29 year rule. The United States on President Eisenhower's orders sends official condolences to Moscow through Dulles and Beam. UN figures Pearson and Lie relay tributes while Lie omits UN ties amid Soviet nonrecognition of Lie as secretary general.
Premier Joseph Stalin, 73, died in the Kremlin at 9:50 p.m. after a long illness leaving no clear successor. A joint Communist Party and government statement called for continued rigths and unity, with Stalin lying in state in Moscow’s Hall of Columns.
Two men who held up Pioneer bank in Ohio and fled with 5000 dollars were captured near Adrian after a gunfight at a roadblock. One suspect John Hrash 41 of Toledo was critically injured. the other Water Niles 23 of Adrian a Korean War veteran was jailed in Lenawee County. A money package believed to hold the loot was recovered from their car.
George Murphy travels from Chillicothe to Washington in an 1802 costume similar to Thomas Worthington’s ride for Ohio’s 150th anniversary. He received Wheeling keys, stayed in Uniontown, and heads to Cumberland, Md, riding a modern truck between cities.
Congress delayed the Eisenhower administration’s proposed push against Russian oppression amid doubts it will be revived in current form. Sen. H. Alexander Smith plans a rider declaring Russians enslaved others without mention of Yalta, while Dulles aides question moving forward. The illness and death of Stalin also slowed action as Democrats oppose a GOP amendment on validating secret wartime agreements.
The piece suggests the Central Committee of the Communist Party could pick a new chief while the Council of Ministers elects a prime minister, with Stalin’s dual roles possibly split. The Supreme Soviet would likely play little role beyond formal approval, and a committee rule or junta may govern in the interim.
State Auditor James A. Rhodes announced findings listing $318 against Justice of the Peace Alonzo Ackerson of South Point Lawrence County. The report says Ackerson turned in only $6 to the county treasurer for a 3% year period, and he told a state examiner his criminal dockets and other papers were lost.
An Athens County man was one of three killed in a Fairview West Virginia mine explosion early Friday. Lewis Shields 26 worked for George Williamson Shaft Construction Co and died at about 4 am in a newly sunk shaft about 50 feet underground. He leaves a wife three children and two stepchildren plus parents six brothers and three sisters in local towns. Services are set for Sunday at Dowler Ferguson Hughes funeral home with burial details to follow.
Pvt. Edgar Owens, 21, of Brooklyn, charged with murdering his lieutenant during a February maneuver at FT Dix, escaped from a secured ward and was recaptured two hours later two guards nearby. He surrendered without resistance. The victim, 2nd Lt. Richard M. Davenport, 22, from New London, Conn., died in the live ammunition drill.
President Eisenhower tells retailers at a luncheon to provide customers with memories from their childhood in neighborhood stores. He cites the open cracker barrel prune barrel and pickle jug as examples and hopes such nostalgia aids children.
Rep. Kersten of Wisconsin introduced a resolution expressing hope for the early liberation of the Russian and other Iron Curtain peoples. The measure was offered in Washington on Thursday.
The forecast shows temperatures averaging two to five degrees below normal with normal highs around 42 to 49 and lows 25 to 28. Expect a cold weekend with a warming trend early next week. Snow is likely Saturday and Sunday, with rain or snow possible Tuesday night or Wednesday.
Western Europe reacts with fear and uncertainty to Stalin's death. News shows little jubilation as diplomats note unclear succession. The Soviet leadership pledges continued military buildup and a wary stance toward the West while aiming for ties with China and other Communist allies.
Boston surgeon Dr. Robert E. Gross described a method to open and operate inside the heart while blood is trapped in a rubber well. He kept a heart open up to 2 hours 5 minutes to patch openings in the inter atrial septum in seven children, four of whom died.
Allied troops in Korea reacted to Joseph Stalin’s death with mixed views. Some hoped Kremlin policy might change, but most soldiers doubted any immediate effect on life in the foxholes. AP reporters Forrest Edwards and Olen Clements filed the scene.
The Kremlin announced Joseph Stalin's death at 4 07 am Moscow time. A funeral commission led by Nikita Khrushchev began planning as thousands gathered in Red Square to bid farewell with tears and prayers. Stalin lay in state in a glass coffin as a motor hearse carried his body from the Kremlin to the Hall of Columns amid flowers.
In Columbus the GOP led Legislature introduces a weight distance tax on heavy trucks expected to raise about 21 million annually plus a four cent increase in the gasoline tax yielding around 23 million a year. Truck license fees add roughly 4 million, totaling near 48 million yearly for highway work. Governor Lausche backs weight distance and a cent per gallon rise, while the GOP plan tweaks the tax yield.
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