Koreans Repel Red Offense In Major Korean Push
Allied forces push north up to four miles as Reds suffer heavy casualties in two day battle. U S Ninth and 25th Divisions report gains along the Han River and near Seoul. South Korean and American units repulse counterattacks near Soksa and Pangnim as Mount Taemi falls to Seventh Division.
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Tokyo
U.S. Ninth Corps
U.S
Eighth Army
Ninth Corps
U.S. 25Th Division
Korea
25Th
Han River
Seoul
25Th Division
Second Corps
Soksa
U. S
Taemi
Pangnim
Republic
Diary of RFC Director Says Truman Intervened in Loan
Washington AP report details a diary from RFC director Walter Dunham showing White House aide John Steelman relaying presidential requests to RFC directors regarding a $12 million Boston Common garage and bomb shelter loan. Dunham opposed the loan. directors approved it but funds were not released as conditions were unmet.
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Diary of
RFC
Truman
Boston
Washington
President Truman
Walter L. Dunham
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking
Subcommittee
John R. Steelman
White House
Mr. Truman
Boston Common
Dunham
Steelman
Sen. Fulbright
John Steelman
Mass
Motors Parks, Inc
Lustron Corporation
Charges Against Russia Made by Yugoslavia
Belgrade Yugoslavia formally accuses Russia of military pressure and arming Soviet satellites to overthrow Marshal Tito. A 481 page white paper will be sent to UN Secretary General Trygve Lie. Deputy Foreign Minister Ivo Vejvoda outlined the complaint at a news conference to Western envoys.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Marshal Tito
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Ivo Vejvoda
Tito
Kremlin
Soap price cuts and wage raises amid price control clash
Washington reports a broader home front mobilization bringing promises of lower soap prices and higher wages for many white collar workers. The same move intensifies the fight over cotton price controls as Johnston says progress. DiSalle signs orders for soap price reductions and cotton ceilings face opposition while employers may raise salaries for large groups of workers.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Michael V. DiSalle
Dixie
DiSalle
Congress
Bevin Quits as Foreign Secretary Amid Ill Health
London reports say Ernest Bevin will resign as Britain's foreign secretary because of ill health. Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison is expected to succeed him with Attlee announcing the move soon. Bevin may stay in cabinet as elder statesman while a major reshuffle is planned.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Herbert Morrison
Clement Attlee
Bevin
Morrison
Attlee
Sales Tax Cut Is Protested In Ohio Cities
Columbus reports the Association of Ohio Municipalities denounces a proposed one third cut in local sales tax receipts. Gov Lausche budgets a reduction from 18 million to 12 million. Mayor Charles Henderson of Youngstown says counties townships and municipalities cannot afford the cut as repairs and civil defense drain funds. Local governments urge financial aid now.
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Columbus
Association of Ohio Municipalities
Frank J. Lausche
Ayor Charles P. Henderson
Youngstown
Association
Henderson
Two Small Children Die in Columbus Fire
A fire in a two story frame home near downtown Columbus killed two young children and injured seven others. Three of the injured are in critical condition. Police say the dead and two of the injured belonged to a family facing eviction. The blaze is blamed on a gasoline stove. details were not immediately available.
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Columbus
Pt. Pleasant Plant To Open
Sylvania Electric Products Co plans a branch plant in Pt. Pleasant starting initial equipment shipment in Huntington. The firm will lease the J. T. Weissenburger Building on 24th Street, subject to naval approval for Navy contract work. Local service firms have been arranged for utilities. Production hoped by April 1 with about 200 local employees.
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Point Pleasant
Sylvania Electric Products Co
Huntington
J. T. Weissenburger
24Th St
Naval
Burmese surgeon Dr Gordon Seagrave freed by appeal court
The Burmese Court of Appeal ordered the release of Dr Gordon Seagrave known as the Burma Surgeon. He had been sentenced Feb 17 to six years for aiding rebels on two of three treason charges. The court showed leniency, believing his aim was to relieve misery.
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Rangoon
Burmese Court of Appeal
Gordon Seagrave
Burma
Water Pollution Grants For Ohio Announced
Public Health Service announced water pollution control study grants for Ohio for the fiscal year ending June 30. Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission at Cincinnati receives 24537 dollars, Ohio Health Department for Metal Plating Wastes gets 11040 dollars, and the State of Ohio receives 25900 dollars.
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Washington
Ohio
Public Health Service
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Cincinnati
Ohio Health Department
State of Ohio
Law Would Double Fishing License Fee
CHARLESTON West Virginia. It may cost Ohio residents $2 this year to fish in the Ohio River along the boundary with West Virginia. The fishing license fee was $1 last year, but a bill doubling the fee is ready for the governor's signature.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ohio
Ohio River
West Virginia
Congressman Claims Soldiers Get Salt But No Pepper
Congressman August H. Andresen of Minnesota charges soldiers at Camp Rucker Alabama are served salt but no pepper. He cites reports the Army bought nearly 2 million pounds of black pepper since last July 1, enough for over 10 million men for a decade. He issued a letter to Secretary Marshall about pepper shortages and noted an 11 cent per pound price spike after the pepper purchase offer.
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Washington
August H. Andresen
R-Minn
Camp Rucker
Ala
47Th National Guard
Andresen
Marshall
Minnesota
North Dakota
Musicians Set Strike Date
The executive board of New York Local 802 has ordered a local strike for March 14 citing wage, canned music, and related issues in radio and television. The plan could trigger a national AFL musicians walkout pending a month cooling-off period required by the National Labor Relations Board. The date was set yesterday after a meeting of about 1500 members.
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New York
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
Army Denies Typhus Epidemic Rumors
At 8th Army Headquarters Korea American medical and intelligence officers denied rumors of a typhus epidemic among Communist troops. They stated typhus poses no threat to U.S. soldiers. The rumors began a month ago and spread among prisoners and Korean civilians.
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8Th Army
Korea
U.S
Lloyd Jones Named GOP Policy Director
Lloyd W. Jones, a former newspaperman, is named acting director of the Senate Republican Policy Committee. He succeeds George H. Smith who retires temporarily for health reasons, announced by Chairman Taft after a committee meeting.
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Washington
Lloyd W. Jones
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
George H. Smith
Taft
Ohio
Akron drops eight week civil defense lecture series
Due to lack of interest the University of Akron ends the eight week civil defense program after two lectures. The initiative aimed to inform students about defense measures and emergency planning.
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AKRON
University of Akron
Itwo
Nations Miles Apart Over Ministers Agenda
Western deputies and Russia's Andrei Gromyko held a fifth meeting on topics for a foreign ministers conference. An American official said progress seemed unlikely and a French delegate noted reversals after Gromyko spoke. Observers doubt much has been achieved, though hope remains that an agenda may be agreed and a ministers meeting arranged.
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Paris
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Alexandre) Parodi
Gromyko
Controversy Over Troop Send Revisions Delays Approval
Washington AP report notes a fresh dispute over two resolutions approving U S troop deployment to Europe. Senator H Alexander Smith seeks changes to require congressional approval for any future commitments while Senators George and Hickenlooper wish to review proposed edits. Taft hints at追加 pledges by European nations before action.
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Washington
U.S
Europe
H. Alexander Smith
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Smith
Germany
Western Europe
Congress
George
D-Ga
Hickenlooper
R-Iowa
Senate
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Chiefs of Staffs
Meigs County Farmer Cited for Good Work
Meigs County farmer Donald C. Mora, 23, was honored by the Ohio Newspaper Association for advancing Ohio's prestige. He and six others were cited at a banquet led by Gov. Lausche, with Roy D. Moore presenting. Mora, a 1950 B&O soil conservation award winner, farms 180 acres with his father Pearl on Route 7 in Chester, enhancing pastureland trees and a dairy herd through conservation. The awards recognize land use and soil water conservation progress among diverse recipients.
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Columbus
Meigs County
Donald C. Mora
Ohio
Mora
Ohio Newspaper Association
Frank J. Lausche
Roy D. Moore
Brush-Moore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pearl Mora
Route 7
Chester
Ohio Development and Publicity Commission
Marietta Rowing Committee
Ed Hawes
William Boyd
Cambridge
Hopalong Cassidy
John H. Byrne
Cleveland
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Grove Patterson
Toledo Blade
Ent State University
Patterson
Boyd
R. Kenneth Kerr
Ee Eagle-Gazette
Navy Bomber Crashes Killing Crew of Four
A twin engine Navy bomber on a routine flight crashed into the Chesapeake Bay near Patuxent Maryland, killing all four crewmen aboard the Mary Ann reportedly involved in salvage operations near the mouth of the Rappahannock River.
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Patuxent, Md
Chesapeake Bay
Mary ,Ann
Rappahannock River
Hospital head named at Columbus Receiving Hospital
Dr Ralph M Patterson was named head of the professional staff of the new Columbus Receiving Hospital. He assumes leadership as the facility opens serving the city. Patterson brings medical leadership and vision to the hospital's early operation.
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Columbus
Ralph M Patterson
Columbus Receiving Hospital
Sawyer Advocates Voluntary Security Code for News
Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer urged publishers at the Ohio Newspaper Association meeting to adopt a voluntary security code to shield vital defense news. He called reasonable restraint a substantial public service but opposed compulsory censorship. He stressed truth delivery while exercising restraint in normal times.
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Columbus
Charles Sawyer
Ohio Newspaper Association
Ohio
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Sawyer
Search Continues For Missing Airmen
U S and Italian forces air and sea search for seven or eight missing crewmen from a Rome bound U S Navy mail plane that crashed into the Tyrrhenian Sea two days ago. Six survivors were rescued yesterday and transferred to the carrier Franklin D Roosevelt which rushed to the scene.
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Rome
U. S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dutch Cabbage Cheaper Than Local In Cleveland Sale
Dutch exporters send thousands of heads of Holland cabbage to Cleveland housewives at nine cents a pound, six cents below the domestic variety. Cabbage shipped in wicker baskets aboard a refrigerator ship after cold waves reduced the Texas crop and boosted prices locally.
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Cleveland
Holland
Texas
Lonely Hearts Killers Die in Electric Chair
Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, known as the Lonely Hearts killers, were executed in Sing Sing prison by electric chair. Beck, 31, and Fernandez, 36, died calmly after pledging undying love. Beck was the last of four executions within 24 minutes, with the prison doctor pronouncing Fernandez dead four minutes earlier.
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Ossining
N. Y
Martha Beck
Raymond Fernandez
Sing Sing
Romeo
Vandenberg Reports No Change In Condition
Grand Rapids physicians reported no change in the condition of Senator Vandenberg of Michigan last night after his hospitalization. The aging Republican leader remained under medical observation with no new symptoms reported by attending doctors.
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Vandenberg
Grand Rapids, Mich
Sen. Vandenberg
Mich
Baby Sitter Racket Bedeviled San Bernardino
Police in San Bernardino California say a 16 year old girl posing as a baby sitter robbed neighboring homes. She rang door bells waited for parents to leave then forced entry with the infant present and took valuables. She admitted entering as many as three homes nightly while caring for a child. A tip from a suspicious housewife led to her arrest.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Deferments for Students in Military Service Debate
The Senate opened debate on the Universal Military Training and Service bill seeking a final vote tonight. The measure would lower the draft age from 19 to 18 and extend service from 21 to 24 months, with an amendment to remove exemptions for 75,000 student doctors, dentists and scientists chosen by a bi partisan board. Senator Cordon opposed student deferments, arguing against selective exemptions and predicting injustices in the bill. Senator Cain defended universal service as training for life.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senator Cordon
R-Ore
Cordon
Sen. Cain
Universal Service In America
Woman Loses Both Her Legs After Freezing
Dorothy Mae Stevens a 23 year old Negro woman found frozen stiff in a south side alley on February 8 survived a record low temperature of 64 degrees F and underwent amputation of both legs nine inches below the knees as a life saving measure at Michael Reese Hospital doctors said further finger amputations may follow after extensive muscle damage was noted in treatment and skin grafting was attempted
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Chicago
Dorothy Mae Stevens
Michael Reese Hospital
Polk Urges Uniform Farm Labor Draft Deferments
Rep Polk of Ohio urges local draft boards to adopt a uniform policy on deferment of farm labor. He cites wide county disparities with some boards defer nearly all eligible farm boys and others defer none. As a House Agriculture Committee member, he lacks power to change rules and asks Selective Service officials to apply regulations. The Ohioan notes farm labor remains among eligible deferment occupations.
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Washington
Polk
Ohio
House Agriculture Committee
The
Ohioan
Last Confederate vet of North Carolina dies at 100
Samuel E. Bennett, North Carolina's last surviving Civil War Confederate veteran, died yesterday in Bakersville at age 100. His death leaves 16 Confederate Army veterans remaining.
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North Carolina
Bakersville
N. C
Samuel E. Bennett
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