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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1952

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Nation Watches Granite State Primary Trend

The first presidential primary opened in New Hampshire with voters streaming to polls as Eisenhower and Taft vie for the Republican nomination. Taft campaigned aggressively while Kefauver seeks Democratic standard bearer with Truman abstaining from active campaign.

Nation Granite State Concord N.H New Hampshire Waterville Valley Dwight D. Eisenhower Taft Stassen Millsfield Kefauver Truman Eisenhower London Paris Robert A. Taft Ohio Europe North Atlantic Treaty Organization Estes Kefauver Tennessee

Soviet proposes Big Four talks on German unification and peace

The Soviet Union urged an immediate Big Four conference to reunite Germany and draft a peace treaty. It proposed talks begin without delay and called for Western replies in the shortest time. The plan included principles for a treaty and linked a future German peace to easing East West tensions.

Moscow Soviet Union Germany United States Britain France West Germany Russia

New York Banks Killer Hunt Intensifies Across City

Death threats to a mourning family and to Willie Sutton arrest suspect spurred New York’s largest manhunt in 12 years. Mayor Impelliteri proposed a 25000 dollar reward for the killer’s capture as police, 19000 strong, chase the gunman who killed Arnold Schuster, 24, whose tip led to Sutton’s arrest. Schuster’s funeral was held as threats spread to Brooklyn.

New York Willie Sutton New York City Arnold Schuster Sutton Vincent R. Impelliteri City Board of Estimate Schuster Brooklyn

Ohio Weather Outlook Warm and Rain Expected Across State

Rainy spell forecast for Ohio with temperatures up to six degrees above normal. Normal highs range from 46 to 55 and lows from 28 to 32. Cooler tonight and Wednesday, then milder Thursday. Rain in Wednesday night, Thursday, and Saturday totaling about half to one inch.

Washer for sale in apartment size condition

Inexpensive Want Ad sold the washer and offers the same method for selling any household appliance. Washing machine apartment size in good condition best for light materials but can wash sheets. Price 10 dollars. Call 27324.

Truman Aide Faces Stern Senate Quiz

Newbold Morris, cleanup man for government reform, goes before the Senate for questioning over his role in ship deals and trading with Red China. He led the China International Foundation Inc and United Tanker Corp which hauled oil to Chinese Communists under U S flags until June 1950. His law partner Wasson and others cite him as a lawyer for a Chinese firm shipping goods to Red China ports early in the Korean War period. The China Trading and Industrial Corp claimed Nationalist ties, but witnesses question why Nationalists aided Red China ports.

Washington Newbold Morris Senate Morris China International Foundation, Inc United Tanker Corp U. S Houston H. Wasson China

Licking County Jury to Consider Slayings

A special grand jury will meet Thursday to consider two fatal shootings in Licking County. The Drake and Butler cases are under review by Common Pleas Judge Charles Hobtsberry. Two 18 year old Marine hitch hikers, Lewis L. Angel and Harmon Cordray, have pleaded innocent to first degree murder charges in the Drake case.

Licking County Common Pleas Charles B. Hobtsberry Allen Drake Columbus Wilbur Butler Newark Lewis L. Angel Harmon Cordray Drake

Continental To Quit Race Wire Service

Washington reports Kefauver investigators cheer as Continental Press Service shuts down its race and sports news wires. Senators Hunt and Wiley comment on the move while the probe targets gangster influence and monopoly claims. A Western Union show cause hearing is set for March 19.

Washington Sen Kefauver Continental Press Service Hunt D-Wyo Wiley R-Wis Continental

Batista Takes Control In Cuba Vow To Clean Up Government

Havana dispatch reports veteran revolutionary Fulgencio Batista seizing power with army backing after ousting President Carlos Prio Socarras. He promises elections after a purge of corruption and gangsterism, forms a 15 member civilian cabinet, and hints at becoming prime minister. Two deaths occurred at the presidential palace amid the takeover.

Havana Cuba Fulgencio Batista Batista Carlos Piio Socarras Caribbean Havanna

Trial of Six Reds Resumes in Baltimore Conspiracy Case

The communist conspiracy trial in Baltimore resumes with opening arguments expected. Witnesses may include FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover and Attorney General J Howard McGrath as defense seeks to subpoena them to question wire tapping impact on government evidence. The six defendants face charges of conspiracy to advocate violent overthrow.

Baltimore FBI J. Edgar Hoover J. Howard McGrath Harold Buchman Hoover McGrath United States

Taft Connally Trade Sharp Volley in Long Distance

Senators Taft of Ohio and Connally of Texas traded sharp verbal volleys from about 1200 miles apart. Taft accused the administration of mishandling foreign policy and questioned Connally’s Korea war stance, while Connally fired back from the Senate floor calling Taft a chameleon senator and accusing him of compromising integrity for votes.

Taft Connally Associated Press Ohio Texas Houston Ohioan South Kores Senate Conally Truman

Rail Strike To Force Perry Pit Shutdown

The Army seeks a federal injunction to force New York Central and St. Louis Terminal strikers back to work, as a three-day rail dispute disrupts freight and 20,000 NYC passengers daily. About 200,000 union members push for higher pay and oppose four rule changes seen as wage cuts, while leaders pledge to keep negotiating.

Cleveland New York Central Rail Brotherhood Buffalo St. Louis Nyc Washington Justice Department Edward A. Hickey Hickey R. O. Hughes The Order of Railway Conductors D. B. Robertson Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen J. P. Shields Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

State Issues Jackson Hotel Liquor Permit

Columbus liquor director William C. Bryant says he will deny beer and wine licenses for a Jackson Gibson Hotel bar until a court suit by Maxine B. Jones settles whether an Ohioan who leaves the state can renew a permit. Bryant drops a prior declaratory judgment sparked by a transfer dispute involving R. Hosey Wick and Mrs. Jones. Wick left Ohio for St. Petersburg, Florida in 1948.

Columbus William C. Bryant Maxine B. Jones Gibson Hotel Jackson State Liquor Board Bryant Jones Franklin County Common Pleas Court Liquor Board R. Hosey Wick Mrs. Jones Wick Ohio St. Petersburg Fla

PUC To Reject Plea For Rate Rehearing

The State Utilities Commission indicated it would not allow a rehearing on an emergency rate increase granted to the Ohio Associated Telephone Co. Protest came from the cities of Marion Jackson Wellston and the villages of Oak Hill Hamden and Coulton.

Columbus State Utilities Commission Ohio Associated Telephone Co Marion Jackson Wellston Oak Hill Hamden Coulton

U.S. and Allies Limit Soviet Diplomat Travel

The United States set a 25 mile travel limit for Soviet officials and their families from Washington and New York City. France restricted Soviet diplomats and journalists from Eisenhower HQ or beyond 15 miles from central Paris. The Netherlands limited Soviet Romanian and Hungarian delegates to two of eleven provinces.

Washington United States New York City Dwight D. Eisenhower Paris Netherlands

Vaudevillian Frederick K. Chilling Dies at 76

Frederick K. Chilling, 76, former actor and vaudevillian credited with introducing the song Sweet Adeline, died in Santa Barbara California.

Vaudevillian Santa Barbara, Calif Frederick K. Chilling Sweet Adeline

Ridgway Denounces Red Lies Over Korean Talks

Gen. Matthew Ridgway said Red falsehoods are upsetting armistice talks and accused communist negotiators of intemperate language and spreading germ warfare claims. He warned epidemics may be cited to justify aggression while noting bubonic plague evidence in Korea. Rear Admiral Libby echoed frustration with provable distortions.

Munsan Korea Matthew B. Ridgway Ridgway Red

Steel Union Warns 35000 to Ready for Strike

The CIO United Steelworkers issued a March 23 deadline for a wage dispute settlement and told about 35,000 members to be prepared to strike if President Murray orders action. William F. Donovan, USW district director, sent the alert to local unions.

Cleveland CIO United Steelworkers William F. Donovan USW National Wage Policy Committee Donovan Wage Stabilization Board Philip Murray

Ex Commie Agent To Testify Monday

John E. Janowitz a 50 year old Cleveland machine operator who joined the Communist party in 1943 with FBI approval will testify Monday at an Ohio Un American Activities Commission hearing in Columbus He testified in Washington last month before the Subversive Activities Control Board which seeks to determine if communists must register with the attorney general

Columbus

Jellied Gas Assault Levels Seoul Supply Base in War Blaze

American jets bombed a camouflaged Red supply depot near Sinmak, 30 miles northwest of the truce village, turning a four square mile area into ruins. U S Sabre jets claimed several MiG kills while F 80s attacked the Western depot.

Seoul Korea Manchuria Sinmak

Youth Admits Dope Charges In Portsmouth Case

A 21 year old Portsmouth man Marion Henry Williams admitted possession of narcotics and said he had been involved with major drug suppliers for five years. He claimed to have earned and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on narcotics and was named as the heroin source for six Dayton addicts. Police arrested him last Thursday in a Portsmouth hotel where heroin was found on his person.

Portsmouth John Stansfield Bureau of Narcotics Cincinnati Marion Henry Williams Williams Stansfield Dayton

Auditor Ferguson Vacation Transport Scrutiny

State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson faces questions over vacation travel in a state car. The Columbus Dispatch photographed two cars with undercover plates believed tied to the auditor's office, one at his son’s Jacksonville home and another in Columbus, fueling reelection scrutiny.

Columbus Joseph T. Ferguson Doughty Democrat Columbus Evening Dispatch Ferguson Jacksonville Fla Dispatch O. P. van Schoik van Schoik Ohio Feguson James State Bureau of Motor Vehicles

Point Pleasant Considers Gross Sales Tax Proposal

Point Pleasant officials move to draft a gross sales tax with a tentative rate about half of the state levy. The Merchants Division of the Chamber of Commerce unanimously supported the measure. City Solicitor Carroll Casto will draft the ordinance for council action as the city seeks additional revenue.

Point Pleasant B. W. Krodel Krode Merchants Division Chamber of Commerce Carroll Casto

NATO Chief Resigns as Southern Europe Commander

Italian Gen Maurizio Lazzaro di Castiglioni resigned as NATO land forces commander in Southern Europe amid Greek and Turkish opposition. Italian Gen Efisio Marras urged reconsideration. Castiglioni refused. Eisenhower had visited the region as leaders opposed placing troops under Italian command. Plans reportedly favored placing Greek and Turkish forces under U S command.

Rome Maurizio Lazzaro di Castiglioni NATO Europe Efisio Marras Castiglioni Dwight D. Eisenhower Greece Turkey Eisenhower Robert B. Carney

Keyserling Says U.S. Near Tax Saturation Point

Leon Keyserling, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, testifies during House hearing that the United States is nearing a saturation point on taxes. He agrees there is a point where levying more taxes requires caution, responding to Rep. Phillips about constituent pressures.

Washington Leon Keyserling President's Council of Economic Advisers United States Independent Offices House Appropriations Committee Keyserling Rep Phillips Calif

Lake Shipping Opens As Auto Carriers Sail From Detroit

The 1952 lake shipping season began with two auto carriers departing Detroit for Cleveland loaded with new cars. Mataafa owned by Nicholson Transit carried 250 vehicles while T. J. McCarthy of McCarthy Steamship Lines carried 500 autos. Ice clogged the Detroit River but temperatures were expected to rise.

Detroit Cleveland Nicholson Transit Co T. J. McCarthy McCarthy Steamship Lines Detroit River

Snail Hits Coal Mines In Corning Snail Hits Coal Mines In Corning

In Columbus AP reports the New York Central Railroad strike idles up to 3000 workers in its division from Toledo to Swiss, affecting Corning and Zanesville coal mines and 250 daily coal cars plus 150 in Zanesville. The NYC aids industry by routing shipments to other railroads or trucking, fearing widespread disruption to chemical plants in Kanawha Valley and other regions.

Columbus Corning Zanesville New York Central Railroad L. W. Fisher NYC Toledo Swiss Fisher Kanawha Valley West Virginia DuPont Monsanto General Chemical Railway Express Ohio Indiana Michigan Lilinoig

Idled Meigs Men Differ Over Rail Strike Action

In Middleport groups of New York Central Railroad workers gathered Monday to discuss the strike that tied up railroads west of Buffalo. The informal meeting at the village hall debated fairness of the timing and what the action would mean personally.

Middleport New York Central Railroad Buffalo Village Hall

Two Animal Diseases Take Heavy Dog Toll

In Cadiz a veterinarian reports epidemics of distemper and infectious hepatitis have killed hundreds of dogs across six counties including Harrison Belmont Jefferson Carroll Guernsey and Tuscarawas. Some cats also died from infectious enteritis.

Cadiz F. L. Rogers Harrison Belmont Jefferson Carroll Guernsey Tuscarawas

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Florida Soviet Andrei Gromyko Pravda State Deartment MichaelDermott State Department China Trading and Industrial Corp Franco Lincoln MacVeagh U.S Portugal Spain Stanton Griffiths Race Wire Service Perry Pit Army Panmunjom U.S. Infantry Division Pfc Presely Schmitt Carillos N.M Paul Jubera Minneapolis Jackson Hotel PUC West R. E. Libby Libby Lee Sang Cho Commie Sears Auditor Ferguson Pt. Pleasant NEW NDEX Athens Aimma Vemutersen Pacaeeiiil Chauncey Gallipolis
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