Recall Ike Testimony Split as Senate Debates Aid Bill
In Washington the Senate Foreign Relations Committee mulls calling Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower back from Europe to testify on the 7.9 billion dollar foreign aid plan. Senator McMahon pushes the move amid Democratic split with Holland and Sparkman warning against political interference. Lodge opposes. Gruenther Hoffman and Clay note Eisenhower will decide, with Clay saying he’d return if Congress needs him despite political cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
McMahon
D-Conn
Eisenhower
Holland
Florida
Sparkman
Alabama
Congress
Administration
Lodge
R-Mass
Alfred M. Gruenther
Paul G. Hoffman
Lucius D. Clay
U.S
Paris
Clay
Steel Union Boss Delays WSB Action
Washington AP report says the steel labor dispute may trigger a week of crisis as plans to shut down Tuesday loom. Philip Murray delays a WSB postponement request amid an 18 cent wage demand and other stalled items. government officials expect another delay. The steel workers earn just under $2 an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Murray
33 Persons Escape Giant Snow Slides
In Bishop California 33 workers and families at U S Vanadium Corporation tungsten mill high in Pine Creek Canyon were rescued after a massive snow slide crushed part of the mill area. One home was buried and superintendent Tom Holmes’ house was destroyed with Mrs Holmes injured but alive. A storm dumped heavy precipitation across Southern California and forecasts warned of another big system tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
Calif
California
Sierra Nevada
U. S. Vanadium Corporation
Pine Creek Canyon
Here
Tom Holmes
Wheat Shortage Case Involving Mansfield Mill
A House subcommittee reported the government’s claim against Honegger Hanley Millis Inc of Mansfield Ohio for a stored wheat shortfall of 3204 bushels. The government seeks 9754.71 dollars. The case, referred to DOJ in 1949, saw a 1951 recommended rejection of a settlement and a 1952 delivery of the firm’s check to the U S attorney. The panel notes DOJ’s growing role in stored grain shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Honegger-Hanley Millis, Inc
Mansfield, C
U.S
Mansfield
Department of Justice
Agriculture Department
Justice Department
U. S
Miscellaneous Items Are Always Sought
Athens resident N L Russell advertised a new 100 watt projector with screen in The Athens Messenger Want Ad Section. The ad offered the projector for 15 dollars and spurred immediate interest, with Russell noting he could have sold three more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. L. Russell
Athens
Athens Messenger
Brown Ave
Russell
Lausche Extends Eviction Stay for Derenberger Family
Gov. Lausche intervened to grant a 15 day extension on an eviction order for the Holley Derenberger family of seven. He pledged to cover any damages after Justice Jesse Evans delayed the eviction. A flood of offers arrived via a help line, with Evans stepping in as intermediary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Holley Derenberger
Frank J. Lausche
Derenbergers
Justice of the Peace
Jesse Evans
Evans
Green Route Set for Irish St Patrick Parade
An estimated 100000 people of all ages are expected to march up Fifth Avenue for New York's annual St Patrick's Day parade. Parade Chairman John J Sheehan predicted the event would be the biggest and best in his 18 years of supervision as 3000 police are assigned to the crowds and the traffic stripe along the route is painted green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fifth Avenue
John J. Sheehan
Airliner Stewardess Confesses Slaying In Argument
Betty Lou Tracy, a 20 year old Ozark Air Lines stewardess, told police she shot company official Lawrence F. Keil six times during a quarrel over alleged dating other men. Keil, 43, a married father of two, was found in a parked car and died shortly after. Police said the confession was signed while Tracy was in Overland, the suburban town of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Lawrence FE. Keil
Browne Hairgrove
Suburban
Overland
Ozark Air Lines
Betty Lou Tracy
Keil
Youth kills companion in Ohio shooting accident
A 14yearold boy accidentally shot and killed his 12yearold companion with a shotgun at North Konova Ohio on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pal Huntington
W. Va
North Konova
Ohio
Truman Sleuth Booked For Left-Wing Inquiry
Washington DC reports Sen. McCarran will force Newbold Morris before the Senate Judiciary Committee before Easter recess to answer if he was ever tied to communist front activities. Rep. Potter cited House files alleging a sordid background, though Morris denies subversion. Morris outlined plans to probe outside income of top federal officials, appoints Samuel Becker as chief counsel, and Rep. Meader calls for a bipartisan corruption investigation with funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Newbold Morris
Sen. McCarran
D-New
Morris
Senate Judiciary Committee
Rep. Potter
R-Mich
House
Potter
House Un-American Activities Committee
Sen. Mundt
RSD
New York
McGrath
Samuel Becker
Becker
Federal Communications Commission
Phillip LaFollette
Wisconsin
Rep
Meader
R-Mic
FBI Enters State-Wide Youth Hunt
The FBI joined a state wide search for Helmut Graef a 23 year old Austrian student at the University of Cincinnati missing since March 12. Police in Columbus and officials from the State Highway Patrol Franklin County sheriff's office and Columbus detectives coordinated with a mobile lab at London prison farm. Graef's blood stained car was found near Columbus prompting added federal state and local involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Federal Bureau of Investigation
University of Cincinnati
State Highway Patrol
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Columbus Police
Helmut Graef
Graef
Cincinnati
Bureau of Identification and Investigation
London Prison Farm
Ellsworth Beck
Sheriff's Office
West Virginia CIO Endorses Hedrick and Copenhaver for Governor
At a Parkersburg meeting the state CIO endorsed John T. Copenhaver Republican and E. H. Hedrick Democrat for governor in the May 13 primary. The union also backed Senator Kilgore and four Democratic incumbents Ramsey Staggers Bailey Burnside. Elizabeth Kee was not endorsed in the fifth district. About 200 attended, per John B. Easton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Parkersburg
CIO
John T. Copenhaver
E. H. Hedrick
Kilgore
W. Va
West Virginia
Robert Ramsey
Harley Staggers
Cleveland M. Bailey
M. G. Burnside
Elizabeth Kee
Bluefield
John B. Easton
State Cio Council
Marietta College President to Speak at Muskingum Founding Anniversary
Dr. W. Ray Irvine president of Marietta College will address a Muskingum College service commemorating the 115th anniversary of Muskingum's founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Concord
W. Ray Irvine
Marietta College
Muskingum College
Muskingum
Police Hunt For Slayer Turns Cold
Police chasing the killer of Arnold Schuster saw another lead collapse as a late night call from a Flatbush Avenue bar claimed responsibility. The man, unnamed and uncooperative, said a quarrel with his girlfriend and a drunken prank prompted the hoax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arnold Schuster
Willie Sutton
Flatbush Avenue
State Street
Brooklyn
Schuster
Ohio Firm Plans Another Gas Pipeline
Ohio Fuel Gas Co announced Sunday it will start a new gas pipeline from the Gulf Coast to Ohio. It has contracted to buy gas from a line built by Gulf Interstate Gas Co, ending near Huntington West Virginia and delivering to United Fuel Gas of Charleston. United will supply Ohio Fuel and both pipelines are part of the Columbia Gas System.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Gulf Coast
Ohio
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Gulf Interstate Gas Co
Huntington
W. Va
United Fuel Gas Co
Charleston
United
Ohio Fuel
Columbia Gas System
Strike Legacy Leaves Town Jobless
About 600 workers in Sebring and 4000 residents face layoffs after Strong Manufacturing Co. closed for good following a February strike. Only 180 found new jobs. unemployment compensation is denied pending liquidation papers. Dale Beckett, local AFL leader, cites hunger and blacklisting as added hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebring
Dale Beckett
Beckett
AFL Stamping & Enameling
Strong Manufacturing Co
Sidney G. Rose
Cincinnati
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
AFL Treasury
Red shore guns strike Wisconsin and air battles over Korea
Red shore guns hit the battleship Wisconsin off North Korea as U S. and allied forces pressed air and surface campaigns. U S F-86 jets claimed three Mig-15 kills while carriers hit targets on both coasts and British destroyer Concord repelled a night raid near Yongmae Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Wisconsin
North Korea
St. Patrick's Day
Valley Forge
U.S.S. Wisconsin
Concord
Yongmae Island
Negotiators Fault UN Aerial Attack on POW Camp
Communists accused the UN Command of another criminal air strike on a North Korean prisoner of war camp near Changsong. A British soldier was wounded as an Allied plane strafed the camp before dawn. The two sides also discussed a five port entry plan as part of a tentative UN package deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
North Korea
Changsong
Tsai Cheng-Wen
Tsai
UN Koje Island
U. S Army
U. S. 27Th Infantry Regiment
Reds
Kangdong
UN Command
Sunken Barge Near Gallipolis Dam Under Repair
Preparations began to recover a sunken barge at Gallipolis Dam after ten barges broke loose. The sunken craft, carrying five to six hundred tons of tin plate, may be floated downstream for salvage with divers on hand. Captain Haynes and barge line officials observed work as the Manitou assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Pier Seven
Tennessee
Capt. Haynes
Mississippi Valley Barge Line
Manitou
Peacemakers Refuse Income Taxes Over War Funding
In Cincinnati area forty one Peacemakers members with New York HQ refuse income taxes to protest war usage of funds. Rev Ernest R Bromley Sharonville chairs the tax refusal committee noting the practice has lasted several years and is a personal stand against war. Members reside in various parts of the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Peacemakers
New York
Ernest R. Bromley
Sharonville
Four Erie Freight Cars Leave Track Wrecking Warren Diner
Four cars of an Erie freight train derailed beyond the Warren depot tearing down the Mayflower diner and a small store. The wreck damaged two trucks and a car while the cars lay in a lot owned by Warren Wrecking Service. It was a Sunday, avoiding more injury amid the empty streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Erie
Mayflower
Warren Wrecking Service
Culvert Crash Claims Kenton Man Near Coldwater
John Welty, 35, of Kenton died Sunday when a car struck a culvert south of Coldwater. The crash occurred in Celina area road conditions and exact speed were not listed. Police investigated the fatal incident and noted no further details were available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celina
John Welty
Kenton
Coldwater
Woman Held as Agents Recover Additional Loot
A year old brunette, Mrs Marie Jeanne D Arc Machaud, was jailed in Flagstaff as a possible finger woman in the Redfield Reno burglary. FBI agents reported her with 50000 in cash 2 pieces of jewelry and securities. Bail set at 100. The haul is the largest recovered to date in the Feb 29 heist. Authorities also recovered a stolen Reno safe from a mine shaft near Reno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flagstaff
Ariz
Redfield
Reno
FBI
la Verne Redfield
Marie Jeanne D’arc Machaud
Auto Union Chiefs Face Local Union Power Struggle
In Detroit the CIO United Auto Workers moves to seize control of Ford 600 local headquarters after firing five minor officers. Recording Secretary William R Hood vows not to surrender without counsel as the six member board is set to act amid claims of communist influence in the local's leadership presented to the House Un American Activities Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford 600
UAW
William R. Hood
Ford
House Un-American Activities Committee
General Council
House
State Legion Leader Raps Post Gambling
Ohio Legion commander Clarence W. Whitemyer of Canton urges posts to follow the new no gambling rule. He vows to clean up the organization and says any post found gambling or using a federal gambling stamp will have its charter canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio American Legion
Clarence W. Whitemyer
Canton
Legion
Arlington mass Lt Col Peaster shot by wife then dies
Lt Col Lowell Peaster 50 commanding Hanscom Air Force Base Bedford mass wounded critically in an early morning shooting police say wife Leona Peaster 43 fired a 38 caliber revolver in an argument and then killed herself Peaster crawled to a phone to summon help He served in World War II Africa Italy Alaska and at Eniwetok tests Leona Peaster also died by a self-inflicted shot The couple had been married six or seven years and had two adopted daughters from Peaster's first marriage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Mass
Lowell Peaster
Hanscom Air Force Base
Bedford
Leona Peaster
Peaster
Africa
Italy
Alaska
Eniwetok
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Pleaster
Athens
Ohio
Loretta
Old Political Foes Renew Rivalry in Bullet Mystery
Two longtime political antagonists clash over a midtown Philadelphia hotel shooting that wounded former Republican city chairman William F. Meade. He says bullets shattered his ear lobe and neck while Virginia Carroll, a former docket clerk, is named as the shooter by DA Richardson Dilworth, who cites lobby firing from inside the Minerva hotel. Police confirm Meade was injured and no arrests are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William F. Meade
Richardson Dilworth
Meade
Virginia Carroll
Minerva Hotel
John T. Murphy
Murphy
Miss Carroll
Dilworth
John Gary
Social Security Law Assailed by Small Employers
Vivien Kellems of Stonington Connecticut and four other small employers called on the secretary of the treasury to protest the social security law at a Mass meeting of Li Belles. They produced facsimiles of protest letters claiming the law is unconstitutional. Letter writers include John F. Andrews of Beach City Ohio and Ralph Bly of Shelby Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Vivien Kellems
Stonington
Hoffman Eisenhower Center on Campaign
Paul Hoffman a key Eisenhower backer warned that Dwight D Eisenhower’s nomination could be jeopardized if he does not return before the Republican convention. Hoffman said he conveyed his concerns to General Eisenhower after weekend talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Paul Hoffman
Dwight D. Eisenhowser
United States
Hoffman
Eisenhower
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ike
Steel Union
Lausche
Bernard Baruch
Jacob Malik
United Nations Disarmament Commission
Malik
China
Truman Sleuth
Hedrick
BUC
Marshall
George C. Marsnall
Ieit
Secretary of the Army
Frank Pace, Jr
Auto Union
Chiefs
Cluster
State Legion
News Index
Chauncey
Gioumee Nincecenemeanne Cecal
Loqan
Nelsonville
Scien
Pomeroy
Middleport
iWomern’ Ee Ee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!