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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1952

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UN Confident on POW Talks as Reds Propose Port Changes

UN Command rejected four proposed changes to entry ports in Korea and said it would await Communist replies to seven prisoner questions. Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols said the port issue should be solvable quickly while noting the Reds seemed to study the questions.

Munsan Korea United Nations Command William P. Nuckols UN Command Pyongyang Sinanju Hamhung Hungnam Seoul Inchon Taegu Suwon West Korea Pusan Masan Southeast Korea

Ex-Commie Claims Reds Control UE in Ohio Hearing

A Cleveland machinist testified to the Ohio Un-American Activities Commission that the Communist Party controls the United Electrical Workers Union with a very small minority. He said non Communist UE leaders could remove communists, while noting the IUE infiltration plan and his own party exit after testifying in Washington. The commission rejected a call to halt hearings as UE members pressed for dissolution. A report cited Ohio Communist fund raising totaling 7147 of 21300 for 1952 with various city quotas listed.

Columbus Ohio Un-American Activities Commission Communist Party United Electrical Workers Union John FE Janowitz Cleveland FBI CIO International United Electrical Workers IUE Washington Ohio Ohio Party News Akron Ohio Valley

Egypt Holds Party Chiefs Charged After Wafdist Rupture

In Cairo Fuad Serag El Din Pasha and Abdel Fattah Hassan Pasha, pivotal figures in the ousted Wafdist cabinet, were arrested and sent to northern villages. No charges were filed yet. The prosecutor general accuses Serag El Din of administrative responsibility for the Jan 26 fire riots that killed 67 and fueled damages, while Hassan is blamed by anti Wafdists for a provocative speech amid the unrest.

Cairo Egypt Fuad Serag el Din Pasha Abdel Fattah Hassan Pasha Serag el Din Mustapha el Nahas Pasha Hassan Interior

Guy Bowen Dies Monday on Farm Near Albany

Guy B Bowen 66 died Monday morning after a heart attack at his farm near Albany. He was unmarried and survived by brother Gilbert of near Carpenter and four sisters Flora Ar babaugh Rosa Perry Alma Hood both near Carpenter and Edna Bolton Piqua. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Boring Chapel Church with burial in Bowen Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 p.m. Tuesday at Rosa Perry residence.

Albany Guy B. Bowen Here Gilbert Carpenter Flora Arbaugh Rosa Perry Alma Hood Near Carpenter Edna Bolton Piqua Boring Chapel Bowen Cemetery

Singer Sewing Machine Drop-head In Good Condition

Wanted ads note care in checking daily and urge thrifty housewives to find bargains in Want Ad columns. The line promises a ready market for any items offered for sale and invites readers to try a Want Ad first.

Singer Albany Messenger

1000 Troops Rail To Dent Allied Lines

Allied guns routed 1000 Chinese Reds who attacked a four mile sector northwest of Korangpo as Allied planes pounded rail targets and ground positions. Fighter bombers hit 57 holes in the rail system while air raid sirens sounded in Seoul and radar noted unidentified targets off Inchon.

Seoul Korea U. S. Eighth Army Korangpo Inchon

Fugitive Seeks Ohio Shelter in Martin County Case

Attorneys for Carlos Hembree a 27 year old fugitive from a South Carolina road gang ask Governor Lausche in Columbus to keep him in Ohio. Hembree says he is serving an eight year term for a crime he did not commit and was arrested as an AWOL soldier after being picked up at his brother’s farm in Tennessee.

Cleveland South Carolina Frank J. Lausche Columbus Ohio Carlos Hembree Hembree FBI The Match & Merryweather Machinery Co

Negotiations Resume In 3-Year Rail Dispute

The government resumes talks today in the three year old rail labor dispute. Leaders of three unions representing firemen engineers and conductors travel to Washington by plane for a meeting with railroad officials and the National Mediation Board.

Washington National Mediation Board

Fire Displaces Six Families on Main Street Newark

A blaze at a two story apartment building on Main Street in Newark's east business district forced six families from their homes Monday night. All occupants escaped unharmed.

Newark

Paratex Freed After 24 Hours In Ice Off Cleveland Harbor

The tanker Paratex, trapped for a day in ice four miles off Cleveland harbor on Lake Erie, was freed by a tugboat and proceeded toward Toledo.

Cleveland Paratex Cleveland Harbor Lake Erie Toledo

Top Truman Aides Defend Foreign Aid in Hearings

Senate and House committees summon two top Truman aides to defend the 7.9 billion dollar foreign aid program. Secretary of State Dean Acheson testifies on the measure before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee while W Averell Harriman testifies for the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Critics plan cuts up to four billion, as Japan treaty debates proceed.

Washington Senate House Administration Truman Dean Acheson Senate Foreign Relations Committee W. Averell Harriman Mutual Security Agency House Foreign Affairs Committee Harriman Congress Acheson Conally D-Tex Alfred M. Gruenther Dwight D. Eisenhower

Cure Earliest Human Anthrax Case in Ohio

A 22 year old woman, Anne C Brown of Gahanna, Ohio, a laboratory technician for the state agriculture department, was cured of anthrax after treatment with penicillin. She contracted the disease while handling cultures in a search for the source of the outbreak among dogs.

Columbus Ohio State Agriculture Department Anne C. Brown Gahanna Agriculture Department Brown Harry G. Geyer

Two U S Jets Set Record In Nonstop Transcontinental Flight

In Neusberg Germany two American F 84 Thunderjets flew 2800 miles in four hours and 48 minutes. Maj Robert A Krug from Reading Pennsylvania and Lt Larry M Killpac of Salt Lake City Utah piloted the mission. Officials called it possibly the longest nonstop Thunderjet flight to date with an average speed near 583 miles per hour over seven countries including Germany Austria Switzerland Italy France England and Belgium.

Neusberg Germany Robert A. Krug Reading Larry M. Killpac Salt Lake City Utah U. S Austria Switzerland Italy France England Belgium

Five Day Forecast for Ohio Weather Shift Through Week

The Ohio forecast shows temperatures near normal to slightly above. Normal highs range from 51 to 59 with lows from 31 to 35. CoolerWednesday, warmerFriday and Saturday, cooler Sunday. Rain totals expected one-half to three-fourths inch, mainly tonight through Wednesday morning and again Friday or Saturday.

Steel Firms' Close-Down Plans Slowed

Washington reports most steel firms expect a strike by midnight Sunday to be postponed. U S Steel showed initial intent to shut ferro manganese operations but delays a formal move. Only Jones and Laughlin has definite plans to close, starting tomorrow to avoid furnace damage from molten metal.

Washington U. S. Steel Corp Jones & Laughlin Pittsburgh

Higgins Dies in Athens After Short Illness

H. H. Higgins 78 of 37 Grand Park Blvd died Tuesday morning in Sheltering Arms Hospital after a two day illness. Born in Jackson he had lived in Athens 17 years. Survived by daughters Ruth Cumberland and Beulah Weber, a grandson Danny Weber, and brother C. C. Higgins. Funeral services Thursday at 1 30 p m at Dowler Ferguson Hughes, burial in Jackson.

H. H. Higgins Grand Park Blvd Sheltering Arms Hospital Jackson Athens Cora Higgins Ruth Cumberland Los Angeles Beulah Weber Danny Weber C. C. Higgins Logan Dowler-Ferguson-Hughes Funeral Home John M Versteeg

Husband jailed after fatal March crash in Ravenna

Paul Vander pool, 31, was fined 100 dollars and imprisoned for 60 days following an automobile accident on March 8 in Ravenna that killed his wife Eleanor.

Ravenna Paul Vanderpool Eleanor

Western Union Faces Ohio Race Wire Cut Off

Western Union Telegraph Co. says it will comply if the Ohio Public Utilities Commission orders shut down six leased race wire circuits in Ohio. A hearing opens on the commission order to show cause why race wire service should be stopped. six subscribers remain of 48 leased circuits as of last Sept. 7.

Columbus Western Union Telegraph Co Ohio Public Utilities Commission Ohio Utilities Commission Western Union

Pilot lands burning transport over Dallas homes

Marine Captain R C Wesley ordered 20 servicemen from a burning two engine R5C transport before parachuting to safety from about 500 feet. The aircraft crashed in an open field near a southwest Dallas neighborhood, killing two parachutists and leaving a third missing while others were unharmed. A witness praised the pilot for steering the plane away from houses.

Dallas R. C. Wesley Pensacola Fla Wesley

Rita Hayworth Rejects Aly Khan Comeback Effort

Hollywood trade notes report Aly Khan tried to win back Rita Hayworth with weekend talks via his emissary Attorney Charles Torem. Hayworth said the talks did not alter her plan to divorce and proceed to Reno after completing her current film.

Hollywood Aly Khan Rita Hayworth Aly Charles Torem Reno Torem

Ike Indicates Early Return

Political leaders pursued hints of the two mystic presidential nominees as Truman and Eisenhower stirred expectations. Dems pressed for McKinney to join the secret campaign plan while Eisenhower signaled a possible return with a public letter to GOP House members. Sen Taft launched a Wisconsin tour as Stassen pressed similar themes ahead of the April 1 primary.

Truman Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower National Party Frank E. McKinney Key West Fla National Committee Washington McKinney Eisenhower Congress Paul G. Hoffman Paris Sen. Taft Ohio Wisconsin Harold E. Stassen

Sleuth Stakes Job on Wage Quiz Sheets

Washington reports that Newhbold Morris begins a campaign to gather income sources from 25,000 high paid government officials with mailed questionnaires. Morris asserts coercive filling is required or resignations may follow. President Truman seeks broad cooperation while Senator McCarran moves to limit Morris powers.

Washington Newhbold Morris Morris Truman Executive Branch McCarran D-New Senate Judiciary Committee

Hunt Pressed for Missing Austrian Student in Ohio

Bloodstains on Helmut Graef’s abandoned car near Columbus raise questions but sheriff Lt. Beck cautions they do not prove foul play. Glass, splinters, and a rock suggest a break in. Graef, a 23-year-old University of Cincinnati student, may have left the scene hitchhiking.

Columbus Helmut Graef University of Cincinnati Graef Ellsworth P. Beck Franklin County Sheriff's Office Beck

Korean Vets Service Cut for Returned Soldiers

Washington announces a policy to release three months early all soldiers on involuntary active duty who have rotated home from Korea. Officers warrant officers and enlisted men who served there after June 1950 qualify. The plan also cuts active service for veterans of Korea and World War II from 17 to 14 months for certain inactive and volunteer reserve officers in the United States.

Washington Korea Army Pace United States

Farm Week opens at Ohio State University

About 10 000 Ohio farmers are expected to attend the 40th annual Farm and Home Week opening today at Ohio State University.

Columbus Ohio Ohio State University

Book portrays Truman as lonely president in private thoughts

A new book titled Mr President compiles Harry S. Truman’s private remarks revealing a sentimental, lonely leader who fears World War III and questions democracy’s indispensable man. The volume notes omissions such as Dwight D. Eisenhower and contrasts Bradley as superior to other generals.

Washington Harry S. Truman White House Truman William Hillman Mutual Broadcasting System Harry Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower Omar N. Bradley Joint Chiefs,of Staff

Submarine Volcano Erupts Near Manila 315 Miles Off Coast

The Birthstar reports a submarine volcano belching smoke and steam about 315 miles north of Manila in the Pacific. The Didicas Rocks site, 40 miles northeast of Luzon, marks a century old eruption that first surfaced in 1856. Captain J J Philippsen of the Bright Star says the vessel passed 30 miles from the spot.

Manila Pacific Ocean Los Angeles Persian Gulf J. J. Phlippsen Portland Ore Brightstar Philippines Weather Bureau Didicas Rocks Luzon Island

Dust Storms Slash Southwest and Sweep Toward Chicago

High winds rattled eastern New Mexico and western Texas with the worst dust storm in years. A Wichita Falls tornado damaged roofs and uprooted trees while knocking out power. Weather officials warned of possible tornadoes in Texas and Oklahoma and predicted rain and snow as the storm moved east toward Chicago tonight.

Albuquerque New Mexico Texas Wichita Falls Tex Weather Bureau Oklahoma Chicago

Margaret Maxwell Named Southeast Ohio Health District Nurse Consultant

Margaret Maxwell, a Lancaster native, is appointed field nursing consultant for the Southeast Ohio Health District. She previously served with the Iowa State Department of Health and was director of nurses in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Margaret Maxwell Southeast Ohio Health District Miss Maxwell Lancaster Iowa State Department of Health Kalamazoo Mich

Ship hearings set in Cleveland on mass settlement

Hearings will begin in about two weeks in Cleveland to determine the distribution of the 2,150,000 mass settlement accepted by Noronic ship disaster claims.

Cleveland Noronic

Eisenhower Leaves Gate Open for Backers Campaign

Washington AP General Dwight D. Eisenhower signals he will regularly reexamine the political situation and keeps the door open for a Republican nomination bid. He stresses NATO duties and says no other job during the next months would be as important as his present command.

Washington Dwight D. Eisenhower Congress Hope Regan House Eisenhower NATO Comemand Sen Robert A. Taft Ohio Brewster Maine New Hampshire

Air ROTC to Transfer Control to Maxwell AFB

The Ohio University Air ROTC program will move August 1 from Mitchell AFB Long Island to Maxwell AFB Montgomery under Air University. The change consolidates 187 units and links missions, with Lt. Col. John K. Graham noting better supervision and continuity for about 110,000 students. A four-year tour for officers at university units will extend until completion, ensuring instructors remain with the same freshman class through graduation.

Ohio University Continental Air Command Mitchell Air Force Base Long Island N. Y Air University Maxwell Air Force Base Montgomery Ala John K.graham Coleges Graham Uneder One Air Rotc Air Force University Unite

Betty Hutton Weds Film Dance Director in Las Vegas

Actress Betty Hutton and film dance director Charles O Curran wed in a surprise elopement. District Judge Frank McNamee performed the ceremony at 1 15 am in the Lost Frontier Hotel chapel. Details on plans or residence were not disclosed.

Las Vegas Nev Betty Hutton Charles O’curran Frank McNamee Lost Frontier Hotel

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