Red POW talks go secret as U N and Reds deadlock
Korean truce negotiators imposed a news blackout on prisoner exchanges while seeking a breakthrough on POW self return rights. The UN demands POW choice. the Reds seek automatic repatriation. Ports of entry still unresolved with Russia in dispute over neutral supervisory status.
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Reds
Munsan
Korea
Omers
William P. Nuckols
Russia
Don O. Darrow
Soviet Union
Bid To Call On the Data Losing Favor
In a Senate Foreign Relations Committee shift the Eisenhower invitation to testify on foreign aid waned after Gen Gruenther’s defense brief. Supporters grew lukewarm as politics loomed. McMahon denied political aim while noting Eisenhower’s knowledge of European defense.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
McMahon
D-Conn
Eisenhower
Alfred M. Gruenther
Sen. Gillette
D-Iown
Gruenther
Wiley
R-Wis
Green
D-Ri
Allied Sabre Pilots Claim Two MiG Losses Over Korea Front
U S Sabre pilots claim one Red jet destroyed and another probably shot down as 32 Sabres battle about 60 MiG-15s near the Manchurian border. Fifth Air Force says 18 Communist jets destroyed or damaged in two days. Australian bombers hit five supply buildings near Haeju. Eighth Army reports two patrol clashes on the western front Tuesday morning.
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Seoul
Korea
Manchurian
Fifth Air Force
Haeju
U. S Eighth Army
State Dept. released 119 homosexuals in 1951
Washington reports the State Department released 119 homosexuals during 1951. Deputy undersecretary C. H. Humelsine gave the figures to the House Appropriations Committee during hearings on the 1953 budget. Rep. Rooney praised the department noting the issue extends beyond it and added the Commerce Department found 53 and continues weeding them out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
House Appropriations Committee
C. H. Humelsine
Department
Humelsine
Foreign Service
Rep
Rooney
D-Ny
Commerce Department
Explosion at Wayne Color Plate Co. injures two in Dayton
An explosion and fire at the Wayne Color Plate Co. in Dayton injures two workers. The blast occurred Monday, causing flames and smoke at the facility. Fire crews responded quickly to contain the blaze and assist the injured.
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Dayton
Wayne Color Plate Co
Lost Tots Found Dead in Wisconsin Wilderness
Two five year old sisters and their cousin perished in Nicolet National Forest after getting lost in a winter storm. A third child, Mary Ann Church age 3, was found alive in an abandoned outhouse and taken to Dr. J F Dougherty in Suring with fair condition. Sheriff Foral said responders initially hoped for life.
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Lakewood
Wis
Nicolet National Forest
Mary Ann Church
J. F. Dougherty
Suring
Joseph Foral
Clarence McMahon
Mary Ann
High Ranking Egyptian Socialist Arrested in Cairo
Cairo reports Ibrahim Shourki, No. 2 in Egypt's Socialist Party, arrested late Monday night with no charges yet filed. Party leader Ahmed Hussein, previously tied to a Green Shirt movement, was arrested in the Jan 26 fire riots investigation and sentenced last week to 18 months for belittling King Farouk.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ibrahim Shourki
Socialist Party
Ahmed Hussein
Farouk
Army Bound Contino Eyes Show Return
Hollywood reports accordionist Dick Contino, 21, opens tonight at a Sunset Strip cabaret in his first public appearance since a draft evasion prison term. He says he is scared about audience reaction and expects Army induction in about two weeks. He notes earnings drop from a prior $4000 weekly rate to his current engagement.
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Hollywood
Dick Contino
Sunset Strip
Walcutt Criticizes State Highway Plans in Columbus
State Senator Roscoe R. Walcutt, a Franklin Republican, charged the highway department on Monday with producing political palavar and long range planning instead of roads needed now. He called the department’s approach a horse and buggy concept of highway maintenance and construction while seeking his party’s gubernatorial nomination.
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Columbus
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Franklin
State Highway Department
Walcutt
Highway Department
Taft Withdrawal Stirs Court Battle in New Jersey
Taft seeks removal of his name from New Jersey Republican presidential primary ballots. Secretary of State Marsh asks High Court to compel county clerks to strike Taft from ballots, while Bergen County opposes delaying printing of 250 000 sample ballots. Taft blames Driscoll's Eisenhower backing for the move and campaigns in New Jersey shuttered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Jersey
Robert A. Taft
New Jersey
Alfred Driscoll
General Eisenhower
Driscoll
Trenton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lloyd B. Marsh
Superior Court
Ohio
Hackensack
Bergen County
Alexander Allen
Marsh
Allen
Bergen
Theodore D. Parsons
Ralph J. Smalley
Smalley
Discoll
Eisenhower
Bell System unions vote for strikes amid stalled talks
CIO communications workers in Michigan Ohio and northern California and Western Electric plants backed strikes 4-1 as contract talks with four AT&T affiliates stalled. Contracts expired weeks ago with others due to expire soon. Unions seek wage boosts and improved pensions and severance with no strike date set.
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Washington
Telephone and Telegraph
CIO
Bell System
Michigan
Ohio
California
Western Electric
American Telephone and Telegraph
CIO Telephone
AFL
Western Union
Police Patrol In Truck Rift Near West Virginia Border
Quiet returned to the border area as striking truckers gathered in protest against Pennsylvania's 45 000 pound weight limit. Armed officers patrolled Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania to deter violence. One truck was dynamited near Wheeling with no injuries. An Eastern Motor Express truck near West Alexander Pennsylvania was damaged by a dynamite stick. Belmont County sheriff Cloyd Barricklow sent 14 deputies armed with machine guns and gas guns to patrol a Pullman Headquarters truck stop near St Clairsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Alexander
Belmont County
Cloyd Barricklow
Pullman
St. Clairsville
Texas Site Of Invasion In Massive Army Exercise
Fort Hood Texas hosts Operation Long Horn the largest U S military maneuver ever staged as two brigades of the 82nd Airborne Division cross the Lampasas River in a simulated clash with the 47th Infantry Division the 31st Infantry and First Armored in reserve. The exercise mirrors Korea scale with six divisions in actual war plans but only four maneuver here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hood
Tex
U. S
82Nd Airborne
Lampasas River
82Nd
47Th Infantry
31St Infantry
Korea
Armored Truck Theft Loot Nets 600000 in Danvers
State Police report a $600,000 theft from a U S Trucking armored truck in Danvers Massachusetts. Initial descriptions suggest either a holdup or larceny from an unattended vehicle. Three men fled south toward Peabody in a black Buick sedan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danvers
Mass
U. S
Peabody
Anthrax in Ohio Hog Herds Declares Pork Supplies Safe
Ohio officials assure pork is plentiful despite anthrax in hogs. Fewer than 200 hogs killed. no human risk from pork. Bone meal from Belgium linked to the outbreak. Buschie Division of Inland Products Co. asks farmers to return affected feed. about 66,60 tons remain on farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Agriculture Department
Harry G. Geyer
Animal Industry Division
Agriculture Department
Geyer
Ohio
State Health Department
Belgium
Buschieb Division
Inland Products Co
Remington Faces New Perjury Charges in Red Probe
The Supreme Court cleared the way for William W. Remington, a former Commerce official, to be tried on new charges accusing him of lying about Communist ties after his New York perjury conviction. The court denied his bid for acquittal or dismissal while his appeal was pending.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William W. Remington
Remington
Commerce Department
New York
U.S
High Tribunal
O.K
Justice Department
High Court
Soarte
Thugs Attack Film Beauty: Probe Begun
HOLLYWOOD Actress Anne Sterling says four men beat and abducted her near her apartment before she escaped. Detectives plan a full investigation and will question Sterling and all involved to uncover the facts of the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beauty
Hollywood
Anne Sterling
Miss Sterling
Gordon Bowers
River Barge Goes Adrift Tearing Docked Boat
William Kinzeler of the Cincinnati Marine Service Company charged that a barge loaded with 900 tons of sulphur was deliberately released in the Ohio River last night. It tore a harbor boat from its moorings at Dayton Boat Club and hit a pier of the Central Bridge, causing $2000 to $3000 in damage. The harbor boat carried 20 canoes. Two-inch mooring lines were untied. Coast Guard to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
William Kinzeler
Cincinnati Marine Service Company
Ohio River
Dayton Boat Club
Dayton
Central Bridge
Lancaster Jail Break Thwarted by Relatives
Sheriff Crider said Mrs. Inez Moore 18 the wife of Gerald Moore 19 and Moore 13 at Fairfield County jail were jailed after an attempt to force a first floor rear fire door to aid a prisoner escape. An anonymous call tipped off the plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Fairfield County
Dudley Crider
Inez Moore
Gerald Moore
Moore
Crider
Fugitive Seized in Huron County Farm Roundup
Willard police captured a 28 year old escapee from the Moundsville West Virginia Penitentiary on a Huron County farm today. Local authorities reported the suspect was apprehended without incident and faces return to custody.
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Willard
Moundsville
W. Va
Huron County
Springfield College Approves $1.7 Million Campus Buildings
Springfield VP Wittenberg College officials authorized work Monday on a project worth 1.7 million dollars for new campus buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Wittenberg College
Reserve Guard To Hand Allies Military Vehicles
Army units including the National Guard and reserves must turn in thousands of tanks and vehicles for U S priority shipments to Allied forces overseas. Gen Gruenther told senators that Eisenhower headquarters guided equipment allocation and NATO aims to equip 50 Western Europe divisions by year end. The levy falls mainly on reserves and guard, with the Marine Corps also contributing. Navy and Air Force are not expected to reduce units. The push speeds delivery to U S forces abroad and allies, officials said.
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Washington
National Guard
U. S
Alfred M.gruenther
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Europe
Organized Reserve
Marine Corps
Army
Navy
Air Force
America
John D Law Fined For Parking Violation
State Patrol reports John D Law 46 of Athens Route 3 was arrested for parking on the pave ment of Route 50 A. He appeared before Mayor Peter B Seel and paid five dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Law
State
John D. Law
Athens Route 3
Route 50-A
Peter B. Seel
Law
Extended Forecast Temperatures Near Normal Across Region
The forecast predicts temperatures averaging near normal with normal highs 50 to 59 and lows 32 to 35. Cooler Wednesday followed by little change through Sunday. Rain is possible Friday or Saturday with total amounts of a quarter to a half inch.
Flash Hotel Blaze Kills Six in Los Angeles
Fire swept the St. George Hotel at 115 East Third Street in downtown Los Angeles today, killing at least six people and injuring or burning ten others. Guests fled through smoke, some leaping to nets. night clerk Leland Whitehouse, 57, aided evacuations before perishing heroically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
St. George
East Third St
Leland Whitehouse
Truman Pal Fined and Jailed for Revenue misconduct
James P. Finnegan, a personal friend of President Truman, was sentenced in St Louis to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine for misconduct as an internal revenue collector. He was convicted on two counts by a federal jury and will serve concurrent two year terms. His lawyers planned to appeal after the denial of a new trial motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
James P. Finnegan
Truman
Internal Revenue
Rubey M. Hulen
Health Groups Meet Columbus Discuss Tuberculosis Issues
Mutual health problems will be discussed here today by representatives of the tuberculosis and health associations of 11 counties including Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Tuberculosis and Health Associations
Perry
Ohio to Stockpile Medical Goods for Civil Defense
Ohio will stockpile about 1.5 million dollars in medical supplies for civil defense use. State Health Director Dr. John D. Porterfield said funds from state and local sources will be matched by federal money. Local communities must meet a March 20 deadline to qualify for matching funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
John D. Porterfield
Porterfield
Muskingham County
Union Boss Dooms New Wage Talks
CIO President Philip Murray rejected meeting with Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson over the steel wage dispute. Murray called Wilson biased and uninformed and said the United Steelworkers will not attend any meeting, as Wilson reportedly plans to override Wage Stabilization Board findings. Wilson argued the WSB proposals threaten the economy’s stabilization program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Truman
Key West
Fla
Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Mure Rays Union
Ateele
Soviet Plane Study Nears
The Senate Preparedness Subcommittee prepares to review secret intelligence on Soviet air power while assessing U S security. Chairman Lyndon B. Johnson says hearings will include closed and open sessions and will scrutinize Pentagon and civilian defense agencies for slow, wasteful defense efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
America
Lyndon B. Johnson
de Tex
Subcommittee
Pentagon
Grain Rental Deal Testimony Sought
Senators seek the behind the scenes story of an allegedly profitable grain storage deal. The Senate Agriculture Committee questions Arden H. Myers of Midwest Storage and Realty Co. over leasing government property at Camp Crowder Missouri for 1000 dollars a month and renting back to the government for grain storage for about 20 months totaling 382201 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Agriculture
Arden H. Myers
Midwest Storage and Reality Co
Kansas City
Camp Crowder
Wage Board Targets Ohio Kentucky Builders
The Wage Stabilization Board plans action against about 150 builders in Ohio and Kentucky accused of overpaying their employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Wage Stabilization Board
Ohio and
Kentucky
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