Mason County votes light as 12 405 cast at 6 30 a m
Voters in Mason County faced light turnout with 12 405 registered and 6 30 a m opening. Key races include non partisan school board contest with nine initial candidates and withdrawals, plus GOP battles for justice of the peace in Lewis district and sheriff nominations.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
W. H. Taft Boston
Republican Executive Committee
R. J. Williamson
Drew Hatfield
Howard Schultz
L. O. Shifler
C. P. Stout
Pat Wilson, Jr
Arnold D. Watterson
Claude S. Bailey
Justice of Peace of
Lewis
Sam Taylor
J. Orville Hartley
John M. Kirby
A. Simmons
M. D. Shifler
A. E. Thomas
Justice of the Peace
Chicago
Robert Taft
Ohio
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Dwight Eisenhower
Taft
Eisenhower
Stassen
Ike
George E. Sayre
New Haven
Wallie E. Toney
House of Delegates
John Sturgeon
George Rairden
Everett Ray Shafer
Beckley
E. H. Hedrick
Cyrus S. Kump
Elkins
William C. Marland
Glen Rogers
Melvin Muntzing
Clarksburg
John Copenhaver
Charleston
Rush D. Holt
U. S
Harley M. Kilgore
Dallas Arthur Tickle
J. Horner Davis
Chapman Bevercombe
M. G. Burnside
William S Campbell
Huntington
Will E. Neal
Howard L. Bailey
Weather outlook shows cooler week with warm midweek rise
The forecast calls for 2-5 degrees below normal through the week with mostly fair skies and a warming trend from Wednesday to Friday. Showers and cooler air return Friday night into Saturday, with normal highs around 68-74 and lows 48-51.
Rented Before Vacant at 61 Morris Ave for May 1952
Eight nine room house with finished attic and full basement in premier town area will be available to rent after May 15 1952. Monthly rent is 75 dollars. Call 23735 for an appointment.
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Morris Ave
Lustron Chief Testifies in McCarthy Hearing
Senate subcommittee calls Carl G Strandlund to testify on paying 10000 in 1948 for a Lustron article used in advertising. Liquidation by RFC led to 30 million government loss. Lustron now in Chicago bankruptcy court amid Benton move to expel McCarthy.
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Washington
Benton
McCarthy
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Lustron
Chicago
Sen. Gillette
D-Ia
Average Ohio pupil costs rise to 219 per student
Ohio school districts spent an average 219 dollars per pupil for the 1950 51 school year. City students averaged 239 dollars each, while exempted village districts averaged 195 dollars. Bureau of Educational Research at Ohio State University computed figures by total expenditures divided by average daily membership.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of Educational Research
Ohio State University
Bureau
OSU College of Education
Ohio School Foundation
Civil Defense Draft Urged By Philadelphia Psychiatrist
Dr Calvin S Drayer of the Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital urged federal conscription for civil defense at the APA meeting saying the current voluntary system is inadequately conceived and distributed among governmental agencies. He cited military psychiatry experience as tools to help civilians endure a major catastrophe such as an atomic bombing.
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Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Calvin S. Drayer
Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital
Drager
American Psychiatric Association
APA
Youth Slain in Duel With Cuyahoga Police
Cleveland police report a 19 year old, Willie Richardson, killed after he shot a man in a dispute for a parking space. The other man, Romod E, age 55, was wounded in the exchange. Officers Kast ranek and Barrett returned fire, killing Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuyahoga
Cleveland
Willie Richardson
Richardson
Romod
Robert Kastranek
William Barrett
Oil refinery resumes operations after picket withdrawal
Standard Oil Co. of Ohio restarts lubricating oil refinery in Cleveland as CIO oil workers union ends picket line. The move ends labor disruption and allows full production to resume at the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
CIO Oil Workers Union
Dynamite Theft Reported at Cheshire Pit
Sheriff George Ehman said three cases of dynamite totaling 150 pounds were stolen from the Ohio River Collieries Co. powder-house in Cheshire between Sunday 10 a.m. and Monday 2 p.m. An investigation began, with patrols increased as rumors spread about potential picket recruitment from Logan and Charleston areas.
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Gallipolis
George Ehman
Ohio River Collieries Co
Cheshire
District 6, United
Mine Workers of America
Ehman
Logan
W. Va
Charleston
Ohio
Union
Taxes Bulge Ohio Coffers
A report to Gov. Lausche shows Ohio's finances are strong with tax collections surpassing estimates by 18.08 million dollars in the first ten months of the fiscal year. Surplus revenues could reach about 21.5 million for the year, offsetting a projected two year 21 million deficit from higher school foundation appropriations. Sales tax led the surplus with 11.44 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
H. D. Defenbacher
School Foundation
WSB Opens Fuel Talks as Strike Persists in Oil Industry
Washington AP report says the Wage Stabilization Board convened representatives of 22 striking unions and oil industry firms to assess bargaining progress amid a two week strike by 90 000 workers. President Truman awaits outcome before deciding on Taft Hartley Act steps.
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Washington
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
CIO
AFL
O. A. Knight
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Wsp
White House
State Claims Slayer Fired Practice Shot
NEWARK The prosecution contends Mrs Bernice Butler fired a practice shot before she killed her husband Wilbur Butler Sr in their Newark trailer on March 8. The 36 year old woman is charged with second degree murder and says the shooting was accidental and in self defense after an argument. Authorities said she was intoxicated when questioned. The defense asserts Butler threatened to kill his wife twice before the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Bernice Butler
Wilbur Butler
William McElroy
Arthur Jones
Lester Hall
Butler
Yanks Down 5 Red Jets Over Korea In Air Battles
In Korea, Fifth Air Force reports Sabre pilots destroyed five communist jets with two shot down and six damaged in multiple engagements. Thunderjet crews aided with three more damaged planes including two Migs and a new Red Type 15 jet. Eighth Army notes at least 100 enemy soldiers killed in patrol skirmishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Eighth Army
Congress Urges Parental Help To Clean Up Media
Congress orders investigations into radio television programs and current literature for offensive material and a possible cleanup. A commerce subcommittee will review programs and a nine member panel to study books magazines and comics. NBC defends high standards and MBS cites a voluntary decency code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
House
Commerce
United States
Rayburn Wil
National Broadcasting Co
New York
Mutual Broadcasting System
National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters
Koje Island command shakeup on Prison Camp
Brig. Gen. Charles F. Colson is removed as Koje Island commandant after a disputed deal with Red POW leaders. Gen. Hayden L. Boamer takes over the 80,000 man camp while Gen. Francis T. Dodd and Colson are reassigned. Guards stand by as stalemates and red flags fly over the compound.
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Seoul
Korea
Charles F. Colson
Koje Island
Koje
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Francis T. Dodd
Colson
Dodd
Mark Clark
Far Eastern
Pentagon
James A. van Fleet
Hayden L. Boamner
New Orleans
Boamer
Hobson Probe Televised At Naval Inquiry In Bayonne
TV cameras in Bayonne capture the naval board of inquiry as Captain McCaffree tests a chart showing the Hobson destroyer minesweeper turning left then crossing under the carrier Wasp prior to the April 26 disaster. The collision cut the Hobson in two, killing 176 aboard.
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Bayonne
N. J
Wasp
Hobson
Naval Board of Inquiry
B. C. McCaffree
Strike Vote Slated For North American Plant
North American Aviation Columbus plant workers to vote next Sunday on whether to authorize a strike. About 10,000 of 13,500 employees are represented by UAW Local 927 CIO. Negotiations on a new contract are continuing in Los Angeles after the plant rejected a five cent hourly pay raise two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
North American Aviation Corp
United Auto Workers Local 927
CIO
Los Angeles
Columbus Fo
Ofer
Ohio Primary Totals Fall Short of Record
Ohio voters cast 1 534 755 ballots in last Tuesday's primary per county totals released by Secretary of State Ted W Brown. He predicted around 1 500 000 and noted the 1938 record of 1 569 000. Republicans led with 919 962 and Democrats totaled 614 793.
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Columbus
Reds Charge Allied Plane Kills Delegation in Korea
North Korean General Nam II at the armistice session accused an Allied plane of killing a member of the truce delegation and said POWs are treated barbarously. Vice Admiral Joy dismissed it as propaganda while the Allies pledged an investigation. Nam focused on prisoners as the central issue, omitting Koje Island details.
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Munsan
Korea
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam II
Nam
Francis T Dodd
Koje Island
Soviet restrictions seal Berlin Helmstedt Autobahn
Berlin reports say Soviet forces blocked both ends of the Berlin Helmstedt Autobahn halting Allied patrol cars in and out for five days. East bound patrols were turned back at Helmstedt while the U S Army convoy and regular civilian traffic continued on the route between Berlin and the western zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Berlin-Helmstedt Autobahn
Helmstedt
United States Army
Supreme Court weighs government role in steel mill seizure
The court debates whether President Truman acted within constitutional authority in seizing the steel mills on April 8 and if the government was a mere trespasser or in lawful possession as argued by industry lawyer John W. Davis and solicitor general Philip Perlman. Arguments focus on due process, necessity to avert a strike, and the choice between the Wage Stabilization Board and Taft-Hartley Act machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
U.S
David A. Pine
Truman
John W. Davis
Sawyer
Philip B. Perlman
CIO
United Steel
Perlman
Devis
Davis
Justice Frankfurter
Calvin Coolidge
Solicitor General
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Congress
CIO Chiefs Blame Law In Dispute
The CIO United Steelworkers accuse the steel industry of refusal to sign a new contract citing inflationary price increases and the Taft Hartley act. In a detailed 85 page report at their constitutional convention, about 3000 delegates hear charges focusing on Taft Hartley and its impact on bargaining rights. President Philip Murray and officials contend injunction fears spurred steel companies to defy legal bargaining obligations.
Planes Join Massive Hunt For Convicts
Two escapees from Lima State Hospital remained at large eight days after the breakout as a six man posse and two low flying planes comb Parma and Parma Heights. Catholic Incarnate Word Academy nuns identified Neville Slusser 24 as a window peeper, triggering a broad search with more than 20 cruisers patrolling highways and foot patrols across a four square mile area, but no clue was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lima State Hospital
Parma
Catholic Incarnate Word Academy
Parma Heights
Neville Slusser
Japan Seeks UN Seat in Move Toward Membership
Tokyo says the Japanese government will apply for United Nations membership. Premier Shigeru Yoshida and his cabinet approved. An application will go to parliament and then UN headquarters in New York. A Security Council veto is possible but not unexpected.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Foreign Office
Akira Miyazaki
Shigeru Yoshida
New York
Miyazaki
UN Security Council
Mad Youth Kills 4 On Crowded Cleveland Bus
An unemployed 20 year old named Lawrence Goldsby grabbed a police revolver and killed four people aboard an evening rush hour bus in Cleveland. He claimed he was mad and said he burned a woman's hair accidentally with a match while lighting a cigarette. A patrolman was killed, two women passengers and a man passenger also died before three men overpowered him. Goldsby, a Pine Bluffs Arkansas native who had arrived from New York City two weeks earlier, was restrained after the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lawrence Goldsby
Ted Connors
Goldsby
Pine Bluffs
Ark
New York City
Lake Hope and Hocking Camps Reopened for Organized Groups
The state reopened eight park and lake areas for organized camping by groups like Boy Scouts and 4-H Clubs. Individual or family camping remains closed until June 1. Reopened areas include Pymatuning, Lake Hope, Hocking State Forest, Tar Hollow, and several state and county parks in Hocking, Ashland, Jefferson, Fulton, Licking, Greene, and nearby counties. A separate report notes a fatal crash on Route 40 near Etna in Licking County, killing a mother and two daughters.
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Columbus
Boy Scouts
Pymatuning
Ashtabula
Lake Hope
Vinton County
Hocking State Forest
Hocking County
Tar Hollow
Ross
Hocking
Mohican
Ashland County
Harrison Lake
Fulton County
Jefferson Lake
Jefferson County
John Bryan State Park
Greene County
Etna
Licking County
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Overnor
Mason
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Sen
William Benton
Connecticut
Senate
Lustron Head
John P. Moore
Gillette
Civil Defense
Cheshire Pit
Central Coal Co
Graham
David A, Pine
Gen. Colson
First Corps
U. S. Eighth Army
Kore
Hobson Probe
North American
United Steelworkers Union
Japan
Athens
Chauncey
Glouster
Reese
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant Pomeroy
Middleport
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