House Approves Standby Draft Mobilization Bill
The House passed a two year standby Selective Service law by 216 to 11. It keeps draft registration and classification for 18 year olds through 1952 but blocks inductions unless a national emergency is declared. The measure also prompts a broader M Day mobilization plan discussion with the NSRB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
National Security Resources Board
NSRB
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
W. Stuart Symington
NLRB
Air
Congress
Ingrid Bergman and Rossellini Marry by Proxy in Mexico
Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman wed by proxy in Juarez Mexico after delays in the United States Sweden and Italy. Rosellini said the marriage will be registered in Rome and recognized in Sweden, with Bergman already legally free in Mexico. A Los Angeles surgeon’s divorce plans remain unchanged despite the proxy nuptials.
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Rome
Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman
Juarez
Mexico
United States
Sweden
Italy
Miss Bergman
Rosseellini
Rossellini
U. S
Mediterranean
Peter Lindstrom
Los Angeles
California
Coast Guard inquiry bars link to U S ammo blast
A Coast Guard board refused to admit testimony on any U S government interest in the 427 ton Pakistan bound ammunition shipment that exploded in South Amboy New Jersey last Friday killing 33 and injuring hundreds. The Healing Lighterage Company which managed stevedoring and owned four involved barges argued for disclosure. The board also rejected testimony on the shipment’s monetary value. the hearing continues today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coast Guard Board of
United States
South Amboy
N.J
James Healing Lighterage Company
Leonard T. Jones
Coast Guard
Healing Company
Committee To Vote On Co-Op Tax Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee debated taxation of farmer and consumer co-ops. Chairman Doughton called for a vote as Rep. Mason proposed a tax plan he said would raise about 600 million dollars annually while preserving co-ops in the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
DNC
Rep
Mason
R-Ill
First Degree Murder Charges Face Youth Bryan Jack Hartman
Jack Hartman 18 was indicted on two counts of first degree murder for the May 5 rifle slaying of his grandparents George W. Fisher 76 and Eva na Fisher 70. He will be represented by a court appointed attorney. Arraignment dates were not set. Each indictment includes premeditated murder and murder during robbery.
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Bryan
Jack Hartman
George W. Fisher
Evana Fisher
Where Everybody Gets In The Act In The Messenger Classifieds
Southeast Ohio readers use The Messenger Classifieds as a daily People’s Market Place to buy sell rent and announce homes cars furniture tools appliances and more. Call 0242 Result Number.
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THE
Messenger
Ohio
People’s Market Place
Slayer To Die In Chair In Ohio Slaying Case
Ohio Supreme Court sets Cecil Yankey to die in the electric chair for the 1947 Greenfield pensioner murder Leroy Woodland. Yankey, 41, had a prior life sentence but was re Tried after a habeas corpus writ. Highland County Grand Jury found him guilty of first degree murder without mercy last fall. He had been released on Sept. 24, 1949, then rearrested for the second trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Cecil Yankey
Greenfield
Ohio
Leroy Woodland
Yankey
Highland County
George W. McDowell
Ohio Penitentiary
Changes Proposed In Liquor Regulations
Columbus report shows State Board of Liquor Control member Simon P. Leis defending a proposed regulatory change at a public hearing. He says current violations are hidden by shakedowns of permit holders and the change would prevent abuses.
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Columbus
State Board of Liquor Control
Board
Simon P. Leis
Jury Indicts Youth In Teacher's Beating
Elyria Ohio Charles Edward Smith 17 admitted to deputies he beat a retired Oberlin College mathematics professor Mary Emily Sinclair 70 and took her car. Smith indicted for armed robbery by Lorain County Grand Jury and arraignment set for Friday.
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Elyria
Charles Edward Smith
Sheriff's
Oberlin College
Lorain County
Grand Jury
Mary Emily Sinclair
Allen Memorial Hospital
Oberlin
Smith
MacArthur Staff Denies Treasure Chest Claim
Maj. Gen. E. M. Almond denied reports that General MacArthur possesses a chest of gold and jewels. He said there is no similarity between occupied headquarters impounded property and any treasure chest claim after a day of study of Washington reports.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
E. M. Almond
Washington
Almond
Seismograph Records Minor Quake Near Central America
John Carroll University seismograph in Cleveland recorded a slight earthquake on Thursday believed to have originated near Costa Rica in Central America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
John Carroll University
Costa Fica
Central America
Search narrows spy chain to Philadelphia chemist
FBI traced secret information from Klaus Fuchs to Harry Gold after screening 1200 suspects in New York and Philadelphia. Gold, 39, was arrested on espionage charges tied to wartime atomic secrets and transferred to prison on a $100000 bond.
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Washington
McMahon
D-Conn
FBI
Philadelphia
Harry Gold
Klaus Fuchs
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gold
U.S
Fuchs
Soviet Union
New York-Philadelphia
England
Santa Fe
N. M
Los Alamos
Capitol Hill
John Doe
Gallian Unhurt in Accident Near South Bloomfield
Two Portsmouth brothers swerved to avoid cattle on Route 23 near South Bloomfield and collided with a truck. William H. Horn, 35, suffered a broken pelvis and severe cuts. Charles Horn, 32, was cut and bruised. Both listed in fair condition at Mercy Hospital. Truck driver William Saunders, 25, of Gallipolis, was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Portsmouth
State Highway Patrol
William H. Horn
Charles
Mercy Hospital
South Bloomfield
William Saunders
Gallipolis
Blue Sulphur Spring, a Gallia spa famed for curative water
In Gallia County the Blue Sulphur Spring once drew visitors to a boarding house and bowling alley. The site, now enclosed by a wall and spared from Little Kyger Creek floods, was praised by chemists and physicians a century ago for rheumatic and bowel ailments. The farm is owned by Charles Payne. a nearby second spring fed livestock troughs.
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Gallia County
Kyger
Porter
Cheshire
Charles Payne
Gallipolis
H. B. Smith
Clay Talk Interrupted By Heckler
Gen Lucius D Clay interrupted a anti Communist Hold Berlin rally in New York last night after a lone heckler challenged him on Ilse Koch. The crowd dispersed outside Town Hall as police removed the agitator and Clay declared he would not read his prepared speech. The rally denounced the Soviet blockade of Berlin as brutal coercion while pickets and demonstrators chanted outside.
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New York
Lucius D. Clay
Berlin
Germany
Town Hall
Clay
Ilse Koch
Buchenwald
Koch
Heckler
Common Cause, Inc
Reds
American Jewish Labor Council
Ilse Koch Indicted by German Court
German court indicts Ilse Koch mistress of Buchenwald for crimes against concentration camp inmates. She faces trial late July for instigating murders of 45 prisoners and attempted murder of 135 others. Held in German jail since last October after a prior war crimes term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Ise Koch
Koch
Buchenwald
U.S
Gasoline To Go Lo Half a Cent in Ohio
Standard Oil Co will raise prices by a half cent a gallon in Ohio Friday. Since January 1 Standard, which sets prices for others, has lowered twice and raised twice by a half cent, moving market values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cleveland
Standard Oil Co
Standard
Ohio District Health Office Opens in Athens
A district health office serving 20 southeastern Ohio counties is opening in Athens at 6% S Court St over Athens Pharmacy. Currently 20 staffers include Dorothy Throssell nutrition consultant Lola Beagle Davis nursing consultant and Alfred Everitt record consultant. A branch lab will operate under Prof Carl A Frey of Ohio University with counties Athens Belmont Fairfield Gallia Guernsey Hocking Jackson Lawrence Meigs Monroe Morgan Muskingum Noble Perry Pickaway Pike Ross Scioto Vinton Washington to be served.
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Ohio
Athens
Ohio Department of Health
S. Court St
Dorothy Throssell
Lola Beagle Davis
Alfred Everitt
Carl A. Frey
Ohio University
Belmont
Fairfield
Gallia
Guernsey
Hocking
Jackson
Lawrence
Meigs
Monroe
Morgan
Muskingum
Noble
Perry
Pickaway
Pike
Ross
Scioto
Vinton
Washington
Western powers agree to supply arms in Middle East defense
The United States Britain and France reached a three power accord at London to ship weapons to Arab nations and Israel if assurances are given that the arms will not be used for aggression The move aims to boost confidence and stability in the Near East amid ongoing disputes over Palestine and regional security policies
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Middle East
Truman
London
Foreign Ministers
Israel
Palestine
Bromfield Attacks Truman and Endorses Taft in Speech
Louis Bromfield at Franklin County Taft Committee meeting blasted the Truman administration as the cheapest in history and urged support for Taft as the honest choice. He praised Taft as a model of integrity and criticized State Auditor Ferguson as a whimsical figure who should not become senator.
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Columbus
Louis Bromfield
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Malabar Farm
Richland County
Franklin County
Taft Committee
Kansas City
Taft
Bromfield
Washington
United States
Joseph T. Ferguson
Little Joe
Ferguson
U. S
Family quarrel ends in double shooting near Hanford Village
In a Hanford Village yard two brothers in law were killed in a family quarrel. Conan Wade Lord about 40 and Arthur Wade Wofford 25 died from gunfire. Wofford fell to two pistol bullets then a shotgun blast killed Lord. Coroner Dr. Robert Evans said the shotgun volley may have been in self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Conan Wade Lord
Arthur Wade Wofford
Robert A. Evans
Wofford
Lord
Hanford
Evans
Report Is Awaited On 45 Amerasia Case
Senators probing the 1945 Amerasia affair awaited a confidential report from William J. Donovan head of the OSS. Senator McCarthy prepared to publicize documentary material tied to his Communist charges against Owen Lattimore, Far East expert and writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Amerasia
William J
Wild Bill) Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
McCarthy
R-Wis
Owen Lattimore
Far East
Atomic plant shut down by AFL wildcat walkout
Oak Ridge Tennessee reports a complete shutdown of a mammoth atomic plant construction project after a wildcat walkout by AFL workers. The strike began yesterday without warning and spread to all crafts on the site per the Atomic Energy Commission. Washington also notes the EPA created a special mission to aid Indochina against Communist threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge
Tenn
AFL
Laborers and Hadcarriers Union
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Truman Urges Balanced Farm Program Across Sectors
President Truman told visiting Ohio Farm Bureau Federation members that prosperity in one area cannot come at the expense of others. He called for a balanced nationwide farm program benefitting the whole country. The Ohio poll showed only 13 percent support the agricultural adjustment act and 15 percent favored the Brannan plan by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Ohio
White House
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Legality of Marijuana Film Ban Undecided
Ohio Supreme Court judges have not yet ruled on whether a ban on showing a marijuana themed film remains in effect. The Hallmark Co. of Wilmington objects, arguing the film conveys marijuana's evil effects. Legal arguments were presented this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
State Division of Censorship Office
Hallmark Co
Wilmington
Ohio
Loyalty Probe Seen For Commerce Official
A Senate Commerce subcommittee is ready to recommend a formal loyalty investigation of Michael J. Lee chief of the Far Eastern branch in the Commerce Department's office of International trade. Senator Malone has called Lee a poor security risk and demanded his ouster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Commerce
Commerce Department
Michael J. Lee
Far Eastern
Department
Office of International Trade
Lee
Malone
R-Nev
Naval forces arrive at Guam in major western Pacific buildup
The United States shifts to a new carrier rotation in Apra Harbor Guam as 33 ships under Vice Adm. Arthur D. Struble converge. Task forces built around carriers Boxer and Valley Forge meet in the harbor to maintain a first line carrier presence in Southeast Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Western Pacific
U. S
Arthur D. Struble
Seventh Fleet
Boxer
Valley Forge
Apra Harbor
United States
Southeast Asia
Presbyterian Church ends 162nd assembly with atom bomb plea
Representatives of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. concluded their 162nd general assembly in Cincinnati with a call to halt the manufacture of atomic and hydrogen bombs. The vote underscored a push for disarmament and world peace amid ongoing arms tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Safest Wall Near A Bomb Blast Advised
At the Ohio State Coroners' Association meeting Dr. William G. Myers of Ohio State University advised the safest place during an atomic explosion is a basement hugging the wall nearest the blast. He warned a bomb hitting Columbus center could kill almost everyone at the university three miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State Coroners’ Association
William G. Myers
Ohio State University
Myers
Bikini
Co Llumbus
United States Aims for Peaceful Uranium Use
Senator McMahon said the U S can use all the uranium available and wished it all went to peaceful uses if the Soviet Union accepts effective control of atomic energy. He commented on reports that South Africa is pursuing large scale uranium extraction from gold ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
GE Workers Vote On Electrical Union Choice
Thousands of General Electric employees in 57 plants vote to choose between two unions. About 95,000 workers eligible, supervised by the Baltimore NLRB regional office. Results to be tabulated tonight in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
General Electric
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
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